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The Huron Expositor, 1998-01-14, Page 44-T1111 MINION IXPOSIT011, amu cry 14, 111114 Your Communally Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE General Manager & Advertising ManOger LARRY DALRYMPLE - Soles PAT ARMES - Office Monoger PIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions & Classifieds JACKIE FITTCNd • Editor c,QFGOR Chi ffig�I - Reporter BARB STOREY - - distribution A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES LOCAL - 32.50 o year, in advance, plus 2.28 G.S.T. ,SE(4jORS • 30.00 o year, in odvance, plus 2.10 G.S.T. USA & Fareian: 28 44 a year in advance, plus $78.00 postage, G.S.T. exempt ,SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Published weekly by Signol•Stor Publishing at 100 Main St., Seoforth. Publication 'moil registration No. 0696 held of Seaiorth,-Ontario. 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The Huron Expositor is not responsible for the loss or damage of unsolicited monuscripn, photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes Changes of address, orders or subscriptions and undeliv- erable copies ore to be sent to The Huron Expositor. - Wednesday, January 14, 1908 Editorial and Business Offices • 100 Main Slteet.,SedOrth Telephone (519) 527-0240 Fax (519) 527-2858 Mailing Address - P.O. lux 69, Sealorth, Ontario, NOK IWO Member of the Conodion Community Newspaper Association, Oratorio Communiy Newspapers Association and the Ontario Press Council Publication Mail Registration No. 07605 Editoria We need input Being very new to the area: I'm blindly trying to find out just.exactly what readers want in their local newspaper. • We've introduced a new design to the paper. we're •trying to provide 100 per cent local coverage to the area. But we can't do that until we more coverage in the schools or more council stories. The bottom line is: We need your input without that we arc just blindly going through the motions hoping we're doing what readers want . know exactly what it is read- During February we will be ers want. • publishing a special We need public feedback. Valentines Day promotion we need comments and sug- and here's the chance for gestions in order to give local input. quality as opposed to quanti- We need short stories on ty. how you met your•sweet- • We need to know what top- heart. Whether -it -was this ics are actually on your mind year or 50 years ago, it's a what do you want to read: .romantic story which you can more local features: more share with the community in sports. more agricultural cov- less than 150 word or less. crags. local correspondents. Deadline for the letters to the more police and accident Huron Expositor is January coverage: historical features: 28. The saga continues.. The rec director recom- mended the upgrade over the new units. but some council- lors still liked thc idea of a new computer. "The thing is not worth the money that's been put into Last month Bedard reported it," Court. Michael Hak said. his old 486 machine. which Mayor Dave Scott said it was updated three years ago would he nice if council and he uses for registrations bought local. and such things. was crashing Discussion seemed to be with increasing regularity. He leaning in this direction, with had a quote for an upgrade the proviso that Marty go for $1.098 from a local corn- back and see if he could get a pany but council felt he could better price from the Scaforth get a new computer for a supplier. until clerk Jim comparable price and Crocker reminded council it instructed hint to bring back could get into trouble for this some quotes. kind of practise. So council decided the rec director should go back to all three businesses and make sure all were kidding on the same specs, and they were not comparing apples to oranges. The saga continues. Despite lengthy discussion Tuesday night. Seaforth Council still didn't figure out what to do with recreation director Marty Bedard's mal- functioning computer. He came back with three of them Tuesday night, from a couple of (ioderich-based firms and another from Scaforth, ranging from $1.523.4( to $1,805.50. The local quote was thc high one. Question of the week: Letters to the Editor Needs help Dear Editor On behalf (tithe hoard of directors of The Lung Association, Huron -Perth Counties I would like to thank all those who have so. generously donated to our 1997 Christmas Seal Campaign. Their support will held us to continue to fund vital medical research and offer our many community health education programs. Like many organizations, The Lung Association was hit hard by the postal disrup- tion and we are scrambling to reach our campaign goal. At this point we arc about $20,000 below our goal in Huron -Perth Counties of $75,000. About 35 per cent of our previous donors have not yet given to the campaign and we're worried that. because •of the postal strike, they may have forgotten us. This year the Christmas Seal Campaign will continue to January 31. Revenue Canada has extended the deadline for the 1997 charita- ble contributions to that date. so donors can receive a tax credit on donations this month for the 1997 tax year. If we don't meet our cam- paign goal. lung programs in the two counties will have to be cut as well as the many research projects funded by The Lung Association. You may well ask how those cuts would affect our communities. One in five Canadians has some type of breathing prob- lem, and I'm sure we all know someone with asthma or emphysema or someone trying to quit smoking who has benefitted from Lung Association programs, litera- ture or medical research. I myself became involved with The Lung Association when I was diagnosed with an unfamiliar lung disease and approached the organiza- tion for information and sup- port. Since then I have attended seminars and pro- grams which have taught mc about living with lung dis- ease. As well, my case has been used in research for a study conducted by a team of doctors from the University of Western Ontario. I know how important research pro- jects supported by The Lung Association are. Again I would like to sin- cerely thank the generous people who have supported the 1997 Christmas Seal Campaign and encourage those who have •not yet donated to call our communi- ty office at 1-519-271-7500 or mail your donation to the Jenny.Trout Centre, suite 121, 342 Erie Street. Stratford, Ontario N5A 2N4. It's not to late to give and The Lung Association des- perately needs vt,ir-held. Your donation vv.]; he used carefully to hest tight lung disease. Trish MacGregor, Volunteer. Chairperson, The Lung Association Huron - Perth Counties. Council nominations in 1897 New members needed for Huron County Dear Editor The Huron -Perth Injury Prevention Committee would like to wish your readers a safe 1998. We- urge everyone to help make safety happen. In Canada, injury remains the leading cause of death among peo.Ple,age 44 and under. Injury kills more people under 19 than all other causes added together. In 19.94, the Ontario Trauma Registry recorded hospital admission rate for all injuries for Southwestern Ontario as 83.2 per 10.000 population. Perth County rated higher at 88.2 per 10,000 while Huron County rated 121 per 10,000. Injuries are frequently referred to as accidents. The word accident carries a quali- ty of mystery as there is noth- ing that can be done to pre- vent injury. Yet, when most injuries are studied, we know there are causes and explana- tions and we can predict situ- ations where injuries are like- ly to occur. In Perth/Huron our main four main areas of concern for prevention are motor vehicle crash occupant injuries, bicycle collisions, falls in seniors td farm injuries. �L The current committee is seeking new members for resource sharing and/or pro- ject planning. Meetings are held four times a year. We welcome concerned individu- als as well as agency repre- sentatives. Past and present committee memhers include representatives from the farm safety association, hospitals, volunteer consumers, com- mittee hased health agencies and recreation, police and fire departments. For further information contact myself as chairperson of the Injury Prevention Coalition at Huron County Health Unit. 482-3416 or 1- 800-265-5184. Marguerite Thomas. Speed increased Speed limits on Highways Road 4 became Huron 4, 81 and 86 in Huron will County Road 10 at the same 'rise to 90 km/hr (from 80 time. km/hr) at the beginning of Seaforth Council was - May. to be make them con- informed of -the changes. as sistent with the majority of recommended by the county the county roads here. agriculture and public works committee. in correspon- • Huron assumed responsibil- dence from Huron engineer ity for the portions of those Sandra Lawson at last highways that pass through Tuesday night's regular meet - this county at the start of the ing. new year. and they are now The four-month lag allows officially called Huron "the changing of the speed County Roads 4, 81. and 86. limit signs at a more appro- What was Huron County priate time of the year." Town nominations envinced by large turnout FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR DECEMBER 31, 1897 THE NOMINATIONS •- The town nominations were held in the town hall. on Monday night last, and the interest which the ratepayers take in the affairs of the town was evinced by the large turn out. Nominations were received from half -past seven until half -past eight. when Mayor Scott was'voted to the chair. and the various nomi- nees had an opportunity of airing their grievances or opinions on the questions at issue in the town. The mayor. in his address. gave a lucid and comprehensive report of the finances of the town. and of the work done by the council during the past year. and the record is one to he proud of. Mr. B.B. Gunn was also nominated for the may- oralty, but resigned in favor of Mr. Scott, leaving hint elected for a second term by acclamation. Three candi- dates were nominated fur the reevcship. Messrs. Janes Beattie- Robert Wilson. and James Watson. but the two latter having resigned. Mr. Beattie gets the position by acclamation. The chief con- test this year will he for the deputy-recveship. The pre- sent deputy -reeve. Mr. Win. Smith, will be opposed by Mr. Noble Cluff. LOCAL BRIEFS - Mr. George Kidd, son of the late M,r. John Kidd, of this town, spent Christmas with friends in Scaforth. Mr. Kidd is a res- ident of Winnipeg. and is doing well there. DECEMBER 22, 1922 Christmas Beef - Mr. J.W. Beattie has an exceptionally good display of Christmas beef and poultry in his hutch- er shop for thc Christmas trade. Heading the list was'a seven months old calf. fed by Mr. Peter O'Sullivan, the well known buyer. This calf. although less than seven months old. weighed 730 pounds. dressed 420 pounds, and cost Mr. Beattie $73. It is said to he the finest ever delivered in Scaforth and thc hest seen on any of the city markets this season. Among the other choice beef were. a steer and heifer 1 and a half years old. fed by Mr. John McLean. Riverside Farm, Tuckersmith: tow baby beeves. fed by Mr. Alex. Wright. Mill Road: four hogs fed by Mr. Malcolm Beaton. Roxboro, and three lamfis fed by Mr. Hugh Ross, of McKillop, all purchased through Mr. O'Sullivan, and a beautiful 30 -pound turkey raised by Mr. Earnest Adams. of Hullett. the Years Agone JANUARY 2,1948 More than 60,000 pieces of outgoing one -cent mail were handled by the Seaforth post office in the pre -Christmas mailing rush. according to Postmaster C.P. Sills. Incoming mail was equally heavy. "It was the heaviest Christmas mail by far. in my twenty-four years as Postmaster." Mr. Sills stated, as he expressed appreciation of the manner in which the public had cooperated in mailing early and in prepar- ing Christmas cards in bun- dles. Neil Broadfoot, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Broadfot. was awarded a gold wrist watch last week, to mark his having been chosen as the member of the Eaton Hamilton Good Deeds Club, who carried out the best good decd during the Christmas season. The good deed which won him' the award was the send- ing of a Christmas parcel to a little boy in Britain. JANUARY 4, 1973 Scaforth council held its R inaugural meeting Tuesday morning when memhers were sworn into office by Clerk E.W. Williams. Rev. H.J. Laragh asked divine blessing on council deliberations. Pointing out that while election to council . was a great honor, Father Laragh said at the same time it imposed a great responsi- bility. It is most difficult in thc art of politics to he honest he said and recalled the fall of Ontario cabinet ministers who after so many years had become careless. This recognition of honesty must he the great principal which must underlay and guide your every decision. he told councillors as he referred to Mayor Sills who he said he made his reputation on hon- esty. Sworn in were: Mayor F.C.J. Sills. Reeve John Flannery. Deputy. Reeve Wilmer Cuthill and Councillors Wayne Ellis. George Hildebrand. Betty Cardno. James Crocker. John Sinnamon and Wm. Bennett. Beating the winter Blahs? Lin Steffler, Seatorth: "travel. Twq to three weeks depending on the year. . Colleen Lindemann, Seaforth: "cross country ski. I don't mind the winter." BernieBerniMcPherson, "just keep working and enjoy every day as it comes." Michelle Deighton, Sat%rt6: "start walking and work on projects. Briant Dale, Seatorth: ' "go for walks, run and jog. I like winter. We sometimes rent funny movies that a}ways cheers you up." Tara Preszcator hgInondville: "if my dad notices I'm not busy he'll ask me to help with little household jobs."