Times-Advocate, 1982-03-10, Page 2P •*
Times -Advocate, March 10, 1912
$H student wins
United trip
Acid rain was the subject
of a speech by South Huron
grade 11 student, Debbie
Josephson, that won her a 15
day trip to the United Na-
tions in New York, and gave
her first place in a Huron
County high school public
speaking competition, Fri-
day night in Clinton.
The competition,
snon-
Deborah Josephson
sored by the Oddfello s and
Rebekahs of Huron County,
required the nine contestants
to make a five to seven
minute prepared address
and then a two minute im-
promptu speech.
"I went into the competi-
tion with the idea that I'd
give it a try, said
Josephson. "Looking back
now, I'm really glad Mr.
Murray ( Assistant English
Head) twisted my arm".
Josephson's win is the first
for South Huron since 1978
when Donna Fleming won.
In her speech, she discuss-
ed the harmful environmen-
tal effects acid rain has on
our lakes, forests, buildings,
cars and even ourselves.
Although the problem has
existed for some twenty
years, we are just now star-
ting to do something abouf it.
"Strict controls have to be
Zurich, Ontario
Mar, 4 1982
Sorry the nice thank you
poem which I made up myself
for the Zurich News column
did not get into the Exeter
paper.
It did appear in the Huron
Shopping News so I want to
express our thanks for the
kind people who donated the
money to have our wedding
pictytgput in the paper. I still
placed on industry by
government and they have to
be enforced", she said after.
The July trip to New York
is part of a United Nations
Pilgrimage by some rly
2000 other contest wine rs
across North America. n
the all -expense paid trip, the
winners will spend a week in
New York, where they will
see the United Nations in
session, as well as other Big
Apple attractions.
After that, Josephson will
spend three days in
Washington D.C. touring the
American capital. On the
way to New York, a sidetrip
to Ottawa is planned to see
the seat of Canadian
government.
Tracey Ducharme, a
grade 11 student at South
Huron, also represented
South Huron in the competi-
tion. The topic of her address
was emotional stress in our
society and how we can learn'
to cope with it.
McGillivray
school news
February 23, grades 6,7
and 8 travelled to North
Middlesex District High
School to listen to the
French group "Eritage".
"Eritage" is from Mon-
treal and consists of five
French Canadians. Their in-
struments included the
piano, harmonica, s
guitar, accordion and . ' es.
The show consisted of songs,
music and stories. They also
did many dances. These in-
cluded tap dances and clogg-
ing. They also encouraged
audience participation in
dancing.
Janet Eagleson, who plac-
ed first in the Ailsa Craig
Legion public speaking com-
petition and first in the East
Williams Optimists' comple-
tion, deserves con-
gratulations for placing first
in the Legion Zone competi-
tion in Strathroy March 6.
. , ,,
don't know who they were but
many thanks.
Vera and Harold Thiel
P.S. It is nice to read some
about the sports "the
Buckeyes" as I have a son
playing ,on the team.
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Exeter man attends
Ontario utility convention
Murray A. Greene, Exeter
P.U.C. chairman, was
among the 1,400 delegates
representing electric utility
commissions from across
the province attending the
73rd annual meeting of the
Ontario Municipal Electric
Association (O.M.E.A.),
March 1 and 2. Greene was
named to the president's
council for 1982.
Addressing the delegates,
O.M.E.A. President, James
D. Collins of Port Hope,
outlined the O.M.E.A.'s con-
tinuing efforts to maintain
the principle of "power at
cost ' and to counter the ef-
forts of those who would
establish a higher level of
cost for electricity and
thereby adversely reduce
the consumers' opportunity
to use the energy.
Mr. Collins stressed the
growing need for commis-
sioners "to be ever alert to
the potential areas through
which to attack and to tax
the people of Ontario
through their energy needs.
This municipal cooperative
(Ontario Hydro) was set in
motion to serve the
municipalities and their
citizens'
•emphasized
that, "Municipal utility
representatives should be
touting the values of the
municipal cooperative, the
profits of which are return-
ed to the shareholders in the
form of lower prices. And,
we must of necessity be
focussing the consumers' at-
tention ontheattemptsbeing
made by various groups to
raise their cost of living
while lowering their stan-
dard of living. We need a
concerted, strong counter
measure to preserve the
benefits of the people's
power. It has to come from
us."
Speakers during the
meeting included: Hugh L.
Macaulay, Chairman of On-
tario Hydro; Dian Cohen, a
syndicated columnist and
broadcaster on personal
money management known
as the "People's
Economist"; Dr. David
Suzuki, well known scientist
teacher, broadcaster and
leading environmentalist.
An afternoon with the
Ministry of Energy provided
delegates with an introduc-
tion to some of the key per-
sonnel and activities within
the Ministry. Participants
were: Glenn R. Thompson,
Deputy Ministry of Energy -
Ontario; I.B. MacOdrum,
Executive Co-ordinator,
Conventional Energy; Dr.
Bunli Yang, Acting Director
Energy Conservation .and
Dr. R. M. R. Higgins, Direc-
tor, Renewable Energy.
The Association is the
spokesman for more than 320
municipal utilities
throughout Ontario, the com-
missioners and councillors of
which were elected to
operate a specialized
municipal service.and thus
represent more than two
million residential, commer-
cial and industrial
customers served by the
municipal distribution
system, and who consume
two-thirds of the electric
power in Ontario.
The Annual Meeting is
held in conjunction with that
of the Association of
Municipal Electrical
Utilities (of Ontario)
(AMEU).
Richard E. Cavanagh of
Scarborough, Ontario was
elected president of the On-
tario Municir(a7–Electric
Association (0'..M.E.A.) at
the 73rd Annual Meeting in
Toronto. Mr. Cavanagh suc-
ceeds James D. Collins of
Port Hope. �.
Hensall BIA board
accepts resignations
Hensall council accepted
the resignation of two
members of the. village's
Business Improvement Area
(BIA) board at their Monday
meeting.
Bevan Bonthron and Brian
Richmond have resigned
from the board.
Jack Drysdale, the group's
vice chairman, said earlier
he would probably be
moving up to the duties of
chairman since Bonthron
had resigned the position
because of economic dif-
ficulties with his business.
Council was told Rich-
mond was too busy with
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other work to devote time to
the BIA.
Council appointed Don
Beauchamp to the board.
Reeve Paul Neilands said
the board would be like
Exeter's BIA in that it
started out a large group and
was eventually trimmed
down.
The board also requested
council establish a budget of
$5,000 to pay for ad-
ministration, promotion and
BIA related engineering
costs.
The board decided that a
minimum of $20 and a
maximum of $75 per $1,000 of
budget be assessed.
Oke explained that on a
85,000 budget, assessment
would range from 8100 to
8375. She said this was a
fairer method to distribute
the costs than a per -frontage
method.
Oke reminded council that
the budget would have to be
circulated within the af-
fected area for 30 days to
allow time for any protests.
It would than have to be
passed as a village bylaw.
Drysdale said that work
done by the BIA would be in
limbo until the ministry of
transport decides to begin its
reconstruction of Highway
84, Hensall's King Street.
He said the group hopes to
have work underway by 1983
and would like to see it
completed in time for
Hensall's centennial in 1984.
He added that the proposal
of architect Nick Hill will be
followed closely with only
minor changes.
At Monday's council
meeting it was suggested the
BIA board be reminded the
proposal for planters
projecting into the street was
turned down and the village
does not want planters ob-
structing snow removal.
Two minor
accidents
Exeter police report two
minor accidents in town this
week.
On Saturday, vehicles
driven by Josip Maril,
Petrolia, and William
Baechler. Exeter, collided
on Huron St. W. with total
damage amounting to 1400.
Earlier in the week, a
vehicle owned by Dorothy
Steckle was hit by an
unknown vehicle while
parked at the SHDHS
parking lot. Damage was
listed at 8100.
During the week the local
officers laid four charges
under the Liquor Licence
Act.
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Vesting and portability
By Jack Riddell MPP as a Member of the Ontario
Select Committee on Pension
Reform, which released its in-
terim report last Fall, con-
taining some specific recom-
mendations. For instance:
- vesting of employee's pen-
sion benefits after 5 years of
service;
- that employees be allowed to
sit on the board which
manages their private pen-
sion plan;
that employees be allowed to
transfer at least 50 percent of
their locked -in benefits to a
non -commutable RRSP or to
a new employernsion plan;
- Indexation ofbenefitsin
Vesting and portability
must be addressed
simultaneously. Under cur-
rent Ontario legislation, full
vesting (the entitlement of an
employee to his employer's
contributions made on his
behalf) is required only after
age 45 plus 10 years of
service.
The Haley Commission and
the Ontario Legislature's
Select Committee and now
the Provincial Treasurer
have come out in favour of
'vesting and 'locking -in' after
5 years of service. With our
country's highly mobile
labour force this is more ap-
propriate than Ontario's cur -
rem '45 +10' rulewhich is not
generating eno& gh years of
pensionable service.
Indexing of pension is
another very complex issue.
In this regard, the 'challenge
to private sector plans is one
of making the pension fund
monies work for you. Wise in-
vestment of these funds into
well diversified portfolios
would best protect the pur-
chasingpower of the pension
benefit. And, coincidentally
the proper. investment of
these funds would help to
stimulate our economy". Our
Leader, David Peterson has
stressed this point in every
provincial budget response
for the last 5 years. '
Probably one of the
grossest inequities in the pen-
sion scheme is the indexing of
public sector plans at the ex-
ppeense of the private sector.
Two-thirds of public sector
retirees had an indexing pro-
vision in 1978. Yet only 5 per-
cent of private sector
employees enjoyed such a
provision - and even then it
was limited to increases of on-
ly 2 percent to 3 percent. The
lack of indexation among
private plans means that real
income for those who depend
on such plans decreases
steadily over time. And in re-
cent years those decreases
have been dramatic.
Whatever solution is found
to the problem of indexation
clearly government must ex
ercise caution in entering the
private sector's domain o
pension funds lest the finan-
cial capacity of a private
company is jeopardized.
According to the Ontario
Status of Women Council, by
1977 some 115,580 elderly
women were already living
below the poverty line in
.Ontario.
Our current pension
system, by its very nature, ef-
fectively discriminates
against females because they
earn less. It also ensures that
a substantial portion of
females will spend their
retirement years in pover-
ty...Even when both private
and public sector plans were
considered, less than 60 per-
cent provided widows' pen-
"sions...pension plans only
cover about half of the labour
force in Canada...living
beyond the age of 65 drastical-
ly increases the odds that a
women will live in poverty...A
Statistics Canada Table show-
ing pensioners of private
plans by annual income and
sex reveals that females in
every income level receive an
average pension which is less
than a male's.
I have participated in
discussion on pension reform
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Dear Sir:
As a former Zurich area
boy, I read with continued in-
terest the Exeter Times and
in particular, those pages
devoted to the Zurich
Citizens News. I with to
direct my comments in this
letter in regards to the arti-
cle "Turkheim resigns coun-
cil seat" found on page 10 of
the March 3 edition of the
E.T.A.
I was distressed to read
about the negative at-
mosphere at the Zurich
Council meeting when the
handling of one councillor's
resignation was the topic of
discussion.
How can town officials,
elected because of their
leadership ability and
management skills, justify
public statements like "This
is one of the times I wish I
wasn't around", "I don't like
to have to deal with these
(resignations)", and to sug-
gest that "If half the people
in government resigned...
we'd all be better off"?
Surely the citizens of
Zurich expect their leaders
to demonstrate a more
positive attitude towards all
aspects of town government!
Resignations occur every
day and , in every job. It
sounds like some councillors
, just cannot take the pressure
of having to make responsi-
blef decisions; in which case
I ask myself why they allow-
ed' themselves to be
nominated at the last
election.
Regardless of the size of
the community, responsible
government is what earns
citizens respect and support.
If a,e.$iggition of a
member of government
causes irresponsible reac-
tions from other members of
the same government, then
perhaps it is time to elect
representatives with a more
mature approach to decision
making.
J.M. Rau
London, Ontario
A -B checking
water quality
The Ausable-Bayfield
Conservation Authority has
recently initiated a project
which will determine
existir.g water quality
throughout the watersheds of
the Ausable and Bayfield
Rivers.
Barb Schaus, who is in the
process of completing her
Masters Degree at the
University of Western
Ontario, has been hired on a
year contract to work on the
water quality assessment.
Ms. Schaus has divided the
Ausable and Bayfield
Watersheds into component
sub -basins. These sub -basins
can generally be defined as
the land drained by major
tributaries of the two river
systems. Ms. Schaus will
determine the water quality
for each different sub -basin
using primarily existing
information. Where in-
formation is missing water
sampling will be used to
complete the assessment.
This water quality
assessment is one part of a
resource inventory being
done by the Conservation
Authority in connection with
their Watershed Plan.
The purpose of the
Watershed Plan is to supply
the Conservation Authority's
various Advisory Boards and
Executive Committee with
technical information ..that
will allow them to make
decisions about what the
Conservation Authority
should be doing in the long
terra.
order to gain some protection
against Inflation by utilizing
the excess interest approach;
- that, in the event of termina-
tion of employment, contribu-
tions of employees not yet
vested to be credited interest
ata rate of at least 1 percent
below the annual rate on
banks' non-chequing
accounts.
Finally, the immediate pro-
blem of Ontario's elderly who
are struggling to survive on
fixed incomes was tackled, by
recommending an increase in
GAINS payments to bring the
monthly income of a single
pensioner up to 8550 from its
current 1493.
One very vital aspect of
pension reform has not yet
been dealt with by the Select
Committee -that is coverage,
the trickiest aspect of all.
Once we have decided on the
necessary reforms, we have
to find a method of applying
these to the total work force,
in view of the fact that only 40
percent belong to pension
plans. How do we extend the
coverage? That is our biggest
problem.
The Provincial Treasurer
apparently prefers to achieve
pension reform through the
private pension plan system
as opposed to any extension of
the public system. That would
be a splendid idea, except that
less than half of the labour
force would be covered in that
way...
There is a question of ethics
here. Should we be forcing
All
everyone to save or retire-
ment? If the answer to that is
'No', then the present optional
qualities of the employer-
sponsored pension plan
system would prove to be
quite adequate. If the answer
to that question is 'Yes' then
we need to determine im-
mediately how we may ex-
tend the coverage of a system
which is not adequately serv-
ing this purpose.
Hopefully, the Final Report
of Ontario's Select Committee
on Pension Reform will serve
as the working document for
federal/provincial negotia-
tions as well as for public.
discussions.
The question is 'How do we
build a financially responsible
and credible income system
for our elderly without finan-
cially crippling our children -.
without a massive in-
tergenerational transfer of
wealth?
Let's not forget that time is
ticking away. Every day we
delay makes it more difficult
to evolve a responsible ap-
proach to a new retirement
Income system. How much
longer can we afford to
postpone a solution to this
complex and vital question?
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