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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-12-22, Page 17We truly hope your stockings will be filled to the top with gifts of joy, hope and love Ourthanks. (ALrnnn) GRfK1 SYSTEMS LTD 263 Main St. N., Exeter 235-1919 ori — —7 At Christmas, may the miracle of Christ's birth live on in our hearts and minds. c� 1V ...from Stanley Township Reeve CLARENCE RAU Deputy Reeve HOWARD ARMSTRONG Councillors RICHARD ERS, JACK COLEMAN, SILL DOWSON Clerk Treasurer MEL GRAHAM Deputy Clerk Treasurer BETTY GRAHAM Road Superintendent WILLIAMTAYLOR Everyone! Join in the spit of a very Happy Holiday with friends, family. For the pleasure of serving you, our heartfelt gratitude. STANDARD TRUST Member -Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation 386 Main'fitreet South, Exeter. Ontario NOM ISO 23S-1060 On women's health Toronto Ontario Decemberlj, 1987 Dear Editor. I feel it is important to clarify the situation regarding the recent an- nouncement by my colleague Mini- ster of Health Elinor Caplan of the first of a series of regional women's health; centres being established at Women's College Hospital in To- ronto. From the types of comments I have been receiving, it has become apparent that many people are urder the mistaken impression that these centres will actually be "abortion clinics". This is definitely not the case. This centre, and those which will follow in other areas of the prov- ince, will provide a wide range of ed- ucation, counselling and referral ser- vices to women. These will include family planning and birth control, infertility counselling, pre-menstrual syndrome and menopause education and support, counselling on alterna- tives to abortion, and referral for women seeking therapeutic abor- tions Free standing abortion chaics re- main illegal ander the federal crimi- nal code, and neither myself nor the government of which 1 am a part support the operating of rtiece "Free standing" clinics. Abor►iuns will continue W be performed only in ac- credited hospitals, following the ap- proval of therapeutic abortioft com- mittees, as is the case now. The centres will provide only pre -and post -abortion counselling, as .11 as providing a referral scrvic_ those seeking abortions, advising them of which hospitals do pert cairn this service. It is my hope that provision of better counselling services in the centre will help to minimize the number of unwanted pregnancies by enhancing awareness of birth control while at the same time ensuring that women have access t6 the services they need. a Yours very truly, Jack Riddell MPP - Huron Minister of Agriculture and Food foot in the In more than 23 years as a journal- ist on half a dozen publications, I� have turned down at least two jobs on big -city papers because I have al- ways loved small-town Life. I am in that big city of Tranna half an hour and I've got a headache as big as Lake Ontario. I don't like the cold- ness, the meanness of cities. Rural towns and villages, in my experience, have always been neigh- borly places where friends get to. gether to help each other and to help strangers. The camaraderie and fel- lowship has been enough to com- pensate, for me, for the higher wag- es in a big city. But is that spirit of helpfulness disappearing? Are we seeing, right) before our eyes, the disintegration of an entire way of life? Has the cri- sis on so many farms affected the very soul of rural Ontario that strangers would be treated so badly, they took the time to write a letter complaining about it? Are these isolated incidents or are they now typical of what is happen- ing, not just in the cities, but in the rural towns and villages? I hope not. I had a letter in my files written almost 20 years ago. It was written by a young city woman who had married a hog farmer and moved to the country near Ripley. She took half a dozen pages to extol the wonderful, friendly, co- operative, neighborly life in a rural town. I did not use much of her let- ter in this column because her sur- prise at the warmth was old -hat to me. Just a few months ago during a cleaning spree, I threw the letter out. Maybe I should have saved it just to remind myself of the way it used to be in small-town Ontario. But I hope and pray the two let- ters were isolated cases. Maybe they will suggest that we all should be public relations practitioners in our own way. Surely, we have not become so calloused that we believe good Sa- maritans get it in the ear. The woman, her husband and their child were walking down the main street of a typical small town in Ontario. The little boy had an accident. The father went into a nearby re- ' staurant, asked for some napkins and inquired about the use of the rest rooms. The father was refused. He went outside where his wife was comforting their child. The young mother was astounded and went into the restaurant to ask the same ques- tions. The restaurant owner gave her a resounding no. This story came to me in a letter in response to a column about rural living and how great the spirit of co-operation is in small towns and villages. I would have ignored the letter as simply an exception to prove the rule but another letter ar- rived last week with essentially the same story only this time it was about a late-night flat tire. The young couple had to .stop with tire trouble on the outskirts of a small town. When the husband got to the spare . in the trunk, it, too, was flat. He saw a light in a home and took his son to the door with him. The man's hands were dirty and his face was smudged from working on the car. He was wearing jeans but was otherwise clean and respect- able -looking. The door was opened a crack when he knocked. He ex- plained he only wanted to call the Ontario Motor League. The door was slammed in his face. It happened a second time at an- other home before he was allowed to use a telephone at a third house. For those who are interested, I can reveal the names of the two towns in which these incidents occurred. My address is 5 Eldale Dr., Elmira, Ont., N3B 2C7. Is this typical of most small towns these days? I do not think so. We have lived in smaU towns nearly all our lives. e 4-N Council plans outdoor fun day The Christmas holidays bring family and friends together for cele- bration of the year's blessings and the charting of the New Year's path. We hope that you can share with the 4-H family over the Winter Break. The 4-H Youth Council is host- ing a day of outdoor fun on Decem- ber 30 at the Pinery Provincial Parr for the whole famly. Besides a Posstiat�iisilia►cs a suscRistaesea ova cd hike of the park, the day will fea- ture'a roasting fire, so bring your hot dogs and marshmallows. Also, cnjoy a ride through the Park in a Belgian drawn sleigh. Bring your toboggan, skis or skates land join in with your 4-H friends in reminiscing about years gone by and years to come. guidWe kn w youhave fun. owit Times -Advocate, December 22, 1987 CliiG 1111 gigCliii Oil iiiiR Clii • E • ir- c., . 1 CI ii , greetings right to your door. Cli'Cti:The merriest Christmas from our Cei-.�. — - house to yours. For your loyal, friendly patronage, our gratitude.Cli rillDAVE11100111 FUELS LTA 3 Ci prutocwuos Exeter 233-0833?' �pulrv�l)1N111 lD' I ► —�- +�lp �i1��/�ulllu�►� aigftoPage 17 YO 70 713 .y We're delivering our season's elittlimeintirittereembart61.12101610skloii taNtsinivatgRilhaftiMtan To the Ratepayers of Stephen Township .i Peace On earth In the spirit of friendship and good faith. we offer our very special thanks to you this holiday season. ISA I. Reeve - Tom Tomes Deputy -Reeve - Ken McCann Councillors - Gary Baker, Bill Weber, Andrew Robertson Clerk -Treasurer - Wilmar D. Wein Road Sup't. - Eric Finkbeiner Arena Manager - Frank Funston giiii*IiirounitiiiesaiisiNiaNiatliieltiat•Pi.loaeac�ieas.sii►aoe a.►n.ila�Qiwllw M(RR r cum Wishing abundant joy and happiness. to all dur- , ing this most beautiful -of seasons. enough to last the whole year through. 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