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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1986-03-05, Page 4Page 4—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5,1986 Tha Clinton Now -Record is published each Wednesday at P.O. ®oz 09, Clinton, Ontario, Canada, NOM U.I. Tei,i 9$2.3943. Subscription Rate: Canada -131.00 Sr. Citizen - 410,00 ply year U.S.A. foreign Y40.O1rper year it is registered as second classby rho post office under the permit number 0017. Tho News -Record 0n4orparoted 0n 1929 thotturon News -Record, founded in 1851. and The Clinton N0Ws Ora, founded la MOMS. Total press runs 3.700. Incorporating J. HOWARD AITKEN - Publisher ANNE NAREJKO - Editor GARY IHAIST - Advertising Manager MARY ANN HOLLENB CK - Office Manager Display advertising rates available on request. Ask for Rote Cord No. 15 affective Oc- tober1.1084. A MEMBER Taxpayers hit too hard Finance Minister Michael Wilson's 1986 federal budget will hit virtually every Canadian taxpayer hard this year, but the full impact of the budget will not be felt until tax time rolls around in 1987. The goal of the budget - reduce Canada's $34.3 -billion deficit to $29.5 -billion in 1987. The goal is good, but the means of reaching it are harsh. The burden of reducing the deficit lands on the shoulders of the in- dividual taxpayer with the government picking up a small portion of the responsibility. The Progressive Conservative budget will see an extra $1.1 -billion raised in personal income taxes this year while the govern- ment is taking a spending cut of only $500 -million. In order to raise the $1.1 -billion dollars, all taxpayers will pay an addi- tional surtax of three per cent on their federal income tax starting July 1. This surcharge will be paid on top of the surtax imposed last year when Mr. Wilson introduced his first full budget. Last year's budget produced an average of $300-$400 extra from the Canadian taxpayer this year, and with the latest budget, this figure could double in 1987. Another area the budget has hit is the federal sales tax. It will rise by one per cent starting April 1. The new "Sin" taxes went into effect when the budget was introduced on February 26. Smokers are paying an additional 4.5 cents for a pack of 25 cigarettes while a case of beer now costs an extra six cents and a 710 ml bottle of alcohol has gone up 12 cents. One the government spending side of the budget, members of parlia- ment and senators will take a $1,000 pay cut this year while salaries for senior bureaucrats will be frozen for the next year. (The majority of senior officials make $100,000 and members of parliament earn approx- imately $64,000 a year. ) When the Progressive Conservative Party took office, one of their pro- mises was to create jobs. However, Mr. Wilson's buget has cut Ottawa's job creation and training budget from $2.1 -billion to $1.9 -billion. Departmental spending in public service is being cut by $850 -million and Canada Post has been given until March, 1988 to nullify its $600- • million 600-•million tleWt. The cirrly�bright spots• -in the budget are business taxes will drop and disabled Canadians now qualify for a larger tax deduction. Mr. Wilson incorporated the business insentive because he feels more jobs will be created, therefore the economy will be richer. Continuing along the lines of attempting to reduce the federal deficit, Mr. Wilson designed his budget in the hopes of drawing international in- vestment. But to do this, the ever fluctuating Canadian dollar must reach an acceptable and stable level and interest rates must be attractive. To the average taxpayer, drawing international investment means very little right now. There major concern is the ever increasing taxes on products used daily and on their yearly income. However, if the govern- ment's gamble on the Canadian dollar and interest rate does pay off, more jobs will be created which will benefit the Canadian economy. Meanwhile, the individual taxpayer is being hit hard, too hard. - by Anne Narejko: Relaxation Today there's a clinic for everything. In- stead of jogging outside where you're lungs can get the benefit of fresh air, people go to a health club. Instead of riding a bicycle around town, people go to a health club. And instead of chopping wood or working in the garden, people go to a gym to lift weights and exercise. And now there is a new type of clinic - a centre for relaxation in Toronto. Everyone has experienced that tight, tense feeling. You become irritable and your body aches all over. Well, according to the 38 -year-old Eli Bay who runs the Relaxa- tion Response Centre, all we need to discover is how to relax. I, for one, could use a crash course in relaxing. At the end of a hard day, when I barely have the energy to lift my pen, I filed myself pacing in my house or doing odd jobs instead of catching a few hours sleep. According to Mr. Bay, people like myself need to learn how to relax and one of the several methods he suggests to achieve total relaxation is proper breathing. "Adults tend to breathe with the top two- thirds of their lungs and many breathe through their mouths. That's stress breathing," says Mr. Bay. He suggests adults learn to breath into their abdomen, like children apparently do. One of the ad- vantages of this form of relaxation is it can be done anywhere. _ However, Mr. Bay feels his clinic is necessary because one must practise and train in order to reach total relaxation, and his five week course for $295 will provide all the training and practise one needs. • For your $295 dollars, Mr. Bay will ex- plain the use of light exercise which will help ease your tension and help you relax; show you how to move using as few muscles as possible; and give you the ability to gain "body knowledge." When I first read about these steps, the light exercise and using as few muscles as possible seemed sensible, but the "body knowledge" threw me a bit. "Body knowledge" as the article explain- ed, is the "ability to scan your body with a mind's eye, find where you're tense, and alleviate it yourself." Now I take that two ways. One - mind over matter and two - physically alleviate the tension. By mind over matter, I mean' simply sit- ting quietly and telling yourself that your shoulders really aren't tense, it just your imagination. Physically alleviating the ten- sion means getting someone to massage your shoulders. Mr. Bay claims to have a 91 per cent suc- cess rate with the majority of his clients between the ages of 225 and 50 and well- educated. Although Mr. Bay's course is tax deducti- ble and comes with a guarantee, I think I'll try another method of alleviating stress - it's called Slob For A Day. While lying in bed listening to the radio 111, one Sunday morning, the broadcaster said being a slob for a day can reduce the amount of stress in one's life. He quickly added that it doesn't mean you stop using your deodorant or your toothbrush, but .simply dressing in your grubbies. Worrying about how you look, what you're going to wear and, whether this shirt mat- ches these pants and socks, adds stress to daily life. So by putting on a ragged T-shirt • and sweat pants on a day off, stress can be reduced. Sounds like a sijnple and affordable way to reduce stress and try to obtain total relax- ation to me. Letters To The Editor Just a reminder that all letters to the editor must be signed in order to be publish- ed in the Letters column of this paper. Pseudonyms may be used, but the name of the letter writer will be divulged upon re- quest. There's a reason crowds are small, says reader Dear Editor: In the last two weeks there -has been a let- ter in the paper concerning the Junior D hockey team. The program was concerning mileage which involves money. After atten- ding Friday night's (February 28) game, my feeling was that money seems to be no • problem, or should I say, no problem with mates, his coach, the executive that works some of the players. hard to keep the team going, the fans that It was a playoff game and I was very sur- pay $3 to watch a good game of hockey. prised at the low attendance. If you took Maybe this is the reason Why the crowd is Tavistock fans out, the crowd would be few. small. For playoff games, the arena should be full. Ido not think that the referee is the one to After seeing Friday night's game, 'I can blame. They have a job to do - just put understand why it isn't. yourself in their skates. The comment was made at the end of the game that he would be out the next game. The answer was that they will buy him back. To me this individual hockey player cost the se lot t- the fine- a t Friday e c use of night fit of emper. This is just one night, how many other The bill to ban extra -billing in Ontario has in this House; the desire to have, Univers nights does a player do something stupid . been referred to the Standing Committee on accessibility. We have a vision we will pur like this. Social Development, Health Minister Mur- sue with full knowledge that we have co - Does this not make the public think twice ray Elston told members of the legislature operation from health care professionals, at supporting the Junior D Hockey Team? that "in Ontario we have brought inlegisla- ,from the peopple who really make this In the past I have felt' that our Junior C tigti wh'h will put us in a place to join dur system work. We will continue to come up teams showed an example to the minor eolieagaes in Quebec, Nova Scotia, Saskat- with ideas developed by the health care pro- system. It always made me feel proud to chewah,'',Manitoba, British Columbia, �tiie fessiona1s in this province so we can make hear a mini* hockey player say ` I hope I Ytikop and the Northwest Territories. As our system one of the best in the world. can play on the Junior Team when I grow up Mr. Elston. said, "It is about time Ontario' "On the part of the Liberal Government of and play like a certain player and wear their caught " . this province and that of our colleagues who idol's number - whether it be goalie - - The ealth Care Accessibility Act, in- support us, the principle is one of being able defenceman or forward. This is the way it troduce last year, will cempletelyban ex. to receive, without question, medical atten- sltould be. tra billi)11 for physicians' services, den- tion from .every source in this province. A long time minor and tistry serVices performed in hospitals and. That is not a hard concept to grasp. junior hockey fan. all insured optometry services in Ontario, people of Ontario it is about time. Jttters Going into the third period, Clinton was down 4-1. The referee called a penalty on Clinton for "too many men on the ice". A player was sent to the penalty box but never made • it there - he disputed the call - cursed the referee - swore fought with the linesman as he was trying to keep him from hitting the referee. Finaly he was ushered to the exit door. As he was leaving the ice surface he deliberately broke his stick over the door jam of the exit door. It wasn't 10 minutes un- til he was back out in the stands hollering at the referee again. His a ctions were disgraceful to the adults and minor hockey players and other fans present. I would be ashamed to come to the arena. When the referee assessed the penalty for Clinton it was two minutes for "too many men on the ice" - five minutes for fighting, 10 minute misconduct - game- a gross. I ask, is this player being fair to his eain- r PANCAKE FEAST It was a feast at the Clinton and District Christian School on February 28. The annual pancake supper drew a large crowd with Mark Kuiper, Nellie and Bert Dykstra doing the flipping. Enjoying the meal was 10 -month-old Gregory Hummel and his dad Albert ( top), Sister Dayna found the sausages to be extra good (bottom). (Anne Narejko photos) Extra billing ability. "We have progressed a long way in this province. Now the Liberal Government is coming to grips with the desire of all of us • t tinder the, legislation, which will be exa> tit. pay Equity s tinue A tithe Liberal Gov to opt norop, a o, - out and mill their pat lents'dtrectly W IU not be ' value, Labour Minister Bill Wrye has in- s en- . manychildren from thesehomes will permitte'. �`to charge more than OHIP rates. troduced legislation to establish pay .equity d How many bag and ladies and men mut 5, How .as Welfare recipients Their: Patients will in tiaras be reirnbu�rSj3ii in the Ontario Public Sett . Mr. Wrye told pure cold nights possibly mfor theyh from while growtup to live W theirparents OHIP Those wife opt in will bill the plan. members of the le I tire that all On- ourugo, government what comfort can or because they have never seen di'ectl 'cos ismow the normal practice.for tartans can su poi(tbe principle'that the government seemingly cannot help or worO-'l: • '_• , there - rgoodmost Ontario physicians. hysicians. As well, Ontario is value of work is not measured by whether house them? NOW dbtt� t get me wrong, are . outit there that genuinely need losing $4.4 -million a month' in ,a : federal is performed by a maor a Woman, ay h, Why dam ourg government,ad on the otherwhonestn e, ble .. - who don't holdback of provincial transfer paymeklts. equity is not intended top a hand,t pay mortgages wo ks and rent is people who desone but there Ore orld e provincial is oiyed ll fnillioli. the Labour Minister stated. ',It is intended don't intend to work or pay, bills? deserve oloe`thin dime. �he^�strid owes them To date the p, n stet hat the iyew to redress past tnjustice. Minister Oaten • , 3. How much booze cigarettes and drugs are nothing.' purchased each time these cheques roll in? ,, ed in coriimittee, physic fns. may Gan spar o ernment's com- a der ha s afetv lGq ,es io�,s i t b t i�I#I Whose ►hP opt ailment to equal paY 4. Wliy aren't food and gasoline statops givetf to, the •abov'e Mentioned.? Toil: page 8 T,. Healthnis r sbenefit tio. is to�, provide a benefit Ontario is fortunate o be.,able to ben. legislation designed which r all ought trj''haVel fee $ to from the experrieriee o other jurisdictions r+o d ,, a pay,, oVity Iegislatior+. • riedloalcare, without refueolion Oh fi Ochi that al y Yr The Public Service Pay Equity Act shares with the green paper the six principles that form the basis of pay equity policy Ontario. - the purpose -of pay equity is to address gender-based pay discrimination only and not general issues of wage levels. - only employers in predominantly female occupations will be eligible for pay equity adjustments. - pay equity will not require jobs to be of identical value for comparisons to be made. It contemplates coniparisonsIbetween jobs of equal' or comparable value. - equal value comparisons will be limited to a given employer's establishment. • the legislation will not be retroactive prior to proclamation. - wage reductions will not be' permitted Labor Minister Bill Wrye started the bill he has tabled is fair, balanced and workable. "It is a reflection of our determination to make changes, and our commitment to lead the way towards those changes. There is never an end-point to justice; there is only a begintiiitg. For the women of Ontario, the in- troduction of pay equity in the public service is their beginning."' Stage Maitland Valley Marina United of Goderich, who were 'awarded a total of 277,800 last June are receiving a second stage payment of $37,840 from the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Honourable Vine Kerrie has atinauneed.