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Letter conferred on Frost PAGE S - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER It, 1M3 Community college business teachers from all over Northern Illinois heard Edward Miller, chairman of the President's Advisory Council On Vocational Education, address the challenges of following the nationwide mandate to upgrade student skill levels at the Northern Illinois Community College Business Teachers Conference. DCCA offers energy advice for small business How small businesses can save from 10 percent to 25 c percent on energy costs by using simple conservation techniques is the subject of a half-day workshop to be conducted Oct. 25 by the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA) at the Clock Tower Inn in Rockford. A new DCCA energy conservation program for small businesses allows firms to borrow as much as $6,000 from the state for 10 years, interest- free. £y coupling this money with ordinary bank loans, the effective interest rate is reduced gov fllii is example of DCCA is another concrete innovative ways hftipiwg miiuii* small (•which provide the majority of jobs in our state, said DCCA Director Michael T. Woelffer. "With the price energy on the rise, this is of an person. DCCA fine fitness at nautilus! I \ " i i i i i i n n i l ' 1 i ; i ' \ i > t . s|Mi i i • . I IM' I I u n t In v\ 11 >rl1 11' i< i . • i ii \ i -u - iiii) v|\ \ Mm i i t i n i -ii>' 11 I I I i ' 11 i I I I Vi Ml i \ • k 11 I s 111 ' << l iv It I I" . l i l t ! I l l I I I ! I 'M I i I •1 it in I ,i 11 \ i \i i < I i . - n >t ' I I I I I ! ' ! i I l ! I I . I : ' \ ' I | l n1 . I I | ( i >1 | H'l l | i l l 1,11: I I I I S(' | . I ! I I \ I I. | 1 \ ( , | | i t t i l l ' ! . 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'itmialr | ill \ s| ( 11 111 iic v s ( riltji l s ,n r now lis I nij \ .i ul i' ii v \, il i n|iv\ ulr . \\ In ,J I M i . in sr it works, ,iiit! 11 il works Ioi 1 1 h t n i t w i l l w i i i k l o r v < u i . I Ml I I I i i H I ! l . l t K i l l ' . 1 M The Life Underwriters Training Council (L.U.T.C.V will be confirming a letter designation for the first time in Sept. 1984, announced Daniel Frost, president of the McHenry County Association of Life Underwriters. The designation will be conferred on those Life Insurance Agents who have successfully completed three courses conducted by the Life Underwriters Training Council and have earned at least 300 Study and Practice Units. They also must be members of the National Association of Life Underwriters at the time they graduate. Frost continued to say "There are a number of life Insurance Agents in McHenry County who have completed two courses and need to complete only one more and be eligible for their letter designation next year." He also went on to say that the actual letter designation . will be determined and announced by the L.U.T.C. Board of Trustees at its Jan. 1984 Board Meeting. Frost went on to say that the classes scheduled for this year will start the last week of Oct. and they are filling-up fast. Those agents who are interested in earning their letter designation are encouraged to contact Ed Anderson, the L.U.T.C. Chairman for the McHenry County Association of Life Underwriters, at (815) 459- 3682. Courses available are Personal Insurance, Business Insurance, Advanced Sales, and Disability Income. Applications and tuition payments must be submitted before Oct. 20. The courses run 26 weeks, except the Disability Income, which runs 13 weeks. here & + there in Small business classes at.MCC Retailers and other owners of , small businesses, or those thinking of going into business, have the opportunity to receive business training at seminars co-sponsored by McHenry County College and the Small Business Administration. The seminars will be offered in three-session blocks during the months of October, November and December. 4 ' S m a l l B u s i n e s s Management" Will be held on Mondays, Oct. 24-Nov. 7, 7 to 9:30 p.m. This is for the person who nas been in business at least a year and would like answers on some problem areas. This might involve juggling many duties: sales representative, bookkeeper, credit manager, advertising, employee relations, purchasing and marketing. The content will be tailored to the participants. "How to Start a Small Business" is not only theory, but practical nuts and bolts knowledge from those who have "been there". There will be discussion of areas such as self- eva luat ion , adver t i s ing , promot ion , budget ing , personnel, legal forms and site location. The seminar will be held Mondays, Nov. 14-28, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Register at McHenry County College, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.. and 5.30 to 8:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday; and 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday. Residential electric bills will go up if Com Ed rate request is approved By Kirk Birginal Shaw Free Press News Service The average monthly electric Ml for area residents would increase 10.3 percent, or $182, if Com­ monwealth Edison Co.'s recent rate hike request is approved, a company representative said Wednesday. um Ed last week filed a especially timely serice ." Jeff Mitchell, manager of the DCCA energy assistance program, will describe exact'/ now it works. Also on hand will be utility company representatives to answer questions and schedule free energy operation and maintenance audits. Other speakers will be Michael Donahue, director of overnmental relations in nois for the National Federation of Independent Business, and Peter Dunne who heads the Illinois Small Business Growth Corporation through which the loan program is run. The {urogram is scheduled from 8:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will include brunch.There is a charge for the first registrant and another each additional To register, phone toll-free at 1-800-252-2923. with the Illinois Commerce mission to increase revenues PBL2 million annually, beginning in April 1901 This would amount to a 10.7 percent increase, according to Ron Russell, Crystal Lake district manager for the utility.' If approved by the ICC, the , revenue increase would raise average electric costs for residential customers in McHenry Couoty using 500 kilowatt-hours per month from $46.94 to $51.76. He said this latest rate filing was tftpnrtort to meet the rise in normal operating and maintenance and to meet costs associated with bringing the LaSaDe Cbwty nuclear power station Unit 2 into service late this year or in spring. Easm had also asked the ICC to raise its rates again in January 1985 to reflect the start-i® costs of another new nuclear plant, Byron Unit 1. If Com Ed's foil request is granted in April, the second request "would not be more than $502.1 million," Russell said Together the two rate hike requests would amount to stout a 20 percent increase from this year, he said Russell said that in a 1981 rate order, the ICC suggested that when LaSalle Unit 1 came on line, it vwuki grant the utility a rate adjustment if it dicki't file for an increase before that time. "We're suggesting a similar nt this time for the Byron 1 plait," Russell said Com Ed stfcsequently filed for that rate hike in January 1962 and in December was granted a 16.4 per cent, or $660 million, increase, he said This increase included an entgyucy interim rate hike in May last year. Russell said that when Lasaile 2 is finally on line, it will result in than $100 million in savings as a result of lower fuel costs. He said that the utility's large nuclear units produce electricity at a cost of .56 cots per kilowatt-hour, whereas coal-fired plants cost 2.58 cents per kilowatt-hour and oil- powered wits cost 8.86 cents per kilowatt-hour. "The fuel savings would have the net effect of reducing that current revenue request to a 7.6 percent increase," Russell said He said that the fuel savings will flow through to residential customers through a fuel ad­ justment charge that fluctuates monthly depending on fuel costs. Rates eventually will be reduced as a result of the savings, he said. Referring to the company's generating station construction program, James J. O'Connor, chairman and president of Com Ed, said in a written statement: "We are well on the way to providing an electric system which will be the most modem and efficient one in the one that will assure that we can meet the needs of our eight million residents for years to come." In addition to the revenue in­ crease, Com Ed is also a&ing the ICC to consider changes in its rate structure, Russell said He said that residential customers currently get a break in their rates, the reduction in which is made if) by the utility's commercial . - in­ dustrial customers The comr p Jng that this customary . arrangement be eliiranated so that each customer pays his share of Com Ed's providing him etectricitv, according to Russell. 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