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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-04-17, Page 44—THE MIAOW EXPOSITOR, Ape1N 17, 111115 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE • General Manager & Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR - Sales PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions & Classifieds DAVE SCOTT - Editor GREGOR CAMPBELL • Reporter JOAN MELLEN - typesetter, proofreader BARB STOREY - distribution A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL - 32.50 a year, in advance, plus 2.28 G.S.T. SENIORS: - 30.00 o year, in advance, plus 2.10 G.S.T. USA & Foreign: 32.50 a year in advance, plus S78.00 postage, G.S.T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Published weekly by Signal-Stor Publishing at 1100 Main St., Seaforth. Publication moil registration No. 0696 held at Seoforth, Ontario. Advertising is accepted on condition that in the event of o typographical error, the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with o reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for of the applicable rate. In the event of a typographical error, advertising goods or services at a wrong price, goods or services moy not be sold. Advertising is merely an offer to sell and moy be withdrawn of any time. The Huron Expositor is not responsible for the loss or damage of unsolicited monuscriph, photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes. Changes of address, orders for subscriptions and undeliv- erable copies ore to be sent to The Huron Expositor. Wednesday, April 17, 1996 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 Letters to the Editor Revealed salary changes public outing for education director Editor's Note: The follow- ing was not a letter to this newspaper but included in the most recent edition of Huron County Board of Education's regular newslet- ter Did you know that.... We feel publishing it presents another side on the topical issue of salary disclosure, recently made mandatory by the Ontario government for employees making $100,000 or more, in public bodies receiving tax dollars. Mr. Carroll is Director of Education for the Huron board. His salary was dis- closed a couple of weeks ago under the new legislation. Dear Mike Harris, Thanks for getting me on the front page of my local paper this week - as one of those over -paid fat cats at the public trough. It sure changed the tone of my visit to the Seaforth Home and Garden Show last night. The topic of my salary was introduced by the first folks my wife and ! met just as we entered the door. And twice more before leaving! It's going to be fun for my kids too - but then they've put up with snide comments about my 'wealth' from their friends for years... It's too bad the disclosure law doesn't tell the rest of the story: like the some $55,000 I pay in taxes, and the several thousand dollars I give in charitable donations each year. I didn't see any men- tion, either, of my voluntary 5% salary reduction that rebated about $16,000 to board coffers over the last three years - above and beyond the Social Contract requirements. A lifetime of volunteer community service time goes unheeded too. My salary should be.no secret - but I'm not sure it warrants front page status either! I'm a lot better off than many, Mike. But I'm not overpaid: Look across public and private sector executive compensation levels - and like the rest of Huron Public Education spending, we're at the bottom of that barrel too! Thanks, Mike! A lot of folks said I was a damned fool seeking this job. I am beginning to think they were right. Paul Carroll Seaforth, ON Disappointed with Bell Editor's Note: The follow- ing. is the text of the letter sent by town clerk Jim Crocker by request of Seaforth Council on March 13 to Robert Nei!!, account executive for Bell Canada, in response to his previous cor- respondence with the town indicating an upgrade for the town's existing telephone switching system is too costly for Be!! to consider at this time. Dear Mr. Neill, Thank you for your letter of February. 12, 1996, which was considered at the regular March meeting of Seaforth Council. i have been directed to advise yOu that members of Council arc very disappoint- ed with the position of Bell Canada on this matter, and have referred the issue to a committee for a review of further action by thc Town. i don't know; at this time, what direction further action will take, but I do know Council is prepared to go public with this issue and pursue a bene- fit for their ratepayers that is enjoyed by the majority of 'ie province, and certainly in ommunities much smaller nan ours. The people of the Scaforth area are continually bom- barded by promotions, adver- tising, and telephone surveys on services and technology provided by Bell Canada that are not available to them. these people are looking to Seaforth Council for support and Scaforth Council intends to pursue every avenue avail- able to them to convince Bell Canada that the community deserves digital technology now. i will keep in touch. Yours very truly, James Crocker New Canadian fails to see humour in April Fool's joke Dear Editor, As a new citizen of Canada and Seaforth, one thing that will let you know about the community is a local newspa- per. Thc Huron Expositor is to my opinion a great local newspaper. Much to my sur- prise 1 read in the April 3, 1996 issue about the Kippen Militia. Understanding that this is what you call an April Fool's joke, i fail to see the humour. Having lived close to the German border in Holland i have seen the upcoming of Neo -Nazism in Germany, France, Belgium and even parts of Holland. Many peo- ple of different colour, tongue or faith have been killed in the past couple of years by CONTINUED on page 6 Opinion Canada wins world weird championship As you know, March is the third month of the modern Gregorian calendar. It corre- sponds with the Roman month of Martius and was named after the famous March brothers -.Groucho, Harpo and Chico. • Am I the only one who believes that the month of March consistently produces the weirdest human behavior of the entire year? Never mind Ronnie Boothe, the Indiana woman who knocked back a jug of vodka and then used a shotgun to remove a callous on her big toe. Her toe ain't that big no more. Never mind Alfie; the bor- der collie in Plymouth, England who got tired of waiting outside a store for his owner so he hopped on the bus and went home. The cor- rect bus, the right stop. Never mind Richard Barber of Kansas who after admit- ting murdering his dentist, tied dental floss around his neck and jumped off a ledge. He's just a little taller today. Never mind the guy in Michigan who failed to rob a Burger King because the kid at the counter said the till wouldn't open without regis- tering an order and then wouldn't punch in the rob- ber's order because they don't serve onion rings before 11 a.m. Bureaucracy is taking the fun out of every- thing. Never mind the Brazilian farmer who was released J William 1 Thomas from 13 years in a cage by his wife and her lover and says "there's nohard feel- ings." Never mind the Russian machinists who, due to a shortage of rubles, are now being paid in Chinese -made brass. Some of them probably could use a little lift. - Never mind all that because the real dillies of March mad- ness are domestic. In Peterborough, Ontario last month Gerald Dixon was convicted for robbing the Bank of Montreal. He was arrested a few hours after the heist depositing the loot IN HIS OWN ACCOUNT, AT THE SAME BANK. I don't think they should have charged him at all. I think they should have fea- ttied Gerry in all the bank's ads as a model of customer loyalty. It was touch and go at the trial. Guilty, he faced serious prison time, not guilty he stood to win a toaster and a chance at a Caribbean cruise. Gerry Dixon was sentenced to six years in prison. -But remember, that's "Canadian prison years" sohe's proba- bly out by now. And we're also letting the rest of the world know we - come from the land of the, loony. A group of Canadian tourists, 58 to be exact, on a flight about to land in Cairo were hijacked by Palestinians, flown to the country of Libya where they had lunch with dictator and all-around great guy Moammar Gadhafi and then flown back to Cairo. Laughing and lunching in a hotel cafeteria in Benghazi, the Canadians took turns pho- tographing the Libyan dicta- tor, a feast the CIA has never been able to duplicate despite 20 years of trying. They said that Gadhafi gave them a talk on Libyan tourism and urged them to come back again some day for a vacation. I imagine the Canadian response was :.. we'll call you and please, don't send the tour guides to get us. The Canadians were unharmed and unshaken, showing anger only when they were told that the unscheduled flight to Libya and back, doesn't count on their frequent flier points plan. And finally, the Canadian Football League which has moved to and then out of more cities than missing spy informant Grant Bristow, did us proud once again in March. , During their college draft meetings, the Montreal Alouettes selected a dead guy in the fifth round. This is true. Last year at their annual - draft meetings, the Ottawa Rough Riders of the CFL also drafted a deceased American player. Desperate to bring fans to the ball park, some believe. the CFL plans to dress dead guys this season ling to attract Gerry G Ircia tallow ers. But that's not the strange part. No, the strange part in that when Leafs G.M. Cliff Fletcher found out that Montreal had drafted a dead guy, he offered them Todd Gill and two minor leaguers. . Please, sign the bottom of this column and hang it on your well, like you would a certificate. You survived the month of March. You earned it. Hope spring's eternal. Editor's Note: Scott's Thoughts will return next week (if Dave posts bail at the Kippen jail). Reader tells Thomas where Egmondville is Editor's Note: The follow- ing is a letter to columnist William Thomas. Dear William, I never heard of New York until today. That's what my Uncle Tom told a policeman when the policeman asked 'where is Egmondville?' That Was in 1939 at the World's Fair. Uncle Tom said, 'I fixed him - Egmondville was named after my great -great- grandfather Co!. Van Egmond. He had a contract to build part of the Huron tract and was given land for ser- vices!' We do not have a down- town, only one grocery store and it's called 'Egmondville Store' - rather unique don't you think? - Tlfanks for your written let- ter to me: If you ever make it big (as a writer) I could pos- sibly make some money sell- ing this autographed letter. Then again if you end up in jail I would have to keep it and that might create a prob- lem for my grandchildren. Well I won't worry until either happens. You asked if.I could spare some grass as you have the mad cow disease. M0000000. We live on 1/4 acre and lots of grass but please hurry as my husband wants to but some goats and they are messy. But I'm wfndering which would have the best disposition. I have talked to my friends at the Tasty -Na and we will get back to yo, At my age, it's still 75;1 don't want any problems with you or the goats. Sincerely, • Betty MacLean P.S. By the way, where is Wainfleet? Carroll `misrepresenting' cause of other parties Dear Editor, It was with a great deal of disappointment that I read Paul Carroll's (and Roxanne Brown's) 'letter to all Friends of the Huron Public Education System.' While I have no doubt Mr. Carroll is suggesting an amalgama- has a genuine concern for tion. When Carroll suggests in his letter that he wishes to establish a 'single school board for Huron County, one that provides for all sectors and protects the language and what -is best for the Public School System, I am disap- pointed that he is misrepre- senting the cause of 'the other parties' with whom he religious rights of all parties,' he makes, at worst a dishon- est and at best a naive ges- ture. While I cannot speak for the Huron Perth Separate CONTINUED on page 6 Man shoots boy peeping in on family squabble FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR APRIL 24, 1896 A SHOOTING AFFRAY - A shooting affray, which will probably result seriously for at least one person, took place on Monday night. It seems that Gabriel Reeves and his better half are in the habit of indulging in family squabbles, which have a ten- dency to annoy the neigh- bours, and on the evening mentioned one of these feuds , took place. A number of boys, who were loitering in the neigh- bourhood, heard of the affair, and, apparently desirous of a better view of the row, went to Reeve's house, and while there one of their number threw a stone at thc door. This drew the attention of Reeves from domestic affairs, and he directed him- self to those without. Just that he might have more weight with the boys, he brought out a gun with him and fired a shot, the bullet lodging in the left arm of Robert Boyd, striking at the elbow and glancing upward to the shoul- der, from where it was extracted by Dr. Bethune. Reeves had his preliminary hearing before Mayor Gray and John Beattie, J.P., on Tuesday afternoon, and was committed to Goderich to stand his trial. There can he no doubt but the boys have been, to a certain extent, to blame, as they have on previ- ous occasions annoyed thc defendant, but their actions certainly did not justify his using such violent measures to quell their annoyances. But Reeves is known to In the Years Agone have a most violent temper, which is not improved by whisky, and on diffcrent occasions used threatening language to diffcrent persons to whom he thought he owed a grudge. Under the circum- stances, we think that a short term in the Central would improve his temper, and per- haps put him in the way of earning an honest living. APRIL 22, 1921 LOCAL BRIEFS - The slcct,and snow storms on Saturday and Sunday did considerable damage to some of the rural telephone lines in this district. Thcrc was good sleighing on Main Street Monday morning, but it soon disappeared, and the weather since has been warm, although frequent thunder- storms have occurred. BASEBALL - Thcrc was a good attendance at the base- ball meeting held in the GWVA rooms on Friday night of last week, when the following officers were elect- ed for the season: Honorary president, Dr. Charles Mackay;, president, Kenneth Amcnt; treasurer, Tom Smith; executive committee, Allan Reid, Ralph Weiland, Frank Cudmorc, Earl Smith; man- ager, F.L. Downey; represen- tatives on Scaforth Sports Association, A.D. Sutherland and John Beanie, Thc club will enter a team in the North Wellington League and with an abun- dance of splendid material should do well. The council it is having thc recreation park put into shape and Manager Downey will commence active practice next week. April 26, 1945 At a reception and tea held in St. James' Parish Hall Sunday afternoon, 66 men and women, who served in the armed services, were wel- comed home by the parish. A short program was pre- sented, opening with "0 Canada," a welcome address by Rev. T.P. Hussey and short addresses by Frank Reynolds, president of thc Holy Name Society; C.P. Sills, chairman - of the Separate School Board; Con Eckert Jr., on behalf of the school children; Loretta Bannon, president of the Sodality. and Mrs. William Hart, president of the Catholic Women's League spoke briefly and said much of the credit for the happy occasion should he given to Miss Alice Daly, War Services Convener, and Mrs. C.P. Sills, past presi- dent. While buildings now under construction or projected will do much to relieve the exist- ing shortage of housing in Scaforth, thc program will fall far short of requirements, according to real estate agents, who daily arc queried by potential tenants as to the availability of housing. Thc housing shortage has resulted in the biggest build- ing boom Scaforth has expe- rience in many years, with a total of at least 17 units heing built, or pending construction awaiting materials, according to information on file at the town clerk's office. Of this number, 11 are apartments, the remainder being separate residences. • The largest unit is an tight apartment block being erect- ed by Dr. E.A. McMaster, on the corner of Goderich St. West and West William St. Conversion of the second floor of thc store on Main Street, recently purchased by Frank Kling, will provide three apartments. APRIL 29, 1971 A former Scaforth resident and his wife arc among 194 Canadian artists who have been selected by the Canada Council to receive bursaries valued up to $4.0(X) each. Nelson Ball under the clas- sification 'Writing' •and his wife, the former Barbara Caruso of Kincardine under 'Visual Arts' have been cho- sen from 888 applicants. - Mr. Ball, who is a son Of Mr. and Mrs. William Ball, Seaforth, is a graduate of SDHS. He has had a hook of poetry, "The Pre -Linguistic Heights," published this month. ** The Scaforth Chamber of Commerce elected its officers for the current year at a din- ner meeting Thursday evening. Elected to the executive board were Clair Campbell. president; Jim Sills, vice- president; Mrs.. Jean Henderson, past president; L.F. Ford, treasurer and K.G. Oldacre, secretary. 4`