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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-05-25, Page 1Blyth Bra mi Library Box 2U2 Blyth, ®rat , NON 1110, Jati o 4 MYTH • /%%// r � .,,.k.,:.00 dy/%/� 4. S q '/''� y'i FAREWELL TO A COMRADE—Members of the Wingham Fire Department led by Chief Dave Crothers formed an honor guard at the funeral of James A. (Jim) Carr on Monday. Mr. Carr, who passed away on the RNA graduation Valedictorian to follow the Golden Rule weekend, was a former chief of the department and long-time deputy chief until he retired from active duty in recent years. Young artist wins trip to Swi ►- erland this fall A Holyrood teenager will Telecom '83 show as well as be flying to Geneva, Swit- a $500 savings bond. zerland, courtesy of the Canadian government this fall after finishing as one of three winners <eir z ; natio.a- wide telecommunications poster contest. For Susan Meyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Meyer, the trip comes as an unexpected surprise and she is delighted. Already the Grade 9 student has become a celebrity at F. E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham, after word of her success circulated through the school grapevine. She learned of her win last Friday when a telegram arrived at the school from At present, Mr. Fox said, her poster is on display at the Salon des Sciences et Tech- nologies, Montreal, "where thousands of visitors have an opportunity to appreciate your great talent." It is quite an accomplish- ment for someone who says her poster is really just the development of an idea she thought up last year for a Grade 8 art project. "I didn't think it would go as far as it did. "It's not very detailed. I think they liked it because there was nothing else like it." federal Communications Her creation is a three - Minister Francis Fox, in -/dimensional poster, she forming her that as a winner explain -d, in the form of a asin the contest ...she . _will shallow box lined with tinfoil kS-77—_. _ir�and coverer �n►iclea� s a ra Geneva in October far the phastic Inside_is a globex cut from construction paper, with three figures, also cut from paper and representing people of different races, seated on the globe. The figare in the centre holds a- telephone with the cord, made from fine copper wire, looped around the three, illustrating the theme "Telecommunications: Pulling Us Closer Together". In the background-- ,is a satellite. _ Susan's art teacher at Madill, Dian Joanisse, said. the news of the win came as a pleasant surprise but was not a total shock, especially after entries from Madill swept the medals at the Huron County Science Fair in Clinton earlier this year. She commented then to someother teachers that Madill might possibly Follow the Golden Rule, is what Valedictorian Judy Kerr of Goderich told her fellow graduates of the Registered Nursing Assist- ants' program last Friday at exercises held at the training centre in Wingham. Mrs. Kerr said timing is - an honorable profession and stressed that nurses must be attuned to the needs of others, not only at work, but 24 hours a day. Personal satisfaction of a job well done means so much, she concluded. The graduation was the 50th of its kind, according to Mrs. Jean Ellacott, program director. In her parting remarks to the students, Mrs Ellacott told the graduates they must never stop learning and reminded them that nursing begins and ends with the patient. Guest speaker Jack Kopas, a former chairman of the Wingham hospital board and a�guidance counsell At, 'the 1'. % '`Madill Secoinary- School, urged the graduates to always take time to read, laugh, think, dream and work in their later years. He also commended them for their hard work and per- severance. Diplomas and pins were presented to the graduates as well as individual awards. Patricia Merchant of RR 3, Walkerton, won the Profi- ciency in Bedside Nursing Award; Mrs. Lynda Neil of Harriston won the Scholastic Achievement Award; and, Mrs. Kerr won the valedic- torian's gift. A highlight of the exercises was the presentation of the book Tse Bedside,$Pecialist to th ra yy at'tlie training... centre. The book, a history of the RNA program in the province, was written by Verna Steffler of Wingham, a graduate of the local training centre. A reception was held for the graduates, their families and friends, after the graduation program. Graduating class mem- bers are: Debra Arnold, Wants tax break for meal sale Live up to support pledge, restaurant owner challenges By Henry Hess BRUSSELS — The owner of a local restaurant is challenging Ontario Premier William Davis to live up to his government's pledge of support for small businesses by granting a sales tax exemption for a special pro- motion he has planned. Bill Protopapas, who has operated, the Olympia Restaurant on the main street of this village for the past seven years, has slashed meal prices as part of a "Return to the '60s" promotion planned for next MR- & MRS. BILL PROTOPAPAS, proprietors of the Olympia Restaurant in Brussels, have sent a letter to Premier William Davis asking to drop the provincial sales tax during a special promotion they have planned. Mr. Protopapas says that while the government has manag- ed to aid other sectors, there has been nothing done for him or thousands of other small businesses, struggling to make ends meet. week. He said he hopes the meal sale will help to revive a flagging business, being squeezed between High mortgage interest and declining traffic, and if it is successful he plans to con- tinue it. His staff will be doing its share by working for half wages that week, permitting him to offer unheard-of prices such as $1.29 for a breakfast of ham and eggs, 20 cents for a cup of coffee, 69 cents for a hamburger and $1.75 for a roast chicken dinner, and he wants the premier to chip in by per- mitting him to suspend the seven per cent sales tax. In a letter to Mr. Davis, delivered to him at Queen's Park this week by Huron - Bruce MPP Murray Elston, Mr. Protopapas asks for some of the same con- siderations the province has offered to other business sectors. "You have said that you would help small business to stay in business," he notes. "You recently brought out a budget allowing the fur- niture industries to sell their products for three months Without charging sales tax. We are only asking for a one- week exemption:' He explains that Brussels is a small community with a population just over 1,000, More than 60 per cent of whom are over the age of 60. "There are also many people out of work due to the slow economy. "Our restaurant is trying to stay in business,. but coping with two mortgages with rates of 2114 and 181.1 is Please turn to Pages Lucknow; Lynn Brown, Wroxeter; Laura Dennis, Walton; Deborah Dick, Palmerston; Velma Elliott, Brussels; Brenda Fischer, Mildmay; Darlene Gamble, Teeswater; Mrs. Anne Hill, Teeswater; Mrs. Judith Kerr, Goderich, , Irene Mar tin, Dungannon, f'�atiri�f Merchant, Walkerton; Bren- da McLeod, Wingham; Mrs. Charlene McEwan, Holy - rood; Mrs. Lynda Neil, Harriston; Anne Regan, Mount Forest; Mary Ann Schinbein, Listowel; Michele Skinn, Hanover; Patricia Stackhouse, Londesboro; and, Christine Van Spengen, Clinton. Power peak down in April The peak demand for electricity in Ontario last month was an estimated 15 million kilowatts, a decrease of 5.3 per cent from the April 1982 peak, Ontario Hydro reports. ., Energy coxjstaoption .for sed 'by '0,3 per cent -,to 8.44 billion kilowatt hours, compared to 8.41 billion kilowatt hours in April 1982. y"" month`'ii Electricity exports to the U. S. rose to . more than one billion kilowatt hours, an increase of 19 per cent over April of last year. The sales earned Ontario Hydro $13.1 million. produce a national winner, Mrs. Joanisse said, but they pooh-poohed the idea and told her not to get her hopes 1113 - She added;that Susan's poster was always her personal favorite, so she is especially pleased it was the one picked to go to Swit- zerland. She explained the poster contest is part of a project called "Youth in the Elec- tronic Age". All the art students made posters, and the best three from the school were picked to go to the county science fair. Fm there she's not quite sure where they went, but somehow the poster ended up in Montreal. In Switzerland, the poster will form part of a worldwide .photo and drawing com- petn on held== -ever] eti years to publicize fire t'aie. of— telecommunications in the world of today. This is the. fourth such contest, open to • 155 different countries, with Canada taking part for the first time. What does Susan think of all this? Well, she's excited, of course, but it hasn't made her change her plans. "Telecommunications and art are both interesting," she said, "but I'm going to be a lawyer. I find, that really interesting." In fact she said, she hopes to go into criminal law and eventually become a judge. "I think it would be in- teresting to hear all the court cases and decide - it's a lot of responsibility." It's a family affair, she noted. Her dad works at the Walkerton jail and her brother wants to be a policeman. He can catch the crooks and she can try them and then send them along to Dad for their punishment. Of course, she added, she is young yet and there is lots of time to change her mind. GRADUATED Paul K. Johnston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Johnston of RR 2, Bluevale, graduated from the Centralia College of Agricultural Technology in the Agriculture Business Management program. Paul is a former student of the Brussels Public School and F. E. Madill Secondary School, Wingham. WINS NATIONAL CONTEST—Susan Meyer, a Grade 9 student at F. E. Madill Secondary School, Wingham, will be one of three Canadian students traveling to Geneva, Switzerland, this fall to compete in an inter- national telecommunications poster contest, after finishing in first place at the national level. • RNA GRADUATION—Nineteen girls graduated as RNAs last Friday during exercises held at the Nurses Training Centre at the Wingham and District Hospital. The graduates are: back, Laura Dennis, Irene Martin, Patricia Met hant, Michelle Skinn, Charlene McEwan, Debra Arnold; centre, Velma Elliott, Christin Van Spengen, Bren- da MacLeod, Anne Hill, Mary Ann Regan, Darlene Gamble, Deborah Stackhouse. Schinbein, Lynda Neil; front, Judy Kerr, Ann Dick, Brenda Fischer, Lynn Brown, Patricia