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Wednesday, November 30, 1994.
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Editorial
Flyer cost should be born
It's about time Canada Post became responsible for flyer
recycling costs. Throughout area communities it's not uncommon
to see garbage bins filled to the brim with flyers. Those flyers go
directly to the landfill site (in some cases)...at no cost to Canada
Post or the mostly out-of-town advertisers responsible for them.
In fact, it's the taxpayers who pick up the tab.
In October, Environment Minister Sheila Copps saki she
believed the Crown Corporation should be treated like' other
distributors of flyers and advertising mail; that people should be
able to tell Canada Post they don't want to receive flyers In their
mail and perhaps most importantly, that distributors should be
absorbing landfill or recycling costs.
Copps recommended that costs associated with flyer destruction
and recycling should be absorbed by those putting out the flyers,
rather than the taxpayers.
If you check oto We 'lumber of flyers In the waste bin in your
mail box, you'll see the amount going to the landfill site is
deplorable. It's time that action was taken.
Canada Post must be made to live with the same costs and
restrictions on flyer distribution as other industries.
Ontario newspapers provide financial support toward the cost of
recycling their product. The industry has been pushing to have
commercial printers and flyer distributors, including Canada Post,
pay the same recycling levy.
Copps' recommendations are encouraging.
•Reprinted from Shoreline News.
Letters to the Editor
'You did it again, C4th'
Dear Editor,
"You did it again, Scaforth"
Friday night saw the town of
Seaforth come alive in a festival of
lights and music and joyous young
faces.
The annual Lions Club Santa
Claus parade featured over fifty
entries to the delight of some two
thousand spectators along Main
Street.
It would be impossible to list all
those who contributed to the suc-
cess of this evening, but special
thanks must go to the parade par-
ticipants, local contributors, award
sponsors, Seaforth Police, and the
host of volunteers from the Lions
and Lioness Clubs.
When a community gets behind a
worthwhile project, the results are
usually amazing. Thanks again to
all of you out there who made
Friday evening truly amazing.
Merry Christmas!
B. Doug Elliott,
Parade Chairman
Parade chair used humour
to highlight serious issue
Dear Editor,
The article "Santa Claus coming"
in the Expositor Nov. 23, 1994 was
very timely and appropriate.
Doug Elliott's tongue-in-cheek
comment regarding the lack of
support from Masonville and
Fairview Malls will hopefully not
be brushed off lightly.
Without local community support
Seaforth and area residents will
eventually find themselves having
to drive to London or Kitchener for
purchases, through necessity and
not choice.
Community support of local busi-
nesses is what keeps a town thriv-
ing and inspires families and new
companies to move to the area.
It's probably time for all of us to
rethink our shopping habits. Per-
sonally, over the last years, I have
found quality and service far more
important than a small reduction in
price.
My congratulations to Doug
Elliott for his community work and
humour.
Marg Wright
RR 4 Walton
Social reform input sought
Paul Steckle, Member of Par-
liament for Huron -Bruce will
hold three separate Public
Forums to seek constituent input
on Minister of Human Resources
Development Lloyd Axworthy's
Discussion Paper on Social
Security Reform, ._
Discussion papers, 'Have your
say' workbooks and further
information are available through
the Constituency Office, 30
Victoria Street North, Goderich,
A
Ontario N7A 2R6, 1-800-465-
1726.
The Social Security Reform
Public Forums will be held at
the following places and times:
December 1, 1994 7 p.m. South
Huron D.H.S. Exeter, Ontario,
Small Gymnasium; December 5,
1994 7 p.m. Saugeen D.S.S. Port
Elgin, Ontario, Cafetorium;
December 8, 1994 7 p.m.
F.E.Madill S.S. Wingham,
Ontario, Library.
Opinion
Keep Toronto solutions in Toronto
There must be something
wrong with me...I'm starting to
agree with Rory Leishman.
Those of you who don't read
Rory may be unfamiliar with the
London Free Press columnist
who is somewhere to the right of
Atilla the Hun. (It's no coinci-
dence his name rhymes with
Tory). Despite his conservative
bent, Rory is (unlike his right
wing cousins to the south such
as Rush Limburger) well -con-
sidered in his reasoning. But
nonetheless, he makes Preston
Manning look like a pot -smok-
ing, Mao -quoting, pinko radical.
That's why it's scary when I
read one of Mr. L.'s columns
and say "Right on!" The next
thing I know I'll be wearing cuff
links and bow ties and joining
the Conrad Black fan club.
Frightening. What column
forced me to agree with Right -
Tum Rory? Was it one of his
road maps of morality pointing
to Old World values? No. Was it
one of his tirades against statist
interference or high government
spending? Not really. It was, in
fact, a column opposing the
Letters
Lung association
applauds new
rules on smoking
Dear Editor,
The Health community moved
one giant step ahead today in the
battle against tobacco products with
the Ontario government's proclama-
tion of the Tobacco Control Act.
The main focus of this Act, also
known as Bill 119, is to help pre-
vent our young people from starting
to smoke. With proclamation of Bill
119 tobacco products cannot be
sold to those under the age of 19,
'kiddie packs' of fewer than 20
cigarettes are banned, all schools
and their grounds must be smoke-
free. As well, pharmacies are pro-
hibited frdm selWlg ttbb 'pii iQ-'
ucts. •'soS ;L ; .. to
Tobacco use is the leading cdnse
of preventable death and disease,
causing more deaths than. alcohol,
traffic accidents, murders, suicides,
drownings, fire, illicit drugs and
AIDS combined. Before last
February's tax reduction, 3,000
children joined the tobacco market
in Ontario each month. With lower
cigarette prices, we can only
assume the number is higher today.
Many of these children will die
prematurely from tobacco -related
diseases.
Health agencies and concerned
citizens have waited a long time for
this legislation and join The Lung
Association is applauding the prov-
incial government on the proclama-
tion of Bill 119.
Your Sincerely,
Deedee Herman
Executive Director,
The Lung Association, Huron -Perth
Counties
NDP government's use of clo-
sure on the Long -Term Care
Act.
Traditionally governments have
used closure only on issues of
national importance or when the
opposition parties have used
provocative tactics to stonewall
government initiatives.
Do you see the people of
Ontario clamouring for instant
changes to our long-term care?
Hardly. In this area health care
"Don't throw baby
out with bath water..."
consumers have either avoided
meetings on the issue or called
only for fine-tuning of our cur-
rent system.
The common sense advice
which has come from the people
is 'Don't throw the baby out
with the bath water.' Improve
long-term care delivery...yes. Get
rid of it...no.
The current Long -Term Care
Reform would bring more
unions, more government inter-
ference in the care of the elderly,
less volunteering and more
bureaucracy.
Although there are claims of
new-found administrative effi-
ciencies by the government it is
safe to say that Long -Term Care
will be more expensive, not less.
In Huron County we can be
rightfully suspicious that this is
another Toronto solution to a
perceived Toronto problem.
Thankfully, the long-term care
committee in this area has said
'No thank you' to the NDP's
demands for a sweeping new
bureaucracy in the form of a
'Multi -Service Agency.'
Although legally obliged to
introduce this animal into Huron
the local committees are stress-
ing minimal change to the cur-
rent system.
The Long -Term Care changes
have to be rethought. The people
have too many unanswered
questions. There are too few
compelling reasons to rush this
legislation through according to
deadlines manufactured by gov-
ernment.
I believe the Long -Term Care
Reform train has to be
derailed.,.even if I do have to
agree with Rory Leishman.
•««
mini marathon update
This weekend you will find a
strange presence in front of
Seaforth's Town Hall. I will be
conducting event number 40 of
my 52 -event hospital fundraiser:
a 60 -hour campout! Stop by to
say 'Hi' and don't forget your
donation to Seaforth Community
Hospital.
This old-time photo of the Egmondville Dam looking east was lent to thp,E
MPP rejects criticism of haw
Dear Editor,
Many constituents have called me
recently about powers of attorney.
They have been alarmed at stories
that if they do not assign a power
of attorney right away that if some-
thing happens to them then the
government will take their assets.
This is incorrect.
The Substitute Decisions Act is a
new law that allows you to choose
someone in advance to make deci-
sions for you when you are no
longer mentally capable. The new
law covers two areas of decision-
making: decisions about property
and finances, and decisions about
personal care (things such as hous-
ing, health care and nutrition). The
law was supported by all three
parties and will come into effect in
the next year.
The existing laws were made
years ago and are out of date. For
example, the existing law does not
permit a person to appoint, in
advance, someone to make personal
care decisions for them if they
become mentally incapable. The
new law allows this. The new law
confirms that a person's wishes will
be respected if they become
incapable of expressing them. The
existing law gives few options to
family members if they need to get
legal authority to make decisions.
The new law provides more
choices. The new law protects the
rights of those who are mentally
incapable.
The `new Office of the Public
Guardian & Trustee will apply for
guardianship only as a last resort
when it is clear that a person needs
it and there is no one else willing
or able to assume this responsibil-
ity.
is very unfortunate when a
program such as the Garth Turner
report on CFPL-TV on Nov. 9 gave
out so much misleading information
about the Substitute Decisions Act.
I writing this letter to correct this
and to let the residents of Huron
County know that the correct infor-
mation is available. Feel free to
contact my office forms and infor-
mation are available.
Yours truly
Paul Klopp, MPP
Local sauce better than 'Worcestershire'
FROM THE PAGES OF
THE HURON EXPOSITOR,
DECEMBER 7, 1894
In the spring of 1888, the late
Hurnphrcy Snell, of Huller, gave
his son, William, a thoroughbred
heifer calf. Since then this heifer
has dropped five bull calves, which
when sold averaged $105 each. On
Monday it became the mother of
another bull calf. A record of six
male calves for a seven-year-old, is
something out of the ordinary.
•••
Robert Adams, of Winthrop, held
a successful wood bee in Lucas
Ross' bush, and in the evening the
group assembled with the fair ones
at Mr. Adams' residence and the
time was spent in tripping the light
fantastic. '
• «•
Master Lorne Weir, son of James
Weir of the Royal Hotel, was skat-
ing in the old quarry, east of the
town, when he broke through the
ice, and would probably have been
drowned, but his little dog gabbed
him by the hair and held him until
a young fellow came to his assist-
ance.
• «•
Wm. Routledge has shown us a
sample of meat sauce or relish of
his own manufacture which he is
introducing to the public. It is
called Routiedge's Royal East India
Tomato Mustard Sauce. It is
claimed to be superior to the cel-
ebrated Worcestershire Sauce,
DECEMBER 5, 1919
John Denholm, who lost his barn
in Hulka, received three carloads
of material for a new barn and men
In the Years Agone)
are putting it together.
•••
Owing to the smallpox scare,- Dr.
F. J. Burrows, of Seaforth, vacci-
nated all the children in the
Beechwood school and some are
nursing their sore arms.
•••
The wind storm was the most
severe ever experienced in Hensall
and in the surrounding country. A
great deal of damage was done
when fruit trees, barns and silos
were torn up.
•••
Chas. Holmes and bride arrived
here from overseas and are visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. T.
Holmes. Mr. Holmes went overseas
with the first draft from the 33rd
Battalion in 1915.
•••
John McGrath, of Hibbert, came
near losing his auto by fire. He was
in the village getting gasoline and
took a lantern to see how much he
had. There was an instant fire from
the tank. Alex Darling, who was
near, took a robe and threw it over
the fire.
DECEMBER 8, 1944
Before leaving the Hesky Flax
Products Ltd., to enlist for Overseas
services, Scott Kerr was
by the staff with a set o military
brushes.
•••
Cpl. Kenneth Adams, son of Pred
4
Adams, was injured in Prance fol-
lowing D -Day. He suffered a frac-
tured skull and lacerations of the
scalp.
•••
Fred Reeves had the misfortune to
have his leg broken while cutting
down a tree at the Dick house.
DECEMBER 11, 1969
The resignation of councillor G.
S. Moggach was accepted with
regret by Seaforth Council Monday
night.
Coun. Moggach, completing the
first year of a two-year term, has
been appointed farm management
specialist and program leader for a
four -county area including Bruce,
Grey, Simcoe and Dufferin. He will
live in Markdale.
•••
A 37 -year-old Kitchener lawyer
and Scaforth�native has been chosen
by the K -W Junior Chamber of
Commerce for the outstanding
young men awards contest.
Ronald Sills was selected from
nine nominees as the top K -W man
to represent the area in the provin-
cial 10 outstanding young men
awards contest in March, 1970.
•••
Seaforth Lions' meeting in the
Community Centre Monday evening
honoured members who had
achieved perfect attendance during
the year.
Presented with pins by Ross Scott
and J. A. Stewart were C. A. Bar-
ber, u. iseuttenmiiier, t.. t ampbell,
J. Scott Cluff, E. Larone, A. Y.
McLean, Irvin Trewartha, G. A.
Whitney, Ed. Taylor, W. D.
Stephenson, O. Oke, G. D. Hays, J.
A. Stewart and Earl Ritchie.
•••
Stewart Proctor of Morris pres-
ented awards to David Thomas,
Brussels and Marlene Stewart, RR
1 Kirkton at the 1969 Huron
County 4-H Achievement Program.
Huron Agriculture representative
Donald S. Pullen presented the A.
Y. McLean trophy to Jack De
Groot, RR 3 Blyth. Warden James
Hayter presented Irene Konaroki,
RR 1 Blyth with the Warden's
Novice Trophy, Robert McKinley
presented the Citizenship Trophy to
David Marshall, RR 1 Kirkton, who
also won the Bainton Ltd., Blyth
award, a sheep -skin coat, presented
by Mrs. James Snell. George
Campbell, president of the Huron
County Hog Producers, presented a
clock to Gerald Townsend.
• • •
Gerald Townsend, RR 3 Seaforth,
won the Toronto -Dominion Bank
Award for champion all-round 4-H
livestock showman, the Huron Hog
Producers award for champion
swine showman and the Cahadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce
Reserve award for the champion 4-
H gilt. Tom Papple was the winner
of a trophy which he received as
the champion in overall judging
competitions..
•••
'Spotlight on Women', a regular
feature in the Western Ontario
Farmer in a Ieeertt issue told about
Mrs. Mary Haugh of Bruceficld.