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Times -Advocate, January 6, 1993
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Centralia by Mary Kooy
CENTRALIA - Visitors over the
holidays with Linda and Ron Hol-
combe were Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Riehl and Tonya of Exeter, Jackie
Riehl of Stratford, Kim Riehl of
Houston, Texas and Wendi Horton
of St. Thomas.
New Year's dinner guests with
Mary Kooy were Wendi Horton,
St. Thomas, Bonnie Kooy of Lon-
don, Clayton, Alice Kooy and
Clyde of Huron Park, Ron and Lin-
da Holcombe and Barb Smith of
Centralia.
At the euchre at Heywood's Res-
The final winner in the year-long Precious Blood calendar draw
was Kim Dawe (right), who won the grand prize of $2,500
drawn on New Year's eve. Darlene Geoffrey (left) sold Dawe
her winning calendar. The funds raised in the draw, which fea-
tured a cash prize for every day of the year, are aimed at help-
ing build a Catholic Church in Exeter for the- Precious Blood
Mission congregation.
Plastic and wildlife don't mix
SASKATOON - Careless atti-
tudes toward garbage in the wilder-
ness can lead to a slow, agonizing
death for fish, birds and mammals.
Styrofoam and plastics pose the
biggest threat to wildlife because
they are sometimes eaten. The ma-
terials can become lodged inside
the body and bring the digestive
process to a halt.
That's the warning from Barbara
Hanbidge, biologist with Ducks
Unlimited Canada (DU) in Saska-
toon. "With fishing and camping
now in full swing, veterinarians,
conservation officers and agencies
like DU start receiving requests to
save creatures injured by human
garbage."
Hambidge says garbage damage
done to wildlife falls into three cat-
egories: animals consuming materi-
als which are not bio -degradable,
animals feeding near fishing areas
and animals entangler in garbage.
"This first area is probably the
most significant and the most diffi-
cult to document because animals
don't check themselves into a hos-
pital for help. Styrofoam and plas-
tic from coolers, bait containers,
beach toys and other recreational
equipment breaks down into small
pieces which are mistaken for float-
ing food. The white packing chips
are the biggest problem. They are
so light and easily carried by wind
and water that they find their way
into water systems hundreds of
miles from their source."
"Fish, ducks, pelicans, geese and
other birds sec these tiny items on
the water and gobble them up., But
their digestive system eventually
becomes plugged because it can't
process these synthetic materials.
The animal basically starves. It's a
long, slow death. And it's happening
every day, coast to coast, because
we continue to leave synthetic mate -
'Aids in the wilderness and the win-
ter." -The _
•wooed, roblem is exempli-
fr d by a3eeent news story out of
Calgary where a duck had its bill
locked shut by a fish hook. The
duck obviously mistook the piece of
fishing tackle as genuine food and
went for it. This is a relatively com-
mon occurrence in parks and recrea-
tion areas where people feed ducks
and geese. Waterfowl easily adapt
to human presence. They become
accustomed to eating whatever peo-
ple throw out, whether it's bread
crusts or Lazy Ikes.
NDP misguided in search
• TORONTO - The Ontario Feder-
ation of Agriculture (OFA) calls
last week's leaked NDP govern-
ment document on sources of non -
tax revenues "mind boggling"
"What this province and this
country needs is initiatives to drive
the economy forward rather than
more taxes and fees that attack the
quality of life in Ontario," said
OFA President Roger George.
Among the new revenue initia-
tives suggested in the confidential
document were charges for meat
inspection and water testing, li-
censing fees for tractors, the pur-
chase of annual permits for those in
food handling, and PST on resale
homes.
"While there were many other
taxation suggestions in the docu-
ment, these in particular will hit an
already fragile rural and agriculw-
ral economy," said George.
"Furthermore", George said,
"what kind of warped minds could
contemplate registering 'big ticket'
personal property items in order to
collect tax on resale and selling this
data to banks. It's mind boggling".
The OFA charges that all of the
government measures and regula-
tions suggested will depress the
delicate economic recovery and in
tum reduce expected government
tax receipts.
"It's not a question of the Gov
aliment having jhe cart before the
horse. They are about to steal the
cart and kill the horse, and prob-
ably charge a burial fee. They
should be stimulating confidence in
investment instead of proposing to
add to the cost of doing business in
Ontario. This will enly snake our
province even more unco mpeti-
tivc," George said.
"This government is long on
words and short on action when it
comes to rural development," said
George. "The Treasurer should
take a lesson from farmers and sow
some seeds for economic growth
instead of acting like a^tax vampire.
The people have no blood left to
give".
Tired of paying income tax
Reduce the tax
Invest in a Credit Union
R.R.S.P.
today
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CREDIT UNION
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Entangled animals make up the
third group. Birds and mammals,
and even fish, are curious critters.
They like to investigate new and in-
teresting things they find. But, they
are easily trapped in seemingly sim-
ple items such as discarded webbing
from landing nets, throw -away fish
line, plastic bags, plastic rings from
.six►,pack holders or virtually any
Miler foreign item introduced to a
flatus 1 environment.
Barbara Hanbidge says there's
only one way to know for sure you
haven't contributed to the slow
death of some fish, bird or animal.
"The wilderness campers have the
right idea. Everything you bring in
with you is also brought out again.
Every last item of man-made mate-
rial has to be accounted for when
the trip is over."
taurant on December 28, prizes
went to Florence McRoberts, Jean
Noels, Dorothy Bullock, Percy
Noels, Howard Dolan, Murray
Carter. Next gathering will be Janu-
ary 11 at 2:30.
Brent and Jean Caslick and boys
spent Boxing Day with Brent's par-
ents Mr. and Mrs. Bert Caslick of
Cargill.
There was no church service at
the United Church owing to road
conditions on Sunday. The U.C.W.
will meet at the church on Thurs-
day evening at 8 p.m.
ueensway residents
enjoy baked goodies
HENSALL - Last week the
church service was performed by
Reverend Vernon Dean of the Ex-
eter Pentecostal Church. Reverend
Dean and his family continued the
Christmas spirit by performing a
family song. Accompanying them
was a friend visiting from New
Jersey, Diane Laws.
On Wednesday, there was a
men's breakfast club held.
Also gathering this week was the
baking club. The ladies got togeth-
er New Year's Eve day and baked
a double batch of chocolate chip
cookies.
It was .a finale tothe busy holi-
day season on Saturday afternoon,
as residents watched Bing Crosby
sing and dance in an old favorite
movie, "White Christmas".
Upcoming events
Tuesday January 5 - 7
Christian Reformed Singers.
Thursday January 28 - 7
Birthday party with Mozart
nas and George Mathonia.
p.m.
p.m.
Geli-
Shipka by Annie Morenz
SHPKA - A reminder that eu-
chre will be held January 6 at 8
p.m., at the Community centre.
Holiday visitors
Michelle Vincent, daughter of
Harold and Lucille, who is study-
ing at Windsor University, has
been home for Christmas and
'New Year's holidays.
Bill Morenz, son of Hugh and
Annie has returned to his home in
London after a ten day holiday in
the west. He visited his daughter,
Presephonc and ,helped her cele-
brate her 17th birthday on Decem-
ber 23. He spent Christmas with
her and her B.C. family in Coquit-
lam.
Sue Anne Schroeder of Brant-
ford daughter of Pat and Jake,
spent the Christmas and New
Year's holiday in Germany with
friends.
Connie Russell, daughter of Doug
and Ann, who is studying at Lake
Head University in Thunder Bay
was home for Christmas and New
. Year's with her parents-aral-faraily.
John and Beverley Keller, Sherri
Lynn and Stephen, spent Christmas
with Bev's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Kirk, at Rothsay.
Hugh and Annie Morenz attended
the Morenz Christmas dinner held at
Hazel Corbett's home in Hensall.
Hosted by Blanche Chapman of
London, Les and Marjorie Adams
were also present for the day.
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