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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-07-08, Page 641 Pip 6maw Sentinel, Wedni 'y, July o9 1981 Th 1.1:1.: SENTINEL slim Soppy Town" batabllahed 1873 JOCELYN SHRIEK - Publisher SHARON J, DIEtZ :Edit ANTHONY N. JOH1$TONR • Adyertising and ' • General Manager. PAT LIVINGSTON • Office Maniger MERLE ELLIOTT.. Typesetter JOAN HELM - Composition g rsineis and Editorlai.Office Telephone 528,.2822 Milling Addrem% P,O, box 400, Lucknow, NOG 2110 Second Class Mail Registration Number .0847 Sub.erripdon rate, 813.80 per year In advance Senior,Cittten rate, 811.80 per year In advance ° U.S.A. id Foreign, 8 ao per year In. advance Sr. Cit. U.S.A. aid Foreign, 821.00 per year In advance i• fculturimportance The Blyth Summer Festival opened Friday evening with a, touching and compassionate look at the Amish community. Tree to. Blyth tradition the festival is presenting plays about. the peoplewho live in the immediate area of the festival and will make upthe audience who come to see the plays. The Farm Show, TheSchool Show, and St. Sam and the had failed to convince 'the public that they should use seat belts. It was indicated in the announcement that about 300 lives have been saved, on average, each year since the legisla- tion was passed in 1976: " Urea Formaldehyde The Ministry of Health has released contact information for people who wish to have their homes tested under the recently announced program. In taken from the surrounding communities which have made Bruce County residents should contact report from queen's park steam received support from all sides Thum sy J. Elston, M.P.P. of the House. neuron-Hrucej Municipal Affairs Bill 121," which will allow municip-. aloes to increase interest rates on, • .. The Government .has announced that GAINS cheques will be delivered directory .to senior citizens if the current postal strike goes beyond the 15th of July. - At the same time, vendors and corporatio}rs may make • their pay - meats of taxes to the Government. through their local chartered banks. Those ,who. , file under Ontario tax legislation may drop off their returns and payments at any Retail Sales Tax, Regional Assessment -Office or Prov- ince of Ontario. Savings Officefor delivery to Toronto for processing. Seat Bolts The Solicitor General announced that police have been directed to step up enforcement of the seat belt legislation. Citing a decline in seat belt use, the Solicitor Generalindicat- edthat a program of public education Nuke Pile ire only three of the plays Blyth has presented which dealt with subjects close to the hearts of people living in the rural Community that is southwestern Ontario. Whether we realize :it or not, Blyth is providing the people of the area with an insight into: their way of life that is rare. indeed. How' many other , communities have a theatre recording their history and examining their lifestyle. Blyth, Summer Festival has also proven you don't have to present classical plays to be successful. The farm, the nuclear question, a school strike, the Amish way of life are all subjects entertaining, thought provoking plays at the Blyth festival. But then the success of such playwrights as Moliere and Shakespeare lay in their ability to examine important ques- tions of their day and present them to their audience. Some times they criticized, but always they made the audience laugh at . themselves and encouraged them to look : at them- selves. the Medical Officer of Health, Dr. L. C. Vicente a. t the Bruce County Health' Unit, County Building, Box 248, Walkerton - 881-1920. In Huron County, contact ., Dr. H. R. Ciesiar, Acting Medical - Officer , 'of Health, The Blyth Summer Festival is important to the culture of Huron County Health Unit, Court our area and we should appreciate the rare wealth of excellentHouse, Goderich - 524=8301... theatre; provided by the festival. Here are plays-writtenabout . .� Power Corporation Act Amendment Bill 86, which amended the Act, has ourselves presented insuch a way that we can laugh at received .. Royal ,Assent and Ontario ourselves, consider questions affecting our lives and get a' Hydro is now able, to produce and sell glimpse of how others see us. And it's all done in such a way steamenergy to the Ontario public. that we can enjoy every minute of it. ' I The way is now clear to proceed with , the Bruce Energy Park, since the amendment clears - up . one of the difficulties faced by Ontario Hydro. The- portion of the bill dealing with A PLACE FOR KIDS e The 'Sensible Game This game is called "The Sensible Game" because you use three of your senses --- taste, touch, and smell —• to play It. You can- play this game with two or more people the more the merrier. 1 To play you need: 1.a blindfold 2.5 taste sensations, such as salt, sugar, flour, instant coffee, powdered spices, pieces of fruit, etc. 3.5 smell sensations, such as lemons, leaves, drinks,. soap, mud, ink, etc. 4.5 touch sensations, such as wool, wood, plastic, glass, metal, feathers, etc. Directions: 1.collect all the things you want to test people with 2.each personputs' on a blindfold andtries to guess what they are tasting, touching, or smelling 3.if you have a large group of people playing you may want to keep score on a piece of paper 4.the person who identifies the most things correctly is the winner of the game, or the most sensible. (c) Canada Wide Feature Services Limited by MacKay Fairfield Tate redtrees unpaid taxes was passed quickly despite suggestions by Housing Min- ister Claude Bennet that the Opposi- tion Liberals were holding it up. The Bill was quickly passed once It was finally placed on the daily order paper, and was supported by all parties. Hospital,. Bill 113 introduced by 'Dennis,, Tim= brell, the Minister of Health, which ' is designed to give the Government broad sweeping powers to step in and virtually take over any hospital it wants, has been met by strong opposition. °Originally introduced by the Minister to deal, he said, with the Toronto East General Hospital matter, the bill has general application to all hospitals in Ontario, . not just Toronto. East General. The Opposition has agreed to pass legislation to deal specifically with the Toronto East General situationif the a Minister wants, but the Opposition has dem$�'1n- ded that the Minister not use the Toronto situation to put legislation in place that would allow Government take over of any hospital which, in the Governments opinion, was not per- forming properly. Conceivably, . the legislation could be ' used in the cases like the ones which arose at Wingham, Clinton, Seaford' and elsewhere, : when local: Board people reacted unfavourably to the Ministry bed closure announce- meets. This legislation cannot be supported if . one wants to protect the rights of local people to govern their local institutions. - Even the proposed amendments to be sponspred by. Minister Timbrell have . not kone far enough to alleviate concerns. The Ontario Medical Asso- ciation has termed them "a cosmetic gesture'. . Censorship The Minister of Consumer and Commerical Relations has announced censorship changes which are to be effective August lst. Under the new di provincial film classification categor- les, children 14 years of age and over _will be permitted to see some movies which were 'previously restrictedto people 18 . and over. A new "adult accompaniment" category is to be created, under which children 14 years old and over can see certain movies ,. without being ,accompanied` by an adult, but those under 14 must be accompanied by someone over 18.. The restricted category, under which ad- mittance is limited . to those over 18, will remain:. • ' Heating Tax Credit Under the program, taxpayers with taxable incomes of less than 56,000 a year will be eligible next spring for tax credits of up to $60 and pensioners will . receive a flat S60 grant to help with higher home heating costs. Advisory Boards. -It may well be that about ,80 provincial advisory agencies, such as the Ontario Economic Council, could soon be abolished under a new. "sunset" review policy. The Govern'- ment's Agencies Review Committee listed in its report some 79 agencies which could be scrapped over a three- year period ° beginning in 1982. The object of the sunset review "is to ensure effectiveness end efficiency in the contribution of these bodies to the overall policy and program formula- - tion process according to the report. While .all agencies will be reviewed, only those "which are no longer. needed will be abolished. The. minister . responsible for a particular agency will be required to review its functions at least .once every five years to determine if it should be abolished, then take his decision to' cabinet for . approval. In addition, a sunset clause will be included in any legislation or order -in -council creating a new advis- ory.. agency. Most government .advis- ory agencies meetonly sporadically, paying their members on, a per -diem basis. But a few have full time salaried staff. The Ontario Economic Council, the Ontario Status of Women Council, and the Advisory Committee on Con- it federation, could be phased out next year, the report suggests. By Don Campbell It was noon before Hamish Murdoch drove his team and wagon alongside the brig, "Marie" at the dock in . Toronto. He went up the gangplank to find help in carrying the injured Pierre Decherd aboard. The captain shouted to the crew who were eating lunch below decks and four seamen appeared, annoyed at being interrupted at their meal. When the captain was out of earshot, they tried to make Hamish understand that they were not supposed to be stretcher bearers, especially during the noon day break. Their scowls, curses and excited dialogue had little . effect upon Hamish. He understood nothing of what they said. Pierre Bechard quickly shut their mouths. A few words in French, (very choice words Hamish guessed), and the patient was carried aboard. Before he left he took Hamish by the hand. "God'go with you my friend, If He is willing, l shall be back as soon as the snow' has left the bush," As Hamish drove away, he ponder- ed on his next item of business. He had to pick -up a supply of whisky for William Blake but his most urgent need was to find somebody to; help him fell trees and finish building the cabin, With these thoughts in ,.rind, he turned off Yoege Street, on to a side road called Lat. It was somewhere in this vicinity 'that he would find Chippy Chisholm and Grant the blacksmith. The sounds of a hammer striking an anvil, guided him to a sign: "Chis- holm & Grant - Carriage • Works and Blacksmithy". The sign was hardly in keeping with - the shabby looking establishment. The building was merely an open front- wooden estab- ture, at the entrance of which, a familiar face looked anxiously up and down the street in anticipation of business. It was Chippy Chishohnl "It's the time o' the year when carriage work is scarce," Chippy said toexplain his empty shop. "Maybe soon 1'11 be getting some sleighs -to build." In truth, the old seaman could not compete with his carriage making competitors. It was in fact, Grant who kept the partnership alive. In those days, as indeed in this present age of tech iological advancement, there was no substitute for the skilled hands of the blacksmith! The cheerful optimism of Chippy Chisholm could not hide the reality of his present position. In humiliation, he was obliged - to rely upon Grant for sustenance in that otherwise prosper- ous and thriving community called Toronto, Suddenly, Hamish saw the answer to the problems of both he and Chippy. It did, however, require a little canny tact to arrive at solution, without causing the old man ember- rasstnent. "l dinna expect ye would hae the time yesel, but di ye ken a man who would help me tae finish a wee hoose before the full o' -the winter?" . Chippy stroked his beard in pre- tending thought and adopted a "matter of fact" tone in his reply. "Good carpenters are hard to find," he said, with a slow shake of the head. "No, I canna ,think where yewould find such a man." He paused and looked at Hamish. There was a twinge of a smile at the corners of his mouth and a twinkle of humour in his eyes. "Unless ye had a friend who could help ye. A friend and a Highlander perhaps like Chippy Chisholm!" Hamish was delighted. "Then yell come away wi me tae Richmond Hill?" "Aye, that I will, that is, if ye can wait until the morn," Chippy said cackling with laughter. So it was all arranged. The horses end wagon could be left in the carriage shop until the next day, when the two would return to the half built log cabin it the bush by Blake's Folly. There was, however, one • very im- portant item of personal , business which H'atnish had to attend to during 'his brief visit to the capital of Upper Canada. He asked Chippy if he knew the addresses of the other "Friends of Skye" who lived in Toronto. ' "That I do," Chippy said with a crafty smirk, "I ssee them all'frorn time to time, But I dinna think ye'1l be wantn' to' visit the Reverend, Doctor Cameron, or any of the others. No, no, not this time!"" He winked in a sly, knowing way, "I think ye'li only be lookin' for one of our friends. Would the name by any chance by MacQueen - Katie MacQueen?"