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PAGE 18 -PLAINDEALER -WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6.1980 S PLAIN DEALER Editorial Opinion Per Capita Income One can easily see who is scooping up the gravy of federal spending with a glance at the latest per capita income figures, broken down by states. The District of Columbia average is higher than that of any of the states except Alaska, which is affected by special circumstances not applicable to the old forty-eight states. Nevada, the gambling haven, is next, followed by California, Connecticut and Illinois. But these traditional income figures may mean little unless compared to cost of living figures, which can change the ranking of living standards considerably, Mississippi and Arkansas, for example, rate last in average per capita income, but not in a ranking in which cost of living is figured. For what it's worth, the latest per capita income for D.C. is 19,924, for California $8,927, Connecticut $8,911, Illinois $8,903, etc., down to Arkansas' $5,969 and Mississippi's $5,529. Feudin' And Fightin' We Americans must face the unflattering fact that our country is a land of shocking violence, fighting, killing, etc. The causes are many and reach back intoU.S. history. Hie colonial settlers fought against the Indians. Cowboys who settled the West fought Indians, bandits and rustlers. Violence as a way of life is equated with the westward settlement, rightly or wrongly. Cowboy films and wartime films helped perpetuate the theme. Today commerical television perpetuates it for sales purposes in gaining big audiences for shows featuring crime, violence and sadism. Reformers, crusaders and activists have in recent years resorted to violence. Yet we should understand that this is not the way of life in many of the world's leading nations. The crime rate in England is far below that in the U.S. The rate in the Scandinavian countries (which now enjoy a higher standard of living than America) is not even comparable to the U.S. rate. One needn't knock America, or lack patriotism, to point this out. Ask Public Input For School Lunch Program THE WRONG GUY? I>1 AINDKAU.K' Letters to the futitor Public Pulse (The Pliindtolor invifet the public to use this this column at on expression of their views on subjects of general interest in our community. Our onfy Vequest is that the writers give • signature full oddress and phone number. We ask too. that one individual not write on the some subject mora than once each month. We reserve the right to delete any material which we contider libelous or in objectionable taste.) Students and parents with an opinion about the size and nutritional content of school lunch servings now have a chance to say sib. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is asking the public to help develop a standardized monitoring system to ensure that each child receives a daily lunch that meets the department's nutritional requirements. Specifically, the public is invited to respond to a series of questions to be printed in the Federal Register on Friday, Jan. 18. For example, what should be monitored--food portions on plates or total amounts of food a school kitchen serves during a particular period? Should food service workers determine portions visually or by some other method? Should frozen pre-packaged meals be measured the same way as fresh foods? Non-Union Only lunches that provide specified amounts of four food groups are eligible for reimbursement under the National School Lunch program. The amounts are designed to supply about one-third of daily food needs for a 10-12 year old child. A committee of depart­ ment and school food per­ sonnel will meet to consider alternative ways to measure the adequacy of school meals served to children. The public is invited to send specific ideas and comments to help the committee develop a system that will satisfy both com­ mon sense and the need for strict accountability of federal funds. Send comments by Mar. 3, to Stanley Garnett, School Programs Division, 201 14th St., S.W., Room 4122, Washington, D.C. 20250 A one-day seminar for employers who don't have a union and want to keep it that way will be presented by the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce Wednesday. Feb. 13, at Chicago's Marriott O'Hare. Titled "How To Stay Non- Union," the 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. seminar will focus on legal aspects, why em­ ployees choose a union. effective but fair discipline, proper working conditions, rating a pay scale, personnel policies. National Labor Relations board represen­ tation elections and other pertinent topics. For registration in­ formation, contact Patti Cummings, Center for Business Management, an ISCC affiliate, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago 60606 ( 312)- 372-7373). SOME GOOD NEWS ^reti s o t • ,&TYO>TS.' i \ 3 ^ ̂ ^ - i \ " F o r Y o u r I n f o r m a t i o n Deor friends, Youngsters, like adults, need to occopt and express their grief in times of tragedy. Children are more vulnerable to loss, particularly the death of a parent. Because of their complete dependence on odults, they consider it a form of punishment for misbehavior. Children should be encouraged to express their feelings by talking about the death • to realize that death is natural and inevitable. 2 Respectfully, PETER M.JISTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME Expect Tax Bill Hike Of 13 Percent This Year State C Of C Seminar The Illinois Department of Revenue has projected that real estate tax bills in calendar year 1980 are likely to increase an average of 13 percent, an increase con­ siderably abo*ee those of previous years. The projection was made on the basis of a survey of local goverment units made at the request of Illinois Governor James R. Thompson and on the basis of data submitted by county officials. The governor Roll Call Report (Your Congressmen's Vote) (There were no major House votes during the brief reporting period. Washington - Here's how Illinois senators were recorded on floor votes during the opening days of the Second Session of the 96th Congress. SALT--The Senate voted. 50 for and 36 against to keep the SALT II treaty on the agenda for possible floor debate this year. The vote Mocked a GOP attempt to take the arms- control treaty with the Soviet Union off of the Senate calendar. There was no debate. However, senators voting to keep alive the possibility of debate were not necessarily expressing support for the treaty, which has nosedived in popularity. Most of the senators voting "nay" oppose the treaty. Sea Adlai Stevenson, D, voted "yea" and Sen. Charles Percy, R, voted "nay." Absenteeism--By a vote of 84 for and two against, the Senate instructed the sergeant at arms "to request the attendance of absent senators." The vote came at the beginning of the Second session. It identified 14 absent senators. There was no debate. Stevenson and Percy voted "yea." Veterans Administration--The Senate killed, 60 for and 23 against, an attempt to require the Veterans Administration (VA) to work more in concert with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) in certain health-care areas. The vote came during debate on a VA bill (S 280) headed for final passage and the House. The language killed by this vote stemmed from two National Academy of Sciences recommendations - that VA (dans for hospitals be reviewed by HEW in order to avert duplication, and that VA and HEW consolidate overlapping resDonsibilities for nursing home safety programs. The vote left standing a skeletal amendment, later adopted, which said virtually nothing about HEW review of the VA's construction plans and required only "coordination" - not consolidation - of HEW and VA nursing home programs. Veterans Committee Chairman Alan Cranston, D-Calif., who voted "yea," said requiring1 HEW review of certain VA projects would threaten the "traditional independence" of the Veterans Administration and "undermine the agency's effectiveness in providing health care to eligible veterans." Sen. Henry Be 11mon, R-Okla., who voted "nay," said HEW review would help to prevent construction of unneeded hospitals. He cited the F. Edward Hebert Veterans hospital near New Orleans, calling it "an absolute waste of taxpayers' money..." 4 Senators voting "nay" wanted to implement the National Academy of Sciences recommendations on which the amendment was based. Percy voted "yea" and Stevenson voted "nay." Veterans Benefits--The Senate rejected, 28 for and 66 against, an amendment to reduce the education-assistance payments available to incarcerated veterans. The amendment sought to cut the payments to essentially the amount that active duty servicemen and servicewomen can receive for tuition and other education expenses. It was offered to S 280 (see previous vote). Veterans who have been imprisoned continue to receive full GI Bill education aid, on the rationale that any surplus payment can be set aside to help the prisoner's dependents or ease his or her transition back to society and thus curb recidivism. Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kas., the sponsor, said his amendment would corcect the "blatant discrimination" of a jailed veteran getting higher payments than active duty personnel. Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Califcalled the amendment "added punishment by taking benefits earned through the meritorious military service of men and women who later ran afoul of the law." Senators voting "yea" favored the amendment. J»ercy voted "yea" and Stevenson voted "nay." ARE YOU NEW IN McHenry Area? S8SSSSSSSSSS Do You Know Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA!!!!! CALL JOAN STULL 385-5418 LORRAINE MONAHAN 385-5475 aV & .jx. *0 °»(. % nmwE asked that the department conduct the survey to determine how next year's real estate tax bills would be affected by (1) the abolition of the corporate personal property tax, (2) local spending practices and (3) rapidly rising real estate market values. The survey projected real property extensions (property tax bills) would be approximately $4.3 billion for 1980, an increase of $495 million from 1979 extensions of $3.8 billion. Increase in property tax extensions are normally caused by (1) increased local spending and (2) growth in property values. The abolition of the cor­ porate personal property tax last year reduced the property tax base of local taxing districts by an average ^of 12 percent. However, most taxing districts failed to take this into account when figuring their tax levies for the coming year. The survey showed that 87 percent of Illinois school districts and local governments intend to extend tax levies against real property alone at the same level or greater than they did against the com­ bination of real and personal property ltt&t year. The survey further found that while not all districts needed to abate their 1979 tax levy, fewer than 4 percent of the taxing districts had taken action to abate their 1979 tax levy as originally filed. iGOLF COURSE VIEWS "to The Editor: "The McHenry Zoning board, on Jan. 25, said 'No' to the RDG developers who want to build residential housing on property dedicated for golf course purposes. The board, without a single dissenting vote, decided this change in zoning was not in the best interest of McHenry. They deserve our heartfelt ap­ plause. "McHenry young people do not have enough activities of the kind that will get them out in the open and give them adequate exercise. McHenry needs a municipal golf course where the game can be played at a cost they can afford, and near enough to be easily available. "The developers used the golf course idea to sell the City on the Whispering Oaks project in the beginning. A great many residents bought into the project because of this feature. Obviously more profit can be made if they do not live up to their com­ mitment. Because of the large amount of money involved they will likely go over the heads of the Zoning board, to the City Council. "If the developers would offer to give the City of McHenry adequate land for a golf course in return for permission to build housing on the perimeter it would be worthy of consideration. "It would be a tragedy if the City Council released this corporation from its commitment simply so it could make more profit, to the detriment of our citizens. "Very truly yours, "James E. Wack "1001 Essex Court" SPORTSMANSHIP "Editor: "Last Saturday night we attended the basketball game and saw the antics of the Hoffman Estates coach. Earlier this year we saw the Cary-Grove football coach. "While working at the, concession standwe- Juve heard the way some wrestling coaches from other schools have talked to and about their team. "On behalf of the Warriors Booster club, I would like to recognize the conduct of the coaching staff and athletes' of McHenry high schools. "Although it's nice to win, it's not the final score that counts. It's whether you can walk off the field, or courts, with your head up. "McHenry is rated No. I. "Virginia Anzinger "McHenry Warriors Booster Club" READING ENJOYMENT "To The Staff: "Enjoyed the Community News Highlights, also the Plaiiidealer. "We are new in the area, a family of 10, and each one enjoys items of interest, sports, in fashion, and little words of wisdom in between. "Formerly from the ground hog town, hope Phil keeps sleeping on Feb. 2. "Walter Sieverin Family "1310 Appaloosa Trail" "McHenry" KNOW YOUR AREA ROYAL WELCOME DOES IT BEST SERVICE LINE McHENRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 385-4300 FAMILY SERVICE t MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC 3409 W. Waukegon Road McHenry 385 6400 PARENTAL STRESS LINE OF McHENRY 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 Hours 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. week days (Ever had a problem involving the federal government and not known where to call? And then been given a runaround or referrals by persons who meant well but didn't know how to help? Ten specialist available at this center.) NATIONAL RUN-AWAY SWITCHBOARD Illinois Phone: 800-972-6004 (For confidential conversations on problenfts dealing with run away children ) MOVING HOTLINE Phone 800-424-9213 (Complaints about interstate moving by companies, buses or trains. Sponsored by Interstate Commerce commission) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION w „ 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 wheather 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 1 (312)546-2150 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 800 638-2666 (Operates five national lines. Answers inquires about, or repor­ ting 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 ond cooling to anyone from architects to home owners looking for a Sun- powered hot-woter system) CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION 312 793 3580 Chicago, ill. BIRTHRIGHT Pregnant? Need Help? Counseling Service. 385 2999 24 hour Answering Service. YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU FOR McHENRY COUNTY 4719 W. Elm St.. McHenry Phone: 344-3240 24-hour Crisis Intervention ond Confidential Counseling lor youth ond families Are you concerend about your angry feelings toward your child/en' 24 hour Parental Stress Line 344 3944 ILLINOIS STATE CHAMBER NOTLINi Plior»e 217 522 5514 Answer to questions on government regulations Dried Fruits Dried fruits such as raisins, prunes, dates, peaches, apples and apricots can be eaten COOLMI or uncooked and only one-fourth cup of them pro­ vides the iron needed by heal­ thy adults. To make dried fruits special, add a stick of cinna­ mon and a few cloves at the beginning of cooking time. Or, try adding orange juice to a combination of dried fruits and serve hot or cold. Legislators State Senators Jack Schaffer (R) - 33rd. 56 N. Williams St. Crystal Lake, 111.,, 60014 Phone 455-0309 Springfield Phone 217-782-6525 Karl Berning (R) - 32nd. 625 Deerfield Road Deerfield, 111., 60015 Phone 312-945-3200 State Representatives Thomas J. Hanahan (D) 4801 Wl Route 120 McHenry, 111., 60050 Phone 385-3427 Springfield Phone 217-782-6476 Calvin L. Skinner, Jr., (R)- 33rd. P.O. Box 308 Crystal Lake, 111., 60014 Phone 459-6050 Springfield Phone 217-782-8000 Donald E. Deuster (R) - 32nd. 510 N. Lake St,g s Mundelein, 111., 60060 Phone 312-566-1972 Daniel M. Pierce (D) - 32nd. 580 Roger Willaims Ave. Highland Park, 111., 60035 Phone 312-433-2551 Betty Lou Reed (R) - 32nd. 927 Holly Court Deerfield, 111., 60015 U.S. Senators Charles H. Percy (R) 230 S. Dearborn Room 3859 Chicago, III., 60604 Phone 312-353-4952 Adlai E. Stevenson (D) 230 S. Dearborn Room 3960 Chicago, 111.', 60604 Phone 312-353-5420 U.S. Congressmen John B. Anderson (R) 301 W. State St. Rockford, 111., 61101 Phone 815-962-8807 Robert McClory (R) 326 N Genesee St. Waukegan, 111., 60085 Phone 312-336-4554. EARL R. WALSH & JACK WALSH INS: Fir*, Auto, Form. Ufa Representing RELIABLE COMPANIES 4410 W. Rte. 120 McHenry 3S5-3300 DENNIS CONWAY AUTO LIFE FIRE State Farm lis. Co. 3319 W. Elm Street McHenry, III. DR. LEONARD BOTTARI 303 N. Richmond Rd.. McHenry Eye* examined Contort Lenses Glosses fitted Mon., Tues., Ttiurs., Fri. 4-* pm Tues.. Ttiurs., Fri. 7-9pm Sot. V:30to3:00 Phone 335-4151 or 3*5-22*2 McHENRY COUNTY OFFICE MACHINES SALES SERVICE * RENTALS Mon.-S«t.t.S:30 Friday til *:00 93 Grant St., Crystal Lake Phone 45»-1226 McHenry Telephone Answering ft Letter Service •Answering Service •Car, Tel phone I Paging Service •Complete Mimeographing I Printing Service Q|> QQC OOKfl •Typing I Photocopying • II. OOJ WfcW Farm Equipment George P. Freund, Ine. 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