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And never building-a tree house
close to pOwer lines, where
children could be seriously
injured.
There are many
other ways to practise
electrical safety. And
they all have one
very important thing
in common.
Common sense.
Think about it,please.
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Lucknow Sentinel., *often*, 41113, 9, 1940-,-P*00
um r on welfare 'rolls up from last year
Huron •County Council learned at
their July meeting there has been a
, • drarr,Mtior increase in .the number of
people receiving general Welfare.
•assistance in Junethis year:compared
to the riuniber Of cases in June 1979.
According to the administrator of the
Huron County's social services, John ,.
MaXiiihon, a sually Ontario Ministry of' Cern/Ili:014y and
.customary decrease of the number on
welfare in the month of June but: it
hasn't happened this, year. He said, he
believes this reflects the general state
of the country's econOMY
Last year- he noted, Several people,
who had been on welfare roles for .a
considerable length of found jebs
working on the censtructien of highway
21 ,.south. Goderich. But this year he
commented there just seems, to he no
Work. , • •
,There were•47.,emploYable People, an
Welfare rolls this June' coinpared to -
only 21 laSt year. The rollS are usually
much lower in June; there are. 341 on,
thO.rolls this Jane coMpared to,only 185 ,
in June, 1979 • , ,
• 'The number on :welfare rolls are up
across' the' proVince this, year said -
McKinnon but it is, the firSt Year Huron
County has `been Up. Of the :county's
total population 'normally -.4-- Percent'
Social •Services, to increase the basia'
needS, calculations for general welfare
assistance. ,
•'The report also asks that the General
• Welfare Assistance Act be• amended to.
provide an "incr'eas'e in the budgetary,.
Allowance up to an' anionnt which
reflects reasonable cost and which
takes in to account local conditions.
Municipalities : are esPecially cOA'
cerned about the inadequacy of basic
needs alio yances for people on General:
Welfare "Assistance. This -is. .par-
ticularly true With respect to ::shelter
allowances and related shelter costs,
especially Utilities. •
' According to, the docornentation
supporting the association's report,
poverty lines indicate the insuffidencY
Of basic.needs. In 1978 the Senate's
poverty line indicated a family, of four.
required an annual inconie , of $11,876.
-Rats Canada show the income level as
are receiving welfare assistance. This
rose to .7 perceitt la December1979.
Huron Ceurity'S' social services
committee recommended in their
report to county council on July 3 that
they concur with a report prepared by
the Ontario Municipallocial Services
Association (01VISSA), which' asksthe
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.1F014 'T'
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$9531. per annum 'and the Canadian
Council on Social. Development Uses a
figure of $19,605, A General , Welfare
Assistance allowance in 1979 -for two
adults and two dependents As- $5,376.
(heated accommodation) ,'plus .OHIP,
drugs, Family Allewance, Tax. Credits,
and other ,remissive beriefi_t_s„ • ‘ ,Fi
"Obviously," says the re rt--
"welfare provides a very _mini uin
living (survival?) allowance Proposed .
increases in 1980 will not significantly
altar this situation."
Several studies completed by various
municipalities indicate there is a
serious deficiency in meeting' private.
Market rents , because the shelter
component is so low. A family of two is
allewed•.$130. a month for rent, and,,a,-
single person is allowed $80. - ,
'Because of inadequate allowances,
says the 'report, social assistance
recipients -are forced' to • use Money
needed for fold and clothing-on re-nt. If
families are, using food money to pay
rent, utilitieS and other realistic ex-
- penses,, a hezprd to health exists, states
_the Mart
"This inadequacy of allowances has
an impact on family-relationships' and
Most certainly contributes to health
and social problems such as
malnutrition anxiety, stress related',;
ilinesSes, 'child abuse etc. In addition
families relocate frequently and
sometimes involve themselves with
minor activities leading to frauds and
overpayments," . •
'County council concurred with the
• OMSSA rep -art
• We would also like to thank the.
Area businesses and factories who
have already helped by providing
information. We wield welcome any
other information re 'field trip sites
that' May have been missed. Please
feel free to contact us. We are
working out of the Exeter yublic
School. Our address is: Experience
80, Box 599, Exeter, Ontario, ,NOM-
ISO, 235-2630.
• Paul Perry
Dorothy Van Esbroeck
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• *from page 6 ;
program.' funded by the Ministry of
Education through The Huron
CoUnty Board of Education. „.
• Teachers often take their students,
• ,On trips to area farms, businesses
and industries, We are-hoping ihat
• more farms can be included in, the
new catalogue Of field trips., Far-
mers who' are willing to offer field
• k trips of their farming operations for
local children can contact us at the
address below.
Letters to the editor....
- • . . 17: 7.,
where the -average annual
production . will be closer :10 16
tonnes rather than the 12
million tonnes of recent years. ,
And . if you think Canadian
agriculture is :strictly regulated,
then take a look at. Australia., A
;.planned,reduction has been under
way' for two Years-in the prodaction
of peaches, pears and apPles
hecause the indUstry was plagued
with 'surphisseS wkifet have ap-
,- peered ---as-bargainsLin-LCanada and'
the U.S Now, these bargains may
not be' available, Farmers have
learned their ...lesson. They are'
rapidly - reducing growing these
products through the. Australian
Canned Fruits Corp. which controls
all sales of canned peaches, apricotS
and pears both in' Australia and to
expert markets.
Now, that's control, the same type
of control enjOyed by milk, tobacco,- '
chickens, eggs, and turkeys in
Canada.
Other countries certainly seem to
spring to the aid of farmers, Why,
then, in Canada is everyone
screaming so loud' about
"monopoly" marketing boards?
Why do big-circulation magazines
Such as the Reader's Digest keep
taking positions -at marketing
boards which are operating legally?
These boards are run by farmers,
Carefully scrutinized by government
watchdogs: Some have even in-
Chided consumer-representatives on
their boards ofdirectors.
I predict that farmers will con:
tinue to respect the opinions, of
consumers. Farmers are also
consumers and they are looking to a
disastrous year in 1980 with input
costs spiralling, especially energy
costs, and falling prices for their
products: -
If other countries staunchly stand
, behind agriculture in domestic and
world markets, 'I see no reason why
Canadians 'should get so uptight
about the same tactics being•used in
this country.
Canada has been a world leader in
wheat prodaction for decades. Now,
Australia is threatening that image.
I suppose we'll all sit back and allow
• it to happen. •
Our second-rate country image
wiltremain.
touch:.onothephi
sense between you and As* your electricity.
Common sense
means waiting until your
.lawn is dry before
cutting it with an electric
mower.
• Same nations in this troubled old
oblate Spheroid treat farmers pretty
good.. _
Most Canadians 'are aware that
about 30 years age,.;the United States
embarked . on a plan which paid'.
farmers• /not to'produce_ on some
land. The European `. Common
Market .famous'--or .infamous,,
depending on Which side of the fence
you are located' - for Supporting
:agricultural products to the point
where it is impossible -to' break into-
those markets through imPorts from
other countries.
France, for instance, has such a
support price for all dairy products
and most gains that other countries
simply cannot sett in FranCe, I-Os no
use• trying. At the same time, when
France has a surplus-of a Fertain
product, farmers" get their support
—price and the French taxpayer pays
to Sell the surplus products at prices
far below what, the •French farmer
Was paid. •
It's a system .which keeps farmers
producing and keeps them on the
land, doing what they know best how •
to do.
I am not suggesting that.
Canadians should subsidize
agriculture to this degree. I . am
suggesting, _though, that some
countries appreciate 'farmers and
willingly-deniOnstrate that fact.
Now comes word' that Australia,
through a planned system 'of sup.
port, could soon rival Canada for the
position of the second-most-
important wheat exporter in, the
world. The. U.S.A. is, of course, still
number one exporter df wheat.
Canada. has been number two for 50
ears -
Australia has adopted a five-year
wheat-marketing act which offers
faxtherS : high, guaranteed prices:
$114.70 (Australian) a tonne coin-
pared to $75 a tonne now.
• The changes being adopted to
wheat marketing arrangements' will
have profound effects on the in-
dustry and should lead to permanent
expansion of the area devoted to
wheat, says G. A. 1VicGregor,
ganada'•s first commercial
secretary posted at Canberra,
Australia. -
Under the plan the farmers Down
Under may' quickly reach a point
The most important thing to
remember when you're working
with electricity is simply this:
always keep a little common