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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1998-04-29, Page 44—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, April 29, 1998 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Terri -Lynn Dale - General Manager/Ad Manager Scott Hilgendorff - Editor Gregor Campbell - Reporter Larry Dalrymple - Soles Pat Armes - Office Manager Dianne McGrath - Subscriptions/Classifieds A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES LOCAL - 32 50 a year, in odrancs, plus 2.28 G.S T SENIORS - 30 00.0 year, in odvonce, plus 2 10 G S T VSA & Foreign 28 44 o year in advance, plus S78 00 posioge. G S T wimp, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Published weekly by Signol•Stor Publishing at 10Q Main St , Seaforth Publication moil regtstrohon No. 0696 held otSenforth. Ontora- Advertising is acapled on condition that in the event of a ypographicol error. the advertising space occupied by the erroneous dem. together with o reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged but the bolonce of the odvernsement will be paid for ot the applicable rote In the event of a typographical error odverhsing goods or services of o wrong trice, goods or services may not be sold Advertising is merely on offer to - sell and may be withdrawn at any tome The Huron Expositor is not responsible for the loss or domage of unsolicited monusaipt . photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes Changes of address, orders for subscriptions and undehv arable copies ore to be sent to The Huron Expositor Wednesday, April 29, 1998 ad$asial and tsrstwoss Offleos - 100 Malo $tlroot.,ao.for,l, Tol.pMao (519) 527-0240 Past 1319) 527-2858 Malllag Address, - P.O. /ox 69, foahrIs, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association. Ontario Community Newspapers Associohor and the Ontario Press Counci. Publication Mail Registration No. 07605 Young Offender Act is offensive How many more reasons do we need before young offenders lose some of that protection they take for granted under the Young Offender's Act? Each week, new acts of horrifying violence. take place across North America. - Students and teachers have been lured info the playground to be shot and killed. Others have been gunned down at their prom., While handguns might not be as prevalent in Canada, the violence is no less common In London, children too young to even face charges beat each other. with baseball bats last week. - In Kitchener, a young girl was trapped in an apartment and tortured by one of her peers. Yet, in Canada, the Young Offender's Act prevents us from reporting any information that could lead to the identity of these torturers. - - While violence among young people seems to increase, positive steps such as zero tolerance policies on violence on playgrounds have been developed but they are not enough. Publishing the names of convicted young offenders has the potential to do, even more. Time and time again, young offenders in The Bluewater Centre beat each other, bite. guards or start riots causing hundredsof thousands of dollars in damage. But they remain anonymous to the public and the attention and pressure that could place on the offender to grow upand accept some responsibility.. A 16 -year-old who murders deserves no more coddling than a 30 -year-old. Both are equally capable of understanding - the severity of their crimes. -STH Even Harris has fallen into the IO Act trap The NPD has called for Premier Mike Harris to resign after disclosing information that directly leads to the identity of a young offender. Under the Young Offender's Act, this is no small mistake. - While giving his government kudos for the work it has done, he used the name of a young offender's mother, giving •credit for the work a boot camp accomplished, reforming her son. While the act is in place in its current format, Harris should face charges of violating the act the same way anyone. else would for identifying the youth. As long as the act ties the hands of police and media, so too should ft tie the hands of Harris --maybe in handcuffs. --STH O )inion Learning what it's all about Finding my way to Seaforth was not a problem Monday, morning since I've, lived in Huron County for a- good part of my life. Finding my way around community is going to he harder. 1 come to you from Goderich where I spent more than a year -and -a -half as .news editor. Before that. it was reporting in Strathroy and. for more than four years, reporting in Kincardine. I'm no stranger to the small-town way Of life hut find every community has its own unique features and qualities. While adjusting to my new setting Monday, it was hard.to_miss one Of those features, the fire•siren that still blares itt, call. stopping traffic .and pedestrians who'wait to see' which direction of the fire tucks head. In Goderich, it's the town clock that chimes every 15 minutes. - the Scott Hilgendorff In Neustadt, where much'of family is from, it's the church bells on Sunday. They're all signatures for each place that, in their own smart! way, help. describe' the community. That's part of what I want to explore as editor of The Expositor sorting through the news stories, 4-H report. and women S iinstitutewrite-ups. They all have their role in keeping the community informed. I attended the journalism program at Ryerson in Toronto where most of my classmates were from the city. When we graduated: most were trying to find • work at dailynewspapers, not considering for a second the -possibilities and challenges presented at a weekly publication. But this is where you can write the same type of hard news stories we were trained to.writc and at thc same time. explore and develop the. stories that reflect the people of the community. That's what make a weekly paper. special and one of the reasons that I've joined the Expositor staff. , Thc task at hand for the next few weeks will he sorting trying to Lind a balance between the news. features and community notes that people need and want in their newspaper. - Don't hesitate to let me know your. thoughts as I set about finding my way around Seaforth. - - it may he a small town but i've never ceased to he amazed by all the big things people in small towns do. Yes, Johns says students interests are being met by the government To the Editor: I would like to respond to the questions posed in a recent letter to the editor from Mr. Paul Dyck. President. Teachers Union of Huron. . Question # t : Arc the hest interests of the students being met`" Question #2: Has the. government put kids first'' The answer to each of these is a resounding. "yes:" 1 give the following reasons to support my answer.. Spending for the Avon - Maitland District School Board will increase. The hoard has received more dollars for classroom expenditures and non - classroom expenditures. In 1997. the hoard received: classroom. $77,728.097; non -classroom. $43.184.375; total operating. $120.912.472. In 1998/99.. the board will Letters receive: classroom. $79,533.435; non -classroom. $45.063,506; total operating, $124.596,941. At total increase of 3,0 per cent. Classroom expenditures include such things as: classroom teacher. teacher assistants, textbooks, supplies, computers. library and guidance. Non -classroom expenditures include light. heating and maintenance and hoard administration. These numbers will remain stahlc if the enrollment level at the board remains stable. If the enrollment level increases. the board will sec an increase in dollars.• If enrollment declines as forecasted by the board, the amount of dollars will decrease. Hence, with a projected decreased in enrollment for 2000/01. the board will nave Tess dollars. due to a decrease in enrollmen: It is in the best interest of the hoard to ensure that the public is cognizant of the merits of public education because this hoard needs to - ensure enrollment levels remain stable or increase. - Students at the board will receive the same dollars on their education as the students in Timmins, Toronto and .Windsor for the first time in the history of publically funded education. This is very good news for the students in Huron. because they have traditionally received Icss dollars for their education. Fair funding is something that the students. parents..and teachers in Huron -County asked this government tor. through a petition campaign. The government listened to those requests and responded as previous governments had failed to do. • This -government -and the taxpayers 01 Ontario are putting students first. We arc directing more dollars into the classroom to ensure students have textbooks and learning materials that they need to reach their full potential and receive the hest education in, the world. No Ionger.w.ill administrators make more than $ 100.000 while our - children go • without textbooks. ' This government has CONTINUED on Page 5 Ingenious machine makes many bricks April 29. 1898. Robert Hewitt. east of Leadbury. 84 years old. during this last winter has threshed 400 bushels of grain with a hand flail. attended his stock and gathered up wood. Kruse Bros.. masons of Egmondville. are placing a stone foundation under Mrs. Collie's residence. • Frank Gutteridge. the well known builder and contractor of Seaforth has invented a very ingenious machine for the manufacture .of bricks. The present machine is designed to make from 8 to 10 thousand beck a day. Dr. Chas. MacKay of town has had a new' foundation ptaccd-on his residence on Goderich Street. James Sproat. who for several years. was in the employ of D. D. Wilson. is now in charge of James Cowan's milk business. N.G. Adams of Constance is building a new barn foundation and had the timbers raised. Mrs. Simpson of Walton has purchased in organ from Scott Bros., Seaforth. The lime for the Methodist Church at Londeshoro has been delivered..and the masons expect to start but rain spoiled their plans. . F: W. Hess of Zurich has the Krick work of his jewellery store completed. The Electric Light company of Seaforth has purchased the McBride property near the railway station and intend using it .for piling wood on. There arc three lots and they paid $300. for them. April 27, 1923. Geo. Eaton, Winthrop, who has been engaged by Smalldon Bros. of Cranbrook. to work on thedredgc, left to assume his duties. Ben Riley is erecting thc cement foundation from Mr. Cuthill's new barn at Winthrop. W. G. McSpadden of Winthrop has been pressing a 1 In the Years Agone arge quantity of hay. Seeding has commenced and Robert Cooper of Kippen. who is now the owner of 250 acres. is one of the first to have several acres sowed. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Sparks have moved into the house recently owned. by Mrs. Andrew Dougall of Hensall. Mrs. J. G. Mullen of town entertained the choir of .First Presbyterian Church at her home. -T. S. Smith of town is erecting a garage at his home on John Street. - Roy Lawson of Constance who purchased a barn from Bruce Medd of McKillop. has been busy having it moved home -where he intends using it to enlarge his present building. Thc annual inspection of the Seaforth Collegiate cadets was held on the grounds. After the maneuvers. the Inspecting Officer. Co., Gillespie, of London. highly complimented the corps for their work and appearance. The boys marched down street to the Olympia Restaurant. Chas. Holmes, has been acting as instructor and to him goes a great deal of credit for the success of the corps. • The relatives and many friends of the late Thos. Nellands, Hensall; will regret to learn of his very sudden death. For some 21 years he published the Hensall Observor. He was 72 years of age. April 30, 1948. Among those nurses -in - training who will graduate from St. Joseph's Hospital, London. are Miss Helen Louise Smith and Miss Beatrice Mary Catherine Lane. Frank Fingland•, D. C. Clinton, was named Liberal Standard -Bearer in the forthcoming 'Provincial election on June 7th. Mr. and Mrs. John Hotham Jr. entertained Mr. and Mrs. John Hotham Sr. on the occasion of their 35th wedding anniversary. Mr. Hotham is foreman at thc Seaforth Creamery. • Mr. and Mrs. Albert Baker were the recipients of many beautiful gifts in honour of their 30th wedding anniversary. Their family presented them with a mantel radio. Work commenced leading to the installation of flout lights at the softball diamond at the Seaforth Lions Park. when some ten members took part in a bee to dig post holes. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Little of Winthrop have moved into their house at the corner. Alvin Rau of town has• purchased the residence of the Misses Mulcahy on George Street. April 26, 1973. Education costs in .Huron will increase $398,262. during the calendar year 1973, This means an average increase of 2.1 mills for. Huron taxpayers. Estimates of expenditure and revenue which the Huron Board of Education has approved. provide for total expenditure of S 12,019,586. compared to $11,621,324. for 1972 or an increase of 3.4 per cent. Totals of the budget were made available in a short press release -issued Wednesday morning by Director of Education and board secretary D. J. Cochrane. The release gave no indication as to what contributed to the increase or how the total had been reached. Thieves broke into Cleave Coombs' Sunoco station Monday night and stole a quantity of cigarettes and $5. • in pennies. Mr. Coombs said entry' appeared to ,have. been gained by hacking a car against one of the doors of a. service bay and forcing the door open. Don Scrimgeour. who. for a number Of years. has been manager ot the meat department at Seaforth I.G.A.. has purchased Button's Meat Market in Lucknoa. Mr,. and Mrs. .Gregor McGregor •01 Brucetield celebrated their golden • wedding anniversary. Saturday, with a reception held in Bruceficld United Church attended by a wide host of friends and neighbours. A family dinner was held at the ehurch as well. . About 70 past noble Brands of Rebekakh Lodges in Huron District No. 23 -attetided the annual district+ meeting in the 1OOF hall. Congratulations are.. extended to Mr..and Mrs. John Jewitt on the birth of a son'in Seaforth' Community - Hospital on Tuesday: April ' 17. The sixth meeting ot; the - "Sporty Knits" Walton III was held at the home of Mrs. Karen Hoegy. All members answered the roll call. "How I plan to care for nty•gannent once it is,- made.'. .Pearl .- .McCallum demonstrated a tipper without a seam.. Mrs. Harry Stewart. a highly regarded and longtime Seaforth _ resident. •died Wednesday. April 18th. in Queen Elitaheth Hospital. Toronto. following tt lung illness. She was in her 94th year. - Sotnething different.. something new is thc cry that goes up from all community groups when seeking for a , new play and the Drama Club believes they have found dust that in "Reserve Two for. Murder." the New York, success which has not been• released for amateurs by? Samuel French. the well -I known publishers.