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I'.MSK * - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 2S. 1«3 -- News and Views on Friends and relatives have a better chance of being in town rather than off on holidays And there won't be graduation p a r t i e s , a n n i v e r s a r y celebrations and other weddings to attend. But probably the most promising plus is that the bride who chooses to marry in January or February probably will have the spotlight to herself. Mandert BY KAF The management hastens to add that some couples engage the hotel's chauffer-driven Rous Royce to get to the airport and away on the honeymoon. Not many of our friends are in a position to consider the winter wonderland or tropical paradise they suggest, but we thought it fall into the moneyed category. After all, they assure us that wedding bells and jingle beUs "make beautiful music . n amdealer McHenry Herald (USPS 335 200) Established 1875 3812 W«st Elm Street -- Phone 815 385-0170 McHenry, Illinois 60050 Published Every Wednesday & Friday at McHenry. Illinois Second Class Postoge PAID at McHenry, Illinois by McHENRY PUBLISHING COMPANY POSTMASTER Send address changes to McHenry Plaindeoler 3812 W. Elm St. , McHenry . Illinois 60050 Subscribers are requested to provide immediate notice of change of address to the McHenry Piaindealer, 3812 W Elm St., McHenry, III. 60050 A deduction of one month from the expiration of a subscription will be made where a change of address is provided through the Post Office department Thomas C. Miller-Publisher Adele Froehlich-Editor Stoarb ©inning ihtospaprr MEMBER NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION 1 Year SUBSCRIPTION RATES $19.00 1 Year $27.00 In McHenry County Outside McHenry County Capitol Update: OVER 1,000 STATE LAWS PASS Consider winter nuptials PoQyanna still exists. She isn't on the propaganda sheet seen as often as we remember a few years ago, but she is still among us. We were convinced anew this week when we opened the mail to find a picture of a story book bride stepping out of a limousine, beaming between a doorman and a greeter. we had to read on. To be sure, it was the Ritz! The bride was described as "radiant, relaxed and unruffled by chill winds", all because she had chosen a winter wedding date The sponsoring hotel, of course, was "drumming up" Nwdness for its facilities in the months ahead, when some of the choke rooms are empty on Among the selling is the opportunity for the to escape many problems and pressures that go with planning a summer marriage. An added bonus is the excuse it gives guests for a mini-holiday "right here in the hotel". lne idea is to have wedding bells and sleigh bells go hand in hand in a luxurious setting for which no price is listed. Lack of competition for top facilities is another enticement An editorial The philosophy in winning A half-reasoned school of sports philosophy has grown up in recent years in the wake of efforts to immortalize a pro football coach, Vince Lombardi. He reportedly said that winning was not merely the only thing but everything, or words to that effect. And there's much to that, in professional sports. Lombardi was a great coach and much beloved. And it's a shame these words can be used to mislead youthful competitors in sports, most of whom are not in professional events. Grantland Rice had it right, in the sportsmanlike tradition, when he cautioned competitors to remember that it wasn't always a question of who won or lost but how one played the game. That wisdom, too, can be overworked. It can be used to justify^ialf- effort. Somewhere between these two extremes is the proper combination of clean play, sportsmanship and an all-out effort and desire to win. This should be kept in mind by high school and college athletes today. Winning in school isn't worth a broken neck, ruined knee or bade, or permanent injury inflicted on an opposing team member. And winning school contests, even football, isn't the end-all and be- all in life. Most competitors will go on to other pursuits and occupations and in a few years a certain game, so important at the time, will recede into relative unimportance and obscurity. A major reform of the Chicago- area Regional Transportation Authority, was signed into law and an interim board was ap­ pointed to manage the RT A until next October, in the major legislative action recently • according to state Rep. Dick Klemm (R-Crystal Lake). The reform bill was signed exactly , one week after lawmakers approved . the measure during the fall legislative session. During the annnual session, in which the legislature acts on emergency measures and reviews the governor's vetoes of bill passed during the spring, lawmakers overrode Governor Thompson on 51 out of 345 veto actions, Klemm said. Those 51 bills, along with another 103 in which lawmakers agreed to accept the governor's recommendations for changes and a handful of emergency measures approved in the final days of the session, bring the total number of new laws passed during the first year of the 83rd General Assembly to about 1,060. That total, Klemm noted, is nearly equal to all the bills approved during both years of the 82nd General Assembly, before the size of Illinois House was reduced by one-third. The RTA bill contained the most extensive reforms in the 10-year history of the mass transit agency. It will mandate balanced budgets and eliminate automatic cost-of-living incr­ eases in future union contracts. Hie interim board replaces the existing RTA board and will oversee management of three service boards which will operate the Chicago Transit Authority, commuter rails and suburban buses. Appointed to chair the interim board was Illinois Tran­ sportation Secretary John Kramer. The eight other board members include three Chicago residents, three from suburban Cook County, one from DuPage County and one from McHenry County. ' In addition to reviewing veto actions and , acting on e m e r g e n c y m e a s u r e s , lawmakers found time to in­ troduce legislation for con­ sideration during 1984. Among the measures which legislators chose to enact over the Governor's vetop were the following: ILLINOIS EXPORTS (HB 1259, HB 1260) This two-bill Illinois Export Development Act creates an export authority board and council to promote Illinois products overseas. The act is patterned after similar legislation in other states and would be administered by the Lt. Governor. SMALL CLAIMS COURT (HB 349) Businesses need not hire an attorney to represent them­ selves in small claims court. Officers, directors, managers and supervisors may instead represent the company. SENIOR CITIZENS (SB 776) Persons 65 and older, with an­ nual incomes of under $10,000, may defer payment of property taxes, with the taxes to be assessed againt the taxpayer's estate. ABORTION (SB 521) Requires that one or both parents be notified when a minor is seeking an abortion. CRIME VICTIMS (HB 22) Establishes a Violent Crime Victims Assistance Commission to study the problems of crime victims and recommend programs to assist those vic­ tims. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (HB 842) Each March the Depart­ ment of Commerce and Com­ munity Affairs must notify counties, townships and municipalities about new laws which affect local government. UTILITIES (HB 1339) Gives consumers the right to go to court to appeal a utility's in­ terim rate increase. HANDICAPPED DRIVERS (SB 10) Allows handicapped drivers in rural areas to use studded snow tires during winter months. New bills which were in­ troduced during the fall session for consideration next year, included the following: SALES TAXES (HB 2333) Would give local units el government the option to exempt food and drugs from their sales taxes. Beginning in January, the state will no longer collect sales taxes on food and drugs. OFF-TRACK BETTING (HB 2330) Would legalize off-track parimutel betting under the supervision of the Illinois Racing Board. MENTAL HEALTH (HB 2334) Would require the city of Chicago to create a Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. SENIOR CITIZENS (HB 2324) Authorizes special 20 mph speed limits in special Senior Citizen Housing Zones. 1 LEGISLATIVE SCHOLAR­ SHIPS rHR 2327) Legislators award General scholarships to may not Assembly relatives. LIVER TRANSPLANTS (HB 2S21) Insurance companies cannot exempt liver transplants from coverige under health and tiwiwMi policies. SCHOOL FINANCING (HB 2322) Clarifies the law on wmking cash finds for school districts. Because of recent court decision, working cash fund bonds issued by school districts could be jeopardized without this legislation. Crime of the Week TMs week, Crime Stoppers is seeking information on the person or persons responsible for a burglary to the Liquor Mart, located on Route 47 in Woodstock. Sometime during the early morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 2, burglars entered the Liquor Mart through the roof. Once inside the building, the offenders did extensive damage to numerous items in the store. When they left, they took with them 16 cartons of cigarettes and at least two or three cases of beer. Total loss to the Liquor Mart exceeds $2,500. Crime Stoppers pays cash rewards of up to $1,000 for information that leads to the arrest and filing of criminal charges against offenders. Anyone with information about this costly burglary is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (815) 459- 4600. All callers remain anonymous-one never needs to give a name. Crime Stoppers, which is sponsored by the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce, assigns secret numbers to anonymous callers who provide information. Callers are instructed to call back at regular intervals to find out if any suspects have been arrested as a result of confidential information given. rime If there are arrests, the Crime Stoppers board of directors then meets to determine an appropriate reward. A secret meeting is arranged to make the cash reward payments. Anonymous calles to Crime Stopers do not have to appear in court. 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