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. Jan. 1. BELLUZ Realty Ltd. Simcoe Plaza Box 715 Terrace Bay Ontario POT 2Wo JURISZDANOVSKIS Office - 825-9393 BROKER / MVA Home - 824-2933 Serendipity Gardens Cafe & Gallery Fully Licensed Birthday Discounts - Christmas Catering Open Daily at 11 a.m. Main Street 824-2890 ROSSPORT, ONT aN Volume 46 No. 49 Tuesday, December 8, 1992 Towns considering one welfare administration by Darren MacDonald Staff Schreiber and Terrace Bay are in the process of finalizing plans to merge the two town- ships' welfare administrations. If the proposal is approved by both town councils and the Ministry of Community and Social Services, one person could be administering welfare cases for both towns as soon as Both councils agreed to pursue a joint system of delivering welfare 66 The basic motive is eco- nomic... The race Bay averages 15-20 cases a month. So in order to qualify for the grant, the towns would have to integrate their welfare administrations. "Tt looks as though, because we have a heavier caseload, Schreiber would be the deliver- ing agency," says Gauthier. "So the person designated as the Welfare Administrator would go to Terrace Bay two-half days a week --basically the same as it is now, I believe." The proposal at their joint meet- ministry would doesn't include hir- ing last month. pay 50 percent ing someone new They agreed to ofthecostof to become the have both Clerk- + ne administrator. Treasurers and the the administra Instead, an existing present Welfare tive part. 99 township employee Administrators meet to come up with a propos- al. "The basic motive is eco- nomic," says Schreiber Clerk- Treasurer Aurel Gauthier. "The ministry would pay 50 per cent of the cost of the administrative part of delivering welfare pro- grams, where we received absolutely nothing before." The province pays 80 per cent of the cost of most welfare benefits, with municipalities picking up the remaining 20 per cent. However, the town- ships pay the full cost of having their employees administer welfare. A Ministry of Community and Social Services subsidy is available for communities who have welfare caseloads totalling more than 50. The subsidy covers 50 per cent of the salary of a Welfare Admin- istrator. Schreiber's caseload aver- ages 35-40 a month, while Ter- in Schreiber would take over the job for both towns. Right now, Judy Wilcox handles welfare administration for Terrace Bay, and Nadine Anderson does it for Schreiber. "The administrator would handle all of the paperwork involved with the cases, and we would pay our portion of wel- fare claims to Schreiber," says Terrace Bay Clerk-Treasurer Dave Fulton. "And all the claims would be submitted to the Ministry by the Township of Schreiber." Fulton says there are advan- tages of having one person han- dle welfare cases besides eco- nomic ones. "There would also be the advantage of standardizing welfare policies between the two communities so that each place deals with welfare on exactly the same basis," says Fulton. "Whether you applied for assistance here or in continued on page 2 The Terrace Bay-Schreiber CWS | News Stand 50 cents incl. G.S.T. SUPERIOR SHORELINE INSURANCE LTD. We represent 8 different insurance companies so that we can get the best rates for *Home *Auto , *Business > *Air Craft *Mobile Home LiBoutlier B95 9499 by Darren MacDonald Staff Phil holds Charlotte, the 11-week-old Vietnamese, potbellied pig. It's a pigs life was in a position to acquire a rather unusual pet--an 11-week-old Vietnamese Pot Bellied Phil's Pet Birds and Supplies owner Phil Pig. Desilets has come up with a unique solution to a common problem. Because his daughter and his wife are allergic to dogs and cats, the family couldn't have a traditional family pet. However, as the owner of a pet store Phil "I heard that they're smarter than dogs," says Phil, explaining why he bought the pig. "And that they're really clean, and make good pets." continued on page 15 TERRA CE BAY INSURANCE LTD. New Revised Auto & Property Rates We offer Mature Owners Discounts, Claims Free Discounts, Non Smokers Discounts & Alarm Credits SIMCOE PLAZA TERRACE BAY 825-3246 * Home * Business * Auto *Cottages" . * Recreational Vehicles * Etc. TERRYO'NEILL