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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1998-01-21, Page 44 -TME 11111110N EXPOSITOR, January 21, 1111111 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - General Manager • & Advertising Manager LARRY DALRYMPLE - Soles PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions & Classifieds • JACKIE FiTTON - Editor GREGOR CAMPBELL - Reporter BARB STOREY - distribution A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper UBSCRIPTION RATES' LOCAL - 32.50 a year, in advance, plus 2 28 G.S T. gENIORS. - 30.00 a year, in advance, plus 2.10 G S T. USA & Foreign. 28.44 a yeor in advance, plus S78-00 postage, G.S.T. exempt ,SUBSCRIPTION RATES Published weedy by Signal -Star Publishing of j,00 Main St , Seaforth Publicotion • bail registration No. 0696 held at Seaforth, Ontario. 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Box 69, Ssalodh, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Conodian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontano Press Council Publication Mail Registration No. 07605 Letters to the Editor Animals versus kids Dear editor: I wanted to write to you ini- tially to express my concern about council's desire to pun - sue the Cat bylaw in Hensall. I know where I live and I have resided with both dogs and cats. The cats were the only pet that caught mice. and living in a village with three grain elevators i am confident that we are sharing the community with a few rodents, big ones as well as tiny. 4 I do'have concerns about any individual who tries to Ionk after too many cats, without considering the neighborhood's standard, but I don't feel a bylaw is the answer. 1 would hope that this council has larger issues to deal with than the number of cats per household and now it appears that wc have to decide if wc want to save our elementary school. High on my list of impor- tant things to a community would be a school. I realize that farm families have been sending their children off and on the bus for many years to larger district schools all over the province, but they turn to their community, also, for a sense of place. Their local church, the village grocery store, the library branch, the local post office and the doe - tors office. Wake up people. We have to lobby Helen Johns now and vigorously to let her know that wc need our school. Thc new provincial fund- ing formula should be clearly explained in layman's lan- guage so that plain folk can understand it. Huron Board of Education cut it's budget so lean that we were the most efficient in the province and now it appears that we are going to receive Tess service and pay more in school and property taxes. Some people will say "it doesn't affect me. I don't have children going to ele- mentary school" i don't have either, but 1 will quickly fore - sec the lack of younger peo- ple choosing to live here in Hensall without a neighbor- hood school. Without these elements, what do we have to offer the next generation to consider raising families in our small towns'? Without a local school, we will have fewer kids playing road hockey on the streets, skate- boarding around town, hang- ing out at our arena, or even walking their dogs. Gec„ i guess there will be a lot of time for adults to create bylaws to control the number of mousers, since the prob- lems with kids will be gone. Janis Bisback Hensall. National poster contest Dear editor: The Dominion Command of the Royal Canadian Legion is sponsoring a national poster contest to mark the International Year of Older Persons 1999. The theme of the contest is "Working toward a society for all ages" and is intended to celebrate the contributions of Legion seniors to society while emphasizing thc importance of trust and com- munication between people of all generations. A total of $2500 in cash prizes will be awarded. The contest is open to •all Canadians, but submissions must be made through a rec- ognized community group. Thc contest closes May 1 1998. Copies of poster contest regulations may be picked up at Branch 156. of the Royal Canadian Legion Seaforth. Jean Ross Calling all Valentines During February wc will be publishing a special Valentines Day promotion. We need short stories on how you met your sweet- heart. Whether it was this year or 50 years ago, it's a romantic story that you can • share with thc community in 150 words or Tess. Deadline for the letters to the Huron Expositor is January 28. Views expressed on our opinion page(s) don't necessarily represent those of The Huron Expositor or Bowes Publishers. The Huron Expositor reserves the right to edit letters to the editor or to refuse publication. Dogs are way to happy Dog too happy? He need not be Dogs, as I've come to notice, are approximately twice as happy as they have a right to be, easily ten times happier than humans. For the last 25 years I've enjoyed the company of cats - surly, independent, suspicious and quirky. I loved it. It was like living with those people who work in the passport office in Toronto. From one moment to the next, I didn't know what to expect. Now, I'm living with Mr. Solid and Dependable. I open my eyes first thing in the moming and there he is, just inches beyond my nose, the big brown honest eyes and the panting smiling face that says: "I love you, Bill. I mean it. You're like the greatest pleasure in my life, now that I've been neutered." Strong, happy and loyal with big white teeth glistening at you -- every morning's like waking up with Tony Freakin' Robbins. I didn't name Jake but if I'd had that opportunity it would have been Happy, as in Happy Gilmour. I can't stand it. No person 1 know is as happy as my dog Jake. Simply put, dogs are way too happy. That's why it's up to us, owners of dogs and therefore superior beings to create nnovative ways in which to :urb their unbridled :ontentment with life. That's why the first thing I do every morning is pretend he scared the daylights out of me. I scream then leap out of bed and yell: "Who the hell are you? I don't own a dog! How'd you get in here anyway?" And Jake looks really concerned for all of a couple of seconds then the tail wags, the ears go back down and the smile returns to say: "You almost had me, ya big lug. Seriously I love you, man. Now let's go. I gotta take a leak." Last month I bought Jake a muzzle. He doesn't bite or anything like that, it's strictly for entertainment purposes. When I'm bored I put the muzzle on him then tape a water pistol to his right paw and we play dog bank robber. "Sit down! Roll over! And nobody'Il get hurt!" Not only does he look really% stupid with the muzzle on; but it's great when you say: Speak! C'mon boy speak!" Okay, I don't do that. The truth is I bought him a muzzle to keep him from barking in hotel rooms but I didn't need it. While I was out. he had so much fun watching pay -for -view movies and ordering sandwiches from room service, he forgot all about barking. But there are ways you can subtly show your dog that life is sometimes a real bitch ... sorry. I did mention he was neutered when I got him, didn't I? Well he was and the fact I wasn't the one who did it, is why Jake still remains, this man's best friend. There are ways to let dogs know that the world is not as happy a place as Martha Stewart might lead them to believe and really, who else but stay-at-home dogs are watching this show anyway? For instance there's this real neat trick you can piay on your dog when you're away to keep him from getting into mischief. You take his favourite bone, the hollow one that smells of smoke and seems to be made of titanium. You take a knife and stuff cheese whiz into the centre of the bone, just barely out of reach of his outstretched tongue. Trying to actually taste the cheese whiz can keep Jake occupied• for up to three consecutive days. Or you can always play "let's hide Teddy." This is where you hide his favourite teddy bear under the couch and he brings it back and then behind the bedroom drapes and he brings it back and then just before you leave for the day you hide it under the passenger seat of the car you're driving. Two days searching, mostly in circles will make him dizzier than a Canadian senator after a tour - martini lunch. There's also the stick trick which I played on Jake just once, by accident. Whenever somebody comes into my -house and Jake's outside, he loves to fetch his favourite stick and come bounding into the house to impress them. The first time this happened I saw him coming and opened the sliding glass door off the kitchen. Unfortunately I opened the door only wide enough. for Jake to get through. His favourite stick happens to be twice the width of himself. "C'mon hoy! Chunnnggg!!!" Do not try this trick at home. Sliding glass doors are just not built for it. Also if your dog has nightmares like Jake does, you can hold his front paws together so he can't fight or - run and then growl in his ear. And finally there's the simple yet annoying trick of blowing in your dog's face. They hate it. It drives them nuts. But have you ever wondered why a dog 'is bothered by somebody blowing in his face white the first damn thing he does when he rides in the car, is stick his head out the window? That's my hoy. Jake - Mr. Solid and Dependable and ' Stupid. Don't get me wrong. I Iovc this big dumb pup. I'm just tired of .bearing the burden of misery for both of us. Seaforth won District title Editor's Note: This follow- ing unedited account describes the win as Seaforth won the District champi- onships defeating Godericlr in sudden death in the February /5 1924 issue of the Huron Expositor. Some hundred and fifty hockey fans journeyed to Clinton by special train on Monday night to sec Godcrich and $oaforth do battle in a sudden death game for the championships of the district. Long before the game was scheduled to start the rink was packed and standing room was at a pre- mium. Godcrich team was supported by three hundred fans, who also journeyed to the seat of battle by special train. Sharp at 8:15 Referee Hiller, of Kitchener called the warriors to centre ice for the usual "warning" to play thc game, and amid the cheers of the opposing fans the puck was faced off. Goderich set the pace which was terrific. and after about five minutes of play bulged thc net for the first counter of the evening. However Seaforth was not to Question of the week be denied and soon tied the score. Play was about even going from one end to the other with both teams miss- ing several opportunities. but Goderich who were follow- ing in fast, heat Stewart twice. This ended the scoring for the first period. Goderich 3 Seaforth 1. The ice began to get sticky and when play was resumed it was evident that the first, pace -set in the first period could not he made up. However the Highlanders came out with the determina- tion to win and had the sailors at their mercy. After some combination which was pretty to sec, Seaforth bulged the twine twice, thus tying the score . The team play of the locals was not to he denied and it was only a few minutes till the Highlanders jumped into the lead earning the goal on some real combi- nation. Play again became the see -saw variety, with both teams trying hard and Godcrich getting the break again, scored putting the teams on equal footing. At this stage of the game body checking was quite in.evi- In the Years Agone deuce and the pace began .to tell on both teams. However Goderich took the lead in the scoring by beating Stewart in tin a long shot. With 'only three minutes to go Seaforth added another with the period ending with Godcrich 5 . Seaforth 5. When play was called for the final period it was a hunch of tired players who lined up. the Sailors looking a little more tired than the Highlanders however. The period opened just as strong as the preceding two and both worked hard to gain the advantage, Godcrich taking the lead after five minutes of play making the score six to five. Excitement was at fever height with the fans who were hacking the Highlanders pleading with them to even the score. This they more than did by heating MacDonald twice' in short order. and with seven min-_ utes to go added another. Godcrich tried hard to even the count . but when the final gong sounded Scalorth had won the game and district_by. 8 to 6. Seaforth -Goal. Stewart: defence. Cudmort and Govenlock: Centre. Kerslake: wings, Hays and Reid: subs.. Reid and Keating. G o d c r i c h -Goa 1. MacDonald; defence. Pridham and Fox: centre. Jeroux. wings. Chase and Hunter; subs.. Beck. • January 11 1924 Choral Society Professor. Anderton called a business meeting of the executive committee Monday evening of the Choral Society. Mr. Anderson is preparing a rare treat for the people of • Brucefield and vacinity and it was decided a that meeting to put on a concert 21 January. He has secured some fine artists. solo singers and vio- linists from London and a trombone player. There will he no regular practice herr until alter the concert.. Should School board select Seaforth for satellite office? Mary Ann Holland, Seaforth: "yes. Seaforth is a good area and central to every- thing." Dan 'Baylor Walton: "yes, Seaforth has the ability to successfully run the satellite office. It would be good for the community. Mary Rose Kroonen, St. Columban: "yes. Seaforth needs the extra boost." Chris Lee, Walton: "yes. Seaforth is central for serving the county. it will utilize existing struc- tures."