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i nnyside Area Betty Mdt^ser ' 344-2494 New Van Serves In • . ' r ' Mental Health Area PAGE 5 - PLAINDEALER • WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 9,1980. Education In The Eighties Columnist Has Busy Holidays Here it is 1980 and you probably have been won­ dering what happened to the news from Sunnyside. Like most people the holidays become pretty hectic for us. *But this year they were a little mdre so. We had a son- in-law in the hospital for /major surgery,-Dec. 17,; our eleventh grandchild arrived a month late, Dec. 29; our daughter, Sandy, was in an accident and New Year's • day one of our grandsons was admitted to the hospital. I sure hope the remainder of 1980 is better than the way '79 ended and '80^,began. VILLAGE MEETING The village held its second monthly meeting Dec. 18. The main subject of the evening was the new village ordinance passed Nov. 6, ^1979 regarding parking on village streets during the night. Overnight parking on the street is prohibited during the hours between 2 and 6 a.m. This law will be strictly enforced. First of­ fense will mean a warning ticket; subsequent tickets will mean fines. Because the first Tuesday of the month fell on New Year's day, the village will hold one meeting for the month of January, and that was Tuesday, Jan. 8. NEW ARRIVAL On Monday, Dec. 17, little Tiffany Anne Messer made her arrival, weighing 7 lbs., 1 oz. Tiffany is the daughter of Ken and Debbie Messer of Carol Stream. She was greeted by her sister Teena Marie upon arrival home. Tiffany is the grand­ daughter of Betty and Rich Messer of 1405 Bayview lane, and Tom and Mapfe^Cabel of Glendale Heigh tjs. Jiffany's great-grandmother is Nettie Messer of Ingleside. \ , WISCONSIN TRIP Puring the holiday season, Betty and Rich Messer took a few days to visit their daughter and son-in-law, Julie and Ralph Rosinski, of Conover, Wis.; also grand­ son, Chad? The Rosinski's are expecting their second child later this month. /The trip y|s greQt and that muskie Rieff caughHa&t Jul; now holds a place ol over the mantis. ACCIDENT ON BRIDGE Saturday, Dec. 29, Sandy Messer, of 1405 Bayview lane slid on an ice patch bn the ' bridge over the Fox on £hapel Hill and Sandy sustained a head injury and a pinched nerve in her neck. We are very grateful to the passers-by who stopped to give assistance and also the man who went for the rescue squad. Sandy is doing fine and hopes to be back at work next week. BIRTHDAYS A few belated^ birthday greetings are 4n order. George Colomer, Dec. 24; Rich Messef, Dec. 26; Johanna Heim, Dec. 29; Don Gaylord,, Jan. 1; Robert Kelso, Jan. 3; and Val Patterson, Jan. 4. Hope you all had a happy day and best wishes for many more to come. Our birthday greeting for this week goes to Dawn Heim who has her day Jan. 11. Have a happy day, Dawn, and many more... , ANNIVERSARY The anniversary couple this week is Phillip and Kathleen Fleming of, 4121 W i 1 m o t { l r o a d . Congratulations to you and may you have many more happy years together. PACK 454 Cub Scout Pack 454 held its pack meeting and Christmas party Dec. 19. Santa made an appearance and. the boys of the pack all brought canned goods which, along with a turkev. a tree and some gifts, went to a needy family to brighten their Christmas. CHRISTMAS VISITORS Home for the holidays were Steve and Anne Ripley Indiana. They were visiting Mom and Dad, Marj and Ray Nolan, of 1403 Bayview lane Also home, were Mr. and Mrs. Bud Pflug of U. of I. They were visiting Bud's parents, Bud and Marion Pflug, of 1412 Bayview. Hope you all have a Happy New Year. SCOUT NEWS CUB PACK 351 Christmas in Other Lands was-Hhe theme (of the December pack night for Cub Pack 351, sponsored by St. Patrick's parish |council. The Den 4 cubs surprised everyone with a Christmas pinata. The Scouts eyi welcomed a jolly pie' soul from the North Pole who led aije/CSmg round of Cpristm Carols. In addition to Ml holiday festivities, Cub- master Dave Inlander presented Joe Gilmore with his Wolf badge; Bill Lewan received a Gold arrow, Bob Gorman received] two Silver arrows, Steve Sieverin and Christian Ziebjel earned three ^-Silver arrows. Five Webelos, Paul Wisniewski, Matt Roy, Barry Seavey, Sean Gahgan and Bri, Hoffman, were present! with their Citizenship pins. Den 3 entertained everyone with a^boliday skit and also wwKithe Cubby award. Den 4 retired the colors at the close of the meeting. Knowing Hamburger The days are gon^when the thrifty housewife turns to ham­ burger when the food budget is running low. Smart shoppers now watch for sales on this one-time budget-stretcher . . . and know just what they are buying when they purchase hamburger, ground beef, ground chuck and similar items. "Hamburger" is ground beef to which fat may have been added -- no more than 30 per cent if prepared under federal inspection. The same is true of ."ground beef", usually prepared from iean trimmings and less popular cuts of beef. Ground chuck, growid round and chopped sirloirware prop­ erly prepared from those specific cuts. Tips on Vegetables B&il vegetables until they are just tender, so that some of the crispness is retained. Add one to two teaspoons sdlt to each quart of water, bring the ivater to a boil and add the vegetables slowly so the water does not stop boiling. A OLD RUSSIAN NEW YEAR'S Sunday, January 13th at 6:00 p.m. VodkaSCaviar • Zakuska - Lavish Groaning Board of Russian Dolicacios ^SONG-MUSIC OF OLD RUSSIA By SASHA & MEMBERS OF THE RUSSIAN MALE CHORUS ALSO... "ABRAMCHIK TRIO" BALALIAKA-GUITAR-BAYAN ^ A FEAST TO REMEM^R! ALL INCLUSIVE $ 17*° PER PERSON RESERVATIONS MANDATORY ' GR£scent <$aY\ » °LAJQ>ING 3309 W. Cluptl WiU Id., McHtmy The Family Service, ^nd Community Mental Health Center for McHenry County recently purchased a 16- passenger van which is being used tq> transport the center's clients to and from the adult day treatment program in McHenry. The adult day treatment program is a non-hospital milleau based therapeutic program, which through structured activities, medication, groups, in­ dividual and family coun­ seling helps to rehabilitate emotionally ill adults back into their communities as productive, healthy citizens. The program serves a maximum of 42 clients per day and has served since its . beginning in 1976 some 195 adults. The newly purchased van is providing transportation for those clients who nor­ mally could not find tran­ sportation to and from the program or are too ill to take public transportation. It alio provides transportation on various field trips which clients of the day program take each month. The van is providing clients with safety and convenience as it is specially equipped with added safety features and a tworway radio The Family Service and Mental Health center is a member agency of the McHenry County Com­ prehensive Mental Health Services system. The system, made up of a total of six human services agencies throughout McHenry county, has recently received monies from the National Institute for Mental Health. The da*y treatment program, with part of these monies, will be expanding its ser­ vices to better serve the adult and adolescent emotionally ill clients of McHenry county. For more information about this service, and other services of the mental health center, call 385-6400. (seventies and will continue to do so throughout the eighties will do little to offset rising costs. Most of the cost of running a school district is accounted for by salaries and other fixed costs little affected by enrollment declines. ' A school where third grade enrollment drops by, say, 12 students may be compared to a family of six whose oldest child grows, up and moves out; the cost of rurining tHfe~household does not decrease noticeably. *As the single largest consumer of tax dollars, education is a DODular target for tax relief proponents. But, attractive as the notion of tax relief is on its face, it is probably inconsistent with maintaining an effective school system. ( There sifaply is not much fat in school spending-not nearly enough to allow a significant tax cut. The sad fact, is, any major cut in spending would come right from the living tissue of our educational system. This-is not really the crux of the matter. True, there have been cries for taix relief and strict limits on public sjpending. But these are indications, of taxpayer f r u s t r a t i o n a n d dissatisfaction with the product-not of unwillingness to educate Illinois children. The Veterans ad­ ministration processes more than 80 million com­ pensation, pension and education allowance checks annually. More than 825,000 armed forces veterans with service connected disabilities have been provided vocational training and counseling during the 36-year history of this Veterans administration readjustment program. Most of the veterans now being rehabilitated are from the Vietnam era. The following is the third and last in a series giving the predictions by Harold P. Seamon, executive director of the Illinois Association of School Boards of the shape public education i(j^Illinois will take during the coming decade). V FUNDING The problem of paying for our schools, because of its immediacy and urgency, is often allowed to eclipse the more fundamental question of whether our system is working. A good school system is expensive. That is inescapable. And education costs will continue to rise for the foreseeable future. In­ flations alone will ensure that. - The fact that enrollments began declining in the mid- [v.A. NEW . Editor's note: Following are representative questions answered daily by VA counselors. Full information is available at any VA office. Q -- My husband received an honorable discharge after several months of service at the end of World War II. He is now disabled by an illness unrelated to his service. Is he eligible for a Veterans Administration pension? A - If he served at least 90 days between Dec. 7, 1941, and Dec. 31, 1946, is per­ manently and totally disabled and has income within the limits set by law, he may be eligible. Check with VA for full details. Q - Persons just entering lilitary . service, are no [longer eligible for GI Bill education. Is there anot education plan for them^ A -- The Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance program was started when the GI Bill expired. New service members initially entering on active duty on or after Jan. 1, 1977, may par­ ticipate. Under this plan, the member contributes to a special training fund each month while in service. The government later con­ tributes $2 for each $1 in­ vested. VA and the armed services have full details. Q -- My father was an honorably discharged veteran who died several years ago. My mother remarried but has recently been widowed again and lives on Social Security. Is she eligible for a Veterans administration pension because of my father's military service? A - If your father'S-Service was such that she was eligible before Remarriage, she has probably regained her eligibility. She should apply at the nearest VA office. Among the more than two million widows, children and parents receiving Veterans A d m i n i s t r a t i o n c o m ­ pensation and pension payments are more than 184,000 survivors of Vietnam era veterans. aygj, tSSjtofiy fox cA\ StLECT GROUP OF Men's Suits AY, JANUARY 10 THRU RSDAY, JANUARY 31 Men's Sport Coats MEN'S weather Outer Coats Dress Slacks- WINTER G SUMMER WEIGHTS Casual Slacks & Corduroy Pants Work Pants - DY LEE Turtle Neck Shirts AND Spo/t Shirts •Doys White Shirts •McHenry Gym Suits •Gym Shoes •Colored Underwear ALL SALES FINAL - SMALL ALT ipNCHARGE 1245 N. G^EtN ST. McHENRY 385-0047 OPEN^AILY 8:30 - 5:30 FRI. TIL 8:30 " CLOSED SUN