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V_3 v - SECTION 2 - PAGE 6 - PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY. APRIL 28.1976 EDITORIALS Cancer Hope Cancer will claim the liyes of thousands of Americans this year. Despite progress made, the American Cancer society and cancer specialists stress the necessity of educating the public to the fact that early cancer is curable. What scientists would like to discover is a single key test which would simply and surely detect the disease, such as the blood test used to detect syphilis. But no such test is yet available. Because the cause is not yet thoroughly understood, cancer checkups are the only sensible precautions one can take. Polls After Elections The newest trend in the poll business is for major television networks and newspapers to poll voters on primary or election day. Then, after the results are in, the networks or analytical writers in newspapers can tell us what would have happened if, etc Political polls have long been somewhat controversial. But they have become a crucial and determining factor in national elections. And election day polls are now sometimes a device for enabling major opinion forming media to partially negate election results. For example, if a candidate wins big in the Illinois primary and the story of that victory is coupled with a storv that the winner would hot have won if this or that candidate had opposed him (as a limited number of answers indicate) the momentum and result of the victory are somewhat negated. Polls are influential before elections in establishing front- runners, to which bandwagon riders turn. And if poll questions are oriented in one direction, the result can easily be distorted or misleading. In other words, polls are many-splendored affairs and must be judged accordingly, and sometimes are less than objective. They unquestionably exert great influence in political campaigns. In general, polls of voters on election day are among the most dubious, to say the least. The voter should surely be allowed on primary or election day to speak for himself, without the analyzers telling us what he really meant, or why the result is not what it seems, etc. PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealer Invites the public to use this column as an expression of their views on subjects of general interest in our community. Our only request is that the writers give - signature, full ad­ dress and phone number. We ask too, that one in­ dividual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We reserve the right to delete any material which we con­ sider libelous or in objec­ tions! taste.) RESCl'E SQl'AD VALUE "Dear Editor: . "We. the members of the Lakes Region Rescue squad, are happy to announce that we are now MI.C.U (Mobile Intensive Care unit). This great step in advanced emergency care was possible only after many hours of hard work and training. We hope to serve the area with the best emergency care available. Our roster of members includes ijine paramedics, eight EMT A's and five people in various emergency medical care classes. Each member receives approximately ten hours a month of continuous training in addition to this. Each paramedic must also attend a continuous education course to maintain his or her rating. "Being M.I C.U. enables the paramedic to monitor the electrical activity of the patient's heart and at the same time send an EKG directly to the hospital where a trained Trauma doctor interprets it A 4 E APRIL SHOWERS ^ 7 ^ . ^ ' Y . • V . . Efforts To Eradicate Bovine TB In Progress Officials in the Illinois Department of Agriculture ; have discovered and are trying to contain and eradicate what they called one of the most serious outbreaks of bovine tuberculosis in the state's history Bovine tuberculosis can be transmitted to humans usually through unpasteurized • milk. Dr. Paul Spencer, chief veterinarian. Bureau of Animal Health, who is heading up the state's efforts in the outbreak, said "I've been in the field twenty-five years, and I've never seen anything like it." State Supt. of Meat. Poultry and Livestock Inspection. Dr. Paul B Doby, said the most serious concentration currently is in a fourteen-county area in the southeastern portion of the state along the Indiana border . from about Edgar county on the north to Gallatin on the south • and extending about as far west as Clay county. At least sixteen herds are affected, he said. "1 think the situation is very b^d. right now." Doby said. "Of realtors to tuberculin tests that were marked for slaughter, from two herds, every animal had tuberculin lesions in results we got back today." Doby said the infection has been traced to an Angus herd which was dispersed in November, 1973, from the Mauck Farm in Posey county, Ind. Eighty-four animals were sold into thirty-eight Illinois herds at that time, but. he said, many of those animals may have changed hands several times since, as may other animals which were sub­ sequently infected. Spencer said the tracking down of the affected herds and animals will probably take at least until the end of the Summer James Austin, the depart­ ment's chief investigator, said he has virtually all his staff working on tracking down the movement of possibly infected cattle. So far. more than twenty-five department personnel have been involved in the case. Spencer said. He said he plans to use more as they can be relieved from other duties and that he expects considerable help from United States Department of Agriculture officials, some of whom are already enroute to Illinois and Indiana from other parts of the country. In explaining the in­ vestigation procedure, Austin said, "The first step is to contact the original list of thirty-eight buyers, verify purchase and see if they still have the animal. Then we check the herd for reactors which are tagged and branded for slaughter, if found. If the original animal has been resold, or if cattle have been sold into another herd from one where we have found reactors, then, we repeat basically the same procedure at the next herd." Doby said that after an autopsy at slaughter, all animals with tuberculosis lesions are condemned as unfit for human food. The carcasses may then be sent to a rendering plant where they are processed under enough heat to destroy any bacteria. The meat may then be used as animal food, he said. and directs the paramedic on the scene as to the proper drugs to be administered. "The- piece of equipment required for this costs $3,750. It is paid for through donations from citizens in the area to whom we owe sincere thanks. "In addition to this we carry a drug box with twenty-five assorted drugs which we can use for such things as cardiac, asthma, poisonings, drug overdoses and many other acute illnesses "We are presently housed in the Island Lake Village hall. This is a very satisfactory arrangement at present but our future plans include the pur­ chase of a new vehicle which we are badly in need of. Our present ambulance is a 1967 Cadillac. This vehicle was the best made in 1967 but this is 1976 and it is showing its age. We want also to build a building of our own capable of housing three vehicles, an M.I.C.U. Modular, and Underwater Recovery unit and an equip­ ment van. "To finance this we are holding our first annual Bike-a- Thon. It will take place May 16. Applications for this event can be picked up at most area schools, the Wauconda Village hall, the Island Lake Village hall and many area businesses. "We are now asking your help. We need more public support. A volunteer Rescue squad is just that. We receive no state or local funds. We are now to the point where we cannot continue to serve the public much longer without their support. Our members buy their own uniforms, emergency lights and in many cases even equip their private vehicles with very advanced first aid medical kits. We have been able to continue thus far with a lot of hard work and even more good luck. Being a paramedic is not enough. We need equipment to provide this care and it is expensive. A new modular ambulance costs $20,000. We already have nearly all equipment to stock the unit and there is no emergency situation I can think of that we cannot handle. We even carry an emergency childbirth kit to insure the newborn of coming into the world under the best emergency conditions possible. "Still this is not enough. We need a new ambulance! "We hope the Bike-a-Thon will raise enough money for it. It should if we get the public support we so desperately need. If it doesn't the people of Island Lake, Wauconda, Tower Lakes, Burton's Bridge. Porten's, Riverdale, Griswol Lake, Holiday Hills, William Park, and anyone else withiri the area from the McHenry dam to Kelsey road and Fairfield road to Rt. 31 are going to lose the services of this t w e n t y - t h r e e m e m b e r paramedic squad. If this happens I hope it isn't one of my family that dies because of it. "The only thing that I can think of to add to this is that there are many other rescue squads in this area that are supported in this same manner. The public can open their hearts and wallets to support the squads that serve them in these other areas and we are confident the people in this area will do the same. We feel the. public needs us and we need your help. "For further information call 526-3035. "Sincerely yours, "William F. Robinson "Public Relations Dept. "Lakes Region Rescue squad" MORE BRIDGE VIEWS "Editor: "With avid interest, I read your page-one story (issue date of Friday, April 23) telling about the 1,685 signatures submitted to the McHenry City Council urging that the old Pearl street steel bridge be retained as an historic land­ mark, and that alternative plans for traffic relief be studied. "I, too, join the many who are in favor of preserving land­ marks and historic structures -- when such a possibility exists -- providing, however, that such preservation will benefit the entire community, past, present and future. The alternatives suggested (in hopes to retain the old bridge) are certainly not feasible. The idea of putting the bridge off Waukegan road at a cost three times that of the proposed bridge seems out of question, considering the fact there is only a 20-foot right-of- way,- and, it would have to go through the sewer plant as well. "The construction of a new bridge next to the old one would mean the destruction of one landmark (the Town House) to preserve another," at a cost to equal double that of the proposed bridge. I appreciate sentimentality, but not to that extent. "And a bridge off Washington street which would have to go through Hunterville sub­ division, indeed, is not ac­ ceptable. There is no need to ever drive people out of their homes for the construction of a new bridge in order to ac­ commodate our sense of tradition. "As Alderman Ray Smith said: 'Many times you cannot afford what you want.' If the cost for renovating the old bridge plus yearly upkeep...and...the fulfilling of a commitment for the con­ struction of a new and modern bridge cannot be met, then certainly, we realize the path' we must take to answer the needs of the community . "I would like to look at both sides of the question, in depth, in order to arrive at a logical solution. Contrary to the opinion of Arthur Boger who you quoted in your aritcle, speaking in opposition to saving the bridge: "What is there to see on the other side of the river? Who is the foot bridge for, McHenry people or people on the other side? They don't belong in the city limits so let's build something good for the Doby said once the animals are tagged and branded as reactors, they are appraised for potential indemnification for all reactors once slaughter has been verified. The final determination as to whether an animal was actually infected is made on the basis of tests on tissue samples taken at the time of salughter and sent to the federal diagnostic laboratory at Ames, Iowa, he said. Once that laboratory confirmation has been made, after positive reaction to the tuberculin test and after lesions have been observed, the entire herd from which the animal came is depopulated, he said. Anivals reacting to the tuberculin test are eligible for up to $350 federal indemnity plus State indemnity of $100 for purebreds and $50 for grade cattle, providing the total amount does not exceed the appraisal, Doby said. Cattle which are negative--that is, do not react to the test-- but which have been exposed to an in­ fected herd are eligible for $200 in federal indemnity plus $400 * m catena y V'l; V /> < { * < t$ * 1 % I mmm vty/iV/. § fill Xj MOST OF THESE FIT HIM TOO! city of McHenry, a new modern bridge.' "I never realized that because I live on the 'other side of the river' (Hunterville subdivision), I didn't belong in McHenry. In compliance with Mr. Boger's crude outlook and isolationistic attitude, I'm surprised he even favors a bridge over the river. Back to the days of the Indians, Mr. Boger. You keep your tepee there...and I'll keep my tepee here. "Respectifully, "James M. Delaney "3005 W.Emily Lane - "McHenry" I SERVICE NEWS 1 from the state for purebreds, $100 in federal indemnity plus $200 from the state for grade cattle -- again, providing the total amount does not exceed the appraisal. Doby said the Department of Agriculture will almost cer­ tainly have* to go to the legislature for a supplemental appropriation to fund the state indemnification. While he said it was impossible to tell at this time how much would be needed, a range of $100 thousand to $300 thousand was realistic. Illinois officials are working with others from the USDA and other states on the traceback and eradication program and have requested the full cooperation of the livestock- raising community in heading off the outbreak before it reaches epidemic proportions, Doby said. PROMOTED Marine Corporal Robert M. Lohse, 20, whose wife, Robin, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Repke of 8615 Howe road, Ringwood, has been promoted to his present rank while serving at the El Toro Marine Corps Air station, Santa Ana, Ca. IN MARINE CORPS Marine Private First Class William S. Weiss, 18, son of Mrs. Mary Weiss of 3703 James, McHenry, has reported for duty at the Marine Corps Air station, El Toro, Ca. A m e r i c a n V i e w p o i n t s And in the end, through the long ages of our quest for light, it will be found that truth is still mightier than the sword. For out of the welter of human car­ nage and human sorrow and' human weal the in­ destructible thing that will always live is a sound idea. Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur For Your Information Dear friends. If death occurs away from home, as it frequently does these days, the family should promptly call their local funeral director. Me will know how to arrange to have the deceased body returned for local burial, if that is your wish. 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