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PAGE 10-PLA1NDEALER-WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1977 Lakeland Park and Lakeland Shores Sharon Gacek 335-3777 Anne Moore 385-6448 "Spooky Event" Plans In The Making In Area Halloween is only one month away and it's time to start thinking about making reservations for your children to attend the party sponsored by Lakeland Park Women's club. Reservations are a must so we can plan to have enough treats on hand for the children. A parent mtfst accompany their child and stay for the party. This year's spooky event will be held at the community house, 1717 N. Sunset Sunday, Oct. 30 from 2 to 4 p.m. In addition to the delicious treats, games will be played and, of course, costumes will be judged. Pinal {dans will be made and committees formed at the next meeting of the Women's club, Thursday evening, Oct. 13. For more details and reservations for your child- chQdren, call one of your columnists, today! GRANDDAUGHTER CHRISTENED Grandmother and Grand­ father Rode recently spent a weekend in Iola, Wis. Aunt Colleen and Uncle Bob and Aunt Barb and their two children also spent the weekend in Iola. The occasion that brought the family together was , the christening of pretty Nicole Lynn, the Rode's third grand­ daughter. She was born in loa July 21 and is the beautiful daughter of Russell and Mary Rode. Approximately twenty-five guests attended the christening party held in the baby's honor with guests traveling from Chicago and Elk Grove village as well as McHenry. Nicole's godfather, who was also best man at the wedding, and godmother, Mary's sister, were among the special guests at the party that followed the religious ceremony. One great grandmother was also a special guest at the celebration. Everyone had a wonderful time and delighted in spoiling tiny Nicole Lynn on her very special day. MINI-REUNION New Glarus, Wis., was the setting of a recent mini-reunion of three friends who attended Marion college in Fond du Lac together and their families. Bruce and Sue Warren and their children, Joel, Julie and Emily, had a great time visiting at the home of Jim and Sue McGuire. The McGuire children, Ann, Jenny, and twins, Timothy and Sara, were delighted to have "little people" to play with for the day. Other guests at the reunion were Gerri and Chuck Linski and their daughters, Carrie and Jamie, from Har- tland, Wis. Sue, Gerri and Sue had lots of fun reminiscing about their good times together in Fond du Lac and they agreed their get- together should become a fun annual event. A SPECIAL DAY Pretty Mary Ellen Etheridge enioyed a memorable and special day one recent Sunday. She rode atop a float sponsored by her dancing studio in a parade in Johnsburg. Her parents, Allan and Marilyn, and her brothers, Mark and Bill, enjoyed watching her as she happily waved to all the people who lined the parade route. After the parade she ex­ claimed to her mother, "Mom, everyone in the whole world knows me!" The Etheridge family en­ joyed their fun day together and they all were thrilled to see Mary Ellen so happy about the part she had in the beautiful parade! BIRTHDAY WISHES Sorry we missed wishing twins Joel and Julie Warren happy birthdays. They celebrated their special day Tuesday, Sept. 27, and turned eight years old. Happy birthday to two very nice children. THREE CELEBRATIONS Three wedding anniversaries will be celebrated the same day in our area. Frank and Arlene Bartos celebrate their twenty-sixth wedding anniversary and share Sept. 29 with Wally and Margo Schaedel and Ernie and Pat Schooley who will all celebrate their twenty-first anniversary. Congratulations to you all and best wishes for many more happy years together! CANDLE OCCASIONS Sept. 30 is a soecial day for Ronald Reagan TAXES AND BAD IDEAS • California is known for bigness. Big mountains, big deserts, big population, big crops, even Big Foot. But, for big - and bad - ideas in legislation, the state narrowly missed setting some sort of Guinness record last week. In the final hours ol this year's session, the California legislature turned down, for the second time, a scheme pushed by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., to redistribute income under the guise of "property tax relief." It all began when the governor and the legislature realized that surpluses were piling up at a rapid rate in the state treasury. By next July 1, the surplus is expected to be $2.5 billion. The cause of the surplus goes back nearly 10 years. Soon after I became governor of California in 1967, I realized we would have to increase some taxes because the state was going in the red to the tune of about $1 million a day. The constitution prohibits deficits, but the previous ad­ ministration, under the present governor's father, had been using various bookkeeping devices to make the books appear balanced. In reality, California was heading toward Russell Henderson. He'll celebrate his sixth birthday. Michelle Fish will be the bir­ thday gal in her home Oct. 1. She'll have sixteen candles on her birthday cake. Tell Your Friends The Facts... NOW YOU CAN GET ONE YEAR FOR A New One Year Subscription to the McHenry Plaindealer Regularly *10.50 NOW ONLY... - PREPAID Offer Good September 1 st thru September 30th (In McHenry and Lake Counties Only!) The McHenry Plaindealer 3812 W. ELM STREET - McHENRY ILL. TELL THEM TODAY II bankruptcy. So, up went the taxes. Temporary Increases At the time, I said we should treat the increases as tem­ porary ; that as soon as we were sure the problem was corrected, we should lower the rates. About a year later, Director of Finance Cap Weinberger (later U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare) came to me with the news that we would have a small surplus. "What shall we do with it?" he asked. "Give it back," I replied. And we did. In fact, by the time I left office, we had returned to the taxpayers $5.7 billion in the form of credits, rebates, lowered bridge tolls and so forth. But, the fiscal experts said we needed more time to make certain the surpluses would continue before making permanent rate cuts. So, I left Sacramento with a $500 million "rainy day" surplus in the treasury for my successor. By this year - two years later - it became clear the surpluses would pile up at an accelerating rate. The time had come to give the money back. That's easier said than done. A state senator once told me he thought that returning sur­ pluses to the taxpayers was "an unnecessary expenditure of public funds." The social engineers in Sacramento echoed his thoughts with this year's gimmicky new "property tax relief" bill. They hatched the idea of using what had been largely an income tax surplus as a fund for property tax rebates linked to family income. The lower your in­ come, the bigger your check, and vice versa. Tax Formula The bill's main feature was called a "circuit breaker," a formula for calculating taxes on a home on the basis of family income as well as property value. Had the bill passed, the state next year would have begun dispensing checks averaging more than $200, to lower income homeowners; smaller amounts to renters; nothing to "rich" families (incomes of $40,000 or more). Another twist - and another bad idea - in the bill called for splitting the property tax rolls so that owner-occupied residences could be taxed a^ lower rates than income property. Never mind that the highter taxes on the income property would aid up as higher resale prices or higher rents. And never mind that the bill would have caused California to spend more than $4 billion over the next five years, using up the surplus and. requiring an increase in taxes. That would all come later. Meanwhile, 1978 is an election year. ' Angry that his scheme was turned down. Governor Brown said, "The senators should go home and meditate." The senators felt differntly. One, George Deukmejfan, said, "The people know they paid too much (income tax) and want it back. And they want spending limits on government." Now that's an idea big enough to export to the rest of the U.S. Columnist In Action I I SERVICE NEWS Navy Recruit Training Cycle Ends For Seaman Navy Seaman Recruit David W. Endean, son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Endean of 5098 Maple Hill drive, McHenry, has completed recruit training at the Naval Training center, Great Lakes, 111. During the eight-week training cycle, he studied general military subjects designed to prepare him for further academic and on-the- job training in one of the Navy's eighty-five basic occupational fields. Included in his studies were seamanship, close-order drill, Naval history and first aid. A 1977 graduate of West campus high school, Seaman Endean joined the Navy in* July, 1977. Chicago Tribune labor columnist Mike LaVelle makes a decisive point during his Visiting Professional lecture for the McHenry County college journalism course. Mike LaVelle, Chicago Tribune labor columnist, initiated the Visiting Professional lecture series for the McHenry County College journalism course. "A columnist is hired for his bias," LaVelle said, explaining the difference between himself and "objective" reporters. Being a former steelworker, he became a columnist "because a pencil is lighter than a sledgehammer." His more than twenty years in blue-collar work, combined with his self-taught writing skills, gives him a sensitive insight into the problems of the labor scene. LaVelle's visit opened the first in a series of bi-weekly "press conference" style discussions scheduled for the MCC journalism course. Student response and par­ ticipation was marked by an enthusiastic exchange of ideas ranging from inside views of jouraalism to exploitation of cheap foreign labor by American-owned business int*r«BtS. Brown Rice Brown rice is the whole, un­ polished grain without husks and a small amount of bran removed. It has a nut-like flavor and a slightly chewy texture. It's ex­ cellent for use in dressings and stuffings. Remember, the life of brown rice on the pantry shelf is limited due to the oil content of the bran. See it... DEMONSTRATED Saturday October 1st . «, - 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. * Litton Breakthrough! 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