The Citizen, 1992-01-22, Page 11THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1992. PAGE 11.
Kevin Coultes (left) past president of the Blyth Industrial Hockey League and Pat Cronin,
secretary of the league (right) present a cheque to Hebo Siertsema, chairman of the Blyth and
District Community Centre Board. The league gave $2500 towards cleaning and painting of
the beams in the arena and $200 toward the new benches in the lobby.
Hosp. Aux. donates
$3,000 for equipment
Thirty members of Clinton Pub
lic Hospital Auxiliary attended the
January meeting, when $3,000 was
presented to the hospital towards
the cost of the new ultrasound
equipment. Another $5,000 is need
ed to fully pay for this equipment.
Leona Towton, president, pre
sented a silver bank to this year's
first baby, Andre Egli. The Christ
mas draw for a ‘looney tree’ was
won by Rachel Johnston, just in
time for the celebration of her 80th
birthday at the end of December.
Best wishes were extended to
Rachel.
Recipes are still needed in order
to complete the recipe book, which
is being prepared as an Auxiliary
fundraising project. It is planned to
have the books on sale at the card
cavalcade parties planned for
February. The Clinton party is
scheduled for Wednesday, Febru
ary 5, and it will be held at Ontario
Street United Church. Everyone is
invited to come and play your
favourite game of cards, with
bridge scheduled for 1:30 p.m., and
’’euchre will be played at 7:30 p.m.
Refreshments arc included in the
$3 per person admission charge.
Sharon Veitch announced plans
for a garage sale to be held by the
teen volunteers, at her home on
Shipley Street. Donations arc wel
come. The monthly draw was won
by Anne Rayner.
A lengthy discussion about
Christmas decorations - their care
and storage - took place with
requests for donations from mem
bers in lime for next year. Each
year some decorations arc broken
and considerable cost has gone into
the decorations presently on hand.
Because of limited storage space,
please bring any donated decora
tions just in time for next Christ
mas.
Letter to the editor
Reader tells political predictions
THE EDITOR,
Here are my predictions of all-
out bafoonery of the politicians that
bug us - “It is better to laugh at
fools than cry about our desperate
circumstances.”
Canadians tried of hearing
government lies year after year
about reducing the size of the
bureaucracy, will take it into their
own hands to bring about a reduc
tion of useless government depart
ments. By housing these
departments on the ice of Lake
Ontario it is thought 90 per cent of
the bureaucrats will leave their
employment. Those who refuse to
be frozen out of their jobs will find
their employment dissolve in the
spring.
Farmers angry over broken
promises of aid to beef producers
will try to assassinate Mulroney
and Clark by tying them up and
burying them in manure. Mulroney
will utilize his chin as a shovel and
will dig his way out. Clark will not
be so fortunate.
In the government's never-ending
search for new revenue; they will
set up a phoney commission of
bureaucrats acting as scientists,
who will brilliantly reveal to us that
breathing takes oxygen out of the
air - so it is only logical and fair to
tax heavy breathers (perverts will
call it a sin tax). The public will be
forced to purchase mouth gauges at
blown-up prices from a government
agency and then pay also for
intake. It will be rumoured that
they will be investing in the breath
meter fashion industry for women.
With the numbers of old age pen
sioners going up yearly the
Minister of Finance will see an
opportunity of new taxation. A spe
cial tax will be levied on Geritol.
This will pass through Parliament
despite the protest of the nursing
home lobby and outcry of seniors,
who scream backdoor clawback of
pensions’ income. The Senate will
nap during the bill's passage
through its chambers.
1992 will see a jockeying of
movements between the public and
federal Conservatives. It will begin
in early spring when one Homer P.
Thinkalot sends a letter to the edi
tor saying that Canadians write to
their Prime Minister and Members
of Parliament telling them that they
would not think less of them if they
quit; rather they would think more
of them if they would. The idea
will take off and millions of letters
will flood in, so a campaign by the
government will be set up to smear
him in the media.
Business feeling stung and
betrayed by letdowns - Free Trade
and the GST did not turn out to be
the paradise they expected - busi
ness will jump into the dump-Mul-
roney campaign. After extensive
lobbying is unsuccessful, the Coun
cil of Small Businesses will launch
a massive newspaper ad blitz in
many languages, convinced that the
Conservatives do not understand
English.
This struggle will apex when the
Pied Piper of Hamlin is sent to
Ottawa to rid Canada of our rats.
Finally Meech II will fail and
preparations will be made by
Bourassa to ignore Canada better,
while at the same time taking more
from the rest of us in Meech III, IV
and V.
Robert McQueen
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