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Editorial •PLAINDEALER-N Opinion Roll Call Report (Your Congressmen's Vote) I* \(il<; 15 - PLAINIM/lLfcK - FKIDAY. AUGUST5, 1983 On Schoot Lunches Income Audit Misreporting Gambling Via TV? Next on the horizon, it's said, is home gambling. Already some gambling interests are licking their chops over the prospect of home betting. - via TV cable. Hie viewer would sit in his living room and view horse races or other events and be able to bet through the cable TV channel. The social problems this would cause seem so obvious it's hard to believe anyone could take the scheme seriously. But some gambling promoters are. We've already turned over all 13 prime channels to commercial drummers, who have been spewing inferior material into living rooms of U.S. families. To add home gambling seems inconceivable. Homemaking Education A recent Gallup Poll found that the ideal of most American girls, still, is to get married and have children. Three out of every four queried gave that answer. This being the case, it's disappointing to observe a trend away from educating girls in household pursuits. Home economics, so important to most families, IS Often neglected. What a paradox that some schools today fail to educate girls in what most of them will sorely need most in their lifetime - home economics and home management, child care and food oreoaration! No fair person today would argue that this is the only proper role of women and that they should not be free to enter into any profession-at equal pay and under equaT conditions. But the fact of life is that most girls will grow into mothers and love and enjoy caring for their children. That being true, why not as a matter of course provide them with an education to enhance and improve home life? This need not mean neglect of aty other subject, and need not be confined to girls. But the truth is most girls benefit by such education, and that more girls than boys will need it. Yet today such practical, even essential, education is not the "in' DESK - FYI, in the 421-3 and 420-3 tallies referred to in Crane and Studds, the three no votes on each occasion were cast by Mervyn Dymally, D-Calif., William Clay, D-Mo., and Parren Mitchell, D-Md. ' HOUSE Roll Call Report Service WASHINGTON - Here's how area members of Congress were recorded on major roll calll votes July 14-20. CRANE - .By a vote of 289 for and 136 against, the House imposed a harsher penalty on Rep. Daniel Crane, R-Ul., than had been sought by Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. This vote recommended censuring Crane for having had sex with a 17-year- old female congressional page in 1980. A later vote of 421-3 made the censure official and Crane the twenty-second House member in history to be so condemned fay his colleagues. While the House went beyond the reprimand called for by its ethics committee, it stopped short of throwing Crane out of Congress, as some members had advocated. Supporter George O'Brien, R-Ill., said "in my state of Illinois, contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor is a criminal offense..." Opponent Henry Hyde, R-Dl., said, "The Judeo-Christian tradition says, 'Hate the sin and love the sinner'...it is time to love the sinner." Members voting yest wanted a more severe penalty for Crane. 111. - Voting no: Philip Crane, R-12. STUDDS - The HouSe duplicated its action against Crane (above) and voted, 338 for and 87 against, to censure ratheer than merely reprimand Rep. Gerry Studds, D-Mass., for having had sex with a 17-year-old male page in 1973. The censure the twenty-third in the history of the House, then was made official by a 420-3 vote. Studds and Crane were the only members found errant in an ethics committee probe of alleged widespread sexual misconduct among House members and pages. thing. Military Reform Congressman Les Aspin (D-Wis.) says the military retirement system cries out fw reform, and ma^,feel he is right. For years, when military pay and benefits were low, lush retirement plans were one of few incentives left to servicemen. But today pay and benefits are, up to par. Yet statistics show over 25 percent of the nation's 900,000 military retirees retire in their thirties! Aspin, chairman of a House Armed Services sub-committee on personnel, is holding hearings to see how many billions can be saved and still offer military personnel good retirement plans - on a par with other good foreign and U.S. retirement programs. If reform can be effected here, and more competitive bidding is mandated, plus waste eliminated (and Pentagon officials admitted last month too much exists), enough money could be saved to reduce the federal deficit by many billions of dollars. $ 1 Billion For State Roads Supporter Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., said he would have favored only a reprimand if not for Studds' 'extraordinary" contention that the homosexual affair was, in Studds' words, a "mutually voluntary, private relationship between adults...." it Parren Mitchell, D-Md., said of Studds: "Reprimand him, yes. humiliate him by letting him stand here stripped of the last vestiges of his dignity, no." Members voting yes wanted a harsher penalty for Studds: ILL. -- Voting yes: Philip Crane. MX MISSILE - By a vote of 207 for and 220 against, the House refused to delete $2.5 billion the Pentagon wants for purchasing the first 27 MX missiles. Hie pro-Administration vote left the money in the fiscal 1984 defense authorization bill (HR 2989) that was headed for final passage. Another test for the MX will occur when the House later in the year considers whether to appropriate, on release, the $2.5 billion.' Rep. Jim Wright, D-Tex, said the MX funding should be deleted to stop the Administration's "self-destructive policy of systematically eroding our revenue base while indulging in the biggest military spending spree in our peacetime history." Rep. Albert Gone, D-Tenn., said the MX would induce the Soviets to reach an arms-control agreement. "Bi-partisan support of the president in his dealings with the Soviet Union (is) paying off," he said. "Let us not pull the rug out now." Members voting no sui ILL. - Voting no: Pi buying the MX missiles. Crane. Though the state has been spending an average of $1.1 billion per year for each of the last 10 years on Illinois highways and transportation problems, it was possible wily by increased reliance on federal highway aid and the issuance of state bonds, Comptroller Roland W. Burr is ^ported. Burris noted that Motor Fuel Tax receipts in fiscal 1982 were $18 million less than in FY 1973 - a decide ago - forcing the state to dipiflto sales tax revenues for support while leaning heavily upon the federal aid and state bonds to maintain overall road and transportation programs. The comptroller's regular Monthly Fiscal Report takes a close-up look at the Illinois Department of Tran­ sportation and the funding of the Illinois transportation system in the last 10 years. The Illinois Economic Picture looks at employment in the recession period and finds that the majority of Illinois industries have substantially reduced their payrolls since 1979. The regular report on the state's fiscal health finds few "positives," with the state spending $163 million more than in­ come for the first 11 months and borrowing from the private sector just to get through the fiscal year ending June 30. The report continues to say that most economists agree that many Illinois jobs, lost to the recession, will never come back. So a shift in the employment structure -- if that is indeed .the case -- means. (Ms^ The average Illinois wofker earned $17,065 in 198r, but construction workers made $23,756, manufacturing employees earned $20,825, transportation and utility workers made $23,037, etc. The ser­ vice industry employees earned much less. The concern is that a shift in the Illinois job structure to the lower- paying services sector could mean a slowdown in the future growth of personal income in the state. A possible solution is listed as retraining Illinois workers to adapt to the technology era and upgrading of work skills to match new changes in both manufacturing and non- manufacturing jobs. SENATE DEFENSE- The Senate voted 60 for and 34 against to table (kill) an amendment dealing with priorites in the defense budget. At issue was whether to strengthen America's ability to fight a conventional war or venture into new weapons such as the MX missile and B-l bomber and the type of warfare they dictate. The amendment sought to add $2.7 billion for conventional weapons to the $200 billion fiscal 1984 defense authorization bill (S 675), which awaited final passage. Most of its 34 supporters were liberals opposed to the MX and-or B-l. Sen. John Tower, R-Tex., said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the sponsor of the amendment, "simply assumes that perhaps we will take (the $2.7 billion) out of the MX." Levin said "the conventional' forces squeezed out of this budcet are not sgueezed out few the budget-cutters. They are squeezed out for the MX missile." Senators voting no were mostly MX missile opponents who wanted to transfer MX money to conventional weaponry. ILL. - Alan Dixon, D, voted yes. Charles Percy, R, did not vote. DRAFT - By a vote of 71 for and 23 against, the Senate tabled (killed) an attempt to repeal the new law linking federal education aid to registration for the military draft, it Beginning in September, drafkage students who have failed to register with the Selective Service Mil be denied federal loans and grants for their higher education. This effort to repeal the < so-called Solomon Amendment came during debate mi the fiscal 1984 defense authorization bill (S 675; above). Sen. Roger Jepsen, R-Iowa, who voted to kill the repeal, said "individuals who choosp to ignore their legal obligations to society should not be allowed to benefit from its largess." Sen. David Durenberger, R-Mina, said the law appears to violate the constitutional guarantee against self-incrimination, adding "it is the glory of our Constitution that it is accusatorial rather than inquisitorial." Senators voting no wanted to repeal die Solomon Amendment. ILL., - Dixon voted yes. Percy aid not vote. Almost one-fifth of the sampled households in a U.S. Department of Agriculture pilot study received excess school meal benefits for their children, according to a USDA report released last week. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Mary C. Jarratt said misreporting household income by an average of $88 accounted for 93 percent of excess benefits awarded. The study is the second report from the first year of the school lunch in­ come verification pilot project, a two- year study mandated by Congress in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. The findings are based on in-home audits of 741 applicants for school meal benefits in 54 schools in nine school districts across the country during school year 1981-82. While this particular study was not nationally representative, the results held true for every school district examined. Ms. Jarratt said two other USDA studies, both nationally represen­ tative, show even greater evidence of •understated income on meal ap­ plications. "These findings of underrepor'ted income in order to qualify for higher benefits make a compellling case for the verification of reported income on a selected portion of the meal ap­ plications," she said. The study clearly shows the need for the mandatory minimum income verification requirement which is in effect for this fall, " she added. Starting in the 1083-84 school year, schools will" be required to verify the income information on a small sample of applications submitted for free and reduced-price meals. "The study gives schools an error- prone profile to use in this effort - a quick and effective screening device for choosing a sample likely to contain fraudulent applications," Ms. Jarratt said. , School officials can use the profile to identify high-risk applicants by looking at information routinely submitted on the application. Ap­ plications selected by the profile are four times as likely to contain errors which would affect eligibility status as those selected randomly, the study showed. 1 The National School Lunch program is the largest of the federal school nutrition programs, serving more than 23 million children daily during the school year. About 10 million children receive free lunches and about 1.5 million get reduced-price lunches. Eligibility for free or reduce- price meals is based on Congressionally-mandated income guidelines.: State Road Fund _L I Revenues High The state ended fiscal year 1983 with $70 million in the Road fund ~ $7 million more than a year earlier -- Comptroller Roland W. Burris has reported. Burris said that total Road fund revenues in FY 1983 were $1,079 billion, $40 million or 3.8 percent higher than the previous year. He noted that this was the fourth con­ secutive year that total Road fund revenues exceeded the $1 billion mark. Federal highway aid in FY 1983 reached $442 million - $16 million more than in FY 1982 - and was the -third highest federal total in the history of the Road fund. Highway funding from state sources was $637 million, but $27 millior. of that was money borrowed earlier under the Governor's Discretionary Authority and repaid later in the fiscal year. Burris said that cash receipts from motor vehicle and operators' licenses declined by $4 million in the year. Looking at spending, the comp­ troller said that total expenditures for fiscal 1983 rose to $1,072 billion, $92 million or 9.4 percent higher than the previous fiscal year. The fiscal 1983 spending level was also the third highest in the history of the Road fund. * Burris said the year-end Road fund balance of $70 million was $66 million more than originally estimated in the 1983 Budget Book and $42 million more than the revised estimate in the 1984 Budget book. Legislators State Senator Jack Schaffer (R), 33rd. 56 N. Williams St. Crystal Lake, IU., 60014 Phone: 455-0309 Springfield Phone: 217-782-6525 - \ State Representatives- Dick Klemm (R), 63rd. 3 W. Crystal Lake Ave. Crystal Lake, HI., 60014 Phone: 455-6330 2045 Stratum Bldg. Springfield, 01., 62706 Phone: 217-7824)000 Ronald Wtft (R), 64th 110 E. Second St. Belvidere, 111., 81008 U.S. Senators Alan j. Dixon (D) 230 S. Dearborn Room 3960 Chicago, 111., 60804 Phone: 312-353-5420 600 E. Monroe Room 108 Springfield, 111., 62706 Phone: 217-482-4126 United States Senate Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20510 Charles H. Percy (R) 230 S. Dearborn Room 3892 Chicago, 111., 60604 Phone: 312-353-4952 600 E. Monroe Room 117 Springfield, IU., 62706. Phone: 217-492-4442 United States Senate Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C., 20510 U.S. Representative Philip M. Crane (R), 12th MSOJNew Wilke Rd. Mount Prospect, 111., 60005 Phone: McHenry County Office 56 N. Williams Street Crystal Lake, 111. 60014 Phone: 459-3399 % And what greater ca­ lamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship. Ralph Waldo Emerson BUILDING PERMITS Building permits were recently issued by the McHenry County Department of Building and Zoning to: Joe Witkowski, 742 N. Armour, Chicago, to construct a 3-bedroom residence at 4528 Lakewood Drive, McHenry. McHenry Township. James Lyons, 416 Woodstock. Avenue, Kenilworth, to rebuild a residence destroyed by fire at 8013 Craig Drive, Wonder Lake. McHenry Township. Steven Rietesel, 1509 N. Richmond Road, McHenry, to finish construction on a 4-bedroom residence previously started at 5305 Ridgeway Road, Ringwood. McHenry Township. Edward K. Betts, 1401 Chapel Hill Road, McHenry, to construct a 3- bedroom residence at 7408 Oakwood Drive, Wonder lake. McHenry Township. TASTE TEST Fairgoers can "Take the Illinois Taste Test" at the 1983 Illinois State Fair in Springfield and become directly involved in market research for Illinois food companies. Persons visiting the test market will sample foods free of charge, then fill out a brief product evaluation form. The test market is sponsored by the Illinois Department of Agriculture and will run the duration of the fair, Aug. 11-21. LAWN CARE TIPS Each spring, people spend millions of dollars in the battle against brown, dying lawns. They buy expensive fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides and weed killers, dreaming of lush, green grass. But money can't buy everything. In fact, the most effective lawn care methods are relatively inexpensive. Here are some -simple steps to follow that can save you money - and save your lawn. First, dethatch. Thatch, the build-up of grass clippings and other debris around the grass roots, creates a barrier that prevents everything from water to fertilizer from doing their jobs. It causes 80 percent of your lawn problems. Therefore, remove it properly. The least expensive and most effective way of doing so is with an Arnold Power Rake. This rake can be at­ tached to a rotary mower, and its coiled, spring attachment dethatches a lawn without scalping or digging it up. House tatives 312-394-0790 Of Represen- House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20515 For Your Information DMrfriwi^s, VV> ' * r •' ' Ooo'tfoolentborraMadlf otoor comes to yooroyowliefivftltiaf a funeral home or at­ tending • funeral service. W# or* only •*- Emotion ahovM not bo suppressed bocowso too ARE YOU NEW The McHenry Area? Do You Know Someone New? Wo Would Like To Extend A Royal Welcome To Every Newcomer To Our Area! I! CALL LORRAINE MONAHAN 385-5475 ««*«! Respectfully, cX * c.* * 4 * PETERM.JIISTEN & SON FUNERAL HOMfc ROYAL WELCOME Know Yout Area-Royal Walcom* Do«t It Bast MtHtNdY HltHOIS WVOW, J Sert>icC profcsSl° DirC & al ctory MCX WAISH, MEM EMH. R. WALSH, BROKER INSURANCE i BONDS Fire, Auto. Farm. life Repretenting REIIASLE COMPANIES SOIS W. Elm St. McHenry DENNIS CONWAY AUTO. LIFE. FIRE State Fans Ins. Co. 331* W. Elm Street McHenry III. JAMES M. MclNTEE. UWYER AVAIL AMI TO PRACTICE IN: PerMnai Injury Trial* Sufinet* Corporation! Will* Probate Divorce-Reel Ettote Workmen t Compensation 3434 W. Elm street McHenry II For appointment phone: 3*5-2440 Form Equipment George P. Freund, Inc. Cote • New Hellene 4102 W Cryttel lake Rd McHenry But. 385-0420 Rat. 385 0227 MCHENRY COUNTY OFFICE MACHINES SALES SERVICE « RENTALS Mo*i.-Set. 9-5:30 Friday til »:00 *3 Grant St. Cryital lake Phone: 459-1224 DR. 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And than been given the ruftaround^r 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.) NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION f Phone 800-424-9393 (Answers questions about automobile safety defects or whether a particular model has ever been recoiled. Valuable for those interested in buying a used car.) ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES 24-Hours Child Abuse Hotline TOLL FREE: 800-252-2878 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 800-638-2666 (Operatas five national lines. Answers inquires about or reporting on the safety of products from kitchen oppliances 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 and cooling to anyone from architects to home owners looking for a sun-powered hot-water system.) CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION 312-793-3580 --Chicogo, HI. BIRTHRIGHT Pregnant? Need Help? Counseling Service. 385-2999. 24 hours Answering Sarvica. YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU FOR McHENRY COUNTY 4>19 W. Elm St., McHenry Phone: 344-3240 24 hours Crisis Intervention and Confidential Coun­ seling lor youth and families. ILLINOIS STATE CHAMBER HOTLINE Phone: 217-522-5514 Answer to questions on gover- ment regulations. MENTAL HEALTH 1 800-892-8900 Crisis Center Line for McHonry Co. 24-Hour Emergency number and professional *toff wil answer your call. Sponsdring agency McHonry County Comprehensive Mental Health Service System. RATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH ASSOCIATION Post Office Box 17400 Washington, D.C., 20081 Phona (703) 471-0404 MtcMENRY COUNTY CitA OUTREACH CENTER | 666 RUssel Ct. j Woodstock, II. 60098 (815)338-7100 JOB TRAINING OFFERED McHENRY COUNTY ASSO^ATION FOR THE RETARDED j Roberta. Lombourh. Executive Director Phone:344-1230 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS f81S) 455-3311 McHENRY COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL 800-89S-3272 Monday through Friday,. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PRAIRIE STATI LEGAL SERVICES, INC. 800-982-3940 Free Ibgcl representation 4n civil coses to low income persons. Landlord-tenant disputes, domestic violence or impropor denial of benefits such as Social Security, Public Aid. Food Stamps, General Assistance B Unem­ ployment Insurance SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN WHO BATTER Moot* every Thursday 4-7 p.m. Fir information call 338-8080 K