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PAGE 17 - PLAIWRALER-FftlDAY. MAY U. MM EDITORIALS Child Raising One of the facts of life parents should appreciate is that there's an over-abundance of advice, much of it half-baked, about rearing children. One constantly reads magazine and newspaper articles by various "authorities" telling us how to rear Junior. There's really not very much complicated in this worthwhile task. Common sense, love and time will enable most parents to do a fine job. A good book on medical care in the home is advisable but the current spate of psychological digging, overdone worrying over junior's reactions, his (or her) frustrations, resentment, etc., is often misleading or worse. All children must learn discipline and the sooner the better, if it isn't allowed to crush their spirit and initiative. All will have some frustrations, some resentments. Fine and good. That's life. All must be curbed at times, sometimes punished. Consistency and love, however, in guiding them along, are recognized and understood by children. And if he or she doesn't turn out just like parents expect, it isn't necessarily the parents' fault. There's no need for these parents to consider themselves failures, and wallow in a sea of remorse. Too many sorry influences today can lure a youngster from the proper path of life--including television, films, associates, etc. The Conventions The major party conventions this summer are what the highly- publicized presidential primaries are all about. They promise millions two good television dramas, and might have much to do with the choice of voters in November. The Democratic convention is first, in July in New York. In August Republican delegates gather in Kansas City. The G.O.P. convention may lack some of the excitement of the New York show, if President Ford by then is assured of the nomination. There are enough Democratic candidates, and enough unknowns, however, to make for high drama at the Democratic convention. There will also be a greater number of delegates there--just over 3,000. At Kansas City the delegates will number about 2,250. That means the Democratic nominee must win over 1,500 delegate votes to get the nomination; President Ford needs but 1,130 to be nominated. The conventions, many believe, are still too early. In this television age a month of campaigning would be sufficient. As it is, the public will be inundated with political gas and smoke from July-August to November. By that time millions will sigh with releif that it's all over--whatever the outcome. Sheriff Report APRIL ACTUAL OFFENSES Robbery Theft Auto Theft Assault Burglary Burglary From Autos Forgery-Deception Criminal Damage Weapons Narcotics Driving While Intoxicated Disorderly Conduct Others Suspicion Missing-Runaway Abandoned Vehicles Anonymous Domestic Trouble Emergency Assistance Fatals (non-traffic) Found Articles Lost Articles Mental Outside Assistance Overdose Suicide Attempted Suicide Traffic Liquor Violations Miscellaneous Investigations Arson Sex Offenses ARRESTS MADE DURING THE MONTH Theft Assault Burglary Forgery-Deception Criminal Damage Weapons Narcotics . Robbery Sex Offenses Driving While Intoxicated Disorderly Conduct Others Non-Support Suspicion Abandoned Vehicles Traffic Liquor Violations JUVENILE CASES HANDLED Homicide Burglary Burglary From Auto Criminal Damage Narcotics Arson Theft Weapons Disorderly Conduct Others Missing-Runaway Traffic Liquor Violations Miscellaneous Investigations Anonymous Calls ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS HANDLED Total Number of Accidents Personal Property Bodily Injury Fatalities Warning Tickets Issued 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 Prisoners 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 s Mileage Serving Court Processes Mileage Patrolling and Investigating 1976 3 64 5 8 48 20 0 97 10 5 4 1 15 18 11 15 23 6 1 17 29 3 45 1 2 2 22 4 56 1 1 19 12 8 3 21 2 9 1 2 9 7 19 2 4 0 314 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 15 1 1 16 1 115 75 40 0 36 143 8 9 4 151 150 26 151 104 638 601 111 111 2,172 16 1,310 ' <$,205 89.627 • - • - # 2 2 ̂ p B F t N S t S P E N D I N G /V Tnt of NIANKIMP • $ m mm. rnrnm : .vim offices, youths made posters, the churches urged par­ ticipation in the event and the schools handed out and collected sponsor forms "News coverage was given us by the Plaindealer and local businesses sponsored the walk advertisement in the Plain- dealer. The local police department and sheriff's department also gave valuable assistance on the day of the walk "It is certainly gratifying to have been helped in to many ways by the people of the greater McHenry area. The value of this event did not go unnoticed Surely those needy people helped by our efforts through CROP will have hearts filled with gratitude above their newly filled stomachs. "Sincerely, "Lynne Sobcsak "Public Relations chairman "McHenry CROP Hunger Walk" ..-c MEMORIAL DAY 1976 1975 1 58 2 10 57 14 1 70 9 4 1 14 32 36 4 10 35 15 2 11 24 4 19 4 1 3 61 6 74 0 0 11 14 2 3 7 5 7 0 0 7 15 68 0 0 1 258 3 1 6 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 2 13 4 1 0 0 113 70 41 2 103 157 1 13 4 175 162 34 175 139 551 480 117 83 2,486 19 2,340 7,475 98,206 Memorial Day - 1976 (By Father William O. Hanner, McHenry, rector emeritus of Holy Comforter church, Episcopal, Kenilworth) . ' When General McArthur received the surrender of the Japanese thirty-one years ago, on the deck of the Battleship Missouri, in Tokyo Harbor, he said, "The great problems of the world are theological problems". I recognized the inherent truth of the general's statement. Here was a military man, not a minister, putting his finger directly on the truth. Now a generation and a half have passed; listen. "Black versus White in Africa," "Shenanigans in Congress", "Government Snooping has been going on for fifty years", "Keeping politicians straight", "If we give up the Panama Canal?" These are headlines of the latest U.S. News and World report as I write. The U.S. News and World Report offers these as the current problems - but they aren't really - they are the surface foam of deeper currents. Is there a God? What does He want of me? of my nation? church? or group? Is there really life hereafter-somewhere? Towards what is my life leading me? And to what purpose? Why am I here? What is the last result when life shall cease and the Cold comes? What is 'good'? What is 'bad'? What difference does either make? Am I my brother's keeper? These are the theological questions! And as long as we get ours and are comfortable we don't give a hoot. When prayer is replaced by neglect, where does it lead? When the Scripture is only something to translate, what good is it? When God is never worshipped-never held in awe-never approached in communion-never given a passing thought, it is any wonder souls shrivel? The neglect of the spiritual does not bring beauty of life. You cannot serve God and mammon. For over forty years I have sought to bring the reality of God and our responsibilities to Him before the communities I have served in Northern Illinois and Florida. Five of those years have been in McHenry. Now my voice amongst you ceases. But the importance of what I have taught will remain. It is Memorial day ; a day to honor our boys who have marched off to war ; who have given life- limb--or health upon our nation's altar. We can best remember them not with words and sentiment but with deeds and courage. We can best remember them in a nation that remembers God - fears, honors and serves Him. So today I call you, in what is probably my final article for the Plaindealer, to a deepening of the spiritual life amongst us. I call you to the remembrance of Jesus Christ, to His life, His death, His Resurrection. I call you to devotion to Him, to His Father and Their Spirit and Their strength. We need not live ingreet and apathy; we do not need to live for "things" alone. Avarice, greed, popularity, power in the world-these pass away. We do not need to live only to get. Our future lies in God's hands and in our willingness to work for His Kingdom. May our memorials to our boys, departed, be not a march, an address, a paper's article, a day set aside, BUT a life lived in the spirit of the gift our boys gave. For it is the spiritual that is eternal, it is sacrifice that is rich, it is GOD'S whom we are. A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. Weekly Market Review If toil and tribulation do build character, then market analysis and participants must have cups that are indeed running over with the stuff. However, the reason one risks his reputation by making market judgments and-or invests his money is to create more capital not character. For over three months now the popular market averages have churned up and down a little but with no conviction in either direction. Without the comfort of an established trend, one can look at market action and news developments in a myriad of ways which, we must admit, is an uncomforable predicament. This past week even more undesired character was built. Last week started off with a bang as the serious buying of the prior Friday developed follow-through on both a price and volume basis. Giving the benefit of the doubt to the Bulls, we felt that enough time had passed, enough correcting had been done, and enough disturbing news had been on the table to set the market up for a worthwhile move over Dow 1000. Unfortunately, as happened on its five prior attempts to surmount 1000, buyers took a wait and see attitude, the tone deteriorated, volume dropped, and so did stock prices. The excuses were plentiful - a weak bond market, presidential uncertainties, concern about future fed action, uneasiness about inflationary trends - but the real reason, we believe, is that stocks were not ready and the market refuses to be rushed. Another possible explanation for this sixth attempt and subsequent failure to put the 1000 barrier to rest is that the Bull is dead. A constant monitoring of the health of the Bull is essential to stock market profits and survival for two reasons: (1) Once the party is over, almost all stocks go down no matter how strong its individual fundamentals may be and (2) As sure as correction? follow advances, neither Bull nor Bear markets live forever. In our opinion, the Bulls vital signs are positive: The economy is strong but not overheated; Inflationary trends are favorable at this time and all the concern about inflation is encouraging; The earnings outlook is very Bullish; And probably most supportive is that stocks are reasonably priced and both investors and traders are very nervous which tends to prolong the Bulls life-span. We see little to encourage much short term enthusiasm but the risk- reward ratio still seems to favor the Bulls. PUBLIC PIJLSE (The Plaindealer Invitee' 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 I taste.) CROP HUNGER WALK "Editor: "The McHenry CROP Hunger Walk committee is enthusiastic about community support for the hunger walk held Saturday, May 8. "A total of 100 walkers worked hard to obtain sponsors and then walked the 10-mile course. We were heartened by all who sponsored these walkers, pledging $2,800 for CROP. "Many people gave of their time to help plan the walk. In addition to the local committee members and the personnel at the state and regional CROP SCHOOL FUNDING "To the Editor: "McHenry and Crystal Lake Cary Grove high school districts will be significantly affected if legislation calling for the elimination of the property tax rate rollback requirement in the state aid to education formula passes the General Assembly this year. "There are two sides to the issue, but one side won't get brought into the debate by local school officials. Since there is no active watchdog organisation for local tax­ payers, I guess I'm elected to outline it. "What is at stake is the concept embodied in the 1973 state aid formula that local property tax relief should be given taxpayers of those school districts that were being over­ taxed, according to the for­ mula. The goal is to provide the same financial resources to educate every child in Illinois - a goal to which I subscribe. "Prior to that 1973 passage of the Resource Equalizer state aid to education formula (and continuing today), children in areas where two school districts existed (one for elementary and another for high school) were discriminated against. The state deliberately provided less state financial assistance so that local taxpayers and school districts would be encouraged to create unit districts. "Because the so-called "dual •districts" were about to win a court case, the educational establishment in the state agreed to eliminate this gross discrimination ... but not right away. District 155 is being short-changed $1.5 million for the 1975-76 school year, for^ instance. ™ "That's not what the Crystal Lake-Cary-Grove school people are complaining loudest about, however. They are exerting pressure on people like me because the Governor cut $180,000 from the $1.8 million they expected to receive under the Resource Equalizer for­ mula. "The one thing a legislator learns quickly in Springfield is that local tax districts generally don't care where they get the money they spend. They just want to make certain that their district has enough money to provide the services they think should be provided. "In the cases of Districts 155 and 156 (McHenry high school comprises District 156), most money comes either from state aid or local property taxes. In return for the really incredibly great increases in state financial assistance, the General Assembly asked that local tax rates be rolled back slightly. This year for District 155, the tax rate will be about 3 cents per $100 of assessed valuation less than last year. The high school system will lose about $60,000 because of this required reduction of local property taxes in return for an additional $519,000 of state aid. That $60,000 loss, of course, was fully expected by local school officials. "Nevertheless, because of the $110,000 of unexpected losses caused by Governor Walker's finally figuring out that we as a state government cannot continue living beyond our resources without raising state taxes, local high school officials want the 900,000 from local property taxpayers as a partial replacement. "There is some logic for this position That I will admit "What isn't fsir to loesi property tsxpsyers is the total elimination of the mandated roll-back of local property tax rates even when the Resource Equaliser is fully funded "Tsxpayers of Crystal Lake Cary-Grove high school district will have had their tax rate cut from $1,703 to $1 4W per $100 after full funding of the for­ mula. (It should be noted thst the rstes cited exclude s number of funds I didn't promise this wouldn't get complicated, rtttnember.) "That eventual tax cut of 27.4 cents per $100 of assessed valuation will not occur if the legislation sponsored by Rep Art Bermsn (D-Chicago) "For McHenry high district taxpayers, a S cut in the tax rate levy can be eventually petted . . unless HB 1972 ex- "I hope that anyone who has read this far will write me in Springfield and tell me whether they think I should vote for or against HB 3500 "It's a pretty important concept that will be scrspped if the bill is enacted Illinois will be saying that no longer must a child's education be financed by the same number of dollars, regardless of source. (I suspect thst this violates the "equal protection under the la*" provision of the federal con­ stitution, but we can probably get away with it for a decade or so.» / "What do you think of this complex subject? "Sincerely. "Cal Skinner. 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