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OBASKA,p,6,2:Q3:3h, a bay. horse, five Veers old' by Excel
Knight out of Miss Nairn Grattan, sweeps the field to take top',"
honours in the ,Featured Preferred Pace at..Goderich RaCeway
Wednesday night.. He is owned and, was driven by Elton R.
• Suggestiont,under study
Rec. board
Much of the cussion at
; Tuesday eivening's Recreation
• Board meeting this;week centred
•• around the fate of 'Y.E.W.
• -facilities and programmes. At
Present the Y.E.W. centre is minimum . during activities
closed due to lack of leadership. there: The board agreed that^the
At its last meeting the board situation was not goodandthat
had agreed to 'keep the centre iduring dances and so on held in
• open on .a trial basis until the the auditorium the room became
end of September in opier to see most 'uncomfortable. The
what the reaction to:wards it aPpro val covered work
would be like during the school (including 7,the cost ot
year. The board had turned 6quipment) up to and including
• operationresponsibilities over to $250. 'The arena cortimiftee was
La London—youti—lyttt-----tlie--also--encouraged to present
gentleman resigned his position recommendations at the next
• after one week explaining.that he -
• did not feel he could provide the
Barnes of 'London, Ontario. The mile went in 2:0/.4, with
Arvellas First coming in second with MacPollard at the controls,
and Mighty Fleet was the show horse .With driver George
Galbraith. (Photo by Don McGee)
has
recreation board gave its arena
committee the go ahead to
•install ventaiation • fans in the'
auditorium as. a move to, keep
the smoke and hot air to a
corrimunit. with the. services Guest Muir
they were paying for. As a result
• the centre has been closed . •
during most of the trial period
.A -number of suggestions were
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discussed with regard to what s .0 n d
course of act4pn s — tipuld be taken •-'-••
to* -40 Ogg
but. the • matter is to reinain German
undr study • by he general the : Shepherd ' dog from Gibbons
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Street Goderich firs came .to
making for morning and •
fame late in August when he bit
afternoon 'classes in crafts that
(that fact was proven in court) a
could be enjoyed by • older seven-year-old neighbor lad.
members of ;the community as After that, Rex became a
well as some other suggestiOns. household word throughout
At present the board Wastolif —Goderich, the city of London
the building is still 'available .and and now, according to the dog's
an arrangement can e made '
owner, Icaz• Budny, even, in the
pto
have it heated but if nothing can city of Toronto,.
• be organized before the end of The Signal -Star has`not taken
the month it is to be clOsed
sides in this issue and does not
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intend to do so now.
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A letter was read at the • '
Meeting TTrom the Ontario EdHowever,itor which appeared in.
Department of Education asking
the town to fill. in an attached
• form as an evaluation of
activities this summer under the
.opportunities -.for youth
progratnme. It was brought to
the group's attention however
;Wednesday morning's London
Free Press contained some very
wise comments concerning the
matter and we have decided to
reprint • .it • here for the
consideration of» Goderich
readers.
that -the form referred to by the The letter was signed by
letter was indeed not attached or Frank Dacosta, London, and
went as follows:
- enclosed so the board tabled the
tab matter until such ,time as the
department sends the ,proper
forms. .
A copy of „t„he general
leadership report from the
Department of Education was
also received and the board Tiled
.it for. future referce and for
use as a source di'. ideas next
year...
A letter was also read from
Barb Pickett' and,Sue Turnbull,
the girls under who's direction
the Y.E.W. operated this
summer, thanking the board for
their co-operation in onnection
with the project and for the
opportunity to work in that
field.
In other business the
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Sir: First, I would like to
make it cleN. that I do not know.
either partY in the dog -bites -boy
case, and that I am both a father
and owner; of a full-blooded,
well -loved German Shepherd.
But what kind of damn fool
world is this thatwe live in?
Ergo: a,dog — a very' big dog —
bites "'seven-year-old boy. Two
omen knock on doors and stop
passeri-by- until 'they have
collected over ,500 signatures as
a petition to reverse the sentence
of' death passed upon the dog by
Provincial Judge •Glenn .Hays.
The parents of the boy report
that they have been abused and
that their son has been beaten
• up over it. One. I.L. Blunt gets
W. J. ELVIN PARKER
Barrister & Solicitor
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wishes to announce that he has purchased
the law practice of the late J. K. Hunter
effective September 13, 1971, Emit he
intends to carry on the practice of law
under the firm name of
•Hiinter cond Parker
30 North Street, Telephone 524-9541
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one alon as chaperones
'Pe
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closed YEW
recreation board , meeting with thet
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rip to Detrtit taken 'by
regard 'to the purchase of new children, at ,the playground
tables •and :chairs for , the proved ,too expensive in wages
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auditoriu' as well. for the board since the pool staff
had
In the evening's report on the . •
swimming pool. the board
According to a report given
learned that apparently, pool
• th Santa
staff had been eating keys 'for On Tuesday evening
the pool building without' the Clause Parade is coming along
gtoups perinission. Six_ keys at fine and .a• further organizational
least were said to now be
meeting with rPgird .to that
in
event' is to be held this evening:
existence. It was the opinion of
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the board that next year stricter Already four area bands have
control is to be exercised on this signified their intentions to
matter. . •
participate, Clinton, Seaforth,
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Zurich and Goderich Will be on
It was reported as well that • hand.
rdog syndrome here
carried away (Free Press, Sept.
10)' with a literary outpouring
that would make even the most
ardent dog---ioverblush.'
Mr. Blum 'and his colleagues
— the petition -signers — are a.sad
symptom of a disease known as
"the underdog syndrome". They
would doubtless weep beside the
gallows as the mass -murderer
("...he's got such a kind, kind
face:: -.7) is going to his just end;
utterly ignoring the reasons why
the doOmed man was going there
in the' first place.
In the case of Rex, the
boy -biter; nobody is looking for
vengeance,,against the animal. If
is more a case of removing a bad
risic before- he does some really
serious damage. Or does Mr.
Blum & Co. feel that perhaps it
is the local children, along with
the Murray family, who. should
be locked in a cage so as to
remove them from harm's way.
while the neighborhood dogs
roam the streets?
NdlYeidy likes to see anybody
or anything die without reason,
but, in the -case of Rex, there is a
reason. If,Itex's owner feels he
has been treated unfairly, -he
This. week _ the. Goderich
detachment 14 the Ontario
Provincial Police remind all
motor vehicle drivers that "Our
boys and girls-a're back to school
and it is patcilially-iiiii,ortant
now for all driverS to watch for
children, along routes to and
ftom school."
Nlany children are at school
for the first time, :the police
note, and getting to and from
school can be' hazardous business
for them.
"They'll settle, down soon but
right now during the first weeks
'of school a carefree child might
forget to watch, out for you,"
they say. •
Rernernber school'sin and
watch out, the' O.P.P.--stres;
always drive with extra care, so
you're always ready to save, the
life of a carefree child.
This week the police report,
two mishaps„ that- resulted in
injuries to the parties involved.
On Tuesday September 7,
south of. Londesboro Pauline
Duizer of R. R. 5 Clinton was
involved Ufa single car crash that
resulted in , minor injuries.
Considerable damage- was also
sustained to the car she was
driving.
On Saturday Septetnber 11 in
• Stanley, Township John Beane of
Clinton and Dduglas, Dale of
Clinton were involved in a two
car collision resulting in damage
to the vehicles, and., injuries to
passengers Vera Devereau and
Sheryle Beane also*. Clinton.
Dale was also injured in the
crash.
In other activities two thefts
and one disturbance were
investigated, nine requests ,for
assistance answered, a prisoner
escort carried out and two
convictions registered in
Provincial Court:
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Y.M.Aft4 out
should first consider the feelings •
of the Murray family. If Rex' is
prOne , to biting people, his
owner s4ould have long, ago
• realized the risk he was running
by allowing the animal access to
people — particularly small
children.
How would you feel, • Mr.
Blum, if it was your young son
• who had been badly bitten? As
both.a father and a dog -owner,
you profeSs to have known
spiteful and cruel children, but
have yet to see such a dog.
Perhaps, somewhere along the
line, your train,ing programs got
confused. Also, you make
mention ol`,-t,„he many dogs who
have given their lives to ensure
our 'freedom. I thought it was
the lesser -spotted' blue .thrushes
— artea great number of human
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