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Children. Dr. Elliott Barker, the society's founder, addressed the Midland club last spring. Member Fred Hacker, and current president Herb Henderson, are the driving force behind the recently launched mail campaign seeking a $100 donation from each of the 400 English-speaking Rotary Clubs wi Midland Rotarians backing Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children by Murray Moore The Midland and District Rotary Club is organizing the first Canada-wide Rotary Club project, in support of the Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ll be asked for $100 each Clubs in the country. Dr. Barker, a psychiatrist who works with the criminally insane at the Oak Ridge division of the Penetanguishene Mental Centre, is convinced that the way to stop the creation of the deficient per- sonalities that he sees in Oak Ridge is to educate young people before they become parents in how to be good parents. The Midland Rotary Club is asking every other English-speaking Rotary Club in Canada to give a lifetime subscription to the quarterly journal of the Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to five high schools in its area. _ Dr. Barker believes that if the in- formation is in the schools that it will directly, or indirectly, filter through to those that he is trying to reach. Parenting, ° he is convinced, may be the most im- portant work a person may ever do in their life. The care of the unborn child, and the infant up to three years of age, is the factor _ that determines the personality of that child for the rest of its life, he believes. __. A packet of information about the local Rotary Club's project has been mailed to the other Canadian Rotary Clubs. Responses should be forthcoming in a month. to six weeks, local club president Henderson said Wednesday. The Midland club has also produced a 30 minute filmed interview with Dr. Barker, with the co-operation of the local cable television station. Copies of the film will be made available to the other Rotary clubs, and MacLean-Hunter's other Ontario stations. q Santa coming to town Santa Claus will be in Midland tomorrow afternoon for the Midland Civitan Club's annual Santa Claus Parade which starts sharp at 1 p.m. At 2:30 p.m. he has ac- cepted an invitation from the Midland BIA to meet people of all ages at the former Graham Swales store on King Street in Midland. These pictures were taken of St. Nick during last year's Midland Rec may € g a few pounds. % at Hockey League's children's Christmas Party and an earlier Santa Claus Parade in town. We're told Santa has since gained Electricity cheapest fuelin 'due course' by Murray Moore _ Studies have shown that electricity in "due course' will be a cheaper fuel than gasoline or oil, Hugh _Macaulay, chairman of Ontario Hydro, said yesterday. Two-third's of Ontario Hydro's electricity will be nuclear in origin by the end of this decade, he said. the Because two Firefighting... sources of electricity used by Ontario Hydro, water and uranium, are present in the province, Hydro can offer a stable rate to Ontario con- sumers, he said. Macauley did not show concern that the question of how best to dispose of the radioactive waste created at Hydro's nuclear power stations is not near being an- swered. The waste accumulated to present is safely stored in pools of water, he said, and can be kept in that state safely forever. Research into the best way of storing the spent fuel is ongoing. The fact that arbitrary deadlines for progress set by the federal government are not being met does not worry him. Ontario's citizens want nuclear power, he said, even if they don't want it in their own community. But a person couldn't pick a safer place to work than in one of Ontario Hydro's nuclear power generating plants, or a safer place to live than on the opposite side of the fence from one of Hydro's plants, the Hydro chairman said. Applicants for jobs in a Hydro nuclear power plant are examined to make sure they are healthy, and are regularly examined during their working life until age 65 and retirement, he said. Macauley was at the Ontario Hydro area office in Penetanguishene yesterday during a visit to the area. ... training Penetang smoke-eaters are keen When - Penetanguis- hene's 20-man volunteer fire department isn't responding to general alarms you can usually find Fire Chief Ted Light and his men at the fire hall al least once a week for training. Two nights ago aside from taking part in a training program, firefighters undertook an inventory check of all equipment the brigade owns and operates. "We meet for training the first and second Wednesday month. of each The tkird Wednesday is mutual aid while the last Wednesday is set aside for a regular business ' night however you can find the fellows at the hall more nights than that,' a proud Fire Chief Light observed this week. "We usually have a dozen or more guys out on these nights and it is encouraging to see how they take an interest in the department and in Time togive 'the gift of life' Blood donors' clinic, Dec. 9at Midland Legion The date to remember is Wednesday, Dec. 9. That's when Huronia Branch of the Red Cross holds its next regular blood donors' clinic. It has been scheduled for Midland Legion from 1:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This month's target is 325 pints of blood. Now's the time to challenge family, friends and fellow employees to join you in giving '"'the gift of life."' It is in short supply...... so please do your part next Wednesday...the Huronia Branch of the Red Cross is counting on you. firefighting." Several months ago the local fire depart- ment hosted a Simcoe County Mutual Fire Aid Association meeting in Penetanguishene which attracted well over 150 firefighters to the town from the more than 30 fire departments in the county. The night was set aside for a foam demonstration on a vacant lot next to the K. of C. Hall on Poyntz Street. Later firefighters met inside the hall to con- duct their regular monthly meeting. Busy time ahead for SCBE trustees Trustees associated with the Simcoe County Board of Education will be attending two important meetings next week. On Monday at 8 p.m. in the education centre at Barrie they'll be taking part in the board's 1982 inaugural meeting. That session will involve the picking of a new chairman and vice-chairman for the coming year. 3 Then on Wednesday, they'll meet again for a regular 8 p.m. SCBE meeting. Ward 1 alderman Atleast nine in race as drama mounts BY DOUG REED Those interested in seeking a seat on Midland_-council, to complete the unexpired term of William Orr who was promoted recently to complete the unexpired term of Reeve Catherine Dion have until 5 p.m. today to let their intentions be known to Clerk Mike Owen. So far Owen has received nine letters from local ratepayers who have indicated a willingness to sit on council. The list includes the names of a number of former councillors: Jack Gerow, Miles Blackhurst and Jim Malcolm. As well Bernie Desroches, Margaret Moreau, John Gorman, Stan Dion, Gord Maxwell and Ray Holcomb are listed. During a special council meeting scheduled for 4:30 p.m. this coming Monday, the eight incumbent law-makers will be called upon to pick a new alderman. Procedure The procedure, according to Clerk Owen (as described in the Municipal Act) will be similar to the one followed during a normal election except each member of council must verbally declare who he is voting for. Prior to the actual taking of the vote can- didates for the position must first be nominated from the list of those who have applied for the job. Meanwhile members of the Midland PUC accepted Commissioner Miles Blackhurst's resignation during a special PUC meeting, Wednesday afternoon. The law requires Blackhurst to resign before seeking a positiononcouncil. A similar letter was forwarded by Blackhurst to the town to make everything legal. Should Blackhurst fail to win a seat on council and re-apply for his old job on the public utilities commission, it is expected he'd get that job back. However that river has yet to be crossed! Friday, December 4) 1981, Page 3