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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
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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
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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.
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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 •
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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.