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KINDERGARTEN GRADUATES—Walton
Public School held a graduation for its
kindergarten students lett Friday. In the front
row from left are: Michelle, Cooper, Brent
Whitmore, Michael Stoll, Tina Bosman, Greg
Fritz, Matthew McNichol and Michael Craig. In
the second row are . Michael Campl4ell, Sandra
Storey, Paul Glanville, John McKercher,
Robbie Shortreed, Patricia Williamson and
Thomas Wheatley. In the back row are Dianne
De Block, Brad Beuermann, Randy McClure,
Wendy Clarke, 'Susan Carter,. Tim Bac,hert
Shawna McCall and Susan Stewart. Their
teacher is Mrs. Barb Livermore. Absent when
the picture was taken was Robbie Patterson.
(Photo by Ranney)
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by Keith Rouiston
To find our greatness
As Canadians celebrate the 114th birthday
of their country we are still awaiting the
greatness promised by Sir Wilfred Laurier
when he predicted the 20th century
*longed to Canada.. With' only 19 years left--
in the century, that greatness seems almost
cut-of -reach: --
There have been times When' Canada has
shown greatness: the world leadership in
pursuit of peace for the Lesterfeapon years
and the current leadership in trying to,bring
the rich and poor nations closer together
come to mind; but for the most part the
tremendous promise of our land has not
been realized. Of course, if you think Laurier
talked about material possessions then
Canada has become great beyond his wildest
(teems. The lowliest citizen todAy has things
in his home today thateyen a prime minister
couldn't contemplate at the turn of the
century. But of course Laurier wasn't talking
merely about wealth.
The problem is that to have a great nation
you must have great 'people living in it and
..C.anadians-too-often-have-showuan-aversiorr
to greatness. For a nation to be great it
means more than electing great leaders, it
means having the entire population contri-
buting to that greatness. That means you
and I doing our best to make the nation
great.
The role of government in this must be to
open the roadways for greatness, not hinder
it. For too long we have rewarded the wrong
people in this country. Rewardshaee gone to
the managers and Merchandisers., not the
creators. Look at the farm situation where a,
farmer produces food from soil and sunlight
• and his own know-how end effort and earns
less usually than the girl at the checkout
counter at the supermarket, let alone the
processing company president ' or the
supermarket manager. Look at the constant
drain of Canadian artistic creative talent to
other countries where they will be properly
rewarded for their efforts.
TECHNOLOGICAL LAG
Canada today is suffering because we
don't have enough creators, We are
technologically behind because we don't
have enough scientists doing research. We
have sold our industries to other nations who
are more interested in doing research in
their own countries.
One often hears the complaint in Canada
of too much government interference, but
the problem lies first and foremost with
business and the men who run it. We have
let ourselves becomea nation of stuffy-think-
ing managers • and merchandisers. Even
great fainily fortunes such as Eaton and
Thompson-and Taylor-have-been-Managers,
not creators. And pretty small thinking
managers at -that:: -While—business—talks-
about the Valhalla of free enterprise in the
few Canadian bfisinesses are giving as
much back to society as their counterparts in
the U.S. The huge fortunes doWn there have
been used for many worthwhile philanthrop-
ic ventures like the Ford Foundation or the
Carnegie gifts of the early part of the
century.
If Canada is to become: great. it will be not
through the efforts of a few but through the
efforts of a great many. We have turned over
the destiny of our country to.a small handful
of pOlitical leaders and an - evea.
handful' of bigimiinesireaders. %Verse
we have put much of our future in the 'Mikis—
of people in New York, or Frankfurt 'or
Tokyo, who have no reason to care about the
For Canada to be great we must have A
broad-based reawakening of what, the
country is all about. We realist hive people
doing things because they want to do them.'
" not just to collect a paycheque. We must .get
people involved in the country again whether
in their jobs or in their volunteer activities.
The potential is there. The greatness has
been shown. It was shovin. in Centennial
Year in1967.whetreanadiatis for a brief time
realized just what they' could do. They got
excited-and involved. -Nearly every commun-
ity became a better place because of. what
went on that year. But somehow we 'oat the
spirit.
The greatness surfaced again in the
remarkable Terry Fox run. Here was a
Canadian not afraid to be great, tp take on a
task that Seemed far beyond any huMan
being. Canadians responded to that great-
ness, were touched by it as they hadn't been
since. 1961 and the greatness bloomed from
one ()resin to the other. For a brief tittle we
gave up our wrangling and bitterness and we
were great too, raising ftbuloOs amounts to
fight
t e ,canr. The greatness is there in Canadians,
waiting to be awakened. What we hatie to
learn is that when Sir Wilfred said the.
century belonged to us, he didn't Mean it
would be delivered qt ordered like *vivo-
We have to reach out and seize it With our
imagination and our energy.
be put in this year in the area
of the Public School. He said
the commission g has, been
trying to loop in all hydrants
and not have any dead end
ones so that with pressure
from both sides the flow of
water is always strong.
-Mr: -Phillip- discussed -the -
water main system • in the
. town, using a map colour
coded so that each was able
to see at a glance what size
the various mains were.
He stated that an alternate
feed line from the water
tower to the distribution
system' had been completed
agreement
Farmers'
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baked goods as well as paintings by Alfie
Dale„
Mr. Peter added last year was live
mu sic at the market: which may have
attracted more Visitors, and he said music of
form will be included in the July event:
There was no music, Saturday. .
Mr: Peter said he hoped for more
exhibitorglit the next rnarke-t. and suggested
two orthreetteighbours shore a booth to sell
vegetables form their own gardens. Rental
space for a booth is $5.
Post office open
Continued from page 1
ers as usual. Papers bound for readers
futher away will be held at the newspaper
office in Seaforth for the duration. ,
The last postal strike in October, 1978 was
ended by government legislation two days
after it began.
Following that strike, Jean Claude Parrot.
president of CUPW, served a jail term for
refusing to comply with the back-to-work
legislation.
Mr. Whftmere said any mail destined for'
beyond Seaforth and the surrounding area
will be held at the post office until the strike
ends,
ENTEFITAINMENT???—etose tom vehicles clogged ,apprt*- , created a yeti problem if an emergency 3/W010,611th as an
Ifflately a half mile of roadway in front of the home of David ambulance, needed to get through, The fire- department has
Brock when-his-barn was destroyed by, fire early Saturday complained in the past about cars following the fire trucks and
evening. The clogged Hibbert TOwndhip road would have congesting the roads. (Photo by Ellis'
THE HURON _EXPOSITOR, *NIA! 1, 1114_
Board seeks• closure polic
BY JASON AINSUE some board members.
Human biases were the Board Trustee Frank
essence of dispute among Falconer opened the debate
members of the Huron saying "this committee
C.00nty Board of Education would be useless", unless
on Thursday afternoon, when the final provision allows for
the board met for its final three trustees to be ,ap-
regular meeting of this pointed by the chairman of
school year. the board.
The discussion was over He suggested the cam-
the establishing of a citizen mittee should have an equal
review committee to oversee number of board trustees as
school closures and course outside members because
cuts, and Director of "we'd never get a recom-
Education, D.J. Cochrane, mendation from that sort of a
conceded that it is a sensitive committee (two trustees' and
issue. .,ur citizens) that a school be
He reminded board dosed."
members that "each board 'The to brass (board)
must, adopt a policy which doesn't ha any say in that
follows certain Ministry of sort of system," he said.
Education guidelines and "What is our puhose of
which, after receiving public being here?"
input, may or may not lead to Board Trustee Jean Adams
a decision to close a school" agreed. "If a parent has a
or classroom`.' child in that system, you
In his policy proposal to can't explain closures or
the board, Mr. Cochrane course cuts to him. Parents
suggested that voting are biased. People who come
members of a school ac- to the public meeting - and
commode tion review you know who they are going
committee would include two to be - are completely biased.
members of a Home and We have to educate them."
School Association or two But Trustee' Eugene
parents of children attending Frayne said "somewhere,
the school in question, these we've got carried away with
to be elected at a public the power of this review
meeting; two citizens of the committee. What we have is
area served by the school in the public presenting its
question, also elected at a side, its feelings, and
public meeting; one school bringing recommendations
board trustee, appointed by to the board. The committee
the board chairman, to re- has no authority."
present the public school "We want the,public to be
electors of the area served'by biased," he. said, "to
the school; and one trustee, prevent the board from
appointed by the board chair- making hasty decisions."
man, from another area., Director Cochrane
It" was this last provision elaborated on the power of
which caused concern among the committee. He said there
offer.
At the end of the dis-
cussion, the board voted to
change the wording of the
committee membership re-
quireMents to read that all of
the trustees serving the area
of a proposed school closing
will sit on the committtee (be
one trustee or three) as
well as ode other trustee not
serving that area.
The county's secondary
schools were not included in
the discussions because with
only five schools serving the
county, chances of a high
school closure are minimal.
The street program.-hy-
drants. water mains and
street lighting were discuss-
ed at a joint meeting of
Seaforth town connel and
the Public Utilities Commis-
sion this week so -that up-
gradirrg can meet the
of each.
PUC manager Tom Phil-
lips pointed out the locations
of the 67 hydrants in the
town and explained how they
are routinely checked and
serviced. He said the whole
town is well laid out with
hydrants and well protected.
Ile said a neW hydrant will
Tentative
The Huron County Board
of Education and its Ele-
mentary School TeaChers
have announced that -a tent-
ative agreement has been
reached for the September
1. 1981 to August 331. 1982
contract year.
`Details will be released
following ratification by both
parties: It is expected that
the tea chers will vote on the
tentative agreement early
September of 1981.
As part of a program in recognition of the
Year-of the•H-andicapped:- alternations to the'-
entrance of the Seaforth Post Office will
Provide a scissors-ramp for access for the
disabled.
Wilfred Lamb, a consulting architect to
Public WorkS Canada in London, said in an
interview he expects the project to be
completed in early August: Tenders close
July 22.
'The change to the federal building is one
of between SS' and 60 similar projectS being
undertaken in the London region, estimated
Mr. Lamb.
Besides ramp access, changes being done
elsewhere include altering washroom and
elevator services.
"In the Year of the Handicapped," he
noted "the federal government has been
putting emphasis on getting facilities for the
handicapped in public buildings."
are two safety valves on the
route to a school closure:
first, there must be approval
from the reviewing com-
mittee for any recommenda-
tions to be presented to the
board; then the entire board
must approve the recom-
mendations.
"I weighted the repre-
sentation specifically to give
the citizenry more say at the
comniittee stage," he said.
"The memo from the
ministry requires that the
public have input it."
"If we load the committee
with trustees, we'll lose that
input," Trustee John Jewitt
said.
Board Vice-chairman Bert
Morin said, after cOntidering
the needs of the students and
community, the purpose of
the review is to examine
community,the purpose of
the review is to examine
details of cost. He said if
outside citizens understand
the costs of courses or
schools, then they can be
directly involved with, the
solutions to problems. "It's
more than fair with the
community."
Board Chairnian^ Don
McDonald reasoned that
where the public elects two
people to sit on. the com-
mittee, those elected
members will be informed
and rational.
Trustee Marion Zinn
added some perspective on
the discussion, saying that in
the past decade only one
school was closed and it was
dosed by the parents who
wished their children to go to
schools that had more to
I kiwi we were in trouble
whet I saw the title on the
book ni?, husband was read-
ing so intently in bed the
other night :"Insects as
Pets"
With the explanation that
he's being a responsible
father and giving our three
and half-year old some
varied and chaltengtagauteil':
ectual. experiences. 'She "10,
ter . half is, acttialV exPeri,,
nieetittg, with. weird,
he's - 1,3/44004 -about for
'Ye#q,
• The tr $1' an. ant
A couple of pights ,„sawitig
.and' ,glaSi cutting : in the
Niserrierit: sand
antli.•tiunting..doen arit*
the garden shed. -All. the
while a fascinated
three-year-old dogs his
heels. "See, she really is
learning a lot", says doting
father to skeptical mother,
The big confrontation is
over where we'll keep this
eighth wonder of the world...
native McKillop Township
ants trapped in sand in a box
with glass on two sides and
holes in top for feeding the
dear little things.
pets, t
Something to say
by Susan White
think about an escaped ant
colony runnign rampant
through the towels and med-
icine chest I Was told in no
It/tett-WO terms that-the new
faera escape root- ,.441"
Pist- to be sure he agreed to;
Move our new 'pets' to the
kitchen,
'says
stopot " rtlariy summers
trying, to get rid otantS. the
kitchen," liar s tough being a
pet Weer if your wife doesn't
We compromised ' with, a
corner of the rarely used
dining room. Later that
night as we sit out on the
back deck the better half sees
a couple of ants scurrying
along. "Now I see them
everywhere" 'says he. "I
wonder..."
Est the ant farm is still intact
in the dining room. And will
be there until an escape or,
horrors, we forget to feed our
new found friends one day.'
And though I'm a Humane
Society fan, you know which
I'd prefer.
••rise.
BY SHARON WILSON
This year Seaforth's swim
team consists of
approximately 20 people. All
are very keen and willing.
The first exhibition meet is
this Saturday, July 4, in
Ehnira."For more details call
the Lions Pool.
The team could use more
members. The, lowest- age
group racing will be 10 and
. The baseball strike. SS left
a 'huge gapin Whet Ihe trade
calls the newshole (the twin
around the ads) to OS daily
papers. A Detroit News
perused the other weekend
had gories on. "OM* ,OIMea,
of the Past". ioterview*with
players 4ti "How I -speed
my tune on strike t‘r:0?0• up
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Havers. 104.
be making a comeback. this
•
Apparently a autaber of
local teams are looking for a
sure win becauSe they've .
challenged the 'Beavers.
There's a sign-up list in our
office and team should be as
.bad or worse than last year's
...in the preferred position
colunin we've' got players
who want to be star, co-star,
and water-girl coach among
other things.
If we can raise enough
people for a practice (some-
body has to promised a party
afterwards) we just might try
try again. WE'll keep you
posted.
you library.",
At the end of August, a
Master Mariner's Reading
Certificate in Old English
lettering will be awarded to
the participants in the pro•
gram. Draws will then be
made for buttons reading
"Book Boat Crew." Now.
cruise down to the Seaforth
Branch Library, become a
member of the book boat and
stay tuned for further excit-
ing news from the Captain.
under. From then on it goes
11 and 12, 13 and 14 and IS
and over.
So. if yOu're - Interested
practices are Mondays,
Wedensdays, Friday from
4.5 p.m. Please let the pool
know. Anyone Is welcome to
come to the meets and
support 'the mintier*.
There'll' be a -report on
following meets.
ur
Council and
meet jointly Disabled ramp
to be added
to Post Office
and the second project this
year would be to tie in the
six-inch main from Chalk
Street to Duke Street. The
next two projects proposed
would be an extension across
William Street East with a ,
six-inch main on •' George
Street —and- tie -fir Centre-
Street, from Ann Street to
Wilson Street with a 10-inch
water main.
Mr. Phillips said the new
well will pump 700 Imperial
gallons a minute but is now
.pumping 300 gallons a
minute. The new well pro-
duces approximately 30.000
Imperial galltins a day. Town
water is tested weekly.
He said, with Ontario
Hydro marking its 75th anni-
versary this year and the
town's PUC marking its 70th
anniversary,' he suggested
that an open house be held at
August. to show off the new
facilities.
Mr. Phillips told town
council the town is well
lighted. He discussed the
substations. the different
types of lights and how the
system work's.
The, town's street recon-
struction program was dis7
cussed. This' year the main
work will be Market Street.
1.100 feet from Main Street
to Ord-Street. with the rest of•
the street 1,100 feet from
Ord Street to the Public
School to be completed next
year. It will involve complete
reconstruction to provide
28-foot pavement with storm
sewers. curb and gutter and
asphalt.
The next street for recon-
struction will be William
Street East from Goderich
- Street to Duke Street for a
length of 1,750 feet. The
complete reconstruction calls
for 28-foot street with storm
sewers, curb and gutter and
asphalt. It was noted- that
this will likely call for the
removal of the trees on this
street, in order to widen it.
Mayor John Sinnamon re-
marked that the street is a
main artery.
Yes feeding, The book
warns you not to go into ants
as' pets ownership lightly.
The 'Otters 41(e to be fed
iwher? little lettace-
scraps from, the 'Ffeki .d' Pet
owoertS,platel'We ,a. day, as
any extended 'WOOS 'are
out: el the
Not ,oeee*ril$,:,' The ant-
fault latteier iii 'the 'fi4:miti.
says. we klloitf. always take it
with us if we go away for the'
weekend.; • -The ante'•Itorile
ear---me'isere&-abeu '
4•••.'
What a motel operator or
campground neighbours
would say about an ant farm
on vacation I can only guess.
What I know is -how I tee'
about finding the ant farm all
settled in in a corner of the
bathroom.(The theory is it's
something to watch in a place
where you spend a good bit
of time.)
When I complained that I
didn't want to even have to
"Come aboard the book
boat!" is the slogan for the
1981 Summer Reading Pro-
gram at the Seaforth Branch
Library. On becoming a
member of the crew. each
child will receive a &Wring
"sheet depicting an under-
water adventure and one of
four bookmarks saying
"Chart your course to the
library," "Sailing with stor-
ies," "Drop anchor in your
library," or "Cruise around
PUC Behind the scenes
Library program
Seaforth swimmers