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EAGER TO GET STARTED — Dianne Simpson, a parent v' -V, feer,
helped Michael Craig of the Wingham Public School's self-contained
classroom at the recent fishing derby for handicapped children and
adults held at the Wingham, Sportsmen's Club.
Annual leisure lottery•
a success in Howick
A near capacity crowd attended
the annual Leisure Lottery draw
held by the Howick Optimists at the
Howick Community Center.
Early bird winners: Rolly Kauf-
man of Wingham son a free ticket
and Lloyd and Ann Reid of Palmers-
ton and Kathy and Tom Seip of
Exeter won lottery packages.
There were " many winners in the
elimination draw with the grand
prize of a week in Florida with $500
spending money going to Hugh and
Judith Douglas.
, per winders included: Kathy
aLndAtill Dickert, Wroxeter, a Via -
Rail weekend in Montreal; Faye and
Raymond Peel, RR 2, Gorrie, a
weekend at the Blue Mountain Inn
Joan Carnahan, Listowel, fishing
charter; Mel and Myrna Penny,
Mount Forest, weekend at Airport
Hilton; Brian and Rozalynne
Schlosser, RR 3, Brussels, four Blue
Jays tickets; Tom VanderVuse,
Clinton, a microwave oven.
GDK Enterprises, Wroxeter,
_cordless phone; Dale Bigsonr RR
Fordwich, air _conditioner; Aleida
Murray, RR 2, Clifford, patio furni-
ture; Andy Beringer, Wroxeter,
travel luggage; Paul and Marilyn
Elgie, RR 1, Bluevale, family
membership at Ranton Place and
Doug and Bonnie Boyd, a 19 -inch
color television.
Proceeds from the draw will go
toward the Optimists' community
projects.
FWIO launches major plan
to promote recycling, re -use
"Not in my backyard!"
The women of rural Ontario would
like the rest of the province to do as
they intend to do — recycle as much
of their own garbage as possible, re-
use packaging and other articles
when possible, reduce the need for
landfill sites, as well as the expense
of waste disposal and recover
energy by processing solid waste.
Over 400 women participated in
the "Educate -Initiate" conference
sponsored by the Federated
Women's Institutes of Ontario held
recently at Queen's University,
Kingston.
The theme of the FWIO for 1988-89
is "Waste Management —
Recycling". As a result of the 1988
conference, the FWIO would like to
see 100 new recycling projects
started throughout Ontario by 1990.
Practical applications were given
to the women on how they could
influence their communities. Maybe
they could raise the money to buy
their community centre a
dishwasher instead of using
styrofoam cups and paper plates,
suggested Pat Slater, deputy reeve
of Peel Township in Wellington
County.
John Hanson, executive director
"of the Recycling Council Of Ontario,
told the women that there is funding
available for recycling depots.
However, he said, some muni-
cipalities seem to discotirage re-
cycling.
For exatnple, it was reported that
when one Women's Institute branch
presented a brief to its township
council aski
done about
ng that something be
recylcing, they were t()Id
nothing could be done withoUt in-
te3`4,1,1 4-t• gI;(144k;1411;30
• creasing taxes dramatically.
Ontario Minister of the
Environment Jim Bradley told the
participants that the Ontario
government has enthusiastically
promoted municipal waste
management, including reduction,
re -use, recycling and recovery as
the primary waste management
tools. Over 70 municipalities have
made use of the provincial start-up
funding to establish curbside multi -
material recycling projects.
The over 7,000,000 tons of garbage
created by Ontario residents each
year should ideally be processed in
the municipality creating the waste.
The women of rural Ontario say they
do not want the garbage of the urban
centres dumped in the rural areas.
The women were pleased to learn
that Guelph has set aside a 40 -acre
park to commemorate all the trees
saved in the first year of that city's
recycling project.
To help get the conference
message across to all parts of the
province, participants took part in a -•
series of workshops that included
fund-raising, speaking with con-
fidence, program planning, public
relations and volunteer manage-
ment. As well, they saw displays on
recycled articles and pictures of
what can happen to the environment
• when garbage is not cont011ed.
If you would like to find out more
about what the Women's Institute is
doing about waste management or
information about the WI, the
province's largest and oldest rural
women's organization, please
contact your local Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture and Food office.
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The :Rural earava
arrived in Myth .fritir tours-behin
schedule last Saturday .1' evening
June 4, to pick up More than as
postcards in support of its, natippr
wide trek.
Woodrow Mullett, president of th
grassroots organization and •may
of Gambo, Newfoundland, said tha
more than 300,000 of the cards ha
been collected so far.
Many others were sent to Ottaw
from communities the Rural Dignit
vans had been unable to touch i
their two-week journey from coast t
coast.
The cards all have been filled ou
and signed by individuals concerne
that more than 5,200 rural and smal
community post offices acros
Canada will be closed under Canada
Post's intention to privatize them.
Driving a borrowed car rathe
than the well -marked "Coast to
Coast for Rural Post" van he had
intended to bring to Blyth, Mr
Mullett said he had to make a
special trip here, as promised, while
the van went on from Shelburne to a
rally • in Woodstock. There he
rejoined it as it moved toward
Ottawa.
This van, which left Victoria, B.C.,
on May 17, met its counterpart from
the East coast June 7 in Ottawa,
where all the cards collected were
presented to Prime Minister Brian
Mulroney.
The tour was closely monitored by
Canada yth i eh has ....just
mounted a major advertising
campaign across• the nation to say
the corporation will be increasing
the total number of postal outlets in
Canada over the next several years,
not decreasing them.
About an .hour before Mr. Mullett
arrived in Blyth, a man who iden-
tified himself only as being with
Canada Post, turned up at The
Citizen office at Blyth looking for the
tour. Mr. Mullett said later that post
office officials have shadowed the
Rural Dignity tour from the
beginning, but had made no move to
disrupt it.
"They're (Canada Post) definitely
nervous about this," -said William H.
Peck of Chatsworth, a director and
strong supporter of Rural Dignity.
"But there's not a lot they can do
about it."
He added that as far as he is.
concerned, the post office has
already violated the civil rights of
some of its rural postmasters by
warning them not to talk about their
situation. "You just can't do that in
Canada," he explained.
The issue attra I tat tic*
d last .fall when most o thexesidents
, of the VillageOf- el attended a
N.,. 0 theM to PreteSt -an
Offer frozn Canada Post. offer,
they -ilahned, would see acting
e postmasterDoreen Suter's income
✓ the corporation drop by more
t than 15 per cent, while increasing
d her workload;
Rurathignity's Ontario secretary -
a treasurer, Viola Higgs of Ilderton,
y maintains that her organization has
n information showing that over the
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BACHELOR OFSCIENCE
Allan Girvin Eadie, san of Lorne
and Doris Eadie of PP 3, Wing-
harn (formerly of Holyrood), re-
cently gradliated from the Uni-
versity of Guelph With a Bachelor
of Science in agriculture honors
degree. Mr. Eadie was the reci-
pient of the Silas J. Smith
Graduation Scholarship. He
currently is pursuing a master's
degree in crop science at
Guelph.
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involve -as the Tviatitg,
• president after learning that by
only 17 government -run post offic
w the entire province of Newfoun
land still would be in operation.
"Coast to Coast for Rural Post"
cards may still be mailed to the
government. No postage is
necessarST to mall them directly to
the prime minister's office.
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WOODROW MULLETT, president of Rural Dignity, a grassroots
organization formed to protest plans to privatize Canadian post of-
fices, brought his campaign to Blyth recently. While in Blyth, Mr.
Mullett picked up more than 350 postcards in support of his nation-
wide trek. (Photo courtesy of The Citizen)
Township of Turnberry
• PUBLIC NOTICE
Re: Proposed Closing and Sale
of Maitland Street
NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to section 443 of the
Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1970, Chapter 284, the Council of the
Township of Turnberry to pass bylaws:
(a) to stop up and close those streets and lanes situate, lying
and being in the Town Plot of Wingham, in the Township
of Turnberry, in the County of Huron, more particularly
described in schedule attached hereto;
(b) to authorize the sale of certain stopped up highways to
529177 Ontario Limited, of the Township of Turnberry, in
the County of Huron.
The proposed bylaw and description showing the lands af-
fected may be seen at the Township Office, Bluevale, Ontario.
On the 19th day of July, 1988 at 9:00 p.m. in the Council
Chambers at the office of the Township of Turnberry, the
Council of the Township of Turnberry will hear in person, by
counsel, solicitor or agent, any petcson who claims his/her
lands be prejudicially affected by the saki bylaws and who
appears to be heard.
Any person who wishes to be heard should, as soon as
possible, make application to:
Dorothy Kelly - Clerk
Township of Turnberry
Bluevale, Ontario
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Dated, at Bluevale, this 14th day of June, 1988.