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PAGE 14 - PLAINDKALER - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, IMS Past 65 e a H« Has Fond Off Movi* Days Q. - "Many years ^go I had some bit .parts ifKa couple of movies made HolIyw<)od. I now live in .̂DESIGN WINNER 4Theresa Smith, second grade student at St. Joseph's school, jard, receives a plaque in recognition of her winning entry in the contest sponsored by the McHenry County board to obtain a design for a McHehry county flag. Richard Klemm, Crystal Lake, left and Mrs. Phyllis Walters, Algonquin, hold the artist's conception of Theresa's entry. Klemm is County board chairman. Mrs. Walters is chairman of the contest committee. At right is Theresa's mother. \ DON PEASLEY PHOTOGRAPHY Sfc To Your Health A Service of Mcfienry Hospital Jr&t J Jogging is the reflection of the current concern with building up our bodies. With a new year ahead perhaps nutrition should be our second step in the right direction toward good health. The fact that every morsel of food we eat is part of our nutrition and often lacks good nutrition escapes most of us. We just eat for fun, on the run and because we're ; hungry. i The United States, with its ( abundance of" food, has a population most of whom suffer from malnourishment just because they eat the wrong foods. Most of what we eat does not have proper nutrients for good body function. ^ The sw^ important nutrients are pkoteins, //6arbohydrat-esJL^] fats, vitamins, ..minerals and water. Protein is called the building block of life. It is needed in all muscles and organs, skin, hair, nails and ^ Wen the brain It must be ^constantly replaced. Protein occurs in meat, cheese, milk, poultry, eggP&nd fish. A person requires>bout 45 grams daily if the source is eggs, milk or meat. Grains and vegetables provide a lesser quality of protein and one woi|Jd®need 65 grams of that quality to satisfy the daily need. There are 3^ ounces in every 100 grams. Carbohydrates are the second nutrient of significance. They provide energy for the muscles, the central nervous system and other specialized purposes. Sugars and starches provide carboydrates. Few people suffer from a lack of this nutrient since sweets are so popular. Carbohydrates are generally high in calories, the measure used to express, energy value in foods. While proteins 'and carboydrates provide high calories, it is fat which produces the highest calories. Fat is the most con- rttrated source of food fergy. It is composed of sic units called "fatty acids" and glycerol. Fats perform a number of func­ cer Jf< flas tions. They provide energy for virtually all tissues of the body, carry vitamins which are fat soluble (Vitamins A, D, E and K) to parts of the body and give flavor to food. keeps you warm and regulates body temperature. Obviously, fat serves a vital function as long as it isn't excessive. Too much fat overburdens the heart and other organs. Saturated fat is solid at room temperature. It has? been associated^ with high blood cholesterol levels and is thought to narrow the blood vessel openings so blood cannot flow normally. Unsaturated fat is generally liquid at room temperature. Unsaturated fats do not appear to in­ crease blood cholesterol and may even reduce such levels if used in heavier quantities in the diet than the saturated fats consumed. Egg yolks, cheese, milk (to some ex­ tent) and any obvious fat on meat is highly saturated fat. Fish and liquid vegetable oils contain unsaturated fats. Most physicians recommend lowering one's input of saturated fats in favor of the unsaturated fats. - Nutrients will be discussed further next week. Connecticut and I would like to join an actors' association of whatever kind that takes in retired bit players. Is there such a group? I'm not trying to get in the movies again. I am 75." - Dante L. A. - There is the Screen Actors guild office in Boston which represents the Screen Extras guild-in Hollywood. Dante can phone them for full information at 742-2688. If he calls before 8 a.m. from Connecticut, the cost of the call will be only 21 cents. Q. - "My husband just turned 59.1 heard that this is the age that is classed as the first year of being a senior citizen. Is that true? What are the advantages of being a tsenior citizen?" - Mrs. H.B.L. Jr. At - There is no set start- off idate for becoming a senior citizen <>€ertainly it cannot be 59. Generally speaking, people feel they are senior citizens at 65 because that is the age when so-called benefits to the elderly usually go into force - - like special discounts, cheaper bus fares, Social Security, etc. It is also the age when enforced retirement used to take place and it is the age when many insurance companies refuse to insure new ap­ plicants. Q. - "My husband and I have wills making the surviving spouse the sole heir, although we have a child, a grandchild and great-grandchildren. All of our property is in joint tenancy. I understand that if one leaves a survivor's agreement it will save the living spouse from going through probate. What is a survivor's agreement?." - Mr. and Mrs. PeteP. A. - If Pete and his wife have signed their wills then I would say that is enough. I never heard of a so-called survivor's agreement. Pete and wife don't have to worry about their estate going through probate. Q. -- "We have been married 59 years, have three sons and a daughter all with good educations/^ood jobs and families. Our home is JEWEL CATALOG OUTLET STORE • JEWEL CATAI/ MERCHANDISE CLEARANCE CENTER A DIVISION OF JEWEL DIRECT MARKETING * 301 W.« Virginia St. CRYSTAL LAKE < SI 5-455-0333 V ' Mon.Juoi. 9 a.m. • 5 p.m. W*d., Thurt., Frl. 9 a.m. • I p.m. J Sat. 9 a.m. * 5 p.m. Sun.'10 a.m. - 3 p.m. T STORE JEWEL CATALOG OUTLET STORE BLIZZARD^ j OF VALUES AT MCC Sale Days Wed., Jan. 2 Thru Tues., Jan. 8 . While Quantities Last- paid for, Wc have no debts and enough cash saved to carry us through the maining years. We would lik« to live in our home as we are alive. What is the bdgt way to leave the home and the four lots the home is on, equally to our four children?" - Mark D. A. - By will. Mark and his wife, should see a good lawyer. Q. -> "I have heard there is a congressional committee in Washington that is for discrimination against the aged. What is the name of the chairman and the ad­ dress?" - Ottman B. A. - There is no committee that desires discrimination against the aged. There is, however, the Select Com­ mittee on Aging, whose office is Room 712, House of Representatives Office Annex, Washington, D.C. 20515. The committee's aim is to HELP the aged, not to discriminate against them. Its chairman is U.S. Representative Claude Pepper (D-Fla.)who is credited with much success in fighting for Jhe basic rights of the aged, which includes no enforced retirement before 70. Mr. Pepper is himself past 70. Here is good news about a shoe exchange for amputees. Q. - "I am an amputee who here and now sets up a shoe exchange which will try to pair up two amputees who need the opposite shoe, whd are about the same age and who have reasonably similar tastes in shoes - men, women,and children. Anybody who wants to ex­ change shoes should write to me -- Mrs. Charles H.Berger, 360 W. Clackamas Blvd., Gladstone, Oregon 97027., enclosing self- addressed stamped en­ velope. It won't cost anybody anything." A. - Thank you, Mrs. Berger. Q. - "My husband recently passed away. I was left with a small home and Social Security and Veterans' pensions. I need more money. I can sell my home for about $30,000. If I get that much money will the Veterans administration stop my V.A. check? I am 69." - Margaret O. A. -- Before selling, Margaret should put the question to the V.A. or Somebody Who knows the V.A. rules. I think she is I likely to lose the V.A. pen- i sion if she acquires that much cash. Q. - "I sold a house in Palm Springs but lost the , deed which the new owner 8eeds. Where can I get a new deed? - Helen M. A, - Helen can go lo the recorder's office at the county building in Riverside. Q. - "My wife says I have to stop smoking my „ pipe because it stinks. My little granddaughter started it all when she said that I smell funny. She doesn't like to sit & my lap.I don't want to stop smoking, but I don't want to have my wife and my granddaughter hate to come near me. What can I do?" - Archie S. A. -/A pipe begins to stink when it gets soggy with saliva, and it really is' a distasteful odor. I smoke a pipe and I know. If Archie doesn't want to stop smoking, then he should buy some more pipes. If he smokes one pipe and then another and yet another before going back to the first that has finally dried out, it is not likely he will "smell funny." He can buy some very nice pipes for $5 each if he looks around. If he will faithfully alternate between six or seven pipes his little * granddaughter will once again like to sit in his lap. Social Security In­ formation: / Q. - "What can I draw on Social Security should I take it at 62 instead of 65?" -- P.E.T. A. - P.E.T. will get about 20 percent less at 62 than he would at 65. Q. - "I am 63 and intend to retire aftdr seven years steady employment after earning $66,000. Is it best to apply for SS payments on my own coverage or to apply on my husband's for a wife's benefits? He is 67." ~ Mrs. C.M.A. A. - She should apply on both and let SS decide which one is best. Q. - "I am 62. My husband died 14 years ago. I am keeping house for a man, not for wages but for the same compensation a wife gets, which is very little. Can I draw SS on him or my dead husband's account?" - Margaret Q. ?• A. - She would have to be considered validly married under the laws of the state of the man she is living with. She could file for benefits under her deceased husband's account, but she should first contact SS. Q. - "I am a widow of 71 who gets $220 from SS on my own work record. I was , j/- • 1 p ' married 2ft years when my husband died. I remarried within six month* and he d i e d a f t e r 1 0 y e a C a n I draw more SS on my first, husband's work record?" - Luzella W. A. - The question should have been investigated when LUzella filed for her own benefits,unless she wasjstill married to her second Jius^and. She should check at her local SS office with both spouses' SS numbers. Q. "At what age should I ask for SS benefits "on my deceased husband's ac­ count? If I remarry , would it make apy difference and what status would I have with my new husband's SS account?" - Florence M. A. - Florence should ask for the benefits on her deceased husband's account three months before she reaches age 60, It would rfiake a difference if she remarries. It depends on when. If after1 age 60, it would have no effect. If before 60, it would preclude her entitlement unless Florence's subsequent marriage terminates. She could receive a wife's benefits if married at least one year before the day on which her application is filed. A. - "I am a retired far­ mer and SS figured my pension for the three lowest years In whlch l lort aUjny crop in high water. What can I do to get my SS payments Increased." -A.T. i A. - The 88 benefltsjo A.T .would have been computed on a basto_ofJd« highest earnings for we years involved. He should check with SS to learn whether he is eligible for Supplementary Security Income. Q. - "I have been a widow since 1970 and have not worked enough since to collect. T SS on my own ac­ count. In 1977, I had eye surgery which prevented me from working steadily. Am I eligible for disability payments from SS? I am 55." - Bette U. A. - Bette would have to file an application for disability benefits. Her vision problems would certainly b<£ considered. Blindness is defined in the SS law as either central visual acuity of 20-200 or less in the better eye with use of corrective lenses, or visual field reduction to 20 degrees or less. Write to Carl Riblet, Jr. at Box 40757, Tucson, Ariz., .85717 for information and advice on questions you may have as a senior citizen, with self-addressed, stamped envelope. All questions will be answered, either direct or jn this column. .. IEPA Withdraws Leaf Burning Ban Proposal The Illinois En­ vironmental Protection agency has withdrawn for consideration by the Illinois Pollution Control board proposed regulations which, if adopted by the board, wpuld have banned leaf burning in those areas of the state where air quality is below standards. In a letter to the board, Michael P. Mauzy, director of IEPA, stated the proposal was being withdrawn, "because the evidence needed to support the proposal is not sufficient to date to meet the uniquely high requirements imposed by the Illinois Legislature when it prohibited any regulation banning the burning of leaves throughout the state generally." When the IPCB banned leaf burning on a statewide basis in 1971, the Illinois Legislature reacted to public opposition by passing a law (P.A. 78-243) permitting le§f burning unless it could be medically proven to be directly injurious in any particular areas of the state. Several scientific studies since then, while showing possible health problems, failed to make a connection between the health of Illinois residents for any specific geographic areas in Illinois, as required by the Legislature. Director Mauzy said, "The IEPA remains very con­ cerned about evidence showing adverse health effects of leaf burning on persons with respiratory problems, patients in hospitals and the general population. "The agency will be reviewing possible further steps to reduce these health problems. "I encourage action by local municipalities in passing ordinances which restrict leaf burning in their cities in order to protect the health of their citizens." 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Nuclear waste, by-product of every reactor in the world, radioactive for tens of thousands of years, lying there like some malevolent genie in a bottle waiting to be let loose. That's what the future of commeri cial nuclear power hinges on What do we do with the waste? Where on earth is it safe? Can burying it really keep it from coming back to kill us? No matter what you've heard, there are answers. Solutions exist. Now. One is reprocessing. Dissolving spent fuel rods in a strong acid, then separating out the plutonium and leftover uranium for reuse. It leaves just four percent of the total to bury. And in six hundred years, iLat four percent won't contain any more radioactivity than all the uranium ore mined to make the fuel in the first place' Now, if six hundred years stilf sounds like an eternity, consider^ the process called vitrification In plain English, that means im- * mobilizing the waste. Actually turning it into a piece of solid glass. Inert, chemically stable glass, enclosed in a steel jacket an inch thick and buried.. Really buried;: A good two thousand feet down nite n't 1 by groundwater or an earthquake in at least ten - A g .in a bone-dry salt bed or granite formation whose very existence mean? it hasn't been disturbed MATCHING TABLES For Every Need! All with cane look shelves. Rich wood-finish look in sturdy propylene. J MCC Reg. Sale Slier CORNER ETAGERE *23.99 *9.59 Shelf END TABLE $29.99 *11.99 ' 2 Shelf ROUND TABLE $23.99 '9.59 2 Shelf COCKTAIL TABLE $35.99*14.39 ALL OTHER ITEMS '% off million years. And in all probability, won't be for millions more. V _ But what if? If there were a quake. If the shift­ ing earth drowned the site in a river of water. If the steel jacket ripped apart. If the glass inside were exposed to the current for ages to come. If somehow, in some inexplicable way, though glass is highly insoluble in water, it still managed to dissolve. And the water, though separated from the surface by two thousand feet of rock and soil, still managed to find a way up. If all that happened, against all odds, the very volume of water would dilute the dissolyed waste even further. And the slow flow (groundwater travels less than a hundred yards a year) would give the <0 radioactivity remaining more than enough time to decay to about the same level as the background radiation we're exposed to all the time. None of that is a pipedream. It's fact. Documented act. Spelled out again and again in countless government reports and independent1 studies. Proven again and again in exhaustive tests and pilot rojects (in England, France, Germany, Sweden and Canada, well as Kansas, Nevada and Washington State). And "most universally accepted iy the scientific and technical Community world-wide. What's more, there are literally thousands of square iles of salt beds and granite brmations under America, , and only a few square miles. uld easily hold every ounce of high-level waste generated y all our nuclear power plants _. ut together. Not to mention the eighty million gallons ^stored up in the thirty-five years our country has been .making atomic weapons.; •The only problem we haven't solved ryet is how to get the show on the road. We can't reprocess because the govern­ ment won't okay it. Despite the knowledge 'at every pound of plutonium we salvage not only leaves one less to bury, but also can produce as much energy as seven hundred fifty tons of coal or one hundred thirty thousand gallons of oil. And we can't bury what we've already got, even though doing it safely doesn't depend on reprocessing, because Congress gave the government a monopoly on permanent storage back in 1970. And despite the weight of affirmative evidence, it hasn't acted yet. The problem is, if all seventy-two nuclear power plants In the United States vSnisned tomoaTow, nuclear waste wouldn't. There's still a lot sitting around, and less than one percent of it is from power plants. Remember, years of nuclear weapons production have amassed eighty, million gallons, * and there's more coming. ̂ ? Isn't it time we laid the problem to rest? CarrurKXTweallh Edison EWEL CATALOG OUTLET STORE • JEWEL CATALOG OUTLET STORE IEWEI CATALOG CMTIET STORE This ad is paid for by the company and not published at our customers' expense. ; ' " •' • /' •: ' • ' «* V X