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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1999-05-26, Page 7Wednesday, May 26, 1999 Exotar \liimes–Advocato Opinion&Forum 7 1 OYEA'kS AGO May 24, 1989 - The most valu- able players on the Ontario Senior "B" hockey champion Exeter Mohawks are Dave Randerson and Bill Glover for the regular season and Rick Pikul for the playoffs. Three regular services cele- brated the anniversary of the Lucan Revival Centre and the mortgage on the new building was burned. London Free Press reporter John Miner of R.R. 1, Centralia is on assignment in Cuba with a trade development mission from London. Stephen township council has been asked by offi- cials of the Oakwood Park subdivision to fight any proposed annexation by the village of Grand Bend. 20YEARS AGO May 22, 1979 - The Snell Brothers General Motors dealership has emerged under the new name of Frayn e's. Progressive Conservative Robert McKinley swept to his' fifth straight victory In they :recent federal elec- tion in the new riding of Huron -Bruce. He defeated Liberal Graeme Craig by a majority of 8,988 votes. 3OYEARS AGO May 23, 1969 - A scare was thrown into local farmers when' a Hay Township farmer' found five cattle infected with rabies. Joseph Wooden, guest speaker at , an AOTS meet- ing, told the audience that laws limiting .households to two or less children were necessary to curb popu- lation growth, calling overpopulation the root of cur- rent environmental problems. ' 35YEARS AGO. May 23, 1964: Ideal weather, conditions are resulting in above average crops in Huron County. It is possible that farmers may be cutting hay this week. , , Don "Chub" McCurdy, a barber ineter for the past five years announced this week he was moving to Hensall to the shop of the Late Clair Deneau, Damage was high in, a Pre which completely destroyed a huge L-shaped barn on the farm of Horton McDougall, about six miles east of Hensall. Two Crediton Scout patrols under the leadership of Scout Master Glen Northcott and troop leader Alan Browning along with two Centralia patrols - spent the weekend in Hay Swampcleaning up a site, on the farm of William Northcott to ready for a July Camporee of Huron District. i4OYEARS AGO May 23, 1959 - Convinced that rabies continues to be a real threat to the safety of citizens, Exeter coun- .. cil Monday night, agreed to secure a tranquilizer gun to assist in the enforcement of the town's bylaws. A new,. commercial service for the district 'Superior .Maintenance" has been announced this week. The firm will specialize in maintenance of floors, walls, ceilings and windows of commercial and residential buildings. 50YEARSAGO April 22, 1949. - Nurses graduating., from Victoria Hospital School. of Nursing are Laurene Zurbrigg, Exeter; Eva Fullerton, formerly of Exeter and Jean Krueger, Zurich. The CNR freight office at Hensall broke a record of 30 years standing last month when bean shipments from the town reached 45,800 bags. On Saturday, June 4, Eunice Oestreicher of Dashwood will receive the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the spring UWO convocation. 60YEARS AGO May 24, 1939 - Leavitt's Theatre was showing Kentucky, a special technicolored feature with Loretta Young and Richard Greene showing the actual running of the Kentucky Derby. 75 YEARS AGO May 24, 1924 - -The London to Granton stage route which has been in operation for about half a century was discontinued on Monday last. Miss Edna Follick and Miss May Jones of town are leaving this week for a pleasant visit in Great Britain on the S.S. Marlock and will attend the World's Sunday School convention. 80 YEARS AGO May 25, 1919 Exeter council sold Brock Street, north of Wellington Street to the Exeter Canning and Preserving Company. Council is also petitioning Huron County Council to make Exeter a High School District. ROSS HAUGH BACK IN TME LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Stand up for what is right The letter was send to Mr. Paul Steckle, MP Dear Editor: How does Canada's participation in NATO's illegal "morally right?" killer bombing of the Yugoslavian peo- ple and the mindless attack on the People's Republic of China's Embassy help Albanian refugees, world peace and Canada's good name? We urge you to stand up for what is right and tell Prime Minister Chretien not to involve Canadians in any ground war and to stop the bombing. Diplomatic negoti- ations and not ultimatums must be given a chance to resolve this crisis and achieve a lasting peace. Yours for Peace THE SUNSHINE COAST PEACE GROUP Box 39, Southwood Site, RR #1 Halfmoon Bay B.C. VON 1Y0 Apologies for letter Dear Editor: Re letter from Kevin Love May 19, 1999 As Kevin indicates In his letter, the Roman Catholic and Anglicans have shared the same church building for 25 years, and we would add that great harmony has existed throughout. Recently the Roman Catholic community has decided to build their own church building, and we as Anglicans understand and respect their decision and wish them well. Free speech is still allowed in this country and Kevin has this privilege as an individual, but the Board of Management wish to make it very clear to Father Paul and the Roman Catholic Community that the contents of Kevin's . letter are his (Kevin's) personal thoughts. His letter has beendistressing to many Anglicans and we sure to the Roman Catholics even more. We wish to apologize to Father Paul and the Roman Catholic members for any stress his letter, which was not. authorized by our Board of Management,play have caused. Sincerely, SALLY GREEN, BOB LuxroN WARDENS Trivitt Memorial Church More apologies fofr . letter Dear Editor: The purpose of this letter is to respond to the letter written to you last week by Kevin Love. I- wish the people of Exeter and especially the mem- bers of Precious Blood Mission . to know that Kevin Love does not speak for me nor for the congregation of Trivitt nor was he given any authority to do sa. On behalf of the Wardens, Board of Management and congregation of Trivitt I apologize for Kevin's judgmen- tal attitude toward. our Roman Catholic brothers and sis- ters iri Christ. Over the past 25 years we have enjoyed the joint shar- ing of the church building with the Roman Catholic con- gregation of Precious Blood Mission. God has now seen fit for the Roman Catholics to pursue a new direction. We, at Trivitt wish them every success in their plans to build a new house of worship. Once again, I apologize for any upset or concerns any- one may have suffered as a result of Kevin's letter. Most sincerely, THE REV. FAY M. WIUSIE, Rector - Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church Beware of whom you blame Dear Editor: On Sunday, May 16 we, the Exeter Saddle Club had our first show of the season. It was a great success, with some new members and a great deal of spirit. We were very happy with the turnout and the weath- er, until the newspaper came out and rained on our parade. As the president I am writing to let Exeter know that the horse poop found on the back streets and thru town was not that of any ones on the Exeter Saddle Club. All of our members trailered their horses to the show and home. None of our members left the show grounds to ride around town. Our first show back in town was to bring out spectators to watch our shows and see what we do, not to upset anyone and be asked to leave town again. We have no control what other ped- ple do in town that own horses. Please beware of whom you blame and not ruin all of our hard work that we did, to try and bring some spirit back to Exeter for all of those horse riders and fans. Yours truly, PATTY MAsIvtcA - President - Exeter Saddle Club Another broken promise TORONTO -- When• Premier Mike Harris said in the TV debate between leaders "we have done what we said we would do," it is to be hoped he found his way home without getting lost. The Progressive Conservative premier's memory is not as sharp as it might be. He has kept substantial promises A VIEW FROM including one to cut income tax QUEEN'S PARK by 30 per cent, but it is a myth subscribed to by many that he keeps them all. In the 1995 election Harris won, for example, he said he did not want more casino gambling because it fosters crime and prostitution and par- ticularly because the Ontario government already collects enough money from people. Harris said flatly, "I don't want more money. The government doesn't need more money. We don't have a revenue problem — we have a spending problem." But as premier, Harris has rearranged his cards and decided he needs more revenue from gam- bling to help pay for his tax cuts and has expand- ed casinos and moved into slot machines and dice, games and made Ontario a Las Vegas without the heat. Harris said also in the 1995 campaign "it is not my plan to close hospitals," but has closed maiTr through a commission he set up trying to make it appear others and not his government ordered the closings. Harris promised in 1995 to provide quickly a law that would require a government to obtain approval in a referendum before increasing taxes. But he dithered over the wording before intro- ducing it at the last minute and then called the current election so quickly it still is not law. Harris said in 1995 "I think it would make sense" to allow beer to be sold in corner stores, which is not a major issue for most but brewed up a lot of votes for the Liberals led by David Peterson when he promised it in 1985. It helped Peterson seem innovative and contem- porary and oust Tory premier Frank Miller. But Peterson never pushed it and Harris is now more interested in promoting family values and has put it on a back shelf and ignored it. Harris suggested before the 1995 vote he would keep municipalities small rather than merge them to form bigger jurisdictions. ,He said "I dis- agree with restructuring because it believes_ that bigger is better. Services• always cost more in larger communities." But as premier Harris has gone on a restructur- ing binge, merging; municipalities in several areas including the ,former Metropolitan Toronto, and justified it particularly by saying it will save money. Harris before becoming premier opposed taxing homes on market value, one consequence of which would make many in central Toronto, whose values are higher solely because of their location, pay twice as much taxes as identical homes in the suburbs for the same services.. Tory candidates in the Toronto core in the 1995 election even distributed leaflets pledging their party would never tax homes at market value, which they would not have done without Harris's approval. But since the election Harris and his MPPs have voted to tax at market value, although they re- named it current value trying to make it sound different, partly as a payoff to suburban residents who voted for Harris. Before the 1995 vote. Harris made out he would push for more open government, a popular cause, particularly for giving the public access to federal -provincial conferences. He said the 'public should see what goes on and "the days of big decisions and grand schemes behind closed doors have gone," but as premier he has never even raised the matter. As one more example of many; Harris suggest- ed he would get tougher with states which abuse human rights by castigating New Democrat pre- mier Bob Rae for not protesting enough at the massacre of students in Tiananmen Square. But when Chinese premier Zhu Rongji came last month Harris wined and dined him and never mentioned human rights -- it was just another broken promise Harris cannot remember. ERIC DOVWD