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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-06-22, Page 4'4—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Juni, 22, 1994 FE Huron • xpositor Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - General Manager & Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR - Sales PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions TIM CUMMING - Editor DAVID SCOTT - Reporter LINDA PULLMAN • Typesetter BARB STOREY - Distribution A Burgoyne Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL - 28.00 o year, in advance, plus 1.96 G.S.T. SENIORS - 25.00 a year, in odvance, plus 1.75 G.S.T. Goderich, Stratford oddresses: 28.00 a year, in odvance, plus 7.28 postage, plus 2.47 G.S.T Out-Of-Areo addresses: 28.00 a year, in advance, plus 11.44 postage, plus 2.76 G.S.T USA & Foreign: 28.00 a year in advance, plus 576.00 postage, G.S.T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Published weekly by Signal Star Publishing ot 100 Main St., Seaforth. Publication mail registra- tion No. 0696 held ot Seaforth, O ntorio. Advertising is accepted on condition that ;n the event of o typographical error, the advertising spoce occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rote. In the event of o typogroph;col error, advertising goods or services of a wrong price, goods or services may not be sold. Advertising is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn of ony time. The Huron Expositor is not responsible for the loss or damoge of unsolicited manuscripts, photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes. Changes of oddress, orders for subscriptions and undeliverable copies ore to be sent to The Huron Expositor Wednesday, June 22, 1994. Editorial and Business Offices • 100 Main Street, Seaforth Telephone (519) 527-0240 Fax (519) 527-2858 Mailing Address - P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontario Press Council ltd itorial Legion should allow turbans to be worn A turban is not a hat. This is the crux of the issue concerning the Canadian Legion's decision not to allow the turban to be worn in all Legion halls. The Legion should be congratulated for striving to honour such important traditions as restricting headdress from Legion halls. In this case, however, the rule is being applied too harshly. A turban worn by a Sikh man is not a sign of disrespect but, instead, a sign of respect based on what he holds holy. The no -hats policy is meant to honour our war dead who are of many races. Asking a Sikh to remove his turban, however, isn't the same thing as asking someone to remove a ball cap or fedora. A Sikh man can't remove his turban for religious reasons. The Sikhs should no more be expected to remove their headdress than people of colour should be expected to paint their faces white for admittance. In the end, the no -hats policy as it's being applied is not just saying headgear must be removed...it's saying people who are Sikh should not be allowed into the Legion. This is the kind of discrimination many veterans fought against. In fact, some Legions have made exception to their no -hats rule to allow cowboy hats and, in one area example, a group of Shriners was allowed to wear their 'Fez' hat. Certainly, a turban is more respectful of those who died than a Shriner's cap. Presumably if the Pope were to visit a local Legion an exception would be made in his case...so why do we have a double standard? It is hoped that local Legions will reflect on the policy as it now stands. A move to respect the religious traditions of others would be heralded by many. In the end, however, this is an issue which should not overshadow the excellent work done by the Legion in Canada. - (TBC). Slow down in sun The warm, humid weather is upon us already. Please remember to adjust your pace accordingly when you're out and about in the sunshine. A little too much outside work with no break to replenish your liquids can easily lead to exhaustion or sun -stroke. So enjoy the sun but remember to take a daily siesta when we're experi- encing tropical -like weather. P.S. Remember to wear sun -screen. Letters to the Editor Take stance on same-sex issue writes reader Dear Editor, Re: Lone Stand on Same Sex benefit's' the editorial of June 8. TBC, I presume is the person who wrote the article, says he won't comment on the same-sex issue but points out that Usbourne council has no business on this issue. Please, TBC, do you suppose that they are old enough to be the judge of that? In life you have to take one side or the other although I believe you leave very little doubt about your stand. You go on to say that, the one person is to be congratulated. I like to further that statement by saying that the other 28 people who are willing to take on the government on this issue are heroes and they let us know where they stand, no daddling there. So, TBC, in the future, when making comments, be like those 28 people and let us know where you stand. P.S. In the future sign your name in full so we know who you arc. Your truly, John M. Schoonderwcrd RR 1 Mitchell Editor's Note: TBC stands for Timothy B. Cumming. Play topical for parents and teens Dear Editor, I'm writing with a response to a letter written by K. Ferguson a couple of weeks ago. It was about the lecture and play on Sexual Assault, A Community Issue. The play "Datelines" was performed by the Company of Sircns. It was excellent. Every teenager should have the opportunity to view the performance. I was happy to see a number of Scaforth teenagers and parents in attendance. It is a topic every parent should be talking to their teenagers about. Something else I found very interesting about the play is the fact that these actors were from different races. A lot of people need to open up their eyes and realize just because our skin is a different colour we're still human and have feelings (I'm speaking from experience). It is good to see K. Ferguson found it to be an important enough issue to write about and so do I. M. Williams Seaforth Opinion Can you believe what you read? Congratulations. If you're reading this column you must not be evil. According to a letter sent to the Huron Expositor , recently by Karl Kristensen, B.A., B.Ed., of Ivnjivik, Quebec, on June 9, 1994, God was sup- posed to "rip the evil out of the world like a gardener rips out weeds." (Well it is gardening season after all). Mister K gives us a little back- ground into his Divine connec- tion: "At about 2 a.m. (after the bars close), March 11th, 1993, God spoke to John Hinkle, (Wasn't he the guy who shot Ronald Reagan?!) Pastor of Christ Church at Los Angeles, California (Where else?) in a voice so clear and authoritative, "ON THURSDAY, JUNE 9th (1994) I WILL RIP THE EVIL OUT OF THE WORLD." The letter goes on to say: "Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) has nearly 400 Christian radio short-wave stations located strategically around the world. In May, 1993 I heard TBN presi- dent Paul Crouch interviewing Pastor Hinkle about Thursday, June 9, 1994. Pastor Hinkle (1 still say he shot Reagan) said he asked God, 'Lord, you said in your Word that nobody will know the day of the Second Coming.' "And that instantly God had answered, 'I DID NOT SAY JUNE 9TH IS THE DAY OF THE SECOND COMING. AND JUNE 9TH WILL NOT BE THE RAPTURE (Not to be confused with Toronto's new NBA team). WHAT IT WILL DAVE'S W®I1,11D by David Scott BE IS HE DAY EVL W.1 , BE UP'<0011-1D ' .1) CAST OUT. (2 /:, clarifying that, God). "To understand this message better, send a self-addressed envelope and one U.S. dollar or U.S. money order for printed message 'Thy Kingdom Come' to Pastor John Hinkle (Who should be in prison still) P.O. Box 75275 (Oh my God! - the middle three numbers of the box number is the Seaforth phone exchange '527' - God has our number) Los Angeles, Califor- nia, 90075 USA. An audio cas- sette is U.S. $4." (Does that include the voice of God or is that extra?) Well you can't believe every- thing you read. After reading that letter I needed a dose of reality. So I went out and bought a copy of the reputable Weekly World News. And boy, can I tell you a few things. Staying on the end of the world topic, did you know the Four Horsemen of the Apoca- lypse were photographed in Nevada recently? (Maybe after visiting a few casinos). According to Rex Wolfe of Weekly World News the photo- graph of the four doomsday equestrians was taken by an off- duty firefighter. "Though blurred and underexposed the picture clearly shows four helmeted, weapon -wielding 'men' on horseback...Take this news light- ly at your own peril," declared Dr. Paul Pommer, a Bible scholar who obtained a copy of the photograph from government sources after it was analyzed and declared authentic. "...the appearance of the evil entities can mean only one thing - the end of the world as we know it!" Moving on to the medical world, Scientists discover gene that turns people into jerks! (And the Weekly World News buried this medical breakthrough story on page 44). They even included a picture: "Microscope image of newly discovered jerk gene." "At last researchers have iso- lated the particular gene that causes people to cut others off in traffic, talk loudly in movie theatres, blow cigar smoke in the faces of non-smokers and do thousands of other things that annoy others," according to our reliable sources at the Weekly World News. It was that famous Austrian doctor, simply known as 'Dr. Russ' who found the gene after testing 342 people to see if there was any "physical cause for rudeness and social stupidity." And how did Dr. Russ make this fascinating discovery? "First of all we assembled criteria for behaviour that would classify someone as offensive or - to put it crudely - as a jerk. We included things like picking from salad bars with one's fin- gers, parking in other people's spaces, cracking one's knuckles in public and other irritating practises." He goes one to say, "We selected Group One by watching people in public places. When someone behaved according to the 'jerk' pattern, we'd offer the person a small fee to be tested (1 could get rich off this!. And this amazing story is on the same page as seven different ads for psychics including "La Toya Jackson's Psychic Net- work." et- work. " Turning to the world of sports, officials in Cairo, Egypt are alarmed about the rising popular- ity of cobra boxing - an illegal sport in which fighters spar with deadly snakes in their hands and try to puncture one another with the fangs, say our sports reporters with the Weekly World News. For the safety of our readers I think we should stop before the weather forecast. (Although raining frogs might help your garden). Special Features Better Idea 7 Will ye no' r rijiiam'm e Band Parades • • * ONTARIO94 Old Bops' Reunion Golden Anniversary and :Provincial 1 iremer.•'8 Tournament' • August 2, 4, 5 and 6, 1924 Evening Tattoe Sp,ctal.lar Main Street itlu la- ati.. BEAFORTH With ■l1 thy faults We le,e thee .till,' OUR HOME TOWN! This is the cover of the programme for the 1924 Old Boys' Reunion in Seaforth, courtesy of Gene Baynham. Seaforth will be celebrating another homecoming on August 3-6, 1995. Construction planning for schools to begin in July BY MICHELE GREENE Planning to begin construction and renovations at St. Patrick's School, Dublin and SL Columban School will begin in early July. However, it's not possible that the project will be completed by September, said Dr. James Brown, director of education at the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board. Exactly when that work can begin, how many projects the board can handle at once, and how it will be financed are questions the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board trustees will try to answer at their June 27 meeting. This spring, the board designated the $416,000 infrastructure grant to the proposed Catholic secondary school in Huron County until the provincial allocation was announced. At that time, trustees agreed the infrastructure grant would be transferred to the St. Patrick's/St. Columban project. "We have to decide now how we'll put that money to work next year," said Dr. Brown. In order to be eligible for the infrastructure grant, the board must begin spending the money in March 1995 and complete the project by March 1996. The board will begin looking at the long term needs of St. Patrick's School, Dublin and St. Columban School, obtaining building permits, and permission for tree removal on the school properties. Unfortunately, there is not enough time to complete the planning and construction by September. "We don't want to be building the building when students are in the schools. It's a safety factor," he said. Trustees must also decide if the board can afford the !abject both financially and from a staff standpoint. The board asked for an allocation of $6.9 million for the new Catholic secondary school but instead, the province grant it $4 million, with $1 million coming from the local taxpayers. The board has $500,000 in reserves to help cover the local share of the secondary school. "We couldn't build a school for S4 million," he said. At the upcoming meeting, trustees will also discuss how it will fund the secondary school and the St. Patrick's School, Dublin/St- Columban projects. The infrastructure grants are a joint federal and provincial government program to encourage building projects and create jobs. In the Years Agone Burst tire means long walk home FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JUNE 29, 1894 Mr. J. O. Rose met with a slight accident when returning from a business trip to Bayfield on Wednesday evening of last week. When near the station at Brucefield his wheel struck a stone with such force as to burst the pneumatic tire, rendering it useless for the time and leaving him to foot it home, trailing the disabled vehicle along with him. * * * The half -yearly election of officers for the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavour took place on Tuesday evening, and resulted in the following choice: President, Mr. R. J. Muldrew: Vice - President, Miss M. Stevenson; Treasurer, Miss C. A. Porter; Recording Secretary, Miss Grace E. Elliott. Messrs. Jordan and Devereaux, grocers, have dissolved partnership. Mr. Devereaux embarked in busi- ness with the hope that the change would benefit his health, but as it has not done so, he is returning to the farm. * ** The Roxboro public and Sabbath Schools are to hold a grand picnic on Mr. John Scott's farm on the afternoon of July 2nd. * ** The Hurons went to Galt today to play the final match for the cham- pionship of Western Ontario. They will be represented by the following players: Campbell, Elliott, Willis, Livingston, Stephens, J. Jackson, Morrison, H. Jackson, Oughton, K. McLean, J. Clennan. JUNE 27, 1919 On Friday afternoon as Mr. George McSpadden was driving to Walton and when opposite Mr. John Aitcheson's farm his horse scared at something on the side of the road and bolted into the ditch upscuing the buggy and throwing Mr. McSpadden out. He was not seri- ously injured any more than a severe shaking up. The buggy was badly damaged, the top being com- pletely torn off. * ** Dr. Louis Prendergast, of Chica- go, who has recently returned from France where he held a commission as Captain in the Dental Corps of the United States Army, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Prendergast in Egmondville. * ec Mr. A. Waugh, a former well- known Scaforth boy, was in town this week. Mr. Waugh• has just returned from four years' service overseas. He leaves shortly for Ignace, where he will resume his former position as CPR station agent. *** Mr. Joe Dick returned from over- seas on Monday. « e Major R. S. Hays left Wednesday morning for Vancouver, B.C. to attend the convention of the Great War Veteran Association. JUNE 30,1944 • ' " Miss Lois Wright, daughteVibff Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wright, Seaforth, who has been a nurse -in - training at Guelph General Hospital, won the General Proficiency Award in the second year term at the recent examinations. * * * The cottage on Jarvis Street, belonging to Mr. E. L. Box, has been sold to Mr. Melvin R. Staffer, and the property of Mr. Joshua Pollard, North Main Street, has been sold to an out-of-town ptr- chaser. * * * The annual public school picnic was held at Bell's dam, near Hensall, Tuesday. Mr. Claude Blowes, principal of the school for the past 16 years, who tendered his resignation to accept a similar posi- tion at Exeter public school was presented with an end table, Misses Betty Bickle and Bernice Jinks doing the honours. * * * Mr. H. E. Smith, John Street, had new potatoes and green peas grown in his own garden, on his dinner table this week. JUNE 26, 1969 Mr. and Mrs. John Prycc were guests of honour at a dinner at the Commercial Hotel, Seaforth, Satur- day evening, arranged by their family to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary. * *« Long an eagerly awaited event, the annual Legion golf tournament this year was enlarged to include members of the Optimists. Proudly displaying the trophies they won during the play at Doig's Course were Alf Ross of the Optimists with the duffer trophy, Don Eaton, who came in with low gross, Dave Cor- nish, low net, and A. Smale, most strokes. e ec Among those aucnding a Knights of Columbus and Shriners get- together were Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Looby, of Dublin and Major and Mrs. Frank Golding of CFB Clinton. * *« The annual public speaking con- test was held at No. 8 School, McKillop on Monday when winners were: Grade 7, first, Gwen Bosman, topic - William Shakespeare; sec- ond, Carl Bolton, topic - The Husky; grade six, first, Steven Dennis, topic - The Beaver, second, Douglas Dietz, topic - Electricity. Judges were Mrs. Steve Murray and Mrs. Joe Delaney. e ec Huron farmers reflected the trend across Ontario and rejected the OFO proposal (for one general farm organization) in a tight vote.