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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-09-22, Page 6idltoliel 4*. 4.1 N "The Sepoy Town" Established 1873 THOMAS A. THOMPSON . Advertising Manager SHARON, J, DIHTZ Editor PAT LiVINOSTON Office Manager JOAN HELM: = Compositor MERLE ELLIOTT . Typesetter Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday) Optembar 22, 1982 Business and Editorial Office telephone 526.2022 Mailing Address P.0, Box 400, Lucknow, NOG.2H0 'Second Class Mail Registration Number 0847 Subscription rate, $14.30 per year In advance Senior Citizen rate, $12,00 per year in advance U.S.A. and Ferelnn, $38.00 per Year Ie idvsnee. Sr. Cit. U.S.A. and Foreign,. $36.00 per year in advance Page 6 LUCKN Ease municipalities' harden Proud hard. -working people who have never before been dependent on public •insistence are having to swallow their pride and apply for welfare. That is the human reality of unemployment in Ontario today. The unemployment rate in the province is currently 10.1 per cent. The number of welfare recipients in .Bruce has increased 30 per cent over the past. year Which places a heavy burden on the municipality. Indeed the county's share of the half million dollar increase in welfare payments projected for this year, contributed significantly to the county's 19.3 per cent increase in its proposed budget. . . Administration and welfare „.costs for social services, which include day care expenditures, is expected to increase to 81.55 million, up from 81403 million last year.. According to Dick Verrips, social serviced administrator for Bruce County, the • projected budget is on target. •A significant proportion of the increase in the welfare rolls is occurring because people have exhausted their unemployment insurance benefits. • Manpower and social service officials in . both Huron and Bruce counties are concerned the welfare rolls will climb drastically this winter as UIC benefits discontinue. : .The municipalities should not have to bear this burden alone, The policies of the federal government have produced an economic climate in Which unemployment is epidemic, Ottawa should bear the responsibility.' and the costs. .The federal government should extend unemployment insurance benefits for people •who can't find jobs when their initial S0 -week entitlement period ends, Municipal governments are the least capable of carrying the burden of supporting -,the unemployed. Municipalities can only rake revenues through property taxes which are ., regressive as they„rarely reflect a property owner's ability to pay. Indeed tax arrears . are building up in some municipalities including Lucknow as the economy worsens, Local governments can hardly consider tax increases when the fax arrears are already mounting, • More importantly the 'municipalities have not created .the .economic • recession which has led to unemployment and • they can do little to improve the. state of the economy.' • • The economy is in the hands of the federal government which' should be putting at least as much .effort into job • creation' as into fighting inflation.. A policy to revive the economy should include stimulation . of such .production and job intensive sectors as transporta- tion, energy; housing, forestry,. manufacturing 'and 'high technology. . • In the meantime white. Ottawa extends unemployment benefits, Ontarid should pay a larger share of the welfare costs, The province pays 30 per cent but there is a provision for it to pay 40- per cent in localities where unemployment exceeds six per cent of the population, This provision should be implemented: While they are at it, Bill Davie Mid his colleagues can do their share to stimulate Ontario's economy:through job Creation programs to put. people back to work,. It's time the federal government as well as Queen's Park got their'priorities•straight 'We have been fighting inflation on the backs of the unemployed long enough. Job creation will stimulate ;the economy, put people back to work and reduce the welfare rolls, at the library Adult reading dub Beginning Tuesday, September 28th. at 8 p,m, there will be monthly meetings of an adult reading club at the Lucknow Library, led by Lorna Guay, the past librarian. The group will choose.a beok.to read each month and have one evening's discussion about it. Enough books, in paperback will be provided by the Bruce County Public Library for each member to have their own copy to read. A, Canadian author, Gabrielle Roy's novel, Where Nests The Water Hen, will be the first selection and will be available an September 28. The group will then choose "their j own titles for discussion. The club will meet once a month `through the winter at a time set by the ntemters et the orgaanizaational meeting on Tuesday, September 28th. , redtrees ,by doncampbeil By the time Ian Jamieson arrived at Kelly's Emporium he was chilled to the bone. HIS face was reddened by the biting wind and his cheeks were streaked with tears. Having ridden so far, there was the strong scent of horse upon his clothing and his gilt was stiff through long 'hours in the saddle,..' Insde. the store, he looked around for Kathleen Kelly and saw her talking to a client at the rear of. the establishment.. In Jamieson's eyes, she was just as attractive, prim and proper as the first daythey mit. As he waited for her to finish her business, he tried to formulate what he would say. For an est -shies captain and so used to taking command in unusual situations, he had difficulty in finding the right words. Ironically; when shewas at last free to receive him, he became completely dumb• founded by her presence, Without a word,he took her warm soft fingers into a cold rough hand and pressed them to his lips. It was . this gentle but profound gesture of.love and- respect which confirmed, in one fleeting moment, that this was the only man who could dominate her life. Fate . had been cruel .to Kathleen Kelly, When scarcely more than a child of the Belfast streets,she had married Sean Kelly as the only means of escaping poverty and hunger, Since that . time, she . had" acquired both affluence and education, but her dealings with people were . reserved and. guarded, In her individual transactions she had become suspicious of any words which could notbe documented and signed. Determined to remain inde- pendent, she had disciplined herself to maintain a high proficiency in busi- ness, It was as though she acted a part which WAS cold and aloof. Even at this moment, she was not about to reveal her a motions. With her ususal enacted . composure, she cam- ouflaged her feelings. There was even a trace of derision mixed with her Irish brogue. ' "Sure and I did not expect to see you again until the spring," she said, trying hard to be casual, "Do 1 take it you are tired of pioneering in the Caledon Hilts, or have you come, to tell me you are going back to sea?" . Jamieson had• hoped that she would have understood perfectly the purpose of his visit. So successftll was. Kath- leen Miter play acting, that he failed to observe the blush which came to her motionless face, or the soft glint in her eye. .He suddenly lost his usual diplo. matic approach and blurted out his ..._ reply like a small boy, addressing a school mistress, "You must forvive me ma'am, for this sudden and unannounced visit, I' tried hard to wait, so that you might have time to consider my proposal, but 1 • Was • overcome with a loneliness, which could only be relieved by your presence." There was a strained, earnest look upon his face, which pleaded for understanding. "1 must know your answer for .indeed, without you to share my life, 1. shall, as. you have suggested, be obliged to sign. on with a ship; as soon as.the waterways are open. •, "You touch foe Sir," she said., and Jamieson was not sure if she meant it, "But you cannot expect me to change my life, dispose of mybusiness and follow you into the bush just. on the spur of the momentl" The look upon Jamieson's face was of sadness and dejection which even Kathleen Kelly could not view without a gesture of sympathy. She took his arm and drew him close to her like a woman might comfort a child, He was suddenly thrilled by her soft warmth ° and the faint, perfume which drifted from her being. "There hasbeen enough , time to consider what we discussed. .in the fall," she said, and . a faint smite appeared on her face, "I have already come to a decision, if my plans meet with your approval, The love. and honour of marriage 1 can uphold, but as for obeying, that will never be a part of my future, not even for your, It is my intention to maintain what 1 have accumulated over the years and con- . time to use, my resources to further._ my own interests," He was relieved beyond his wildest expectations, but he saw a side to Kathleen he never imagined could possibly have existed, "Then I shall stay until we have finalized all the arrangements to our mutual satisfaction," he said. Jamieson was now happy, light hearted and almost in at jesting mood, "Do you think, ma'am, you could tolerate living amongst the Friends of Skye?" Kathleen laughed out loud, "1 Can live anywhere my mind determines," she said. "The best of life 1 have yet to know,, and the worst, I. have already experienced!" . Chant will get a fight If the province is to pursue the establishment of a liquid industrial waste treatment and disposal plant then the likely target for the site is in. the southwestern Ontario region, The Ontario Waste Management : Corporation revealed September 14, through chairman Donald Chp►nt,, that wide- spread areas in an area south of Kincardine to London were most suitable for the waste disposal site, The news is a result of recent hydrogeological studies that classes land according to suitability, The study was the first phase in the government's attempt to find ai suitable.> location in the province for a liquid waste disposal site, Now th Waste Management Corporation will proceed with the second phase of the study which will involve an in depth look at the preferred sites, including Ashfield Township in Huron County, and examine the feasibility of constructing small regional plants as opposed to one major factory. Chant told a.news conference the corporation could consider building separate treatment and disposal plants across the province. The study released by OWMC indicates that the Ashfield Township area, ars°'we11 as others in the province, is a prime site because of the heavy clay soil, The province produces 1,5 million tonnes of liquid industrial waste each year which cannot be ,adequately handled through normalwaste disposal systems, Industry treats 45 per cent of the waste, municipalities handle another 40 per cent end 10 per cent is reccycled, The remaining five per rent is unaccounted for and couid be posing threats to healthnd the production of food. Chant crow has the unenviable task of taking his first phase studyto the public in the areas of preferred sites, Ile will undoubtedly get a rough reeeptionl wherever he takes his liquid waste disposal site show, The province must find a solution to the problem of disposal but naturally nobody wants the. site in their backyard, But, at least,. the OWMC will give financial support to any groups opposing the recommendations of Chant to a hearings board, There is much concern in this area and the province is going to have long tough 'fight before the waste disposal site problem is solved, .—Goderich Signal-5ar.