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Women's groups tackle key issues
or as long as there has been a
Listowel Banner, the paper has carried
reports of women's meetings. This in-
cludes associations such as Women's
Institutes, service clubs, lodges and
church groups. From time to time new
reporters on our staff (keen young peo-
ple just out of J -school), ask well as
some of our readers have questioned
the publishing of these meetings.
We never have; perhaps because from
a young age, we were aware of the
works of such groups in rural areas.
Also,we've been privileged to attend
some of these meetings, and have got-
ten to know some of the women in-
volved.
Without doubt, year in and year out
women's groups contributed at least as
much to their community, to society in
general and to international causes as
do men's service clubs which often
have a higher profile.
In past editorials we have outlined
some of the important issues raised by
groups such as the Women's Institutes.
These include such diverse causes as
pasteurized milk in the early years of
the WI, to the more recent right of hav-
ing a 'living will' concerning hospital
care for patients who won't recover.
This week we'd like to outline a bit of
the work done by one women's church
group, the Fordwi h United Church
Women. It's no different than other
women's church,groups,and we.didn't
solicit the information. It was contained
in one submitted report on a general
meeting of the group.
At this meeting, a discussion was held
on sending letters to government offi-
cials requesting the government rescind
the law requiring refugees to pay an
entry fee upon entering Canada. Mem-
bers were requested to have their cook-
ies for a church camp by June 25.
Members decided to give $25 to each
child attending a church a church camp
to help with costs. The clothing bale for
Northern Canada was to be packed at
the end of the month. The group decided
to assist with the roofing o ; Ii, o'
Bluefield, Nicaragua, as pL . ia' „ 0-
ject.
The UCW reported grocery tapes air
still being collected for charitable pur-
poses, several items will be purchased
for confirmation, and a `trunk sale' to
raise money will be held on August 24.
Not bad for one village church group.
Certainly churches across this land
know the importance of their women's
groups. No church could operate without
them. Similarly, Royal Canadian Legion
branches rely on their Ladies Auxiliary
to provide funds, as well as cater to all
sorts of events.
Too often women's groups are thought
to be little more than the source of food
caterers. And in this regard, where
would any service club or a community
be without such caterers?
However, over the years women's
groups have been involved in improving
living conditions for people around the
world, as well as at home. Like many
Canadians who go about quietly helping
others, community and church women's
groups rarely grab the headlines.
This year one woman was responsible
for getting a question regarding unpaid
housework included in the federat;cen-
sus. There is ribw apush to have volun-
teer hours of work included in the next
census. If this is done, perhaps the re-
sulting statistics will begin to make us
aware of a lot of effort we have taken
for granted, or worse, through ignorance
dismissed as being worthless.
The Times -Advocate wholeheartedly
echoes this editorial written by Marion
Duke, editor of the Listowel Banner.
Your Views
Letters to the editor
Food drive appreciated
"Thank you...for being so gener-
ous and thoughtful toward our
own who are in need."
Dear Editor:
Re: the Exeter Volunteer Fire Department's An-
nual Food Drive.
Thank you, firemen, for a job well done.
Thank you, community of Exeter, for being so
generous and thoughtful toward our own who are in
need.
Thank you, also, to those who give throughout the
year as a faithful commitment.
Exeter Community Food Bank Volunteers
A View From
IJy Eric
TORONTO =- A year after he won an elec-
tion, Premier Mike Harris has emerged as an
otherwise unremarkable man who grabbed an
appealing idea and would not let go.
The idea was to cut government to the
bone so residents could stop getting in debt and
even enjoy a rarity few can remember, a tax re-
duction. Progressive Conservative Harris was
not the first to have the idea. It has been talked
of and tried elsewhere, particularly in various
parts of the United States. This is where Har-
ris may have got it. An aide once told how Har-
ris would spend hours reading and marking the
conservative Reader's Digest.
Even now, news media report that Harris
gets his views from a clique of young right-
wing advisers around him. But in fact he was
talking of such things as "rationalizing" health
care to avoid duplication and save money soon
after he becamea back-bench MPP in 1981.
Harris could net complain much about big
government then use die Tories who exem-
plified it were in dlfi ce, but soon after they
CITIZEN BLACK
Student job connection...
By Tonya Riehl - Student Employment Officer
Employers... we have students ready
Many of you may be
wondering exactly who I am
and what makes me qualified to
write about student
employment. As the title says,
my name is Tonya Riehl and I
am the Student Employment �t}:
"'Officer in the Exeter Canada
Employment Centre for
Students (CECS). I was born in
Exeter and attended South
Huron District High School,
where I specialized in field
hockey. Since graduation, I
have been attending the
University of
Western
Ontario and am
entering my
fourth year of
the Honours
Business
Administration program at the
Richard Ivey School of
Business. I have been trained
by Human Resources and
Development Canada in the area
of student employment and the
resources available in the office
are endless.
The next ten weeks of the
Exeter Times -Advocate will
include Student Job Connection.
It will be of interest to students,
employers, and anyone who is
were booted out in 1985 he was deploring the
tradition of throwing money at every issue.
Harris had his theme long before his whiz
kids came along, although they may have
helped him later fill in finer points, and he also
was talking about slashing government while
Premier Ralph Klein of Alberta, whom some
consider his mentor, was counting potholes as
mayor of Calgary.
Harris stuck to his theme in the 1990 elec-
tion when he called himself "The Taxfighter"
despite many scoffing at him as simplistic and
naive. Harris also stuck with his own instincts
when he announced his policies in his Common
Sense Revolution pamphlet a year before the
1995 election, ignoring claims they would be
analyzed at leisure, shot at and made to look
old hat.
The Liberals took the opposite view and
held back to see which way the wind blew,
avoid lengthy scrutiny and appear fresh, but by
the time they also realized that people wanted
cuts and produced a weaker version voters nat-
a stud
looking for a job now or plans
to in the. future. Each week I
will bring employers and the
community up to date on what
is happening in the Canada
Employment Centre for
Students. I will theil `foCuS on a
topic of interest to students and
job seekers, such as resume
writing or marketing yourself
effectively. I invite suggestions
for topics that readers are
interested in learning more
about. If you have a suggestion
contact me at 235-1711 between
8:30 and 4:00 Monday
to Friday. •
Employers will be
interested to note that
we currently have many
n t • students registered here
e in the office. The
students range from grade 6 to
post -secondary and have a
broad base of experience and
skills. • They are looking for jobs
for one day or the whole
summer. Farmers especially are
invited to consider hiring
students to help them catch up
after the late planting season.
We have a list of stone pickers
ready to work. Students are
hard working and an
inexpensive resource available
to employers.
This weeks focus for students
will be "Where To Start!" I
recommend all students start
looking for work right here at
the Canada Employment Centre
fdr Students at 281 Mair! Street
§outh (beside ew Orleans
Pizza). Here you are invited to
fill out a registration card which
lets me know what type of work
you are looking for. There are
also student job postings for the
Exeter area and Huron County,
inforihation on the Summer
Experience Program and the
Environmental Youth Corps.
Help wanted ads from the local
newspapers are also available.
Before students leave the office
they should pick up some
booklets that are available. One
excellent phamplet is called
"Looking for a Job?" I am also
available to answer any
questions students might have.
Mixt Week I will write about the
next step in a job search,
"Marketing Yourself'.
I hope everyone will find my
the Student Job Connection
useful, I encourage students to
clip it and keep the job search
information for future reference.
Until next time!
Harris wont let go
urally preferred the original and its author's
stronger commitment.
As premier, Harris has begun dramatically
reducing government and the deficit and in-
come tax, although there is some doubt he can
reach all his targets including balancing the
budget in four years. He also has chopped
more than he should in some social services,
leaving them severely weakened while neglect-
ing to cut waste in areas like justice. (Has he
ever noticed the easy time judges have in
courts?)
But in government Harris has come close to do-
ing what he said he would do. The unremark-
able side of Harris can be seen in the legislature
where he does not make inspiring speeches like
his New Democrat predecessor, Bob Rae, al-
though it can be argued that he communicat-
ed,effectively when it counted in the elec-
tion. Harris likes to say he. is "just an ordinary
guy next door" and in many respects this is
true. If he has deep thoughts about his right
wing leanings, he does not offer them except as
much as is needed to describe his programs.
He does not show much originality in speech-
making and uses odd, dated phrases like grab-
bing "the whole enchilada," a 1940s phrase
meaning everything, and getting "a bum rap,"
slang for unfair blame dating from the early
1900s underworld, and he is among those who
insist irritatingly on referring to "the NDP par-
ty," although the P stands for Party.
Hams often deflects questions to Manage-
ment Board Chairman David Johnson and Fi-
nance Minister Ernie,Eves and does his party a
favour because they answer more clearly and
are less likely to slip up. The premier had to
correct himself recently for alleging that the
government hired too many public servants be-
tween 1980 and 1985, which were Tory years,
when he meant from 1985 to 1990, when the
Liberals were in, and mistakenly accusing a
Liberal of campaigning against staging the
Olympic Games in Toronto.. But Harris is still
the one who got hold of the idea, and his party
could not have got where it is without him.
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