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i just tike humans hospital animal gink has its accident victims chronics 4 fr swjl w jhfi tits patiently beside owner mrs v darcle its kinder to keep a dog tied up or id your own yard than to let him run at large is the opinion of dr r b go- kin of the georgetown animal clinic after seeing as many dogs in jured by cars as he has gaskin feels strongly about this use common sense restraint and vaccination are his basic rules for a healthy dog while dogs and cats are the most common patients in the clinic there is an increasing number of caged birds brought in for treatment how do you know a bird is sick if hes a singer when he doesn t sing or if he sits listless and shows no sign of activity despite a lot of old wives talcs about dogs not needing distemper shots until six months he stresses that six weeks for dog- and three months for cats is the ideal time nowadays dogs are vaccinated against dis temper rabtcs and hepatitis a matter of routine each dog vaccinated against rabies- is tag ged and listed at this time of the year dan cer lurks in the melting snow many dogs arc accidentally pois oned when the disappearing snow uncovers toxic agents such as cleaning fluids old bat tery acid or discarded paint drivers who hit dogs with no identification tags are as a rule tcry considerate of the animal frequently they not only bring kim to the clinic but also pay natural enemies seam to forget their tradi tional feuds when they come together in the dinic office neverlheess mac the cat is keeping a wary eye on genie the german shep herd and probably finds some security in the presence of dr bob gaskin watering is bobs son patrick ini viomitqwm ha1alb thursday april 20th 197 pack s tor the treatment it they dont pay dr gastrin treats them any way if unclaimed they are turned over to the dog control officer formerly the lab work had to be done in guelph but now the diagnostic work is done here this includes blood counts culture growth and testing for parasites recently an xray machine was installed while lie does some clipping and grooming the veterinarian insists it la for health and com fort purposes only im not running a dogs beauty ihop he insists with the limited space avail able he boards only a few ani mals but points out there are good boarding kennels in the area with which he is in close contact so you want to be a vet its a long hard six year course advises dr gaskin so hit the books kerrs column mpp reports te georgetown fr que some very interesting facts and figures were revealed by the honourable stanley amdell during the department of ec onomics and development estim ates this past week in legisla ture mr randall began with a brief review of the progress this province is making in ach ieving its long term goals- the target set for the economy for the period 1963 to 1070 was established as follows a average annual growth rate ingross provincial product of 55 b increase of 75000 new jobs per year c reduction of unemployment to a rate of 2 or less by 1970 d average productivity in crease of 25 per year e annual increase in exports of manufactured goods grea ter than 10 per year with overall increase of exports av eraging 5 per year these targets were set as nec- esssary goals if this province was to progress as in the past and maintain its lead as the lar gest and most productive prov ince in canada the results to date are very encouraging and are as follows a ontarios gross provincial product increased by 204 since 1963 compared with a target figure of 165 b total employment has ris en 268 thousand since 1963 ie 43 thousand jobs in ex cess of the target in 1966 a- lone the number of- those em ployed increased by 102 thousand c in 1964 the unemployment rate was 32 in 1965 25 in 1966 it was maintained at 25 a considerable ac complishment in a year of very high immigration and a very large increase in the labour force d ontario has achieved a prod uctivity gain of 27 on av erage over the last three years the productivity rise in 1966 however was below the target figure and consid erably less than 3 advance recorded in the previous two years an important factor there was the reduced rate on growth in such high productivity industries as automobiles e canadian exports fully ma nufactured goods rose by 42in 1964 and 17 in 1985 compared to the urget figure of 10 per year in 1968 the increase was 63 total immigration in ontario for 1966 was 107621 which was 54 of canadas total immig ration from britain is now up 52 over the same period last year mr randall expressed confid ence that further substantial advances would be achieved this year and he indicated his intention to intensify efforts to encourage research and small lnduttry innovation the new ontario research foundation facilities at sheridan park hear oakville will be substantially completed during april this year the province will provide the orf with j775 thousand dollars for research there will also be additional funds for certain industrial research ser vices provided free to ontarios manufacturing industries that provide field engineering and technical information this is of particular value to small com panies farther efforts will be made to increase exports ihrought trade and industry branch pro grams one innovation this year will be the ontario inter national task force a special group of trade experts whose duties and responsibilities will be to find development capital seek new industries and pro mote technological advance through the association of joint industrial ventures and licen sing arrangements at home and abroad the activities of the ontario development corporation will assist ontario firms in becom ing more efficient and competi tive and will aid slow growth areas of the province mr randell stated that the government is prepared to meet problems directly and to cut a path through the impediments to economic progress that he will continue to seek positive means to mature the purpose ful development of our resources the improvement of the quality of the life of our people and the creation of an atmosphere congenial to economic develop ment ontario scout jamboree planned for kelso park a year and a half of planning wil climax in august 1968 when whole new community of over 3000 boy scohts and their leaders is set p at the kelso conservation area the weeklong event will be the first ontario boy scout jamboree and the community will be complete with hospital transportation food fire police and water services ontario has been the scene of canadian and world jamborees before but officials are billing this event as the first ontario jamboree a planning committee headed by d deacon chose the kelso site after visiting a num ber of alternative locations the jamboree is scheduled for august 17 to 24 1968 and among the 3000 boys who will atend 80 per cent will be from ontario 10 per cent from other countries and 10 per cent from other parts of canada special days and events at the tented community will be open to the visitors who will flock to the site from various parts of the province a detailed organization has been developed and from the major steering committee groups are being formed to handle the necessary services from the provisioning of water and fire service necessary for the populationofjiooo site at kelso for toejambbree will be on the eastern section septic tank pumping wmplng til trenching grevil fill haltoh sanitation services ron mid pill mcgowan 77 9255 h heat your home mm modern way with het gat emd smarts chinook automatic gal furnace ci nil hll bmniwgdtptnd- bk nolurol gai will lh ou ro om lie chinook will gl iron ito chinook ftjf hibi high efh- kauinowl of the authority land north of milton heights the helton re- gion conservation authority baa approved the area for the jamb oree which will not interfere with the publics accesa to the flowers for au occasions wedding arrangements cormgm speculty cut flowers and funeral designs we wire flowers rosedale floral m 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