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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-06-10, Page 2B Zile titur-011 since 1060, $ervfng the Community first 12 Main St /527-0240 i Published at SEAFORTH, QNTARIQ every Thursday morning by McLean Bros. Publishers Ltd Andrew Y McLean, PublisherV A Susan White. Editor Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association. Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assopattan and Aydtt auieau of Cirguiatton _- .: ... .' ' - .•: was-cr�tta�n rates . tri d e t. ac>r a • : i; av n a S e , d ��y C 4 9 t v n :ei .a ria 3.a e Q a e i a S .r t .C' .•'.A . Y � �. u d as 9 •q p 0 :, rt e h t �s s ire � ., i. •Co .. aQ �e Stn o q . , ,r A rd . r. on b t't6S►6 r :,m a G eco e SEAFORTfif QNTAA10;, 4UNE 10, 1981. d It's worth the e f f ort News from our local boards of education is often full of jargon. Despite the best efforts of reporters writing, about board decisions (they too must plow li that readers ave :u et tight deadlines) we sometimes gha ertthe feeling t read readers gup lare, F on what's 'happening with education because it's too darn complicated. Stories, and decisions, full of half -teacher$, .8 teaching time, Bill 82 and exceptional children, ratios and steering committees are hard to follow. And baffled people tend to give up. Part of the fault. lies with us, the news media, the communicators. We've got to dig behind the often over -powering phrases, to write about what's actually happening in .the schools in a way that people will understand. Part of the fault too lies with the boards and their administrative staff. Perhaps there's a feeling that expensive people should use expensive Words, combined with the tendency any big I 673 t JUNE 10, 1881 The Ma>or and Rcc.c tach had a co►% impou.ndcd on Sunda% last La%% inakers who become la%% breaker% should rertember that Constable Dunlop is no respct,,w, .f persons, Thomas Henn► has sold his targi on the Huron Road. McKillop to Ralph. Tftoampson. ttts nwighb9lut for'tbr ,u -m of 5; DO, . . W.S. Mun ell, b4 It ruftakcd the furtu of _--i -. -- v .- w'tt?• X: trteve p.ar trig, it ,ern,turc �ltc allt►c, at: R t1 •a l tyre � i . � r i tide. eh th his tt b. 4k P M. ,f. �-f:,�r1t1 ;!l l'h1R 'tr1Ly nd� . groµ>cad. It is a, .hc7tB .. 1 . It . = atat•1 c%.e 1r•. 'vlund0l h ctr h► the ctltt A .P . tlCi:has:!, n�' P - �ei�x;n �'a.-�s°d'srm•alzci •R.t�•1th;K� ofF�k�tter. . 1 have opened uttt a hut.:dicr -Shsip iii tho building lalets-occupiedi b>'.IArncs-Cosworth° of H.ensa}I' The Res. Mr..MtN-1ughton- Pir sby.te.rian Minister of Walton being' absent on his holidays, the ?Manse here is now ♦avant. Taking advantage of this fact sonic ev it disposed rascals secured an entrance into the house bs remo%ing a pane of glass from ont of the %indow s and ransacked the drawers and turned everything to the House upside down. The> also entered the cellar and evidently made a good square meal of preserves and tither savory article%. but the worst of all %vas a dastardly attempt to fire the house. JUNE 15, 1406 Frank Gutteridge has been awarded the In the yein Contract for the brick %ork on tlliveliaw budding for the Canada Fnrniture.Compam to tic erected this sup;tmvr and the founda- tioii..tr tve,ll tin3erway. The vyood.-Nogk will be.: a h% % the fmctt>ibv', hancla. • „w 'ChtitJlas jtr" 1s ha.5 tittCxliaxcd !'Inc, rest-, di nscr+�f lfatrro dcffr ry. paving for ' it V130Q. #r +t IS htt a u,s tinc of t ctt i st .. cs itt.°lown: ri a -9t it ehca ligrKt .. u d ft . S . P f'lat'ly *ilii $60 i£111'. en netgltbourhood • : ';L t a, stxs'� N . ' ct cturtn > tltc' 4�7tt, s m$ , p storms of Thurs-day and, Frido" last:' Tho oldest inhabitant s.ays.they wcrc the NVot!g iii' his rc}ollecttonl,. it swept fences, `pichards, br shtimber and - other statiotl..,. - and nit) ► able articles before it. but fortuuatelt no It%cs were lost in this vicinity. although the storm on Friday evening of last week was not so ver„w•.•s ygrc in this t ictmty. it was the gause of several' talamities,and much damage in the southern pan of the province. In this county. a strip running from the -lake by %%av of Kippen and north-east felt the pffects severely, but aside from the blowing down of fences and trees, the only damage done that we have heard of %%ps the demoliton of the, large barn on the farm,of Mr. Coleman on the Kippen Rpad. hear Strong's hotel in Tuckersmith. trs ax9­0one Thos. Welsh of Hensall had the: dwelling he purchased recently ''from Frank Graham removed from thte lot east of Mr. Arnold'% dwellipg, in ;orcica . -to - inakiz rams for a hanisbme ltxk ciw cuing and Gte�,., Jtlyut ilei!„ v cre- w tt • a' '1 n r a �d e s u d n at.: b e its. A a Ix � R 5 awa.r :ci� tp: ttt'�tice•.t�orn, for r1 •t'ipt; meta a d � f? JfliVix 12.11: k A Mrs, l�'alt3� •1�dd'ct�•rl, .ads-asst?;.iant:; to t;hic°, Hensall' cast off up . is et s4� tui %A roup of week ftoltdays ,l�7th '11et lister; MM, W. . ,K -.-r; in Nar< crit Ontario: Ethel Murdock is taking her place; at the local post otTiee.1 '. Tlitrse Mustard of C,ypsuniville who is now home on ft t-lotigit, visited .her parents in BruceGeld last week and returned to. `Toronto with her brother Thornton. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Aberhart in McKillop were Mrs. Consitt and daughter Margaret; Mrs. Lewis and Mr. and Mrs, Mack. who motored there from Lopdon and spent the weekend bringing Miss Mac..and Donald Aberhart home. Russel. Wallace has rented James Cam- eron's house on the Mill Road, Tuckersmith. formerly occupied by John Holliday. Mrs. Robert Bo nthron of Hensall was visitied by a number of relatives during the weekend among whom were Mr. and Mrs. Jame% McMurtin and daughter of Barris. JUNE 15, 1956 Faced with a, demand for increased capacity; Topnotch Feed Mills Limited an- nounced this week an expansion program thatwill provide st age foir ati add.- bushels, dd- t bit a pf hitt. :bAtta bO,;OQti sb. 1s....B..r . , r k. i e ro tin *J'm'. A fir t s a n s a s e e 111 g iR [ to to tet no �• � f �h s It is It con tri enc d . � 4 m e t � a e 65. . t h f. c Ct) � e t .les e,a.. Itghf reattfAr eft . nese► tk �. ben ed• a ee t' sic lite 1oc >a n eiph. p �qy� t�•3� tp tti8 NLR §W-4:60 wntho' 4"r toll: <� - .and=avast ttf.tlt feed Tilt►►. , 'to'. Fit rk,, tae„ps#ll° 66SiriesSt Ilii way tho �rlcky winner of $1000 in a drys y, 'Mand.ay light at especial •S50. a plate dtrinet at Hotel London sponsored by the Sbriners o'f London -and attended by 30Q Shrinets.. Mr, Fink is Marshal of the provosi unit of the Mocha Temple in London. A large number of St. Patrick's.parish- oners. Dublin attended the Fancily Rosary Rally at Seaforth on Friday which was conducted by Rev. Father Peyton. Mrs. Njargaret Broadfoot spent a few days with her brother John McClure and. Ethel, McClure of Winthrop. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ritchie and Larry of Egmondville and Mr. and Mrs. W. ,C. Ennis, Cathie and Beth of London visited with Mrs. E. Ennis on Sunday. Minister is arrogant, dangerous business.has of talking in code words, in jargon that obscures instead of Canada's Minister of Finance has the . corporation is supposed to lose money, like reveals what's really. being discussed. in Huron accoutrements of the ideal man for the job.SULTarwnd _ _.. spice the Post Office or the CNR or any dozen others can think of. But, under pressure from groups of parents'tike CAGE County -and the Dublin area group who met with the Huron -Perth board He's a thickset, sturdy chap who doesn't He has had years of By Bill Smiley , you Now. the government, goggle-eyed, is last week, both the.media and the educational establishment are trying to seem to panic easily. experience in Parliament. He is extremely income that would bring in hundred of But it's politics. It•garners votes. looking at that highly successful corporation like a snake looking at a fat rabbit, and ase respond with more openness and clearer information on board decisions. 'as able in debate. especially on the defense. millions of new taxes each •year, and help to, good When it comes to the rest of us, the potential instrument for interfering with the . Meanwhile, we ask that you don't ' give up on this newspaper your And then there's that good, solid, thrifty, Scottish name. Allan MacEachen. esase the massive, growing, and embarrass- government hVabout as liberal as Scrooge. If manufacturing sector of this country, as it source for school news. Huron readers in particular should make special On the surface. a canny Scot, who's been ing national deficit. you or 1 have a small business, and are going has interfered with the oil and gas industry " note of the story on the committee their board is setting up to decide what Minister of practically everything. except But for the averageCanadian. such a step bankrupt because of vicious inflation and to the benefit of none of us. schools should be closed and when. Though 40-11-W601 Mind the issue.that Prime. and he had a shot at that. ttould be extremely painful., in some cases disastrous: More inflation every year; higher , merciless interest rates, are we bailed out? Fat chance. Touch luck, old boy, but you The government began to lobby the corporation directors in an attempt to have simply put ;in the report from the board meeting, that's What the declining But behind that exterior lurks a Machia_ vellfian mind, and a Liberal arrogance that taxes ,every year. What nice little have only one vote. them elect its own man, a certain Maurice committee, eventually in these days Of spiralling costs and ffiake not -only the opposite of whkt he perous merry-go-round. For the govc(nmcnt. If you and 1 are on pension, barely able to 'shelter, Strong, ex Liberal candidate, international enrolment, will d0. So read about it, talk to your board 'trustee (Frank Falconer or .him. appears' -but also a�dan man. And PP g is a Personally. 1 wouldn't trust Mr. Mac- Eachen as far as t could throw a bulldozer provide food and are we assisted? Sure we are. We'll raise your pension by two financier, as chairman of the CDC. Mr. Strong has an interesting` connection please John Jewitt represent most of our readers) and give your input (a very dangerous man close to the seat of power threat to the entire country. into a swam And when it comes to mono P• Y•. dollars a month or some such. -says our with 9 Swiss firm that picked up about three a million in for.-.. popular jargon Word) now. In his budget speech. MacEachen hinted broadly that he would consider removing the I wouldn't trust the Liberal government that far. The poor sods' are desperate for every liberal government. A recent devet- Five cans of soup. lopment has alarmed me.. ting [sof negotiating the purchase of Petro Fina for Petro Fina running a indexingof income taxes in relation to t already squeezed nickel the haven' d out of and confirmed my suspicion that letting the Canada. Nice day's work. It's a nasty piece of.business, nobody t A, locat inflation That would be a savage blow to -the g averse citizen of this country. except. as g P m TheY g govern- the italout ovum one to gn s Y t i y government mta „geur business is the equivalent of asking a safecracker. to .look _and knows it better than the business 'world. When the first reports about possible solution usual, to the Jesy poor and the very rich. You tt!�iil out large coinpafitt3s tiea�ed for bank after the store while you go out. for 'a coffee. overnment interference in CDC'a eared; g PP and I would pay ,mord taxes each year, as „ frit depe Pt cy, and 4ttysk with_ our money, moil _. Tee government. with the sweet smell of the shares fell sharply in price, reflecting the LOCaI-people, who have a stake in how decisions are made, can often inflation rose and our claims ndcnts and other things remained static. t. companies at inflated prices in the name of move to it s nose, is tt in to move- and � Y B control one of the best examples of Canadian' market's. --,-and the .public's distrust of Come up with 301UtI0nS that leave experts and planners In head -shaking Fine for the government. A source of producing not one single. extra gallon of oil. knowhow, and resourcefulness -the Canada government intervention in business. Oh, it's a nasty, slippery business, all bewilderment. „ plague for he can talk his way but of "a 1 M!Y 2`1 "mar S utnn Development Corporation. _ around. The government promised to stay That's likely -the case With theplan two principals devised, and the keep Walton school open. It"s a Be hi�n d the scenes' contract quicker than fiitmen can talk This outfit was'established by the govern- ment to enable Canadians to invest in their out of CDC's business. Now, with some gold the horizon, it 1, Huron Board of Education approved, to but will they find them. The hapless chap that he will sooner or later people into leaving a burning building. on wants.in..And so would Simple plan that .respects the small school's own identity but ties it, for by Keith Rou'Iston answers answers to the Depression came only after own' country. The government promised, tacitly, not to interfere in the company. probably, if 1 had run the country so far into cost savings and better access to educational "extras", to Seaforth Public for inflation. Hydro prices have risen ridiculously..." brakes aren't working: interest rate~ are so high that people would have fainted in Thousands of Canadians, invested (no for debt. Financial analyst Ronald Anderson says: School. some of his other comments. Unfortunately, Ontario Hydro is not eigners allowed.) A noble concept. •'A policy of subverting the profit -based. It's too early t0 judge how the plan will work, and there are bound to be ,it's hassles at first. But the simple solution should ensure that a school itsP begin writing something, whets suddenly he 'knob Isle city is still e a because Ontario i immune to inflation. We a more each year pay Y for fuel, equipment and maintenance. As 1 M' f hcessful. Unfortunately, the Corporation was suc- in. ten years, with astute manage- growth -oriented de0lopment strategy of the CDC would ' amountto a betrayal of the community values very • much ' will be able to stay open. Hydra is a -°crown corporation which for 75 eop will get worse so they'd better buy now and e ait merit and a good deal of skill. and daring, it built up its assets in ten years to $3.4 billion 'corporations 30,000 shareholders•. Many of­ That's n0 mlose ean feat to these COSt COn3cl0u3 days and we hats Off t0 inflation just kce s rollin alon J P g g may have jammed on the brakes so violently trent insurance offices. dollars. The investors were happy, the the investors ,have never boug e [ eht. shares before; they invested in the CDC for the the Huron County board for being brave enough to look at innovative • We aren't alone of course. hp feet we're c tion confident, corporation samereasontheybuy . Canada Savings ideas and to the , principals who wor-ked- the whole thing out. be their beneficiaries. In "Ten Lost Years", Barry Broadfoot's 'book the Great Depression in Canada, considerably better off than most countries, But there's that smell of money. Ridicu- lous. A government-sponsored or controlled Bonds -because the trusted the Government keepits. Sill devils. Walton Students, and Seaforth ones too, will about At its worst, our inflation rate looks pun ° Ordinary Canadians would love tic to word." -------,...._ _v._.._..._.... , ......., ..:_.,._..... ...__._....,..-..•..... the people he interviewed expressed over .. distil"ustonmenf tliaf besides••lsraeF-s--l•33-•per--cant-.or Brazil's -_1.15..... mainly due to the relatively stable.costs of have the feeling that someone knows %%h,at. _._...-_._._ " "' ......------ ...__.._..,_•___._-..._ ._. _............., _..,_._.__ ._.._ ._- .._.._-_......_.__-. ._............. .._.______...._._..._._......__...._.,__......_._._....• ...___.. __._.._._______..._......_.._ and over, again the ,[Tic •people~-they-•rleeted:--w•he-•they--trusted..�.,...� Wh h pgttr centPeople...:in_ all countries to the . .__,........._......__..._. _ ._..._..._.._.. Western world are being hurt by current _ _ __._....... tZ17Z7° _..,�.•. _..,.._._�_._-._._._._.._..._. ___._.,__.__..._..___....._ ... ___.._.___ have the answers, didn t have anyet er I . ° or not we are headed for similar hard tidies .ndi new � — at ►cosi one thing is sure: the same The newspapers headline the number of •, • nesses disillusionment is. growing. bankruptcies ec farms and small a iIceburg, , Hil I'm strange, .To the editors inflation is rising* the dollar is failing. the but these reflect just the tip of the 'icebur interest rate fs out of, sight altogether and The'real problem lies with the number of le who don't go ,broke but find they even the experts are arguing about just what Peop• • • t '' P must sell out or just close dr than The and remarkable Jim rrif ie is the answer to the economic problems that numbers Here will be much larger than the Scores tie have been building now for nearly a decade. f s 'f' thfi ries on much A , That is the frightening part. For' years we g re t ban ruptcy t u s g _ _.. It u�f 3ur faith iii overnment to solve' our h - p B • longer. ngg THE WINNERS � BY JIM BAGARTY - which h novel wh e ' a�sures� esu; will be ' guarantee t outsell' Gone With the Wind. .We -the staff and employees, gratefully I _have been on staff here for six weeks, function, problems. Little people have ,trusted• gov- ernment to them from the rich' and Tough as times are„however, there will be I�ie never quite gets around to putting his ” thank ylat[ for he terrific feature story your has done for ARC industries and have learned a great deal of its desires, goals and am glad to be employed protect, powerful. The rich. and powerful, although winners. There always are and most of the time the winners are the same people. The Editor • note: This week the Expositor masterpiece down on paper but next week , paper South Huron and District.Associatioa for the by ARC Industries. decrying government interference. have y' g g rich will get rich and the poor get poorer just begins a new column by Mitchell write[ and musician, Jim Hagarty- he's going to start. A freelano;, writer is an expert on Mental) Handicapped. ' Mentally ppe I do have one request, a correction be If there are any. . persons, or group of Persons, wishing for, a grand tour of our used their influence to get the government to take steps they have thought would benefit like the old song says. Harsh economic will drive 'many small businesses everything from constitutional law, to ry B made for the definition of ARC. Arc is centre, please give us a call, 237-3667. their interests. When things were going from conditions either ,out of business or into the arms of Hit My name is Jim Hegarty and I am one of marital unhappiness to bedwetting. At the drop of a hat, if you're unlucky enough to "Adult Rehabilitation Centre" and not 'Adult "Come and See Us." , . A stn we thank ou, good as in the long uphill climb the Second World. War to the mid seventies it larger businesses. Competition will be hose with those strange and remarkable creatures B meet frim on the -street, he'll tell you at great Recreation Centre" as quoted. q Though. recreation is also•a act of our g P B Y Yours, looked like everybody was getting what reduced: power concentrated. cash Than it at high rates of return commonly known as 'the freelance writer. Y • length all you need to know about an Bt Y Y daily living,•ARC i$•a centre of employment ►rentOkahashi they wanted. TURN ON THE TOP ready while those without cash who have to'borrow For anyone unfamiliar with the term, a freelance writer is generally a somewhat subject under the sun. Got the corns on our Y feet, you say? Well, here's what you oughts and education for our employees., staff and ° to the public. Marketing and Promotion ARC industries -Dashwood The politicans and bureaucrats too belie - to keep their home or keep their business are hit with astrornonical interest lazy, somewhat shifty individual who suffers Y . do:.. ed this gospel and government could running a from the delusion that -he can write better- There is no activity whatsoever at°ound a "manage" the economy. turning on the tap charges. And the worst may be yet to come. Most of than most other people in his field, ,Because P P of this grand.opinion he holds of>liimself• an freelance writer's home before 12 noon but at 4:30 ever morning i>iis house'is lit up like a a Hydro n Hydro responds to Smiley to stimulate things when the economy was slow, putting the brakes on when things started going too fast. Now the politicians the economic theories of tnday came out of the Depression years when suddenly. the old disproven and there ideaC which is almost always without ,. foundation in fact- he fancies himself to'be ball ark. p The only way a freelance writer ever sells and bureaucrats and perhaps more frighten gesonomic theorfies were new answers to turn to. There's a lot too B rind to work at metrial, nine-to•ftve any of his work is by contacting unknowing ed than anyone else. for being close to the •situation were no of agreement today that the old economic writing jobs on newspapers or in public relations offices. editors and publishers by mail, He learns to avoid direct face-to-face meetings like the Il I'd like to than i11 Smile for his Smiley compliments about tats t I•jydro in the Dover -u P I will be the first to' agree that Ontario they realize that the •rules• they've laved the game by so confidently for [henries formulated from then eatpericnoe of The The insufferable haughtiness of the plague for he can talk his way but of "a 1 M!Y 2`1 "mar S utnn Hydro can do better. We are trying •and will p decades no longer apply.. the Depression don't work anymore. "experts" are desperatcly looking for nc" pre -freelance writer almost assures the Pr contract quicker than fiitmen can talk He's right w en• he says Hydro -is continue to do so. The brakes are on to try to stop runaway but will they find them. The hapless chap that he will sooner or later people into leaving a burning building. remarkably efficient and still cheap by world Mr. Smiley states that "even accounting inflation and keep the dollar up but the answers answers to the Depression came only after become- a real freelance writer for he quickly finds himself in all sorts of .The most prominent characteristic of the freelance is.hisincc-dibleconfusion of standards. Perhaps, we could agree to disagree on for inflation. Hydro prices have risen ridiculously..." brakes aren't working: interest rate~ are so high that people would have fainted in People had lived through c Will the answers embroiled embarrassing disputes with fellow workers writer mind. He sits down at his kitchen table to some of his other comments. Unfortunately, Ontario Hydro is not disbelief if you had made a 20 per- cent P to current problems only come in,.hindsight' we have lived through it? and employers. He is a person who can begin writing something, whets suddenly he 'knob Isle city is still e a because Ontario i immune to inflation. We a more each year pay Y for fuel, equipment and maintenance. As 1 interest prediction two years ago. Yet it isn't working. People just keep thinking things after _ Frightening too is the idea that in inch usually lie through his teeth in a job Y interview and he eventually becotreswell notices a is missin from .s kitchen B cupboard. >ile immediately races down to the Hydra is a -°crown corporation which for 75 mentioned, our costs as well as savings are will get worse so they'd better buy now and desperation to slow inflation, governments aquainted with the interiot's of unemploy- hardware stare,, obsetving on-the'..wAy., that years has been responsible to the people passed on to electricity users. inflation just kce s rollin alon J P g g may have jammed on the brakes so violently trent insurance offices. exce of the tires on his car is' a bit low ort air. through their elected representatives. We , We eipect that for the next few ,years any • we'll go into an uticontrollable skid. if people teelance writers dislike authority, rou- While at the service station- well, it goes ori make no profit and recover. through our increases will be equal to, or slightly below, INCONTROL start being driven off farms in high tine and money: By leaving their jobs and and on. fates, only what is needed to supply Ontario the rate of ,inflation. This has been possible ° Ordinary Canadians would love tic numbers, if small businesses are forced to venturing out on scarcer ofself-em to meat g self-employment Now, to•introduce,m self to you pro rl . Y Y property. electrical users. mainly due to the relatively stable.costs of have the feeling that someone knows %%h,at. -4116se, if people lose their houses because they always find that they can successfully I'm 30 years old, my hair's falling out, my Our rate -proposals are examined in public Ontario's nuclear and hydro -electric he is, doing. Desperate for that same kind -of they can't afford the huge interest payments evade all three. Give a freelance writer a doctor, says the pain in my stomach is,just my each year. Any interested party can , tesouices as well as revenues from export feeling Americans turned to Ronald Reagan on their mortgages may -we suddenly find little cash and he will invariably invest it in imagination and my big dream in life is to comment in this process: sales; which, help keep the lid on rates. as their president. a man who if he couldn't 'that to a matter of days or weeks, we have candy bars, banana cream pies, Cuban visit Great Britain. i like chocolate chip Taxpayers dry clot subsidize Ontario Hydro Thanks frit the chance to expose the other solve all the problems was. a good enough gone from too much growth to an economic 'agars and Mad magazines. He is at his cookies, raspberries, old Beatles records and apatations anal, hpYtels• 00titiciatis are side of the coin. actor to make people think he's in control. catastrophy like the one even in the happiest scurrying' out the back door while sleeping. I hate` Impertinent civil servants, .coveriog, 40 our operationit, he should Sincerely, Without the euphoria of a political honey- D pression. We've lived with the shouts of various bill collectors are trying to get in the lineups and health food fanatics: ands through same ttaftttcrijt+ts of fife Hugh Macaulay moon period, Canadians with their Prime ec nomir crisis for nearly a decade now and front. Gotta got The furnace man is banging on t�ecent Select Committee on Hydra Attairs. Chairman Minister, who'd been around for a dozen survived. Let's hone that once again people Every freelance writer, is working un. t my front 'door. it was an intensive probe, •and flit 'from a Ontario Hydro • years have no such illusions. are making it Sot nd .verse than it really is. .,�., , _ �,� a .,:,- ,� _ ,.;. .,:., __ � -,::- r m •_'_ - - � - - - - t - _ .._ _. __ . _ in