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Since the establishment of the programme, I have received a number of questions from constituents in York North. I would like to take this opportunity to clarify some of the misunderstandings and difficulties which have evolved. It is .estimated 548,00 people across the province will be serviced by this new programme. Since the establishment of the plan, the great majority of practitioners in both pharmacy and medicine have pledged their support. The Ontario Pharmacy Association believes that almost 100 percent of all dispensing pharmacies in the province have signed Participation Agreements. The Ontario Drug Benefit Plan is a new programme which was implemented on September 1 of this year. Through this plan a great many people on limited budgets will receive the essential medication they require free of charge. In addition. patients who are maintained on costly drug therapy will be able to remain at home rather than in an institution. Richvale Bantam Rose Trailers were the league champions this year in their division of the York Minor Softball League in which they competed against teams from Thornhill, Maple, Oak Ridges, Victoria Square and Nobleton. This was the first year for the league and the first year of competition for the Rose Trailers. Ont. drug benefit plan Kinsmen Club ’3 new executive All ready for another year of activity is the Kinsmen Club of Richmond Hill, with a new executive taking over the reins October 3 at the regular meeting in the Richvale Lions Hall on Spruce Avenue. Members of the championship_team are seen Rich vale minor ball awards Guiding the club for the coming year will be Queen 3 Perl! Report z William Hodgson MLA. In order to have a prescription filled, simply take your drug card along with your prescription to the pharmacy of your choice. The druggist will hold your Drug Cards You will have received drug cards in September for the months of September, October, November and December. You will also be sent cards in January which will cover your prescription needs for January, February, March and April. After April, you will receive monthly cheque stubs. If you currently receive the family benefits allowance. you are eligible for coverage under the Ontario Drug Benefit Plan. You will receive your drug card in the form of a cheque stub each month. This cheque stub will be attached 5 years residency in Canada, the last year having been spent in Ontario). to your family benefit cheque. You will also be eligible under the programme if you are currently a recipient of the federal guaranteed income supplement or special benefits (people over 65 with York North For example, in the PARCOST Index, there are eight brands of penicillin listed. These brands range in price from $2.50 to $11.10 for 100 tablets. After ex- tensive testing all eight brands of Penicillin were judged to be of the same quality and therapeutic value. Therefore, the Ontario Ministry of Health will reimburse your pharmacist for the lowest priced brand listed. Combination Drugs Many drugs which contain two or more ingredients are not on the approved list. The Ministry of Health has been advised these combination drugs do not have as great a therapeutic value as single above. Front row (left to right) Pat Tomasso, Doug Haviko, Robert Haehnel and Eric Hanalainen. Middle row (same order) Alan Ablett, Richard Mills, Bill Logush, Gary Tripp and Harry Ablett. Back row (same order) Sponsor Roy Cave, Coach Ralph Sawyer, Chris Nicolaou, Harold Levy, Captain Paul Gregoire and Assistant Coach Les Curtin. The quality and price of all the drugs listed under the plan have been stanâ€" dardized. In this way, value is ensured {or both the recipient and the taxpayer. You will probably not be able to get the exact same brand of drug you have been accustomed to. This does not mean. however, that you will be receiving medication of inferior quality. If the drug you need is listed in the PARCOST Comparative Drug Index as in- terchangeable, then you will receive the brand which has the lowest price. certificate for you until the end of the month and will fill in any additional prescriptions you receive during that month. If you move, or wish to change pharmacies in the middle of a month, you are perfectly entitled to do so and still be covered by the plan. Simply reclaim your drug card from the pharmacist and take it with you to your new one. the men pictured above: standing (left to right) Viceâ€"President Bob Elliott, Treasurer Fred Willan and Vice-President Fred Stasiuk; sitting (same order) President Maurice Smith and Registrar Roger McCalmont. (Photo by the Studio That Comes to Your Home) After this time the patient must return to his physician for re-assessment. This feature is designed to protect the patient from continuing indefinitely on a long-term course of treatâ€" ment without consulting his doctor. You may only receive a oneAmonth supply of your prescription at one time. Each prescription requires the signature of the prescriber. Therefore, be sure to remind your doctor or dentist when he issues your prescription that you are entitled to the Drug Benefit. Drugs prescribed through the programme will be valid for no more than three months’ supply. The wide open coverage which was previously provided by some municipal drug plans would not be economically possible on a provincial scale. The Ontario Drug Benefit Plan has attempted to con- centrate spending on those drugs which are required to meet the essential needs for health care. In this way a great many more people will benefit. Some essential non- prescription drugs will be provided under the Ontario Drug Benefit Plan. These drugs, such as insulin and iron preparations will be made available when prescribed by your doctor. Such pharmaceutical products as toothpaste. mouthwash. bandaids, etc., will not be covered under the programme. preparation drugs. However, the individual ingredients in combination drugs may be taken separately under directions from your doctor. I Carpentry l 3! Competent Tradesman Prices on request or by hour R. P. (Bob) BOSS 130 Centre St. W. - 884-1788 LEONARD R. ROSENBERG G: ASSOCIATES Chartered Accountants 887-5720 - 889-2741 84 Yonge Street S. Aurora. Ontario CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 10265 Yonge Street Phone: 884-8651 - 889-8275 Additions, Renovations & Rec. Rooms 83 Roseview Ave. Richmond Hill, Ont. Tel. 884-4171 J oscelyn, Laughlin, Harper, Tory & Associates Chartered Accountants 10355 Yonge Steet North Richmond Hill, Ont. 884-4474-5 91 Geneva Street St. Catharines, Ont. 684-1177 Brian H. Cowen Mister Transmission Ltd. 9677 YONGE STREET RICHMOND HILL I Auto Body Alf Catenaro Life Time Guarantee Automatic Specialists Chartered Accountants CUSTOM WORK All types. fast efficient service. Reasonable rates Auto Transmission CARPET INSTALLATIONS LOADING & BACK- HOE SERVICE CARPENTER CONTRACTOR TRUCK & AUTO BODY 41 MAPLE AVE. 889-5334 THORNHILL Collision - Refinish Wheel Alignment Wheel Balance Engine Analysis Mechanical Repairs Call B 8. G 884-4429 889-6662 B&G BODY For fast, efficient service TRUCK & AUTO Reasonable rates 884-6046 & 884-5350 Back - Hoe Service Carpets 884- 883-1288 tfc16 tfc13 tfcl3 tfc16 Rear 47 Yonge Street S. Aurora. Ontario Richmond Hill Tree Service & Forestry Co. Ltd. TREES ARE OUR BUSINESS H. VAN DYKE, Aborilt Home, Auto and Business Insurance - Mortzuu Fire, Auto and Liabillty Motor Vehicle Finance Service Roy V. Bick Insurance Ltd. Complete Insurance Service 17 Queen St. E. Toronto 363-3959 25 Grandview Ave. Thornhill 889-1379 I Contractors Barrow Insurance Corner Agency Limited Telephone 727-9488-9 Van Den Brink Carpentry I Car Repairs aond Commercial Cleaners Commercial or Domes- tic Cleaning. Floors, rug shampooing, windows, walls, etc. Day or night Fully insured 884-5885 Janitor Services Offices, banks, stores, laundromats, etc. Daily, weekly, monthly. 494-3583 24 hour service We guarantee our service. All types of carpentry work. 10211 Yonge Street 884-1551 - 884-1219 Res. 884-8347 Services ltd. SMALL CAR CENTRE SMALL CAR CENTRE 11623 YONGE ST., RICHMOND HILL 884-9274 T&J Insurance 773-5582 Repairs to Datsun, Toyota, British Layland & Honda products. Small Car Centre CROFT Forestry 884-7774 Cleaners tfc16 tfc14 tfcl4 tfcls I Optometrists Repairs to all air-cooled engines Authorized agents for Chrysler Marine pro- ducts. [CLIMATE ENGINEERED BY All. TEMPERATURE SERVICES A. W. Kitchen, BUILDING 22 RICHMOND ST. RICHMOND HILL \II/ PLUMBING AND HEATING CONSUMER'S GAS CONTRACTORS FULLY LICENSED o ELECTRICIANS o PLUMBERS o SHEET METAL o AIR-CONDITIONING GAS AND OIL Reid Mower, Marine 8. Sports BOA SKI & JOHN DEERE SNOWMOBILES 884-7716 - 881-2384 tfc16 Banquets, etc. 881-1040 AIR. CONDITIONING GAS & OIL FURNACES AIR CLEANERS HUMIDIFIERS SUITE # 204 PROFESSIONAL Marine and Sports LIMOUSINE SERVICE Air Conditioning 20 Service Vehicles at your service 24 Hours A Day 889-0506 - 895-1351 41 MAPLE THORNHILL THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Wednesday} mu.‘“_‘.~_w_... By Appointment Limousine Service SALES SERVICE INSTALLATIONS Weddings 884-3962 RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL Funerals 889-6048 CHRYSLER AIRTEMP CANADA LTD. for MAC tfcl4 16 Yonge Street North WAREHOUSE dc FURNITURE SHOWROOM 321 ENFORD RD. RICHMOND HILL 884-9295 884-9296 889-5729 Furniture, Office Supplies, Social Skationery Monday to Thursday 8:30 am. to 5 pm. Cut out the middleman. Deal direct on new and old roofing. No roof too tough. All roofs guaranteed FREE ESTIMATES 884-1257 WHY NOT SAVE MONEY? Plumbing 8. Electrical DEAL SERVICES I Photography] Weddings, Portraits, Groups Saunders Plumbing H. I. FISHER Office Supplies REDFERN PAINTING 8. DECORATING INTERIOR-EXTERIOR THORNHILL Friday 8:30 am. to 6 Closed Saturday 889-9398 - 773-4138 THE STUDIO THAT comes to your home GARNET PAINTERS Office Supplies 884-6872 COMPLETE Free Estimates Roofing Plumbing 889-8366 SERVICE 88l-0353 884-6941 tfcll tfc16 The areas concerned are: Pugsley Avenue, ap- proximately 900 feet of 15 inch sanitary sewer; Centre Street, approximately 620 feet of 12 inch; Leisure Lane, approximately 250 feet of eight inch; and Crosby Avenue, ap- proximately 250 feet of 15 inch. to permit borrowing that amount on debentures payable over five years October 10. Replacement of existing sanitary sewers in four locations in Richmond Hill will cost $95,000. Council passed the bylaw necessary Sanitary Sewer Replacement School clerks $1,000 more For further information on this and other part-time programs at Seneca King call 884-9901 or 895-1581. The York level will be higher than Peel's by June. The college is located on Dufferin Street north of King Sideroad. Minimum wage for the York workers. which is now on a par with Peel Regional Board of Education. is $4.660. compared with $3.660 a year formerly. Instructor for all sessions will be E‘B. Witmer of Blanor Farm near Grand Valley. The eight session this fall will introduce students to the history of maple syrup making. tapping, boiling equipment. quality control and packaging. OnSaturday During the winter there will be two Saturday sessions so that students can experience first-hand the processes involved in tapping and sugaring-off. Nick Vollebregt. president of the union. said the clerical staff will get a second raise of about 20 percent in June, 1975. The agreement. which runs for 21/2 years. was approved by a 74 percent majority. People who own or have access to sugar bushes can start now to prepare for spring, to learn how to make their own maple syrup. A raise of about $1,000, retroactive to January 1. was approved by York County clerical workers and their union. Local 1734 of the Canadian Union of Public Em- ployees. last week. Starting next week. Seneca College is offering a one-nighl-a-week course in maple sugaring. taking advantage of its unique environment of 696 acres with includes bush. Map/e sugar making course I TV Service 884-4165 25 Yonge Street South Richmgrgd Hill, 884-1213 JOB HUNTING? The best place to start looking is where the best jobs are offered . . . Liberal Classified! C.C.M. & Raleigh Bicycles Repairs to All Makes Eric’s Cycle and Sports Shop (And Other Makes) by PETER SMITH York Home T‘ 306 BAYVIEW AVE. BAYVIEW PLAZA A complete Line of Sporting Goods , Oct. 16, 1974 COLOR TV SERVICE COLOR TV ANTENNAS INSTALLED 8894648