The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-08-22, Page 92 miles south of Grand
Bend on Highway 21
Just off Hwy 21 on Parkview Crescent
40 DISPLAYS- ACRES OF ANIMALS
Below is a list of the animals at the Pineridge Zoo:
SNAKES and LIZARDS
COUGAR
LION
LEOPARD
BEAR
HAMADRYAS BABOONS
WILD PIGS
DEER
LLAMAS
OSTRICH
SPIDER MONKEYS
RHESUS MONKEYS
GREEN VERVET MONKEYS
STUMP TAILED CHIMP
DE BRAZZA MONKEYS
OPOSSUM
DONKEYS
DOG LIKE RACOON
And Many Many Varieties of
BIRDS to Delight Everyone,
SWIFT FOXES
RED FOXES
WALLABIES
TAYRAS
BOB CATS
AFRICAN LYNX
AFRICAN PORCUPINE
COATIMUNDIS
AGOUTS
ARMADILLOS
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Crediton 234-6381 TASTY KERNELS — Food of all kinds was available during the Lucan
Fair. The above picture shows Keith Dickson enjoying corn on the
cob. T-A photo
As of September 1 thr govern-
ment of Ontario will beproviding
prescribed drugs without charge
to more than 548,000 residents of
Ontario - including 334,000
recipients of the Federal
Guaranteed Income Supplement,
10,000 recipients of Ontario
Guaranteed Annual Income, as
well as 204,000 recipients of
Family Benefits Allowance.
The Drug Benefit Program, in
addition to the government's new
Guaranteed Anrual Income
System (GAINS) will provide an
additional $95 million to those
citizens whose standards of liv-
ing are so severely eroded by the
effects of inflation.
previously unable to pay for es-
sential drugs will now be assured
of receiving the medication they
need.
The Drug Benefit Plan will
enable eligible patients to be
maintained on expensive drug
therapy at home rather than in
an institution. This has proven
beneficial for TB patients in the
past and saves the cost of long-
term institutional care.
Those eligible for the Drug
Benefit Plan who have previous-
ly been spending on drugs a sub-
stantial part of their limited
budget, will now have those funds
available for other uses. As well,
drug quality and price have been
standardizedto ensure qualityfor
the recipient and value for the
taxpayer.
one time will be one months'
supply. Prescriptions will not be
valid for more than three months
(with certain exceptions for
long-term therapy) to protect
recipients who may require
reassessment by their physician.
To ensure the validity of
telephoned prescriptions, the
pharmacist will be required to
have the prescription signed by
the prescribing doctor or dentist
within 72 hours of dispensing.
Pharmacists will receive
prompt interim advances based
on the number of prescriptions
filled upon submission of claims.
Required adjustments will
appear on subsequent cheques. A
standard dispensing fee is being
negotiated,
Many people who were
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benefit certificate in the form of
a cheque stub attached to their
family benefits cheque.
Those persons eligible for the
federal Guaranteed Income
Supplement and or the new On-
tario Guaranteed Annual Income
benefits will automatically
receive their drug cards in
September for September, Oc-
tober, November and December.
Drug cards sent out in January
will cover the next three month
period of January through
March, inclusive. Subsequent
drug cards will be sent out in the
form of cheque stubs on a
monthly basis.
Residents of Ontario who
receive only the federal Old Age
Security payments but not in
receipt of the Guaranteed In-
come Supplement are not eligi-
ble for the Drug Benefit Plan.
Only by receiving the GIS will a
person automatically receive the
benefits of the drug benefit
program. In order to apply for
the Guaranteed Income Supple-
ment, correspondence should be
directed to:
Guaranteed Income Supplement
P.O. Box 6000
Poistal Station Q
Toronto, Ontario
The telephone number to call
for residents of the Toronto area
is 423-6900.
Drug cards received by per-
sons in receipt of GIS and or
GAINS will be in the individual
name of the particular recipient.
Cards received by those on
Family Benefits Allowance will
be in the name of the family
breadwinner and will list eligible
dependents,
Recipients of drug cards will
leave this eligibility certificate
with the pharmacist when they
have a prescription filled. The
certificate may be reclaimed if
the recipient wishes to deal with
another pharmacy,
Drugs eligible for reimburse-
ment are those prescribed by a
doctor or dentist and listed in the
Drug Benefit Formulary.
The Drug Benefit Formulary
lists approximately 1200 drug
preparations which meet
therapeutic standards approved
by the Ministry of Health. The
ministry will pay the cost of the
lowest price inter-changeable
therapeutic product listed.
For example, there may be
eight brands of penicillin tablets
listed, ranging in price from
$2.50 for 100 to $11.10 for 100
tablets. All eight have been judg-
ed to be of the same quality and
therapeutic value. Therefore, the
ministry will reimburse the
AbarmacIst for the lowest priced
tienicillin° listed,
Extemporaneous prepara-
tions, such as a drug or mixture
of drugs, compounded in a phar-
macy according to the order of
the prescriber, will also be eligi-
ble for reimbursement.
The formulary will also in-
clude some essential non-
prescription drugs which will be
provided as benefits when
prescribed, such as insulin and
iron preparations.
The maximum amount of
drugs that may be dispensed at
The free drug program will
complement the several
measures introduced by the
government of Ontario in 1972 to
reduce the burden of health care
costs. These measures included
the abolition of health insurance
premiums for persons aged 65 or
over, the broadening of premium
assistance to low income
families and individuals and the
introduction of extended care for
the elderly in nursing homes and
homes for the aged. With the in-
troduction of the Drug Benefit
Plan, pensioners will be entitled
to a full range of health,care ser-
vices at no cost to themselves.
The drug benefit plan will
automatically embrace those
who receive the federal
guaranteed income supplement,
GAINS or provincial Family
Benefits,
Each month -beginning in
September 1974, Family Benefits'
Allowance recipients will
automatically receive their drug
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A RINGER(— It's no easy job throwing rubber sealer rings over the
tops of boiles but Paul Dougherty managed to get one. His buddy,
David Bellbupervised closely. The two were participating in the Penny
Carnival kinide the PUC building at Saturday's sidewalk sale.The Car-
nival wasfput on by the Exeter Playground children. T-A photo