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PAYMENT OF
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Due to the postal strike, Public
Utilities Bilis will be available on
August 5, 1981 at the Public Utilities
Commission office, 17 Park Lane,
Clinton, Ontario.
The due date will be August 17, 1981.
Kindly get in touch ,with the Public
Utilities Commission office in person
or call by phone 482-9601 to arrange
payment.
The P.U.C. office will be open from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. It is
your responsibility to pay the.P.U.C.
billing. If more information is
required, do not hesitate to call 482-
9601.
CLINTON
PUBLIC UTILITIES
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Susan McKay of Clinton has not actually slit her wrists, this is only a realistic
dramatization of a potential suicide attempt. Susan is one of 14 Clinton and Vanastra
swimming instructors and lifeguards to take the National Lifeguard Course. An in-
tensive first aid course, complete with emergency situations, victims and rescuers is
involved in this 40 hour course. (Shelley McPhee photo)
stuck in
the middle
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It's only nine o'clock in the morning
and. normally I can live, with that.
There's very.little thatone can do with 9
am, except to try and wade through the
hour.
But one learns very quickly that
aggravating the situation can only lead
tb. headache, heartache, and, heart-
burn. The wee morning hours should be
left alone by normal human beings.
Tey were only designed so vampires
could retreat into their. dark, damp,
dungeons - for others they are not to be
tampered. with.
But some of us fail to learn, we fail to
accept known facts until it is too late
and the damage has been done. I knew,
I really knew from the very start that 5
am is no time to "rise and shine." At 5
am there is no sun to shine, at 5 am
there is no logical reason to rise, well
other than fora quick trip to the john.
But logic has no meaning when
romance is in the air, it has no place in
a time of pomp, pageantry and glory -
so I am told.
There was no escaping, no chance to
drift away into a sweet world of
slumber and dreams. The throngs were
at the door at 5:25 am - loaded down
with champagne, English muffins and
strawberry preserves, to celebrate the
event of the year, the royal wedding.
Eveningre-runs were simply out of the
question for these true-blue monar-
chists. Never before had I known my
friends to have such love for England's
royal family, and I still don't believe
that their convictions are genuine.
Their only loyalty is to a cheap bottle of
Lubbly, . topped off with A&P orange
ice.
It is very difficult to put up a strong
argument when one's eyes are still half
shut. It is very difficult to turn the
"friends" away when they are already
settled down in front of one's color
television. • .
With little choice but to endure, one
merely tries to con oneself. .
Such promising words as, "Hey it'`s
getting light out now," or "Man it's only
5:47 and I feel really good," momen-
tarily offer some comfort _ and en-
couragement.
But no words, no possible remedy on
this earth can lessen the pain and
misery that 9 am brings on. The skin
pales, the dark circles . surround the
once lovely.eyes, the head begins to nod
and the eyed involuntarily close.
Fellow workmates offer little sym-
pathy. They know that there's still a
paper to print, and each one must carry
their share of the workload come hell or
high water.
The employers do not believe that
I've been stung by a strange tropical
insect and I'm now suffering from the
deadly sleeping disease. They. do not
believe that my house burned to the
ground in the middle of the night and I
was left homeless. I ,simply can't sell
them on the story that I've been striken
with mononucleosis . and feel just toq
weak to lift a finger.
They know that 5 am was royal
wedding time and they don't feel the
least bit sorry for me and my cham-
pagne headache.
Ahh, but it was all grand, just like a
fairytale come true And now this
romantic -at -heart plans to re-enact her
own version of famous fairytale....The
Story of Rip Van Winkle!
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JULY 30,1981—PAGE 3
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The gaping wound, the rasping breath,'
the perspiring forehead and paled skin, the
gushing blood and the weapon, a sharp -
edged razor blade, lying nearby looks all
too real.
But realism is the key here, this is a
matter of life or death, and saving the life
is of the utmost importance.
More than an act, more than a
demonstration, here the rescuers are
preparing themselves for a real-life
situation, like 'an attempted wrist slitting
suicide.
Through the re-enactment of highly
stressful situations, 14 Clinton and
Vanastra- lifeguards and swimming in-
structors are learning how accidents can
happen, how they should be treated and
how they can be prevented through the
National Lifeguard Course.
The program, the best lifeguarding
course in the nation, teaches first aid, pool
chemistry, physical fitness and public,
relations. It's the toughest lifeguarding
course this country offers, but it gives
graduates thehighest qualifications
available, enabling them to work at any
swimming facility in Canada.,
hr cliitr its highly rated nnality. the
National Lifeguard Course, is still not the
most popular to study because of its stiff
level of difficulty. However in Clinton,
where it is being taught for the first time,
more than 40 area people registered for the
course, which is limited to a maximum of
14 students.
Elizabeth Thompson of Clinton is
teaching the course, with help from
London instructor Tony Kyle, and ac-
cording to lKlizabeth, "Once you have
studied the course,; you're really aware of
what could go wrong in the pool."
"Lifeguarding is more than just a
summer' iob for students." she stressed.
The National Lifeguard Course takes an
in-depth . study of pool maintenance,
prevention and treatment, from the proper
ways to test water, to promoting the pool
and its programs, to dealing with medical
emergency situations.
The first aid portion of the course is
definitely the,. most visible, and most
dramatic. Students at the Clinton pool
have dealt with simulated emergencies
involving broken limbs, electrical shock,
smashed faces and attempted suicide.
Appearing to be simple fun and games, the
rirst aid situations clearly teach both the
'own Council notes...
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Applications to take part in the run are
available until August 13.
Chemical wastes under control
A 'bylaw to control the disposal of in-
dustrial waste in sanitary sewers has been
passed by Clinton council.
Drawn up by the ministry of the en-
vironment, the bylaw authorizes what
wastes can go into sewers. It is especially
needed for industrial parks to control
refuse and any wastes which may be
harmful to sewage works, or dangerous to
persons, animals, property of the en-
vironment are forbidden from entering
municipal sewage systems.
The new bylaw also states that no roof,
storm or surface water can drain into the
system, and Mayor Chester Archibald
admitted that this problem does exist in
Clinton. The capacity rises slightly at the
sewage plant when it rains or during the
spring run-off tinge.
Bylaw is ' evised
Reiterating a bylaw set more than 25
years ago, Clinton council recently
reviewed and approved a new bylaw to
govern the costs of maintaining sanitary
sewer lines in the town. The bylaw, which
follows the previous bylaw, says that
sewer blockage and problems that occur
from the street line to the main line is the
PUC's responsibility. ,
Problems that occur from the street line
to ,a house or inside private propertyare
the responsibilities of that property owner.
Henderson backs boards
At. the end of the 1981
federal -provincial
agricultural ministers' con-
ference, Ontario Agriculture
and Food Minister Lorne C.
Henderson said that farm
credit, interest rates, . the
cost -price squeeze., and
marketing are the major
concerns of farmers today.
Itenderson had strong
words for the Economic
Council of Canada's recently
released report on
regulatory reform as it ap-
plied to marketing boards.
The minister said the
report,lacks credibility.
"The council's researchers
seem to have consulted
everyone except farmers
and their • organizations in
developing the report," . he
said.
He criticized the council's
chairman for not staying at
the Edmonton conference
long enough to answer policy
questions from provincial
ministers and stated that the
report hadbeen released in a
manner_.t ,lt ensured max-
imum adverse publicity for
agricultural oganizations
and marketing boards in On-
tario.
"Marketing boards have
developed over the years to
assist farmers in meeting a
number of problems related
to the provision of a
wholesome supply of food,"
Henderson said. "As far as I
am concerned, supply
management and marketing
boards have my full support.
I cannot understand why the
Economic Council of Canada
are sd opposed . to supply
management when it is clear
that many producers of com-
modities without such plans
are facing serious economic
problems.
"If people want to criticize
those boards, they had better
come up with some workable
alternatives," the minister
concluded.
Henderson said he was en-
couraged to learn that
federal government plans to
present an improved hog
stabilization program within
four months.
He, also commented
favorably on the recently in-
troduced changes to the
Farm Credit Corporation
Act which will expand the
credit available to pro-
ducers.
victims and the rescuers the symptoms,
the treatment and the possible prevention
in serious medical accidents.
"We should be able to handle anything
that happens at the pool," Elizabeth
stressed, "And by the end of the course, we
should be able to give the students really
difficult situations."
"It's fun, but it's also quite frightening.
You realize how much you didn't know
beforehand," she added.
The intensive course involves 40 to 50 -
hours of intensive study, with weekly tests
and constant evaluation. In August, the
Clinton group will complete a written and
practical examination and Elizabeth is
hopeful that everyone in the Blass will
pass. ,After two years, the graduates will
have to re -qualify for the course, with
another written examination or complete
course study again.
Along with Elizabeth, Gloria Workman
of the Clinton pool is also a graduate of the
National Lifeguard Course. Elizabeth, a
four-year grad and instructor, hopes the
course will be taught in this area again and
she stressed, "Most cities want to make it
a miniumum requirement for lifeguards,
but not enough people have taken the
course yet."
E'l'izabeth supports, and highly
recommends.\the course and explained
that pool lifeguads shauld be prepared to.
handle any situation
"I just think how I'd feel if I couldn't
help someone in trouble," she reasoned.
Library may be sinking.
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floor. When B.M. Ross and Associates
complete their study more definite an-
swers will be known.
The Library's History
Often referred to as one of Clinton's most
attractive historical buildings, the
dignified Clinton Carnegie Public Library
was built in 1896.
When James Stavely, an English im-
migrant and wealthy resident of Clinton
died in 1889, he left his money to the
government. In turn Clinton's town fathers
appealed to the government for funds to
build a library and in 1896 the provincial
government offered the town a sum of
$10,000 for the construction of the town
library. The money built the red -brick
••
structure and left $5,000 of an endowment
which brings an income of five per cent per
annum.
In 1900, the Carnegie addition was built
pnto°'the library. Money for this addition
was bequeathed by a multi -millionaire
from New York,, who was keenly in-
terested in library work and left. large -
sums of money to help improve and build
libraries throughout the country.
Today, the Clinton library is the home of
the local branch of the Huron County
Library and houses thousands of books, for
children and adults.
The library's second floor has been
vacant for several years and is used as a
storage facility and occasionally as a
meeting place.
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