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The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-03-18, Page 13• .:i (contTrtied from page 4) makes sense; then, that nursing homes • in the province should . be strengthened in order that chronic patients will be comfortably and, ade uatel .. q y housed- in nursing -,-homes; leaving more hos Vital beds p — open _ opn.for other patients and ' • allowing the number of total hospital beds to :be G•ut ap- preciably. ,,- Cgmmt}nity mental health' programs, too, seem: to be gaining-trernendous strength; ' and in a sense, this is a kind of salute to the type of' program which was highly developed and rnost ;successful at Goderich Psychiatric Hospital in recent years. The cold hard fact seems to be 'that at.GPH, what could be termed •redundant services were cut• fromthe Ministry's budget, but the most valuable. part the cominunity mental health program - has -been .retaine.d. Now we hear the promise that the community mental health program for children and adults will be strengthened. That should`be a happy announcement for many in: •our part bf the province: And we are•equally pleased that the public health unit'and home careprogram will still be important in the gover- nment's scheme of. things. Personally, I' have been highly impressed by both these public' services in. the .past,. and 'I'm certain: there are ways in which they could be expanded and improved in the years ahead to .bring about.more savings on health - care in Ontario. -1- -1- -I- . Farmers will be ap- preciative of the throne ' • speech's pledge •to. 'the _protection.: of____agricultura , production. -Provincial ' legislation will:be introducted to establish a voluntary farm income stabilization plan' • A 1Tttl.'e, •ensue from the an-. nouncement that "stricter: me t inspection i - aand m . proved livestock and'•poultry protection will he .enforced'•' - but it may be offset by the promise that Ontario . will:- - seek reciprocal safeguards for agricultural products in .negotiations - with uo- the Government: of Canada prior to .the •.international•,. discussion of the general. agreement' on . tariffs and trade, • Even more' comforting for the farmers ` will 'be Mrs. McGibbon's- report 'that the government will be asked to support development Coals. for increased productivity of agricultural lands, and, the use of less productive land • wherever possible for more housing development. there was word that the prospect of energy supply shortages and price increases is a. continuing' concern' of government. The policy of protecting the consuming public and indtistr'afusers'in . Ontario from e:nex y -shor- gy tages, while making- every eff ort short'of'subsidr•zati'On to . • cushion .the effects of higher en"er g energy: prices,,, .will .be • maintained:. In all, it was.4a packed • • Og .S�hirIeg 1:R Keller package of problems which • Ontario evenly 'through will be debated in the challenging economic times. Legislature during, the ,,,Responsible, purpoSefu,l and session. - ✓ limited government, aimed at And. in.her . own gracious increasing productivity, and Charming manner, 'vita, achieving economic stability McGibbonsurn.,.e..: ..incl a,vu?.d_i-pg-e-con hire'r's_ m drt•allup7n; .v. 1, one grand political or'hardship• for the indi. 'due paragraph: She.said: citiien, is: the .key •. to _a *: brighter, secure ..and niore " "My, gov.ern-ment seeks the Promising ' future!. for- all support "f'all:mem ' citizen g i o bees of the . sof Ontar o. Legislature '.''in g guiding � "God bless bless the Queen. and • ,- Canada," -she concluded. (continued from page 4) council meeting March 2nd, which . I did, in the hope, to hear council's justification or explanation. 1 was told by the Reeve, that it is a hundred. year old ' .tradition. to honor a retired employee. Idid not object. . - My protest lays in the .way it was handled. The. occasion, ' demonstrated, ,. all , people invited, and the tab left for the 'ratepayer, with' no in- dividual say or choice. We are only a small community and•. if we can't get together, what I think deserves .community ° participation, then somebody is getting cheated. The simple point ip; Council. dreamed up this party' all by themselves. Now let "them' pay. for it, all''by themselves. I assure You, if this wouldhave been known before' hand, it would ,have been handled. differently, sin plbecaase,of human nature. It always hurts' to reach in your own pocket. 1 When I suggested that council could have collected. from: ratepayers it was said, • that nobody had.the time to spare No-riL_ that, to_n4e.,_ nervousness ma • smunded`v'e-ry Isoor'ly indeed. If a man, .employed .for .10 year by the; To nship . and regarded so :ghly by Council, ' i n s t worth t that little effort, is .then, the easiest way Surely our priorities are mixed up when we cannot find better.ways . to curb. spending than to cut down on health and hospital services. We have been led down the path of prosperity •for a number of years, at the same time creating tremendous, pressure on. many individuals - causing more mental illness and sickness' thatwe need. more hospitals and medical facilities to look after them:. This did not just happen, in most cases it was made to happen. . . Society. in general has become .-so greedy with government; leading the way, pushing. progress for the.last 20 years or so that we 'have Over over spent" money faster than: our basic Industries -can provide it. As 'a farmer if' I did 'not manage . my finances better than • the • educated fools.th:at are .supp'osed-..to .lead -us,' -t.,. would •: have declared bankruptcy long -ago and I think citizens are entitled to know what .the ;poblein,_is_:- that.all of a sudden we have' to restrain government spen- ding. It took a bunch of fools to'geus_into_this, rness,'bnt will-ta-ke a gored- Tin-to`adhmtt his mistakes and get us out! Our government squan- dered Money education o y •on u, .Lore with_ central. structures 'and bureaucracy . beyond..' our +.:i- -i- One portion of the throner speech " • which I'm ,par: ticularly interested inis the seetion'conce•rning a study of the, rise ' in alcohol-related driving offences, particularly by young people. A seriesof into.lives- wi..l1-be --pr-oposed during • this session "to r-eseond to this problem"., These should be interesting.: "The "overall 'question ,of highway safety, • accident prevention • and • driver. education will be referredto a select committee of the Legislature,` for preparation of Legislative recom- mendations to the Assem- bly," the speech advised' + + + • Last baby no meansleast, there is, the best way? I was offered 30 cents by the. L._ which .would- be my share, paid to.sjxhe occasion. I think I'll let . intelligence, • which comes witir gesture, speak for itself. • • Now the most disturbing. It was 'said, . "We could have • covered it up and nobody. would have known the dif- ference,'„ I take it, it is possible and ,I wonder, :what else is? • Written in the paper quote • "None :of the explanations 'councillors, .,offered was -satisfactory to`Mr. Becker:" unquote. ' All I can say, is, I am sure glad it didn't, otherwise, what ' would it make :me? • Your.s:Sincerely Juergen Becker RR 2 Auburn Need leadership. • ::Premier William Davis -_Frank --Miller Minister -=$i Health Dear Sirs, ' 'Concerning closing of hospitals and where we are going;• . As - a farm. organization leader at the grass roots level, I am very concerned about the closing of , various hospitals in Ontario. ,1 • wonder if the • Government of Ontario has reached a point of no return financially; ,has progress backed us into a corner with noway out? • • wildest dreams, in the last number--of-years, educating bur'young people to get jobs.. in service' industries, sitting on their behind, 'doing practically nothing.; As you know around 80 percent of jobs in Canada: are service . related and 'produce no real wealth — this 'is where our: education priorities ' are leading us: Our Local ambulance service was at one time a competitive . family business until the Ontario Government stepped in and said, "Thou Shalt 'Do as I Say and Spend more Money and have an Around the Clock Service, or get out". This attitudewas also forced on farmers, get big or get but, .and many have listened and are in the pressure stream•of life. The same complaints come from small business, the advocating of bigness, government • inspectors making them spend money -realty--trot needed, -brut t -h small man •• cannot borrow. cheap and get :grants like Kraft Foods, Labatts; etc. Watching the: C.F.P.L. television news we see money spent- on Point -Pelee Park and this is likely only a small :part of tax[i:ayers' money • spent on recreation. We are building roadsin the Northern wilderness and .I wonder why when we have a so' called energy shortage; and save millions that could. gib to hospital care. ' "So Honourable !Gentlemen let's show the 'taxpayers where our priorities should be:: on all kinds of recreation and , travelling, wild booze parties etc., or should it be on hospital care that a per- missive society• bringson itself. You know'man spends millions on foolishness and most follow the leader, so let's start to LEAD. We hear many Government leaders telling us hew good we have it in our country compared to.. Socialist countries, but 1 read that in - Cuba for instance they educate their ' 'children ..to work and 1 *ould have to give them a pat •on.the back, for 'that: In all. the "meetings '1. attended in the Canada end United statee, ,listening and seeing where we are headed'I• can see us going where Cuba was '.20 .years ago, --unless someone comes up with soiree unpopular leadership. So° let's show. some _- leaders bip to, IceepLiikJrorr disaster, but closing hospitals is not the :answer: , We will 'need Mere of theta if our Leaders fail us„.___ • • Sincer' Lloyd Willert President -:Local 317 National e Union - Farmers Un on a R a D'ashwood. 'GODERICH SIGNAL -STA, THUR.SDAY,-IMIARC• I la,,47.61, PA:. The Goderic ~ - h Pn'ea ;Plan;:. °rning-rboard-:decide_ .. • d d�"u�s ay night the fate of three of five.. controversial sections of undeveloped land .in the `. southern and easter- areas 9f n the . tor*' n; .In:a speoial meeting.. with ' G'oderich Township, council.,. county development officer,Spence Cummings and county "-`planner Garr• Davidson, the :•board passed. judgment on the land which has conflicting uses.as a • result of nine separate. studies on it. The land masses include a 46. 'acre parcel behind the .. Suncoast Mall on. Bayfield • • Road, a 27 acre bushlot,`,a 30 • acre parcel: that borders' the proposed `extension of Suri ' coast Drive, two blocks of . land fronting, on Huron Road and land •on. Huron, , Road between Mill Road and Cambridge Street near the CNR-railroad crossing at the eastern limits of the town. The suggestions' for the use of the land conflicted as a result of studies done for the board regarding resjdential', highway commercial, in- dustrial-and'park land futures of 'the area. The land represents Most of the area that -will house development of Goderich in the immediate future,. A clash of opinions between. the county, planner and the • development officer resulted in an impasse over what to do with • the block behind the '• Suncoast Mall. • Planner ' Gary Davidson • ; said his ':department's ..suggestion was to 'designate the• land residential to ,cease what he termed a criticallack limited the: lots left for development now. xe sato' that- there :is no residential crisis; In :Goderich new and with the proposed develop- ment of Stine Oast Estates•on the land` • west of Bayfield Road •in the southern portion of town was likely to avoid. any future crunch. "You have industrial land now':' Don't convert , it tq anything.else," he warned.. The. differing 'suggestions left the board members in a _ryi �c'tn,a,h..r rn An with, need . .. e xa_alld_.:i�roaa��•.notb.�..;, subjecttothe whims of one: the": land, Board 'chairmgn' Dave Gower said he was in favor ..of' maki ng i;t residential to offset ospo having all xesidenthe prtid1: land 'inf the. future' developed by one 'firrri, Suncoast Estates, • Gower , said he was not. meaning to be critical of the company but pointed out that by having. ' land zoned for 'housing' in : a' ,,competitive situation the tow -n would be assured • of expedient. developmentof housing if the The Huron -Perth. Roman. Catholic Separate School PuJilic speaking contest sponsored by the Ontario. English Catholic Teachers ...rlssociation was held.'atr:.St. _. Patrick's school in Dublin on Wednesday evening, March 10. In the senior division, Grades 7' and 8, Miss Mary Luanne Clare, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Walter Clare, and. a Grade. 8 student at St Joseph's 'Catholic School at Kingsbridge won first prize ,. :speaking on'' Teenagers. Runner-up was Miss Colleen Schmidt, student at St. • Michael's, ` Stratford.' There 'were ': eight contestants. Judges . were -Miss Mary Flannery --of. Seaforth, Mrs. Betty Cardinal,• Mayor .of Seaforth, . and • Mrs. Sandy Easton, .Superintendent of -_ residentialland'. ready for Schools. • Terry Craig, quick develoPnierir -He "said- president of—the-Associa-tion--.: the area 'was ideal for -said the contest was the first .. residential use since the town of its type .tobe'organized by coiild--look--to--•the=-south--for: separate-school=teachers--in-- e}y, more indurial '1. The 01Tratio. Pup's w,l e -re judged planner said that if the town on • delivery, material, adopted the Inducon report language `and literary form, Over e • le attended. for the development of the.O 100.p.. op industrial, .land • here- the Frank Austin, who has been residential shortage:would be a patient in the Wingham and- , nd, evident by virtue of .`that District- Hospital since report. ` • Monday Febuary 9 was able "If we develop industrially to leave the.• hospital on according to Inducon we will Friday, March 12 and is need about 300 acres of land convalescing at, the home of for residential growth and we , his son and daughter-in-law, have 125 available now," he Mr. and Mrs, John Austin and said: "According .to Inducon family. " every acre of industrial land Mrs. Vivian Hogan who was • developed will .mean hospitalized in the Wingham simultaneous development of and District Hospital this past 2.5 acres of residential land." week wasable to return to her Development officer home :here on Sa-turday, Spence •Cummings told the March 13. Miss Fay Hogan, of board the opposite of what the Owen •Seund. spent the .planning `•department weekend at the home of her stressed, He warned- the ' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Con -board that industrial land in. • Hogan. - •• Goderich was scarce and 'Students are writing mid every effort •should be made - term examinations this week, to preserve it, •- with the winter break starting Mr.. Cummings said that on Friday, March 19. when one leeks at Industrial. , The Iiadustrial Hockey play-off :game' between the Kintail Flyers. and :-Ashfield was: cancelled last week and will be 'played on Thursday, March 18 in 'the Lucknow Shocking!!• Dear. Editor,' The arrogance of • the Ontario Government restraint programme is best personified by a response by. the Hon. James Taylor to a question by Margaret Campbell, MPP (Lib) who ' asked about the percent cutback Children's Aid Societies and its origin in fact. (March 11, 1976 Question • Period) Taylor's response: "That's a simple question from a simple Person." The people of Ontario' deserve better than that. If governmentprogrammes.are to be regarded as 'just`, then they must be discussed in a 'just' manner. The totalitarian bigotry is shocking. Sincerely, Paul Carroll Doc gel s--a-r-s-we r Dear Editor: In last. week's "Letters to the Editor," . G. L. Hollingworth, ' M.D. made some comments that merit a response, Doctor Hollingworth' -s statistics that reveal the. Ontario Health budget is only 4.4 percent pf the ` Gross Provincial Product is most reassuring. • It is also refreshing to know that 'Canada is one of the world leaders in reducing the rate of will they ever be used? • I am sure there are many:; other places.wecould look at • BEST BUY PRI MEATY •- ONLY SPARE RIBS$ .1.19LB, SPARE 8113 BITS dNLY 19.c 5 LB.- 6 LB.AVERAGE ,LEGS ONTARIO. LAMB MINCED D • ROUND • STEAK .. '1.39 BONELESS -MAPLE .LEAF • COOKED SMOKED HA' - LIMITED- CALL 524-8551 $1.29 LB• 'Hoene Dressed lnspetted Meats at Wholesale Prices T MINCED. ROUND • STEAK x1.29 LB. overall health expenditures: • The arbitrary closing announcement concerning Clinton's Hospital is totally inexcusable andirrational. Mr. Miller is obviously not aware that the health authorities in the United - Kingdpm went through' this process of closii,g small hospitals • two decades ago and soon recognized . their mistake. Since that time they have made every effort to decentralize : `hospital facilities: • Doctor Hollingworth in: dicated thatalternateways to save health dollars would,be - to eliminate health •benefit such as .podiatric, optometric and chiropractic services, ver'-ment - does go n s ,recognize that the medical profession cannot provide every type of necessaiiy' health care, • Chiropractic benefits consisting of a Maximum of Park it is vert hard to realize there is little of i^t left but purchases and options on ,large parcels of the park have $100. per patient PER YEAR,' can only be considered an inlinrtesimal item compared to 'the ' cost of hospital facilities at $100. PER DAY (and more) plus the cost of associated medical services. I would bring to., Doctor Hollingworth's attention the fact that a.recent study of the chiropractic profession -has . revealed that 71 percent of the patients seeking the services of a chkropraetor had first been to another prac- titioner or specialist who had been unable to resolve the. patient's health problem. Some int.erdisc•iplinary communication could ' save the taxpayer and the health treasury millions. Studies also revealed that for health care related to spinal disorders, chiropractic services • were .clearly: the method of choice. ° e' " .would. also bring to -Dr. Hollingworth's attention the recent study (Toronto Star March 13th) that has revealed that one in four surgical ,procedures per- formed 'in Canada lAst year was unnecessary; at a stunning needless cost of 12.9 -million to the taxpayer, This unwarranted surgery also necessitated theuse of over dile million' days of hospital care. Obviously -so•me professional and e hica1 soul searching is required. ., People in glass houses 1 Yours sincerely, Kenneth S: Wood, D,C., • Clinton, r.. • wr°�li --p-lay-offs-held-a•t the Luc know -Arena on Saturday, March 13•,. the Redwings defeated the Canadians by. •'the score Redwings 3- Canadians 0; the Leafs 2 and the Rangers 5; • the Bruins 7 and the Black Hawks 3. The final games will Wintario - continucd fain page 1! :School Girls 'band -is eligible for a grant up, to $3,500 to • cover their_ travel expenses while at'', tfie Invitational Edison . Pageant of • Light Festival in . Fort Meyers, Florida on• February 7, 1,p76. In addition to the indivIdual groups receiving Wintario money Huron •,County librarian Bill' Partridge announced Monday that he had received 'a $5,000 grant for the library to build up a Canadians collection of books inthe small library centres in the county. • p Mr. Partridge said he had appliedfor the money, the maxis um available for a county with a population over 50,000 people, to establish -a permanent ..collection" -df Canadian books in the county's 19 deposit centres and five village libraries. He said' the 24 outlets already had, :small collection on Canada written of books t Canadian authors but wanted to increase it.' He said the collection now consists of about 500. books that are rotated amOngstthe 24 Outlets every three months. Mrs Joe Courtueg i-29-1189 be played on Saturday,'. March 20. At 10 a.m. the Leafs will ,play the Black Hawks and the winner W111 play the Canadians at 12 p:m. for the consolation trophy: At 11 'a.m. the- Redwings will play the Rangers . and the winner will play the Bruins' for the Championship trophy, at ' 1 p.m. House League Hockey Night will be at the `i Lucknow Arena do Wednesday evening, March 31. A'n evening of fun for players, parents and coaches,' At. 7:p:m, see the All Star Game. ' Lunch . wily be provided and trophies' presented Mr. Raymond . Dalton, returned to his home here on Saturday, March 13. Mr. "Dalton fiad been: a patient in the Orthopaedic. and Arthritic Hospital: in Toronto and was re -Tea -sed•• as -an -out -pa tieliit-on February, 22,'returning .to the hospital twice a week for therapy on a pinched nexve in h s spine, . Wh• ale take firm. Charles. Snell move• d that: • the board zone the 46 `acre 'parcel -behind the shopping' • plaza' (30 :acres: of which is 'owned by the town) as residential, preserve the 27 acre 'bush•'as park land and. zone the 30 acres on Huron Road residential, That.' Motion was -defeated, Dave •GoWer suggested that the 'land immediately behind e .plata• be partially zoned -f•or residential and partially zoned light .industrial, the ` parkland be preserved and the lot on Huron Road be Zoned industrial. That move also failed: • Deb Shewfelt. .suggested that the land to the rear of te plaza . be - held in abeyance with the county planner 'if structed to do a concept plan on the land suggesting it he, used for high density housing. He .added that, the parkland be preserved and the. Huron. Road parcel be established as industrial land. Mr. Shewfelt explained that by zoning the . town=owned land as residential it could be - sold for more money than it could as industrial land and the extra funds could be used. to install badly needed ser vices in the undeveloped areas or to . acquire '-more `' land.: Hesaid the costto, service the land would :•be mini:m.al compared to preparing the industrial land.. He added•the trade`: off•valne would provide .desperately needed, capital; Mr. Shewfeltexplained that the . town, -haad little : capital they could use 'to -open new land .arid -:is =facEd-'v�iith'hug-e' : costs. to service land'already -developed,-. .�- The--mayor-said-they could be looking • at spending, several millions of dollars taking care of what was already already .developed. The board accepted. the 'proposal, awaiting the .concept plan _before zoning the land: •.- • • In other • business a suggestion by Gary Davidson th therapy Ray stayed at the home of his sister, Mrs. Marjorie • :O'Connor of Pickering.. Mr. Michael Dalton' and baby son Joseph . lj(Iorgan were? released from the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich on Friday, March 12. Mrs. Arie VanDiepen, .a patient. •in the: Alexandra Marine and•General Hospital, Goderich was able to return to her home here on Monday, March 15,E Mr:_ and Mrs. Walter Clare and Mary. Luanne` spent the weekend in. Kitchener with Mr. and. MrS. Lloyd Bruder and Paul.. On Saturday evening, they.. attended, an. Irish Dance and on Sunday they :took inthe Ice Capades, Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Million of Goderich, the former Lynn Austin of this corninunity, on the birth of a baby boy in.the. Alexandra • Marine ' and General Hospital, Goderich on Saturday, Mai•ch 13. Mrs. Bernardine: Kinney visited in. Toronto on Wed- nesday, March 10 and at - fire Spring Flower and: Garden Show. ' Miss Mildred Vega of Ecuador who is a guest at the' home of Mr: and Mrs. John • Howard visited with students at the toderich District Collegiate :Institute and at St. Joseph's school, Kingsbridge telling • them about her country, • Several from '•this area attended the Ice Capades at, Kitchener. Eugene Austin, son -of Mr. and. Mrs.'John Austin • returned to his home here on Monday, March ;.15 after spending 10 days vacation at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Fred Courtney in Toronto. • not to establish population densities on land • zoned for residential use was accepted.. The planner said that by not establishing ' the- • densities each parcel of land In the '• town • could be developed according to its charac- teristics : and would not .be limited in -its capacities. Two sections cit Huron Road were rezoned for highway commercial development uses if the need arises inthe future. The changes permit any developer proposing:.a highway - comme•rcial operation on the land to move quickly,. needing' only to purchase the land and- have the necessary changes done by the town to permit con- struction. The blocks; are bounded . by Oxford and Walnut Streets, the other by Maple.: and Walnut were •' ' uni-ci_p a_L Planning Consultants in a plan sub rnittedlast year. The land. at . the end • of Huron Road near the CNR crossing was held` in abeyance by the' board pending a proposal for using the area for an apartment complex., Planner Gary Davidson •and Deb Shewfelt both told °the boardthat the land was being -looked at by a developer proposing an apartment and it would be unfair of the board to zone it-. without first hearing the ; proposal. The area abuts Huron Road' etween Cambridge Street in • Goderich and Mill Road in Goderich Township. ' • b • 1 Civic Corner Announcements of a civic nature are printed free of charge in this space in the hope that increased public awareness and participation will be the result. At, • + + -i- Thursday, March 18 at 4 p.m., town hall, Parks Committee, Thursday, Marsh 18 at 7 p.m., town hall, Harbo• r Committee (possibly committee -of -the -whole session to discuss wages, salaries and personalities.) • Friday, d ay, March 26 at 10 a.m., March session county council, council chambers, second floor, Huron County Court House. Monday, March 22 at 7 p.m., Finance and Public Works committee, Town Hall. ,,. ti •