The Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-04-27, Page 7community news
Why not shop at home?
(The following story has appeared In
many newspapers in western Canada
that care about the well being of the
community they 'serve'.
Are you trying to kill your com-
munity by shopping in the larger
towns and cities?
If so - sit for a moment and think of
what you are doing to yourself, your
neighbours, your young and old
folks.
Think carehilly of what it would be
like to live in any town that had no
little grocery story or other... --small
business.
You say, "Why not dose the doors
for good. After all he doesn't always
have fresh fruit or the particular cut of
meat you want. He doesn't handle
your special cocktail mix. He only
carries six different types of cereal and
you must have the seventh!
"And, my goodness, his prices, my
dear! bo you know I can buy a can of
beans three cents cheaper in the city?
And we get licorice ice cream,
something you can't ever buy here.
"Wouldn't you believe it. 1 saved
$3.27 on groceries the last time I
shopped in the city?"
Now, everyone wants to go to the
city and save $3.27. But wait, lady -
you're not telling it like it is. It cost $15
for gas and oil. It cost you $34 to feed
you and the children because you
saved so much on groceries you
insisted on eating in a classy cafe.
While the kids have stated they
want to shop for new jeans, you decide
to buy another pant suit to hang up
beside the eight suits you already
have.
And Dad isn't hanging around. He
needs a haircut and a few repairs and
a couple of new tools.
Why not get them now?
Then, after a day's hard work of
saving so much money, might as well
have a snack for the road. bad can gas
up and get a spare tire fixed while the
kids buy soda pop and chocolate bars.
Meanwhile, the home town busines-
ses are hanging on by their teeth until
they can't bear the pain any longer, so
they quietly close their doors. Some
will move away; some will become
disillusioned and others will just give
up and go on welfare.
Soon the town starts raising taxes.
They have no choice. They, have lost
business and house taxes which
helped pay for schools, sewer and
water, hospitals, policing, garbage
removal, fire protection and road re-
pairs.
Farm property devalues. You have
to go miles to get repairs. You lose
your school grants and you've lost a
future generation to the bigger towns
and cities.
Some day you will wake up with a
sore throat - you need your tonsils out.
Too bad people, the hospital closed its
doors last month and the doctor left
town last week.
You have to get a doctor now. Take
a train - "What's a train?" Take a bus
- "Sorry, no bus!" Take a car -
"We've got a car, but no gas!"
Before you know it, the grocery
store has closed, the beauty shop has
called it quits, the dress shop sold
dresses instead of jeans, the barber
left, the druggist took off - families
have to leave town to find work,
leaving a glut of houses and farms for
sale at the local real estate office
where realtors are unable to find
buyers willing to pay the price the
vendor can afford to sell at. in the
meantime, they are falling into ruin.
"Darn! 1 knew there was a good
reason for buying my gas, oil and tires
at home, but no one told me the
reason."
You are being told now, fella! Wake
up Canadians. You men who work for
your money should have some small
say as to where it is spent and you
gals who are making your own money
shouldn't have to be told - you should
know.
There's an old saying, "You never
miss the water until the well runs
dry." This applies to any business -
you'II never miss the mechanic, the
grocer, the doctor, the school teacher,
the barber, the baker, the minister,
the farmer, the dressmaker, the drug-
gist, the painter, the carpenter or the
real estate agent - until they are all
gone.
Small towns have so many ad-
vantages - first one being you are a
person, not a face or a number. People
know your name and stop to chat.
Your small town businesses go out
of their way to be accommodating.
They'll deliver your groceries and your
furniture for no charge, not so in
larger centres.
The kids can roam freely and are
known by all and cared about. The
senior citizens can walk to shop, they
don't have to fight for a bus seat or call
a cab which most couldn't afford.
Youngsters benefit from oldsters'
wisdom and oldsters stay young at
heart because of the youngsters.
Your teacher wants your children to
learn and prosper. Your doctor does
care about your health and your
neighbours do care about your happi-
ness and your businessmen want to
serve you.
So do yourself a favor and patronize
your home town business! You might
surprise yourself and find you are an
individual, important to your commun-
ity's well being - not just a passing
face amid a million other passing
faces.
If you put your $3.27 savings back in
your home town, it has to thrive and
prosper. Remember, the deterioration
of your town starts with you and your
shopping habits. If your habits are
bad, change them. If your habits are
good, don't worry!
Birthing: Options and Opportunities
A woman should be selective when choosing a doctor and hospital to deliver her baby
A woman should be very
selective when choosing a
doctor and hospital to
deliver her baby. It is v;;ry
important to have a good
rapport to let your doctor
know what your wishes and
expectations are. This was
an important theme in the
discussion of 35 people who
attended the workshop "Bir-
thing: Options and Oppor-
tunities in Huron County"
sponsored by Women Today
Pressure from the public
has resulted in many
changes in city hospitals.
The changes in local
hospitals have been slower
but this does net mean our
local hospitals are not recep-
tive to our wishes. Women
Today has sent. 11 hospitals
in and surrounding Huron
County' a questionnaire
about the policies and pro-
cedures in obstetric care. So
far five hospitals have
responded by either filling
out the questionnaire or
meeting with a committee
member.
Kathi Wilson, workshop
leader, explained the
childbirth reform movement
began more than 10 years
ago. The first requests were
to have fathers present at
births, to have a choice of
unmedicated births and to do
away with strapping a
woman down and putting her
in stirrups. This has been
achieved at nearly all
hospitals.
Now the issues have
become much more com-
plex. Women are questioning
the routine itse of internal
fetal monitors, the rising
Caesarean rate, automatic
episiotomies and the in-
creasing use of syntocinon t a
synthetic hormone) to start
or speed up labour. Wilson
explained that most larger
centres no longer give
women enemas or prep. The
reason given for giving a
prep was always to prevent
infection, explained Wilson,
but the studies that have
been done show that shaving
often increases the incidence
of infection. Any women ap-
plying deodorant after shav-
ing her arras knows the sting
of many tiny knicks in her
skin. These knicks from
shaving can be an entrance
fur infection, hence a higher
risk from this practice.
Although this has been
known for years, still 60 per-
cent of the hospitals in
Canada still routinely use
this practice.
Wilson recommended
several books. The Silent
Knife, by Nancy Wainer -
Turn to page 144
Jamboree executive finalizing plans
The executi.e of Jamboree
'h.l met at the Mayfair
Restaurant for their April
meeting, with Al Hamilton as
chairman and Mary McIn-
tosh as secretary. Other
members present were
George Anderson, Joe Ag-
new. Barry McDonagh and
Bob McIntosh who met with
the conveners of the various
committees.
Stuart Reavie, in charge of
properties. would like to hear
from an% one who will lend a
picnic tahlc4 for the Jamboree
v, eek,. 11;1 Picnic tables arc
needed fat the Shriner's
I ish fry. and Barbecue nn the
Saturday and Sunday nights.
Stu also hopes for plenty of
volunteers to help set up
tables, chairs and stages, the
last week of .lune and also to
help set up for the various
concerts and dances.
.1 unior Farmers. Jim Pent-
land and Brock Hasty met to
discuss details for parking.
All parking will he free. The
Junior Farmers will direct
car drivers t'' one of 10
parking lots on the perimeter
Of the to« n. they will work in
c.o•operatic,n u cth the I uc k•
now Firemen and the O.P.P..
who will direct thru traffic
around the town while the
main street is closed and the
parade in progress.
Eunice Cunningham, con-
vener of the food conces-
sions, has very capably or-
ganized all the volunteer
workers to serve in the
booths. The committee will
huv all the food and the local
organizations will supply
workers at various times and
places.
nrcurgc Whith‘ u ill marl
u. ith a representative frorn
the Fireworks ( ompanv.
(;,,ntgc is plannini, a Fir,'
v<c+rk' Disp1.1% fur about h,ilf
an hour on the Sunda% night
The Committee is hoping to
receive a Dominion Dav
grant from the Federal Gov-
ernment.
The name tags have been
ordered for the registration
booth. More programs have
been ordered also. 1t was
suggested to have a bulletin
hoard in the registration
booth for the weekend for
people to pin up messages.
Bob McIntosh will have
the untr% forms for floats for
the parade reach soon.
i he Historical Berk has
t'-'tc• to the prirrte1 and vi 01
h' nn sale° lamhoree week-
end.
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