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PAGE 2 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8. IK* Insights Roll Call: House rejects proposal to limit fundsjfor the CPB WASHINGTON-Here's how area members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes July 23-25. , HOUSE PUBLIC-By a vote of 176 for and 217 against, the House defeated an amendment to limit budget hikes for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. After rejecting this attempt to hold spending in­ creases to 15 percent annually during fiscal 1967-89, the House ap­ proved hikes averaging 80 percent during the period. The upshot was to reverse the Reagan Administration's deep cuts in federal support of public television and radio. More generous private contributions had been anticipated to take up the slack, but they fell far short of expectations and several programs have been scrapped or are slated to die. As later sent to the Senate, the bill (HR 5541) raises federal payments to $238 million in 1987, $253 million in 1988, and $270 million in 1989. Amendment sponsor Michael Oxley, R-Ohio, said "tfeere is no reason to believe that public broadcasters need such massive increases..." ! Opponent John Bryant, D-Tex., noted that the higher federal payments will provide "only 20 percent'* of public broadcasting'^ revenue. Members voting no favored annual spending hikes of about 80 percent over three years for the Corporation tor Public Broad­ casting. Illinois-Philip Crane, R-12, voted no. ACCESS-The House voted, 337 for and 77 against, to permit student groups to conduct voluntary religious meetings hi public high school facilities before or after the regular school day. this was a victory for advocates of returning some degree of religious practice to public schools. • "s / The "equal access" provision approved by this vote denies federal funding to any school that fails to give religious groins the same extra-curricular access to its facilities that it gives to other student groups. It was attached to an education bill (HR 1310) that was sent to conference witht he Senate. Because there is no disagreement over the equal access language, the provision is expected to become law. Public pulse Residents disappointed at gravel pit expansion plans No escape from racket "Editor: "We came to McHenry to escape big city environment and recently acquired a home in what we believe is the loveliest section of our city. The land is rolling and wooded and lots are spacious. Our neighbors are wonderful and they have children our kids' ages. "Before buying our "dream" place, we carefully examined the city's plans for the future growth of this area. Officially, at least, the records showed that expansion all around us was intended to be residential in nature. It looked as if when our babies reached school age they might even be able to walk to Valley View School. ; "Imagine our disappointment upon hearing the Gravel Company suddenly has other plans for our surrounding land- and that gravel companies have a reputation of being able to get pretty much what they want out of the governments in this county. "This has us pretty upset and scared. We have all we own in this place and we feel it would be a terrible thing to do to the school. "Are not the city's plans worth the paper they were printed on, or the tax monies spent to have them drawn up? What other guidance could we have used to have avoided this happening to us (and hundreds like us)? "When this move by the Gravel Company officially comes before the city, we shall be very angry and will fight it with all our might, for it would be wrong on all counts. Robbie M. Smith Editor's note-Though it was announced last week that McHenry Sand and Gravel is re­ evaluating the petition, it is the policy of the paper that our readers opinions be published. "Editor: "Even out here in Whispering Oaks, we do not escape the rumble and racket of that gravel pit, especially during the quiet hours of night and early mor­ ning. How come the city allows this nuisance to continue so late? "And, their trucks go slam­ ming down Route 120, sometimes end-to-end, con­ stipating the already jammed traffic, making very difficult if not downright hazardous for us to pull out into the road our­ selves. And, of course, the empty trucks on the way to the pit are even faster and noisier, to say nothing of diesel fumes and dust. "It seems to us that this is a terrible place for a gravel pit since most of the stuff has to come rolling through town. But, now we hear about the possible expansion of the operation, promising to make our traffic, noise, fumes and dust all the worse. "Whatever revenue the city gets from this mess, I think many of us citizens are paying an awful price for it. How can our city government possibly want this to get worse? "And what about Valley View School? Next we'll be asked to relocate it. This would surely mean mre tax dollars for all of us-for we know the revenue from gravel won't take care of it. Dorothy Carlson Supporter Marge Roukema, R-N.J., said the measure permits - free speech and assembly to religious groups "and is therefore bdth legally acceptable and necesary in a free society under our Con­ stitution." Opponent Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said the provision "reverses a 200-year tradition in this country that many of our forefathers died for...the separation off church and state and no state establishment of a religion." Members voting yes favored the equal access provision. Illinois-Philip Crane, R-12, voted yes. COLUMBUS-By a vote of 279 for and 130 against, the House gave final approval of a bill (HR 1492) establishing a federal commission to plan a nafinnai celebration in 1992 of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's discovery of the New World. Senate ap­ proval and President Reagan's signature were to follow. About $2 million is budgeted initially for the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubliee Commission, whose staff mem­ bers are to be paid up to $66,400 annually and be eligible for federal retirement payments of up to $9,600 annually. Most employees are to be appointed through political channels. Supporter Robert Garcia, D-N.Y., said the commission budget "is not...an excessive amount" given the need to appropriately celebrate Columbus's historic act. * Opponent William Dannemeyer, R-Calif., noted that the com­ mission that planned and built the Vietnam Veterans Memorial did so "with not a dime of taxpayers' money." Members voting yes wanted to create the Christopher Columbus commission with an initial budget of $2 million. Illinois-Philip Crane, R-12, voted no. SENATE BURFORD-The Senate adopted, 74 for and 19 against, a resolution urging President Reagan to cancel his selection of Anne M. Burford as chairwoman of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere. f Burford last year resigned under fire as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Because her appointment to head the environmental advisory committee for three years is not subject to Senate confirmation, the resolution was non-binding. Supporter George Mitchell, D-Maine, called the appointment "a step backward not only for the cause of environmental protection but also for (President) Reagan's own credibility on this issue." Opponent John East, R-N.C., said: "Once again, the political: atmosphere (surrounding Burford) has the smell of blood and the sharks come running...They cut her down and they chew her up and they eat her." Senators voting yes wanted to condemn Burford's return to an environmental leadership post. Illinois Alan Dixon, D, voted yes. Charles Percy, R, voted yes. More Fiesta Day complaints "Editor, I have never been prompted to write a letter to any newspaper or magazine before in my life, but the letter regarding Fiesta Days was the one to do it. * I must agree with what was Said about the parade. I, too, did not expect to see fire trucks, Fescue squads, street sweepers and snowplows, followed by Automobile after automobile. I What has prompted this letter is the fact that the city police qff icers must work this entire 10- day Fiesta without pay. I know for a fact that they put in long hours because I saw the same bfficers at Fiesta functions night after night, again at sidewalk sales and then at the parade. In addition to all of this they were in their squad car working their eight hour shift. I pity the poor Officer who was forced to stay awake all night while all of you who drank the beer or pulled in the money were home sleeping well. Why is it that when a business or a school requests police patrol they must hire "off duty" police officers but the Chamber can get this off-duty patrol for the asking. Somehow this does not seem right. Is there one police officer who has ever enjoyed Fiesta Days? They are not even compensated for the fact that they are not allowed to enjoy what so many people of this town musHook forward to. But I don't think I'd enjoy it without them there. Dianne Carroll McHenry" Editor's Note: The Plaindealer has learned that the city's policy on over­ time for police officers is currently being addressed in negotiations between the police department, chamber and city council. off V & I • " NviGV3^25lV> GOOO I *75 Plaindealer McHenry Herald (USPS 335-200) Established 1875 3812 West Elm Street Phone 815-385-0170 McHenry, Illinois 60050 Published Every Wednesday & Friday at McHenry, Illinois Second Class Postage PAID at mo? McH®nry. Illinois. by SHAW FREE PRESS NEWSPAPER GROUP POSTMASTER Sen<J address ' changes to McHenry Plaindealer 3812 W. Elm St., McHenry, Illinois 60050 Subscribers are requested to provide immediate notice of change of address to the McHenry Plaindealer. 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. 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