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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1987-02-25, Page 097" p Feb'., 12 5, 1987 ak a of ed"tor" I pinion p C's Ot V i io o . .. . ....... Group is concerned over Nk� Published at Wingham, Ontario' P.O. BOX 390 -NUG 2WO by Wenger Bros Limited David Wenger, President Norman MacLennan, Sec.-Trees.Sr 1 possible program cutba- ks Robert Murphy, Editor Audrey Currie, Advertising Manager Dear Editor: o source of this supplemen ry ser - Member of Audit Bureau of.Circ4lations Enclosed is a letter prepared by -vice. Member—Canadian C to us that the original ommunity Newspaper Assoc. the Integration Action Group, in –It appears - Ontario Community Newspaper Assoc. for: -Special Servi ' have support of Special Services at gut Services Subscriptio . ns $21.00 per year Six months �12.50 a U ore 0, Home", which was sent to Com- been interpreted ' differently $23.00 beyond"40-mile zone m6nity and Social Services Minister throughout the province, which •o John Sweeney. indicates that .they ,were not clear A provincial review of these snd they were not made available to Second Class Mail Registration No, 08 Retu'rn Postage guaranteed 2f services is now -being done an,0 we those administering the program feel public attention to,the issues directly. We also feel that the La outlined in the. letter to lair. Sweeney original guidelines did not provide will ensure -continuation jqf -this adequately for the ongoing need of worthwhile service. fai ilies. This i evidenced "by the Thank you overwhelming requests for service •Wendy King which has resulted in an over- expenditure of monies in the Dear Mr. Sweeney: province. ......... .. Re: Ministry review of "Special We trust that the Ministry of -Don't stop there 40. W, ....... I Services at Home" Comm'nity and Social Services Atr the local chapter, of the review Will* take, these issue6- into Integration Action Group, some account and continue to provide the • bout the high quality service from which the The recent acknowledgement by Natural Resources Minister Vince concerns were expressed a Kerelo of his ministry's possible' participation 1'n the Town of review. Since both'Special Services families -in Huron County have Wingham,s Howson Dam reconstruction project was t least at Home and the. Integration Action benefited inthe past. epcouraging news to town council, although I not perfect. at Group ,focus ori' integrating people Sincerely yours ' into -the; community, we would like to Wendy King f6l I Ing short of the type, of announcement hoped for by the town when `the proposed reconstruction was first discussed, it is nevertheless a "AA ID 410, LONG �IA VE YV4 11A D r, q, E share these concerns withyou, Chairman //V& X GET y6q Parents of children with- a Integration complete reversal from the MNR stand a few months ago when it =EEL T19r IVEDIA ARE Wr developmental handicap in Huron Action Group, appeared the ministry might walk away from the 'project entirely. County have benefitedgreatly from It seems Mr. Kerrio is now willing to commit his ministry to 50 per both the I parent r1blief and cent of 'the, total project — the Ministry of Transportation and programming aspects 'of Special Writer *ees cial Communications has already been committed to its 50 per cent — but Services at Home. It has improved at a reduced rate of funding, a 50 per cent subsidy rather than the 85 Ite 0.1 the quality of life for these children With LeVan letter" per cent wished for by town council and'representatives o ' f the eS and their families. These services Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. -Town, council has decided to MS "ro, Id - Fare not available anywhere else in Dear Editor: not let the issue cool down and will continue its pursuit of a firm the county. I hope Mr. LeVan's letter- to the commitment from MNR. Hopefully, such doggedness will harvest Our basic concern is that this editor last weekbas sparked some fruitful results., FEBRUARY 1940 The marri.age,,,will take place the Department will. build a new bridge service might be cut,. back or so' controversy in other households as it has in ours. However, thi �determihbtion should not be restricted solely to the The Chainway Company has pur- "iniddleof March. on County R6ad-,7 on the ninth restricted as a result of the review Howson Dam project. There still remains the problem of the Lower chased the building they now oc- The prospects for oil in the Lon- .concession of'Turnberry this year.. that the quality of life now enjoyed If the Public Utilities Commission Town Dam, placed on a back burner while efforts have been eupy.. desborb community are about to be The boundary road between Rowick might be diminished, is runnOg its budget with a 35 per concentrated on the MNR's non -commitment to the combined bridge An enthusiastic meeting of 'the exploited as an oil drilling rig., is and Turnber.ry will also receive . a Some of the specific issues are: slop, we, the ratepayers, are and dam further upstream. Although for a white thesearch continued Wingham Baseball Club was held in being set in operation on the Artfiul. hard-,tops'urface from Belmore to --Ever-inereasifig administration going"to have, to find a slop in our for a solution to problems,created-wheii the Cower Town structure.'the council 'chamber. W. Murray Jamieson farm west of - that, village.. Lane's ghool.. fees •use, up to one-third of the household budgets, as we will be the Johnson was elected president, with This is the second drilling rig to be William Tilden, 'Minto Township -maximum allotment which should ones who will be paying for it. washed out a few years age, it was effectively placed on hold when I W., W. Gurney and W. T. put in motion in this area. farmer, will .contest the Wellington- be for direct service'. Some form of Ken Thompson Ducks Unlimited Canada said it could offer relatively little in the way Cruickshank as vice'-presi dents. separate administrative budget of financial a Seventeen hunters turned out fora Huron seat . in. the' federal election assistance. .v, April 8. -He was chosen " the Lib&al would -all6viate'this Some members of council have alluded to the possible availability Ross Harrison is secretary and rabbit drive which netted the part, Murray Roberts treasurer,' six rabbits. Hunters from Wingham,...candidate ata meeting in Harriston., --At present, children using the Health -minister's of other grantsf6r which the lower dam may be qualified. While it is Harry Calvert has purchased the 'Belgrave 'par-'flarvey Sparling was honored by� service, . must be - lEibelled Teeswater and 0 .. t true these subsidies could result in'a structure of somewhat lesser Gilmour house on MinnieStreet.. tjcipated. Plans for a wol( drive tn the, -congregation- df''Gorrie United ,.developmentally handicapped. We, reply o request ambition than Previously being considered, they, would at least The Winghani'High School Board, Church -for his 63 years of faithful feel - that a4y. child with , ex provide a solution. Wav,;itnosh are 'being contemplated held its inaugural.mee'ting last week for this week.Local'men on the drive service in the church choir. He was.. tradrdiriary needs should have Dear Editor: Perhaps the -time has, clime for council to move this project closer and elected Capt, W. J. Adams were jack Lewis, Frank Caskanette, presented with an electric 'Wall clock access to the program, without.' I have received your letter con - to the front of the planning stove. It would not be wise to let it sit on chairman. W. A, Galbraith is board Jim Henderson, I I I Terry of brass and walnut. being burdened with a lifetime label. cerning the "Letter to the Editor" the back b I burner until whatever spark hat kept, it simmering until secretary and, treasurer is Abner Tenant Henderson; Bert Riley and --Aciidemic, occupational therapy, regarding the Huron County Health now,, has died. Cosens. rt Furness. FEBRUARY 1973 speech and physiotherapy for Unit A During the past week the fire A total of i2 elementary and school-age children will not be At this. time I will decline your Rev, Douglas Fuller ha!§, been brigade had two calls and both were appointed to the parish of Gorrie, secondaTy schoQ) students took part provided through Special Services- invitation to comment on this to the, same building, the second Fordwich and Wroxeter Anglican in' the public speaking contest because the ministry (community matter, except to comment that I storey of the, old Advance -Times '–Churc . hes I and -`Al take* over h . is sponsored. by. the Wingham branch .and and'social services,), feels that other am informed that there have been office, On Wednesday the pipes in duties on March 1. of -the Royal Canadian Legion. First ministrie�, -shoWd resume respon7 improvements in areas of nutrition, the kitcheti of the back apartment in the elementary, division, went to sibilities for these areas. These maternal -paternal and -senior Horror. in:, Middle East', took fire and on Saturday it was FEBRUARY 196:3 Nancy 'Meyer of Sacred Heart 'services are available, but only on a citizens'programs'in the I health unit, feared the roof obs on fire. gut it Marvin.. Howe, who this year Schol, Te0swater 'arid Janice Guest consu . Itation b I asis. Realistically, I -appreciate . -being asked to turned out to be an obstruction in the celebrates his 10th year as member of WinghamPublic School. Classes many children require supplement's respond,, chimney. No harm, done either time. for the federal'.Seat for Welli tOq- in the secondary division were.won to the programs and services they Yours very truly .1', The.qn-going horror in the city' of Beirut as Muslim factions Belmogre -residents are always in- 'Upron, was acclaimed candidate by students.,, at. F. E.'Madill Secon- receive from the ministries of Murray 4. Elston, MPP r continue to massacre-ohe another is all but beyond belief. Admittedly t last week at a meeting of dary School,.Fernie Elliott and Huron -Bruce y brutal to others of their own erested. in talent and were education and,health. We feel that Progressive Conservatives in Christians'have, in times past, been v�e' delighted, to hear over the radio Mary Edith Garniss. Special Services at Hom'e'is the only; Minister of Health faith, bu " t history has recorded few more tragic domestic quarrels Sadie and Jimrny Stokes, 'on the "arriston. Mr. Howe is a'.merchant than those the' world Is witnessing, at present in Liebaridn. guitar and mandolin. in Arthur. A letter from'.a Brussels -area Within recent weeks one Muslim faction has.kLipt the Palestinian Harold Walsh' has purchased A public. meeting was held in resident caused considerable d discussion at the meeting of the' refugee camps hear Beirut under, such close seige that children an Harry Campbell's farm at Belgrave, BeIgrave to begin, planning the new old people have starved to death because their captors refused to arena building for, the village. A governors of the Wingham and allow,,Red Cross food trucks inside the camp perimeters. FEBRUARY 1953 committee of Stan Hopper, Mason District Hospital. The letter stated r US MUSI,l So complicated are the relationships, between the various m Mr. and Mrs. John Sangster of Robinson, Bob Coultes and Norman that anxiety had been caused to a atrick. Street, factions that few Westerners are able to -understand just who is an P . Wingham, were Cook was named t6 gotoLondonand family after a story had been enemy of whom, and for what reasons. Into this Impond6rable well surprised When about 60 relative's see various arenas. William Coulteg, broadcast on CKNX, concerning W A has droppedI Church of England good will envoy Terry Waite, who and friends gathered to do honor on Gordon Pengelly and Albert Bieman injuries to a family member. ,has done more than almost any other Westerner to free many of the the 40th anniversary of their wed- will see the agricultural engineer discussion, followed about the hostages held by one or,anoth6r of these warring factions. Waite has ding. and Mrs. Ted Fear, John Nixon and hospital's right to release any in- -enc e E - formation about patients. Lawrence Hiseler announces Lewis Cook were narned, a fund now been missing and unaccounted for more than a month. Each of the engagement' of his daughter, 'raising committee. the warring groups disclaims knowledge of his whereabouts or Winner of the Marguerite Burrell xtP fix Joan Christine, to William Thomas Reeve A. D. Smith of Turnberry responsibility for his captivity. Armstrong, son of Mi.. and Mrs. Township ha� received word that the Trophy to the senior skater in •The entire situation, of course, has been made ever so much more Wingham Figure Skating Club Mark Armstrong, West Wawanosh. County of Huron Highways e judged on improvement, personality difficult by the evidence that Americans were prepared to meddle clandestinely In the hostage situation by secretly Sending arms to and all-round help to the club, was Iran,in exchange for the'freedorn of some, of their countrymen who Joanne Wood. were held captive In the Middle East. Darwin Weber was judged king of Western governments are attempting to understand the workings the Fordwich carnival and Suzanne of the Oriental mind and they are not succeeding. Machan the queen of theevent. The best centennial couple was Mrs. Jack Wilson and Warren Zurbrigg.' an Sanderson has purchased the house adjacent to his'property in vv the village of Wroxeter from Mrs. Charles Lawrence of Gorrie. Budgets are predictable Mardi Adams, Bob Loree, Janice >z hKieffer and Carol Adams comprised the 1972-73 Madill Reach for the Top team. n al budget Very seldom doe ,c really offer R p,_g9vernment's annual surprises and last week's versiorimas no exception. With an election due In two yeprs or less, and the public opinion polls rating the Progressive Conservatives In a distant third place position, there was 'The Senator of ariy heart breaking tax Increases. Naturally they e �fio rea I likelihood 'don't want to make any unnecessary enemies'for'the next. few John Hanna Celled �JR imonths, Yes, there,�vere a few Increases, but they were pretty safe ones. 25 year-tago Ten or 15 cents more on a package of cigarettes w I I I -offend only those Jl A recent letter. from Harold Idiots who haven't quit yet and another cent a litre on gasoline won't whsq4 Cantelon'of Tweed, Ont. reminded hurt too much. The Advance -Times that 19871s the Equally predictable was. the response from the two parties In 25th anniversary of the death of John opposition. When was the last time you ever heard of an 'o Hanna, long-time member of the On-, tario, uce. member admitting that there wad anything acceptable In a legislature for Huion:-Rr government's budglet? Of course the assigned task of the oppdSition' Is 10 the men's John was the owner of to find fault with all the ruling party proposes, but It would Indeed be r6freshing, once More in Wingham which still wear 0 in a wh I le, to hear the opponents admit It that at least a the family name. He was a bears 4, budtiot could have been worse. _Ieolofful figure, who was comi�only Go6dnesa knows, the present government has faced enough known in Toronto political circles as SS a ernbirra' in scandals within the past few months to seriously a the Senator". He retained suite its r 161pair rddiblllty as far as the average voter Is concerned, but its in the Royal York Hotel for many actual record of achievement Is not all, that dreadful. Unemployment, years, *here friends from Wingham though Still higher ffia" 11 should be 16 a, prosperous nation,, has been and area were always welcome. ,octatlohed more by the numbers of people entering the work, force Inflection Is among the lowest levels In that! bV 166� of existing job Aftciehis death the business was rho warlwand new and In -coming Industries promise of more jobs in It d' by 'ClWre Canteloh, a 'brother of Harpid thetitionod above, ar fofuro. the, toamnably tie Truth Is that- Canada, Is one of the truly fortunate countries In the who had, belail the store's active "fity to beef and complain. Such Cornplaints Manager for many years. 16001 undoe0andabto when they co•me from NeWfoundland,ailii fhd Following Clarelg , death, HEA; '9 CAUPAION Canve&pot,4 th Wh9hath 061160ted for oiho� irodg of the iatid whore dioceepancles and lae4uallfles 0011 owl , forship re'vert6d to his wife, 'the the , llf�'art and%te;06 FoOdation oarflor thJ6, wook. dan A10ohdor ca/1- 6mv - AN Mt& Stuokoyl 0�10.1406 100hfArlo, h6ikovor, w#,havo little rot for co.mplal J 14 ed 6AA6 V. Rba Grant 6h Minh/6 81rd6t. .1 . ml� Dw en i LL k"