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Residents ready for March of Dimes walk Pajfe 7 - PLA1NDEALER HERALD, WEDNESDAY , APRIL 24.1985 Individuals and teams are getting ready to "step out" in the McHenry area March of Dimes 1985 WalkAmerica! Supporters of the March of Dimes all across the United States will be walking to help prevent birth defects the last weekend in April. On April 28 walkers will be starting out from East Campus High School in McHenry. The walkers will hike a 30 kilometer route to help the March of Dimes and its mission for the day when all babies have the freedom to be born healthy. Lunch will be provided at the halfway point. The McHenry Area Jaycees • I are co-sponsors of the local walk. Prizes will be awarded to all walkers turning in pledges over $50 by May 17. Prizes range from a WalkAmerica T-shirt to radios and VCR's. WalkAmerica can be wor­ thwhile for businesses and organizations too. TeamWalk can bring employees or mem­ bers together for something fuin outside the workplace, create good community visibility, and not create any financial obligations for the company. To learn more about the event, call 385-6672. Communities invited to submit contestants for county pageant popu McH( Communities throughout McHenry County are once again being invited to participate in the McHenry County Fair through one of the fair's most lar events: the Miss IcHenry County Pageant. Don Peasley, public relations coordinator for the fair, said the schedule of grandstand at­ tractions maintains the pageant as the opening night attraction on Wednesday, July 31. The fair will continue through Sunday, August 4 at the fairgrounds on Route 47, Woodstock. All of last year's sponsors have been invited to participate in the Miss McHenry County Pageant. Each local com­ munity is asked to select one candidate for the county com­ petition through a contest or by the sponsor choosing a representative. All of last year's local sponsors have first choice on the right to sponsor a local contest and to determine the format of the local selection, Peasley explained. The reigning Miss McHenry County is Heide Bender, age 20 of McHenry. She is a student nearing the end of her second year of college at Cornell College. Heide represented the McHenry County Fair Association at the Association of Illinois County Fair's queen competition in January. Deadline for entries in the 1985 Miss McHenry County Pageant is noon, Sunday, June 30. Detailed rules and entry forms are being sent 1985 sponsors as soon as they accept sponsorship. Entrants must be at least 16 by August 1 and not over 22 by Jan. 20,1986, or at the time of the state contest which is held in mid-January. Candidates must be single, never married and a resident of McHenry county for at least six months. Health department raises fees for beach sampling program Every summer for the past 14 years, the McHenry County Department of Health has been conducting a Swimming Beach Sampling Program with sample collection being initiated a week prior to Memorial Day and running through Labor Day. Last year, for the first time, the health department had to charge $50 as a nominal fee to assist in defraying the cost of personnel, equipment and laboratory expenses. The fee does not cover the expense of the program. During the budget preparation time last summer and fall, the Board of Health and County Board decided that the beaches that were being sampled would have to assist in defraying the expenses for the program to a greater degree in 1985. Therefore, the board of direc­ tors or other individual or in­ dividuals in charge of each beach has been notified that for that beach to participate this year they will be required to pay $150. Beaches participating in the program will have a per­ manent sign displayed stating that they are participating in the Swimming Beach Sampling Program conducted by the McHenry County Department of Health. In the past, approximately 50 beaches have been sampled weekly with test results being reported to the appropriate beach authorities as well as to the media so they can advise the public which beaches were found to be unsatisfactory for swimming that week. The standards used to determine if the swimming waters are satisfactory are the standards set by the Illinois Department of Public Health and consist of two bacterial standards, 1,000 total coliform per 100 milliliters of water and-or 100 fecal coliform per 100 milliliters of water on two consecutive samples. If one or the other of those counts is exceeded on two consecutive samples, the beach is posted as being unsatisfactory for swimming. If the bacterial counts exceed 5,000 total coliform per 100 milliliters of water and-or 500 fecal coliform per 100 milliliters of water on two consecutive samples, the beach must be physically closed to prevent swimmers from swimming. During the summer of 1984, 581 public swimming area samples were collected with 31 of those being reported as un­ safe and five beaches being posted. Motorcyclist hurt Following a weekend motorcycle accident, Randall A. Jacobsen, 4212 Ponca, McHenry, was taken to Nor­ thern Illinois Medical Center after sustaining injuries early Sunday. Jacobsen told sheriff's police his machine was westbound on Ringwood Road, approching Pioneer Road, when it was forced off the road by an on­ coming vehicle, causing him to lose control of the motorcycle. PRIZES GALORE! J * HELP THE A FUN FOR ALL! QUADS! ALL AT PALACE BOWL SUNDAY, APRIL 28 THREE SHIFTS: 12:00. 2:30 A 5:00 Elderly a growing political force m Editor's Note: The following is the third part of a McHenry Plain- dealer Herald series, dealing with the activities, problems and growing in­ fluence of senior citizens in the Fox Valley area. This installment examines the political power which the elderly population, carries. The series will conclude on Friday. The Community Care Program provides in-home services for the elderly so they need not live in institutions. Denis Clinton, chairman of the Illinois American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) legislative committee, said his organization favors such legislation. "Aging people prefer to remain independent as long as health permits," Clinton said. "It is less expensive to maintain good health rather than to restore it," he continued. Clinton also addressed the problem of hospital health care billing, saying that elderly people have limited funds, "and some don't nave any funds at all once Medicare stops," he said. Senate Bill 103 would require hospitals to put on their lobby walls a list of services such as daily room rates, X-ray fees and has to go into a hospital for elective le opportunity to shop around," Clayton ij „<.• increases for ap- oposal, appropriations million to $95 million By Jeff Hinton PUbxtaater Herald New» Service In the wake of increasing federal social program cuts, several bills concerning the problems of the elderly are forming in Illinois General Assembly committees. In his proposed budget for fiscal 1986, Gov. James Thompson said he is giving a "high priority" for services for the elderly, including proposed incentives for nursing home facilities and daily nursing services. "If an elderl; surgery, he wou said. Senate Bill 479 deals with propriations for the aged. Under would almost double from last year this fiscal year. ^ v Some of the elements of the bill include a chore service, home economic care and funding for adult day-care services. "This bill is an alternative to putting a family member in a nursing home. The cost is less, and the personal reward is greater," said Clayton. According to AARP statistics, there are close to 2 million people living in Illinois that are age 60 and older. Those 2 million add up to 22 percent of the state's voting public. AARP statistics indicate that 49 percent of people 60 ana said nursing home care. State Sen. Jack Schaffer (R-McHenry County) is supporting Thompson by endorsing home health care appropriations Dills in the Senate. While total budget requests are only five percent higher than last year, the governor has asked for a 55 percent increase for the state Community Care Program, Schaffer said. percent of people older vote - the highest average for any one age group. Margret Bengtson, chairman for AARP of Illinois, strong looby groups exist to ensure the rights of the elderly. "Over 18 million people across the nation belong to the AARP, (and it has) a million members in Illinois working through local chapters aiding in care and concern for senior citizens," Bengtson said. Founded in 1958, the AARP is striving for two primary legislative goals - to contain health costs and to improve the care and quality of nursing homes. For information write: Margret Bengtson, Area 5 AARP, 2720 Des Plaines, Ave., Des Plaines, 111., 60018. Membership is $5. CH .HI** u ?.i Plaindealer Herald photo by Amy K. Brown According to American Association of Retired Persons statistics, there are close to two million people living in Illinois that are 60 years old and older, comprising 22 percent of the state's voting public. 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