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which was postponed on January
12, 1977 due to-bad weather has ,
been rescheduled for Januar e.19,
1977 in the Masonic Hall at 6 p.rn.
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and come prepared to .b,ecome a -
member in 1977..
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Like everyone else this •week
I'm digging out from under' 12
foot snow drifts in my back yard.
Thanks to a kind neighbour, I
' didn't have to dig -out the
,driveway at all.
And thanks — to Melcillep. -
Township snow plow operators,
who were along our road early
Tuesday night a' half' hour before
they said they'd be, I got to the
office in time to join in the
festivities for the last night and
day of putting the Expositor
together. 1-•„,
shovelling snow, --helping out in
gig room.)
''',4.11,0e's excuse either. I had
two '''''Whole days, snowed in-in
McKillop when I could have
writlen.„A book, let alone kra
coliden_Lluti was there-and ray__
'it does through my typewriter.
And I' hops) all those absent'
friends and relatives didn't object
'to the haitdWChristmas
qat'ls they got this year. I can still
sign my name though, just. ,
__A,sw_ell._,,as_being taster, and
from pa se 'to 'page writing , making quid dashes for the back
'headlines, doer, getting lost in the snow on
Then there was the fact that his way- down the road,
two friends from Terento, visiting whimpering and genera*
,.for the weekend were, snowbound making a nuisance of himself:
with us and it was simplyWO busy My husband too gOs a little, •you're to write a column at home. strange when he doesn't have to
o you, thanks for rziaking it in, even
though I didn't. Thank goodness •
some of us still live in town!
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Let me tell you A'S pretty
festive around here toe. The ad
manager is laying out ads, The
layout-supervisor is -running-the --
headliner, like a pro, though she
only learned how on Monday.
The-pecofreader isalso makingup.
ads, a kind neighbour is
proofreading and a printer fs
laying ouf the classified page. Th
at's while the.erson who usually
does the claSsifiedis 'Setting ads.
The typesetter is jumping back
.and forth .between two: machines
, and doing a little proof reading'en'
the side. The publisher IS doing a
reporter's job.
Yes we're three people"shorf on
-Wednesday morning. But that's
nothing.There were eight or nine
of us, missing, incleding yours
truly...on...Monday, rine Tuesday_ .
So bear with, the mistakes and
the =All paper this week, and
celebrate, with us, the fact that
there's an Expositor at all.
Now•part of the problem is the
'fact that I'm writing this Column
Wednesday morning. There's
lots - else I could be doing (not
typewriter was here in my office.
I don't know if other writers
have this problem, but since I got
into journalism, I can't think;
never mind write, without my
trusty typewriter. ,
Even when I try to write a leter
it doesn't flow throu-gli7a pen like
more fluent on the typewriter, I'm
a' whole lot mere legible. Just ask
the people who set the headlines
that I scrawl out on little pieces of
paper. They're seriously
considering designing a
miniature typewriter that I can
'wear-around-wry -neck as -I walk
enice but fal ling a
gdtawork for four days in a Few. .
usual calm and collected Self The biggest thrill for him when fie
throughout the stormy days. His doesn't worlt is net having to ,
friend the lady St, Bernarclacross , comb his hair. It's his little
the road Was in heat-,and he speet
the whole •tWo days casting
longing looks ' out.'the west
window -in the living room,
rebellion • agaisnt his' usual
're'sp'ectable self, and. let me tell
ygu once his hair's uncombed his
-chartietOr-- degenerates from
there.'
The hydro went off too; but
_only, for two hours so: that's not _
Much of, an -excuse.
In other words, it was no fun,
and certainly not quiet and
reflective; being cooped up with,
that bunch'. •
,Besides, if I'd, written this
- -Column at home I 'wouldn't have
had a chance' to . gain the
perspective necessary to write the .
above .
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• • My record on columns hasn't
bgbn - too good lately. After
getting back late from New York
just before New Yearsk getting
snowed in and then reaetted in
time for a NeW Years Eve Party
(thanks to the Bean Boy . and
friends) and having 13 people for
New Years day' dinner, I didn't'
have the ,. time, energy or
inspiration to , write anything •
much last week.
,But I've got lots of material
stored up, including a travelogue
on what we learned while walking
'the streets of New York, and I
hope: my productivity, will
dtnpxove ' • '
ThankSto, the staff who worked
all day Tuesday and several
• hours Tuetday night, cheerfully
• taking on unfamiliar jobs so that
• the Expositor could go out
Wednesday as usual. To. all of well ....weather permitting.
Meetings postponed
County, business' in Huron had
to be set aside for a few days as
another of the winter's storms
4 5Iarpmed into,- the area making
travel difficult if riot impossible
Monday and Tuesday.
The first regular meeting of the
Huron County Board of
Education for the 1977-78, term
had td be cancelled on Monday
afternoon and the inaugural
meeting of Huron County council,
'at which the new warden was to
have been elected,. was called off
as wheell. •
Board' of Etineabiel
meeting has been reset ,for
Monday, January 17 heginnfng
with a committee of the whole (in •
camera) at 1:00 p.m. and the
regular session following of 2:00 '
p.m.
County Council now plan to
meet, and elect their new warden.:.
on Friday afternoon at 2:00 p.m.
The Warden's dance, •originally
slated for Tuesday evening at
Sanford Valley Hall has been'
postponed .until Friday night as
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THE HURON ,EXPO4ITOR.,,4ANUARY 13, len
ROLL 'EM, ACTION — These elaborately dressed people standing on.tt`fe steps
were part of a film•we happened to stumble' uponwhile in Venice. The city seemed
--••• „ . the perfect setting for Cassanova, staring Tony Curtis, That's him in the centre with
the turban on. COMing into the Strasbourg train station on our way to England we
ran into another film-in-production. This •time it Was Jane Fonda and Vaness6
Redgrove in Lilian Hellman's "Pirnenti". Unfortunately neither film would let the
audience get close enough, to anything. (Photo by D. McLean)
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KIDS:'There was a'n abondanCe of their) in Venice;`
all Sizes, ages and personalities. Very 'rarely .was' a
'seen ' l Strolling around without - teveeal .
tagging behind.' INS littlagirl was being esonited_b.y.,
her mother near San ft!arco
(Photo by 0.McLean)
TOE FAMOUS GONDOLA .— Ask any number of. peo'pl'e-what Venice means to • them and the word gondola would surface. Thete long, graceful boats have been
used for hundreds of years 'get about Venice's Canals. Today they owe their„
existence to the tourists who•pay up to $12 per hour to ride therp This one passes
under, one of.the hundrecIS Of bridges that `croSS -The canals.
'(Photo by 61 McLean) •
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lot of time' dodging pigeons. Its
quite "a sight to tee thousands Of
the birds t ake off• together but not
when -decide to flyover your
head!
During our week in Venice the
square 'vas much busier than
-usual. There Were , hordes of
construction crews, sever-al huge
transport ,trucks and masses of
steel-rods lying about.
What was it all for? Paul
MacCartney & Wings, that's
what. The world, famous rock
group was giving a benefit
concert "'to help save Vanitearid
they pulled out all,the stops.
The stage alone took the best
part of the N4ek to construct, The
massive array of cables,
speakers and: "piejectioe.
equipment presented doubts to
many whether iti would all be
r eady in time.
Two hours be the concert
began•frirousatt04nd thousands
of peole ;had to b6 klekedroit of
the soars ad teats could be pot
-ti t6 The rush to got wthe
*heft thd square Was 'cipoitd
,,again was absOlUtelY terrifying.
Jee McLean)
My,first recollection of hearing
the word . Venice-. Vane to me
"through school.' Gtade 5 or 6
Probably. Venicewas the
beautiful, shining pearl of the"
Adriatic famous for its gallant
saifors,z-, glass blowers . and
naadciaffed jewellery. Venice
still 'is famous for Venetian gla'ss
and jewellery hut its sailors are no
longer gallant and is a city
lit erally sinking away. As first
impressionessually..._go, my
history class memories of Venice
were far from the truth.
'The city is falling 'apart, the
'victim: of years of rising water
levels and Shifting sub soil.
Evidence , can be seen
everyWhere 7 Doorways half
under water, cracked crumbling
buildings, oeee elegant homes
now abandoned. •
It is a city far past, its prime'. A
lost cause. '
Th'e only people who haven't
given up yet are the Venetians. Of
the people initaly _generally they
impressed me the most. They are
extremely proud of their city and
work haid- and sacrifice a lot to
save it.
A month or so. after I was in
Venice the city went completely .
bankrupt. People sacrificed their
wages;and their standard of living
to bring Venice out of the crisis. It
worked. ,
Venice is like no other city in
the world. You Can't get run over
in a Venetian rush limit but you
might L dregii. :The complete,.
absence of ears is the first thing
one notices about Venice,
Without them, life is a little more
restful and much quieter.
The miles of canals that
:continually erode the city.'iway_
alto bring in millions of dollars in
tourist revenues. They are
people conic to see. The famous
gondolas'" 'Deng and )sleek, still
Move smoothly about the
thousands of different ,canals;
They charge Up to $12.00 an
hour so I wasn't able to ride one. ,•
The budget' minded tourist gets
arojlnct ',Venice by (a) walking ;Or.
(b) taking the 'city rite VapOttriN
(bilSet) that teat between ''6 ,acid
tIttelet—tAP, They were nsually.
peeked JO the sinking paint
Gun -earrying policemen were
pushed , had,' knocked over and
shoved around., I was part of the
crowd anitlikt„. the rest,' purl too.
'• Price everything_liad . Calmed
-_,down, the music -finally, began .• It
wordiff#th6 The 'concert,
Oettaitily'was Welt worth waiting
around Venide for a few days.
Arriving hwmie rare:ritly'; ire
*ere both amazed to iitict• that a
friend of,ours, Sandra Johnston of
Seaforth was at the •concert. I
geeSs luck wasn't going to bring '•
us together. in Venice. -
This grand city combines just -
about.. everythine., It's centuries
old, falling apart, dirty but With a ,
chardi And young vigour
'makes Venice a Very Unkind 'dad
great' City. Hope you get there
teinetirrie:
whenever we used them. Besides
it gave us a chance to travel with
the natives, something•
iMpossible to :do, travelling _
gondola.
Frit all its troubles Venice
still a magnificent colourftil city.
Its former greatness' can-beat: be- -
sensed in the Piazza San Marco,- , _
the, ,heart of Venice., The•,effect is
stunning. It's huge• cobblestone
square Surrounded by the city
buildings on three.sides and the
Basilica de San Marco at one end.
Worn and weathered statues
surround the square As if protect=
ing it from invasion. A huge tower
rises'from one end. Th ous'ands of
Italians and foreigners Stroll
abOut munching on nuts, ice
cream or, pizzas.
Those with money sit at the
deluke cafes, sipping carnpatis or
cappacino (coffee). There is ern
a five-piece orchestra providing
the background music.
Prices here for' Italy ate
ridiculous but to the rich tourist,
seem cheap. __,Usually..;-would
forego; the cafes altogether. The
seats around the church were just
as comfortable, although I spent a