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Province bails out Homemakers' Red Cross Homemakers Program re By Dave Chmara In light of the recent financial problems with the Canadian Red Cross Society's Homemakers' Program, Community and Social Services Minister John Sweeney has announced the provincial gov- Si, RS aT ai TN ernment will cover the deficits forecast in the program. for the 1988-89 and 1989-90 fiscal years. The provincial government will also cover the deficits of six other not-for-profit organizations across Ontario. ceives deficit funding for two year. The projected deficit for the 1988-89 year is $1.1 million for the Homemaker's Program, and the six other agencies have forecast deficits totalling $700,000. NDP M.P.P. for Lake Nipigon, Gilles Pouliot, said, "It's certainly RE CE Ta Terrace Ba high time the government took this step. Nothing less would have sat- isfied us." Sweeney said, "This funding will ensure the Red Cross and other organizations offering homemaking services can continue to do so." He January 18, 1989 added, "However, there are a num- ber of long term issues affecting homemakers services which must be dealt with. My ministry, the Ministry of Health, and other min- Continued on page 3 - Schreiber viai0-- oooo ARx*S mn 208 Soo So ..© ge & < Oro a c Seo. = --_ i. oe ~ Oe wih Seas < -- ak 0) 40 cents Snow removal crews have been working extra hard with all the snowfall lately. They have a thankless job and no matter where you live, they always plough snow in to the end of your driveway just after you finished shovelling it. Crews just caught up with their work Monday, January 9, and, as might be expected, it snowed on Tuesday. Photo by Dave Chmara Scott Tournament of Hearts district playdowns results By Dave Chmara The Scott Tournament of Hearts was held at the Schreiber Curling Club last Thursday, Friday and Saturday with six teams from Northwestern Ontario taking part in the playdowns. . The playdowns were just one in a series held in districts throughout the province. All of the teams competing in the three day event were from out of town. Those rinks were: Kathie McNulty, Sioux Lookout; Roxanne Botel, Atikokan; and Noreen Donnelly, Keewatin. Barb Spadoni, chairperson of the playdowns committee, said, "It worked out great with six teams and three sheets of ice." The teams were competing to advance to the next round, the provincials, of the Scott - Tournament of Hearts. _ Those provincial playdowns will take place in Nipigon-January Sinclair, Lakehead; Linda 31 and will see 10 teams compet- Churchley, Fort William; Taffy -- ing to advance to the nationals. Drajanoff, Geraldton; Julie Thursday, just before the com- Continued on page 7 Above are the two teams who will be advancing to the provincial Scott Tournament of Hearts to be held in Nipigon. The top rink, Lakehead, from left to right are Kathie Sinclair, Kim Tolan, Donna Rae Craig, and Diane Pushkar. The bottom rink, Geraldton, from left to right are Taffy Drajanoff, Karen Saarimaki, Lynn Nicklin, and Pam Hunt. Photos by Dave Chmara Belluz Realty Ltd. Simcoe Plaza Terrace Bay, Ont POT 2W0 Juris Zdanovskis Broker | 1-807-824-2933 1-807-825-9393 Auto Insurance 'Rates only going up from here onin Page 2 INSIDE THIS WEEK Terrace Bay Council MNR There's lots happening at Natural Resources Pages8&9 Local council meeting report Page 3 SUPERIOR SHORELINE INSURANCE LTD. The Northshore Insurance Specialists! Gord Moorey 825-9492 825-9646