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The ribbon was cut at the PALS Transportation Launching Ceremony on Nov.- 3 at the
Chateau Village Community in Parkhill,* The 'happy bus' will transport people from Park-
hill, Ailsa Craig,- Lucan and Strathroy. Pictured from left are Middlesex County MPP Bruce
Smith,, Chateau Gardens administrator Della Hodgins, Sprucedale Care Centre adminis-
trator barren Micallef, Parkhill resident Nancy Glendinning, Bernice Siddall, representing
Ailsa Craig United Church who donated $1,000 and Middlesex Community Living repre-
sentative Tony Malloy.
New bus service to London for Lucan
For $20 per round trip, PALS Transportation will take Lucan's
lessmobile to London to shop or for medical treatment
PARKHILI. - Lucan's elderly
and handicapped have a pal in
PALS Transportation. .
• PALS. an acrl'inym. for the four
Middlesex ctirrmunitics the • new
• bus. Nem ice will serve (Parkhill.
Ailsa .Craig. Lucan and' Strathroy )
-was unveiled on Monday at a rib-
hm-cutting ceremony at Parkhill's •
Chateau Village Community Apart-
merits.
The service is a first for disabled
adults .in Middlesex County. It is
also the first time a project of this
kind has been tried in-Ontano. _ --
London's .Aboutown Trans-, •
portation Ltd. will operate the ser-
vice which will run from Parkhill.
Ailsa Craig and Lucan to London
on Wednesdays. and from Strathroy
to London on Tuesdays and Thurs-
days. Buses will pick up passengers
in .time to arrive in London by
about 10:30 a.m. The route
eludes regular stops at Masonville
Place. the London Health Sciences
• Centre's University campus and the
St. Joseph's - Health Centre with
more likely to be added.
A round trip cost is.$20 per per-
son and rides must he booked no
later than noon of the day before
the trip.
• Ahoutown general manager. Tom
• Donnelly said fares and on -board
advertising will.hopefully cover all
costs of the service. Aboutown
plans on testing the service for 90
: days and if all goes well there will
be further reviews after. six months
and a year. Start up costs were cov-
ered by donations from local spon-
sors and a total $42.100 grant to the
Middksex County Transportation
Committee(MCTC) from five pro-
vincial government departments:
Transportation. Health. Community
<and Social Services. Education and ..
Citizenship and Culture.- Tourism
and Recreation in a initiative called
the Community Transportation Ac-
- tion Program (CTAP). •
CTAP • representative Peter Co-
ghill expressed how great he feels
that this program has been finalized
and under way:
"It's -our hope and desire that
communities like "yours will con-
tinue to work together." he said:
-adding, "hopefully this will prop I(IC
_long-lasting benefits to the com-
munity."
MCTC chairperson Jackie Wells
believes the service is needed: es-
pecially for those with disabilities.
- She explained that if 'they have tq
travel to London by themselves. it
could easily cost them up•to $200.'
She also said the service is there fop -
everyone. i
op-
everyone.. including abused women
and children and the elderly:
"We needed something .visual the
:service- 'needed. --;to;- he - seen - as
unique." Wells . said. adding that'
they hired artist Kevin Micallef to
design the "happy," bus logo used.
fo_r the promotion'of the bus.
. ;Everyone who participated in. the
success of the transportation bus
was excited at its inception. -
"To .say that you have enthusiasm
would be a great understatement."
. said'London Transit general manag-
er -Greg Latham.
•
Board bans book
CLINTON - Hide and Shriek by
R.L. Stine will be removed from all
elementary school libraries in the
Huron County Board of Education..
The trustees approved the removal
of the book at their meeting on
Monday.
Lynda Norbanuik, chair of the
education committee said the ¢ook
has very graphic details.
"It's just a horrible book for peo-
ple to be reading," she explained.
"i read -it and 1 felt really il1 about
it: It's completely inappropriate for
children to read." Trustee Abby
Armstrong said. adding not all R.L.
• Stine books have been removed.
Trustee Roxanne Brown said al-
though the book would be removed
from the school libraries, it would
still be available in the Huron
County libraries.
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Middlesex -Elgin • VON branch
president Carolyn 'Henry. Mid-
dlesex MPP Bruce Smith. Paul
Cavanagh from . the Ministry ' of
Health's tong -term care area office.
Sprucedale Care Centre • ad-
ministrator Darren Micallef and
. Middlesex County councillor Bill
Waters
Also present .was Parkhill's Nan-
' cy Glendinning who • represented
the a MS Society and cut the ribbon.
Aboutown presented'.two of -its
huses at .the ribbon -cutting cer-
--emony--- one, has -two spaces for
wheelchairs find 12 for ambulatory
passengers. the • other with three
• ani six seats respectively. Donnel-
ly said ht>th vehicles -can he quickly
reconfigured and morc.vehicfes can
be :added to the 'route from the
Aboutown fleet if demand warrants
Those wanting to.. make a dona-
tion to PALS or reserve a -ride can
gall 245-6I 16 or I.888--229-9907. '
Also present at the ceremony was -
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Who's riding the bus?
EXETER - With the teachers .
strike more that) a week under way,
Charterways bus drivers don't have
anything to do on the job'.
Since the teachers strike began
Oct. 27. _33 bus drivers at the Exet-
er Charterways Branch have been
out of work.
"I dop't know what they're going
to do." said Exeter Chanerways
branch manager Ken Ogden. "Last
week they were paid, hut we still
have to hear what's going to hap-
pen it' the strike continues."
Up until now, Charterways em-
ployees will he reimbursed their
lost wages, but Ogden isn't sure
how long this will last.
"There's 33 drivers here, and
there's' nothing here for them to
do," he said, adding,,"i don't knew
what they're going to do." -
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