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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.
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