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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-10-10, Page 1MIR now the the Act niel nne Bob was Fere Ey's and the aw, the Ron ika• ecil . •• iii• • single copy 35c Printed ini.ncknow, Ontario, Wednesday, October 10, 1984 • :20 Pages ' • Huron -Bruce Liberals acclaimed Mur- ray Elston as their candidate in the next provincial electionat a nomination meeting October 4 in Lucknow. Elston has been the riding's representative at Queen's Park for the past 31/2 years. He will face Norma Peterson of the • New Democrats andBill Thonison of the Conservatives: when Premier William Davis decides to call the election which is expected to be' held. in ,November, Elston's nomination was unanimous and there. were no other nomination -S. In accepting the nomination Elston told about 250 Liberals* the' Lucknow Com—. munity Centre; he wants to continue to serve the people, of Huron -Bruce as he has done during histerm at the Ontario legislature. He said the appreciation from the people of the riding for the work he has done and their Support has encourag- ed 'him to seek the Hurowaruce seat again, He said the, ridings in this area • have a tradition of sending people to the legislature who want to work for the betterment of individuals. "As sood as we We'll here, there are always ways to make it better," 'he commented. ttn E ston • Elston said he wants to speak up for fariners. He wants to Make sure that area farmers are no longer at a disadvantage when marketing their products, because • of programs in other provinces which subsidize farmers' cost .of production, gliding them a competitive edge in the marketplace. We produce as good as any., • other farmers in the country and we :cannot continue without government.' support, , he said. • "We have been struggling to get the • ear *of the "asphalt farmer" and we have to fight long and hard with people So. firmly entrenched as this • government • is," Said Elston, referring to the minister • of agriculture Dennis Timbrell and bis'. Conservative colleagues' in the Tory caucus. . Elston also intends to work for people who d� not have the opportunity to, work as' many do in Huron -Bruce" -le said he was pleased to see the release of $3.5 • million. in BILD funding for the steam pipeline to serve the Bre Energy Centre. Elston said the pipeline has the . potential to develop industrial diversilfica- tion .in this riding which has been lacking • Turn to page 2* Murray Elston was acclaimed. as the Liberal candidate In the riding of ittiron;41ntee at a ,„. meeting. October 4 In Ladino*: He is .shown tieing congratulated by the party's deputy leader Sean Conway, who was guest:speaker at the nomination meeting while Murray's wife, Trudylooks . _ 1Photo by Staten Dlet4 " •••• • ..•...••• • Kincardine tour daunt:3116r Norrna peter- • I 'son was acclaimed the provincial Huron - Bruce candidate for the New 'Democratic Party, October 3, 'at the Ripley Legion Hall. Peterson has been a councillor since November of 1082 and now serves as 'chairman of Kincardine's energy conserVa- • tion committee and sits onthe public library committee. She was also the federal ,election candidate for the NDP, losing that 'Rd WPC. Dr. Gary Gurbin. . • Equal Money For Eqiial Work Peterson stands, "to ensure equality for Ontario woMen., They need accessibility to child care and equal money for .equal work." She is also in favourof restrictions • _ against extra billing 'and user fees. "If' my memory'serves me -correctly :it Vas Bill Davis who promised money for the Bruce Energyproject before; • • never came. :through, 'and he is. now offering $3.5 million," said Peterson, "He's .had more mileage out of that promise than I've had. • out of my car." . • When. Peterson was acclaimed. Bruce - Grey candidate for the N.DP. at . its nomination meeting for .the federal elec- tion, July 24, she stated that she supports nuclear disarmament and peace., onwa 1 , • ••• - " . • :.;.;-•!. r.' "We Must stop cruise missile testing in,- enitentwtry Canada. We must lt promote a, nuclear a weapons freeze by the U.S. and. the U.S.S.R. We must support a "no first use" pledge by. NAT p and the Warsaw Pact," she said. . "Consider . the records. of the Liberals and Tories and ask yourself if we could not do bitter.' ' Peterson was nominated.. by --,Tony McQuail, and the motion was seconded by • Paul Machon. As there 'were no other nominations there was no 'vote and she was acclaimed the candidate. McQuail' said that the •NDP have, their first round of campaign literature out and said he feels the Liberals are in disarray. "This election, we'll' have a lot of good • news froth the.Tories," said McQuail, "but there is always a lot of bad news 'after- wards. •• ' • The 'local riding aisociation is in much better' form than for the last' election when there was no association, he said. That election spawned the association and the NDP feel they're better prepared. "We've come a long way in four Years," said IvIcQuail, Editors note[ The following feature ap- peared in the October 4 issue of The Toronto Star. Mary Dawson, who has. just been appointed the first/female warden of Kingston Penitentiary, is the former Mary Fisher of Whitechurch, a daughter of Rena, Fisher ofVitighani. ^New Warden Plans to Set Her Own Style Last week, she officially took command . of ,Ithe 149 -year-old maximum security prison known locally as "KP" and the "big house". It 'is home to, some of the Most violent criminals in the country. • "Certainly I'd like a bit of time to have an impact if 1 can," says Daimon, a • 42 -year-old former :secretary who had previously aspired to teach school or music. ' By Frances Kelly • I From behind the warden's desk of the massive limestone fortress • known as Kingston Penitentiary, a slender woman muses over a letter she just received from a male colleague: "He made Some comment I thought was interesting - that woman cannot entirely duplicate' man, nor the reverse." Mary. • Dawson says. •• 'As the first, female warden a Canada's oldest prison for men,' Dawson plans tb set her own style instead 'of duplicating the • performance of her 22 male predecessors. No Difference Although Dawson says she can be just as • tough as any of the men who preceded her,, she's embarrassed by all the attention her sex is bringing to her new appointment at the protective custody institution and treatment centre overlooking take Ontario. • "I don't think it should make any diffrence," she says., Each of us as individua,ls has to earn respect and develop raPport.' • Resrect is something Dawson •has earned during her 18 years of prison work. In 1967, she drifted into the job of expects patronage to be provincial election issue Th Ontario L 'era!' party's deputy leader lieve there is a provincial election in e wind because the.Conserva- tiv , government has been throwing election goodies around the province in the past several weeks. Sean Conway said if you take a. look at what the Tories are doing, you will find some indication of their Intentions, when he spoke to about, 250 Liberals a the Huron -Bruce nomination meeting in Lucknow October 4. ' The minister of natural resources has handed out $500,000. The health. minister has released $3.5 million to the Bruce Energy Centre. "Christmas i§ three months ,off and the Easter bunny is not expected until the Yi ter snows melt into the Maitland River' said the Renfrew North MPP. 4, you get the feeling there is something on the way." • Conway told the Huron -Bruce Liberals who acclaimed Murray Elston as their candidate inthe next provincial election, they must prepare N. an election conning soon'and focus their attention on The record Of the present administration. The Liberal party must also put forth current positive policy during the campaign, Conway sug- gested. Who will forget premier Bill Davis and the Tory federal leader Brian Mulrohey criss crossing the province during the recent federal election? asked Conway, Davis told . Ontario, "It's time for a change," Mulroney said "After 15 years, power corrodes. ' "Think abut the extension of Tory logic," said Conway. "What can you say about a government that is 41 years and two months old but to suggest the Tory government of • Ontario is rusted right through?" • "Why in 1943, when Tory rule began, • Shirley Temple was a debutante; Murray Eton and I Were a long way from God's green earth and Murray Gaunt was in short •Orits, it's that quipped, Conway. . • the 41 year history of the Tory goVernment has it been so Toronto based," • remarked Conway. "We. even have a • minister of agriculture from Toronto, the 'asphalt farmer' whose only agricultural experience has been mowing his lawn in beautiful §uburban Don Mills." To take another issue from the federal campaign, Conway said patronage will certainly be an issue in the upcoming , piovincial election. "Such Tory 'outpouring • about this sensitive issue (in the recent federal campaign," said Conway In Ontario we have nothing to learn about patronage after 41 years and two months of Conservative rule. "We have sat at the knee of the masters. The infection of • Toryism in the ciVil service and govern- ment agencies is a travesty," stated Conway. One glaring 'example is the treaurer of Ontario, Larry Grossman, he said. His father, Allan Grossman served in the - legislature for a long time and now draws a pension of 538,000. He also holds the position of chairman of the Criminal 'Injuries Compensation Board for:which the province pays him $62,000. "Little Larry writes out cheques for over $100,000 a. year to daddy," quipped Conway, • "As Liberals, we cannot be content to sit in our comfortable pews. We as Liberals take a more optimistic view' of human Turn to page 540 • • • • • , . 1,0 • ; •