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Times -Advocate, May 29. 1991
Publisher. aim Sackett
News Editor: Adrian Hart•
Business Manager. Don Smith
Composition Manager. Deb Lord
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pinion
"igen are never so likely
to settle a question rightly'
as when they discuss it
freely."
... Thomas Macauley
PablloW Eesti Wednesday M 424 Male�t
Exeter, Oft,*Miq J.W. E h1HeadoesTi.M.
EDITOR! 11,S
Budget commendable
livhile many local municipalities
attempted to put together bud-
gets with no tax increases over
last year, only one has managed to do
that.
Lucan council kept the 1991 budget
to some $258,000, meaning no increase
to the mill rate was necessary.
With people threatening tax revolts all
over this province, Grand Bend includ-
ed, Lucan's example is impressive.
Unfortunately, the down side to the
equation is that Lucan residents will be,
footing the bill for expensive sewer and
water projects for some years to come,
but perhaps in the face of that, council's
resolve to keep theregular municipal
budget down is commendable.
A.D.K.
Not worth it
you would hope the police sta-
tion have more need for a fax
machine than just to track
down delinquent parkers.
When the Ministry of Transportation
introduced its program to put all unpaid
parking violations on a car's license
record, it seemed like a great idea. At
last those who thumb their noses at
parking tickets and let them pile up
would finally be forced to pay, at least
once a year when they renew their car's
registration.
The trouble is, the ministry calls the
shots, and local ,police forces are using..
fie machines to rush the ,inforpla`;� on to
the ministry. The mf nistty 'then - Mums
a whole pile of confidential information
about the car and its driver, in case
there's anything amiss.
But Exeter only handed out 245 park-
ing tickets last year, most of which
were likely paid on time. The delin-
quent handful have spurred the acquisi-
tion of a $1,000 fax machine and its 'op-
erating costs. It is highly unlikely the
machine will pay for itself from unpaid
fines. Even total fines last year amount-
ed to only $1,382.20.
Why doesn't someone tell the ministry
to send the confidential info by mail,
and fax the fine from the town office?
Or better yet, get the ministry to relax its
deadline and mail the whole thing. Or
maybe tell the ministry what it can do
with its program.
Instead, counc;and pur-
chased the rric E, up far too
easily.
Unless the fax can be used to get crime
information to and from the non -
computerized station, then the machine
will likely not be earning its pay.
.A.D.H.
Purity and Corn Flakes Part 2
What? You've never heard of
Dr. Kellogg? He was a surgeon
in Battle Creek, Michigan, who
had enough time on his hands to
invent corn flakes and write a
bunch of curious, now mostly
forgotten books. This is the sec-
ond in a series of excerpts, to be
read while enjoying your break-
fast com flakes. Don't let them
get stuck in your throat, though;
the advice is a little stale: well
over a century old. Here's Kel-
logg again:
Impurity in art
Under the guise of art, the
genius of our finest artists is
turned to pandering to a base de-
sire for sensuous gratification.
The pictures that hang in many
of our art galleries often include
views which can only be means
to evil. we see no necessity for
the developmentof art in this.
particular direction, when nature
presents so many and such var-
ied scenes of loveliness in land-
scapes, flowers, beautiful birds,
and graceful animals, to say
nothing of the human form pro-
tected by sufficient covering to
satisfy the demands of modesty.
Unchaste language
The use of impure language
by young and old is an evil of-
ten ignored. Even persons who
are really not bad at heart,
thoughtlessly encourage the evil
by listening to and laughing at
obscene and ribald jokes which
ought to make a pure man blush
with shame.
Let filthy talkers but Consider
for a moment what multitude of
"idle", unclean words are wait-
ing for account in the final day,
and what vomdenulation Must
roll upon their guilty souls
when strict justice it meted out
to them...
Telling filthy stories is an
abominable sin. Such habits
Peter's
Point
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Peter Hesse'
crush out pure thoughts, annihi-
late respect for virtue, make the
mind a quagmire and lead to
overt acts of lewdness.
Women, too, are not without
their share in this accursed
thing, which haunts the sew-
ing -circle and the parlour. They
do not, of course, often de-
scend to those depth of vulgari-
ty to which the coarser sex will
go, but couch in finer terms the
same impure thoughts, and
hide in loose insinuations what
words could not well express.
Impure thoughts
No one Can succeed long in
keeping himself from vicious
acts whose thoughts dwell
upon unchaste subjects.
Poul thoughts, once allowed
tO enter the niind, trier like die
leprosy. They corrode, contam-
inate, and infect like Nle pesti-
lence. Young man, you who
have abandoned yourself to
Mental uncleanliness, weigh
carefully this though: Would
you like to have your mother
look • in upon your mind?
Would you respect your fethec
if you knew his mind to be such
a quagmire of mental filth as
your own?
Incessant mental occupadon is
the only safeguard against sin.
Those worthless fops who
spend their lives in killing time,
by lounging about bar -rooms,
loafing on street comers, or
strutting up and down the boule-
vard,. are anything but chaste.
Those equally worthless young
women who waste their lives on
sofas or in easy chairs,occrtpied.
Soli With, some silly NOW, or
idling away life's precious hours
in reverie, such creatures are
seldom the models of purity...
Stagnant Minds
Mental stagnation is an invite -
don to evil thoughts, and from
evil thoughts are bom evil ac-
tions. An unoccupied mind is
like a magma pool, the, water
of which grows I11u1 and im=
simply front want of activ-
ity. Stagnation is death, moral
as well as mental and physical.
Thousands of children not nat-
urally vile or vicious are led to
min. by simple neglect. Com-
plete occupadon is the greatest
of all safeguards to the young.
Fill the child's mind full of
wholesome truths, an there will
bene room ibr evil.
Lessons learned
I've always prided myself on
being a fairly decent photogra-
pher. Photography is one of the
more complicates, ,h9,
can pursue, but I learned early
on an understanding of all those
peculiar numbers and measure-
ments could lead to treasured
memories captured on film.
I also learned, when on vaca-
tion, film was one of the cheap-
est and best souvenirs money
could buy.
And yet, I was doing some-
thing wrong. Last year, when I
got back my slides from my va-
cation I found there were a few
missing. Not because I had lost
them, but because I had never
taken them. I spent two nights
on the island of Alberoni, yet
never took a single picture there.
I couldn't figure out why.
Of all the people I was travel-
ling with, I wasn't surprised to
find I had brought more camera
equipment than most. In fact, I
had chosen two cameras (for dif-
ferent films), three lenses, a
flash, a micro -tripod, and a
package of filters. I felt sure I
could take pictures under nearly
every circumstance - except
when I ataphd1y left the camera
bag in ray bile/ roombecause it
was too heavy to carry on those
nights out.
Oh yes, I have wonderful sce-
Nes of my holiday: carefully
composed, perfectly exposed
and sharply focused: 1 have
many shots I knew the others
with their point and shoot came-
ras couldn't take, like cathedral
ceilings, valleys at dusk, I even
captured some Italian fireflies
on film. { J
But when l; had t chance te='
see the photos taken by another
Hold that
thought...
By
. Adrian Harte
person on the very same tour,
the experience was humbling.
While it was fascinating to see
some of the same scenery from
totally different perspectives,
one thing did stand out in my
mind. This woman had taken
far more "fun" pictures than I
had.
Where were my photos of eve-
ryone enjoying that restaurant
meal? Why did I not have my
camera with me during that
walk on the beach? The answer
was that even one camera with
lens and flash was too awkward
to bring along, so I left it be-
hind, believing 1 had taken
enough pictures that . day, but
mistaken.
So I resolved to buy another
camera to solve that problem.
For nearly a year I looked for a
high-quality precision 35mm
that would fit in a pocket, but
they're few and far between
these days, and usually require
an external flash. Finally, I
knew the. time had come to ad-
mit defeat and buy a camera I
had decried for so long- u the aur
tofgcus
For so long I had criticized the
breed as not having tack -sharp
lenses, inadequate flash power,
and focussing prone to errors.
Nonetheless, all those people
on tour with me were taking pic-
tures with these toy cameras
while mine was still in its bag.
Not anymore. Armed now
with a very tiny camera that will
fit in my back pocket, I am de-
termined to get all those pictures
on film I never did before, in-
cluding all those family snaps I
rarely take.
I still won't leave the big guns
behind next vacation, but there
will be room in the bag fork the
pocket camera for when it's
needed.
Of course, there ai' limits to
everything. I suspect there ate
more than a few people out there
who spend most of their vaca-
tions with a video camera glued
to their faces, hell-bent on get-
ting it all on tape - only to find
they come home with footage of
everyone else having all the fun.
And I do recall reading a trav-
el editor who swore he over-
heard a couple who had just ar-
rived at one of Europe's greatest
cathedrals. Both armed with im-
pressive 35mm cameras, the
husband told his wife "You do
the inside and I'll do the out-
side".
There are limits.
appetite. estp►eelslly
for plum, healthy wholesome
com flakes. Watch for next
month's installment in this min-
im**. Von will be treated to
Dr. Kellogg's views on "Pash-
iolutbk Life", "Degenerate
Manners" andthe"Inc ease of
Ytte
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Letter to Editor
Invltatlon to Walkerton Homecoming
Dear Editor.
The Walkerton Homecoming 91
is extaiding an open invitation to
former Walkerton residents in
your area to return 10 Walkerton
this summer for our town's 125th
anti � sal a octant, Iowa.
'41`:'g '•
dons,gist
fling ties*.
with a ' pro-
duction at our historical town -hall
°aided "Simmers" and ending Sun-
stamisal
muudca�ll COnceJely 23 I.The week
asst -Coo Lincoln pened AJexLip d-
Ofspecial incest too former Wal -
including school
reunions on Sat-
urday,and July
Homecom-
ing Chtuyrh Servic-
Sunda�morning
O of g - .
Bon of- IleiMeed1141111
'V4
VI' ' a bots pint* wliltlii Will
rod its way over a two -kilometre
route begismine at 10:30 a.m. on
Saturday, J_uly 27. There win also
be hot las y balloon agd early
eve-
ivhes d
tenuremotuNt ornecsming '91
Besides the many. many acdvi-
des pbuamedmary . Walker-
�Homacemins
'91 Committee has also brought to-
rt list of unique souvenir
items, including a book called "Re
flecdons" by local author and
newspaper columnist, Lloyd Cart-
wright, and a special board game
about Walkerton.
We hope to see many of our
friends, pests and former neigh-
bours in Walkerton during Home-
coming 91 weekend. Anyone•
wishing more information can
write to the address listed below.
Sincerely;
Ron Wassink,i
Homecoming '91 public relatiohif
Box 190,
Walkerton, Ontario
NOG 2V0
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