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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-12-04, Page 44-THI HURON IXPO$ITOtit, ON«wMr 4, 1 SSS Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - Generd Manager & Advertising Monger MARY M LLOR Sales PAT ARKS - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH . Subscriptions & Classifieds DAVE SCOTT - Editor GREGOR CAMPBELL Reporter @ARB STOREY • distribution A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATE$. LOCAL - 32 50 o yon, in odvonce, plus 2 28 G.S T ,SENIORS - 30 00 o year, in odvonce, plus 2 10 G S T USA d, Foeian 32 50 o riot in advance, plus $78 00 postage, G.S.T exempt .sUBSCRIPTiON RATES: Published weekly by Signol-Star Publishing at 100 Main St , Sealer's. Publication mail registration No 0696 held of Seaforth, Ontario Advertising is accepted on condition that in the event of o typographical error, the odvertising spoce occupied by the erroneous item, together with o reasonable olbwonce for signature, will not be charged, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for of the oppl,coble rate In the event of o typographical error, odvertising goods or services at o wrong pace, goods or services may not be sold Advertising is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at ony time The Huron Expositor is notresponsible for the foss or domoge of unsolicited manuscripts, photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes Changes of address, orders for subscriptions and undeliv- eroble copies ore to be sent so The Huron Expositor Wednesday, December 4, 1996 Ed -Axial and Business Offices - 100 Man Sireet.,Seefath Telephone (519) 527-0240 Fax (519) 527-2858 Moiling Address - ►.O. box 69, Seafor*, Ontario, NOK I Wo Member of tib 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. Letters to the Editor Thank you for heart wrenching story on Alzheimer Dear Editor: . On behalf of the Alzheimer Society of Huron County, I want to thank Gregor Campbell. His story in last week's Expositor about his family's struggle with Alzheimer disease, was heart wrenching. It is a story that over 700 people and their families in Huron County are now living every day. Thank you for drawing attention to our "forget-me- not" tree in front of"'the Seaforth Library and increas- ing awareness of Alzheimer disease. Fran Hook . President Alzheimer Society of Huron County Curriculum already there Nothing new from Snobelen DearDear Editor: On November 22, 1996, the Minister of Education and Training. John Snobelen issued a news release entitled "Moving Ontario students to the head of the class". Forming part of this news release were samples of what Ontario parents can expect their children to have learned in various subject areas once "a rigorous and demanding curriculum" is in place. I wish -to point out that many areas of this "New Ontario Curriculum" are not new and are in fact contained in "The Common Curriculum" which is presently in use' in the schools of Ontario from Grades I to 9. The following are some examples in the area of Mathematics. By the end of grade 3 the new document states "a student will deter- mine the value of a missing term (e.g. 4 + ?= 13)" whereas the Common Curriculum states "a student will determine the missing term in a simple equation (e.g. 2 + ? = 7)". By the end of Grade 6 the new document states " a student will con- struct line graphs and har graphs" whereas the Common Curriculum states "the student reads and con- structs bar graphs. -pic- tographs and broken -line graphs". By the end of Grade 9 the new document states that "a student will use per- centages in solving complex problems" whereas the Common Curriculum states "the student uses per cent. in problem solving activities". There are many` other examples which show that the New Ontario Curriculum is not new at all but is simply the present Common Curriculum in disguise. • Once again Mr. Snobelen has created a false perception that something is wrong with the education system in this province. The dictionary defines fraud as "an act of deceiving or misrepresenting". It would appear that this press release is indeed fraud- ulent as it both deceives and misrepresents. Ron Marcy Stratford Unequal treatment for funding Dear Editor: Recently in a split decision, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against the Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools and the Canadian Jewish Congress. The Supreme Court decided that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms may not be used to argue for funding of independent schools.' At the same time the Supreme Court ruled that the Charter cannot be used to argue 'unequal treatment' against the Canadian Constitution which provides for funding for Catholic Schools but not for supporters of Christian schools. While supporters of Christian Schools are disap- pointed with -the Supreme Court's decision. it is my belief that they are not devas- tated. They are confident that Parental Christian Schools will continue to exist despite this decision. These schools have sprung up and grown larger over the last 35 to 50 years, even though they have received no government fund- ing. They have continued to thrive and grow even though their supporters have paid taxes for local public schools and for local public school busing without receiving ben- efits from these taxes. Christian school supporters continue to be very hopeful that the Government of Ontario will recognize that CONTINUED on page 5 From Toronto to the rumour mill Upon returning to town after a trip to Toronto, 1 have made a few profound obser- vations about the differences between the two municipali- ties. • Toronto has more traffic lights than Seaforth. • Ytxrdon't have to pay $12 for parking to see a game in Seaforth. • The only way to travel underground in Seaforth would be to walk through the sewers and we don't recom- mend you try this. (Even though you don't have to pay .to do it). • Toronto has two Chinatowns (one in - Kensington area, one in Gerrard -Broadview neigh- bourhood): eigh-bourho od): • We have two Chinese restaurants (one in Seaforth and one in Dublin). • If you say "how are ya now" to people on the streets of Toronto, they don't respond. • Toronto has the Raptors; we have Ringette. • Toronto has the TTC (Toronto Transit - Commission) • We have the TTC (trac- tors, trailers, combines) • Toronto has the CN Tower; Seaforth has a"water tower. Toronto has the Science Centre. we have the Do -it Centre. • Toronto has a Queen's Park, Seaforth has a park.. named after a queen. And 401 wouldn't be a had a had bowling score for two games in Seaforth. * * * Rumour Mill in High Gear In an effort to quell a rash . of rumours travelling around town, i've decided to clarify a few things for our readers. One popular rumour circus lating after Thanksgiving was "killing turkeys causes win- ter." I'm not sure if there's a scientific co -relation but it's an interesting theory. (Okay, that was a joke - one of those unpopular animal activist jokes). .On to the actual "real rumours" whichshould really he ignored because they are actually rumours. (So i hear). Animals will get better Dear Editor: My wife and [ were at the hospital meeting on November 28, 1996 at the Listowel high school audito- rium. At the start, 1,600 per- sons were asked to stand and sing "0 Canada." That was . great except for one thing - thcre were no flags of Canada or Ontario to he seen. Shame on the Perth Board of Education. The other "disturbing act was the verbal attack on our 'MPP Mr. Bert Johnson. Mr. Johnson has a boss the same as you,and i have and you know that if the boss has his "mind made up he will have the last say. don't matter how gets hit, both have the same injuries.- broken pelvis. inter- nal injuries and a concussion - an ambulance is called for the child; the same time the. dog's master picks up his dog and heads for the closest vet- erinarian clinic and the vet will start treatment to save the dog. Meantime the child is picked up and is on its way to Stratford or Goderich. Now there is only so much the paramedics can do on route for this child, so it could take four to five times longer for a child to receive treatment for life-threatening injuries from a doctor than for a dog to get to a vet. Does that make sense to you Let's much you, talk to him. hope the government never The only thing I heard at takes control ofour veterinar- the meeting,was why the hos- ian clinics. .pitals should not close. Well, One topic- that wasn't here is one more for the brought up at the meeting record. If these small hospi- was how can we save our talc close the doctors will he hospitals. It is my under- gone also and these towns standing that in Wellington -will he left with a first aid County. no•hospitals will he post that hands out hand -aids. closed, instead they will So if a .small child. age 3, lower their costs by 20 per was to get hit by a car and cent. So why can't Huron just up the road a family dog Perth do the same'' Power goes off in hospital FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR DECEMBER 11, 1S96 Local • Briefs - G.W. .Holman has served the West. Huron teachers so faithfully as secretary/treasurer. that at destroyed. the recent meeting he was re- elected tier the 13th year. Alex Wilson has announced himself a candidate for the deputy-recveship. A young son of George Fitzgerald of town met with a painful accident. He with some other children was playing with a wheelbarrow. They had a string attached to the ' wheel and young Fitzgerald got his finger in it and before the wheel was stopped the top of his finger was severed. - Miss Jessie Bethune. who has been the popular teacher in Ayr public school has handed in her res- ignation.- John Shepard and A. Cosens of Tuckersmith are to be the candidates for the recveship. John McCLoy•an old councillor is a candidate for the deputy. DECEMBER 9, 1921 A serious fire occurred at the farm of Mr. Alex Cooter, Mill Road; on Saturday evening last when his barn was completely destroyed by fire. It was first noticed in the mow over the horse sta- ble, but how it originated is a mystery. He was able to get the stock and implements out. but about 20 tons of hay and 25 tons of straw and a Targe amount of grain were .There is no truth to the rumour that Seaforth LACAC (local architectural committee) is responsible for the Seaforth Canadian Tire store closing at the end of this month. So there. it is a rumour. Just like the one about Dr. Pepper actually . being carbonated prune juice and Peter Mansbridge having no legs Here s another rumour: The Huron Expositor is protecting certain local person(s) who have been convicted in Goderich court recently and deliberately keeping their names out of the paper. , To all the conspirators out there, here is the answer: The reason our court coverage has ranged from inconsistent to non-existent in the past few months is the fact that the long-time court reporter for the Goderich Signal -Star, Mona Irwin, accepted a new job and left the chain a few months ago. We rely on the Goderich staff to cover court because: a) court is in Goderich, and h) they have twice the editorial staff we do. In the span of time since Mona left, there has been another person assigned to cover court. But because of it being a new heat to -learn (and learn properly or reporters can be hit with Contempt of Court or even treatment th Hospitals are run or should he run :.'ke any other business to show a rnfit, so here are sone igs that could he done tt, wer the operating costs of our hospitals. There are eight hospitals in Huron Perth. Get rid of the management in the six small hospitals and put the best on one management team in Goderich hospital. This team would run Goderich, Clinton, Exeter, Seaforth and Wingham. The next team would he based in Stratford to run Stratford, St. Marys and Listowel. I believe that there would he big savings here. The next step is to do what the government is doing else-. where and what is being done in the private sector. That is to contract out your kitchen, housekeeping, laundry and lab staff. Others in the private .sector are saving- big bucks by doing this. Also if the pri- vate sector can build nursing homes and make money why can.'t the hospitals get into the same business with what they already have? Every in the middle In the Years Agone Local Brief's -, Messrs. Eckert and Scott. the UFO• shippers from Dublin: shipped a carload of choice cattle on Saturday tiff the Toronto market: Two baby beeves fed by. Mr. William Hamilton sold for $10.10 per cwt; and weighed 1.630 pounds. Others. worth of mention were two fed by Mr. Frank Feeney. Dublin; one by Mr. William Drover. Seaforth; and one by Mr. Eli Raplen, McKillop. - The ladies Auxiliary of the GWVA. Seaforth held their -annual meeting on December I. with the following officers being appointed: President.. Mrs Henry Edge. 1st Vice - Pres. Mrs. Jas. F. Reid. 2nd Vice- Pres, 'Mrs. J. Finlayson. Sec.Treasurer, Mrs. Joseph Keating. DECEMBER 13, 1946 On several occasions recently, motorists have dri- ven into the Lions Park at night, according to Caretaker Frank Grieve, despite the fact the park is closed for the win- ter and signs prohibiting entry are posted. The last episode occurred Sunday night when an unknown motorist smashed down the fence across the roadway and drove over it to enter the park... County Constable Helmar Snell is investigating. Tax arrears in Seaforth are the lowest -they have been in many years. the town council learned at its monthly meet- ing Monday evening as, Treasurer D. H. Wilson pre- sented his report of monthly receipts. Arrears on current taxes total $3. 481 as com- pared to nearly $5.000 a year ago. Accumulated arrears total $5.286.43 a decrease of $1.500 in the past year. *** • The necessity of economy in the use of Hydro pointed out last week by P.U.0 Chairman. G. D. Ferguson _was -highlighted on Tuesday evening when power failures blacked out large sections of the town. The Tuesday morning fail- ure was caused by overload- ing as a result of heavy fog and affected all Western Ontario. In Seaforth the interruption lasted nearly an hour, the power going off as an operation was being per- formed at Scott Memorial Hospital. PUC employees rushed emergency battery equipment to the hospital which permitted the opera- tion to continue. be responsible for a mistrial and cause lawsuits against themselves and their paper that can result in people all the way up to publisher being sued, if they don't get their facts straight or they reveal the wrong information in a report), because Goderich until very recently has been understaffed, because one reportefcan't spend all day Monday in court, especially when Mondays and Tuesdays are deadline and production days, cases have been • missed. - And another new reporter has just been hired who will take over the court coverage beat among her other duties. Now that Goderich is back up to its normal editorial staffing as of this week, we will proh- .ably be receiving regular court coverage in the near future. Sorry, there's no conspiracy theory. We're not protecting the identity of anybody. It . might make for a good movie plot hut this -isn't Hollywood and we aren't the mob. And you know the rumour about the U.S. government hiding the bodies of six frozen aliens somewhere in the southern states since their • UFO crashed in the 1950s? Well, that's not true. _ (I've seen them:There's only three). an children hospital has some empty beds. Next, is unused floor space in hospitals that should he put to use or rented out. The board rooms are not needed. Sell the furniture and rent the space to the VON or ParaMed. This would.cost these two groups less rent than renting in the private sector plus they could share receptionists, secretaries. fax, andcopy machines.- Others like chiropractors may want space to rent. What Netter place than a hospital'' Hospitals are in the huffiness of saving lives not jobs. So if vie lower our costs and Mr. Harris lets all hospi- tals stay open and if Mr. Harris calls in .his ministers and deputy ministers and orders them to reduce the paper pushing bureaucrats by 20 per cent: everyone will he happy. But if Mr. Harris says no to what we say. then we will say no to Mr. Harris on election•day. -Yours truly, Ron Doig RR 1 Listowel of operation DECEMBER 16, 1971 The world's first Voyageur Heavy Haul- Air Cushion Vehicle has been completed and this month began opera- tional trails at (he Bell Aerospace Canada Division of Textron Canada Ltd. The craft was demonstrated at tri- als Saturday. Tests with the 41) gross ton vehicle are being held at Grand Bend Airport, site of the company's 31).000 square foot assembly facility. Additional testing will he conducted on nearby Lake Huron. High winds Friday night that reached 60 miles an hour created clean-up problems for PUC aril town employees. An elm tree that toppled on a rear distribution line serv- ing Goderich Street east took out a primary, and secondary line. A large :ign facing Main Street south at the R'bert Bell industries prop- erty also blew down in the storm. * * * Margaret Elligsen a gradu- ate of Seaforth District High School is among seven first year chemistry students at the University of Waterloo who have been awarded Chem 13 News Research Assistanceships. These awards were established by the Chemistry Department in 1970 and bear the name of a publication for Ontario high school chemistry teachers. •