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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-07-09, Page 12Page 12 Times -Advocate, July 9, 1997 C'o1ViMlINITX Exeter lifeguards Making a splash. Jaclyn Baynham, Sarah Leyes, Gavin Poole and Eric Hundey are this- year's lifeguarding/ instructing staff pt the Exeter Public Pool. Among the p001 events scheduled this summer is a regional meet to be held Saturday morning. dour Views.. . Letters to the editor Thanks to Exeter and area businesses A much fun as it was to organize this event, it was a rather huge undertaking.... Dear Editor: On Sunday, June 22nd, approximately 300 cyclists. from Ontario, Quebee, and the United States, descended upon Exeter as part of Cy- clone '97, a 500 kilometre bicycle tour of midwestern Ontario.' South. Huron District High School (S.H.D.H.S.) hosted the riders and provided them with the necessary comforts as they passed through our area. As much fun as it was to organize this event, it was a rather huge undertaking, and it required the co-operatio, of many Exeter and area businesses and other community -minded groups. Our sinct:re thanks go out to the following groups: Nabisco Brands Inc., Tim Horton's, Shoppers Drug Mart, Holtzmann's i.G.A.,.,Seip's valu-mart, Kicks Aquatic Centre, Maclean's Home Hardware, Town of Exeter, Exeter Recreation Board, 1997-98 S.H.D.H.S. Student Council, S.H. Black Jazz Band (many of whom performed for the last time as part. of the high school band), Melba and Abner Tuckers. the parents, staff, and students of Exeter Public School (E.P.S.), and the S.H.D.H.S. and E.P.S. School Advisory Councils (S.A.C:). Sincerely, George McEwan, Jodie Baker & Lynn Farquhar Exeter co-cordinators Bicycle safety HURON COUNTY - When your head hits the road, a car bumper or the sidewalk, your brain bounces around inside the skull. Your brain Child wants bike back ...if you are the one who took my bike, i beg you to bring it back." To whom it may concern: . It's been almost two weeks since you took my new bike from my friend's backyard while we were having a sleepover in their family tent. [ didn't real- - izye itwas gone until I went to go home the next morning to do my paper route. You see, I've been delivering Focus and flyers -and cueing grass to save up enough money to buy that bike. I was proud of it and it was really nice, but I guess you thought so too, since you took mine but left the other bikes there! Perhaps if you don't have a bike of your own, you • could find some odd jobs to do and earn enough money to buy one like i did.. You see, I'm only ten years old and there was a lot of cold, wet Saturday mornings and I didn't always feel like going out to deliver my papers, but I did. I'm sure you would ' feel a lot better if you earned one. So please if you are the one who took my bike, l beg you to bring it back. [ miss it! _ Sincerely, • Debra Toonk, Exeter • P.S. If anyone has• seen.a-stray bike, it was a 15 - speed Triumph, reddish pink. ` Special thank you to all. Without the help and support.of many, this day would not have been such a success::. Dear Editor:II R.E. Pooley Branch. #167, Exeter Legion would • like to thank all service clubs, Exeter and area and Stephen Township Fire Departments; South Huron Recreation Centre staff. and the Town of Exeter for. their support in the success of our Canada Day cele- brations. A special thanks also to the many businesses; and companies who donated prizes towards making our events of the,, lay successful Last but not least thanks to all the individuals; organizers, and helpers involved with all the events that were scheduled that - day. Without the support and help of many, this day would not have been. such a success as it was or has been in the past. • Yours sincerely Canada Day Chairperson, Liz McAuslan Bodacious Jazz Band great! Music has charms to sooth the savage breast! Dear Editor: The next. time there is to be a performance by the Bodacious Jazz Band, please, place the announce- ment in coming events headed up with big bold letters - Don't include it in another article pertaining to something else. They are great! I hear through the grapevine that they have a lot of fun when they get together. Hey guys don't be stingy with your talent. Include the public more of- ten. Music has Charms to sooth.the savage breast! Afan Joan Smith, Huron Park Animalrights - or wrongs? "There- is a- balance -of depen- dence in the life order whish in- volves taking from a lower order and giving to the higher." Dear Editor: - Animals have been gaining media attention re- cently, most often because their human champions have come -to their defence when they were consid- ered to be the objects of abuse or exploitation by other Tess humane humans. (here are times and places when and where animals need help and pro; tection from starvation or even the threat of extinc- tion. There are also instances in which extreme pro- tectivists of animals apply human standards of rights to animals used to supply some human pleas- ure or when their increase in numbers threatens peo- ple pleasures or even their own best welfare. There has been some outcry against the confining and training of wild animals as circus ane zoo per- formers. It would appear that these animals enjoy a life style, including health services, far less demand- ing than that of their cousins who roam the wilds and seek their meat from God. Many are affection- ate pets of favorites among their keepers. Marine animals in particular seem to enjoy their perfor- mances and the applause of their audiences. Be- sides, one cannot disregard the educational values to children who can observe the wildlife from distant parts of the world. Animals often create their own problems of over population. in the 30's and 40's it became ••Acessary control the rabbit population of Austra- lia, ustra- 1, ers' crops and forage for other animals • were threatened with almost decimation. Herds of deer have had to be culled from time to time to guarantee their survival in adequate number. Now we have a goose problem, it seems. Canada geese have settled in along river banks,and on shore areas in great numbers and are littering people areas with . their own variety of land mines. They have also. been known to rout dogs and children from their play. It was proposed by some that severe culling and the promotion of goose flesh as a delicacy would solve the problem. The outcry that followed led to the plan of trapping, banding and banishing to less favored areas from which they would return at their peril, but will anyway, I should guess. The gaggle may well have the last giggle. Let us not lose sight oFthe chain of life which presages that each level shall be dependent upon lower levels for sustenance. From animals, wild or domesticated, we obtain milk and meat, but i can ac- cept the feelings of those who wish to be vegetari- ans. Animals which were used in medical experi- ments.have spared countless human lives as sacrificially as human warriors. There is a balance of dependence in the life order which involves tak- ing from a lower order and giving to the higher. Just prior to the Victoria Day holiday I was told of an instance of overdeveloped human empathy with . fish, creatures well down on the life scale. A few soft-hearted parents picketed a school as the chil- dren were leaving on the Friday preceding the holi- day. They stopped boys in particular to enquire as to those who planned to go fishing with their dads on the holiday. An affirmative answer brought on a sad account of the pain and anguish suffered by a fish when impaled on a cruel hook and left to drown in air. Now 1 recall having squeamish qualms when farm animals were selected for food on my boyhood • farm home, but LW no pangs of guilt when I pulled a sunfish out of the water at Jordan Harbour on Vic- toria Day and dad was proud of me. Gerry Dobrindt is like a raw egg inside its shell so a good crack can cause a "brain inju- ry. A helmet' cushions your head. The shellof the helmet spreads the force of a hit throughout the entire surface. Bicycle accidents are the • most common cause -of head injury in children. . Purchasing your helmet Bike helmets are safety tested -for the types of falls cyclists have. Don't use football. hockey or other sports helmets. They are not de- signed to protect your head in a bike accident. • Look for safety approval stick- ers inside the helmet. The Canadian Standards Association (CSA), - American National Standards Insti- tute (ANSI) or the -Snell Memorial - Foundation all have standards for bike helmets. - • Try it on for .fit and. comfort. The helmet should fit snuglyon your head. It shouldn't fit so tight that it hurts or be so loose that it slides backwards or over your eyes. • Velcro attached foam pads help give a good. fit._ They also absorb - perspiration and can be washed. • A good bicycle helmet will have a hard outer shell and an inner liner of shock -absorbent material. • The straps should be adjustable and easy to fasten and release. They should fit snugly , without pinching. Helmets with four straps are best. Wearing your helmet Keep your helmet attached to your bicycle so that it is always ready to wear. Remember that acci- dents can happen anywhere. Wet suits stolen from residence GRAND BE D - Police are in- vestigating a reak into a residence on. Hill Sue t that occurred over- night on J 29. North La bton OPP report -the• person(s) responsible entered the residence through a patio door while the family was asleep. They then walked through the residence to the garage where beer and five wet suits were taken from the property. The victim attempted to locate the person(s) responsible be- fore reporting it to police on July 5. Police advise cyclists to prevent theft with locks EXETER - Exeter Detachment Ontario Provincial Police have re- ceived numerous reports of stolen bicycles in the area. According to police, last summer a Targe number of bikes were stolen and in almost every case, they were either un- locked, left in the open, in open garages, front lawns, at schools or left unattended at parks. Police suggest a few simple pre- cautions to prevent theft such as us- ing a locking devise and either put- ting bikes out of sight or where you can keep an eye on them. Oops, your dress code is showing By Patdlne Kerr Saugeen City News Coming soon.to a beach near. you: half naked sunbathers of both • genders. Hdw.will society as we know it recover from the shock? It had to happen -The Gwen Jacobs decision was timed beautifully to coincide with the onset of cold weather. The young 'woman had been.• charged with performing an indecent act when she took off her shirt in public - all the better to enjoy the warm summer sunshine. The courts decided what she did was not indecent, and nothing• much happened. At the time the decision was made, it was a bit cold for sunbathing. after all. . Now a major tizzy has erupted because a woman went topless at a swimming.pool. And now people. are very worried because spring is almost here.and soon bare breasted women will be jogging through downtown, swimming at the beaches and perhaps riding bicycles. Maybe they'll even play baseball and drink beer in their quest for equality with men. 7. Small boys will hyperventilate, their fathers wilt smash up their cars while ogling, and the incidence of apoplexy among police officers _(males only) will rise alarmingly. • The result will be widespread chaos and crime. "Decent" women — defined 'as ones who might lie, steal, cheat but who wear both parts of their bikinis — won't be safe. No be safe. Society will collapse. ' - Or perhaps people will take a common sense approach and look to Europe for- a few cues on bathing suit etiquette. Topless sunbathing has been a fact of life there foryears,"and no one thinks much about it. _ There are.beaches where topless sunbathing takes place, and beaches where bathing suits — tops and bottoms -are optional. If you.don't approve, you choose a different beach. If a sunbather goes shopping,he Or she gets dressed._Simple. It's a matter of paying attention to the unwritten rules that smooth the functioning of society. We have taken what would be regarded as a social faux pas in some • places and turned it into a rights and morality issue. - if it's a rights and morality issue, or just something to get offended at. people"should forget Gwen Jacob's shirt, or lack thereof, -and take a good look at the federal Liberal party's dress code for female candidates. A touch of lip gloss is good, iguana blue eye shadow is bad, and wear a nice outfit — perhaps the party should come up with an "approved list of reading material for female candidates. First on -the required book list would be Stepford Wives. Excuse a journalist for pointing this out, but a woman —orman interested in running for political office usually has a background in local politics. At the very least, he or she has academic and/or business credentials; chairs about 10 different committees and has been an active participant in many organizations -for years. And the question of what to wear. to a meeting does not arise - he or she knows which fork to use, and wouldn't dream of mixing a•floral print with plaid. Rest assured, there is tittle chance such a person would be wandering around the streets of town halfdressed, unless the•nudist vote Could swing the election. - This might come as a shock to the •geniuses responsible for finding' suitable female candidates to run for office, but ,there are plenty of highly qualified: well educated. politically astute women. The big - - problem isn't telling them what to wear, hutto persuade them to take time away from their classrooms. legal practices. businesses, committee' meetings and families to run for federal office.. Country Bakery 367 Main St. S. 1 ,Exeter 235-2525 Wed,, Thurs., Fri. and .Sat. July 9,10,11,12 Sour Dough Bread .79 ea. Strawberry & Raspberry Pie":, 2.79 - 'THE LUCAN DENTAL OFFICE 227-4483 Dr. Larry Campsall and staff wish to welcome DR. GEETA GUPTA AND Danielle Quesnel , to our practice Dr. Gupta and Danielle will be working with us to, provide for all your dental needs. They will have AFTERNOON AND EVENING APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE AS OF WEDNESDAY,,JUL Y 16,1,997 194 Main St., Lucan at home rule #17... mixing patterns in a room adds interest - make certain they are in the right proportion 483 Main St. S. Exeter, Ont. ,.. an unspoken invitation to linger and feel at home • Phone: 235-3725 Fax: 235-3801