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Twice Told Tales Student ACT Tests Slated FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of August 13, 1931) Deputy Sheriff Harold E. Reese, and three special deputies, swooped down on two resorts late Monday afternoon at Pistakee Bay and seized seven slot machines. Deputy Sheriff Reese has warrants issued by the state's attorney. The raid was further proof that State's Attorney Lumley was not fooling when he issued a warning several weeks ago that McHenry county is not a healthy place for slot machine operators. "Corporal Egan" is the name of a home-talent play which will be given under the auspices of the McHenry Mother's club on Oct. 22 and 23, and for which plans are already being made. Local talent most adapted to the parts will be chosen and several of the local business men will give an added spice and interest to the per­ formance. FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of August 14, 1941) Richard vycital has been notified by the American Pharmaceutical association of Washington, D.C., that he has been awarded the Kilmer prize for 1941 on the basis of his paper entitled, "A Study of Endpcople Adulterants of Drugk and Spices," which consists of 17 plates and 32 sets of drawings, preparations, analysis, procedure and results of research. A research is something that has never been published or studied as far as one can tell. The Johnsburg Tigers ran into a tough cookie as they bit off only one run off the twirling of Julius "Tubby" Simonini, Algonquin pitcher, in the first McHenry county championship game at Crystal Lake. The Algonquin batters bunched their hits as they piled up a total of 15 against the southpaw slants of Bill Kreutzer. The score was 10 to 1 in favor of Algonquin. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Takcjn from the files of August 16, 1956) The first anniversary of the dedication oftttfnew Ringwood church is being observed in the community Aug. 24 and 25. The tentative budget for the ensuing year will be *>1,313,718 announced by County Clerk R.D. Woods at the McHenry County board of supervisors. This was an increase of about 190,000 over last year. The Pony league all star team has chosen the following players: Braves- Peterson, Steinback, Mullen, Parks and Swedo; Giants-- Chelini, Gates, Yegge, Herdrich and Adams;"Sox-- Baldino, Young, Vavrick, Sanford and Wirtz; Cards- Hester; Hyatt, Antonson, Noll and Stinespring. Nativity Lutheran church at Wonder Lake opened its financial campaign for funds with which to build a new church. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of August 20, 1971) McHenry Area- Jaycees are v sponsoring an organizational meeting to form an area rescue squad at the McHenry firehouse. The purpose of the meeting is to establish a rescue squad to serve the cOfnrtitHiity and immediate surrounding area. Miss Ethel Agatha Jones, a business woman in McHenry for more than 40 years, died yi McHenry hospital, Aug. 19 at the age of 84. Class champions in the ladies tournament at the McHenry Country club are Dee Overton, Class A; Nell Fidler, class B and Charlotte Zwissler, class C. Next year, these gals, along with the club champion, Carol Cooney, will be defending their titles against another tough field. The 1981-82 school year is just and juniors and seniors at McHenry West and other high schools across the country are facing some big decisions. One of them is what to do after graduation-whether to go on to school, get a job, or try to do both. An important role in students' planning will be played by guidance coun­ selors, parents, friends, and the ACT Assessment program. Designed to provide guidance in­ formation for education and career planning, this national program is recommended for use by student applicants at more than 2,700 colleges and universities. McHenry West students . will have five opportunities during the 1961-82 school year to make use of the program, which consists of four tests and a two-part questionnaire. Students complete the questionnaire at home as part of the registration process. The tests are then administered at area test centers on any of five weekend national test dates, explained Mrs. Shirley Rogers, guidance counselor. The five 1961-82 national test dates and the corresponding registration deadlines are: Oct; 17. Sept. 18; Dec. 12, Nov. 13; Feb. 20, Jan. 22; April 3, March 5; June 12, May 14. On any of the above test dates, most local students will take the tests at Crystal Lake high school. It takes students about three hours to complete t^te ACT assessment's four exams (English, math, social studies, and antural sciences). In order that students may be familiar with the character and format of test items and responses, a copy of a full' length test booklet has been sent fo all high schools. This booklet is available to in­ terested students through the Guidance office. Students who wish copies of additional tests may obtain them uppn request from ACT at costf ' Mrs. Rogers said the test scores „ provide an assessment of general educational development, while the questionnaire inforr, ation focuses on academic and nonacademic accomplishments and in­ terests, as well as career and educational plans. From Washington Revise Farm Land Assessment Method OFFER SPEECH TEST The Easter Seal Society for McHenry county will be testing for speech-language delays in children ages 3 to 5 years. Based on testing, the children may be eligible for the speech and language pre­ school program at Easter Seal which begins Aug. 31 and continues for 15 weeks. Major focus of the pre-schooi program is speech, language a r t i c u l a t i o n a n d socialization skills. Ap­ pointments for testing which will be held Aug. 28 at the Easter Seal center may be made by calling the center in Woodstock, 338-1707, 8 to 5 p.m. Governor James R. Thompson has signed compromise legislation revising the method by which farm land is assessed in Illinois. "This bill represents many months of hard work by the Legislature, farm groups and the State Department of Revenue. It will help offset previous legislation that would have dealt a heavy property tax blow to our farmers across the state," Thompson said. "This new formula is an important step forward in assessing farm land on the basis of income rather than on the rapidly rising market value of land." Senate Bill 764 resulted from a joint legislative farm land assessment study committee and represented a compromise among farm groups. Under the measure, signed at the Illinois State fair, the Department of Revenue Will certify to each county the following based upon the most recent five- year period for which statistics are available: ...The economic value per acre of each grade of cropland, which is computed by dividing the net return for an "acre by the fiVe-year moving average of the Federal Land Bank farm land mortgage interest rate; ...The equalized assessed value per acre for each grade of soil, which is to be one-third of the economic value. ...A proposed average equalized assessed value per acre, weighted by distribution of soil types. ...A proposed average equalized assessed value per acre, weighted to consider the type of land use (croplands, pasture, etc.). These values, certified by the department of Revenue, are to be used by local assessors in placing a value on farm land for property tax purposes, beginning next year. For this year's assessments, the depart­ ment is to certify a factor to each county to be applied to 1980 actual assessments. That factor will raise or lower the 1980 aggregate assessments to the coun- tywide level required by this new formula. However, when applied at the local level, the factor will (not raise or lower the assessment of any farm by iiore than $30 an acre. > The bill also creates a Technical Advisory board to advise the Department of Revenue in its im­ plementation of the new law. A local assessment review committee also is created for each county to advise local assessing officials in their implementation State Vehicle Auction 16th District Representative Lynn Martin Tying Up Loose Ends To keep you up to date, I have a number of things to tell you. I addressed members of the Bundestag (The German Congress) this week. They were in America studying our political system and the Heritage foundation asked me to speak on economic policy. Their problems are similar to ours and it was a rewarding experience. It was translated for those who were more comfortable with German and I attempted a greeting and farewell in German. They were cour­ teous enough not to laugh at my butchery of their tongue. Such interchanges are truly useful; the miles are gapped when you are able to meet on a human level. On the home front, the cats have been named. The 3- month-old male is "Nicholas", the eleven- month-old female is "Alexandra"; "Pork & Barrel", "Law and Order", and other more "Washington" names went by the wayside. Alexandra is quiet, pleasant and tor­ mented continually by Nicky. He has already managed to break two plates, fall over a balcony, and destroy a chair. They could use him in the Defense department. "Bad News Martins" department. The softball team has not quite hit stride yet nor has it managed to hit a ball. I regret to say we are a disgrace, but we do have fun; and, considering we are from the state that sends the Cubs as our gift to other cities in their race for a pennant, we'll "wait until next year." I believe the Congressiiona! league, not SECTION 2-PAGE 1 - PLAINPEALER - WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 19,1161 House and Senate office buildings have grace, but the new buildings sit like sullen bullies, devoid of line or spirit. Th* Hou?r Closed Circuit TV system is a good idea. Some people do talk more just because they are on TV but at least you can work in your office and still follow debate. There would be no way to remain on the House floor continually as a fresh­ man, and it has helped me keep informed, especially on the varied amendments to almost all bills. the Major league, should be on strike. The relatively new Rayburn House building and the newer Hart Senate office building coat a real bundle. As if this weren't enough, they're ugly. That's what I can't figure out. Even if you could justify the costs, Why aren't they beautiful? The Capitol is lovely; the older Secretaries Of Fox Valley Open Season The Fox Valley chapter of Professional Secretaries International will meet at the offices of Zukowski, Poper and Rogers, 50 Virginia street, Crystal Lake, Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m This will be the first meeting of the 1961-82 year. Officers for the new term, installed recently, are president, Joyce Wolter; vice-president, Doris Shuett; treasurer, Josephine Arms; recording secretary, Judith Bartels; corresponding secretary, Stell Grafe. An organizational-get- acquainted meeting is planned and is open to the public. Especially invited is anyone interested in becoming a member of PSI (since 1942 known as the National Secretaries association), a nonprofit professional association that unites its members for the purpose of upgrading the standards of secretarial performance by means of continuing education programs For further information, please call Joyce Wolter, 338-6060. July Deaths On Highways Down Illinois highway traffic fatalities in July totaled 163 as a result of 149 accidents, according to provisional statistics released by the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois state police. This represents a decrease of 5.2 percent from the 172 provisional fatality total for July, 1980, and a decrease of 7.9 percent from the 177 provisional total for July, 1979. In all accidents there were 23 pedestrians killed in 22 accidents, one pedalcyclist killed in one accident, nine persons killed in six railroad crossing accidents and 36 persons killed in 33 accidents involving motorcycles. Core Twist Quickly and easily remove the core from a head of lettuce by hitting the core end once against the counter top. The core will twist out. State Rep. Dick Klemm has announced that the Department of Ad­ ministrative Services will hold the second state vehicle auction of the year at Camp Lincoln, (corner of MacArthur and North Grand avenue) in Springfield Aug. 29. Registration of bidders will begin at 8 a.m. and the sale will commence at 9. The sale inventory con*». sists mainly of vehicles surrendered by state agencies at Governor Thompson's energy saving request to reduce all state agency fleets. An estimated 400 vehicles will be available for sale to the public. Payment for vehicles can be made in cash, money order, cashiers check, or personal check accompanied by an irrevocable letter from a bank. Old Disease "Montezuma's revenge" was a South American ailment thou­ sands of years before the first tourist ever came down with ttti iwjrorious gastrointestinal complaint. 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