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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1997-01-08, Page 444INMbM DDWOSITgb JMw.ry ere 1907 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRi•IYMi DAIS • Generd Masoge( & Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR - Sales PAT ARMES • Office Monger DIANE McGRATH • Subscriptions & Classifieds HAVE SCOTT • Editor SiREGOR CAMPBEU, - Reporter STOREY - distribution A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper 5U65CRIPT5OM RATES. LOCAL - 32.50 a year, in advance, plus 2.28 G.S.T Stilnal;- 30.00 o year, in odvonce, plus 2 10 G.S.T. USA &foreign: 32 50 o year in odronce. plus 576.00 postage, G.S.T. exempt WBSCRIPTiON RATES. Published weekly by Signol-Sar Publishing at 100 Main St., Seaforth Publication moil registration No 0696 held of Seaforth, Onlono. 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Wednesday, January 8, 1897 Editorial and business Offices - 100 Aloin Skeet.,Sesforth Telephone 1519) 527-0240 Fax (519) 527.2858 Meting Address - P.O. sox 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK Two Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontario Press Council Editorial Big things accomplished by small town people Boyd Devereaux's recent contribution to Canada's win at the World Junior Hockey Championship proves that big things are often accomplished by people from small towns. It's not soon people will forget the name Boyd Devereaux, especially our fierce Russian hockey rivals and also our new rivals to the south. Although hockey is a team sport, some would argue Boyd singlehandedly sent the Russians on the road to bronze and captured back the lost torch of international hockey from the United States. To think that a town this size has produced three players in recent years (Dave McLlwain, Mike Watt and Boyd) who were chosen to represent this country in a world competition is an amazing feat. Local residents have enjoyed watching Rem Murray in his first season in the NHL and can't wait until Watt and Devereaux join the squad too. Maybe with the skill, effort and determination of these three local players, Edmonton will find itself heading towards a new NHL dynasty. It'll be fun to watch ! - DWS Take a stand on Canadian Tire closing Dear Editor: This letter is directed to all citizens of Seaforth and the surrounding area. People can read this open letter and keep the gossip fires burning or they can take a stand. It's their decision. Are you displeased about Canadian Tire Corporation's "corporate business decision" to close the Seaforth store? Does it annoy you, that the face of Seaforth has been altered by the speedy and minimal warning closure, when it was your patronage that kept the store in opera- tion for so many years? When you read that "Thank You Scaforth, Good Byc" sign, are you irritated? Did you watch the signs being taken down Monday morning, and feel a sense of loss? Were you irked by the large announcement about the fab- ulous "super store" to open in Goderich? (Which by the way is naught but barely bro- ken ground and a few steel posts, and not destined to be in operation before at least April). if your answcr to all of the above is a resounding "YES" then you need to ask yourself a vital question. "Have I made the call to let them know how their decision has affected me?" It is a waste of valuable time to hang around town complaining to each other. Why not voice your opinion where it will really count? I took the time on Thursday afternoon to make my second call to Canadian Tire's Customer Relations line, and found out that all calls relat- ing to the Seaforth closure are being logged. This means that we are being given some consideration. 1 learned that other small towns located near "super stores" are not Weird words spoken by famous people in 1996 "If there is a God above, 1 know that he must be the kind of guy who's tough enough to deal with punks like me. He won't take no excuses... I bet he looks like Tiger Williams. He'll be brave and strong and true. But if you try to cross him, he'll put a hurt on you." ... lyrics to a song by the Hanson Brothers, a Canadian punk -rock band. And words, I think, we can all live by, provided we're all so weird our medication now comes in pills the size of hockey pucks. The Hanson Brothers life- long dream is help get former Leaf scrapper Tiger Williams inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Presently he has to be bonded before they'll let him buy a ticket to get in. But as the Rock 'n Roll Bible clearly states, it is easier for Madonna and a child to go through the eye of Joe Carmel than a guy like• Michael Jackson to get into heaven. Let's not be too cynical -- Tiger Williams could yet go into the hall of fame -- stranger things have happened. As editor Martha Jette said after she was eased out of her position at the Dundas (Ontario) Review for accepting the claim of local singer "Danny Boy" that he is the reincarnation of Jesse Garon Presley, Elvis' stillborn twin. "Who can ignore a miracle?" Amen. T'was a terrific year, 1996, being threatened with clo- sure. Why Seaforth? I was told that these "super stores are a wave of the future and the old friendly close com- munity family type stores" where everyone knows everyone are "going, going, gone". Thank goodness people like Dave and Michelle Deighton and the Sills family, not to mention others, aren't echo- ing that sentiment. You can sit and speculate on the return of Canadian Tire to Scaforth until the proverbial cows come home or why it packed up and left but it would make far more sense to take a few moments of your time to call 1-800- 387-8803 and register your opinion or complaint. Customer Relations han- dled my call (and my brow- beating inquiries) admirably and at the end of the conver- sation, the gentleman remind- ed me that it takes motivated people to achieve action. The more calls, the more impact. P.S. To thosc faithful people who worked for Canadian Tire, we will miss your smil- ing faces. It was you, not item selection or manage- ment that made shopping a pleasant experience. If the portals of the famed Canadian Tire Corporation are destined to never open again in Scaforth, let's be loyal to our town and patron- ize our existing businesses like Co -Op, Home Hardware, Seaforth Automotive, Stedmans etc., etc., etc., and wave good-bye to Canadian Tire. Perhaps then we can all get back to the time-honored tra- dition of chewing about the weather. At least that's not corporation controlled. Sincerely, Shari Lynn Pickett for capturing half-witted witicisms by people in the news. A lot of queer quotes were merely a matter of over - exuberance, particularly in the world of sports. After winning the U.S. Olympic track and field qualifying trials in Atlanta, U.S. sprinter Dennis Mitchell yelled to the crowd: "I'm Barcelona - bound, baby!" In his excitement Dennis forgot that the 1996 Olympics were to be held, not in Barcelona, Spain but in Atlanta, Georgia, pretty much where he was standing at the time. Similarly Chicago White Sox pitcher Alex Fernandez reflecting on signing a five- year contract to play for his home -town Florida Marlins said: "It's a great feeling to know you'll be sleeping in your own house and be with your wife and kids every day." Every day? Hopefully that $35 million will buy a refresher course in math Alex, because there's still that little matter of 81 games on the road. Sometimes us pretentious people who read books need to be brought down a peg or two and who better to do so than a professional athlete. Said golfer John Daly on his lack of interest in literature in college: "I couldn't care less about all those fiction stories about what happened in the year 1500 or 1600. Half of them aren't even true." As they say in Piedmont, North Carolina, home of baseball's Boll Weevils: "That unbollweevible!!" But seriously, important sports quotes found their way into the headlines last year like in the Indianapolis star: "Quarterback Jim Harbaugh put his tender groin through a light workout Saturday." No arrest was made. Last month, long-time National Football League commissioner Pete Rozell died and a reporter asked his arch enemy Oakland Raiders' owner Al Davis for a comment. Among other things, Davis said: "I think that's all behind us now." Well it's certainly all behind Pete, he's not going to start things up again. Now don't misunderstand, there couldn't be a better spokesperson than Liz Taylor to draw attention and resources to the fight against this deadly plague called AIDS. But a few weeks ago Liz Taylor stood before the United Nations in conjunction with the world conference on AIDS and her message was -- that's Elizabeth Todd, Hilton, Wilding, Fisher, Burton, Burton, Warner, Fortensky -- please, let's all have just one partner. It all began on January 15, 1996 when Prince Philip was asked if Queen Elizabeth might be interested in visiting a hi -tech plant his response was: "Unless it eats grass and farts, she isn't interested." (People took that as a kind of cheap shot at the Queen but after Philip's remarks the other day, comparing guns of Dunblane to cricket bats, realty, who knows more about horse s --t than the Prince?) And fittingly it should end with a quote that not only , gives us all a sense of where we've been in '96 but casts a glimmer of hope as to where we're headed in '97. Said fired Los Angeles King's coach Barry Melrose: "Everything is crap. The whole world is crap. I'm still positive it's crap. The crap itself is negative. All crap is negative. I'm positive of the negativity of the crap." Huh??? extra ride in Canada'sSeaforth has wingreat deal of pride in the resulting win. Hard work that paid dividends. It brought back memories of pre-war, when I played Intermediate hockey, there were two young Chinese brothers in Lucknow that used to do that sort of thing in their basement and they became very good players. I never heard what happened to them. All the very best to you ''.Boyd and thanks for your great contribution to pride in sport. Sincerely, Frank Sills Dear Editor: was going to shoot and they This week has been a mem; had a very accurate flight to orable week for Canada with the goal. I've played a lot of the winning of the World hockey but was amazed how Junior Hockey Championship accurate these shots were. in Geneva, And we in The next day I remembered Seaforth have an extra pride something. in it because one of our own, Boyd is only three doors Boyd Devereaux, played an from me and I remember important part in the win. In over the past two or three the last two games he scored years hearing something that three goals that were a very I originally connected to the important contribution. I sound of construction at the watched it on T.V. and Devereaux house. It occurred noticed that Boyd got the at various times so 1 went up shots away as soon as the to take a look. It seems that puck touched his stick and Boyd was shooting a puck at before anyone realized he a board and the resulting Fans from Seaforth `inconsiderate' at Lucan game Dear Editor: young men, from both teams through to the buzzer ending After being witness to the entertained us with a very the game in the overtime inconsiderate and immature good hockey game. period. Several Lucan parents actions of youth from Unfortunately, several expressed their discontent to Seaforth, 1 felt compelled to Seaforth teenagers ,found it the youth, only to be met write to your newspaper. necessary and apparently with ignorant comments and This past Friday evening, quite amusing, to constantly foul language. January 3, 1997, the Lucan pelt the Lucan fans with pen- It really is a shame that Irish Jr. D hockey team was nies, nickels and dimes, right these dozen or so, seemingly hosted by your Seaforth Jr. from the drop of the puck in childish and rude individuals, Development team. The the first period straight aren't able to learn from theirLocal mechanic survives after car rills on him JANUARY 20, 1972 Tuckersmith council moved to provide a sewer system in Egmondville at a special meeting in Centennial School, Brucefield, Tuesday night which adjourned at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morn- ing. John Bray of the OWRC was in attendance and dis- cussed sewage problems in Egmondville. Previously a report submitted to council over six months ago by OWRC indicated that sam- plings of drains outletting into the Bayfield River from Egmondville were excessive- ly polluted. Whcn township officials had not taken action OWRC had requested a meeting. A communal system tying in with the Seaforth system . presently being installed was discussed as well as means of financing it. It was revealed costs per householder in Egmondville would range from $120 per year and up. sound was the hammering that came to my ear. Sometimes it went on for quite some time. It didn't bother me and I never checked the board for a tar- get. 1 wish that I had. Sufficient for me to conclude that this endless shooting the puck gave Boyd an automatic feel for the shot and a sense of accuracy. That's why he could let fly without hesita- tion and the opposition had no warning to set defense up against it. It certainly paid dividends for Boyd and gave Canada a more mature and well-man- nered peers, who enjoy going to the" rink to actually mach the game. It would certainly make visitors feel much more welcome in your town. Respectfully submitted Debbie Thompson .Lucan Irish Jr. D. Parent FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR JANUARY 22, 1897 EGMONDVILLE NOTES - Miss Katie Stevenson, of Lindsay, arrived in the village on Friday last, on a visit to her uncle, Mr. D. Stevenson. - Mr. Hicks had his old bay pony, Nellie, which he had driven for nearly 17 years, shot on Friday last. She was a faithful old beast, but had become painfully and incur- ably lame. It seemed to the owner almost like instigating murder to have her put out of the way. Thanks, however, to the wide circulation of The Expositor, he has been fortu- nate in supplying her place with a good substitute, which he purchased from Mr. Levi Makins, of Varna. LOCAL BRIEFS - Master Willie Soole, eldest son of Mr. Charles Soole, of this town, who has been in Logan's bank for some time, left last week for Glenboro, Manitoba, where he takes a similar position in a bank which Mr. Logan has there. He is a clever, industrious, reliable lad, and just the kind to make his mark wherever he may go. Mr. John Forbes, son of Mr. Arthur Forbes, another Seaforth boy, has been placed in charge of the bank there and Mr. Soole takes the place which he for- merly filled. In the Years Agone JANUARY 13,1922 A PAINFUL ACCIDENT - Mr. William Wright, machine expert at Carlin Bros. Garage, met with a serious and painful accident one day last week. He was working in the garage under a car sus- pended by chains, when the chains slipped, allowing the car to fall on him, with the result that one tooth was knocked out, his arm was badly bruised and his nose broken. We arc glad Mr. Wright is able to be about again and although his injuries are still very painful, he thinks he was fortunate, under the circumstances, to get off as well as he did. LOCAL BRIEFS -"Tile Log House," a reminiscence of pioneer days, which appeared in lest week's Expositor, and on which many favourable comments have been made, was written by Mr. Newton Mactavish, Editor of The Canadian Magazine, in the January issue of which it Mr. Mactavish is a brother of Mr. John Mactavish, the well known merchant of this town. JANUARY 17,1947 Seaforth's share of the two and a half million dollars Canada is raising this month for China relief is $2,500, according to Rev. H.Y. Workman, who is head of the Seaforth committee. The Seaforth quota is for Seaforth and district as defined for Red Cross purposes. The county quota is $ 12,000. • 4 4 Tuckcrsmith municipal council held its inaugural meeting on Monday, with all members present and with Reeve Arthur Nicholson in the chair. Each member took the declaration of office before Clerk E.P. Chesney. Rev. W.A. Gardiner attended the meeting and invoked Divine Guidance on the , deliberations of the council for the ensuing year. He was thanked for his attendance. ••• Tuckersmith council deferred a decision as to • • • whether the township would One of Seafoith's oldest assume responsibility for the and most highly respected sewage plant at CFB follow - residents, Mrs. D. McKenzie, ing a tong meeting'Tesday observed her 94th birthday at night with officials of her home here on Thursday, Rodoma Investment and January 9. Members of her Development Ltd., the new family were home over the owners of the former week -end for a family Canadian Forces Base which reunion marking the event. is located in the township.