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Editorial
Hurricane
Katrina victims
need our help
Sometimes we need help. Sometimes we
cannot do everything ourselves.
This couldn't be more true for the victims of
hurricane Katrina.
This week, close to one third, approximately
161,000 of New Orleans' residents, will be
allowed to move back home.
This comes the same time President Bush is
warning residents not to return home, over
concerns of safety.
In New Orleans, 87 per cent of the flood
water has been pumped out, but has left
extensive damage.
The living conditions there, as well as in
Mississippi, and Alabama, are worse than any
of us can probably imagine.
In Mississippi alone, 35,000 have had to
make -out jobless claims.
The things we enjoy on a daily basis, such as
a hot shower, a coffee, and a warm bed, are
only now becoming reality once again for
thousands, but still, much help is needed.
If you don't think it's your responsibility to
help, you're right, it's not. But wouldn't you
appreciate it if you were in their situation?
Unfortunately, not many options have been
given to Seaforth residents, if they want to
donate. And, the options they do have, haven't
advertised that they are accepting donations.
So here are your options, if you choose to
donate.
The TD -Canada Trust of Main Street will
accept a donation by cash, cheque or by
diverting money from your account. Just ask at
the counter.
The nearest Red Cross branch office is in
Stratford. You can make a donation in person,
online, at www.redcross.ca, or over the phone,
at 1-800-411-1111.
Oct. 2, Hugo's Fall Colour Trail Ride, in
Londesboro, will be holding a benefit ride for
hurricane Katrina. For more information call
519-523-9478, or check-out
www.frontiertown.ca.
The Community Care Access Centre in
Seaforth held a series of coffee breaks over
the past week to raise money. Sponsored by a
group of Seaforth businesses, they raised
660.
If everyone donates a small dollar amount,
we can set an example, one that if followed by
others, can make a difference.
Jeff Heuchert
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Estimates of gas used during
detour disputed by reader
To the Editor,
A news item in the Huron
Expositor in the Sept. 14
issue caught my eye.
Apparently a detour was
created to facilitate the
repair to a culvert on
County Road 12 between
County Road 86 and
Jamestown for four or five
days.
Coun. Mark Beaven
estimated $80,000was
spent by Huron East drivers
to go around the detour and
also eluded to
incompetence of county
personnel.
Mayor Joe Seili said it
was a bone -head decision.
Look at the real facts and
you decide where the real
bone-headism is:
$80,000, with gas at $1
per litre buys 80,000 litres
of gas.
At an average
consumption of 10 litres
per 100 km (28.25 miles
per gallon) 80,000 litres
would go 800,000 km.
In order to drive on the
paved detour instead of on
the 6 km gravel one block
detour (suggested by
Beaven), the increased
distance was 16 km. (8 km
to the, east plus 8 km to the
west).
The additional gas used
at 10 litres per 100 km
would be 1.6 litres or a cost
$1.60. $80,000 would send
50,000 cars around the
detour or 10,000 to 12,000
per day seems like a lot of
vehicles on County Road
12.
The aforementioned
800,000 km total at a 16 km
additional distance also
indicates a total of 50,000
vehicles.
Coun. Beaven was
contacted but declined to
amend his estimate. Was
this an honest overestimate
of facts or was it an attempt
to discredit some county
employee who in my mind
made a reasonable
decision? You decide.
W.R. Alcock
Goderich
Terry Fox made battling cancer
a fight shared by the community
Terry Fox came to London,
Ont. the summer after my
mother's mastectomy.
Although we lived in London,
we did not venture downtown
to witness the historic event.
We read about it in the
newspaper and watched it on
TV and remarked on his
courage. But, we were too caught up in the drama of the year
we'd lived through to get any more involved.
In fact, after our first experience with cancer close up and
personal, we were hoping the whole thing was behind us.
After losing one breast and believing in a CT scan that told
her she was now cancer -free, my mom was feeling very
lucky.
And, to be truthful, we were probably trying to pretend the
whole frightening experience had never happened at all.
But, after Terry Fox died the next year, the worst was still
to come for my family. Soon after, my mom found another
lump very close to her mastectomy scar and died the
following year.
The 25th anniversary of the Terry Fox Run's beginnings
this year brings back a lot of memories of that time.
A quarter of a century ago, cancer was not approached with
the same openness and solidarity as it is today. It was still a
disease people did nbt like to speak aloud.
Susan
Hlln(l('rt111ark
I remember my
mom feeling very isolated
during her treatment. She
felt that friends had already
written her off. And, even
some doctors had a hard time
looking her in the eye as they
described the treatment she
would undergo to the nurse,
instead of to her.
While the sheer physical challenge of completing a
marathon through parts of Canada with an artificial leg is
enough to make Terry Fox a hero, to me the heroism is more
about the unflinching way he faced the disease with the world
looking on.
In doing so, he created hope. But, more than that, he
created a climate where cancer patients could come out of
isolation and fight their disease together, with each other and
with their communities.
And so, we have breast cancer survivors joining Dragon
Boat teams and fighting their fear with every stroke.
And, we have cancer survivors walking together all night
in a Relay of Hope.
And, 25 years later, we still have communities running,
walking, biking and roller blading to raise money in Terry
Fox's name to fight a very common, very public disease -
together.
Proposed railway line between Seaforth
and Brussels delayed in 1905
SEPTEMBER 24,1880
The Waterworks committee
noted at its meeting that the
contractor had completed his
waterworks contract and
wishes his final payment.
The committee decided,
however, that several items
on the account were
excessive, and until the
contractor made additional
repairs, $102 would be held
back in payment.
F.W. Sellers, who has been
second teacher at Seaforth
Public School for several
years, is retiring from his
post next Thursday. He will
head off to Ann Arvor
College the next day to begin
medical studies.
The annual Seaforth Show
was held at the Tuckersmith
Branch Agricultural
Society's grounds last week.
The weather, as is usual for
the Seaforth, was delightful.
A gentleman who was here
from Stratford to act as a
judge for some events said it
was the best local show he
attended. In roots, especially
in turnips and mapgolds, was
a magnificent display, while
potatoes, although not
numerous, were a fine
quality. In cattle there was a
splendid show.
Notwithstanding the large
crowed of people in town,
everything passed quietly
and without any disturbance.
During the entire day not one•
drunken man was to be seen
on the grounds, and as soon
as the show was over all
In the Years Agony
started for home, and by
eight o'clock, the town was
as quiet as usual.
SEPTEMBER 22,1905
On Sunday many people
heard of the tragic death of
Edward Walters, of
Tuckersmith. He was thrown
from a traction engine two
weeks ago, and although he
landed on his back and was
suffering severe pain, he felt
it was not necessary to see a
doctor. When he finally
visited a doctor, it was
discovered he was suffering
from blockage of the bowels.
Richard Young, of
Colborne, who is 93, walked
into Goderich the other day, a
distance of four miles.
The Dominium
government has selected
Thursday, October 26, as
Thanksgiving Day.
The proposed Seaforth-
Brussels railway is going to
be delayed, but there are
assurances the line will be
built. A letter from J.W.
Leonard, manager of
construction for the CPR, to
M.G. Dameron, MPP for
Goderich, notes he is in favor
of the line and as soon as
power and rates for the
electric system are available,
the matter will get another
look.
SEPTEMBER 26, 1930
The Seaforth Fall Fair, with
a record entry list in every
class and the largest
attendance of spectators in
many years, was an
outstanding success. St.
James Separate School,
Seaforth, had the largest
number of prize winners, of
all the schools exhibiting.
Louis Baker of McKillop
township was badly bruised
when his buggy struck a
telephone pole. The
breaching strap for the team
wasn't hitched, the team
became unmanageable and
turned off the road, one horse
on either side of the
telephone pole.
Mrs. W. Kirkwood, who
has been a valued member of
Northside United Church
choir, was honored on
Thursday evening with the
presentation of tall silver salt
and pepper shakers. The
presentation was made by
Mrs. E.H. Close and Dr. F.J.
Burrows.
Jack Frost left Monday to
attend Queen's University.
SEPTEMBER 23,1955
Rev. Alexander Nimmo of
Wingham, moderator of the
London and Hamilton Synod
of the Presbyterian Church,
was the guest speaker at the
90th anniversary of Duff's
Church, Walton.
The Hensall Feeder Calf
Club, termed the largest calf
club in Ontario, is offering
100 calves to area youngsters
to compete in the annual
feeding contest.
Larry Legatte of Hensall
has bought the Seaforth
Veteran's Taxi Business,
which was started several
years ago by George Miller.
The Lieutenant -Governor
of Ontario, Hon. Louis
Breithaupt and Mrs.
Breithaupt, will be guests at
the Seaforth Fall Fair Friday.
The fair was founded 110
years ago.
Joan Evans, formerly a
staff member of the Huron
Expositor, has enrolled at
London Teacher's College.
SEPTEMBER 25,1980
Although spring arrives
like a lion, this year fall also
came in with a bang as
thunderstorms, heavy rains
and strong winds struck the
Seaforth area. It was lights
out for many area residents
Monday night, as power was
knocked out in McKillop,
Tuckersmith Hibbert, Logan
townships and much of
Seaforth.
Jobs, it seems, in the
Seaforth area must be at a
premium, but there is no
shortage in the number of
people who want to work.
That's what Ted
Macdonald, manager of the
Superior Food market in
Mitchell found out on
Saturday. He was in Seaforth
accepting applications for a
new addition to the Superior
chain which is to open in
town.
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