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SECTION 2 - PAGE * - PLAINDFALER . WEDNESDAY, AUGUST », 1MB f 'Plaindealer, Editorial Opinion Summer's End: School For millions of youngsters this is a time when tragedy, or joy, overtakes them. For those who love the freedom of summer, the hot weather and outdoors, and lack of study, school's reopening is stark tragedy. For millions of others, who love school and association with- friends and learning, this is a time of joy. Geniuses and successful men and women have developed from both philosophies. Winston Churchill, for example, was a poor student. In today's world, however, successful study is more important than ever. As the world grows more technical and complex and competition becomes greater and greater, education becomes increasingly important, It is the best investment not only for the students but for the adult citizens in their community. So accept the beginning of a new school year as a challenge, if you are of school age, and make the best of it. These school years are not always easy years, but they ar$ years of opportunity and challenge-and those who move out to meet that opportunity and challenge in school today are very likely to be the leaders of tomorrow. The Electoral College The Senate recently rejected a constitutional amendment which would have abolished the electoral college. Once again, those who feeL the need for reform in the presidential election process are disappointed. The present system, considered by many to be obsolete, gives all of each state's electoral votes to the winning candidate in that state. If, for example, New York State voted 3,000,001 to 3,000,000, all that state's electoral votes (41) would go to the presidential candidate who received one more popular vote. The present system thus discounts millions of votes, and it can result in a candidate winning the presidency with fewer votes than his defeated opponent It also causes candidates and the parties to ignore small states, since their electoral vote becomes relatively inconsequential. Many favor retention of the college because it gives some added weight to states. (The number of a state's electoral votes is its total of House and Senate members.) Thus, since direct, popular vote has been rejected, perhaps reform in the nature of an amendment which would divide each state's electors on the basis of the popular vote can be passed. That accomplishes almost every goal of direct-vote reformers. It also sustains the states as separate entities, as envisioned by the founding fathers and as provided for in the Constitution. r t Roll Call Report jj (Your Congressmen's Vote) Here's how area Members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes in the days before the current recess began. HOUSE Recess--The House voted, 338 for and 70 against, the stand in recess from Aug. 3 to Sept. 5. There was no debate on the issue. Members voting "yea" wanted to take the 32-day recess. Reps. Robert McClory, R-13 and John Anderson, R-16, voted "yea." Child Welfare--The House voted, 204 for and 199 against, to require that federal outlays for certain child welfare programs be made available to states only through the normal appropriations channel of Congress. The vote killed a proposal to provide the money in the form of entitlements, that is, guaranteed payments which bypass the appropriations process. The money in question is part of legislation (HR)3434) authorizing certain welfare programs under the Social Security act. At issue on this vote was not the merits of child welfare but the question of which funding method Congress should emply - appropriations or entitlement. Rep. Robert Michel, R-Ill., a supporter of keeping child welfare funding in the appropriations channel, said too much of the federal budget already is "uncontrollable" by Congress because it has been excluded from "the annual oversight and review provided by the appropriating process." Rep. James Corman, D-Calif., who favored the entitlement procedure, said federal efforts to get children out of foster homes and into adoptive homes will succeed only if "states know how much money they are going to get and when they are going to get it..." He said the appropriations process generates uncertainty. Members voting "nay" wanted to switch certain child-welfare funding to the entitlement process. McClory voted "yea." Anderson did not vote. SENATE Ethics--The Senate adopted, 50 for and 29 against, a resolution <S Res 220) that relaxes its ethics rules. House concurrence was not required, and the measure took effect immediately. In part, the resolution ends General Accounting office audits of the financial-disclosure statements of senators and 'op aides, does away with the rule that senators must file copies of their tax returns with the Senate Ethics Committee, and reduces from 1,600 to '300 the number of Senate staffers who must file financial- disclosure statements. The measure makes senators and top aides answerable to the softer financial-disclosure requirements of the 1978 Ethics in Government act, a law covering all branches of government. Sen. Robert Morgan, D-N.C., a supporter, said the resolution puts- senators under "the same rules that the executive branch...members of the Supreme court and the House of Representatives live under" and that it "confers no specific privileges upon the Senate." Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, an opponent, said the resolution "will keep the American people from knowing what the assets of their senators are. ..When people are calling for more openness in government, this will give them less." Senators voting "yea" wanted less financial disclosure by themselves and their top aides. Sen. Charles Percy, R, voted "yea." Sen. Adlai Stevenson, D, did not vote. Anti-Recession Aid--The Senate passed, 69 for and 23 against,^ bill (S 566) designed to help governments blunt the recession which many economists say is now in effect. The bill, sent to the House, would provide federal grants to cities, counties and states, to be For Your In format ion Dear friends. Wholesome work - both montal and physical • is nocossary for tho satisfaction and montal hoalth of any individual. A wholosomo socioty should provido a constructive job at a living wage for everyone able and willing to work. This Labor Day, we should rededicate ourselves to this essential goal in our society. i Respectfully, PETER M.JISTEN & cr)M FUNERAL HOME McHENRY. IUINOIS 385 0063 Additional Food Stamp Funding Labor Day I The first man "Legislation signed by President Carter will enable the country to continue food stamp operations in September without closing the program down or reducing benefits," Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland said last week. c The legislation also includes several administration proposals to further reduce error and fraud in the program, along with special provisions to increase benefits for the elderly and disabled with high medical or shelter costs. Tears of Joy? The new law authorizes an additional $620 million for food stamps in fiscal year 1979. The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects that up to $500 million of this amount will be needed to avoid closing the program entirely or reducing benefits in September, the last month of the fiscal year. Action to cut benefits because of a funding shortfall would be un­ precedented in the history of the 15-year-old program. Bergland said the additional funds are needed primarily because an unanticipated in­ crease in food prices, to which food stamp benefits are in­ dexed, has pushed program costs above the ceiling on spending contained in the 1977 Food Stamp act. When the spending ceiling was enacted, food inflation was projected at between 3 and 4 percent a year. But, in the two years since, food prices have risen nearly 20 percent. The provisions signed into law give the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the states the authority to require social security wage records and unemployment compensation records. These measures will facilitate more computer matching to weed out ineligible households. Additonally, the new provisions require that persons convicted of fraud repay fraud claims as a condition of renewed eligibility after the period of disqualification mandated by the 1977 act. The amendments also permit states to keep 50 percent of all fraud claims they collect as an in­ centive for more vigorous prosecution and collection activity. WHV Does always 11 CRY VWEN WE GO Hmm ' *i. I it? BACK TO MV1 SCHOOL? W Tiift-'V-r-ftj.--V-' i ' .• ' J ~ Pv •' • .... _ ..... ' ' " . • ; . .. . 1 'l' 't . y, ^ ,A \ vy*.t v ' ; a • • ,ns 4, ' j Building Permits The McHenry County Department of Building, and Zoning has issued the following building permits for the month of July. TOWNSHIPS PERMITS Alden 7 Algonquin 36 Burton 3 Chemung 3 Coral 5 Don- 12 Dunham 0 Grafton 13 Greenwood 12 Hartland 15 Hebron 7 Marengo 5 McHenry 72 Nunda 48 Richmond 10 Riley 2 Seneca 10 Total 260 Sheriff Report PRISONER COUNT FOR THE MONTH Adult Males Received 220 Adult Females Received ... 13 Juvenile Males Received 12 Juvenile Females Received 3 Total Prisoners Received 248 Total Prisoners Discharged 291 Average Prisoner Count Per Day 32.3 Prisoner Records Prepared .248 Warrants Served .170 Court Processes Received 655 Court Processes Served 536 Bailiffs in Court 53 Persons Taken to Court 73 Meals Served For the Month 2,318 Persons Conveyed to Other Institutions 6 Mileage Conveying Persons 402 Mileage Serving Court Processes j ; vV; 5,004 Mileage Patrolling and Investigating 94,958 ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS HANDLED Total Number of Accidents 179 Personal Property 120 Bodily Injury 57 Fatalities 2 Warning Tickets Issued 251 Tickets Issued 630 Set Rule For Severe Need Breakfast Rates A new U.S. Department of Agriculture rule should result in more consistent state standards for approving schools for severe need break­ fast rates. Such schools may qualify for higher rates of reimbursement. The new rule will help make breakfast available to more needy children on a more equitable basis. In the past, state agencies have used many different criteria to assess need for higher reimbursement rates for the breakfast program. Under the new rule, a school is in severe need if 40 percent or more of lunches served under the school lunch program are provided free or at reduced prices, or if the school is required by state law to serve breakfast. These criteria are required by the Child Nutrition amendments of 1978, enacted in November. The rule also clarifies the reimbursement procedures for school food authorities which have schools in severe need. Service Line -re­ used to shore up government services and provide public-sector jobs and job-training. The bill would provide $340 million in "counter-cyclical aid" to cities having jobless rates of 6 percent or higher, effective with the Oct. 1 beginning of fiscal 1980. Also, it would'make available up to $1 billion in aid to other urban areas if the national unemployment rate (now at 5.7 percent) hits 6.5 percent. Sen. Daniel Moynihan, D-N.Y., a supporter, said: "This is the best anti-recession program yet devised. It works. It scarcely takes the time of three persons in Washington to administer. It goes directly to where it is needed. It is used by people who are in the best position to know what ought to be done with it." Sen. Henry Bellmon, R-Okla., an opponent, said: "We are now having inflation at about 13.2 percent....Most members of Congress eagerly condemn inflation, (yet) while condemning the monster we vote to feed it and make its devastation worse." Senators voting "yea" favored a massive outlay to blunt recession at the risk of fueling inflation. Stevenson and Percy voted "yea." O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes! -Shakespeare. Defined Economy--A way of spending money without getting any fun out of it.. -Reader's Digest. ARE YOU NEW IN McHenry Area? D» YM KIMW SOIMOM New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA!!!!! CAU JOAN STULL 385-5418 • mrmwm , KNOW YOUR AREA-ROYAL WELCOME DOES IT BEST McHENRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 385-4900 FAMILY SERVICE ft MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC 3409 W. WaukeganRoad McHenry 385-6400 PARENTAL STRESS UNE OF McHENRY COUNTY Meeting Place: McHenry County 24 hours a day, 7 days a week _ Call 815:344-3944 _ Parents Anonymous meetings on Wednesday. STATE CHAMBER GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS HOTLINE 217-522-5514 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 202-755-8660 Hours7:30a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays (Ever had a problem involving the federal government and not know where to call? And then been given a runaround or referrals by persons who meant well but didn't know how to help? Ten specialists available at this center.) NATIONAL RUN-AWAY SWITCHBOARD Illinois Phone: 800-372-6004 (For confidential conversation on problems dealing with run-away children) MOVING HOTLINE Phone 800424-9213 (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 312-793-3580 Chicago, III. MKTHMI<;HT Prrpimnt? Nffd Hrlp? Counnrlinji Swvire. S8.VWW. 21-hour An- *wfrin|Sfr»irr. _ 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. The first man to suggest a day should be set aside in honor of labor-the working man and the spirit of industry-was probably Peter McGurie. He was Presi­ dent of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in 1882, when his suggestion was adopted by the Central Labor Union in New York. The first Labor Day, then, was observed in 1882. In 1884, tiie Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, which later became the American Federation of Labor, adopted the suggestion and states (Oregon was the first) began to declare the first Monday in September a holiday. McGuire had chosen September because h was about midway between July 4 and Thanksgiving. By 1894, when Congress declared the day a holiday in all federal offices and territories, some thirty states had acted to make Labor Day, a legal holiday. After Oregon, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York were the next to declare the holiday. One good feature of Labor Day, the traditional last weekend of summer in many areas, is that it has always fallen on a Monday, thus creating a long weekend. This year Labor Day is on the 3rd. 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