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• ' -Meg .1%----,e0121E RICH IeNAL-STA14..„ THURSDAY „ APR IL.Z9. 1976
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jack s jottings
•Ip • continuous efforts to
save the Clinton Public
Hospital, the Administrator
of the hospital,. medical staff;
• the Chairman Of the Hospital
Board,and other members of
. '• the Board, busitteee people of.
•• • the Town and 1 met with the
Acting.Minister ofHealth, Dr
Bette $tepheiison, this week..
With due respectwe had a •
very good hearing as we met
• with the Acting Minister from
4 o'clockto 6 o'clock. We
emphasized the economic
, ' impact the. closing Of the.
hospital would have on the
•',Cominunity at- it was the
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largest employer in Clinton,
and that the closing of the
• . hospital. could Oita con-
•' ceivably lead to .the disin-
tegtation of the commtinity.
This is evident froin" the
number of homes -that have
• gone up for sale since the
announced closing.
Failing. our efforts to keep
the hospital as an active
treatment facility we asked
the Minister to define the
•extent of the ambUlatory
, services:
The Minister Went into
some detail on this particular
matter with the medical staff
who had private conversation
•with her, and to the
remainder of the delegation
,..she eXpressed her sym-
pathies and indicated that she
would have • further
discussions with the Minister
of Health, Frank Miller.
I was prompted to direct a
question to the Minister of
Agrictilture 'and- Food-- tiIs
--week-because of the.situation
••farmers found therhselves in,
in view of the restriction in
the availability -Of money for
farm drainage loans. I asked
• whether he •could advise how
•the Honourable Bill Newman na _
• me rom ort
the -townships are expected to • • ... •
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• -live up to 'their commitment, •
implications following this
week's " report on the
problems of alcohol abuse
among young -people which
recommended the legal
drinking age be raised from
18 to 19 years of age and
young drivers should be
required to . carry felen-
tification cards. :Beth
00p.as.ition Lea ers indiceted
that they are nceened that
ID cards for y ung drinkers
MAY infringe" on the eivil
rights of young people. -•
Anyone selling meat for
human consumption 'from
anielals which died from
causes • other , than
slaughtering will, be Subject
to suspension or revocation of
his licence to collect and
process such animals. This
new rule is -part of a bill
passed by the Ontario
Cgiilatere, which According
to the Minister of Agriculture
tightens up protection at
present afforded under the
Dead Animalliispotal Act:
•Ontario was made • "a
laughing stock". in Ottawa by
-refhting , an obsolete federal
government proposal for a
guaranteed annual income
plan, Liberal Leader Stuart
Smith mid in the Legisleture,
when he asked the Minister of
Cornrnunity and Social
Services why he had not
adviSed the Treasurer of the
,new federalproposal in ad-
vance of Onterio's 'April lst,
presentation.
;The Treasurer had told a ..
meeting of finance ministers
• that Ontario.estimated. the
By lark Riddell Nem—Middlesex MPP •
plan would have cost almost
n Jeffrey presitlent
of Figure Skating Club
..,three times •the $1.1 •billion
estimated by Ottawa. •The
7' Minister of CoMmunity and
Socia l Services. said the most;
• .recent federal proposal in-
• troduced in February had not
been universally accepted b• y,
the provinces. % •
Albert Roy, Libere/.M.P.P-
(-Ottawa " East)., called at
tention to"the fact thatformer
• IVIPP,s now employed on
various provincial govern-
ment boards"eand Cern-
• missions should not be.
• allowed 0 to • collect govern
ment pensions.
.Former' Legislature
• members. receive a gover-
nment pension," the. amount
depending on the length of
'time served in the Holige, and
some. former ' members
• receive up to $4Q,000 a year
for sitting on various boards
and commissions.
The Minister a Goyern-
ment SerViees told the House
'she will investigate' the
situation and report back to
the Members.
The Minister of Colleges
and Universities said in the
Legislature that there is a
gap between school and work
whift•is not bridged, and he
%feels that industrial' training
needs in Qntario are not being
met. As a first. step he is
appointing a -neW Industrial
• Training Council to advise the
Government, and he Wants
-the •council to stud Y some of
the more controversial
recommendations of a task
force on industrial training •
• The annual meeting pt the
• Goderich Figure Skating Club
was held on Monday,April 5.
Retiring - President Joan
Dierolf thanked the eNecutilig
foe their efforts, both fqr the
Club and the Ice Nicks. -,
, Mre. WaS presented
with asmall gift ee a token of
the Club's appreciation', for
all -her hard 'work in the past
two years-. •
It was reperteth that' 109
national tests were paSsed
this year and 73 C.F.S...A.
Tests passed. `"-•
• There are now two C.F.S.A.
judges .in the club; Debbie
Jeffrey and Alma Craven.
Total registration of figure,
skaters andpower skaters for
• the _1975-76 __season were 234:
• There were 53 skaters
registered for private leisons
this year.
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• At the Skate-A-Thon this
year, a grand total of $1000.89
• was turned in to the bank and
after expenses there was a
profit of $1,332.03. Winners of
the prizea for the highest
sponsorship were first prize
$25 to Harry Worsell; second
• prize $15 to- Michele Harris;
third prize $10 to Debbie
• Horton.
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• Ice Nicks '76 attracted 942
people. A terrific western
town scene was reperecl. for •
the carnival, which ' along
with an excellent assortment
of beautiful ecdtturnes and
special lighting effeCts Set ab:
exciting atmesphere the
presentatien.-
Mrs. •eatliy Boddy -chaired-,
the nominations with , the
following presented by the.
'nominating committee
elected to office: President
Mrs. Ellen Jeffrey.; first vice-
president • Eunice Dechert;
secretary Nancy Flynn;
treasurer Charles Boddy.
An April 13 a.bbard meeting
Was called by the president,
Mrs. ElleJeffrey, to. fill the.
positions 'for the different '
committees for the coming
year.•
Carnival cliairman is.Mrs.
Anne Cooper.; Private Lesson
Chairman, Mrs. Alberta
Moore; National Skating Test "
Chairmen, . Wedneedays 5-6
Karen McIntosh; Wed-
nesdays 4-5 Barb O'Priee.-
' ,Test Chairman, power
skating, Betty Harris; John
Duckworth; •publicity
channian, Sharon Jeffrey;
Waye. and Means Committee,
Marj Kotyk; Membership.'
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Chairman; Jo -Ann Norman;
'Social Convener, Carol Rene.
Property, :-AleX' Varga,'
liursary. Fund; -Eleanor
Williams, Grant EliOon, Bob
• chaprnart; telephone, Com-
m•ittee, Teta Gallowe .
A -reeort was given on the
-Carhiezkelay Mrs. Betty
Harris. • . •
In the new business the club
is %sking for one more hour of,
ice time, thie year on Tuesday
night to accommodate all of
the skaters who want private
lessons.
• A test day was held on
March 16 at • Goderich
Memorial Arena, passing
ests are as follOw.e:
Preliminary figUees,
Melanie. Jeffrey, Louise
' Cooper; Rhonda McIntosh
Marva Jackson, Donna.
Jackson, Ailigon Graham and.
Laverne Burnette.
Preliminary Dances, Dutch
Waltz, George- Kerr, Rhoda
McIntosh, Deanna Gilderse,
Canasta Tango, Judy Gallow, •
Patti Rean, Kim Williams,
Louise Cooper, and Marva
Jackson. • •
Debbie Jeffrey was suc-
cessful in passing her Silver
Free Skate- . at Walkerton
extension school on Mardh 27.
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Why you should
let H&R Block wo
about your income taxes.
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We take ail the time
necessary: to understand : •
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your complete tax,situatIOn,,::. 7.7
• to makesure y,ourtaxes
are As low as they can:
legitimately be, With charges•'
_based only on the
complexity of your return.
•• Get a little. peiw.e of
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Teen Camp director
• , not knowing that there were
• going to be restrictionwhen
plications and could he advise .
how the farmers are expected-
, to pay for the' tile already
• installed on 4 -the strength of
• .the fact that the loan would be
coming through the? -Town-
r. Newneane-replied- that._
the allocation of the 'midget is
• now $13 million which is
approximatelythe same as it
• Was last year. _It's'. gone up
from $4.5 million. about three
• years ago. and 'because of:
• constraints within the
Ministry this year it was held
'at $13. million. The Minister
said- that a letter was being
• directed to all municipalities .
the province 'asking them
what they have committed
and -wbat they have not at this
.point in time. •
. I further asked the Minister
that because of the budget
• restraints the 'Manufacturer
of the the and- the drainage
• contractor Might well have to
take forceful action with the
• fartners 'placing • them in a
position to either borrow from
the; bank at higher ,rates of •
• interest,' _asedmireg. their
assets to obtain moneytopay
• both the contractor and the
supplier.
The Minister " said ' that
nobody eipecially him, wants
to create tindtrehardships for
the agriculture Conimunity.
• Scime of the municipalities,
• 'he said, have overcommitted
•and tome hive not committed
their • tOtal, allocation and
when all.the facts and figures
are put together -the' whole
• situation cantle asSessecland.
' an equitable basis • can be
• worked out within the means
• they had;
Ontario may start issuing
driver's licences which carry
a picture of the drive,
_ cording to the Minigler of
Transportation ' arid Com-
• munitations, who has 'been
• considering such a scherne
• for Rtted/re.
• 'He has Ordered his officials '
to speed Up their ' in-
vestigation of the scheme's
W. J. Denontniei
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• 011:14 bilVELOPING.
Margie Whyte
Margie Whyte, .whose
family reside at RR 2,
Seaforth, has been appointed
Director for the cd -ed Young
People's (Teen) Camp to be
held during -the long weekend
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in May May 21 .at 7 p.m to
May 24 at ‘2 p.m)' at Camp
Menesetun theee miles-.
• north of Goderich. •• •
'Margie presently teaches
at Erin,District High School,
near Guelph, and- was the
' Camp Director for the five-
week Summer 1974 camping
• season at Menesetung. ,
e The basic: eweekerid
will include
• Christian education, sports,
swine, crafts, camping skills'
• as well as special guest
speakers, discussion gtoups
• 'and a resource centre,
Any teenager. (aged 15 by
December 31, 1976)1interested
;in attending. this . camp
sponsored by the Huron-
- Perth Presbytery of; the
• United Church of Canada,
should • write for an 'rap-
phcation form from: Mr. Jek.
Snider, 62 Essex Street,
,Goderich, Ontario N7A 2T4.
Mr, Snider would also have
• information 'en all the surn-'
rner camps which are, being -
directed this year by Rev.
Mich'ael,Boulger of Monkteri,
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