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Be safety conscious
at all time
Each year more than 100 farm workers are killedand thousands more
are injured in agricultural accidents.
Statistics just released' by the Canada Safety Council show that 107
Canadians were killed on farms in 1985. That figure is down from the 120
recorded the previous year - which in itself is a good sign. The Safety
Council is trying to cut that figure even further.
Statistics also revealed that 22 per cent of the 107 fatalities occured to
children under the age of 15 and 20 per cent were seniors 65 years of age
and over. Two-thirds of all fatal accidents involved the use of agricultural
machinery.
The reported number of time -lost injuries for 1985 was 6,179, up from
5,935 in 1984. This figure represents a mere fraction of all agricultural in-
juries as it includes only those workers covered under Workman's Com-
pensation Boards who received compensation payments for their in-
juries. The cost to the Canadian public was approximately $30 million.
The Canada Safety Council, in co-operation with Agriculture Canada
and Provincial Safety Councils, sponsors National Farm Safety Week
each year from July 25-31 in an effort to promote safer work practices on
Canadian farms. This year's campaign draws attention to the value of us-
ing personal protective equipment to reduce the frequency and severity
of work-related injuries and illnesses.
The use of personal protective equipment in agriculture is as necessary
as it is in other industries. However, in other industries, its value has long
been recognized and -sits use is regulated, enforced and supported by labor
and management alike. The farmer is generally both manager and
laborer. He carries all the responsibility for his own safety and that in-
cludes seeking valid information. This campaign is intended to assist
him.
Where it is impossible or impractical to control or eliminate a hazard,
personal protective equipment is a major defense in the prevention of
work -place injuries. The Canada Safety Council advises all farm
managers to ensure that each worker is properly fitted with protective
equipment and trained in its use and maintenance.
But use of safe practice is encouraged year round, not merely during
Farm Safety week.
Writer says "No more
refugees," in Canada
I)car Editor:
Concerning the current Sikh "refugee.'
crisis in Nova Scotia, it should be noted that
had the Mulroney govenment had the
resolve to promptly deport the first boatload
of Tamil "refugees" back to the Federal
Republic of Germany, there would have
been no reoccurance.
This most recent shipload of so-called
"refugees" proves that Canada has a two-
tier immigration policy: one for those who
follow the rules and wait in line, the other
for those who ignore the rules and jump to
the head of the line.
Why I the latest boatload land in Nova
Scotia an not in Maine next door? Because,
unlike Canada, the United States has an ef-
fective policy to defend its borders and na-
tional sovereignty involving weeding out
and deporting.
Will the most recent shipload of so-called
refugees" be screened for Sikh terrorists'.
Will they receive a chest X-ray for tuber-
culosis and a blood test for AIDS' One
Letters
doubts if Mulroney has the resolve to Imple-
ment even these most basic measures.
Toronto is the ultimate destination for
most of the "refugee" flotsam and jetsam
washing up on Canada's Atlantic shores.
However, Toronto, with its near -zero apart-
ment vacancy rate, overcrowded road and
public transit systems, depleted food banks,
and jammed hostels and public housing,
should be declared a refugee -free zone.
Canadian hospitality has been grossly
abused. Canada should withdraw the
welcome mat. No more refugees. At all
Period.
Sincerely,
F. Paul Fromm
Research Director for Citizens
for Foreign Aid Reform Inc.
Playground program
good for all
Well kids, only one more month left of
your summer vacation. When those days
have flown by it will be back to school. Back
to the classroom, back to the notebooks,
back to the homework and back to seeing
your teachers each day of the week.
But don't feel too bad, you've had one
month of ideal swimming weather,so far,
and if things stay this way, it'll be two mon-
ths of ideal swimming weather.
You've been able to take your bicycles out
just about every day and you've had good
weather for baseball, soccer or whatever
outdoor sport you participate in.
For the rest of us who don't get such ex-
tended vacations, the last month has been
one of liking and disliking the heat.
When I get up in the morning I'm not quite
sure whether to be happy that it's another
warm day or wish for a bit of a break from
the heat.
The extreme heat, coupled with having
children under foot, must be very tiring for
parents. Luckily, local municipalities offer
some relief. This relief comes in the form of
playground programs.
Each year, local teens take on the task of
trying to keep many children between the
ages of five and 12 occupie(j throughout the
summer months, and that is no easy job.
Put on by the recreation department,
leaders are chosen to entertain the children
in a variety of ways.
In Clinton, swimming is held each day bet-
ween 2 and 4 p.m. The weather has not forc-
ed them to cancel very often this year.
One of the leaders, Gayle Dunn, says
games play a big part of the programs as
well as trips. When explaining a few of the
trips, Gayle mentioned the African Lion
Safari, Canada's Wonderland, the Grand
Bend Zoo, the Goderich Beach and
McDonalds in Goderich, Story Book
Gardens in London and the list went on.
A rather interesting event is the every
other Thursday night sleep -over held at the
Clinton Arena. Here the children are enter-
tained by the ball hockey players down on
the arena floor, by videos with popcorn on
the side or just good conversation.
This last event gives mom and dad a tree
evening - knowing their children are being
supervised and in a safe place not too far
from home. I
Other activities include a scavenger hunt,
using the playground equipment at the Clin-
ton Public School and, always a favorite, hot
dog day.
If you see a couple of girls cooking up a
storm on a gas barbecue in I.ibrary Park,
that will probably be Gayle and Jennifer
Straughan. Once they get 'e‘ erything well
underway, the children are brought over to
the park for their lunch.
This event takes place every other Fri-
day. Anyone else who would like to grab a
hot dog and drink are welcome to purchase
them from the playground program.
This playground program is benefical for
both the children and the parents.
The children get an opportunity to mingle
with other children of all ages as well as see
and do various things. And the parents, well
they get a Litt . bit of a break from the kids.
Hot dogging it
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5 years ago
,July 28, 1982
Tuckersmith Council booking At Natural
Gas - Tuckersmith Township Council is in-
terested in having Union Gas supply natural
gas for heating at the Vanastra Recreation
('entre, especially the swimming pool and to
serve residents of the hamlet who might like
this form of energy
ian (Cameron and Pat Langan of Union
Gas, London, attended the meeting of coun-
cil Tuesday to outline the problems that
must be overcome to get established.
Three Local Girls Win In Exeter Talent
Show - Lori ,Jewitt and Shannon Preszcator
of Clinton and Melanie Lovell of Kippen are
among 12 young dancers, singers and musi-
cians that have been chosen to compete in a
talent show at the Western Fair. The best
from that competition will compete in finals
in Memphis, Tennessee.
Women Take Rural Voice Magazine - Two
Huron County women have taken their
knowledge and experience in farming one
stt p further.
With the formation of a new partnership,
Sheila Gunby of Dungannon and Bev Brown
of Bluevale, both of whom have been active-
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ly farming for the past 12 years, will now be
channelling their energies into the
publishing business.
10 years ago
,July 28, 1977
Local Pig Hits Stardom - Rachael has
been bringing home the bacon for hog pro-
ducer Don Buchanan of RR1 Londesboro
this summer, but she'll never see the inside
of the slaughter house.
Rachael, you see, is a local piglet that has
gone on to greater things and become a na-
tional television star.
It all started several months ago when a
group of actors in Toronto called
"Homemade Television" wanted a pig to
use in one of their children's shows called -
you guessed it - Pigmallion.
Clinton Grandstand Gets $62,500 Wintario
Grant - Clinton will be getting up to a $62,500
Wintario grant to help pay for the new
$250,000 grandstand, constructed this
spring.
Culture and Recreation Minister Robert
Welch made the announcement in Toronto
on Friday.
Town council and the Clinton Kinsmen
Club had hoped for a two-for-one grant on
the new grandstand, as the old grandstand
had been condemned by the government.
25 years ago
July 26, 1962
Scooters Need Licences' So Do Operators -
A reminder is issued this week by Chief H.
R. Thompson that parents of children
operating powered scooters on the
sidewalks or streets are responsible for the
actions of their children.
Chief Thompson points out that it is illegal
for any motorized vehicle, whether powered
by a 1.5 cycle lawn mower motor, or any
other type of motor, to be operated on a
highway I or lane, or road) unless a licence
is purchased for this vehicle. And then it
may only be operated by someone who is 16
years or over, and who has a licence.
Cornerstone To Be Laid For New Blyth
Church - The cornerstone of the new United
Church in Blyth will be laid on Sunday, July
29 at a special service of worship at 3 p.m.
Rev. Arthur W. Watson, former minister to
the Blyth congregation and present
associate minister of Chatmers-Welsey
United Church in Quebec City, will be guest
preacher. Friends and neighbours of the
Blyth United Church are cordially invited to
attend.
Business Vitality in Huron "Above
Average" Rating - NEW YORK, July 18 -
Huron County is given an above-average
rating for business vitality in Sales Manage-
ment's annual report on buying power. just
released.
The majority of local families, it shows,
earned more and spent more in the past
year than did families in most parts of
Canada.
50 years ago
July 29, 1937
Boys Receive Injury Trying To Catch
Rees - "Bud" and Sonny Harris, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. A. F. Harris, Huron Street, had a
painful experience one day last week, while
attempting to capture a swarm of bees. As a
result, Buddy has a broken arm and Sonny a
bruised thigh and wrenched ligaments.
The bees had clustered on a high limb on a
tall tree on the farm of Mr. Bert Gibbings
just east of Clinton on No. 8 highway. The
boys had taken a flour sack up the tree: one
boy was holding the sack open while the
other shook the limb to dislodge the bees.
The branch. on which the h:c a ere 'tan -
ding, broke. and boys. bag ;mil tif'f's went to
the around
Highest Standing - Mss Patricia %torrison
obtained the highest standing at the recent
Entrance examinations in East Huron
There were three hundred and forty-one
candidates Patricia Is onle 1 welve \ ears of
age She Is a pupil of Miss Agnes Ree nolds of
the Hullett Separate School
75 years ago
August 1, 1912
A Narrolc Escape - Barry. the little son of
Mr. and Mrs. S T Walter of Holmesville
had a narrow escape on Monday last when
he got hold of some bread with strychnine
which had been left in an nut of the way cup-
board for mice. The little fellow only took a
kite as he didn't like the taste of it. Ns soon
as it was discovered what was the trouble he
was hurried out to the hospital here, where
he was successfully treated and was all
right in a few hours He is only two and a
half years of age and it was a pretty close
call. That the outcome was not more serious
is cause for hearty congratulations.