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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-03-25, Page 3RECORDING THE RESULTS — Huron -Middlesex Liberal riding checks Thursday night election results being tabulated by Shannon McGregor. resident Bernie Benn ougherty and Gladys T -A photo Television, viewers get special stations on cable Television viewers hooked up to the Bluewater TV Cable network my have noticed a slight change in programing on their sets in the last few weeks. Instead of the regular Channel 9 Windsor, viewers have been treated to a host of American stations, in- cluding Atlanta, Georgia; a New York City station; one from Chicago, and The Movie Channel, a station that shows nothing but recently made movies, 24 hours a day, with no com- mercials. Don Stinson, general manager of Bluewater Cable said in a recent interview that he is showing the other stations to illustrate to customers the variety of programing that is available on satellite. The signals are picked up from the satellite by a dish antenna and Stinson ad- mitted that he wasn't quite following the letter of the law for his licence. The stations that Bluewater is allowed to carry are regulated by the Canadian Radio and Televi- sion Corporation (CRTC) and so far, the CRTC hasn't told him to shut down his 'dish'. "We just want to show the people what they can't have," Stinson said. "We (the cable TV owners in Canada) are trying to create some public interest in the stations and then we'll see if we can't get some support to put them on." "We've pleaded to the government to let us use some of those stations but they're just not listening," he noted. Stinson said there were some 20 stations available from the satellite, .,ranging from the all family WTBS, to an all -religious station, to Home Box Office, to even an all -blue movie station, but Stinson said thelatter would never be shown here. There is no agreement between the U.S. and Canada on using the stations. Mr. Stinson said, so it's costing cable viewers nothing here so far. But should public support force the government to change their stance, the public would end up paying extra for some of the satellite stations. He said the CRTC will eventually find out about the "new" stations and order him to shut down the receiver. but until then he says he wants to give the people a taste of what's available. Stinson said he is seeking letters of support on the matter to present to the Francis Fox, federal minister of com- munications, who are responsible for the CRTC. BUNNY BUNDLE WINNERS — A rink skipped by Doris Hackney won the annual Exeter ladies curling club bonspiel, Wednesday. Above, Lauretta Siegner presents the trophy to Doris Hackney, Audrey MacDonald, Bea Richardson and Marie Brunzlow. T -A photo Grants available for non-profit housing Grants of up to $5,000 and interest-free loans will be made to municipalities that wish to provide municipal non-profit rental housing for the first time. Housing Minister Claude Bennett said the one -time - only grants and loans will encourage more com- munities to become involved in municipal non-profit hous- ing. 'It has become apparent that the interim or short- term money requirements that some municipalities face when they are at the preliminary stage of development are a draw- back. The new, incentives will overcome this," he said. The grants of up to $5,000 will help municipalities assess how their housing re- quirements can be met un- der the municipal non-profit housing program. Some un- its developed .unser , this program are rented At market levels while others are allocated on a rent - geared -to -income basis. The grants will he follow- ed by interest-free loans to municipal non-profit cor- porations. to be used as in- terim financing for ad- ministrative and develop- ment costs. Additional interest-free loans may be available for technical con- sultants' contracts. The ministry loans will be scheduled for repayment at the time of the first mortgage advance. Seniors get daily calls The senior citizen ad- visory group met at South Huron Hospital for their March meeting with 13 members present. Garnet Hicks presided. Leone Brock reported that several seniors in the com- munity are now receiving daily telephone calls. They had indicated a desire for this service on a question- naire sent to every senior in the community last year. The calls are made by other seniors in the com- munity. Chas. Hendy and Garnet Hicks reported on a recent seminar they attended in Clinton and plans were made by the local advisory group for senior citizen week, which is being marked in June. However. if for some reasona projeot did not go ahead, the ministry will absorb the costs, said Bennett. "Our whole idea is to minimize the initial finan- cial risk for the municipalities." While the initiatives are aimed primarily at com- munities considering municipal non-profit hous- ing. assistance will be made available to municipalities in the of developing municipal non-profit rental housing for the first time. Under the ministry's municipal non-profit housing program, a federal rent reduction grant reduces the effective interest rate on loans from private lending institutions to two per cent. When required. the province offers an additional rent reduction grant of up to 100 per cent of the federal assistance. These rent reduction grants are used to maintain over-all rents at market levels. and to subsidize rent - geared -to -income units. If additional funds were re- quired, they would be shared on a 50:50 ratio between the federal and provincial governments. Has 2,100 majority Riddell wins local riding for Continued from front page year or two certainly before another election. He added, "With our majority being cut everywhere it proves Stuart Smith wasn't being accepted as a potential premier." After his brief remarks, Riddell delighted the crowd Rec board Continued from front page would normally sit. The board agreed to let the club rent the facilities for the same price, as there . may be some inconvenience with the construction on the grounds. In other business: The personnel committee will look at about .18 applications for swimming pool staff. They will also look at criteria for hiring. Last year's staff was hired by the administrator, but it was suggested the board set guidelines and approve the administrator's choice. A basketball hoop will be set up in the south west cor- ner of the parking lot. Larry Black from the public school will put it up, with the guidance of the facilities committee. If response is favourable, a second hoop will be put up. and a court marked on the parking lot. The board plans to in- vestigate government grants for a new tractor mounted ice -making machine and a floor scrubber. The board was told the new ad- ministrator, Don Gravett, had more information on available grants. The rec centre will not lend the hall's podium to the local Co-op. MacLean said it was past policy not to lend equipment. The board will request more information on a re- quest to rent the lawn bowl- ing building for a yard sale. the members agreed there may be damage to the bowl- ing yard, but the sale could possibly be approved if held indoors. by singing the auctioneer's song with the help of his son Wayne and daughters l)eb, Donna. Heather and Brenda. Gwen Pemberton who represented the New Democrats said she would not consider running in another election. She commented, 'I didn't want to run in this election. but. I felt there should be a candidate for those persons wishing to vote for our party." A subdued crowd sat and watched the election results at the South Huron rec cen- tre at the Progressive Conservative gathering Thursday night. The crowd of about 200 watched as the results show- ed that the P.C. candidate, Jim Britnell, had lost the riding to Liberal incumbent, Jack Riddell. Britnell arrived from Goderich at 9:30 and the crowd gave him an enthusiastic welcome. "That was the longest 32 miles of my life, from Goderich to here," he said. He told the crowd that the Liberal celebrations in Goderich were a lot sadder than the one in Exeter. He said that the P.C.s had swung Goderich around and that it was the high point of the campaign. He told them that they had given it their best shot, but that it was hard to unseat an incumbent. He said that at the beginning he was con- vinced that they could take the riding and that he was not sorry about anything. "Defeat does not rest lightly upon my shoulders," said Britnell. He stated that he was not happy the way things turned out. but that he was not shocked either. The turnout at the rally made him feel good despite the loss. He said that.the P:C.s lost few votes while the Liberals in the riding lost about 2,000. "We gave him (Riddell) a good scare." He noted that a lot of peo- ple in Ontario must have thought the BILD program was good. because the Davis government was returned with a majority. He also said that the province was in for ELECTION RESULTS GODERICH CLINTON EXETER SEAFORTH ADELAIDE EAST WILLIAMS WEST WILLIAMS AILSA CRAIG PARKHILL ZURICH BIDDULPH LUCAN HENSALL GODERICH TWP. McGILLIVHAY USBORNE HAY STEPHEN STANLEY 13AYFIELD ADVANCE Britnell Pemberton Riddell 1659 726 753 363 332 159 140 • 143 300 127 351 285 195 401 294 259 270 622 351 147 442 213 73 79 45 57 22 17 12 39 12 77 53 21 62 22 33 34 142 28 45 20 1404 757 907 549 490 283 235 1 275 272 505 312 234 491 464 427 569 868 339 149 486 TOTALS 8685 1187 10785 a good four years and that the riding won't suffer too much with Liberal represen- tation. much to the delight of the crowd. He said that the campaign had been long and hard. He had lost about 17 to 20 pounds and that his hand was so tough from all the shaking he had been doing, that he felt that he could go on forever. He then said that he was going to take a few days off and hopefully rest in the sun some place before he thought about the next elec- tion. He said that he is going to do a lot of analysing to see where he can improve for the next time. He said that the south end of the riding was tough to reach and that he could not get enough exposure. He said that the people in the south really did not know him. but they would the next time. He said that there had been quite a few all - candidate's meetings and Times -Advocate, March 25, 1981 fourth time that at the most. about 150 was the best attendance at any one of the meetings. He said that one of the biggest problems was that there were no major issues in the campaign and that the people showed very little in- terest. He used the low voter Page 3i turnout as an example. Ile then went jnto the crowd to talk with the peo- ple The disc jockey started the music and dancing began There were still a IOW people watching the televisions for the final results Need to re -apply Health and Welfare Canada officials in Toronto urged recipients of the federal government Guaranteed income Supple- ment payments to reapply for the supplement before the March 31 deadline or face the prospect of having payments discontinued. According to W.A. Wright. regional director for Income Security Programs, recipients who do not apply by the deadline time will he faced with payment in- terruption. The Guaranteed Income Supplement program re- quires annual reapplication by recipients because of the possible change in income. Ontario presently has 406,230 GIS recipients. Recipients whose income has dropped will receive larger payments while recipients whose in- come ha incre sed -will receive a reduced rate. According to Mr. Wright, there are some 80,000 applications still outstan- ding. . 11 everybody acts im- mediately. there's still time to get the reapplication in and processed so that pay- ment will not be in- terrupted... he said. WATCHING THE PROGRESS — Taking o close look at the election results on television at Liberal headquarters in Exeter Thursday night are Ruth and Joe Hogan and Garnet Hicks. Cod Trout Flounder Reg Ground BEEF 10 Ib. bag "FRESH LAKE AND OCEAN FISH" Boston Blue Haddock .s 1 as Steer Sides $ II59 1, Fully Processed Homemade HAMBURG PATTIES 10 Ib. bag 38 h Available This Thurs., Fri., Sat. Boneless Blade and SHORT RIB ROASTS Reg. 2.58 SAVE 60c Ib. Steer Hinds 79 Ib. Fully Processed DARLI NG'S The Place to Buy Beef Darlings Famous Homemade Link SAUSAGE s Ih. 168 Great For Breakfast s Ib. 1 Ocean Perch Pike Oysters White Fish Sole 9 PEPSI nd 8 GINGERALE Steer Loins 99 Ib. Fully Processed This week featuring Black Angus Steers from the Feedlot of R.J. 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