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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2004-07-14, Page 44 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, July 141_2004 441 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Tom Williscraft - Publisher Dionne McGrath - Subscriptions/Classifieds Jason Middleton - Reporter Susan Hundertmark - Editor Bernie Pugh - Office/Advertising Anne Roden - Distribution C^� OUEBECOR MEDIA E-mail us at seaforth@bowesnet.com Visit our home page at www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES: IOCA1 - 35.85 o year, in odvance, plus G.S.T. SENIORS: - 33.85 a year, in advance, plus G.S.T. USA & Foreign: 35.85 a year in advance, plus $83.20 postage, G.S.T. exempt Published weekly by Sun Media at 11 Main St., Seaforth. Advertising is accepted on condition that in the event of a typographical error, the odvertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rote. 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Canada Editorial Looking for justice in "our system" Where is the justice in our system? That was the question we couldn't help but ask last week after a pair of court rulings in this province drew nationwide attention. The first saw involved a Blackstock, Ont. couple who kept their two adopted sons tied up and locked in cases over a 13 -year period receive less than nine months in jail. Justice Donald Halikowski said although the couple's actions bordered on torture, they were not carried out in a cold or calculating fashion. Bordered on torture? During the trial, court heard that both boys had repeatedly been tied up and confined to makeshift cages. They were kept in diapers because they couldn't get to the washroom, subjected to rectal examinations and beaten with a broom and a shoehorn. They lived in such fear, court heard, they ate their own feces to hide evidence of accidents and, deprived even of water, drank their own urine. But, in the eyes of our justice system this tragic situation "bordered on torture." Another case, just one day later, saw "incurable psychopath" Martin Ferner released from prison after spending 15 of the last 17 years in jail. Ferrier, the son of a police officer, has more than 60 convictions, many relating to violent acts including rape, arson, forcible confinement and assault. He was released from prison after serving his 28 - month sentence for threatening to kill a former brother-in-law. This despite warnings from Ferrier's mother that he would likely reoffend again. Police immediately issued a warning to the community of Brampton to always exercise caution if they saw Ferrier in their neighbourhood. By the end of the day Ferrier was back in police custody after uttering a death threat. This same kind of injustice was clearly evident in the United States last weekwhen Maj. Harry Schmidt was reprimanded when he "flagrantly disregarded a direct order," and acted "shamefully" on the night of April 18, 2002 Schmidt, the U.S. pilot whose bomb killed four Canadians in Afghanistan in 2002, will lose more than $5,672 (U.S.) in pay and will not be permitted to fly U.S.Air Force aircraft. "Your wilful misconduct directly caused the most egregious consequences imaginable, the deaths of four coalition soldiers and injury to eight others,"wrote Lt. -Gen. Bruce Carlson in his judgment. "The victims of your callous misbehaviour were from one of staunch allies in Operation Enduring Freedom and were your comrades -in -arms." At the end of the day four Canadians were dead Sgt. Marc Leger, Pte. Richard Green, Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer and Pte. Nathan Smith and Schmidt was out just over $5,000. This kind of ruling seems neither right nor fair. But, given the track record of the justice system both the Blackstock sentencing and the release of Ferrier we think this sentence was sadly par for the course. Makes us wonder where the justice in our system has gone. Matt Shurrle Signal -Star editor tzti Letters to the Edi can be made to us by noon on Mondays at: seaforth@bowesnet.co All letters and submissions must be -d accompanied by a day -time to Umber. All submissions are subject t lent and content. , 1_.T i1_r. Opinion l otters Huron County resident embarrassed and nauseated by state of Vanastra Radar building To the editor, hired. A water shortage was imminent, and work began to The attention of Huron County residents, especially in rush water from the town of Clinton. Tuckersmith and Huron East, is drawn to the former Radar Today I hear money, may be responsible for the station's School, RCAF Station Clinton and CFB Clinton now known appearance. Just think how much money the station brought as Vanastra. into Tuckersmith. On June 10, I took American guests to see the Radar Nobody would ever have dreamed what has befallen the building and the station where I had worked for 20 years. station. Several years ago, the Historical Society and I wrote Seeing the condition of the heart of what had been to government officials for assistance in putting up an considered Canada's finest station, caused such a rash of appropriate sign to identify the closed Radar School, RCAF emotions - shock, disbelief, embarrassment, nausea, that station and Canadian Forces Base Clinton. Shock and local government allowed the present situation to develop. disbelief when government replied with no help, adding the The historical significance of the famous Parade Square Station had no historical significance. has been lost either through ignorance or disinterest. When I wrote the history of Clinton, the significance of the Recently, other countries have been heaping praise for famous silo became evident. Letters arrived from around the Canada's contribution helping ending the Second World world asking "is the silo still there?" Interested local people War. The men and women who graduated from the Radar wanted it preserved and used as a welcoming -reporting -in School sped up the end of the war. centre for returning personnel and visitors. The war was at a critical stage when radar equipment was However, disinterested officials chose to tear it down, shipped across the Atlantic's submarine -infested waters. suggesting those breaking in would fall and Tuckersmith Then began the long train journey to Clinton, Ont. Guards would be responsible. rode on the top of the train to protect the priceless and The loss of the museum is significant too. No longer is it irreplaceable equipment. mentioned in tourism guides. Meanwhile, a Tuckersmith farm was readied for the Royal Air Force personnel and hundreds of local employees were Se* RESIDENT, Page 5 Hello, I'm not American Well, it's been a week, and it has finally filtered through the Madaba grapevine that we are not American. This means that the cat -calls have petered out, and that women will talk to us. On Thursday, a woman in a veil bid me "salaam", and I was so surprised I said "Hello" back reflexively, even though I knew I should have said "Salaam alaikum" instead. Madaba is a small town, only about 40,000 people, and it is very spread out. Unless there's a wedding, it's very quiet. Of course, there's been at least one wedding a day since we got here, which means we get nightly fireworks. They also fire guns (and they've never heard of blanks) and when one went off about 10 feet away from me, I jumped quite high in the air. My hotel is called the Mariam. According to Lonely Planet (my new best friend), it's the nicest hotel in Madaba and has possibly the best beds in Jordan. What's important to me is that it is far away from a mosque. The other hotels are surrounded and I gather the mornings are only a little short of earth shattering. Still, once we started he Middle East getting up at 4 a.m., it stopped mattering so much. I know I'll miss The Call when I go home. It's a great way of marking time. We did have one strange encounter. After supper on the 26th, we decided to go out for ice cream (ice cream has become our only source of calcium as we're afraid of the cheese and the milk is unpasteurized). Andrew, one of the field supervisors, gave us terrible directions, and I managed to lose three quarters of the people who were folowing me, but Sarah. Sarah and I found a nice little shop. For 300 fils (that's 30 piestres, 0.3 dinars or 60 cents Canadian), we got a little bit of everything. There was chocolate, lemon, pistacchio, mango, vanilla, and something pink we never identified. It was fabulous and we told everyone we knew. The next day, we went back. Again we got split into two groups, but this time we knew where we were going, and we decided we'd be less of a swarm that way. Anyway, the first group got their ice cream, only they had to pay 500 fils, and by the time we got there, it hadjumped to two dinars! See AFTER, Pogo 5 Legion robbed in z9797kreak aid enter JULY 11, 1879 Thos. Meilson of Hullett shipped 140 sheep on Tuesday last week. A steam boat calls regularly at Bayfield harbour for passengers and freight, three times a week. A sermon on the sin of cruelty to animals was preached at thc Presbyterian Church at Bayfield and Varna churches by Rev. Moffatt. The residents of Hillsgreen are glad to know that Hugh Love Jr.. who was so seriously injured by being thrown from a buggy, is expected to recover as rapidly as can be expected. JULY 15, 1904 William Hugil of Constance is very busy turning out rubbcr tired buggies. John Galbraith of Varna suffered from a sun stroke on monday. The work of decorating the Methodist Church in Hensall is being pushed on rapidly. When completed it promises to present a very pleasant appearance. William Dixon, the proprietor of the burned corner in Bruceficld has divided the land into village lots and will offer them for sale by auction. Frank Tuffin, Staffa, met with a painful accident while assisting Geo. Oliver to saw wood. His hand got caught in the saw which severed the middle finger and split the thumb. William Wright of Tuckcrsmith has a miraculous Years Agone... escape from being killed by a train at the main St. railways crossing while driving across the tracks with a team and wagon. The passenger train from the west was standing in front of the station and he did not notice nor hear a freight train. Just as he got on the track the rear end of the freight train struck the wagon in the middle. He was taken to the Grip Hospital and several doctors called. However, he wasn't seriously hurt. John O'Keefe of Seaforth, has shipped out fourteen loads of grass cattle. They average 1474 pounds each. Geo. Chesney of town and J. McDougall of Toronto made a very large shipment of fat cattle from Seaforth. They shipped 273 head and they were a magnificent lot. JULY 12, 1929 A tournament marked the opening of thc Bayfield Golf and Country Club for the season when weather was ideal. Mr. and Mrs. Henry McGavin of Tuckersmith will celebrate thc 65th anniversary of their wedding on Saturday when the members of the family will hold a reunion at thc old home. Miss Barbara Simpson of Tuckersmith is taking a course at Toronto University. A very happy gathering took place at the home of R. J. Cooper of Kippen, when thc choir and young people of the United Church met to do honour to Miss Olive who is bride elect. - Miss Annie Consitt of Stanley Township has been engaged to teach S.S. 5 Stanley for the coming year. With the erection of the fine new club house, the new Seaforth bowling green is rapidly approaching completion. The club club house itself has been largely built by voluntary labour under the direction of Robert Porterfield. William Finlayson who has resigned he position of Principal of Milverton Public School intends giving his full time to thc insurance business. The choir of Northside church, Seaforth, picnicked at Port Albert when a delightful time was spent at thc lake. JULY 16, 1954 According to an announcement of the salvation Army, tow officers have been appointed to the Seaforth Corps. Mr. and Mrs. John Gordon, for many years highly respected residence of McKillop were recently honoured at their home. A program arranged by Mrs. James Keyes and Mrs. Kenneth Stewart including recitations given by Mrs. Stewart McKenzie. Following thc reading of thc address by Geo. Wheatly they were presented with a trilight lamp and a toaster by Kenneth Stewart and James Keyes. Lloyd B. Morrison will take over the principalship of Mitchell District High School in September. Less then seven weeks after a disastrous $80,000 fire razed grain storage accommodation, Topnotch Feeds Limited is ready to go back into business according to the manage of the local plant, Roy Gibbs. Mrs. W. E. Hawley of Winthrop has an unfortunate accident when she fell form a car as it turned into the garage of her home. When she fell after being bunted by a ram at her home in McKillop, Mrs. John Byerman suffered a fractured leg. A late model car was totally wreaked but the driver was only shaken up on No. 8 Highway west of Seaforth. J. Aitenhead lost control of the car when a tire blew and it swerved into a tree. JULY 12, 1979 The Royal Canadian Legion, Seaforth was robbed of approximately $135 in a break and enter, with theft, Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. The thcft was discovered by Frank Phillips, bar steward, on Wednesday morning. Entry to the Legion was gained by smashing a west side window in the building. An inventory is being taken to discover if any liquor or cigarettes were taken in the illegal entry. Mr. Phillips said there was over $1,00 in damage. Ron & ban Okay kids, one very important rule here at camp is to STAY WAY from this cliff! You can go anywhere else, but this cliff is strictly off limits, it's very dangerousl...Now, over here is our soccer field by David Lacey .d