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PAGE 1« - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, MAY 29.1974 Rural Conservation And Development Study Made S2.500._i. $2,000. . St.500. . S1.000. . $500- . AVERAGE PER ACRE VALUE OF FARMLAND AND BUILDINGS 19539 AND 1969 I 0 us* IMt J J if I i f I i I # * * 7 Will Illinois' special assessment limiting the tax rate on farmland prevent farmers in northeastern Illinois from being economically squeezed off their land? How can farming be retained as a viable industry in the region when the increased market value of land makes farm sale irresistible? These are questions that have been raised bythe Northeastern Illinois Planning commission (NIPC) in studying rural conservation and development. In its interest in rural conservation, NIPC hopes to develop legal and economic strategies for retaining land for agricultural uses. As part of its ongoing planning program, the Commission will investigate the relationship between property taxes and the turnover of farmland for urban development. Studies will explore the effectiveness of Illinois' new agricultural assessment procedure intended to protect farms from urban displacement. The law provides that farmland be assessed for property taxation based cm its market value for agricultural use, rather than on a market value based on its potential for urban development. When land under the special agricultural assessment is converted to an urban use, the landowner pays a "penalty", the penalty being the difference between actual taxes paid three years prior to sale and the taxes - plus five percent interest - that would have been paid if the assessment had been based on "highest and best use." To meet requirements under the special assessment, land parcels must exceed 10 acres and must have been in agricultural use three successive years prior to the application for this designation. According to the 1969 U.S. Census of Agriculture, the six northeastern Illinois counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will have the highest average per acre value of farmland in the state. Census figures show these 1969 average per-acre values of farmland and buildings: DuPage, $2,367; Cook, $2,107; Lake, $1,829; Kane, $966; McHenry, $859; and Will, $849. Although agricultural land Doctorate To R.J. English Robert J. English received his Doctor of Education degree from Northern Illinois university at DeKalb May 11. He was a 1961 graduate of McHenry high school. has increased in value throughout the entire state, the intense urban pressures of northeastern Illinois caused farmland values in this region to increase at even a faster rate. Between 1959 and 1969, the average per acre value of farmland and farm buildings increased at least 200 percent in all six counties. DuPage county's . average value increased 300 percent and Lake county's average value increased 250 percent. The increased value of farmland, higher property taxes, and a sense of urban inevitability make it attractive for farmers to cash in on the benefits of development. While NIPC recognizes that growth will take place in rural areas, it would like to discourage whimsical land use turnover which contributes to urban sprawl and pulls the rug out from under the agricultural practice in immediately surrounding areas. An objective of any NIPC recommendations on rural conservation and devdopment will be to protect and preserve farming in areas desiring an agricultural economy and to guide urbanization to the locales that seek growth. The Commission also hopes to recommend ways whereby the transition from rural to urban environment can be. jnore orderly and acceptable. Announcing! WAUCONDA NATIONAL BANK NOW OFFERS NO COST CHECKING -- With No Mnrthly Service Charge! Now $50 Minimum Balance Can Save *24 or More Per Year! 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There are some 325 known Stradivarius violins in existence, 185 in U.S. * Largely Education is largely a matter of choosing one's company wisely, and listen­ ing in silence. -News, Detroit. How True Your temper is one of the few things that improves the longer you keep it. -Reporter, Kanawha, la. a How DOE your garden ; & Mount Hope Church United Methodist 1015 W. Broadway Pistakee Highlands Rev. Len Schoenherr Sunday Worship 11 a.m. Sun­ day School, 9:45 a.m. Faith Presbyterian Church West of the Outdoor Theatre John O. Mclntyre, Pastor Church School, 9:15 a.m. for 1st grade thru adults and 10:30 a.m. for pre-school children (3- 5) Worship, 10:30 a.m. Nursery facilities available. The mystery of life and growth was one our daugh­ ter took for granted .. .'un­ til last summer when she "adopted" a flower bed all her own. Then she began to ask what makes her garden grow. I once had a course in bo­ tany; I thought I knew ail the answers. But none of them seemed to register with Mary. So my wife took over the answering department. God makes things growl That made much more sense to Mary. Is it, after all, a contra­ diction of science to admit that we live in a world full of mysteries . . . mysteries that happen before our very eyes . .. mysteries that re­ veal the wondrous mind of the creator? At graduation time? fully realize that our sons and daughters need a spiri­ tual foundation for all other knowledge. They will find in the Church. First Baptist Chuich 509 N. Front St. 385-0083 VirgleL. Chappell Bible Study - Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service - 10:45 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Training Union; 6:00p.m. Interpretation for Deaf at all Services. Special Spanish Services. Wednesday, Prayer Service, 7:30 p.m. St Paurs Episcopal Chirch 3706 W. St. Paul's & Green Rev. Arthur D« McKay, Vicar 385-7690 Sunday Services - Holy Eucharist - 8 a.m., Family Eucharist, 10 a.m. Church School & Coffee Hour. Wed­ nesdays - Holy Eucharist 9:30 a.m. Friday-Holy Eucharist Wonder take Bjbte Church 7501 Howe Road, Box No. 2 Rev. Richard N. Wright, Pastor •SUNDAY; Phone 653^96i 9:30 AM - Sunday School Hour 11:00 AM - Morning Worship Service 7:00 PM - Bible Fellowship Hour 8:30 PM - Word of Life Youth Group WEDNESDA Midweek Pri HourH Prayer and Praise Scriptures Selected By The American Bible Society Copyright 1974 Keister Advertising Service, Inc., Strasburg, Virginia Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday John • Acts • I John "* John • Revelation«I Peter • Psalms 14:23-29 10:26-48 4:7-10 15:9-17 21:10-23 4:13-16 27:1-8 St John the Baptist Catholic Church Johnsburg Rev. Leo Bartel, Pastor Rectory Phone 385-1477 Convent Phone 385-5363 Sat., night-8:00 p.m. Mass Sun, Masses: 7,9,10:30,12:00 Si Peter's Catholic Church Spring Grove. Illinois Rev. Kildufl. Pastor Phone: 815-675-2288 MASSES: Daily 8 A.M. Saturday - 7:30 P.M. Sunday - 7 A.M., 9 A.M., 11 A.M. First United Methodist Chuich 3717 WosT M a i n Street Church phone 385-0931 Ralph Smith, Pastor Parsonage Phone: 385-1352 Worship Services Saturday Evening 7;oo Sunday Morning 9:30 & 10:45 Church School 10:30 Faith Baptist. Church Sunday School 9:45 Preaching 11:00 Evening Church 7:00 p.m. Johnsburg Junior High Pastor John L. Gray 385-7920 Nativity Lutheran Church 3506 E. Wonder LaKe Rd. Box 157 Phone 653-3832 Wonder Lake, Illinois Sun Worship8 and 10:30 a.m Sunday School 9 a.m. (Nursery Facilites Available) St Mary's Catholic Church Rev. Eugene Baumhofer Sat., Eve., Mass - 5 p.m. Fulfills Sun., obligation. Sunday Masses -6:30,8,9:30 9:45, 10:45, 11, 12 noon. Alliance Bible Church 3815 W.John St. Rev. Gerald Robertson . Wednesday Eves. 8 p.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sun. Worship Youth SeiVice, 7 p.m. Evening Evangel. Church Of Jesus Christ Of tatter-Day Saints Lester W. Moore, Branch President Phone: 312-658-5847 Meetings he id at 820 Darlington Lane in Coventry School in Crystal Lake, III. Sunday School-10:30 every Sun. Sacrament Meeting-12:00 Noon 1st Sun. of Month 5:00 P.M. other Sun's George R. Justen Funeral Home 3519 W. Elm Street McHenry, III. 385-2400 Glaviano's I eriors & Palatine MiUwork 385-3764 or 385-3765 414 S. Route Hi Just North of McHenry Flora. Brake Parts Co. P.O. Box 11 . McHenry , 111.* 385-7000 Ace Hardware 3729 W. Elm Street McHenry, III. 385-07£2 Tonyan \ Construction Co. 1309 N. Borden Street McHenry, 111. 385-5520 Christ The King Catholic Church 5006 E. Wonder Lake Road Wonder Lake, Illinois Sunday masses: 8, 10 a.m. and noon. Eve., Mass: 8 p.m. Fulfills Sunday Obligation. Ringwood Methodist Church Kingwood. Illinois « Rev. Ruth Wegner Res. 648-2848 Church 653-6956 Sunday-9:30 a.m. Church Ser­ vice. Church School Also at 9:30 a.m. Chain 0'Lakes EvangeKcal Covenant Church 4815 N. Wilmot Rd. Rev. Mitchell Considine Sunday School - 9:45 a.m Morning Worship - 11 a.m. Church Phone - 497-3000 Parsonage - 497-3050 Christian Science Society Lincoln Road and Eastwood Lane Sunday Service - 10:30 a.m. Sunday School - 10:30 a.m. Wed. Eve. Metting Every Third Wed. - 8:00 p.m. St Patrick's Catholic Church Rev. Edmund Petit, Pastor Rid. Michael Douglas, Assoc. Jlaator Sat., Eve. (Sun., obligation fulfilled 5 & 7 P.M.) Sunday 7:15, 8:30, 9:45, 11 and 12:15 Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church 404 N. Green St. Rev. Roger W. Schneider Phone 385-7786 or 385-4030 Family worship and Sunday School - 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Nursery facilities available. St Francis National Catholic Church Flanders Rd'., east of Ringwood Rd., Sunday Masses • 10 a.m. Father John Strzalka, Pastor Spring Grove Church United Methodist, 8102 N. Blivin _Spring Grove, 111. Rev. Leon Schoenherr, Pastor Sunday Worship - 9 a.m. Sunday School - 10:15 a.m. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) 4206 W. Waukegan Rd. (W. Rt. 120) Rev. Herman F. Graef 385-0859 385-1616 Sunday Worship-7:45 and 10:30 Nursery Services provided at 10:30. Education for Eternity Sunday School - Children and Youth, 9 a.m. First National Bank of McHenry 3814 W. Elm Street McHenry, III. 385-5400 McHenry Savings & Loan 1209 N. Green Street McHenry, 111. 385-3000 Locker's Flowers 1213 Third Street McHenry, III. 385-2300 The Bath Shop 3012 W. Rte. 120 McHenry, III. 385-0048 McHenry State Bank 3510 W. Elm Street McHenry, 111. 385-1040 Peter M. Justen Funeral Home 3807 W. Elm Street McHenry, 111. 385-0063 Guettler's Service, Inc. 818 N. Front Street McHenry, III. 385-9831 Mitchell Sales, Inc. Buick - Olds - Opel 907 N. Front McHenry 385-7200 The McHenry Plaindealer 3812 West Elm Street McHenry, Illinois 60050 Coast to Coast Hardware 4400 W. Rte. 120 McHenry Market Place 385-6655