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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1992-10-14, Page 3Seips Friday, October 16 4 p.m. • 9 p.m. Come Celebrate with Us. Coffee, Donuts, Balloons Neilson's 2% MILK 69 Fri. Only 4 - 9 p.m. !" iil!III lig 1!114! -lig 10.E :1'!1I:' Ili (!!Ilii Hi .Ilii: id Illy, III 'Hu ll''I) South Huron District High School Jazz Band 6:30 - 7:15 Fresh Store Made SAUSAGE -----,--.-,--.--,-isessiswinssisesswanamononsamensimmanaenensminalmnslaT Timer -Advocate October 14, 1992 Page 3 Grand Bend residents debate oonstitutional referendum Continued from front page than by patronage as they will like- ly run under the ..olours of the van- ous parties?" To this MP Cardiff replied. " Pat- ronage will and, but my personal preference would be for no Senate". When asked by Ted Thruston of Grand Bend about the mle of the federal -government in Caigtda Mortgage and Housing Corporation if more power goes to the provinc- es. Cardiff said, " It is already a shared program and 1 can't see any withdrawal of federal funds". The audience was told a second official language in the province of New Brunswick is already covered in the Charter of Rights Roy Hider of Grand Cove Estates was concerned that Quebec politi- cians would he able to veto any- thing in the House of Common: and "push it down our throat~".Hc was told these veto powers apple only in Quebec An audience member who said he lived in Quebec tor 12 years felt the immigration section on page 10 of the document was written for Quebec. He added, " 1t looks as if Quebec would get the pick and we get what's left over". Ralph Ferguson -replied that all provinces would have a say in lay- ing down the rules of immigration. Ron Crown of Grand Bend feels a referendum isn't necessary say- ing, "It should be left to the politi- cians to decide. With it going ahead, we should be told what hap- pens in either case of a yes or no victory. With asteriks beside 26 clauses in the document it should be known as the asterik referen- Slum". Bob Mann, new resident of Grand Bend asked Ferguson, "If we vote yes, will the government go through with it? Let's remove that uncertainty " Ferguson replied, `' If the vow goes yes 1 will push for implemen- tation. But, if the majority of my constituents vow no, my vote would. reflect their wishes". C arditfagreed saying, " We have all worked togelhes on this and we would approve a yes vote. To this a lady in the cmwd queried, " Why have a referendum when it is not binding?" Laurie Mandl of Grand Bend was quick to offer, I don't think it matters a damn which way the vote goes. When are our politicians- go- ing to get back to running the coun- try? To hell with the constitution". To this David Core commented, "Why arc we talking constitution when NAFTA is going to affect us so much? I'm opposed to mind games while the Americanization of Canada in agriculture is going on". Ferguson agreed with Menet! and Core th. ,ititicians should get back to truing to improve. the econ- omy - Murray Reid asked Ferguson for the meaning of distinct society and was told Quebec constitutes within Canada a distinct society, which in- cludes a French speaking majority, a unique culture and a civil law tra- CoLncil considers library upgrades ZURICH - Reeve Bob Fisher pre - sented . to Zurich village council Thursday evening a report on Hu- ron County's libraries, and while he • 'said -the -branch is well -used -and very much in demand by the pub - he said (here are some criu- cisms of which council should make now Th..Zurich library circulated 22.43+, volumes last year. one of me highest m the county. The larg- est circulation was the 105,755 vol- umes circulated by Goderich, the lowest 753 volumes at Bluevale, a branch which was later closed. However, Fisher said council should consider that the Zurich branch, located in the basement of the village office, has its shortcom- ings. "You can sce the areas where we fall down.," said Fisher, referring to the report. "Access to handicapped we don't have, book drop we don't have," said Fisher. • Fisher added the report indicated the branch did not have enough floorspace, considering the number of users and the number of books on the shelves. "Too small and no room for ex - pansion," summarized Fisher. ing. Otherwise. -Said -Fisher, -the villag- ers should be pleased with their h- brary and the service it offers. Councillor Marg Dcichert agreed that the library was a much -used service in Zurich and she noted.lhe concerns about the safety of the stairs -and -hallway -lighting -should - also be corrected. Only one case heard in Exeter court EXETER - A Gadshill area man was found guilty of following too closely in the only case before traffic court in Exeter last Tuesday. The court heard that on August 23 at approximately 2:23 p.m., a vehicie operated by Dennis M. Brodhagen of RR2 Gadshill, Ontario ran into the back of a vehicle operated by Richard Gmgerich of Zu- rich. Damage to the Gmge- rich vehicle was estimated at S2,00() while the Brod- hagen vehicle sustained about S2,500 damage Justice -of the Peace Karen Sturdy fined Brod- hagen $78.75 and gave him 30 days to pay the fine. dition. Ferguson added, " This soci- etycannot he broadened". One of inc last remarks came ?tarn 1 ucy Sage of Grand Cove Es- tates. " I feel sad for Canada. I've heard lot, o! negative remarks. We're all Canadians. tin sad for Canada. We're kicking it span. We're not giving, but taking" Todd Desaulniers of Grand Bend, a member of the panel and the in- formation committee for Lembton Middlesex said, " I thought it was a good meeting. There was some hos- tility at die beginning, but when they got some answers about the Quebec situation they settled down". Letters to the editoi Hospital critical to survival Dear Sir Thiletter is in response to the artist ' in the Times Advocate of Octotx'r 7 i992 "Hospital in Top 300 hilt Reeve questions emergen- cy moue, service In order that your reading public may be made aware of misinformation and erro- ncoi, information contained in this article, I am compelled to write this letter for publication in your paper First. 1 would like to address comments accredited to Mr. Wild- er. Five ambulances amved al the hospital with minimal advance no- tice of their arrival. My informa- tion ,s that there were eleven peo- ple who amved at this time. Ven important is that the doctor was in the emergency room at the time of amv:,,, all of the patients who ar- rive,' were assessed immediately and x-rays were taken within one how A second local doctor and additional nursing staff were called in to -help -with this situa- tion. With regard to comments about doctors not looking atter patients in the emergen- cy room, the fol- lowing should clarify this situa- tion. Every doctor looks after their own phdents in the .. emergency room. In addition to this coverage a master schedule is pro duced to look after the overall cov- erage of the emergency mom. Re- lief from participation in this schedule is granted to any doctor who reaches a certain age; to opt in or out is the doctor's decision. Doc- tors who do opt out of this schedule look after their patients and re- spond to the hospital when the need arises. There is no hesitation by any doctor to respond to emergency sit- uations. We anticipate continuance of the use of fully trained physicians (in- terns are not licenced and not used at South Huron Hospital) for many, years into the future. The issue of bypass is being studied -across the province to light of a project in Es- sex County. Not all doctors support this potential chank. Finally, I would like to make a comment on the tone of this article as felt by all people involved with this hospital. It is unfortunate that your paper chose to connect a pri- vate -citizen's complaint (unsub- stantiated) with a good news article about the ranking of your hospital it appears that the Times Advocate is more interested in praising the Clinton Hospital than their own and more interested in discrediting this hospital. in today's environment support for your local hospital could he very.critical to their very survival. I believe that is it imperative that we have the support of our local paper. To this end, over the next few weeks we can engage in a pro- gramme that will impart informa- tion to you regarding South Huron Hospital. Armed with this knowl- edge 1 am confident that you and the citizens of Exeter and area will be able to address any rumours and inuendo about their/your-hospital. Respectfully, Donald S. Currell Administrator Demonstrate a willingness to change Homeowners, Merchants, Busi- nesspeople: Please note that we have just run out of time in dealing with our waste, and Council may be forced to take stem measures in the im- mediate future. Over the last few years we have debated the value of the blue box program. We reluctantly adopted the project because other alterna- tives didn't seem to be effective, and we believed that people must be given the visablc impression that they are helping. in tact, how-, evc:. the cost of this programme may outstrip our ability to pay for it, but more importantly, it is not the most effec- tive of all our strategies m eliminating waste and reducing the load in our landfill. i All of as »ucsr stop using products that are inap- propriately packaged for the 1990's whether we're shoppers or grocery store owners or manufacturers. We may reach a point by the end of this year that we will refuse to take cer- tain products, such as cardboard and charge for 'excess' garbage placed by the roadside. Composting should be a way .of life. Searching for consumer prod- that produce minimum waste should be a prerequisite of pur- chasing. Bottles, some boxes and some containers should be re -used. Through purchasing power. we have the ability to make changes: let's exercise it Please demonstrate a willingness to make these changes before Council is forced to legislate re- strictions and levies. . Please cal! the municipal office for more in- formauon B.F. Shaw Mayor Fri. Only 4 - 9 p.m. O Macintosh APPLES SLP 'CHIMP ON F).,QRENCE MLLL$ON R R2 LUCAN Fri. Only 4 - 9 p.m 3 Ib. 1110111!IIIIII111111hII III IIIIII111111III 0 Valu -Plus BREAD Fri. Only 4 - 9 p.m. 1111111 II IIIII11111111iiiiiIii!Ili!IIIIIIIlllbiillll1111(IIIIII011111IIIIIIIIIIIIUiIii, i $500. 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