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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1998-04-22, Page 10Page 10 Tines -Advocate, April 22, 1998 YOUR VIEWS... Neighbor's"dog not restrained "These dogs take a mouthful or a posed to catch the dog, then call the dog catcher who lives in Hensall. strip when they attack.A good number of dog owners obey the rules, a Dear Editor: • good many ignore them. Why not get the new coun- What is one to do, if on your property and trying ••sel members, with their 13 per cent raise, to take; to get a little sun, a Rottweiler from next door comes :turns catching, calling, and holding this dog until he barking -at you and comes up"to within 10', snarling has a'muzzle on him. and harking, then goes back, lays down. I stepped • I have been bitten at times by dogs that wouldn't out 4 feet further in the sun, he came dashing hack, bite. A woman in Stratford just had her face man - showing teeth and snarling: 1 froze and didn't move gled, children are torn up by Rottwiellers. There arc so much as a finger. He stopped about 4 feet from a good number of dogs with no tags and no muzzle. me. l could have touched him.. Enforce what you have, or rewrite it with teeth. 1 was weak the rest of the day. These dogs take a mouthful ora strip when they attack. I understand they are to he on a leash or muzzled and I am sup - '4 Meet the neighbors ...the fun begins Thursday nights and continues until Sunday... Dear Editor: - I am writing this letter to the parents. of the young men who recently purchased a house in our neigh- borhood: 1 want tO sincerely thank you for the exern- plaryjoh you.did raisingthcse-boys. I do not know how you were able to allow them to move out -of your homes - you must miss them desperately. They have certainly become a presence in our neighbor- -hood. Where else can young children earn pocket money picking up beer bottles? Where ease can underage teens learn to drink numerous beers and toss the empties onto the street? On Sunday on.my way to. church. I was reminded that God made man in His image and the body is a wonderful example of his creation"- for there in all his glory. was one of your sons desecrating the ground. They have mastered thc art of fire building and are making use of otherwise useless' materials - an old rubber tire- to contain the fire. They provide us with entertainment in the form of loud music and screeching tires at all hours of the night. When there was snow on the ground; we were shown thc-way our of town via snowmobile trails that led across our lawns. We. have learned how rela- tionships develop from the unusual language used by young girls screaming at their boyfriends. For exam- Yours truly. Lloyd Lovell 111 Imor AMMIL • NM NNW ple, one young lady told another that if she wcrc to lay a @#$%?! finger on her !@#??!! boyfriend again, she would @@#$??! break her arm and shove • it up her @!!? 1 betievc this young lady is sixteen, so it is good that she,has grasped the importance of communication at such a_tender age. She will he well prepared for a career. further schooling or mar - .whichever she chooses. • 1 am impressed with the condition of the home the hogs have bought. 1 gather they have started major renovat.ans to upgrade the property. Entrepreneurs know that by improving property, you increase the value of your investment. Arc they planning on putting in -new windows or is the removal of thc+.-0.1d ones just to allow nature to move into their space' . The addition of the deck and the moving of the oid one has certainly added more outdoor living space. And the car that was stuck in the front yard one ' snowy Saturday night - buried up to its axles - has." created.a unique landscape. • Anyway.'anytimc you would like to come visit your children. he my guest. My front porch provides a. wonderful place to watch from just re.mcmher • that thc fun begins Thursday nights and continues until Sunday unless it is along weekend-. then it ..continues until Monday. Bring your own lawn chairs -hut there should be -enough hecr to go around- Or yet. huy them a house in your neighborhood you can enjoy their company year round! Wendi Schwindt. Exeter Peace through prayer: "We believe that if enough people join their hearts and minds for peace in prayer, we can bring heal- . ing and change for the world... Dear Editor: . i received an e-mail letter this.past week which I feel may he of interest to many of yourrcaders. This is an account of one man's courage to follow what you would call an impossible dream and his unwa-. • vering belief in the power of prayer. James Twyman is an author and musician who spent somc.tin►c in Bosnia during the war and was .devastated by the death, destruction and futility of war. He left there detemtined tti find a way to bring about peace. - He later received a .copy of 12 peace prayers writ- ten by major.reiigions world-wide and set them to music. He then began giving concerts with these prayers across the globe. Twyman was invited by the government of Iraq • to perforin his peace concert in Baghdad. War seemed inevitable. "I was being used by the Iraqi government." Twyman said, "hut we had the same goal. to avoid a terrible war. i was given permission to sing the Muslim prayer for peace to Saddam • Hussein and 1 wanted the world to join in this prayer. Thousands of pcopleover the world partici- pated and I felt a profound shift in the energy of that region. Three days later a pc -lice agreement was signed. something that seemed impossible before the prayer vigil hewn. • • A week later I was invited by the government of Northern Ireland to sing' in Belfast. Bombs were exploding and peoplc.wcre trying to interrupt the peace process. Once again thousands around the world joined us in prayer and three days later there was a break -through in the talks.A peace agreement in May now seems inevitable." Twyman believes the evidence is there that we do have the power through prayer to bring about change. He knew from this that he was to conduct a global prayer project thus his invitation to sing at the United Nations on April 23.presented an unparal- leled opportunity to do so. Messages have been sent worldwide through e-mail and lax to millions of. • people requesting they send their prayers fin peace. on this day and we invite you to join them with your own personal prayer for inner and world peace. We believe (holdenough people join their hearts and minds for peace in praYer. we can bring healing and change for the world. Thursday. April 23. 6:3(1 p.m. More information on this project is available on - the Internet website at http://www.pcaceseeds:com. Scientific experiments on the project - at http://-www.princcton.cdu/-rdneison/i nde x.html Sincerely. D. Chapman y VIM Al w Going hungry for good causes. Above, students of St. Boniface/St. Peters Youth Group re- cently went 24 hours without eating and raised an estimated $350 for Development and Peace. Below, members of. the Christian Reformed Church Youth Group took part in a 30 - hour famine for World Vision. "Around supper time is the hardest," said Ray Heyink, one of the group leaders. TEAS T� .LET' pZ2- HE EDI Red Cross sends thank you "It is the thoughtfulness of such. people who help create community spirit..;" Dear Editor: Next week there will"be a special celebration as it is National Volunteer Week and the Canadian Red • • Cross Blood Services would like to extend our sin- cere appreciation to everyone who participates in the . Blood Donor Clinics. Without the assistance of com- munity volunteers, it would be very difficult to orga- nize this program. " There are numerous people in each community who willingly share their time with us. If is weren't , for the hundreds of people who donate their blood, • patients wouldn't have a second chance. In order to. organize a clinic, we rely on the support of service . clubs; organizations, Masons, School Boards: • churches, local businesses and the mediato provide • us with facilities, refreshments, promotions and the • ' . recruitment of donors and volunteers. We would like to take this opportunity -to acknowledge those dedicated people who volunteer their precious time to.help enrich/save the lives of those patients in need of blood and blood products. It is the thoughtfulness of such people who help . create community spirit which is a 'vital ingredient in our Blood Services Program. . Appreciatively: Suzanne Barron, Recruiter, Blood Services Hurray for Charest "Maybe he should be called Thomas Charest, or would a bet- ter etter name be "Charade "? Dear. Editor: - i feel that Charest has made a great dedication. to Canada by going to the Quebec Liberal Party. "Why not leave a sinking ship?" - if elected. Premier of Quebec, he will he pro- claimed a hero for saving.Canada. He already is eli- gible for his M.P. pension from Ottawa, and can try • for a second from Quehcc should serve for six ..years:• . If defeated in Quebec, his attendance record alone should _qualify_ him for nomination to the Lihcral - Senate. During the 3 1/2 years prior to .the 1997 election he attended only five times outof a possible. 637. This is a .065% attendance. Mayp be he should he called Thomas Charest, or would a better name -be "Charade''" . William Hudson. • Granton Courses not offered Our children deserve a high quali- ty and well rounded education.... Dcar Editor: We arc writing to express our opinions on pro- grams currently offered by the -former Perth Board and not offered by the former Huron Board. In par- ticular. Family Studics,.Design and Tech., and •the use of specialist teachers. We wish our children to march forward not hack - ward into the 21st century. The current Family Studies and Design and Tech. offers a full program_ that introduces and -develops necessary•life skills to our children.. We feel more "computer expertise should he available. We feel the Tech program at - the Huron Board 'offers high tech. info. over very. small periods of time that cannot meet the standards currently achieved.. Specialized teachers provide:expertise in many ar- eas that provide a richer education base for our chil- dren. Music skills -help develop skills•that carry Oyer to other educational subjects. It provides for -a more rounded person. The quality of education is depen- dent on the qualifications of Our teachers. We feel it is necessary to have qualified music teachers in our schools. As well, 'a French program without qualified teachers can only be as good as the ability of the teacher. In a bilingual country, we feel it is impor- tant to have qualified teachers'for our French class- es. Physical education in our society is of prime im- portance to our health and well being. we feel quali- fied teachers can help make this an important pan of our children's lives. . Our children deserve. a high quality and well rounded education. Please consider this carefully before making decisions that would hurt them. • - Sincerely, Connie Bedford, Chairperson . Juliet Public School Council • Please, don't drink and drive! Dear Editor: Hi! 1 just wanted to send you this poem that I re- ceived over the net: I thought with summer coming up it should he published for -the teenagers. It made me think- about my daughter. I hope you think it is as good as i do. Moonlight Ride Jenny was so happy about the house they had found. For once in her life 'twas on the right side of town. She unpacked her things with such great ease. As she watched her new curtains blow in the breeze. How wonderful it was to have her own room School would he starting, she'd have friends over soon There'd he sleep -overs; and parties; she was so hap- py it's just the way she wanted her life tobe. • On the first day of school, everything went great. She made new friends and ever] got a date! . She thought. "1 want to he popular and I'm going to he. Because l just got a date with the star of the team!" To he known in this school you had to have clout. And dating this guy would sure help her out. There was only one problem stopping her fate. Her parents had said she was too young to date. "Well, 1 just won't tell them the entire truth. They won't know the difference; what's there to lose?" Jenny asked to stay with her friends that night. Hcr parents frowned but said, "Albright." Excited. she got ready for the big event But as she rushed around like she had no sense. She began to feel guilty about all the. lies. But what's a pizza. a party, and a moonlight ride? Well the pizza was good, and the party was great, But the moonlight ride would have to wait. • For Jeff was half drunk by this time. But he kissed her and said that he was just fine. Then the room filled with smoke and Jeff took puff ' Jenny couldn't believe he was smoking that stuff Now Jeff was ready to ride to the point But only after he'd smoked another joint. They jumped in the car for the moonlight ride.. Not thinking that he was too drunk to drive. Thcy finally made it to the point at last, And Jeff started trying to make a pass, Withal' of her might, she.pushed Jeff away; "Please take me home, l don't want to stay" Jeff cranked up the engine and floored thc gas. In a matter of seconds they were going too fast. As Jeff drove on in a fit of wi;d anger. Jenny knew that her life was in danger. She begged and pleaded for him to slow down, .But he just got faster as they neared the town. "Just let me get home! I'II confess that 1 lied. I really went out for a moonlight ride," Then all of a sudden. she saw a big flash "Oh God. Please help u.! We're going to crash!" She doesn't remember the force of impact. Just that everything all of a sudden went black. • She felt someone remove her from the twisted rub- ble, And heard. "Call an ambulance! These kids are in trouble!" " Voices she heard....a few words at best. But she knew there were two cats involved in the wreck. Then wondered to herself if Jeff was all right, And if the people in the other car were alive. • She awoke in the hospital to faces so sad, "You've been in a wreck and it looks pretty bad," These voices echoed inside her head, As,they gently told her thatleff was dead, • • They said. "Jenny, we've done all we can do, But it looks as if we'll lose you too," "But the people in the other car!''" Jenny cried. • "We're, sorry, Jenny they also died." Jenny prayed. "God forgive me for what I've done 1 only wanted to have some fun." "Tell those people's family, I've made their lives dim, And wish I could return their families to them." "Tell Mom•and Dad I'm sorry I lied. And that it's my fault so many have died. a Oh, nurse, won't you please tell them that for me?" The nurse just stood there -she never agreed. A pass is not what Jenny wanted at all (and by a pass, I don't mean football) "Perhaps my parents were right maybe 1 am too young Boy, how could I ever have been so dumb • But took Jenny's hand with tears in her eyes And a few moments later Jenny died, A man asked the nurse, "Why didn't you do your best To bid that girl her one last request'?" She looked at the man with eyes oh so sad, "Because the people in the other car were her Mom and Dad." This story -is sad and unpleasant.but True, So young people take heed, it could have been you. I hope this poem will help stop kids and adults alike from drinking and driving. JF