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Huron Expositor, 2007-03-28, Page 5Opinion Maplewood Manor staff deserve to be called heroes To the Editor, A hero is described as someone who is greatly regarded for his or her qualities. Seaforth has 13 heroes in my books. The staff of Maplewood Manor went far above their call of duty in dealing with its closure. How many of us would go to work, not know- ing if we would be paid, be able to put a smile on our faces and reach down inside and put on a compas- sionate, caring personality for those we were taking care of? The residents were like an extended family to the staff, so the staff not only lost their jobs, they lost part of their family. The resi- dents and their families were the staff's first priority; this was shown by the staff's compassion and care. Hats off to the staff at Maplewood Manor. You all deserve a gold medal. Dale Ann McKichan RR 1 Londesboro The Huron Expositor • March 28, 2007 Page 5 can't believe I'm an America's Top Model fan From Page 4 sexism and shallowness but both are common elements in our world. And, while these young women are expected to "look good" while they're taking on all sorts of crazy challenges in a photo shoot, I find myself attracted to Banks' definition that to be beautiful is to be "fierce." That's just the kind of courageous, spirited inner beauty that I can appreciate. Have an opinion? Write a letter to the editor Packs of wild dogs killing deer throughout Huron and Perth counties in 1982 March 17, 1882 On Monday last, John Harry of Egmondville, while working in T. Kidd's salt works accidentally slipped off a plank on which he was standing and fell into the boiling brine. Fortunately he got hold of the pan, and saved himself from being terribly scalded. As it was, he got his legs scalded severely, which will necessitate his remaining in the house for about a month. The directors of the Hullett Butter Factory have decided to erect a building on the 10th conces- sion of Hullet, Thomas Moon hav- ing offered a free site for the pur- pose. The directors intend to get the factory into working order as soon as possible. Paul D. Hay of Huron County was last week fined $50 and costs for cutting timber on the Canada Company's lands. Last week, John Leslie of Clinton shipped from that station to Manitoba, three democrat wagons, one butcher cart and 78 sets of iron harrows. D. Cantelon of the same place, shipped 10 buckboard bug- gies and one cutter. March 22, 1907 Last week R. Carley, of East Wawanosh, sold 2 -year-old fillies for close to $400. Quite recently, also, he sold two yearling Shorthorn bulls, bred from Scotland's Challenge, imported for the smug sum of $200. The fire alarm was sounded about half -past eleven Tuesday night. It was a wicked night for a fire, the wind blowing almost a hurricane. Fortunately, there was nothing serious for the firefighters to contend with. The cause of the alarm was the burning out of a chimney on the residence of K. A. Chittenden. At a special meeting of town council, held on Wednesday evening, the clerk was instructed to prepare to have published the nec- essary legal notices preliminary to the paving of Goderich and North Main street with tar macadam, as outlined in the special report of the street committee published last week. Next Friday, being Good Friday will be a general holiday and all the businees places will be closed. March 11, 1932 On Tuesday of this week, Mr. and Mrs. John Love quietly celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their home in Egmondville. Mr. and Mrs. Love were married in the Parsonage, Walton, on March 8, 1882, a mild warm day, as Mr. Love recalls. Those who tapped for maple sugar in the Hensall area last week report the run as being very poor, but following the present frosty snap the flow will, with sunny days, no doubt be much improved. Some plowing was done in Tuckersmith neighboorhood last week. While driving to Toronto on Monday morning last, Richard Parke lost control of the car on the icy road and as a result it turned over in the ditch and -was seriously damaged. Fontunately neither he nor his wife, nor Mr. or Mrs. John Modeland, who were with him were injured. William Stephens Jr. who for a number of years has been engaged in the W. A. Crich Bakery, left this week for Blyth where he will man- age a service station. March 29, 1957 Seaforth firemen were called to the farm of Borden Reihl, east of Leadbury, on Monday for the sec- ond time within a week. A chimney fire at the residence has been extinguished when the brigade arrived. On Wednesday of last week a large barn was destroyed by fire. In a mixed bonspiel sponsored by the Seaforth Curling Club, Saturday, first prizes were won by by rinks from Seaforth and London. A Seaforth rink skipped by Scott Habrkirk took first prize in the nine o'clock draw. On the rink were Alice Reid, George Hildebrand and Mae Habkirk. At a meeting of the Hensall Chamber of Commerce it was decided that stores will be open nine o'clock and Saturday evening until ten o'clock beginning April first. Crushed when cattle crowded against a large barn door he was repairing and toppled the door on top of him, Aubrey McNichol, 29, suffered a double fracture of his right leg. The accident occurred on his farm, west of Walton on Friday. March 24, 1982 Steve Ward, 27, of Mitchell, is one of the, principals of Mitchell Seaforth Cable TV, and the owner of the newer Telestar Showcase which has leased a channel from the local cable company and will introduce pay TV as a test in this area officially May 1. Dogs have been giving deer a rough time in Huron and Perth counties and part of Bruce for the past month. A conservation officer says packs of dogs have run down and killed at least 30 deer in the two counties in the past month, as many as three a day on some occa- sions including at least three occur- rences in Hullett Township and one in' McKillop.