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Times Advocate, 1999-09-08, Page 7Wednesday,September 8, 1999 • Exeter Times -Advocate 7 i*ion&Fonirn 10 YEARS AGO September 6, 1989 - Linda Brown was named 1989 Ilderton Fair Queen Thursday night. Runnerup was Karen Kobes. Last year's Queen was Deanne Smith. The Bluewater Recycling Association plant at Grand nrnd Industrial Park was of, wittily opened Wednesday afternoon. Association chairman John Russell said four hundred tons of recycled newsprint means 8,600 trees can be saved. Bluewater is the first to involve 24 municipalities from four counties. 20YEARS AGO September 5, 1979 - Carol Ross of Exeter wws crowned Queen of the recent Zurich Bean Festival. Runnerup was April Guiness of Parkhill. Carol was crowned by last year's winner . Carol Fisher of Zurich. -' 3 . ': £•u:g� 44 { t'ir:Ekqttit Five of seven Exeter council members supported a move to purchase property from Barry Reid on Sanders Street, immediately west of the post office for a new police station. Reeve Si Simmons strongly opposes the new site in favour of town owned prop- erty behind the town hall, next to the hydro sub -sta- tion. The Reid purchase price is said to be $50,000. The Stephen Township recreation committee announced Thursday night that Frank Funston, a former resident of Huron Park has been named manager of the Stephen arena at Huron Park. Funston is completing a 26 year stint with the Canadian Armed Forces. Eight employees of Huron Industrial Park were honoured on their retirement Saturday night. They are Charles Glanville, Ralph Lightfoot, Harold Tripp, Ken Greb, Stan Peters, Jud Dykeman, Sam Bower and Rheinhart Keller. , 35 YEARS AGO September 5, 1964 - Exeter council has accepted the proposal from the Ausable River Conservation Authority that repairs to the south retaining wall of the dam at Riverview Park be undertaken as a pro- ject of the Authority. The aftermath of a wild and wooly Labour Day weekend in Grand Bend showed itself Tuesday when 128 court cases we're brought before, Magistrate William Pearson. The top two graduates of last year's graduating class at SHDHS have been awarded entrance schol- arships to the University of Waterloo. Sandra Jory of Kirkton and Dave Buchanan of Hensall both plan to take an engineering course. 40YEARS AGO September 6, 1959 - Arthur Gaiser of.Shipka has purchased the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Biggart at the corner of Andrew and John streets. Mr. Gaiser will move his family in at the end of the month. Inspection of the new ship , T M.° S. Cootenay was the highlight of :a recei l ` vg),„ 'o Hamilton by Exeter councillor Ross Taylor, Mrs. i'aylor and Douglas. The couple's eldest son Chief P.O. Kenneth Taylor is stationed on the Cootenay. Jim Tomlinson is attending Beal Technical School in London taking a course in electronics. Simon Nagle has also returned to his studies at Beal. Miss Alexia Lostell who attended a summer course at the University of Toronto has taken a posi- tion on the Glencoe High School staff. SOYEARS AGO September 8, 1949 = Mrs. Harry Dougall was awarded Provincial Honours for completing 12 4-H projects at Seaforth, Wedneday. Jack Drysdale of Hensall has won a $5,800 pre- fabricated cottage at the CNE. In June he won a complete set of living room furniture at a draw held by the Exeter Legion. 11* ' ` 75 YEARS AGO September 6, 1924 - Maurice Harvey has returned to Toronto to continue his studies at the medical college there. Mr. R. E. Pooley had a successful auction sale of his effects realizing $2,300. The fifty acre farm has been sold to Mr. Earl Johnston of Whalen. I 00 YEARS AGO Sepember 7;1899 - We have been informed that a certain resident of this village, after getting "boozed" went home to his residence where he laid outside for a Considerable length of time and then made entrance to the house and abused his wife. Such conduct is not manly and should be avoided.. ROSS HAUGH BACK IN TIME OPINIONS AND LETTERS Grand Cove is at the top of the list Dear Editor: We are concerned that the Exeter Times -Advocate would devote 3/4 of a page to slander the residents of Grand Cove Estates. In the September 1st issue, a distorted view of our community was printed as "news" by Scott Nixon under the banner "Demonstration planned over inconsistent Grand Cove rent." I wish to offer a rebuttal to this mislead- ing article. Grand Cove is a community of 600 retired people who have chosen to live in an adult lifestyle environment. The majority of residents are happy with the choice they have made. However. like uny community, wo share a diversity of characters. The "Don Quixote" of Grand Cove has chosen to go public with his perceived and fabricated problems. As long as he kept his problems within the communi- ty, he was accepted with tolerance and amusement. He has now crossed the threshold of tolerance and we can now understand how he gained his well deserved sobriquet. If a demographic study were made of our community, we are positive that our level of education, intelligence, and per capita income is greater than similar size places. We are an older generation - we have survived all that life has had to offer, including the great depression and the tragedies of World War II.Most of us have gained the right to live a quiet, peaceful life. We do not want to be insulted by "social activists" who feel they: are dedicated to protect us. In modern day par- lance the phrase is "BUTT OUT". For the benefit of the Times -Advocate staff I would like to set the record straight. 1- Rents are determined at the time a lease is signed between the tenant and the land- lord. No resident is ever forced to sign a lease. He is expected to live up to the contract •once he has signed it. 2- We live in a free market society. "Market Value" is dictated by the law of supply and demand. The price is determined in negotiations between the buyer and seller. It is not a unilateral decision. 3- In defense of the staff and landlord - We want to express our appreciation to the wonderful staff who go out of their way to be pleasant and helpful. We could not envision a better landlord than we have. He continuously up -grades the park and does his best to provide us with great amenities. 4- As for the residents of this community, 95% are great people. Like every other community, we have a few "flakes" who try .and make us believe we are not living a good life. We surveyed at least forty communities before we bought here and evaluated them for the following criteria: House Price - Rental Fee -• Location (proximity to shopping, medical facilities and family.) Amenities (this park has more ameni- ties than any we have seen) - Recreational opportu- nities (these abounds in the area) -.. Security. Our evaluation placed Grand Cove at the : top of the list and therefore we purchased a home here. We Love Grand Cove RAYMOND AND DOLORES BEAUNE Grand Bend Writer shares feelin • using p Dear Editor: T Re: Recent letters and articles on the exorbitant rent t increase proposed for,the Huron Adult Day Centre The Price is Right?'j -{ The County came down like 'a wolf on the fo Of the seniors, the infirm, the mentally old "' As if they were expendable, so it would seem If they did not comply with a rent raising scheme Brought on by, the County's amended Admin Where a one dollar property took a high spin We can only surmise that it all will.depend Whether Cash or Humanism wins in the end. CLARE VINCENT LErritirkt* comOain kms,: Strong relationship? TORONTO - David Caplan will be able to speak in the legisla- ture this fall without hearing taunts he is 'Elinor's boy.' Liberal Caplan was elected in a by election in 1997 in a Toronto riding his mother Elinor held for 12 years and had to endure constant jeers by Premier Mike Harris's Progressive Conservatives he won because of her influence. The formidable Elinor was a provincial minster from 1985-90, but ran federal- ly in 1997 and recently was made immigration minister. . She would have had clout in her riding, but David won again in the June general election in a revised riding, much of which his mother never set foot in. David also beat David Johnson, who had been house leader and education minister and the Tories' most impressive performer next to Harris himself, so there ' will be no more sneers about David being Elinor's boy. The Caplans have started a dynasty, which is not unusual in Ontario politics. Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty's father, also named Dalton, held the same riding in Ottawa before him. Dalton Junior talks fondly and loyally about his dad and the contribution he made to the legisla- ture, but the father in fact was not in the same leagues as the son. Dalton senior spoke rarely and even then offered little of significance, while the son's spirit- ed performance in June when the Liberals gained seats although Harris kept his majority is one reason the opposition party has revived optimism. New Democrat Shelley Martel has a seat in Sudbury her father Elie held for 20 years, also passed on like a family heirloom, although the Sorbonne-educated daughter has been worth her place, particularly in opposition and attacking, a quality inherited from her father, who may hold the record for being thrown out of the legislature for exuberance in pushing his cause. Blood being thicker than water, Elie even came out of retirement when Shelley was a minister and the Liberals accused her of releasing confi- dential information to protect her ministry and charge them with `lynching' her. Shelley by coincidence is also part of a different type of dynasty because, while an MPP, she mar- ried fellow - NDP MPP Howard Hampton, who .became leader and led the party in the June elec- tion. ERIC DOWD A VIEW FROM QUEEN'S PARK The last husband and wife to sit together in the legislature were Jim and Margaret Renwick three decades ago. Jim= won the most memorable by- election of recent years in 1964, when he defeat- ed evangelist Charles Templeton, who also was running to lead the Liberals and might have lifted them from obscurity sooner. Margaret joined him three years later. Corporation lawyer Jim stayed 20 years until his death and gave the NDP a new depth and respect, but Margaret lasted only one four-year term. • New Democrat lii sband and wife Ken and Marion Bryden held another Toronto riding suc- cessively, but never sat in the legislature togeth- er. Tony Clement, the new environment minister, is a stepson of John Clement, a Tory attorney -gen- eral in the 1970's so renowned for his wit that premier William Davis often asked him to substi- tute for him and speak to groups where a touch of humour was more needed then explanation of policy. John met and married Tony's mother when she worked in another minister's office. Chris Hodgson, chair of management board and most often tipped to succeed Harris as premier, although it is too early to count on it, had two uncles, brothers, who were in the legislature at the same time, another rarity. Glen, steady but never promoted to cabinet, represented the same area for 12 years, but the more effervescent Lou held a Toronto seat only one term. Some political dynasties have been highly suc- cessful, including Allan Grossman, a senior Davis minister for many years, and his son Larry, a treasurer and Tory leader.... but hey, these sto- ries about politics running in families could go on forever.