The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1995-05-03, Page 7Duck! A sellout crowd with a larger attendance than realized in its history has organizers of the Maitland Conservation Foundation's annual auction hoping for at least the same profit of $10,000 as last year. No figures were available at press time. Foundation Chair Vince Judge, left, assists auctioneer Dave Carson with his task at the annual event held in Brussels on Friday evening. Liberal campaign off and running Notice of Liquor Licence Application Ontario The following establishment has applied to the Liquor Licence Board of Ontario for a liquor licence under the Liquor Licence Act: Application for a Sale Licence Brussels, Morris & Grey Community Centre Plan 194, Part Park Lot 8, Brussels Any resident of the municipality may make written submission as to whether the issuance of the licence is in the public interest having regard to the needs and wishes of the residents. Submissions must be received no later than June 3, 1995. Please include your name, address and telephone number. Note: The LLBO gives the applicant copies of all objections. Submissions to be sent to: Licensing and Permits Branch Liquor Licence Board of Ontario 55 Lake Shore Blvd. E., Toronto ON M5E 1A4 Fax: (416) 326-5555 Scrimgeour's Food Market BLYTH 523-4551 Values In Effect From Monday, May 1 , 1995 to Sunday, May 7,1995 Savings Are Based On Regular Retails We Reserve The Right To Limit Quantities To Normal Family Requirements. BANANAS Product of The Tropics Dole, Delmonte or Chiquita .73 kg Town Club COTTAGE ROLLS "SWEET PICKLED" 3.95 kg 1.79 lb. PORK LOIN CHOPS Fresh Young Canadian Pork (Ea. Pkg. contains 3 Center, 3 Rib & 3 Tenderloin End Chops) 3.95 kg Cavendish FRENCH FRIES Shoestring, Straight, Crinkle or Country Cut 1 kg Pkg. 99 BATHROOM TISSUE B Roll Pkg. 1 .7 9 CHEEZ WHIZ 1 kg Jar or KRAFT CANADIAN SINGLE CHEESE SLICES Without 1 kg Pkg. coupon 5.99 499 Nielsen 44672964 Value 1.00 With this PLU 2918 coupon Valid only at Knechtel Assoc. Stores until closing Sun, May 7, 1995 THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1995. PAGE 7. Johns says welfare critical issue Off and running, the provincial Liberals started "campaigning" on the morning of April 28, hours before the official word came of the election slated for June 8. Huron candidate John Jewitt held a public session in Wingham in the afternoon to meet with the people to discuss his place on the Liberal team. "I believe we must move quickly to replace the present provincial government which continues to spend in excess of $30 million more per day than it brings in. We can no longer afford to accommo- date the financial mismanagement and bankrupt integrity which domi- nates in the ranks of the present NDP government," says Jewitt. A mobility bus could soon be rolling along Huron County roads, as initial fundraising goals have been met for this special service. Recently, the Huron Adult Day Centre made a $14,000 donation to the Central Huron Mobility Service (CHuMS), which will allow CHuMS to tender for the bus to serve seniors and the physically disabled. Rosemary Armstrong, director of the Day Centre, explained that they have had their own bus for six or seven years to serve their clients, and over the years, they have been putting money aside in a bus reserve fund, to purchase a new vehicle when it became necessary. "We had that money specifically put aside for transportation needs," she said. However, as work has progressed on getting the mobility service up and running, Armstrong explained that the Day Centre board of directors, realizing CHuMS was going to service much of the centre's transportation needs, donated the money to CHuMS. "Our board thought it was fiscally responsible to give this money to CHuMS," Armstrong said, adding that this relieves the pressure on the Day Centre to buy a new bus. CHuMS fundraising Chair Bev Brown was equally pleased with the arrangement. "We're absolutely thrilled with the donation from the Day Centre." Armstrong noted that the clients of the centre will be using the CHUMS bus once that service is up Intent on focusing his campaign on job creation and the future of health care, education and other essential programs, Jewitt says, the Liberals have the best plan for eco- nomic renewal which will meet those goals. "The Ontario Liberal Balanced Budget Plan will reduce govern- ment spending by $4.1 billion, pro- vide stable funding (to maintain) health care and education at current levels and cut taxes by a realistic five per cent over five years." It is time to stop giving business many reasons to go anywhere, but here, he says, and to ensure the possibility of future investment in Huron. "It is time to undo the damage." and running. "The Day Centre will be a major fee-paying customer. We'll have a contract to use the bus," she said, adding that for example, the CHuMS bus will travel outside the CHuMS area to pick up Day Centre clients if necessary. "We will use the bus to pick up people who are wheelchair bound, and not easily transported," she continued, adding that the Day Centre will also continue to use their "wonderful volunteer drivers." Stating that it was a big 'step for the Day Centre to give up the idea of purchasing a new bus for their own use, Brown said CHUMS will be working very closely with the centre to ensure they "provide the same Class A service Day Centre clients are used to." Brown explained that the service had an agreement with member municipalities that they would have $55,000 in the bank before the tenders were called for the bus, and after a meeting Thursday night, tenders went out Friday morning. "It has been a lot of work, but we're ready to go." She added that she expects tenders will be opened on May 24, the day before their May meeting, and hopefully the bus will be ordered on May 26. "It's certainly moving...we're pretty excited about it," she said. And while the donation will allow CHuMS to order their bus, Brown stressed that fundraising for the service will continue. "We will be continuing to fundraise for start- up costs and operating costs," which will include those for drivers, a telephone and insurance. "A critical question in the election called for June 8 will be which party has the best plan to salvage Ontario's out of control Welfare system", Huron PC candidate Helen Johns said today. John's comments follow several news reports over the last few weeks on the province's spiralling welfare cases which now outstrip those of Newfoundland on a per capita basis. Johns confirmed that the increase in welfare case loads increased 19.2 per cent in 1990, 36.3 per cent in 1991 and 21.8 per cent in 1992. The number of welfare beneficiar- ies in Ontario is now well above the average for Canada. At a recent speech in Goderich, well known Financial Post editor Diane Francis, confirmed that one of the major reasons for the ballooning deficit in Ontario is the welfare program instituted by the Bob Rae government after the last election. According to Francis, the provincial debt has increased from approximately $40 billion to approximately $90 billion under the Rae government. In large part, the increase in the total provincial debt is a result of welfare fraud and a huge increase in welfare recipients. The Mike Harris Welfare Reform Plan contains measures designed to move people off social assistance and put them back into productive lives, Johns says. They plan to lower benefits to 10 per cent above the average of the other nine provinces for all recipients except seniors and the disabled. Recipients will be allowed to earn back the difference through part-time work by removing the existing punitive "clawback" on this income. Able-bodied recipients will be required to participate in work or training programs in exchange for benefits and there is a package of waste and fraud control measures, including tighter eligibility requirements. Johns said, "Our Common Sense Plan is not designed to remove seniors, the disabled or those truly in need of help from receiving Government assistance. However, recipients should not be penalized for part-time work, the benefits in Ontario should not be significantly higher than in the other nine provinces, and fraud must be controlled. There is no question the size of the Ontario deficit can be significantly reduced for reforming the existing welfare system." CHuMS ready to buy bus