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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1997-03-19, Page 4wow to, tsir7 Your Community Newspaper Since 1 860 TERRI•LYNN DALE - General Manager & Advertising Manager KEVIN CARDNO - Advertising Sales PAT ARMES Oflice Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions & Classifieds DAVE SCOTT Editor GREGOR CAMPBELL - Reporter BARB STOREY distribution A Bowes Publishers C se minty Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL • 32.50 o year, sn advance, plus 2.28 0.5 SENIORS • 30.00 a year, in advance, plus 2.10 G.S 7 USA A Forwan: 28,44 o yearn advance, plus S78.00postage. G.S T. aeempr SUBSCRIPTION RATES Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing co 100 Main S. , Seafortf. 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Statoil h, Ontario, NOK 1 W O Member of the Canadian Community Newstsape' Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontario Press Counc, Editorial Democracy means people have a say Does a vote once every four or live years for a provincial government give the winners a blank cheque until the next election'' The provincial government will give an indication with its reaction to the overwhelming vote against the amalga- mation of cities in Metropolitan Toronto. Premier Mike Harris and Municipal Affairs Minister Al Leach have already indicated they will go ahead with legisla- tion to amalgamate the six municipalities no matter what the results of the referendum were. Last Monday, before the votes were counted, Hams already was discounting the 'results. say- ing the voting method was flawed (people could phone in to register their vote). He felt a survey by a professional polling organization was more scientific, .but -that survey too, showed people opposed to amalgamation unless they could be assured taxes wouldn't rise. The government hasn't been able to give that assurance. It conducted one study to predict savings from amalgamation - but even the man who presented the study admitted some of the assumptions he made could have been flawed. But facts and figures don't seem to matter 10 this-govern-- ment anyway. Leach, after the mega -week announcements of downloading to Ontario's municipalities, assured people their municipal taxes should go .dowel, in a year or two. Municipalities calculated they got far more in costs than the province took in (as much $12 million in Huron). The province has never presented any figures to back up its claim that municipalities got a fair deal. It has been the style of the Harris government not to explain. The premier seems to feel he has been elected CEO of a cor- poration. He makes decisions and the rest of us. workers- for the corporation, are supposed to go along withourquestion. But even in thc corporate world, this kind of model is some- . thing from the bad old days. Modern managers know that • even if a company isn't a democracy. getting people on side will make it much more likely for the company to succeed. But Ontario is a democracy -or at least It was until the infa- mous Omnibus Bill gave the government the power to take on dictatorial powers (and hand them out to unelected bodies like the Health Services Restructuring commIssion)..A democracy is a changing thing, nut- something where people have their only input at election time. Public opinion between elections must be taken seriously (strangely, if a poll shows Harris ahead of the opposition-parties,.hc's quick to quote it as public validation -of his agenda). The Toronto vote, Illwed as it may he. will he a test of Harris' belief in democracy. if he •thinks the voting system was improper, he should organize another referendum with rules he thinks am fair. And while he is at it, he should -start listening to public opinion on other policies such as hospital restructuring. People's needs and wishes should matter all the time. not just at election time. - North Huron Citizen - 1 Letters to the Editor Mowing on air , 7 years Dear Editor: Another band trip has come and gone and another good one it was. But after 17 years of being involved at one stage or another, -Brenda has decided it is time to move on. Over those years she has been helper, chaperone, organizer, president of the booster club Thanes Sur A Dear Editor: Thanks Pat Bennett. you made my Expositor worth buying. I have never read as interesting an article as thc two of you .wrote. In this day and for the last 12 years .or more trip co-ordinator. But with her job taking up more and mare of her time .she .is finding it impossible to give enough time to the band. I just :want everyone to know how proud i am of.her tireless giving over the years. A very proud husband and friend, Patrick:(Genny upit Wresting story of grumbling, horror stories etc.. etc..we need Pat's sense of humor. .Keep up the good work. Betty MacLean l3gmondville Scuttlebutt by Gregor Campbell A close-up look at mountain. rxillas Normally 1 wouldn't get "up close and personal" with a Mountain Gorilla. But a couple of weeks ago 1 did . Gorillas eat big thistles. This 1 never knew, but when you think of it, it is probably a good thing because what else .are the prickly weeds good for? Anyway, these and similar thoughts recently came to mind afternte.and the -big, gentle jungle beasts got really close on a Thursday after- noon, at the new imax • Theatre. at the -Western Fairgrounds in London. his the only such theatre in the area, and there was a big political war of words -in London as to where it should locate - downtown or at the fairgrounds. Imax stands for "image .maximum" and the theatre, which ended up at the fair- grounds, opened last July 11. The screen kind of curves around, and is five -stories high and 74 -feet wide situat- ed smack dab in front of steeply inclined but comfort- able seating. Image and multi -track sound envelop the audience. -It can be fascinating enter- tainment, particularly with stories, such as gorillas, that look intensely crisper through the big Ions in the large format. It is in this instance, as sat r .: 44. 1.11114 invented by five Canadians, who reportedly sold out for about Sl00`miliion (U.S.) in 1994 to some American investment bankers and film- makers. The original notion for the format came from a collabo- ration at Expo 67. The first Imax images premiered at Expo 70 at Osaka, and the .first -permanent Imax theatre opened at Ontario Place in Toronto in 1971. The first !max title was North of Superior. Corporate headquarters remain m Toronto, and two- thirds of the company's work force lives in the area. The possibilities of the medium are intriguing as we Mountain gorillas in their natural habitat (or the editorial department?) approach the millennium. hyped, certainly "the next shot 50 feet above the moun- Mountain Gorilla is shoe, heat thing to being there." tain forest's canopy, required only about 40 minutes. They This -gorilla film was shot 50 porters tp haul in sections are only beginning to explore in •Rwanda, where tbeae near- up the mountain. the commercial potential of extinct and rare animals live "Using the largest film the technology. in the highlands shared with frame in motion picture his- Rolling Stones at the Max Uganda -and Zaire. It is the tory, 10 times the size of con- was an imax production. first expansion into large -for- ventional 35mm and three Super Speedway is in the mat film for a prestigious co- times the size of standard works. Special effects can be" producer, the National .70mm, along with stateaof- • • spectacular. Imax 3D is a Geographic Society's film the -art sound systems, the recent innovation. unit. most advanced projector ever • BLOW YOU AWAY It helps to have experienced built and specially resigned Even more creative story- - producers with big bucks theatres" Linz provides a telling and fiction beckons behind such challenging ven- powerful experience that the format. - tures. involves a viewer. The great chase footage . 50 PORTERS There are only about 150 when Skywalker's fighters As the Imax press package Imax theatres in 22 countries, attack Darth Vader's fortress points out, "one particular and as yet a mere 110 movies near the end of the first Star piece of -equipment, a cable in theformat with 40 or so int Wars movie, for instance, car rig used for a tracking development. The Imax was CONTINUED on page 5 Not happy with representation .from MPP Hem Johns Education) to you: and their standing up in the legislature Johns has not, concerns, wouldn't it be only to defend these workers' The 348 plus educational right that you be in your rights to a fair wage and job workers: teachers, education - office to keep your appoint- security? Mrs. Johns has not. al assistants, and custodians ment? Mrs. Johns was not. If you belonged to a goy- of Huron County who came If you had 348 constituents ernment seemingly deter- to the Huron constituency in front of your office, who mined to undermine, and tis.- office on Fri. Feb. 28 had taken a considerable mantle .a world-class educa- deserve better than this. The amount of their own time. at tjonal system with mindless parents who see their school their own expense, to present cuts, deliberate chaos, politi- system being underfunded their concerns, wouldn't you cally-motivated change sere- and gutted deserve better. want to hear them out .and ing only special interest The children in. our class - respond to their concerns? elites, forgetting the children rooms deserve better. Please, Mrs. Johns did not. - in the classrooms of Huron Mrs. Johns, remember the If the Minister of Education County, wouldn't you say. needs of the children in that and Training had brought out "Enough!!!". Wouldn't you most important' "C" - the a proposal to replace hard- say, as a number of classroom. working, college -trained edu- Conservative MPPs did in the cational aides (who are fami- Legislature re: health-care ly. supporters) with out- restructuring recently, "I'm sourced. minimum wage per- not toeing the party line any sonnet, wouldn't you be more. Mr. Harris!!" Mrs. Dear Editor: I am seriously concerned about the representation we are receiving from our elect- ed MPP, Mrs. Helen Johns regarding education issues, and particularly about the arrogant attitude shown by Mrs. Johns on Fri. Feb. 28 at her office in Exeter. If you had constituents coming from the farthest cor- ners of your riding. wouldn't you be willing to extend your office hours by a few minutes so their concerns could be heard. Mrs. Johns was not. If you had constituents who had arranged days ahead to present a brief. (part of a province -wide. grass-roots movement "People for Brent Bowyer Teacher Wingham Public School Injured farmer « ags himself from bush FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR APRIL 2, 1897 ATTEMPTED SUICIDE - A deliberate and premeditat- ed attempt at suicide was made by a fourteen year old Harpurhey boy on Wednesday. The young lad came down town and pur- chased a box of "Sure Death to Rats." and a quantity of figs. which he mixed up and. then.atc a sufficient quantity to cause death. Before the poison had hadtime to do its work, however, he seemedio repent of his rash act and confessed what he had done to some of the neighbors, who immediately applied emetics. He was then brought to a doctor's office, and the stomach pump used, thus saving his life. What could have so soured a boy of that age of life is a mystery, but undoubtedly he will ,sec.how foolish he..was, .and since death wasso near he will in all probability prise life thc more. TH-E BEAVERS RE- ORGANIZED - A meeting for the purpose of reorganiz- ing the Beaver lacrosse club for the coming season, was ;held in Cardno's dining hall ,on Tuesday evening last, and 'the attendance showed clear - .1y that lacrosse is Mille prime favorite in sporting circles, and the enthusiasm displayed at the meeting augurs well for the coming season. The fol- lowing very efficient and ardent lacrosse admirers were , elected to fill the various offices:. Honorary president, Dr. McKay; honorary vice-- prcaidont, Robert Wilson; president, W.H. Willis; vice- president, Ab. Davidson; sec- retary -treasurer. W.J. Sutherland; captain, P. in the Years Agone Mulkahy; committee: - U. Neil, G. Boyd. H. Jackson. J.Bel) and A. Bethune. W.H. Willis was appointed the club representative at the CLA meeting in Toronto on Good Friday, and it was decided to support Mr.-R.E. Jackson for the presidency of the CLA. MARCH 24, 1922 McDONALD vs. BLACK - This is an action in the Supreme Court of Ontario. brought by Dan McDonald. formerly of McKillop Township, against Howard M. Black, of Toronto. to recover $ 1,500 damages for misrepresentations made in connection .with an exchange of lands in McKillop Township for farm lands in Saskatchewan. Judgement was delivered by Mr. Justice Orde, at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, -on Tuesday of this .week, finding the facts in favor of .the‘plaintiff McDonald .dnd hot dinj that be is entified to $2,000 darn - ages, together with the costs of the action and also of the counter claim set up by the Defendant Black, Mr. R.S. Hays, of Seaforth, acted for Mc. McDonald. MARCH 28, 1947 Neighbours of Wilson Tremor, well known farmer on the 10th concession of Tuckersmith, battled snow - blocked roads with relays of teams Thursday morning to bring Mr. Tremecr to Scott Memorial Hospital, after he had seriously injured his foot while working in the bush at his farm. After a five-hour battle, thc injured man reached the hospital at about 2 o'clock Thursday after- noon. Included among those who assisted in the struggle to reach Seaforth were Jack Sinclair, Jack McKay, Allan Tremor, Bob Gemmell, Wilfred Trimmer and Charles Eyre. Mr. Tremecr had gone to the bush to prepare fires for boiling sap. While cutting wood the axe slipped, strik- ing his foot. He was alone at the time and succeeded in dragging himself a distance of 80 rods to his home, where aid was summoned. Tuckersmith road superin- tendent. Robert Dalrymple, co-operated in the effort to bring the injured man to hos- pital. and started the town- ship snow plowing equip- ment in operation in an endeavor to open ,a path for the team convoy. FLIES FROM WALTON • Scott Memorial Hospital established a new record Thursday when .a patient arrived from Walton after travelling the intervening miles by aircraft. When snow -blocked roads between Seaforth and Walton resisted all efforts of a cater- pillar plow to open them. .,,assistance was requested of ;Huron Flying Services at .Godcrich and an aircraft, piloted by Keith Hopkinson, -picked up the patient, Mrs. C. Stone, 1 and a quarter miles south of Walton, and flew to Seaforth. The .aircraft landed in a field on the farm �tf Arthur Devereaux on No. 8 Highway. a half mile cast of Seaforth, ,where Mrs. Stone was met by her physician. Dr. E. A. McMaster. and driven to the hospital. ' MARCH 30,1972 The Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board passed a motion exercising its option on 7.2 acres of land on the easterly limits of Seaforth when it met in regular ses- sion in Seaforth Monday. The land will be a school site for future needs of the board. It is bordered by Goderich Street (No. 8 Highway)• on the north. Coleman Street on the west and Gouinluck Street on the south. The price is $40,000 with closing date on July 31. Establishment of a group responsible for the develop- ment of industrial growth in Seaforth was decided on at a joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and Seaforth' town council's industrial committees on Monday evening. The meeting followed informal discussions between the two bodies during recent months. An exploratory meeting was bold two tftse411.6 ago. The ne.iv Seaforth Development Committee' wi l l be headed by PUC Manager Walter Scott. Others named to the committee arc Counc. Betty -Cardno.-Counc. George Hildebrand, Doug. Pruss and Robert Read. The meeting agreed two additional persons could be named to the com- mittee. Formation of thc committee reflects thc increased concern which council has indicated for increased industry and the recent establishment of an industrial park in the south- east arca of town.