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The Independent, Canadian Statesman Weekender, Bowmanville, Saturday, May 14,1994 19 IGA Stores Start Spring Cleaning Auctions "Kahn Country Auctions" Every Wed. at 6:30 p.m. Located on Brock Rd. Pickering 3 Miles north of Hwy. 401 (Take Exit #399) Featuring every Wednesday an excellent selection of antiques, fine furnishings, glass, china, collectables, primitives and other unusuals. So join us every Wednesday and participate in one of Ontario's "True" auctions with no buy-backs or reserves. Terms: Cash, cheque (with proper proper I.D.) or Visa. Previews from 1:00 p.m. "Consignment and estate estate selling our speciality". Call us today - Kahn Auction Servic- es, 683-0041.' Sun., May 15,11 a.m. (Viewing 10 a.m.) MacGregor & West Estate Auction Sale Antiques, Collectables, Household Effects, Garden Tractor Agricultural Building Orono Fairgrounds (Take Main St., Orono, and turn east at Olco station and follow signs) Auction features partial estate from Orono, plus an excellent offering offering of antique furniture in original original and refinished condition, numerous numerous rare and unique collectables, collectables, plus a selection of articles found in and around the home. Partial list includes dining room set, bedroom set, oak wash- stand, several old dressers and chests of drawers, oak 4' church pew, drop front desk/bookshelf combo, desk and chair, mise, old tables (kitchen, harvest, parlour, work and candle, etc.), large selection, selection, of old chairs and rockers,' 3 old violins, spinning wheel, butter butter churn, rugs, mirrors, ginger beer bottles, rocks and jugs, oil lamps, pine blanket box and stor- . age boxes, old tins, irons, tools, bottles, graniteware, etc., good selection of glass and china (de- ression, R.S. Prussia, Nippon, ennington bowl, etc.), colour, TV, plus numerous household effects, effects, also lawn rollers, Allis. Chalmers garden tractor, outboard outboard motor, chain saws, etc. A large quality sale, something for one and all. Call for all your auction auction needs. (Next sale: Outstanding Outstanding Estate & Antique Holiday Holiday Auction, Sunday, May 22nd.). MacGregor & West Auctions, Auctions, Mike MacGregor, 905-987- 5402, Junior West 905-983-5556. Silipo Announces $6.8 Million Plan For Social Services Tony Silipo, Ontario's Minister of Community and Social Services, has announced a broad strategy to restructure restructure social services which includes includes a $6.8 million Community Innovation Innovation Fund and holding the line on social services funding levels for 1994/95. The Community Innovation Fund will identify and support projects that exemplify restructuring in a way that achieves efficiency, effectiveness and quality of services. Funding will be provided to community-based projects projects that are ready to be implemented implemented this year. "I hope that the Community Innovation Innovation Fund will be just a start to the process of restructuring social services services across the province. The projects we fund will be used as examples of innovative approaches." said Mr. Silipo. Silipo. In an open letter to all of the Ministry's Ministry's Transfer Payment Agencies, Mr. Silipo noted the government's budget plan is working. "We are creating and saving jobs, holding the line on taxes, bringing spending under under control, and reducing the deficit. There is reason for optimism. But in order to sustain the economic growth we are beginning to experience, the government must continue to meet its fiscal targets." Mr. Silipo also explained that the internal operating budget for his ministry ministry was reduced by 5.2 per cent last year and that he expects similar savings savings this year. "The coming months and years arc sure to be challenging for the Ministry and its agencies," said Mr. Silipo. "This represents an opportunity opportunity to make a significant difference to our service delivery system and, more importantly, to the people we serve." It's time to spring clean Ontario! On Saturday, May 14, the owners and staff of 180 IGA stores, in over 120 communities across Ontario, will get together with their customers and local community groups for IGA's first-ever Hometown Spring Clean- Up Day. Thousands of volunteers are expected expected to pitch-in to help pick up local local litter. Volunteers will be organized organized into six to eight person Hometown Clean-Up Crews to spiff up neighbourhood parks, alleyways, woodlots, river banks, school yards, beaches and anywhere else litter is found across Ontario. Everyone from pre-schoolers to seniors are welcome to roll up their sleeves and work el- bow-to-elbow to put the sparkle and shine back into their communities. "Hometown Spring Clean-Up Day is a great new addition to IGA's Hometown Proud program," says Jack Scott, president of Oshawa Foods, wholesaler to IGA. "We introduced introduced the Hometown Proud program over three years ago. Last year we launched Hometown Trees as part of the program, during which thousands of volunteers planted more than 12,000 trees in neighbourhoods across Ontario all on one day. It was one of the province's largest treeplanting treeplanting efforts ever." Glad to Help Anyone interested in taking part in IGA's Hometown Spring Clean- Up Day should contact their local IGA store. Volunteers will be armed with free GLAD TO HELP garbage baes and GLAD Blue» Baes for recy clable litter, donated by Clean-Up Co-Sponsor First Brands (Canada) Corporation's, manufacturer of GLAD products. "We're very pleased to co-sponsor IGA's Hometown Spring Clean-Up Day," says Gary Krupa, Sales Manager, Manager, First Brands. "It's an excellent program that focuses on bringing neighbours together socially to improve improve their community's environment." environment." "IGA: A Community-Focused Retailer "IGA is committed to addressing the interests and concerns of its communities", communities", says Mr. Scott. "We are proud of our neighbourhoods and want to do our part to make sure they stay attractive without unsightly litter or refuse. We've had terrific response to our Hometown Proud program, and we eagerly look forward to cleaning up Ontario on May 14." ■ IF YOU HAD RECEIVED THIS AD IN YOUR MAILBOX YOU WOULD HAVE THROWN 75% That's a silly way of stating what is a documented fact. 75% of all advertising mail meets a sad end. In the trash can! Of the 25% that We keep, most we don't even read at that time. We set it aside, to come back to. Or to forget about completely. Three times as many people would prefer to receive their price and cost information in their newspaper. There, it's all together in one neat package. Complete and ready for comparison. When people turn to their paper, they turn there with interest. Which means that's where your advertising message needs to be. With all the" choices available, it's difficult deciding how best to advertise advertise your business. But everything becomes a little simpler when you remember one mle... YOU GOTTA BE IN THE PAPER. This message sponsored by this newspaper and the Ontario Community Newspaper Association