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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-04-05, Page 66--CLINTQN NEWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1973 rem' Tcy window • BY $HIRLEY J. .KELLER The 1972-73 pee-wee houseleague champions are the Leafs by virtue of a 3-2 win over the Canucks on Friday night. Members of the Leafs team are: front row; Wayne Tideswell, Brad 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 C.T. Rudd) jack's Jottings from Queen's Park OXFAM ... a baby food? 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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.