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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-08-23, Page 4Page 4 TimeS-ACNocam, elm I . Times Established 1871 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 Published Each Wednesday Morning at Exeter, Ontario, NOM 150 Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386. Phone 519.235-1331 • ROSS HAUGH Editor HARR1 DRRIES _ CCN1� *CNA 11M BRAE IT Publisher & Adsertising Manager DO% SMITH Composition Manager Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada: $27.00 Per year; U.S.A. $68.00 Gentle persuasion ensall councilor Peter Groot was correct when he called for cooperation and not punish- ment to encourage recycling when the Blue Box program begins in September. A bylaw calling for a $300 fine for those who do not recycle was presented to council as a suggestion by the Blue Water Recycling Association. Checking garbage each week to see if ratepayers are complying with the recy- cling regulations would be an extremely difficult task. Collecting $300 from a ratepayer who accidentally forgets to sort garbage properly would be unfair and could possibly result in court battles between the village and its.ratepayers. It might be better if violators were gently reminded they must participate in the recycling program. After all, it's new and to be successful it must have the voluntary cooperation of all residents. Several reminders will undoubtedly be necessary until recycling becomes a way . of life if it doesn't work after several attempts perhaps the answer is to refuse to collect any waste materials not separ- ated correctly. Program working he Private Residence Register program initiated a couple of weeks ago by the Exeter Onta- rio Provincial Police detachment in or- der to curb the incidents of vandalism at area youth house parties seems to be working. Local detachment head Staff Sergeant Don McInnes reports a number of par- ents have signed the register giving po-. lice the right to enter their homes while they are away if situations warrant. With the signature of parents, poli' e have the right to immediately enter a premises if a party gets out of hand. Without parental authority, police lore time in getting the proper warrant and further damage could result. The Private Residence Register when signed authorizes OPP to enter a resi- dence to investigate any alleged viola - I could fill the pages of a book with the things I have forgotten about chcmistry. Considering that I took chemistry in high school and in agricultural school, I am ashamed to admit to my 10 - year old: I know that I know nothing. Glancing through the Canadian Toy Report last December, Eliza- beth and I noticcd that several chemistry sets wcrc given a good rating. Elizabeth (who also took chemistry in school and won't admit how much she has forgot- ten) bought one of the highly rec- ommended sets for Alexander and told the boy: "Here is some- thing you can do together with your father". At 7 a.m. last Christmas mom- ing, Alexander said: "Dad, let's do some chemical experiments now". Jim Beckett tions of the Liquor Licence Act, the Nar- cotic Control Act and Criminal Code of Canada. Most parents say,"This type of party can't happen to us." But, it can. Word gets out that someone's parents are -Tway or a- small group of friends becomes in- undated with uninvited guests and the sit- uation can become serious. The detachment here is to be com- mended in being one of a very few in the province to attempt to put a program into practice which gives homeowners a better feeling of security when they go on holidays. On the strength of the response to date, we would guess that it will be used in the near future by other OPP districts in the province. Chemistry Now on the cassette, famous (and cheerful) Johnny Ball tells us that one of the first things we need is an alcohol burner and some methyl hydrate. Unfortu- nately, the little note advised us that in Canada, the use of meth- ylated spirits in experiments is strictly verboten. • ";Sorry," 1 told our disappoint- ed boy, "Ili- hit t-.ia..-ga.t drugstore to buy all this forbid- den stuff'. It also appeared obvi- ous that nothing could be done I stalled: "Let's all get dressed until I acquired an alcohol burnerfirst, and have breakfast. Then and a test tube holder. we'll:look at your chemistry set '`Thcrc were many other press- t�jb�i;triltir ; """"'" `""" "•'"'Tog needs after Ciistmas: tirok- - :•• .• M.'�a�nioi de+ t � ' v �ttseiiucu Euicir • thc box was opened and its con- exchanged, batteries had to be tents spread all over thc kitchen purchased - yuu Iuiow HOW It E5. table. The set, made in England, Whenever i noticed the opened has a cassette, spoken by "fa- chcmistry set, I resolved to buy T 4�u T.V. per`.'.t�n:1!i1'' j(J vv... t17 ^,ca,AoSl.S�!icctcbrtniralc a'.L1_ . Ball" (anybody heard of flim?), the burner. i finally asked our explaining the do's and dont's. It druggist. Sorry, not in this also has an instruction booklet town. When I located a specialty telling the user how to "get into store in the city, they were "just chcmistry by performing 36 dif-- out of bunters". The clerk said: ferent experiments. "Try again in two weeks". Where is the tartaric acid? The very first experiment called for tartaric acid. We looked for it, but couldn't find any. Then I saw a little note: "To comply with Ca- nadian regulations, tartaric acid, 4 By Ross Haugh methyl hydrate, and 125 grams of tartaric acid (the other chemi- cals have not yet arrived). It's the burner that's really important to Alex, and he could hardly wait for the weekend. Last Saturday, Alex and I got our stuff together. Experiment 1: "colour change". We succeeded in turning a pipctte full of plain old I-120 into a brilliant sky-blue liquid which - with the aid of the forbidden tartaric acid - was changed into an eerie green. There were other experiments in which clear water was turned into water of various colours. "i want to do an experiment with the burner now," Alexander said. Fair enough. i, too, was Vit. tt� 4_litt1e _tired of the colour changes, an for more sophisticated science. "Let's Skip a couple of the easi- er ones," I said, "and get to the ones needing the burner". i _ scanned thc experiments called $.,al.t! ra l t,t3' ,A'�#:F+�?4j9$ t �' b soap powder',ahu "solubility". None of these called fore burner. 1 went down the Inst all the way 1 nice my Jou. it gives inc a to "water purifying", "regcnerat_ valid reason to ask all the nosey ing ion -exchange resin" and "wa- questions I wish. However, the ,' ' = ; = ' ^''' T' µ �- T�� �a rrtct� s�rrr�- 'aff't7'��S'iYi�d1C III 1 are— c a required in any of them. . good journalist sometimes make Johnny Ball, what exactly are me a social disaster. I have per - you famous for? Disappointing manent�indentations in my tongue 10 -year olds and their fathers? from constantly biting it at social rrelrivim borate, and magnesium ribbon arc not included in our scts, so you will be unable to carry out experiments which use these chemicals". Hard to get You cannot imagine how much trouble i had in obtaining a sim- ple little alcohol burner in a city that brags about its world-class scientific research facilities. summer holidays arc almost over. But I am happy to report that at last. Alexander is the proud owner (although I am the keeper) of an alcohol burner, a can of Serving South Huron, North Middlesex & North Lambton Since 1873 Published by I.W. Eedy Publications limited a "5 r Jove( -1 Ow( - enoff rowrnKu YIr o.� GOODS I k . SealCt9s. r • BRIDGING THE GAP • A good area to live in Are we fortunate" to be resi- dents of this part of Western On- tario? Thc answer to this question is definitely, yes. First of all we live in one of the finest agricultural areas in the en- tire province of Ontario. Our im- mediate county of Huron is tops in production in a number of ag- ricultural commodities and the surrounding counties of Mid- dlesex, Perth and Lambton are close behind. Exeter itself has a wide variety of stores and businesses which have the potential to fulfill the needs of all shoppers. Thc town now has six major automobile dealerships. If you want larger city atmos- phere, London is only about a half hour away and Toronto and Detroit are within three hours driving distance. For thc sport- ing crowd, major league base- ball, hockcy and football games are available in Toronto and De- troit. For health's. sake, London can be proud of three major hospitals which in their own specialties can compete with any cities in the entire world. What really started this type of thinking this. week were the ex- cellent live theatre shows which arc available to arca residents. Throughout various times of Y the year, four theatres arc within much less than one hour driving distance of Exeter. We feel safe in suggesting that there arc very few locations in this province that have theatres like the Huron Country Play- house, the Blyth Festival, Strat- ford Shakespearian Festival and the Grand Thcatrc in London so handy. This year, all four have or will #0, Frons the editor's disk by Ross Haugh have excellent playbill seasons. Our reporting cohort Yvonne Reynolds tells us the King and I show currently on at Grand Bend is a blockbuster. A numbcr of shows at Blyth this summer arc in the same cat- egory as are most of the 11 plays being offered in Stratford. The Grand in London is set for another successful season be- ginning this fall. We had the opportunity to sec The Relapse this past week at the Avon Thcatrc in Stratford. Along with most of the Strat- ford plays, The Rclapsc has been around for a long time. it was written by John Vanbrugh and was an immediate hit when it opened at the Theatre Royal in London, England in November of 1696. The Relapse is a fast moving; sort of ribald comedy. It is a combination of disparity be- tween natural desire and the per- ception of marital duty. Two plot -lines intertwine to make up the story. The relapse of the story is that of Loveless, a former libcnine who largely thanks to his patient and forgiv- ing wife Amanda, has reformed and returned to the joys of the marital nest. But, he will soon relapse under .the influence of Amanda's flirta- tious cousin Bcrinthia, who moves into their home. Enough said about the plot, Once you pick up a'program and read the names of some of the characters, it isn't long until the humour hits.Try some of these on for size. Mr. Needle, the tailor; Mrs. Calico, the seamstress; Mr. Toughlcather, a shoemaker, Mr. I -fair -Razor, a barber, Couplet, a matchmaker, Syringe, a surgeon; Easy -Greasy, a kitchen maid and Lawless, a constable. Thought of the Week : Any folks who spend their lives sow- ing seeds of kindness will even- tually enjoy a perpetual harvest. Meet the press__ Media. Fourth estate. Press. we can't get the pictures for an Reporter. Journalist. Call us hour. But as sure as shootin',-if what you like. We are the ones the reporter is late, the event is who go around .asking '!Who?" over and everyone has vanished n n r� n u n .._.. .. What? When? b%ia U 1L`1L. ge t,`siit and distill, and pass the infonnationoR-to-our readers. , (, Do you enjoy playing•tricks on kids and making their Dads look like bumbling fools? Is that what they pay you for and why they put your picture on the cover of this chcmistry sct? What am I going to do with the burner and thc alcohol? Use it for ... proper motivation, Alexander might have become a Canadian Nobel prize winner in chemistry. Now he'll probably 'grow up to be a fondue chef. functions. We arc often given complimen- tary tickets to dinners, musicales and theatre opening nights. But we pay for them. While you can sit back and enjoy yourself, thc poor reporter is taking notes on the after dinner speech, or men- tality uuu}; away nntnr?"I,,,• the rcvie that must be written for the n^x' ^dition. We us,uat'v hurry to wait. We arrive at thc : fecificd time, only to find there's en a snag, and RCyuIUIU s by Yvonne Reynolds the bad. I have met some inter- esting people, and gone to some interesting places, as part of my job. And, oh! The things I've been told off the record! I'll never tell! I have a secret joke. I smile to myself whenever I encounter passages in •the King James version of thc gospels. Mark says the four men carrying their friend afflicted with palsy could not get near Jesus because of "the press". Luke tells us Mary and Jesus' brethren could not get to the son of God for the same reason. Poor little Zac- chcus had_to.climh a trre to sec the Lord, fis "she press" was 1 conjure up visions of hcadlin- ers being surrounded by a forest ui ttaitietas alio tape iecofueis. 1 reg a-1LJ .+e Il llgwalfcd for hours in the hot sun recently to catch a glimpse of Queen Mother Elizabeth, only to have a swarm• of photographers and reporters swarm in front of them at the last minute. I say to myself "nothing has changed in 2,000 years", and indulge in a private chuckle. There arc other laughs. i re- member one time sitting at a table behind a card emblazoned in cap- ital letters "PRESS". A gentleman came along, read the card, then impishly reached out his hand and squashed the card Ilat. "I've always wanted to do that," he grinned, and walked on.