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Anti -poverty fund
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good, recycled news
There's new and then there's news.
Something new is not necessarily news.
But news is generally supposed to be
something new.
So something old is definitely not new, or news.
Confused?
Each government hopes so, it seems.
Case in point: this past week's announcement
by the province of Ontario about a $50 -million
fund to battle poverty.
The fund itself seems to be a reasoned and
needed response from the province. The money
will go to agencies, businesses and non -profits
that work together on different ways to help spe-
cific groups of people , with a built-in evaluation
process that will help determine what works and
what doesn't.
Opposition critics are correct to question why
the fund has turned from a five-year to six-year
program, but overall, there seems to be no major
concerns yet.
What's disconcerting, however, is how the
province sold — and many media bought — the
idea that this week's announcement was brand
new.
Several news stories stated that a new, $50 -mil-
lion fund was announced in Cobourg.
Treasury Board President Deb Matthews
(Lib - London North Centre) told reporters
Cobourg was chosen as the site of the
announcement because of a local MPP's work
on poverty.
Apparently, she did not mention — and media
not report — that this was the third time in less
than a year the new fund had been announced.
The $50 -million fund was first announced last
spring in the Liberal budget. Last fall, the
announcement came out again as the province
touted its child poverty initiatives.
This is par for the course for the provincial and
federal governments, whatever party is in power.
Make an announcement about funding, then
re -make it several months or a year later and
make it sound like it's something new and big
and shiny.
At least some media outlets and members of
the voting public will be fooled into thinking the
news is new.
That way, the government gets more public
bang for the same public buck.
At the very least, it's sly. When it comes to tak-
ing credit for anti -poverty programs, it borders on
shameful.
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Seaforth Beavers win
hockey glory back in 1965
Apr. 18, 1890 and rolled one and half times in
the west ditch.
• An incident of a rather peculiar
nature took place on the prem-
ises of Mr. Elijah Jory of Stephen
Township, it being a young calf
which was being devoured alive
by an old sow. She had her vic-
tim secured in a mud hole, and
while there one of Mr. Jory's
daughters was on her way to
the barn for milking when
something came to her notice
in a mud hole, and on closer
examination found it was a
poor calf, beside it an old sow,
feeding on its prey. She at once
summoned help and the poor
beast was freed from its captor,
almost lifeless and minus its
tail, which was eaten off. No
doubt the calf will come around
again all right.
• One owner of a sugarbush in
the vicinity of Avonbank has
made $25 worth of syrup this
season.
Apr. 16,1915
• About 350 tonnes of onion tops
were shipped from Hensall this
season.
• Workmen are now erecting the
belfry on the post office, in
Clinton, in which will be
installed the big bell in connec-
tion with the clock that is to be
placed in the tower. The clock
will be similar to the ones
placed in Seaforth and Mitchell
post offices and will strike the
hours and half-hours.
• Mr. J. Henry, principal of the
Dashwood School who has
been seriously ill with nerve
trouble, is improving.
Apr. 19,1940
• The condition of Rev. R.W.
Craw, pastor of Duff's Church,
McKillop, and Mrs. Craw, who
were injured in an accident on
London Road near Lucan late
Thursday, is satisfactory. A
slush covered pavement a half
mile south of Lucan was
blamed for the accident. The
car slewed across the highway
Apr. 22, 1965
• A cavalcade of honking cars fol-
lowed a Seaforth fire truck as it
carried members of the victori-
ous Seaforth Beavers on a tri-
umphant parade up and down
the Main Street. Minutes before
the Beavers had defeated
Brooklin 7-1 to win the Ontario
Hockey Association Intermedi-
ate 'B' Championship.
• The Seaforth Cancer Society is
within $100 of the total sub-
scribed last year, said R.J. Spit-
tal, campaign chairman.
Apr. 18,1990
• An attempt by a Seaforth coun-
cillor to have a motion passed
in March, which declares Eng-
lish as english only rescinded,
failed last Thursday night.
Despite protestations by Coun-
cillor Bill Teall, council voted
six votes to three, to keep
Seaforth english only. In addi-
tion to Councillor Teall, Dep-
uty -reeve Peg Campbell and
Councillor Irwin Johnston were
the only ones to vote in favour
of rescinding the March
motion.
• The Town of Seaforth passed its
1990 budget last week and in
doing so, approved an average
tax increase of 5.3 per cent.
Ratepayers, however, must wait
until Huron County Council,
the Huron County Board of
Education, and the Huron -
Perth Separate School Board
pass their budgets to know
what percentage increase they
can expect on their 1990 bill. In
town, however, council has
budgeted for a total expendi-
ture of $2,102,291 this year, up
from $1,878,783 spent in 1989.
• Bill Eckert, director of educa-
tion for the Huron -Perth
County separate school board
for the past 13 years,
announced his resignation dur-
ing the board's April 9th
meeting.
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