The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-01-04, Page 23I •
By Jack Riddell MPP
Looking, back
Some people made
headlines this year for
the strangest reasons.
For example, Robert
Jackson, head of the
Commission on Declining
Enrolment, for his
bizarre remarks about
test . tube babies, paying
women to have children,
and racial suicide.
Chastised by MPPs for
gratuitous, insulting,
thoughtless and racist
statements, he solemnly
promised not.. to offend.
again. One Minister
caused a furore about
topless waitresses;
another's "workfare"
proposal was charac-
terized as outrageous,
b inflrmatory and idiotic.
The former Solicitor -
General resigned after it
was disclosed he had
telephoned an Assistant
Crown Attorney -'in
connection with the
sentencing of a cpn-
stituent. A Deputy
Minister was found guilty
of contempt of court: he
had relieved a-H,uronia
Regional Centre coun-
sellor 'of his position
•
e
ver
because he had kicked a
mentally retarded
woman in the face. The
counsellor was later
transferred to a job in
another ministry where
he would no longer have
direct contact with
residents in any
provincially—run in-
stitution..
Amendments to the
Mental Health Act af-
fecting civil com-
mitment, confidentiality
and the role of the Publie
Trustee were given Third
Reading, as was the
y.,
t!78 in Ontario
controversial bill on
Occupational Health and
Safety. Rent controls
were extended at the 6
percent ceiling until the
end of 1,980, and there was
considerable debateon
the subject of exemptions
under the legislation, plus
the fact that the
Residential Tenancies
Act now permits the
eviction of tenants for
breaking a landlord's
"house rules".
. •S.tuart Smith urged the
government to establish
-special arson squads to
e foot in the
It's post -New Year depression.
The snow and those biting north winds brought it on
when I went out to. feed the horses this.morning.
First of all, the µatei1iie was frozen. The tap is en-
closed in a wooden box with -a -couple of low-power light
. bulbs in it. Both•bulbs—both o.f 'em, mind you—had
blown during the night. -
That meant carrying water pails through snowdrifts
. to the barn from the house.
The.buckskin mare looked a little sickly-. I led her out
to the paddock and she was limping: That foolish appa-
loosa had kicked her and she now has a displaced ten-
don,
"Bathe the knee -joint twice a day until the limp dis-
appears," said the vet. "She'll probably always have a
lump."
I don't have tine to bathe her twice a day but I'm the
only person she wilL.allow to touch her on the sensitive
spot.`It means -10 minutes less sleep each morning until
she's cured. .
I hate snow and high wind's:- 'y
: Get into the car to come to work grumbling that no-
body but'a darn fool would be driving on a day such as•
this with winds howling and snow driving against the
windshield,
Slap the car into ,reverse. Thunk! Can't move it. A
huge snowbank. The car is stuck. Call a neighbor. Ask
to borrow his tr,ctor. Can't. It's got a leaking radiator:
Call a tow truck: 'It takes him 38 minutes to come from
town. It costs $18. Yipe!
Arrive at work 43 minutes late. The boss is angry.
"Take this job and shove it!" '
That's what I think. I haven't the intestinal fortitude
to say it.
Spend.the day thinking about friends and acquaint -
LIFE
INSURANCE
it's yooriend to
have a fd
you can
depend on!,�
Terry_CrowTiy
representing
London
GODERICH Life
524-9075
to
LeIIels a.e app'ec.aled by Bob Towle, EidIle Rd Eimm.a Ont N38 1C 7
ances•who have the luck and the wherewithal to be ui
Florida or the Caribbean. Green with envy -as 1 battle
more snow and high winds and stupid drivers travel-
ling the -12 miles hone.' •
, It's dark and gloo0'.,The house seems crupty V Il i
tl thenecTii•aliuns gone and the Christmas tree flab•
ping forlornly in the garbage heap. :1 few wisps of tin-
sel are stuck on the branches• Thiry.:µem to ill (1..l 1111
exactly how I feel.
The lane was blown out during the day but has al-
ready drifted in a),du1. Park the car at the end of the
lane.
It probably won't start in the.morning ,because the
electric cord won't reach that far..
T am going to run for Parlianierlt''and propose new le-
gislation for Canada. The law will make. it' mandatory -
for the government to send everyone who -hates wintei:
ho southern climes fur at least a month ever`" winter.
Only those Who hate snow and ice and cold wiiicls.'will
be allowed to participate. .
Those fools who love skiing arid sni>wmaehines c•an.
stay in Ontario and freeze. I think they're alf kidding
themselves. anyway. Underneath the .enthusiasm.. for
winter, they secretly hate it and are only trying .to
make the best of -a bad thing.
---Winter just hangs around too long. like a bad smell.
It becomes stale,. shabby, old and sullen. Every mile'
seems like two. It's cruel as death and hungry as the
grave. I hate it: • , • •
• Kipling said it about En'gl'and. He probable nl'ver
lived through a. Canadian .winter of eight months of
winter. three months of had skiing• and one month of
Summer. He said:.,Never again will I spend another
winter in' this accursed bucket -shop 9f a. refrigerator
called (England) Canada. -.
Anybody got a couple of spare tickets to .1amatica'.
Charity McDonald...
• from page 2A
Keith, an Ontario Scholar
at G.D.C.I. last year, is in
-an' honors math course at
Waterloo University.
Mrs. s McDonald
became ill while on duty
at the -hospital one day in
November 1977. She
eventually became too ill
to,work any more. So, she
officially ••retired this
month. She plans tamed,
knit and crochet a lot at
her Port Albert home.
She is a Christian who
worships at the Goderich
Free Methodist Church
and she is interested in
the life of that , church.
She belongs to, the Ladies'
Bible Class of the Free
-Methodist Church.
She expects to become
more involved in •com-
munity affairs, health
permitting. She also
expects to remain active
in the Women's Hospital
Auxiliary. She is a
member of the Maple
Leaf Chapter, I.O.D:E.
and she is on the board of
the 3od.erich Pro Life
group.
Many of her former
, nursing students are now
nursing all over the world
and she still corresponds
with some of them. Her
specka1'_,student, Ramat)
Stewart, cause to Canada
when she was living and
working „ in Strathroy.
When a pos;j.ion became
available in... -..-obstetric
nursing at AM&G, she
Goderich Recreation & Community Centre Board
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WINTER PROGRAM
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Fee: 810.00 per person
16 years and over
Running shoes or socks only
Beginning January 16
Duration - 6 weeks
instructor - Fran Sors
TAPESTRY -
269 Warren St.
Tuesdays, 1,- 4 pm
Fees $30.00 per person
(all supplies included) •-
. Beginning January 16
Duration - 4 weeks
Instructor - Evelyn Hardy
ANTIQUES
Victoria School
Tuesdays, 7:30 - 9 pm
Fee: 512:00 for full course
or 52.00 per class
Beginning January 16
Duration - 8 weeks
Insfructor - Various Guest
Speakers
St. Mary's School
Tuesdays, 7 - 8:30 pm
Fee: 58.00 per person
Ages 16 and under -
Beginning January 16
Duration 10 weeks
Instruction -• Dept. ,Staff
CAKE DECORATING
Victoria School
Monday, 7:30 - 9 pm
' Fee: 535.00
(all supplies included)
Beginning January 15
Duration.- 8 weeks
Instructor - Judy Woodall
KARATE
Victoria School
Mondays and Thursdays, 7 - 9 pm
Fee: 515.00 per month • -1
15 years and over
Continues" throughout the year
Instructor - John Pierson
For further information please call the
Recreation Offices 524-0373.
applied for it and is now
working there as the
afternoon supervisor.
"I could see potential ih'
her as a student and later
we learned a lot together.
The babies we delivered
are all grown up now and
some of them are medical
and • science students
themselves. It's hard to
believe," she says.
Yes. It's been a
checkered career. But
it's also been a rewarding
and fulfilling one - and .
'Mrs': McDonald.-"NVOUtd-"
probably follow the same
path if she had it to do all
over again.
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investigate fires such as
that which killed three
Etobicoke firemen.
MPPs signed a petition
moving that the annual
report of the Highway
Transport Board be
referred to the Resources
Development Committee
- in ,connection with the
Board's decision to deny
truck operating licenses.
to United Parcel Services
Ltd.
The .Government was
under five beeause of
grants to the Toronto
tabloid "Strike" which
published pictures of
bullet -riddled bodies,
advocating terrorism and
stating that it "supports
leg shooting knee-
capping to accelerate the
demise of the old
system'' .
We learned that eight to
"Toil -"rriun►cipaF bridges
collapse every year in
Ontario, but motorists
need have no fear of using
deficient bridges if they
respect posted load
.limits!
Ontario's legal
drinking age was raised
from 18 •to 19, and
amendments to the
Liquor Control Act also
tightened penalties for
impaired driving con-
victions, The Minister of
Consumer and Com-
mercial Relations an-
nounced revised
ad-
vertising directives for
producers of alcoholic
beverages, which were
more restrictive and
comprehensive than
previous guidelines.
The Family Law
Ref,orm Act,.described as
the most significant piece
of social refo'rin
legislation to be passed in
Ontario in the last fifty
years, went into effect
March 31st. It recognized
marriage as a part- -
nership between two
people - no matter who
works where and who
_ actually brings .home. the ..
paycheque.
The Minister of
Community and Social
Services •indicated th;t
the Province will have to
play a much larger role in
supervising children's
aid societies in the light of
report that they have
failed to protect children
from abuse or violent
deaths. In 1977, some .
1,045 child abuse cases
were reported 13 -
resulted in death.
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We learned that more
than 500,000 Canadian
children suffer from
learning disabilities - a
crisis which should alter
provincial priorities.
Legislation was passed
on the removal of the
pituitary gland during
autopsies. From this
gland an extract is
prepared which corrects
the hormone deficiency
causing dwarfism ' in
children.
The Minister, of Health
riroposed a nine-month
ban, except for medical
emergencies, on
sterilization of retarded
children'. under 16, and
Dr. Daniel Hill, former
head of . the • Ontario •
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