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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-03-08, Page 18a THE WIN GHAM AUVANCEIIMES SC March 5-11 ARIES - March 21/April 20 Use the beginning of the week to catch up on household chores and ongoing projects. This way, you'll have the weekend free to do what- ever you want. A gamble could reap rich returns for just a small outlay. Wednesday and Thursday are espe- cially lucky days. TAURUS - April 21/IVIay 21 An announcement by a work associ- ate will take you by surprise. You'll realize that change is inevitable. If you're looking to shed a few pounds, now's the time to start an exercise regimen. A positive attitude will take you a long way. It's a good time to catch up on personal correspondence. GEMINI - May 22/June 21 A series of unforeseen delays will turn this week's plans upside down. Although adjustments to your sched- ule may seem inconvenient at first, there may be some benefit in the long run. If you're in 'search of new love, this could be your lucky week. Dress your best on Friday. CANCER - June 22/July 22 After you overcome a major obstacle at work -this week, you'll realize that your extra effort paid off. A weekend getaway will be just what you need to satisfy your desire for adventure. If money is an issue, look for cre- ative ways to cut costs without cut- ting into a good time. LEO - July 23/August 23 If you're a parent, this may be a try- ing - yet rewarding - time. Let your instincts be your guide when handling delicate situations, especial- ly when family is involved. Don't be a pushover in financial dealings. Even for the giving Leo, generosity does have its limits. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 If you shy away from a social situa- tion this week, you'll regret it later on. Face your fears head on, and you'll feel good about yourself. A friend may call on you for emotional support later in the week. Lending a sympathetic ear will go a long way. Keep spending to a minimum. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Success is within easy reach. You'll have an opportunity to show off at work, and it could lead to advance- ment. Be confident in your abilities, ,; and you're sure to be'a hit. A week- end getaway is in store. Quality time with a loved one will make the week- end extra -special. Let your sponta- neous side take the lead. SES SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 A falling-out with a close friend could be worked out if you're will- ing to put your pride to the side. Be stubborn, and a valued relationship could be permanently severed. It's totally up to you. Now's the time to splurge on a luxury item. Go ahead, and dip into that nest egg. SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Expect the unexpected this week. If you happen to bump into an old friend, make an effort to reunite the friendship. It could be more reward- ing than it ever was before. A fami- ly member may have some surpris- ing news. There could be a new baby on the way! CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Don't let yourself get distracted from the project at hand. When you're under deadline pressure, it's important to give yourself as much time as possible. The results of a recent test are likely to put a smile on your face. Rely on intuition when making tough decisions. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Something that happens this week will make you feel grateful for what you have. You'll realize that life is too short to waste precious time on negative things. A loved one may come to you with a problem. Be thoughtful of any advice you give. A romantic weekend is in store. PISCES - Feb 19/March 20 Don't let insecuritiesget in the way of success this week. Believe in yourself, and others will, too. Mixing business with pleasure is not advisable, especially towards the end of the week. Watch what you say to others. Your tendency to stretch the truth could get you in trouble. YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK The next 12 months: You can get practically anything you desire this year, but there's one catch: You have to decide what you want! In areas of love and career, sit- ting on a fence will get you no- where. Make a commitment, and forge ahead. You'll be surprised at how far you'll get. Travel will be abundant this year. Your desire for new .stimuli could lead you to many exotic locales. You could be set back by a lack of finances, however: So, be sure to save when possible. Remember, frittering money away has only short-term satisfaction. A barrier that has been in your way for many years will finally be removed. FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY 1 ■ 2 ■ 3 4 5 ■ 6 ■ 7 ■ ■ a ■.■ ? ■ 9 ■.■■ ■■■■■ 12 13 ■■ 14 UU16U 17 ■■■■ ■ U'R•U 20 21 ■ . ■ ■23 24 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■■■■ ■ ■ 35 ■■■■ ■ 27 ■■■■ ■ ■ 28 ■■■■ ■ ■ r 1 1 Address: 1 City: Prov: 1 Postal Code: CLUES ACROSS 1. Steady 5. Two -footed animal 8. Proverb 9. Citrus fruit 10. Maggot 11. Porcelain 12. Eternally 15. Guide 17. Compact 18. Vigorous 20. Lofty 25. Estimate 26. Outstanding 27. Uncertainty 28. Thrust 29. Blunder 30. Old-fashioned CLUES DOWN 1. Respectful gesture 2. Respect 3. Vitahz 4. Adage 5. Overdue 6. Separated 7. Napkin 13. Animal doctor 14. Swamp 15. Lid 16. Incite 17. Nestle 18. Eastern skirt 19. Alleviation 21. Affront 22. Implied 23. Comical 24. Yielded Solutions on Page 5 If you're not subscribing to The Wingham Advance -Times, you're missing out. Use this coupon to subscribe today! Name: Subscription Rates Canada within 40 miles (65 $27 plus 1.89 GST Outside 40 miles $40,plus 2.80 GST km) 1 1 1 1 1 1 Outside Canada :0 plus 5.60 GST Return to: The Wingham Advance -Times P.O. Box ago 5 Diagonal lid. 1 or Cell us 519-357-2320. Wingham,Ontario NOG two 10 E6, .m ® ® ® mom ®, m. ® �, mai ® mD ib ® m ms ail mil ®® ® ®rl Creating export excitement Canada is one of the world's major trading nations; our wealth has largely been built on exports. Yet we have a great opportunity to become even stronger traders because of rapidly expanding glo- bal markets. With each additional $1 billion in exports, we can generate about 11,000 new jobs. That's why trade is a key area in the federal gov- ernment's plan for jobs and growth. From an agriculture and agri-food point of view, I am committed to strengthening our trade and market development ef- forts, particularly in light of the GATT and NAFTA deals. The key word here is effort. Nothing comes as a "gift" on the trade front. Conquering new mar- kets is a never-ending struggle, and our trading relationship with the United States -- by far our biggest foreign customer -- is es- pecially difficult. Bilateral trade with the U.S., however rewarding financially, requires alertness, toughness and persistence in de- fending our rights and interests. On the global front, we' are aiming for a 3.5 -per -cent share of world agri-food trade by the year 2000. That would push our ex- ports above $23 billion, a remark- able, but attainable 50 -per -cent in- crease over 1994. At the same time, we want to oodale's Ag Notes Ralph GOODALE increase our share of the $80 - billion -a -year Canadian domestic market. Here are some of our plans. A Canadian Agri -Food Marketing Council will, promote partner- ships, value-added processing, competitiveness and policies and regulations conducive to doing business at home and abroad. An Agri -Food Trade Service will pro- vide single -window access to gov- ernment marketing services. An Agri -Food Trade Network will collect and share export- mar- ket data on the Information High- way. With NAFTA about to expand to include Chile and eventually many more Latin American . na- tions, we are naturally looking southward with a view to adding new markets for our value-added products. After visiting Asia last fall, Prime Minister Chretien led a sec- ond "Team Canada" trade mission this winter to Central and South America. I'll be heading there my- self with business leaders next to follow-up on trade opportunities on behalf of Canadian agriculture and agri-food. I'm convinced that these missions will result in mil- lions of dollars' worth of deals and, subsequently, the creation of jobs and growth for Canadians. Last year, when I visited Asia, I sent a strong message throughout the Pacific Rim about Canadian agri-food's commitment to doing business there. To keep the lines of communication open abroad, we now have Canadian embassy officials working on agri-food de- velopment in more than 50 for- eign markets. I'm excited by our export possi- bilities. Agriculture already accounts for close to 2 million jobs, or 15 per cent of Canada's employment, and a positive trade balance of $3 billion. By meeting our export targets we will increase agriculture's. share of the Gross Domestic Prod uct, increase farm incomes, late growth and diversification and re- duce the dependency on support programs and subsidies. These are goals worth reaching for.I wel- come your comments. Please write to me at Office 175 -EB, House of Commons, Ottawa, KIA 0A6, Federal budget and government 'fair to every province' leader says QUEEN'S PARK --- The fedral budget is an important step or - ward in getting the governme is financial house in order and foter- ing a competitive economy Chat will create jobs, Ontario Liberal Leader Lyn McLeod said today. "It's a major step to getting Can- ada back on the road to fiscal Sta- bility and economic recoveity," McLeod said. "I support this effort to build a climate for job creation in the private sector while safe- guarding needed social programs." McLeod said she was pleased to see the federal government make such good prugrefs toward its defi- cit reduction target, with no in- crease in personal income taxes. With the Federal budget 'tabled, it's time for the NDP .government to table a provincial budget imme- diately to deal with Ontario fiscal problems instead of blaming the federal government, McLeod add- ed. "It's time for Bob Rae to stop whining, and start working to clean up the financial mess in this prov- ince. "The federal Liberals are show- ing their ability to deal with the se- riousness of Canada's deficit and debt problems - it's time for Bob Rae to do the same in Ontario," McLeod added. "Bob Rae's mis- management of the economy, in- cluding more than doubling the debt in four -and -a -half years, has killed thousands of jobs and slowed the pace of recovery." While approving of the budget's restraint measures, McLeod said she is opposed to the increase in gasoline taxes. "We have hit a tax wall in Ontario, and any increases - - at the federal or provincial level - - hurt the economy," McLeod said: McLeod said she is pleasdd the budget appears to 'treat all regions of the country fairly - a relief after the mistreatment Ontario suffered under the Mulroney Tories. "I know it's impossible to cor- rect all of the past mistakes immediately, but I am encouraged by the efforts to be fair to every province," McLeod said. "Unfor- tunately, Bob Rae is only con- cerned with tuming this budget into an election issue. This is a cynical, desperate ploy designed to turn attention away' -teem his gov- ernment's record." McLeod believes the federal government's new block funding approach is an important step to- ward eliminating government du- plication and waste. 'Stop yer' whining' and do something QUEEN'S PARK --- The NDP government announced $400 mil- lion in new spending between Christmas and Valentine's Day -- almost $8 million a day for 52 days -- while blaming the federal gov- ernment for Ontario's fiscal prob- lems, Ontario Liberal Leader Lyn McLeod said recently. "While Bob Rae blames others for Ontario's fiscal problems, he is criss-crossing the province on a pre-election spending binge," McLeod said. "It's time for Bob Rae to stop whining and take real action to deal with Ontario's fiscal problems." Rae's criticism of federal spend- ing cuts contradicts previous state- ments he has made about the need for restraint in government spend- ing. On April 5, 1993, in a speech to an assembly of social contract ne- gotiators, Rae said, "We simply cannot allow ourselves to get into a debt trap that will encumber the ability of future generations to have the public services that we depend upon and the economic op- portunities that Ontario has always offered." McLeod said Rae's criticism of the federal budget is simply a polit- ical ploy to prop up his failing electoral fortunes. "Bob Rae should. stop scaring students and seniors by threatening to close down hospitals and colleg- es," McLeod said. "And instead of trying to blame everyone else, he should introduce an Ontario budget as soon as possible to get Ontario's fiscal house in order." Howick Jr. WI planning workshop on marketing FORDWICH-Are you a crafty person? Well, if you are, you should have been with the Howick Junior Women's Institute on Feb. 16. The group held its meeting at Darlene Harding's house. Ms. Harding taught a new craft which members enjoyed and successfully completed. Roll call, "Show and tell a craft that you do," was answered by 13 members. Ms. Harding gave the treasurer'sreport, and Brenda Bun- ke' read minutes of the last meet- ing. Elly Emmerton reported on the "History of Howick" she is pre- paring. Ronna Lee Johnston read a letter from the group's president,. Kate Tervit. Sharon Denman has or- dered tickets for Drayton Theatre in August for the play "Dads." Marion Feldskov announced the district is having a workshop "Marketing," to be held in Brus- sils library on March 15 from 9:30 am. -3 p.m.; registration fee is $3. Anyone interested can call Mrs. Feldskov no later than March 9. Gwen Stinson suggested a gar- age sale be held for a fundraiser and to see what we have at home., Winnie Winkel will have details for the next meeting about the ba- bysitting course. Mrs. Winkel also brought in Pennies of Friendship, won by Darlene Harding. "Wit and Wisdom" was read by Marg Greig. "Don't be too busy and not have a life," she said. The next meeting is on March 16 at the Howick Township Office at 8:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome; the topic will be "Food Sensitivi- ,�f. ARM CH Adoption disclosure information booklet available Are you my mother? is touch- ing children's booklet about a little bird that has fallen out of its nest and goes in search of its mother. The story is especially poignant for thousands of adults who were 'adopted as children in Ontario, and are now searching for eir biologi- cal mothers. In addttio to this search for birth relatives b adop- tees, there are biological parents in Canada and the United States searching for children given up for adoption decades ago. The emo- tional desire to meet one's blood relatives is only one of the reasons people are trying to find out who was involved in an adoption 20 or 30 years ago. Women planning to have chil- dren need to know if their biologi- cal parents have medical or genetic histories that could affect them having children. Adoptees may also discover that they are"eligible to apply for dual citizenship and perhaps be eligible for employ- ment in both countries. The Ontario Government began keeping records about provincial adoptions in 1921. Today there are over 200,000 adoptees on record with the Ministry of Community and Social Services. Prior to 1979, vital information that could identify biological par- ents or adopted children was classi- fied and restricted under the Child Welfare Act to protect the privacy of all the principals involved in the adoption of a child. To satisfy public appeals for the release of identifying adoption in- formation, the first Adoption Dis- closure Register was expanded through the 1984 Child and Family Services Act. The purpose of the Register is to officially receive and process applications for reunions and searches related to adoptions that took place in Ontario. Adopted persons over 18 can contact the Ontario Children's Aid Society that arranged their adoption to get background information. They can request non -identifying informa- tion such as a biological family's culture, heritage or a general pro- file of the immediate family. "But information that can identi- fy or lead to the identification of specific individuals must go through the Register," said minis- try official Colette Kent. "Even if people are already reg- istered, it is vital they keep the Registry informed of any current changes," stressed Kent. Updated information - like marital status or changes of address - relieves the backlog of files that cannot be completed when researchers hit dead -ends due to old information in applications filed during the 1980's. Adopted persons over the age of 18, birth parents, or adult birth relatives - brothers, sisters or grandparents - are all eligible to file applications to Ontario's Adop- tion Disclosure Register. They can contact the Register to update family information, or to re- quest identifying information or re- unions, and adult adoptees can re- quest an active search for biologi- cal relatives. Adopting parents are not eligible to apply to the Regis- ter. However, they may request non -identifying information through a local child welfare agen- cy. The Adoption Unit of the Minis- try has produced a booklet with more information on Adoption Disclosure. A copy of the booklet or an Adoption. Disclosure Appli- cation form may be requested by contacting: Adoption Disclosure Register Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services: 2 Bloor Street West, 24th Floor Toronto, Ontario M7A 1E9. Tel: (416} 327=4730 Fate: (416) 327-0513. Information and application forms are also available through lo- cal child welfare agencies such as Children's Aid Societies and Fami- ly Services Agencies.