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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2000-05-31, Page 4Opinion 41—TRE HURON EXPOSITOR, NAY 31, 2000 L242111_1. A.,(?)1' Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Terri -Lynn Hart - Publisher Scott Hilgendorff - Editor Susan Hundertmark - Reporter lo Bowes Publishers Limited Pat Armes - Office Manager Dianne McGrath Subscriptions/Classifieds Katrina Dietz - Sates & Distribution Sukdanof S.. M...Ultwad--.4 QeiewG loaq E-mail us at seaforth@bowesnet.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL • 32 50 a yeor, in advance, plus 2.28 G.S.T. SENIORS: - 30.00 a year, in advance, plus 2 10 G.S.T. USA & Foreign: 28.44 a year in advance, plus S78.00 postage, G.S.T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing at 100 Main Si., Seoforth. Publication moil registration No. 0696 held at Seaforth, Ontario. 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Ben 69, Seater*, Ontario, NOK i WO • Member of the Cdnodian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association Publication Mail Registration No. 07605 Editorial Better enforcement needed of simple road rules The Victoria Day holiday weekend saw police increasing their enforcement of speeding and aggressive driving infractions. A drive of any distance in the county was likely to bring travellers in contact with an OPP cruiser running radar or on patrol. And low tolerance was given for traffic infractions like rolling stops at stop signs and running red lights. But these are common practices today among drivers. As common as not bothering to signal a turn and speeding up to get through a yellow light. Common driving practices are being forgotten. When car accidents occur, the most common cause in the past year has been failing to yield to oncoming traffic. It s simple to avoid an accident caused by that. You pull up to a stop sign. Use the lever at the side of the steering wheel to activate the signalling device, if you re planning to turn. You actually stop with all four tires no longer in motion. And (and this is a big one), you look both ways before entering the intersection --something five -year-olds are taught before they start walking to school by themselves. But with so many drivers ignoring the rules, police need to get back to the basics. If rules of the road •are adhered to by more • drivers, fewer accidents will occur. Sure, officers are busy, but more time will be freed up if they aren t tied up in time-consuming accident investigations. Too often, yellow and red lights can be run and stop signs can be driven through• as if they were yields with cruisers in direct sight of what has happened. In fact, just driving behind a police cruiser on a regular patrol will reveal signs of aggressive drivers that get targeted in quarterly or annual campaigns by those officers. • It sends a message that the minor rules don t matter anymore. But they do. They actually save lives --proven decades ago when they were first written. And tougher fines don t matter if tickets aren t given out. A once -in -awhile blitz by police does not curb aggressive driving. Steady enforcement and setting a good example do. Scott Hilgendorff How to access us Letters to the Editor and other submissions can be made to us by noon on Mondays at seaforth @ bpwesnet.com All letters and submissions must be signed and . accompanied by a day -time telephone , All submissions are subject to editing both length and content. ,iQort tforget to check out our .bowesnet.com/ A Seaforth rant I am from Seaforth 1 am not deficient because I'm from a small town 1 wasn't denied an education in a small school I don't live in the woods, play the banjo or date my cousins And 1 don't know Lorne, Wendy or Janet who work at the board office -- but I'm sure they're paid very, very nicely We have an elected mayor, not an appointed Director I speak in clear English ---not bureaucratic filtered jargon from power point presentations I pronounce it `student' --not per pupil funding' 1 can proudly write my school motto in Latin and know what it means I believe in keeping schools open, not closing them Creative cooperative solutions, not destructive dictated directives • And the Bear is a proud and noble animal SDHS is a school, not a board office It's pronounced `Basement' -- not lower level' --.and it floods every spring And Seaforth is second to none in community spirit, the first town of hockey, and the best part of Huron County. My name is Dave- ...and ave...and I AM FROM SEAFORTH! ! ! The preceeding was written by Mayor Dave Scott and • read during celebrations of the community's victor►• after a civil law suit was filed against the Avon Maitland District School Board for being unfair in the process it followed when deciding to close Ser forth District High School. 11 is a play on the now famour Molson's Canadian beer commercial featuring "Joe" who rants about what it means to be a Canadian. Letter Education centre closure questioned To the Editor: The current social attitude of Canadians, which asks its citizens to become more self reliant, is fair and valid. It is equally logical for Canadians through their elected representatives to ensure that everyone has access to the tools they need to achieve this independence. The recent closure of the Central Huron Adult Learning Centre in Clinton runs contrary to this logic. Many individuals do not yet have a High School Diploma and far more are not computer literate. These barriers to employment were both effectively eliminated for many who took courses at the Centre. 1 am aware of the fact that the Clinton program will be transferred to Exeter and Goderich, however this will add further confusion and difficulty for many people already in a difficult situation. Most entry level jobs now require a higher level of literacy, mathematical ability and some understanding - of the operation of computers. A store clerk must be able to determine if the charges to a credit card are accurate especially if an item was added or deleted after the initial purchase. Mechanics and repair technicians must be able to read and understand the manuals relating to their work. Those career opportunities, which required only a willingness to work hard, are rapidly vanishing and forcing many individuals back into the job market. It would thus seem to make common sense to not only keep facilities like Clinton open but to expand them. Institutions such as the Frazier Institute and the C.D. Howe Institute, which are known to be sympathetic to right of centre government policy, have acknowledged social infrastructure systems (health, education and the guarantee of basic human needs) as important to the long term economic well- being of our country as hard infrastructure (roads, sewers and ports). These institutions and many others have also shown that social problems and costs relating to crime and health decline as education increases. They also readily admit to a time lag between the decrease in a social. service and the development of the related problems. . As the above.information indicates, the closure of the Adult Education Centre at Clinton seems questionable. Chuck Doyle Dashwood Large stable near Seaforth station rescued June 4, 1875 The large stable near the station in Seaforth, belonging to Mr. Houghton was discovered to be on fire. The residence of Mr. Murray, blacksmith, also caught fire, but was noticed in ligate. Messrs. Wm. McGeoc•h and Thos. Gemmel! left on a trip to Scotland. R.N.Adams of Hallett received last week an Ayrshire calf which he purchased from Mr. Parks of Ingersoll June 1st, 1900 The ceremony of laying the cornerstone of the new Roman Catholic Church in Dublin was held and was witnessed by a large concourse of people, a fair estimate of the crowd being 2,000. The site of the church is on the old Kidd property. The people of Dashwood will vote on a by-law to raise $800 by debenture for the purpose of purchasing afire engine. James Murray of Hensall, has sold his farm to Albert Bell, son of the late Robert Bell. Thos. McMillan of Hullett sold a very fine 4 year old gelding to James Archibald of Seaforth for the sum of $200.00. . A large number of Hensall people attended the raising of Robert McLaren's fine new barn, north of the village. Wm. Rae, Leadburv. late of Toronto University has been appointed exchange editor of St. Paul Globe. Fish peddlars swam the village of Kippen these days. S.S.Cooper, who has the contract of erecting a new school house at Constance, began operations by tearing down the old schoolroom. Robert Grieve, son of Robert Grieve of McKillop, met with an unfortunate accident. He was . returning from Mitchell sports, . when he was Years agone... thrown from his wheel. His companions brought him to Dr. Scott's office where it was found he had a broken collar bone. Wm. James Shannon died at his residence in McKillop. He had reached the age of 72 years and was born near the city of Armagh, Ireland. D.J.Aitc•heson is erecting a ►tett• barn on his farm north of Harpurhey. Peter Dill of town has placed a handsome new delivery wagon on the road. it was made h_v R. Devereaux. The eclipse of the sun was plainly visible and was watched by nearly everyone. Alexander McLachlan of Cromarty lost a valuable horse. His horses were grazing in the bush and one of them stepped on a stick, causing the other end to enter its abdomen. Another of the early settlers passed away in Cromarty in the person of Mrs. Thos. Laing. She was the mother of Mrs. Andrew Hodgert, Mrs. James Scott, Mrs. Neil Gillespie and James and John Laing. June 5, 1925 Peter Eckert of Manley had a successful banking bee for his new residence in Dublin. James Carter of Alma had his barn raised which in now nearing completion. Another old landmark in Alma was taken down being the property of Mrs. Wm. Cole. A serious motor accident occurred on Sunday when eleven boys were going along the road in a Ford car when they struck, a culvert. The most seriously injured were James Riley, Ranald Reinke, Wm. Patrick and Robert Archibald: Louis Schilbe of Zurich has a gang of men engaged in putting. a concrete floor in the basement of his business hock. Gordon Carnochan left for .Detroit where he has accepted a position. John Clark of Egmondvi!!e has purchased the farm of B. Nott in Tuckersntith. J.A. Wilson, town clerk, is in Toronto this week attending the graduation exercises in connection with Toronto Unit'ersity. Among the ex -pupils of the Seaforth Collegiate who have successfully passed- their examinations at Toronto were Miss Dorothy Wilson, W.J.W.Greig, Wnt. Aberhart, E.G.Merner and A.L.Hays. The annual church parade of the Seaforth Collegiate Cadet Corps was held under perfect weather conditions, w/:en they paraded to First Presbyterian Church. Rev. F.H. Larkin preached the sermon and assisted with music by the choir and Mr. Cas. Boyd. Rene Trink of Germany arrived here on Thursday and has been engaged by Charles Eggert of McKillop. Robert Bell of town was in Toronto this week attending a meeting of the Canadian manufacturers Association. Rev. Fr. Goetz of Seaforth and Rev. Fr. Dantzer of St. Columban left this week on a trip to Rome. June 2, 1950 When Cardno Bros. were renovating the Cardno Grocery store for a new firm they found a number of old letters dated 1892. At that time their grandfather, the late Alexander Cardno, conducted a successful grocery business and bakeshop as well as selling apples. Miss Mary Margaret Cleary, who is attending Brescia Hall, University of Western Ontario, won a scholarship which entitled her to 0 summer course at Trois Pistoles, Quebec. Through arrangements made by' D.H. Wilson and Antgs Corby about 35 members of Lincoln Lodge, Detroit, made a fraternal visit with members of Britannia Lodge, Seaforth. On Sunday they marched to First Presbyterian Church when Rev. R. G. McMillan of Goderiat, preached and Fred Willis sang a solo. Melvin Messenger of Egmondville has accepted 0 position in Kitchener and leaves shortly. Messrs. Emmerson Kyle and Frank Wright of Kipper were in London attending the Shriner's Convention. Thos. B.Baird of Brucefield has accepted the position of Secretary - Treasurer of the Stanley School area, and will have the office at his residence. One of McKillop'.s earliest residents passed away in Detroit in the person of Amelia Jane Morrison, widow of the late Alex Kerr. She was 77 years ()loge. Miss Mary Ryan of town has accepted a position with the London Life Assurance Co. of London. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Sproat of Detroit have moved into their cottage on Market Street formerly owned by Adam Hays. Mrs. J. W. Free has accepted a position as the nurses residence of Scott Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Joseph Mathews, Mrs. Wm. Hart and Mrs. Joseph O'Reilly attended the graduation exercises of Pauline Mathews of University of Waterloo, Ontario. Lloyd Edighoffer of Mitchell is building a miniature golf course on Main Street, Bayfield.