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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1972-04-13, Page 3ONE TN/NO ALOTOFPEOPLE gweaFrorixTAXES,IS: A Oe/177'CONSC/ENCE • - sHealth program ...= , - save dentist bills A well directed program of preventive dentistry saved parents over a quarter of a million dollars last year in direct dental expenses, In 1965 the Board of Health in Etobicoke (a Metropolitan Toronto borough) started a dental public health program encompassing 50,000 students in its elementary school system. The program- is preventive only. No treatment, apart from the application of fluoride, is given. In 1971, 65 per cent of the children had no cavities in their teeth—a reduction of 8 per cent in the rate of tooth decay in one year—the equivalent of saving parents $276,000 in direct dental expenses. The director of the program Dr. Samuel Green estimated long term savings to parents achieved by other parts of the program as $24,409 for painting of fluoride on small children's teeth; $18,604 for the brush-ins—fluoride toothpaste that is self- administered by older children and $210,416 for the educational component—lectures on the care of teeth given to 26,000 older children. Dr. Green said the program gives "a total value of $529,429 in return for an annual budget of $54,000."—Canadian Dental Association, to 140044 pm% www4,CI II*1 with central electric air conditioning Don't let the hot days of summer slowdown your get -up-and -go, Stay fresh as a daisy all year long by creating the freshness of spring in your home, Complete comfort control isn't far away, if you already have a forced air heating system. Just add a Central electric cooling unit, with electronic filter and humidity control. You can then enjoy your own custom climate with comfortably cool, clean air in every room. Total year -round comfort is well within your reach, if you think electrically; and there's even a Hydro Finance Plan to help you get started. Call your Hydro, and find out how the joys of spring can be with you every day of the year! CLINTON PUBLIC J1*. UTILITIES COMMISSION °4 ACI.4250A Are you faking fullidvontogo of tax savings that are available thrOugh t Registered Savings MOS? If not 00(4s, SYNDIC& CE LIM1TAD TED spi,Ags 145.Pepr piark London 471-005. 4loemmewie•ww.i. HELP PROTECT HURON COUNTY "On lend and Lake Heron" LEARN MARINE NAVIGATION To Read a Chart and Chart a Course. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS, SELF DEFENCE, FIRST AID JOIN THE CORPS OF IMPERIAL FRONTIERSMEN Call Major A. Maybury or. Cpl. G. W. Rumley of Marine Rescue. Phone' Goderich 5 2 4-7 2 4 5 FORT LAUDERDALE'S FDEU7 SESORT Sat ecettalliteltotet 320% Galt Ocean Dr., Fort Lauderdale 33308 • 800 FT. PRIVATE OCEAN BEACH 6 TWO HEATED POOLS, SUN DECKS • LUXURIOUS GUEST ACCOMMODA April y - TIONS • GOLF PRIVILEGES QN 3 CHAMPIONSHIP COURSES • FREE Decerpl TENNIS ON PREMISES • SUPERB deity ptr DINING • NIGHTLY DANCING & ENTERTAINMENT • Visits to fabulous Disney World available. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: INNKEEPER - 362•7537 212 KING ST. W. TORONTO iaaa.aakeee.aet. 1 97 1 FORD CUSTOM SEDAN-351 V-8, automatic, rear defogger, chrome discs, body side mouldings, vinyl top, power brakes. 71,000 miles. OPP car. Lie. K45933. $2095 EXCELLENT BUYS ON QUALITY USED FORD Products avvIga[7.':"•-•-a"aa• 1 969 MERCURY MARQUIS TWO-DOOR HARDTOP—Automatic, power steering, power brakes, radio, whitewalls, wheel discs, vinyl trim. Smart dark green finish. $1895 1969 MERCURY MARQUIS TWO-DOOR HARDTOP—Automatic, power steering, power brakes, — _ radio, vinyl top, white vinyl interior. — _ Lie. K48196. $1995 ...._ FORD TRUCKS 1968 FORD FLEETSIDE 1/2 TON Six-cylinder, standard shift, positraction, — safety checked and freshly painted. Lic. 39270B. 1968 FORD FLEETSIDE 1/2 TON Six-cylinder, standard shift. Six foot box, Lic. 39597B. Safety checked. $99 5 $'1195 1966 METEOR RIDEAU 500 SEDAN—Six-cylinder, automatic, radio, tutone, low mileage, very clean. Lic. K48091, $795 $1395 McG E Et• Pontiac 1.1 Buick GODERICH s24.839) 1 96 8 METEOR RIDEAU SEDAN—V,8, automatic, radio, Whitewalls, wheel discs, 31,000 miles, Extellent family car. Lic, 1/60N. Non-smokers learn to defend themselves Nonsmokers are learning how to defend themselves. Remember just a few years ago when airlines passed out courtesy cigarettes? No longer. Today they're just as busy setting up no- smoking areas for complaining customers. Cigarette smoke is more than an annoyance to nonsmokers. It can cause physiological distress in healthy individuals as well as in those with asthma and other respiratory illnesses, New research indicates, in fact, that the nonsmoker is affected by cigarette smoke in much the same damaging way as is the smoker himself, Recent experiments at Texas A & M University and elsewhere indicate that even 30 minutes in a smoke-filled environment significantly increases the nonsmoker's heart rate, blood pressure, and the amount of carbon monoxide in his blood. A team of researchers at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center reported that smoke drifting from the burning end of cigarettes, cigars, and pipes carries with it more cadmium, a metal poisonous to man, than the smoke inhaled by the smoker- through the unlit end of the cigarette. Large doses of, cadmium can cause acute poisoning in man. In lower doses it has been implicated in hypertension, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. Still another research team at Wayne State University in Detroit found that acute illnesses, mostly respiratory, were twice as prevalent among young children whose parents smoked at home than among those whose parents never smoked in the home. Some of the differences were attributed to the negative effects of surrounding smoke. Clinton Novvs.:BeeOrd, Tht,rsday, April 13, 1.972—'3. Board protests education cutbacks hurt equality of education BY SF1113(EY J. KeLLER While members of the Huron County Board of Education were having difficulty staying within a budget ceiling imposed on ordinary expenses by the Ontario government, there was considerable concern building for the future of education in this county. During the meetings held Wednesday, March 29 and Monday, April 3 in Clinton, some members of the board expressed the feeling that the Huron board is being penalized for not spending more in previous years. It was pointed out that while Huron has spent Wisely for education and implemented only those programs recommended by the Ontario Department of Education, other boards in the province have spent large sums of money and have updated their educational facilities in the interim, It now appears, according to board officials, that Huron County will not be able to achieve the level of facilities and equipment maintained in other school jurisdictions, because grant ceilings will rise in Huron at the same level as every other school district in the province while their base remains unusually, low. Director of Education for Huron. D. J. teChrane, termed Prime Minister William Davis' promise for educational equality the "Great Ontario Myth", In a letter from the director to The Honorable Thomas Wells, Minister of Education, Huron's position was explicitly outlined. "As Chief Education Officer for the Huron County Board of Education and as your representative in Huron County School Division," wrote Cochrane, "I feel obliged to draw to your attention the fact that the Department of Education's ceiling on Ordinary Expenditures as applied to this particular jurisdiction will practically decimate the school system as it now exists." "In effect," the director continued, "the programs offered to the children of Huron County next year will, at best, be similar to those offered before the introduction of the county boards of education in 1969. It seems to us that Mr. Robarts' statement in Galt on November 14, 1967, to the effect that the number one priority was the equality of educational opportunity, will only be a myth insofar as we in Huron County are concerned. "May I hasten to point out that, in general, we are not opposed to ceilings on expenditures," wrote Cochrane. "But we do feel that ceilings based on expenditures per CANCER'S 7 SAFEGUARDS The Canadian Cancer Society reco.amends these Seven Safeguards to help prevent pancer: FQr everybedyaaaRave a regular", medical„ cligekaup. ' smoke:a, eigkrettesg.'14ye::,:,1 /4yOnr: dentist check for unusual conditions; arrange with your doctor for a bowel examination; avoid excessive exposure to sunlight. For women—Practice regular breast sell-examination; have a regular Pap test. For more information contact your doctor or your local unit of the Canadian Cancer Society. atcket4 SALES 'itt 'SERVICE ["We Service What We Sell" 267 VicronfA ST. HWY. No. 4. S. CLINTON 482-9167 pupil in the previous year are totally unfair to conservative jurisdictions such as ours." "As en example of my point, I would cite the situation regarding Special Education," Continued the director. "Mr. Davis on March 15, 1968, when he introduced •the legislation regarding Larger Units of School Administration, stated "We feel that Inherent in this basic legislation is a requirement that the type of education to be provided must meet the needs of all boys and girls in a school jurisdiction. This point of view will reenire the establishment of a program for special education." "We did not, however, rush out and appoint a large special education staff," Cochrane wrote. "We took time to do a thorough comprehensive study of the county's needs and only then did we approach the Board. As a result of this planning, we engaged a staff of eight special education people on September 1, 1971. In addition, as a service to our elementary school pupils and their parents, we introduced Guidance in, the elementary schools. This was felt to be a necessity with the onset of the Credit System in secondary schools and necessitated the hiring of the equivalent of three guidance teachers." "Since sixty percent of these salaries, coupled with any increase in September of this year, are charged to the 1972 budget, we find ourselves in dire straits," said Cochrane. "I should perhaps also mention, in passing, that the opportunity to take oral French at the elementary school level Was `extended from one former secondary school district to all children of the county and this required the addition of 12 additional teachers with the same salary impact in 1972." Cochrane's letter then outlined the cuts which had been made in the budget to come beneath the ceilings imposed by the government. He asked, "How can one pare fat from a budget when there is no fat to pare?" "The part that bothers us most, of course, is the cut back and-or elimination Of programs we were able to institute as a county operation," the letter went on. "Frankly, Sir, we fail to see the fairness in a grant system that allows a no growth area such as ours a per pupil expenditure ceiling of $531 and allows a neighbour, who has had time to develop special programs because it was not a new-born jurisdiction in 1969, a ceiling that is $140 per pupil higher." "It seems to us up here on the shores of Lake Huron that Mr. Davis' statement to the effect that the major and ultimate goal of the legislation to establish boards of education was that all children regardless of their so- called station in life, the particular nature of their individuality, or the chance of their geographic location have.a right to equality of educational opportunity will remain the Great Ontario Myth," wrote Cochrane. "Seffice it to say that programs such as art and music that the ratepayers have requested de not stand much chance of implementation," continued Cochrane. As a follow up to Mr, Cochrane's letter, a delegation of the Huron Cdunty Board of Education will visit the Minister of Education ata date still to be announced, to plead their case, They will make it clear that while cuts have been made in the 1972 budget, this county cannot live with a similar budget another year without jeopardizing the educational system in Huron. There is some urgency to this action, because the board has indications that the projected ceilings for 1973 will result in additional cuts and consequential problems for the Huron Board. Ratepayers of Huron County will note that the cuts affect only ordinary expenses—those items such as teachers' salaries, school supplies, school offices, plant operation and Maintenance, transportation, libraries etc. , Grants for new school buildings, office accommodation etc. are not changed at Me Present time although investments in ,educational facilities will be down by $53 million, The Ontario government has announced it is attempting to create jobs for people. 'In his budget presentation, Treasurer Darcy McKeough stated the government's objective was "the continuing expansion of the economy and a substantial improvement in the unemployment situation". He said that new jobs require capital investment. "When governments were hit by the tidal wave of the post-war baby boom," said McKeough, "they were obliged to step up dramatically their capital investment in education facilities. Now that these young people need jobs and housing, fiscal and monetary policies should recognize this demographic and economic fact." He has estimated that about 120,000 new jobs will be created in 1972 and that unemployment will drop to an average of 4.8 perdent of the labor force from the average of 5,2 percent for 1971. In addition to the cuts in educational ceilings, fees at universities and community colleges will increase by $100 per year and new• tuition fees will be established at teachers' colleges and schools of nursing. The Treasurer has said that it is unfair for taxpayers to bear all of the cost increases in post-secondary education and that some should be borne by students since they receive the direct benefits, THE SESSION AND CONGREGATION OF Brimfield United Church invite you to the special services in connection with the opening of the NEW CHURCH BUILDING The Laying of the Corner Stone SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1972 at 2 O'CLOCK The ROW. Prederick M. Paist, B.b,, Chairinan of Huron Perth Presbytery o 0 The Official Opening and Dedication of the Church SUNDAY, MAY 7th, 1972 at 2 O'CLOCK the Rev. Wilson L. Morden, President of London Conference 0 A fernier Minister, the Rev. E. Donald Stuart, B,D., Will assist at theSe Servides. Bev, Paul M. Hackman, B.A., Minister.