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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-08-01, Page 28ge 16A Time August 1, 1984 Returning office Art Bolton says each election different Enumerators already on the job A DECORATED BIKE --- Alan Jeffrey rode his decorated bike in the Zurich Foll Fair parade Saturday afternoon. PARADING CLOWNS ---- Participating in Saturday's Zurich Fall Fair parade as clowns were Wade Suplat and Dennis Willert. T -A photo • •1 - Arthur Bolton is quickly fin- ding that "no two elections are the same." As Returning Officer for the Huron -Bruce riding in the upcoming federal election, he certainly gets enough inside experience of the election to make that claim. This will be the second elec- tion in which Bolton will act as Returning Officer. Work- ing out of Seaforth, his job en- tails ensuring that the federal election runs as smoe*ly as possible in this riding. That involves preparing voters' lists, arranging polling sub- divisions, issuing all election materials, sending notices to all voters, to mention a few of his tasks. Elections are always dif- ferent from one another, he says, because of "changes in the (elections) act, changes in the way of doing things, and something new always seems to go wrong." As Returning Officer, Bolton was required to go to school twice since the last election to become up to date on new policies. The process seems to become more complicated every election, he says. "The instruction book gets bigger and bigger." The reason for this, says Bolton, is because the Chief Electoral Officer from Ottawa makes a con- certed effort to include on voting lists absolutely everyone who is eligible to vote. Redistribution big change One of the big changes this election is the redistribution of polling subdivisions, or polls. There are now 166 polls, down from 186 in the' last elec- tion. The polls have been ar- ranged in co-operation with the provincial returning of- ficer and municipal clerks so that the same polling boun- daries can be used in all levels of elections. Now people will use the same polling staiion. whether they are voting federally, provincially. or municipally. Enumeration is Bolton's prime concern. All the eligi- ble voters in Huron -Bruce have to be registered before they can be eligible to vote. To make up the lists of eligible voters in the riding, Bolton is employing the services of 184 enumerators. Enumerators are nominated by the winning candidate the preceding elec- ton, in this case Murray Car- diff, Who has delegated the authority to his riding association. The nominees are submitted to Bolton, who makes the final approval, and who undertakes the respon- siblity of training the enumerators. In urban polling subdivi- sions, the runner-up in the last election shares the power to nominate half of the necessary enumerators. Ur- ban polls require two enumerators per poll, while rural polls require only one each. Goderich is the only place in Huron -Bruce that is designated as an urban area,. so there will be 36 Invitation to CCAT crop update day Centralia College invites you to view this year's crop research program at our an- nual Crops Update. This special day of tours and discussion will be held on August 22 beginning at 9:30 a.m. rain or shine. Dr. Soon Park from C.D.A. Harrow will talk about the new and current white bean varieties. He will also tell you the present status of upright white bean varieties. You will be able to see research plots and listen to Jim O'Toole discuss new developments in weed control. The Agronomy Secton has devoted considerable effort to canola research. "We are try- ing to determine how to grow and harvest both winter and spring types to maximize yield and profitability" says Bob Forrest. A number of trials are being conducted to evaluate population levels, time of seeding, seed coating, fertility levels, disease con- trol and harveEting methods. The soybean variety trials will be discussed by Soils - Crops Specialist John Schleihauf. You will also be able to see the soybean plan- ting dates, row widths and seeding rates trials. The latest research infor- mation on what variety to plant in 1984 will be discuss- ed by Garry Hoekstra. Finally Soils -Crops Specialist Pat Lynch will discuss the latest • IN PARADE — Orland Schwartzentruber and passenger participated in Saturday's Zurich Fair parade_ 1111111111. 11, developments in seed corn maggot and leafhoppers in white beans as well as corn rootworm problems. This ei►ent will also feature equipment displays as well as a special display of non -till equipment by the Huron Soil and Water Conservation district and local Conserva- tion Authorities. To learn more about the im- provements to bean and canola crops, don't miss this open house. Country Fair at Blyth Aug. 11 The Blyth Festival's third annual Country Fair will be held at Blyth Memorial Hall 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Saturday, August 11. And it's going to be bigger and better than ever before!! Favourite stalls from past years include fruit and vegetables, plants, books, tomorrow boxes, clothing. Granny's Attic, and home - baked goods. Among the new attractions for this year are the Kissing Booth (run by members of this year's com- pany! ), a Cake -Walk enter your favourite cake and win a prize), a mime troupe, a fid- dler. and artists to sketch, or do a caricature of you and your family. Hotdogs, coffee. Iemon4de and other refreshments will be available. The Food Spot will be open for light lunches. Anyone with items for the Country Fair (second-hand clothes, furnishings, or books; home-made goods and fresh produce; etc.' can drop them off at the Box Office between 9 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. on per- formance days. and 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on non-performance days: closed on Sundays. Details for entry into the Cake -Walk can he obtained by calling the Blyth Festival al 523-9300 or 523-9225. Saturday. August 11 is also the first day of the Blyth Festival's Reunion Weekend. A registration booth will be set up at the Country Fair and anyone wishing to join in the festivities can check out what's happening. We're planning a big party - so why not join us'' BALLOON COVER Melissa Rowan rode her umbrella and balloon covered tricycle in Saturday's Zurich Foll r Fair parade. T -A photo STEADY HAND CONTEST Rider Lindy Dillon. Crediton. holds o gloss of water while trotting her horse in a contest at the Zurich Fair. BESSIE READY FOR BINGO -- A Bessie Bingo will be featured at the 1984 Crediton Summerfest. Area farmer Doug Lightfoot is shown with Bessie the cow while Sum- merfest officials Wilmar Wein and Fred Bowers are ready to meosure the lots. A covering story appears on the front page. PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE SOLDIERS John Webster. who served with the Royal Fusiliers from 1939-1945, and member of the R.E. Pooley Legion Branch No. 167 is pictured here with his eldest grand- son, Pte. Evert Vondeworp of 1st RCR stationed at Lon- don, and grandson (left) Craig Vandeworp. and foster grandson Ron Latsky (right) of the Centralia Codet Corps. The two boys are spending the summer at Comp Ipperwosh. 0 L CAND ' TES CONFER — Brut;e McDonald who will represent the liberals in the Huron -Bruce riding and unsuccessful candidate Heather Redick with MP Jack Rid- dell at a barbecue Wednesday night. T -A photo enumerators workingin that town's 18 polling subdivisions. Bolton says enumerators are paid through the electoral of- fice according to a schedule of fees. About 45,000 voters "There are approximately 300 electors in the average polling subdivision", says Bolton. Altogether in Huron - Bruce he expects around 45,000 eligible voters, of which 75 percent actually voted. Bolton says this percentage is average for Canada. This election will be the se- cond time that notice of enumeration cards will be sent to both rural and urban voters. Before 1980, all urban households received a voters' list, and rural lists were posted on a tree or hydro pole, says Bolton. The new cards tell voters "the number and location of polling stations, the dates and laocation of the advance poll, and the location of this (elections) off ice." He says the cards are not identification cards for voting purposes, and that people need to be on the voting lists to be able to vote. In Goderich, he says, if you are not on the list you will not be allowed to vote, but rural voters can still be registered at the polling booth if they present themselves with ap- propriate witnesses. The last date for revisions on the voters' list is Wednes- day, August 15 in rural areas, and Friday, August 17 in ur- ban areas. The Returning Office has a staff of four working at the present time. Including Bolton, they are Bill Hodgert, election clerk, Vanda McNeil, and Jane Rimmer. Bolton says the staff will get as high as 15 to 20 people when they start addressing the 40,000 cards that have to go to the voters. Preliminary voters' lists will be made up by August 3 or 4. Bolton was appointed as Returing Officer a week after the last federal election was called. The nomination was made by the party in power in the riding, and approved by Cabinet. Once appointed, the Returning Officer keeps the post for all federal electons until the riding boundaries are redistributed or the name is changed. When he is not working as Returning Officer, Bolton operates his seed business and farm at RR l Dublin. PACK SCHOOL Part of the large crowd of nearly 700 at the Huron -Bruce Liberal nomination meeting in Clin- ton Thursday is .shown above. T -A photo .,... 'c sSEs# .cM>'Ftm .'"r.xrl>'.i.'s7-ft 4,1 ro o-. By Jack Riddell MPP In last week's report 1 referrred to the question of extra -billing for medical ser- vices, in particular the dif- ferences between the federal and provincial Conservative policies in this area. With the enforcement of Bill ('-3. the Canada Health Act,. Ontario will forfeit $4.444.000 in federal transfer payments because of the government's support of extra -billing. This amounts to approximately $50 million a year being sacrificed while the cost of 01111' premiums to the people of Ontario in- creases by some -$69 million annually. The forfeiture of these millions of dollars will continue for as long as the government stands firm in its position that doctors have the right to charge additional fees above and beyond those covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan. Extra -billing places a financial impediment on quality health care for people Ixnlower income brackets. 'hich means. in effect. that universal access to health care does not exist, which is an intolerable situation. In addition, by forfeiting approximately $50 million each year in penalties under the Canada llealth Act. effec- tive July first. this year. other needed provincial services are neglected. Furthermore, we are not preparing to provide health care for the future. Ontario's population is aging at an in- creasing rate. which is already placing significant strains on existing facilities. We are not simply concern- ed with matters of dollars and cents. We are dealing with questions of great personal concern to millions of Ontario citizens. which threaten the wellbeing of young and old alike, rich and poor. The situation is particularly ominous for the frail and disabled members of our community. For example, the budget to provide assistive devices for children has been consistent - ly reduced since its inception in 1982 - declining most recently to $8 million from $10 million this year. While in the case of adults. charitable organizations are hard press- ed to pick up the lack of government funding for the physically disabled. In the Northern part of On- tario, cancer societies are Agains strapped for funds as a result of the significant costs of transporting patients for treatment, a cost which should be borne by OIIIP. The idea of creating a bir- thing centre in Toronto at a cost of some $350.000 a year was turned down by the government. We lack proper facilities to assist discharged psychiatric patients. nearly 2.000 in Metropolitan Toronto alone. We lack a commitment to fund homemakers' services for the frail elderly and disabled. We lack any com- mitment to increase funding for day centres for the elder- ly, which continue to labour under a funding formula established in 1966. Greater commitment is also needed to provide special internship programs for doc- tors prepared to serve in remote communities. And we are falling woefully short in the proper funding of hospital capital works programs. The health budget for capital works This year was $120 million for the entire pro- vince: yet $150 million is needed in Toronto alone to upgrade facilities. It is estimated tha( over the next ten years $4.5 billion will he needed to meet the demands for capital funding to ensure hospitals can maintain modern facilities to meet the needs of our aging p)pulal ion. Conservative policy dif- ferences at the federal and provincial level are certainly remarkable. The federal Conservative leader has directed his col x4.4 f ➢v (:455..M <.. : q 3 r L V " C(C J t -extra billing leagues to support the Canada llealth Act. On (he other - hand. the Premier of Ontario - leader of the provincial par- ty - has blithely continued to repudiate that action by refusing to adhere to the fun- damenta: principle of the legislation, which is to pro- vide universal access to health care in all Canadian provinces. CLOWN AND BALLOONS - Brian Denomme ap- peared as a clown with balloons in Saturday's Zurich Fall Fair parade. T -A photo ,, J+ .44 MEAT IN LIBERAL PORTIONS — Emil Hendrick and Marion and Bernard Berm were in charge of slicing the meat at Wednesday's Huron -Middlesex Provincial Liberal Association barbecue at the farm of MPP Jack Riddell. T•A photo