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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-02-06, Page 29romimioniulionioniminuismutwausinouittuuniumutionittuittuuntouutuunuoutuuountunimuummuminuoutummummimuiliwaimmienumm JlacLs 690 1;= By Jack Riddell MPP The time...now. The locale...living rooms, recrea- tion rooms, hotel and motel rooms, etc. across the North American Continent. The scenario...alone, or in groups, people are watching scenes in ex- crutiating detail of human being be- ings brutalized by oppressors. I'm not talking about newscasts of savage warfare in some far off bar- baric land, but about commercial videotapes produced and distributed in the name of "entertainment". We live in a civilized society. Yet, there are those among us who find it "entertaining" to gloat over films which feature graphic violence, gang rape, bondage, domination, beastiali- ty, and mutilation and degradation of women and children. Of course, films and videotapes are not the only "products" which disseminate the "new" and violent pornography. They are, however, the most difficult to control, and the most effective invaders of the homes and minds of the people. They were also, for me, the means of bringing about a new and appall- ing understanding of why women's groups, including the Ontario Liberal Women's Perspective Advisory Com- mittee, were demanding that action be taken to restrict the proliferation of what is virtually hate propaganda aimed at women and children. Censorship is, of -course, anathema to those of us who are determined to perserve and protect our democratic society, and we are ever conscious of its inherent dangers. Freedom of • speech and political expression are, and must, remain sacrosanct. Equal- ly, freedom of artistic expression is vitally important, and must be main- tained. Why then, you may ask, would a Liberal like myself advocate any form of censorship or limitation upon publications or other materials. The answer is that at this point in ' time there is apparently no other method available to us of controlling the spread of violent pornography - and its inherent dangers - in North m Those who are calling for action to taNteft against nomography are not prudisij "buttoned -up" individuals, anxioug to ban erotica and loving depictions of sexuality - even explicit sexuality". We are concerned with the depic- tion of acts bf cruelty and violence Organizing for 4-H'ers Over 250 4-11 leaders in Iluron Coun- ty are busy organizing for the 1985 season. On February 12, Huron County 4-11 Club Leaders Association will be gathering for their Annual Meeting. They will be evaluating last year's program and making plans for 1985. Many leaders will also be attending the 4-11 Leaders' Regional Conference on February 13 in Palmerston. Here leaders from Huron, Perth, Bruce, Grey, Wellington and Waterloo Coun- ties will be able to share ideas and take part in a professional develop- ment day. The theme of this year's conference is "4-11 - A Search for Per- sonal Excellence". As well, leaders who will be leading clubs in the spring and summer are attending various workshops over the next several weeks. These provide a chance to learn specific skills relating to the project they will be leading. These community -minded leaders deserve a special thank -you and recognition for their contribution to 4-11. Leadership Club Are people "born leaders" or is leadership a WI that anyone can develop? We think it is a skill and par- ticipation in 4-11 is one of the hest methods available to develop this skill. Therefore. new for 1985 is the 4-11 Leadership Project. The project will boost members' confidence as they learn about leadership styles, work- ing with others and public speaking. Leaders' training workshops will be in March. with the cubs organizing in early April. 1f you are interested in leading this club; or arc between the . ages of 12 and 21 years of age, and would like to join a Leadership Club, call the Agricultural Office in Clinton. Karen Rodman, Rural Organization Specialist (Agriculture) - Commercial videotapes which are totally offensive to all videos, etc., which are all too easily thinking men and women. Brutality obtainable. and subjugation are abhorrent in The struggle between my reality... and they are abhorrent in philosophy as a liberal, totally oppos- simulation, by implication.. the im- ed to any form of censorship, with all plication that they are permissible its dangers, and my deep concern - as and, Heaven help us, entertaining. a husband, father and elected If the victims in these stories were representative - about the new forms Black, Chinese, Jewish or other visi- of pornography, with all its dangers, ble minorities, there would be ongo- was painful and difficult to resolve. ing public outer and organized pro- Ultimately, I was guided by the testations would be made by the pro- knowledge - indeed the fear - that, un- tectors of civil liberties.. Why then checked, the pornography of today are there not ongoing ana widespread has the potential to have frightening protestations about the abuse of the repercussions for all our womenfolk... civil Liberties of women and for all our children. children, which are abused sym- There have been many studies on bolically in violent pornography? the effects of violent pornography on Responsible andcaring journalists groups of "normal" men. While some and writers, artists, film-makers, etc. have been challenged, there is over - have always been their own censors, whelming evidence that the so-called as they continue to be, guided by their new pornography has the potential to own value judgements, and careful break down patterns of civilized about the values of the general public. behaviour, of drastically affecting, in They don't abuse women and children a negative and severely damaging in the name of information or art, way, male/female relationships. because they are not "into"abuse. To quote one expert, John Briere of The purveyors of hatred, cruelty the University of Manitoba, "When and beastiality, masquerading under we asked one group which aspect they the guise of entertainment are not found most sexually exciting they concerned with artistic integrity or said it was when the woman begged human interest. They are concerned for mercy and when the sex caused with one thing only - profit, for the the woman pain." pornography industry now runs into Whatever happened to "making billions and billions of dollars. If in the love"? process of acquiring their ill-gotten If someone can come -up with a gains, they succeed in undermining system other than a form of censor - the fabric of our society, in desensitiz- ship which will effectively restrict to- ing people, making violence and day's pornography, I'll be among the cruelty less repugnant, then this they first in line to support the system. regard as a bonus, a softening up of In the meantime, our only recourse the market for their wares. is to a form of censorship and regula- Today's hard-core pornography has tion, as the only measures available absolutely nothing to do with break- to us. ing down the old shibboleths of sexual At the same time, we must be ever repression, and everything to do with vigilant about the need to protect the sexual oppression of women and freedom of information, and freedom children. It is anti -woman, anti -child of political and real artistic expres- and anti -male, also, because no right- sion. These basic and integral thinking man is in favour of the kind democratic values I have always of treatment of human beings which defended, and will continue to defend is depicted in the publications, films, at all costs. TWO -LEGGED RACERS — Carrie Finkbeiner and Kristy Dobson ore shown struggling over the finish line during a two -legged race at Friday's Winter Carnival at Stephen Central School. T -A photo Varna recreation plan skating party By Mary ('hessell The Recreation Commission has reserved Bayfield Arena for the an- nual township skating party this Saturday night from seven to nine. So bring the family and enjoy a night of skating with your friends at the "big rink" Everyone who would like to play volleyball is welcome to join the group that plays on Thursday nights at nine at the Complex. Reserve April 13 on your calendar for the Recreation Dance at the Com- plex. Music by Mozart's Melody Makers. There was a good crowd again for the Orange Lodge euchre on Friday night --- 17 tables. High prizes were won by Mary Broadfoot and Omerine Watkins, low prizes went to Mary and Bill Reid. Draw winners were Jeanette Turner, ina Neeb, Glen Dawson, Mabel McClinchey, Mary Broadfoot. Margaret McClymont and Anna Wilson. Ivan McClymont is the guest speaker for the U.C.W. meeting on VALENTINE'S AT Su ;ar & spice,, Chocolate 1 BE MINE y By Sandra Kuck 2nd In S.rls •• NOW TAKING ORO/RS Trent that special girl or guy to our own made Chocolate. Choose from *CANDY TRAYS *MUGS or TINS *BOXED CHOCOLATES /or the little one on your Ilst: 'SOLID CHOCOLATE HEARTS 'TEDDY BEARS 'HEART SUCKERS, ETC. DELIVERY IN EXETER ORDER EARLY 235-1211 409 MAIN ST., EXETER • Thursday night at eight o'clock at Helen Taylor's home. Alec and Mary Ostrom attended the Ontario Jersey Club annual meeting in Ottawa from January 24 to 27. Alec is the director of the Perth -Huron Jersey Club. Ralph and Mona Stephenson, Don and Deb Rathwell and George and Doris Cantelon returned Saturday night from a great Caribbean holiday. They flew to the Barbados and board- ed the Greek ship "Jupiter" for a cruise to Trinidad, Caracas, Aruba, Curacao and St. Margarita, then relaxed for a week at Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. Dave and Bonnie Roy had a marvellous holiday in Venezuela. It began with a delay because of the storm, but with helpful advice from the MTC they were able to get to Lon- don on Monday, then to Toronto by train. and caught an early Wednesday flight on Pan Am to Miami, then to Caracas, a city of five million. Their hotel was an hour's drive from there. They spent a . day shopping) in Caracas, but many stores were clos- ed because of the Pope's visit. They were in a five -storey gold shop where gold and leather items were reasonable in price, but clothing in that country is very expensive. A glass-blowing factory was a fascinating place to visit. They en- joyed a coastal tour by jeep with a group of 100 people, eight to a jeep, and swam in a beautiful waterfall in the midst of lush jungle. Another interesting place they visited was a fishing village. The hills were lit up at night from lights in the many small shacks that are everywhere there. immigrants come to Venezuela because it is a pro- sperous country and live in these shacks. Bonnie says it's illegal to Times -Advocate, February 6, 1985 Page 13A LONG TIME CUSTOMERS — Josephine and Stephen Dietrich of Dashwood are welcomed by Jack Von Busse) and Herb Verbeek at Monday's 25th anniversary reception at Huron Tractor. T -A photo Commercial building permits up Building inspector and zoning ad- ministrator Brian Johnston presented his annual report to council this -week, showing that commercial expansion constituted the major portion of the 1985 permit total of $2,100,517.24. Major projects during the year in- cluded the Big V drug store complex, Darling's IGA expansion, Robindale's Restaurant, the Co -Op gas bar and Hamilton's Machine Shop. The addi- tion at the Precious Blood Separate School was another of the major pro- jects undertaken. There were five single-family homes built during the year. The value of the new residential dwellings was $348,000 and there were 140 permits for residential renova- tions and additions for $495,031. The commercial buildings and other renovations were valued at $638.888 and renovations and additions to in- stitutional facilities was $428.472. The balance was - made up of $116,000 for industrial buildings and renovations; $58,425 for tool sheds, carports, sundecks and garages; $11,000 for three swimming pools. There were 237 permits issued, Keep close eye Exeter council member Tom Hum- phreys this week urged all building owners to keep a close eye on ice and snow rebuild on their premises. ed in view of the recent death of a tod- dler in Perth who died after she and her parents were crushed under ice falling from a roof. compared to 229 in 1983 when the building value was estimated at $2,266,283. Oddly enough, there were 252 permits in 1982 and the total value was only $1,015,515. Total revenue from permits was $12,485.14, down about $2,000 from each of the two previous years. Exeter residents kept the Huron County health unit plumbing inspec- tors busy during the year. There were 32 local inspections, or 13.11 percent of the 244 recorded in the entire county. A plumbing permit is required when additional plumbing fixtures are added to an existing system or when a drainage or venting system is substantially altered. There were 142 electrical inspec- tions conducted by Ontario Hydro, an increase of 28 over the previous year. Permit costs for hydro inspections was $7,814.35, an increase of 35 per- cent over the 1983 figure. Eight complaints were received under the Property Standards and Maintenance bylaw and seven of those were resolved satisfactorily. One is presently in progress. There were only three complaints in 1983 and 17 in 1982. In 1984, there were 26 permanent sign permits approved and another 160 temporary signs. Those are both up substantially over the 1983 cor- responding totals of 18 permanent 1- _s porary sign permits have been rising rapidly since 1980 when they were on- ly 10. The number of swimming pools re- mained the same this year in Exeter. Zurich bowling Monday Iluron Hope A. Volk 126 M.L. Masse 122 Monday Ladies League UD R. Radar 454 AO H. Faber 658 DH B. Reschke 588 G B. Bierling 595 TC H. Vanderhoek 648 HG V. Clark 511 P L. Reichert 597 RI) D. Smith 710 PH S. Hay 497 S E. Datars 562 PP J. Fisher 691 JS P. Wilson 598 Tuesday Grand Cove Estates J. Whilsmith 785 M. Snider 512 B. Timmerman 532 P. Morton 523 HS J. Whilsmith 293 HS M. Snider 237 Tuesday. Dashwood C.A.P. Group T. Masse 121 W. Duke 94 D. Tiedeman 92 HC D. Jones 167 Tuesday Mens League FA T. Bedard NC C. Wurm GF W. McKinnon 11' C. Zimmer R. P Overholt P R. Crown DH J. Becker B R. Bierling Wednesday Exeter Ladles A. Appleton R. Berends i. Browning M. Deline i, Snell M. Lovell IIS J. Little Wednesday Night Ladies NN S. Stade GG C. Smith BB B. Turnbull SP P Hunter Duvar CF G Farquhar 11G B. Datars HS HS 118 IIS HS 696 646 593 632 620 666 584 610 519 504 480 517 437 407 201 League 534 482 584 520 617 598 Thursday (:rand Cove Estates C. Flewellyn 3 Whilsmith J. Hewitson B. Thomson J. Girling R. Broad J. Gosselin 506 477 512 -* 455 516 497 215 J. Girling 22.5 Thursday (:olden Age Seniors H Clausius L. Gandier G Fleischeur 11. Clausius 294 267 159 152 build them, so they put them up dur- ing the night, and once they're ,n them, no one puts them out. Bonnie and Dave enjoyed excellent, inexpensive food --- steak, chicken and lots of seafood. They got back to Varna on Saturday. Saturday Intertown Exeter HT D. Datars HS D. Datars l.ucan HT E. Burt IIS Vicki 619 12 236 581 18 2.55 Bowlmor at Grand Bend HT L. Vanderberk 690 6 HS L. Vanderberk 264 Bowlmor HT S. Brown 770 24 IIS S. Brown 310 Mitchell at Zurich Zurich HT S. Dickert IIS S. Dickert Mitchell HT E. Ilaase 648 212 HS E. Haase 299 Mikes No. 2 at Zurich Zurich HF G. Love 1180 26 HS G. Love 281 Mikes No. 2 IW W Sauer 1056 L. Schooley 1056 HS W. Sauer 316 22 Thursday Night Mixed GT J Martens 561 B J. Jacobs 506 D V. ('antin 527 TH 11. Pennings 600 AT F. Palen 633 GG V. Lavery 578 Sunday Melnick Res. G. Lavinsky 344 J. Jolly 432 T. Brodie 406 M. Tyers 389 696 27'. 267 ' Three were installed and three were removed. There are currently.82 out- door pools and four indoors. Oldtimers lose 10-4 The Exeter Molting Hawks dropped a 10-4 decision to the London Oldtimers in a regular season game. in Exeter, Monday night. The Molting Hawks season record is now 32 wins, nine losses and four ties. They have scored 236 goals and netminders Glenn Stire and Ken Hyde have allowed 149 scores. Frank Boyle, Jim Russell, Keith Ahrens and Scott Burton were the Ex- eter marksmen. Getting assists were Pete McFalls, Jim MacDonald, Scott Burton, Bob McDonald and Bill Chipchase. K Ahrens B Chipchase B McDonald S Burton J Chipchase M Cushman B Jones J Russell J MacDonald P McFalls J Pfaff F' Boyle E Finkbeiner G 47 27 26 19 19 16 16 16 17 14 5 6 A 42 28 27 33 33 32 20 16 14 16 19 17 Pts 89 55 53 52 52 48 36 32 31 30 24 23 16 19 B Pincombe 3 A Flynn 8 WARD & UPTIGROVE Chartered Accountants CAROL GROUSE The firm of Ward & Up- tigrove, Chartered Accoun- tants is very pleased to an- nounce the admission to part- nership of Carol Brous.. Robert Lorne and Gary Martin. All of the partners of Ward and Uptigrov. provide ac- counting, auditing, taxation and business advisory ser- vices with emphasis on owner -managed businesses and farms. No Fee - No Charge R.R.5.R RMitterd n Rstirswsut Swine Pisa Variable Rate 10% Fixed Rate 2 yr. 2 yrs. 3 yrs. 4 yrs. 5 yrs. *AIL rates subject 10% 101/4 % 10 1/2 10'/4 % 11 1/4 % to change without notice ,Clinton Community CREDIT UNION iif Exeter 233-0640 .• Clinton 482-3466