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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2015-06-17, Page 44 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, June 17, 2015 www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com 'iron 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 1jJ POSTMEDIA NEIL CLIFFORD Advertising Director 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 Group Advertising Director Grey Bruce Huron Division 519 376-2250 ext. 514301 or 510 364-2001 ext. 531024 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 YEAR $50.00 (47.62+2.38 GST) 2YEAR $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. 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Senate reform is possible without delay. Solving the big problems is going to take time and effort. In 2014 the Supreme Court ruled that changes like elections and term limits would require the approval of at least seven provinces representing half the population. Abolition can only happen if every province agrees. We need major changes. Butwhile we work towards those, we can make smaller changes that don't require so many cooks in the kitchen. Politicians such as NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair are wasting their time acting like "abolish" is the only conversation we should be having. We agree with Auditor General Michael Fer- guson that the Senate needs "transforma- tional change.» But it also just needs a bunch of rules changed. Right now, the board of internal economy can set hard and fast rules about spending and residency requirements that senators must follow. So let's do it. Prime Minister Stephen Harper must put pressure on Senate leader- ship to implement these needed changes. None of this will happen if leadership doesn't come from the man at the top. Why are senators allowed to opt for first- class seats? Put a rule in place against this. This is one example of a revision that's quite small but saves money and has huge symbolic implications. Enact it without delay. Senators and their staff have claimed many rules are unclear. We've heard that during the Duffy trial and we're hearing it again now. Whether they're right or wrong, let's make sure they can't make that excuse ever again. Nick Sibbeston, Liberal senator for North- west Territories, thinks it's fine to expense his wife's trips to visit their adult children. He rea- soned it was "to maintain the integrity of the family unit." Let's make the rules clear that what matters more is maintaining the integrity of the public purse. Mulcair needs to do more than always par- roting "abolish." Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau needs to stop pretending there are no Liberal senators out there (they're just going by a different caucus name now). And the PM needs to set the example and lead on this issue. IN THE YEARS AGONE Swimming pig stuns Mitchell in 1890 June 20, 1890 • George Forrest of Grey has a cat, which has become very much inter- ested in a brood of chickens. On one occasion, pussy carried several of the little chicks to another part of the stable, and was there caring for them tenderly. It now carries food and puts it down for them to eat. • A certain gentleman in Goderich answered a puzzle advertisement in a Montral newspaper recently. The prize for a correct answer was to be a silk hat. His answer appeared to be correct, for in due time a hat arrived - and it was a silk hat, too - but it was an old timer and looked as if it had been wom in an Orange procession in his grandfather's time. The recipi- ent is in a quandary and will neither wear nor sell the hat. • The other day in Mitchell, a large fat pig got away from Whyte's pork fac- tory and plunged into the millpond. Instead of sinking like a dead weight it swam across and back again, a distance of about a mile. June 18 1915 • The Hensall bowlers have recently erected a very tasty club house at the rear of their fine green, which is certainly a credit to them and is one of the finest we have seen out- side of large places. • Messr. Cook Bros of the village of Hensall has sold a fine new Stude- baker automobile to Messrs. James W. McLean, near Kippen. • Mr. Alex Stewart captured two very unusual specimens of the butterfly tribe in his Seaforth garden. They are three times the size of the ordi- nary ones, are beautifully marked and have been greatly admired by a number of the townspeople. • Notwithstanding the rainy morning on Tuesday here in Cromarty there was a large turnout at the sewing social held at the manse. Nearly 70 ladies partook of the tea served on the lawn, and five quilts were completed. June 21,1940 • Milk saved the day for Henry Ben- newies of Manley, when lightning struck down a transformer at this barn. The transformer burst into flames, but Mr. Bennewies was able to bring the fire under control by drenching the flames with pails of milk. Had the fire not been checked, it would have been diffi- cult to save the barn. ■ Bert McKay, well-known Tucker - smith farmer, received serious injuries when his arm came into contact with a circular saw. He was assisting in sawing wood at the farm of John Davidson, and also received injuries to his leg. June 20,1990 • Seaforth council passed a bylaw for raising byway of assessment Seaforth's contributions to the County of Huron and the school boards. The town had passed its budget in April but since the county and school boards had not finalized their budgets then, the com- plete tax hike could not be announced. Payments to the County of Huron are up 11 per cent from last year and Sea - forth will send the County $161,545. The Huron County Board of Educa- tion, elementary, is up 13 per cent with Seaforth's contribution being $243.532, and the secondary school rate is also up by 13 per cent, with Sea- forth's contribution being $190,835. • An Egmondville man was transferred to Stratford General Hospital early last week after a hit and run accident at the Main and Goderich intersec- tion left him with broken ribs, a bro- ken shoulder and a fractured hip. John `Jack' Eisler was struck in his car, a Ford Taurus, early on Sunday mom- ing, June 10, when a driver in a pick- up ickup truck travelled through the inter- section, drifted into the left-hand lane and collided with the driver's side of Mr. Eisler's vehicle. The other driver, from Wmgham, fled the scene of the accident leaving the truck behind, but later returned and was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and dangerous driving. Police report that the Wingham man was looking at something on the McLaughlin car lot when he travelled at fairly high speeds into the intersection, and the Eisler vehicle. • Bob Humphries has been appointed Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Food agricultural representative for Huron County. Humphries joined the ministry in 1971 as an assistant agricultural representative in Simcoe North, and since 1978 has been the agricultural representative for Dun- das County. He graduated from the University of Guelph in 1971 with a major in crop science. He succeeds Don Pullen, who retired recently. 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