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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1999-09-15, Page 5Wednesday,September 15, 1999 Exeter Times -Advocate Qpinion&lo I OYEARS AGO September 13, 1989 - Wet weather caused a few last minute changes in the program for the Huron County plowing match held at the Tuckersmith township farm of Bob and Marlene Bell. Deanna Bileskl of Exeter won the final leg of the Tyson Tour for junior golfers at the Thames Valley Golf and Country Club. Al Taylor of the Ironwood men's league recently shot a hole -in -one at the Science Hill golf course, near St. Marys. 20YEARS AGO September 15, 1979 Hay township council is starting to consider the construction of a lake water pipeline to service lakeshore cottage subdivisions. Exeter council finally decided to purchase proper- ty between the post office and library for the con- struction of a new police station to replace the one that burned down in July. The cost of the land is $44,000. Doug Jamheson : is -the new principal of Centralia College of Agricultural Technology replacing Jim Mac Donald who takes a sit Tlilar position at the Ridgetown College. Both men have been at the Centralia school since its inception in 1967. 30YEARSAGO September 14, 1969 - Exeter received its first application for a liquor licence from the owners of the LePines motel .currently under construction. r It was the first such :application since Exeter held its liquor vote in 1967. - The fund to raise aid for victims of the 1969 flood has been abandoned. A lack of public response to the appeal was cited as the reason for the halt to the efforts. Faced with claims of over $400,000 and see- ing no possibility of raising more than $20,000, the Yom} committee cancelled the fund. A collection box set up during Exeter's Fun Day netted only $2.73. 35YEARSAGO September 12, 1964 -Tenders will be opened today on a spacious new plant for Dashwood Planing Mills. Ltd. tobe located on Highway 4, five miles south of Exeter. The plant will have a capacity of over 40,000 sqare feet. Carole Davis and Bill Park of Lucan each received -:.$250 Dominion Provincial bursaries. Both plan to become school teachers. Bonnie Foster, 17, was crowned Queen of the Centennial at Saturday night's Zurich Agricultural Society Centennial dance. Susan Oesch and Linda Gascho were chosen as Princesses: 40 YEARS AGO September 13, 1959 - At the first meeting of the. season for the South Huron Junior Institute held last Wednesday, Mrs. Harry Dougall gave a demonstra- tion on the cutting, care and arrangements of flow- ers. SOYEARSAGC. September 13, :1949 - The yellow corn pack, canned for the first time at the local canning factory : was exceptionally good according to branch manag- er E.J. Green. The yellow sweet corn replaces white corn which has been grown for many years for export. After two years of preliminary work the campaign to provide a new hospital in Exeer to be known as South Huron Hospital has ripened and a drive has been launched to raise $200,000. Elmer D. Bell has been named chairman of the South Huron Hospital Association. W.G. Cochrane is secretary and treasurer is R.N. Creech. 60YEARS AGO September 14, 1939 - S.B. Taylor, jeweller for over 14 years, an Exeter institution of untarnished reputation for square dealing, finds it necessary to convert his entire high grade stock into cash. Taylor's ad stressed he was not going out of busi- ness, but was holding a special auction salg. 75 YEARS AGO September 13, 1924 -One of the large brick silos at the Exeter Canning Factory collapsed Wednesday morning. Mr. Peter Mclsaac has moved the Dashwood tele- phone central into the Mr. G. Kellerman building, formerly owned by the Bank of Commerce. Dr. Moir of Hensall is erecting a new and modern house on the farm, near Rogerville on the London Road. The teachers of this area, numbering 135, attend- ed a convention in Goderich recently. ROSS HAUGH BACK IN TIME r 1 1 . . 1 64 1 . 1 1 . 6. . 1 . 1 . . 1 . • r . 1 . . . r , 1 1 1 . • • • ♦ r OPINIONS AND LETTERS Worship service at the IPM Dear Editor: Any reader who is at least 25 years of age, will likely know exactly where they were and what they were doing on Sept. 28, 1972. That day, Paul Henderson scored the "Goal of the Century" in the last game of the first Canada -Russia hockey series. If you remember that date 27 years ago they you will want to be in the Zurich Arena on Sept. 19, 1999 at 7 p.m. for the International Plowing, Match Church Service (IPM '99). Our guest speak- er at the IMP '99 Church Service.' is the same Paul Henderson who made hockey history in 1972. That goal changed Paul's life forever. He is not only a national hero but also a devoted' Christian, a lay minister and a gifted motivational speaker. Paul Henderson will share his remarkable testi- mony at this Service. • Music fouthis service will be provided by a mass choir of 300 Huron County voices. Service leader- ship will be provided by nine capable young adults from nine different denominations. Three sign language interpreters will be pre- sent; and the Zurich arena is wheel chair accessi- ble. Everyone is welcome to worship with us. Sincerely, BRUCE WHITMORE PM '99 Church Service Chair Principal's Message Volunteerism has arrived at South Huron District High School in a big way. The idea is that all stu- dents should spend some time every year volun- teering to help, others. All grade nine students are required to complete forty hours of community service in order to get a high school diploma; but, we believe that in our school every student should spend some time volunteering in their community. The wonderful thing about a rural area is just how familiar a concept this is. Most kids are grow- ing up watching their parents and grandparents volunteer their time in so many ways. For: example, service clubs,; are active and well-known institu- tions in our communities. Our annual graduation and com- mencement exercises are an example of the generosity of these clubs when thousands of dollars are given to students to reward their achievements and to help them move on to the next stage of their education. The hundreds of volunteers that will make this year's International Plowing Match a resounding success show our students the incredible potential when people volunteer their time, their talents and their treasure. Our students have been asked to participate in ` the . Match in many ways. To name a few, we will be setting up and operating the 10 000 square foot Education Tent, operating the lights and sound as the techni- cal crew in the Entertainment Tent, providing the manpower to set up the landscaped area, picking up the garbage from the grounds as the Match is underway, helping people on and off the wagons for .one day, providing models for the Lifestyles tent and babysitters for the daycare area. All students will be encouraged to have the adult supervising their volunteer time to sign a logbook recording their time and task. This logbook will pe important to students when they apply to col- ' ege, universityand to work. The application ' occss. already includes asking for a detailed list of volunteer wozlc. And what employer would not hire an active volunteer over someone who can't list any volunteer experience. Many organizations in our wide school area have been calling to seek volunteer students and there- by tap into the wonderful energy of kids. We are encouraging these groups and clubs to arrange to come into the school and set up a display at noon - hour in order to collect student names. This year as more students become active volun- teers know that we're proud of them for. learning what volunteerism is all about but, know too, that we're proud of you for showing us how. D twiUTH PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE • Expose lack of attendance. TORONTO -- Premier Mike I larris is anxious to test others to see whether they do their jobs properly, but not so eager to examine his own. The Progressive Conservative premier said after a caucus of his MPPs that regular re -test- ing of teachers, which he promised before the June elec- tion and appeared to win sup- port from parents, will start next summer. His government has said it wants also to base pay increases for all civil servants on their indi vidual performances rather than automatically give annual increases up to the maximuni in their range. It already pays managers on per formance. The Ontario College of Physicians an Surgeons additionally is considering whether al doctors, whose abilities are a matter of life or 1 death to patients, should be examined _everyfive years to see if they are still competent to prac- tice. The proposal is being made by doctors themselves, but could be 'a move to pre-empt testing by Harris. One logical outcome of this trend is that mem- bers of the legislature, who make laws that affect everyone, also should be appraised to to see if they are doing their jobs adequately or need .upgrading. A counter -argument to this is that MPPs are assessed in general elections usually every four years. But elections increasingly have become reviews of parties rather than individual MPPs: The vast majority voted in June according to whether they supported or opposed the Harris government's policies. Almost all advertising promoted a leader or party policies and little emphasis was placed on individual MPPs. Harris through his four years as premier has tried to claim that' he is leading this trend toward stricter accountability by subjecting elected members of his party to it. The Tories said in the 1995 election that they would achieve this through so-called taxpayer protection legislation and have twice introduced legislation that would require a government not to increase taxes unless approved by a referen- dum and balance its annual budget except in some limited circumstances starting in the the year 2001. If a government failed to balance its budget, ministers would lose 25 per cent of the ministe- rial part of their salaries the first year and 50 per cent if it failed a second time. Ministers are paid $78,007 as MPPs and an extra $32,997 as ministers. One trouble with this is that the Tories brought in their legislation both times so late in sessions that they had not the remotest chance of getting it passed. The second time was only two days before ,they called the election. They recognized that they would embarrass themselves having a law to cut pay of future ministers for not balancing budgets when they clearly had not done all in their power to bat- ance their own, preferring instead to bestow tax cuts. ERIC DOWD A VIEW FROM QUEEN'S PARK • d 1 The Tories' legislation also is limited because it would review only ministers' performances and then only when they fail to balance budgets. A stricter appraisal like that promised teach- ers would cut ministers' pay -- for example, when they commit gaffes .like being rebuked by a court (Al Leach), exhorting welfare recipients to live on dented cans of tuna (David Tsubouchi) or suggesting inventing crises to gain support for policies (John Snobelen.) Assessing individual MPPs by their perfor- mances is more clifficult because they are less known, but a start could be made by examining how they fail to attend sittings of the legislature. Since Harris has . been premier the legislature has sat an average of only 86 days a year and has had to stop debates more often than any before it because fewer than the required 20 of 130 MPPs were in their seats. The legislature charitably does not record MPPs' attendance to avoid embarrassing them, but could start and dock the pay of those who fail to turn up without good reason. put this is not the sort of performance Harris wants to expose.