Page §&, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, May 30, 1984 Crackdown on drinking drivers this summer The O.P.P. will be on a full scale alert this summer for drinking dri- vers, according to a joint statement made by On- tario Solicitor General George Taylor and O.P.P. Commissioner Archie Ferguson. The summer months of June, July and Aug- ust are the worst times for accidents on Ontario highways. Deaths aris- ing from traffic acci- dents also hit their high- est counts in the same months. Accident figures have been tumbling steadily over the past five years, Reintroducing Grand Dé. 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The O.P.P. will be using a variety of dif- ferent tactics to re- duce impaired driving during the summer and the portable breath- testing device and the 12-hour suspension will be used to their fullest. In a recent message to all 4,200 O.P.P. mem- bers, Commissioner Archie Ferguson said that the population in the O.P.P. jurisdiction increases dramatically ' with the influx of visitors in the critical months of fine weather. The O.P.P. will be making a two-pronged attack on the drinking and driving problem. Enforcement of the Criminal Code will re- main at the same high level as in the past few months, and a publicity blitz will be under- taken so that visitors to vacation areas will not be taken unaware by the positive enforcement be- ing done by the O.P.P. The O.P.P. now has | 383 A.L.E.R.T. breath- testing machines which can be used to test dri- vers at the side of the road. If a driver fails the test, he is taken to the local O.P.P. detachment for a breathalyzer test. A 'warn' reading on the machine will result in a driver's licence being suspended for 12 hours. Last year, the O.P.P. used the licence sus- pension procedure 10,000 times. Schreiber Scribbles continued from page 6 winners were Helen Wallace and Huck Gerow. The next meet- ing will be June 15th. Mr. and Mrs. Macadam from Thunder Bay are visiting the Russel Macadams. Youth Retreat... continued from page 7 ish with the Sunday morning service at 10:30 a.m. The Friday even- ing rally at 7:30 p.m. as well as the Saturday rally at 6 p.m. and the Sunday service at 10:30 a.m. are all open to the public. Please phone 825-9368 for more in- formation. Tan: The Corporation of The Township Mainstieam Canada Telephone idea has a bad ring by W. ROGER WORTH Canada's telephone companies, it seems, want us to start paying for every call we make, regardless of whether the call is local or long distance. The new scheme, al- ready being heavily pro- moted by the telephone firms that provide ser- vice in Quebec, On- tario and British Colum- bia, is called Local Mea- sured Service. That's another way of saying Canadians will pay for each and every call they make on a cents-per-call basis. The companies claim about 60 per cent of us will pay less for service than we do now, mainly because we don't make many calls. Heavy users will pick up the slack. Indeed, the compa- nies claim the new sys- tem will be fairer. In addition, they contend the overall change won't cost any more, suggest- ing that telephone com- pany profits will remain about the same. Somehow, though, the telephone compani- es have conviently for- gotten that it is expect- ed to cost tens of -mil- lions of dollars to place what amounts to a pay telephone in everyone's house and business. If customers won't have to pay that changeover cost, who will? In addition, the tele- phone companies have yet to explain how the billing system would work. One can envision, for example, getting a telephone bill that re- sembles a bank state- ment with 200 to 300 en- tries outlining the date, time and cost of each local call. Providing such information would be costly, as would the additional postal char- ges resulting from over- weight bills sent to heavy users. To muddy the argu- ment even further, the phone companies claim that revenues from peo- ple using long-distance services now subsidize the cost of local tele- phone service. The phone companies want that changed. Essentially, though, the companies have been using the fair- ness argument to pro- mote the pay-per-call system. But credibility is lacking. In a recent vote among 64,000 mem- bers of the Canadian Federation of Independ- ent Business, for exam- ple, a full 72 per cent of respondents rejected user-pay phones, opt- ing to maintain the pre- sent flat rate billing sys- tem. It's little wonder they voted as they did. For years, the telephone companies have been billing the country's smallest firms at double or triple the residential phone rate, even though the business phone may be rarely used. Organizations like the CFIB have pointed out this inequity to the ' phone companies and the Canadian Radio- Television and Tele- communications Com- mission, but the unfair charges remain. Rather than spend tens of millions of dol- lars on pay-per-call bill- ing system, the com- panies would be better off using the money to overcome the small business problem. EARN, Count on the Classifieds € 'f to Do the Job The Corporation of The Township of Terrace Bay SENIOR CITIZEN APARTMENTS IF YOU ARE FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS OF AGE OR OVER THIS IS OF INTEREST TO YOU! Your Municipal Council in conjunction with Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, is conducting a survey to determine the need for market and assisted rental housing for Senior Citizens in Terrace Bay. Questionnaires are being distributed to Senior Citizens as part of a survey to determine the interest in this type of housing. ONLY BY COMPLETING A QUESTIONNAIRE CAN YOU HELP TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A DEMAND FOR MARKET AND ASSISTED RENTAL HOUSING FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. Seniors interested in obtaining more information ~ should contact The Municipal Office at 825-3315. landmark inn = of Terrace Bay PROCLAMATION WHEREAS Canada is a country where many cultures meet; AND WHEREAS Terrace Bay reflects this national muti- culturalism, and is home to people of many different ethnic backgrounds; AND WHEREAS the Terrace Bay "Lake Superior Multicultural Association will present a Festival of Cultural Activities on June 9, 1984, to make it possible for everyone to experience the benefits of cultural diversity; THEREFORE AS REEVE of the Township of Terrace Bay, | hereby proclaim Saturday, June 9, "Multicultural Day" residents to participate in the events scheduled. Dated.at Terrace Bay this 30th day of May, 1984. 1984 as in Terrace Bay, and | urge all David Speer, Reeve. a \. 50% DISCOUNT ON ROOM RATES 106 Spaclous, Luxurious Guest Rooms * Pool, Whirpool and Sauna * Rusty's Family Rstaurant * Blade & Barrel Steak and Seafood * Restaruant 550 Seat Expressway Night Club "The Den" Lobby Bar Shopping Plaza (County Fair) Meeting Rooms. ** * * -----COUPON MUST BE PRESENTED UPON CHECKING IN---- The Landmark Inn is offering a 50% discount on room rates applicable to second and subsequent nights during your visits. This offer is good until June 15, 1984 and does not apply to ground floor rooms. Advance reservations are required and "aoa r room rates are in effect for your first night's accomodation. Call Tole Free 1 -800-465-3950 landmark inn ers: a iP