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wonder how. Noah would have handled this one!"
Need facts, not r utions
It's not difficult to agree with the sug-
gestion that Ontario health minister Frank
Miller made an incorrect decision regarding
the closing of the Goderich psychiatric
hospital, or that he may be considering
improper action regarding the reduction
of general hospital beds in Huron County.
But many people do fail to realize that Mr.
Miller is in an impossible situation. On one
hand taxpayers are demanding a reduction
in costs on all fronts, but they complain
bitterly when those cuts affect them directly.
Obviously, there would be no outburst
from Huron people if Mr. Miller had chosen
to close a psychiatric hospital in Timbuctu.
In fact, they probably would have lauded
him for the decision to reduce costs by
closing that particular hospital.
Obviously, we can't have our cake and
eat it too!
In that regard, it is going one step too
far in demanding that the minister and some
of his colleagues resign, and it is probably
akin to waving a red flag in a bull's face.
Our democratic process would break down
entirely if people had to resign every time
one of their decisions didn't find favor with
a •section of the population and it is sur-
prising that county councillors would
support such a motion. •
No doubt they can each look back on
decisions that were opposed by • certain
members of their municipality, but asking
for resignations in those cases would be
absurd.
Even the medical staff at the general
hospital in Goderich who initiated the reso-
lution must be able to find areas where they
made mistakes but have never been asked
to resign.
Cooler heads must prevail if there is to be
an effective debate conducted with the
health minister in the fight to . save the
psychiatric hospital and local hospital beds,
and that fight can only be fought if facts
are presented to prove the services are
required.
Ambiguous resolutions suggesting the
reductions in hospital beds threaten the
right of the people to adequate health care
are not enough. The reasons behind that
assumption must be presented.
At the sane time, we do agree whole-
heartedly that the minister should have
undertaken consultation with local people
before making his decisions. It's another
example of high-handed government action
that has been drawing complaints from
municipal politicians for several years.
The senior governments appear to think
they are paying the piper and can therefore
call the tune, without considering the fact
the funds with which they do so come from
the very people from whom they are wrestl-
ing the control.
Lutheran Church Women meet
The Lutheran Church Women
entertained the residents of the
Blue Water Rest Home, on Tues-
day evening, January 13.
Two ladies celebrated their
birthdays, Mrs. Talbot and Mrs.
McIntosh.
Old time music, violin, guitar
and piano by Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Deichert and Elizabeth
was enjoyed so very much by
the folks.
Miss Jane Willert -favored the
audience with two vocal numbers.
Piano solos were rendered
by Vicki Schroeder, Susan Deich-
crt, Julie Miller and Margaret
Deichert. Piano duets by Vicki
Schroeder, Margaret Deichert
and Mrs. Jack Turkheim.
Trays of cheese and crackers,
angel food cake and ice cream
were served by Group I.
Mrs. Harvey Hohner conduct-
ed the business meeting follow-
ing refreshments. Twenty-one
members and two visitors were
present for the meeting. Minutes
of the previous meeting were
read by secretary Mrs. Carl Will-
ert. Many notes of appreciation
were read and donations rec-
eived.
The December committee
reported making 25 good cheer
boxes anddistributing them to
the shut-ins.
Volunteers offered to canvass
for the March of Dimes.
A letter received from the
Waterloo Women's Auxiliary
of the Lutheran Seminary was
read. The ladies decided to make
a donation of bedding for the
residence at Waterloo.
Group III will be in charge
of the pot luck supper for the
Annual Congregational Meeting
on Wednesday, January 28 at
6:30 p.m.
The February meeting for all
ladies will be a work-a-thon day.
Dashhwood
Mrs. Glen Rader and Mrs.
Wilmer Desjardine have returned
home from Victoria hospital,
London.
Mrs. Melvin Resternayer is
a patient in St. Joseph's hospital,
London.
by Ted Rowcliffe
Local school teachers must be somewhat . bewildered
at the situation faced by their Toronto counterparts.
First their board granted them a healthy increase and the
wage and price boys turned it down as excessive. Then of
course the province, after granting the teachers the right to
strike ordered them back to work again.
While the wage controls may solve some of the problems
with the teachers, it will most likely just result in a few new
ones.
One solution to the problem of teachers wages night be
province wide contracts such as were instituted for hospital
workers.
As I see it, Punkeydooble Corners teachers got a whopping
big increase and the teachers down the line in Jonesville
figured they were worth every -°bit as much, maybe just a
little more. And then when the Jonesville gang got what
they were after, the bunch in Sleepy Hollow thought they
were just as deserving as those in Jonesville ... and so on
until after repeated negotiations and settlements it was.
those poor teachers in Punkydoodle Corners who were low
on the pole and away we went again.
Why not one settlement, every two years, for every teacher
in the province?
Word has it the teachers might be agreeable to such a
proposal but the government . is hesitating. They might as
well try it; the method couldn't be much worse than the one
we're using now.
* *
. Bricks and bouquets department — A rusty old
cinder to the snowmobile operator who scared the heiabbers
out of me the other day. I was calmly driving out of town,
40 m.p.h. in a 30 m.p.h. zone, when all of a sudden a snow
machine shot by me on the right hand shoulder.... And a
big red rose to all those motorists who stopped to help
friends, neighbours and even total strangers stuck in that
snow last week. It is appreciated; I know because I was on
the receiving end.
* * *
The provincial governemnt just spent a small fortune to
tell us we have to cut down on our spending.
It makes about as much sense as most of the capers
Davis and his cabinet are making these days.
I'm referring specifically to the big pow -wow in Wingham
on Thursday when Mr. McKeough and other cabinet me-
mbers dropped about a thousand minicipal officials out to
tell them what has been said publicly in the past and could
have been said again just as effectively in a letter.
If we're going to cut spending, let's make it some of the
useless money wasting at all levels of government, not the
services we need.
Come on Mr. Davis, let's stop making the financial cut-
backs a big public relations snow job and get down to the
business at hand.
zu
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The following Zurich businesses will be closed
on Friday nights at 6:00 P.M. during January,
February and March, re -opening Friday night
starting April 2
Westlake Furniture
Laporte's Meat Market
Pro -Hardware
Doerr's Superior
Tasty -Nu Bakery
Yungblut's Meat Market
Gascho's Dry Goods
Heimrich's Lunch and
Variety
Earl's Barber Shop
Desch 's Shoe Store
Gascho's Lucky Dollar
Leo's Plumbing &
Heating
Stade Hardware
Hess Jewellery
Selp-Help Associates
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