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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2006-01-25, Page 4Page 4 January 25, 2006 • The Huron Expositor Opinion • Proprietor and Publisher, Bowes Publishers Limited, 11 Main St., Seaforth, ON, NOK 1WO Play it straight with Vanastra over new rec facility Pitching a brand new recreation facility for Vanastra was the reason for a somewhat mysteri- ous public meeting held recently in Vanastra. Faced with rising maintenance costs, Huron East council . decided to go to the residents of Vanastra with the idea of beginning a 10 -year campaign to replace the Vanastra Recreation Centre. Despite the fact the ad announcing the meeting was purposefully "vague," close to 100 residents packed the meeting and Deputy -Mayor Bernie MacLellan congratulated the community for its interest. Understandably, residents were initially suspi- cious and defensive about plans to replace the cen- tral hub of their community. But, by the end of the evening, some were warming to the idea, offering to at least survey the community to gauge support. There are still a number of big questions, of course, that need to be answered - such as cost, design and sources of funding - before such a huge project can begin. While council can be congratulated for being proactive and anticipating the future needs of Vanastra, it might want to be a little more trans- parent and forthcoming in how it approaches its ratepayers. To suggest that the community passed some sort of test by attending a meeting whose agenda was not fully disclosed, is both unfair and dangerous. Council has held meetings throughout Huron East during the current term and attendance has been far from "standing room only" at many. For all Vanastra residents knew, the meeting was just a regular council meeting on the roall again. Even when council has its regular meetings in Seaforth, it's a rare occasion when anyone other than the local media attends. When suggesting such a huge project that requires complete buy -in from an informed, enthused and hard-working community, council needs to play it straight. Susan Hundertmark Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 E-mail us at seaforth@bowesnet.com Visit our home page at www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com OUEBECOR MEDIA "We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, through the Publications Assistance Prograni (PAP), toward our mailing costs." Canada - There are people more deserving than entertainers to win awards Webster's dictionary defines an award as: something to give as the result of judging the rela- tive merits of those in competition. Now to understand what I'm getting at we need to define the word merit, which according to the dictionary is: something deserving reward, praise, or gratitude. As well as: a reward or honour given for superior qualities or con- duct. Now let me tell you about who will be receiving awards this upcoming year. Actors, actresses, directors, visual effects workers and many, many others will be awarded for their accomplishments in the film industry in the upcoming months. You can watch the Oscars, MTV Movie, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Not televised, but many of which are consid- ered just as prestigious, there's the National Society of Film Critics, the Broadcast Film Critics' Association, the Los Angeles Film Critics' Association, the New York Film Critics' Circle, and the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards. I'll pause to give your eyes a second to relax. There's also the National Board of Review, the Independent Spirit, and the Annual Director's Guild of America Awards. The television industry honours their talent By Jeff Heuchert Hey, they've got the new Superman Comic! Wanna see it? with only the Emmy and the Daytime Emmy Awards. The music industry takes after the film indus- try, televising the Grammys, MTV Video Music, the Billboard Music, the World Music, and the Country Music Awards. And don't think in Canada we're much bet- ter than our neighbours when it comes to giv- ing accolades to our performers. There's the Juno's, Much Music Video, and the Canadian Country Music Awards. Then there's the award shows that combine one or two mediums, such as the Golden Globes, People's Choice, and British Academy of Film and TV Awards. There's award shows for sports athletes -the ESPN ESPY's, for video games -Spike TV's Video Games Awards, and for commercials - the Telly Awards. Pretty much every medium you can think of. Either by acting in a movie or on TV, by singing, by playing sports, by creating video games or commercials, their purpose is to cre- ate something .that we will spend money on. They all already receive international star- dom and attention. Do we really need to feed their egos anymore? 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