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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, February 10, 1972
Seaforth Police Effective
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Sugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley
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That's my very first speeding ticket!"
From My Window
By Shirley J. Keller — •
Municipal officials,
with every taxpayer a
critical boss , frequently
are the subject of con-
tinuing criticism.
Much of the criticism
is, undeserved and most of
it is uninformed based too
'often on rumor or per-
sonality. •Certainly there
are cases when criticism
is justified as when some
officials attempt to hide
their ignorance and lack
of ability behind 6 screen
of arrogance and "don't
give a dam" attitude to-
wards_ the public.
But these.cases are
The vast Majority
of public officis are
Anformed, courteous and
Concerned .about finding
answers to varied problems
which 'citizens present •t49e
them.
'While those Who are in-"
volved.witnfthe_work of
the municipalities and-
their officials on, a:con-
tinuing basis know of the
job being done it is dif-
ficult to convince,the
general pUblic. Generally .
there isn't any common. .
,yardstick by which.effect-
iveness can be assessed:
But this. isn't .the 'case
The establishment of.
the_Huron Centre of Cones-
toga College of. Arts and
Technology at Clinton may
be one of the most impor-
tant-developments. in the
history of Huron County
over the long run.
For the first time:,
citizens bf.our rural
county will have the same
opportunities for self
-1,improvement close at hand
that have always been avdil.-
able for city resi.dents.It
means that those who fin-
fshed their formal educat-
ion early0p life now•have
a chance, to continue it.
If they do not have the
',educational requireMents
available to'learn a trade,
they Can now gajn these
thr.ough courses offered by
Huron Centre.
Those who did complete
their 'high school education
will now have a chance to
venture into-postsecondary
-Oducatfon:Wihout leaving
home. Youhgpeople-,of the
community will be able to
remain in the county while
they receive their college
as far as police are con-
cerned: The test is the
crime rate. and' here Sea-
forth's.police come through
with flying colors.
According to a statis-
tical review on crime
published by Statistics
'Canada, Seaforth in 1970
had 60 crime reports with
31 charges and 9 other-.
wise cleared and stood
among those at the top of
the list as far as area
communities were can- ,
.cerned.
Some of' the others are:"
At Goderich there were
179 criminal offences; 84
charges laid 'and 32 others
cleared,.
Clinton had '256 reports,
with 65 charges .laid,and
40 cases otherwise cleared
from the books. -
Dceter had 215 cases
with' 29 charges laid and,
86 otherwise cleared.
Mitchell had 125 reports
with 15 chargls and 54. '
otherwise cl/eared.
The statistics can be
of some gncouragement"to.
a grouo.ip the public
service that too 'often is
called on to bear more
than its share' of critft-
cism. • . ,
-education.'
But not on19 will the
Huron Centre benefit indi-
viduals, it will benefit
the economy o,f .=t-hie. county.
'Now, for instance,
business me ,w.414 be able-:
ta-tak* cour,ses to, Improve
the efficiency"_ and operat-
ion:of their busine'sseS.-
Factories -011:,have more.
trained personnel "a'v'ailable'
to produce better products
moreefficiently.
These changes are
,things which will not be-
come evident overnight. •
They will-have -en accum-
latiNe effect and along
with the .qui'cken'ing pace. .
of development in the
county do.muCh"to put
Huron on a competitive.
foot with other ,countfes
in Western Ontario. in the . -
next 10 to 2o years.
Until then, the major
advantage will be to,the
individual Who,wille
able todiscover' the joys.
of further education right
in his back yard.
Clinton News-Record
. • All winter .I've. been laughing. Not
wildly or .out loud, so that sortie people ,
could do what they've wanted to for years -
have me quietly put away.
No, it's just been a steady stream of
assorted chuckles, snickers and titters, •
with an occasional giggle'erupting..when it
poured rain around here in :January.
I was laughing, for 'the first time in
about fOtir winters, at the snowmobilers
and skiers.
Winter after winter 1 have sat,
glowering inwardly,„a.s the snowmobllers
tried ' to outehout eaar other in their
"boisterous," boyish Manner, each trying
to tell a taller 'tale than the° other about
how he ,.jumped the creek or went up a
90-degree slope with no hands, or some
such rot.
Winter after winter, I've tried to keep
the sour look off my face as the ski
hounds burble' their' "in" talk about how.
many runs they •made, chortle with glee
every time there was a fresh fall of snow,
and brag about their brand new Schels-
smaken eighty dollar ski boots.
For about two monthi ,the 'Winter of
197i:42" was knoWn as "Smiley's Re-
venge". There* was a little snow '
December,1 but it was almost a green
Christmas. There wasn't a snowbank
• worthy of skidding into • on New Year's
Eve: And the• fine weather 'continued
for weeks: lots of rain, nigh 'temper-
Monday will be Valentine's Day for
_Another year. I'm rittt expeCting 'any
special recognition on that occasion from
my husband because he"s not the incurable
romantic he would need to be to get excited
about hearts and cupids.
But if my husband, were buying me
something expensive foi'Valentine's Day,
I know what I'd be. ,.asking for. I'd want
one of those new ovens on the Market which
bake potatoes in five minutes, a roast In
2o minutes, etc: eta.
Where did I get my information: I
thought you'd never ask.
Just last, week I attended a lecture
delivered .by a home economist with On-
tario Ay'dro. This gal was using' the
"Live Better Electrically" slogan and
believe me, she was putting ideas into
my, head' and into the heads of all the •
women who were present. .
,S,he told ,me what. I've been longing to
hear for years and .years. She said that
within the next decade or so, . housework
as we know it today will bemen-adstant.
In fact, the only thing that will limit
the services we have throtgh invention
will be dollars and cents;
Do you know, for instance, that the
average housewife now spends nine years
of her life washing dishes? I can believe
it . . and that's baked on doing dishes
three time's a day. At our house - and
many other homes I can think of - dishes
are a regular routine four and even five
times daily,
atures and virtually no.snow.
, "Let their snowmobiles sit there
and rust",. I whispered, barely able
to restrain• a guffaw. ,‘Let, their skis
•warp and their fancy bootS remain un-
Scuffed", I muttered,, scarce 'able to
hold badk a peal of laughter'. "
It's not that I have anything personal
against these mid-winter bores.' Some
of my best friends are snowmobilers,
'though I. wouldn't want my daughter to
marry one.
• And I ,know some perfeCtly sensible
people who think there is something in-
effably enjoyable in sliding down a hill
o a couple of inflated barrel staves..
T genuine skier thinks nothing of
spending ten or fifteen dollar& on a
• Sunday's skiing, even if he has to cut his
' church givings to the bone.
And it's not jealousy or spite. Just
because I have a ropy knee that would put
me on crutches for two months 'if I had.
a fall is no reason to envy thoee who
swoop down the hill...like 'a bird:
Sathe • with 'snowmebiling., • • I have • a
slight handicap there, toe. I. can , fly a
plane and drive a car,„if there are good
mechanics around. But when it comes' to
small motors which stop running, all I
. can do is stand there and stare,, shifting
from .one foot to the other.
It's embarrassing, but I'm being frank.
It's very well to talk about carburetors
•
Well, to heart girls, If you have a
clfshwashe now, you are one step ahead
of the xiest of us. But one day, judging
from what this informed home economist
told, me, that dishwasher won't be needed.
Therb' just won't be any dishes to do.
That's right..
• She was explaining about special chips
which are coming one day soon. These
chips, I understand, will be easy trans-
forMed into dishes for your table ar-k
flick 'of a switch. You can produce just
enough dinnerware for your table for each
meal and then after dinner, you simply
dispose of the soiled dishes. As I
understood it, the dishes will simply
disintegrate via some special process.,
Ecology you know.
And stoves. Bless the manufacturers
who are improving" stoves. If you have
$2,600 - give or takP a hundred or so
you' can have a stove which will cook
your food in a jiffy. You can come home
from work- .at 5 &clock and have ,a full
course dinner prepared and cooked by
5:45. How's tha t, fur_ keeping a growling
husband happy?
Another great invention as far as I'm
concerned are the new cooking tops which
are solid china-like substances with no
cracks and crevices.te keep clean.Sirnpiy
wipc as you would a counter top, and
your —Ring area is. sparkling clean.
Thdee latter cooking tops, I think,
require ”Tpecial cookware with very flat
bottoms . but the whole' surface
and pistons and fuel lines if you.,know
what they are, where they , are, and what
to do if they'aren't• working. e
i• J.4 t •,",,:, I figure I'm lucky if I get the laivn-
mower started once out of three times,
without summoning help. Thus, the , only
I can, conjure with me and a
snowmobile in it is a nightmare: the pair
`of us out in' the woods, ten miles from ,
nowhere, with -the carburetors seized up
or turned out or whatever it is they do.
No, I don't hate the people or th
:sports. I just• hate snow with a deep
and bitter loathing which must hive sortie
psychological explanation.
Did I wet my pants, as a small child,
while playing in the snow? Did my parents,
sick of my eternal wailing, throw me into
a snowbank and hastily retrieve me?
I don't know the answer. But I do
know that -Smiley's 'Revenge has turned
into Smiley's Folly.
As I write, I can't see the house .
across the street., It's snowing sea-'
gulls, horizontally, with a forty-mile
\wind gusting to sixty or seventy. •
The skiers are smirking; the snow- ,
mobilers are laughing out loud. And I'm
'crying, deep inside. I knew . •it was a-
dream. But dream 'we must, or we are
nothing, Some.winter . . Well, never
mind. • '
Hand me that shovel, woman, and stand
back, out of earshot.
becomes cooking area, not just four dis-
tinct 'burners such..as We have todaY.
Sounds simply wonderful for someone like
me who hates to clean the stove,
Of course, most of• you--have heard of
the self-cleaning oven where, you press a
.button •and the heat becomes ao intense
in the oven that the spilled food is turned
'to grey ash in minutes. Most interest-
ing to me was the i'nfornlation that these
specially'-equipped stoves are testing out
well, and that they have a normal life-
expectancy with few problems.
The future holds Veil/ little weekly
cleaning for ,the housewife. I undeistand
that' homes of the future Will have big,
silent and invisible vacuum cleaners in-
stalled in them. B m ,Lpressia button on
a computer, a housei,iiii rieible to
pull all the dust out of any or all rooms
in the, house - at a moment's notice.
Think what a boon that would .be when
.the neighbors drop in unexpectedly.
.One. thing disturbed me, wretch that I
am. It Is entirely possible 'that iti the
future,' children will not go to school.
They will be at home all day with mommy
and daddy and they will do their school
work by computer.
" I think that's carrying electric liv-
ing a' step too far. I think stick educat-
ional freedom 4:hould be available only in
very special circumstances. There are
too Many rotten mothers around - like
me - who enjoy having the kids in School
for as much of the year, 'as possible.
Opportunity for Huron
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