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tapas. The result: young pine plantations These teelinielans, experienced in planting, told that there is no funding to do the work
is only a part of the forest management pro-
gram. AS with any other crop, trees must be are crushed because competing vegetation tending, and woodlot stand improvement, that we know has been neglected for years.
is not controlled; young walnut plantations, must wait for a Minim= of 10 years before Some of us have special training and most of
harvest. This area has the climate and soils
tended if they are to Yield a maximum will never produce good (Palk veneer logs they are offered the security of a Permanent us are experienced foremen and competent
v-hi?octuse they are not correctively Pruned to position, 10 years of not knowing .whether to quality -control contracted work. All of us
and in forestry, and certainly these two P
to produce bumper crops both in agriculture me straight stems; older plantations the funding will provide them six or 16 are capable of the high-quality work this
resources are complimentary, as marginal —
are stagnated for lack of thinning and will weeks of employment, 10 years of being district demands. Where is your govern -
lands are utilized to give the landowner a never be bottom -branch pruned to produce unable to make any long-term coni- roent's conunitnient to forestry and to us? future forest resouce with the spin-off knot -free luMber; access tpiis become initments to the communities in which they We feel deserted and dissatisfied.
overgrown and useless as maintenance and live. If the work was to be contracted to private
aesthetic and wildlife enhancement, local
benefits of erosion control, recreational use, recreational routes. With regard to the situation before us: we companies and some of• us would be economic and employment benefits, and Again we ask, what is the purpose of such do not need benefit packages or recall rights monitoring those contracts, then, although
whimsical and haphazard funding? Is it to unless you can afford us the opportunity to woefully inadequate in volume, at least
We are years behind in all the aspects
water control. reduce the status of community -trained work on a reasonable steady basis. This some tending would be done. To our
of technicians to that of migrant workers? year we have, with one week's notice, been knowledge, this is not the case.
tonclirip anti mwir.tainina our Plrigting plan-
Public school students learn about epilepsy
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A first aid presentation was given to seizures and the first aid for each was
- teachers at the Wallace Public School in
Listowel. Marj Vere, Co -Ordinator of the
Huron -Perth -Bruce Chapter of Epilepsy ex-
plained there were over 20 different
classifications of epilepsy and the many pro-
blems associated with epilepsy.
410 An Epilepsy presentation was also given
at the Seaforth Lioness meeting held on
March 4, at St. Thomas Anglican Church in
Seaforth. A film on four different types of
First aid
presentation
given
to students
presented with a question and answer
period following.
A parent group meeting was held March
22 in Dublin. A film was shown and an
epilepsy information book was distributed
and discussed and a list of services. Follow-
ing the discussion donuts and coffee were
served.
An Epilepsy Youth Day was held for teens
from Huron and Perth Counties between 13
and 19 years on March 22. An information
The Huron -Perth -Bruce Chapter of
.Epilepsy is a small non-profit organization
'offering support services to people with
epilepsy. Over 540,000 right here in Ontario
are affected and is 100 times more prevalent
then muscular dystrophy. An active public
.education program is provided for the work
place, schools service clubs and the general
public. A first aid presentation was given to
tteachers and students at Turnberry school
in Wingham.
Monthly meetings are held in Stratford at
the Kiwanis Centre and a youth program for
:teens has been recently established in the
Huron -Perth area.
A bake sale, sponsored by the Goderich
Knights of Columbus, will be held June 7, at
the Goderich Suncoast Mall and on June 21,
a garage and bake sale sponsored by the
Clinton, Blyth Knights of Columbus and St.
Michaels, St. Josephs Church will be held at
St. Josephs Church in Clinton. The funds will
be used to provide local support services to
those with Epilepsy, their families and
friends; to inform interested individuals
and groups about epilepsy; to develop
within the community and awareness of and
tolerance towards those with epilepsy; to
assist persons with epilepsy in finding
'employment and to recruit, train, support
and use volunteers to further the program
• • 'goals and activitleof pr, association. Tax
teceiptg"areigiVen tO'thige who den*"
any fun& over $L
The next public awareness meeting will
be held June 12, at the Stratford Kiwanis
Centre at 7:30. Everyone welcome.
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booklet -about epilepsy and first aid, driving,
sports, medication, drugs and side effects
was distributed and discussed to help the
youth understand how to deal with the many
difficulties teenagers have coping with their
epilepsy and the many problems during
adolescence, Paul Vere, Behaviour Science
Graduate and volunteer leader answered
questions and led the discussions. Donuts
and chocolate were served.
The Huron County Medical Society held
an educational meeting and dinner organiz-
ed by Dr. Jams Rourke and Marj Vere on
April 9 in Bayfield. Dr. Warren Blume,
Neurologist, Epileptologist and Co -
Director of the Epilepsy Unit at University
Hospital, London was the guest speaker. Dr.
Blume spoke about the many different kinds
of epilepsy and the medication and
treatments for epilepsy, followed by a ques-
tion and answer period. This meeting was
very well attended by Huron and area
doctors.
get...
If you are shutting down the forestry
operations in this area for most of a year,
will you carry the people on permanent staff
who are responsible for our supervision and
for planning what we do? Will you allow the
thousands of dollars of equipment at our
disposal to sit idle? Will you allow the sup-
port staff and general office overhead to just
idle on in our absence? At our last operation
meeting we were told we had one of the
highest productivity rating of any technical
staff in southern Ontario. What does that
mean to us now? - a slap on the back, then a
boot out the door.
Where is your government's commitment
to forestry in southwestern Ontario? As per-
manent agriculture, forestry holds the pro-
mise of a valuable resource for future
generations, but our forests must receive
the proper care to realize that potential.
Surely your government has the foresight
and wisdom to enable us to achieve that end.
Yours sincerely,
G. Chiddicks
for Ron Smith,
Dave South
Geoff King,
Rupert Hewison,
Doug Duncan,
Doug Purves,
Grant Morgan,
Harold Rodgers.
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our
second
birthday!
Thank you to all my
customers for your support
over the last two years -
I'm looking forward to
our third! ,evua
For the Month of June
SUNTANNING SPECIALS!
Half -Hour Sessions
on purTanning Bed -
10/4n
(OUR REGULAR 55.)
Willy's is the Burger Stop
with the Heart!
WE'RE DONATING
40C ON EVERY WILLY BURER
SOLD - AND 104 ON EVERY
OTHER BURGER.
TO THE HOSPITA,1._ BUILDING FUND
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BURGER STOP
HIGHWAY 8 WEST, CLINTON
NOW OPEN SUMMER HOURS: 11 AM - 11 PM. EXCEPT
FRIDAY & SATURDAY TILL 2 A.M. SUNDAY EVENINGS TILL 10
2%WE RE DONATING
OF OUR ToTAL
SALES FOR THE ,DAY
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- Ocistoline ,a Pap - cigarettes -
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DURST FARM CENTRE
"Your Pet Food Warehoue"
HIGHWAY 8 WEST, CLINTON 482-7706
We're Donating
WC PER KILOGRAM
on any size - any variety -
of Purina Pet Food we sell!
SATURDAY. JUNE 7, 9 A.M. -13 P.M.
PLEASE We're open 'till 3 p.m.
for This event
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