HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1998-04-29, Page 5Dense smoke-Brucefleld
Fire Department was called
to the former Hully Gully
recetrack south of Varna
Sunday afternoon to an
accidental blaze. Dry grass
was sparked from someone
cutting wood with a
chainsaw, report the fire
department. The fire quickly
spread to a nearby pile of
railway ties and a few tires
causing dense black smoke
that could be seen as far
away as Exeter in the south
and Clinton in the north. It
attracted dozens of curious
onlookers. The fire
department was on the
scene until the fire died
down.
Province placed s alway students first
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always placed students first
by ensuring that they have
the resources needed to excel
in an ever-changing world.
Quality education and
placing students first have
always been the number one
priorities of this government.
I believe our policies reveal
this commitment.
As a society, -co
Driving east along
Lakeshore Road out here in
Wainfieet -- the town that
time forgot but the taxman
remembers vividly -- there
are two quiet spots at the
water's edge where people
pull over in thein cars and
admire the view, savour. a
coffee or enjoy lunch. (At
night they pull over and have
sex but I'm not' sure it's the
same people.)
• It's two kilometres.fmm m�
house or if you're walking,
approximately 700 cigarette
butts along the shoulder of
the road. That's one butt for
every three strides if you're
'counting. which I did. Once a
rural route that hugged the
north shore of Lake Erie. for
someone who walks along it
every day, Lakeshore Road is
now pretty much a long and
winding ashtray.
These two small
promontories where the
public comes to park are
close enough to the lake to
hear the waves break -and
near enough to Oakwood
Cemetery to get a sense of
deep. reverent silence.
In a neurotic. noisy world
these tiny. rural oases. should •
be places to breath•deep and
• contemplate. steal a moment
of sanity and solitude.
However, thanks t� the
• people who frequent these
two rest areas, people who
are...how can I put this..okay..
pigs, these two lakeside
retreats are now eyesores of
human's waste.
In between tivo signs put up
by local residents that used to
read "Please leave only your
footprints" until the Crashers •
ripped them to shreds. -you
' have your complete collage
of gar-bage: II Players
cigarette packages. 25 Tini
Hortons coffee cups, seven
Policies . such as:
standardized report cards,
introduction of
comprehensive testing. $50
million for textbooks. new
rigorous and demanding
curriculum, fair funding
model. average class sizes at
secondary and elementary
levels, have' been determined.
teaching days are being
increased, annual reports
from the 'board to the
taxpayers on education
spending, secondary teachers
are ,spending more time
teaching in ,the classroom.
school councils are being
established in every school to
increase parent involvement.
By working together. we
will ' improve classroom
education and put Ontario's
students at the head of the
class. where they deserve to
the.
Are the hest interests of
lthe students being met? Has
thc,govemmcnt put kids first.
Yes'
Helen Johns
MPP Huron
uldn't we just pretend to be better than all this?
/ - Hand StipJoint e...o..,tir. •• the answer is no. As I was
• taking inventory at both -
dump sites. a really nice kid
in•a pick up truck finished his
cigarette. put the butt in his
coffee cup and the cup in a -
plastic hag hung around his
• gearshift.,Then he leaned out
the window and -offered to
, bring two large, drums from
the plant where he works and
place one to the side. of each
area.
We're going to, try this. I'm
betting the next cretin that.
comes by will flip his butt
out the, w.ir dow. drop the'
coffee cup on the beach and
drive away with two brand
new harrels-in the back of his
truck. But it's worth a try. -
• Anti I don't think the Twp.
of Wainfieet should have to
clean this up.'Why should
my taxes go to pay Molly
Maid service for people who
have been immortalized in
the, song Old McDonald Had
a Farm. Ee-igh ee-igh oh.
1 think Wainfleet should
post a sign that says even one•
cigarette butt is litter, the fine
for littenng is $105 and the
beach with "Bill Wu, camera on'the pole'across the
Here.'; , road is on. "Go ahead - make
Billy also did a job on the our treasurer's dayr'
"No Vehicles Allowed Sign" r Then we'll put all the
on a pathway further down convicted names in a hat and •
the beach. He spray painted the .winner gets a trip to
out the "No" so now it reads Singapore where the
"Vehicles Allowed.—Clever punishment for a discarded
eh" (Billy. thanks to your gum wrapper is a public
handy work there's now two caning.Then my ass wou)dn't
'vehicles going on -Citi that be the only one burning.
beach every day -- please. be This is - not a. Wainfleet
under one of,them. i • problem. This ,is a Canada -
Graffiti police are looking wide travesty in which we
for a teenager who lives on seem to drive with 'the
Camelot Bay -who can't..spell philosophy that if the
.and has the creative instincts window's down: the dump
, of the rocks he defaces. - must be open for business.
So are all smokers and Folks. as a society, we're-
caffeine
e'recaffeine addicts necessarliy beuer than this. And if we're
unmitigated liuerers? Well a•' not. couldn't we at least
much as I'd like to think so. pretend to be".
iam
Thomas
but this May in tact tum but
r ` to be just a cry for help from
rock star George Michael.
And this Is a beach 'called
Camelot Bay. Truly ttitis'is
not' Cameloa This is a place
where pigs Would .come to
' roll around 'on their backs
except they're afraid to be hit
by flying tra'sh.
There's' even a large dead
•, fish' in the middle °fall this
garbage. 50 feel from the;
water's edge. My guess is he
surfaced. took one look at the
beach and committed suicide ,
So the profile of the classic
titterer is someone who
smokes heavily. drinks hat'd
liquor and,eatsfast food. i
-know what you're thinking:
1 isn't this problem going to
pop cans. six plastic bags. a take care of itself? Yes. bat
dozen McDonald's wrappers. ,not fast enough. . ,
several Subway cups and And there's also Spriay
wrappers. a couple Dairy Paint Billy. 1 nearly
Queen ' cartons, ported , confronted Spray Paint Billy
broken Beer bottles. a broken one afternoon but the kid is
Banff Ice Vodka bottle. an faster on his'feet than he is
unbroken Smirnoff Vodka ' with the can of red enamel. ,
mickey: a motor oil He had just finished
container. one brake -fluid decorating a large rock on the
can• one Heinz "Tomato juice
can. wrappers and potato
chip bags and 40 washed-up
.bullet casings compliments
of the 4tinters. (And all those
coffee cups'' These are,the
. kind you don't have to roll up
the rim to. know you're a
loser'
•-• Each .site at (east two
heaps of `cigarette butts from
emptied ashtrays.'
There is an empty plastic
package of something called
Ant Family which urges the
buyer to: "�.7am more about
ants. Study mother nature
and "Protect our
environment."
There's also a discarded
package called "Lend -A•
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t. Thomas
Anglican Church
Jarvis St. Seaforth
Rev. Robert Hiscox
482-7861
Sunday May 3rd
Service of ,
Morning Prayer
at9:30AM
rs • res • er an
Churc
Goderich St. W. Seaforth
11:15 AM
Sunday School
during Church Service
May 10: Mother's Day
Breakfast
7:30- 10 am
Minister:
Rev. Nicholas Vanderme
Bethel Bible Church
Meeting at Seaforth High
9:45 a.m. S.S. 7:00 p.m.
11:00 Worship Evening
Bible Study
Small Group meetings Weekly
An Associated Gospel Church
Y
ice
.arta in uitecl to aft
se area churches
un ay, 'ay3
9:30 Cavan (V4inthrop)
and
11:00 a.m. Northside
(Goderich St., Seaforlh)
United Churches
Sunday School during the
services
Guest speaker: Heather Smith
from Centralia
Seaforth Community
Church
(Meeting at Bethel Bible Church)
Sunday 11 am Worship
Wed.: 7:30 pm
(at 146 Jarvis SI., Seaforth)
Bible Teaching & Prayer
Full gospel with a
Pentecostal Message
ames
Catholic Church
Victoria St., Seaforth
Saturday - 5:15 pm
St. James Pansh, Seaforth
Saturday • 7:15 pm
St. Joseph's Parish, Clinton
Sunday - e:00 art,
61. Michael's Parish, Myth
Sunday • 11:00 am
61. James Parish, Seaforth
Father Dino Salvador
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