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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1975-05-22, Page 24The Centennial store on Rattenbury Street is now open and offers a wide range of souvenir and gift items. Open every Friday night and Saturday afternoon in May the store was set up by Bob Mann and his wife, who is pictured here going over the inventory of the store. (News -Record photo) Carroll seeks Paul Carroll of Goderich has announced that when the Riding's New Democratic Party members nominate someone to take to the provincial election campaign trail, he'll be ready to accept ' the challenge. Mr. Carroll is the second NDP in the Riding to declare his intentions to be candidate at the nomination meeting. Philip Walker, a 40 -year-old businessman from Grand Bend, announced earlier this month he would seek support as a candidate for the provincial contest this year. A former Godericheve, .Paul Carroll is not new to the trustings in this. Riding, He was the NDP candidate in 1971 and again in the by-election two years ago when the present member, Liberal Jack Riddell was elected. In his prepared press release, Mr. Carroll had this to say: "The Davis Government has categorically failed to meet -the needs of Ontario citizens. Its 1971 mandate has been exhausted. As the Official Opposition, the Nixon Liberals have failed to lead the Legislature in proposing constructive alternatives to present Government programmes. "In the same four-year period, I believe that Ontario New Democrats have provided the real leadership for change in Ontario --- not in terms of new, radical, and reactionary policies, but, rather in terms of reasonable, conservative, and rational statements - uttered onstructively and with the nomination confidence of being able to remedy at least, if not solve some of the current social and economic ills. TODAY'S HEALTH Young farmers. will ro it4rom new -law — Amendments to the Farm Credit Act increasing the funds available for farm loans and raising the ceiling on loans to young .farmers became law today. Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan said the changes give the ,Farm Credit Corporation the flexibility and the funds to do a much better job for the Canadian agriculture industry., Most of the changes pertain to young farmers and are aimed at helping persons under 35 years of age to get into farming. "The former loan ceiling of $100,000 was too low for young farmers. The new $150,000 limit is more realistic for the costs faced today by young persons establishing an adequate farm business," Mr. Whelan said. Another change will allow young persons whose principal, occupation is not farming to phase into farming over a period of up to five years. Previously, thecorporation could only lend to those prin- cipally occupied in farming. Young farmers will also benefit from a new provision giving the FCC more discretion in equity requirements. The corporation formerly could lend up to 90 percent of the productive value of land, livestock and equipment to young borrowers who had demonstrated above-average efficiency. Now a young farmer who is a competent manager and shows satisfactory been fruitful, the opportunity for presenting a sound alter- native has been successfully undertaken. I am prepared to continue that effort with all the conviction of my beliefs." Paul Carroll "My response to the general conditions stated, coupled with a strong desire to have a de- centralized democracy returned to Ontario, has been to declare my intention to contest the nomination for the Huron - Middlesex New Democratic Party for the coming election. In doing so, I wish to continue an ongoing commitment to serve my community and fight, in whatever way, for regional autonomy as a means—of,,_ preserving our way of life. "On two previous occasions I have allowed my name to stand as the New Democratic can- didate in this Riding. Although the electoral results have not" You can help make sure your drinking water's safe by David Woods More than half of Ontario's boundary abuts onto enormous amounts of potentially drinkable water, including four of the five Great Lakes. That quantity constitutes a vast natural resource. But what of the quality -of this province's water supply — is the stuff fit to drink? Well, if you're on the public water system, what comes out of your kitchen or bathroom taps has been through a pretty rigorous filtration and purification process. Even so — and keeping in mind a variation of the old adage about many a "slip 'twixt cup and Hp" — local health units are constantly checking the final product to see that high stan- dards of water purity are upheld. Dr. Joseph Burkholder, the Nia- gara Region's medical officer of health, says that sometimes per- fectly good water entering the distribution system can get impuri- ties in it somewhere along the pipe - "(lines, although that's a pretty rare occurrence. But just to make sure, local health units take monthly random samples of cold water straight from the tap. $amples are of water that has not ndergone extra softening or filter- ing in the home. This is then placed itis A 3- or 4 -oz. bottle, refrigerated and sent to the lab for testing. If the tests reveal a coliform -bacteria count, the medical officer of health's team immediately goes into action to track down the cause — and put It right. political to secure every loan made under the Farm Credit Act by a first mortgage. "Second -mortgage financing will be a, big help to many farmers," Mr. Whelan said. "If a farmer has a mortgage with a favourable interest rate and repayment terms, he doesn't have to give it litp to get additional money for capital expansion. The Corporation can lend to him on a second or .subsequent mortgage." Another amendment in- creases the Corporation's capital to $100 million from its former $66 million. That means the FCC can borrow up to $2.5 billion from the federal treasury, an increase of $850 million over the former maximum. The Minister stressed the importance of adequate credit for the agriculture industry. "Inflation has hit hard at the things farmers need to produce food — land, building materials, seed, fertilizer, animal feeds, machinery and fuel. We must make sure that money is available to carry on farming enterprises and to encourage young persons to take up farming," Mr. Whelan said. repayment ability could receive loans in excess of the 90 percent level. An amendment which can benefit all farmers grants FCC authority to secure loans with other than first mortgages. Previously FCC was required Smile A dyed-in-the-wool baseball fan was persuaded by friends to go to the horse races. Being a beginner, he picked a longshot to win. Coming down the stretch, •his horse was neck and neck with the favorite. As they neared the wire for a photo finish, the baseball man. hollered, "Slide, you bum, slide!" You've Got to Keep on Walking!"u:1/4t All of this is vital preventive medicine, sine-corstaminatear:,__ - can spread such diseases 'as polio, typhoid, hepatitis and dysentery. Dr. Burkholder advises those with private water supplies to take extra precautions. Summer cottagers, for example, should not assume that the water in that idyllic lake is neces- sarily pure. When in doubt about the water, boil it. You can also• do your own purifying by adding two drops of household bleach (which contains chlorine) to each quart of water, and waiting 20 minutes be- fore drinking. Perhaps the safest solution of all, says Dr. Burkholder, is to take bottled water with you when you go to the cottage. This water, he points out, doesn't have to be the increasingly popular "spring water" sold in stores; but simply water from the tap at home. In this connection, Burkholder says, the trend towards •drinking bottled "purified" or distilled water may be self-defeating, because even though the chemical content of our public water supply must be moni- tored to ensure that it doesn't con- tain dangerous levels of, asbestos, say, or mercury, we do need some of the so-called trace elements in the watgr we drink. Unlike the Ancient Mariner who complained "water, water every- where -- and not a drop to drink," Ontario has possibly more drinkable water than just about anywhere else. And engineers, health workers — and you — can ensure that what we drink is as pure as it should he. One step won't take you very far, You've 99t to keep on walking. One word won't telt them who you ore, You've got to keep on talking. An inch won't make you very tall, You've got to keep on growing. One little ad won't do it all, You've got to keep them going. A constant drop of water, Wears away the hardest stone. By constant gnawin', Bowser Masticates the toughest bone. The constant cooing lover Carries off the blushing maid. And the constant advertiser, Is the one who gets the trade! 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