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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-04-27, Page 44 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, April 27, 1994 Huron E sitor Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE • General Manager & Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR - Sales PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions eNA TIM CUMMING - Editor DAVID SCOTT - Reporter LINDA PULLMAN - Typesetter BARB STOREY - Distribution A Burgoyne Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES. LOCAL - 24.00 o yeor, in advance, plus 1.68 G.S.T. SENIORS - 21.00 a year, in advance, plus 1.47 G.S.T. Goderich, Stratford addresses: 24.00 a year, in odvonce, plus 7.28 postage, plus 2.19 G.S.T Out -Of -Area oddresses: 24.00 o year, in advance, plus 11.44 postoge, plus 2.48 G.S.T USA & Foreign 24.00 o year in advance, plus 576.00 postage, G.S.T. exemptSUBSCRIPTION RATES Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing at 100 Main St., Seaforth. Publication mail registra- tion No. 0696 held of Seaforth, Ontario. 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Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontario Press Council Editorial Multi -service coming A year or two from now if you want to place your parent in a nursing home you may not even be talking directly with the nursing home...you may be talking to a bureaucrat. Do you know someone receiving home care or someone who is disabled or someone using Seniors' services? If so, the Ontario government is changing the way services they use will be delivered. A new government agency will control almost every facet of service coordination for those receiving extended care. The question is no longer if service delivery will change but how. The Ontario govemment thinks these changes, called 'long term care reform', will provide leaner administration for services and provide more convenient service for long-term care users. If government gets involved, however, will that eliminate some of the work which is currently being done by volunteers? Perhaps you have the answer. The Ontario govemment will create a 'multi -service agency' for Huron County. Only you can decide what role this agency will play. This agency will coordinate the use of such services as home care, meal programs and transportation , services. This agency may make it less confusing for the frail elderly to obtain the sewices they need...and it could also create an addltlonaf level of btii'eauCracy. Td se are the questions the public, and that means you, must ask. You have this opportunity to speak up...just attend the meeting of the East Huron advisory group at the Seaforth Community Hospital this Thursday morning at 10 a.m. There will be a multi- service agency in Huron...but it ca' be a made -in -Huron model. The only alternative is letting Queen's Park decide what kind of agency is good for Huron. - (TBC). Letters to the Editor L, Don't divide students Dear Editor, I am writing in reply to a letter recently published in the Huron Expositor, entitled 'Resident's oppose costly 'segregation' of Catholic, public school students.' I have to wonder if this is really what our students want, or is this another brain wave of our school board officials? We have been through this in Perth County, and we now have a new Catholic High School in Stratford which was over budget, and costing taxpayers a tremendous amount of money. We have many buses running up and down the roads taking the students to the various schools, with some students having the privilege of a late evening bus, so they can participate in extra curricular activities. (It is not front the public school system, our students have to find their own way home, or not partake in these activities.) It's not the point of which system has what, or which system is best. The most important thing is we are all supposed to be equal, so why are we bringing our kids up to think one is any better, and that our education shduld be divided by our religion? Many wars arc causcd from religion, and is this what we want to teach our kids? We are seeing so many cutbacks in the school systems, and then they talk about spending millions on new schools. We are close to losing some valuable family study programs and special education programs, and I am sure there wilt be many more that will just disappear. I have to wonder how the people making all these decisions can come with these cuts, andrthen another board have enough money to build big costly schools. We have to remember, once these schools arc built, they have to be maintained at a high cost each year. Perhaps we should be going towards a common school system, were all denominations go. A religion course could be offered, with different clergy from each denomination being hired to teach the course. I am sure it would be more practical than building new schools all over the country and the taxpayers having to keep all these schools operating. Let's keep our youth together. I am sure the problem wouki be that the adult representatives would not bc able to get along. We as adults make things so difficult, whereas if we were to ask many students they would be quite happy to be riding the bus with their neighbour and attending the same school. Believe it or not, we have all denominations who belong to our Scouting Movement in Cromarty, and we all get along very well, not one of us is any better than the other, but we do respect each other's beliefs by rotating our Annual Church Service between Churches. 1 am sure as you say plans are underway, well you can be sure they are probably finalized, but keep up the struggle to keep our society as one and let our kids learn and play together, because they are our future. - I have trouble believing that the public school standards are that low, that it will take a million dollars to bring them up to Catholic School standards. Ask the parents and students from both systems, and I am sure they have many questions to ask also. Should we be letting a few people make these major decisions without some input from the users and the payers? A little common sense goes along way sometimes, and I think sometimes when we get into power, our common sense goes out the window and we maks things so much more difficult than they need to be. I just wish we could all relax and concentrate a little more on the issue here, which should be not the quantity of our education, but the quality. Remember the students of today arc our future tomorrow. Nancy Dearing RR 2 Staffa h Opinion Letter -writing s pi a ower ul tool did something nice for you. You could change a com 1.1 y's policy, or brighten some,. y's day or maybe receive some free corporate samples. All for the price of a stamp..,(I don't think we can gripe when you can send a letter to the United States for less than the price of a chocolate bar). Since coming to Seaforth I've 'Put a lid on it,' some peoele tell me. "Put a stamp on it, I say...on a letter, that is. The letter is one of the most powerful tools in our information age. When I was a young boy I used to write letters to actors, writers and TV stars and often got hand-written personal replies. I once wrote to a pen pal in South America only to have her surprise me by showing up at Toronto's airport. Asa child I wrote to Cher and my letter ended up in the archives of CTV for many years. When an archivist at the network chanced upon it she tracked me down...I've been writing letters to the archivist ever since. I've never seen her and she's never seen me, but that's what makes letter -writing fun. I met one woman who wrote most of the famous people of history asking for their auto- graphs...I believe Lyndon B. T(j � 9S �J�JDfC Tian Cumming Johnson was about the only one not to reply. She wrote back and said, 'I guess you're just not as nice as Harry Truman...he sent me his autograph.' Johnson's autograph was soon in the mail. A long -lost relative of my family from England tracked us down through the letters' page of a Toronto daily. I now corre- spond with a member of my family we didn't know existed. Remember grey -power during Mulroney's reign? A letter -writ- ing campaign made a difference there. One letter -to -the -editor can change (or at least stir up) public opinion. I read a book the other day and the author had some very offensive ideas...instead of just stewing about the book I wrote him a letter. I'll almost put money on the fact I'll get a personal reply. Just think what would happen if you wrote one letter every day...to your family, to your newspaper editor, to your favourite soap manufacturer, to a company with whom you have a beef, to a radio station dr televi- sion network or to someone who been amazed at how thoughtful people are...rarely a week goes by when someone hasn't sent me a 'Thank you' card. Anyone who has ever received cards like this knows how valuable they are. Why not make a resolution today: 'I will write one letter a month,' or 'I will write one letter a week.' You may be surprised how fun and fruitful letter -writing can be. It's educational and it may even make a difference. And remember...it's hard to get a letter if you don't write one first. Local schools target of recent break-ins The Brucefield Huron Centennial School was broken into about Feb. and in addition to $2000 in damage which took place the thieves stole the following items: 1 - Panasonic Television, 29 inch screen, Model CX9682 Serial number - 30676049. 1 - panasonic VCR, Model AG1230 Serial number - DM8C00115; 1 - panasonic VCR, model AG1230 Serial number - DM8C00344. 1 - NEC camcorder, model V -40U, serial number - P7512101. 1 - power pack, make NEC, model V- M4OU serial number E702151 YD. 1 - computer keyboard make Rolland, Model JV8UO serial num- ber AD80838. 1 - 2 large speakers from the gym area sound system. In addition to the above items there were many small tool, food and carrying cases for a total of $8000 in stolen property. ow MAI4Y - ONTARIAN voE5 rr TAKE �o C/ANGE A LIGMTBULB Day Centre thanks volunteers Dear Editor, J The staff at Huron Adult Day Centre would like to take this Letters opportunity to thank our wonderful circle of volunteers for their valued service at the Centre. Without their dedication and live inaependentty in the kindness, we could not offer the community, and to persons with high quality of adult day care. Alzheimer disease. There are Huron Adult Day Centre offers a currently around 90 volunteers wide range of physical, social and sharing their valuable time and emotional support services to talents with our clients. The persons who require assistance to volunteers offer their services in many different capacities; driving clients to and from the centre, assisting with whirlpool baths and daily exercise programs, helping with crafts and games such as quilting, ceramics, bowling and shuffleboard, meal preparation and clean-up, and, last but not least, providing cheerful conversation and a smiling face! The clients and the staff at the Huron Adult Day Centre feel eternally grateful to all our devoted volunteers, including our board members, who provide continued expertise and guidance for the centre. So, to ALL our volunteers, we would like to say a very big THANK YOU. You make the Day Centre a wonderful place to bel Sincerely, The Staff at the Huron Adult Day Centre New soda fountain at restaurant FROM THE PAGES Of' THE HURON EXPOSITOR MAY 4, 1894 Mr. Robert Wilson has sold a very handsome driving horse to Mr. Alexander Broadfoot for $150. ••• Mr. John McMann, Huron's horse king, purchased the lots belonging to Mrs. S. Camochan, in Egmondville. ••• The contract for renovating Mr. A. G. Ault's store, which was recently destroyed by fire, has been given to Mr. William Sleeth, who was the lowest tenderer and work will be begun at once. ••• Mr. E. T. Kellam, of this town, who is a student at Toronto Medical School, has, we are glad to learn, passed his third year examination, taking first class honours in all but two subjects. Mr. Duncan McCallum, also an old Seaforth boy, has passed his second year examination at the same college. ••• Mr. James Stewart, of the Oyster Bay restaurant, has had a splendid new soda, water fountain set up in his place, and we expect that his reputation as a concoctor of deli- cious summer drinks will be still further enhanced. J Wounds Mental wounds do not heal quick- ly. Left untreated, they fester caus- ing greater damage. They destroy self-esteem, leaving a person with little of no ability to heal them- selves. Common sense tells us that violence against women inflicts great mental anguish. It snatches away the basic freedoms of secur- ity, movement' and expression. Losing these basic rights strips a woman of her self-esteem causing the wounds of loss, doveaion, fear, anger and violation to fester and become self -threatening. In the Years Agone Mr. C. King, of Bermuda, former- ly of the Bank of Commerce here, is at present visiting in town. MAY 2, 1919 Thursday evening last was made the occasion by Seaforth Fire Brig- Lieut. Arthur Reid, son of Mr. ade of a presentation to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reid, arrived home William Reid. For some 30 years from overseas last week. He has Mr. Reid has been a faithful and consistent fireman and it was with genuine regret the Brigade learned of his intention to take up his abode in Facoma, Washington. Man promoted - to captain • • • Messrs. John Dorsey and A. McQuaig have leased the corner store in the Campbell block from Mr. Thos. Stephens and will open a wholesale and retail produce store. ••• A very serious accident occurred at the Collegiate Institute on Wednesday morning when Miss Mary Laing, a student, put her arm through the glass in one of the doors, cutting an artery. The ser- vices of two doctors was required for a time, but the young lady, although still suffering considerable pain, is improving. • of violence untreated seen several years service with the Army Medical Corps. ••• The death of Robert Hawthorne which occurred at his home in Egmondvillc, on April 16th, removed one of the oldest and most highly respected pioneers of Huron county. MAY 5, 1944 Lieut. Frank J. M. Archibald, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Archibald, of Tuckersmith, has been promoted overseas to the rank of Captain. Capt. Archibald enlisted with the Canadian Artillery at the beginning of the war. He has been three years overseas and since last fall has been with the Eighth Army in Italy. ••• Thanks for parcels were received by these local boys overseas: Gnr. Ritchie, Capt. B. J. Duncan, Italy; Frank Sills, North Africa; Jack Cameron, Italy and Pte. W. J. Williams, Italy. "1 see Mac Rintoul nearly every day...There is lots of things I would like to say, but I don't think the censor would like it." -Jack Cameron, Italy. MAY 1, 1969 Scaforth Community Hospital may be faced with providing a new X-ray, members of the board were told Tuesday night. Administrator Gordon McKenzie said it was necessary to replace two tubes at a cost of $1,500 each. •• Cynthia Newman was crowned Queen at the annual Seaforth Dis- trict High School 'At Home' Friday evening. Angela Devereaux and Marg Coombs extended congratula- tions to the new Quccn in photo. ••• Bill O'Shea, 12, and Joe McLean, 12, caught an 8 -Ib. carp within bicycling distance of Scaforth. The fish measured 21 inches in length. ••• Ontario's education minister, William Davis, has issued a warn- ing n the Legislature that his department will, henceforth, frown on the use of the strap in the schools throughout the province. The mental health field has ignored or misinterpreted the mental wounds inflicted by violence against women, according to the Huron County branch of the Cana- dian Mental Health Association. Even though recent evidence shows that violence and abuse are promi-, nent factors that impact negatively on women's mental health, ques- tions about physical, sexual and emotional abuse are not often included in mental health assess- ments. Consequently, the wounds inflicted by violence go undetected. Even when the incidence of viol- ence is uncovered and a connection is made between the violence and the symptoms of mental distress, treatment rarely addresses violence as a cause. According -a -Sharon Barnes, national president of the Canadian Mental Health Association, "The link between violence against women and women's mental health must be acknowledged and explored by all levels of mental health ser- vices." The Canadian Mental Health Association recommends that direct questioning about abuse experiences should become a routine component of the mental health assessment provided for women with mental health problems. All mental health professionals shot!tld be taught to consider violence and abuse as two major areas of concern for both assessment and treatment. Provi- sions of Tong -term community- based services for women affected by violence and abuse also need to be put in place. 1