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Exeter Times -Advocate
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
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or twice daily. If drops are found to be ineffective, laser
treatment or microsurgery can be applied to increase
the outflow of fluid from the eye. Glaucoma is a disease
that can cause a loss in peripheral vision. If detected
early, lowering the eye pressure to slow down the pro-
gression of the disease can treat it. At your next eye
exam, ask your optometrist if you are at risk of develop-
ing glaucoma. Dr. Tim Wilbee, Optometrist. Dr Wilbee
is a graduate of the University of Waterloo School of
Optometry.
How does NightVision GlassesWork?
Night vision can work in two very different ways,
depending on the technology used.
One way is called image enhancement. This works by
collecting the tiny amounts of light, Including the lower
portion of the infrared light spectrum, that are present
but may be unseen by our eyes, and amplifying it to a
point that we can easily observe the image. Like hoe
binoculars enlarge the size of an object far away, night
vision glasses enhance the amount of light available to
make it easy to see in the dark.
The other way is by thermal imaging. This technolo-
gy operates by capturing the upper portion of the
infrared light spectrum, which is emitted as heat by
objects like people and trees. Hotter objects, such as
warm bodies, emit more of this light than cooler objects
like trees or buildings.
With the proper night vision equipment, you can see
someone in the dark, on a cloudy night over 180 meters
away. Information was taken from www.science.how-
stuffworks.com
SendA Message To Our Troops:
Letters, messages and postcards from home are an
important morale boost for men and women currently
serving in Afghanistan. You can write to one of our ser-
vice people. If you want to write to any Canadian ser-
vice person address your letter as follows:
Any Canadian Soldier
OPARCHER
Box 5058 Stn. Forces Belleville ON K8N 5W6
If you know the name and rank of an individual, use
this address:
OPARCHER (5058)
Name/Rank
OPARCHER
Box 5058 Stn. Forces
Belleville ON K8N 5W6
Letters, cards, postcards and bundled packages of it
will be forwarded. Parcels or packages from friends
and family members are forwarded but are subject to
security restrictions. Guidelines are available at
Canadian Forces Base Postal Offices.
Some DogThoughts:
• "I wonder if other dogs think pink poodles are
members of a weird religious cult." Rita Rudner
• My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo
is up to 99 cents a can. "That's almost $7 in dog
money." Joe Weinstein
• "Some days you're the dog, some days you're the
hydrant." Unknown
• "If I have any beliefs about mortality, it is that cer-
tain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very,
very few persons." James Thurber
• "Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive
evidence that you are wonderful." Ann Landers
• " Women and cats will do as they please and men
and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." Robert
A Heinlein
• " In order to keep a true perspective of one's impor-
tance, everyone should have a dog that will worship
him and a cat that will ignore him." Dereke Bruce
• "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy
licking your face." Ben Williams
• "When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a
problem." Edward Abbey
Subject: Don't take the risk!
Can't eat beef...mad cow
Can't eat chicken...Bird flu
Can't eat eggs...Salmonella
Can't eat pork...Trichinosis
Can't eat fish...Mercury poisoning
Can't eat fruits and veggies...Insecticides
and herbicides
Hmmmm!!!!
I believe that leaves...
Chocolate... Remember...Stressed spelled
backwards is "DESSERTS"
South Huron Minor Hockey
needs help
As many of you are aware hockey season is at an end for the year. We at South
Huron Minor Hockey had a successful year. We had an OHMA winner, OMHA finalist,
WOHA (girls) finalist and many teams that were successful in league and tournament
play. The season may have ended but work now begins on the next season. There is
registration to go out, team numbers to be finalized, registration with leagues, equip-
ment inventory, etc. etc... Some facts:
• 17 people currently on the executive
• 10 out of the 17 are on the players bench in some capacity coach,
assistant coach, trainer, manager
• 1 out of 17 have no children in hockey
• 4 out of the 17 have children below Pee Wee
• 149 children in Pee Wee and above / 176 in Pee Wee and below
• 9 out of 17 have been on the executive for more than 15 years
• Only 1 new member joined last year
• ALL 17 HAVE OTHER JOBS BESIDES MINOR HOCKEY
There is an Annual Meeting on April 24, at 7:30 p.m. at the South Huron Recreation
Centre. We need help or there is a possibility that there will be no hockey next year.
We need new members again. There is not a need to join the executive just be willing
to take part in some of the functions that we will be discussing and need to put some
names to appear. Please attend.
BOB RESCHKE,
South Huron Minor Hockey
Scholarship program helps young
Canadians with careers
The issue of skilled labour continues to be a major concern for many
industries across Canada. Specifically, it's the looming shortage of skilled labour that
is making Canadian business owners, including small-, mid- and large-sized retailers
particularly nervous.
While some businesses may not have felt the effects of this
labour shortage yet, it is coming and it is going to be a
problem for all of us. Competition to recruit and
retain entry-level, management and skilled
labour has and will become a key challenge
for retailers across the country.
Now more than ever it is important to sup-
port Canada's young adults in choosing
viable careers and providing them with the
tools they need to reach their goals. That's
why the Retail Council of Canada, in co-opera-
tion with retailers from across the country, has
developed the annual Retail as a Career Scholarship
Program. This program recognizes retail's rising
stars by providing financial assistance to post -secondary students intent on pursuing
a career in the dynamic world of retail.
By June 2006, Retail Council of Canada and its retail partners will have
provided more than $50,000 in financial assistance to students across Canada.
This year, 20 $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to students from across the coun-
try who are pursuing a post -secondary education in retail or a business-related pro-
gram, such as fashion merchandising/marketing, graphic design, advertising, commu-
nications and more. The deadline for 2006 scholarship applications is quickly
approaching — Friday, April 21.
For more information on the program and how to apply, visit
www.retaileducation.ca or call (888) 373-8245.
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DIANE J. BRISEBOIS
President and CEO
Retail Council of Canada
Clawback of National Child
Benefit Supplement
We write to address the issue of the National Child Benefit Supplement. During
Dalton McGuinty's election campaign he promised to end the government's practice of
deducting the National Child Benefit Supplement, (NCBS), to families in receipt of
Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program benefits. This practice was
implemented during the time that Mike Harris was in power and it continues today. In
light of the recent budget, we are concerned about the Liberal party's broken election
promise to end the clawback of this supplement of Ontario's poorest families.
The rationale for taking money away from children on social assistance and using it
for programs for the working poor, is to encourage parents to work. This ignores the
real reasons parents are on assistance in the first place: barriers such as dealing with
domestic abuse, lack of affordable childcare, insufficient training or education and the
inability to find employment, other than unstable part time or temporary jobs. In par-
ticular, it ignores how many of the parents, whether they are on Ontario Works or the
Ontario Disability Support Program, cannot work because of ill health or disability.
This results in the poorest children in Ontario being punished because their parents
are disabled or face other barriers. Many programs, like the Early Years programs,
implemented to accommodate poor families are not realistic for many of them living in
our rural area because they cannot afford the transportation to access them.
The Liberal party announced 3 billion more in revenues than expected at the last
budget. This tells us that the government should be able to afford to end the clawback
and keep its promise. It would have taken only seven per cent on Ontario's $3 -billion
surplus for Premier McGuinty to keep his promise to poor families that he would end
the clawback of the NCBS. $220 -million - that is how much the Ontario government
takes away from parents and children on social assistance every year. That translates
into $1,400 a year per child for parents who are struggling to pay rent and feed their
children on as little as $987 a month. $1,400 each year can make the difference
between using food banks and having the money for nutritious food; between having
to sit out school and sports activities and having the opportunity to participate in the
school and community life. It would also be a huge step towards telling those parents
and children that they are just as valued as the families who get to keep this anti-
poverty benefit.
Putting pressure on our government will result in change for the poorest children in
our province. For more information on how you can become involved, check out the
Hands Off! campaign at www.handsoffnow.ca . Contact your MPP today to voice your
concern with this broken promise.
LYNNE HARRIS, Huron Perth Community Legal Clinic and Chair -
Huron County Social Justice Coalition
Important cancer program
By Popular demand, CBC has agreed to air Wendy Mesley's exceptional program on
the prevention of cancer , five more times. Furthermore, CBC has extended the origi-
nal program to a one-hour version, thereby enabling viewers to obtain a greater
understanding of what needs to be done to prevent cancer in our lives.
The final two programs will be aired on CBC Newsworld this Saturday at 11 p.m.,
and on Sunday at 2 a.m.
Readers interested in the prevention of cancer should tune in to one of the remain-
ing hour-long shows. Perhaps CBC will not repeat this important programme a sev-
enth time!
Jim Hollingsworth, Goderich
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