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PAGE 2t - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1W1 > PLA1NDEALER -- Kdilorial Opinion Illinois consumers can now obtain copies of two new insurance buyer guides published by the Illinois Department of Insurance. The "Buyers Guide to Homeowners and Tenants Insurance" and the "Buyers Guide to Automobile In­ surance" summarize basic coverages and cost factors, and offer shopping hints. A special feature of both pamphlets is an easy-to- complete worksheet that enables the consumer to compare companies. "Our sole purpose! in preparing these guides is to provide the public with essential insurance in­ formation and com­ mon sense advice," said Philip R. O'Connor, Director, Illinois Insurance Department. "We decided against publishing rates because they tend to confuse people, and are often outdated by the time they are printed. Even in homeowners and auto insurance where coverages are fairly similar from company to company, it is Building Permits The City of McHenry has issued the following building permits for the month of January, 1981. Ted Pitzen, 3904 W. Grove avenue, siding. James and Paul Adelezzi, 4103 W. Elm street, alteration - restaurant. Georjge Karas and Paul Karas, 4512 W. Elm street, alteration • business. The Office Shoppe-Allan Atchison, 1228 N. Green street, new electric service. The Fox Hole, 3308 W. Elm street, entrance enclosure. McHenry State bank, 4500 W. Crystal Lake road, sign. George Thompson, 3928 W. Elm street, demolition. , McHenry Sand and Gravel, 1805 N. Dot street, warehouse. Richard D. Fowles, 120 N. Green street, wood burning stove. Gerald Knapik-Ye Old CornerTap, 3901 W. Main street, repair building. Robert C. Peklo-Bob's Colors, 4720 W. Elm street, addition to sign. Dave Gelwicks, 3817 W. Waukegan road, siding. For Your Information Dear Frltndi, Your funeral director's service Includes notifying and assisting your attornoy and bankor to doar jointly-held bank accounts, socwritios and sofa doposit boxos...to secure tho Veterans Burial Allowance...to filo claims for Social Socurlty death bonafits or a widow's ponsion...to comploto insurance forms...to advisa on personal problems, at your discretion and in complete confidence. Respectfully, PETERM.JISTEN fL - FUNERAL HOME New Supplemental Food Program Income Standards The Greatest Killer The American Heart association continues its national education campaign to create public awareness and recognition of the early warning signs of heart attack. Since heart attack is the greatest killer in the United States (more than 660,000 annually), all should be interested in telltale signs which give the first indication of Its apnroach. The AHA says the most common warnings are (1) Prolonged, oppressive pain or discomfort in the center of the chest; (2) rain radiation to the shoulder, arm, neck or jaw; (3) Sweating accompanying the pain, perhaps nausea, vomiting or shortness of breath. These symptoms, the AHA says, often subside and return again at a later time. Those experiencing the symptoms should call a doctor at once, because the first hours of a heart attack are often the most critical, and the time in which the most can be done to limit damage. The AHA campaign is set for February, but awareness of warning signs of heart attack should be stressed twelve months a year; executives between the ages of 35 and 64 are most vulnerable, but all in that age bracket are highly vulnerable. Tone Of Voice There's much to the claim-often from even tempered or mild mannered people-that the tone of voice used by an adversary in a disagreement is more important, often, than what's actually said. It's also true that among husbands and wives, or in the same family, the usual courtesies of speech and manner are often not observed, unfortunately, but inevitably, because of the press of today's pace of life. A wise man once told newly married couples that if they would all be as polite to each other, throughout their daily lives, as they were to strangers met at the office, or at social affairs, their marriages would have a major advantage, and improved prospects for success. And so the lesson in all this is that manners, sensitivity and consideration of the feelings of others inside the family remain important throughout a relationship. Of course, there will be more familiarity and some less-than-perfect expressions and remarks, but the goal to keep in mind is that even with those we are closest to, tone of voice, good manners and sensitivity pay wonderful dividends in life. We should hope to avoid, in short, the situation of so many marriages which have become ball and chain relationships. That dilemma is exemplified by the current criticism! She: You don't speak nicely to me any more. You don't love me! He: Of course I do. There you goagain. I love you more than life itself. Now, shut up and let me read my book! Consumer-Buyer Guides Available The U.S. Department of Agriculture has set maximum income limits for people who participate in the special supplemental food ^program for women, infants and children (WIC), under final rules just issued. Previously, each state set its own income limits and no limit was prescribed by USDA. Inder the final rules, states must set a maximum gross income limit for a family of four that is no higher than $15,490 and no lower than $7,450 a year. The maximum income is determined by calculating 195 percent of the official U.S. Government poverty line, plus a current standard deduction of $80 per month. The Omnibus Recon­ ciliation act, passed last month, established this as the maximum income limit for the WIC program. The minimum income limit is equal to the poverty line. a ^ State agencies will be allowed to/use state or local income eligibility standards as the income limits for their WIC programs so long as these do not exceed or fall below the USDA limits. This flexibility is intended to allow participating health clinics to use the same in­ come standards for WIC that they use in health care programs they may operate for low income women, infants and children. The WIC program provides supplemental foods, nutrition education and health care to 2.2 million low income women, infants and children up to age five determined to be at risk because of inadequate diet or inadequate health care. Women participating in the program must be pregnant or breastfeeding or must have recenlty given birth. From Washington (by Lynn Martin, 16th Congressional district) Some of you have asked what a day is like in Washington. Well, there's not too much action on the floor yet, but committee meetings have started. That means my ordinary schedule will shift in the weeks to come with more and more emphasis on actual hearings and voting. Every night I get a card that lists what appointments I have for the next day. So, I've pulled the card for Feb. 4, a day that has resembled most of the days so far. There was a breakfast at 8 with the Illinois National Guard. I got to the office about 7, dictated fetters, and continued reading the proposed budget cuts. Walked to the Rayburn building, jnet with National Guard and Governor Thompson. There was a marvelous Lincoln actor and it was a good way to start the day, but no time to actually eat. Back to the Capitol for a 9:15 meeting with the Congresswomen's Caucus and editor of Woman's magazine. Stay only 5 minutes and grab a sweet roll. 9:30 and I'm back in my office. The appointment doesn't show; I'm very grateful Use time to go through about 30 bill synopses. I'm not too fond of any of them. Legislative staff meets with IL Association of the Blind and I continue through an ever- increasing pile of letters from colleagues who are asking for co-sponsors. There are some fine bills and some that are truly awful. At 11, I walk to Capitol steps for pictures and then into the Capitol for a meeting with John Kramer, Illinois Director of Transportation and Congressman Ed Madigan from Central Illinois. Obviously, we talk about Illinois roads, especially funding for U.S. 51. Governor Thompson joins us. Basically, we're plotting. This meeting is in the congressional dining room, but no one is ordering food. Frankly, I'm starving. Other congressmen briefly stop and then all go on to other virtually impossible to present a complete accurate dollar comparison. "The worksheets are much more practical. They outline the points that can and should be compared so that consumers can draw their own conclusions about finding the right company." Copies of the guides are available free of charge from the Illinois Department of Insurance, 320 West Washington street, Springfield, 111., 62767. Requests should be ad­ dressed to Buyers Guides and should include a self- addressed stamped business envelope. Postage rates are 15 cents for one guide and 28 cents for both. Requests for multiple copies will be honored while the supply lasts. O'Connor also stated that the department is working on guides for accident and health and life insurance, as well as cancellation and non­ renewal laws and what to do after a loss. The latter will encompass all lines of in­ surance. Lincoln Most historians rate Abraham Lincoln (born on the 12th in Hardinr County, Kentucky, in 1809) one of the greatest American presidents. Understandably, this view is not universally held in the South, for Lincoln' was firm in ordering his armies to invade that region when it sought to secede from the Union. Lincoln was a master politician and a public relations genius. Perhaps his greatest stroke of far­ sightedness in the war which erupted when he was elected was in maneuvering the South to fire the first shot. South Carolina cadets did so, at Fort Sumter, in 1861. Without this successful maneuver, it is doubtful if the people of the North would have generated the will to pursue and win the long and bitter war. Even with this carefully-maneuvered advantage (Lincoln had been warned by the Union command at Fort Sumter that to send ships to provision it would mean firing), the North was racked with misgivings about the war and there were riots in Baltimore and New York and in other cities. The next master stroke in international and public relations was in turning the war into a crusade against slavery. Although this was not his position at the beginning, and though he didn't free slaves in non- southern states with his famed Emancipation Proclama­ tion, the call for freedom in the South was so appealing and morally just that this doomed the Confederacy's chances of obtaining recognition from England and France, which were then leaning toward recognition. Lincoln was a kindly, outdoor, folk-hero type and had he lived the Reconstruction, which brought such terror and vindictiveness to the South, would surely have been, to a large extent, avoided. Ironically, had he lost the war, he probably would have gone down in history as a most unsuccessful President, having fought and lost a Civil War. But he won the gamble and history rates him along with George Washington as one of the greatest Presidents in American history, for the results were the freeing of the slaves and the preservation of the Union. ARE YOU NEW IN The McHenry Area? Do You Know Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO 1 OUR AREA!!! CALL LORRAINE HONAHAN 385-5475 JUNE VOIGHT 385-2850 » Mm mittm y- ggfif \ r+f wktt fpk ft «*n" rm Mm mem mmtui #r , ROYAL WELCOME KNOW YMR AREA ROYAL WELCH* WES IT BEST commitments. Chris Bowman, my ad­ ministrative aide, joins me. It's about 1:30 and we eat. Hoorah! Chris and I go over both district and Washington problems and walk back to office. . Back to desk work until 2 and a meeting of Illinois Republican congressmen with Congressman Ed Derwinski. At 2:30 - it's an interview with WCN-TV. Continue meeting with staff afterward and make phone calls. I sign 200 pictures for the Dixon band and remember what fine job they did in inaugural. At 3:30, I meet with the Illinois Pork Producers; Delbert Scheider from Stephenson county is part of the group. It's a productive exchange. By 5, I'm back to correspondence and the telephone. Talk to Carrie Martin; all is well and she promises her room is picked up Mom has doubts. At 5:30, various receptions start. Unless it affects the district, I or my staff don't go. Chris goes to one and I make an exception. The Press club is meeting and the Chicago Tribune has invited me to join them. I meet Senator and Mrs. Dixon, Congressman and Mrs. Hyde and the Tribune columnists at the Sheraton Washington hotel. The banquet food is lousy, but the company delightful. The President is there; his speech is warm, witty and there's much laughter. I wait on&haK tour for a cab and finally SeAne of the most desirable objects in the Legislators Slate Senators Jack Schaffer (R • S3rd. 56 N. Williams St. Crystal Lake, 111., 60014 Phone: 455-0909 Springfield Phone: 217-782-6625. Karl Berning (R) - 32 nd. 625 Deerfield Road Deerfield, 111, 60015 Phone: 312-945-3200 State Representatives Thomas J. Hanahan (D> 4801 W. Route 130 McHenry, 111., 60060 Phone: 385-3427 Springfield Phone: 217-782-6476 Richard Klemm 556 Kress Creek Crystal Lake, 111.* 60014 Jill Zwick 564 Bonnie Dundee Road Box 4 East Dundee, 111., 60118 Donald E. Deuster (R) 32nd. 510 N. Lake St. Mundelein, 111., 60060 Phone: 312-566-1972 Daniel M. Pierce (D) - 32nd. 580 Roger Williams Ave. Highland Parte, 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, 111., 60604 Phone: 312-353-4952 U.S. Congressmen Lynn Martin (R) 1318 E. State Street Rockford, 111. 61106 1206 Longworth Bldg. Washington, D.C. Phone 202-225-5676 , Robert McClory (R) 326 N. Genesee St. Waukegan, 111., 60085 Phone: 312-336-4554 Sanity In The Home Only rarely does a man with a hobby go crazy. But think of his poor wife. -Brandson Sun, Canaca. world - a bed. I set the alarm for 5:40 and try ndt to look at the time. It's been a good day. THE HONEYMOONERS St. Valentine's Day - McHENRV. ILLINOIS - MS-0M3 SERVICE LINE McHENRY CHAMSKR OF COMMERCE FAMILY SERVICE t MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC 3409 W. Waukegan Road _ McHenry 385-6400 TURNING POINT-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STRESS LINE McHenry County 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Parents Anonymous meetings on Tuesday. Call 815-344-3944 STATE CHAMSER 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 the 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: 800-972-6004 (For confidential conversations on problems 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 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 obout automobile safety defects or whether a particular model has ever been recalled. Valuoble 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 line*. Answers inquiries about or repor­ ting on the safety of products from kitchen opplionces to children s toys.) NATIONAL SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING INFORMATION CENTER 800 523 2929 P.O.Box 1607 Rockville. Md. 20650 (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. 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 and Confidential Counseling for youth and families ILLINOIS STATE CHAMBER HOTLINE Phone 217-522-5514 Answer to questions on government regulations MENTAL HEALTH 1-S00-S92-S900 ^Crisis Center Line for McHenry Co. 24-Hour Emergency number and professional staff will enswer your cell. Sponsoring agency McHenry County Comprehensive Mental Health Service System. There were three Saint Valentines, all living in the second half of the third century; one is thought to have been a priest of Rome. Another was a bishop and little is known of the other. But they were all martyrs and Were connected in the popular mind with the people. Later, in Middle Ages Europe, the day known as St. Valentine's Day was associated with lovers. In the fifteenth century English writers refer to the day as one when birds (and maybe humans!) choose mates. Costume balls are a feature of Valentine's Day; and in countries where Mardi Gras or Fasching celebrations are extravagant, there are always gala celebrations that day or night. However it came about, boys and girls soon began exchanging valentines. And hearts still beat faster when one's best girl, or best beau, sends an especially lovely valentine. The custom has spread to husbands and wives and others, and is a nice one-even if over-commercialized. It's good to be remembered and to be loved, and Valentine's Day prompts such expressions. The world unquestionably needs more love, and less hatred, Rnd that is, in part, the message of February 14. from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK MIES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS Febraary 12, 1973 -- First contingent of U.S. prisoners of war released by North Vietnam. Febraary 13, 1102 -- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin proposes federal aid for building roads. Febraary ie, laao -- First trainload of California oranges leaves Los Angeles for the East. Febraary 15, 1933 -- Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak fatally wounded during assassination attempt on life of President elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami. Febraary 16,1937 -- Nylon patented by W. H. Carothers. Febraary 17, 1874 -- Industrialist Thomas J. Watson, Sr.,' founder of IBM, born Campbell, New York. Febraary 18,1878 -- Lincoln County War between rival ranchers and businessmen begins in southeastern New Mexico. Serfice profcsSl°n° Directory EM R. 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