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PAGE10-PI AINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1972 EDITORIALS Deserving Organization Few organizations deserve the support of the average American more than the Salvation Army, which helps men and women of all creeds and colors--where they need it and when they need it. The Salvation Army is deserving because its members go into slum and poverty areas and help those who often have no other salvation. Its facilities have offered the only shelter available to millions, no questions asked, for decades. •* The Salvation Army's books show only a small percentage of its money goes to Administration, less than ten per cent. Compared to certain other highly-organized, New York based charity organizations, in which administration co6ts, including salaries, office costs, etc., eat up as much as fifty per cent, the Salvation Army's record is unusually good - and it deserves your support. The Needy At Christmas It's the custom in many parts of the country for newspapers to call attention to the plight of the community's needy at Christmas time. This is a worthwhile undertaking and it is appropriate to make a special effort at Christmas to see that every child, especially, is remembered in some way. It's true, as some point out, that the needy deserve attention year-round. But there is also nothing wrong with a special effort, one that perhaps cannot be duplicated every week of the year - at Christmas. If there are nearby families in distress, if there are children likely to have little to be happy about Christmas morning, those with the means can make their Christmas a satisfying one by doing something about it. Parties, good food and expensive presents are less fulfilling, inwardly. New Trend In Math A new trend-perhap6 in your school involving your children-is stress on mathematics theory rather than the old-fashioned system of learning the multiplication tables, etc. Just as some, seeking to be progressive, partly ruined a generation of readers by departing from a proved system of learning reading, now some textbooks stress theory and not hard math. One father recently asked all the friends of his fourth-grade daughter at her birthday party how much eight times nine was. No (me knew! School officials and teachers (and college professors) sometimes accept easy, new methods-requiring less discipline-because the mood, or fad, is against anything hard or traditional; most of the traditional values, however, have survived because they have mer it. They helped produce a generation of Americans whose country became, in many ways, the best in the world. Changes in educational methods should come carefully and slowly, certainly not through premature abdication in favor of untested theories. 4 Ecology Experiment In Oregon citizens have been returning beer and pop bot­ tles, by compulsion, for two months. A law to reduce litter and trash went into effect October 1st. Disposable bottles are not for sale nor are pull-top cans of beer; residents must once again buy beer and other drinks imreturnable bottles, which require a deposit of two cents or more. The Oregon Environmental Council says no-return, no- deposit bottles are 21 to 1 better bets to end up along the roadside or in undesirable places. The state has begun its own survey of the litter problem but its findings will not be available for some time. The outcome of Oregon ecology experiment will be of interest to citizens in other states; if it proves successful, and if the law isn't found unconstitutional in the courts, where it's being challenged, it could influence other state legislatures to enact similar legislation. m Sheriff Report McHENRY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT NOVEMBER 1972 1971 Offenses as reported: Abandoned Vehicles 13 10 Anonymous Calls 6 10 Arson 1 0 Assault 4 8 Burglary 33 37 Disorderly Conduct 1 6 Driving While Intoxicated 10 7 Emergency Assistance 11 21 Fatalities (Other than Traffic) 2 4 Forgery 0 2 Found Articles 10 10 Liquor Violations 1 6 Lost Article 9 24 Mental 10 5 Miscellaneous Investigations 56 47 Missing Person 7 16 Narcotics 6 3 Others 40 21 Outside Assistance 37 16 Overdose 0 1 Robbery 1 0 Runaways 0 1 Sex Offenses 3 2 Attempted Suicide 2 2 Suicide 1 0 Suspicion 29 21 Theft 33 40 Theft-Auto 2 1 Traffic 48 31 Vandalism 36 98 Weapons 3 14 Total Offenses Reported 450 492 Social Security Question: Because I'm retired, my 40-year-old daughter, who has been severely mentally retarded since birth, gets monthly Social Security checks on my record. She has just been given a job in the institution for the mentally retarded where she stays. The job pays 60 cents an hour and she only works a couple of hours a day. Do I need to notify Social Security about her work? • Answer: Yes, you should call, write, or visit your Social Security office immediately and notify them about your daughter's job. On the basis of the information you gave, it does not appear that your daughter's Social Security payments will be affected by her job, but the Social Security administration must look into the situation carefully before a decision can be made. Question: I am 25 years old. Because of a severe heart condition that began when I was 12, I have been getting monthly Social Security payments on my retired father's work record. A couple of months ago I got married and, even though my heart condition has not changed, my monthly checks stopped. Can you tell me why my checks were stopped? Answer: Your payments were stopped because of your marriage. Adults disabled in childhood can continue to get checks as long as they are dependent upon their parents. Because you married, however, you are no longer considered dependent upon your parents, and, therefore you are not eligible to get monthly checks on your father's work record. Question: I'm 19 and get monthly Social Security payments as a student. I have been forced to drop the number of courses I'm taking to 11 credit hours. My college con­ siders 12 hours as the minimum for a full-time student. Will this cause my monthly checks to be reduced. Answer: Your monthly payments will stop. Students can get Social Security payments only if they are in full-time attendance. Early to bed, and early to rise-and you'll fix your own breakfast. Arrests for the Month: Bodily Harm Burglary Criminal Damage Deception Disorderly Conduct Driving While Intoxicated Forgery Liquor Violations Narcotics Non-support Sex crimes Theft Traffic Weapons All Others Total Adult Persons Arrested Offenses Cleared by Arrest: Felonies Misdemeanors Juvenile Cases Handled: Bodily Harm Criminal damage Disorderly Conduct Narcotics Runaways Sex Crimes Theft Traffic Weapons All Others Total Juvenile Cases Handled Prisoner Count for the Month: Adult Males Received Adult Females Received Juvenile Males Received Juvenile Females Received Total Prisoners Received Total Prisoners Discharged Average Prisoner Count Per Day 5 10 4 2 7 15 0 3 8 5 1 2 384 2 18 467 16 456 0 4 4 0 22 0 1 1 0 8 39 92 1 6 7 106 107 15 iiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiimriiinnniinnnnmiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiHHiiiiiiiw For Your Information Dear friends, Some wise man has said "Let me write the music for a nation, and I care not who writes the laws." Beyond doubt, the peace­ ful and up-lifting Christmas carols contribute to the love and tranquility in men's hearts during the Christmas season. If we could only continue this inspiring music through­ out the year. * Sincerely, i Respectfully, PETER/VIJUSTEN - & SON FUNERAL HOME McHapry. Illinois . 385-0063 ! K0ENEMANN Country Made Sausages, • Hams and Bacon IGERMAN IMPORTS AND CHEESES A Full Line Of Delicatessen 4 0 0 1 3 9 1 11 3 4 1 3 349 1 19 409 8 418 PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealer Invites the public to use this col­ umn as an expression of their views on subjects of general interest in our community. Our only re­ quest is that writers lim­ it themselves to 300 words or less - signature, full address and phone num­ ber. We ask too, that one individual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We re­ serve the right to delete any material which we consider libelous or in ob- jectional taste.) BLESSED WITH FRIENDS "Letter To The Editor: "There is an air of ex­ pectancy, an undercurrent of waiting which makes this season of the year such a meaningful time. There is only one page left on the calendar. Soon that page will be torn off, and a new year will have dawned once more. This is a time of preparation. "We, at Goodwill Industries, like many others, find our­ selves richly blessed with many friends. "Your public has helped us to serve over 351 disabled clients from seventeen coun­ ties. Over fifty of these are today independent and are publicly employed. No more relief. No more dependency. This number will soon be doubled in 1973 after they complete their training and diagnostic testing. "The 351 clients at Goodwill are grateful for the chance to earn and learn. In this area Goodwill has completed thirty- six years of service and some 4,400 disabled men and women are thankful for your help. "Again, much credit must be given to you and your medium for the part you played in making our program suc­ cessful. We sincerely hope you will continue creating public Systeift Fits The Child "Once upon a time, the animals decided they must do something heroic to meet the problems of 'a new world' so they organized a school. "They adopted an activity curriculum consisting of running, climbing, swimming and flying, and to make it easier to administer all the animals took all the subjects. "The duck was excellent in swimming, better in fact than his instructor, and made passing grades in flying, but he was very poor in running. "Since he was slow in run­ ning, he had to stay after school and also drop swimming to practice running. This kept up until his web feet were badly worn and he was only average in swimming. But average was acceptable in school so nobody worried except the duck. "The rabbit started at the top of the class in running, but he had a nervous breakdown because of so much make up work in swimming. i "The squirrel was excellent in climbing until he developed frustration in the flying class where his teacher made him start from the ground-up in­ stead of from the tree top down. He also developed a "charlie horse" from over exertion and fell to a C in climbing and a D in running. "The eagle was a problem ghild and was disciplined severely. In the climbing class he beat all the others to the top of the tree but insisted on using his own way to get there. "At the end of the year, an abnormal eel that could swim exceedingly well and also run, climb and fly a little had the highest average and was valedictorian. "The prairie dogs stayed out of school and fought the tax levy because the school would not add digging and burrowing to the curriculum. They ap­ prenticed their child to a badger and later joined the groundhogs and gophers to start a successful private school." This fairy tale is not new. An assistant superintendent of schools in Cincinnati, Ohio, wrote it and it has been passed out at education conferences ever since. But thepoint it makes is often missed - even today. Education for many years tried to change children to fit the system and is only now changing so that ducks are not penalized because they can't run. Officials in Elementary School District 15 have made "individualized instruction" their article of faith. By that awareness and interest in Goodwill Industries, the only agency-forjthe disabled with an accrediteaNwork evaluation center, coverfyig about 15,000 square mile "Sincerely Grateful, Alfred H. Soldwish, "Community Relations Director" 2 12 0 1 9 1 4 0 1 4 34 75 4 7 4 90 100 16 Accident Investigations Handled: "» Total Number of Accidents Personal Property Accidents Bodily Injury Accidents Fatalities Warning Tickets Issued Prisoner Records Prepared Warrants Served Court Processes Received Court Processes Served Bailiffs in Court Persons Taken to Court Meals Served for the Month Persons conveyed to other institutions Mileage conveying persons Mileage serving court processes Mileage patrolling and investigating 166 134 32 1 83 106 80 486 369 102 72 1,295 20 1,120 5,815 88,687 # ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ V ¥ ¥ ¥ y E I 5 I I K = t I I i ! s I = I i i S <1 E - ( =' * I <fe = •( • t I I t I I • t • I I t • t ( t t t I • I I I I t t Just east ot Rt. 12 1 VOLO 1 ¥ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimimiiiiiiiii# I 815-385-6260 Are Yon New In McHenry Area f ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ Do You Know Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA ! » | ! CALL JOAN STULL 385-5418 * T^RAN OLSEN 385-5740 nmvmni ' ^ K K t O W Y O U R N E W A R E A -- R O Y A L W E L C O M E D O E S I T B E ! • I , »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» they don't mean special tutoring, but they do mean finding new ways to get to know each child so the school can fill his needs. The methods schools can use to learn about their students are many. Tests are becoming more sophisticated, teachers learn what to look for in a child and special resource persons help them work with children. And the ways schools can meet children's needs vary widely. Some new programs and some very old ones can work in varying degrees for different children. As a result in District 15 there is no one district-wide "program" for reaching children. Principals and teachers are encouraged to adopt controlled innovations such as multi-age classes, team teaching, learning resource cmters, independent study and many others as their resources and needs dictate. That is why a parent who lives in one part of the District may talk to friends who live across town and discover that the schools are doing something over there they have not heard of. Administrators say that maybe, someday, when all the results are in, the schools will Christmas Cheer At Christmas some feel the urge to celebrate with gusto and this sometimes means imbibing cheer in the form of alcoholic beverages. Thus a word of caution is in order at this time. It could prevent tragic results during the major holiday season of the year. Each Christmas holiday period claims the lives of hundreds of Ameri­ cans in automobile accir» dents, and many of them re­ sult from the mistakes of intoxicated or partly intoxi- > cated drivers. How tragic it i s w h e n t h e s e a c c i d e n t s i ! take the lives of dear ones. If one must celebrate in this way, he or she should resolve to stay at home or to refrain from driving. This should be your earliest new- year resolution; it can save your life, or someone else's. Most things are difficult, before they are easy. Any sermon is a good one, if it doesn't happen to hit us. be more uniform in programs. But maybe they won't. Because all the children in District 15 seem to be getting a good education - but they all do it in different ways. As different as the duck and the eagle, maybe. (TgSSI 150 106 44 2 98 90 74 471 364 111 40 1,075 6 410 84,446 OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F. Kelly At 1224 N. Green St *eet McHenry (C losed Wednesds ;) Eyes examined .. Clasps fitted Contact Lenses Hrs: Daily 9:30 a.m. t<- 5 p.m. Friday Evenings - 8: >0 p.m. Evenings by appointment PHONE 385-0452 Dr. Leonard Bottari Eyes Examined - Contact Lens Glasses Fitted 1303 N. 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