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Amulyumured 191.1
Seems unnecessary
Ontario Place, on the Toronto
waterfront opposite Exhibition Park,
has proved to be a very interesting and
attractive spot, providing a wide range
of actin jties for all ages. Of course the
fact that it is located right within the
Cite of Toronto means that a very high
percentage of its paying customers are
Toronto people.
• It seem. that Ontario Place is losing
money_. a million dollars this year and
three times that in previous years. An in-
crease of 50 cents per head would put
the centre in a breakeven position. but
Larry Grossman. the Ontario • cabinet
minister w ho oversees Ontario Place
-policy doesn't want to increase the ad -
Seniority
1\ nes rmpro%e w/.th age: so do
hiskeys.
\ow, If public school student/re
to benefit in Ontario. so better had
teachers- Imrink e++:th age that is.
AA h% Because according to the
rnatorrt. .t -'substantial masonry" of
teachers.. the "rumor factor"' used to
determine teacher redundancy -and job
protection should not he merit or
quailtic.tttons hut seniority. :\t least
that's what we think a press report we
recened Iron the Ontario Public School
Men-reacher',1 ederatt.;rti sa%...
1s we read ir. public school
teachers with ,:marry. regardless of
their merit or qualifications. are the ones
who ought to get priortly when it comes
to keeping their lobs. according to the
OPS T1-. It', an odd polies for such a
•supposedly enlightened field as educa-
tion \Irnd o.i. we'%e heard man;
parer;.. say the hest public school
teachers around are those coming from
the 'old school, so may be this policy is
the hest thine .ttte- .nil But somehow we
don't think this is eyacrls what the
teahers' federation has in Hund -
I n t.i: 1 as we read the press release
e recessed .t second and third time, we
weren't certain rust ss hal the tederation
y+.ls saying 11e wall quote you the first
two papagr.irhs of he release
Hy .t substantial maturity,
deleeates no the .annual .assembly of the
Ont,iruo I'uhhc School \len Teachers'
Federation hay: approved an 18 -pont
policy st.tterne.. on teacher redundancy
and lob prof CO 1011
In p.rs.rnc the poht. . delegates
ha%e said that seniums. not merit or
quahti..ittons, should he the manor tac-
tor used to determine redundancy "
\s we stated. we heltese that this
means senior teachers ought to has
pnoyrtts when it conies to retaining their
tolls 13i.r teatime the press release
liter.tlly. It could mean that redundance
is to he determined by :entonty, which
nn e' •:jt is 1 he exact opposite position.
11 - ed to clarity the matter Friday
Ate- , • !editorial timet by calling the
M a • BY
`.'t” 54�i`lR`LETt=HER
Last week in the muddle of
a heat wave. 1 wrote about
the hottest i have ever been
If it will make you feel any
cooler 1'N tell about one of.
the cnldett experiences i've
es'tsr come up with
This was hack in the days
before snowmobiles necame
popular Honest, that wasn't
so long ago
if you didn't want to Walk
nut to the ice -fishing huts on
Lake Somme some other
farm of transportation was
necessary My uncle came
'up with the idea of an air -
boat You've probably seen
similar outfits on television
in the Everglades. where
they a have a shallow -draft
boat pushed or pulled by•an
airplane propellor Such was
his 'Scoot'. as he called it. a
great way to - travel.
especially on glare ice,
where speeds of up to eighty
or ninety miles an hour could
be reached. it was almost
like flying.
On thick snow it was
mission fee because the place is so pop-
ular.
Ontario Place losses are borne by
Ontario -taxpayers generally. It could be
safely assumed that the people outside
of Toronto would gladly pay 50 cents
more to get in on those comparatively
rare occasions when they have a chance •
to get there, provided they didn't have to
toot a bill for huge losses. -
Governments are strange
organizations indeed. There has been no
audible ,argument about millions of
dollars lost,at Ontario Place, but all hell
breaks loose when the hospitals of the
province try to keep their active treat-
ment beds. Wingham Advance -Times
counts
..OPSNITF but had little luck. The con-
tact number given us by the federation
turned out to he the Skyline Hotel in.
Toronto which informed us the federa-
tion had packed it in and was not taking
calls to that number anymore (e\en
though we phoned the same day we
received the release). We then called the
federation's Bay Street number at 3 p.m.
only to be told by an answering service
that federation members were not hack
from lunch and that she was unable to
assist us. We then tried a third number
supplied to us 'ia the press release and
got no answer whatsoever. So much for
modern communication. -
By the way, despite the declining
enrolments and or present recession, the
press release also states it is "still the
position of the federation that there
should be no need for redundant
-teachers in light of the. outstanding
needs of young people that are nol being
met."
Not a word about how education in
this province might he revamped to get
hack to some of the basics while at the
same time retaining the hest of our
modern education. An earlier release
loom the federation stated. "There's no
questioniltat lob protection and security
will be the number one priority for
teachers this year".
So much for professional ethics.
Seniority in any job must be a con-
sideration. but it isn't and should not he
allowed to he esenthing. Surely Merit is
of more importance. It has heen our
observation that seniority is most often
obtained by those who avoid making
waves. Now and again any field. even
education. can benefit by the movers
and shakers w ho are not afraid to stand
up and be heard as individuals. Unfor-
tunately it has also heen our ohscryation
that teachers as a whole seldom buck the
federations official position. so we
haven't a doubt but w hat future
teaching positions will indeed be based
upon a seniority. first basis.
Listowel Banner
Perspectives
another story though The
bottom of the outfit was
smooth plywood but with
three men on it there was_a
lair amount of resistance
Because of that factor our
speed was kept down to
about twenty miles an hour
rQn .(luf _y►' out to �11e_'rte
The suit was shining
brightly and it was a strange
world for me out there on the
lake. it was like a perfectly
flat white desert with only
the cluster of fish huts to be
seen in between you and the
faint shoreline
•
We had to 'shop through
eighteen inches of ice before
we could drop our lines
down. The little hut, with its
gas stove was warm and
cozy`' enough to sit in shirt
sleeves watching the little
piece of wood that tipped
suddenly when 3 fish was
biting.
Then you had to be fast.
pulling the' line up quickly
hand over hand from fifty
feet below, the'whitefish or
laketrout swirling to the
surface. Lots of excitement:
Being in the hut we didn't
realize that a storm was
building up until a neighbour
pounded on the door and
warned us. Now. instead of
bright sunlight there were
black clouds. and swirling
`'dok
W ;t
SWEDEN SPANKING 111SGAI _
11.1.E
GAL
"Quick which 1t'aV is Sweden?"
BATT'N AROUND with the editor
Not fiction
-!-here', the old adage that suggests
what sou don't know won't hurt you.
and thus sa> certainls the situation tor
the writer Lust week.
While making plans for a holiday trip
with the boss into the (ollingwood
area. there w a, no suspicion that some
words which were penned for a
precious column were hetng attacked by
Councillor Ted 11 right
White there is ,a temptation to lei the
isssie-rest, that is difficult due to the tact
led suggests we printed sonic fiction.
1101 Each. That allegation is too serious
to hspass -
If he would peruse the column in
question again, Ted ss ill find that it was
not fiction. It stated quite factually that
council had accepted the -recommen-
dation of hiscommit tee tospend55,0(10 to
ease !he parking lot behind the
munrapal office.
The balance of th'e comments w ere the
editor's opinion that it appeared that
council had their priorities --macre th.ui a
little out of ss hails- when the mores
was ,approved lust after Ted had noted
the communes was lalling behind in its
sidewalk rebuilding program.
At rio pourit s,us there a suggestion
that money had heen transferred fro mthe
sidewalk fund to the parking lot project.
,and if sums taxpayers came lit that con-
•clusi[on. that was of their doing and not
as the result of any comments made in
fhrs column.
Actually. it is encouraging to hear
than -fed got some Ilak user the matter
as it indicates that perhaps others share
ens opinion that the photos was wrong
and that pedestrians should he given
more consideration than they are at the
present time.
snow Too. night was only `
about an hour away and the
temperature had dropped
suddenly to about 10 degrees
below zero Fahrenheit.
it had or1Ly taken about ten
minutes to get out to the ride.
an enjoyable ride. •
-
The arA-; I(j» # against
us and fiieiiij awind vehicle.
like 3 sailboat or plane, we
had to tack hack and f_g� hlio
get vv1ief�''vue w'is'e ig itng". -
Though there was a plastic
windscreen it only provided
protection for the driver
Besides the propellor sucked
frigid air over and around us
like a gigantic fan as we
huddled together for warm-
th. such as was available.
An hour and a half later we
were still half a mile from
the shore and our bodies
seemed like frozen rigid
lumps On our la t four tacks
we had only ged a few
yards. We left the 'Scoot'
there and began walking.
eyes screwed half -shut
against the wind and driving
snow. it was lucky that we
could see dimly the lights
that winked occasionally
from the small town on
shore: •
Sitting in the warmth of
the car finally, my only real
reminder of the �` '
pedition was a?r sumer°
still tingled from a touch of
frostbite
On the -good news" side of the
... just an opinion
ledger. the comments by Councillor Jay
Campbell about the recent night on the
beat with Kevin Short are much ap-
preciated.
.Actually. the article has resulted in
mans comments from local citizens. the
majority of them indicating people were
able to become more aware of the work
of the men who provide protection for
the community.
had no idea there was so much
paper work.- was the comment of one
local tads. although she added that most
of her -rends were now attempting to
find out where Kevin's secret hiding
place is located.
The whole experience was most
enlightening for the writer as well and
has resulted in a better understanding of
what should have been common sense:
that a policeman can only be in one spot
at a time.
I could almost feel Kevin's frustration
at hearing squealing- tires and knowing
that bs the time he arrived at the loca-
tion of the incident. the culprit would be
gone.
Perhaps the most unusual aspect of the
esening (and morning) was the fact that
we were not contacted by any local
citizens reporting any problems in their
area.
This may have indicated that
eserything was in order throughout the
community'. but it may also point out
that people just don't want to get in -
solved in repotting incident, which are
bothering them.
The night on the beat certainly made
it evident that the police need all the
citizen assistance they can muster to
help them in their task. People can cer-
tainly remain anonymous if that is their
wish, but even providing a licence
Sugar and Spice
Dispe sed by Smiley
Tales of summer
Well. fierce is. Tuesday afternoon.
time to write the column L uuuld
*titterer it last -1~rn3ar•:.a,
Ring after church. or ars day during the
past three weeks of holidays. But
couldn't. I write ms column on Tuesday'
afternoon. rush to the post offiee. plead
.with the clerk to squeeze it into the out-
going hag. Summer or winter. working
or sacaiion.
111 my to write it on a Thursday esen-
ing. a Monday morning. there's a com-
plete Klock Blank paper. vacuum mind.
I>specially in summer. when I have
enough time to crank out a_ capple ,pf
vrltartttek'p_4f 06.t lvrrit' ti 4anica--
That's why the summer columns
don't have one single. brilliant theme.
lucidly expostulated. witty. striking a
single. singing notem ,a zbu dr' .
•'ffiev-'tzivat3.-e;;••t�� -�.tx
shotgut effort. There are too many dis-
tricta[ins. -
•1 couple of promiscuous bluebirds
have proliferated on our property.
1 here arc now five iuvcniles of the same
species, shrieking bluebird imprecations
from five different trees. driving out the
song -birds Of yesteryear.
This morning. we had one of those
real. old-fashioned summer storms.
Darkness at noon. The gods howling in
the heavens with tremendous balls that
rumbled. crashed. and reverberated
down the empty halls of the black sky.
Bolts of lightning straight from leus
that hit, you swear. twenty feet from
your giant oak Blinding rain. cars driv-
ing. lights on. as though they were for -
Jing the Ganges.
1 love storms. evet since the one that
put a pine treetop through the roof of
our cottage. when I was seven. and ever -
body calling, "Where's Billy?" and fin-
ding Billy standing against one of the
remaining walls, scared speechless and
grinning like an idiot: Or the one on the
Lakes, when several ships went down,
and the captain was puking in his -
second -best hat. and every dish in the
galley was smashing.
re distractions in summer. Rotten
443ed from --kat Rapt) In Paraguay.
He'd previously written for five copies
of his birth certificate. and copies of his
student transcripts from U. of T. and
Dalhho�o lsie. because he might be going to
versity in Paraguay or Toronto or In-
dia or Cuba. Card says. "Massage and
1-nglish classes going well." What the
hell does that mean'!
Phone call from daughter. who's off
to Moosonec to teach music to Indian
kids. Doesn't know how .to get the .
-Doesn't-know how 10 •get vftiivfti
• x pi3tl: **ft to
w titre, how much' So guess who sorts
all that out?
Animals, birds and fishes have the
ht idea. Teach the offsppring ta-L
or themselves. kick thein bat. Ind. -Wave
• some more. I wonder how many grand-
father whales. or bears. or eagles, are
still solving problems for their fully -
grown children. and babysitting their
grandchildren?
' And in summer. of course, the daily
mail, though a welcome break in The
monotony, is distracting. Pleas, amoun-
ting almost to demands. from relatives
that you have to pay a visit, you promis-
ed last winter. They don't really want to
see you, only make you listen to their
problems, when all you want to listen to
is the birds and the click of a five -iron as
you set it up by the pin.
Not all bad. Nice letter from Jim
Lamb of Nova Scotia. saying I'd helped
inspire his new book Press Ganda and
that I am his favorite columnist, along
with Ted Reeve and Eric Nicol._W.
you, sir: Note from Bessie Doolan. 89,
of Cereal. Alta.: '1 attribute the smiles
& chuckles I receive from your column
as a big aid to longevity." And bless
you, Bessie. invite me to your hun-
dredth, and we'll dance together and
defy the fates, if youdon't mind jigging
with a guy with an arthritic foot that
goes whither it wants.
number can- be of paramount impor-
tance. f -
•
One of the advantages of taking four
fun -loving boys on a holiday trip is the
tact you can quickly ascertain how old
or young you are feeling.
After slithering down the Great Slide
Ride, clambering around the Scenic
Caves and racing at break -neck speeds
around go-cart tracks for two dans, the
writer is happy to report he is still able
to keep up to the nace of his offspring.
although his nerves are more than a lit-
'tle frayed.
It's not difficult to heartily recom-
mend the Great Slide Ride at
Collingwood for all our readers.
regardless of their age. The ride up on
the chair lift is worth the price of admis-
sion alone, and the ride down can he
paced according to one's own dictates.
although we slow riders find that we're
creating a bit of a nuisance for the peo-
ple behind who like to have their hair
blowing straight out behind as they
whizz around the sharp curves.
However, 1 can not recommend being
a co-pilot on a go-cart with a devil-may-
care eight-year-old who has a heavy foot
and no apparent concern for the cries of
anguish from his father as he recklessly
squeals around corners and slips and
slides along the track.
There is a suggestion that the next
generation may not he able to move as
freely with vehicles due to the
limitations of fuel and for that we can
almost heave a sigh of relief. There's no
way 1 would want.to be on a highway
with that character'
DottaR sense
The five-year plan
for home ownership
By Jack A. Boultbee, (:A
For engaged or recently -
married couples, buying a
home is usually high on the
list of goals to be achieved
and so it should be.
A home of your own is
probably the best invest-
ment you will ever make.
The value of the property
goes up while your mort-
gage ,payments remain
• relatively stable and your
increasing earnings make
the payments progress-
ively easier to bear -• and
any profit you make from
the sale of your principal
residence is exempt from
capital gains tax.
The problem most young
couples face is that they
have no money right now,
General. financial advice -
by members of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants
of Ontario.
and are faced with saving
for an unknown •- but
definitely long -- period of
time. Just how long and
how hard you save is up to
you, but my advice is to
ick to an agreed five-year
plan.
The route many couples
take is to try to live on one
salary while banking the
other. A problem with this,
however, is that it can place
an additional strain on the
marriage itself. One
partner may feel he or she
is working for nothing, and
this often leads to bicker-
ing over allowances, etc.,
when one partner ends up
takingthe responsibility
for the mo y.
The five-year plan is not
easy to stick to, but it's
simple. Each partner
should plan to salve about
1150 per month after the
rent and fixed expenses
have been paid, perhaps
out of pooled earnings. By
putting$1,000 per year into
a tax-free Registered Home
Ownership Savings Plan,
the remaining =800 per
year into a tax-free Regis-
tered Retirement Savings
Plan and the resulting extra
tax rebates into a separate
savings account, each of
you can accumulate over-all
savings after five years of
at least 114,000. That's
about nearly 130,000 be-
tween you -- about a third
in long-term savings and
the rest as a downpayment
on a house.
If you are now paying
1300 per month rent and
each of you saves $150,
you will be putting out
16,000 per year for shelter
and savings. In five years
your rent will be about
8400, so- you will then be
puttingout 17,200. For that
same amount, with no
additional sacrifice, you can
assume a 150,000 mortgage
and 81,000 per year of
additional homeowning
costs, on a house worth
870,000.
It also means you will
have solid equity •- about
30 per cent •• in the house
from the day you move in,
which is very important.
You might be tempted to
buy earlier, 'with a lower
downpayment, but be wary
of second and third mort-
gages with their high
interest rates. Don't buy
with less than 25 percent
down and never assume
mortgage payments ex-
ceeding 25 percent of your
take-home pay.
The five-year plan is
realistic and , gives you a
definite goal. Any addition-
al saving you can manage
will be a bonus, but sticking
with the plan should be
basic.
Mr. Boultbee ' is with
Coopers anti Lybrand,
Toronto.
itt, ion memory lane,
55 Years Ago
The Exeter-Lucan High
School Field Day was held in
Exeter on Monday and was a
total success.
Mr. RE. Pooley had a
successful auction sale of his
effects realizing 52;300. The
fifty acre farm was sold to
Mr. Earl Johnston of
Whalen.
Maurice Harvey has
returned to Toronto to
resume his studies at the
Medical College.
30 Years Ago
Mrs. Harry Dougall was
awarded provincial honours
for completing 12 4-H
projects at Seaforth, Wed-
nesday.
Enrolled at Victoria
Hospital for nurses' training
are Janet Kestle and Joanne
McCurdy.
Canon A.A. Trumper of
London, a former rector,
was speaker at the 61st
anniversary of Trivitt
Memorial Church.
Jack Drysdale. Herisall,
'has won a $5,800
prefabricated Cottage at
Two proofs of a photo of yours truly, CNE. In June he won a
from Mike Boole of the Milton. Cana- complete set of living room
dian Champion who dropped in one day furniture at a draw staged by
to take a picture. Thanks. Mike. hut I' the Exeter Legion.
think you got your negatives mixed up.
Surely this is a photograph of American
poet Robert Frost when he was 86. 20 Years Ago
Just kidding. 'lou got me, warts and Arthur Ganser, Shipka has
all. Every crease, every wrinkle: the purchased the home of
warped nose with the scars on it the and Mrs. Bruce Biggar
Inspection of the new ship
H.M1.C.S. Cootenay was the
highlight of a recent visit to
Hamilton by Councillor Ross
Taylor, Mrs. Taylor and
Douglas. The couple's eldest
son, Chief P.O. Kenneth
Taylor is stationed on The
Cootenay.
Miss Alexia Lostell who
attended a summer course at
the University of Torontohas
taken a position on the
Glencoe High - School staff.
Jim Tomlinson is at-
tending Beal Technical
School taking a course in
electronics. Simon Nagel has
also returned to his studies
at Tech.
15 Years Ago
Council accepted the
proposal from the Ausable
River Conservation
Authority that the repairs to
the south retaining wall of
the dam at the Riverview
Park reservoir be un-
dertaken as a project of The
Authority. •
The mii
fterin'iii V t> ;
and wooly Labour Day Week
end in Grand Bend showed
itself, Tuesday. when 128
court cases were brought
before Magistrate William
Pearson.
The top two graduates of
la ear's graduating class
at ' s S) have been
warded entrance
scholarships to the
t rsity of Waterloo.
'Sandra Jory;t"1Cirktein£and
Dave Buchanan, Hensall,
both plan to -take an
engineering course.
•
e
: -_ g;pp i;01r,c the'corner of Antrew dnd
ptiee o7 i e ip turned °,4tip missing dur- John streets. Mr. Gaiser will
ing surgery, even the hairs in Thy cars, move his family in at the end
which you might have had the decency of the month.
totrimbefore you shot. '
*Netre r mind, my( •y„^_':,-1:ass
probably because it makes me look ofd
enough to be. her father. But she insists 1
don't have those bags and wrinkles on
my forehead. I must have been squinting
into the sun. I pointed out.
Anyway, it's the sort of face of which
people say when they can't think of
another single thing. "It looks lived-in,”
or, "There's a lot of character in it."
-But it's been a good summer. Twice
I've gone out to play golf and played
with complete strangers who were worse
duffers than I. despite their immaculate
shirts and slacks, and fancy equipment.
Occasionally 1 go down to the dock,
look at the S30,000 to 5100,000 boats,
and chortle when I think'of what they'll
be worth when gas rationing starts. And
• snick ktt•'tvhen f drive up
---bestde a Lincoln -Cm ineatal'in my 1972
Ford so rusty you can put your feet
through the floorboards and pedal with
them, for mobility.
Not quite like last summer, cruising
the capitals of Europe, but fair-to-
middlin', if the old lady tvotlrrniaoft
my back about falling through the hack
stoop every time she hangs out the
washing.
•
Dear Editor:
When we discuss safety,-
most
afety;most often there is concern
for one's physical self such
as preventing injury to the
body. This week i would like
to pass on some information
which may keep your wallet
or purse safe from becoming
empty through an unlawful
financial venture which may
sound good at the time.
Presently, the Ontario
Provincial Police Anti -
Gambling Squad
ducting an:PM
...
a chain letter circulating in
the Province of Ontario. The
purchaser of one of these
lett'Is?s is led to believe that
by investing One Hundred
dollars ($100.001 he or she
can reap a return of
1204,800.00.
This scheme is unlawful
and any person with
knowledge of the letter or
participating in it, is
requested to contact their
nearest O.P.P. detachment
and Leave their name, ad-
dress and phone number,
and you wfll •be contacted by
an O.P.P. member.
Please remember that
your police force is an ex-
tension of you and we can
only enforce your laws as
well as citizens help the
police. A swill bit of in-
it 15 your responsibility anti
duty to assist in this way,
Be safe - report a crime.
All information will always
be treated ,with the highest
confidence.
• R.W. Wilson P.C.
Community Services Officer