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Huron Expositor, 2004-01-14, Page 9News TME HURON EXPOSITOR, Jan, 141, 20044 Political game keeps Canada -U.S. border closed: Steckle From Pate 1 new measures to increase testing with at least 8,000 animals tested in the first year Agriculture Minister Bob. Speller last week announced J Community Calendar WED. JAN. 14 1:00-3:00 p.m. - Parents and Tots 10:00-11:30 a.m. - Play and Leam Ontario Early Years Program at Duff's United Church in Walton 1:00-4:00 p.m. - Senior Shuffleboard at the Seaforth Community Centres THURS., JAN. 15 10:00-11:30 a.m. - Baby Time Ontario Early Years Program at Egmondville United Church 9:00-10:00 p.m. - Fitness with Drusilla FRI., JAN. 16 10:00-12:00 noon - "Morning Our at Bethel Bible Church 10:00-10:45 a.m. & 11:15-12:00 p.m. - Storytime at Seaforth Library. Please pre - register at 527-1430. 10:00-12:00 noon - Parents and Tots SAT, JAN. 17 9:30-11:00 a.m.- Jumping Gym Fun Early Years Program at Seaforth Co-operative Children's Centre. SUN., JAN. 18 10:00 -12:00 noon - Archery Club in the hall 2:30-4:00 p.m. - Public Skating sponsored by Seaforth Chiropractic Centre MON., JAN. 19 9:30-11:00 a.m. - ABC 123 Ontario Early Years Program at St. James School Gym 10:00-12:00 Noon - Walking for the Health oyit-Program - arena hall side 7:00-8:00 p.m. - Ruth's Fitness at the Arena (upstairs) TUES., JAN. 20 . 9:00-10:00 a.m. - Fitness is fun with Drusilla 10:00-12:00 noon - Parents and Tots 7:00-8:00 p.m. - Dog Obedience with Anita WED. JAN. 21 1:00-3:00 p.m. - Parents and Tots 10:00-11:30 a.m. - Play and Learn Ontario Early Years Program at Duff's United Church in Walton If you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residents, phone the recreation office 527-1272 or the Expositor at 527-0240, or mail the information to Community Calendar, The Huron Expositor, Box 69. Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO well in advance of the scheduled date. Free listing includes date, time, name of event and location only. Space for the Community Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor. rising to testing levels of 30,000 animals a year or more. Currently about 5,500 animals are tested annually. A total of $92.1 million has also been approved over five years to enhance testing and accelerate development of a more comprehensive cattle ID program. Speller said the modest increase in testing would be enough to keep the system safe. "I believe what this testing will do in fact will assure not only Canadians but all the world that we not only have the highest quality beef, but we have some of the safest beef and some of the safest food," Speller said. Alberta Premier Ralph Klein said he is considering a move that would see his province test every one of the 30,000 cows slaughtered every year. 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Steckle said right now it's simply a political game that's keeping the border between Canada and the U.S. closed. The same is true for international markets in Japan. "We're trying to convince them that our beef is safe but the argument has to be made again and again because politics has come into play," Steckle said as Speller left for Korea and Japan and Prime Minister Paul Martin travelled to Monterrey, Mexico as part of the Summit of the Americas for a face-to-face meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush. "Politics is going to come into play when you deal with the Americans because that's how they do everything over there. "They know our beef is safe and we know their beef 'is safe." That same political game heated up again a week ago when U.S. Senate minority leader Tom Daschle called for 'born in the U.S.A. stickers' on all U.S. beef. Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat, said the new labelling should take effect immediately despite reminders from U.S. officials that the current BSE concerns are a North American problem. "Basically.the only guys that want (this labelling) are a few politicians who want to make political hay on it," Steckle said. "They are being totally selfish and it's for all the ulterior motives that they're doing it. It has nothing to do with health and safety because those labels would only deal with pork and beef - chicken and fish are not even included. "These guys are just out to lunch. If we had the same standards and if all of our specified testing agencies were doing similar testing and following those stringent guidelines it wouldn't matter whether the beef came from Canada or the U.S." Steckle said he couldn't understand why the border has been closed since the first case of BSE appeared last May. "You say here we are so concerned about one cow or two cows but yet we had SARS which killed quite a few people and we still had people travelling to Hong Kong," Steckle said, "We didn't stop the planes from flying because we had a few outbreaks of this and that throughqut the world. "You ask yourself the question what's going on here and then you remember that the beef industry is forever changed. The beef industry's not the same." Huron Federation of Agriculture president Neil Vincent said given the current. border concerns the outlook for 2004 doesn't look good for many farmers. "There's a lot of people that are going to have to look at is it worth it," Vincent said. "I know people that are talking about the extra book keeping for nutrient management and the extra things coming through like source water protection in Ontario. They're asking themselves if the return on investments is marginal then we're probably going to have a number of small operations either just sell out or just go to cash cropping." Driscoll shares stories about NHL linesman's life at Seaforth Public School By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor When Scott Driscoll started officiating local hockey games at age 12, he was satisfied that he had a little bit of money in his pocket for being involved in a sport he loved. "Doing something you love and getting paid for it - you can't ask anything more of life than that," the 35 -year-old NHL linesman told students at his alma mater, Seaforth Public School, on Friday. And, while his childhood dream was the same as every other hockey -playing kid - to play in the NHL - Driscoll said it was his decision at age 12 to take the training to officiate for $7 a game that got him a job with the NHL in 1990. "I played junior hockey and my dream was to play in the NHL but I wasn't good enough. But, I really liked officiating and I kept working at Junior B and Junior A games until the NHL offered me a contract," he said. Driscoll, who last spoke to Seaforth students close to eight years ago, said he decided to make a visit to schools in both Seaforth and Hensall after a Christmas conversation with relatives who still live in the area. "It's hard to believe it's been that long. I don't get asked to come here often enough. I do this kind of talk four or fives times a year where I live in Guelph," he said. "I came because people think I have a neat job, even though to me, it's just a job," he told the kids. Driscoll passed around photo albums of pictures of NHL games, including himself doing his job and breaking up fights between all sorts of famous players, let one lucky kid wear his jersey and let others try on his 1997 Stanley Cup ring. He told the students that his team of officials are the third team on the ice during any hockey game. He added that while the two referees on the ice call the penalties, he and the other linesman in each game do the "grunt work," like breaking up the fights. "For some reason, fighting is part of the game in hockey. Fighting on skates is, believe it or not, a talent. Like in professional wrestling, they really don't hurt each other most of the time. It's more to pump their team up and entertain the crowd," he said. When asked which is his favourite team, Driscoll said the Toronto Maple Leafs were his favourites when he was growing up but that he's not allowed to have favourites now that he's one of 34 NHL linesmen. "Some of my best friends have played in the NHL but I can't look at who it is while I'm working. You would be disciplined or terminated if you showed favourtism," he said. He added that he does say, "Hi" to Seaforth- area natives Boya Devereaux, who plays for Scott Driscoll shares a photo album filled with NHL pictures with a Seaforth Public School class on Friday. the Detroit Red Wings, and Rem Murray, who plays for the Nashville Predators, whenever he sees them at a game. While he's officiated at 750 NHL games, broken up 500 fights and visited all 30 NHL teams, Driscoll said his favourite place to work is Madison Square Gardens in New York City. "You have to take the elevator to the fifth floor where the ice surface is and the spectators have to go all the way up to the ninth floor. It's the coolest place I've ref'ed," he said. Driscoll thanked his Seaforth teachers for making sure he knew how to read and held up a thick NHL rule book, telling the students he wouldn't be able to officiate without knowing how to read. "I was working at that game with the controversial play where Mats Sundin threw his stick into the crowd and what a hornet's nest that stirred up. The four officials got together as a team and we had to look up Rule 88, Subsection C and two of us thought he should get a game misconduct," he said. Driscoll said that while the referees did not call the misconduct during the game, the league suspended him the next day for one game without pay. "I heard the guy who got the stick sold it for $600 - that'll get you two tickets in Toronto," he said. With the oldest linesman in the NHL at age 57 and the average age for a linesman's retirement at 52, Driscoll said he could be still working at his job for another 17 years. "All the travel isn't as fun as it used to be," said the father of three. "1 miss Saturday morning hockey practice with my son and I miss my son's eighth birthday this year. You do miss a fair amount," he said. Over 8o party -goers. stopped by police near shed party near Brussels on Jan. 3 Huron OPP stopped over 80 vehicles after setting up a RIDE program near a large shed party near Brussels on Newry Road in Huron East on Jan. 3. Ten people, four of them teenagers and all from the surrounding area, were charged with liquor violations and four were charged under the, Highway Traffic Act, including one speeding violation of 151 kilometres per hour in a 90 kilometre per hour zone. Five people blew into an alcotest roadside device. Police are still looking for the driver of a blue 1990 Chev pick-up truck, who fled into a nearby bush lot after the truck was stopped by police. The truck's three passengers - two from Seaforth and one from McKillop - were found with open alcohol inside the truck and one was using someone's else's licence. The three passengers said they could not identify the driver. One passenger was charged with a liquor violation and another was charged with a traffic violation. The truck's owner was charged with permit use of validation not in accordance to the act.