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Serious pro-life supporters must
be ready to snake sacrifices in their
personal lives, Metro Toronto police
-officer David Packer told ,blast
week's annual meting 'of the
Wingham and Ar ea Voice for Life.
• Mr. Packer gained notOriety: rasp
year when he refused. to Lard' D
Henry Morge aler's• Toronto
' abortioi ci,a matter of con-
science. He cu rent.ly' is on desk duty
waiting, for an : appeal to be rein-..
stated: in his -old street job.
Mr. Packer said he has no
k!hikte:41. that he will win his. appeal
to get, his job bagk, he believes. he
has become a 'far better person for
stamping up for what he believes is
Kr. Packer said his life changed
,quite dramatically and unex-
- pecteily one year ago when he was
Board awards -
.ntrat.: for
window
TlitcoAtiockte..r•eplsce.a number
-of windows at �the;,''Wi" -t
vlgham and
district Hospital has been awarded
to Abieson Windows -at the contract
price 149981
A X 'G
a
re�,atto 01
00 '4
assigned duty guarding the
Morgentaler cli'hic "l d,to decide
quite suddenly to do what I was told
or stand up for what t knew Was .
right." •
_ .
As a supporter of the pro-life.
cause, he could dot condone -what hey
calls "the' massive slaughterof
innocent people" at the abortion
clinic, Therefore, he askedfor some
'other detail.
s Mr. Packer suspected,theifaf f
sergeant and superintendent orr
dere`d=him to do'thetclinic detail. He
mused as a matter of conscience,
realizing hi; refusal was a serious
offence under the Police Act.
fie.
rig plc..
fired :lam reps
-firing ° curre
althoggh her; c .x
1 pilon of !so nes
fro n it."
Until recently,
clinic was ;guarded 211: -
To Mr.
?t, To:i. Packer
powerful'„..pe le;
guy's e,." w
He also sa d it j u eider
fire a police officer who had been -on
.s
the job for 10_ye .and' had notdone
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speaker at the annual :- aft . .
Voice (Or Lit a
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Mr. Packer for his address.
Bureaucratic red tape which has
stalled the incinerator proj d at
Wingham and District Hospital has
also made it necessary for the,
hospital to gel! of its pathological.
waste and truck it to uebec be
burned, _ _... _
The April rneethig of thehospital's
board of governors' was infor-sled of
this- arrangement by Executive
ecto
>�ir �, ��' Norm ^ ,Hayes he was
responding tti l rel member Jaek
tin8
th
by the hospital's hoard of governors
at te•regularApril meeting.
'the si#ccessful tender was One of
four subMitted, according t'O BOb,
Middleton,;. •property committee
chairman. The tenders ranged from
a low of $148,00 to $32 10'he told.
board`meerbers,
The' -
project _ . architect bid
estimated that tenders would come
in at about :$260,000.:and .the.: lower.
bids, -therefore, carie as a
Sur etathe property pleasant
pp, germy committee, . .
_... a -.result; what-�ras .ori tl-
McUght"in`he a $120,6 expenditure
for the hospital -- under the terms of
two ;provincial ,: government
a grot* 004/ a ndlr�g
.ne ed .to - $50,000, :Mr. Mid-
_ ..�_. . -...
r
iologica .Waste to$tiehec
The:provincial goverment pays
the full cost of transportting the
waste weekly to the 'Quebec site,
which -Board ` Chairman Mary Lou
Thompson said ,is, the closest in-
cinerator equipped for this type of
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The
g _ p11al, �Y
i0 a. few
others in tie province, has had its
,incineratorproject stalled for some
time=.hy isnarlof red tape asthe.on:
tario: Ministry of Environment
decides on whether or not
will '
approve specified. equipment.
,;The project had been approved by
_the Ontario Ministryof Health WO,
also :providing pi per cent of the
Cost of buile ing tile incinerator.
its' laniented ,t`he- far -
reaching scope.of MOE regulations
which caneven dictate that the town
apply for permission to bring fill
to :, build up eu street which has
already -existed fore
"Some ,uof heregulations(for the
i.
ncitier «, a :.. �
r .
M.M �'W
. 7t� .� � �ecQi�le
,quite. m. ho g," Mr. Ha es
said.z �� nuch sal - t "ha
,1.. , ae ave'.
forgotten what bu'1e was
orir�
inally`.,A
a
An uneapeeted $76,000 , windfall'. Capt
will be :used . to. purchase' new -'414114
s
ultrasounds,quipnn t
siett
Winghamand
The
gave i
comini
$76.;0
l
01
.gar :the office renaYa
rva1- to a y
t
aoommertion s .i
win stIve appraiOntate
pause'tenders;x Jnr ;`t`he
acerent project cane
;ha;
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prop
East Wawanosh Council has io .
objections to the Belgrave. Einsmten
Club obtaining it special -occasion
per ' for a balltournament to be
!meld Jul '.l5,46attd 17in Belgrave.
Larry Robinson, representing .the,
Iinsmen attended the recent
meeting Of, Cotitioirto seek its. ap-
• rov
"
a . Opti � '
�''� Cil to
P ernbersagreed to
provide .the necessary- letters . of
approval, sided, the clerk -
treasurer andthe
lerk-treasurer.andahe btnldingibspeotor.
In. answerno ques
tn;f
from
Reeve Ernie 'Snell, bin
.:
said the c•lub sits own insurance
coverag for tl e
A '! hitects had .estimated` " bids
would come in at about $260,000, :,t
•
the actual contract prime, --
approved,by.:the
Meeting >s $149, -
thirds,; of the project's funding,
provided .by the provincial gover
nment, the ho7[s ita'l's a ., v l�'
ors -.die
�I
'c t`is now at yo60 rx her than
$120,000, if bids had been as the ar-
chittestimiaited.
•-Approval in principle, for the
luras
u ootidpurchase ` had been
granted" -by thehoard,at an earlier
meeting, but actionon that approval
has been „on hold while hospital
flcials so' sought the funds..
hire, u iness, the board.alse
approved a p erty 'committee
recommendation ton pp for ial,
hum's
tit
Tion bard are .aticf ` Q v r
Con+
for its computers
At the meeting Dr. Marie Gear
questioned why the board would be.
usingK
• e `
grant money for office
renevat instead of ' putting it -
toward equipment to provide direct .a
patient carer.
The property committee had.
considered direct patient care in
discussing: the special capital funds,
replied Bob Middleton, its chair -
Man. However,as we sawit, these .'
were the only areas we couldlook
at because of restrictions dictated
by the ministry."
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'fot.fillitolg,' cap"
t Of HuronCouht
rtiuron,8ruoti. and'
'0-
A•
A plans
;tickthree
a fish ponds
Anglerslooking for a good spot to
wet their line will., be interested in
Visiting any of three conservation
areas beginning this month.
During the first week of May, the.
;Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority will be stocking catchable-
siz d; : rainbow trout into ponds at
Pa Reserve, Wawanosh Park and
Shine Conservation Areas.
'The ponds will be stocked with
C,660 rish measuring eight fa- ten
efiari to provide fishing op-
ities for visitors tothe three
conation areas.
Aiding to Dave Grummet,
VCA director of operations, the
�M
stocking program --- now in its 13th
year - provides an ideal op-
portunity for yoeingsters to try their
hand at angling
' Falls Reserve Conservation Area
located :;at Benmil-ler; near
oderich. Wawanosh Park is
located east off County ,Road 22, on .
Concession 6-7 of East W'awanosh -
Township. Sunshine . Conser vatioti
""Area is ' southwest of Brussels ofc
'County Road 12, on Concession 6 o
iris'township. ,