HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1976-05-19, Page 16operating the. Seafotth. hospital,
The total budgeted salaries fo
1976 are $874,734 out of a total
budget of $1,044,764 in gross
costs. In 1975, $801,320. was"
spent on salaries. Medicine and
surgical .supplies account for
$18,700, drug expenses $26,958,
and other supplies $314,448,
"There are only so many areas
in which you can. cut," said Mr,'
McKenzie.
The members of Morning' Star Grands night. It was decided to
Rebekah. Lodge held their regular invite Palmerston and Listowei
meeting with a fair attendance. Lodges for that evening. Plans
Reports were given on sick were also made for members to
memb ers and a thank you read. ' attend the banquet .and meeting
A favourable report was given by. in Exeter, June 2. when the
the.Treasurer of our Variety Fair President of Rebekah Assembly
and the Noble Grand reported 25 visits our district.
boxes of used clothing were
shipped to Scott Mission. in . Lodge closed. The members
Toronto. • then practised for a tableau under
It Was. reported plans were the direction of Barb
almost completed for Past Noble McCutcheon.
of July. He said the mini.s'try was
waiting for all the hospitals to
submit their budgets, then they
would request what they needed,
from the treasury. If the ministry
didn't receive the reductions that
had been requested, there could
be further cutbacks in hospital
budgets, he said, but he didn't
think there would be any further
cutbacks at Seaforth Community.
Salaries are the largest costs of
orning Star ships 25
boxes of used clothes
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WHITE BEAN. GROWERS
PLANTING NEEDS
Seafarer
Sanilac and
Kentwood
SEED BEANS
are available
EPTAM And PATORAN
are in plentiful supply at
COMPETITIVE PRICES
All other weed control chemicals
available on short notice Ontario Bean Growers Co-Operative plant at Sestforth
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ONTARIO BEAN GROWERS r CO-OPERATIVE y
Two locations
LONDON SEAFORTH
Host farmers.
still needed
Budget reflects ministry cutback
This year the Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture and Food will once
again be sponsoring the Junior
Agriculturalist Program during
the summer of 1976. The program
is designed to. provide a practical
learning experience for young
people from non-farm homes who
have a serious interest in agricul-
ture, and who have had no
experience working on a farm.
Farms are still needed to host
young people .in this area.
As a Junior Agriculturalist, a
..,person will be placed on a
• selected commercial farm, where
he/she will perform regular
activities relative to that farm
operation. In addition, a Junior
Agriculturalist, will have an
opportunity to develop an
appreciation of rural life through
, living with a farm family, and
through participating in the local
4-H and Junior Farmer programs=
and in other rural activities.
The prospective Junior Agricul-
turalists will be either boys or
girls 16 to 17 years of age and
must be in good physical and
mental condition in order to
withstand the vigorous physical
effort: Selection will be based in
part on their reasons for being
interested in agriculture, and
their plans for further education
. and a career.
All Junior Agriculturalists will
be required to ,participate in an
orientation program to help
prepare them for their farm stay.
This program will be held about
' mid June and on-farm assign-
ment will be for a nine week
period, commencing on June 21
and terminating on August 20.
A Junior Agriculturalist will be
assigned, wherever possible,-to a
farm with the type of
enterprise(s) in which she/he is
most interested in. The duties
involved will vary considerably
depending on the individual farm
operation, the demonstrated
ability of the Junior Agricultura-
list and the kind of enterprises
found on the farm.
The interested host farmers are
to be commercial farms, with the
operator engaged in farming full
Earn more
on your
savings
Get 4:70 on your regular
savings.
Pay no service charge on
cheques if minimum
balance of $1,000 is main-
tained (and even if this
balance is not maintained)
you get 12 free cheques per
quarter and pay only 10
cents for each cheque over
the 12. Compare this with
your average "savings ac-
count" paying only 3% and,
costing you a service charge
of 20 cents for every cheque,
Special Savings (non -
chequing) accounts pay 8%
per annum calculated on
minimum monthly balance.
Funds deposited prior to
May 15th and left on
deposit earn full interest
for all of May..
time, They must be interested in
helping inexperienced young
people develop the skills required
on a farm and are expected to
have the ability to work well with
and supervise young people.
Host farmers must also provide
suitable accommodation for the
Junior Agriculturalist during
his/her stay on the 6rm.
Each Junior Agriculturalist will
receive a training allowance of
$16.00 per day, based on,a. six day
week. $6.00 'of this will be
provided by the Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture and Food; the host
farmer will provde $5.00 per day
in cash, as well as supplying room
and board worth $5.00 per day.
Persons interested in partici-
pating in this program as either a
host farmer on Jnnior Agricul-
' turalist should contact Len
MacGregor at 482-3428 or long
distance Zenith 7-2800 or write to
the Ontario Ministry of Agricul-
ture and Food, Clinton.
Seaforth Community Hospital
faces a $68,000 cutback in its
current budget for 1976, but will
still spend $80,000 more than last'
year, according to hospital
administrator, Gordon McKenzie.
The Ontario government has
ordered the hospital to cut, back
$90,000 in its spending over the
next two years with $68,000 to be
cut this year. However the
government is allowing tor an
eight percent increase in salaries,.
and a ten percent increase in the
cost of supplies and this will push
the spending up to the tune of the
$80,000 mark.
The cutback in the budget has
. been accomplished by' not filling
positions when people retired or
resigned, said. Mr. McKenzie.
-"We were really fortunate in
having people retire when they
did," he said. "Otherwise we
would have had to lay off from six
to eight people. We were really
lucky."
Mr. McKenzie said he did not
expect the budget, which was
approved by the board at its April
meeting, to receive approval from
the Ministry of Health tilLthe end • a
tRudi- COMPANY SINCE 1'889
D. Lefebvre, Manager`
ListOWel o Ontario.
16 THE BRUSSELS POST, MAY 9, 1976