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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1996-02-07, Page 23H. 0.. 1. E. competitors The Exeter Figure Skating Club competed at the H.O.M.E. competition in Dorchester from Jan- uary 26-28. Skaters are, back row left , Natasha Duckworth, Canfigureskate A -2nd; Melissa Jones, Canfigureskate B -3rd; Jenalyn Baker, Prov. Prel. Ladies 10th; Brenna Anstett, Canfig- ure B, 1st; Ashley Ralph, Canfigure B -3rd; Megan Nedza, Canfigure C - 4th; Michelle Roy- Can - figure A- 4th. Front row left, Lisa Hakvoort Canfigure B -4th; Sarah Overholt, Prel. B Ladies - 3rd; Laura Noakes, CanskateB - 1st, Kristylee Varley, Canfigure C- 1st and Courtney Hrudka, Canfigure A - 6th. The Exeter skaters have competitions. on February 25 in Strathroy and Sar- nia In March. )9 10 �Soutb Huron Hospital 4 Short 2 hour sessions February 21, 8:45 -11 a.m. at South Huron Hospital Fee: $20.00 To register call Dawn McGuffin-Town, R.D., C.D.E., Ens 235-2700, EXT. 239 Friday The original MacLEAN & MacLEAN 'outrageous but funny!!!" EXCLUSIVE REGIONAL APPEARANCE with special guest ON THE"thGt. Tickets $700 On Sale Nowt. Upcoming At Jonny's February 16 & 17 PEACE February 24 HAREM SCAREM Treat Your Sweet on Feb. 14 Combo #1 $24.99 +tax 3 item 12' pimgarilc bread w/cheese or garlic fingers, 2 glasses of wine or 2 bottles of beer, 2 pc. of Snickers or Mars pie or cheese cake 1st, 15 couples receive one rose Combo #2 $19.99 +tax • 3hem12'pizza, 2sm. saIzs,2draft beer, 9" dessert pica Combo #3 $19.99 +tax 2 sm. meat lasa, 2 sm. salads, garlic bread, 2 daft beer, 2 pc. of Snickers or M213 pie or cheesecake. Zurich and Area Figure Skat- ing Club members competed in the H.O.M.E. competition in Dorchester from Jan 26 - 28. Left row from front to back, Jamie Eckel, placed 4th in Canfigureskate "B", Sarah - Rae Lovie,lst in Figures, 2nd in Freeskate, overall silver medalist, Megan Gingerlch, 4th in Preliminary "B", Jeff Miller, Preliminary "A" sliver medalist. Right row, from front, Jane Simmons, 6th In Canflgureskate "A", Kim Pow- ell, 6th Canfigureskate "B", l Alysa Few, 7th in Canfiguresk- ate "A" and Krista Schilbe, Provincial gold medalist. ' Schllbe and Lovie will com- pete at the Regionals Compe- . tition In Ingersoll in March. This Is the first time the club has sent two skaters In the same year. Times -Advocate, February 7,1996 Page 23 Are you covered? "...a word of warning...check out your policy." Dear Editor. Does having your paper delivered to your home compromise your insurance policy and leave you open to potential liability? Unbeknownst to the writer, the individual who de- livered my London Free Press is alleged to have fal- len while delivering my December 26 paper in the early hours of the morning. I was unaware of the sit- uation until I received notice from his lawyer, three weeks after the fact, stating that he intended "to commit action against me for damages out of this accident". Because of this unfortunate incident I will now pick up my Free Press at the corner store. So readers - a word of warning - be smart - be- ware - and check out your policy. This could happen to you. Valerie Gould Creating money "...the chartered banks create, at no cost to themselves, 95per- cent of all the country's money..." Dear Editor: Did you know that banks never lend out one pen- ny of their depositors' money? Did you know that banks have received, by a law of the federal government, the terrible power to create brand new money, out of nothing, every time they make a loan? Thus, every time a bank writes down the amount of the loan in the account of the borrower, it is a new creation of money; it is just as if the bank had started a printing press and printed for itself as many dollar bills. At present, the Canadian Government only creates five percent of all new money in the country, while they, the chartered banks, create, at no cost to them- selves, 95 percent of all the country's money, by a mere stroke of their pen; but these private banks write down all this new money as a debt on the backs of the Canadian people and as an asset to themselves. Therefore, the more we build up the country, the deeper in debt we go. Of this, we can conclude that we do not owe the national debt that will soon reach $600 billion, and we must erase it, since it is the result of a robbery, a trickery, a swindle; we only have to stop paying it. If the Bank of Canada was the only one to create money in the country, and if it created as much money as the value of all the goods and services of- fered to the Canadians, the citizens would no longer be choked to death by all kinds of taxes, but instead, each one of the 26 million Canadians would receive a $800 monthly dividend, no matter if he has other incomes or not, and this $800 would be new money created by the Bank of Canada, without a debt to- wards anybody. In the spring of 1939, Graham Towers, while he was governor of the Bank of Canada, asserted in front of the Government's Committee on Banking and Commerce: "Each and every time a bank makes a loan (or purchases securities) new bank credit is created - new deposits - brand new money." And then on three occasions: "It is a common error to be- lieve that banks lend the money of their depositors. They do not do that at all." And, on June 2, 1982, the Toronto Globe & Mail published an article that stated: "In 1981, the (Canadian) banks as a whole made loans 32 times in excess of their combined capital" and "some banks lend amounts equal to 40 times their capital." And what's worse, the banks want you to pay in- terest on the money they lent to you, and that they lend to governments. The banks have never created the money representing the interest, and they will never create it either. It is obvious that the way banks create money is a blatant swindle. • Sincerely, Richard Ayotte RR 1 Hay, Gi • • • • • • s Y • HAY DAYS '96 Hay Township's 150th Anniversary * 150 YEARS YOUNG • 1996 marks the 150th Anniversary • Celebrations for the Township of Hay, in • • Huron County. Our celebrations will take 4 place June 28 - July 1, with the Parade being • held Saturday, June 29,1996 at 10:30 a.m. • • We would like to enlist your support in • this endeavor, and would be most honored if • you would consider participating in our . parade. • There will be plaques for a$'�intiries. DOR mon INFO ICON" TCT . i•E: : • AT 130 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Whipping boys wanted "The writer...has been through 'this thing before in the early. thirties..." Dear Editor: In times of duress and distress such as we are en- during at the present time, pundits and others more directly affected are always looking for shoulders on which to lay the blame or the lash. I believe that original whipping boys were selected at boys' schools, probably in England, to be punished for an offence against the rules when the real perpetrators of the misdemeanor could not be found. Daily we hear or read of cutbacks in wages and personnel by governments and business concerns in an attempt to reduce or at least hold the line in rapidly rising defi- cits. If there must be layoffs and cutbacks there is always the question of the point at which they should begin, accelerate and taper off and the depth of the cut to be made. The writer is neither a mem- ber of the employer -worker teams nor an economist but has been through this thing before in the early thirties and recalls a few trial balloons that floated and others that burst shortly after release. At this time the teachers of our schools are receiv- ing more than honorable mention as prime targets for potential reduction in numbers and salaries. Dur- ing the '30's the writer was the principal of an ele- mentary school in an Ontario city where industrial layoffs and business closings cut deeply into spend- able assets. No employee of the local Board of Edu- cation received an actual cut in salary but on each monthly pay day each employee received with his or her cheque another cheque to be signed and re- turned via the principal for up to 10 per cent of net salary, this to go directly to municipal welfare funds. It hurt but it worked and our superannuation credits were not adversely affected. Most schools also helped themselves by holding weekly collec- tions of newspapers and magazines which the custo- dian with the help of some bigger boys bundled into packs to be sold to a local scrap concern. In my school we bought all of our sports equipment and ''rented educational films for use in teaching. For a large portion of our contributions to welfare we re- WEULY VSAT DRAWS at the Royal Cailadhn legioe. Opfer dt Sam - day Sllentootta between 4-6 p.m. All proceeds m supped tiN he� Cadet Corps. Everyone welco ne to attend. LADIES' VALENTINE TEA, "A Healthy Heart". Gees? meeker. fannies, ereple.114- mend h, Baptist Chun Exeter, Febrtury 10, 1:30 p.m. TicksU 13.00. Phone 235-4445 oin es. SINGLES DANCIIt, Sunday, February 11 at the Wingl sm Lemon Hall. Dancing from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m Mink by Sleek No brae jeans please. 6• ANGRY AT THE HARRIS AGENDA? Come to A Chance to be Hard. February 13. F.E. Madin Cafeteria, Wingl�1i.tamn,, 7:30 pm. Cell 357-3206, 396-9432, 524-$339, IV/ - 634S, 521-2493, 236-4291, E -mall, wenOsos.on.ca 6,7c PANCAKE SUPPER with s lei loped ota� toes haat sad baked bens to be held in Tri- via Memorial Parisi ?tau oa 7baday, bevxy 20 from 310 7 p.m. Adults WS.00,7 - &en 14.00. s • IlLVTH FESTIVAL SINGERS Scottish ceilidb, SawdAebroary 24, Caner es' TwH.tl Mors bi/i gams ag p%mtl ggie, Stealthoxly t ton. Advapds debts $19.00. $20.00eMot oosirondi 5853; D•tch Store 42-7302; L1stt111110w a. S7M7512: OAbe 337-1354; Cad's Candie/ 525.4700; Special 233.1232: oreh ceived credit stamps to be given as pay to people whom we engaged tp lielp with hoe ks ,-- grass ducting, housework and babysitting,,fer,example.: .. 'The stamps which we banded out arJ'IYAyhteltt'could be used to purchase anything.needful to a family with the exception of tobacco and alcoholic bever- ages. It was "workfare" and seemed to work well. The human body is often mentioned in an analo- gous way when speaking of bodies of people in a church, community or nation. Each part has a func- tional obligation to the whole. What the body does to and for itself when it is ailing might also be a role model for human society when it is in poor econom- ic and employment health. When the human body has to deal with an overload of harmful bacteria it strengthens its own counter forces of good bacteria. If it is wounded its calls in an army of white blood cells, leukocytes, to shore up the defenses and battle any dangerous invaders. For every adverse move there is a counter move in waiting. Too bad it is that society has not learned to act when and as needed to cleanse and heal its wounds with good timing and co-ordination. If all of us must share the problems that appear and persist - and it is only fair that we should - there is still that question of priority. However, the pro- portion that each shares of the price of problems must be equitable and should probably begin at the top in each case and taper down from there. But the writer is in no sense an economist, remember. I re- member from history that in those far off days when there was some honor and glory in war of the defen- sive variety, that when an attack on a threatening in- vader was called, the general mounted his horse and led the charge..A lot of good generals were lost in that way, unfortunately - both Wolfe and Montcalm at the capture of Quebec in 1759 and Isaac Brock at the capture of Queenston Heights, in 1812 right here in Canada. I do not mean to infer that we should send our bosses and administrators into the front line to take all the flack and fire but their leadership and example in the way of sacrifice makes it easier for those in the ranks to strive and survive in the bat- tle. Gerry Dobrindt Teachers should be recognized Dear Editor. I am an adult student attending Adult Education at South Huron District High School in Exeter. I ' think teachers like Mrs. Susan McKee and Mr. Bill Reid should W10 11 !p„► I&41. FI,' Feb. 9 Country Justice silt., Feb• 10 Country Versetlies 1[0 1111l1l191/11 be recognized as great inspirations for the great help they offer stu- dents of Adult Ed. It's hard enough for adults to return back to school and that's where Mrs. McKee and Mr. Reid come in. These two teachers make it easier, by welcom- ing and motivating us about our de- cisions. I feel welcome and motivated be- cause I have received so many words of encouragement and many words for motivation. I would have never received my grade 12 if Mrs. McKee and Mr. Reid didn't help me. I think these teachers should receive great recognition on behalf of me and the other Adult Educa- tion students. A big thank you for all the help you have given us. Yours poly Kris Heigenhauier 1