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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-08-05, Page 4Page 4 Times -Advocate, August 5, 1987 Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgama ed 1924 BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1985 imes dvocate Published Each Wednesday Morning at Exeter, Ontario, NOM 1S0 Second Class Mali Registration Number 0386. Phone 519.235-1331 LORNE EEDY Publisher JIM BECKETT Advertising Manager CNA BILL BATTEN Editor HARRY DEVRIES Composition Manager ROSS HAUGH Assistant Editor DICK JONGKIND Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada: $25.00 Per year; U.S.A. $65.00 C.W.N.A., O.C.N.A. CLASS 'A' Young need to plan Statistics based on a 1985 enumera- tion indicate that in a little over two years Huron County will have a population of 8.060 residents over the age of 65, or 14.75 percent of the total population. Those figures, of course, are in line with statistics for the entire nation. The ever-increasing percentage of older people in our society is certainly good news for those who are blessed with longer life - but they also pose new needs for planning by the younger generation who will be responsible for the care of the people who can no longer provide for their own personal needs. Fortunately, in Huron County many services have already been developed to meet the changing needs of society. -One might imagine that hospital and nursing home services would be the prime re- 'quirements, but that is not so. What is more important is the provision of those services which will permit older people to remain in their own homes. Not only are they more likely to be happy among familiar surrounding, but it has been pro- ven that the physical health of the elder- ly benefits from the familiar tasks and hobbies which usually can be enjoyed at home. We now have housekeeping assistance available on a part-time basis, as well as in-home nursing services where required. Meals -on -wheels have been a boon to those who are no longer able to provide fully for their own nutri- tional needs. The day centre for the homebound and transportation for the disabled permit many older people to en- joy contact with friends and activities which would otherwise be denied them. As the years go on other and more varied needs will arise, so it is well that the problems of the aging are being met by so many interested organizations and their members, both paid and volunteer. Wingham Advance Times Make own conclusions The federal government has in- troduced legislation to ban all Canadian tobacco advertising, promotion and brand sponsorship. If this legislation is passed into law, these activities will be illegal by January 1, 1989. This move by the government is in response to the alarming reports and statistics on smoking every year. This year about 6,000 Canadians will die as a direct result of tobacco use and up to 330 will die from regular exposure to second- hand smoke. But there's another side of the issue. The tobacco industries who will feel this restriction are fighting back. They have taken out full-page advertisements in newspapers across the country urging people to examine the issue and arrive at their own conclusions. Sponsorship provides tobacco com- panies with the opportunity to financial- lysupport activities that provide enjoy- ment to millions of Canadians while, at the same time, to reinforce brand awareness in the hope that current smokers will hr encouraged to try a par- ticular brant. In 'recent years, the tobacco industry has provided up to $10 million annually for a variety of sponsorships and grants Need to Recently there has been quite a lot of noise in the newspapers about a number of refugees who have- appeared on Canada 's doorstep. The accepted method is this: the illegal emigrants pay a flat rate to some freighter cap- tain who is willing to carry them across the ocean in his boat and then puts them in a life raft just off the coast of Canada. While legitimate applicants wait for many months to be pro- cessed these characters ave received with open arms b' Canada Immigration and within a couple of weeks find thentiselves absorbed quickly into Canadian cities. Can you believe that the of- ficials put on extra shifts so that these people can he *accom- modated a little faster? Anybody who mildly suggests that this group is bending the rules a little is accused of being racist and of the right wing. When • Brian Mulroney calls Parliament back to discuss the immigration rules he' is booed and hissed as over -reacting to the problem. to cultural and professional sports groups in Canada. These funds have assisted Canadian performers and athletes in many fields to achieve world standards and win international recognition. Those in favor of the bill argue that the companies could still help fund these events if they mean as much to them as they say they do. But sponsorship is not charity. It's an investment designed to benefit both parties. Tobacco companies aren't obligated to sponsor anything and no organization is obligated to accept tobacco company sponsorship. It's a matter of choice for both parties. We're aware the health hazards of smoking is a serious problem in this country and that certain organizations are at work to promote a healthier, smoke-free society but it seems dramatic to suggets tobacco sponsorship of an opera might encourage people to start smoking. This bill, if passed, could mean some serious changes for the arts, professional sports and sponsorship. Perhaps we should, as the tobacco companies sug- gest, arrive at our own conclusions rather than to be bombarded with one- sided opinions. Mitchell Advocate control emigrant i think not. The role of government is to control the influx of new im- migrants to Canada, and not to let people come in willy-nilly By the Way by Syd Fletcher without some specific controls. I krfw that there are concerns that newcomers will take the job of Canadians or may tax the resources of people already here, but for the most part those con- cerns are unfounded. For one thing, there are many jobs around that 'Canadians' seem to he unwilling to do. i have a friend who has a large apple or- chard. Ile has to bring in workers from the Caribbean because peo- • ple here are not willing to work at such hard labour. Secondly, we have to remember that although our families may have lived in Canada for a number of genera- tions that arll of us were im- migrants at one time or another. That applies to our native popula- tion as well who researchers maintain crossed over the Bering Strait many thousq{1ds of years ago. As each wave of immigration has come in there has always been resistance from present residents. Eventually though the various groups are assimilate,,d and become a part of the Cana- dian mosaic, all considering themselves Canadian eventually. Does this mean we should open the doors wide and let all of the world in? Of course not. Pro- cedures should be set up and should be followed. if a person is not willing to follow those rules then he/she should be bundled up and sent back on the next ship or plane. Serving South Huron, North Middlese4 & North Lambton Since 1873 Published by J.W. Eedy Publications Limited 1dEY'YE VHCONNCQry TONI ODD-nEfus "WITH ALL THOSE DEFECTS IN T. I'M NOT SURPRISED!" Pinch hit for editor Here we go with this column as designated hitter for regular col- umnist and our editor Bill Batten who is on sick leave. Bill has been released from Victoria Ilospitaland is undergo- ing treatment as an out-patient. 'Anyone wishing to send cards or letters may do so to his RR 6, Il- derton address. The postal code is NOM 2A0. This gives us an opportunity to explain that we have not retired. but moved to other general news and photography assignments on this paper as Mark Bisset has taken over sports desk responsibilities. In our last sports column a few weeks ago an attempt was made to highlight some of the events over the past 20 years and more and we missed many and our apologies to those teams and their officials who won honours in various sporting categories. One highlight we missed in reporting some of our memories was the annual Exeter Lions Sportsmen's Dinner and we can say none of the first 16 were miss- ed by this reporter. We remember back to about a year before the first dinner when it was still a brainchild of the late Don Taylor and attending the London dinner with him. ' Over the years area sports fans have been loyal supporters of the Lions club and their efforts to provide funds for crippled children. While the major share of the money raised here goes to the Crippled Children Treatment Centre in London area youngsters who have handicaps and physical problems are also well looked after. Each year the star of the show is the local boy or girl who fills the role of Timmy or Tammy and has been done very capably and well by those such as Christine Easterbrook, Allan Bullock, .Josh Watson and Jeff Finkbeiner. We have been closely associated with the Lions in their pre -dinner publicity each year and hope that close association continues. . ,_ The old saying "When it rains, it pours" applies to the weather by Ross Haugh during the last couple of months, but.that depends where one lives. Farmers in many- parts of the south part of Huron have been crying for rain while neighbours in some cases only a few hundred yards away have had repeated showers. It appears that crops on sandy land have fared the worst. While covering the Friedsburg Days parade in Dashwood Saturday we noticed an adjacent field of corn owned by Hayter's -Turkey Farms was very brown and the soil in that area is very sandy and light. F On the other side of the crops coin we took a drive Friday up through Listowel and Elmira and found lawns very green and crops prosperous. It was interesting in the Men- nonite country west of Elmira to see a numberof fields of barley and mixed grain where the crop had been cut with old fashioned binders and sheaves were placed in stooks. That's going back to the good old days. This week the annual report of A new word The "historic moment in Cana- dian currency" is long past. In the beginning I was fascinated by the new "solid dollar". Every time I. cashed a cheque at the bank, 1 asked for some of the shiny new specimens. Now that the novelty has worn off, three of my pant pockets have been mended, and my kids are no longer impressed, the time has come to examine our new dollar more 'closely. .The Royal Canadian Mint tells us that this circulating coin is practical and legal tender. Well, I've had no trouble getting rid of it, so the Mint must be right as far as legality is concerned. The Mint's public relations wizards assures us that it will "facilitate our daily cash transactions", and gradually replace the one -dollar bill. I was glad to be told that this new numismatically appealing item is a hendecogan. i have liv- ed for a long time, using some weird and wonderful words in my days, but I had never come across that one before. Hendecagon. Thanks to the RCM for educating me and millions of other people. The first two or three weeks when 1 wanted to impress my friends With the newly acquired word, i had to look inside my left the Federal Business Develop- ment Bank came across our desk and it seems to indicate that our economic climate continues to be favourable. Over the past year, the Bank participated in financing business projects worth $1.4 billion. Of this loans and guarantees authorized by the FBDB accounted for $927.9 million while the remaining $450 million came from other sources. - During the year the volume of its investments grew by 62 per- cent from $12.5 million in fiscal 1986 to $20.2 million in fiscal 1987. The Bank's investments also ,had a leverage effect on the financing available from the private sector. For every dollar the FBDB invested in its clients' projects, private -sector sources injected more than four addi- tional dollars. As a result the total value of venture capital investments for FBDB clients amounted to ap- proximately $100 million. In ad- dition almost 60 percent of the clients who benefitted from these investments were businesses in early stages of development. The supplemental role of the Bank is also demonstrated by its active presence in regions of the country where the economy has been somewhat weak. Over the past two years, the Bank's volume of loans has increased 94 percent in the West and 70 per- cent in the Atlantic provinces. The Bank has introduced a pilot training and counselling pro- ject for groups and entrepreneurs in local communities. This pro- ject allows business people to establish their own training priorities. They choose the topics they wish to deal with in 40 hours of group workshops followed by 40 hours of individual counselling carried out at their place of business. hendecagon palm. i couldn't remember it. But now I can. The word comes easily through the right kind of association: The coin shows a loon. Right? The loon is a bird. So is a hen. Follow me? Iden... Then comes decas as in decadent. Why deca- dent? No reason. You'll have to remember that one. Or you can think of your own word with deca in it: decade or decay or decanter... And all you have to add is gon - as in gone, a chronic state as far as my dollars are con: cerned. So there you have it: a hen-deca -gon. As anybody with access to a good. dictionary will have discovered by now, hendecagonal means eleven -sided. But 1 would like to hear from readers - via a letter to the editor - who have us- ed my method or their own method to impress their acquain- tances with this wonderful word. And have you ever seen any other hendecagonal coins? 1 was also surprised to learn that our new bucks are "made from Canada's finest natural resources; produced from nickel electroplated with bronze". I guess nickel dollars have been around a few years ever since silver dollars have gone the way of all good things. But now that hendicagonal bucks are jingling in my pocket with the rest of my small change, the truth is begin- ning to sink in: this nickel dollar - its bronze exterior notwithstan- ding - buys as much (or as little) as a nickel did not so long ago. I used to get a Mircut for 10 nickels - now it costs 10 nickel dollars. A small ice cream at the old Borden Dairy used to set mr back 1 nickel - now the same size is a buck ten. ()r more. The design of Canada's new nickel dollar is, as our modest Mint points out, "distinctive, magnificent, and inspired". They must he talking about the tail side, since the head is still that of our 25 -year-old monarch and the words "Elizabeth iI D.G. Regina". The tail side, designed by Robert -Ralph Carmichael, shows what I first irreverently mistook as a duck. As all of us know by now, it is a loon. The Please turn to page 5 • .)