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Editorial
Making sure
we're all
chasing the
same dream
Imagine you're leaving Huron East,
only to return five years from now to
find that every hope, dream and
desire for the municipality has come
true. What does your community look
like?
That's the exercise members of
Huron East council and the economic
development committee completed on
Saturday during a five-year strategic
planning session at town hall with
facilitators David and Laurel
Armstrong.
While divided into two discussion
groups, the results were similar.
Visions included a cleaned -up,
thriving downtown core in both
Seaforth and Brussels, up to 10
doctors serving the area with
improved and expanded hospital
facilities, more industry and agri-
business, training facilities for skilled
workers and a larger population.
The strategic planning session
followed on the heels of the release of
results of a community survey, where
similar visions wee expressed by
close to 10 per cent of the
municipality's population.
The Armstrongs told participants
Saturday that with the completion of
the community survey and the
strategic planning session, Huron East
is well on its way of creating a road
map it can follow Into the future.
"It's not rocket science from here.
It's just hard work," they said.
Of course, hard workers are easier
to find if you have everyone
committed to the same vision, which
probably means that council and the
economic development committee
need to begin approaching various
local groups to discover their vision
for Huron East so that everyone can
agree to pull in the same direction.
Huron East has begun the exciting
process of imagini'n9 the future it
wants to inhabit. Continuing the work
of public consultation will only
strengthen the process.
Opinion
Letters
Seaforth firemen were impressive
when responding to chimney fire call
To the Editor,
Take a bow, Seaforth firemen. You are impressive.
These were the thoughts that Joanne and I had after
having called on the services of the local firefighters.
On Friday past, we had a fireplace that got a little too hot,
past the point of comfort and a chimney fire ensued.
Out of concern, we called the fire department. Well, the
boys must have been watching the hockey game with their
boots on.
It was unbelievable how quick they responded to the call.
They got from their homes to our place, a distance of
approximately 10 kilometres in just around 14 minutes.
The professionalism of their work was second to none.
The team work of the group was obvious. Each one knew
their task and responded to the order directed in a most
efficient manner- even the one "Be sure and wipe your boots
well at the door."
Safety was utmost on their minds as they approached the
situation with the "what ifs" in mind and "Let's do this" to
solve the problem.
Each manuevre was executed with forethought in mind
and outcome contemplated.
Captain Ralph Woods and his team can be proud of the
way they are trained and the way they performed, explaining
the situation to us in a way that, at the end of the episode,
we felt relieved and assured that the situation was under
control and safe, as well as transferring some knowledge on
how to avoid such a situation in the future. Fortunately, at
the conclusion, no damage was done.
Yes, Seaforth firemen, you were impressive. We
appreciate your dedication to our community. Your
commitment and expertise made us feel safe and we are
assured that the area's fire protection is in secure hands.
Take a bow, boys, you deserve it.
Sincerely,.
Tom and Joanne Melady
Having a dream you cherish can
make all the difference in your life
Martin Luther King Jr. said "I
have a dream."
Anyone who heard those
words then, or has heard them
since, understands immediately
what he was talking about.
They knew, with out even
knowing what his dream was,
that it was a vision of his, a
hope that he wanted to see fulfilled
There are not many universal concepts in this world, but I
think the concept of a dream must qualify as one of them.
From the time we are born we are familiar with dreams.
Before we even know what they are, we can experience them.
The nighttime ones are usually first to appear in our lives.
How many times did you pitter patter down the hall to your
parents' room and utter those five words (that you now hear
your own children say) "I had a bad dream."
The dreams we experience while we sleep do every bit as
much to shape our lives as our daytime experiences do.
Dreams can be horrifically frightening, involving situations
even Stephen King couldn't imagine, and leave us physically
drained and shaken. Those nightmares can repeat over and
over again, playing on our innermost fears, catching us at our
most vulnerable time asleep.
Dreams can also be amazingly comforting. Who among us
hasn't dreamt of connecting again with a loved one we have
lost. And while in that wonderful state, it is as if we never lost
the person, but how utterly bereft we feel when we wake from
those dreams.
Dreams can be silly, or strange, or funny. They quite often
involve people we barely
know. How many times
have you been behind
someone in line at the
grocery store, or drove
past them on the street, or
even just read their name,
and then go home and dream
about that person that night?
Dreams can also be maddening, playing out situations that
we have fleetingly imagined in our waking hours, only to
have them come to life full force in a dream some night.
I don't know how many times when 1 was married I would
awaken from a dream and haul off and whack my then -
husband for some infraction he had done in my dream.
He would always plead innocence, and tell me it was not
real, it was only a dream. "Well it was real to me!" I would
always answer. And therein lies the basic truth of dream -it's
real to us at the time.
We experience all the emotion that we would if we were
awake, the same joy, sorrow, hurt or comfort. So how can
anyone say it was NOT real?
As we grew, we became a little more familiar with those
"other" dreams; the wants, the hopes, the desires.
Young people dream of becoming superstars, rich and
famous in whatever field that strikes their fancy. Teenagers
dream of romantic interests, or of "hitting it big", of becoming
a celebrity.
Young adults dream of monetary issues and start to dream
about career security.
See DREAMS, Page 5
Seaforth Driving Club rebuilds barns
and racetrack with Ag Society in 1954
APRIL 25, 1879
On Sunday night some
persons or person entered
the post office at Leadbury
and took several pairs of
mens and womens shoes.
The ice is all gone on the
lake at Stanley Township
and now and then vessels
can be seen passing up and
down.
Samuel Rathwell has
been sawing with his steam
engine in the Pinery. He
cuts about 4,000 feet of
lumber every day.
Rev. John Logia of
Rodgerville has accepted a
call from the congregation
at Tilbury and was inducted
into his pastorate on the
first of April.
APRIL 29, 1904
At a meeting of the
Methodist congregation of
this town, it was decided to
proceed with the election of
a new parsonage. the new
building will be two storey
brick and will be erected on
the site of the present
parsonage which is
occupied by the caretaker.
This will be torn down and
the building next to it now
occupied by L. Shade will
be removed to the rear of
the lot and fitted up for a
residence for the caretaker.
The Beavers Minstrels
were greeted with a bumper
house. In fact, Cardno's hall
was packed to the door.
Geo. Habkirk of
McKillop was in town on
Saturday and he had a shot
Years Agone...
gun which was brought
from the old country by his
father 69 years ago.
the egg wagons arc again
on the roads gathering up
the hen fruit.
The Presbyterian
congregation will worship
in the present church next
sabbath for the last time
before construction begins
on alterations and additions
to the church.
Plowing is now general
among farmers but the land
is still too wet to permit
much seeding.
Morley Habkirk leaves
for Vancourver B.C.
APRIL 26, 1929
Fishing is the order of thc
day at Beechwood and
some big catches have been
reported.
Reuben Buuck of Manley
has installed the McKillop,
Logan and Hibbert
telephone system in him
new home here.
Sedding operations are in
full swing and a few more
days of fine weather will
finish some of the hustlers.
Robert Laird Joynt of
Hensall, a student at the
University of Western
Ontario has been awarded a
scholarship in business
administration at the
University of Chicago.
Some of the farmers at
Winthrop will be finished
seeding this week.
J.E. Willis of town has
been appointed manager of
a large store in Listowel.
James J. Johnston who
has made a success of fox
terrier bredding had four
healthy black pups born this
week. the pups are all coal
black with the exception of
a white tip on the end of
each tail. Mr. Johnston
vluse the ncw arrivals at
$250.
APRIL 30, 1954
Members of the Seaforth
Driving club have been
hard at work during the past
two weeks getting their
construction under way.
Some time ago the club
arranged with the
agricultural society to
rebuild thc horse barns at
the race track.
When she slipped as she
was coming down stairs
from the Main Street
apartment, Miss Marguritc
Dunn fractured a hone her
ankle.
Past Grands night was
observed by Edelwiss
Lodge. Mrs. Mary McElroy
presided and on behalf of
thc pastgrands Mrs. Leslie
McClure was presented
with a gift.
Mrs. J. Moylan was
elected president of St.
Columban CWL.
Autin Dolmage is having
a well drilled at this store at
Winthrop.
APRIL 26, 1979
Seaforth will borrow a
pump from the Ministry of
the Environment that should
temporarily help residents
of the town's Jarvis St. S.
arca who've had sewage
overflowing into their
basements every spring and
fall. A delegation of
residents met thursday night
with town council and
engineer Dirk Matt, from
James F.McLaren Ltd., who
represents the ministry.
Seaforth council has
approveed two separate
zoning bylaw changes that
could allow a ncw 9,000
square foot food outlet and>
a four -bay car wash to be
built in town.
The Seaforth Minor
Hockey Association has
learned that Ralph
"Cooney"Weiland, the NHL
star who played for and
later coached the Boston
Bruins in thc 1930s, will
not he able to attend the
banquet held in his honour
on May 5. Mr. Weiland, a
native of Egmondville and a
resident of Weyland,
Massachusetts after retiring
from coaching the Harvard
University hockey team in
1971. has been suffering
from poor health and Mrs.
Weiland felt it would be
unwise for him to attempt
the trip to Seaforth for a
dinner in his honour.
Ron di Dave
Hey Ron! Wanna see
my art project?
It's an assignment
about the effective
use of 'white space'
But, it's
a blank
canvas!
by David Lacey