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Remembrance Day poster winners in a contest sponsored by the Blyth Royal Canadian
Legion Branch 420 were presented Feb. 24 at Blyth Public School. Winners were given prizes
by Mary Lou Stewart, left, Public Relations Officer with Blyth Legion and Donna Dougherty
(right), president of Branch 420. Winners were, back row, left to right) Skye Lantinga, Blyth
P.S., third prize, intermediate black and white; Becky Morrison, Blyth, second prize
intermediate colour; Abigail Ramirez, Blyth, first prize intermediate colour; April
VanAmersfoort, Blyth, first prize intermediate black and white; Jennifer Brigham, Blyth,
second prize intermediate black and white; Teresa Smith, Blyth, third place intermediate
colour. Front row: Chris Dunbar, Hullett, third place junior black and white; Nathan Hubbard,
Blyth, second place junior black and white; Joey Schmidt, Blyth, first place junior black and
white; Jud Hakkers, Blyth, second place junior colour; and Katie Snell, Hullett, third place
junior colour.
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1993 PAGE 17
Abuse of service
concerns council
Continued from page 1
per cent per year.
Ms Brown said she had been
doing some fundraising in Brussels
and already had pledges of $260 to
support Wheels Away. "We're
going to be looking at which ser-
vice clubs might help raise funds,"
she said.
"We'll take all contributions,"
Reeve Gordon Workman said.
"We're busting our butts to keep
our taxes down."
Councillor Dave Hastings won-
dered why Wheels Away didn't
charge more than the $2.50 per ride
fare now charged. Many people he
talked to would gladly pay more for
the service, he said. But Rev.
MacMillan explained that in deter-
mining the grant from the Ministry
of Transportation, fares are deduct-
ed. Charging more for a ride would
mean less grant and the service
would be further in the red, he said.
Councillors objected to the fact
the service only went to Wingham.
"We're trying to maintain the via-
bility of our main street and not pay
to send people to Wingham,"
Councillor Bruce Hahn said. But
Ms Brown suggested people from
Wingham might want to visit the
Thrift Shop in Brussels, and other
wheel-chair accessible shops and
facilities.
Councillor Dave Hastings point-
ed out that many Brussels residents
would rather go to Listowel than
Wingham but the cost of having
Wheels Away take them there was
very high compared to a trip to
Wingham. Ms Workman said the
service was set up specifically for
Wingham and surrounding area.
Hopefully, other similar services
would be set up in Listowel and
Seaforth and with a reciprocal
agreement between them, disabled
people would be able to travel from
one area to another at a reasonable
cost.
She explained that not just any-
one can use the service. People
must apply, based on their need for
the service. People in wheel chairs,
elderly people who can no longer
drive, people on medication who
aren't allowed to drive and people
who find it hard to get into a car
because of orthopedic problems are
among those who can use the ser-
vice. "Access to transportation
keeps people happy, healthy and
well." It helps keep people out of
hospital, she said.
She warned, however, that if all
municipalities served by Wheels
Away don't give support, the board
of directors may have to look at
reducing service, including not pro-
viding service to those municipali-
ties that didn't give support. "If
Brussels enters into an agreement
we won't have to look at this," she
said.
But after the group left, it became
obvious that although councillors
had received answers to many
questions, they still weren't con-
vinced. Councillor Hastings sug-
gested the group could cut costs by
having a group of volunteer drivers
for the van instead of a paid driver.
Councillors said they supported
the need for some form of trans-
portation for people who really
needed it, but felt some people
were abusing the service, taking
trips that weren't needed or using it
when they could use other, cheaper
transportation. They were united in
their feeling they didn't want to be
part of an agreement on cost shar-
ing at the present. Councillor Hahn
suggested that perhaps service
clubs, if approached, might provide
the funding needed without having
to inflate taxes. Councillor Wilson
suggested council should accept
any donation it can get to offset the
cost. Councillor Mary Stretton
made the motion to support Wheels
Away for its 1992 deficit without
entering an agreement, and to
accept any donations to help with
the cost.
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