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Published each Wednesday at:
Box 390,
5 Diagonal Road,
Wingham, Ontario
Phone (519) 357-2320
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Jim Beckett — Publisher
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Margaret Stapleton—Reporter
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Invest a little time
in Ontario's future
he future of any province lies with its young
people with vision and energy who, when they
see a need, are prepared to fill it.
That need may be anything from saving a friend's
life, to helping those less fortunate or demonstrating
a desire to make their community better.
In this community and right across Ontario we are
lucky to have an abundance of young people who fit
this description. We often only hear of the bad kids,
but everyone reading knows at least one young per-
son who fits the `good' category.
It's these young people who deserve, but seldom
receive, proper recognition. For that reason the On-
tario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards program
was founded in 1981. We, at the Advance -Times,
are proud to play a part in recognizing the youth of
our community.
The program, a project of the Ontario Community
Newspapers Association (OCNA) with the assis-
tance of Bell Canada, has over the past 13 years paid
tribute to 180 exemplary individuals or groups be-
tween the ages of six to 18.
Those chosen to receive this prestigious award,
along with their families, are guests of honor at a
luncheon in Toronto during the annual OCNA con-
vention. Award recipients are joined by Ontario's
Lieutenant Governor for a family portrait at Queen's
park, and are presented with $200 and a Junior Citi-
zen lapel pin.
Many young people in our community are worthy
of . the attention and encouragement 'provided
through the Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year
Awards program. It is up to all of us to find them
and make sure they are nominated. Every nominee
receives a certificate stating they were considered
for this distinct honour and contribute greatly to
their community. They will also have their story told
through the columns of the Advance -Times.
Invest a little bit of time in the future of Ontario.
Say `thank -you' to a special young person or group
by filling out an Ontario' Junior Citizen of the Year
nomination form. They are available at the Advance -
Times and we will be pleased to work with you.
Deadline for nominations is October 31, 1995.
Good kids are all around us. It's up to us to see
them.
ANNVEdeill
A reason to smite'.YVingfiam
.For all who participated in the fifth annual Take Back the
Night march in Goderich last week. We all need to get to=
gether and work on preventing violence against women.
WE,INESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,1995
FREEZE, KID!
MERE's YouR
HELMET?!
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SEPTEMBER 1948
Mrs. John Heal entertained at a
charmingly arranged party at her
home on 'Josephine Street last
Monday evening when three
membersof the Bell Telephone
staff were presented with silver
tea services. The guests of honor
were: Mrs. Ford Dickison, nee
Lorna Smyth; Mrs. Norman John-
ston, nee Mary Louise Beninger
and bride elect, Miss Florence
MacPherson, whose marriage to
Raymond Snell takes place this
month.
Wilfred Henry suffered a pain •
ful accident on Tuesday afternoon
when a heavy motor at the plant
at Mathers Beverages fell on his
foot and badly smashed the large
toe.
Finance Minister Abbott has
announced that Canada Savings
Bonds•go on sale Oct. 12. The is-
sue will be dated Nov. 1 and bear
interest at a rate of two, three and
four per cent per year for 10
years.
A new police cruiser has been
presented to Wingham Police
Chief Platt for his use. •
SEPTEMBER 1961
At a recent meeting of the
Turnl, rry Township School Area
Board, the entry submitted by
Edith Austin was selected as the
name for the new school. Miss
Austin's suggestion is Turnberry
Central School.
Blyth United Church was the
scene of a wedding of interest late
last month when Margaret An-
nette Jackson of Auburn became
the bride of Donald M. Kai of
Oakville. Mr. Kai is a former staff
member of Winghain Public
School.
Ross Mann, who has resided on
the second line of Morris Town-
ship for several years, has moved
his family to Bluevale, where he
has opened a music shop in the
McKinney building at the main
corner.
William Waite, who has been
on the police force at.Port Elgin
for the past three years, has been
engaged as night constable in
Wingham. His appointment
brings to three the members of the
town force, including Chief James
Miller and Ted Whitby, acting
constable.
For the second year, the water
show staged at the pond above
Howson Dam drew a good crowd
to watch water enthusiasts in ac-
tion. Dave Cameron and Bill
Lockridge: both • of ,Wingham, •
took ..part in the professional class
demonstration.
SEPTEMBER 1971
A new industry has established
at Whitechurch to manufacture
and sell marble vanity tops and
sinks. Gary Chapman, proprietor,
says the business will be operat-
ing within a week.
An election in the province of
Ontario has been called for Thurs-
day, Oct.21.
Mrs. Harry Garniss of Cathe-
rine Street is the lucky winner of a
1971 Matador car, first prize in a
bingo conducted at the Durham
arena.
Catherine Bond is among the
first residents of the new senior
citizens' apartments on Bristol
Terrace in Wingham.
SEPTEMBER 1981
Kathy Riedlinger-Ryan has
been hired by Wingham and Dis-
trict Hospital as a speech-
language therapist.
The new pastor at the Wing -
ham Pentecostal Church is Rev.
Victor Greico. An induction ser-
vice is set for this Sunday.
Turnberry Township will cele-
brate its 1 25th anniversary next
year, in 1982.
The new Teeswater Agri -Curl
was officially opened at ceremo-
nies last Saturday night. Murray
McKague is the club president.
Hargis priorities mixed up
TORONTO -- Premier Mike Hams
is cutting busy as a barber on Satur-
day mornings trying 'to save taxpay-
ers money, but he has' softie priori-
ties mixed up.
Harris and his Progressive Conser-
vatives have quickly reduced spend-
ing on welfare, housing, daycare,
services to abused children and
transportation for the handicapped as
• well as, to be fair, subsidies to busi-
ness.
The province will ask a welfare
mother with two children to live on
about $1,086 a month, but a case can
be made that it first should have re-
duced some of its lavish benefits to
workers in the public sector.
Most contribute between 7 anc3 8
per cent of their pay toward pensions
and taxpayers must match it.
As one result, teachers commonly
on comfortable salaries of more than
$60,000 -a -year retire on useful
$42,000 pensions -- about $10,000
more than the average worker's wage
-- on top of old age security. The
vast majority of private sector work-
ers who help provide these truly
golden years do not even have a pen-
sion plan of their own to which their
employers contribute.
A government forced to cut wel-
fare should consider whether it can
continue contributing so generously
to its employees' pensions. Many
senior public servants, including
deputy ministers, .city clerks and po-
lice chiefs, retire from one job while
still in their 50s with pensions
around $70,000 and more to take
highly paid jobs in the private sector
as consultants or lobbyists or manag-
ing security for banks and other
companies. Government should be
asking whether it is fair to pay a re-
tired police chief a handsome pen-
sion while he also collects a salary at
a time when it can't afford to help a
crippled person get to work.
In the most offensive perq, many
teachers and other public sector
workers are allowed a specified
number of days off sick without los-
ing pay, and can accumulate those
they do not take off so that on retire-
ment they are paid a 'gratuity' of up
to half a year's pay, commonly
$30,000. Teachers collect this bonus
merely for going to work when
healthy, something. they would be
embarrassed trying to explain to
their ethics classes, on top of cosy
pensions, which is even harder to
justify when the welfare cuts will put
abused children in more danger.
Many of the several hundred
mostly well-paid employees at the
,legislature have no work when it is
not sitting and some are not required
even to show up.
This year the- legislature has not
sat. even one day, because the New
Democrat government defeated in
the June election did not want to
give the opposition parties a forum
in which to run a campaign against
it, and last year the elusive NDP had
it sit only 71 days. But even under
other governments it often met fewer
than.100 days.
The Tories would be in real diffi-
culty explaining why they pay em-
ployees to sit around while they lack
money to fund reasonable welfare
benefits. Provincial employees get
paid holidays that include Remem-
brance Day, although probably not
one in a hundred goes near a war
memorial, and teachers have profes-
sional development days that for
many are extra holidays on top of
three months they already have off.
while taxpayers cannot maintain ade-
quate services for children.
Any struggling welfare mom who
has the misfortune to wind up in
court will see judges working even
less. The province is trying' to coax
judges to sit five hours a day for 170
days a year, but most do not sit any'-
where
ny-where near this and anyonePslicing a
golf ball in midweek risks hitting a
judge.
The welfare mothers and the dis-
abled have one thing in common;
they do not have much political in-
fluence. The fact teachers and judges
have a lot bigger voice is encourag-
ing Harris to pick on the little guys.
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