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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-05-11, Page 36Times-Advocate, May 11, 1978 name new officers Eldon Heywood has been elected president of the R.E. Pooley Branch Legion, while Elsie McDonald is the new- head of the Exeter Ladies Auxiliary. The installation of the new officers will be held on May 20, with Seaforth providing the installation team. A dance will follow. Other members of the Legion are: 1st vice Lee Webber, 2nd vice Murray Greene, sgt.-at-arms Gerald Campbell and Garnet Shipman, executive Norm Ferguson, Clay Murray, Ray Fairley, Bill Link and Harvey Hillman. The Legion Auxiliary executive is comprised of 1st vice Dawn Murray, 2nd vice Janice Frayne, Annie Lawson, Barb Hern and Linda Webber Shipman, Peg Duvar, Wilhelmina Jaques and Dorothy Pfaff. The Legion have several special sporting events on their schedule starting with a bowlerama and breakfast this Sunday. The branch will host the zone C sports meeting on May 28 and four golf events are scheduled at Ironwood, including two mixed ball foursomes and the annual men’s tour­ nament and the zone com­ petition. Sports officer Norm Ferguson also has a banquet scheduled for the Exeter Legion bantam hockey team. The Auxiliary recently hosted a 24-team bowling tournament, with Kin- cardine emerging as the winners. The Number 6 team nlaced third One of the highlights of the event was a special presentation to one of the Goderich teams for faithful participation. The youngest bowler on the team is 64 and the oldest is 83. The average age of the team members is 74. The Auxiliary past of­ ficers’ banquet is scheduled for June 10. Branch 167 recently received a Wintario grant in the amount of $27,831.03 for the renovation to the local hall, with $19,171 to be received now and the balance when the project is completed. Drainage said necessary treasurer secretary Executive Bernice Hunter- Pork event scheduled The Ontario Pork Congress, now in its fifth year, will be held at the Stratford Coliseum June 20- 22. It is the largest event of its kind on the continent and has programs to interest everyone, from producers of breeding stock and com­ mercial producers to veterinarians and con­ sumers. Jack Underwood, promotion chairman of the Congress says he expects more than 10,000 people to attend the event. The Congress will be bigger than ever this year, with more than 125 exhibitors displaying products and services under one roof. Daily attractions include a feature speaker program from 10 a.m. to noon, and consumer education programs beginning at 2 p.m. One of this year’s highlights will be a special symposium on manure management on June 21 at 2 p.m. The Ontario Pork Hostess competition, held annually to select a representative for the pork industry, scheduled June 22 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Of special interest to producers is the All-Ontario Show Day, June 20. About 120 purebred pigs will be judged. Organizers expect to top last year’s $63,000 sale total at Sale Day, June 21. The sale will include the top 10 car­ casses from the Market Hog Competition. Two hundred and ten pigs have been on test since March 9. They will complete the test period June 1. * Feeder Pig Day will be held June 22 with a morning show of weaners between 40 and 60 pounds. An auction will follow in the afternoon. In conjunction with the shows and sales, a junior program for young people aged 12 to 19 is planned. Discussion on sun light Energy Minister Reuben Baetz has released a Ministry discussion paper on “Perspectives on Access to Sunlight”, to mark inter­ national Sun Day celebrations at Harbour­ front’s week-long energy ex­ position. “Many people who con­ sider using solar energy wonder about their ‘right to light,’ ” the Energy Minister said. “Technological ad­ vances notwithstanding, even the best solar collector is useless without sunlight. “Since existing law in On­ tario provides no automatic Tight to light’, protection of access to the sun could become a matter of concern as we increase our use of solar energy. This discus­ sion paper is, then, an im­ portant step in developing solar energy in Ontario." The Minister said the paper outlines existing law on the subject and looks at a number of possible legal methods to protect solar access in Ontario. These in­ clude private agreements, restrictive covenants, and solar zoning. “Our purpose in producing this document is to stimulate discussion about solar access and its poten­ tial impact on land use,” Mr. Baetz said. “We have to take into account the needs of both the users of solar energy and their neighbours. It’s a complicated issue but one that needs to be ad­ dressed head on if we hope to translate our aspirations and plans for greater solar energy use into concrete ac­ tion.” The Minister said that “by initiating discussion of the legal aspects of solar use, I hope we can help push back the frontiers of renewable energy development.” Mr. Baetz said his Ministry is seeking com­ ments from all concerned parties — municipal land use planners, academics, solicitors, and individuals interested in the future of solar energy in Ontario. These comments will be analyzed to assist the Ministry in gaining a better appreciation of the ap­ propriate ways to provide access to solar energy. BEST IN LUCAN MINOR —- Trophies were presented to the most improved and most valuable players in the Lucan Minor Hockey Association, Friday. The novice, atom and pee wee winners are shown above. Back, left, Todd Hayter, Blaine Butchart, ' ............... ~ _ ‘ - ............ 1 T-A photoJeff Liley, Al Craig and Scott Finlayson. Front, Joe Haygarth, Les Arts, Donnie Hugill and Jeff Pollard. r* * BEST IN UPPER DIVISIONS — The most improved and most valuable players in the bantam, midget and juvenile categories of the Lucan Minor Hockey Association are shown above. Back, left, Kyle Pedersen, Bob Hodgins, Kevin Wood and John Hodgins. Front, Mark Grove, Don Liley and Jamie Shipley. T-A photo Investigate rape film The Huron County Board of Education intends to find out if the advice offered in the film .How to Say No to a Rapist and Survive is sound advice before it permits the film to be shown in county high schools. The board decided to in­ vestigate professional opinions on the film before it accepted a recommendation from the Kinsmen Club of Belgrave to show the film at the five county secondary schools. The film recently became a centre of controversy at the London Board of Education when advice offered in the film was sharply criticized and the film subsequently banned by the London board. The banning by the London board came about after a University of Western Ontario student, who had seen the film and followed the advice offered in it, was brutally raped on the campus of the university. The woman said she had used the advice in the hopes of escaping and it didn’t work. The London board trustees did not want to take responsibility for showing the film in its schools in case students seeing it adopted the attitude that if the board advocated the film it must be reliable. Goderich board trustee Cayley Hill raised the suggestion at Monday’s meeting that the Huron board may be wise not to promote use of the film because of problems arising from its viewing. He said he was not sure what the problems were about the film not having seen it and having only read newspaper accounts of a group claiming advice in the film is misleading. He said he has no qualms about the visual aspects of the film but was hesitant about approving its use if the advice is “contradictory” to that offered by police or other similar agencies. Hill said the board should find out if the film’s advice is adequate and accurate. Board chairman John Elliott proposed the film be investigated by the board’s school programs committee. He said the committee co.uld the in en- Board costs are reduced Huron County board of education has an extra $29,- 448 because of Ontario Treasurer Darcy McKeough’s decision to halve an announced 37.5-per- cent increase in Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) premiums. The board had budgeted about $252,000 for OHIP premiums for teaching and support staff, including $58.- 896 for the increase McKeough announced in the provincial budget. When McKeough reduced the premium increase, that meant the board had $29,448 leftover. G.W. Lamb, chief accoun­ tant for the board, said there are no plans for using the ex­ tra money. He said it should Show up as an over-levy at the end of the year. AT USBORNE OPEN HOUSE — A large number of parents attended Open House Thursday night at Usborne Central School. Above, Marilyn Taylor and son Larry chat with grade two teacher Louise Keskinen. T-A photo find out what professionals feel about the film and possibly set up a viewing for board trustees. The film was produced by Frederick Storaska. Storaska does not profess to be a professional psychologist or psychiatrist but claims he does 'have formal education at university” level psychology. He claims he once countered an 11 year old girl being raped by a group of boys and after coming to the girl’s aid he devoted his life to studying the motives, habits, desires and needs of rapists. He discovered that little or nothing was being done in the field of rape prevention and consequently began work on the film. Storaska’s advice is submission to the will of a . rapist. He claims that by appearing submissive the victim may cause the rapist to relax enough to allow the victim to escape. He claims that by staying calm the victim lessens the chance of assault, bodily harm and possibly death and increases the chances of physical defence. Storaska’s entire approach is to prevent physical injury rather than rape. He ad­ vocates certain defence mechanisms that may be possible if the victim is relaxed, calm, and not fighting the rapist. In the film he shows two methods the victim can use to ward off the rapist, gouging his eyes or crushing a testicle. The Women’s Resource Centres in Canada, operators of a Rape Crisis Centre, condemn Storaska’s approach claiming the ad­ vice is completely wrong. They claim a victim stands a chance of escaping if she screams, fights and makes as much of a disturbance as possible. They feel that by screaming “fire” rather than “rape” the victim has a better chance of getting help. By taking that approach the Rape Crisis people feel that the rapist may panic and run to avoid being seen. The crisis centre also conducts classes teaching women basic self defence designed to fend off attack long enough to allow escape. Storaska claims that the only reliable method of rape prevention is martial arts but points out that few women take the time or make the effort to learn martial arts. He is careful to explain that by taking the advice he offers there is no guarantee that the victim will not be raped but a chance she will escape bodily injury. His attitude seems to be that a woman who knows.that she is going to be raped anyway, may as well make it as painless as possible. The Rape Crisis Centre cringes at that attitude. They feel that the only way a woman can survive the mental torture of being a rape victim is to do everything possible to prevent it. The most serious problems in a rape incident are the mental ones according to many experts who claim that if a woman feels she did not do everything possible to avoid being raped she will have severe emotional problems personally and socially. Rape and other sex related crimes have recently been examined by the federal government with the in­ tention sweeping Criminal rape. The changes suggested would make rape an act of indecent assault causing bodily harm which may carry a maximum sentence of 14 years. The most im­ portant change is that no longer would penetration have to be proved to lay a rape charge. Women may not have to go through the ordeal of court proceedings in a rape case, something that keeps a lot of rape victims away from the legal system. Statistics concerning rape and other sex crimes show an alarming number of in­ cidents that go either unreported or result in no official charges. Police claim that 80 percent of sex crimes in the country are unreported and of the 20 percent in which legal action is taken only 1.6 percent result in a conviction, a statistic that prompted law writers to take a long, hard look at the Criminal Code of Canada. of proposing changes in the Code to deal with [ a careless 'match can start a\ A - Detail costs of park work The committee studying the redevelopment of the community park provided the South Huron rec centre board of management with more detailed cost estimates, Monday. Spokesman Ron Helm said the committee members were recommending that four portions of the project be undertaken this year. These include the draining of the area north of the grandstand and east of the rec centre, the addition of parking space south-east of the rec centre, levelling of the remaining portion of the race track, and moving the ball diamond to the east. The estimated cost of these four projects was listed at around $25,000. Helm said the committee had not finalized study on the grants and donations available to assist in these projects, but that the in- formation would hoepfully be ready for the board’s next meeting in two weeks. Jack Underwood, who prepared the drainage study for the committee, was asked if the draining of the entire field was required. The question was asked by Bruce Shaw, following a comment last week by Councillor Derry Boyle that drainage was not a necessity as rains delayed ball games at the park by only one day. Underwood said that the surface of the park can appear to be dry, but if the sub-surface is saturated, it would be’compacted by any activity at the park (such as cutting the grass with a tractor or even playing on it) and this would result in furthei’ compaction and make drainage even more of a problem. He said if there were areas where the board could Claims seat belts reducing fatalities Traffic-related deaths on Ontario’s roads dropped to the lowest level since 1962, according to statistics released today by Minister of Transportation and Com­ munications James Snow. A total of 1,418 persons, in­ cluding 251 pedestrians, died in motor vehicle-related ac­ cidents in 1977 — a reduction of 6.2 per cent over the 1976 total of 1,511. In the two-year period since the introduction of the seat belt legislation in January 1976, there have been 313 fewer driver and passenger deaths. In 1975,1,- 314 drivers and passengers were killed. In 1976, 1,109 — or 205 fewer. In 1977, 1,001 drivers and passengers were killed — a further reduction of 108. “I am disappointed to report that personal traffic- related injuries went up by 14.2 per cent, from 83,736 in 1976 to 95,652 in 1977,” said Snow, “even though this is the second lowest injury total since 1972.” The total number of ac­ cidents increased 3.1 per cent, from 211,865 in 1976 to 218,428 in 1977. “It should be taken into consideration that even ‘fender-benders’ without personal injuries are includ­ ed in that total. And the worse-than-usual snowfalls in 1977 certainly brought about a lot of those,” Snow commented. In December ‘77 alone, there was a decrease of 24.2 per cent in motor vehicle ac­ cident deaths — 117 com­ pared to 153 the same month in ‘76. “I share the belief of many police and safety of­ ficials that the seat-belt legislation, plus the lower speed limits, are having a noticeable effect on the death statistics. “Even so, far too many drivers ignore these life­ giving laws, as the growing number of charges in­ dicates,” said Snow. “I trust they will ‘get the message’ when they see the continuing reduction in deaths on the highways since these laws came into effect. “Where seat-belt use and non seat-belt use statistics were available, indications were that in an accident the belt wearer’s survival chances were 16 times higher,” said Snow. “Let’s look at the figures: In accidents where drivers were not wearing seat belts, 377 were killed, 11,090 in­ jured and 46,243 escaped in­ jury. “In comparison, in ac­ cidents where the seat belts were installed and in use, 114 drivers were killed, 32,- 683 injured and 254,499 es­ caped injury. “In the case of passengers, 264 were killed in cars where seat belts were not in use; 57 were kill­ ed while wearing seat belts.” Snow expressed concern 'about the upsurge in motor- cycle driver and passenger deaths and injuries. Eighty- nine motorcycle drivers were killed, 3,590 injured in 1977, increases of 14.1 and 27.4 per cent, respectively. Sixteen motorcycle passengers — four more than in 1976 — were killed; 814 — an increase of 25.6 per cent — were injured. “We had hoped that the legislation requiring motor­ cyclists to operate with their front and rear lights on at all times would make them more conspicuous to motorists and truckers. These are among the smallest units on the road, but they’re entitled to their full share of the road. It will be up to the motorcyclists to be doubly alert; and drivers of other larger vehicles must in turn be more aware of motorcyclists.” t Bicycle fatalities were shown to be the same as last year’s — 48, although there were 195 fewer bicycle­ accident injuries. “While it’s encouraging that there were fewer deaths on Ontario roads dur­ ing 1977, it doesn’t change the reality and tragedy of the total accident picture. guarantee there would be no activity until the sub-surface was dry, it would be possible to eliminate drainage in those areas. However, he said it was hard to stop and start a drainage project and it would probably be just as costly as undertaking a complete and systematic program. Chairman Bob Down said he agreed with that con­ tention. Shaw said later in the meeting he was convinced of the need for the drainage program. Members were advised that the drainage project would interfere with the baseball program for a few days and also that repair of the trenches would have to be undertaken as the soil settled following any rain­ fall. Don Bray noted that this problem would exist regardless of when the drainage was undertaken. After the discussion, the grounds committee agreed to continue their in­ vestigation of grants and donations and would present a written report at the next meeting. Theft trial is moved Michael C. McKenzie, aged 19 and formerly of Exeter appeared in Provincial Court in Goderich Monday to face four charges of break, enter and theft and the same number of possession of stolen goods charges. The occurrences took place in Exeter during March and April. McKenzie requested that the charges be forwarded to Metro Toronto for disposition where he is to appear May 24 for sen­ tencing on other criminal charges outstanding in Toronto courts. 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