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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2004-02-25, Page 5Opinion Letters Individuals need to learn to control their own thoughts and feelings were really his society's beliefs:Societies that didn't leave a written word were capable of changing their minds and evolving as the ecosystem evolved. And, because their ancestors learned to feel comfortable with the environment, the young learned the same thing. It must have been a culture shock for native North Americans to find that Old World thinking had arrived on big ships with sails and weapons that made a lot of noise and killed people. Old World societies always died out because they followed someone else's truth and lived in a world of fear. They had the written word to prove that one society attacked another, resulting in increased anxiety. Political and religious systems were developed to control both the positive and negative feelings of each individual in society. The individual has always been a slave in the Old World because he has never been allowed to learn how to handle his own feelings. It was and is against the law to challenge the systems of society. The legal system was invented to protect the Old World form of government. Long ago, if someone disagreed with the chief and couldn't hold his tongue, he would have lost his tongue, especially if what he said caused anxiety in the tribe. If what the upstart said helped relieve anxiety, the whole tribe would agree and change to encompass the idea. Old World societies are less capable of changing because of their longer history of slavery. They have and education system designed to perpetuate the status quo unless it is good for somebody's economics. If the economic endeavour is of a larger societal benefit with more jobs and more job spin-offs, it will be sanctioned and rewarded with tax breaks and even blessed by the relgion. Over thousands of years, politics and religion have accumulated remarkable wealth and control of the individual. The invention of TV and other media involving sight and sound now has the capacity of defining each individual who reacts emotionally and physically to the sensory input. 1 am observing Old World thinking being acted out. Negative feelings are beingacted out with anything from throwing stones, burning vehicles, bombing homes and killing each other. Unless six billion people learn to be responsible for their feelings, each society has to become a police state. Only the laws of society will be important and those laws will be changed to satisfy the whims of the dictator. Each society is responsible for turning into a police state. If we could learn how to govern ourselves as individuals, there would be no need for a big government and a big police force. Man has always passed on his anxieties by attacking others. Anxieties can also be buried and create illness and disease. The individuals who move on are those who are capable of changing their minds. Never try to control another individual - instead, practice self-control and self-discipline. Remember that the other person is not interested in you - he is simply projecting his own feelings. The present has to learn to be more interested in the future and the earth has to be a part of the future. But, the sound of the gavel will remind everyone that it is safer to live in the past fantasy world. Long live the child and the child within each individual. John Underwood Seaforth Proportional representation will end government scandals: Robertson To the Editor, After 20 years of Brian Mulroney, Jean Chretien and Paul Martin it is time to start cleaning up politics once and for all. First the Mulroney Conservatives passed on millions of your tax dollars to their corporate friends. Then the Chretien-Martin duo brought the misuse of tax dollars to new heights. While the corporate cronies of the Conservatives and Liberals got rich on your tax dollars what did you get? Longer and longer waiting lists for health care services, more expensive tuition for young people, much higher than needed EI premiums and a more polluted environment. The latest sponsorship scandal is just the latest incident in a 20 -year rap sheet belonging to the Liberals and Conservatives. Unless we bring real change to our political system things like the sponsorship scandal will continue to happen again and again and again. Brian Mulroney led one of the most corrupt governments of all time; then came Chretien and Martin. Now Conservatives are coming together just so they can get back at the trough. Not convinced? Well then ask yourself this question? What over-riding goal or vision has brought the Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party together and who was behind the scenes pulling the strings? Pharma -care? Better health care? Support for family farmers? No, there is only one answer -- Brian Mulroney and many of his cronies were key players in creating this so-called new party. Their goal? Simply to replace the Liberals so once again they will be able to plunder the public purse. The NDP has proposed a system of electing governments used in many other successful nations called proportional representation. Proportional representation (PR) would get rid of pork barrel politics forever. In a PR system all votes from all voters count, not just the winning party. PR produces accountable, honest governments and it's time to ask Canadians if they'd like to change politics permanently. While the individuals in this latest scandal need to be brought to public scrutiny and the general public needs the facts of what exactly went on, what we really need is an election as soon as possible to forever clean up politics and end 20 years of Mulroney -Martin corporate drift. The inquiry shouldn't take long — we know where the thieves are and we know that they are Liberals. Grant Robertson Paisley, On Huron caregivers offered respite through St. Elizabeth pilot project The St. Elizabeth Foundation is doing its part to provide care providers with some much-needed respite. As part of a Foundation respite -care pilot program, two counties in Ontario, Huron and Northumberland, are in the midst of giving caregivers a break, free of charge. JoAnn Todd, manager of the local Saint Elizabeth Health Care, says there are 80 caregivers available to give arca caregivers a break. So far, about 25 area caregivers have participated in the program, which began in the fall, and there are still many hours of respite care available. "We really want to hear from folks," says Todd. "We know there is a need in the community." Huron County was chosen, in part, because of its relatively large aging population and because it is a rural community, which is an another criterion for the Foundation. Response from area caregivers utilizing the service has been overwhelmingly positive, notes Todd. "It can be very stressful to be a 24/7 caregiver," says Todd, adding the caregivers' needs have ranged from a few hours break each week to attend school or an hour to enjoy a coffee with a friend. "It depends on what the need of the caregiver is," notes Todd. Indeed, statistics reveal one in five Canadians is a caregiver, meaning an increasing number of people are struggling to balance the demands of caring for a loved one at home, coupled with work and family responsibilities. Data also reveals 40 per cent of people over the age of 30 are providing home care to one or more family members and 80 per cent of eldercare is provided by family caregivers. Further, 55 per cent of employed family caregivers report repercussions at work and employers report family caregivers cost $4,500 per employee. Once thc number of pilot program hours are used, thc Foundation, which was incorporated in 1997 to raise charitable support for the enhancement and expansion of home health care in Canada, will review its feasibility as part of an going service. In addition, the program will facilitate research opportunities to measure and evaluate caregiver satisfaction and enhancements to quality of life for future development of training seminars and supports according to need. Those interested in utilizing the service are urged to contact Saint Elizabeth Health Care, a not-for-profit charitable organization that has been caring for communities since 1908. A program supervisor will then conduct an assessment to ensure eligibility criteria are in place. Call (519) 482-8800 for more info. Referrals arc also accepted from caregivers, family members, friends or health-care providers. Seaforth flower shop loses cash during break-in A small amount of cash was stolen from Forbes Flowers in Seaforth during a break-in on Feb. 19, reports the Huron OPP. The Main Street business was left unlocked while an employee walked a dog between 8:15 and 8:30 a.m. and thc money was discovered missing from the cash register when the employee returned. Anyone with related information is asked to call thc Huron OPP or Crime Stoppers. THE HURON EXPOSITOR. FEBRUARY 244.2004-5 McTaggart Wettlaufer INSURANCE BROKERS INC. •,\U l i i •Hl ,'.'.i •i %•f?' •TRAVEL •COMMERCIAL. •LIFE INSURANCE BROKERS: Paul Wettlaufer Anette McTaggart Amy Siemon Ken Hutchison Bill Siemon Vicki Siemon 68 Ontario Rd. 348-9150 Mitchell 1-800-561-0183 r SEAFORTH INSURANCE BROKER LTD. 527-1610 ir • Home • Commercial *Auto • Farm • Out of Province Travel Insurance 41 Main St. S. Seaforth Ken Cardno, Joanne Williamson, Chrism O'Neil and Barb Watt ':L'aeared t c e4e'eat a ed(€ et ,• I(� LBERT STREET DENTURE CLINIC Denture Specialist Dean R. McTaggart D.D. Complete and Partial Dentures Denture Repairs Relines - Additions 482-1195 50 ALBERT STREET CLINTON Church Services BEREAN COVENANT CHURCH A CHURCH PLANT OF GRACE TRINITY COMMUNITY CHURCH 527.0029 Fellowship at 7:00 pm Pastoral Team: Pastor Bob Penhearow Pastor Ron Matthews Pastor Royal Hamel St. Thomas Anglican Church A Congregation of the Parish or The Holy Spirit Jarvis St. Seaforth Fr. Michael Atkins Parish Office 182.7861 Inauguration Sunday Worship at St. Thomas at 2:30 pm 411Iy Musical Guests. The Blyth Festival Orchestra Prayer Group - Monday at 7:00 pm Handels' Messiah - Monday at 7:30 pm Bethel Bible Church An Associated Gospel Church 126 Main St. Seaforth 527-0982 Sunday School 9:45 am Sunday Worship Hour 11 am Jim Wyllie - Pastor B & G Club Wed. 7 p.m. Youth Group Wed. 7 p.m. You are invited to attend these area churches Catholic Church St. James RC Church 14 Victoria Street, Seaforth 527-0142 Weekend Masses: Sat 5:15 pm Sun. 11:00 am St. Columban RC Church Saturday Mass at 7:30 pm Father Lance Magdziak Egmondville United Church Sunday School 10:00 am Worship Service 11:00 am Sunday February 29 Steve Hildebrand Lay Pastoral Minister In training NORTHSIDE - CAVAN UNITED CHURCHES Cavan 9.30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Northside Winthrop 54 Goderich St. W. Sunday February 29, 2004 Guest Speaker: Bruce Whitmore Cavan Brunch following Worship Service First Presbyterian Church Goderich St. W. Seaforth Rev. Ted Nelson Interim Minister Sunday, February 29 11:15 a.m. } It's back. 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