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Times -Advocate, December 14, 1988
Resoyrces Against Pornography Alison Kerr (left) and Karen Binch have been holding workshops in Goderich
to increase public awareness -of how pornography distorts society's view of women and -their sexuality.
Survival through friendshi
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thing, especially advertising.
"The focus is always on getting
the man and how sexual you arc,"
said Binch, noting that these con-
cepts are prevalent in everything
-from ads that use bodies to sell, to
soft -focus pornography like Play-
boy, to hard-core pornography.
However, RAP does not advocate
the -elimination of sexually explicit
material, drawing a definite line be-
tween pomographyand erotica..
"Erotica is non=vio-Icnt, nein .
degrading .scxual'material which;"
docs not seek to sexually stimulate
the consumer by showing or de-
scribing a power imbalance among
the participants," reads a RAP
pamphlet. "it. stimulates by show--
ing or describing life -affirming,
mutually affirming expressions of •
human sexuality/sensuality which
are satisfying to the minds, bodies •
and spirits of participants and con -
smilers al i ke.... Pornog raph y • isn't
about sexual liberation at all; in
fact, it's the completion of sexual
repression:"
RAP would ideally like to sec
pornography eliminated under new
legislation. Bill C-54, Kcrr and
Binch suggest;- contained some ef-
fective measures against pornogra-
phy, but was too closely related to
the problems of censorship 16 get
approval. They hope a new Parlia-
ment can initiate a new hill. without.
the old one's problems.
The present laws regarding what
is consideded obscene cannot differ-
entiate between erotica and pornog-
raphy. • Kcrr .. called .the +law
"flabby:" •• - •
'A►.
"You have to.gct a judge to decide
what is undue -exploitation, assum-
ing that there is something called
'due exploitation'," said Kcrr:
Kcrr and Binch said similar wom-
en's groups in the United States arc
envious of Canada's opportunity to.
take action' against pornography.
The First Amendment to thc_Amer-
ican .Constitution. is so powerful it
precludes. any chance of anti -
obscenity legislation.
Binch says pornography can he
carefully disguised. For example,
she refuses' to sec 'the movie Ac-
cused which deals with the legal
problems of sexual- assault because
the filen includes a very graphic
rape, scene.
Women's novels arc also part of
the problem. -
"Flarlequin is like the' flip side of
pornography," said Kcrr, explaining
that their usual plots -arc a kind of
rape fantasy, or suhntissive female
training. -
Binch and Kcrr also point out that
women aren't:'the only losers .bc-
causc of pornography.: ,Men find
their sell`:percepuon distorted tic:
cause of foie itttagcs:-1t presents.
"Pornography. Melts -men they're
witnps if they're vulnerable," said
Binch. Men arc not. always- offered
the chance to sec women in their
true light: "They experience a loss
too." -
Anvone .interested_; thattiug,_
pornography either in their commu-
nity or through the government are -
advised to contact thc Survival
Through Friendship Flousc in Code
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rich, or ti write to RAP at P.O.
Bot 695, 'Toronto, Postal Station
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GB Reeve promises openness
GRAND BEND - The council
.that voters elected in the November
14 -municipal election a a sc, )rn
into office at their inaugur. ' meet-
ing last Tuesday, in front of the
grade 7 and R cla•.s from Grand Bend'
Public School.
Along with. the council, which
includes reeve Bob Sharen, deputy
• reeve George Kadlccik, councilors
Bruce •Woodley, John McDowell
and Shirley Mitchell, Public Utili-
ties .Commission members Roy
Johnson and Prosper Van-Bruacne,
were also sworn into office by clerk
Dianne Monarda'
ln his opening address, .Sharon
said "Openness shall be tfie key to
Mk council. With thc•exception of
. • the three • items. not usually ad-
dressed in open council namely liti-
gation, acquisition or deposal of
. land and personnel: All other mat-
ters will be dealt, with in the regular
. fashion.". •
"During the recent election pro-
cess it v.as "draqn to my attention
by a.couple of residents that our li-
hrary facilities were becoming ob-
solctc. Both the school and the pub-
lic are using. the facility, Perhaps
the time has come to start to.estah-
• lish anew library facility for the
Grand Bend Community: -1 believe
that with the community pride that
Grand Bend has wc should be able
to construct any new facility with
- little'or no drain on-thc tax system.
We should contact Wintario to de-
termine whether or not there is
. funding for thus type of project. We
may then approach the community
for their involvement."
Sharon told the rest of thc coun-
cil. • "This is not my village, nor is
it this council's village. Rather than
- being our private club, this village
•
hclon �s t' the jatc ors and tax;.-,
�t h lfiwInfo
well to remember that all the poo=
plc arc .harcholdcrs and wc are sim-
ply their .board of directors."
Members of council were also ap-
pointed to various committccs in
the village. Sharcn will-bc police
liaison, fire -and PUC by-law• en-
forccmcnt.
Kadlccik will be on the finance
committee, administration and rec-
reation. • Mitchell will head up the public
works committee, and -be on har-
bour, sanitation, and animal control
committees. •
' Mcf)orwrll was appointed to sign
inspection,' parking lots, future
parking. facilities and recreation
committee. •
Woodley will..continue • on 'in
charge of bath and beach houses, he
on harbor committee and chatnher
of co.mmercc.
Planning was not allocated be.
cause Sharen bcliev.c that council•
should-alt_be—looking at their alter-
natives as to the handling of plan-
ning Matters.. .
invocation at the inaugural meet-
ing was given by Rev. Teddy
-Smits, fFcim Grand Bend United
Church. -
Council also hearing. greetings
and best wishes from associations
and organizations in the .village.
The Chamber *of Commerce was
represented by presidcnt.Dave Shep-
pard. June Rhcubottom spoke on
behalf. of Grand Cove Estates. Hu-
- ron Woods was represented by Ron.
Van Horne. The Lions and Lioness
clubs Were represented by their pros-
. idents, Elgin Hendrick .and Valerie
Martens respectively. President Bob
Earley spoke on behalf of the Oak-
wood Association and Southcott
Pines president Ross Myers also,
• gave his hest wishes.
Bill Stcadrnart, from the Lambkin
-County.Puhlic School Board of Ed-
ucition, gave hest wishes to the
new council, as did Rev. Waller
Vipperman, from St. John's By The
Lakc'Anglican Church.•
• After a short break for coffee and
donuts, council met for their regular
business portion of the meeting.
Christmas program - Storyteller Mark Isaac is surrounded by animated
;oys in the program presented at Exeter' Pentecostal Tabernacle.
•.RIQE :program begins
EXETER - Exeter police have be-
gun their RiDE program throughout
the town. They are pleased to an-
nounce that, to date; no impaired
drivers have been detected through
the program. • -
-Police investigated five collisions
in the past week. The first, involv-
ing vehicles driventhy Bruce Cor-
nish, Lucan and Mark Vanbru-
waene, Centralia; occurred on
December 7. • •
•.
Three collisions took place on
December 10. Drivers involved
were Russell Kinti and Kathleen
Nixon, both of Exeterr Robert
Rowe and Dalton Finkbciner, also
both from Exeter, and Marion Ave-
rill, Huron' Park and Elizabeth
Charters, Kippcn.
The final collision, on December
11, was between vehicles driven by
David Robinson and Kathy Jolly,
both of Exeter.
Lucan faces garbage increase
LUCAN - Village council was
presented with a contract proposal
for municipal garbage collection
that would see an increase of 38 per-
cent over 1988 rates.
Larry Lewis, representing his On-
tario numbered. company 680889
presented council Monday evening
with his 1989 contract proposal that
would increase the cost of residen-
tial garbage pickup from $43,231 to
$59,846: 4 • • •
Lcwis cited increased costs of fuel
and labour, plus additional expcnsys.
of a new bulldozer purchase, legal
fees,.and fines of $6,000 incurred
from illegally dumping refuse incor-
rectly.
Reeve Norm Steeper said he did
not sec why fines incurred by Le-
wis' operation should increase -the
contract price to Lucan.
Lewis also recommended council
tum over the disposal contracts for
Lucan's 13 commercial properties
which•use collection bins, suggest-
ing that residential ratepayers were
subsidizing the garbage removal of
commercial operations.
"I would like to suggest council
regiove all those accounts from
their tax billing and let me handle it
myself." said Lewis. Council
agreed the commercial collection
-situation was less than ideal. -
Lewis said his company's rate in-
creases would apply to all munici=
pal contracts. -
Council will discuss their. options
on thc sanitation comract at a later
date.
Solicitor Robert Benner told
council thc water and sewage pro-
;jects arc at a standstill until an
amendment to the Municipal Act is
passed by the Ontario Legislature.
The Supreme court has ruled wa-
ter and sewage projects billed to rate
payers are not legal, even though
the Ontario Municipal Board has ap-
proved such funding in previous
years. Currently, all water pipeline
_projects in -the province arc in the
sante'situation. Once thc amend-
ment is passed, Lucan can anucipate
a three to six-month wait for an
OMB hearing to approve its $ 10
Million ' projects. •
Benner cautioned thc,wen with
provincial fundiq the projects will
overextend thc village's borrowing
capacity, and the OMB will, hope-
fully, overlook that ing light of the
declining water supply and over-
flowing sewage lagoons. •
"We are attempting to blow more
money than we arc entitled to," said
• Benncr, yho was .questioned by
councillor Tom McLaughlin about
why, the projects were receiving
such low approval .from thc mini-
stries. - -
"These arc unofficial ways of con-
trolling expenditures," Benner told
McLaughlin, explaining that the
government does not have the funds
to proceed with all projects at once.
McLaughlin asked if a timetable
existed for the projects, . but was
told no such schedule can be drafted
before OMB approval.
"We have no idea when either one
of those projects will be complet-
cd?" inquired McLaughlin.
"It's worse than that," replied
Steeper, "We don't even know if
they will be completed." -
However, council suggested that
if all. goes well, Lucan will likely
not sec completion of its new water
or sewage•systems before 1991 or
-1992-.
' Steeper, councillors Larry Hooson
and Bryan Smith, Steeper, and clerk :
Ed Melanson will attend a seminar
on the mandatory Pay Equity legis-
lation. -
"I'm liot even in favor of it, but I
guess :1'd better learn something
about it," said Hotson. The legisla-
tion, which aims at eliminating un-
fair disparities between male and fe-
male public employees; has to be
enacted by all Ontario municipali-
ties before- the cnd of -the year.
Benner recommended Lucan pur-
chase the road allowances necessary
for last summer's ividtning of But-
ler Street. •-
.Five properties in all need to be
purchased from the Butler and Oak
Street residents at a suggested puce
of $1.50 a square foot,. but Benner
recommended the first three proper-
ties be bought for a total of
$2,875.64. One. of the remaining
properties cannot be purchased until
a zoning articndment regarding set-
backs is passed, and the other is not
required except for future roadway
plans.
"In my mind the people should
have given it to us for all the im-
.provements we, made hack there,'
said deputy reeve Harry Wraith, but
-acknowledged he would rather see
the properties purchased and have
the Butler Street project considered
'finished.
Wraith also noted that plaits to re-
pair the municipal building -have
.run into problems. •
Council had previously decided -to
contact the Fanshawc College engi-
neering department to. discuss -the
possibility of converting the crum-
bling parapet roof toa gable design;
but the cellcge-did mit have anyone -
available.
Hotson suggested -any roof truss
company could calculate the neces-
sary structure as part of a job esti-
mate. -
• "Let them engineer it," said Hot -
son, who .11.,) said the roof should
be covered in metal or tile ratite_ r
than asphalt shingles. •
Steeper agreed; recommending at
least ;one rooting company 'should
he contacted regarding the feasibility
of the project. '
Existing water work buildings
a •
re deteriorating at a rapid rate said -
works superintendent Doug John-
ston, who doubted they would last
the winter. - Council is facing the
ncceSsity of repairing the .huildings
even though funds are being set
aside for the new. water systern. he
cau ).he existing putnpmg st.tem
avid tov.er u ill hay -e to East :11 Hist
another Iwo -years.
inaugural meeting - Usborne councillors were sworn in -for the 1989-91 term at an Inaugural erecting on De-
cember 6. Shown (back left) are Billy Joe Rowcliffe, Jim Kerslake, Rob Morley and (front) -clerk Sandra S'rang,
Reeve Gerry Prout and Deputy Reeve Pat Down. ••
Letters to the Editor
Dear Sir:
I would like to direct this letter to
the taxpayers of Grand Bend.
i feel 'very privileged to have this
opportunity to serve as a Councilor
for the Village df Grand Bend. -1
have enjoyed .the last six months
having been appointed as Councilor
to fill a vacaecy,1 look forward to
serving the people of Grand Bend
for the next three years.
I have always been interested in
the Village and. have attended Coun-
cil mcctings as an intcrclsteiiparty
for the last eight years. -i bought a
place in Grand Bend -25 years ago
anti have been a permanent resident
for 12 years,
Council meetings arc open to the
puhlic.and I would encourage the
people of this Village to take time
-to attend a Council meeting, to see
their Council- in action.
At the cnd of every meeting There
is a 15 minutc discussion period for
the public 10 ask questions.
The previous Council has had
many difficult issues to deal with.
Development such as'condornin-
• iums. i feel it very important to
continue with the standards set by
our previous Council.
The use of professionals is times -
wheal. dealing with dcvelop-
.ment: A Planning for the future
with nc.spect to road widening is im-
portant.
The widening of Highway 81
'should be completed in 1989, if
funding is approved by Ministry of
Transportation, and new traffic"
lights will be installed as well. •
With the use Quints, Council
has been able to accomplish new
sidewalks, street lights, parking
arca. Projects ongoing until 1990.
Grants arc very important to a
small village.
Main Street should be upgraded
and i would encourage the business
people to work with Chamber of
Commerce. Also the Council to
sec that this is accomplished.
If another location could be found
•
fbr thc O.P.P. the Village should
consider this property on main
street, two floor parking garage'
with clean washrooms, bcric;hes and
small green arca. This couhl be a
focal point for our main street.
The Village of Grand Bend con-
tinues to grow and I'fecl that it is
very important for Council to en- -
courage orderly growth for the bene-
fit of all. .
1 will do my best as a. Council
member,
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Dear Sir:.
On behalfrofmy-family, I wish to
commend the rin "al, .staff and'
studcns of Sou Huron_ District
High School. itr family is just
completing a twelve month
•Canada - our home be
- it was with pensive feelings. my
husband and 1 left New Zealand and
enrolled our four daughters at South
Huron District High School. Now,
looking back on the year, it has
been an incredibly enriching cxperi-
cnce for every daughter.
There is a great torte througho�nt-
Shia y Mitchell.
*
'•the school fostered not only by stu-
denLs and teachers, but clerical staff,
janitors, cafeteria employee and just
cvcryonc involved in the school.
The teaching staff have shown dedi-
cation and sensitiveness apd provide
a relaxed, friendly, yet conducive ac-.
admit: environment. (hod things
seem to be happening throughout.
Hats off to the students. They
have helped to .provide a year of
fond and lasting memories. Our,
daughters have been nothing but
impressed by the warm friendliness,
encouragement and tolerancc,.thc
students have shown toward~ them.
They have been able to enjoy an ex- •
pericnce far more worthwhile and
enjoyable than we had ever imag-
ined when we left New Zealand.
We have one regret and thatVoits
ono stay in that the car has past too urckl
iii •
',-
andever, we are- ever so tat - u , . _ -
and feel privileged to have had this -
opportunity to spcnd,a year. in Can -•
ada. it has been an even greater priv-
ilege tb have our daughters attend
South lluron District .Higli School.
Our sincere thanks to everyone con-.
cemed.•
-
You . •sincerely,
Robyn 'Rosie
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•.. x{/�. .^^-fv!ns.s-aaT►`..`i..-! r r -'.'i' �� .Tri. ..,,-,:•-w+++w^Kr .
Sell one fire pumper truck,
get replace' �- Monday r
• EXETER - E\ctLr in
-rently considering a
on which to establish .t n,
hall to house equipment of the Lt
eta and area fire board.
The existing fire hall at the corner
Of Main and Victoria streets which
is badly in need bf repairs has been -
sold for $150,000- to E. Kastro of
Thornhill. • .•
The closing, date of the sale has
been extended: to May 1, 1989
which gives the ,town additional
time to find a suitable%placement
site.
i
ill is not ready foruse.
' rg date, the agreement
lc, 1„ . ides for a rent -hack.
of S. ' K1 per month.
a rcc'nt,firc arca board meet-
ing, the.196I fire pumper was :s ,iu
to the municipality of Wehhwood
for $9,500. Deputy --reeve I.o�sy
Fuller said, " We got just a little
Iess than we ex pect'd."
Reeve 13111 Micklc r'kported.a ne* •
pumper trick is.schcdulcd to arrive
on Doccntbcr19 from the manufac-
turer in British Columbia.
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