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Express your compassion
. Hearts are full of compassion for the families of
Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French, the two dead
teenagers who are at the centre of Paul Bernardo's
murder trial in Toronto.
Day after day, as the girls' parents sit in the
courtroom listening to the horrible evidence,
Canadians from coast to coast think of them -
wonder how they are reacting to all this graphic
testimony about their daughters' tormented final
hours.
But that's just the beginning. Long after the last
word has been spoken and recorded, the Mahaffys
and the Frenches will bear an even greater injustice
- the horrendous financial costs for lost work time,
for lodging, travelling, meals, parking and other
personal expenses and of course, very expensive
legal advice. It is estimated, for instance, that the
families' unsuccessful battle to prevent the playing
of audio tracks from Paul Bernardo's videotapes in
open court will run into hundreds of thousands of
dollars.
You can help.. You can make a contribution to the
French/Mahaffy Legal Assistance Fund at your local
branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
(CIBC). After the families' legal expenses are
covered, any surplus money will be contributed to
CAVEAT, a victims' rights group established by
Priscilla de Villiers whose daughter was brutally
murdered in 1991.
It's one small way to show the Mahaffy and the
French families we share their pain. - SJK
Bill's guide to European travel
In the event that some of
you arc planning a trip to
Europe, I have carefully
sketched personality profiles
of Europeans I encountered
on my 35 -day stay on the
continent, so your holiday
may be as rewarding as mine.
(I know what you're thinking
- gee Bill, a five-week vaca-
tion in Europe?) Did you like
win the lottery or strike up a
business relationship with a
former associate of Brian
Mulroney who is somehow
not currently serving with a
former associate of Brian
Mulroney who is somehow
not currently serving time?
Hey! I want you to know
that I worked long and hard
for the better part of two
years before I finally got
power of attorney over my
mother's financial affairs.
And in return I brought her
back a rosary from the Vati-
can.
The French, contrary to the
popular belief, arc not ruds.
The French have just been in
a bad mood since the Romans
abandoned them in 51 B.C.
The French have always
yearned to rule the world but
after several thousand years
of trying, their major interna-
tional claim to fame is that
they wcrc the first to learn of
the benefits of boiling milk.
The country still swells with
pride at the memory of Presi-
dent Charles de Gaulle who,
in 1967, while on a trade
mission to Canada to pur-
chase a fleet of John Deere
automatic pickers for that
honker of his, uttered the
words that fanned the flames
of Quebec separation: Vive
Quebec lihrairic: "Today
France is dealing with two
violent separatist movements
from the Basques and the
Corsicans. This makes them
very dis-a-gree-able and me -
how do you say? Enchantrt.
When I was in France they
were gathering at the Arc De
Triomphe to commemorate
the SOth anniversary of vic-
tory in WW 1I but thc Cana-
dians I was with, in a Left
Bank bistro, decided after a
careful study of France's war
record, a 200 ft fold -up lawn
chair would have been more
appropriate.
Be kind to the French,
they've having a really bad
millennium.
The Italians win Europe's
congeniality award. Friendly
and helpful, the Italians,
unlike the French will wait
until you're out of sight
before they laugh out loud at
your stupid tourism question.
And there in lies their
greatest personality flaw -
they're way too nice.
Ask for a certain restaurant,
and an Italian will walk you
there. Ask for the place that
repairs luggage, an Italian
will haul you into his home
and fix the problem. But ask
directions and not one of
them will say: "I don't
know."
If you stood in front of the
train station in Rome and
asked directions to the Forum
from three Italians who had
all arrived just five minutes
earlier from different islands
off different coasts, - they
would all turn and point in
three different directions.
Then after 10 minutes, after
you realize they hadn't
looked at you sincc you asked
the question, you would walk
away leaving them engrossed
in a difference of opinion
situation that the carabinierc
would have to break up later
with water cannons.
For the Italians reading this
column - all together now -
sorry but non to so.
My favourite pastime any-
where in Europe is German -
watching. Germans, like Visa,
are everywhere you want to
be. (They say they have a lot
of disposable income and
eight weeks vacation a year,
but I suspect they're scouting
billeting accommodations for
the troops the next time they
get that urge to merge.) Tech-
nologically speaking Germans
might be even smarter than
the Japanese.
At our rented villa in
Tuscany we watched a Ger-
man guy press a remote con-
trol on thc way to his new
black Mercedes convertible
and before he reached the car,
the doors flung open and
music blared from the CD
player. After he pressed
another button the convertible
top disengaged and opened
straight up. Another button
opened the car's trunk, from
the body back, then the top
folded down like an accord-
ion and disappeared into the
trunk which then closed on
top of it. Unbelievable.
On another occasion the
German came out of his
residence, hit the remote and
the car started rolling down
the hill. I rushed out thinking
it would roll off the cliff
which the villa was perched
on, but it disappeared down
the long driveway and around
a bend where 1 lost sight of
it. I was stunned. Because 30
minutes later it came back
washed, waxed and, buffed.
Okay, okay, I made that last
part up but I swear the other -
stuff is absolutely true.
And the British? God I love
the British but they should
really not be allowed off the
island.
I actually overheard this
tidbit of conversation between
two English tourists at the
railing surrounding the con-
struction site at the base of
the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
"Oh look Nigel, they're
finally going to straighten it."
Right. Can you imagine the
hordes of tourists who are
right now booking flights to
Italy to take a picture of the
Straight Tower of Pisa?
The farthest Brits should be
allowed to travel is to their
local and back.
Flashback
This grade seven Seaforth Public School class photo shows (first row) Eric Eaton, Don
Albrecht, Glenn Coutts, Ray Scoins, Paul Besse, Brian Flannigan, Craig Willis, (second row)
Bob Govenlock, Stewart Bannerman, Kathy Boshart, Joan Bach, Donna Laycox, Ellen
Calder, Keith Bennewies and Wayne Wilson, (third row) Marg Reeves, Betty Muegge, Judy
Boshart, Gene Nixon, Madelon Townsend, Karen Nicholson, Joan Boyce, Ann Dick, (back
row) Jack Baker, Saakje (Sharon) Van Rooijen, Nancy Glew, Agnes Carter, (Mrs.
McDonald), Ken Drager, Ellen Gorwill, Betty Jean Andrews. Joan Addison graciously lent
this photo to the newspaper.
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No quick move
to kerbside
recycling
Robert Bell, a former Huron
County Warden and
Tuckersmith Reeve and now
the township's representative
on the Ausable-Bayfiicld Con-
servation Authority, spoke Tat
the June 6 meeting oi' cousin.
He gave a report on the
conservation agency's work.
* *
Tuckcrsmith Township will
not be moving to kerbside
collection of recyclables
anytime soon.
The township's current
recycling program is estimated
to cost $6,000 this ycar. 1t
would cost about $14,000 to
receive blue box collection
from the Bluewater Recycling
Association.
"Soon the kerbside will pay
for itself," Said Reeve Bill
Carnochan. "We've waitcd this
long, my recommendation
would be to sec in another
year."
Carnochan said at some point
the future Canadian society will
be mining landfill sites for
resources.
First Presbyterian honours Clerk of Session
FROM THE PAGES OF
THE HURON EXPOSITOR,
JULY 5, 1895
Wm. Aikenhcad of
Brucefield had the misfortune
to get his ankle injured in a
runaway.
The annual 1st of July picnic
was held on the farm of James
Henderson. There was a dance
in the barn when the music .
was furnished by . Messrs.
Mason, Hogg and Berwick.
Miss Minnie Dorsey left for
Toronto where she will take a
course in nursing in St.
Michael's hospital. '
Wm. Archibald, of
Lcadbury, had a successful
logging bee. The boys had lots
of fun piling the logs together
and occasionally piling a man
on top.
* * *
Mrs. J. H. Simpson of
Brucefield has had placed an
arcophagus monument over the
body of her late husband, Rev.
J. H. Simpson, in Baird's Cem-
etery. It is of an unique design,
with the Bible placed on top,
bearing his last text.
* **
The picnic held by the
Patrons of Industry, in James
Landsborough's grove,
Tuckersmith, was a success in
every respect. The hand of the
33rd Battalion from Seaforth
was present and the chair was
occupied by John Govenlock of
McKillop.
In the Years Agone
JULY 2 1920
Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
Hamilton, of Staffa, tendered a
banquet to thc members of the
council and the township offi-
cials. A. A. Colquhoun, Reeve
of the Township, acted as
toastmaster.
* * *
Frank Harburn, Staffa, met
with an accident when a. team
of horses belonging to 1-Iarry
Norris ran away with him
while attached to a manure
spreader. He had a bone broken
in one hand.
* * *
John Lane, of Beechwood,
has a fine pair of twin filly
foals this year. Thcy wcrc sired
by McMichael's champion
Clydesdale stallion.
* * *
John McClusky, of McKillop,
mct with an accident on Main
Street. He was at thc Royal
Hotel corner waiting for a load
of logs to pass in order to cross
the street When the wagon
passed he stepped right in front
of a car coming around the
corner. He was knocked down
and run over by the car.
e•e
While out shooting with two
companions a young son of
Dan Nash sat down to explore
the workings of the rifle with
the result that it unexpectedly
discharged, the bullet striking
him in the left foot.
* * *
Mr. Rowcliffc's new barn on
the Patterson farm at Hensall,
was recently raised and will be
a fine asset to that farm.
JUNE 29, 1945
On Wednesday evening, Miss
Shirley Oldfield, was hostess to
a group of friends of Dorothy
Jardine, Brussels, bride to be.
* * *
The new fireplace at the
Bowling green has been com-
pleted and it sets off the room
to perfection. It is made of red
rug brick.
* * *
Miss Teresa McIver has
successfully passed her second
year examinations at the Uni-
versity of Western Ontario.
* * *
Miss Doris Ferguson of town
left for Big Win Inn, Muskoka,
where she will spend the next
two months.
* * *
Sgt. D'Orlcan Sills, of
Toronto, has been transferred
to Vancouver.
Mrs. Percy Graham, of
Hensall, had thc misfortune
while working in her garden to
fall and fracture her leg below
the knee.
e *
A successful barn dance was
held in the barn of Thos.
Slavin near Hensall sponsored
by the L.O.L. of Hensall. More
than $300 was the door
receipts which did not include
proceeds from the lunch booth.
* * *
Rev. Francis Kenny Moylan
;.F.M., son of Thomas
Boylan, and the late Mrs.
Moylan of McKillop Township,
elebrated his first High Mass
It St. Columban Church.
* *
Frank Melady, St. Columban,
eceived word that -his son,
['homes Mclady, R.C.A.F.
?ngland, had received a com-
nission. He was posted as
nstructor in the fighter com-
nand.
* * *
After over fifteen years ser-
vice as chairman and manager
)f the Seaforth Public Utility
;ommission, E. L. Box has
:endcred his resignation. Ken
Campbell was appointed to fill
the vacancy and G. D.
Ferguson was appointed chair-
man.
JULY 2, 1970
Vandals toppled twenty-five
gravestones and tipped over
and broke another thirteen at
the St. Columban Roman Cath-
olic Church Cemetery in
Hibbert Township late Monday.
The broken stones are, in
most cases, older types which
are more susceptible to break-
age. They arc thc high pillar
type markers or the thin marble
type which always break when
they fall. Damage in these
cases is light as all that is
necessary is to reset them on
their foundations according to
James McQuaid, ' Cemetery
board chairman. The damage
was discovered by Earl Roney,
RR 2 Dublin, who notified Mr.
McQuaid.
* * *
Seaforth Medical Clinic
announced this week that Dr.
John W. H. Underwood has
joined thc staff effective July
1st.
Dr. Underwood was bom and
raised in Sarnia where he got
his early education. He grad-
uated in Medicine from
Queen's University, Kingston,
in 1960. He interned for one
year at Ottawa Civic Hospital
and then spent one year of
practice in St. Marys.
After spending two years in
Edmonton doing pont graduate
work in surgery, orthopaedics
and medicine, he served two
years of residency in ortho-
paedics at Ottawa Civic I lospi-
tal.
* * *
Paul Spittal graduated from
the University of Waterloo with
a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Ile
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Spittal, Seaforth.
* * *
Sandra Hulley, 12, of RR I
Seaforth, a student at S.S. 8,
McKillop Township School,
won the Hunnr County Pioneer
Museum essay contest. Her
essay was titled 'School
Room.' Other winners arc
Bryant Sonicrvillc, RR 4
Walton and Carl llolton, RR. 1
Dublin. Their teachers are Mrs.
Teresa Covillc and Gibson
Willis. Reeve Allan Campbell
of McKillop presented thc
awards in a ceremony.
* * *
Veterans of the First World
War were in Exeter Sunday
when new colours of the 161st
Battalion of Huron County
wcrc dedicated.
* * *
At a Lions Club draw for a
transistor radio Richard
Stewart, 13, was asked to pull
a ticket from the hundreds
tuned in. Shoving his arms deep
into the box he brought out one
ticket and handed it to George
Hildebrand who was announc-
ing at the mike. The name on
the ticket was Richard Stewart,
48 George Street, Seaforth.
* *
Tomorrow's Dawn, a
Seaforth group, took top prize
in the instrumental section of
the Lions Carnival talent hunt.
Receiving their prize from Bill
Pinder wcrc Silby Jessomc,
Ernie Putman, Doug
Hildebrand and Paul McNah.
* * *
Members of the Session of
First Presbyterian Church on
behalf of the congregation
honoured ' Malcolm Cameron
McKellar at a gathering
Wednesday evening on his
retirement as Clerk of Session.
A member of the congregation
for 57 yeas, an elder since
1925 and Clerk of Session for
38 years, Mr. McKellar was
presented with a Bible and an
,appreciation folder.
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