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•'AGE 6 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1978 Pi AIM>KAI.FR Editorial Opinion A Salute To 4-H From inner-city Newark to the sparse reaches of Montana, nearly 5.5 million young people are observing National 4-H Week Oct. 1-7. Regardless of address, these girls and boys benefit from ih unique educational program that places primary emphasis on the development of the individual. 4-H offers young people a variety of "learn-by-doing" opportunities to grow into self-directed, productive and contributing members of society. Projects and activities range from pre-driver training to economic education, from community service to international exchanges, all geared to the specific interests, abilities and age levels of participants. As the nation's largest youth-serving program, 4-H appeals to youngsters no matter where they live. During National 4-H Week We salute these 4-H'ers, their involved parents and volunteer leaders. Cooperative Extension service personnel and representatives of American business, who work together to make sible the broad outreach and effectiveness of contemporary 4-r1 Go Fly A Kite Kite-flying is catching on among adults The news from this hobby-sport is that the average American kite flyer is now in the thirties! So no longer is kite flying only for junior And no longer are there ju$t a few styles of kites The American Kiteflyers' association reports that over 250 types of kites are currently available in major kite stores. Prospective enthusiasts can write the association (7106 Campfield road, Baltimore 21207) or consult several books. Three are Kites (Mauvier-Watts Pub. Co.). Golden Guide 14 Kites (Western Pub. Co.), and Kites-Scripting the Skv (Hiroi-PjSntheon Pub. Co.). The latter book lists the various kite festivals and the dates they're held in various parts of the country. And if you are to realize maximum pride from this ancient sport, you'll probably build kites of your own. Some are being flown today which resemble fighters and others are exact replicas of eagles or hawks And the flying is year-round The American Choice What the majority of Americans want, as determined in public opinion polls, is not always best for the republic. History proves Dublic opinion is notoriously fickle and rapid-changing This eomesto mind in viewing the results ofa recent nationalpoll on the question of direct popular election of U.S. presidents. The obviously pure, democratic course, and that which appears at first glance the obvious moral choice-is direct, popular elections. True, pure democracy is not at work when a candidate with fewer votes than an opponent is elected. Under our electoral ollege system this can and does happen This flaw can be corrected without moving to direct popular election of presidents- aerrlv by Providing that each state's electoral vote be divided " - (. ly according to the state's popular vote. Are there good reasons most of the public is unaware of. for retention of the electoral college? Many think so. The founding fathers allocated electoral votes to the states on two bases- population and as a state. States have one elector for each congressional district and in addition two each, just as they have two senators each. The purpose of this was to prevent, to some extent, large states being in position to steamroller small states with congressional legislation and presidential electioneering. Modernizations have already overtaken the election process established in the 1700 s. Originally presidents were elected by a select assemblage. Then voters began to choose electors by popular vote The desired change today, to avoid the possibility that a candidate with fewer votes wins an election, is to change the requirement which now calls for each state's total electoral vote to be cast for the winning candidate in that state. That would change to a mathematically fair (proportionate) division of each state's electoral votes according to the popular vote in that state This would be a direct, popular vote election, but it would retain the safety guarantee given smaller states, in recognition of the peculiar and varying interests of the separate, formerly sovereign, states. Working harder to stay in one place LIVING Theatre Tickets \\ailahle Tickets are still avai lable to She Stoops to Conquer a professional product ion ( i f the 1 nivers i ty of Chicago s Cour t 'hea i re . presented b\ the Woodstock Performing com For Your Information Dear friend* A man told ui of attending th« funeral of his friend's father later the friend said to him "It may sound stronge to use the word happy but there really was a kind of happiness in seeing you - nothing to do with being comfor­ ted it was just that I was so glad you were there." He added, "I've been to many funerals but I never knew until now how importont it was to go Respectfully - ^ < J V « ~ PETER MJISIEN & S O N FUNFUAl HOME McHenry, lllinoit 385-0063 A wards Programs Motivate Youth Historically, awards as in­ centives in 4-H have played a significant role in motivating young people to excellence. Even before the 4-H program formally began in 1914, the private sector saw the im­ portance of recognizing youth for their accomplishments. In October, 1856, for exam­ ple, young Franklin Spaulding stood proudly by his exhibit of Dutton Yellow Corn at the Watertown (New York) fair as the judges filed past. His months of hard work paid off vtfren he was awarded the $50 first prize in the state corn contest. The donor of his award was Horace Greeley, famous newspaper editor and politician. Following the precedent set by such early supporters of America's youth, about sixty private sector donors will provide incentives to 4-H members this year through national 4-H awards programs. Nearly 200,000 4-H'ers will be recognized with educational scholarships, trips to the 57th National 4-H congress in Chicago Nov. 26-30 and other events, U.S. savings bonds, stocks and other awards. These awards are arranged by National 4-H council, a non­ profit, educational organization using private funds to serve the 4-H work of the Cooperative Extension Service. They"1 recognize excellence at local, state, sectional and national levels in nearly fifty program areas All winners are chosen by the Cooperative Extension service. Young people can learn more about these and other national 4-H awards programs from their county extension agents. National 4-H council also administers a Variety of educational programs that emphasize citizenship and leadership development, in­ ternational understanding and t e learning of "real life" skills. Fpod Stamp Recent Court Benefits In Decision A recent federal court decision (Aiken v. U.S.DA.) may allow some Illinois residents to receive additional food stamp benefits, retroactive to Aug 5, 1974. Arthur F. Quern, director of the Illinois Department of Public Aid, announced that the department has taken necessary steps to implement the court's decision The court, after finding that certain verification procedures were not published in the Federal Register as mandated LET'S DECRIMINALIZE it, l«>\ \l.l) uk\ « ; \ > pany and the Woodstock Opera house Sept 29 at 8 p m and Sept :{0at2pm and H p m For reservations and information, please call the Woodstock Opera house ticket office 538 open Tuesday through Saturday, noon to "> :50 p m It's time to deregulate the post office. If any doubt remained that the so-called independent U S Postal Ser­ vice is hopeless, the latest labor troubles should have resolved that doubt Compare the service before the creation of the Jin- dependent" USPS in July, 1971, with what we've had since Before The president ap pointed the postmaster general who was a member of the Cabinet If things went bad, the president took some of the heat and could bring the prestige of his office to bear on decisions of the Post Office department Congress had a direct say in postal operations, too Bad service brought loud com plaints from voters Congress could put the heat on the department If Congress en dorsed postal union demands that proved outrageous, the congressmen had to answer to their constituents After We have the new. streamlined 21st century postal system You might call its operating philosophy "Lock the Doors, the Customers Are Trying to Get In " Once in­ sulated from direct presidential and congressional interference, the postal unions escalated their demands. Despite expensive automation, the size of the work force soared Service deteriorated As deficits grew, sharp service cutbacks were proposed Postage rates went up And up And up Late last month when two of the postal unions threatened to strike, flouting federal law prohibiting such strikes (and a restraining order against this strike in particular), the postmaster general (now an appointee of an appointed board* backed down and marched back to the bargaining table This will mean, of course, a settlement even more generous than the one already agreed to What will the taxpayer-customer get in return" Poorer ser\ice and more expensive postage stamps There is a better way Private services have been running rings around the U S P S for years in hauling parcels Now. a whole new delivery industry is beginning to do the same thing with magazines (A fellow on a moped plops two weekly newsmagazines on our driveway at preciselv the same hour of the same day each week - a few steps from the door.) The next step is to decriminalize the private carrying of first-class mail. Deregulate it. One of the few successes of the Carter ad­ ministration seems to be its expanding deregulation of the airlines Those who fought it argued that it would bring low prices and plenty of com­ petition to big cities and heavily traveled routes, but that small towns and remote areas would get little or no service and what they got would be wildly ex­ pensive No. the Carter people said, that won't happen American enterprise and ingenuity being what they are, someone will come along to form a puddle-jumper com­ mute airline to serve those small towns, and at a fair price. Yet. those in government who resist private first-class mail competition want to turn their own deregulation argument on its head They say, if you allow private competition it will "skim the cream." taking the heaviest business and residential routes and ignoring small towns and rural areas. But they can't have it both ways Won't the same thing happen as with air service0 Sure it will. The American adage "find a need and fill it" will be in operation Patricia Brennan, the spirited young Rochester, N Y . woman who battled the U S P S in court for the right to continue her downtown private carrier routes ' at 10 cents a lettei >, says that she has talked with many entrepreneurs who are itching to add community mail runs to other businesses they operate They are con vinced they can provide good service at fair prices and still make a profit An associate, just back from a vacation in a remote part of California, reports such an instance A fellow who lives in the nearby village owns a farm but also has a license to operate a " stage line " He has to go to the nearest small city (50 miles away) nearly daily anyway, so he also hauls goods for the village from frozen foods to daily newspapers Still, a mail truck drives all the way over the mountain route to the village each day, too If the U S P S went out of business tomorrow, the stage line operator could pick up a little extra income by hauling that mail Besides, there would be a net saving in gasoline ARE YOU NEW IN McHenry Area? 53SSSSSSSSSSS: Dt Vou Know Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA!!!!! CAU JOAN STUy. 385-5418 *o mrmtmn KNOW tout ARE* H0YAL WELCOME DOES IT BEST % by federal law. ruled to allow back benefits to certain low income individuals. Quern said, "The ruling affects two distinct groups of people who rriay be entitled to the back benefits if they applied for or asked about food stamps between Aug 5, 1974 and Dec. 31, 1977". He defined the groups as: 1- members of households who receive food stamps at no cost but didn't start receiving them in the same month in which they applied; and 2-members of households who failed to apply or applied but failed to follow through because they thought the difficulty in proving their immediate need would con­ sume too much of their time Both groups are limited to people who had little or no income and therefore would not have been required to apply for their food stamps Currently, more than one emergency 30-day allotment of stamps can be issued to a household without full verification within a six-month period if the household has little or no income and there is urgent need But, under the 1974 procedures, this emergency aid without verification could only be received once in a six-month period and required that a third party confirm financial cir­ cumstances of the household Notices have been sent to all public assistance and food stamp recipients in Illinois advising them to contact their local Public Aid office if they think they qualify for the retroactive benefits I V.A. NEWS ; < Editor's note: Following are representative questions an­ swered daily by VA counselors. Full informatk i is available at any VA office ) Q -1 used all of my thirty-six months of education benefits obtaining a B S. degree in 1973. Are there any other benefits to which I'm entitled that I can use to go to graduate school? A - If you are still within ten years of your separation from active duty, you may be en­ titled to an additional nine months of education benefits. Check with the nearest VA office for specific eligibility requirements. Q - My World War II GI insurance premium will be more than I can handle financially when I reach 75. What alternatives are available? A - You can convert part of your term coverage to one of the permanent plans available, reduce the amount of your term policy to what you can afford, or use the dividends from either type policy to buy paid-up in­ surance that doesn't require premiums contact the office where your insurance records are located for complete in­ formation. Q - I'm going to school under the GI Bill, but I still need financial assistance Can VA help"' A - In general, eligible veterans may qualify for a VA student loan of up to $2,500 each academic year if they demonstrate their essential expenses during the school year will exceed their income Since the GI Bill program was established in 1944, the VA has guaranteed nearly 10 million home loans valued at more than $147 billion Service Line McHENRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 385-4300 FAMILY SERVICE ft MENTAL HEALTH CUNIC 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 Hours7:30a m to5:30p.m. weekdays (Ever had a problem involving the federal government and not know where to call? And then beer given a run*round or referrals by persons who meant well but didn't know how to help" Ten specialists available at this center.) 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Seminary Avenue, Woodstock (Confidential conservation for youths with family problems, lack of communication ^-oblems or any other problems) ILLINOIS STATE CHAMBER HOTLINE Phone 217-522-5514 Answer to questions on government regulations Energy Savings (The following suggestions form Part 2 in a series of ideas for saving energy and cutting utility bills: 21--Eliminate the Television "Instant-On." Many tube-type television sets include a feature that enables the picture to appear instantaneously, the moment the set is switched on. While tW» avoids the 30-second warming up time, it also wastes electricity since the device remains on 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Thai means an added cost of up to $25 a year in electricity for a family that uses its television six hours or less each day. If your set does not have a button to turn off the "instant-on", have a repairman do it. 22--Convert to Fluorescent. For light fixtures that are in constant use, it makes good economic sense to convert to fluorescent bulb6. A double-bulb incandescent fixture that uses two 100-watters for ten hours a day, for example, costs about $36 in yearly electric bills. A fluorescent unit can provide a similar amount of light for $7.20. The $20 or so it costs to convert to fluorescent will be paid back in one year. Since constant switching on and off shortens the life of fluorescent bulbs, however, they should only be used in places where they will be left on for longer periods. 23--Cut Your Light Wattage. Each time a bulb burns out, consider replacing it with one that has less wattage. You may be surprised how many bulbs in your house are too powerful. Every time you cut the wattage in half, you cut 50 percent off the utility bill for that particular fixture. 24--Use Small Appliances. The best way to decide whether or not to use one of those small cooking appliances you've stashed away in a cupboard is to compare its wattage label with that of your stove. It is not unusual, for instance, for a full-sized oven to draw about 3,500 watts of power, while a small electric toaster oven uses only half that amount. With gas, the savings may not be as great. 25--Landscape For Energy. Some of the best energy-saving opportunities are found outside the house. In a test conducted on two identical houses in Nebraska, for example, researchers measured the amount of fuel needed to maintain an indoor temperature of 70 degrees. One of the houses was exposed to the wind, the other was protected by bushes. The results showed that the protected house used 23 percent less fuel than the unprotected house. In a similar Princeton study, a five-foot wooden fence, erected on the windward side of a house, reduced air infiltration by up to 30 percent. 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