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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 1999-07-14, Page 54—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, July 14, 1999 Hurc�rk ' t01% 7l l�E c�itt,11i1 se:UoKn+,r,,. .Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Terri -Lynn Hart - Publisher Larry Dalrymple - Soles -, Scott Hilgendorff - Editor Pat Armes - Office Manager Susan Hundertmark - Reporter DomemcGrad+ Subscriptions/Dossifiees Bowes Publishers Limited S,.i,4.., y S.. M.!.. r .ps..a°., - 1 0•d«.. ( f.., E-mail us of Seaforth@bowesnet.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES IOCAI 32 SO a year. in advance, plus 2 28 , 5 • SENIORS. 3009 o year. .n advance, plus 710 G.S T " USA & Foreign. 28 44 a year in advance, plus $78 00 postage, G S. T exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES - Published weekly by Signe/ Star Publishing iii 100 Main St . Seaforth. 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Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Conodion Comrnun,y Newspaper • Association. Ontario Community Newspapers Association Publication Mail Registration No. 07605 Editorial Farmers can help OPP While this -season is shaping up to produce some great yields for farmers, it's going to be up to them to help ensure another crop producer's yields are reduced, if not eliminated. - These ore the marijuana growers who hide their ..plants in the middle of corn fields or in secluded properties in the hopes of going undetected until their own harvest. - They tear out .a farmer's crops to grow their own, knowing their crop, willbring them more cash. than the farmer's. The number of operations is growing and OPP are trying toeliminate them, not knowing if they are fighting o losing battle or not. • That's where the farmers are greatly needed. They know their land inside and out and can tell if. there is a deer track running through a field or one that is man-made and not by them. . But OPP report even more signs are often left behind if a farmer makes checks of his property. There will be litter, fertilizer bdgs. tire tracks and other signs that someone has been on their property. Sometimes the .marijudna growers are bold enough to hidea vehicle in a bush or secluded area of the property. . While confronting someone is not, wise, calling. the OPP i$. For .farmers who might be afraid of turning in a drug growing operation directly to the OPR, there is also Crime Stoppers. That program guarantees anonymity with a telephone line.thot does not use any caller identification features. A farmer is free to call and know that the information he leaves will be passed on to OPP who .will eventually check and monitor -the -fields -in- -efforts -to-cotch. the grower or at least find and destroy the marijuana crops. The more detailed information a farmer can give police, the better but at least give it to them. No matter how trivial it mayseem to call in a suspicious vehicle, it's the only way the police are going to have a fighting chance of winning the battle: . STH Farewell sermon preached July -7,•1899. Neil McKellar of ('r smarty. fell from an apple tree • recently and was seriously hurt., ' Mr` Trott, photographer of •Hensall, Itis opened a. - gallery next to Or C'antphell s office in Zurich, • A vers pleasant event took- place in the Presbyterian Church. .The presentation was made •tin behalf of the Christian Etrde'ttvor Society when John A. wilson commended ,tliss Grant• Elder of her.work in the society, Another of Huron's pioneers in the person of Gilbert McMichael departed this life at the home Of his son-in- law, Samuel Uorrunce. having reached the age of 82. years. • A sad-accide,it occurred at the pink' in Egmondville• Three boys had conte from Seaforth. to bathe and one of them, a visitor trans Goderich. failed to, come up after diving into the pond. • John McMillan, Hallett ,11P, returned from Ottawa 'Or the weekend anis left againfin. the capital. Mr: and Mrs. George Turnbull returned from their trip • to the i►ltt country. Miss Sarabel McLean and Miss Carrie Hoffman left for. Detroit where they will attend The great Chrisnuan Endeavor Convention. - %t K.Pearee of the Dominion Bank wok his family to Bayfield where they. will spend the suninter in a cottage in the cedars. The C'olensan Salt .Company 6f this town lost 0 car load of salt its afire at the Brussels station. Robert Winter of town shipped six carloads of very fine cattle to Liverpool. - Messrs. T S reman and Spurting of town have. the frame work of 1. V Fear's new residence -up. It has to be brick veneered and will be one of the finest residences in town. Mrs. Jaynes Beattie of town entertained 40 lady friends at a thinihle party, • Peter McGregor of Brucefteld has sold three first class geldings to Wm. Cudmore for the Liverpool market. A son 'of G.K. Holland, merchant at Beechwood, now visits the Leadbury line in the capacity of egg buyer. July 4, 1924 • A very pleasant surprise party was held at the home of Mr. Ed Bryan of Walton in honour of Miss Annie Keith • • • Opinion letters Centre had impact on lives To the Editor: - 1 am writing in concern with the articles in The Huron Expositor on 'June 30 and June 23. 1999 concerning the Huron Adult Centre. • i'am upset to hear the theHuron Adult Day Centre is being requested to pay .an additional $65.000 to arrears' for building rent. What happened hear? Why are theybeing asked to pay this amount? Who came up with this figure? What happened to the Huron Adult Day Centre buying the building for S l `' I am, also hearing that this is the building the OPP is coming to and that is %Ay the Huron Adult Day Centre has to go. Does that mean that the United Way and Alzeihmer Society also have -to go? - Th'e reason * am -writing this letter is that i had -a family . member attend this facility and it was.very beneficial to both my father and myself (the caregiver). it gave my • father time out of the house to meet new people. have a whirlpool bath. have'a meal out. play games and more. This program helped lift up my father's spirits -and gave' me a break from looking after him 24 hours a -day. My father only attended the centre for a short time from September 1995 .to May 1996 until he went into a nursing home. • I was glad that there was a.program out in the community to help my father and myself. -- The `centre also had a program for the caregivers for support. Once a month, caregivers were invited to a ,support -group where we could voice our concerns and -feeling and receive moral support, find out how our fanul'y member was'doing at the centre and much more. - • • Butit was not limited to a monthly meeting. If we had problems, concerns or worries, we could go to the centre and speak to employees about them • anytime. The employees and volunteers came to become friends not only to my father but to me a,, well. - i would hate to see this program become so expensive or discontinue because of the rent problem. • It was 'a great benhfit to my family .when we needed it and 1. believe that this program` is deeded by families. noW. . it ,is a. great service to our community and 1 would like it to continue. ' Sincerely Vicki Garland Honourable• man_ returns purse aro the Editor: - • . I thought everyone should know about the -honourable Ralph Wood of Egmondville. 1 ''salute him for his great honesty.' I thank him very much for returning my lost purse and contents. Nancy Turner Living next to a suspected drug dealer was a real eyeopening experience 1 lived next to a suspected drug:dea'ler once.There are two apartments in the building where i live. I had one, he briefly had the other. And boy, were my eyes opened. . Just.after moving into the building. he had been convicted of possession of narcotics '_for the purpose of trafficking. ' He was never charged with anything when he lived across from me add to be honest. I never saw anything wrong happening. Bur 1 can tell you what I did see 'and ['can already hear parents saying this is overreacting and profession1ls who work with young people will be saying it's not right to stereotype them. - • For three months. I -watched a steady line of young people come through the apartment doors at all times of day: often on their way to school. Again. I saw nothing beyond them going into this man's apartment. This man who was in his early 4M keeping the company of teenagers and early 20 -somethings far more than anyone else his age. . Sure. age barriers don't.hasfe to stand in the way of friendships but. don_t_be..as nai s e as I used to be./ These• were clearly people who didn't realty know this guy. On'e morning when 1 left for work. a teenage boy was just about to ring the doorbell (and mine was often cling by accident with callers 'coming to see my neighbour) and 'asked me if the Scott Hilgendorff guy was at home without knowing for sure how to pronounce his last name. Even more disturbing than the Volume of young people coming through was the fact these kids did not fit the stereotypes you'd have for dope heads. Some came in tneir -p'repp. fominy Hilfiger clothes and were clearly the kids of parents who have no idea a detour was •made on the way to school. ' One. clean-cut kid cams: with an -- elementary_ school -aged 'brother ;I'm guessing► in tow. One evening. I came home from work as a screaming fight broke out in , the apartment: "I couldn't hear what was being, said but a young -girl was wailing about something before a bunch'of them stormed out of the apartment and inp the parking lot behind ;he building where more screaming and yelling took place. I did hear my neighbour going out saying, " f can't believe she'd do that, 'after I gave her... Again, I saw and heard nothing to prove anything'but -'Fd betmti lifewhat he never .finished saying ended withthe name of whatever free sample he gave her of his closed -door business. He went out and I could hear him trying to mediate whatever dispute was taking place among this 'group of young people: t Tod bad for the parents they weren't able to look -after, whatever the situation: was and -instead:, had to trust a 40- -. year=old drug dealing stranger with their children's problems. Then 'a neighbour" across the street - . told me he saw one'of the girls,suffer 'a seizure with the child's health entrusted to this criminal. Another night. 1 did listen- at my door. for a few' minutes 'tiny to catch what was going on. Again. a punch of teenage. girls•were hanging out this guy' and another 40 -something man who is also a suspected drug dealenby police. • - One girl was talking about how the first time she got stoned. she had ialmost strangled a friend with a telephone:cord and the whole room was laughing at how funny this• story was. Yeah. funny A teenage girl sharing her drug eiperiences �s tth a'mad old enough to be her father. 'Then came March..Break and an even. more steady flow of young people ;and the,occasionai adult) coming through the building. He has since• been 'evicted and has moved on to another town where. no doubt,-he.playing parent to another group of youngpeople. Want to hear'something• worse''He hadcustody. of his I0 -year-old daughter the whole time all this was going on. - in Melbourne Church while barn raised in Winthrop In the Years Agone retiring teacherfront front SS: No 9 Morris, - Her many -friends ,gathered to bid her farewell. An address was read b•: Harvey Bryant and berry a present of « cut glass berbowl and a gold bar pin was made by Mabel Benley and .tfae Shortreed. - Robert Thompson of Kippen is a busy moan having his barns put in shape. Wm. Doig and Alfred Taylor are doing the work. Reverend Andrew Boa preached his farewell ser►non 'the Melbourne Church. - • Percy Little Of Winthrop has successful barn raising. A.R. Turnbull has` stlecesSfullrpassed-his• frst-year.. excnninations at the University of Toronto ranking sixth i►t his year.. • Miss M. E. Stewart has`passed her f rst year in English and History at Toronto University. Miss -,Frances Crich obtained first class honours in basketry, physical: education, public health and home nursing at Alma•College. St. Thomas. Miss Knechtel of Egmondville. school has resigned and was made the' recipient of a presentation. Miss Jeanette Finnegan- read the address and Misses Mary Kling and Margaret Smith made the presentation. - Dr, Russe! Bristew of town has successfully passed the Michigan State examinations in Dentistry at Ann Arbor University: • Theodore Dexter of Constance left recently for the old country whe.re he will spend the summer visiting relatives. He Came to this country when 12 years of age and this is his first trip back to the land of his birth ° . July 8, 1949 School area No. 1, Titc•kersnith,-ftonoured Mrs. Hazel .Nicholson at their annual picnic at the Lions Park. She was made the recipient of a silver set prior to her leaving the school after five years of service. Miss Carol Chesney' read the address and Mrs. Wilfred Coleman and Miss Chesney made the presentations. The Ministry of Highways for Ontario announced the appointment of A.W.-Dunlop Seaforth as an examiner for chauffeurs' and operators' licehces for Seaforth. J-• The announcement was made that the business place which has been rented for many years by S. Shiflett has now been, purchased by hint from Edmund Daly. Mr. Shinen has been in business in .the same location fur'22 • years. - Alfred Copland. Seaforth, who four -years ago retired • from the RCAF has been ret-c,lled to act as a consultant on matters affecting the Canadian north. During the years, he has been in Seaforth, ?'1r Copland has operated a large poultry farm on the east end of town. Whenthe engine pulling the morning freight train to Goderich jumped the track -as It was switching at Seaforth station, the noun passenger train was delayed more than an hour. ...Claretu.:e Sndllie. Hensall farmer, while leading a bull wearing blinders from the barn. to the pasture. was .- attacked by the animal, knocked to the ground and trampled.,: - - July.11, 1974 • - Seaforth polls- were busy throughout Monday -when 70.2 percent of the eligible voters cast ballots. Robert McKinley took 58.7 per cent of the votes cast here with 625 voters. Liberal John -Lyndon-received 403. votes and - NDP Shirley Weary, 35. , Seaforth will soon have an incinerator w gobble up its - garbage. Faced with reportsfrom'inspecfors informing them of unsatisfactory Conditions at the present dump site, council approved the purchase of an incinerator at ' an estimated cost of $115,000. • Although Seaforth Council passed a bylaw authorizing the establishment.of a day cure centre here, the center will not be located in the new Optimist recreation grounds building has•been proposed. Want to know how to fes up that old clock in you attic, or recane a chair that has been sitting out lit your barn? . A trip to the first Seaforth Craft Festival. this weekend would give you some pointers. Guy Lombardo will be coming to Seaforth in 1975 after all the Seaforth Centennial Committee has decided. "A lot of people said they would come to see him even on a Thursday night," said Recreation Director Clive Guist of the Committee.