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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-12-13, Page 9,firoEE D►AY DECEM$EN:1'f'1995 iiefends tough 'action on deficitIdebt Continuedfrpm page eight ried caple".y.Sitl'll haYv to pay $2• for .4ge.X ry prescription you get fille;;> 1 And for anybody who is over that income, they'll have a hundred dollars which they'll have to pay 'which will cover their first number 'of prescriptions and then after that their prescriptions will be filled at no cyst to Mem. ,The reason we did, this (is) be- cause there are a number of people and • especially in Huron County...both people work or one (person works and they don't collect Jany assistance from the govern- ment. But if there's a disaster that hits ,their family, a health disaster, :they're unable to afford their health .care. And so we've been able to put 140,000 people onto the Trillium Plan as a result of these other peo- ple making contributions to them. We call them the working poor, the people who are working for a very low income but are still work- ing. And for the first time they'll have the security of knowing that they have a health package that will allow them to have their pre- scriptions filled and that will allow them to therefore not be...put into ; debt as a result of some serious health problem that might come to a family. So we've been able to reduce the deductible down for these people Or them to be able to get health ,are so I think it's very exciting da lot of our ;people in the VOlunty could fall. into that 140,000 who've never had health care be- e and now may be able to get Me so,.. . ft's a pro and it's a con. You Ow, there's some people out Foewho were getting ' benefits Ft'ho were...getting' all their pre- ccrttionpaid for'wh' lave P � o a lot of pcome and they will be affected a the bit by as it theycontribute their $100 to help these working � P 1oar get On a�healihplen. 1;thlaak. p aple Wig:* fairly p- i ' ' about helping , soiXteone else.; .1, . • pe they will be. I believe• that's hat Huron County's all about. o, I •think it's a good plan, ut...certainly people will be affect - d there... Your college and university stu- ents are affected but we're going (o work harder to make the loan ogram more viable so that people n get , loatis and they don't have start to pay them until they get to work... It won't matter about the income 6f the parents. They can just get the Wan so you don't have those people ho couldn't get it before because e parents both worked and didn't ave enough money. ;,:t You know, that was always a ugh one, if your parents worked nd didn't have enough money to Fut you through. They made too Much of an income to get you a stu- dent loan... • That's what we're going to try d eliminate...But we're going to tally going to go after the people Who get the loans . and make them pay them back when they have the income. There's a lot that have nev- er been collected back... ' Administrative changes to the government made some changes in the county ..It probably will affect OMAFRA a little bit. There's still decisions to be made about where those cuts will be so I can't really tell you for sure but there'll be some...very small administrative cuts to agriculture and I think that's about it. ' T -A: What's your personal reac- tion then to the mini budget in general? Helen: Well, I think it's a step in the right direction...a second step in the right direction. As you know; the reason I run for politics is be- cause I believe that we have to get this debt under control... We will have no health care, no education for the next generation if we don't get this under control. It's growing so quickly. And so from my standpoint it reduces •the deficit each year dur revenue is less than our expenses... We're half way though it. I mean, that's very exciting for me and I believe that people Who are concerned about the future of Onta- rio will be pleased by it... ...But there's lots of people along the line who's it's going to af- fect...I'm always concerned about the human Cost of today versus the" human cost, for Uly kids and my grandkids and then•that's the tough part... But I think...if we don't get it un- der control, our kids will be work- ing their entire lives to pay off a debt we incur with no advantage to them.- They won't have education. They won't have health care and I think we can't do it to them. So I think it's a positive in the fact that we're getting...closer to spending what we earn. One of the interesting stats is...every hour, as we sit here for an hour, the govern- ment spends a million dollars more than it actually earns and so it's a frightening dollar value when you think about that. It's, you know, $800 for every man, woman and child. I mean, it's...growing quickly and so your standpoint... as a young parent, (you) don't want (your) kids to have that kind of debt...and I wouldn't do it to them myself and I don't think we as government should do it to them either. So from my standpoint it's a good step in the right direction and hopefully we can find other ways to get the rest of it down and get working on a balanced budget be- cause if we have a balanced budget, we'll have a better economy. As we have a better economy, jobs will come in and we'll start to see a better economic environment to get some of these people to work who want to work, who we don't have jobs for. T -A: How long do you think that would take for the economy to improve? Helen: We're hoping to balance the budget still within...another two years. I mean, I think that...as peo- ple see us working towards that, there will be a little bit of economic revival but...It will take us a while to get that going. We haveo people tget confident again and people aren't confident about the waythe t e government is. running...I think it'll take a while still but I•. think we're certainly on j;tae,ti'ghithr'ack. .• Honoraria will remain unchanged for councillors; appointments made Members of Tumberry council have left the township honoraria unchanged for 1996 and also agreed to do away with council compensation for attending confer- ences and conventions. Tumberry Reeve Brian McBur- ney once again will receive $2,500 per year in honorarium, plus $60• per meeting. Council meets twice each month. Deputy Reeve Mery Baker and Councillors Paul Elgie, Randy Fox - ton and Bill Purdon each will re- ceive an honorarium of $1,500 per year in .1996, the same as 1995. They also are paid $60 per meeting. Council members who miss more than three meetings will forfeit a portion of their honoraria. At the suggestion of Elgie, coun- cil agreed to forego the convention Animal control officer selected Dale Sparks of Skookum Ken- nels, located just west of Wingham, has been offered the job of animal control officer for the Township of Turnberry, more commonly known as dog catcher. Sparks, a Turnberry kennel oper- ator and breeder of registered ca- nines, was the only applicant for the position. Council decided to offer Sparks $30 for each animal he picks up and $15 for a "dry run". He will be called out as directed by the clerk - treasurer. Sparks has been offered $8 per day to board animals for a maxi- mum of three days and $25 to do away with ,,them, if necessary. He will he., paid $15 for. each dog for w.,hi►cil he ,finds a)?rimer „ •qui Light Up the Holidays f, Teleflora's Brass Hurricane Bouquet Brighten the season with lovely winter flowers and a stunning polished brass hurricane Tamp. This memorable keepsake bouquet can be sent in Canada or the U. S. Just call or visit our shop n �1�leflora 218 Josephine Street, Wingham 357-3333 $1000.0° Winners First Winner... in the Great $5000.00 Give Away Promotion by 52 Wingham merchants is Elma Johnson, Wingham. She entered the promotion at McFadden Maytag Appliance Store. Second Winner .e. E. Armstrong of Whitechurch, who made her purchase at Canada Post Office, Wingham. ,The winners are shown here with Stevi MacPherson, promotion co-ordinator. pay of $120 per day and $60 per half-day. As McBurney explained, the policy to pay a flat rate for members to attend conventions was instituted a number of years ago when several members of council milked cows and would have to hire help if they were to go away. Council agreed the policy no longer is warranted. The township mileage rate re- mains at 28 cents per kilometre or 45 cents per mile. A number of appointments for 1996 also were made at the meeting and include: J. V. Fischer to the Wheels Away board and the Bluevale Ce- metery Board; Mery Baker, the Wingham Historical Society; Brian McBurney, the North Huron Eco- nomic Development Committee; Ward & Uptigrove, township audi- tors; Crawford, Mill & Davies, so- licitors; George Adams, poundkeeper; Adams, Wendell Stamper, Barry Mulvey and Ross Gray, fenceview- ers; Adams, livestock evaluator; Bill Purdon, Wingham and District Economic Development Commit- tee; Purdon and Foxton, Bluevale Hall Board; Peg Lockridge, Wing - ham Recreation Committee; Wing - ham and Area Fire Board, Baker and Elgie; Belmore Arena Board, Rick McPherson; Purdon, Farm and Home Safety Association; John Gibson, weed inpsector; Harley Gaunt and Lynn Hickey, Wingham fire chief and deputy chief; Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority, Culross and Teeswater to appoint and Maitland Valley Conservation Authority, McBur- ney. THE INGHAMADVNiCETIMES T�%�side Hearing Instruments Er,lt')i;:s Gary J. 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Anglican St. Paul's -Trinity Anglican (Wingham) 10:30 a.m. Salvation Army Wingham Corps 10:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Presbyterian St. Andrew's Presbyterian (Wingham) 11 a.m. Knox Presbyterian (Bluevale) 11:30 a.m. Knox Presbyterian (Belmore) 10:00 a.m. United Church Wingham United Church 11:00 a.m. Bluevale United Church 11:30 a.m. Calvin -Brick Church (E. Wawanosh) 10:00 a.m. Knox United Church, Belgrave 11:15 a.m. Gorrie United Church 9:45 a.m, Wroxeter United Church 11:00 a.m. A