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PAGE 20 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER If, 11 > PLAINDEALER " Editorial Opinion The Drinking Age This Fall the legal drinking age rises from 18 to 19 in Georgia and Florida, two more states which joined the trend to raise the age limit from 18. Another study, now under way in Massachusetts, is likely to add impetus to the trend. Dr. Richard Douglas, of the University of Michigan, who produced two convincing studies of the increase in death from accidents when the driving age was lowered, was recently quoted as saying that a new study at Boston university, weighing the effect of the hiked legal age in Massachusetts, would add significant factual data in this field. In September, data from a study conducted in Michigan on the effect of the age hike there to 21 -- in effect now over a year now - will be released. All indications are that it will be conclusive evidence many lives have been saved. Although Wisconsin, home of many breweries, rejected a move to hike its drinking age this year, the trend throughout the country is toward raising the legal drinking age. Such changes have already saved the lives of many young people- and innocent victims-and reduced the number of traffic accidents. Alcoholic consumption, should, of course, be subject to strict laws. Other drug use is tightly controlled; yet we have been allowing glamourous advertisements about alcoholic beverages to go into every home to every age via television, and hard liquor has been sold freely to teen agers, many of' whom are unprepared to cope with its effects, and die or kill or ruin their lives as a result-and those of others. Ozone Depletion One of the dangers facing future generations is depletion of the ozone layer surrounding the earth. This layer has protected humans from ultraviolet rays and also affects the earth's weather. The causes of today's increasing breakdown of the ozone layer are high-flying aircraft, nuclear testing, nitrogen fertilizers and the release of chemicals called halocarbons. Halocarbons are the greatest threat and last year the federal government banned them from aerosols. But most other countries haven't. And halocarbons are used as coolant in refrigerators and that usage is dramatically increasing. In a recent research report, the National Academy of Sciences recommended that a monitoring system be established at once, utilizing satellites; and it also updated its 1973 prediction about the damage being done. The new forecast is for a loss of 8 percent of our ozone in the next 30 years, a loss rate about double that estimated in 1973. Congress, which has already .banned aerosols, should establish the monitor-warning system without delay-in the interest of future generations. The U.N.should supplement U.S. pioneering in this field in every possible way with less advanced governments. ---------- PLAINDEALER ^ Letter to the Editor Public Pulse (The Plolndeeler invites »he public to use »hl» column 01 on aiprtulon ol their view* on »ub|ocM of fonorol interest In our community Our only roquoit i« that tho wcittri |i«* •igneture. lull gMrm and phono number. WW a*k too. that ono individual not write an tha Mima *ub|act mora than once a month. We reserve tha rlfht ta dalota any matorlal which wo consider libelous or In ofc|ectloneMe teste.) SAVE THOSE TREES "Dear Editor: "I have lived on Lily Lake road most of my life. As a child I remember ducking behind the trees to hide from 'enemy' cars and trying to climb the 'giant' oak in front of our house. I never suc­ ceeded, but I sure gave it my * best effort. I remember walking barefoot on the road and being thankful for the shade 'my' trees gave cooling the hot road. "Now I own my own home; yes, it is located on Lily Lake road. It is truly a joy to live on a tree-lined street. The trees add beauty, cut noise, break the wind and add a sense of permanence and serenity. "Last Tuesday I arrived home from work and the trees were red x'd for destruction. I was very saddened to think that 14 of the stately oaks that I have known since childhood are to be sacrificed for the sake of progress. Surely we have enough knowledge to be able to progress without destroying what has taken nature so long to create. "The beauty and majesty of these oaks are irreplaceable. An alter­ native to striking down these trees must be found. Progress and tradition must live together "We must begin now before it is too late - before McHenry county becomes as barren as the streets of Chicago - before we do irrevocable damage that we will always regret. "Please, for the sake of the residents of Lily Lake road and for everyone, Save Those Trees! "Sincerely "Margaret F.Dunnagan "218 S. Lily Lake Road "McHenry from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS Sept. 11, 1919--U.S. Marines land in revolution-torn Honduras, ostensibly to protect life and property. Sept. 12, 1928--Hurricane that strikes the West Indies and Florida kills 4,000. Sept. 13. 1851--Walter Reed, U.S. Army surgeon, conqueror of yellow fever, born in Gloucester County. Va. Sept. 14, 1975--Pope Paul VI canonizes 1st U.S.-born saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton. Sept. 15, 1959--Soviet Communist Party leader Nikita Khrushchev arrives in the United States for 1st visit by a Russian head of state. Sept. 16. 1893--Cherokee Strip, 6 million acres between Kansas and Oklahoma, opened for land rush. Sept. 17, 1948--Ralph J. Jfenche. grandson of a slave, appointed by U.N. Security Coun^^ro be acting U.N. mediator in Palestine. For Your Information Dear friends. The present-day funeral has evolved through the years from man's Instinctive desire to pay tribute to the life of a deceased person, and man's belief in a spiritual life hereafter. It reflects our folkways and social customs, and our civic and health rules. The modern funeral symoblizes man's ideals, his hopes, his religious beliefs. Respectfully, PETER M.JUSTEN fr Cftfci FUNERAL HOME McHENRY, IUINOIS - 345-0063 Roll Call Report (Your Congressmen's Vote) WASHINGTON - Here's how area members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes Aug. 21 through Aug. 27. HOUSE Recess--The House voted, 241 for and 155 against, to take a five-day Labor day recess. Speaker Thomas O'Neill, D-Mass., a supporter, said "this is a long-announced recess, since the beginning of the year, and members from both sides of the aisle expect to be home, of course, and in their district through Labor day." Rep. Robert Bauman, R-Md., an opponent, said: "I urge a vote against this recess so that we can stay here and finish our business and avoid a lame-duck session." Members voting "nay" said they were opposed to the recess. However, none of them decided to stay in Washington during that period. Rep. John Anderson, R-16, voted "yea." Rep. Robert McClory, R-13, voted "nay." Sun Belt vs. Frost Belt--The House rejected, 199 for and 215 against, an amendment to provide Sun Belt states with a larger slice of federal aid to help the poor pay their energy bills. The increased Sun Belt share would have come at the expense of the Frost Belt. The aid in question is $1.8 billion to be distributed to the poor in fiscal 1981 primarily to help them pay home heating costs. The vpte came during debate on an appropriations bill (HR 7998) later passed and sent to the Senate/ Rep. Bill Alexander, D-Ark., a supporter, said the federal aid should go as much for air-conditioning costs as for heating bills. "I am advised that more people died in this nation during the June-July heat wave than died from cold in the past half century," he said. Rep. Edward Beard, D-R.I., an opponent, told Sun Belt members: "I understand your air-conditioning and the need for it. But understand what it is to be old and poor in a northern climate trying to survive." Members voting "nay" wanted to preserve a formula giving Frost Belt states priority over Sun Belt states in the distribution of energy money to the poor. McClory and Anderson voted "nay." Bi-Lingual Education--The House voted, 213 for and 194 against, to prevent the Department of Education from requiring schools to teach in two languages to many students whose main language is not English. The department has proposed regulations which would require many schools to greatly expand bi-lingual education, so as to comply with the 1974 U.S. Supreme court decision in Lau vs. Nichols. The amendment adopted by this vote prohibits the Education department from spending any of its fiscal 1981 budget to implement the regulations. The vote came during debate on an appropriations bill (HR 7998) later passed and sent to the Senate. Rep. John Ashbrook, R-Ohio, the sponsor, said: "If we believe in local control of education...and if we oppose the deliberate distortion of the requirements of Supreme court decisions, we shall adopt this amendment." Opponent Baltasar Corrada, Puerto Rico's representative in Congress, said: "This is not really an amendment against bi-lingual education programs. It is even worse. It is an amendment against equal educational opportunity and civil rights..." Members voting "yea" were expressing animosity toward proposed federal regulations to greatly expand bi-lingual education in the nation's schools. McClory voted "yea." Anderson voted "nay." SENATE Domestic Violence--The Senate rejected, 36 for and M against, an amendment to fund a new domestic violence program by means of block grants to states rather than by categorical grants to state and local governments and community groups. Fewer federal strings are attached to block grants than to categorical grants. Had the amendment prevailed, domestic violence money would have been sent to states through an existing channel in the Social Security Act, Section XX. Defeat of the amendment leaves intact a plan to set up a new federal mechanism for administering progrmas to combat domestic violence. A final vote on the bill (HR 2977) was delayed until after the Labor day recess. Sen. John Danforth, R-Mo., the sponsor, said the question before the Senate was whether "there should be yet another categorical grant program, yet another bureaucracy, yet more restraints and restrictions and red tape on local government, or do we believe in the block grant concept?" Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif., said that by making the domestic violcncc program a pari of the Social Security bureaucracy the amendment "would place these victims at the bottom of the long list of groups seeking funding from the already hard-pressed, reduced Title XX program." Senators voting "nay" wanted a new federal mechanism to administer the domestic violence program. Sen. Charles Percy, R, voted "yea." Sen. Adlai Stevenson, D, voted "nay." Strip Mining--By a vote of 54 for and 31 against, the Senate approved language that weakens federal regulation of strip mining in the states. The legislation makes it easier for a state to get Department of Interior approval of its plan for reclaiming scarred land. The measure was passed as part of HR 1197, a ship-tonnage bill that was sent back to the House. Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., the sponsor, said the law needs to be softened because of the "unfair, unreasonable, and unworkable mining and reclamation policies" of the Interior Department. Opponent Howard Metzenbausm, D-Ohio, said the law was being changed "for the benefitof a limited few...the coal mine operators and, indirectly, the oil companies, many of which own those very coal mines." Senators voting "yea" wanted to weaken the 1977 Surface Mining Act. Percy voted "yea." Stevenson voted "nay." ARE YOU NEW IN McHenry Area? ssssssssssss Do You Know Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA!!!!! CALL LORRAINE MONAHAN 385 5475 JUNE VOIGHT 385-2850 Link Old Skills With McHenry Area Business The McHenry Area Chamler of Commerce is assisting in linking local business and a SCORE counselor together, solely as a "finding agent". However, it is not necessary to contact SCORE through the Chamber, only a con­ venience that is offered. SCORE is at the service of business, free of charge, either way. One may call Ed Kann direct at the SCORE office 312-353-7723 or through the local Chamber office 385- 4300. The Division of Small Business Adminsitration is a group of retired business executives whose goal is to encourage and assist development of small business by counseling about methods of starting, financing and operating a business venture. Their help is available to the public at no cost. SCORE is composed of people who have suc­ cessfully completed their own business career and now offer their services without pay, to help small businesses with operating problems. Nationally, there are 300 SCORE chapters, with 8,000 counselors, including former retailers, wholesalers, service managers, jobbers, plant managers-experts in almost every phase of private enterprise. A small businessman or woman doesn't have to be "in trouble" to get aid from SCORE. A businessman may think that his business should be doing better or that he needs advice on up­ dating his record keeping system. He many not be getting the most for his advertising dollar. Whatever his specific worry, SBA and SCORE can offer recom­ mendations from an ob­ jective viewpoint. A small business owner does not need an SBA loan to qualify, nor is financial assistance from SBA * barrier to receiving SCORE help. * Seminar Focuses On Hazardous Waste Rules Coping with new hazar­ dous waste regulations is the subject of an Illinois State Chamber of Commerce seminar Friday, Sept. 26 in the Holiday Inn Mart plaza, Chicago. The day long meeting, which starts at 9:30 a.m., is co-sponsored by the Illinois Environmental Protection agency. The seminar is designed to answer questions regarding disposal of hazardous waste at hazardous waste facilities and at on-site facilities. Among the topics for discussion: Implementation in Illinois of U.S. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 ; development of a nationwide program to regulate hazardous waste practices from the time the waste is generated until its final disposal; permit consolidation program; new modification requirements for hazardous waste ac­ tivities; rules for iden­ tification and listing of hazardous wastes; IEPA m a n i f e s t s y s t e m requirements; rules for obtaining a permit to operate a hazardous waste facility; and rules for transport of waste. Among the speakers are these officials of the Division of Land and Noise Pollution Control, Illinois EPA, Springfield: John Moore, manager; John Rein, at­ torney; and Ross Craft, program development manager. For . registration in­ formation, contact Patti Cummings, Center for Business Management, an ISCC affiliate, 20 N. Wacker drive, Chicago 60606. (312- 372-7373). Broccoli Adds Variety and Nutrition to Meals Broccoli, a member of the cab­ bage family, is low in calories but hign in several important nutri­ ents says Louise W. Hamilton, Extension nutritionist at The Pennsylvania State University. One-half cup of cooked broccoli provides 20 calories. It's rich in vitamins A and C and also con- taioons riboflavin, iron and calcium. When shopping for broccoli, look for dark green or light pur­ plish heads with tightly closed buds. The stalks should be tender but firm, with unwilted leaves. Soak fresh broccoli in cold salt water for a short period of time to remove any insects that may be in the buds. To prepare fresh broccoli for cooking, divide the head into in­ dividual flowerettes. Make length­ wise gashes in the stalks, plunge them into boiling salted water, and cook 10 to 15 minutes. Season with caraway seeds, dill, mustard seed, or tarragon. 4® *0 y % aw wnam KNOW YOUR AREA ROYAL WELCOME DOES IT BEST SERVICE LINE McHENRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 4(5 4300 FAMILY SERVICE ft MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC L'409 W Woukoqon Road McHcmy 385 6400 PARENTAL STRESS LINE OF McHENRY Meeting Place McHenry County 24 hours „„ a day. 7 days a week Call 815 344 3944 Parents Anonymous meetings on Wednesday. STATE CHAMBER GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS HOTLINE 217 522 5514 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 202 755 8660 Hours 7:30 am to 5:30 p.m. week days (Ever had a problem involving the lederal government and not known where to call? And then been given a runoround or referrals by persons who meant well but didn t know how to help' Ten specialist available at this center.) NATIONAL RUN-AWAY SWITCHBOARD Illinois Phone 800-972-6004 (For confidential conversations on problems dealing with run away children ) MOVING HOTLINE Phone800 424 9213 (Complaints about interstate moving by componies. buses or troins. Sponsored by Interstate Commerce commission) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION PHONE 800 638 2666 (For questions or complaints on products ranging from toys to ovens) NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Phone 800 424 9393 (Answers questions about automobile salety delects or wheather a particular model has ever been recalled Valuable lor those interested in buying a used car) ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES Child Abuse Center McHenry County (312)546 2150 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 800 638 2666 (Operates live nationol lines Answers inquires about or repor ting on the salety ol products Irom kitchen appliances to children s toys ) * NATIONAL SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING INFORMATION CENTER 800 523 2929 P O Box 1607 Rockville Md 20850 (Dispenses inlormation on solar systems lor heating ond cooling to anyone Irom architects to home owners looking lor a sun powered hot water system) CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION 312 793 3580 Chicago ill BIRTHRIGHT Pregnant' Need Help' Counseling Service 385 2999 24 hour Answering Service YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU FOR McHENRY COUNTY 4719 W. Elm St.. McHenry Phone: 344-3240 24 hum Ci isis Intervention ond Confidential Counseling lor youth and families Air you conceipnd about your angiy leelinqs toward your childien7 24 houi Parental Stiess l ine 344 3944 ILLINOIS STATE CHAMBER HOTLINE ' Pti.nif 21 7 522 5514 _ Answei to questions on government i t ' < | u l a t i i H I S < MENTAL HEALTH 1 800-892 8900 (Crisis Center Line for McHenry Co. 24-Hour Emergency number and professional staff will answer your call. Sponsoring ogency- McHenry County Comprehensive Mental Health Service System. Sheriff's Report PRISONER COUNT FOR THE MONTH Adult Males Received 209 Adult Females Received 12 Juvenile Males Received 12 Juvenile Females Received 1 Total Prisoners Received 234 Total Prisoners Discharged 227 Average Prisoner Count Per Day 45.0 Prisoner Records Prepared 234 Warrants Served 172 Court Processes Received 718 Court Processes Served 568 Bailiffs in Court 107 Persons Taken to Court 237 Meals Served for the Month 3,654 Persons Conveyed toOther Institutions 10 Mileage Conveying Persons 886 Mileage Serving Court Processes 5,291 Mileage Patrolling and Investigating 96,121 ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS HANDLED Total Number of Accidents 172 Personal Property 109 Bodily Injury 61 Fatalities 2 Warning Tickets Issued 96 Tickets Issued 510 Prisoner Count: Lowest Day of the Month - 7-3-60 39 Highest Day of the Month • 7-22-80 56 At age 70 to 75, the average woman should take in about 2,000 calories a day, the average man about 2,300. EARL R. 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