The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-04-28, Page 1LUC
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'.,...f Published in Lucknow, Ontario, Wednesday, April 28, 1982
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Crombie thinks. Canadians
should be more Canadian
Canadians., must rediscover what is the
point of this country;. according to David
Crombie, the former minister of Health and
Welfare in the 1980 Conservative govern-
ment, who spoke to the annual meeting of
the Huron -Bruce Progressive Conservatives
in Lucknow Thursday night.
Crombie told the 400 people who attended
the dinner meeting at the Lucknow District
Community Centre, there are several facts
Canadians rust face.
Several constitutional accords have been
signed in Canada'shistory and this is the
first such accord to be signed without
Quebec, Crombie observed. Another fact is
that the west is no longer marching to the
same tune as Central Canada.
"We underestimate the overwhelming
sense of alienation, sense of anger, the way
they feel they are being out done," said
Crombie.
Another fact is Ontario, which once stood
first in economic development .and was
always sure of itself, no longer has a focus.
The . province's : sense of purpose has
changed.
Wherever you go, said Crombie, Canad-
ians think of Canada as that certain part of
the country where they live. People who live
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in a certainrpart of Canada think that is what
Canada is all about. They think that is the
definition of Canada.
Regionalism in Canada is fixed historically
and geographically, obse Crombie.But
while roots are, important, the country is
more than ;places strung like islands across
the north of the American border.
Two things hold us together in Crombie's
view: our instinct for the land and traditions.
Most countries are determined by their
art, culture, architecture'but Canadians have
a tremendous sense of pride about land. We
explain ourselves, he said, by -talking about
the land, in' our music, art, and literature.
Our flag, he commented, does not carry
the ideology or tradition of our country as
most other' national flags do. The Canadian
flag carries a.leaf which represents the land.
Canadians have enormous,powerful and
useful .traditions .which teach us how to look
for a future, observed Crombie. Traditions
connect us to our past, but they are not just
history and too often we permit them to slip
away.
Traditions come from several sources
including wars and depressions, economic
and political sources, remarked Crombie.
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David Crombie, former Minister of Health and' Welfare , in the 1980 Conwervative
government, spoke to the annual meeting of the Huron -Bruce Progreselve Conservatives at
the Luclmow District Community. Centre on April 22. Crombie. is shown . here with
Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff, left, and Reeve George Joynt of Luclmow. Approximately
400 attended the dinner meeting. • [Sentinel Staff Photo]
'i4mbrell thin.
Problems facing Ontari9� farmers this
spring are not' as severe as farmers are
trying to indicate according to the Ontario
Agriculture .minister Dennis" Timbrell. The
minister told reporters following a meeting
with ' farm organizations and . commodity
groups in Chesley-on Monday that farmers'
problems are significant but answered "No".
when .asked ifthey were , as severe as
indicated.
Timbrell said he is encouraged by the
, recent trends in pork and beef and hopes his.
ministry's programs will help individual
farmers.
Timbrell met with representatives of 15
farm related organizations and groups in
closed session following a luncheon with
Bruce . Concerned . Farm Women. ' When
Timbrell emerged from the closed session he
said the meeting had given everyone a
chance to express their opinion and he finds
farmers are still optimistic about the future
of their industry.
s farmers' problems significant not :sever,
Timbrell said he had not been persuaded
to change his stand against a moratorium on
farm foreclosures, because he thinks it
would be counter-productive. Timbrell said.
he believes farmers should look instead to.
three programs planned by the provincial
ministry of agriculture.'
He suggested, that farmers. who cannot
borrow the, money to plant crops this spring
should approachthe ministry to apply for the
Ontario Farm Assistance Program.. The
program has already assisted 300 applicants
and . there are plans to assist as many ac
6,000 Ontario farmers through the program.
Timbrell ' answered criticism of the pro-
gram pointing to length of time to process
applications by, saying as many as 25
applications are, being processedach day.
As one farmer pointed' out, it will still take a
long time to processapplications for 6,000
farmers at that rate.
• One member of a farm organization
pointed out that the provincial ministry will
Invite ministry to participate
in hospital buildingproject.. ;
Members ' of the Wingham and District
Hospital board of governors decided at their
meeting April 22 to prepare a ' proposal
inviting the Ministry of Health• to participate
in, the hospital's proposed new addition. The
board authorized its property coMmittee and
the hospital's executive director to assemble
the preliminary sketches and data to present
the proposal to the ministry.
The expansion of hospital services by
building a ' new . addition was the major
recommendation contained in a report pre-
pared by the hospital . board's long range
planning committee. The report was approv-
ed in principle at' the board's March
meeting.
The addition to the hospital is scheduled
to be built within the next two years and
would provide facilities for an expanded
emergency outpatient department and medi-
cal consultant office space,' the creation of a
proper Intensive Care Unit acid a Coronary
Care Unit, an expanded radiology depart-
ment, increased space for the Mental Health
Resource Centre and space for the Huron
Centre for Youth and Children. It would also
permit the use of tele -health, geriatric day
and chronic care programs at the hospital.
The cost of the new two storey addition is
estimated between $1,800,000 and $1,900,00
which includes the new radiology egpip-
ment. -The proposal for funding the new
addition calls for 26 per cent participation by,
the Ministiy of Health in a $2 million project
which adheres to ministry guidelines, which
stipulates the ministry will only fund small
projects in the $500,000 range. The remaind-
er of the funds would be raised by a board
fund raising committee.
Not all of the board members supported
the motiOn to prepare the proposal for
presentation to the ministry. William New-
ton, Howick's representative on the board,
said 'he is concerned how the current
economic times will affect the hospital's
plans.
When the board discussed setting up an
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probably come along with money ' to help
farmers plant their crops in September.
Timbrell outlined' the three ministry
programs ' he hopes to initiate to assist
farmers, in his remarks before the 250
people who attended the noon luncheon..
He said the criteria for the Ontario Farm
Assistance Program has been broadened to
make the scope as wide as possible to:
include as many individual 'farmers • as
possible.
Timbrell said he is developing a program
to assist new farmers getting started in 'the
industry.. Timbrell said he recognizes the
high interest rates and high capital costs for
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Timbrell doesn '1 gr4sp
the situations Spencer
The president of the Farmers' Survival
Association believes the provincial minister
of agriculture has not yet realized how
serious the problems are which face Ontario
farmers. Carl Spencer made his comments
following a closed session meeting with
Dennis Timbrell Ontario's newly appointed
agriculture minister in Chesley on Monday.
Spencer said Timbrell still doesn't grasp
the severity of the situation facingMany
farmers. He still doesn't understand the
serious nature of the problems farmers are
facing, said Spencer.
Timbrell met with 15 farm organization
and commodity group representatives fol-
lowing a luncheon attended by approx-
imately 250 people at the Chesley Com-
munity Centre. Timbrell spent the day in
Bruce County touring farms before and after
his meeting.
.)pencer said farmers with just have to do
more lobbying of the nature they used last
week when they closed down the Ontario
Food Terminal in .Toronto. •
Spencer said he ' believes Timbrell is
sincere and he will " study the briefs
presented to him during. the meeting, but
it's the same problem, finding the funds.
Spencer said the ministeris concerned about.
•farmers' problems and he is trying to help,
but he has the same problem which has
always plagued the agricultural ministry,•
convincing his cabinet colleagues that agri-
cultuial should have more of the provincial
funds.'
"He has to get cash, 'he. has to convince
his colleagues that farmers are a special
interest group," remarked Spencer.
While Spencer thinks' Timbre!! is trying to
help farmers, they need more money, now
and many of Timbrell's programs will come
into effect too late for many farmers.
Respected senior citizen dies
One of Lucknow's most respected senior
citizens passed away in . Wingham and
District Hospitai following a short illness.
Allan Emerson McKim, 92, owned and•
operated McKim's Rexall Drug Store on the
main street of Lucknow from 1921 to 1959.
He sold the business to Elmer Umbach in
1959 when he was 70 and continued to do
relief work as a pharmacist across to
province until he was 80 years of age:
Born in North Walsingham Township,
Norfolk County, he was a graduate from the
Ontario College of Pharmacy, the University
of Toronto in 1911.
Mr. McKim was an active member of the
Lucknow community. He was'a member Of
Old Light Lodge, the former Lucknow
Curling Club and : the Lucknow Lawn Bowl-
ing Club. He served on the Lucknow District
High School Board at the. time the present
Lucknow Central Public School Was built and
he also served on the Lucknow Library
Board. Mr. McKim was also a charter
me mber of the Lucknow Nonagenarian Club.
Mr. McKim is survived by three sons, Dr.
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