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y PAGE 2 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, APRIL! 13, 1984 Memories of 42 years recalled as editor leaves her desk Large wooden letters stood in type fonts that stretched along the window. Some of them were gathering dust when we first entered the office for it was the beginning of a new era in printing. It was Sept. 1, 1941. Sleek sheets emerge smoothly from a modern machine today. They carry completed stories that need only to be pasted on grid sheets and sent on to a photographic process that produces the newspaper. The yeartel984. The time span is mort than 42 years and as we leave a long career behind us this week we are touched by the many changes that are ingrained in our memory. Names flood that memory, always headed by "Mose", the knowledgeable and unruffled publisher and editor who gave us a start in that small office on North Green Street. It was a five-person office where it was necessary to learn almost every phase of the business to survive. Writing, proofreading and meeting the public expanded as it took us to the composing room. There we learned to read hot metal up­ side down and backwards, enabling us to make up the front page. We also learned the bitter lesson that comes with pied type - an entire galley that came crashing onto the floor with each line of type scattered across the room. There was only one way to make that story readable through a painstaking process of picking up each line and reading it upside down as we put the puzzle together. Every career has an endeavor which provides a satisfacton that comes only once. It is usually the result of a dedication given to something which we believe has great merit. For us is was the Plaindealer's lOOth year edition in 1975. There were 136 pages of history, the sections of which were compiled with care over a seven-month period. Impetus came with the promise of an achievement that would live on long after we are forgotten. Each career also contains at least one effort to which one is in­ spired because it seems so very worthwhile. For us it was the effort exerted to save Landmark School from a sale that almost surely would have destroyed the almost century old building and turned the land into commercial use. We recall the very honest difference of opinion with people who were as dedicated to good education as we were. This one we won, but not without the support of a ground roots movement of former students, teachers and townspeople No career ends without failures. In a community that boasts few landmarks, we expended energy and ink to turn the old Pearl Street bridge, almost 100 years old, into something other than an unac­ ceptable thoroughfare. But it was not to be. The governmental gears had traversed too far and our cause was lost. Some of the political leaders we most respect were on the opposing side of that struggle. Even then we were convinced that usin' &, tanderin BY KAF while viewpoints differed we shared the same goal - a better community. Only our methods of achieving it differed. In the last 10 years McHenry, and the Plaindealer, have probably undergone more changes than had occurred in all the time since their beginnings. New readers expect their newspaper to serve them in a different way. Long time readers expect their hometown newspaper to give them the features that keep them in touch with traditions they sometimes have been forced to give up reluctantly. Day to day calls to express anger or concern for anything from taxes and assessments to baseball and bowling is a part of the business. Occasionally they are aired at press time, or when the workload on the desk piles high. Although for the moment they may have seemed an in­ convenience, they are among the treasured moments we take with us. So many of the thoughts they presented have remained dear through the years, even though most often the voices behind them were anonymous. . . ... We prefer to recall the good things we have done, but a good conscious tells us we must Also remember the times we have of­ fended by something we have written, or by something we have failed to write. Although they wei* seldom aware of it, wte always suffered with our readers in our commission or our omission. These same readers have provided us with more happy working years than one can reasonably expect in a lifetime, and to them we are extremely grateful. The occasional call to say something was well written, or especially appreciated, made up for all of the overtime hours when it often seemed few people cared. But probably the greatest joy of the years we are leaving behind were the wonderful people who worked beside us. During the early years they were our seniors and we learned from them what only experience can teach. More recently the roles were reversed, and we were often surprised at the maturity, sincerity and talent of the youthful members of our newspaper staff. For one who once thought she would be behind the old Smith- Corona typewriter forever, the decision to relinquish our desk and turn a deaf ear to the alarm clock was not made in haste. More folks have probably choked over a goodbye than a piece of food. And so it will not be goodbye but only a change of location for Smith-Corona, the loyal servant which will accompany us this Friday afternoon to perch on a shelf for easy access. If left behind it would only come to rest in the graveyard for keyboards without letters or numbers. We may occasionally recall a story or two that piqued our imagination. It's what all editors do with the passing years. But old Smith-Corona will just sit there in its new home and stubbornly refuse to reveal the memories stored inside, including the days when it was an instrument for some MCHS student to learn typing. With this old friend - and cherished memories - we leave. Who could ask for more? © SPRING PRACTICE Dispute over Revenue Sharing Examine industry's profit potential of cutting waste A conference examining the profit potential of waste reduction or prevention by in­ dustry will be held April 16 and 17 in Chicago, Illinois Depart­ ment of Energy and Natural Resources announced. The conference. "Pollution to Profit: Reducing Industrial Waste in Illinois." is sponsored by ENR, the Chemical In dustries Council of Illinois, the Illinois Manufacturers' Association and the Industrial Waste Elimination Research Center at the Illinois Institute of Technology "A great deal of attention has been focused on the un- desirability of industrial wastes," said Michael B. Witte, ENR director. "Generally the public, regulators and industry see these wastes as a serious environmental and health problem which requires costly and complicated solutions in order to safely handle the wastes. "But there is another per­ spective, one that gets far less attention, and this conference will explore that perspective very thoroughly " Witte said. "Industries can actually in­ crease profits by applying pollution prevention techniques when designing and managing their production processes." The conference is part of the Department's solid and hazardous waste research effort to demonstrate positive ap­ proaches to dealing with the problem of industrial waste production and disposal. Governor James R. Thompson will address the participants Apnl 16 and will be followed by representatives of 3M Com­ pany, UOP, Inc.; and John Deere and Company, who will relate their firms' "success stories" in turning pollution into profit. "Avoiding the generation of industrial wastes through new and modified manufacturing processes would go a long way to solving the problem of waste disposal that now plagues us," ENR's Witte said. "It is in in­ dustry's best interest to carefully examine this approach and to measure the economic considerations carefully." The conference will be held at the Palmer House. For technical information, contact Tom Heavisides of ENR at (217) 785- 2800. to register contact Eileen Schmitz at (312) 234-2353. "Dear Editor: "On Tuesday night, April 10, township residents who attended the annual Town Meeting were asked to vote whether to tran­ sfer $15,000 of available Revenue Sharing money from the Town Fund's Revenue Sharing Account to the Road District's General Road and Bridge Fund. "Many residents were then, and probably still are, unclear as to what was happening. The following should serve to clarify the situation. "Last February the highway commissioner asked the township supervisor for $15,000 Revenue Sharing money to be used for Road District building repairs and equipment pur­ chases as has been done many times in past years. The , supervisor and the town board agreed to make $15,000 in Revenue Sharing available to the Road District, but the high­ way commissioner should submit building repair bills to the Town Board for payment. "On Feb. 23, much to the surprise of the highway com­ missioner, the town board, for reasons known only to itself, arbitrarily cut all money for Road District building repairs out of the Road District budget, thus leaving the Road District with no budget money to make building repairs with. "The highway commissioner is an elected position totally separate from the town supervisor and trustees and cannot legally spend any money that is not in the Road District budget. Unfortunately, the supervisor and town board could not lawfully pay any Road District building repair bills with Revenue Sharing money either. The experts on township law emphatically state that such funds must first be shown in the Road District budget for the appropriate items in order to be lawfully spent. "Attempts were made at the March 27 budget meeting to show the supervisor and town board their error, but they would not listen. Rather than face a federal complicance audit, which would show this violation and possibly lose the township its future Revenue Sharing entitlements, the high­ way commissioner introduced a resolution at the annual town meeting on April 10 that would put the situation back on a legal footing, by transfering the $15,000 Revenue Sharing Funds to the Road District budget, the only place where it could legally be spent on Road District building improvements. "However, for whatever reasons, the supervisor and town board again refused to conform to the law as our township law experts see it. Thus the supervisor and board refused to make money available lawfully for any Road District building repairs for an entire budget year. Their ac­ tions must be judged by the township residents in this light. "Happily for the Road District and the township residents, a majority of voters at the annual Town Meeting saw the need and voted in favor of transferring the Revenue Sharing money to the Road District so that building repairs could legally be made as needed by the highway commissioner. "It must be remembered that the town supervisor and board of trustees are not legally responsible for what happens in the Road District, thus they may have any personal political motive for either supporting or refusing to support and cooperate with the highway commissioner in meeting his road maintenance respon­ sibilities. Again, the board's support or refusal to support the Road District to improve township buildings and roads must be judged by the township voters at the appropriate time: "Sincerely, "JohnC. Regner "Highway Commissioner" Ask to, remove Illinois from federal tax ruling Retirees will not have to pay state income taxes on their social security pensions if legislation co-sponsored by state Rep. Dick Klemm (R-Crystal Lake) is signed into law. The bill, House Bill 2345, was approved by the House Revenue Committee Wednesday, and now goes to the House floor. "Legislation approved last year by Congress will require some Social Security recipients to pay taxes on their benefits," Klemm said. "I object to that idea, and am co-sponsoring this bill to de-couple Illinois from the federal regulation. That will ensure that social security recipients in this state don't have to pay state taxes on their benefits." House Bill 2345 would exempt social security and railroad retirement benefits from the state income tax. Under the new federal law, beginning in 1985, single retirees with an adjusted gross income of $25,000 and married retirees with combined income of $32,000 will have to pay federal taxes on half of then- social security benefits. Your Legislators State Senator Jack Schaffer (R), 32nd. 56 N. Williams St. Crystal Lake, 111., 60014 Phone: 455-0309 Springfield Phone: 217 782-6525 U.S. Senators Alan J. Dixon (R) 230 S. Dearborn Room 3960 Chicago, 111., 60604 Phone: 312 353-5420 600 E. Monroe Room 108 Springfield, 111., 62706 Phone: 217 492-4126 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. 111., 62706 Phon^: 217 492-4442 United States Senate Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D C., 20510 State Representatives Dick Klemnfi (R), 63rd. 3 W. Crystal Lake Ave. Crystal Lake, 111., 60014 Phone: 455-6330 0-2 Stratton Bldg. Springfield, 111., 62706 Phone: 217 782-8000 Ronald Wait (R), 64th 110 E. Second St. Belvidere, m., 61008 U.S. Representative Philip M. Crane (R), 12th 1450 New Wilke Rd. Mount Prospect, 111., 60005 Phone: 312 394-0790 House of Representatives House Office Bldg. Washington, D C. 20515 McHenry County Office 56 N. William Street Crystal Lake, 111., 60014 Phone: 459-3399 Pi « McHenry « fwn'i laindealer McHenry Herald USPS 335 200 , E stablished 1875 3fil? 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