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'Plaindealer, Editorial * Opinion A Simple Gift During this holiday season the meaning of giving gifts is too often lost in our efforts to buy bigger and better or more unusual vpi*sents Almost every large store features novelty items "for the man or woman who has everything." But for impoverished people who have so little, the meaning of a simple gift has not been lost, especially if the gift helps pull them out of poverty. Your gift to CARE goes a long way toward doing just that. In the poorest rural areas of developing nations food is the urgent basic need and in this year's Holiday Food Crusade CARE hopes to raise $6,500,000 to help.provide nourishing supplemental feeding to 25 million people, mostly children. For each dollar donated by the public last year CARE provided almost $10 in aid. Your contribution may be sent to CARE, 660 First Avenue, New York, N Y. 10016.. " Christmas Customs The custom of sending cards and exchanging Christmas gifts is ancient and widespread. No editor is capable of affecting the trend very much. But a few observations on the American pursuit of Christmas customs is in order. Sending cards to those far away, or who are rarely visited, to special friends and people, etc., is a cherished custom. But sending cards in a "must" atmosphere, afraid of missing someone, or of being missed, is a task. A friendly "Merry Christmas" would serve the purpose as well, in many cases As to gifts, this custom often imposes a hardship on millions of Americans. Society today puts pressure on most of us to get in the commercial gift-exchange scramble with all we've got. Less emphasis on commercial exchange and more on homemade things, and remembrances, would be appropriate. Keeping up with the demands of our time can leave little time for remembering what Christmas is really about. It can makd^the year's major holiday season an exhausting experience, rather than a time of rest and reflection Old-Time Christmas Most of us long for an "old-time" Christmas. And what do we mean by an "old-time"Christmas'7 The nation was not as wealthy in the past as today. In fact, if we go back a few decades, many families were hard pressed to earn enoughi to pay the rent and buy sufficient food and clothes to keeD going. We didn't have as many automobiles. We didn't have as many work-saving appliances and gadgets We were often at war--in 1941-45, 1950-53 and 1963-72. We didn't have the variety of foods, toys and amusements we have today, nor television. But the "old-time" Christmas was often more fulfilling and enjoyable Why" Perhaps it was because we thought of it more a time for family reunion quiet days and evenings of family life together, meals together, games together, etc The age of the automobile and television in some ways splits and separates families, even though modern transportation theoretically brings families together. The super-abundance of amusements, automobiles, television, etc., seems to mean fewer family undertakings, less time in full family pursuits, and less time for family discussions, meditation and thanksgiving. Holiday Depression As the holiday approaches, peoplctgam are well advised to pace themselves properly so as to avoid what has become an increasingly co m m on phenomenon of modern life [K)st holiday depression Mental health professionals have identified this syndrome, which results from a variety of att i tudes alx>ut the holiday [H'riod, the central one l>eing a set of exaggerated expectations that cannot he fulfil led Loneliness and hostil i ty art* also contributing factors Crisis intervention personnel for some years now have reported an especially heavy influx of calls around Thanksgiving. Christmas and New Years Why? Family members expect exceptional closeness and warmth, and it doesn't develop Children look forward to gifts that often are not forthcoming Isolated persons suffer from loneliness, sick persons from discomfort or fear The excitement* of the holiday season intensifies feelings that people have been carrying with them all year, laying them open to breakdown under stress People are bombarded from every direction by commercial reminders of the season Ac tivities are whipped up to a fever pitch in which ex pectations and. conversely, personal responsibili ty for fulfil l ing the expectations of others - are inflated to giant proportions When the reality of people's behavior punctures these il lusions, disil lusionment and often, depression set in Personnel of the Ill inois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilit ies have coped with the distress that comes in the wake of the season Staff at the Chicago Read Mental Health center answer an around-the-clock F o r Y o u r I n f o r m a t i o n D*or fri*nd», Chrittmos c»Ubfot«* th* birth of J»*u§ Chritt. In many iurop»on countri**. Santa Claus i t unknown. It i t tho Christ Child who bring* gift* to tho children This naturally koopt Chri*t in Christmas' and lotsont th* commercial atpoct of th« holiday. Singing of th« beautiful Christ- mo* carol* is sti l l an appropriate way to colobrato this joyous soason. Rospoctfully, PETER M.JISTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME MtMfNRy, ILLINOIS - 3830063 Pilot Workfare For Food Stamps SECTION 2 - PAGE 7 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20,1978 GM IBM T DD phone line to field calls from troubled individuals Listening in itself can he helpful to a caller After an initial unburdening lets off immediate tension, the person can Ik1 referred to a longer- term source of help Prevention, of course, is a fH'tter path to take How can tins "holiday syndrome" be avoided"' there are several ways Try to hold expectations down to a realistic, reasonable level Don't anticipate mar­ velous changes in people's motives or atti tudes or some magical transformation of your environment Keep busy hut don't get frenetic Try to pace activities evenly and to avoid last-minute rushes or crisis periods Try to remain relaxed throughout the day Get adequate rest and exercise and avoid overeating and overdrinking Reach out to somebody who may need additional attention at this t ime of year friend, relative, an acquaintance or even a stranger who may he isolated or unhappy. En­ courage him or her to share the duties and the benefits of the season with you By scaling down ex­ pectations. taking things as they come, encouraging a sharing of responsibili ty for preparations, and extending \our thoughts to others rather than yourself, you'll greatly increase your chances for a satisfying and enriching holiday season The U.S. Department of Agriculture (FNS) has an­ nounced that employable Food Stamp recipients between the ages of 18 to 60 in 14 pilot areas will be required to "work-off" the value of the food stamps they receive. In signing final regulations for the pilot "workfare" projects. Monroe Woods, midwest regional ad­ ministrator of the department's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), which administers the program, explains that cities, counties, or other political subdivisions that already sponsor public service em­ ployment programs or that have demonstrated an ability to operate such a program are eligible to conduct the projects. The Food Stamp Act of 1977 specified that the workfare projects be carried out in one urban and one rural area in each of the seven ad­ ministrative regions of the department's „ Food and Nutrition service. The projects will be administered jointly by the department and the U.S. Department of Labor, and are scheduled to begin next spring in conjunction with new food stamp eligibility rules Potential sponsors must submit an application within the next 45 days if they want to operate a workfare pilot project. Woods says. The department is actively seeking cities, counties, and other political subdivisions that might participate. It is up to the sponsor to determine what type of jobs food stamp recipients will do. Woods also said the depart­ ment will reimburse workfare sponsors for the costs of keeping records needed to evaluate the program The Agriculture and Labor departments will evaluate the costs, benefits and operational feasibility of the program and submit a report to Congress by October 1980 Basic administrative costs borne by sponsors in running workfare operations will not be federally reimbursed, he said Under Workfare. employable persons 18 to 60 in families receiving food stamps will be required to work off their household's food stamps if their household's total earned in­ come is less thah the value of its food stamps Workers will receive the equivalent of the federal minimum wage rate to pay for food stamps The number of hours a Work- fare participant will be required to work will be calculated by subtracting earned from the dollar value of the food stamps the family- receives and dividing the remainder bv the federal minimum wage Participants must have been unable to find paid employment within 30 days after registering for work Refusal to conjiply with Workfare requirements will result in suspension of food stamp benefits Polit ical subdivisions wanting to sponsor a project should apply to Deputy Ad ministrator. Family Nutrition. Programs. Food and Nutrition Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 500 12th Street. S.W , Washington, D C., 20250! AS EUROPE SEES US n> no\ \I.I> UK\<;\\ MUNICH - Though the sun has no warmth on a bright December Saturday. the throngs of shoppers amble through the booths of the Christmas market in the central squares and through the stylish shops here as if i t were a summer day. As in Paris and West Berlin, everyone you see on the street seems to be prosperous. The crowds are well-dressed Furs abound Most of the cars are spanking new And. the win­ dows are chockful of expensive goods It is a sobering ex­ perience for the American visitor, .whose instinct in Furope these days is to keep his dollars in his pocket, for they buy so li t t le Keeping Europe's very- tangible prosperity intact is on the mind of every government, political and business leader I 'have met with on this trip Most also seem to spend a good deal of t ime thinking - and worrying - about the United States Because of our vast size economically, every sneeze in Washington has the potentiality of giving Western Europe a case of pneumonia. In self- defense. the West Germans and the French are leading their neighbors into a new monetary- union Europeans are used to seeing things in a global perspective certainly more than US politicians seem to. Possibly because of their consciousness of the size of the U.S. economy, plus the fact that they live in the shadow of Soviet military might, the Western Europeans tend more and more to stick together and also to reach out far and wide for new markets and political arrangements that will improve their security In the United States you might think the governor of a large inland state would be concerned mostly with local and regional matters I have no doubt that Franz-Josef Strauss, minister president of Bavaria (equivalent to a state gover­ nor) is concerned about such things, but in my meeting with him the only topic purely Bavarian was the delicious breakfast The discussion moved from one continent to another, back and forth, as complex in­ ternational relations -were explored Strauss had just returned from a NATO meeting in Lisbon, but Iris calendar had also included meetings with Leonid Brezhnev and China's Teng Hsiao Ping And scarcely a political "hot spot" on the globe has failed to get his in­ tense and studious attention This warm and vigorous leader of the Christian Social Union 'partners in the op­ position coalit ion with the Christian Democrats) is very much his own man. but he does share in common with other German leaders I met - Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, opposition leader Helmut Kohl and Economics Minister Otto Graf Lambsdorff. for example the faculty of seeing his country's policies and economy m a much larger context As for SALT II those I .net with in Britain and on the continent seem agreed only that it is important. Some consider its passage vital; others think it will cripple the United States and Western Furope from getting some kind of practical control of the Building Peri These building permits were issued in mits the following townships in McHenry county during the month of October TOWNSHIP PERMITS FEES Alden 5 $ 518(H) Algonquin 36 4.853 52 Burton 9 1 486 (X) Chemung 3 298.80 Coral 2 52.00 Dorr 11 2,092.00 Dunham 2 297 24 Grafton 14 2,038.00 Greenwood 12 1,322.20 Hart land 4 1,079 00 Hebron 2 365.00 . Marengo 7 886.00 McHenry 72 6.372.72 Nunda 46 6,116.90 Richmond 6 1,092 00 Riley 4 455.00 Seneca< 9 994 88 Total 244 $30,319 26 October, 1977 239 $32,207.88 Potato Facts A medium-size potato is sur­ prisingly low in calories It con­ tains only about 90 calories -- the same as an apple or a banana ARE YOU NEW IN McHenry Area? Do You Know Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA!!!!! CALL JOAN STULL 385-5418 4* 5>V m *0 % mmwm KNOW fOUII Altu KOMI WELCOME DOES IT BEST Soviet I 'nion's vastly superior tactical forces and the "gray- area weapons <such as the SS- 20 rocket which is capable of destroying every city from Peking to London). Europeans are quick to point out that SALT II is a bilateral agreement between the Russians and ourselves and they are anxious to have in­ creased consultation between themselves and the United States, lest their own security interests be neglected It is odd that I S officialdom, echoed constantly by media com mentators. seems to think that effective arms control rests with restrictions on in tercontinental nuclear weapons Actually, an in creased abilitv to checkmate Kussian strength in Europe may offer us a comparable deterrent That the Soviets are getting stronger in nearly every respect every day is considered a reality in Furope Several of those I visited pointed to the frightening irony of Russia 's "warning" Britain not to sell Harrier fighter planes to Peking and telling the United States not to intervene in Iran, while at the same time it is supplying Cuba with MIG-23 jets which could menace U.S. cities with nuclear weapons. Vet. official Washington whistles in the dark, pretending that the Soviets have not violated the agreement brought on by the 1962 Cuban missile crisis Pl \1\DI \ l FR" l . c l l c rs h i i h r l . < l i l n r It' se ^ e • r ve<*% on iob|«Ktt of qtntiol.«n»#!r»»t in ou i ( ommun.»y Oof only -»q, k tho» *»Mt*r» qtv* v«qno'w# full orldrett a n d phon»» n0mb«»' ovfc Vp *he f.qht to delete any mo»«nol I b«*iou\ a • b!«» III \!MV\ \KMIMi SI PPOKT "Dear Editor "On Dec. 11. the McHenry Senior Citizens club held i ts annual Christmas dinner at West campus. Many McHenry businesses helped to make this annual dinner possible i t has occurred to me that support l ike this should be reson enough for our senior citizens to "Shop McHenrv" "Wanda Zima "Social Chairlady "Senior Citizens Club' 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 Hours7 30 a m to 5:30 p m week days (Ever had a problem involving the federal government and not know where to call7 And then been given a run a round or referrals by persons who meant well but didn't know how to help0 Ten specialists available at this center.) NATIONAL RUN-AW AY SWITCHBOARD Ill ino:s 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 DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES Child Abuse Center McHenry 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 pm -- 385 1703 interviews Saturday . 9 30 a m to 12:30 p m ) HIKTIIKN.lt I I'ri'KiiHii l f Nml IWp'f ( «»uii»«-li i i({ Vr»irr. . ' IK .Vl'V'I ' l . 21-hour K i t - «»rrin( S«-r>i«-«-. YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU FOR McHENRY COUNTY 840 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock Phone . 338-7360 24-hour Crisis Intervention and Confidential Counseling for youth and families Are you concerend about your angry feelings toward your children*' 24-hour Parental Stress Line, 344-3944 ILLINOIS STATE CHAMBER HOTLINE Phone 217-522-5514 Answer to questions on government regulations 20 57 3/4 257 5/0 60 Vb 1065/8 A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT December 12 The past six weeks have witnessed a pillow fight between the bulls and the bears with neither side showing much courage. The early rounds were dominated by a totally sold-out market due to the October blood bath and thus a few buyers were counterbalanced by even fewer sellers and stocks went up For six weeks now this market has chugged along between 780 and 830 on volume that dropped to some 22 million shares on average. A number of quality growth stocks did put on good shows but follow through buying in these issues started to fail late last week In our opinion, the combatants are about to drop the pillows and get at it Stocks are now moderately overbought and the sellers have had a long enough time to rest up and see if they have reached a comfort zone in their stock positions Thus, the stock market will be left to i ts own devices and with opinions so polarized and the market liquid, i t could be a real donnybrook In our opinion, the unrelenting inflationary pressures, rising interest rates, a too strong economy, very dangerous levels of margin debt, and already deteriorating wage-price guideline program, and currently the powder keg in Iran give the superior fire power to the bears. Even short term the bulls are throwing duds when they talk of the seasonal December rally-since 1964, the Dow industrials have been lower at the end of the month six of these fourteen years. Recent Economic developments and near term events also seem to take some of the punch out of the bulls The dollar has been soft the past four days and gold has firmed Wholesale prices rose at a 9.6 percent annual rate in November Future reading could worsen due to anticipations of guidelines becoming controls three to six months out and rising agricultural prices The OPEC meeting scheduled for December 16 should give us a Christmas present of a 7 percent to 10 percent oil price increase Perhaps in installments but also with no help from a possible collapse of Iran If institutions want to look past the vallev which is now totally shrouded in uncertainty and ignore short term interest rates not seen since August of 1974, we will get them willingly Until then, stay liquid stay defensive, stay patient A1 Goldman Cleaning Utensils When cleaning "nonstick" ap­ pliance f inishes, always allow the appliance to cool before washing Wash it thoroughly each t ime it is used to avoid a buildup of cooking residue the residue wil l even­ tually effect the nonstick quality Be sure to rinse thoroughly and dry -- after using hot sudsy water for washing ^ e t » n ' e & n" |V<>f<'sS l° p i r < * " , r N EARL R. 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