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GRACIELA ARELLANO A Dream Resumed At MCC Graciela Arellano, a student at McHenry County college, came all the way from Peru in October, 1970, to visit her sister in the United States and decided to stay. Born twenty-two years ago in the small town of Puno on Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, Grace is proud of her Inca heritage: "The Incas had a great empire and a high culture. Everyone in Peru likes to think he has some Inca blood." When Grace was very young, her father, a pharmacist, moved his family to Lima, and she attended school there. After graduation from high school, she enrolled in the University of Peru, Lima, intending to study architecture. Her educational background includes such subjects as chemistry, physics and calculus. However, a year after she entered the university, political problems within Peru forced it to close. Grace has two sisters and a brother. Luz has been a secretary, Irma is a chemical engineer in Peru, and her brother, Roland, is studying electronics in Los Angeles. When Luz invited her to come to the U.S., Grace eagerly accepted. "I love to travel and see other countries, and I wanted to visit the United States." At the time of her arrival, Luz and her husband, William Sch- miegelt, a mining engineer, were living at Battle Mountain, a mining town near Reno, Nevada. While in Battle Mountain, Grace decided to attend college in the United States, if possible. Since she is unmarried, the custom of her country requires that she call her parents and ask their permission to remain in the U.S. "But," Grace said with a smile, "I knew they would say yes before I asked them " Then Grace's brother-in- law decided not to stay in Battle Mountain. Early in 1971 he accepted a job with the Northwestern railway and moved his family to McHenry. On the way to Illinois, they took a leisurely tour through Utah and visited Salt Lake City. Grace was impressed by the Morman Tabernacle there and by Great Salt Lake. "The trip gave me an opportunity to see this beautiful country." Once the family was settled in McHenry, Grace started thinking about college, but Luz felt she should first learn to speak English more fluently. "A lady from Royal Welcome brought us a copy of MCC's schedule. Then we received a letter telling about Adult Basic Education at the college and explaining about classes in English for Spanish-speaking adults taught bv Mrs. Yolanda Roses Lopez." With the help of Mrs. Lopez and others on the staff at MCC, Grace signed up for summer courses in English conducted by Mrs. Elouise Scott of MCC's Individualized Study Lab. At the same time, she started doing general office work for the college and took a course in typing. In the fall of 1971, Grace enrolled in the Secretarial Science program at MCC and went to work for Mrs. Lopez in the office of Adult Basic Education. "I love living here," Grace said. "My sister and her husband have a house on the Fox river in McHenry, and I enjoy fishing and swimming in the summer. I also like the way your sports change with the seasons." Going to Chicago and looking at all the new buildings also interests Grace. She thinks the John Hancock center and Marina Towers are beautiful. Then with a mischievous look she remarked, "I think I'll marry an architect some day." She hasn't given up her ambition to become an architect and is planning for the future. Although her student visa expires in about two years, she ex­ pects to complete her secretarial training at MCC: "Then I will return to Peru and work for awhile as a secretary and save all my money. I in­ tend to visit France and perhaps work there and study architecture at a university." Grace added that in Peru there are no part-time jobs, so you can't work and attend college at the same time. She appreciates what people have done for her at MCC. 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I'M WKHKIMVS !l AM !i I'M SATURDAYS* SUNDAYS - OPEN TONIGHT Phone HI5-:iHB-MOl NO APPOINTMENT NKI ESSAIIV 3911 MAIN McHENRY Taxpayers Ask IRS PAGE 17-PLAINDEALER-WFnNF<;DAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1972 This column of questions and answers on federal tax matters is provided by the local office of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and is published as a public service to taxpayers. The column answers questions most frequently asked by taxpayers. Q) What is the personal ex­ emption for 1971? A) The Revenue Act of 1971 increased the al lowance for personal exemption to $675 for the 1971 tax year. Q) My son earned more than $675 from a summer job last year. Can I still claim him as a dependent? - A) If your son was a full- t ime student regardless of age for some part of each of any five months of 1971 or was less than 19 years old at the end of the year, you can claim him as a dependent re­ gardless of how much money he made, provided you meet al l the other dependency tests , including furnishing over one-half of your son's total support . Q) I received a refund on my 1970 state income tax in 1971. Do I have to report this as income on my 1971 Federal income tax return? A) You must include in income for the year of receipt that part of the refund that gave you a tax benefi t in the earl ier year. For example, if you took a deduction for state income taxe3 on your 1970 Fed­ eral income tax return and received the full benefi t of the deduction through a reduction in tax, you must include the refund as income on your 1U71 Federal return. On the other hand, if you did not de­ duct s tate income taxes on your 1970 Federal return, the refund is not to be included on your 1971 Federal return. Q) Are all medical expenses deductible? A) No. Except for medical i n s u r a n c e p r e m i u m s , o n l y those unreimbursed medical expenses you paid that exceed three percent of your ad­ justed gross income are de­ ductible. In addit ion, medical expenses are deductible only if you i temize your deduc­ t ions. You may deduct one- half of your medical insur­ ance premiums up to $150 without regard to the three percent l imitat ion with the balance also deductible sub­ ject to the three percent rule. Payments for medicines and drugs may be included in your medical expenses only to the extent they exceed one percent of your adjusted gross income. This excess is then subject to the three per­ cent l imitat ion. Q) How much money can I earn before I have to tile a Federal income tax return? A) You must f i le a Fed­ eral income tax return if you are single and had income of $1,700 or more last year ($2, . '500 if you are 65 ox older) or if you are married and you and your spouse 's combined income is $2,^00 or more ($2,900 if one spouse is 65 or older, $o,500 if both of you are 65 or older) . If you are self-employed and had net earnings from self-employ- ment of $400 or more, you must f i le a Federal income tax return. Q) Will the IKS still figure my tax for me? A) If your adjusted gross income is $20,000 or less and consists only of wages or sal­ aries and t ips, dividends, in­ terest , pensions, and annui- tiesCHfoe IRS will be glad to comjTute your tax at your re­ quest . However, you must take the standard deduction instead of i temizing your de­ ductions, f i l l in certain l ines, and fi le your return by April 17, to have the IRS do the figuring for you. Be sure to read the instructions that come with the Form 1040 as to the l ines that have to be completed. 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