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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1976-01-28, Page 2Snow snake sc M gi 01 C' rerms.swao 1172 Brussels Post BRUSSELS (ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1976 Serving Brussels and the surrounding community. - Published each Wednesday afternoon at Brussels, Ontario by. McLean Bros. Publishers, Limited. Evelyn Kennedy - Editor Dave Robb - Advertising Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association CNA Subscriptions (in advance) Canada $6.00 a year. Others $8:00 a year, Single Copies 15 cents each. Vote :-not aclaim The recent election for Warden of Huron County was close and perhaps painful for those who saw their candidate lose by only one vote. But at least there was an election .for warden in Huron ... an election that got a lot of people interested in government at the county level. County government is alive and well in Huron county. You could tell that by looking at the crowd who crammed in to hear the results of the voice vote on the floor of the county council chambers in Goderich. Weeks before the warden's election there was discussion on the three' candidates and their abilities around the county and. at most municipal council meetings. It's too bad that the same can't be said for our neighbour to the east, Perth County, where they haven't had an election for warden since 1972. For four years it has apparently just happened that only one man is interested .in seeking the top Perth job. Every year none of his colleagues on county.council see fit to oppose the first who' announces publically. Now, we have no evidence that Perth hasn't had the best in wardens Over,the.past§, fou': years. But belief in the dernocratiC process means support fOr election, not .acclamation as the way to select our leaders: We're not saying that the acclamations in Perth smack of collusion and. trade-offs. You find horse trading even when there are electioris. But acclamation year after year, in no matter what level of government, doesn't look good. There should be more interest in the Perth warden's job, by county councillors and citizens than the quiet acclamation of members in turn would indicate. Who runs county council is especially important now that the province is cutting down on grant money and the county will have to make its own cuts. An election contest is still the best way to pick the best man for the job. The ratepayers of Perth will probably let their reeves and deputy reeves know that they prefer an open, public, all cards on the table election for warden to the "I'll take it this year and next year the job's yours," atmosphere that builds up when there are a string of acclamations. To the editor Petition province A petition signed by 319 rate payers of this village with a population: of less than 1,000 has been sent to the Ontario governthent, The petition speaks for itself, as to what the ratepayers want, a vote on the proposed sewage project: This the council has refused. At the Municipal Board hearing held here on December 2, the Ministry of the EtinVirontnent and the Health Department presented their findings that the river bacterial count was many times higher than the accepted Theft are no "NO. Bathing" signs posted. We all agree that something should be done. I would venture to say that other than the pollution put in: the river before it gets to Brussels,. the village pollution is no greater now than it hag been for Many years. The Offeriderg are very much in the minority so why hasn't the Health Department checked these systems? Why does every land, owner have to be penalized to the amount of $108.00 fot each 66 foot lot tot 40 years to accommodate few? We are all being' `urged by th e Gdvetiimeiii to Curb ati". , . (Continued :On page S) Amen by Karl Schuessler Sorry Kim I have to apologize to you, Kim Leonhardt,, for the way two girls in our house were acting. It was rather silly, wasn't it? Making you come all the way back to our house,and giving back two quarters that we had given to you. You were good about it, though. Never complained. Why you even took the time to shine them up. Rub them in baking soda. That's how y ou clean old coins you said. Not that these coins were old, of course. But they were special -- very special coins. And that's what we didn't know when we gave them to you. It's all the snow's fault, of course. here we had a circle driveway blown full of snow. And there we had you with your snow blower hitched to a tractor. And when the time came to' pay' you, our pockets were empty. My wife had an idea. She thought Laura had some money in her dresser drawer. What's a daughter for? But to help out her parents in time of need. She wasn't home. But she'd understand.. We'd pay her back -- all in quarters if she wanted it that way. Just this time. This one time we'd take the Money without asking. We needed it. Kim needed it. Arid she wouldn't have to help shovel out the driveway when she came home from school. Now that's worth a half a day's interest on the loan, isn't it? NO, it isn't. A day later - it took my wife a day to remember to tell her about the sneaky heist -- Laura toned, "Mother-r-r-rrrr. How could you? How could you have done such a thing. And without even asking? "Didn't you notice? Couldn't you see? Anyone could tell they were old just by looking at them. Didn't ybd look? See hOW dull and dirty they Were?" My wife shrugged, A quarter was a quartet was a quarter. Dull or clean it was only worth twenty-five cents, \ I. " And , you gave away twelve of them?' Oh, Motiier-rttrr,"' she moaned, And then she went on. How she's been saving them for eight years. From the time she had a newspaper route in Mississauga. How she always looks over every coin that goes through. her fingers. How she doesn't mind working at the tuck shop in school, because she can inspect all the coins in the cash register. And how she"likes to count all the money in the Sunday School ,collection. -- all to see if she can find any Centennial coins or older • silver coins. "Oh, mother-rrrr, how could you?" . "Kim", my wife phe‘ned, "Do you have any of those quarters /ye gave you yesterday?" Somerthing, eh,/ im? Women picking your pockets at a two/mile distance. . You fumbled around inside and brought out your change. "I was at a restaurant today and paid for my dinner with them," she said, "But I see -I do have two of them left, "I don't like to bring it up, but I think you only gave 11 quarters, not twelve." Something there too, Kim. The Bible talks about unscrupulous men fleecing the widow But sometimes the ladies -- widows or otherwise...can do pretty well themselves. YOU went on to console her. The coins weren't worth much--except a quarter, of course. You'ire a collector yourself, But maybe after 30 to 40 years they may be worth a little more. Well, no Mutter. "Wouldi you mind bringing the twO quarters around th0. next time you drive by our place"; she said; i She bOited you 2 bit. Said she'd pay you the quar t i she owed you and for all' your 41, ttoubl ; another quatter. Hih finance, eh Kini? 8-1 t yeti played the ladies ganie. Good Man. 'For a young fellow of twenty, yOUr're Wise for your age. YOU seemed to know. Little things -- to a lady— do mean a lot, tittle things, like two ,lousy quartets.