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s PACiEI'LAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1»79 f Pl.AINDEAl-.F.R Editorial Opinion Teens And Alcohol The latest statistics show six out of ten accidental deaths among teen-agers involve alcohol in one form or another. Many teens are said to be turning to alcohol today to avoid drugs, which they are distrustful of. ' The drug kick, then, has produced another grim by-product-the heavy use of alcohol by some teen-agers. It's said former drug addicts often imbibe too heavily as they substitute alcohol for their former weakness. Teen-agers need all the encouragement, help and counsel parents, schools, churches and others can give them-about alcohol. It's so constantly glamorized in films and on television, a heavy dose of practical, sensible advice from parents ̂ nd others is urgent at this time. Balancing Budget A recent major poll found that 73 percent of the public favors the constitutional amendment requiring Congress to balance the budget except in times of emergency. Only 16 percent opposed such an amendment. Twenty-four of the 50 states have now voted for such an amendment, and there is a strong likelihood ten additional legislatures will act, giving amendment backers the necessary two-thirds, which will require Congress to call a constitutional convention. Its proposed amendment would then have to be ratified by three-fourths of the states-which also seems likely in view of public sentiment. What this boils down to is that the American people are being forced to take fiscal affairs into their own hands because of the performance of presidents and Congresses in recent decades, who nave repeatedly spent more money than the Treasury was collecting-distributing goodies, benefits, charity and high salaries to too many. February In State 100 Years Ago (Special from Illinois State Historical Society, Old State Capitol, Springfield) Illinois newspapers of February, 1879, gave very little space to the birthday of George Washington and even less to that of Abraham Lincoln, ac­ cording to a sampling of the newspaper files for the month in the Illinois State Historical library. Washington's birthday "was observed in Springfield, Saturday, in a charac­ teristically quiet way," the Illinois State Journal "The only ones who manifest their patriotism at all spicuously were those mem­ bers of the Governor's Guard who turned out to the annual parade. . . At the state house they marched into the rotunda, headed by the band, and went through a manual of arms very creditably in the presence of an. interested audience of legislators, State officials, etc." At Pittsfield, the Pike County Guards "paraded in the af­ ternoon, presenting a fine appearance, and in the evening gave a ball at their armory. The Pittsfield Guards did not participate, some of the members having gone to Quincy to take part in the parade there." The Chicago Inter Ocean chose Feb. 22 to publish a column-long appeal from the vice regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association for Illinois for funds to rehabilitate Washington's home. The State Journal had a one paragraph item headed "Lincoln's Birthday," which read in part: "A lady of this city placed on the sarcophagus in (the) Lincoln Monument a beautiful offering of evergreens and flowers, arranged to represent a Cross of Humiliation and Suffering and an Anchor of Hope. Such a recognition of the day in the place made famous by association with Lincoln is better than allowing the day to pass without giving it any at­ tention, especially while something more elaborate is being done in other cities." The State Journal had published another Lincoln article Feb. 3, titled "Lincoln's Parentage." The story was that in the manuscript of his "Life of Lincoln" Ward Hill Lamon had "intended to publish the statement that on account of their extreme poverty the parents of Lincoln never were legally married." When they learned of this "charge of illegitimacy against Lincoln . .. Judge David Davis and Leonard Swett, a prominent lawyer living in Illinois, who had been a firm friend of Lincoln, exerted themselves to have much of the matter suppressed." To refute Lamon's charges the article continued by reprinting a copy of the bond required by the State of Kentucky and the marriage certificate of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, signed by the minister. Another Lincoln note was published in the Feb. 22 issue of the Inter Ocean. It was novelist lathaniel Hawthorne's ion- of Lincoln when Hawthoi President as "deputation Massachusetts visited the member of a from a whip factory, with a present of a splendid whip." Hawthorne said in ptfrt: "(President Lincoln) was dressed in a rusty black frock- coat and pantaloons, unbrushed and worn so faithfully that the suit had adapted itself to the curves and angularities of his figure, and had grown to be the outer skin of the man. He had shabby slippers on his feet. His hair was black, still unmixed with gray, stiff and somewhat bushy, and had apparently been acquainted with neither brush nor comb that morning. His complexion is dark and sallow, he has thick, black eyebrows and an impending brow, lys nose is large, and the lines about his mouth are very strongly defined." Following the brief presentation the delegation left, as Hawthorne says, "only regretting that we could not have seen the President sit down and fold up his legs (which is said to be a most extraordinary spectacle), or have heard him tell one of those delectable stories for which he is so celebrated." Thomas Edison had in­ troduced the electric light about a month earlier and on Feb. 20 the State Journal published a third-hand report from the "London correspondent of the Chicago Journal" about some ex­ periments in England which showed that electric lights would cost three times as much as gas. The Springfield paper concluded: "Unless Mr. Edison can overcome the objection of expense, his invention will scarcely have any other value than a curious but costly ex­ periment." For Vour Information Deor friends. The dying potient ond his fomily hove so rrf'ony unmet needs you con fill. You only need to core - ond not be afraid to cry. As you sit with a dying potient you might wonder. 'What is the right thing to do?" Simply osh yourself. "How would I feel? What would I wont soid or done?" » Respectfully. PETER M.JISTEN & (DM FUNERAL HOME McHENRY. IUINOIS - 385 0063 Caution Eclipse Watchers ResolMcn CARDBOARD WHITE SURFACE Small and independent businesses across the nation support the concept of a balanced federal budget, in conjunction with a limitation on government spending and taxation, according to the investment. Our government has had to borrow huge sums of money to cover its excessive deficits. This large-scale borrowing has forced interest rates up and severely lowered the amount of capital available National Federation of In-> for private sector investment, dependent Business (NFIB). NFIB is a non-profit, non­ partisan organization formed to protect the rights and ex­ plain the concerns of small and independent business in the United States. With more than 560,000 members, NFIB is the largest and most active small business organization in the country. "Small business is no small part of the American economy, and we're determined to make Congress listen," stated NFIB President Wilson S. Johnson. "A balanced budget will reduce inflation, and tax limitation will encourage productivity and 'The Federal Reserve board reacted by printing more money, but this worsened our economic crisis because the supply of dollars increased too quickly and too drastically. When supply of the dollar in­ creased, value of the ddllar fell, thus causing inflation. "Inflation is America's most serious problem now, and small business - the backbone of the American economy - is being hit particularly hard. Large businesses have greater flexibility to pass on increased costs because they buy and sell in huge quantities. Small businesses, however, must operate with narrow profit margins in order to compete with the giants, and inflation has squeezed their profit margins to the bone. "Congress has ignored its fiscal responsibility for too long," Johnson concluded "Tremendous grass roots support for a balanced budget and tax and spending limitation does exist, and we're willing to call a constitutional convention in order to prove it if Congress doesn't act." Already, 26 states have adopted resolutions calling for a balanced federal budget. Similar resolutions have been introduced in all other states, and it has passed one legislative body in many states. As soon as 34 states adopt this resolution. Congress must either propose its own con­ stitutional amendment on the subject, or call a constitutional convention to propose it. The National Society to Prevent Blindness warns that the only recommended safe way to view the Feb. 26 solar eclipse is indirectly. A simple way this can be done is to take two pieces of white cardboard, make a pinhole in one, and with the sun at your back, focus the eclipse through the pinhole onto the second board. The size of the image can be changed by altering the distance between cardboards. Never look directly at the sun through the pinhole. Pi AI \ I >1 \ I I K" Letters to the falitor Public Pulse (Th« PloindMlcr Invites »h« public to u>* »hi« thi. column ot on ••prvttion ol rt»»lf vi«wt on tvbjocls ol gonorol intorotf in our community Out only requ»»t I* thot tho writers giva • tignotur*. full oddrtit ond phono number We oik too •hot on* individual not writ* on th* torn* «ubj*ct mor* thon one* •och month W* r*,*n* th* fight to d*l*t* any material which w* consider libelous or in objactlonabl* tatt*.) One of nature's most dramatic events, a solar eclipse, will occur Monday, Feb. 26. It will be a total eclipse in a path from the Pacific Ocean crossing the nor­ thwestern United States, and partial in virtually all the rest of the continental U.S. The National Society to Prevent Blindness (NSPB) Warns that watching the eclipse can be dangerous, and advises precautionary measures. Following the last total eclipse seen in the U.S. (March 7, 1970), 145 cases of eye injury were reported to an NSPB survey, 121 of them eclipse burns. Sixty percent of the casualties had looked at the sun directly with the naked eye. The remainder had tried to protect their eyes with various devices-sunglasses, totally exposed photographic negatives, smoked glass and welder's goggles. NSPB's Executive Director Virginia S. Boyce emphasizes that there is no recommended safe way to look at an eclipse directly - partial or total. In­ fra-red rays emitted by the sun can burn the retina, causing scarring and resulting in blind spots in the victim's vision. The retina is the light-sensitive layer of nerve cells at the back of the eye that transmits visual images to the brain. "Usually the sun's dazzling light naturally prevents people from looking directly at it," Mrs. Boyce said, "but in a total eclipse, the moon slowly darkens that light, for brief minutes completely obscuring it. While the light dims, the sun is still emitting its invisible but burning infra-red rays, and since the retina is not pain- sensitive, a burn will not be noticed until the damage is done." The Society recommends indirect watching as the only safe way. The simplest indirect way is the "pinhole" method. Take two pieces of white cardboard, make a small hole in one, and with the sun at your back, focus the eclipse through the pinhole onto the second board. The size of the image can be chaiiged by altering the distance between the card­ boards. Older children and adults might use binoculars or a telescope as the projector, replacing the pinhole card­ board. With the sunlight at your back, position the instrument over your shoulder with the eyepiece down so that the light passing through it focuses on the white cardboard. Using either method, the circle of light on the cardboard will show the sun being slowly obscured by the moon as it passes between the earth and the sun. Never look at the eclipse through the pinhole or through the binoculars or telescope! Photographers should also remember not to look at the sun through their camera viewfinder. © ARE YOU NEW IN McHenry Area? Se96S8S8SSSS! 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* *0 °»C % USJEMU KNOW YOUR AREA ROYAL WELCOME DOES IT BEST %SS86S8SSS8SSS?SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS^ The path of the total eclipse- which will be the last visible in the continental 48 states during this century-comes ashore over Oregon and Washington, moves through Idaho, Montana and a small part of North Dakota and then on up into Canada and over Greenland, where sunset will terminate it. In Walla Walla, Wash., the sun will be totally obscured by the moon for 2 minutes and 26 seconds beginning at 8:17 a.m. (PST). In Los Angeles 81.5 percent of the sun's disc will be covered at 7:59 a.m. (PST); in Dallas 72.7 percent at 10:25 a.m. (CST); in Chicago 82.8 percent at 10:52 a.m. (CST); in Miami 42.5 percent ai 11:47 a.m. (EST); and in New York City 68 percent at 12:16 p.m.. (EST). The duration of the entire eclipse will be about two and a half hours. The National Society to Prevent Blindness, established in 1908, is the oldest voluntary health agency nationally engaged in preventing blind­ ness through community service programs, public and professional education and research. RECREATIONAL NEEDS "Editor: "This letter on recreational needs in the McHenry area is prompted by conversations with a number of persons on the subject. "Since we don't have a Park district, Petersen park is the only place that can now feasibly be developed to meet these needs. "The mayor and the City Council deserve credit for addressing this growing problem. Right now, I un­ derstand, they are considering a new all-purpose building in the park which would provide space for meetings and some indoor recreation. "That would be nice, but many people think that an outdoor Swimming pool would do more for our community. "An outdoor pool would not only draw people like a magnet, but it would probably get far more use in the summer than an all-purpose building would year 'round. "There are plans to open a beach at Petersen park this summer, but many people have qualms about swimming in McCullom Lake as well as the Service Line McHENRY CHAMBER OF COMMENCE 385-4300 FAMILY SERVICE ft MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC 3409 W. 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HIKTHKI<;HT Prrjjntinl? Nwd Help? < »iin«eliii|c Srnirr. 2 L-littiir \II- «*>rrin|£ Service. YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU FOR McHENRY COUNTY 840 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock Phone t 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. river because of pollution problems. "Also, there are facilities available now for meetings and the size limitation of the building would also limit the number of people who could use it for recreation. "While I don't live in the city limits, I consider myself part of the McHenry community and this letter is just intended as a friendly suggestion. "Perhaps others have some views on this subject. It cer­ tainly would be a legitimate issue for discussion during the upcoming aldermanic cam- paigns. .,j-)an McNalty "2004 N. Woodlawn Park "McHenry" SENIOR FUN BOWLING "Editor: I would like to tell our McHenry Senior Citizens about our senior citizens' bowling group which I organized in 1968. "The reason for organizing this group was to give the oldster some exercise, or call it therapy, instead of sitting in the rocking chair. This is strictly a fun league, no competition. We all like to bowl well but the main thing is to keep rolling and stay young. "A special senior citizen price is given to us for 3 games and after the first game we have a coffee break. A cup of coffee with a sweet roll are all included for the price. "We have now openings every Tuesday a.m. The bowlers should be at the lanes at 9:15 a.m. Every senior citizen has to be a member of our McHenry Senior Citizens club and a resident in School Districts 12-15-156. "For further information please call us at 497-3646. This is not a toll call. Frank and Louise Giel" Sern<* , proteS • EARL R. WALSH & JACK WALSH INS. Fire. 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