Wednesday September 1989 Page Many lives In Bangladesh are saved through access to clean drink big water proper sanitation ImmunUation and basic health care education Photo courtesy of Group needs funds to help Third World The executive chief of an Ottawabased organization serving Third World countries was in Georgetown last week to protest federal government cuts to overseas aid John Martin said the Unitarian Service Cooperation of Canada Canada has had federal government support since the groups inception under Hitschmanova in But under the federal governments April budget the will lose 000 funding for the 198990 fiscal year The impact of these cutbacks is already being felt by our Third World partners the USC said in a report sent to 30 cities visited in Ontario last week The first peo ple to fall victim to these cutbacks are children living in Third World communities The serves six countries In Africa and four Asia spending annually on Bangladesh a poverty stricken country in India But Bangladesh funding will be cut by next year CIDA Cana dian National Development Agen- cy the federal body that When trucks trains and fish col tide Whats it like to be in a train crash This is not something you ponder over breakfast each morning and it certainly isn t something local resident John Sommer expected as he left Saturday morning for Kitchener Mr Sommer hopped on the 18 a m train Satur day It was a little chilly that day eight degrees and the sun was shining into the windows when the train came to an abrupt stop On a crossing outside Guelph the train collided with a truck loaded with dead rout from a trout farm on its way to market Mr Sommer said We passengers sat in the immobilized train for about hours and were eventually taken away by taxi the hapless passenger from Georgetown told the Herald But during the entire time the trains dlesel power was snuffed out and the brake system was jammed passengers were left in the dark about the tram cot tiding with the truck Mr Sommer later found out the trucks driver was taken to hospital badly cut up and damaged but alive The damaged train was pulled by a locomotive into Guelph station The seven Georgetown passengers aboard the outof commis sion vehicle arrived back at the Georgetown station at about 11 30a m it was rather a macabre touch Mr Sommer said Some of the dead trout had attached themselves to the tram Thats how we guessed when the train had finally stopped kilometres away from the accident what we had collided with When the Toronto train taking passengers back to Georgetown passed the scene of the accident dead fish were littered around the tracks Mr Sommer said Some of the trout had been gathered into wooden boxes presumably still fit to be eaten Maybe John Sommers next train trip will be less eventful Tax should be lowered disperses federal funds will pass decreases on to the Mr Mar tin said The USC attempts to educate those in Third World countries in all aspects of life from reading and writing to farming and sewing It is a grassroots organization said Mr Martin who has visited many of the USC projects in Africa and Asia The focus is basically on train people to get control of their own lives Mr Martin said The USC chief said it is discouraging for the group s overseas partners to hear Canada s foreign aid budget is cut The USC learned that federal grants through CIDA will be frozen over the next three years The will not meet the rate of inflation or expanding overseas aid as hoped Mr Martin said The USC is urging people to write their local MP for funding to be restored to overseas foreign aid charitable foundations dollars translate into life for thousands of children the group says Without USCs help many children will die Bishop Reding Parents Association will meet on Monday Oct 2 at 30 m in the schools Resource Center Come and find out whats happening at your childs school and hear in guest speakers This is our election night come and get involved its a lot of fun and a great way to meet people Immunization clinics Regional Health Department is holding lm clinics every second Tuesday of each month from 3 30 m to p Apple day Its Apple Day this Friday and Saturday in Halton Hills Youll be able to get an apple from scouts at the shopping plazas on Friday evening and scouts will be carrying apples throughout the town all day Saturday Proceeds from Apple Days go towards scouting in Halton Hills Town comes out against GTA out from 1 Other councillors speaking against POWER s proclamation said there was no proof that the GTA is accountable to the people Coun Serjeantson said the group is becoming more democratic Rural Spence said he would support the POWER proclamation if the group took the damnation out of its letter to the province Coun said it is premature to leave the GTA in its early stages Its a trial thing he said Its going to have its growing pains the GTA weJe all aware of this Several councillors admitted they knew very little about the GTA Couns Al Cook and Pat Mc Carthy both voted for POWERS proclamation and both said they were ill informed from Page 1 meetings that I would take their suggestions back to Ottawa Mr Turner said Ive certainly taken steps to make sure that the message is passed on Finance Minister Wilson knows my particular tion Hills residents asked the MP to cut the federal government spending to lower the deficit and the sales tax A number of Tory MPs are coming up with similar messages Mr Turner said following the morning session of the House of Commons Monday The people of Hills are echoing a fairly widely held public sentiment But Mr Turner said there is no guarantee Mr Wilson will listen to him or to other representatives in Ottawa Good service good coverage good price- Thats State form Garth Turner The finance minister might not believe the proposed goods and services lax needs changing he said Right now hes adopted a pret ty firm stance that he feels he got the proposed tax right Mr Turner said But 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