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/ Past 65 by Carl RiMet Jr. ' Q.,- "I saw in your column that an older woman named Marietta is trying to adopt a child, but that the adoption agencies say she is too old. It is understandable that for the child's benefit that it be adopted by a younger family. However, the ex­ perience my husband and I have with lonesomeness because we have no children or grandchildren to eat dinner with us on holidays, made me think of an alternative solution to Marietta's problem that can make her and any other lonesome, elderly couple very happy. • "The elderly who want the cheer of children and who want to help children who need grandparents, could more or less adopt (although not legally, I suppose) a small child and its mother. That could mean that more than one life could be fulfilled and happiness result. The mother and child wouldn't have to come to live, but the adoptive grandparents could help in many ways. They can help with clothes, bicycles, auto trips and, best of all, weekends and holiday dinners around a table loaded with food and hap­ piness. "Lonesome senior citizens ought to try it out. They could be adoptive grand­ parents and 'adopt' the child's mother, too. Do you think such an idea would work?" - Mrs. R.D. A. - It sure would! What a good idea for both the child and its mother, and the adoptive grandparents. Thanks to Mrs. R.D. Q. - "I don't like the way younger people who are prosperous and rich look down their noses at senior citizens. I'd like to tell them off. Can't they understand that they'll get old some , day? How can I do it? -v Millicent G. A. -- It's useless to "tell them off," as Millicent suggests. People are people - - good and bad. At 30, people don't think they'll ever get old. There are many who are rich who would never think of looking down their noses at others who are ol<j and ;'less than rich. ~ v * Millicent could con­ template the hard fact that the direction in which money flows does much to deter­ mine our likes and dislikes. The person who brings money is always welcome, like Santa Claus and the mailman with the SS check. The man who takes it away is hated, like * the tax collector and the plumber. Q. - "Can you send me the booklet your column men­ tioned that's called 'What You Should Know About Home Health Care?'" - Mrs. Lyle H. A. - I don't keep supplies of any booklets for distribution. Mrs. Lyle can write with an accompanying self-addressed, stamped envelope, to Health Care Services, 3651 Van Rick Drive, Kalamazoo, Mich. 49002. The booklet is free. Q. - "My wife passed away last month and I am told by the Social Security office that I am not eligible to draw a percentage of her SS benefits because I draw a 20-year pension from the U.S. Navy and a disability pension from the Veterans Administration. I get a total of $912 a month from the Navy and V.A. Don't you think I am entitled to a percentage of my deceased wife's Social Security?" - Robert M.C. A. - I do not. If Social Security says Robert is not entitled to more benefits, that is the final word unless he wants to fight them. If he has only himself to support on $912 a month, he is reasonably well off. Gosh! If somebody would only pay me a pension total of that much every month, I would spend much of my time thanking my lucky stars for such a handsome slice of security. Perhaps I would go to the South Seas, sit under v the palm trees, eat passion fruit and work at being a prosperous beachcomber. Q. - "I am getting a divorce. I told the aiito in­ surance company that had a joint policy for both my husband and me covering collision, liability and the other things for both our cars, to separate me from that policy. They told me the cost to me as a single person would be $75.62 every three months. Under the joint arrangement with my soon- to-be ex-husband the cost was only $64 a quarter. So I called another company and they said that because I am past 71 it would cost me $132 every three months for the same coverage. I told them no and went back to the first company and told them I would keep the old and present coverage at $75.62. The first company's policy is cheaper because the separation of the policyholders does not change the uninterrupted coverage if the due date has not arrived, although the rate is higher for single coverage. Don't you think the company that -wanted $132 is out of line and robbing people? - Jennifer M. A. - Any company in any line of business that forces seniors to pay more just because they are seniors, is indeed out of line. However, the insurance companies have this reasoning: the elderly are greater risks as car owners because they are likely to be involved in more and more serious accidents. So they impose higher rates to insure elders. Jennifer's complaint jevealsgipt on^rao^ w>y that forces us older people, those of us whose incomes are lower, to pay more than younger people for some of the same services. Of course, it is unfair. But that's the way it is until somebody comes along with a solution, such as proving without question that elders have fewer auto accidents. Q. - "You wrote some time ago abut a couple that wanted to move out to the country on a small farm. You said such a move would create problems if they didn't know anything about country living. I agree with you. What's so good about living in rural America, anyway. And just where does rural living start? At the city limits?" - Herman B. A. - Rural America can be said to be situated where the concrete is whiter, the asphalt blacker, the autos faster and where eggs and milk come from the city in handy sized cartons. Q. - "The other day my wife died. I had to call the local power company a few days later because I wanted the power turned off as I was moving to my daughter's. The power company telephone girl answered like this: 'West River Power Company. Have a good day.' PUBLIC NOTICES 15th ANNIVERSARY Sale McHenry Hearing Aid Center 3937 MAIN ST. . 385-7661 SERVICE CENTER WEDNESDAY 10-* pi Zenith Custom 200 •FREE Hearing Tests Hearing Aid Check & Clean An in-the-ear aid designed and built for your individual hearing loss. l-Mgr. (25 Yrs. Experience) Robert Decker -M.A. Audiologist WE MAKE HOUSE CALLS1 Batteries V% Price Now how could I have a good day when my wonderful wife of 45 years just died? People who say 'have a good day* ought to stop it. How do they know how bad some people feel?" - BUI K. A. - Bill has good reason to feel as he does. But he might accept that everybody - including the power com­ pany telephonist - means well when they give such a greeting. "Have a good day" is a pleasant thing to say, even if it has nothing to do with weather. I recall that when I was in Dublin, Ireland, on a rain-drizzling day, walking in the famous Phoenix Park and disgruntled because of the wet, a file of 20 to 25 boys walked past with a priest in charge. Some few of them grinned and called to me: "Grand day!" Although their faces glistened with the wet of the drizzle, they were happy and they passed the happiness on to me. I grinned back and then I discovered that I wasn't disgruntled anymore. It was indeed a grand day. Any day we're alive and well is a good day, a grand day. Q. - "I take exception to your comment that it would seem immoral to accept Social Security checks when they are not at all needed by the recipient. You reinforce the all-too-common belief that Social Security is charity. It is not; it is an earned right. A millionaire who has contributed to SS during his working years has as much right to SS payments as he has to his company pension. "He also has the 'right' to donate both to his favorite charity. But there should be no pressure upon him, legal or moral, to do so." - Tom B. A. - Tom misses the point. It is not a matter of "rights." We all know that the federal government passes money out like it was beer at a political-victory party. Whether it is right for the government to waste money in any one case, is a matter of conflict between fact and principle. The fact is that the government continually wastes huge sums of money. The principle is that if we want to stop such waste, then we should at every op­ portunity tell the govern­ ment how we feel. What better way than by not ac­ cepting money? Giving SS checks to charity is an individual and mainly a confidential act and nobody in government is likely to hear about it. But the instant a check is returhed to SS as unneeded, the government learns something. Every month, I receive hundreds of letters from thos^ past 65 who do not have enough income from SS to. pay their living expenses. When I read their words of distress and confusion, I cannot generate any sym­ pathy for Tom's idea. I still think it is immoral for a rich man to accept an unneeded SS check. But, of course, that may be one reason why he's rich. Q. - "Nowadays there do not seem to be so many radicals around as when I was 50 and 40. Now I'm 65. Where are all the radicals that were going to give us poor, older folks a house and lot and a thousand dollars a month? That would have been nice for senior citizens." - Katie Y. A. - They're still around, only fewer in number. There have always been radicals. The pharoahs of Ancient Egypt sent them to the quarries. Nero sent them to die lions in Rome. The English sent them to the colonies. In 1980, the Democrats are trying to send' them to the Republicans, and the Republicans are trying to send them to the Democrats. Neither wants them. Katie should accept the idea that no government is going to oblige the radicals by giving anybody a house and a lot and a thousand buck^ a month. Write to Carl Riblet, Jr., with a self-addressed, stamped envelope for in­ formation and advice on questions you may have as an elder. All questions will be answered if possible. No identities will be revealed. Write to box 40757, Tucson, Ariz. 85717. Boy Scouts Aid Recycling Only the Newspaper Reporting in depth is second nature with newspapers, as reporters seek additional background material to make any news of the times more understandable and informative. You are more than a reader of news --you make the news. , The regularly scheduled third-Saturday-of-every- month recycling day will be held Saturday, Oct. 18, at the McHenry Market Place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Members of Boy Scout Troop 459 will be on hand to help unload cars, provide people with extra twine, and move the recyclable materials along the route to becoming useful products again. The market for mixed paper is still unstable due to the slump in the building industry, so magazines, catalogues and advertising will not be recycled until further notice. However, markets are available for corrugated board. Those people wishing to bring their corrugated board to the drive along with their newspapers, steel cans, aluminum products, clear, green and brown glass and used motor oil are en­ couraged to do so. Over 1,006' families in McHenry make recycling a part of their daily lives. If new families wish to become involved in helping save our dwindling supply of natural resources, helping save space in land fills that are quickly filling, and helping community groups raise money for their various projects, the following guidelines may be of help: Newspaper-All plastic bags should be removed and newspaper tied securely in bundles, no higher than 10 inches so that they can be easily handled by the householder and the workers at the drives. Newspapers may also be placed securely into sturdy brown paper bags. Corrugated cardboard- Boxes should be flattened and tied in bundles. Glass bottles and jars-Glass containers should be washed, and have metal and plastic removed. This in­ cludes the plastic jackets that are found on some glass bottles. Clear, green and brown glass are accepted for recycling. Please do not bring light bulbs or crockery of any sort, and do not pre- crush glass. Paper labels may be left on the bottles. All-steel cans--Steel containers should be rinsed and have labels removed. Both ends should be cut out (to make flattening easier) and should be flattened to conserve space. Aluminum-AU-aluminum products should be separated from the all-steel cans since they are processed through different OCTOBERFEST j at the \| d Courthouse Inn We're starting another tradition! Every Thursday in October (October 9,16, 23 and 30) Complete German Menu (and German Beer and Wine) OCTOBERFEST MENU Dinners include Relishes, Soup, Salad and we choose the Vegetables SUPPE Every Thursday something different; could be Graupen- suppe mit Hurnerklein, Heisse Biersuppe, Feine Kartof- feLsuppe mit Gurken or even Blumenkohlsuppe! Ask your serving fraulein. SALAT The Germans have a tough time distinguishing between what we call Relishes and they call Salad. So...your salad might look like relish (and vice versa) - "Sprecken de Salat?" ENTREES Sauerbraten... The traditional marinated roast beef - we've been marinating it since last Octoberfest! ("I thought this was the first annual?" Oh, well, it's real good.) HAMMEL KOTELETTEN MIT ZWIEBELS088E... i-nmh Chops in onion sauce - center-cut chops with Zwiebelso--c. ENTE MIT APFELN UNO BROT FULLUNG... Roast Duck with apple and bread stuffing - eat your heart out, Johnny Bleu! BLACKBOARD SPECIALS (la German, Its called blackboard specials) Each Thursday, we'll feature one or two other specialties of the ha us. If you didn't read them on the blackboard, (or couldn't read them) your friendly fraulein will tell you about them. DESSERTS Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte, Apfelkucben, Zitronencreme, Mohnstriezel. (All or maybe none of the above! That's right, you know who to ask.) BEVERAGES--Coffee, Tea, Milk Old Courthouse Inn On The Woodstock Square Call 3384700 For Reservations avenues. Some people still confuse the all-aluminum can with the bi metal can, which can not be recycled. All-aluminum cans usually have "all-aluminum" or "recyclable aluminum" printed on them. If in doubt, use a magnet, for a magnet will not stick to the side of an all-aluminum can but will be attracted to the side of a bi­ metal can and not to the top, which is the only aluminum portion. PAGE IS - PLAINDEALKR - WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 15,1980 equipment for their sheltered workshop. Anyone in need of further information regarding the recycling of material, please call the McHenry County Defender representative at 385-8512. Used motor oil-deliver in a plastic jug with a secure lid. Large quantities of used motor oil or in cases when the do-it-yourself oil changer wishes to have the container back may be delivered at any time to the Arco station at the corner of Rt. 120 and Richmond road. (Rt. 31). 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