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Floral Decorations for church and home We will make evening appointments for the bride and her bridal party N Jock Ridd.11 MPP The appointment of a Minister with special jurisdic- tion over issues of particular concern to women came as welcome news to Members of the Legislature. Opposition Members have strongly favoured such an appoint- ment for some time but we are more interested in substance than symbolism. Therefore we have called upon Robert Welch, the new Minister to take early and decisive action on a number of issues. Equal Pay Legislation: Three decades after the adop- tion of the Female Employee's Fair Remunera- tion Act in 1951, how much progress has been made? Full-time .working women earn, on average, 64 percent of a man's wage. Average in- come of families headed by women is about $15,000 a year, compared to a man's $29,000. Wage gap between men and women workers is almost as great as at the height of the depression fifty years ago. Our Party has been on record in favour of equal pay for work of equal value since 1977/78. Affirmative Action: The government's .three-year-old Affirmative Action Program in the Ontario Public Service is a bitter joke for women. Its total lack of effectiveness is abundantly clear from 1961/82 statistics. In t'le executive ranks, there are 598 men and only 44 women. Of public ser- vants earning more than $59,000 a year, 275 are men DISTINCTIVE� WEDDING INVITATIONS Select your wedding invitations from our complete catalogue. For you ... a Keepsake copy of your Invitation in luxurious gold. .oPeriet • by dvocateie mullIalmantaanatalallMININNINIMMINNINNINNIMINtlaNIMMINUMIMMNIONMMIMMINNIMINMINININIMIMMISINNIMI flach s joIEin�d Suggestions for new ministry and only 40 women...in spite of the fact that women make up 42 percent of the total public service. Our Party is definitely in favour of mandatory Affir- mative Action, of equal op- portunities for women. Family violence: When is the government going to take action on the serious and widespread problem of fami- ly violence, including funding for transition houses? When will the Select Committee's Report on Wife Battering be brought before the Legislature? When will the government make some serious and sincere attempt to bring hope and assistance to battered wives and their children? Our Party has been con- stantly and actively concern- ed with this problem since 1977, and three years ago Davin Peterson tabled, a Private Member's Bill pro- posing a surcharge on every marriage licence for the pur- pose of creating a fund to establish and support transi- ion houses. Pornography: The govern- ment must make a real at- tempt to come to grips with the issue of the new por- nography filled with violence, cruelty and hatred. This is a social issue which re- quires a swift response by government. - These are but a few of the burning issues with which the Minister must deal - and quickly. The women of this province are not prepared to accept tokenism, stalling or empty gestures. There is a crying need for effective and far-reaching Iegislation.They 'want action - and so do we. Women's perspectives '83 On May 14, the Ontario Liberal Women's Perspective Advisory Committee 'spon- sored a highly successful all - day conference, "Women's Perspectives '83" in Toronto, at which David Peterson urg- ed women to become political pioneers. "We need more peo- ple to step forward (despite) the pitfalls", he said. One way "to get a ifferent perspective at the caucus table" or Cabinet table is to have women such as Sheila Copps, Liberal MPP for Hamilton Centre, in positions of power. Minaki enquiry rejected Conservative Members of a legislative committee have rejected an attempt by the Opposition to instigate an in- vestigation into the Pro- vince's $28.3 million refur- bishing of Minaki Lodge. They maintained that nothing new would be learned by such an investigation. In the Public Accounts Committee they strongly defended the $45 million total expense ( including the $16.7 million spent to improve roads and the airport saying it will help tourism and create jobs in the North. Liberal James Bradley (St. Catharines) said the opposi- tion is not anti -North or anti - tourism. However, he said the committee should investigate to see if the Province's money could have been better spent elsewhere. Diploma mills According to a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation in the United States, three mail-order universities in Ontario have PHONE 235-0221 issued diplomas and medical degrees for a fee without re- quiring their graduates to do any school work or even at- tend classes. Legislation is being in- troduced by the Minister of Colleges and Universities, Dr. Bette Stephenson, which will spell out clearly who can award university 'degrees in this province. The Minister told the Legislature that On- tario's degrees are recogniz- ed worldwide, but that fly-by- night operations which work out of post office boxes have recently sullied the province's reputation. Until the legisla- tion becomes law, this pro- vince will remain one of the few which doesn't require regulation of degree -granting organizations. Blue Water Centre for Developmentally Handicapped The parents of developmen- tally handicapped children and the staff of Blue Water Centre were notified by letter from the Ministry of Com- munity and Social Services that the planned closure of the Centre will occur on November 18. Obviously the numerous concerns expressed by parents. the many petitions presented in the legislature and the Opposition Members' comments in the Legislature to both the Minister of Com- munity and Social Services and the Premier fell on deaf ears. The feeling still exists that it is a mistake to close the Blue Water Centre all things considered but.perlfaps our efforts were not all in vain as we got the assurance from the Minister that the level of care in the new placements will be equivalent or better than that currently being provided. The Minister has also promised that no resident will be mov- ed to the community without a properly supervised .residential setting and a day program being in place. We have been assured that the Blue Water Centre will not be formally closed until each resident is appropriately placed, nor will any' resident be transferred to another facility to await a communi- ty alternative being developed. . I consider it my respon- sibility as the Member for -Huron-Middlesex to see that the Minister meets these com- mitments if indeed the closing of the Blue Water is a "fait accompli". THE GIFT OF LIFE — Red Cross nurses Barbara Holt and Kate Smith prepare to take blood from Ruth Anne Hoist during Wednesday's blood donor clinic at South Huron District High School. T -A photo. Special music will be a feature Greenway UC anniversaryMay.29 • . By ANNE WALPER eligible tor some gooa If the prediction is true that weather now. Hopefully we rain on Easter Sunday means will have fine weather on Sun - it will rain for the next seven day May 29 for the Seventy - Sundays then we should be fifth Anniversary celebra- tions at Grace Anglican Church. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bor- phey visited last Tuesday with Mr. , and Mrs. Willis Brophey, Blenheim. They were happy to find Willis much improved in health and able to be at home. Mr. and Mrs. Garry Gibson of Oshawa visted her parents and other relatives recently. Mr. and- Mrs. John Smithers of Exeter, Irene Flynn and Nancy Glousher of Kitchener were Sunday visitors of Cecil and Ellen Smithers: Mrs. Verna Towle and daughter Marlene of London and her sister, Mrs. Ethel Marriott of St. Marys visited their cousins Manuel and BEST SPARE DARTERS - honoured at Saturday's Hillman and Bob Hedley. The best individual spares in the mixed dart league were concluding banquet. Back, left, Duff Rothbauer, Harvey Front, Elsie McDonald, Jean Simpson and Dorothy Reynolds. T -A photo. Fishstocking and lifting programs Ky Stephanie Levesque The fishing season opened recently but long before then the Ministry of Natural Resources was busy helping mother nature along. There are two specific pro- grams undertaken by the Wingham district of the Ministry. fish stocking and fish lifting over the old mill 'dam at Port Albert. MNR biologist ;Hike Malhiot said hoth programs have been on- going for a number Of years. The lifr program at Port Albert has been taking place since 1978. That was the first time the Ministry operated the fish ladder al the mouth of the Nine Mile River al the old mill dam. Biologist Malhoit explained the lift enables the fish - rain- bow trout - to get upstream to complete the spawning process. MNR staff are able to han- dle each individual fish and study it for such inhirmation as weight. size and condition ie. parasite marks. The number of fish lifted over the dam is also recorded and since 1979 has increased from 333 to 856 fish if 1982. "This year we anticipate over 1.000 fish will be lifted over the dam," said Malhoit noting that about half the number of fish heading upstream from the lake ac- tually make it the lift as the rest are caught below the dam by anglers. Fish stocking is also done by MNR staff in in -land rivers. streams and ponds. If fish production isn't what it should be in any stream bed. Malhoit said fish many be stocked. The Wingham district of the MNL; has been stocking fish since 1980. In that one year, 18,500 fish were stocked. The numbers dropped in 1981. when only, 14,60. fish were placed in the stream. No fish were stocked in 1982, because of a disease out- break at the Normandale pro- vincial fish hatchery in the Simcoe area. MNR owns and operates the Normandale Hatchery which provides most of the fish for fish stock- ing programs in southwestern Ontario. The disease. .although cleared up, reduced the number of fish available for stocking this year to 8,000. There is more to stocking fish than just putting a bunch of fish in a stream or pond The main goal of the stock- ing program is 'to have streams and rivers habitable for fish Life. Stocking .the water bodies every year will not alone achieve that goal stated Malhiot. Improvement to the .fish habitat will have the most successful effect on increas-. ing the number of fish in the stream. The MNR biologist said the Ministry has worked on cleaning up streams since 1979. Projects have been undertaken by MNR sometimes in conjunction with conservation authorities to better the stream. • Fencing cattle out and plan- ting trees are two ways of returning a stream to its natural condition. Cattle crossing the stream have a tendency to erode the banks with the soil clouding up the stream. The tree planting has a two -fold effect - river banks are stabalized from erosion and shade is provided to keep the water cool. These steps result in more ideal water conditions for the rainbow trout. Bul says biologist Malhiot. MNR is not stocking the fish to live only in the stream. The intent is for the fish to head out to the larger bodies of water and come back to a rehabiliatated stream at spawning time. The Ministry's intention is to end up with a fish life that is self-sustaining or, letting mother nature run its course. CREDITON LIONS DONATE — The Cm . Iton Lions Club recently presented a set of bleachers valued at $1,000 to the Crediton Parks Board. Above, Lion Charles Browning Sr. makes the presentation to parks chairman Fred Bowers.T-A photo. VON marks decade of service in Huron By Cathy Walker Mrs. J. is an elderly widow. She lives alone and is proud of her independence. However, that independence is threatened by the develop- ment of an ulcer oin her leg re- quiring daily nursing care and, although Mrs. J. feels well, hospitalization seems to be her only alternative. Mr. R. is a middle-aged man who is in the last stages of terminal cancer. His dearest wish is to leave the large, urban hospital where .he is currently a patient and return to his family and rural home. His wife wants to have her husband at home, but feels overwhelmed by the care he will require. Both these situations pre- sent a similar problem: an in- dividual or family requires the services of a professional enirse in the home. It was in response to this need that the Victorian Order of Nurses established a branch in Huron County 10 years ago and, as the trend toward providing health care in a community setting grows, the VON con- tinues to be in the'forefront. Specific areas in which the VON is actively involved in- clude post-surgical care, diabetic teaching. enterostomal teaching, pre•' and post -natal care, especial- ly early discharge of the mother and baby after delivery, and, of course, care of the terminally ill. - The VON nurse does more than provide physical care such as changing a dressing or giving an injection. She teaches the patient and fami- ly how to perform such func- tions and instructs them in the prevention of future health problems. Her objective is to increase the family's in- dependence to the point where her assistance is no longer required. As well, since illness in the home can be extremely stressful for everyone con- cerned. the VON nurse pro- vides emotional support and helps them to cope more ef- fectively with the situation. The Victorian Order of Nurses is a non-profit agency and the cost of a visit is bas- ed solely on an average cost per visit, calculated annually. A patient may qualify for OHiP coverage under the Home Care program or may have private insurance: if he 'must pay directly, the VON will charge him according to his ability to pay. Together with the family doctor and often with the physiotherapist, occupational therapist or homemaker pro- vided by Home Care, the VON functions as part of a team that aims to provide quality health care to both the patient and family in the home. 1• Evelyn Curts and Ken and Luella Smithers recently. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stewardson (nee Cathy Page) who were mar- ried on Saturday in Greenway United Church. Bob is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Stewardson. Sunday morning in the United Church, the sermon "Can Pentecost Happen. Again" was given by Rev. Moore. The Anthems, "In the Stars His Handiwork I See" and "Surely Goodness and Mercy" were sung by the choir. Anna Eaglesonaccom- panied Rev, and Mrs. Moore to the London Conference at Woodstock, Ontario. Rev. Moore and Anna gave an/in teresting report of the Conference. Next Sunday is the Sunday School Anniversary featuring special musical guests, -The Sunshine Singers" of St. An- drew's Presbyterian Church Beechwood and their presen- tation of "Papa John's Musical Garden." Many people from the area attended the 40th wedding an- niversary party on Saturday night at the Parkhill Com- munity Centre for -Charlie and Alma Thompson. s.. k By ALICE DICKENS The Riverview Women's I stitute met May 2 at the Masonic hall. President Mrs. Chas Harmer, opened the meeting with 0 Canada. the Institute Ode and Mary Stewart Collect. Reports of the last meeting, treasurer's and sunshine reports were given. The motto. Citizenship is like charity, it begins at home, ably prepared by Mrs. Neil and read by Mrs. Rosser. Guest speaker, Mrs. Joyce Coursey spoke on A day in the life of a Municipal Clerk. She gave a detailed account of the important duties she does as clerk which sure makes a busy and interesting day to day job. A question period followed. Mrs. 1. McAlpine presented Joyce with a pansy gernanium. A bus trip with a boat cruise is being planned for June. Other business included delegates being chosen to at- tend -District Annual at, Poplar Hill. The W.I. entertained the 4-11 clubs. leaders and mothers, May 19, and were fortunate to have Master Scott Amos to sing the songs he sang at the Kiwanis Festival. The nicely decorated tables with colorful spring bouquets complemented the hearty lunch. A social half hour at lunch is always a good ending to an enjoyable afternoon. The happy Gang seniors enjoyed a pot luck dinner Wednesday. Following this seven tables of euchre played cards. Winners were Marj Davidson. Jean McCallum, Laura Chapman, Nora Ross, Rheola Ilotson and Martha Rees. More euchre, June 1 at 1:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie Stokes visited recently with cousins iii Victoria B.C. Sympathy is extended to the Davies and Bannister families in their bereavements. With Mrs. Addie Anderson was her son, Dean, of Orangeville. Miss Ruth Lightfoot, Cam- bridge was a recent visitor in town. Word has been received that Mrs. Bob Crosby ( Har- riet Morton) is ill in Victoria Hospital. Harriet is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Morton. t`