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The Citizen, 1991-05-29, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1991. A good read A quiet corner is always nice when you’re trying to get in a little reading. Kevin Bundy, a member of the Blyth Festival company reads a magazine while other shoppers browse through the tables of books at the annual Blyth Festival Book Sale Saturday at Blyth Memorial Hall. The event raised about $2000 for the Festival. Distributing heat keeps money in your pocket Now’s your chance to help shape the future Continued from page 5. involved. And subsequently, those who choose to become involved will be watching to see what affect their suggestions have on the deci­ sions made by those in power. If you are a person who believes that one person cannot make a dif­ ference or if you have ever said "you cannot change city hall" or "no one ever listens to me", you now have an opportunity to prove yourself wrong. If large meetings overwhelm you and you are reluc­ tant to stand up and make your ideas known — RELAX. We will be working in small groups and you can put your ideas on paper. To all farmers: we realize this is a bad lime of year for public meet­ ings, but if it rains on June 5th, please come. YOU are important to your com­ Letter from the Editor Continued from Page 5. time. It means that if a charity, a theatre or an art gallery went broke, the volunteer directors, who get nothing for the many hours of ser­ vice they put in for the organiza­ tion, would be personally liable for those back wages, vacation pay and severance pay. Such groups are ter­ rified they'll lose their volunteers if the legislation proceeds unchanged. Even if a director resigned he/she would be responsible for those costs for a couple of years after the resignation. There is something to be said for the argument that for too long the working people have been under-represented in government but the problem is that now the munity. It does not matter if you are poor or rich, if you are jobless or hold an important position, if you are young or old, if you are disabled or fleet-footed or if you have only lived in Huron County a few months. The key phrase in community development is "the wisdom of the community will always exceed the knowledge of the experts." Please make time to come out to this meeting on June 5th. Bring a friend. Bring your teenagers - the future belongs to them. Let's show how the people of Huron can work together to solve problems and make things happen. Remember: this is the county which started the fanners' rebellion of 1837. BEVERLEY A. BROWN BRUSSELS pendulum has swung too far. In a government of lifetime employees there is no understanding of the realities of running a business, be it a little comer store or a non-profit theatre or a larger employer. There's an employee's mentality that the bosses are all rich and lazy and probably crooked and that if there's any justice they'll be made to pay for their sins. That mentality ignores the millions of hard-work­ ing self-employed business owners, many of whom make less than employees of larger firms. I had hoped, listening to Pre­ mier Rae, that being pro-worker didn't mean being anti-business but the reality of government legisla­ tion doesn't look that way. Theatre says thanks for support THE EDITOR, Thank you to the dozens of peo­ ple who donated over 5,(XX) books to the Blyth Festival Book Sale. As a result of your generosity and the hundreds of book lovers who descended on Blyth Memorial Hall last weekend, we were able to raise almost $2,000 for the theatre. Another special thank you to the special volunteers - the Friends of Blyth who co-ordinated everything from the pancake breakfast to book sorting. JANE GARDNER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS. We carry this area's largest selection of TOP QUALITY FLOWERING SHRUBS Many in bloom today, priced from $8.00 MAITLAND MANOR NURSERY 335-3240 2 Ml. E. OF BLUEVALE, HWY 86 Open weekdays 'til dark Sat. 9 - 6 Sun. 10-5 For both oil- and gas-fired heat­ ing systems, the distribution of heat is generally not as good as it could be. A large portion of heat is often concentrated in areas that don't require it, like basements which are usually poorly insulated. So, much of the heat is lost to the outside instead of going where it is needed. To improve the distribution of heat, tape duct joints and insulate warm air ducts or pipes. For warm air systems, balance the air distri­ bution, extend the circulating fan's on-cycle and consider purchasing a two-speed fan that runs continuous­ ly at low speed when the furnace is not operational. It is estimated that half of the homes in Canada could make these minor improvements in heat distribution and achieve a 10 to 20 per cent reduction in fuel bills and carbon dioxide emissions. Even minor improvements to a heating, system can generate sub­ stantial fuel savings. This helps your pocketbook and at the same time you're doing something to benefit the environment. Of course, the most obvious means of con­ serving energy and lowering carbon dioxide emissions would be to cut back on fuel consumption by low­ ering the temperature. This can be done painlessly by installing a microprocessor-controlled furnace thermostat that you can pre-set. 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FOR GOOD QUALITY GOOD VARIETY & GOOD SUPPLY BEDDING PLANTS SHOP CHRISTMAS & COUNTRY BLYTH 523-4820 -CHECK IT OUT- NOW Many of our Annuals (£ 4 00 are 6 plants to a box v * 80 NOTICE CHANGE OF MEETING East Wawanosh council will hold regular June meeting on Monday, June 3, 1991 at 7:30 p.m. IT WON'T BE LONG AND