Huron Expositor, 2006-06-21, Page 5Long, difficult road
ends in miracle
of Kim's speech
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that she never really stopped.
Shy in some settings, she's nothing short of ver-
bose in others. Give her half the chance and any
measure of patience, and she'll make you wish
"you" were deaf
Recent years have opened up an entire new world
to Kim. Surgery in 2001 provided her with a
Cochlear implant, which eliminated the need for
hearing aids and drastically improved her ability to
hear a number of sounds you and I take for grant-
ed.
Singing birds, chirping crickets and the sound of
someone rapping at the door are now part of her
experience.
My parents will joke about Kim's talkative
nature, but in reality they're extremely proud of
how far she has come. When my dad is being fully
honest, he'll tell you what he sees when he looks at
Kim: a miracle. Nothing less.
Kim, you know I'm not a mushy guy, but believe
me when I say this: he's absolutely right.
Opinion
The Huron Expositor • June 21, 2006 Page 5
Canada is
To the editor,
Someone once wrote "In
some parts of the world,
poverty is a misfortune, in
this country it is a disgrace."
That person was from
England, but could have
been from Canada.
Every newspaper in this
country writes abut poverty,
but none of them seems to
want to reveal the cause of
it. I wonder how many
Canadians know that over
10,000 factories have shut
down in Canada since the
free trade agreement with
the United States of
America.
This newspaper, I'm sure,
like every other one in this
country knows this, but for
reasons unknown never
wants to reveal it. We are
always inundated with
information about how our
exports to the U.S. have
escalated since free trade,
but never given the jobs fig-
ures.
Little wonder. If you take
away the export dollars of
loser under free trade
our natural resources, such
as oil, natural gas, lumber,
minerals, all of which have
nothing to do with free
trade, we are suffering a
major deficit to the U.S.
The biggest growing
industries in Canada since
1989, the year free trade
was signed with the United
States, have been food
banks, pawn shops, legal-
ized gambling, poverty,
crime and real unemploy-
ment. As a formerfederal
government employee, and
confidant of people who
work at Human Resources
Canada, I can tell you that
the unemployment figures
that the government puts
out every month is absolute
garbage, bordering on scan-
dalous.
The most recent figure of
6.1 per cent is based on the
amount of Canadians who
are actually collecting EI,
not on the amount who have
applied for it.
When Paul Martin was
finance minister, he
changed the rules, making it
so difficult to collect, that
then, as it is now, only 30
per cent of Canadians who
apply, actually collect EL
We currently have a sur-
plus in the area of $50 bil-
lion in EI premiums, thanks
to the despicable Mr. Martin
and his Liberal,
Conservative policies.
When in opposition, the
Liberals vehemently com-
plained about free trade
with the U.S., Chretien their
leader, often refered to it, as
a rotten trade deal, but
when they formed the gov-
ernment, one of the first
things that they did was
sign onto NAFTA, an exten-
sion of free trade which now
included Mexico.
It's time torip up that cor-
poration written document
and start all over again,
Otherwise, poverty and real
unemployment will do noth-
ing but grow in Canada.
Dave Knowler
Bayfield
Neighbours shoot wildcat in the bush
near Londesborough in 1906'
JUNE 17, 1881
The Fire and Water Committee
are having a tank erected conve-
nient to Main Street, which will be
kept filled from the water pipes for
street watering purposes, and
when this work is completed Main
Street will be watered with the
sprinkling Wagon, the same as in
former years.
Wm. Rudd of Egmondville has
leased the wagon shop of Wm.
Grassie on Market Street, and will
run it hereafter. Mr. Rudd is well
known as a good workman and
should do a large business.
The Red Mill property in
Seaforth has been purchased by
Messrs. Slater and Dolphin for the
sum of $2,000. They intend putting
it in a thorough state of repair, and
will do gritting and custom flour-
ing.
JUNE 22, 1906
On Thursday last, a wildcat was
shot in Londesborough's bush on
the third concession of
Tuckersmith. It seems the neigh-
bours were doing road work just at
that point, when the animal came
out of Mr. Armstrong's orchard and
crossed the road into the bush.
Once the men realized what is was,
Thomas Coleman stood guard,
while Robert Carnochan went off
for a gun, and with the first shot
dispatched his catskip.
John Archibald of the Silver
Creek farm has four acres planted
with sugar beets. Mr. Archibald
has been growing them for several
years and has increased his area
each year.
P. O'Sullivan will have an exten-
sive auction sale of horses, cattle
and pigs at Dick's stockyards
tomorrow.
Our Egmondville neighbours are
having another long stretch of
cement sidewalk laid down. The
work is being done by R. Frost who
is extensively engaged in the
cement business.
Mr. Coleman of the Kippen road,
whose fine barn was blown down
and smashed a couple . of weeks
ago, with commendable enterprise,
is gathering up the fragments and
preparing to rebuild. Samuel Cluff,
of the same neighbourhood, is hav-
ing bricks laid down for the erec-
tion on his farm, of a handsome
new residence.
JUNE 19, 1931
Joshua Ashton has built a neat
sidewalk running from the street
to his neat dwelling on Richmond
Street, South, Hensall.
Mrs. R.C. Anderson and little
daughter Betty of Hamilton were
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Bell, Seaforth.
A.W.E. Hemphill of Hensall is
repainting all the woodwork of his
dwelling.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coates are
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. Ament of Seaforth.
JUNE 22, 1956
Property owners in Hensall will
be given the opportunity as quickly
as possible to decide the action to
be taken concerning a new six -
room public school which it is pro-
posed to erect in the village.
In a four -horse pileup in the 2:24
class at Clinton races Wednesday
of last week, W.C. Oke, Seaforth,
driving Linda Lee Hanley, was
thrown and dragged. The spill
occurred as the horses were enter-
ing the final turn.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur .Bolton of
Seaforth, were Sunday guests
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Bolton of Winthrop.
JUNE 17, 1981
Seaforth council bought a site for
a fire hall Monday night, but dis-
cussions are still going on with
members of the Seaforth Fire Area
committee on details of financing,
and ownership of the proposed
building.
Oh a 5 to 4 recorded yote
Seaforth council agreed Monday
night that the Canadian
Fabricators building the town
acquires on High St. this summer
will be used as a public works shed
and office until there's a perma-
nent use for the property.
Diana Haney, 23, of RR4,
Seaforth and Glenn Dougherty, 21,
of 222 Orchard Street, Goderich
were killed Friday night when an
eastbound car in which Mr.
Dougherty was a passenger collid-
ed head-on with the westbound
Haney vehicle about 10 p.m.