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SEPTEMBER 20.1»78 Schools In Session Ti.aindeai.f.r, Editorial Opinion Pi AINDI AI.i R' Let ters to the Hdi tor Public Pulse Th« Plomdooior th# publx to u*« thi* *hit column o\ on •ipirit io th#»f vitwt on tub|OCt» of q*n*rol intoin ow community Our only roquot it thot tho *ritor» givo ngnoturo full odd'ott ond phono numkoi A« oil i too • hot ono individual not wntt on tho %omo tubioct mofo thon onto oo< h month Wo foior»o tho right to doio*« ony moto'iel wwhich M* (onudo' l>boiou% o» ir ob|oc tionobio toftto o* FOR WOMEN'S EQl'ALITY "Dear Editor "I would like to call to your attention some of the problems we've been having with the girls athletic program at the McHenry high school "Some of these problems are: the facilities are not properly attended to. we don't have enough publicity, and the disrespectful way the men and boy players are cutting down the women coaches and girl players "First of all, I would like to talk about the facilities not being properly attended to In spite of all of the protests the girls have issued, there has only been a minimal change in the caretaking of the facilities belonging to the McHenry girls athletics "The girls have to carry out benches and set up the fields before games Not to mention names, on one occasion, the softball team had to have track people come and help clean up the mud on the field and rake it the day before an 1 H S A sub regional game, while the caretaker was busy somewhere else "The field hockey team has to put up their own nets because the caretaker won't bother with it Besides, he doesn't even know how to put them up "The publicity we've been getting is the next thing I would like to talk about The publicity we get in the sports page leaves a lot to be desired People say that our games are not as exciting How are they going to find out anything about the games if something isn't printed about them' These people would change their opinions very quickly if they would just start coming to the games 'Our coaches have to call three or four times before we get in the paper, and when we do. it's a very small column and is usually crowded by the boys much larger columns The men also call us lassies which makes us sound like a bunch of For Your Information D*ar friends W» learn by doing", it a fin* mono. Paronts who work with thoir children in gardening, cooking, homo and auto repair* - and in recreation tuch a* bicycling ond badminton or* by example teaching the joy of creative •kills. Children who can do constructive things enjoy a sense of worth - of identity - of maturity - that leads them into worthwhile life styles. Respectfully, V - fsi PETER MJISIEN & SON 1% ZJXljiEpEMi P l ' M g P A i H O M E McHonry, Illinois 385-0063 Drivers Face New Responsibilities News For Puffers A recent claim by a respected researcher that cig puffers can suck as many as twenty-three modern coffin nails and not absorb as much tar and nicotine as they would have received from two old- time cigarettes caused a mild sensation. Many addicts took encouragement from this view but government and cancer society spokesmen quickly took issue with the claim, as unproven They said suckers may be exposing lungs to dangers from burning paper, chemicals, etc., which science as yet knows little about But there is some progress, when tar and nicotine intake today for twenty-three of one kind of cigarette is the same as from two cigs of the sixties. And there is also still danger, some as yet unknown Cleaning Up^TV The recently-filed Florida legal action against the three commercial U.S. television networks, and a current California case against NBC, might have a desirable side effect-a cleanup of the degenerate life which dominates network shows. The networks, in a scramble for the biggest audience, have resorted to shock, sex and dirt to lure viewers, with ABC capturing the biggest audience in recent years with the biggest turn in that direction, in the view of many Now, in California, one suit alleges that after a show depicting four juveniles assaulting a girl, exactly that happened there, as a result. A $25 million lawsuit has also been filed in Miami, asking that the networks pay $1 million each, per year, for every year a youngster convicted of murder is kept in prison. He claims TV brainwashed him into a state of mind to commit his crime No editor can foretell the outcome of such suits, nor is any editor capable of deciding them on the basis of merit. But it's obvious that TV' shows have a tremendous effect on the impressionable, weak- minded and voung And many editors feel it's self-evident that the deluge of crime and degradation of commercial television has been part of the cause of the increasing, shocking crime rate in America. If threatened with heavy costs for beaming sordid fare into American homes, especially when youngsters can watch, or even if threatened with numerous lawsuits, and an occasional costly one, the networks might, in this way, rightly or wrongly, be forced to clean up their shows. The average American parent cares less whether this is constitutionally questionable than whether this can force the networks to clean up TV. School bells are ringing again. Although the summer vacation may have seemed all too short to the children, it was long enough that they can forget the daily dangers of going to and from school Motorists, too, may forget the need to watch for children traveling to school But now it's time for motorists to get back in the habit of slowing down in school zones and watching for children traveling between school and home The Insurance Information institute points out that studies show 1,380 American school children under age 14 were killed in pedestrian accidents in 1976 The same National Safety council Study shows that another 36,000 young school children were injured So it is important for drivers to take the responsibility to follow the traffic laws designed to protect the children Drivers must also remember that school buses are on the road once again Buses are often a source of confusion to motorists. Many are not sure when to stop for the buses The institute points out that buses' red flashing lights or large red "stop"' sign always signal that motorists are required to stop Drivers must stop whether they are ap­ proaching the bus from the front or the rear. The bus driver uses the lights and stop sign when the children are getting on or off the bus. Law requires that motorists stop for the bus so that the children can make it safely across the road. Remember, the children are assuming the motorists will obey that law so they run across the road as a matter of habit. The motorist who disregards the signal to stop is endangering a child's life The Institute also recom­ mends these safety tips for motorists to follow throughout the year: -Stay alert while driving, not only,in school zones, but throughout the city. Don't assume children have seen your vehicle -even though they may be looking in your direction. -Watch for kids behind parked cars. Young children are small so they often cannot be seen behind cars and other obstacles blocking the view. -When passing children on bicycles, give them plenty of room; don't crowd them into the curb -Keep in mind that some crosswalks may be visible to children, but too faded to see HOW ABOUT THAT MEXICAN OIL? K > R O N \ U ) R K \ ( , A N dogs, which we don't ap­ preciate much "We have tried very hard to get more publicity, but it doesn't seem to be working We hope that this will change and a few more reporters will come to a few more games. "Another problem is the fact that some men are cutting down the women coaches and players "The women coaches are dropping out like flies and it's a matter that many people think should be investigated thoroughly, since it is usually a man who takes over her position One girl commented on how much better her new- male coach is compared to her old female coaches These female coaches were most probably denied the op portunity to be instructed as properly and thoroughly as the men were "There are, to be exact, six male P E teachers and only three female P E teachers at the McHenry high school This is really going to help the students learn and respect the values of equality "McHenry is not unique in this situation The P E in­ structors at McHenry received a letter from Larkin high school in Elgin informing them that the girls' field hockey and badminton teams had been dropped from the sports program along with the boys indoor track team This means that the boys will still have an outdoor track team, while the girls will have no hockey or badminton There is no equality in this situation whatsoever "I think that all of these matters should be changed immediately We girls should be respected for what we do, just as we respect the boys for what they do We should get to have as much fun as they do! Just a note to all of the laddies' out there Saying that we lassies' should stay in the kitchen and do housework is not going to discourage us it By Ronald Reagan While the TV cameras and the reporters' pencils were poised outside Camp David, awaiting any scrap of news, another story broke but went almost unnoticed It was the announcement by Mexico's President Jose Lopez Portillo that his country's possible oil reserves were being revised upward to 200 billion barrels This could put Mexico in the class of Saudi Arabia as an oil supplier The implications are great Developed with care, the oil reserves could not only bring economic strength to an im­ portant U.S. neighbor and generate jobs for Mexico's exploding population, but they could also provide us with a major alternative source of energy to Arab and othk OPEC oil there is the possibility of such reserves stabilizing or even lowering world oil prices through competition And, the short supply route and greater ease of transportation from Mexico would reduce the ever- present danger of supertanker oil spills A further byproduct of Mexico's development of its large reserves could be a reduction in the flow of illegal immigrants into the U S The Mexican "campesinos" leave the land because it cannot support them They flow into the U S in a steady stream (it is said that 5 million of the estimated 8 million "illegals'" in the US are Mexican) or they flow into the cities of Mexico looking for subsistence jobs In the last two decades Mexico City has grown to be the world's most populous -- with a smog problem to match Why didn't the ad­ ministration take the Mexican reserves into account when Mr Carter launched his energy MEOW (Moral Equivalent of War) in the spring of 1977" Nobody is talking for at just makes us more determined to be winners' "Sue Haddick "1619 N Beach Rd . McHenry "Sophomore at East Campus" tnbution, but various press leaks by Department of Energy officials suggest that the ad­ ministration withheld 1976 CIA data which verified the Mexican reserves Conspiracy theorists may attribue all of this to the big oil companies which are deeply involved in Saudi Arabia and several other oil producing nations, but which can't touch Mexican oil (which was nationalized in 1938). Or, they may say it was fear of an ad­ verse Saudi reaction. I think the reluctance to reveal this information more likely stemmed from the assumptions of the energy ideologues who developed the Carter program They had convinced themselves we must live in a world of lowered ex-, pectations and shortages and they wanted to interfere with their conclusions Certainly the ill-fated Carter energy legislation bore this out It was designed to raise taxes and manipulate social behavior - not produce oil Will the Mexicans give us access to the oil? That remains to be seen, but it will take patience and diplomacy on our part, plus an understanding of Mexico 's fierce sense of national pride and its worries about foreign exploitation With Mexico just now coming out of a slump, we must also recognize the need to buy their petroleum products at fair prices - unlike the Mexican natural gas deal botched by the administration last year In that one, PEMEX. the Mexican national petroleum producer, and some American companies wanted to build a pipeline to bring Mexican gas into the U.S. via Texas they agreed on a price of $2 60 per thousand cubic feet, but the Carter energy plan called for raising U.S. producers' prices to only $1 90 rather than deregulate gas pricing So Carters energy department scotched the Mexican deal, once again proving that if you keep prices artificially set, via politics, you can create (or in this case, perpetuate) a shortage ARE YOU NEW IN McHenry Area? SS9SS8SSSSSS Do You Kno* Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA!!!!! CALL JOAN STULL 385-5418 W numnnu KNOW YOUR AREA ROYAL WELCOME DOES IT BEST from within a car. Watch for where a crossing guard may and obey crosswalk signs not be on duty. A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT September 12,1978 Personality flaws are common to all of us mere mortals but in the stock market, the wrong flav can be very costly. And like mo6t patterns of behavior, we see L.e same mistakes made over and over again as if like the moth, the majority of investors can't resist the glow of a fire and fly right into it to their death. Most investors and traders had been so hung up with the Dow Industrials and the battle at 900, and 850, and 800 that they totally missed the fact that the broad list of stocks remains in a two-year-old Bull market -and that means they missed a lot of opportunities. Okay, make mistakes, we all do, but most of those institutional investors who missed the boat in April and July are still not watching the right birdie. Now that the 900 psychological barrier has been overcome, the same personality flaw is causing the same investors to be hung up on some magical number for the Dow Industrials. Whether it be 925, 950, or 975 that is their signal for the end of the Bull market, they are still suffering from a costly psychological problem. No matter what level the Dow sells at, money will continue to do what it has been doing for several years-chasing good growth companies selling at reasonableforiee-earnings multiples-and that will continue until it stops. Some magical and predictable level for the Dow will not stop the on-going Bull markets in many individual stocks. The next obvious question is what will stop the favorable action shown by the majority of stocks and we offer two possibilities: (1) Most likely, when institutional cash levels are lower, stock prices higher, values down, institutional optimism up or (2) some unexpected, pervasive, very bad news. The timing of either event is impossible so don't waste energy trying to do it. Last week the news improved and helped push the market up. The index of producer prices declined 0.1 percent in August, a two year first, and money supply declined substantially. However, the Bull market has also shown stubborn resistance to bad news. Let's hope our personality flaw is a fear of Dow Industrial caused blindness. A1 Goldman Comeback Trail # a jL ,v ,r:.' •v i- MJ H&ii >Ar/. £ C SPS Service Line McHENRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 385-4300 FAMILY SERVICE * MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC 3409 W Waukegan Road McHenry 385-6400 PARENTAL STRESS LINE OF McHENRY COUNTY Meeting Place: McHenry County 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Call 312-463-0390 STATE CHAMBER GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS HOTLINE , 217-522-5514 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 202-755-8660 Hours 7:30a m to5:30p m week days (Ever had a problem involving the federal government and not know where to calP And then been given a runaround or referrals by persons who meant well but didn't know how to help7 Ten specialists available at this center ) NATIONAL RUN-AWAY SWITCHBOARD Illinois Phone: 800-3~2-6004 (For confidential conversation on problems dealing with run-away children) MOVING HOTLINE Phone 800-424-9213 (Complaints about interestate moving by companies, buses or trains Sponsored by Interstate Commerce commission) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION Phone 800-638-2666 (For questions or complaints on products ranging from toys to ovens) NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Phone 800-424-9393 (Answers questions about automobile safety defects or whether a particular model has ever been recalled. Valuable for those interested in buying a used car) ILLINOIS UEPARTMENTOF" CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES Child Abuse ("enter Mc Henry County (312) 546-2150 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 800-638 2666 (Operates five national lines Answers inquiries about, or reporting on. the safety of products from kitchen appliances to children's toys) NATIONAL SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING INFORMATION CENTER 800-523-2929 P O Box 1607. Rockville, Md 20850 (Dispenses information on solar systems for heating and cooling to anyone from architects to home owners looking for a sun-powered hot water system) CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION 1603 N. North Avenue McHenry, 111 John T Licastro (Calls from 9 30 am to 5 p m - 385-1703. interviews Saturday, 9 30 a m to 12.30 p m ) llllt I llttH.III Prr|iniiiil? V«mI Help? ( lUiiiM-liti* S« r»ir«-. ^l-liour 4m- nwrring S-riiic, McHENRY COUNTY YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU Route 47 840 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock (Confidential conservation for youths with family problems, lack of communication problems or any other problems) ILLINOIS STATE CHAMBER HOTLINE Phone 217-522-5514 Answer to questions on government regulations Energy Savings The following represents the third in a series of suggestions for saving energy and cutting utility bills: 16-- Keep Your Refrigerator Clean. Dusting off most appliances won't make them work better, but with refrigerators, such a procedure can be important. The coils in the back should be cleaned every other month. Dirty coils greatly reduce the machine's cooling ability. You should also periodically check how airtight the appliance is by putting a dollar bill between the gasket and the door. If the bill can be pulled out easily when the door is closed, replace the gasket. 17--Unplug That Old Refrigerator. If it is used only occasionally, or to store marginal items, that old refrigerator relegated to the basement or garage may be costing you a bundle - up to $100 per year if its gasket is worn or the compressor is bad. If you have such an appliance, try unplugging it for a month and see if you notice any difference on your next bill. 18--Get Rid Of That Large Freezer. The high price of electricity these days is rapidly changing the cost-benefit calculations for large freezers. A group of energy consultants in Davis, California, found that freezers are so expensive to run that "the question should be raised as to whether the benefits of bulk food buying offset the costs of storage." A middle-sized freezer may cost up to $8 a month to operate, and the older it gets, the less efficient it becomes. l^-Douse Those Pilot Lights. Federal studies have shown that the pilot lights on gas stoves may consume up io 30 percent of tlie fuel used by the stoves. Thus, if you don't cook often, you might be paying more for your pilot light fuel than you are for cooking. The pilots were originally put on stoves for convenience and safety, but if you're willing to relight a burner with a match each time you want to use it -- and are very careful not to leave the gas on without a light -- you can save substantial money. Some stoves have adjustments that will cut off the pilots, but you shouldn't attempt to turn them off until you talk with your gas appliance dealer. If you use an oven sparingly, you can also turn off that pilot. Or you can convert your gas stove to automatic electronic ignition. Conversion kits average about $40, but the payback should occur in less than three years. 20--Don't Preheat The Oven. In a project for the American Home Economics Association last year, researchers measured how much fuel it took to cook a hamburger in various ways. They found stovetop cooking to be the most economical. They also concluded that preheating an oven is more costly than cooking from a cold start. Therefore, avoid preheating whenever possible. The best answer came from a bright youngster, who wrote: "Results are what you expect, consequences are what you get." Uatoaa Yaa'r* Carsfal "Define the difference be­ tween 'results' and 'conse­ quences,' " read a question in a school examination paper. $e rVlCe. &a| profeSS pir<* tor> EARL R. WALSH & JACK WALSH INS. Fire Au»o, f irm Lite Representing RELIABLE COMPANIES 44I0W Hie 1J0 McHenry J»S 3300 DENNIS CONWAY AUTO LIFE FIHE State Farm Ins. Co. 33l» W Elm St McHenry, in 385 mi OR. LEONARD B0TTARI 303 N Richmond Rd McHenry E VPS e.im.ned Contact Leniei Glum fitted Mon , Jue» ThuM . 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