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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-10-16, Page 44 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Octottt.ar 16, 1996 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRi•IYNN DALE • General Manager & Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR • Sales . PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE Mc-GRATH - Subscriptions & Classifieds DAVE SCOTT - Editor GREGOR CAMPBELL - Reporter BARB STOREY - distribution A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATEI: LOCAL - 32.50 a year, in advance, plus 2.28 G.S.T. SENIORS. - 30.00 a year, in advance, plus 210 G.S.L.• - USA & Foreign: 32.50 a year in advance, plus $78 00 postage, G.S.T. exempt . SUBSCRIPTION RATES: • Published weekly by Signal-Stor Publishing at 100 main St., Seaforth. Publication mail registration No. 0696 held at Seaforth, Ontario. Advertising is accepted on condition that in the event of o typographical error, the advertising space occupied. by the erroneous item, together witho reasonable allowance kr signoture, will not be charged, but the balance of the advertisement will be poid for at applicable rate. In the event of a typographical error,advertising.goods or services at o wrong price, goods or services may not be fold. Advertising is merely on offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time. The Huron Expositor is not responsible kr Ilse loss or damage of unsolicited manuscripts, photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes Changes of address, orders for' subscriptions and undeliv- erable copies are•to be sent to The Huron Expositor. Wednesday, October 16, 1996 • Editorial and Business Offices - 100 Main Street.;Seoforth Telephone l519) 527-0240 Fax 1519) 527-2858 Mailing Address : P.O. Box 69, Seat orth, Ontario, NOK Two. Memberof the Canadian 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.. Editorial What more does the county want? Another episode during a meeting of Huron County Council leaves us wondering whether council would just as soon not answer any questions regarding misconduct. In early September, council voted not to investigate allega- • tions regarding county administration misconduct because it was stated the letters, called 'Fast Facts', were anonymous. It was argued at the time that whether the letters were anony- mous or not, they should still beinvestigated in an effort to clear up any allegations of misconduct, kit the matter was put to rest when the decision was made not tr launch- an investiga- tion: The subject, however; arose _in a slight - • -ent matter last week, when a Bayfield resident requested documents regarding the letting of contracts for renovations of Huronview in Clinton, and suggested in an interview that the county's con- struction contracts are being given "witty nilly". He 'also noted that he is pursuing the matter because he thinks, "a lot of skull- . duggery is going on." One - would think that the county might be interested in answering these concerns, as they were contained in a signed letter, and not from an anonymous source, but this taxpayer instead teamed that he would- have to pay over $7,000 to receive the information he sought. This cost will undoubtedly put a stop to yet another concern being expressed about how the county is being run. And this leads to the question of just what the county, wants before it .agrees to study concerns being expressed by focal ratepayers. A signed letter was apparently wanted in the first incident, but when such a letter was received, another block, this time a substantial financial one, was thrown in the path of a taxpayer who is seeking the truth. If there is nothing to hide, the county would serve itself best by agreeing to an investigation, and showing there has been no misconduct. Refusing to answer to taxpayers' concerns, or worse yet charging them $7,000 for their interest, is definitely not the way to satisfy the. public's worries.-TDE, Clinton News Record Letter to the Editor Sign ordeal frustrating to business owners Dear Editor: With regards to our sign "Radio Shack" at Nifty Korners, the sign that Radio Shack had designated for shipment to us the first of September, we put on hold for council to make their decision. With all the hassle a decision was made on October 1st. We then asked Radio Shack to ship us our sign. To our dismay our order camc in but no sign was shipped. We called them to find out that our sign was given to another dealer. Our sign will be another 2- 3 weeks before we get it. The reason- we put a hold on the sign in September was to let council and the LACAC come up with alternatives for a back -lit sign. I received quotes for over hanging lights and a face sign but they would all cost approximately $1,000(Radio Shack supplies me with the sign for $1 a ycar lease). Sure thc town came up with a grant and a loan, but that too was to be money out of our pocket --in the long run. My point is, other mer- chants on main street have told us that people from out- side of town have asked them if there was a Radio Shack store in town. That really burns us. This' is losing us business. We have been really patient with council over this matter, but this puts the icing on the cake. Maybe we will have to think awhile about paying our business tax! Yours truly, Jim and Danica McNichol Nifty Korncrs My life as a restaurant reviewer My secret life as a dog... sorry, my secret life as a doggy bag fetcher is out of said bag, so to speak. I used to be a restaurant reviewer, honest. A decade ago, as a magazine editor I got rid of the restaurant reviewer because the reports were too cute for comfort. Every sauce was picante, everything -was wonderful, every .wine was fruity -- I was getting indigestion from reading, not eating. In the meantime I promised the publisher I would write a restaurant review until 1 could find a person who could write and eat. I didn't believe that was such a tough assignment. I created a suave and - fictitious rogue by the name of Serge Bacchus who • bounced around the • restaurant circuit wearing top hat and tails and riding a Vespa. Serge knew nothing about food, the soup always ended up in his lap; he could never get a date but he always had a good time and he always ordered Shiitake mushrooms so he could get away with - using that word in print. Serge had one rule -- never eat the soup du' jour, it's so inconsistent, it'S different. , every -time you order it, ' Serge was very continental. Serge would go into a restaurant that advertised "Breakfast Anytime" and -he' would order French toast during the Renaissance . Period. If the toast came burned black Serge would cat it explaining: "I love Cajun!" Once Sergc ordered seventeen dozcn oysters in a very chiquc French cafe.. "But -Monsieur, I -am afraid the oysters, they are not at their peak," said the waiter. "Ncither am I, you -damn fitod,". replied Serge. "That's why 1 ordered seventeen dozen!".• Serge wold never cat in , any place that billed itself as a ristorante. His thinking was, if they couldn't spell the word restaurant, how good could the alphabet Soup be? ' Although the restaurants he reviewed were grateful for the exposure, they hated it when he wrote that the washrooms' were across the strict at thc Texaco station. - Serge.Bacchus career ended. the day he entered a Japanese restaurant, took off his shoes as requested, passed out and nearly drown in a bowl of • fresh octopus ink. Regaining conscious momentarily, he told the ambulance attendant it tasted like Shiitake • mushrooms. - A few -years later 1 landed a job as the restaurant reviewer of Dinner Date in the Toronto Star's STARWEEK Magazine. I was terminated when they found out 1 was . -the guy who created Serge Bacchus. Integrity in newspaper publishing is way overrated. - Nonetheless, some of Serge Bacchus' tips for dining out are as valuable today as they • were when he was popping soda crackers in the mouths . of singing waiters. - Always order domestic water in an authentic Mexican restaurant. - - Never cat at a restaurant advertising "Home Cooked - - Meals" unless it's next door to a drugstore that • advertises_"Pepto Bismol." Always cat the local products unless you're dining on the Eel River in , Nagaoka, Japan where I left my lunch one day in the summer of 1992. (True). Never ask for the no - smoking lane at the "Drive Thru" at McDonald's. Never accept seating behind ,a guy who's just consumed , six beers and three burritos and is about to light up a. cigarette. Never eat in an ethnic restaurant where none of the customers are of that race. Never eat in any restaurant that has a pepper mill that's bigger than you. • Be very concerned about a seafood restaurant that paints "Buoys" and "Gulls" on their washroom doors. Never accept a wine from a sommelier who tastes your selection with a -flavor - straw. - Never eat in a restaurant where the sign.in the washroom reads: • "Employees must wash each others hands." Be concerned abturt•a restaurant if, after you order, the waiter shakes his head and says: "Suit . yourself." . Always he concerned about a restaurant where the specials are written-on'thc Heimlich poster. Stay away from theme restaurants where the waiters are dressed as lumberjacks and the appetiicr'is cheese logs. Never eat.in'a restaurant ' where the gravy boat comes with flotation devices. Never eat in a restaurant • specialiiing,in Southern BBQ and offering "piggies in an electric blanket." Irmncdiately walk out of a restaurant -where the finger food compo includes a foot message. , And always walk out of a Hungarian restaurant where the Gypsy' violinist is named Brad. Where haveall, the arents gone? 'nor hirsted by the SDHS our school. During a recent Students' Council. -I spent conversation with two of our days planning my parking trustees it was pointed out to strategy., I finally settled me that our SAC committee, Upon the unique idea of walk- at some meetings, has only ing from. my home to the . one eligible voting member school for the evening activi- present to vote on issues con - ties. corning our high school. Yet-, at Huron Centennial only a Needless to say my con- fcw weeks earlier I saw cerns about parking spaces numerous parents sporting .a were unwarranted. Or the SAC committee badge. Why sixty-eight ,or so students in high school is any different grade nine, only ninc families from -public school in this indicated they would be pre- matter totally escapes me. - sent. Whether it -was lack of _Dear Editor: A few weeks ago I played parking lot roulette- at Huron Centennial Public Sc'hool.. The occasion, of course, was the first parent open .house of the year. As a dutiful parent I accompanied my son to a meet -the -teacher barbecue night. Now trying to find parking spaces at Elementary functions is not a new task - for me. At Scaforth Public School the same scenario had been played out many times during the past fifteen or so years. - - . You- can probably imagine my consternation 'at the 'thought of trying'to find a parking spot at our communi- • ty high school for the first ever grade nine -parent- -teacher-student spaghetti din - communication, lack of stu- dent desire, lack of parent desire or seine unknown quantity, our attempt at park- ing lot roulette failed miser- ably. Unfortunately this has not been :our Only failed attempt to bring parents into if it is your perception that you arc not welcome; needed or appreciated at SDHS, your perception is wrong. If your children don't want you here now that they arc young adults, they are wrong. The decisions that you and your children make about stream- ing -and counts of study lead straight into work. college, or university preparation. What decisions could he more vital for your children? And what fetter place to share the deci- sion- making process than right here at the school? Please know that your par- ticipation in our school actio, ities is needed. desired, wel- comed and crucial for the succcss of this school. I look forward in the near future to playing parking lot roulette. here -at your community school, Scaforth District High School. Thank you, Terry Johnston Teacher, SDHS Prime Minister visitstownen route to Clinton FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR • OCTOBER 23, 1896 Joseph Spccrs, jr.. of Godcrich, is asking the divi- sional court at Toronto to declare invalid the will of his . father, Joseph Spccrs, made in 1893, and to declare valid a former will of 1888, which the son says was the only will he was mentally capable of making, and which left him all. Heirs who came under thc last will say that Judge Doyle of Huron County, was right in declaring the last will valid, but Mr. Spccrs, jr., says that Judge Doyle was not the senior judge of •Huron County, and had .no power to adjudicate the matter. In the Years Agonefr minutes on the. station plat- A demand load of 1,235 form greeting his friends and horsepower was required to Supporters. A number from supply Seaforth Hydro users Scaforth attended . the. in July, a statement released Premiers meeting in Clinton by thc Hydro Electric Power that afternoon. Commission reveals. There were 524 domestic con- sumers in Scaforth in July. Hensall, in thc same month, with 210 consumers, had a demand load of 254 horse- MacNaughton with a majori- power. ty of 6204 up from 4620. his * * * majority of tour years ago. Comrades John Earle, His nearest opponent, Walker Hart. and George Kenneth Duncan. Liberal Hays represented Scaforth received 3653 votes while the branch 156 of the Canadian NDP candidate, Paul Carroll. Legion in the guard of hon- received 3.427 votes. Ed our which thc Legion provid- Bain the independent NDP cd for Viscount Alexander of •candidate polled 95 votes. Tunis, Governor General of Perfect weather contributed Canada. at the International to a record vote in Huron and Plowing Match last week. across the province. in * * * Huron 80% ofthose eligible it is going to cost more to cast ballots according to get your hair cut. a zone returning officer Russell T. meeting of the Ontario Bolton. Barbers' Association held in * * Clinton Wednesday, decided. Warrant Officer William Effective Saturday, October Costello recently received his 26, haircuts will cost 40 First Clasp to his Canadian cents, shaves 25, and chil- Forces Decoration from dren's haircuts 30 cents and Lieutenant Colonel R. A. 40 cents on Saturdays. Lyons. Warrant Officer OCTOBER 28, 1971 Costello of Duplin. Ontario Mr. and Mrs. Gordan and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Blanchard, R.R. 4, Walton joined the Armed Forces in were named the foster par- December 1948. During his ents of the year Wednesday career he has served on board evening. The couple, who HMCS Ontario. Magnificent, provided a home and family_ Bonaventurc and Bras D'ov' for 9 children in the past 13 and is presently serving withi. years, were honored during a 32 Utility Squadron. * * * The Little Helpers' Mission Band of the Egmondvi1le church held its Thankofferitag meeting last Saturday after- noon, and was well attended. Mr. (Dr.) Larkin was present and addressed thc Band in her usual interesting and practical manner. A splendid * * * programme was rendered by One day last week, Mrs. the members of the Band and Taylor, Clinton, was doing Mrs. Margaret Finlayson. of some sewing and was bitten Kippcn, pleased the audience in the palm of thc hand by . with her solo. Choruses were what is supposed to have given by thirty voices -and a been 'a poisonous spider, delightful programme was which was secreted in the brought to a close and a goods. The flesh around the social hour spent when lunch apparent slight wound was served. The offering became black and painful, amounted to almost ten dol - but through the forethought tars. of•her daughter, thc injured OCTOBER 25, 1946 lady sucked the poison from No reply has been received the wound and spit it out and from thc Ontario Department thus escaped serious results. of Highways to the request of * * * .Scaforth that a blinker light OCTOBER 21, 1921 be installed at the intersection Rt. Hon. Arthur Mcighen, of Main Street and No. 8 Prime Minister of Canada, Highway, according to Town was in Scaforth for a fcw Clerk D. H. Wilson. ' minutes on Wednesday morn- The matter was discussed at ing on his way to Clinton and a meeting of council on Godcrich. He arrived on the September 9. at which time I 1 o'clock train from the cast thc Clerk was instructed to to which his car was make the application. attached, and spent a few * * * banquet held by the Children's Aid Society at thc Ontario Street United Church in Clinton.' • ** Scaforth Lions honoured the club's surviving charter member Monday evening, as Charles A. Barber marked his 92nd birthday. Mrs.- Barber was active in the formation of the Club in 1924. * * * Huron electors on Thursday returned Charles