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On The Sid$Hn$s by Dick Rabbift Thanks to the super driving of Gary Garde we are able to get this column out this week The road to Kankakee was a bit rough and ready, with snow, rain, and ice, and we left many a car in the ditch on our way home. The Warriors really put on a display for the Kankakee folks. Setting a scoring record of 104 pts had all the Kankakee officials buzzing after the game. " It was one erf those days, when everything turned out right. All ten players were in the scoring column, and six of them in double figures. ' By the time you read this we'll know if the Warriors continued on their way to a first championship in the tourney. Frpm a Monday night outlook, it will take a good team to beat them in the tourney. Only Marian Catholic of Chicago .Heights has a chance. This is the time of year when we would like to extend to some people good wishes for the coming year. To the high school administration, a little compassion for the growling, complaining, hard working coaches. To Bill Blankenhorn, a perfect schedule, no late busses, all officials on time, and that all athletic events run smoothly., , ' To Ken Ludwig, a conference championship, and a Warrior trip to Champaign. To Bill Day, another Ken Anderson, and the team to go with him.; „ •"" >' ' /• v./ To Bill Hutchinson, continuing success with your cross country program. . -.-r - To Mike Shanahan, a pool full of swimmers. To Ken Swanson, two fifteen game winners, eight three hundred hitters, enough for the "big guy" to go a long way this spring. To Marty Sobczak, four wrestlers at every level/enough fft ptvphlm tin* pleasant ph nf spWtnnp fnr each meet. To Gary Giray, two Jimmy Connors. To Walt Scott, a sixteen foot vaulter to keep him happy. To Chuck Cuda, four Arnie Palmers, including a lefty. To all the girl coaches, continued success with your fine program. To Toby Scott, four linebackers as big as you. To Dan Boland, a four minute miler to coddle. To Gary Collins, a seven foot center that you would be able to keep on the sophs, and four thirteen second hurdlers. To El Partenheimer, some new jokes, and more patience with the officials. To Earl Kyle, the opportunity to be shaved again by the cross country team. To Pat Wirtz, shorter scouting assignments. To Bob Ludwigsen, a straight jacket, so you won't throw your back out of place during a wrestling match. To Brian Wilson, a bull horn, to save your voice to a ripe o l d a g e . . ® : To Dave Luckett, two good pitchers, that l ean steal for :£j my sophomores. it * • . S . And qfter I take those two pitchers, hope Ken Swanson :§ will leave them on the sophomore level. & To Earle Cooper, a seat belt. « :*:• To George Cadotte, better driving conditions to the « :$ Kankakee tourney. To S.I.H. a pennant for his beloved Sox's. ® ijl: To the Plaindealer family, especially the proof readers, « a promise to do better in the coming year. & And to all you WARRIOR FANS, both young and old, A $ £ MOST HEALTHFUL AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. - g captur nam As We Go -f To Press fHenry Warriors their second win in lkake^ 16 team tour- with a 73-66 victory over Morris Tuesday night The Warriors will now meet the very-strong Marian Catholic cagersat 12:30 p.m.. Dec. 31. If they should win This one, McHenry would play in the 9 p.m. game for the cham­ pionship. The win over Morris increased the Warrior winning streak to nine Full results w ill appear in the next issue of the Plaindealer S :« £ Circuit Breaker Changes Aid Elderly Some changes this year in the state law that provides tax relief to senior and disabled Illinois residents will make new benefits available tj> persons who file for property tax relief in 1876, according to Illinois Revenue Director Robert' H. Allphin. The law is the "Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief Act," commonly called the Circuit Breaker law. One of the changes to it will allow homeowners to use>.1974 property tax bills to file for relief of 1975 property taxes. Allphin said that will permit homeowners to fil§# anytime after Jan. -1 for property tax relief and mean they will receive grants up to eight months earlier than in previous years. "Elderly and disabled homeowners have been required to have their final property tax bill before filing for tax relief,". Allphin said, "but there was still the problem of raising the mon^y to pay the bill. This change in the law will ease that by making the money available before the property tax payment is due." Under another change, senior and disabled residents who rent residences subject , t$ the property tax will be able to claim that 30 per cent of their rent was for the payment of property taxes. That's an in- creaseof five per cent over the amount allowed this year, and, according to the directorv will mean an increase in the - amount of grants to renters in 1976. The director said the revenue department is now mailing tax relief claim forms to any senior or disabled resident who has applied in any previous year for a grant. The form, IL-1363, also serves as the application for grants under the "Additional Tax Relief" program. Those grants provide between $50 and $100 annually for relief of other taxes senior and disabled persons pay. The ^additional grant is available to any Illinois resident 65 or older or disabled whose household income in 1975 Was less than $10,000. Persons who have not applied for either program before can 1976 Feed Grain Allotment Set For Illinois The 1976 state allotment lor feed grain producers is 7,809.145 acres, as determined from a tjational feed grain allotment oTTfa ^million acres, the same as for 1975, Jimmie I). ..; Lucas County Executive Director of the McHenry County ASCS Office announced Lucas said that the Mcftanry allot merit is 86,306 acresP^Meeti grain crops that includej^orn. sorghum, barley. Notice of individual farm allotments will be mailed later. Allotments are, authorized under the Agriculture Act of 1973. The federal program does not restrict production. Far­ mers can respond individually to market demand, but are guaranteed a minimum return for production on their alloted acres If payments are made under the new program, they will be based on a producer's entire allotment times his farm yield. Lucas said the program continues through 1977. It also provides for disaster payments for losses due to drought, flood, or other disasters. . * * * * Not all the comic char­ acters are to be found in the comic books. ^ obtafff.an application by calling the revenue department bet­ ween 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays. The numbers are 641-2150 for Cook county residents and 800-252-8972., a toll-free number, elsewhere in Illinois.' Forms will also be available from any revenue district office or area agency office of the Department on Aging. TAX FACTS Liberalized standard deduction, personal exemption credit, housing credit-these are some of the changes on the 1975 ta* return that will mean less taxes for the majority of taxpayers Take the change in the standard deduction On last year's return, taxpayers were limited to 15 percent of ad­ justed gross income to a maximum of $2,000 This year, it has been increased to 16 percent with a maximum of $2,600 ior a married couple filing jointly, or $2,300 for a single person ($1,300 for a married person filing separately >. Many taxpayers who have ^always itemized and filed the 1040 form may find it to their advantage to use the simpler Form 1040A this year and take the standard deduction. It's a good idea to work out the tax liability both by itemizing and by taking the standard deduction. While it may take a little longer to go through the process twice", it just may mean saving a considerable amount Herejs an example which shows how it can be to the taxpayers' advantage to use the standard deduction Mr. and Mrs. T. h»ve itemized deductions for medical costs, haritable contributions, in- erest payments, etc . totaling $2,350 on an adjusted gross income of $20,000 While 16 percent of their adjusted gross income is $3,200 or more than the maximum standard deduction of $2,600, they would still save $250 by filing the short 1040A form and taking the standard deduction And might even save themselves the cost of a returns preparer In addition to the increase in the standard Reduction.- another new change for 1975 the low income allow ant which has been raised This increase is reflected in revised tax tables which now have a ceiling of $15,000 l>ast year only taxpayers who earned $10,000 or less could use the tables. t Because of the change in the low income allowance, the filing requirements for in dividuals have also been County Health Report. - -7* A review of shows a total number of home visits during the year to be 8,366 During the year, we immunized 716 children with a total number of immunizations amounting to 1,125. Two hundred sixty-one international certificates of vaccinatipn were issued to persons traveling outside of the country. Our Vision and Hearing Screening program checked the vision of 9,963 persons and the hearing of 9,729 persons during the year. The Venereal Disease program had eighty-four patients receiving services and we had 124 patients receiving prophylactic medication under the Rheumatic Fever program. Our Communicable Disease activities involved the investigation of 142 cases of hepatitis, shigellosis, salmonellosis and measles. The Vital Records section of our Administrative division recorded 1,251 births and 862 deaths during the fiscal year. Our Environmental Health division received a total of 1,013 requests for service and reported a total number of activities for the fiscal year in the amount of 17,700. Of this number, 8248 were tests run in our environmental Laboratory, 1,766 were food establishment inspections, 1691 were septic inspections and evaluations, 1,057 were conferences interviews and court appearances; 801 well samples were collected, 785 surface water samples were collected, and 521 garbage and nuisance complaints were investigated. The remainder of the total number of activities is spred throughout a variety of environmental health activities relating to (aspects of environmental health problems. \ The Veterinary Public Health division recorded a total of 8,434 activities during the fiscal year. The largest number of these activities were related to rabies control, 2,678; animal nuisances, 2,587; animal bite investigations, 539; vector control activities, 564. The remainder of the activities involved in veterinary public health relate to a variety of things going from meat hygiene and meat inspections through cruelty to animals, noxious weed control, zoonoses control, toxicology and poison control, environmental hygiene and epidemiological investigations and activities. Copies of the annual report are available for any interested member of the public at the Health department office located in the McHenry county courthouse in Room 103. revised fr'or example, last year a single taxpayer was required to file a return if earnings were $2,050 or higher now the filing requirement lor a singU* in dividual is $2,350 Whether a person is required to file or not. however, if taxes were withheld, a return should be filed to claim an\ refund which may be due Speaking about refunds keep in mind that early filers get their refund quickest Tax payers who file their returns in January can-expect a refund, if one is due. in four to five weeks, he /while the late, close to the April they^ 15 deadline, filers may have to wait as long as eight weeks for a refund check So it makes good sense to get started gathering records and documents together early- like noW-in order to get an early start filing your return Another change for filers is that each taxpayer with a tax liability can claim a $30 credit for each dependent and per­ sonal exemption Keep in mind, though, that this credit does not apply to the exemptions for age or blindness Therefore, for a married couple with tw children, a credit of $120 cpul be claimed on a joint return This provision, as most of the others, has been enacted for this year only. Another credit which mav IS 1%, PAGE lor the credit The other con ditions which must be met are * the house must be a prin cipal residence' the residence must be acquired and occupied as a principal residence after March 12. 1975. and before Jan t. 1977 the taxpayer must enter into a binding purchase con tract before Jan 1. 1976, except in the case of self construction, the taxpayer must attach to their return. jcertification by the seller that the purchase price is the lowest price at which tjie residence was offered for sale since Feb :h i^T:» An individual who meets all the tests may claim a credit of five percent of the purchase price, up to a maximum of $2,000 Another tax break dealing with homeowners is the provision that the seller of an old principal residence now has 18. rather than 12 months, as in PLAINDEALEft FRIDAY. JANIZARY 2. 1»7« the past, to purchase a new principal residence, to defer recognition of a tax gain This is a presidential election year and with elections coming up. taxpayers should be aware that the maximum tax credit for contributions to candidates for public office has been in creased to $25 per taxpayer • $50 for a joint return* Aiso. the maximum deduction, for contributions to candidates has" been hiked to $100 i $200 on a joint return" The IRS is making it easier for taxpayers to file the shorter Form 1040A by automatically semfcng , the 1040A package, complete with instructions, to those taxpayers who took the standard deduction last year but did not use the short form Taxpayers will receive a tax package through the mail during the first week in January. In the package taxpayers usually will find everything they need to complete the 1975 return .3 WELL DRILLING & WATER PUMPS UlE'RE BURSTMG HT THE SEBI115! > tr--? credit Specifically, it applies \o taxpayers with dependents and adjusted gross income (for earned income, if greater* under S8.000. The maximum credft is 10 percent of a worker's first $4,000 of earned income. Above $4,000 the credit is reduced by an amount equal to 10 percent of the taxpayers adjusted gross income. This is how it works. Mr, and Mrs. A. have ad­ justed gross income of $6,500 Their earned income credit is $150, computed by subtracting 10 percent of the amount of income over $4,000 from the maximum credit of $400. Even if Mr. and Mrs A. had no tax liability, they would receive a check for the $150 The earned income credit may be claimed by those who have no tax liability if the other conditions are met. So people who may not otherwise be required to file a return should do so to get a check for the earned income credit, even if no income tax had been withheld. Mention of checks may bring to mind last year's rebate and the onetime special $50 payment to social security recipients. Where do they fit on this year's Federal return? The answer is "nowhere." Neither of those checks are considered income by the IRS and so are • not taxable There's one more credit to consider: the housing credit This credit applies only to those taxpayers who bought certain newly constructed homes last year A home built before March 26. 1975, which had never been occupied, is eligible Begin Recruiting Staff Workers For Summer Camps 4-H CAMP SKF.KS STAFF College students, teachers, and others looking for summer camp work should jb^gin their search now says Dave Plocher, University of Illinois Extension Adviser for McHenry County> Most camps begin recruiting staff in January and have nearly all positions filled by the end of March. Shaw waw nas see 4-H camp located between Kankakee and Joliet. and White Eagle 4-H camp near Kockford have jobs available for the summer months Program specialists are needed, in swimming, crafts, nature recreation, primitive camping, and boating and canoeing . ' Camps also need cooks, kitchen helpers, secretaries, and caretakers 4=H camps provide an ex­ cellent working environment Camp employees enjoy the outdoors and utilize their talents while helping young people grow FOF more information con­ tact Katheryn I.a!Mant, area adviser for camping and out door education. Rt No 1. Box 198. Manteno. IL tiOKO Phone •815) 933 3011. have nlc« weekend. } Are You New In | McHenry Area ? ************ N Do You Know Someone new? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A RO WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA ! ! ! H , CALL I0AN STULL 385-5418 N ft 1* ' i • ? f K0YAI WHCOMf ; KNOW YOUR AREA-ROYAL WELCOME DOES IT BEST .s rja »v . McHENPv" COUNTY WE!: A i'UMP CO. 4913 W. KcCl" J)M LAKE ROAD.-McHENRY S o . . 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