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<r ' News and Views Reader laments cutting of S1H to one issue Waste disposal story inaccurate "Editor: "In your Friday April 6 edition there appeared a front page article regarding the possibility of the City of McHenry developing a project for the disposal of solid waste and sewage sludge. The article stated that the McHenry County Waste Study Advisory Com­ mittee had recommended the City of McHenry develop this process as a pilot study after considerable amount of study. Ttie McHenry County Waste Study Advisory Committee did not recommend that the City of McHenry enter into this project nor has the committee reached a concensus regarding any recommendations for disposal of waste in any part of McHenry County. „ We are currently ap­ proximately midway through our study which should be completed in late June or early July. At that time our recom­ mendations will be made to the McHenry County Board. "Sincerely, "IkeBitton "Chairman "McHenry County "Waste Study "Advisory Committee" Protests library district exclusion "Editor: "Our Precinct 15 does not get free use of the Johnsburg Library because we were not allowed to vote on March 20, 1984. We were not allowed to vote because on the previous elections we had a majority not in favor of the library. "The library says we were taken out of the voting district before the election. They also say we don't have to pay taxes on the library. "I think we should have been able to vote. It would be like a citizen running for President and not letting part of the country vote for him because he knew they wouldn't vote for him. "Sincerely, "Jay Straulin" Revenue bond use balloons State debt resulting from the issuance of revenue bonds totalled $4,331 billion at the end of fiscal 1983, more than triple the amount outstanding 10 years ago, Comptroller Roland W. Burris has reported. The $4,331 billion represents principal only, and does not include interest debt. Burris noted the dramatic growth in revenue bonds was spurred by few limitations and tax exempt status. However, federal legislation has been passed and more is being con­ sidered in an attempt to limit and restrict the use of revenue bonds. £ Your Legislators T.- 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. HI., 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 Phone: 217 492-4442 United States Senate Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D C., 20510 State Representatives Dick Klemm (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, 111., 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 Plaindealer is looking for aggressive, self- A f1 starting young men and women i *SJKi J t0 d° ear'v morning delivery of its newspaper. Delivery will be on Wednesday and Friday mornings before 7:00 a.m. It's a good way to make some money and also have a good chance at winning some nice prizes and trips. If this sounds interesting to you, fill out the slip below and mail it to: The McHenry Plaindealer 3812 W. Elm Street McHenry, IL 60050 ATTENTION CIRCULATION DEPT. NAME _AGE_ ADDRESS PHONE NO.. "Dear Editor: . "Having been out of town for a period of time and having just returned, I was both surprised and shocked by news in a recent issue indicating that the 'So I Hear' column written by Earl R. Walsh is to be relegated to a once per week issue: "This move is something which many people join me, I am sure, in objecting to because in the 48 years or more that we have been reading this column, it has not only supplied its readership with information about the past - it is of interest not only to those who have ex­ perienced that past - but is historically of interest to the new people who have moved into , our community and are not acquainted with the history of McHenry. "The column has also had a flair for depicting personalities, past and present, in their various roles in the community y as well as projects which have made McHenry the great city that it is. "All of this is due in no small part to the vast background of knowledge gained by Mr. Walsh through his lifetime in McHenry, by his participation in civic events as city cleric of the City of McHenry for 40 years, and by his vast knowledge of what makes our community. "I have lived in this com­ munity all my life and I do not make it a practice of trying to second guess decisions which are made by management who run their own businesses, but in this instance it is obvious to me that the so called 'new management team' has placed their interests of advertising, commercialism, and profit ahead of realism and a thorough knowledge of the background of McHenry. "I am old enough and perhaps frank enough to tell you that I am not one who appreciates the new format which the Plain- dealer has taken on over the past months. You can have all the ads and all of the other commercial notices in the paper but if the columnists, reporters and writers don't attract your readership, it seems to me an exercise in futility. I register this objection which I presume will not see the light of a column because when an institution like 'So I Hear' is minimized, I believe we have a right to ob­ ject. "Don't forget that the Plaindealer has been an in­ stitution in McHenry for many years, and its progress has not been due to advertising, com­ mercialism, etc., but rather to those people who have given the readership the news they ap­ preciate and this, in my opinion, has been done by Mr. Walsh. "While I am on the subject, I would call your attention also to two other columns which are 'Musin & Meanderin' as well as •Twice Told Tales.' They may not be interesting to new management, but they sure as hell are interesting along with 'So I Hear' to local readers. "My father told me many years ago -- 'as long as it works, don't try to fix it.' 1 would suggest this advice to management of the Plaindealer. "Sincerely, "Arnold J. Rauen "2721 Regner Road "McHenry" Roll Call: HOUSE WASHINGTON-Here's how area members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes March 22-28. HOUSE VETO-By a vote of 309 for and 81 against, the House overrode President Reagan's veto of a bill (S 684) authorizing $180 million over five years for water research projects conducted at land-grant institutions in each state. This followed a similar Senate vote and enacted the legislation, which the president had denounced as an inappropriate federal activity. Four of Reagan's 23 vetoes now have been overridden. The bill extends a Great Society program launched in 1964. Supporter Jim Moody, D-Wis., siad "these moneys are rather minor relative to the vast benefits which accrue from the water research institutes and their programs." Opponent Henry Hyde, R-Ill., said "there is an element of hypocrisy, not to say intellectual dishonesty, in continuing to complain about the deficit and refusing to support the president in this veto." Members voting yes wanted to override the president's veto. Illinois: Voting no: Philip Crane, R-12. SENATE OIL MERGERS-By a vote of 39 for and 57 against, the Senate sidetracked an amendment to ban for 11 months any mergers in­ volving the 50 largest oil companies. The vote preserved language calling only for a committee study of the merger activity now spreading throughout the industry. The moratorium was to have taken effect April 1 and would have exempted Standard Oil Co. of California's recent acquisition of the Gulf Corp. Any anti-merger legislation arising from the study will be retroactive to March 28. The vote occurrred during debate on an appropriations bill (HJ Res 492) that was headed for final passage. Moratorium advocates said oil mergers discourage exploration, drive up interest rates by soaking up capital, and diminish com­ petition that benefits consumers. Opponent Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, called it "ill-advised to single out one specific sector of our national economy and impose rigid constraints on the free market system." Senators voting yes favored an 11-month moratorium on mergers involving the 50 largest oil companies. REAGAN VETO Illinois-Alan Dixon, D, voted no. Charles Percy, R, voted no. FARM BILL-The Senate passed, 78 for and 10 against, a bill to cut surpluses of several crops and expand credit programs that subsidize domestic farm operations and spur agricultural exports. The measure (HR 4072) was sent to conference with the House. The lull freezes 1985 "target prices" for corn, cotton and rice at 1984 levels, and lowers 1984-85 targets for wheat while paying wheat farmers to idle land. Under the target price system, taxpayers make up to farmers the difference between market prices and the target level set by Congress. While those provisions of the bill are aimed at cutting the budget deficit by at least $3 billion during fiscal 1984-87, the credit side of the measure increases spending by more than $1.5 billion in fiscal 1984-85. In part, the bill allows higher outlays at liberalized terms for farm disaster and operating loans, and spends more on sending surplus commodities abroad and providing credit guarantees to farm exporters. Supporter David Boren, D-Okla., said "we simply must act now if we are to prevent a collapse in the agricultural sector." Opponent Clairborne Pell, D-R.I., said "we must end these overblown price support programs (and) stop paying taxpayers' money for idle farmland and useless crops." Senators voting yes supported the farm bill. Illinois-Dixon did not vote. Percy did not vote. COMPENSATE - By a vote of 61 for and 34 against, the Senate tabled (killed) an amendment to compensate formers who lost grain when the elevator storing it went bankrupt. Farmers in that predicament were to have received a payment-in-ldnd loan from government stocks, repayable over ten years. Hie amendment was offered to HR 4072 (above) Jesse Helms, R-N.C,, who voted to kttl the amendment, said it was wrong "to create a whole new government program to assist a relatively small group of persons," particularly when other federal programs are available to ease their plight. David Pryor, D-Ark., said the amendment would "bring some equity to the lives of some 3,600 farmers across the country" who lost stored grain as a result of elevators going bankrupt. Senators voting no wanted special compensation for farmers harmed by elevator bankruptcies. Illinois Dixon voted no. Percv did not vote. Energy department aids low income households Secretary of Energy Donald Paul Hodel has announced the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the Alliance to Save Energy $700,000 to fund a two- year program that applies the best available technology to assist low-income households. Under a cooperative agreement with DOE, the Alliance will research several new, highly cost-effective technologies and help as many as 20 states in­ corporate these measures into their existing federally funded low-income weatherization programs. Many of those eligible for conservation improvements under the federal weatherization program are senior citizens who simply cannot afford increasingly high costs of heating their homes, commented Senator John Heinz, Alliance chairman, who also chairs the Senate Special Committee on Aging. "I call on the governor of every state to work with the Alliance to in­ corporate the latest heating system retrofit technologies as s t a n d a r d c o n s e r v a t i o n measures." With DOE support, the Alliance will develop, test and evaluate several new highly cost-effective measures for gas, oil and electrically-heated low- income households. Among the technologies which will be tested and implemented by the Alliance are flame retention oil burners, high efficiency power gas burners and secondary condensing heat exchangers for oil and gas furnaces. These and other modifications to existing heating systems or "retrofits" are expected to reduce the average low-income hosehold heating bill by as much as 25 percent per year. Under the second phase of the DOE-funded program, the Alliance will train state and local weatherization personnel to incorporate the new heating system retrofit technologies into their low-income conservation assistance programs. Once applied, these technologies could more than double the energy savings currently achieved under DOE's weatherization program. Retrofit installations will be performed by licensed local heating contractors, Hodel explained. The retrofit programs will be managed at the state level and implemented by community action agencies and neighborhood organizations who are currently funded under DOE's weatherization program. (Signature of Parent or Guardian) For Easter. John Weitz designs suits for the man who always dresses in good taste. For example, the man who wears this classic wool blend, two button suit will know that he is suitably dressed--that his outer shell reflects and compliments his inner self. Select from an outstanding collection of fabrications. r« Hurry....only 4 days 'til Easter! ^hrifitnphpr H ra MEN S WEAR 3902 W. MAIN ST. McHENRY 385-4060 y * I "Send a basket full of spring." Merlin Olsen The Easter Basket Bouquet from your FTD® Florist. Easter is Sunday, April 22. 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