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The Huron Expositor, 1978-06-15, Page 28• • • fail Your heart works Qj harder when you're not in the arne._Get• fit ...— and turn the clock back. Fitness is fun. rry some.. . r • -kis P811)70PB17701711". QUESTIONNAIRE,SURVEY 4 tStISTED RENTAL HOUSING FAMILY AND SENIOR CITIZEN TOWNSHIP OF MaKILLOP TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERSMITH TOWNSHIP OF HIBBERT - IF YOU HAVE ONE OR MORE CHILDREN. OR - IF YOU ARE SIXTY TARS OF AGE Of? OVER - IF YOUR''P'RESENT ACCOMMODATIOMIS INADEQUATE - IF YOUR INCOME -IS MODEST THIS -IS OF 1NTERE$T TO VOU.-, The Ministry of Housing, at the request of your municipal council, is condlitting survey to determine the need for assisted rental housing to be rented on a geared to. -income basis in the Townships of McKillop, , Tuckersmith and Hibbert. To determine local, . need for this type of accommodation, interested famili6s and senior citizen's now living in McKillop, Tuckersmith and Hibbert Townsh,ips are asked to complete a questionnaire form. IF YOU ARE, A McKI,LLOP, TUCKERSMITH OR HIBBERT TOWNSHIP RESIDENT AND A -RE INTERESTED•IN4RENTING A SENIOR CITIZEN OR FAMILY UNIT IN SEAFORTI:I, PLEASE COMPLETE A QUESTIONNAIRE FORM. • For senior citizens and faMilies interested in renting an Ontario Housing unit additional information and questionnaire forms are available at the local Clerk's office. • McKICLOP TOWNSHIP Mrs. Marion McClure RR,1 , Seaforth 527-1916 TUCKERSMITH TOWNSHIP ). (McLachlan, • GMB 117, RR 5, Clinton, 482-9523 HIBBERT TOWNSHIP Charles Friehd, 345-2931 • lot of people have some pretty strange ideas about Canada's immigra' tion law. And, as,a result, a lot of so people suffer from believing them. The faet is, the most reliable information comes from us. In other countries, we're in Canadian Govemmentvisa o ices. Here at horne, it's your Canada Immigration Centre: - If you know s9meone who'll have to pasS through Canadian Immigration in the near future, you'd be -- doing them a favour by pointing theTh in our direc- tion. Especially now that there's a new ' immigration law. , Now, the new law doesn't mean a -lot of changes"for the average immigrant or visitor. Here, nevertheless, are a few things that might affect You or someone you know. From now on, immigrants and those visitors who come here to work or study must make all immigration, arrangernents before arriving in Canada. No one may change his Or her status while inside Canada. Remember that moneKcan't buy your way into Canada. Ail the help you need is free at any Canadian Government visa office dr Canada Immigration Centre. ' • Canadian immigration officers • do not discriminate on the grounds of colour, race or religion., Ever. A new adjudication system gives --g-teater protection to the civil rights of people involved hi immigration proceedings. And deportation will.no longer be the only Possible ,penalty. There are now fess drastic alternatives for 'minor infructions of immigration raw.The new law does not make immigration easier, but it does Make it more pre- dictable: If you need to know more, ask ata Canada Immigration Centre. If you know someone abroad who needs information, tell them to contact their Canadian. Government visa office before they make a move.That way, they'll know exactly where they stand when they step off the plane. I ale Ernp.loynent and Emptloi et 'Tr -immigration Cartada Immigration Canada Bud Cullen, Minister Bud Cullen, Ministre ''" SA THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JUNE 15,.19.13 —11 Know - 011111410 ,r la' ' as if applies to children, teena ers These questions and answers, Lased on Ontario. law, are intend- 7.:By Don Shaughnessy, CA Most, accountants will knoWing what the score is.' tell .you that a successful One way of keeping score businessman has better is to keep records on an records than an unsuccess- • accrual basis. This system ful businessman. shows income as it is It is more than a coin- earned and expenses as cidence. Dun and Brad- they are incurred, and street reports that a keeps, a running count of primary cause of bank- all assets, liabilities and. ruptcy is the failure to owner's equity. It can be keep adequate financial used in, managing the farm records. and can easily yield' the Yet the vast majority of necessary information at ,farmers keep records `-that tax time, too. are suited for little more The accrual system will than filing tax returns. yield such management These may reveal how information as: intich= -cash --was--•received tern-on investment. --Estimation of increased worth arising from up- grading or enlarging livestock herds. --Calculating financial results at other tinags than DOLLAR WISE In games and on farms, good scorekeepers win - General financial advice by members ' of The 'Institute • of , Chartered Accountants of Ontario. bursed, but they contain little other information that can. be used to manage' a business. Here are some typical failings of such.records: -they record income- as it is received, ,not as it is earned. .--They show only' when eipenses are paid, not when they are incurred. --Assets and liabilities which are not used in de- preciation records or in , calculating interest are ignored. The result is that , net income and owner's equity can. be .grossly distorted. It is like playing in a ball game and not knowing the score. And all stratgegy; whether in,. finance, base- ball or farming, is based on and- hotV much _was _dia.- _at year-end,, --Comparing curent results ' with forecast targets. , The records can easily be adapted to record pro- • ductien information such as bushels of grain, pounds of - milk, and weight gain per animal. Such 'statistical infor- mation, when coupled with, financial information is a powerful tool, in analyzing and assessing the effective- ness of an operation. - In the long run, estab- lishing information sys- tems -- keeping the score -- makes a better manager and a more successful farmer. - Mr. -Shaughnessy is with G.H. Ward and Partners, Cobourg. echo interm and not to advise, No '„T`intsrpre,t the la w 'without the aid, home „because I can'L stand the one -should try to 'apply • or and advye of a trained .expert home environment any longer. who knows the facts. since the All my friends say that if I run 1 facts of eaeh case may change the application of the law, I am amazed at the number of children who are roaming the streets at a time when they,should, Jegitimately be at• home. 1..don't think that such ,child yen are being properly taken card of. Is. there ' anything a citizen can do? , . 'Under the Child Welfare Act every person haying information of the abandonment, desertion, physical ill-treatment or peed for protection of a child is required to report the information to the Children's Aid Society (C.A.S..). .1t is an afence for an adult not to report. A minor or a. teenager would not be charged, bin you should not hesitate. to make a . -report if 'you.. know of such a --situation as the informatiob is . confidential. The . C.A.S. will investigate im mediately„ and will try to work with•the family to find a solution. Their airn 'not to punisli the parent. Moreover, you have__protected yo_nrself or another and brought help • or Counselling to someone who nivds it. dm 15 and want to leave away the police will just bring me back on my parent's demand, Is there any other way of, getting help? Normally. a child under '16, has nokright Jo leave .home without parental permission. This is the law. Bin when your needs are not being ' 'met and 'you require onatection...you may have a right to leave home. You 'also have the right to protective services within the community which can be obtained by consulting, yeur phone directory or the Children's Aid Society. . I. borrowed my . friend's car. for a weekend trip. I was stopped for speeding, at which time the officer searched the car and found some drugs hidden in the trunk. I didn't even know, they were there . and don't approve of drug users. Can they . • cenvict• me of peaession? 'In order to be. convicted Of possession. the Crown Attorney must : prove _that the drug , in questiOn was an ille.gal substarielL that you had knowledge of the existence"of the drug and that yeti had the drug in your possession • caused: by excessive raking or -raking too fast. When harvesting haylage, the forage wagon should be equipped with a roof as an additional aid to reduce the leaf less. or,you consented to it being held by someone else i.e., that you .had control over the drug. If you did • not knew of the whereabonts of the :drug. you could not have control over Also, in practice, the police have the discretion pot -to charge yoU. This depends on the quantity and type of drug and whether it is a first offence; They' may of course notify your parents and keep your name on file in the event of a .reoccurrence. • Can a youth legally hitch, hike in Ontario?. It is illegal to hitch-hike while standing in the roadway. On highways with access ramps, such as the Queensway. hitch- hiking is not allowed from either the side of the highway or the ramp or where other-wise pro- hibitedf Hitch-hiking is permitted as long ,as, you are on the side-walk or ,on the shoulder or side of the road %there is no side-walk. As a note of caution to hitch-hikerSI Unless the driver is . extremely negligent, he/she will not be responsible for any injury you may suffer in an, accident • while riding in the car. 6. I am 16, pregnant and single. I want to keep my baby but ani • being bombarded with criticiSms. low level. To avoid this, every . alfalfa should be allowed to reach se.? bloom at leas't once every year. • • An Expositor Classified will pay dividends. Have you tried one? Dial '527-0240. • Can anyone fdree me to give up , my child or take it away,frorrinte,? An unmarried mother has the right to keep her child as lottg as she can care for 'the child adequately. But the interest of (-?\ ' the child comes first. This m . ns that no one can lawfully intervei e unless the child,is not being cared for properly. The Children's Aid Society will investigate if a complaint . is ,,ni ad e ,..', if •a„, child is found in wed of protection, the jUdge may: ' (a) Have the parent and child supervised by the C.A.S. • (b) Have the child placed with ilie C.A.S. temporarily until 'the child's home situation improves. (c) In very serious .cireurn- stances have „ the child per- manently removed from its home and made a Crowd ward. But kixming your legal ,rights is not enough,. A single, pregnant girl should get reliable advice 'from C.A.S. or referred qganizations. Can a child'be Sued in court for a ciVil wrong? lf so, what are the ramifications? Age' does not neeessarily limit - your rights or responsibilities. If yeti are) under, age, an 'adult 4generally a. parent) . mnst be whon hO; eorainits an offence? , %nee 7 tho inception of the 4P,nile Doliquent's Act, tho court no longer treats a child in the same manner as adults in ordinary criminal courts. The chjid is not treated as a criminal but rather 'as a misdirected child in need of guidance, fielp, and encouragement. In his/her first contact with police, a yoUth is likely to receive a ."Warning. The second offence may lead to an LI•ction without going to court. Subsequent offences may qisult in a charge, The age' of the youth is of utmost relevance in deter- mining the consequences. What happens once a youth is found to be a juvenile de- Unguent?. A judge has the authority to choose a solution he/she feels is best for the youth' and ..the _community: -Some of the choices open to ajudge are: , • (a) To giv6 no sentence but if a youth is convicted in the future, the judge may sentence him/her . for the first, offence.- (b) To permit the.youth tostay at home-but 'place him/her under the care of a probation officer - h' e ' there t hel and C.A.S. training school - this is the most serious and is only taken when other ways of helping the youth have failed and his/her be- haviour still cannot be controlled. • Will there be any changes if the new legislation on youth is passed? , . order to obtain the optimum nutrient value from your forage crop, early harvesting is es- sential.. Alfalfa, harvested at the early bud stage, will . contain approximiitely -22 "'" Crude Pro- tein on, a dry matt'er basis. If the alfalfa is allowed to reach. full -flow ,,,, 'crude protein can drop down to 15 '" . , • ,Some raeareh, indicates that after the bud 'stage the ,Per-' cernage of crude pTtein decrease by up tO 1/4 per day. Farmers wild, plan t.O' take off 3: cuts should be starting.to harvest when the alfalfa is in late bud s!.age. If harvested at this stage, ihe alfalfa leaves make .up about 50:'" Of the yield and contain a., larger portion of the feeding value ' than the stems do. To aVoid losing these leaves before the crop reachesthesito or barn, take care , to reduce unnecessary daMage When. hatvesting alfalfa, to obtain the' maximum amount of protein, the root reserves . can. soruCtimes, be reduced to a very SEAFORTH JEWELLERS DIAMONDS WATCHES JEVVELLERY, EINE CHINA GIFTS FOR EVERY OCCASION All Types of Repair, Phone 527-0270 Early alfalfa Menns maximurn prole' t iat t e act woul injure. Teen- agers wopld probably be held liable for they would be held to understand the nature of their acts, but persons under 18 may be excused from some - not all - contracts( What happens to juvenile no capacity to do it , on his oiVn. appointed to represent the youth in a *gal 'aetion as the youth has also to make sure the conditions Even:if you are un4r, 18 you can (c) To place the youth in imposed by the judge-are met. , provide a defence^ in that a child must be old enough te understand . ,...... • , another -home. (d) To pul the -Child -hi dare --sne—a-nd 'sued.- Age - may- - (e) To send ' the youth to a The Young Offender's Act is ' ' intended to replace the Juyenijle Delinquents Act. The new Act reflects two important principles: (a) Young persons should bear' greater responsibility for their illegal acts. (b) Yettng persons should bene- fit from all the . same rights a,nd ptotection enjOyed 'by adults, and these would. be specifically guaranteed. What rights does a Juvenile have? At the present time, the right to counsel is not guaranteed,. al- . though Legal Aid services are ,available to protect the youth's interests. The right to speak iS not specifically stated for jtcveniles. SPIlle fudges allow .the young• person to speak about the facts surrounding the charge and the disposition, i.e., the judge's. deci§ion on the case.' A youth is generally not detained 'before trial unless a serious and dangerous clence is inve,Ived or it was suspected that the ycliith might ran away. No one is allowed te print or make public the name of any juvenile' delinquent.