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• BY $HIRLEY J. .KELLER
The 1972-73 pee-wee houseleague champions are the Leafs by virtue of a 3-2 win over the
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Morgan, Andy Jamieson, Danny Proctor, Ben Mitchell and Greg Wise. Back row; Earl Flynn,
Coach Terry Taylor, James Craig, Bill Brautigam, Craig Miller and Mery Taylor. (Photo by
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When, you are six years old,
almost seven, the world is a
terrifying place, That's true.
can remember a little of what it
was like myself. I •can recall
that I believed my mother en-
joyed beating me, that she
hoped I would do things wrong
so I'd get in trouble and make
it necessary for her to beat me
and that she loved to make me
cry,
Now that I'm a mother, I
know, of course, that's far from
the truth, But I haven't found
a way to get that across to my
children. I'm convinced they
believe I get extreme pleasure
' from making them unhappy.
For the past week, off and on,
I've been visiting my youngest
son's school to meet with his
teachers, I've talked with his
principal, with his class-room
teacher, with his speech
teacher. There's nothing par-
ticularly wrong. I guess one
could say it' is absolutely
routine .... but I can't seem to
convince my youngest child of
this.
He's sure I've been con-
spiring with the teacher to
make things rough for him .,..
and the boor child is on the
verge of tears this week every
time I mention school.
I promised his teacher I'd
le heart-to-heart with
tithing unusual about
Id her I'd explain to
y to explain - some of
ms for listening in
keeping busy until the
other children are finished
their wok and keeping one's
thoughts o one's self until it is
recess.
So tonight while we were
waiting for dinner to finish
cooking, I took my youngest son
aside for a little chat.
At the , first mention of
school, he tightened.
"You have a nice, bright
classroom," I began, hoping to
catch him off his guard. "You
and your friends do some lovely
art work."
He nodded, but his eyes
showed he was concerned about
my real purpose for the talk,
He wasn't fooled by my ap-
proach.
"I think your teacher likes
4-H
TAYLORS CORNERS
March 25 the Taylors Cor-
ners Sewmobiles held their
sixth and seventh meetings at
the Goderich Township area
school.
Mrs.. Rodges told the girls the
proper method of sewing on
buttons so they last longer. She
then demonstrated the mock
cuff which is currently very
popular on slacks.
Achievement Day is June 2
at Central Huron Secondary
School. Everyone is welcome.
As a member of the Ontario
Legislature, I firmly believe it
is my responsibility to keep the
constituents of the Huron
Riding informed regarding ac-
tivities at Queen's Park, It is,
therefore, my intention and
with the consent and co-
operation of the local
newspaper personnel
throughout the Riding, to sub-
mit a weekly report outlining
the proCeedings of the
Legislative Assembly.
The 3rd Session of the 29th
Parliament was opened in its
traditional manner by
Lieutenant Governor W. Ross
MacDonald at which time he
read the Speech from the
Throne revealing the Govern-
ment's plans for preserving the
Province's land, environment
and resources.
The major emphasis seemed
to be the Government'.s concern
for the physical environment
and the urgent need to control
urban sprawl, protect the green
space, and endeavour to im-
prove the quality of life in
general.
A Niagara Escarpment Com-
mission will be delegated the
responsibility of protecting a
million square miles of land
stretching from Niagara-on-the-
Lake to the end of Bruce Penin-
sula. Parkway belts around
Metro Toronto and good
agricultural land will be
preserved as well.
There will also be a Royal
Commission enquiry into
criminal activities in the con-
struction industry which was
formerly ear marked for the
Toronto area but upon request
of the Opposition will include
all of Ontario.
It very much appears that
Ontario's electoral districts are
to be changed but whether this
will be done in time for the
next provincial election
remains to be seen.
The throne speech included
other matters such as
regeneration of forest lands
and preparation of idle lands
for seeding and planting;
stronger controls on the sale
and use of pesticides; crack-
down on trafficking of hard
drugs; improved efficiency in
the courts and elimination of
grand juries; increased
payments to workers injured on
the job under the Workmen's
Compensation Act.
Despite two by-election
losses, Premier Davis intends
to surge ahead with plans for ,
regional government, east and
west of Toronto, but he is
meeting considerable op-
position from members of the
Liberal and New Democratic
parties and I would hazard to
guess that it will be a long
time coming to Huron County,
The Auditor's Report which
has recently been released
revealed a number of very in-
teresting matters one of which
was the decision on the part of
civil servants who run the On-
tario Health Insurance
Program not to collect some
premiums and to bill others im-
properly costing the Province
about $55 million.
There were 80 other major
criticisms of provincial spen-
ding, one of which was use of
Government aircraft by
Cabinet Ministers, Senior Civil
Servants and their families on
non-business trips. Another
was the $3,182 taxi bill from
Thomas Symons when he was
chairman of a Royal Com-
mission on French language
education. There was also a
huge under-estimate of the $29
million cost of Ontario Place.
This week both Robert
Nixon, leader of the Op-
position, for the Liberal Party
and Stephen Lewis, leader of
the Opposition for the NDP
debated the Throne speech.
Mr. Nixon criticized the
Government's method of let-
ting contracts for the construc-
tion of buildings designated for
use by Government Services.
To avoid the situation where
some developers get extremely
rich at the expense of the On-
tario taxpayer, Mr. Nixon
strongly iterated that builder
proposals should not take
precedence over competitive
bidding where the contract is
let to the lowest bidder,
everything else being equal,
Mr. Nixon' singled out•G,W,
Moog, President of Canada
Square Corporation Ltd. as one
developer known to be a close
personal friend of the Premier
who is profiting by this friend-
ship.
As an example, Mr. Nixon
cited three cases of Companies
headed by Mr. Moog working
for the Government - 1)
Canada Square, which is
building a new $40 million of-
fice complex for Ontario Hydro
2) Swiss Granada Holdings
which built facilities for the
Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education and 3) Tran-
samerica Realty which built the
Transamerica Building holding
the Ontario Education Com-
munications Authority. Each of
these contracts was obtained
through the proposal method.
In the case of the Hydro Of-
fice building which is under
construction, Mr. Nixon said
that Ontario Hydro was leasing
prime Toronto land valued at
$7 million to Canada Square
for 30 years at $1 per year.
During the construction
period of three years, Canada
Student manpower opened
Canada Manpower has.
recently opened a new office in
Goderich to assist students
seeking summer employment,
This office will provide the
following services for students
and employers: referral of
qualified people to available
summer job opportunities;
assist student clients to find
work by soliciting job orders
from area employers; assist em-
ployers to find qualified help by
recruiting available students;
supply information on the
various federal and provincial
government summer programs
for students.
Larry Dillon, a native of
.Seaforth, has been appointed as
the Student Placement Colin,
sellor, He intends to approach
most area employers to en.
courage student employment
and he -will also visit the
schools to assist the students to
register early,
Early registration is impor,
taut to the students as many
employers are seeking their
summer help now. If a student
has an application in the files,
he is referred to new job oppor-
tunities as they becorne
available.
have a lit
my son. 11
that. I t
him - or t
the reas
class and
you as much as you like her," I
continued, watching closely for
any signs of relaxation, There
were none.
"She told me you like to
work on projects all by. your-
self," I said happily,"...,after
your work is all done, of
course."
"Yeah," he 'said, still
suspicious.
"What do you like to do best
when you work alone?" I q
asked, trying to get some par-
ticipation in this up to now
one-sided conversation.
"Read, But there's no good
books," came the terse reply,
"What kind of books would
you like to read?" I asked,
thinking now I was getting
somewhere.
"Hockey books," he an-
swered,
"Your teacher told me you
like to do arthmetic problems,"
I said. "Is that true?"
"Yep," he grunted,
"She says you like to make
up your own questions, too," I
smiled enthusiastically.
"Yep," he said. I waited.
"But I wish I had a book
with some real questions in -
lots of questions like they do."
He pointed to the diningroom
table where my two teenagers
were doing their homework.
"You mean you really want
to do more school work?" I
asked, hardly able to believe
my ears.
Big tears welled up in his
blue eyes. He nodded his head,
unable to speak.
Then he composed himself.
"And I want to have big books
like they do," he said, waving
his hand again in the direction
of the diningroom table.
I gathered the little trem-
bling body into my arms and
hugged him tight. He melted
against me,
"Are you cross with me
mommy?" he asked, I told him
I wasn't,
"Is the teacher cross?" he
asked. I told him she wasn't.
He sighed deeply.
"Boy," he said in relief, "I
thought somebody was going to
get real mad at me. I'm glad we
had this talk mommy?"
Give to
Easter Seals.
Square will invest by way of in-
terest on construction loans a
total of about $6 million. In
return Canada Square is rewar-
ded by a rental income of
almost $6.1 Million every year
for 30 years. That is almost
$183 million in total. Premier
Davis took exception to Mr,
Nixon's figures and claimed
that Canada Square would
make a net profit of ap-
proximately $5 million out of
the Hydro deal. 'However, Mr.
Nixon issued a rebuttal
claiming that many of the ex-
penses of running the new
building would be assumed by
Ontario Hydro and not Canada
Square as Mr. Davis had said.
One of the items leading to
the large provincial deficit is
that of Medicare. Mr. Nixon in
his debate to the Throne
Speech proposed some changes
for Medicare stating that doc-
tors should be allowed to bill
the Province on a fee-for-
service basis but there would be
a yearly limit to the amount
the Province would spend. If
the portion of the health fund
provided for physicians
becomes depleted in the last
quarter of the year, only a per-
centage of the bills would be
paid in that quarter, Mr, Nixon
said. He continued that instead
of placing all doctors on salary,
the fee-for-service principle of
payment would be continued
but with constraints.