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PAGES-PLAINDEALER-WEDNKgDAY, ;U,UM Chamber, women voters set registration for businessmen id jtMcHenry St id McHnry8ivtafiii at Flnl National Bank Tha Lafialative Advisory Council of the McHenry Araa ot commerce, witti tne DitMn, •oci mm moo Of tha Laagna of agrtts) Mad to Votara, la sponsoring a -« per cant of voter's registration day on wafcw Friday, hpt. si. Pwnptad by M par c ataiMtes that waia puUkliad by to vote. tha United Stales Chambar of Whatever reflection of tboaa ComoMrea, tha day la targeted slatisttrs may occur bora in to tha profaaaional and McHanr, it ia tha goal of tha tegmenta of tha LAC to Inrraaaa tha number of ttJi -- J aa, -HUKjf* ^pMODBQ YMflnl mFDO Saw Ql§ Tha Gnaw Ihraai study of voAea of bahaaa In tha eem- tha ntt dacHaa dowid that: uaadty and than to aneoaraga -Over 40 per cent of manners tt*ira*praa*aiof that voice on and admbMatralun (ailed to election day. vote, of whom mora than a par caaft were not raglalered to vote. - Over M par cent of professional, technical and . _ - _ - kindred workers (including affected by legislation con- accountants, architects, den- csrateg tha busftasea dhnate tists, engineers, lawyers, such as aatoe tax, workman's phyridana, scientists) to companaatkaL ihmhwImbm ̂ vote, of whom more than tt par insurance, etc., it ia moat hn- cant wore not ragiatered to vote, portent that they vote. - Over 41 per cent of sales On Friday, Sept. SI, (including advertising registration tablea will be set up State Bank. from noon to S pjn., and from 1:10 p.m. to t:S0p.m., so Cm ImAastf anriftmnliak m J Oo OWnj SOOOuxpOflDCCI. All reaiatration must be completed SI days before any or whatever reaaon, is under BtaMably simple to overlook the deadlne and find oneaelf --•r**1|>|Ui> to place a ballot in tha boa come election day. Tha LAC ia making a concentrated effort to ptoe leuikutas in the hands of their members, and then to make the date, times, and places for ragislratkai particularly con­ venient. in ihMWw to the erhaduled date, the LAC is alao ofhriug to send, a registrar to anyplace of business to farther f a c i l i t a t e i n d i v i d u a l 0M7. Registration is also available at the dty clerk's office at dty hall, 8:10 ajn. to S pjn., Monday through Friday, and 1:30 am until noon in Saturday. Additionally, registrars are located in many precincts, often In their own residences, providing additional flexibility of hours of con­ venience for the prospective, voters, "Where one registers Is unimportant. That one registers is all important," said aXAC Nursing home rejects widow's good cheer For individualised ap­ pointments, call 385-4300 or 3K- "How one votes is a matter of conscience. That one votes Is essential" To register to vote one must be 18 years of age on or before the date of the next election. The individual must have lived at his or her preaent address for 90 days before the date of the next election. The peraon must alao show two forms of identification, one showing a current address. Bill signed by governor on groundwater quality Governor James R. Thomp­ son sifted legislation recently, directing the Environmental Protection Agency to formulate a plan on how to protect nUnoia* groundwater reeourcea. "About half of the state's Httsono depend on groundwater for their drinking water," the governor said. "If we are to ensure future generations of plentiful, unapoiled drinking water In Illinois, we must develop a strategy to protect before a pollution problem exists to any significant am sits eetabUshea a permanent groundwater monitoring netark, a provision which Is being funded through the AikMinistration's three year "Clean IWnois" program. The Department of Energy and Natural Resources (DENR), in cooperation with the En­ vironmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Public Health (DPH), will complete an assessment of current groundwater quality by July 1, 1MB. The EPA will then formulate a plan on how to protect state groundwaters and the Pollution Control Board will conduct public hearings on the recom­ mendations of the Plan. In another section of HB tin, DENR la directed to study the feeaibUity of claastfying and RIVERSIDE BAKE SHOP <> 1309 N. RIVERSIDE DR. McHENRY (815)385-0044 fm m mrnm cakes our srecMur BAKERS DOZEN EVERY SUNDAY ] NOW THRU MPT. 29 MPT. 24-SEPT. 30 j BROWNIES I LARGER YE 30c I BREAD |LJ s? THIS WEEK ONLY THIS WEEK ONLY Reg. 95* FOR DELICIOUS TRADITIONAL OR CUSTOM-MADE WEDDING CAKES CALL RIVERSIDE BAKE SHOP (815)385-0044 k >> regulating special wastes ac­ cording to their degree of hazard and to report the findings of their study by July 1, 1985. At present, the special wastes category includes a wide variety of substances which are non- hazardous but are given special attention becauae of potential problems if mishandled. In other action, Thompeon signed SB 1706 which provides for transfers from the General Revenue Fund to the Coal Development Assistance Fund in any month in which the Coal Fund falls below $5 million. The measure will benefit the Illinois coal industry with in­ creased opportunities to obtain funding for coal research and demonstration projects. Both bills take effect January 1, 1986. Aging conference is scheduled The Department on Aging's Annual Conference for the Aging Network is scheduled from Sept. SO to Oct. 2 at the Americana Congress Hotel in Chicago. The conference theme will be "The Aging Network: Caring Enough to Share and Serve." Those associated with public and private human service agencies, professionals in the field of aging and adult development, and itnerested Individuals ate invited. Persons interested in registering for the conference are asked to obtain further in­ formation by contacting their Area Agency on Aging or writing: Frank D. Sorenson, IDOA Conference, 74 Horrabin Hall, Western Illinois Univer­ sity, Macomb, Illinois 82465,(909) 298-1776. Take us back to college w i th you th is f a l l . . . The McHenry Plaindealer Any student away at college wonts to know tha naws from homa. And thara's no bettor way to 9ot it than with a regular subscrip­ tion to tha paper. That's why wa off or special rates to students the school year (9 months subscription * Sopt. thru May). \ * 3 Special Student ^ Subscription • Rate 13 50 REG. *27 The McHenry Plaindealer 3812 W. Elm Str*#t McHanry. IL *0050 Student Name Address Storting School Date Ending School Date . by Carl Rifalet Jr. Q.-"The lady who rents the apartment upstairs Is a new widow. She ia a gentle lady, quiet and beautifully mannered and loves to help others. But the nursing home where her darling husband of 48 years died wont have any part of her. "After her husband died, she helped bring happineas to lonely older people in the nursing home. She went there every day with cookies and delicacies, stationery, magazines and things like that. I know of my own knowledge becauae I often drove her there, that the inhabitants of the nursing home loved her and waited impatiently for her visits as times of cheer and love. But--imagine this-- the management naked her not to come there any more becauae they said she was a disrupting influence and upset the rules and schedules. --Kathleen M. A.-Some nursing homes are good. Some are managed by heartless people who don't want their opportunities for profit to be disturbed. Perhapa Kathleen's lovely friend wanted to feel the presence of her late* husband in the place of his last days. She may have felt that at that nursing home she would still have a link to him and his love, even after his death. If she still wants to cheer Urn and help those who live in similar places she nu ̂be able to locate a nursing home that will welcome her good cheer and gentleneas. Why doesn't Kathleen assist her in finding such a place? She can visit the Erie County Office for the Aging, in the Rath Building in her city and ask them to select a nursing home where her help will be welcome. Q.-"The nursing home in Wisconsin where my mother stays failed to show compassion and competence when my brother died. His wife phoned in Arizona from their home in Massachusetts with the sad news of his death and asked me to notify my mother. She is 87 and not well and I knew that my brother's death - he was her second son - would be a shock. Sol phoned the nursing home by long distance and asked the manager to have a nurse go to my mother's room to be with her in 15 minutes when I would phone her. I did phone and when my mother answered, I told her what had - happened to my brother. I could hear her gasp and say "Ohhh!". Then she apparently collapsed. The phone must have slipped from her hand to the floor. Nobody picked it up and I was helpless with worry. After a while I realized that there had been no (Hie with her as requested. I hung up and phoned the manager again and gave him a hard time. He said he couldn't get a nurse to her in time. They had to call a doctor to sedate her. Don't you tWnk that somebody should have been with her?"--Michael G.R. ROFESSIONAL & SERVICE A.-Yes, I do. The manager diould have gone himself if no nurse was available. If people could read the letters sent to me that tell "horror stories" of the carelessness and indifference in some nursing homes they would be outraged. *i-"I like the nursing home where I now live. At first, when I gave in to my son and his wife the* I had to go to a nursing home, I was ready to give up. I thought I was coming here to die. Then I met a retired auto racer who had lived through a dozen race crashes to wind up his days in this {dace. He made me understand how lucky we both are. I was once a racehorse trainer who had a life full of excitement and fast money and fast horses. Only some of the horses weren't fast enough. Ha! Ha! I once worked for the owner of that great thoroughbred, Secretariat. "I have enough in the sock to pay the bills here every month and I figure I will live a while yet. So now I think of this place as a sort of resort with no hor­ ses. I enjoy it here and I like the other people here, too, including my friend the auto racer. I read two books a week. I never knew there could be so much pleasure in books, and I don't mean racetrack books. Ha! Ha! Don't listen to any complaints against nursing homes. They are swell to me here."--Maxie O'B. Q.-"My husband is 63. SS says he is entitled to benefits of $133.90 a month. He is also covered for a heart disability from the city fire department. Is my husband entitled to a share of my SS benefits when I go on SS at age 65? "-Mrs. James S. A.-At age 65, James will share in his wife's SS benefits. His monthly check then will be for an amount that is the larger of the two benefits; his present benefit or what he would get from sharing with hers. Q.-"In which areas of the U.S. does your column 'Past 65' appear? Do you have correspondents all over? Are ypu a,senior yourself and how much of a writer are you?"-- Dorothy F. A.-The column appears in papers all over the country and in Canada. My correspondents are many; all of them, like Dorothy, readers of the column who have problems or seek or offer information. Sometimes, a reader is mad at me and says so. Yes, I am an elder-72, an old- time newspaperman and author of four books and a slim volume of poetry. Q.-I know a lady down the street who is the same age as 1 am, who was married as many years as I was and who gets nearly a hundred dollars a month more than I do from Social Security. Is that fair? "- Minnie T. A.-There are many factors that determine how much an entitlement from SS will be. Age and marital record do not determine the final factors. Write to Carl Riblet Jr. at Box 40757, Tucson, AZ., 85717 for information and advice on questions you may have as an older citizen; with self- addressed, stamped envelope. All questions will be answered, if possible. 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