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CRAFTY - Barb Shannon and her daughter Lindsey, 7, of Seaforth, were among the crafters at the
Londesborough craft show held last Saturday at the community hall. The swans and hats are made by
Barb from what is called 'hodge-podge'; the wooden duck was carved by her husband, Tom.
Questions on
arena barrel'
Seaforth arena manager Graham
Nesbitt reported to the arena man-
agement committee that he has
received some queries regarding the
arena's 'bum barrel' which is used
to bum paper from bingo events.
Unknown persons are starting to
deposit material in the burn barrel.
The Ministry of Environment and
Energy has stated they have no
jurisdiction over burning provided
non-toxic material is burned.
Nesbitt reported the barrel compiled
with town regulations by being at
least 100 feet from any structure.
The arena board directed Graham
to check and see if the paper sup-
plies could be used for animal
bedding and to enquire of the cost
of shipping it to the landfill or
recycling depot.
Sewer problems
Two problems were encountered
in the routine operation of the
Seaforth sewer works facility,
according to the May 4 Report of
the Administrator to Seaforth Town
Council. A letter was received from
the Ontario Clean Water Agency
stating the problems.
Council approved the recom-
mended installation of an 'in-line
macerator/grinder' and the installa-
tion of an ultraviolet disinfection
system as outlined from the Ontario
Clean Water Agency, at an esti-
mated cost of $25,431 to the Town.
MP supports harsher punishment
By Patrick Raftis
Lakeshore Advance
A return to corporal punishment
would "put the, fear of the Lord"
into violent criminals and deter
thein from becoming repeat
offenders, says Huron Bruce MP
Paul Steckle.
"Corporal punishment must be
introduced for those who choose
not to be governed by more con-
ventional methods," said Steckle, a
rookie back -bencher in the federal
Liberal government, in a Standing
Order (an MP's opportunity to
speak on the topic of their choice)
delivered in the House of
Commons, May 1I.
Steckle. a Zurich -area native cap-
tured a great deal of attention with
the statement on corporal punish-
ment, an issue which has been
making headlines since an
American youth was recently sen-
tcnccd to "caning" for acts of van-
dalism in Singapore. The statement
prompted so many interview
requests Steckie's office faxed a
text of the statement to all area
newspaper's the following day.
In an telephone interview from
Ottawa with The Lakeshore
Advance, Steckle said the timing
of the statement was related to the
publicity given the Singapore inci-
dent. but stated he has long
believed in corporal punishment as
a deterrent to crime.
"This is an issue that's been dear
to my heart for a long time. Not
that I like to see people hurt, but I
think I have to look at the whole
prospectus of who the people arc
that arc being victimized and who
are the real victims in society.
Yesterday, in the house, out of i
believe it was Il or 12 SO -31s.
Standing Orders, i believe five of
them had to do with criminals on
the street and repeat offenses and
that kind of thing.
"We keep talking about the vic-
tims and the victim being the crim-
inal. it's about time we started talk-
ing about the real victims - the
ones who have hecn left without
loved ones, who have been left
Paul Steckle, M.P.
with people who nave peen mimed
or hurt and, in many cases, person-
alities have been affected because
of the way they've been treated,
and I think it's time we started
looking at what is working as a
deterrent in our society. And, obvi-
ously, what we've been doing has
not been working," Steckle said.
A return to corporal punishment
also makes sound financial sense,
said Steckle.
"We just don't have the money
my more, to build more institu-
.ions and do these kinds of things.
We have to look at methods that, in
the past, worked. And they will
work again if we give thein the
opportunity; because, in parts of
the world, as expressed in this
statement, they work."
in his speech in the house,
Steckle said the youth in Singapore
was punished appropriately,
because "the nature of his crime
justified the punishment according
to the laws of the land."
However, when asked if he felt a
Singapore -style caning was an
appropriate punishment for crimes
such as vandalism here, Steckle
said:
"i'in thinking basically of people
who are coming hack and doing a
second, third, fourth offense in
terms of rape....i'm not talking
about people who go out and
smash someone's window tonight,
or scratch up a car one night. If
they did it five or six times and
they wouldn't change their ways
then, yes, I would have to look at
that.
"But I'm talking about people
who are doing serious crime and
who will not be any different in 10
years from the day they did the
crime by being incarcerated."
"I think it's time we look at ways
and means of getting people back
on the streets sooner, getting them
back into the workforce where
they're contributing rather than
being dependent on society. So I'm
talking about repeat people who
come back and come back - again,
as a starting point, and obviously
that would be as far as we'd ever
get with it."
"Let's face it, violent crimes, they
just become more violent, where
people use guns and beat up some-
one, leave them for dead and walk
away from them and we put them
away for three years and when
they come back out again and the,
rape a woman or take her purse lot
someone gets hurt again, I believe
in those cases there's all kinds of
room for corporal punishment to
be administered."
The 'lash' works
"I can go back and cite instances
where people were given the lash
and in all cases I don't know of a
repeat situation where they went
back and did crime again."
Steckle declined to name specific
cases, but did say he was referring
to long ago incidents which
occurred "not far from" the Zurich
area.
Steckle also declined to specify
exactly what form of corporal pun-
ishment he favors, but did suggest
some possibilities.
"I don't know what we'd use, but
I mean corporal punishment is a
beating, or a strapping, or a caning
- or in different places it's done
differently. But the intent is the
same, and the results are the
same."
Steckle said the Canadian people
are "in a mood right now" that
criminals aren't being deterred
from committing crimes.
"It's a good time to talk about it,
with a young man in Singapore -
headline stories! You know, let's
face it, are we supposed to feel
sorry for him? He knew what the
rules were. He knew what the law
said over there. To go out and to
damage 18 cars - no excuse for
that."
Asked if he felt the youth in
Singapore deserved a potentially
life-threatening beating, Steckle
said:
"Of course I don't know how
severe this was. But if a guy is
going to sell his story for a million
dollars, I don't think he's hard done
by. That shouldn't be allowed in
the first place, but apparently that
story is circulating now, that he's
going to sell that story for big
bucks.
"That's not the point of the issue,
how it's done there, how it's done
here, that's something we can
determine down the road. But I
think we need something that puts
the fear of the Lord, if you like,
into these people - and they cer-
tainly don't have it today. They
don't fear the Lord, they don't fear
the courts and they don't fear
prison terms. So, obviously, it's not
working."
Plenty of press
The statement has garnered sub-
stantial media attention for Steckle,
not all of which has been to his lik-
ing.
"When the media put this on the
radio last night (May 11), some
people had the intent that I was
going into the schools and in the
homes and I was a child -beater and
all the rest of it - that's not what
I'm talking about," he said.
Steckle said he took this position
publicly for reasons of personal
conviction, not political goals.
" I didn't do this to become popu-
lar. I did this because - it's out of a
sense of urgency for what's hap-
pening in the country.
"I'm talking about accountability
and responsibility for your actions
and I'm responsible and I'm
accountable for what I've said in
this statement. And I'll stand by
that."
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