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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-07-02, Page 2• • If you require financing to start, modernize or expand your business and are unable to obtain it elsewhere on reasonable terms and conditions or if you are interested in the MB management services of counselling and training or wish information on government programs available for your business, talk to our representative, FEDERAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK SCHOOL'S OUT Watch for children in the streets ... drive carefully, we want them back this September. SCHOOL B Foil election strongly rumoured • GOOD STUFF — Jeff Masse enloyed a helping of candy floss at the Hensall Spring Fair Tuesday, T-A photo WI MODELS — Delores Shapton and Jean Neil try out some of the clothing at Saturday's garage and bake sale sponsored by the Crediton Women's Institute. T-A photo Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company (Established in 1876) 4 Provides Full Insurance Coverage for Town Dwellings as well as Farm Properties DIRECTORS AND ADJUSTERS Jack Harrigan Robert Gardiner Lloyd Morrison Lorne Feeney Ray McCurdy Robert Chaffe, R.R.3, Lucan R.R.2, Stlffa R.R.1, St. M .rys R.R.2, Dublin R.R,1, Kirkton R.R. # 5, Mitchell AGENTS JACK RIDDELL MPP Huron-Middlesex The legislative session has ended and we are now into the stammer recess, Meanwhile a fall provincial election Is strongly rumoured, During the summer, many Members will continue to spend a great deal of time at the Legislature, on committee and constituency work. Dr. Robert Elgie, the Minister of Labour, has promised amendments next fall to protect handicapped people from discrimination under the provincial Human Rights Code, Last year the Minister brought in a bill aimed at protecting the rights of physically and mentally handicapped people but later withdrew it after spokesmen for these people had demanded that the Minister not "ghettoize" them under special provisions. The Minister has told the House that the amendments to the code will prohibit discrimination on all grounds, including em- ployment, accommodation, contracts, services and membership in vocational associations. In this con- nection, the definition of handicapped will, it seems, "be expanded to include not only past, present and perceived physical disability.,.but also mental illness, mental retardation and learning disability," The only exceptions Will be in cases where a. particular handicap "renders the person incapable of carrying out essential functions associated with the par- ticular activity in question," Amendments will 'else provide for boards of inquiry in cases of discrimination against the handicapped. Liberal Leader Stewart Smith . criticized the Minister's Statement as "an election-platform gimmick" designed to make the government's position public in the event there is an election soon. Le Mans race car The controversy about the grant to Maurice Carter the politician cum race car. driver continues. His Camaro failed to qualify at Le Mans, and he says he will not repay the $15,000 in Ontario tax money used to sponsor him. In a written statement, he said "at no time did I ever solicit public funding from the Ontario Government". A spokesman for Carter said an "independent person "was hired to raise the sponsorship money...Mr. Carter didn't raise the money, so he'll not be refunding (it to) anyone." Stuart Smith has called upon the Minister of Tourism and Industry, Larry Grossman, to table any written agreements between Carter and the government, and the Minister has said he would try to do- so. Acid monitoring Acid rain monitoring stations are to be installed by the Ministry of Environment at 45 locations acroOs the Province., The aim of the program is, apparently, to "identify more clearly the relative contributions to this pollution from numerous continental sources," The system is to include two "networks" of stations, one to monitor daily precipitation which may contain contaminants and the other to study monthly accumulation. Fifteen sites will be used for the daily monitoring, including Kingston, Dorset and London, Monthly measuring will be done at 30locations,from the Windsor area to Kenora, James Bay, the Ottawa River and South-Central Ted Johns back again Nuclear Power will 'get a public hearing starting July 8, but one of a different sort, Ted Johns' latest play St. Sati of the Nuke Pile, opens at the Blyth Summer Festival on that date. The play, is an examination of nuclear power in general and the Bruce Nuclear Power Development in particular. It centres however, not on the facts and figures of fuel rods and millirems, but on the more human aspect of nuclear power as an awesome force that shapes the lives of all of us. Ted Johns, is well-known in the area. as both a writer and performer. He single handly created and per- formed The School Show, originally written for the Blyth Summer Festival 1978. The School Show had an immensely successful tour in the spring of this year, and played to full and ap- preciative houses in Toronto and all over Southwestern Ontario, Mr. Johns' author credits also include the version of The Death of The Donnellys that played to sold out houses at the Blyth Summer Festival in 1979, Ontario, The now system will be in operation by late summer, and will cost taxpayers an estimated ammo to install and about $35,000 a year to operate. Food Industry The Opposition has charged that Ontario is losing jobs in the food processing industry while importing food that could be grown here, According to the provincial Treasurer, Frank Miller, the government is studying the problems •of the food processing industry. More than 1,000 food workers have lost jobs in Ontario in the past year, but all those jobs could have been saved if Ontario stopped importing so much food, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. 0141 P overpayment Liberal Health Critic Sean Conway has charged that hundreds of thousands of elderly people and low- income families could be overpaying the Ontario Health Insurance Plan by as much as $480 a year because they don't know about reduced rates available to them. Families with an annual income of $5,000 or less and individuals whose yearly income is 4,000 or less are eligible for premium assistance benefits. However, only those whO apply for the benefits get them. As Mr, Conway pointed out,"the problem is that many of the people, premium assistance was intended for, don't know about it." Rebates to elderly Since the introduction of the Provincial Budget for this year, pensioners who pay property taxes directly or through rent now can get up to $500 a year from the province as a rebate, plus a flat $50 in sales tax rebates. Stuart Smith continues to raise the question of pen- sioners who lose out under the new scheme, by com- parison with the previous system of tax credits, He cited the case of one man in' Toronto who used to get $110 under the old scheme, and is now forced to get along on a pension of $388 a month. -Meanwhile sports world millionaire Harold Ballard, who stands to make something like $1 million just from dividends on his shareholdings in Maple Leaf Gardens, will receive $550 under the new plan. Opening new doors to small business Financial assistance Management counselling Management training Information on government programs for business See our Stratford Office Representatives BILL SCHUTZ AND/OR BOB PEARCE AT; The Devon Building Building, Main Street, Exeter . ON: The 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month, (Next Visit Date; Tuesday, July 8) For an appointment or further information on the Bank's services call 271-5650 (collect) or write 1036 Ontario Street, Stratford. ' DO NOT PASS l It/SIGNALS FIASt Our thanks to the School Boards, City and Provincial Police for assisting in making 1979 - 1980 a safe year for our school student passengers. OCHARTERWAYS school bus division Ross Hodgert Woodhani John Moore Dublin Joseph Uniac Mitchell Mrs. Elaine Skinner Exeter Wally Burton 229.6643 345-2512 348-9012 235-1553 235-0350 HAY TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Friday, July 11, 1980 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hay Township Hall Zurich, Ontario to consider Amendment No. 21 to the Official Plan for the County of Huron Planning Area: The Township of Hay Secondary Plan a) PURPOSE OF THE MEETING A public meeting to consider a draft Secon- dary Plan for the Township of Hay was held October 16, 1978. Since that time, several requests for changes to the Land Use Schedules "B" and "C" have been received, and several changes to the text of the plan are also being considered. The purpose of this meeting is to publicly review these proposed changes. b) PROPOSED CHANGES Following is a summary of the changes to the Land Use Schedules "B"and "C" and to the text, which are being considered: SCHEDULE "B" i) Part lot 8, Lake Road West Concession - change from "Restricted Agriculture" to "Recreational" to permit expansion of an existing mobile home park. ii) Part lot 12, Lake Road West Concession - change from "Restricted Agriculture" to "Recreational" to permit future develop- ment. iii) Part lots 21 through 28, Lake Road West Concession - change from "Restricted Agriculture" to "Recreational" to permit future development. iv) South West part lot 10, lake Road East Concession - change from "Restricted Agriculture" to Urban to recognize ex- isting residential and commercial uses. v) West part lot 15, Concession 15 - change from "Natural Environment" to "Recreational" to permit the establish- ment of a- recreational vehicle pork. vi) Part lot 2 and 3, South Boundary Concession - change from "Restricted Agriculture" to "Urban" to permit future residential development. SCHEDULE "a" i) Extension of "Core Area" policy zone one block westerly along Helen Street to ElMa Street, TEXT CHANGES Section 3.3c - AGRICULTURE c)iii) - to retain Class 1, 2, 3 and 4 soils for agricultural and agriculturally related purposes. d)viii) all farm operations as well as non- farm buildings and structures will com- ply with the minimum distance separa- tion provisions of the Agricultural Code of Practice. d)ix) Restricted Agriculture - rewriting of this section to clarify the intent of this policy area is proposed. d)x) Provisions of adequate sewage dis- posal and water supply services for rural small holdings. Section 3.4.d) - NATURAL ENVIRONMENT i) clearing, except as permitted by the Huron County Tree Cutting By-low will be prohibited. Section 3.5.c.2 DASHWOOD iv) - lot sizes of 8500 square feet (790 square meters) will be permitted when municipal water service .is supplied. Section 3.6.d) - EXTRACTIVE RESOURCES vi) (New Section) - Ready mix and asphalt plants will be permitted conditional upon proper zoning, and o development agree- ment with the Township. Section 3.4.2.1 INSTITUTIONAL This section has been rewritten to permit utility corridors to establish either by plan amendment or by a review under the En- vironmental Assessment Act. Section 5 - LAND DiVISION POLICY 2(vii ) - consents must conform to the minimum distance separation provisions of the Agricultural Code of Practice. 3(a)i) - both the severed and retained parcels must be viable units. 8(a)vi) conveyances far mortgage or charge purposes for the establishment of residences for full-time labour necessary to operate the form. Section 6.2 INTERPRETATION iii) (New Section) - A section, to outline how the boundaries of "Natural Environment" areas will be defined, is proposed. c) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Further information on the proposed changes is available from the Township of Hay (236-4931)• in Zurich, or the Huron County Planning Department (524-2188) in Goderich. DISPLAY TOYS — Numerous toys were available at- Satur- day's garage and bake sale sponsored by the Crediton Women's Institute, Shown with some toys are Anne Dearing and Ruth Ann Martin. T-A photo OVER $50,000 S TOCK SELLING FOR $26,379 This Is A OF OUR REGULAR TOP QUALITY MERCHANDISE 0 0 o e 0 0 Q 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 V