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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2009-04-15, Page 4Fags A Aprill 15, 2004 Th'iuren E 4x sitor Opinion Proprietor and Publisher, Bowes Publishers limited, 11 Main St., Seaforth, ON, NOK 1WO Hate it or love it, Ontario needs GM Hate it or love it, the fact is that Ontarians are on the hook for General Motors in one way or another. Though there has been gnashing of teeth in some quarters about the soundness of funnelling the cor- poration some much needed cash, the news has now hit the fan in the form of a pension deal signed by both the province and GM in the 1990s, which will put Ontario taxpayers on the $6 -billion hook as the insurers for GM's pension Wan. Scarier still is the fact the province's Pension Ben- efits Guarantee Fund has only $ 100 million in the kitty - a far cry from $600,000,000,000. Tb his credit, Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan recognizes the smart shop> is move is to dee GM in business. After all, the autoworkers - !whose wages countless Canadians jealously covet - _ ump millions into the economy each year. Furthermore, GM's existence spurs jobs in count }_ Mess other sectors, ranging from restaurants to parts yup Hers to dealerships to insurance companies to .barks. Indeed, GM's collapse would have a domino effect that few seem to grasp the scope of. ;Doubting Thomases wondering if the collapse of M, and the other Big Two, would actually impact them should do themselves a favour and take an A' educational tour of the City of Windsor, once hailed the automotive capital of Canada. From countless abandoned homes toroperties ghat have seen their values halved (including,ironi- cally, Casino Windsor), that southern city is feeling the pinch the hardest. Statistics suggest Windsor's unemployment ent rate hovers around the 10 per cent mark but anyone with a passing acquaintance with the place knows the number is much higher. Furthermore, jobs once shunned for their labour intensity and relative low wage now have hundreds of people competing for them. There are those, of course, that argue Windsor is an anomaly that can be ignored but such is not the case. The city is just feeling it first. The collapse of the Big Three would thrust the province into a downward spiral that will take de- cades to recover from. Those who espouse the ridiculous notion that al- lowing GM to go bankrupt would allow a new leaner company rise from the ashes are forgetting an im- portant fact: Someone making $80K/year is putting a lot more dollars into the economy than someone scraping by at $20K/year. Clinton News -Record .�► T% �... �.r a....iL•a� ft-. • Winter sports edition a celebration of everything a team's season brings , The ice is gone at the arena but the sun has not warmed up enough yet to lure baseball and soccer players out into the fields. Skates, helmets, sticks and other gear are being stored away for another year while cleats and balls are being un- earthed and dusted off in anticipation of long summer evenings of outdoor activity. It's the season of transition from winter to summer sports and with that comes the an- nual ritual of recognizing the hundreds of athletes who spend their winters skating, running and sliding on ice or heaving a ball at a bunch of pins with our winter sports' edi- tion. For weeks now, we've been gathering team photos and chasing down coaches to identify the players on their teams to be able to dis- play their smiling faces on the pages of your local newspaper. It's always a big job but an important one that, I think, celebrates everyone, regardless of their win -loss record, for joining a team and experiencing both the joys and frustration of competition. Within that one team photo are the memo- ries of a season - skills learned, passes con- nected, points scored or blocked, artistry de- veloped, friendships forged. Any coach will tell you that on the path to the playoffs, the journey is far more impor- Ron bave Acts 2:44 says: "And all that believed were together, and had all things common: And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all, as every man had need." O. t • Your Coflwni sty Newspaper Since 1860 Publisher - Dave Sykes; -'7 Editorial and Business Offices -11 Main Street., Seaforth Thlephone (519) 527-0240 Fax (519) 527-2858 MailingAddress - P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, ON, NOK 1WO Visit our home page at www. sea forthhuronexpositor. com ,7. Canad QUE8ECOlt MEDIA T!..+#w! e.e.., "WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, THROUGH THE PUBLICATIONS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (PAP), TOWARD OUR MAILING COSTS." 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The Huron Expositor is not responsible for the loss or damage of unsolicited manuscripts, photos or other materials used for reproduction purposes. A 44 r,• r !r ,t .. Susan Hundertmark tant than the ultimate desti- nation. Kids who started the season barely able to skate are now gliding confidently across the ice. Puck or ball hogs have learned to engage their teammates, learning more complicated plays that,, lead to greater success during the game. Ba-' , - sic athletic skills have been combined with a sense of strategy and a deeper understanding of the game. In the stands, parents and other faithful fans have been given the pleasure of watch- ing the progress of the team and sharing its triumphs and defeats. Even if it's just from the effort of lugging sports equipment to and from the arena on a regular basis and participating in practices and games, kids have been getting exercise and learning how to develop a healthy life- style. With any luck, everyone is just a little bit faster, a little bit stronger and a little bit more accomplished at their sport of choice. While muscles, hearts and lungs got a work- out, so too did players' character with lessons learned in persistence, effort, confidence, teamwork and sportsmanship. But, more than anything, we hope that team photo will be a reminder of the fun, the friendship and the sense of belonging to a ' team can create. r by [avid Lacey Social `Democrat? ) Compassionate Conservative? t Keep going. PUBLtCATION MAIL AGREEMENT 40064683 PAP REGISTRATION NO. 7605 For any non deliveries or delivery concerns please call 519-527-0240. RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO: Circulation Department, P.O. 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