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10 - Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 10 Big Winner at Memorial Hospital Linda Mills was the big winner in the Memorial Hospital pocket calender lottery. Lucky Linda recently walked away with a cheque for $800 from the Memorial Hospital Foundation. Linda's ticket was pulled as the winner of the last draw of 1995. The lottery features daily draws, and last year $15,000 in prizes was awarded. The 1996 draws begin the end of January. Calenders are still available at the Hospital Gift Shop. They cost $20 (proceeds to purchase equipment), and feature daily chances at win- ning prizes ranging from $30 to $500. Linda says that she plans to share her winnings with her family and pay some bills. Pictured here are Roxy Bamres, of Community Care, who sold Linda the lucky calendar, winner Linda Mills, and Doug James, Treasurer of the Hospital Foundation. by Kate Lang Yes, Yes, Yes, the Neighbours column will be returning next week. As many of you have noticçd, I took the month of December off to spend some time with my family. Between rny shift work, my husband's shift work, our young daughter, our part time business, the newspaper articles, and my community service work, there leaves little time to get bored. Yet, as that great old song by Gene Autry goes, "I'rn back in the saddle again." However, the readers are not getting off that easy. I'm looking for "1995's Neighbour of the Year". If you know of someone local who is extra special, please write me at the Orono Weekly Times and tell me why. They can be of any age and don't have to be Nobel Peace Prize nominees. I want regular people who have made a difference just by being themselves, and deserve to be recognized. You have got two weeks. Hope to hear from you! The Hall was used for sev- eral local functions over Christmas and New Year's. On Friday December 29 the Lodge held a special card party, with 12 1/2 tables in play. High score went to Wanda McNeil with 93. 2nd high went to Frank Drinkle with 90. 3rd high Diane Polley with 88 and 4th high By the way, my articles usually have a picture in them, so here is one of rny daughter, Rebecca Dorothy, just because she is so cute! went to Mary Forrest with 83. The 50/50 draw was won by Lorna Crocket and the draw for free admission to the card party on Friday January 12 went to Mabel King. Between each game draws were held; there were ten win- ners. Allan Downes, Robert Drinkle, Willard King, Frances Cathcart, Norm MacGillivary, Bill Grady, Brenda Lowery, Charlie Campbell, Chad Switzer, Jim MacKenzie. Mvbel and Willard King were here from Swift Current, Sask. visiting with Mabel's brother, David Thrower. A hot lunch was served and a good tirne enjoyed by ail. Sorry to report the passing of Bro. Roy Patton. Bro. Roy belonged to Kendal L.O.L. 405 for over 50 years. He and his wife Dolly are former mem- bers of Tyrone L.O.B.A. and were presently members of Kendal Hills L.O.B.A. 1420. Bro. Roy was made an Honorary Member last year and had remained active right up to the November meeting. An Orange Service was held on Monday evening with members of the Men and Ladies Lodges taking part. Our sincere sympathy to Sis. Dolly Patton. Sorry to hear that a friend of the local Lodges, Bro. George Lowery of Beaverton, passed away. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him, always cheerful, with a big smile and wave to all who called out to him. Although he had much trou- ble with his legs, he always managed to take part in the parades and he attended most of the Lodge Suppers in this area. Sincere sympathy to his wife Ann and to his family also his Lodge Brothers. P. Lowery Froim Capital Hi Canada bas failed to pro- tect Canadian low-income seniors while exempting their Anerican counterparts under the recently enacted Canada- U.S. Tax Treaty. This is a deplorable act on the part of Canadian negotia- tors. Simply put, Canadian seniors who worked at one time in the U.S. probably receive American social secu- rity payments. The new treaty allows the American government to tax Canadians 25.5 percent. At the sarne tine the Canadian government, under the agreement, taxes Anericans receiving Old Age Security Pension 25 percent. Seems fair enough you might say. But here's the rub. Many of these Canadians, because of low incomes, paid little or no tax in either coun- try to begin with. Even worse Canada's desire for so-called 'fairness' allows Americans to file a non-resident return and receive a refund. The U.S. government, will not allow a refund for Canadians. Some of you might be say- ing this treaty affects very few. But I caution you we should all be aware of how tax policy evolves in Canada. For example one lady who came to me for help is in her seventies and attempts to exist on $14,000 annually, Canadian money. Approx- imately $4,200 of this is made up of American social securi- ty payments (yes, I have made the conversion). She paid no tax prior to the tax treaty change but now she must pay $1,153. You don't have to be a chartered accountant to see the horren- dous hardship she and people like her are now in. Now what about the offi- cials in the federal Department of Finance. These cushy bureaucrats, with their $100,000+ annual pay cheques and benefit packages- the ones who negotiated the treaty are telling these seniors to lobby the U.S. government. Why? Because they were inept to see the problem coming in the first place. These seniors have seen their incomne plummet by 15 to 25 percent. Let's ask the civil servants who negotiated the treaty to take a similar wage cut and you'll hear themn screan frorn Ottawa all the way to Durham. Americans receiving refunds from the Canadian government, while the Canadian government tells low-income Canadian seniors to lobby Washington speaks volumes about those Canadians who negotiated treaties like NAFTA. In my mind, Canadians come first all the time. Isn't it Canadians who pay for these negotiators? I have already written the Minister of Finance on the unfairness of it all. When I see him in the next few weeks I will bring it to his attention personally. If you know any- one affected by the legislation please have them contact your constituency office. I want the opportunity to speak with them. I'd like to take the oppor- tunity to remind readers to tune into Roger's Cable Television and hear me dis- cuss the issues important to you. In next week's prograrh I will discuss the growth in consumer credit and how it is being pushed upon Canadians by the banks. 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