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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2006-11-15, Page 5Opinion The Huron Expositor • November 15, 2006 Pare A, The claim that Con:some! NDP areag•alnst clean water leaves Robertson shaking. his head To the Editor, I was listening to the radio the other day while working in our barn. Between some good music and some bad news from around the world came something that made me shake my head. Luckily I was standing in a pile of the very same kind of stuff, compli- ments of our Bull, so I was able to recognize the claims for what they were immediately. According to the farm news on CKNX 920 McGuinty Liberal MPP Carol Mitchell was actually suggesting that the NDP and Conservatives at Queens Park were against clean. water. Not just the Liberal's flawed Clean Water Act mind you, actual clean water. Good grief- what next? The Opposition parties are against motherhood. Those not of the Liberal persuasion are against summer! . What a disappointment the McGuinty Liberal government has turned out to be. Never one to look their own failings in the face these Liberals look for someone else to blame. Never taking responsibility and always passing the buck. The NDP opposed the flawed, so-called, Clean Water Act because it does nothing to ensure clean water and will download large financial bur- dens to rural landowners and municipalities. Of course the Liberals can't bring themselves to listen to rural people and organizations who represent them right across this province, (they aren't from vote rich Toronto after all) so instead they make up foolish claims. Here's a piece of free advice for the McGuinty Liberals. It isn't enough to be just a little less worse then the previous government. The politics of fear and the `blame game' are wearing thin. Ontario can do better. We can have a government that stands for something, not just a government that claims to be less bad than the others. With taxpayer financed propaganda ads on our TV and the kind of ridiculous claims Ms. Mitchell made to CKNX, Liberal promises are starting to become as recognizable as the stuff that clung to my y boot on my way out of the barn. Grant Robertson Paisley, Ont. Burns is smiling as Segways gain greater access to roadways To the Editor, on the side of the road. First it was London and they This is great news. I love it. No were allowed on the sidewalks and - driver's licence or insurance. allowed to directly cross the road. required and they are allowed on Seaforth was the second town to the egde of the road as close to the allow them on the sidewalks. ditch as possible. ' Now Segways are allowed on the Big smile on my face:) side of the road in between towns Art Burns and if the town does not -allow them Brucefield on the sidewalks they are allowed Tuckersmith farmer threshes 300 bushels of oats in 90 minutes in 1881 NOVEMBER 11, 1881 John Carter of Winthrop has fin- ished the burning of his last kiln of brick and tile for this season. The work was only completed last Saturday. This is his third and largest burn this season and he estimates that there will be in this kiln upwards of 60,000 bricks. A few days ago John Murray threshed on the farm of Robert McLean, Mill Road, Tuckersmith, with his steam thresher 300 bushels of oats in one hour and thirty minutes. { At eleven o'clock,on Friday night, the harness shop of George Diegel of Dublin caught fire on the inside. It penetrated the roof before it was extinguished. His worthy next door neighbour slept soundly during the whole confusion. Our little village has long been noted as a great salt emporium but now by the energy and activity of John F. McLaren Esq., Dublin is rapidly becoming a great grain cen- tre. NOVEMBER 16,1906 Harry Stewart of the firm of Stewart Bros., Seaforth left last week on the Ticket Agents' excur- sion to Mobile, Alabama. Thomas Ferguson has purchased the grass farm of Robert Hanns on the 8th concession. of Tuckersmith paying for it $2,000. The farm con- tains 50 acres and is considered a good bargain at that price. Geo. C. Barrows has sold his farm on the 14th concession, McKillop, a little west of Walton to Robert J. Holmes of Leadbury. the farm con- tains 127 acres, is in good shape and has first class buildings and the price paid was $7,000 which is considered a bargain. W.J. Wilson, merchant of Hensall arrived home the first of this week with his bride, formerly well and favourably known as Miss Rodd of Woodham and they are now com- fortably settled in their new home on the corner of Nelson and Oxford Streets. NOVEMBER 13, 1931 W.J. Chesney of the school of Practical Science, University of Toronto spent the weekend at his home in Tuckersmith. Margaret Holland of Dublin spent a few days with her grand- mother, Mrs. Carbert, Seaforth. Margaret McQueen of Brucefield celebrated her ninth birthday last Saturday by inviting 17 of her young friends to her home. Mr. and Mrs. Lyall Jordan and children of Toronto spent the weekend with Mr, and Mrs. James Jordan. NOVEMBER 16, 1956 Seaforth and district paid tribute to it war dead in an impressive ser- vice here Sunday. Veterans parad- ed to First Presbyterian Church Sunday morning to take part in a special Remembrance Day Service, conduced by Rev. D. Glenn Campbell. A long-time member of the Seaforth Branch of the Canadian Legion, George McAdam was honoured Sunday when he was presented with a life membership certificate in the branch. Plans to operate a restaurant in the Queen's Hotel Seaforth were concluded Saturday .night when Jack Chereos entered into a lease for a portion of the building. the hotel has been closed for some months. NOVEMBER 11, 1981 The Seaforth and area communi- ty paid tribute to the dead of two wars and Korea under cold grey skies as gusty winds brought shiv- ers to the public in attendance. The impressive ceremony, arranged by Branch 156, Royal. Canadian Legion, got under way with the arrival of a parade in charge of comrade Gordon De Jong and led by the S.D.H.S. girls trumpet band at the cenotaph in Victoria park. Gordon Rimmer was elected pres- ident of the board of,Seaforth Community Hospital at a recent meeting. A pair of local whistlers who hide their heads and paint faces on their stomachs is going to be on televi- sion in a couple of days after Christmas, part of a group of Seaforth and area people to be fea- tured on CHCH-TV's regular half- hour program "New 'Faces." Ken and Bill Campbell are the members of this strange group. Estimated costs for property and construction of a new Seaforth and Area Firelall that are higher than were anticipated, and too little spe- cific information that might explain the increase, caused council to send the resolution back to the fire committee for more details.