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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-12-09, Page 3SDHS senwr girls win second WOSS THE, HURON EXPOSIT R, DEC ri go, L "list On getting °thing for Chris As well she's gattiag, WOW'S cramp ftiantrepeit tOtIly si ft, iitg gift go* to * away friends with her oWit ward GARY. "1"11 do the mom, you do the rest," she says after the lout* one. Do we in the face of a myriad of wants, the pressure of Christmas cheer and that nagging doubt OW PAC of us Will break the, Oo4Ifle, part have. the nerve' net to buy each 9therptp croro,thituitlas chrieteteet' lot' ye* know . *Awl* now, member, what Portugal 004 with 13. shopping_ days acid like in January?" I asked the counting, Eye got a' sneaky better half out of . the clear suspicion there'll be more blue. sky the other night. He parcele than usual under the understood immediately and tree marked "To Mommy repliedin kind with: "Boy our from Gab j" and "To Andy records would sound a heck of from Tuk." They'rebig shop- it lot better if We had a steno pen, my dog sad my kid. ' system like we heard at the Joneses on Sunday." Our daughter meanwhile is No fire in getting more than a little confused by our shorthand Christmas • gift suggestions. stove pipe Christmas gift discussions. (Non-gift discussions?) She's The Seaforth and Area asking whether or not she's /. Fire Department responded coming to Portugal too. She's to an alarm at 12:59-a.m. Dec. in a great deal of doubt bout 3. It was sounded by Dolores whether Santa is going' to fill O'Dwyer of 19. Coleman St.., her modest requests for cow- who was worried about a hot boy boots, a slip and a,,belt. . stove pipe. Fire Chief Harry Write a letter, we tell her, She lank says there was no fire says she doesn't have time. and no-damage. least listens to me- Listens? He even remembers what be didn't buy me last Sat% Most of the time the gift suggestions that we 'both throw out to thin air are' practical, down-to-earth, small things. But when you' ye agreed not to buy anything anyway, you can really let loose with the dreams. "Two weeks on a desert island." I've taken to slaying whet! anyone At ap asks, what ,I went for Christmas. "Re- First woman heads B of E Continued from page 1 don't make some effort...arrange some alternatives". Trustee Frayne has served the board as a representative of separate school supporters (north of Highway 8) for six- years. He has served on both education and personnel committees. Mr. Frayne was also Deputy Reeve of Ashfield Township for eight...years1. Trustee Frank Falconer was named chair- man of management committee, with the following as members, M.E. Zinn, Murray Mulvey, R.K. Peck, and John Jewitt. Trustee R.J. Elliatwas named chairman of personnel committee, with the following as members, Mr. Frayne, C. McDonald, D. McdOnald, and H. Hayter. Dr. J.C. Goddard was named as chairman of the education committee, with the following as members. Joan Van Den Brock, Dennis,Rau, Jean Adams and. Bert Morin. all for. prizes Local kids win posIer , contest The winners or their teach- ers are asked to call Mrs. Snell at Graves Wallpaper and Paint (527-0550) to er- tinge to pick up their winnings in* have a group photo taken for the Exposit- or, Winners, were Danny Poppe, Bill Van Bake!, Lee Ann. Dow, Sherry McLaugh- tin, Rhonda Scott, Tracy Bosman, Connie McClure, Debbie Nolan, Kurt L. and Grant Ross, Carol Axtmann, Cheryl Smith, Scott Hoegy and Jim Clark, Andrea Muir and Tammy Taylor and Brent R. and Blaine S.,- Prize winning posters will be on display in the windows .of Main St. stores. REACHING IN — Poke chief Hal Claus (right) reached into the box to pull out the lucky winner in the Seaforth merchants first bonus bucks. draw. Rose Loomans (left) helped. The winner was Jack Malc6IM who gets $100. in bonus bucks. The next draw is Friday night, (Photo by Hook) WHERE IS SANTA? — Georgina Reynolds(clpest) and her daughter Lisa Reynolds (in black) and Vickie Harris and her niece Julie Harris (in - wkiite) were waiting expectantly for Santa at Saturday's parade. (PhotO by-Hook) At McKillop council Let's not get each other anything for Christmas. Money is tight. We don't really need a darn thing. Let's just enjoy ourselves instead of running up big bills as usual. My husband and I have been exchanging conversa- tion like that for the past month or so- And we really Seaforth District High School's senior ..lWhippets won their second-straight Western. Ontario Secondary Schools' Association (WOSSA) A division girls basketball champ- ionship Saturday with a 33-18 victory over Norwich in the final of the tournament at Mitchell. Meanwhile the junior Whippets weren't too shabby either. They made it to the WOSSA A final, before dropping a 58-44 decision to St. Joseph's of the Oxford-Elgin Conference. The junior portion of the WOSSA A championship was played at SDHS. - Mary Thompson's 16 points, and a defence that held Norwich to a measly six points in the second half, 'helped the senior Whippets to their second-straight title. The score was 16-12 at the half. Faye Carnochan hooped seven points in the deciding game, Jayne Delaney and Annemarie Kelly each added four points, and Cathy Kelly chipped in two more. Thompson also paced the Whippets in the semi-final, a narrow 31-29 win over Glencoe. She sunk two tnrows nom tne tow line to break a 29-29 deadlock in the last four , seconds of the game, and scored a total of 14 points in the contest. The team won the title without one of its top shooters during the regular season, Kathy Larone. who resigned from the team for personal reasons near the end of the schedule. The senior Whippets finished out of the playoffs with an 8-6 won-loss record after the Huron-Perth Conference seasen, but coach Debbie Dawson feels that record was perhaps not indicative of the team's true talent because the Whippets got out of the blocks slowly and met the conference's stronger teams early in their schedule. All five team members who scored points in the final should return to the squad next season, which bodes well for 1982. About eight juniors will also be eligible for the senior team next time around. One who won't is Denise Morey, who will still be of junior age. She paced the junior Whippets in Saturday's tournament by scoring 59 points in two games. 32 points in Seaforth's 50-42 victory over Glencoe in the semi-final, and 27 more in the Whippets' 58-44 loss to St. Joseph's in the final. St. Joseph's led 23-12 at the half. Lucille Delaney also netted 20 points for the junior Whippets in the WOSSA tourna- ment's two games, including eight In the final where Samantha Poisson also bagged six points. The team is coached by Ed Pelss. mean it. The best Christmas present we could give each other would be a hassle free ' holiday. More time to spend with .each other, less on shopping, wrapping then un- wrapping and in some cases returning. Yes, we agree, this will be a Christmas rich in spiritual things. short on big parcels under the tree. And yet. Not a night goes by that I don't hear a little murmur from the better half. Something to say by Susan White "What 1 really need," says he, "is a new pair of work boots." Ditto) a new pair of cords, some exotic tool for his basement workshop or some tapes for his recorder. He's not really talking to me though. We've got a pact . on this no gifts thing see, so he's just getting the word out and hoping Ell spread it around. To Santa maybe. (I've told him to write a letter but he says he doetirt-have,_ time.) Lest anyone think this is a pick-on-Andy column (I've been accused of that before) let me admit that I do the same thing. "It's becoming increasingly hard to-tell time without owning a watch," I muse while I'm reading the paper at night. "My, this wallet is thread- bare. Pretty soon it won't even hold all the money that I don't have," I say when sorting through the house- hold accounts. "You wanted a new wallet last Christmas," the better half replies. He at PR .saves heart attack .victim' Drain cost protested An irate property owner objected to his assessment for this year's clean-out of the open portion:of the Pryce drain at the regular meeting of the McKillop Township Council at Winthrop Monday. The drain was cleaned out on a request by the approximately 12 property owners involved under section 74 of The Drainage Act, and costs were assessed on the basis of council's by-law 30, 1968. Councillor Bill Siemon agreed Harold Pryce's assessment for this year's clean-out seemed proportionately high and "doesn't look quite fair", but wondered if council has any recourse to 'change an assessment 13 years after an appeal procedure should have been -launched. Mr. Pryce's properties are located at the east-half off lot 18, and lots 21 and 22 in concession 9. Councillor Siemon also noted Mr. Pryce's assessment would be higher than other 'property owners in any case, because of higher "benefit": Mr. Pryce suggested he ,may ,.pursue the matter elsewhere. The cost of this year's clean-out of the open portion of the drain was $1,928.65, for which Mr. Pryce's assessment was $815.53. Mr. Pryce said he understoOd "Why don't you buy a new pair of blue jeans?" my friend enquired, gazing with pity at the old battle-worn pair I was wearing. "I don't want new jeans." I replied, in a tone suggesting the matter was no longer open for discussion. "But a, new pair will make you feel better." she persisted. "I don't know how you can stand te tbe seen in those things." Those "things" she referred to so disparagingly had been my constant com- panion for well over a year and I was offended to discover that anyone could think of-thein in such a degrading way. "What's wrong with them?" I demanded to know, tears forming in my eyes. "Just look at them!" she shot back. unmercifully. "They're. as faded as an old Confederate Artily flag and twice as tattered. There are holes in the knees, the back pockets are falling off and at least three (belt loops are missing." "But I like them that way," I whined. "Besides, if,people don't like looking at them. then they ihouldn't look," "Well, finet" my friend surrendered. "If you want to look like a street urchin, hit not going to stop you." The argument ended, for the moment. But there was just something in the way I had been compared to an urchin that stuck a sensitive nerve. So, early last Saturday morning, I decided at long last to Upgrade my image. After an emotional farewell; I stuffed my dear old jeans in a garbage bag down in the basement and set out to find a new pair. It watt* an easy thing to do. Those pants and I had covered a lot of ground together. that costs were to be shared equally befort the request for clean-out was made, and in retrospect it would have been cheaper for him to have hired an engineer. Councillor Siemon noted Mr. Pryce's assessment was the same, proportionately for the 1968 work, but this may not have been self-evident because of offsetting payments (i.e. /damages) at the time that left Mr. Pryce's hnal share of the total cost at $15. Council also received a letter (dated Nov. 4) from Bob A. Dempsey. P. Engineer for Huron. County in response to McKillop Council's concern, expressed earlier, about mainte- nance of a road, County Road 14, on the boundary of Logan and , McKillop. Mr. Dempsey's correspondence stated the road isn't isolated because it's within la qparter- mile of another gravel road, County Road 19, sand • its condition won't be allowed to deteriorate. Among other matters, council also passed a resolution, approving of Logan Township's purchase of a gravel pit in McKillop (south half of lot 12, concession 13) for road Maintenance purposes, "providing the pit is., licensed under the Pits and Quarries Control Act, 1971." • • • I'd ridden across the prairies in them, slept in them in Edmonton, spiliedsoup on them in Newl'Brunswick and had my picture taken in them numerous times. But, like dogs and cats and other family pets, the life span of a pair of "Scrubbies" is less than a man's. And progress marches Still sniffing, I shuffled my way into a big city jean store and within seconds, was shocked back into reality. Jeans, such as the kind I has just discarded, were selling for $45, $39 and S54. Aad I could only stare in wonderment at all, the young kids around me who were buying them up like they were lollipops. Turning my back to the saleslady, I conducted a quick accounting of my cash flow status and realized I'd soon be leaving that store emptyhandediThe smiling young woman behind the counter accurately assessed my predicament by the forlorn took on my face, and gently directed me to a bargain table. And it was there, for $23.75, that I found my new best friend. They were blue and had ill the appearances of a pair of jeans but they sagged like old potato sacks and had stray little yellow threads sticking -out all over the place. But we're getting used'to each other. It takes time. There they sit, on the back of a chair in my bedroom, itching to be worn. And in time, they will be, but on Sunday, I found another old pair that I thought I'd thrown out and they're in pretty good shape. There's a hole in the right front pocket but I can get it mended. Continued from page 1 of those involved in Mr. Oke's case, from the doctors, to the family, say everyone should learn it. "My secretary took the course, because 1 deal with heart patients all the time.' She could be alone in the effice and someone, , might have an attack." says Dr. Quinlan. Mr. Oke's family doctor, Paul Brady Of • Seaforth says even family members of someone with a history of heart trouble should learn CPR. "It's strenuous, but if you're fairly fit, it's a great idea." (Check with your doctor befole signing up= if you have high—blood pressure or any other health problem. suggests Art McNaugh- ton.r • RESPONDING Dr. Brady arrived at Seaforth Com- munity, Hospital a couple of minutes after 1 the ambulance which brought Mr. Oke. Dr. Nuhn continued heart massage • in transit while one of the ambulance attendants did moeth to mouth. Once 'at SCH a tube was put down Mr. Oke's,throar to get oxygen to his lungs. "Everyone thinks, we can't do- anything without electric shock and moni- tors. It's not always necessary. He was responding to the CPR,— Dr. Brady remembers. ':it's one of the modern miracles..And it's fortunate it (the heart attack) happened where it did:" Orville Oke has been fortunate before. Late last summer he had his first heart attack in a good location too. He was visiting, his wife. Wilma, who'd recently had heart bypass surgery, in the 'Winners have been an- nounced in. the Sertforth merchants Christmas poster contest. Prizes, Silver dollars, donated by the Toronto Dom:, inlon, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Province of Ontario banks in town will be presented by Shirley Snell of the merch- ants.,,eemmittee, Intensive Care Unit at University Hospital when, Wilma remembers, "he toppled off his chair." The pair spent a good long time in hospital. Wilma in Intensive Care and Orville down the hall in the Coronary Care Unit.. The nurses went back and forth reporting to the couple, who -celebrated their fortieth weddilrig anniversary earlier in the summer, and "kept us more relaxed" about each other. "Hospitals certainly aren't all bad," Wilma says with a smile. Heartsave Seaforth, Art and Darlene's course, teaches more than CPR. It's five hours long and students learn heart attack recognition signs ("the more people who know the and recognize them, the better," says Dr. Brady) and what to do when someone is choking on food. "I used that one on my mother last Christmas." reports Art McNaughton. Choking is often called the Cafe Coronary because its symptoms are like those of a heart attack. Someone who starts choking while eating gets embarrased and runs to the washroom. Too late another perSon goes to the rescue and finds the victim dead. "I?ollow them. make sure they: re alright," says Art McNaughton, who adds a choking victim cannot say a ward while someone who's had a heart attack is often- able to talk a bit. • There's been a resurgence in interest in CPR since Mr. Oke was saved, and not only in Seaforth. The Royal Bank, where the Okes' son-in-law, Mitch Moore, works is sponsoring a course. Ditto the Mohawk College Library where daughter Mary works. Gord Rimmer talked about his lifesaving experience at the head office of his company, Topnotch, when he was in Winnipeg at a business meeting the day after he helped save Mr. Oke. The --Richardson ,company hadn't had much employee Interest when CPIt had been --offered earlier, but now "they're talking about giving it another go," Mr. Rimmer says. WILL GIVE A COURSE And Art McNaughton and Darlene Hetherington will give another Heartsave course whenever ten people or so get together and request it. ' Seattle, Dr. Quinlan says, is the safest place on the continent to be if you are going to have a heart attack. "Everybody there is trained, hundreds of lives have been saved." • Brian Nuhn, who learned CPR while a student at the Ontario Veterinary College at Guelph and has used the procedure before, but only on small animals, says "I hope someone around me knows CPR if anything ever happens to me." Staff at his Seaforth Veterinary Clinic are interested in learning. "We're out in the public a lot", he says and could conceivably be alone next to a farmer who's having an attack. "I hope I never have to do it again, but now.I believe I could." That relief and some confidence are what both he and Gord Rimmer feel now that it's all over. Both were exhausted, and emotionally and physically drained imme- diately after the incident. "I probably did chest massage for 20 to 25 minutes," says Brian. "When doing it I didn't hive time to think but afterwards I was completely wiped out."' The exhaustion, he thinks, comes from that "super concentration on one thing For over a year now Adrian Vos has been writing his one-sided articles about the pork industry in Ontario and Canada. He has also been commenting regularly on the opinions and intelligence of those who hold different views. I recall he is the one who said "squealing is the privilege of the weak." There is hardly any farm publica- tion that doesn't have some of his "squealing" in it-- In the November 17th issue of Farin'it Country, Adrian states in his "Wait For Market Pacts" that Del O'Brien, Lorne Henderson, and myself should wait until the poic We have all the industry. i facts suggesthe before we practice form opinions on what is good for the future of what he preaches. The Huron County Pork Producers Association (HCPPA) chairman had agreed to hold an information meeting to discuss the pros and cons of supply management and have a vote of producers to see if they wanted to 'pursue supply management or not. The general meeting was scheduled for the end of July. Then at an executive meeting Adtiin Vos per suaded them to reverse the decision to hold a vote. What was Adrian afraid of? Did he want to wait for the Bowman Only for that length of time." Gordlimmer adds that "the adrenalin is flowing and then it washes away", leaving him "is weak as.a.., kitten." "I watched my father die of a heart attack, that's part of the reason I took the course," Mr, Rbemer - • '- Both say it"s'tremendoutly satisfying to hear Of Orville Oke's stabilized condition. Mr. Oke went to Stratford General Hospital from SCH, the night of his attack, where it was discovered he also has' diabetes. A week ago he was transferred to University where he's been weaned off his earlier heart medication and doctors are trying various options to control the arrhythmia. One of them: told Mrs. Oke "Orville has the most irregUlar heart beat I've ever seen." The concern of Lions members ("we Could have had a meeting at the hospital, so many dropped 'in to check about Orville" jokes Gord ,Rirnmer) and the public in general has been really gratifying to the Okes. "I couldn't go to pieces with a bunch of men around," says Wilma Oke, Lions Judd Walker and-Ab Whitney'came to get her at home. Bill Hodgert drove her to Stratford Hospital. Others called 'family members. Members of the Oke family are deter- mined to learn CPR, just in case, and Art McNaughton- stresses his, willingness to teach . more courses in Seaforth. He and Mrs. Hetherington would like to see more local people take the advancedvinstructor's course (the whole program is liceneedlitid" monitored- by the Ontario Heart Founda- tion) and also say they're happy to talk to groups and meetings and show a film about heart attack. "Even if people hear us as speakers at a meeting, that's better than' nothing," Art says. "We had talked to the Lions," marketing research report? If so , then why did the HCPPA executive send a letter to the Bruce County Association stating that only 10 per cent of Hurons pork producers were interested in supply management? On what facts was this figure based? There-are none. Next, recommendations were sent to Dr. Gordon Bowman's market research committee that clearly stated that HCPPA were against any type of supply Manage- ment In the pork industry. On 'what facts were these recommendations based? Both these things were done before pork producers have had a look at the Bowman report. Do Huron pork producers want a small number of men making these, decisions for them `wituiut first having a vote? , It , seems strange that otheis were supposed to "Wait For Market Fads" while Adrian wages his personal brain washing campaign on Ontario pork producers. I' know Adrian is aspiring to be a fttli.time writer. Maybe he could write about other things. Perhaps he should stick to a comic strip featurintArnold the Pig or Miss Piggy. 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