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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-10-02, Page 44-T1411 HURON !EXPOSITOR, Ootottt.r !, 11155 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - General Manager & Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR - Sales PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subsaiptions & Classifieds PAVE SCOTT - Editor GREGOR CAMPBEII< - Reporter BARB STOREY - distribution A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES LOCAL 32 S0 a year, in advance, plus 2.28 G S SENIORS. 30 00 o year, in advance, plus 2 10 G S T. 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Wednesday, October 2, 1998 Editorial and Business Offices 100 Main Street ,Seaforth Telephone (519) 527-0240 Fax (519) 527.2858 Moiling Address P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO - Member of the Conodwn Community. Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontario Press Council Views expressed on our opinion page(s) don't necessarily represent those of The Huron Expositor or Bowes Publishers. The Huron Expositor reserves to right to edit letters to the edi- tor or to refuse publication. i c� c it It t (fl 1 rr Broken field drain Floodingsee.nin site of subdivision Dear Editor: , A slight drizzle is falling intermittently outside' our home ,as 1 sit down to begin this letter. Water is ,still ooz- ing from the broken ,field drain near the rear of our property, and 1 sincerely hope that the weather. takes a turn for the Netter in the near future. Last weekend, after only a day of heavy rain, we were treated to significant flooding along the cast side of County Road 12. A neighbor, near the community centre, was busy around mid-day trying redirect water flowing , from that property onto his. He, in part, succeeded by damming off thc flow and by creating a short drain from the community centre proper- t)f out into the field, site of the proposed subdivision. .Water has a nasty habit of flowing downhill and had any responsible person viewed the scene', thc drainage problem would he clearly evident. Some time in the a.m. that day 1 took some Polaroid photos. These show water flowing in thc field hetiind our home and on thc three properties to the north'. Watcr was present in the ditch along County Road 12 from thc Furry residence to thc Lawrence drain and can he • clearly sten- flowing out"of thcir fenced yard, across the vacant lot, where, joined by the stream from thc rear of the Beaver property it finally emptied into the drain on North Main. At one point i called thc Mayor to request that he come and have a look. This he did, although he did not speak with mc even though I had clearly identified myself whcn 1 called. The flow out of the proposed subdivision arca was eventually joined by storm water coming down from the north, with the result that very little of the water was able to get away and thc levels rose still fur- ther. Sometime in mid-after- noon neighbors immediately north of my home. Don and Janet Beaver, wcrc confront- ed with water rising through thc floor drain in thcir base- ment. Only the cessation of rainfall late in the afternoon allowed them to get rid of that water. r , Earlier this summer I made representation,to council with regards to problems with the proposctd subdivision. Your reporter, who was not present for most of that presentation, fell in with the "Town Hall" view that 1 was being frivo- lous in my opposition to rezoning of said subdivision to R I. Had he been present for my entire presentation he would have heard me tell council that the field drain mentioned at the outset of this letter had been damaged by the boring machine used to enlarge -the Lawrence Drain before thc Beaver home was built, that a "blow out" of the drain east of the Beaver property had occurred when said property was owned by Paulus', and that even though the' resulting hole had been filled with refuse it was likely that another rupture would occur. There were many other points raised by me before council, all of which they chose to ignore. Some ques- tions, asked that same evening, dealt with such top- ics as acquisition of property, rezoning, building permits, casements, planning or thc lack of, drainage, privacy. etc. All pertained to the pro- posed subdivision. Facts, found in public domain, have given rise to most of my unanswered questions; other answers, like the water from the broken field drain, may only surface through acci- dent. Perhaps there is a council member, present or former, who can prove my jaded opinion of council wrong, one who can help "dot the l's and cross thc T's." Perhaps someone other than council can hclp. Perhaps your paper will do some searching and factual reporting of what has gone on. in thc meantime I shall continue to he "frivo- lous" and to ask impertinent questions whenever the opportunity occurs. By the way • I also made a video record of the flooding as it conveys a. great deal more than the typed word or a few Polaroid shots. Yours truly, W. George Ring More modern mottos not to live by We live in the age of sloganism. Presidents get elected by slogans, television is inundated by them, bumpers are smeared with them. Lately, a few have been jumping right off the pages of newspapers. The Breckenridge Brewery of Dallas, Texas has a memorable little motto gracing its billboards: "So good you won't even want to pee." Since the ad campaign began, sales of their beer have gone down the toilet... sorry, through the roof. The company stopped short of offering free bladder transplants to those who take the line a little too literally. The Breckenridge beer campaign is in no way related to the World Conference on Auto -Urine Therapy held recently in Panjim, India. Their motto: "Give pees.a chance." The Breckenridge ad is similar to a Coors Beer slogan, "Turn It Loose" ,which ran a couple of years ago. Unfortunately when translated into their Spanish- speaking markets it became "Suffer From Diarrhea" and sales dipped. - 1 don't know what it is about whizzing and the wizards of advertising but I'm sure you were as surprised as 1 was to see Greyhound Air's television. ad in which a dog of that breed takes a leak on the tire of the airplane. My guess is the dog had the same "Out Of Order" experience on Greyhound buses as I've had and made sure he went before boarding. Last month Air Canada advertised their first-class seating section with the slogan: "Business chiefs get more moccasin room." The campaign was titled: "Sitting Comfortabull." I'm guessing the follow-up campaign would have featured the slogan: 'So little whampum, our competition's on the warpath." Anyway the Assembly of First Nations threw a fit, the campaign was killed, heads are rolling as we speak. Air Canada's Comfortabull campaign achieved about the same success as Chevrolet did years ago when they flooded South America with their Novas before somebody told them that in Spanish, the word Nova means "No go!" At about the same time Gerber, the U.S. food giant was aggressively stocking the shelves of African nations with jars of their baby food, the ones featuring the cute toddler on the label. Zero sales were attributed to the fact that in Africa it's traditional to put a picture of the contents on the label. Similarly, Puffs Tissues didn't do too well in Germany where puff. means "house -of prostitution" and . the Jolly Green Giant wasn't exactly a big friendly oaf in the Mideast where its translation in Arabic came out "Intimidating Green Ogre." (Oddly enough that the exact same name that comes from Sadden when translated into American.) We've all 'seen the huge signs at'truck stops in the American south that read: - "Eat Here And Get Gas." But how many of us have actually seen graffiti on the side of a public building like. the ike- the one in Kamloops, British. Columbia which reads: "Satin Rules!" Police are looking for vandals who either -have a taste for classy bed sheets or devil worshippers in need for a good speller. A war of one-upsmanship broke out on the same block in Orange County, California recently where the weapons - of choice were slogans. The donut shop on the corner billed itself as "The Best Donut Shop in California." The donut shop at the other end of the block boasted "The Best Donut Shop In The United States." Not to be outdone, the one next door quickly called itself "The Best Donut Shop In The World." And the little guy in the midst of all this, won the - day with a'smallsign that read: "The Best Donut Shop , On This Block." Six municipalities not in favour of amalgamation Dear Editor: On Wednesday evening the municipal councils of Brussels, Blyth, Grey, Hullett, Morris and- East Wawanosh and interested cit- izens mer in Brussels to dis- Cuss the amalgamation of municipalities as directed by the Minister of.,Municipal Affairs. The six councils 'have said Ino tO amalgama- tion. Rather than allow the Minister to startlpede and coerce our municipalities into something that is not benefi- cial to the citizens of our municipalities the six 'intend , to oppose this merger. mania. itis ironic that at a time when "downsizing" is the buzz- word in business that the province wants municipal governments to get bigger. it has'yet to be proven that a bigger municipality saves money. What- has been proven is that rural areas suf- fer as a result. it should he noted that the considerable costs of amalgamation are paid for by the ratepayer.' What the Minister fails to sec is, that rural Ontario municipalities already share services. it is part of our rural tradition to share. It is also part of our rural community that the local elected politi- cian is available to meet and We feel that we can -continue discuss problems with the to share and improve without ratepayer. Fewer elected pec- the need to change municipal plc means less accessibility boundaries. and more decisions being Our councils will support made by the bureaucracy. This is not an endorsement of the status quo. Like every- one else our municipal gov- ernments have learned to get by with less money. If the Minister wishes to reduce provincial transfer to zero then rural Ontario will he any municipality in Huron which is the target of an amalgamation takeover by another municipality. We know that if we work togeth- er we can improve our sys- tem of local government. If we work against each other then the goodwill which has able to deal with that., Our held Huron County together local councils continue to for generations will be shat - meet and discuss ways of cut- tered. , , 'ting costs and maintaining • Yours sincerely the essential services ,which • Robin Dunbar we are ,mandated to provide. Council, Township of Grey Mitchell resident has praise for Seaforth Clinic Dear Editor: say, "not even in my 'wildest iA few years ago I found dreams would i have expect= myself with an unexpected, ed,that to happen," i was medical problem. The doctor more than just a little ner- 1 had -been mainly taking my vous. To tell the,truth I was a children to had Ieft'his prac- bit scared. ticc for other opportunities Upon entering this unfamil- and now 1 was at loose ends. iar ground my "hanging' My husband had been going crepe" - imagining the worst to the Seaforth Medical 4- attitude began to fade. Clinic and insisted that 1 do . Peopleare nice to me. They the same. ' make me feel. ,.well not With an illness that was for exactly at home, but well, Me unheard of and as they looked after and cared for. • I was sent to a'specialist at the hospital, next door, and within a'matter of a fcw days, net weeks. Going to the hos- pital was always for other people and took on a differ- ent light when suddenly it was' fol• me. But the staff, who are always pleasant and -caring people help to ease my anxieties. My doctors at the clinic and specialist at the hospital always listen to my concerns and • also my requests and have never denied me either. • i feel very fortunate that [ 'am only fifteen minutes from. Seaforth Medical Clinic and Hospital and that my husband' wants the best for me. Seaforth can be proud -of its hospital and Medical Clinic and all those who work so hard to- keep it running smoothly. Sincerely Ruth Dodier Mitchell Bullet passes through 11 -year-old in 1945 FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR October 9, 1896 The Toronto News publish- es thc following story as an incident in the efforts to iden- tify a unknown suicide found in thc Queen's hotel in that city. "At noonthe other day a young and fashionably dressed woman called at Mr. Stone's establishment in search of her missing hus- band. She had seen the picture in thc Ncws and the resem- blance to her husband was so strong that she came all the way down from Goderich to see the body of the unknown. Her story which was told amidst outbursts of tears, was that shc was married to a young man four years ago, and after two years of happi- ness her married life was blasted. Her husband one morning gathered together all her jew- elry and $500 in cash and disappeared. Shc has never abandoned the search, and when she saw the picture in the Ncws shc believed that her long quest was at an end. When shown the body she at once said it was not that of her husband, and departed in search of a fresh clue. Mr. Stone says that the photo- graph thc women exhibited bore a striking likeness to the unidentified known. *4, 4, We again remind all those interested in good roads, and who are not, of the proposed In the Years AgoneIn the'Years visit of Mr. A.W. Campbell, Provincial Road Instructor, to Seaforth. Mr. Campbell will be' here on Tuesday next, and will confer with the council in the afternoon as to the best methods to be adopted for the permanent improvement of the streets of the town. October 7, 1921 The official ceremony in connection with the unveiling of the soldiers' monument recently erected in Victoria Park by the town of Seaforth, in commemoration of the men from the town and dis- trict who lost their lives in the Great War, took place on Sunday afternoon last .and was, perhaps the ' most impressive ceremony ever seen in Seaforth. Unfortunately, weather con- ditions were very unfavourable. A drizzling rain commenced about two o'clock and continued at intervals during the ceremo- ny, but despite the fact there was an attendance of many hundreds and perfect atten- tion was paid during the whole ceremony, so that all were enabled to hear the address. The handsome monument which has been erected to perpetuate the memory of the men who paid the supreme sacrifice is an artistic piece of sculpture and represents a young soldier standing on the grave of a fallen comrade in Flanders the whole inscribed "In Flanders Field," on the Kase. October -11,1946 Billie Bennett. 11 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Foster Bennett, Seaforth narrowly escaped death Wednesday afternoon when a stray .22 bullet passed through his chest. Accompanied by Don 'Scott and Ronnie Sutherland, the young lad was playing about the Goudie farm east of town, where the accident happened. He was taken to his home by Don Scott on his bicycle. Medical aid was summoned and he was removed to Scott Memorial Hospital. where an operation was performed Wednesday night to remove a portion of the bullet. His physician. Dr. J. A. Gorwill, reported him out of danger on Thursday. He felt no pain when struck by the bullet. Billie told his parents, and was not alarmed until the wound started bleed ing. He could offer no expla- nation as to theorigin of the bullet. County Constable Helmar Snell is investigating. • e e The war has made its way into our grammar schools. Military terms are now being used from IA up. Here are four: Secret weapon means a spit ball' soaked in -ink: cam- ouflage means a comic sheet concealed between the pages of a history book: sabotage means a tack on a seat; ' absenteeism means playing hookey. October 14, 1971 -. Resignations of four mem- bers of the' Recreational Committee prompted council - to approve an additional amount of 52500 to the com- mittee ata meeting Tuesday evening. Members had indicated a lack of interest as reasons for the resignations. Those resigning were Mrs. Roger Whitman, ,Gary Gray, Maurice Huard and Don Bode. Council agreed to seek a meeting with them to discuss problems. Mator Frank Sills said the members had indicated there was not enough money to carry on a recreation program and to carry out needed repairs and maintenance at the arena. * f e New telephone books for old will be arriving in most households and places of business in the Seaforth area beginning October 13. Designed to encourage tele- phone users to check on tele- phone listings in the directory before calling directory assis- tance. the books provide a handy "dictionary" on the telephone and its services, said Jim Scott, Bell's manag- er for this area.