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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1999-03-24, Page 44 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, March 24, 199E Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Terri -Lynn Dale -Publisher Scott Hilgendorf • Editor - Sysan Hundertmork -.Reporter lorry Dalrymple - Soles Pot Armes - Office'Marioger Dianne McGrath. - Subscriptions/Classifieds E-mail us at Seolorth Obowenet.com Bowes Publishers Limited A c bvQory of Sun Msdw Cerooraboe o Quebecer • SUBSCRIPTION RATES LOCAL 32 50'o year; .n odaance, plus 2 28 G 5 T SENIORS 30 b0 a year 0 advance. plus 2 IO G S T • USA 8. -foreign 28 44 a year advance plus $78 00 postage, G 5 T e.en.pt SUBSCRIPTION RATES • . - Pol lisped ..meld, by S.gnal Stor Pubinh.ng at 100 Mom 5t . Seaforth Publication - mol req.s*ration tlo r.496 held at Seatorlt,, Ontario Adrsresing is accepted on cr od t on that :n the event of o typographical error, the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, togethei vnth a reasonable allowance for sigrgture, will not be charged.. but *e bolance of she odverhiern nt will be poid for d the oppbcable rote In ?he event of a rypogiaph.cal error odverhs.ng goods of services at a wrong price; goods or s.err.ces may not )le sold Adverhsing .s mere!), on offer to seT and may be wathdrown at on y t me The Huron Expositor ;s not responsible lar • the loss or domoge of unsot oted monuscnpts. photos or other nsaerids used for 'ergot/Yvon purposes Cfsanges of address, orders for subscriptions and u•ujeir.erable copes are w be sent to The Huron E.pos.tor Wednesday, March 24. 1999 Editorial and •edneu Offices - 100 Male S/re.t.,s.afertlt Telephone (S19) 527-0240 iax (519) 527-2858 Mailing Address - P.O. Mu 69, Seaterttt, Owtarl., NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Cm omun.ty Ne..spoper • t..suc/a• oc Ontono'Cominuniy Nenapopers Associohon • Publication Moil Registration No. 07605 Y2K might get' people to talk to each other There's fear that Y2K (the Year 2000 computer problem .that could potentially shut down electronic equipment) will cause chaos. There're p'eople ready to panic, prepared to take their money out of banks, stock pile food and fresh water and hunker down for the worst. There're people who think it will be the end of the world. • Others say there might besome minor problems and it wouldn't hurt to be a little prepared. School boards are adjusting their Christmas holidays to allow schools to be vacant for about the first week of the New Year in case they are needed for temporary shelters until life can be restored to normal. The notion is that the problems, such as power failures, won't last more than a few days. And there are some who say the concerns are unwarranted and New Years will come and go without a hitch. But wouldn't it be nice to go without computers for a little while. They've become almost as much an appliance in typical' homes as.a television set and people use them instead of communicating. Ten years ago, they -weren't as common in the typical home and facscimile machines =were only just beginning to clog with people sending countless pages of information back and forth instantly. - Life has changed so much with steady advances in technology. • However, we -did fine without computers in our homes a decade or two ago and there was electricity long before computers were programmed to read the digits that could lead to the problems in -the first -place when the year changes. The human race has been arounda lot- longer otlonger than computers. And maybe people would talk to each other, face-to-face instead of by e-mail for a couple weeks until things get sorted out again. - STH New e-mail address Letters to the Editor and other submissions can be made to us by noon on Mondays at: seaforth @ bowesnet,com AH letters and submissions must be signed and accompanied by a day -time telephone number. All submissions are subject to editing for both length and content. - Don'r forget W check on air hotnepge at: www.bowesnet.coinktpOsitor/ Rate payers encouraged to get involved in Tuckersmith's restructuring discussions To the Editor: On March 15, being made aware of the as yet unannounced decision to the moving of the Tuckersmith Township office to. Seaforth and other matters of concern pertaining_to the future of our township, a group of interestedratepayers attended the. open council meeting on March 16. Twa conscientious councillors demonstrated their true worth in their fight for democracy at this. Tuckersmith • Township council meeting when. after having receiver ram t e clerk two conflicting monetary figures concerning the amalgamation with Seaforth; they rescinded the following two. motions they had made' at a previous meeting: a) discu sions`with the "original six" would be closed, and - hi talks for amalgamation with Seaforth would -ensue. Upon realization the motion to rescind could pass. the Reeve threatened to -walk out of the meeting forcing an adjournment. Did he consider this to be a "done" deal? • A new motion allowing talks with Seaforth to resume 'and costs to .be introduced at the next meeting was presented and _ passed. This still allows for discussion with the "original six-" The next -Tuckersmith Township council meeting is planned for April 6 with location undetermined at this time. . You area taxpayer. Protect your concerns. 'Alex Townsend Matt Haney Tom Workman Laird Finlayson Robert Fotheringham Stuart Wilson Lloyd Cooper William C. Brown Lloyd Haney Jim Ryan W. Kim Hodgins Ambulance tour coming to Seaforth to show • • potential e To The Editor Beginning Feb. 22 ; a U.S. ambulance staffedwith paramedics' began touring Ontario to bring to public focus - the issue of - privatization. The. provincial government is pushing".to- privatize-a 'wide range of hospital services and to create an American health system in Ontario. The ambulance services along with in-hospitalservices such as laundry. dietary. clerical. lab. housekeeping. maintenance and R.P.N. are on the provincial chopping block to be auctioned off to the lowest bidder. Organizations such as the • Victorian Order of Nurses are being driven out of community care. The province has introduced tendering and thedriving principle is the best care at ffects of provincially made changes the lowest cost, which means limited resources are being stretched aver more and more people. - The system is as acutely ill as the patients who:are being sent home from hospital while still in rieed of a great deal of Care. Government "cutbacks in health care have resulted in patients' .Ie.ngths of stay within the hospital being dramatically shortened to cope with ies's funding yet. fail to take into consideration the fact that a large number . of these patients' develop - complications resulting in readmission- to another - hospital. - CUPE and SERC; 'are currently defending out job security language contained in our collective agreements: during negotiations with the Ontario Hospital. Association. - This is a stumbling block for the OHA since it prevents them from being able to .contract out the above mentioned positions, As 'a.result, negotiation talks have progressed little .and thermions are in a position to strike.. - Should the -unions -give up this -language..the hospital would bein a position to tender out work in these departments to the lowest bidder. .Quite possibly, Laidlaw Would . be contracted -to -provide atnbulance services and Marriott would be cleaning your.hospitalroom. - While current employees may be offered positions with these companies. wages would-be at least 1-5 per cent lower than what the earn now. That's a hard pill to swallow -for most -of• us who haven't had a w age• increase in up to seven • year,. We can't afford -1111r The public can't afford to hay a services that are •already stretched to the bone turned oVer, to • corporations that will suck ,out -20 to •30 per cent of every dollar into profits for • shareholders. The Ambulance Tour Comes to Seaforth Community Hospital March . 31 at 10 a.m: Come on out and see how our system compare;- to the C.S. system. Were sure .you ll agree we - can't afford .a system where care is based on your ability to par. Our current- health care system.ii one of -the hest and most cost efficient in the world and we will fight 'to inake sure it stays that way. Sincerely.-' Val Poisson Pres. CCTV Local 2702 VON not chosen by .CCAC to provide services but remains committed to helping in Huron To the Editor: years in Huron County. During this • nursing assessments of .the Last tall the. Victorian Order of time. VON -Perth -Huron has become Department of Veteran Affairs' Nurses (VON) Perth -Huron Branch known for prosiding quality home., • -Wellness Clinics:' at Zehrs and entered into a competition -with other nursing. Also. by developing programs Zellers pharmacies and other local community nursing agencies for the. and services that respond directly to pharmacies in -Huron County government contract' to deliver nursing client needs. VON contributes to the . • the Pan,h \urging Program (Knot services in Huron County through the health and well-being of our clients and Presbvttenan Church. Goderich i - . Community Care Access' Centre the community in general. On behalf of VON. I would like to iCCAC►. Regrettably. VON was not VON Perth -Huron• would like to thank the residents of Huron County chosen by the CCAC as one of the " assure the residents of Huron County . for their support and also to•express my providers in our conununity. that we are committed to continuing to: appreciation r.'r the dedication Therefore, effective April 1. 1999: provide the following services to the exhibited by our outstanding staff. VON will no longer be providing :.residents of Huron County: VON Perth -Huron remains- as always. nursing services on behalf of the: • visiting and shift nursing for committed to "Caring for Life" and ICAC: The "nursing contracts -have ----insurance-eases "Cann, ion is C rnmunity"- been awarded to. other nursing ,service • •: private nursing care *paid by Sincerely. providers. individual clients) Pat Down. VON, a not-for-profit, charitable • *foot care President organization is proud of the nursing ..the palliative care volunteer program Board of Directors services provided over the past 27 IPCVPI VON Perth -Huron Branch Fine shorthorn bull sold for $ March 10. 1899 • It pays to raise good stock." Rubene Scott, of Hb 111 tt. In the Years Agone .old a tine Shorthorn bull to Henry Cumming of Whitewood Ma. for $75.00. Chas. Manning sold an extra good Shorthorn bull to J. NtcBride of Smith's Hill. It pays to raise good stock. The business transacted at the Brucetield station is very much on the increase. owing to prompt and obliging agent, Mr. John Rose. E. E. Faust of Zurich is home, but he _leaves. next for Berlin. where he has secured a good situation. • • The people of Egmondville are pleased to be able to announce that the new postal note system is being introduced into their office. The spring crow• and the wood saw are the chief musical instruments heard these days in Egmondville. Major Anderso>+'s cant, s al proved very successful in spite of the Poor weather. • Mr.. and Mrs. Wm. Govenlock have returned to town from their sojourn in the Southern States and will soon he domiciled in their new home on North Main St. Robert Charters of the Mill Road, Tuckersmith, is in Canton, Ohio, enjoying a holiday. Messrs. Hugh McDermid, Huron Rd. and Ernest McIntosh of McKillop left Seaforth for Colorado. 1 D. D. Wilson of town has • taken into partnership with him in. the egg business his. son John A. Wilson and J. K. Richardson of Fergus. James Rivers of Cromarty held a successful wood bee and treated the young people to a dance at night. March 15. 1924: The. auction- sal€_1iJ on - the' farm of Wm. Staples in McKillop was the record sale of the season. ' Everything was sold and was' in good condition. The total sale realized $3.400. • A very pleasant evening was spent at the home of Mi and Mrs. Andrew McLaughlin of: Cromarty, when a number of friends and neighbours 'gathered to spend a social evening with Mr. and Mrs. Alex McLaughlin who are here from the west. Euchre was - played. the «innci being • Henry l l.,ggarth. Many sleigh loads of young people from St. Columban atter "ed • the euchre and old tin : lance in Seaforth. Mr. Samuel Cudrnore of the London Road is loading several car Toads allay at the station at Kippen. John Dallas of Hensall is starting - in on •a fine large hennery"and has erected .a building near his home in the village. • • The, carnival. held •in the Palace was favoured'witl) ideal weather and a good attendance. Excellent music was furnished by • the Highlanders band. • G. W. Spencer. Principal of the Seaforth Collegiate • Institute purchased the ' residence of Miss Lukes. on Wilson street. • Mr. C. Dietz of Manley had the misfortune of losing one of his herd by administering salt peter insteadof salts. \larch 18. 1949 • The Federal Riding of Huron -Perth has long and ably been represented at. Ottawa .by WM. H. Golding and his home town of Seaforth regrets his plan to retire. Liberals and Conservatives alike regret his retirement. C. W. lronside who owned and operated the variety store on Main St. for the past seven years, has sold his business to Elmer Larone of Chatham. On Sunday March)20th, Ken Doig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Doig, TLckersnuth, who:in'"planing-Hockey in . Scotland. •informed his parents, that he had recovered ' from injuries received in the game pla:.ed at Christmas. John B. O. Kemp. formerly of Seaforth. was inducted into the Quarter Century Club. He. i. a former well knobn resident of Seaforth • and nowresides in Oakville. March 14. 1974 - The former Huron County Jail in Goderich has been declared'an historic site by. -the—Historic Sites -and Monuments Board of Canada. The announcement w is trade by the, Huron County branch- of the Architectural Conservancy of • Ontario at: a meeting . Wednesday. An historical plaque will be.placed on the jail site but conservancy members did not know when • A gust -of wind caught his trailer truck. as driver Paul Nicholson prepared to dump 27 tons of soybeans into storage at the Seaforth Farmers' Co -Op Tuesday . morning. Mr. Nicholson, a - driver for Lou Rowland Transport of -Dublin. had the trailer up only two notches on the lift arm•when the wind flipped it over. The Rowland offict said Wednesday that only the metal top of the trailer appeared to have been damaged.