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Drug bills success and failure Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Guelph Street Georgetown GARNET COWSILL Publisher and General Manager Editor Phone J FOREMAN Advertising Manager Page Wednesday September Dont be fooled Don be fooled when town council sets a budget of nearly million for a municipal complex Just like all major construction projects there will be delays and cost overruns On paper it looks as if it might be possible to build a new town hall or the stated The discussion of cost for the proposed complex makes an interesting debate First of all the public doesn know exactly how much will be in 1987 That s because the town needs to do an appraisal on excess properties owned by the municipality When these properties are listed as excess sometime before Dec 31 they will be appraised The lands just might not be sold One thing appraisers dont do is guarantee that you will find a buyer willing to pay your price within a certain period of lime Although supporting the project Coun Joe Hewitt wondered out loud last week if a 75 per square foot cost is realistic He was told by consultants that architects will redesign the building to maintain the town budget The problem again is that the town first need find someone willing to build their new town hall at the per square foot price There might not be any takers Nevertheless we feel council is doing a fairly good job to make sure costs are kept down and that taxpayers won t be overly burdened We agree Pam Johnstons suggestion of ren ting space in the new complex to help defray costs while at the same time leaving some rooms vacant for expansion Leaving too much space however could prove to be burdensome and will increase construction costs What if our town staff demand does not grow at the expected rate We 11 be left with a white elephant Councillors should be conservative about decisions on unused space At the same time it makes good sense to plan for the future Keeping the costs down won t be impossible But we re not expecting miracles We hope you re not Acton tannery More to be done It was a sad day Tor Acton for all of Halton Hills and for Halton Region The gates at the Beardmore tannery were closed Friday and the plant will not re open for workers who lost their jobs Three months ago Canada Packers announced its intentions to sell the tannery No news has been forthcom ing about a potential buyer no one expects the building to reopen as another tannery While the news has been encouraging about workers fin ding alternate employment there are still a number of hardship cases Those who are middle aged can t apply for a special stipend provided by the government unless they are over years Young employees with children to sup port and a home to pay off are under special pressure to find work without interruption In the meantime there has been no name calling bit or panic Workers have been praising their com for doing their utmost to relocate the unemployed Many have singled out Mayor Russ Miller for what he has done to help the workers There still remains a need to help find new jobs for workers no longer on the company payroll In addition At ton requires another industry to take the place of the tan nery If the business core is expected to grow in this part of Halton Hills there needs to be a base of people who do not have to commute to Oakville or Milton Almost in an uneventful way a part of the town history slipped by without notice or with little grief Weekend athletes Staff Comment There ore more great athletes In the world than most people realize What makes a great athlete is dedication lo sport and a playful en thuslasm Dunne my two weeks at Si Michael a Hockey School in Toronto our wise Instructor understood this idea of greatness Everyone has the chance to be great Those who achieve greatness arc those who do the most with the talent they have he said As a mediocre hockey player of years I gladly embraced lhat wisdom and believed In my chance to be great 1 have combined thai in definition with that corny adage You must have fun to sue at sport and have come up with my own definition of the great athlete This definition places many weekend athletes among the greatest They ore Ihe kind of men and women who playing for money a scholarship or the praise from a parent They make their way to arenas and sports fields on their own steam and return with less steam than younger competitors The weekend athlete Is the kind of guy who avoids full length mirrors but would rather view himself In the medicine cabinet mirror There without distractions of lower parts he can view his most noble features And when winter a regal jaw and a powerful neck rest of bis body la Irrelevant at like AD that matters is Toronto Did you know can substitute a cheaper drug for the one named on your lit to tell Thai was just one of the In tidbits that became public during Iht dispute over Bills and Those bills wen Health Minister Murray attempt to bring drug prices under control It should result in If not lower drug costs or government at least a slower of growth Politically bills wire both a success failure for the I They were success in that tht proved willing to tackle a topic drug price- spreading where the former Conservative government I find a solution On side was the gutting of Hill 3 by the combined Conservative opposition In order to the onus for ling off pharmacists and on to drug ana wholesalers The Li of There arc GOOD pharmacies and ewer than 100 drug manufacturers and wholesalers in The bills arc actually fairly technical but at the risk of over slmpllfylig they might be described in the following way Gill outlaws price- spread technique whereby drug Com panics sold their drugs to a rate less than the of ficial price they gave the govern The official price was used by the province to pay tor the drug benefits of senior citizens and welfare The pharmacies and turtrs would pocket the difference Bill on the other hand insists thai certain drugs be considered in that ihc cheapest ilways be used This is the famous debate between brand name drugs Imeanlng usually a more expensive drug from the that developed the pro duct and generic drugs usually Queens Park meaning a cheap copy of the ingredients In the brand name drug At the provincial level it comes down to the government sometimes deciding what medicine people will have And that means of course order the cheapest drugs which hap pen to be the generics iThe prices will be posted For example doctors used to be able to print Or rubber stamp their prescription forms with the phrase no substitution on it The could give only whnt the doctor ordered Bill makes thai illegal The doc tor must write no substitution In long hand now something the On Medical Association responded to by recommending doctors do so for people undergoing prolonged drug therapy Too many no substitutions however can get a doctor in vcstlgated None of this would matter of course except there t appear to be a consensus on how safe drugs art relative to name rands The generics don get the same testing nor are the per non active ingredients In any particular drug the same in a generic as cdtoobrandname PC critic Belle Stephenson wanted all generics tested for tox icology before they could be used Her amendment was beaten In contrast the ministry view Is why reinvent the whciP The drugs have been tested for outsider can only shrug and the bureaucrats know what tit ask his druggist not to substitute irst it sucked up his credit then his wallet and finally records and wishes he was an yean sooner Even If that meant on Inking a gold medal in the breast stroke There is a sport the weekend athlete believes he could set world standards in but he found it Perhaps he should hove taken lessons offered at Hi wonders This fella loves sport Without question without him there would be no professional sports He has an where he rates next to the pros Without him fewer people would care about the arc and svish of I Bird last second pointer or an over the shouldtr finger tip Super Bowl winning The weekend athlete is the kind of guy who knows enough about sports to manage or coach a team but he would rather own it Hi speaks In Mils Pets even furlongs It Is skill that is lured in school Even the worst math student could recite the number of every Toronto Map It Leaf playir and something of their statistics for thevear This guy t be afraid to tell the pros how to win a few more games He is the captain video the sky and man in booth who has the answers to the questions Citizens forum UW getting support Sept a new strvict for Hills opened its doors Hit public The United Way of Hilton Hills has moved into its new offices at South Suite and the volunletrs and staff will quite busy as Ihey arc in tht midst preparing for its inaugural cirri paign its inauguration in Ihc spr ing of the United had been using the generously donated by The Acton Social vnes and Information Centre unlit the volunteers looked or a penrn ntnt location There wert several people who helped out In mike our i pining day memorable We received lowers from both Frank Van in Pine Valley Farms coffee and donuts from Jim Walker of Tim and a variety of sup plies from Lynn Ferguson of Mac Milk on Mountainview There has already been a trtmen demonstration of community support both in volunteer lime and contributions for United Way and this is us icknowledgmtnl of Iht overall sup port or United Way of Hills Yours truly JimKinnun President Make government pay The ink Is barely dry on Bill as a Family Physician 1 already find myself caught in a dilemma There is now available a new vaccine to prevent a serious farm of Spinal Meningitis In all children over two years of age The government is stalling and refuses to for this vaccine is so ex pensive that 1 must charge per shot to even Of course now must ask my patients whether or not the in iffi lins for their child I thought the I promised ihls would ntvtr happen again in Ontario Now thai I lost my right to be at arms from govern control I must fear the conse quences of on behalf of my patients to trj to force the government to do what is necessary Now lhat government totally controls my working condl lions how will they respond at the next negotiating session if I make them look bad on this or any patient Issue What will government decide not to pay for next Who Is left in dependent to speak up for the needs of the patients You will have an opportunity in the next election to send a loud message to all who would Interfere with the quality of your health Sincerely yours billot Larry Pew students not immunized Only per cent of Regions pupils haven been fully Immunized says s medical officer of health That translates into students who fully immunized cording lo the current school records Of these 633 ore exempted for medical reasons religious belief or conscience As for the rest of I pupils most of them are new to the system and it merely a mailer of the nurses getting immunization formation from parents and feeding the data into the computer system In comparison to the provincial rate of cent unimmunized is in envious position with only per cent of its pupils not fully immunized says Graham In January 1962 Immunization of School Pupils Act as passed re quiring Ontario students up to 16 years old be fully immunized against measles mumps rubella diplherla tetanus and poliomyelitis in order to attend school The purpose of he legislation is to control the development and spread of the diseases It also requires the medical officer of health to keep a record of immunization for pupils In private or school In GIT or 4 per cent of pupils arc fully Immunized Haltons from our files In your opinion Why support Terrys Run you will dont mm with me glare and that majestic profile The athlete is a com guy Ha look at old world looking In the winter he becomes the arm chair athlete finds a winter sport or both The cold months are also a time to remember the plays of summer He remembers his best catches throws refutably amazing and equal with the best the greatest in the world Jamie Mitchell I shook Terry a hand when no was here I figured If he can do ft with one leg then I can do It with two George Williams 1 think its a very good cause My wife hud cancer and they cancer society need the money Loll To earn some money for the Mi Terry Fox dream and I hope someday they find a cure for cancer AGO A Legion dart team tram Branch 120 won the Canadian championship at the dian National Exhibition The team of Joe Stamp Earl Hornby Cord Jamleson Alex Korzack Ed McDer mott Rocco Lorusso and Harry Bot was captained by Ken DeRose Betty Zillo daughter of Mr and Mrs Antonio of Terra Col la married Max Stafford at Glen Williams United Church Rev E Gill married the couple of Turru Cottn and Anne Chalker daughter of Mrs Albert and the late Mr of Victoria Avenue graduated from the General 1 I YEARS AGO Joseph Ilutton officially opened Georgetown newest school St Francis of Assist School at Sinclair Avenue and Duncan Drive It Is Mr first principal position An American drag race driver died at the Toronto International on the Township Fourth Line Richard Har of Kansas died when his vehicle crashed into a bank Ken McNobb led over entries competing for the award He was second in livestock second in farm safely and fifth in field crops John Nurse third overall and Mary Anderson was eighth TEN AGO The Siberian Husky of Mary and Steve Mills won best in breed at Canadian Championship In New Brunswick Shamus also claimed fourth In the working group in the competition of dogs Joan Harris daughter of Mr and Mrs John Harris of Georgetown was called to he British Columbian Bar She is a graduate of the of Windsor law program and lives with her husband Denis who is also a lawyer Mabel Sanderson Lou Hunter Peggy Corman and MaryJo Ploui were the four local ladles who did well at a ninehole tournament In Oakville 1VF AGO Five local lists presented their work for a group show at the Gallery House Sol on Charles Street In Georgetown featured in show la work by Frank Black Jo Walteroon Reg Day and Naur Rev Tom Dandy Is the new minister of St Andrew United Church He is also the minister it Uw united church In Balllnaf ad