HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-03-26, Page 3LET'S GO BEARSt—As can be• seen in this ,
photo, more than• half the crowd watching. the
-SDHS. aolden .Bears play at the provincial A
high school basketball championships last week
was comprised of fans from Seaforth. In the
tournament,, held in Parkhill last Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, the Bears captured the
bronze medal, after losing only to the Bayridge
.Blazers-from Kingston, the team which won the
gold both in 1980 and 1'981. (Photo by
Flannigan)
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A WHITE FACE ROUTINE—Chan-00n figure skaters Lloyd Eisler and
Lorri Beier wore white face mime makeup for one routine',at the
Seaforth-Mitchell appreciation night,, in their honour here' Friday. The
skaters were presented with luggage by both towns and the township of
Fullerton. Morsephotos, story on the sports page. ' (Photo by White)
ehmd the scenes
by Keith Roulston
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THE HURON EXPOPT6R, MARCH 21,491901. -43 ,
Elston koOps: Huron-Bruce Liberal
This is a coluntiOthat the
sticklers -amu ng us. those
who are stick!, about duty.
clean houses. ttcly desks and
raked lawns. May Opt like.
But on the other hand, the
world's -- dawdlers and
doodlers and dreamers will,
recognize a kindred spirit.
Or maybe, Just maybe some
of the sticklers will ednvert, if
trot ,for one ktAttlX early.
• spring Weekead:nt the other
va,http.
F,or 1,want, to talk about
.time opt taking, time, that
mot pri,Pons thing in., OW'
twer-tTIOOKO' lives. dt) VOmplisittnem or, for lest. 'lines left un the•tsnow tro • diSttnclIret* the bOu1474, lfliO:Aro4o4:' o. for
ooks fprabout Sh. - . .• . • -
a walk, :read a book, pla,v
with a kW- •
Often My weekends begin
with a list of -shotiltis -, as
in: 1 should clean the house.
finish, those curtains. clean
out' the spare room. writ.,,
sortie letters. visit My
friends. And I tear around
making a bit of progress on
some of the shoulds, feeling
guilty about not getting to
others arid-generally wasting
what should be a respite
from the week at work.
Ah. . the week at work.
Asked about 'the campaign in Huron-
Bruce, Mr. McQuail said it was excellent
and a clean one by all three parties. He
added ..that both the Tories- and. Liberals
seemed' to shift their thinking at various
all-candidates meetings depending on which
part of the riding they were in.
"In Port Elgin. both Harron and Elston
were pushing the proposed waste steam
project at . w h,le at an all -candid ates
meeting in Lucknow., where the population is
skeptical, they were. all for further in-
vestigation. .a full impact 'hearing, and
doubting if it would mix well with 'the
established life in the riding."
While .beinglinte<viewed on CKNX-i'V,
former MPP Murray Gaunt Said McQuail
,was very, bright and ran' a good campaign.
making improvements."
Len Hope. the Port Elgin co-ordinator for
the NDP campaign said this was the most
organized and largest campaign the NDP
have run in Huron-Bruce.
We ail know it. with its
deadlines and demands.
conflicts, preSsures, ,.and of
course reword:S.: The thing is
we're being paid to devete
our most prolfte4ye to
work for Av. y sleek.
What Wellso earn, along,
dtlt money. is the right te a
4bpIR- Of days oft personal
dais,• days
alS0., Or. work
ethic-ridden sycirld doesn't
see, it 'that way, an' ae-
contpliOmeqt, in these days
of workaholics and burnouts,
quitean accomplishment .1
We wink our .butts off in
work, most of us. and one of
the hardeSt things to do. I
think. is to turn off that
Loom-zoom reflex. say to
yourself and the rest of the
world "wh000aaa I'm taking
time out.-
A BREAK BY ACCIDENT
This weekend, almost by
accident. our family had a
Something to say
by Susan White
weekend that reads was a
break. ,J1.1,1 the "shOttlds"
tined up for doing at home
went into the garbage•and we
went opt for 9 $911‘.
Puking in the mounds of
fast disappearing. $119V( our
444I0ter ta. ball and
found a single bead', ,
figureatoll stones art . it
'slid
"4 In thrr.asl
she sa'w tilippOiiP4o114 and;
a snalt$.. ter she' pointed
' thent oat So did we.
h was a glorious aimless
afternoon: a celebration.
with us in heavy sweaters
instead of coats. of the fact
that winter really is on its
way out. Muddy grass
instead of snow.. Rubber
boots instead of clunky
winter ones. Even a piece of
chocolate birthday:rake to
eat outdoors on the sheltered
(*Dock' nifiltgheet sthtleniclea that this
twiroFkiaellidoneontwewahsaoarnunano;
crowdi 161O.', taking in the
exhibition of fine skating by
Lloyd Eisler and Lorri Beier
Friday night at the arena.
"it's like ballet" our Gaby.
a4.00a0pdii2ou_ogotten.!eTtriysah,otid
.00dilve.-14-or Itbly We'l0the
best priOd.fttnOng,af
cartonshhri;a' I",etllttefttlt *Ott:
Anothee,night we „tank a
orntistLeirY. 'pgb"411:"At r.wdiYth" works41"e
westing countryside, in a
twohnhdoanndaetertaddresulpa. aufT,ateril 10.4.
of guessing 'and some in,
t far
an all you can eat bufl
ood times with good peo
we rarely see.
le
Other friends came by
unexpectedly for lunch and.
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t31s. ~v stopped toil, .• , . SilMeocm10$.11 kV. ti*, • •• • •• , •
looking and ;talking and.
freshin
• •As 1 -1 If;
piles: of laundry waiting to he
folded' and walked Out into
the sans c. be there
when, we back."
And you knowt this is
Wednesday. .and it still is.
atter spurt
Spent the afternoon
productively, watclunif
kids get to know each othee.
On the spur of the roometit
we went nff, in starch
maple syrup and gat p jug of
the sweetest I've tasted in
years, along with ti,tour 0 a
syrup • making shack and ti
gOOtiMtPlurtAti9 ofilte.Oato
of Me art these days,
several years, said Monday she was "very
pleased with the results't of die -election.
Predicting she'd be back inithe future. Mrs.
Misener said-the Perth PCs v'knew it would
take at least two tries to unseat Mr.
Edighoffer.',' She 'pointed out the Liberal
candidate himself rap twice in Perth before
winning the riding.
GOOD CAMPAIGN
Mrs. Misener said she felt the recant
contest was 'a "good campaign", adding she
and-Mr. Edighoffer weren't "mudslingers".
She said she felt all Perth-•candidates had
" campaigned on the issues.
.While Hugh Edighoffer is returning to the
legislatifte.- 'he woret, likely be deputy
speaker in the house again. The candidate
toTd his supporters the PCs will now be able
to choose-someone from their oWn ranks to
gratifying tlrknow that a local boy is gOing to
help those less fortunate than ourselves. Ray
will working, in an ' Medical Clinic. He is
planning-an information meeting in. Jane . to
fill in those who. have contributled to- the
project If anyone wants more information
they can write to 590 F Millbank Dr.. London
Ontario NOE 2H2 or phone 681-1311.
Wilmer Cut hill
I.O.O. F. Lodge
the past 12 years. He said the
Seaforth restaurant will in- Information on elude a . dining room area .
BY HENRY HESS '
It was nip and tuck, but in the end Murray
Elston accomplished what he.had set out to
do: keep the Huron-Bruce riding in - the
Liberal fold.
He overcame a strong . challenge from
Conservative Gary Harron, in a race which
saw the lead changehands several times, to
win the seat by 324 3ot.eicrf2.164 to 11,940.
NDP yandidate Tony McQuail Po! .....
'It was ,,,,a_teese night for Liberals in this
riding, grown accustomed to watching
Murray Gaunt sweep to victory with margins
approachipg 10,000 votes. However they
were happy to see their. candidate Win in die
face of a strong Conservative tide across the
province.
Mr. Gaunt, who had stepped down at the
start of the campaign explaining he wants to
spend more time With hislatitilY, showed the
strain as much as anyone. having . cam-
paigned hard for his successor._
"That was too close for coinfortl" he
declared as he arrived at the Teessvater
Community Centre for the Liberal victory
celebration. He. called' the race "a real
nail-biter," retallin'g that one of his owe
early elections was even Closer.
.However he assured Mr. Elston this was
the important one; now he has four years to
avor`k hard before his xt campaign.
He promised to help is young successor
in any way he can, offeri g to takehirndown
to Queen's Park,... "and introduce you to all
those good Tories down there."
Mr. Elston arrived late, having watching
. the race unfold from his head-quarters in
Wingham, and he appeared tired but happy
with his success.
"Thanks from-The bottom of my heart to
each and every One of you." he , told the
cheering crowd. "I should be standing up
here applauding you."
He thanked all his campaign workers,
paying a special tribute to Mr, Gaunt. Whose
'r-ftentrihoition he deScrilte_d as "tremendous -
, and promised he willcontinue working hard
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once, that we'll see a repeat
of the famous newspaper
headline in the U.S. that said
Thomas Dewey had defeated
President Harry Truman
when Truman had surprised
all prediction and won re-
election, but in today's world
with the computert predict-
ing, it just doesn't happen.
70 SEATS
The morning of 'the elec.
don a Coniervative strategist
predicted his' party would
take 70 seats. It sounded like
one of those hopeful state-
ments made for the benefit of,
the press. something that
Might just influence a few
votes in the last morning of
the election. It was bang on,
The party lost a feW, won a
lot more, blast ed the N.D.P.
and 41g ot the seats it needed
for a majority government.
Probably both the N.D.P.
and Liberals knew from their
polls just what would happen
too, but didn't want to
for the next four years.
"The whole riding of Huron -Bruce will
my home." he pledged. "I'll work as hard as
possible for everyone.
CELEBRATING
As the hall filled, word finally was passed
that Mr. Elston had won, and a cheer went
up as the final tally was announced showing
him with a 324-vote margin. Then the crowd
gpt down to the - serious business of
celebrating the victory and awaiting the
arrival of their member-elect.
Later that• night Mr,. Efarron arrived at the
hall to congratulate the victor, and Mr. "
Elston congratulated him op his hard but
cleanly fought campaign. ,
Gary Harron who ran for the Progressive
Conservatives 'in Huron-Bruce to kd his
supporters at an election nigher party
Thursday night. they can be proud to be
Conservatives. He said Premier William
Davis has made tremendous gains in alinost
every riding and "it'll be our turn in four
years in Huron-Bruce." ,
Mr. Harron told about 50 campaign
workers and party supporters at the Luck-
now District COmmunity Centre that the
party will start to paint the riding bine in the
next election.
"Let's not give up "hops' yeti said Mr.
Harm. "We've come from quite a deficit."
Mr. Harron said the Conservatives arc
knocking on the door in this riding and in
four' years they are going to do it.
Mr. Harron remarked that he and his
supporters had given:the Liberals a good run
because they had reduced -the Liberal
Seaforth to get
new restaurant
By mid-May or early June.
the . Seaforth Restaurant and
Steakhouse, expected to em-
ploy {tor 12 people.•will open
on Seaforth's Main Street.
The restuarant is located' in
one half of the former Roth's
grocery store building.
The owner-chef. John Kir-
itsis of Stratford, has been in
the restaurant business fu
seating from 70 to 75 people
'and a coffee shop. with
seating (or 30 diners. Mr.
Kiritsis plans to apply for a
liquor license for the restaur-
ant.
Mr. Kiritsis said lie decid-
ed to locate in Seaforth, since
the town is growing, it's a
nice area and the people are
friendly—, _
The renovations, schedul-
ed to start in another week,
will cost apprd?timately
$100,000. The new litisiness
will be open seven days a,
Week, from 6 0.M. to 11 p.m. •
and will feature a variety of ,
You're
invited
The SeafOrth Happy , Citi-
zens will hold their regular
Meeting on Thursday April
2tid inthe Legion Hall at 1:45',
Ladles please bring lunch.
margin from 14.000 votes carried by Murray
Gaunt in the last election to a slim 224 votes.
One campaign worker commented it
would have been easier to lose by .2,000
votes than lose by only 200. "It leaves you
wondering which doors you should have
knocked on to make the difference." she
added. •
A quiet crowd of about 10 loyal -NDP
supporters turned out at the United Auto,
Workers camp. south of Pert Elgin!:
Thursday night- to view the election retains
with candidate Tony McQuaid!.
Arriving at the hall at about if p.m. Mr.
McQuail said he. was pleAed . with the
reterns which gave the N-DP about 300 more
votes than in 1977 and increased their
popular vote to 7.6 percent from 6.6 in the
last election.
"I thought we ran a good compaign and
were the only party_yldressing the issues
and asking the voters to-look at and support
our individual policies." he said.. "'The
inerease,in the vote is larger each election,
`and although it's a slow- process, we- are
BY ALICE 018,111
Hugh Edighoffer, Liberal incumbent' in
Perth.• was re-elected' with a 8.333 vote
majority 'over- his nearest opponent,.
Progressive Conservative (PC) candidate
Colleen Misener, in his fifth straight
triumph at the polls March 19,
Mr. EdighOrfeC a 2-year'5 Old Mitchell
businessman; polled 16.233 votes to Mrs.
Misen'er's 7,890 votes add the 1.872 votes
cast for NDP candidate Scott 'Wilson.
The 'Liberals won 62.4 per Cent- of.the vote
in the Perth, riding, over the Conservative's
30.4 per cEnt and the NDP's 7.2 per cent
Political analysts had predicted Mr.
Edighoffer's riding would-stay-'in-,the-Liberal
fold from the start of the provincial electron
campaign.-
Colleen Misener„a Stratford adlerinan for
To the editor:
Last week at the meeting of 10.0.F.
Lodge a letter that had'been received by the
secretary from Ray McNichol was read,
thanking the members for their' contributiOn
towards his. new ventures. Ray is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McNichol of R.R. No. 4
Walton and is presently working as an R.N.
nurse in a psyChiatric hospital in St. Thoinas.
He has joined Canadian Crossroads and
will he going to Nigeria in.October. It .is
fill that post -Since they have a majority
government. Mr. Edighoffer does expect to
be opposition critic-of-one of the ministeries.
The NDP camp in Perth were-disappointed
that despite a strong campaign. Mr. Wilson
fared worse then the party 's candidate.
Carson McLaughlan, did in 1977. Then the,
NDP won 2.166 votes or 8.2 per cent, while
in this election they dropped a full per-
' Coutinuedlrom page-I'
-1 was talking to- his! -foreman this
morning," explained Mr. Melady.
"TheY'rel.Very yvelf satisfied with flint. It
was a bit hard" with the langtiage but if
there is any: problem they have another
Vietnamete there who translates. And
there's been no -problem yet.-
Meanwhile at home, the expectant
-mother of twins, with help_from Nghia. is
busy raising four young girls. For the
children, adapting to their home will most
likely .pass with only. minor difficulties.
Kids adjust quickly. For Chau. four active
youngsters and establishing a home has
*reed her to adjuSt rapidly. _
It is Nghia, like teenagers everywhere
who resist moves to 'new surroundings.
who is having the most trouble. "Nghia
misses her country very much." noted Mr.
Meladv. "She said she Writes her father
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rossroads believe it.
A few minutes after the
polls had closed, based on 'a
few preliminary polls report-
ing with the vast majority of
the votes still to be counted.
the CBC toritputer predicted
the Conservative majority.
There was little suspense
left. The computer had prov-
ed° its prowess in the past.
_Refilember the, Inst. federal
election when at something'
like 8:25 the CBC computer
predicted a Liberal majority?
People were still voting in
Alberta and British Columbia
but the computer had already
decided-who was going to
win. When the westerners
turned 'on their 'televisions
they were- told ' the election
had been decided by com-
.nuter hours earlier- They
could only sit hopelessly and
hope the computer was
wrong and wonder if they
really counted any more. I
think, we 'can all wonder that
these days.
point,receiving only 7.2 per cent of the
popular' vote. ,
Mr.. Wilson, who took a break from his
Mitchell law, practice and campaigned
almost- runtime for the last month, said he
perceived it as a strong campaign. Adding
perhaps he was just "a lousy politician".11e
pointed out the party took a kicking right.
across 'the province.
avl:rvadiays . Sheo_sbaelditesrehe 4,truloves Csbcatnhaidnaks_aanbdoias
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her home, every night. Shell likely never
see see it again. ,
• "Lam (Mr. Le) said he doesn't miss his
country, He said now he only thinks about
his job. his family and Canada.-
Toronto
O
n tvaaihlyeet
Ihsatofthea mreapjoorrittyoof t arefmuagieoei.
families are struggling with the transition
to • Western life, the Les appear, to have
'carved out what could be a' promising
future. Local help has played a large role in
developing those bright prospects. But
adaption is Often a long difficult process.
Fear and danger may have been left
behind, but so was a father. For one young
girl, the memory. of one bicycle ride will,
always linger as she looks ahead to her
future. .
Edighoffer retains seat 11.--pprth r-iding
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anger past, refugees
Sugar and, spice
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misspelled 'you're."
One is appalled. Question: "Use a
sentence containing the word morale."
Answer: "A hero thinks he is greater than
ordinary morales." Things like this make
the young teacher panic and ask self,
"What's happening? I'm not getting ,•,a •
through to these WSiilt.'*Not-ttrworry.
The kid will probably be a good mIther.
Occasionally, on e is enchanted. One of
those, students w is a Wall-flower in
class, ObvidUsly shy; hiding behind
Smiley
drooping eyelids, flowers on paper, all
inhibitions forgotten in the sheer joy of
expression. and turns in a brilliant piece of
creative thinking. And the teacher is
momentarily elated, realizing he' has
kindled a flame.
All in All, an enriching experience,
giving the marker a good look at a good
cross,section_of. Youngsters- a--few-good-
laughs;,,. some self-doubti, a certain
a delightful feeling of playing
God, Jr., and the odd flash of sheer
satisfaction, if not joy. •
sAves CATtLE-,,,Les Carripbeltof McK flop endured srti ke and intense
heat to use a fire axe to bash an opening through a lammed door in the
burning McClure barn. On the right, owner George MaClureatteinpts.to
get to another door to coax trapped .itrials out. In tha secohd photccan
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animal detetut. Although lLwallt tho had-to-bellestroyed later
because of extensive burns, Owner George. McClure credited-' Mr.
CampbelLwith savling eight or ten of his herd.' (Photos by Larry Onion)
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