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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2015-04-01, Page 44 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, April 1, 2015 Nuron Expositor PUBLISHED WEEKLY — EST. 1860 P.O. Box 69, 8 Main Street Seaforth Ontario NOK 1 WO phone: 519-527-0240 fax: 519-527-2858 www.seaforthhuronexpositor SUN MEDIA A Quebecor Media Company 1 e NEIL CLIFFORD Publisher neil.clifford@sunmedia.ca MAXWELL BICKFORD Advertising Rep. max.bickford@sunmedia.ca MARCO VIGLIOTTI Multimedia Journalist seaforth.news@sunmedia.ca DIANNE MCGRATH Front Office seaforth.classifieds@sunmedia.ca MARIE DAVID Sun Media Group Publisher Grey Bruce Huron Division 519-364-2001 or 519-372-4301 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 YEAR $50.00 (47.62+2.38 GST) 2 YEAR $95.00 (90.48+4.52 GST) SENIORS 60 WEEKS $50.00 (47.62+2.38 GST) 120 WEEKS $95.00 (90.48+4.52 GST) Publications Mail Agreement No. 40064683 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT P.O. Box 69 Seaforth ON NOK 1W0 For any non -deliveries or delivery concerns: phone: 519-527-0240 Advertising is accepted on condition that in the event of a typographical error, the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. In the event of a typographical error, advertising goods or services at a wrong price, goods or services may not be sold. Advertising is merely an offer to set and may be withdrawn at any time. The Huron Expositor is not responsible for the loss or damage of unsolicited manuscripts, photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canadian Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities. Canada editorial Let there be light! Happy Earth Hour everyone! Take a bow. You've all got a lot to be proud of! Across the globe, people are doing great things to make life better for their fellow human beings. Countries like India and China are raising mil- lions out of poverty every year. Researchers in uni- versities are making inspiring strides in medical research. Our history is full of seemingly small achieve- ments that change the world. Like this guy's story: 18th century Scottish inventor and engineer James Watt gave us the steam engine, the "watt" and helped bring about the Industrial Revolution. Because of advances like this, civilization really kicked into high gear. Without them, there would be no middle class. There'd be no modern infrastructure. There'd be no health care - at least, not as we have today. Poverty would be far more widespread. Life expectancies shorter. But we've improved all of these indicators. So it seems the least we can do is take an hour each year to pause and reflect on these momentous breakthroughs leading to the quality of life we enjoy today. Oops. This would be the part in the movie where the record starts to skip... Because we just googled this whole Earth Hour thing and it looks like we missed the point. On Saturday from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., we're sup- posed to turn off all of our lights and eschew elec- tricity use because... well, because apparently using all that juice is really bad for the planet. Earth Hour is a feel -good exercise dreamed up by the World Wildlife Foundation and debuted in 2007 in Australia. Since then, thousands of cities around the world have foolishly signed up to participate in this empty gesture. Here's something else you can do, without sitting in the dark. The little guy is hurting enough thanks to all the fees and regulations that the green move- ment has strong-armed our governments into adopting. The answer to whatever energy or climate prob- lems that confront us is more innovation and tech- nology -not less. Let's encourage inventors and companies to cre- ate enviro-friendly products that people want and can afford. So for this year's Earth Hour, let's turn on all the technology to celebrate humanity's hard-fought vic- tory against the darkness! www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com IN THE YEARS AGONE A fast-growing horse attracts attention in 1915 Apr. 4,1890 ■ A young lady of Exeter the other day dissected a pin -cushion and found 377 pins and needles imbedded therein. • An ingenious swindle is being worked in several counties, in which a fountain pen with a double load plays an important part. The pen carries two kind of ink, one of which will fade, the other will not. The superfluous parts of the contract are written in the ink which fades, and the farmer's signature with the permanent, and the document finally figures as a note of hand, which is discounted at the nearest bank, and the farmer has to pay. ■ Navigation is open at Goderich, a couple of fishing tugs having left that port the other day to set their nets. It is the earliest opening of the fishing season ever known. • The Bluevale Presbyterian congregation have recently introduced into their church a new Bell organ. It was purchased from Scott Bros. Seaforth, and gives the very best satisfaction. Apr. 2,1915 • Mr. John Warill, of the 12th Concession of Warwick, has a clyde colt nine months old, which weighs 900 lbs., stand 4 feet 8 inches high and girths 5 feet 3 inches. If he keeps growing at a proportionate rate until he is four years old he will be a big one. ■ Constable Pellow of Goderich made a neat catch one day last week when he walked into a room of the Colborne Hotel and there found a couple of citizens with Alex Robinson, the bartender, and a quart bottle about half full of whiskey. This booze was handed over at once and officially sealed in the presence of the parties, and on the follow- ing day Robinson pleaded guilty before the Police Magistrate and was fined $100 and costs. Apr. 5,1940 IN The hog cholera situation, thought to have been well in hand in Huron County, has broken out again in two widely separated areas, one case near Fordwich and the other near Brucefield. There are still farms to be visited where pug sickness has been reported. • P.U.C. workmen examining Seaforth hydrants this week discovered that three hydrants on North Main Street had been broken off at ground level. It is believed that the hydrants were in collision with a snow plow during the winter but that the shut-off valves below ground were not damaged. Apr. 8,1965 ■ Seaforth Council, at a special meeting Monday night, named Mrs. Betty Cardno to fill the vacancy, which resulted following the death of her husband, Reeve Nelson Cardno, three weeks ago. Apr. 4,1990 ■ The Seaforth Public Utilities Commission was returned to full strength last week with the appointment of Joe Steffler as commis- sioner. Council and PUC members met Wednesday night to review applications for the position, and chose Mr. Steffler above two other applicants. He was officially sworn in to office on Thursday night. SEAFORTH HURON EXPOSITOR — HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY: 9:00 - 5:00 • TUESDAY: - CLOSED • WEDNESDAY: - 9:00 - 5:00 • THURSDAY: - 9:00 - 5:00 • FRIDAY: - 9:00 - 5:00 • SATURDAY & SUNDAY: - CLOSED ADVERTISING DEADLINE: FRIDAY AT 2:00 • PHONE 519-527-0240 • FAX: 519-527-2858 www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com