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A MEMBER Cela Sloman earned award Several Blyth residents, who had the good fortune to have Fred Sloman as a teacher at the Blyth Continuation School in the '20s, were thrilled to see last week, on Channel 10 T.V., his widow Cela Sloman of Clinton being presented with an Order of Canada medal at a ceremony in Ottawa. Cela Sloman and a noted London neurologist, Dr. Barnett, were two of the 78 recipients of this high honor throughout Canada. The altruistic work of Cela Sloman during the 40 years that she and her hus- band Fred served, via the C.N.R. school car, people of various ages in the exten- sive, isolated areas of Northern Ontario earned for her this prestigious award. Not only did Cela give assistance with book learning whenever time allowed (she had many family duties to perform) but also, through her various talents, her generous hospitality, and a genuinely caring, disposition, this lady alleviated loneliness and despair in the hearts of northerners separated from others in vast areas of bush country and gave them a feeling of self esteem. Now, in her 87th year, Mrs. Sloman uses this same pattern for living, in her home town of Clinton. With her youthful spirit, her neighborliness and her ac- tivities in several of the town's organizations, she keeps on brightening dark cor- ners of lives. by Melda McElroy. Behind The Scenes By Keith Roulston Is . selling the answer? Once upon a time there was a farmer who owned a large farm but because only a few acres were cleared, had a hard time making ends meet. His neighbor owned a farm almost as big but all of it was cleared and he was well off and lived a style of life that the first farmer could only envy. "Look" said the rich farmer, "I'll gladly buy that farm that you can't afford to clear." But the poorer farmer was stubborn. He realized that if he could.just get his farm cleared, he too could be rich. So her made a deal with the rich farmer: he would sell him 50 acres of his land that was already cleared and with the money he got, he'd be able to clear the rest of his farm. After all, he thought, I've got lots of land so I can afford to sell some of it. It wasn't long, however, before the poor farmer realized that to make things really work on the farm, he needed a new barn. So he sold 50 more acres to the rich fanner and built the barn with the money. Soon the poor farmer was as rich as his dreams, just as rich, in fact, as the rich farmer used to be. But with the new land the rich farmer had bought, he was even richer. He built a magnificent new house. The "poor" farmer saw •that house and wanted one just as fine. Why not sell some more land, he said, so he sold 'more land to Mis neighbour and built a beautiful house. But the next year was a bad one. The ram didn't come when it should have and then came at harvest and the crops were a disaster. The farmer had taxes to pay .and .payments to meet on machinery and all the luxuries in his beautiful house and so he sold more land. Every. year after that he found that because he had less land left, he was hard -put to make his payments and live the life to which he'd' become accustomed and each year he sold more land to his neighbors until finally, the neighbor had the whole farm. To listen to business leaders and the great re% elations of our new federal government, the answer to all our problems is to get the Americans to invest more in Canada. To be sure, foreign investment does pump money into the country. Canada never grew faster and the Canadian dollar was never stronger than when the Americans were busy buying up nearly the entire Canadian economy in the 1950s. But it's hard to figure out how people like business leaders and the conservative economic thinkers who decry growing government deficits (because, they argue, eventually you've got .to pay off a govern- ment debt just like we ordinary mortals must pay our debts,) can't see that if foreign investment comes in, eventually it must be paid back. One of the problems of the falling Cana- dian dollar right now is that although we've built record trade surpluses in recent years, so much money is going out of the country in profits., and dividends to American parent companies that Canada has a balance of payment problems. The Mulroney .govern- ment seems, like the farmer of the story, to think the answer is to sell more of our coun- try to foreigners to pay what we already owe them. How long before there's nothing left to sell? On -.the -'job experience offered to youth in tourism BY JACK RIIDDELL, aMPP A new program for youth in the tourism industry has been announced by the Treasurer Larry Grossman. This program involves a two week train- ing at a College of Applied Arts and Technology combined with up to 16 weeks of on-the-job experience with a tourist establishment, plus special bursary assistance. There will be a training allowance for the formal educational part of the program amounting to $200 in total and which will be paid at the end of the two-week period by the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology. The training allowance for the job ex- rience part of the program is $100 per week, based on $2.50 per hour for a 40 hour week. As the hours may vary from Week to week allowances should be calculated on this 40 hour average. Employers must pay $100 per week even if fewer than 40 hours are worked. If trainees remain on staff after the 16 -week training period they must be paid at least the normal minimum wage. The Youth Tourism program is open to all tourist establishments located outside ma- jor urban areas such as Metro Toronto, Ot- tawa and London. Included are resorts, lodges, fishing and hunting camps, restaurants, private camp grounds and amusement parks. Eligible employers must provide on-the- job training and offer positions that are va- ccant and new - not positions previously oc- cupied by regular staff. Applicants must be 15 to 24 years of age, with no previous experience in the tourism industry and must be out of school for at • 1(0 This week's terrible tragedy in Montreal and Woodstock, intensifies the issue of capital punishment. • The problems and the concerns are'clear- ly evident and justified. The 'answers however, are not as easy to establish. Capital punishment is an issue that I can't take a definite stand on. There are too many questions in my mind, too many intangibles, too many exceptions. I agree that some major changes>must be made to our justice system. Parole in many cases comes to soon, jail sentences are too short, punishment is too lenient. However, I am not convinced that capital punishment is the clear cut solution. It in- volves a moral issue and the question, who should die, who shouldn't. Capital punishment for police killers has been the prime focus of this new debate. It's horrifying to think thatthe men and women who try to protect us are being shot down in the streets. However capital punishment for police killers would offer little consolation or justice to ordinary men and women who have had someone intheir family killed. Would capital punishment be used° ex- clusively against cold blooded killers, mass murderers and criminals with long records? How would it apply to those "not guilty by insanity," those with diagnosed "mental disorders? Would capital punishment be a true deter - least three months and looking for full-time work. One hundred bursaries will be available for further college training in a tourism - related occupation. Employers will nominate Youth Tourism trainees for bur- saries to support continuing studies in tourism. Bursaries are for $50 a week up to a maximum of $1,200 the cost to be shared by government and the industry. Names are submitted to Tourism Ontario, a federation of more than 7,000 tourist and travel enter- prises, which selects 100 young people a year to receive the award. „ To enroll in this program or locate Youth Tourism candidates, employers should con- tact their nearest College of Applied Arts and Technology. Young people interested in a career in the tourism industry should con- tacttheir local college. Waste Management Improvement Programs Grants in the amount of $6,000 and $5,000 has been awarded to the Township of Goderich and the Town of Seaforth under the Waste Management Improvement Pro- gram to upgrade and study its landfill sites. According to Environment Minister Andy Brandt the funds are provided to relieve the burden imposed on municipalities in meeting the standards required for the safe disposal of domestic waste. Both the Township of Goderich and the Town of Seaforth will use the funds to im- prove the local landfill operation by general upgrading and conducting a hydrogeological study of the site with respect to leachate control. Q By Shelly McPhee rent to murder? Is it, as Roman Catholic •Bishop "Remi de Roo of Victoria, B.C. said in McLean's magazine, " a form of vengenance which is obsolete in today's world?" And what type of capital punishment? Hanging, most agree is cruel and barbaric. The other choices are electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection and firing squad. Is one any more humane than the other? • We could avoid the issue of capital punish- ment by making prison sentences tougher, bringing back work camps, putting con- victed murderers behind bars for life, not for 15 years with parole. Yet some say that our penal system is already overcrowded, too expensive to finance and inhumane. Halifax criminal lawyer Joel Pink said an McLean's magazine he believes in capital punishe- ment. He said, "I think everyone who kills a police officer or a prison guard deserves to be hanged." He added, "Dorchester pen is an absolute hellhole. Put a guy in jail for 25 years without parole, that's more like tor- ture. Prison can be a slow death." Some mass murderers may see capital punishment as an escape from their tor- tured lives. Does capital punishment then become an easy way out? There are no easy answers to the heated debate over capital punishment. In the meantime, justice and law enforce- ment authorities' should ne concentrating greater attention on stricter gun control laws, intensified prevention programs and tougher sentencing. +++ This week's bloody incident ilh nearby Woodstock proved that our local com- munities are not immune to serious crime. Many associate Toronto, Vancouver, New York and other 'large urban centres with a higher crime rate, more murders, rapes and thefts. We live under the false impression that our small communities are protected from such evil. That here, everyone knows one another, people are content, happy and friendly. This is not so. The reality is that our rual communities are not safeguarded by some invisible shield. The shoot out in Woodstock shattered that illusion. We, like any of our wary urban neighbors, must be aware, take precautions and avoid risks. Local police too must realize that our communities are not free from danger and serious crime. It may be as simple as locking the doors, not walking alone late at night, strengthen- ing our Block Parent program and establishing Neighborhood Watches. We can only hope that Huron County re- mains peaceful, but we can never guarantee it. 1,5 Closed for the season by Shelley McPhee Clarification needed regarding story Dear Editor: chased from the Town and Country In response to your article "Homemakers Homemakers. have demanding but satisfying duties," Professional services provided by the there are some areas that require clarifica- Home Care Program are Nursing, tion, as there seems to be confusion between Physiotherapy, Enterostomal therapy and the Home Care Program and homemaking Occupational therapy. Nutrition counselling services." and, Social Work are also support services The Home Care Program, administered available when required, to patients refer - by the Huron County Health Unit, and red by the physician to the Home Care Pro - financed by the Ministry of Health, accepts gram. • referrals by physicians for patients who re- All the professional nursing care is pur- quire professional health care in order for chased from the Victorian Order of Nurses them to remain in their home or be or Community Nursing Service for patients discharged earlier from hospital. requiring nursing care while on the Home In addition to the need of a health care Care Program. professional, the support service of Home Care purchases and pays for homemaking may be provided for a limited homemaking service from the Town and number of hours when necessary, and fami- Country Homemakers for those patients ly support is limited. This service is pur- eligible for the Home Care Program, (that is requiring a Health Care Professional). Many residents do not need a nurse, physiotherapist or occupational therapist. Therefore, they will have to purchase and pay the Town and Country Homemakers directly for homemaking help. I support the Town and Country Hpmemakers in their fund raising drive as they are providing a very needed service to all residents of the county and providing a choice for many who may, with a few hours of homemaking a week, and not eligible for the Home Care Program, be able to stay in their homes rather than entering a nursing home or home for the aged. Yours sincerely, Mrs. Elizabeth Cardno, Director. Freedom of the press taken as liberty Dear Editor: as liberty by too many journalists and reporters over the past years ... witness Just a line to say I heartily agree with John Turner's confusion at having so many Keith Roulston's Behind the Scenes column microphones thrust in his face on his return. in last week's paper (Sept. 27) in regard to Eight years ago when he left politics, the the press. press wasn't quite so pushy. The freedom of the press has been taken I wish Behind the Scenes could be publish- ed in more papers. Perhaps some of the peo- ple referred to might see it. All they did...was turn off many of us during the election cam- paign. Thank you. Mrs. G. Graham, Bayfield. Agency prepares for its third annual campaign consideration to helping us "keep a good home going" in Huron County. Watch for our brochure in your mailbox soon. Yours very truly, Thea Trick, Chairman of the Board. Dear Editor, The Town and Country Homemakers Agency is staging its third annual fund- raising campaign this fall throughout Huron County. This year the volunteer members of the board are seeking $50,000 to help meet the ever-increasing need for homemaking in our county. A donation to this non-profit .agency shall be used entirely to help those residents of Huron County who really need homemaking but cannot pay the entire hourly cost out of pocket. No one gets homemaking free. Homemakers provide help in the home for the elderly, the ill, the handicapped by doing duties such as light housekeeping, meal planning and preparation, laundry and some shopping. Assistance with these every- day activities allows many persons to remain in their own homes as an alternative to institutional care. Therefore they are not elligible for Home Care and will have to purchase. We are asking your readers to give strong October 17-23 is Safety Week Hey kids! October 17-23 is School Safety 2. Keep away from all parked cars. Week. This year's theme is "A Little Care 3. Ride your bike safely and obey all signs Makes Mishaps Rare" and the Canada Safe- and signals. ty Council is hoping everyone, . including 4. Play your games in a safe place away you, will take a little extra care to prevent from traffic. accidents on the trip to and from school. 5. Walk, don't run, when you cross the road. 6. Where there are no sidewalks walk off the road on the left and face oncoming traf- fic. 7. Wear your safety belt at all times while riding in the car. Without looking below, can you name the seven traffic safety rules? If not, here's some help: 1. Look all ways before you cross the street.