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Huron Expositor, 2000-10-25, Page 44 -TRE HURON EXPOSITOR, October 25, 2000 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Terri -Lynn Hart - Publisher Pat Armes - Office Manager Scott Hilgendorff - Editor Dionne McGrath - Subscription/Classifieds Susan Hundertmork - Reporter Katrina Dietz - Soles Anne Roden - Distribution Bowes Publishers Limited S. .Naw Lwpwar. - A Quarto. Cyan E-mail us at seoforth@bowesnet.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES LOCAL 32.50 o year, in advance, plus 2.28 G.S.T. SENIORS: - 30.00 o year, in advance, plus 2.10 G.S.T. USA & Foreign: 28.44 a year in advance, plus 578.00 postage, G.S.T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATES: • Published weekly by Signal-Stor Publishing at 11 Main St., Seaforth..Publication mail registration No. 0696 held at Seaforth, Ontario. 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Wednesday, October 25, 2000 Lriteeiel end bossiness Offices - 11 Melo ftreet.,feetertlt Telerbeae f519) 527-0440 Fax 1519) 527.2056 Melling Address - P.O. flex 69, Seeley ts, Ontario, NOK IWO 11, Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association Publication Mail Registration No. 07605 "We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP), toward our mailing costs." Editorial Province takes step backward on air The province last week took a dangerously backward step when Environment Minister Dan Newman would not sign a deal with the rest of the province to help reduce greenhouse gases. The province was not willing to take a stand to help mandate the reduction of air pollution. While this is a national issue, even Seaforth residents should be concerned. We got off easy this summer with no more than a couple air quality advisories. However, this region has some of the worst air quality in Ontario and when air quality advisories occur because of the effects of heat on smog, people's lives are at risk even in Seaforth. The elderly or people with breathing problems like asthma can tell you just how bad it is for them to try and get around when air qualityadvisories are in place. It's a very real threat with immediate impacts let alone the concerns for global warming. Sadly, .the general public doesn't seem to be on the environmental bandwagon anymore. While the - 1990s saw Earth Day celebrations renewed with amazing vigour and school programs seeing students recognized for environmental efforts, the need to protect the environment seems stuck in terms of the importance people place on it anymore. While recycling programs and efforts are commonplace in homes and schools and children are just more environmentally aware now because of the efforts in the 1990s, it's important not to lose sight of the significance of protecting the planet. Scott Hilgendorff How to access us Letters to the Editor and other aitboli $ons can be made to us by noon on Mondays at • Aeatoirth @ bowesn@t.com All letters and submissions mut be si$plid and accompanied by a day -time tetepho*• number. All submissions Are subject to:0464 for bath length and content Don V forget to cluck out our VtivrintiO • To the editor, Mike Harris often talks about accountability and interest groups. When he does this he is referring to accountability for everyone else but himself and labeling anyone who disagrees with him, " a special interest group". He does not call big business and big money special interest groups. I would like to suggest that not only are they a •necial interest group but that they e the Harris government in their kets. We might as well call the provincial , Conservatives a puppet regime. Decision after decision has lined the pockets of these people while putting the "common" people of Ontario in direct peril and duress while deteriorating the people's lifestyles and towering expectations for a decent, healthy and safe life. Sure, he has lowered taxes. This has had the effect of giving the top 20 per cent of the population the vast majority of the windfall. Everyone else has seen no increase in the amount of money that they are now able to save as compared to five years ago. In fact, a decrease in disposable income is common. Many in the top 20 per cent have noticed the same thing. Greed drives this trend and therefore there has been a fallout. This is where we encounter the " accountability dilemma." A study was published, in the Toronto Star, that showed that 59 per cent of medical doctors believe that the healthcare system is worse now than it was five years ago. Only 10 per cern believed it is better. Within a government so chokingly intertwined Opinion Letter with making everyone else micro accountable, where does their personal responsibility lie? . Nurses have echoed the same concern about deteriorating health care. Those who know the health care system the best have sent their report cards. If this government is serious about accountability they will admit that they are responsible and act accordingly instead of running away and blaming someone else. Over 90 per cent of teachers have said that the education system is in more chaos and difficulty now than it was five years ago. Parents For Education, an alliance of parents with school aged children from across the province have stated the same thing. Principals, directors and trustees have also echoed grave concerns. The people who know the education system the best have sent their report card. Where is governmental accountability? There is none. They continue to blame the teachers and the boards. Every environmental group whose reports I have seen, rate Ontario as the worst or one of the worst when it comes to air and water quality ,and policies. Deaths and major illness have not even succeeded in bringing direct governmental accountability to the forefront. Does anyone really believe that air and water quality are better now than they were five years ago? I would love to see the best and brightest environmentalists in Ontario asked a comparative question in a future poll. This is what happens when major financial gain for the few is of a higher priority than sound,. healthy, safe and just policy for' the many. The people suffer in almost every aspect of their , daily lives while a few pad their bank accounts. The money has to come from somewhere. Guess who is paying? You are. The cuts you are enduring are producing savings and a strong case could be made that your savings are being directly transferred to the accounts of a few people who Mike Harris happens to like. They, of course are not an interest group. Yes Mike, we can see that they are simply master puppeteers. Finally it needs to be noted that the deteriorating Ontario institutions and environment will most profoundly affect the children of this province. Education affects them directly on a daily basis. They will inherit a health care system that will be a shadow of what it was and could be. They will drink poisoned water and breathe polluted air for a lot longer than the rest of us. What a legacy Mike Harris is prepared to leave them. Where, is the accountability? 1 still only see immature fingers pointing from irresponsible leaders. I am a firm believer in Trudeau's dream of a "Just Society." In Ontario we are in retreat and we have a long, long way to go. We need someone who cares about the common people. We need someone with a vision that all Ontarians can embrace and be proud of. The current governmental policies bring about only acute embarrassment. Angelo Ippolito Belgrave, Ontario Youth happy to see Paul Menary on front page To the Editor: We were so happy to see our Mr. Menary on the front page of Oct. 11 issue of the Huron Expositor. Mr. Menary was raising money for the Seaforth Cubs Ontario Special Olympics school program. We are two of the "senior" Cubs and we appreciated the article by Susan Hundertmark about the "Cut For Kids" fund raiser. There are so many in the community that helped us with this event. Without the support of the Province of Ontario Savings Office, "Barber Bob," Hildebrand Flowers, Stedmans, Starlight Lanes and the Athletic Dept. of the Seaforth District High School the "Cut for Kids" would not have raised $1,300 and been able to donate Mr. Menary's hair towards making a wig for children recovering from medical therapy. One of our Cubs is anxiously waiting for her bowling ramp to be used at the Starlight Lanes. Fortunately John Van Vliet has supplied the materials and is arranging for this ramp to be made. Steven McNichol Lance Montgomery Seaforth Public School Bill Murray of Walton leaves for Old Country October 29, 1875 Geo. W. Cline, has been elected to the precentorship of the Presbyterian Church in Seaforth at a salary of $300.00 per annum. Geo. Forsyth has opened a meat emporium in the store next door to the Conmtercial Hotel. In order to stake the reading room of the Seaforth Mechanics Institute even more attractive, especially to young men, it was suggested the advisability of procuring droughts, datninoes and chess. Messrs. A. and J. Aikenhead of Tuckersmith threshed with their machine "The Rover Boy" on the farm of Alex Campbell, 750 bushels of wheat in 13 hours. This was the yield of 25 acres. Michael Rowley, 6th concession of McKillop, killed and dressed fit for market one cow and four sheep in 57 minutes. He was assisted by 0 boy of 10 years old. After diligent search, Robert Govenlock obtained a definite clue to the disposition made of'the cattle which were stolen from his pasture. G. Holtzman of Zurich has now his new planing mill and cabinet factory in full working order. Messrs. John Berry and Chas. Stelck recently made 230 rods of drain, 2 feet and a half wide in the space of 5 hours on the farm of John Snell. The Judges for the South Huron Agricultural Society were Wm. Sproat, Tuckersmith; John McMillan, Hullos; Robert Govenlock, McKillop. October 26, 1900 There has been quite a change in hotel circles in town. G. E. Henderson, who has been conducting the Gripp House, took possession of the Years agone... Commercial Hotel on Thursday and Mr. Hunter of London has purchased the furniture of the Gripp and will conduct that hostelry. Janes Dick k has purchased from Mr. Kling the Hawkshaw Hotel paying $8,000.00. A number of the young people of Egmondville got up a surprise party and drove up to Mrs. Worthingtons at Clinton where they spent the evening dancing. W. Pearce has returned to the Seaforth Branch of the Dominion Bank to take the position of teller. D.T. Hepburn, who has been acting as teller will remaiti as accountant. James C. Laidlaw, who has been in Currie, North Minnesota, arrived home and says he likes the west and will probably remove his family there in the spring. While helping with the corn at Mr. Andrew Archihalds, in Tuckersmith, W. Chesney came across an ear of corn which had 28 rows on it with 35 grains in each row. Francis Kettle has rented his 100 acre farm on the 10th concession to Samuel Love of Morris, at a rental of $285.00. Wm. Murray of Walton,' left on a pleasure trip to the Old Country and ere his return will visit many of the principal cities. Wm. Turner of Stanley has rented his farm and lime kiln to B.A. Higgins of Varna. Jowett Brothers of Bayfield have started a gang of men cutting saw logs on John Stewart's farm. Wm. R. Smillie left for Woodstock to attend the assizes, to give evidence with an entire horse case. Mr. Geo. Wren Sr. and family left for Hensall to reside in the future. Wm. McGeoch of Tuckersmith has sold his fine farm on the 2nd concession to James Petrie of Clinton. The price paid was $5,700.00. - The second anniversary of the opening of the Presbyterian Church at Chiselhurst was observed with Rev. E.H. Sewers of Brucefteld. .October 24, 1925 Elizabeth Runciman Van Egmond, wife of J.H. Fowler, passed away at her home after an extended illness, in her 7911: year. Mr and mrs. J. Hey Sr. celebrated the 50th anniversary, of their wedding when a large number of their relatives gathered at their home. The terrific windstorm caused more or less damage to chimneys, trees, etc. at Zurich. The apple orchards are strewn with apples and the pickers'are out of luck. October 27, 1950 Wm. H. Carter, who has been station agent at Brucefield for a year has been transferred to Ripley. Duff's Church, McKillop, held a successful turkey dinner when the W,A. under the leadership of Mrs. James Kerr, served a fine meal. Mrs. R.S. McKercher was chairman of the committee in charge. While the guests were being served, Rev. D. Glenn Campbell showed slides of scenes across Canada. The supper realized $154.00. The fall salvage drive, sponsored by the Seaforth Lions Club resulted in a large truck load of paper being collected. It was expected that the collection wiled total about 8 tons. Rensall Town Hall was well filled when Liberals,of f Huron and Huron -Perth ridings held their annual meeting. Shown in a picture in this issue were Andrew Y. McLean, M.P. for Huron -Perth; Mr. Winters, W.L. Whyte and Alex Jeffrys, M.P. for London. Friends and neighbors gathered at the hone of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Regele. Brodhagen, nee, Luella Taylor. After the games of euchre, a nock wedding was staged as follows, James Horan. Mrs. 'Les Beuern►ann, and Laureen Duerr. Mrs. Irvin Rock read an address and they were presented with combined china cabinet and buffet. Topping 0 class of seven contestants in the Junior competition. Arthur Bolton, R.R. I Dublin, capture the South Huron Plowing Match held on the farm of Elder Bros. in Hay Township. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Stephenson and family and Mrs. Ethel Stephenson have moved to their new home in Seaforth. October 30, 1975 Vandals tore through Wright Chev Olds new and used car lots Tuesday night, doing an estimated $3,000 to $4,000 in damaged. Wright manager Bill Williams said /5 new tires were punctured with something like an ice pick, upholstery and vinyl roofs slashed and rotten tomatoes thrown into several vehicles. Girl Guide leaders from across Western Ontario were in Seaforth Wednesday night for the Clydsdale division annual meeting. 800 to 900 bales of hay were destroyed in a fire Tuesday night at Jim McNairn's farm. The cause of the fire is unknown.