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Lettersto the Editor
Bluewater students do great
job at Van Egmond grounds
• Dear Editor,
In most institutions and
schools; people who work to
build up merit points arc
rewarded in one way or
another. This holds truc in the
• Bluewater Centre as well.
Inmates are given points for
good hchaviour, obedience,
courtesy etc., hut their reward
is work. Only those in class
A are allowed out to work.
Anyone passing thc Van
Egmond house on Tuesday
would have seen. three of
these boys hard at work
clearing - the yard. They
arrived at nine o'clock and by:
eleven, they had the front
yard all cleared and burned.
Their two guards had visited
the premises last weck tri see
_what equipment they needed
to bring for the job. They
arrived with a trailer loaded
with rakes. wheel barrows,
lawn mowers and gas. Whcn
they finished clearing the
debris and leaves, they cut
the lawn and did a super job
of it. •
I wcnt down at one o'clock
to clear Out the flower beds
and discovered washed-out
lily of the valley. I asked one
of the boys to load his wheel
harrow with a couple of pail-
fuls -of earth. He had a blank
expression on his face and
said, "Earth? What earth?" It
was my turn to have a blank
expression so I said, "Soil,
clay mud." "Oh, now. 1
know," he said: He brought it
to me and it was exactly what
I wanted.
I was most impressed with
the three of them, especially
in their attitude to their
guards. They caHed the- male
guard 'Sir' and the female
guard 'Ma'am.' They were.
excellent workers and hope
to come.back every Thursday
afternoon to cut grass. They
looked to be about 15 -or 16
years of age and are learning
something useful. Thc guard
told me when they . go to. bed
they are completely exhaust-
ed after the exercise and fresh
air.
Dorothy Williams
Seaforth
Support for education blitz
Dear Editor,
The Huron Education
Coalition of teachers' federa-
tions wishes to extend a sir -
cue thank -you to the public
for their largely positive sup-
port of our Education Blitz
last weekend. Many people
stopped to chat about the
issues and almost • 100% -
from young people, to par-
ents, to senior citizens - indi-
cated a sincere interest in the
cuts to education and the
need for education finance
reform.
We would also Iikc to thank
the Huron -Perth County
Roman Catholic School
Board and the Huron County
Board of Education for thcir
support and input into the
campaign. More thanks go to
the helpers who stuffed pam-
phlets in record time. And of
course, we are proud of and
grateful to the 83 committed
teacher volunteers from the
elementary and secondary,
public and separate systems,
who worked together and
gave up thcir Friday night
and Saturday morning to dis-
tribute literature to thc pub-
lic!
Yout dedication to the chil-
dren cf this province is won-
derful! •
Huron Education Coalition
Solve summer boredom
Dear Editor,
This summer you can solve
horcc;om by looking .into the
summer fun program. July 8 -
August 9.
The program is a communi-
ty-hascd program designed to
ensure an active and safe
summer for your child(ren).
Children from three to 12
years of age will he involved
in child -centred activities
promoting individual inter-
ests.
Thc child/staff ratio is:
snoopy school (3-5yrs), 8
Children to one staff;
playschool (6-8yrs), 12 chil-
dren to one staff; playground
(9-12yrs), 13 children to one
staff. (Volunteers arc not
included its this ratio.)
Special trips include: bbq
and swim, wcck one; Wally
World/Storybook Gardens,
weck two; African Lion
Safari, week three; Goderich
beach, week four; Pioneer
Sports World, week five.
The summer fun program is
presented by the Seaforth
Recreation Department work-
ing in co-operation with the
Seaforth Co-operative
Children's Centre, as well as
other community resources. 1
am looking forward to anoth-
er successful summer.
Games, sports, crafts and
other exciting activities will
be enjoyed byall!
In closing, I would like to
stress the importance of vol-
unteering for future careers in
childcare, teaching or recre-
ation. Volunteers will he
greatly appreciated.
Registration flyers will be
distributed to area schools
within a few weeks. Please
register early!
Peggy Ryan
How (not) to go salmon fishing
At the mid -point of my (too
short) one-week holiday last
week, when I realized I
couldn't finish painting my
house and attain spiritual
well being all in one.week, I
went fishing.
I was invited forthe second
year in a row to the annual
Grand Bend Salmoeland
Trout Derby mediallay
where a bunch of newspaper,
radio and TV guys (and one
gal - they like it when you
call them `gals').whq know
nothing about fishing try to
catch something: And I did.
A big red sunburn on my
face.
For the second year in a
row we media -types came up -
fishless. (Oops! I wasn't sup-
posed to mention that). The
real reason is wedon't know
the first thing about catching
fish and we wanted to leave
them in the water for all the
participants.
I'm not goingto hide the
fact that I'm t 'tying to -pro-
mote the Grand Bend fishing
derby. For two years in a row
the organizers have delivered
_sunny skies, all the barbecued
fish, burgers, sausages and
assorted food you could eat
and endless supplies of liquid
refreshments all for no
chargc to us media people.
(Ycs, I too, will endorse your
community event -for the
above arrangements).
This year, l even had the
Scotts
Thoughts
by Dave Scott
privilege of being aboard
- Grand Bend Harbourmaster
Bob Roney's luxury liner. It •
was by far the best of the
three boats that hit the waters
south of Grand Bend last
Wednesday on the fishless
expedition. It was like fishing
off the side of the Love Boat.
The harbourmaster has a
huge 36 -foot, no it was 72 -
feet, well it was large enough
to.land a plane on, or at least
a big seabird. Okay, it could
hold a flock of albatross-. It
was rig. It could've used an
elevator. It'had a kitchen with
it's own cooking staff. .
• We had all thc modern fish-
ing gadgetry - two fish find-
ers, two of them -there things
that drop your lines down
deep with them "cannon-
balls" on them - yeah, those
things. We hooked upfour
lines. One of them got tan-
gled with another one and_we
lost about 20 feet of good •
nylon but I wasn't supposed
to mention that. Then old -
sports hound Chris Skalkos
of the. Exeter T A (that's
Times -Advocate for anyone
who's still reading) shot a
bungy cord into the waters of
Lake Huron while trying to
adjust one of them -there
down -riggers - that's what
they're called. - -
Then one of the poles
snapped in half as former
Seaforth resident turned drag
racer Ron Muir was diligent-
ly reeling in a line wi.h noth-
ing on it. Meanwhile, some- -
where on the sixth floor of
the boat, the.HARBOUR- -
MASTER (a.k.a. 'The
Candyman') was doing some
navigational.charting and
pouring refreshments for thc
crew. - -
I was enjoying the mid-day
sun's maximum UV rays -
the only thing I caught: -
(Except for the mild -intoxica-
tion of those drinks with the
umbrellas in thcm, except we
had no umbrellas).
,At feast this year factually
got to reel in a line when,we
had the first and only "false
hit" of the day. -And that, to
me, was the height of fishing
excitement. 1 swear there was
a fish -on that line, just for an
instant. until it got close
enough to.see the four of us
bumbling at the end of the ;
boat (some nautical types call
that- `the stern') and then it
laughed and the lure fell out.
When it looked like we
weren't going to catch any-
thing for the day, that's when
I dove in the icy lake with a
knife between my teeth and .
came up with that five-foot
• - barracuda: Yep. At least, that
was what I was imagining as •
I was experiencing sun-
stroke. .
Yeah, we didn't have too
many fishin' tales hack at the
'ol
barbecue -after but every- •
one had fun staring at my .
sunburn and wondering if the
bright red scared off the fish.
No sun -screen for me, boy: -
I'm -the type of guy who
takes a roast beef out of the
oven with his bare=hands.
Ycp, builds up the calluses.
(Please kids, don't try this at
home).
It sure was a fun vacation,
especially when I went to the
doctor -on Monday when it
was all over -and he told me I
had "persistent bronchitis"
(or in Latin: harkius phleg= -
mius).
So as I sit hack in an anti-
biotic daze, I can almost pie
ture "the one that got away."
(I mean my ot.e week of holi-
days). .
THE ART OF SALMON FISHING - Had nothing to dor with this photo in w1 " PHOTO BY DAVID SCOTT
hich legendary Grand Bend Harbdurmaster Bob
Roney, far left, Exeter Times -Advocate sports editor Chris Skalkos, and former Seaforth resident and Grand Bend drag.
racer Ron Muir were alluded by salmon and trout at the 8th Annual Grand Bend Salmon and Trout Derby's mbdia day.
The derby officially runs from May 18 -27. -(So heafi out and catch all the fish we left behind!) '
Fires leave two families homeless in `71
FROM THE PAGES OF
THE HURON EXPOSITOR
MAY 22, 1986
NEW ROAD GRADER -
Mr. George Murray has been
doing good work on several
of the streets of Seaforth with
his new grader, and particu-
larly on North Main street,
where he has rounded off the
road in good shape.
There are many roads in thc
county which are becoming
flat in the centre and high on
either side, so that thc water
lies on them and makes thcm
soft and easily cut up and
damaged by the traffic over
them, whereas, if the sides
were trimmed off and the
road rounded up. they would
shed the water and be much
more easily and cheaply kept
in good repair. By the use of
this grading machine -thcy
could he rounded up and put
in good shape for a trifling
cost.
MAY 20, 1921
LOCAL BRIEFS - Many
complaints are being made
about the riding of bicycles
on the sidewalks in town.
The practice is a dangerous"
one to pedestrians, and
besides there is a town bylaw
prohibiting it, and if offend-
ers are wise they will heed
this warning.
***
DUBLIN NEWS - Mr.
Joseph Shea left on Saturday
for Calgary, Alberta. He
spent a pleasant month
renewing old acquaintances
and was amazed to see how
his own dative village had
improved. The new continua-
tion school, the L.J. Looby
creamery, the Racho garage,
In the Years Agone;
the new Standard Bank, the
new undertakers, furniture
and piano dealer, the old
opera house remodeled, Mr.
Peter Dill's store remodeled,
Mr. Wm. Mills' new hard-
ware store opened on the cast
side ofthe street; Mr. Wm.
Stapleton's new flour and
feed store, Mr. Joseph
Nagle's new residence on
Laurier ave. west, Mr.
Nclmes' new butcher shop
opened in the centre of the
business district, Miss Mary
McDaid's new home on
Laurier ave. remodeled and
several other new houses
erected.. yes, and two new
houses arc in course of erec-
tion by Mr. John Bcnnewies,
ex -MPP, and several other -
improvements in the village
made. Mr. Shea thinks that
many, have prospered here in
thc past eight years as well as
in Calgary and Edmonton,
where Mr. Shca makes his
home.
MAY 24, 1946
Expenditures . involving
more than $1,000,000 will be
made ;n a highway improve-
ment program in Huron and
Huron -Bruce ridings by thc
Ontario Government, it has
been announced by the sitting
members. Dr. R. Hobbs
Taylor and John Hanna.
Included in the program is a
new bridge at Bayfield,
paving of a large portion of
the Blue Water Highway and
the resurfacing of the Hensall
through Zurich to St. Joseph
highway.
The Seaforth High School
Board has appointed two new
teachers to -the staff, their
duties to commence in
September.
Miss Audrey Hall, of
London, will teach home eco-
nomics, while F.A. Dobson,
Toronto, will be in chargc of -
physical education.
MAY 27, 1971
TWO HOMES, BARN
DESTROYED WHEN FIRE.
STRIKES AREA - A series
of unrelated fires in the
Seaforth area this past week
has caused damage approach-
ing $100,000. The fires
destroyed two farm build-
ings, levelled two rural
homes and destroyed an auto-
mobile.
On Tuesday night fire lev-
elled a barn on the farm of
Bob Walter, RR 3, Kippcn.
Lost in the blaze were several
registered hogs. a combine,
mix mill, wagon, seed drill
and a quantity of straw.
About half the 134 pigs in the
barn when the fire broke out
were rescued.
Loss was estimated at
$25,000 when fire levelled a
driving shed on thc farm of
Harry Johnston, RR I
Dublin, six miles north of
Seaforth, about 11 p.m.
Friday'night.
The Johnstons praised
quick action by the Sea:oiah
and 'Blyth Fire Brigades `or
saving their large barn, one
wall of which was blazing
when firemen from Scaforth
arrived.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Malone, RR 3 Dublin, and"
their three children were left -
homeless when fire com-
pletely destroyed thcir -
Hibbert Township home
Wednesday afternoon. The
flames were fanned by gale
force winds.
No one was home when the
fire broke out about 4 p.m.
The Seaforth Fire
Department, who answered
the call, were unable to save
the two-storey frame struc-
ture located about four miles
southeast of Seaforth. The
high winds, gusting to 50
miles per hour had turned the
structure into an inferno by
'the time firemen arrived.
An automobile belonging to
Ernie Pym was destroyed.
Wednesday afternoon when it
caught fire near Kippcn.
The alarm which came to
Scaforth moments after the
Seaforth Brigade had left for
Hibbert Township to fight the
Malone fire was transferred
to Brucefield.
Fire levelled the two storey
frame home of Mr. and Mrs.
John Benjamin, RR 1 Blyth
and thcir seven children on
Monday evening. The
Benjamin home was cast of
Londesboro in Hullett.
No one was home when the
blaze was discovered by
passerby about 9 p.m. The
family hadgone to
Londesbom to watch a fire-
works display.