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Relief over the budget
W, Roger Worth
A lot of Canadians, it
seems, are relieved about the
recent budget,
not that Canadians are
pleased about paying marked-
ly higher energy prices and in-
creased taxes, on alcohol,
cigarettes, and a variety of
other items.
No, the relief over Finance
Minister Allan MacEachen's
Roger Worth is Director,
Public Affairs,
Canadian Federation of
Independent Business.
budget derives from what the
document didn't include.
The media jumped ,on
"leaks" indicating the Finance
Minister would bring down
the toughest budget in years.
Report, after report sug-
gested MacEaehen would
dump indexation of personal
income taxes, eliminate the
$1,000 deduction for interest
income, as well as `reduce
deductions on the level of con-
tributions to Registered Ite,-
dreme!!! Savings Plans,
Canadians were told the
Registered Retirement Home
Ownership Savings Plan
would be, no. more, that busi-
ness taxes would be increased,
and that an export tax on
natural gas was a sure thing.
All this, of course,. _was
pretty pessimistic stuff. ,
Instead, MacEachen adroit-
ly side-stepped all of these, and
many,Canadians were left with
the feeling they were winners,
simply because what was sup-
posed to happen didn't.
By allowing the media to
create a doomsday scenario
during the lead-up to the
budget, higher energy costs
and a few tax increases don't
look so bad after all.
But Canadians . shouldn't
breathe a sign of relief too
soon..
It's possible that some or all
of the tough Measures will turn
up in a budget , next spring.
Finance Minister may
simply be postponing the in-
evitable.
55 years ago
Flags were flown at half
mast on the Trivitt
Memorial Church and the
town hall, owing to the death
of Queen Alexandria, on the
eve of her eighty-first birth-
day.
Knapton's garage, one of
the old landmarks of
Parkhill was destroyed by
fire.
Paul Coates, Peter Case,
Thomas Woodward and
Lorne Oke attended the
Royal Winter Fair in Toron-
to.
30 years ago
Bob Hem of Granton won
the coveted Queen's Guinea
award at the Royal Winter
Fair in Toronto. He came
third in the Hereford sec-
tion.
Lambton and Huron coun-
ties entered into a battle
over the rights to Grand
Bend, if and when it
becomes incorporated.
After a great opening in
Grand Bend, the Exeter
Lion's 'Showboat' is set to
play bOth Hensall and
Zurich-. Between $400 and
$500 was raised. in the two
night stand in Exeter.
Final plans' Or the
building of the South Huron
Hiospital were approved and
the province has granted
$32,000 for the purpose of
building. It is hoped that the
sroject will be opened to
tenders soon.
20 Years Ago
Expectations are high for
the Federal Government's
participation in the impen-
ding Parkhill dam project.
Tenders 'for the 16 bed ad-
dition to the South Huron
Hospital were opened
'Wednesday by the property
committee. The Exeter ad-
dition is one of three hospital
projects being planned in the
Huron County district.
William A. Stewart MPP
for Middlesex' North, was
appointed to the cabinet as
Minister without Portfolio it
was announced yesterday.
He has not been given any
specific duties in the cabinet
as yet.
Several town officials said
this week that they would
like to see a full scale elec-
tion this fall, now that one
spot has been assured.
15 years ago
Charges of damaging
property, mischief and
drinking while under age
netted over $600 in fines
from five area youths in
Magistrate's Court Tuesday.
All five youths pleaded guil-
ty to the three charges.
Robert Bennet will per-,
form the valedictorian
duties at the annual gradua-
tion ceremonies of
South, Huron District High
school Friday night.
A mass meeting of the
eight districts represented
in the South District was
held to Outline the costs of
the proposed new addition to
the building. The addition
will cost approximately
$600,000 to build. s, •
The Lebanon Forest Lodge
honored C. S. MacNaughton
Friday night, upon his ap-
pointment as Grand Senior
Deacon. The regalia and
decoration that was laid on
was the greatest since the
club celebrated its
centenary in 1960.
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Perspectives
their hair very long and wind
it up on the back of their
heads, then place a turban
over it. He said that it was
not an uncommon oc-
currence for people to stare
rudely, or call him "Paki" as
he is walking down the street
(even though he is from
India, not Pakistan). He
happens to be a good
,surgeon. I've often wondered
how one of his tormentors
would feel if he encountered
my friend in the emergency
ward of the hospital, whether
or not he would refuse help
from him because of his
turban or the colour of his
skin.,
We have a Vietnamese lad
at our school for awhile. At
an inter-school soccer meet
some children called him
"Chink" and "Jap", forcing
him at last to leave' the area
in dismay.
Perhaps it is human
nature to ridicule groups
with .which we are not
familiar. Perhaps we feel
threatened because
something is different from
our regular safe routines.
Part of the problem with
North Americans is that we
are on the whole, poorly
exposed to other cultures.
Perhaps it would be a good
idea to place every person
for a week in a totally dif-
ferent country - different
language, customs and food.
Then we might be a little
more tolerant of those faded
with the same predicament
here in Canada.
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Peaceful thoughts
Advocate Estelolisheri.1081
To me peace is love, friendship,
free country, personal freedom. For
soldiers brave and true who died for us
so that we in later years could have
freedom in the world.
Scot Russell
Arnalgarnated,1924
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Kids face tough decision
While they arrived too late for
publication prior to Remembrance Day,
readers may be interested in the efforts
of the grade four students at Exeter
Public School who have briefly outlined
what peace means to them.
Exeter Public School
Grade 4, ROom16
War is prisoners being shot, blood,
dead men staring, loud noises that
scare the wits out of you. While peace is
children laughing and playing in the
meadow, no strife, war or disagree-
ment. Personally I like peace. A
special thanks should be given to the
men who undertook this gruesome task.
Chris Eccles
To me peade means love,
friendship and kindness. It also means
personal freedom. I think all the men
who fought for us were the bravest men
in the . World, living or dead. If it
weren't for those brave men .who
sacrificed their lives we wouldn't have
the peace we so enjoy now.
Graham Arthur
To me peace means friendship,
beauty, love, fairness, kindness, hap-
piness and personal freedom. If it
wasn't for those brave soldiers who
went to fight for us perhaps we would
be living in a tormented society. Peace
also means living a fair life and having
a free country. I 'give my thanks to
those brave people who fought for you
and me.
Brad Batten
While two Ontario cabinet
ministers were duly impressed with
Exeter's downtown revitalization pro-
ject during their visit last week, a
problem associated with that venture
should be investigated.
Indications are that the compound
used between the bricks which form
part of the walk areas is not doing the
job expected and is leading to a major
maintenance problem.
Because there may be some confu-
sion as to who has the final say in ap-
proving the project, the BIA or council,
The concept is sound — make use
of the enormous amounts of waste heat
pouring out of nuclear power plants to
heat greenhouses.
The idea put forward by Kincar-
dine is not a new one. It has already
been applied in a number of countries
where waste heat is being used for
everything from heating homes to
accelerating the growth of fish.
Rueben Baetz, Ontario's ex-energy
minister, has indicated the idea is a
good one but may not move ahead as
fast as Kincardine wants. For that
matter it may even be implemented in
Pickering instead.
It has been estimated that waste
heat from Pickering alone would warm
By SYD FLETCHER
It's surprising the amount
of bias and bigotry, that
exists here in rural Ontario.
When you think of the race
riots that occurred in the
U.S. in the mid 60's you
might figure that that sort of
thing could never happen
here in Canada because on
the whole we are more
broad-minded and tolerant
in this country. I'm not sure
that is necessarily so.
I met a Sikh gentleman a
few years back. It is the
custom of his group to leave
every building in Toronto. Its uses is a
logical approach for a government
which professes its commitment to
energy conservation.
While it examines the use of
renewable energy sources such as solar
power, the province should not delay
serious examination of the economic
potential of waste heat from its in-
creasing stock of nuclear reactor
plants.
Despite the concerns of en-
vironmentalists, nuclear plants are
clearly here to stay. The sooner
governments make plans for utilizing
their waste heat the better for all con-
cerned because there is a considerable
time lapse in implementing such
technology.
Along with representatives from
other .area businesses, industries and
professions. the writer was involved in
Wednesday's career day activities at
SHDHS when thestudentiweregiven the
OpportUnity to hear details about more
than 50 careers.
Choosing a vocation is certainly one
of the most challenging situations fac-
ing today's young people and the
guidance department staff are to be
commended for enlisting the aid of•
those who detailed the• qualifications
and aptitudes required for the
vocations outlined by the various pan-
. elists.
Judging from the attentive audience
given the trio involved in the presenta-
tion in which the editor was included,
the students were appreciative of the
opportunity to, get some first hand
knowledge in areas in which they have
some interest.
Howie Meeker, of course, would
probably prefer to have his career
counselling services adopted at the
local school, but it is doubtful if the cost
is warranted when those from the com-
munity are generous enough to give up
some on their time to give students
similar information.
The fact that the speakers were
available for specific questions is an
added bonus that Howie can't
duplicate.
It would probably be fair to say that
people in any particular vocation in the
community would be more than willing
to advise students on an individual
basis and it is a resource that the
students should certainly keep in mind
as they tackle the difficult task of
choosing careers.
In the past, one of the basic questions
asked by young people regarding
careers was the amount of money they
could expect to make in any chosen
field. That is still of prime importance,
of -course, but it ranks second now to
Saar
Dive ,:sed by Smiley
Do you like autumn? I do. For me,
it's the epitome of all that's best in
Canada. You can have your spring,
with its drizzles and its mud and its
chilling winds. You can have your
summer, with its particular pests -
tourists, bugs, visitors. And you ran
most definitely have winter in its
every possible aspect. Just give me
about six months of that September-
October weather, and you couldn't drag
me out of this country to the island of
Bali.
I know that, according to the rhythm
of nature, fall is supposed to be a time
of dying, of melancholy, of shrivelling
on the vine,or preparing for the deep,
dead sleep of winter.
Maybe Canadians are just contrary,
but they don't react in the way they're
supposed to at all, in the fall. Instead of
carefully preparing for winter, drawing
in their horns, and going around with
long faces, they bust out all over as
soon as that first nip is felt in the morn
ning air.
Perhaps they're just fooling
themselves, but Canadians act as
though they love the fall. They come to
life. They bustle, They form com-
mittees, make plans, have parties.
They even start going to church.
Perhaps it's just a last hysterical fling,
a frantic escape from reality,, with the
grim prospect of six months' winter
ahead, but they certainly burn with
clear, gemlike flame while it lasts,
Where is the sober householder who
should' be chinking up the nooks and
the question of job availablility.
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Did you get a little fatigued while
heading home from the post office last
Wednesday?
Well, it doesn't suggest you're
necessarily in poor shape. It may have
something to do with the fact The T-A
you were carrying was the biggest
regular issue ever produced;
With advertising for the municipal
elections and Midnight Madness, the
paper soared to a record-setting, 50
pages and most of us here at the office
are still wondering how we managed to
get the job done on time.
It was a bit of madness in itself,
although the results would probably not
be surprising to Mr. Parkinson, whose
law was much in evidence. ,
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It was perhaps ironical that two
nights after the mammoth production
was completed, the staff enjoyed an
"appreciation night" out on the town
courtesy of our publisher. His timing
was obviously uncanny.
After a meal at The Barn, the staff
enjoyed the London Theatre production
of Deathtrap, getting some culture into
our lives through a close vote in which
the editorial staff managed to win out
over the suggestion of the advertising t
department that the night should be
spent in pub-crawling.
Everyone had such a good time that
it has been unanimously agreed that to
show our appreciation to the boss for
his • generosity, we're going to allow
him to make it an annual event. •
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One of the headaches associated with
our technological age is the question of
disposal of toxic waste materials. In
short, no one wants them,
Readers may recall that several
crannies, putting on the storm win-
dows, getting in his fuel supply, and
battening down all the hatches for the
bitter voyage that looms ahead?
I'll tell you where he is, on his day
off. He's standing in ice water up to his
nipples, trying to• catch a rainbow
trout. Or out on the golf course, so
bundled with sweaters he can hardly
swing. Or he's sitting with a noggin,
watching the football game on televi-
sion. That's where he is.
And where's the guide-wife, who
should be knitting woollen socks, put-
ting down perserves and canned meat,
airing the flannelette sheets, patching
the family's long underwear, and
quilting a quilt?
I'll tell you where she is. She's on the
phone, talking about what she's going
to wear to the tea. Or she's off in the
car to attend a wedding. Or she's taking
in an auction sale. Or she's sitting
around with her feet up, watching the
afternoon movie. That's where she is.
It Must shake our pioneer ancestors
rigid to look down, or up, from their
present abode, and see us preparing for
winter. About this time of year, grand-
father was killing a beef, shooting a
deer, salting down a hog, making apple
cider, stacking vast piles of firewood
and hustling his wheat to the mill.
It must rot hia cele.stial Socks to look
down and see his grandson hunting deer
for a holiday buying his pig,pre-cooked
at the meat counter, and laying in his
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croleabiaNaolirrnit.
years ago, a controversy raged in Hay
Township over a plan to dump chemical
wastes in deep wells.
A member of the state legislature in
Texas has come up with a plausible
solution to the problem through a bill
aimed at any utility or corporation
which produces nuclear or other harm-
ful waste products:,
If the bill becomes law, the corpora-
tiOn producing such wastes would be
obliged to store them in the 'executive
suites of their offices.
On the same topic, area residents can
be excused if they are more than a little
jumpy over recent news that the Bruce
nuclear plant has been ordered to con-
duct an "urgent review" of the
possibility of a major accident,
Seems that a computer found some
weaknesses in the system indicating an
accident could pollute a major portion
of the generating station with radioac7
tive contaminants*.
It's to be hoped that if that happens,
the workers remember to close the
doors behind them then they attempt to
escape.
There are those who make their liv-
ing taking election polls, but their
credibility had to be severely shaken
with the outcome of the U.S.A.
presidential battle.
Not,one called Ronald Reagan to win
by such a wide margin and, of course,
there were even those whose scientific
methodg had prompted them to suggest
that JimmyCarterwonld be returned.
However, over the next five years
their lack of accuracy will probably be
forgotten and they'll be back in the
thick of things when the next election
rolls around to again blatantly make
their predictions and expect people to
believethem.
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fuel supply by picking up the phone and
calling the oil dealer.
And what about Granny? In her day,
fall was the time when you worked like
a beaver, making susage, spinning
wool, putting eggs away in waterglass,
filling the root cellar, making candles
and soap.
She must do a little quiet cussing, in
the shadow of her halo, when she sees
her granddaughter facing up to the
rigors of winter: racked by the dread-
ful indecision of whether to buy a home
freezer or fur coat; torn by the dilem-
ma of whether to have the cleaning
woman come once or twice a week.
But, of course, that's looking at only
one side of the situation. Graridaddy
didn't have to worry about antifreeze,
atom bombs, income tax or payments
on the car. He didn't need sup-
positories, diets and a new tail-pipe
every time he turned around.'
And Granny didn't have to cope with
a kitchen full of machinery, kids who
were smarter than she was, and the
late movie. She didn't need sleeping
pills, cigarettes or psychology.
Say, come to think of it those WERE
the good old days. They didn't have
much, but what they had was their own,
not the finance company's. No auto ac-
cidents, no alcoholics anonymous no
aspirin. Let's stop worrying about' the
hardships of our pioneer ancestors and
get back to sweating Over our own
neurotic chaos.
Peg. 4
Tinton-AdVOCatiok NOWOMEW 12i 19$0
Peace means no fighting or wars.
Peace means to me loving, friendship
and freedom. People all around fought
for us. Some live to tell about it and
some don't. We place wreaths to
remember those who were killed in
wars. We thank them for our free coun-
try. We wear our poppies to remember.
Brent McDonald
To me peace means loving and
friendship. I think peace is the most
beautiful thing on earth. We should
thank those who fought and gave their
lives for us: If it wasn't for them we
would still be fighting.
• Camie Rees
To me peace means personal
freedom. It also means a free countr',
also it means no more war. To other
people like your friends it means
friendship. The soldiers that died for us
filled this world with peace. Peace also
means love, kindness and happiness.
Zhivana Zivkovic
Peace means people net fighting,
no war between men that are so brave
and personal freedom. Peace is being
able to sit in a nice cool spot watching a
sunset.
Michelle Ellison
Correct problem
members of the two groups should set-
tle that matter and then ensure that the
problem is rectified.
It could be that one group is expec-
ting the other to make the final inspec-
tion, with the result that neither may do
it and obviously that situation must be
avoided.
There is already some suggestion
that maintenance costs on the project
may be higher than expected, and
errors through design or construction
should not be added to those costs when
they are in fact the responsibility of
someone else.
Concept sound
Coming to life in autumn
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