The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-01-27, Page 2SIWyT. Aii; TH/*Ji DA,1 ARY471i7
GREAT
AKES.
It . Aft• o difficult' thing : for .Walter
'Gbwslrlg mmnager • of , Midwestern
Development Council, to explain to
Huron aunt.. Council why Huron should_
retain • membership in MDC—It It is,always
difficult, to put an idea or a plan for the..
n t thea
c
.•. future into words �cchricll �vri co v n e-
a ` no
sktP.Ptic.s to• su poi' 0 ,cause�wttich. h s
rtpnr .late,° ngible results~ to show',
T_ hat'swhat. Vowing was attempting to
e t
do's hl'wa� artav+ou. r'in ,to, '�.ou that
MCI) `'has a plan for the•futu�re•w•hich will
Work and which.wil.i bring; prosperity to
Huroit County in the years to come.
Whether` or not Huron CQunty
Ca<Quncillors bought Gowing's presentation
Will not be known until this weekend
when it is 'Possible that some kind of
recommendation concerning the• matter
will be brought to county council by the
Planning and Development' Committee.
One thing is certain. Peter Branch,of
the Ontario Treasury- and Economics
Department put County Council. toy the
test. He asked -them politely = to put up
or shut up. ` • '
"If you ,are not oyer enthusiastic about
MDC tell us what are . the alternatives.
--What does •Mpc not have that -some other
organization2 might have? Where can the
Council serve you. -better?" asked Branch.
There were .no quick -answers from the
floor, pett;haps .because Huron County.
Council members know there- jii t js no
easy solution. Plannin6. for the future ' is °
d
again
.0G Afinowitimmi
always a tricky business and in modern
times it is 'expensive as vueil.
To the adventurer, though, it -seems
inevitable that this part of Ontario is on
the brink of an exciting i growth.- We
suspect that growth wilt'notkt ke the form
r i•
ed
- Wec'�
which many -people -expect.
o
that all-important change rrvill nd mean
beiclhrng smoke -stacks' of industrial plants,
but will instead . assume , a much more
sophisticated, subtle tack.
• There's talk of a four -lane highway
leadinng out, • .of.. the . bustling,
to
loo
heavily -populated .Kitchener-Wa r
area and .right into Huron. County. There's
indication. of a revolution in living and
working habits (already some Ontario
plants ' have the four-day' work, week),
which. will make,�it 4feasible and entirely
possible for people to live and play in
Huron County and earn their living in the
-Kitchener-Waterloo industrial complex.
There are changes 'coming our way in the
next• decade which will thrill and
challenge even the most progressive of
today's thinking men and women.
Huron County Council has taken the
lead • in this .province in' many, many
things. We- car(' truly be proud of the•
foresight of this body on several
occasions. Surely we can depend upon
them now to decide to take a chance on
MDC again in' -an effort.to protect the
dollars already invested in this county's
future.
Apathy stalls argument
•
An almost pathetic apathy on, behalf of•
TIIEEI HULETT UNLOADER IS.A VERY DIRECT METHOD OF
UNLOADING BULK CARRIERS. A LARGE CLAM SHELL REACHES: ,
DAWN INTO THE HOLD OF A SNIP AND• LIFTS I)UT IS .Q i8 TENS
OF ORE, THE BUCKET, ARM AND CRANE MECHANI MOVE
AWAY lE '
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ANDCARS
WAITING B A THEN -MOVESTHE I
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AN�
ORIGINAL 1898- DESIGN.- D THE HUL,ETTS ARE
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MACHINE T UNLOAD ' _.. .
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Letter to� the Edit*
Sp�ci�l-.thanks.
ear Sir:
RE: GODERICH SKATE -A -''HON
December 30, 1971
On behalf of The Goderich-
Minor Hockey and the Goderich
Figure Skating Club, • I would like
-~to thank the 'sponsors, adults, and •
children who participated in this
successful event. A profit of over
eight hundred dollars Per club
'was realized to go towards the
development and paying of ice
time in a much needed cause for
both clubs.
The winners of the twenty
organizatiofS made° this event a
success. The St.' John's
Ambulance Brigade, The
Goderich Lion's Club, John
Evans, Alma, Craven, Clare
Harman, Jo Shrier, Sandra Kisch,
Joan Dierolf, Ellen Jeffery, , Ken
Crawford, Wayne Horner, Mike
Vrooman, Dick Eisler, Frank'
.Clemen. "Jean Stephens, Paul
Carroll, ill Craven, - Mrs.
Castle, and the food workers led
by Mrs. Arnold 1Qiges and Marge
•Kotyk • and,, also the school,
principals who allowed us to use
The 4evii's wcrk
The subject of snowmobiles. seems to be lyppe rmgasta in -the nds mi`of'
many, many people these days - not only those residing in Goderich but
'those wholiveinOther communities in Southwesterti Ontario -as well: AGO
thisarticle, in the Kincardine News and thought: it 25 YEARS
We came across
J. K. Router w� re-elected
"wrie b
s c n
written ars. a alum
f o yea It i y
•
might bring.a chuckle for many o our d president of the Goderieh branch
Dennis. Braithwaite entitled, "SnOvaCt bbiles are an invention of the `, theRo hl Canadian eg on at
of. y
devil ' '
at.a
first time I ever saw a snowmobile annual,meeting .with 29. persons
ixi Rdwhen the area was"stillopenfields and•
orchards, not, as now, a muss of high-rises and what are ironically
called town houses. n
ih me an I saw this contraption
. I was' "on skis and.had my dog w t d
coming waylike something out x falow-budget science fiction film.
owing our
There was a•middle-aged bus inessmahsitting,opit. Hestopped in front
,x
of ine, idled her down and said, Ili. °r •
• ,`Ilii," Isaid. '
•
`hlooked at frim and he looked at me, "with a look, I thought, of sudden
embarrassment, as though it had' been borne in upon him that he
appeared r'idi ulous, andwasinfact engaged in something, foolish and
si
unworthy, as of course he was. •"
Here wasaguy, older than his°years, 40vpounds overweight,. sitting.
astride a primitive,, noisy, smelly internal combustion engine; kiddiog
himself thathe was getting outdoor exercise.' And there was I; 'lean,
fit --well, you know, by comparison—propelling"myself along through •
the January dusk, bearing• with me- a total environment of bracing
ozone, joyous muscle and tranquil reflection, Anybody, evert the dog,
could see who was doing the right thing and who was being a silly ass. -
As a matter of fact, our present dog, R.the Black Lab, `lr`as added
_snowmobile to the long list of evil things w'hich it is his duty to ward off
aw—if a good barking Won't do the trick. pOn old Rex's
bark -alarm scale, snowmobiles rankjust below kids on bicycles or on
emembe
' its first meeting'of 194`I-
Seager
Club b
S
- -
Margaret
The g
`herd t
" The bile was about -10 years ago out St. 'Ueorge s CTiurel
s
°e
behind our place otrthe I) e
with fang and
foot, and sidewinders who slow down in front of ourhotdse or use the
driveway to turn around in.
We live in the true country now and therefore are exposed to some of
> • the worstdep.redations,ofsnowmobilers, whom I place in a class with
idiot motorboaters at the lake,•guys who shoot off guns inbuilt -up areas
(or anywhere else, come to think of it), telephone solicitors and people
who •throw empty rye bottles into our ditches.. °
Snowmobiles, in my opinion, must be banned, before any more . of.
themarebuiltand their permanence becomes assured by sheer force
of numbers.. I hear F ranee has banned them;. The French usually know`
what they're doing,. certainly -they'recivilized.
Thethingis, the snowmobile should never have been invented: It's
a,rguedt'h`atthese mackines are useful in the far north: But one Of the
• callers -into Cross -Country Check -Up last 'Sunday. denied this; he said
they weren't reliable enough for that. Not as• reliable as huskies, I
shouldn't imagine.
But if the Eskimos and trappers really think they d them, okay
present. •
Mrs, J.t.A. Graham, regent of
the Maple Leaf Chapter of.the
p
1.O.l ,E. presided over the clubs
meeting held to nominate officer`s
for the new year.
The first meeting of Goderich
town.council heard three damage
claims filed against the town and
the standings camrriittees were
struck:
Brown Smyth the reeve of West
Wawanosh township was elected
Warden of . Huron County .for the, .ry
1947 term of office. '
Rev. R. Stewart addressed the
Graduates 'in commencement
exercises at Victoria School:
It.was announced that a former
Goderich ran, Norman A. Ryan,
was' appointed assistant
secretary of the Fruehauf Trailer
Company in Detroit.'
_Forest J. Mcflardy was elected
president of the Goderich Trades
and •Labour. Council for 1947.
FIVE YEARS AGO •
The Ontario Water Resources
Commission informed. the
Goderich Public Utilities
Commission that it would have to
budget _ for - . 4,835 more for
operation of the water treatment
plant.local).y. -
Indications- were that. an•
addition would benecessary to the.
Huron County Museum if the
•
establishment was -to make room
. dollar first prize and fifteen • -the .schools for a means • of for many new•
• that has
At the time of confederation, in an •
the general public in Western•Ontario and effort to knit this country f dollar second pri•ze mo
nee. a exhibits that had
' ':• d ours a- hey were, advertisement. but ban their use in the rest of the country, anywhere say, any been organized:
its elected .' representatives seems to be .,and that Mike Hodges with a -total,,A special thanks has to go out to alternative means of transportation. The Goderich•branch of the
P
omin Transportation includes us °in God.erich today, gave the sponsorship of; one hundred and Mayor Worsell who was slowed Snowmobiles .cause a lot of deaths—eight over a recent-Weekend.'
ecent weekend. Royal Canadian Legiot�� was
preluding the - up>c g P y
,land necessary -for the construction of the
eighty three dollars and John down to four hours skating time They • are hard to control on icy or smooth surfaces; they' •are • offering a trip for one person who
•
,. - . Shanks -with ..a total spa soxship of bause of the 'flu bug this year. a . - minabingisy;hey terrify game and livestpck;their owners barge
W YP d •and fount seven and to the Colborne Townshipcould--not otherwise afford_it,. .,to -
Iron roe to t e railwa for a remorse that one ,hundred y throughfarmers fences, destroying welter wheat shoots,'s-lirubsand visit the gr""aveaff a close: relative.•
it would provide service indefinitely.°'That . dollars.
Commission hearing at Stratford and
Walkerton. " -
It•• seems to be the general 'feeling and
opinion of -the ubl is that no matter what
eF u merits resented ria i ht be, or -how
together, the people of Canada,
The remaining eight ~ School at Zion who had ten skaters-small�rees They -are -sag -Ira -rid -nasty; -" y kill d Th i n 'was
• 'bl th t -
means that so•Ao'I -as one_persA.n- wants winners will be
that railway to operate asenger-service
they are required to• do so,. losses or .no -
losses. .. -
name whe .-+he.-•brave.: the_.horri a wea er- o
r
Most important
. i e o
verseas.
of all,rthey are:' not needed. Not in these parts, part of the Legion's centennial
's -invention and -ado -the_ devil's work.
emaindgr of the sponsorshipJe
ted: • �whe� Su r-ame-lwo•
iixt 1i
orrey-is�omlrl'e
strong they are worded, little Will result.
:.If the national railways decide to
discontinue passenger , service to 4 this
portion of- the province, or to the• whole
*of Canada for that matter,. they .will do it
no matter how' many hearings are: held; no
ma:tj_._xrian'ar_guments .are heard or
Sadly .there may be a great deal of
truth in this. it is true, of course, that
very few people choose to travel. by rail. If
the distance is short, they go by' car, if it
is
longer, -they do by air�and- the railway is
9
left' with very impressive arguments when
e tl
�I • A
t `•e
it • shows the.• commission • .the books
covered with red. - °
What t)ie railway does not like to talk
about, -however, is the very profitable
freight business which could carry the
passenger , service losses and still turn a
healthy profit. Of course they argue that a
good business never contirlttes to operate,
portion of their company, that cannot,
carry itself, without good reason. What
.any are overlooking is that an excellent
reasoireWsts to continue operation even if'.
only one person"- per year travelled by
train
f
it is not enough that the railway enjoy',
the milk runs of the freight business, they
owe passenger service's to us all as•citizens
of Canada by,virtue•of an agreement that•
is naw over-, 00 rears ol�b as valid as
rM et: ._, -
11.
• IS-
4 -
m 62.911g.�..-
The, � diligent o �„ into y • __-_•
work ' of the Art Hoy the L959 sex slaying case of
011 o w i n g people' -W and ,Skate -A -Than' Organizer. -' M
Steven,•Mur-ra3t e'r-u layit,reopened-
a Ottawa with new medical
evidence being the key point in the
Church • says U '��
A century °of :County
Bill Government got underway as a
:.,L�• special ceremony was field at
I- r.
-
- No •one should have "to present briefs
' and suggestions in an attempt to preserve The United Church of Canada's
this -national heritage. The 'government in stand 'on abortion adopted by its
-Ottawa need only say NO to requests by " General Council at Niagara Falls
i'Iwa Y that assen service b ' • last year should be -Chang -ed., say
P 9�- Y
allowed to .cease. They made a deal, and if . the editors of the Observer in its
y . _
- they are not proud enough to honor that Februarissue
agreement, they should. be forced to. • Council made a mistake and that
"We believe'the General
An interesting sidelight . to thematter mistake should be. corrected,'"
developed this',week.' The hearings were to say A. C. Forrest, editor, and
publisher, and Patricia • Clarke,'
t ave been
field -January 2fi and 27 bu
� h' associate:e"ditor of the monthly
postponed because of the air ;traffic journal; in a signed
.editorial.-
controllers• strike. ' Apparently the •• The editors assert•that they do
members of the Transportation not "lightly disagree" with the
Commission can not get to. the official findings of the church's
communities where hearings are to- be highest court and have waited '•
held unless they .fly: We'wonder• ifait ever •
occurred to them to take a, train or if
already thereis no service provided to the
communities in. question. -- RS
A swingin' hockey town
Goelerich, is a hockey town alright and
this is Mirror Hockey Week to add even ti
more to the usual excitement. We know
' that parents and° hockey enthusiasts -alike .
are grateful 'fo_._r the efforts of all the
....- Who • • _ -__. _- - : __.
wonderful' ,people who make ' minor
• hockey -such an important part of a
youngster's .growing,up, in Goderich.'' °
We're looking ° ahead now to Young .
Canada, Week in March sponsored' by the
Goderich Lions- Club. We ve 'seen- the-
enthusiasm - for
because : of : 'the great push for minor
hockey here and .we're proud .to be a.
.part of the coit-y which offers such
fine �o
ort'
unit forso :manY
Youn
g
,hockey players daring their Spring break
'from school,
At the same time,' we're .'eager to s
that 'Goderich •gets as' much mileage s
ee
a
isible 'out of this all-important annual
' event.. We'd like to see<,our visitors leave
this ; tc►Wn ° after 'You g• ` Canada Week
singing the .praises of "The Prettiest Town
year to register 'their,
disagreement. No* - that 'the
twenty-fourth General Council is
scheduled to take place, in August
"'of this year—in Saskatoon=Dr.•
Forrest and Mrs. Clarke feel that-
it
hat
it should "reconsider and amend
its report. "`
"We reject thei7nited 'Church
,statement that abortion is a
;,,� "private matter", says •the 800-
"- word editorial. ` „The deliberate
fn Canada 'and anxious to return again. _
We would .urge the citizens of Goderich destru. ttfon of a six -month-old
fetus, the death of '25 or.°30
to put their°' heads -together to. find.the
a year -a private matter! To sus,
thousand unborn Canadian babies
best way to "cash in',' on the opportunity
afforded to this rnunicipality thr'ough.. killing_ achild<shortlybeforebirth
-
�_ ' .. • is as wron as a child
Young Canada Week.Let. s see what we R killing
can do •to entertain our visitors. shortly after birth. Nor -are we
impressed by arguments about
We have 'some suggestions - bringing in the unborn childd's `right to be
as , wanted'••, That's a risky precedent
top names in professional'`" hockey
to establish". ' •
special guests, running full -screen °movies -
of NHL hockey play-off games, opening
the Huron •County Pioneer , Museums • . .
,selling home -cooked meals, setting Anethe 0n��10�
displays in the Court'' House 'Square,
(The General Council
resolution recognized•the value of
-the fetus and the right ,of the child
to be wanted but affirmed "that
abortion.ismorall.y justifiable in _
certain, medical, social and
economic circumstances .' and
should, be:, a private matter
between a woman and her
doctor....)+ --
: The Observer editors based
their conclusion on- two general
principles: "One is that each
.,pers9n�• is responsible -for his
actions, and for their
consequences. •The other is that
life, unintelligent or unwanted
though it may be, is sacred, and is
not to be sacrificed because its
continuance could be an
embarrassment, a nuisance or a
great burden."
The two • editors support, they
say; .-"the. position the United
Church has held for many years
that there may be occasions when
the termination -of .a pregnancy
may be the lesser evil and that the
Canadian law should provide' for
such occasions (when a woman is
raped, when .a child is pregnant,
when the mbthert•s•life or health is
in danger)" • '
Anticipating questions,•about:
over -population in -the worlds the
editors say,•"It is oar opinion that
until the UJnited`Church speaks
with mare moral sensitivity and
consistency on this issue to its
own members than. it did at the
last Council; it has really nothing
to say on the matter to others."
offering tours of. the town, having
McKay
• afternoon drarna-p�resei�tatioris atM y • .
Hall, introducing local youth . talent
upstairs in the arena...... he list may'be
endless:
Let's °not assume :an it -can't -be -done
attitude. before we've at least explored the
possibilities - and the be efits - of such•an
undertaking.e
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MEMORIES OF ..
THE JALNA BOOKS
A lot of people would give nicks there now: Of course;
their eye-teeth for some free we've only had this house
publicity in this column for
whatever they're selling. In
fact, I have a large case of
mounted eye-teeth which I
.haven't' bothered returning; -
For
For : once, I'll make 'an
exception. In this case, it's a -
plug for a television series.
I'm' not . much of a T.V.
hound.. Most o -the content
is aimed at th 12 -year-old
mentality; and this, is an in-
sult to.a bright 1 2 -year-old.
Three BBC series how-
ever,, were= well done enough
to- interest me. They . were
The Wives of Henry VIII,
this year's Elizabeth R, and
•' .' The Forsyte Saga. In each
case -we had superb enter-
�tainment, without the vio-
lence, and
k
!enc
e.off-colour
,J
utter inanity which charac- -
"-terize so many well:known
and avidly followed shows. I
might add that. one reason
• they appealed to me was
that they were not trying to
- be "significant", merely
good drafna.
I• rerrieiitber saying to my
wife, during the .span of the
• Forsyte family; "Wouldn't
• the Jalna novels make a
series. he
agreed, whereupon I put a
nick in -the doorpost. 1 d'o
this every time' she agrees •
viiith me. There are three
Questionable priority
..„.
The Huron -Perth Separate- School..
board had - an interesting — and
questionable --- challenge issued to them
at their inaugural meeting by Kiev. Father
H. J. Laragh q of St. James . Church,
Seaforth
candidates are on equal basis as to ability,
then attendance at mass may well be one
of the determining factors in the final
chbice. - ,
Likewise, an evaluation by a pastor
may be' uvelcprne, but a candidate'
In urging the board to . hire teachers evaluation by --educational officials should
who attend mass and ,to also ask pastors still �be of greater concern.-
for an evaluation of prospective teachers This is not in any way suggesting •that
' before they are hired, Tether .Laragh Father Laragh's apparent concern. for
appears to be establishing r some unusual religious education in :the schools be
requirements
for ten years.
Now 'we have it. A• Cana-
dian series, produced by the
CBC, -which •which can turn out
-first-class stuff 'when - the
creative people manage, to
wiggle out from under the
meaty, far -from -green
thumbs of the • administra-.
• 'tors. The. Jalna series. •
a,.
Mazo_de la Roche, crea-
for of the Jalna novels, will.
never be ranked with
° Shakespeare„or Dickens. But
' she was an •excellent crafts -
}woman, with a shrewd
', knowledge of the reading
public, able to.blend roman-
. discounteG. , nattl
_- teacher is.�
-in -an �oo1 systetrr; -the math- .:I,f- h,e--- 'feeisa
requirement of any teacher must be his, conscientious enough in this,, regard, he ,
her, abilityto teach. Obvlously,,;those has the opportunity to make it
off
officials traied In determining n such available to assist'that teacher a
o ,.. , to move anted the
requirements are the ones who should be tuto>I ing or
choice,' ' • it personal assistance • to ensure the
Jyy_ry ...:`ryy'-S ...T'irtrrarl� --with that With pe .
611trustel». ti ,7 � r 1 M.: - Y •.'
.s. • ..i • " i • orttant to schildren receive the training which tl
Basle: education is too mop ,.N
make attendance at mass one of the prime board' subscribes. .
w • '
retiuisite, . fbr teachers.' .,Certainly, if
Exeter Times -Advocate'
,
ticistn and realism into a
mixture that _had a universal,'
appeal.
It w,as• the same
old
story. Practically ,unknown
in, Canada, shes'ubinitted
her novel Jalna to a ' U.S: -_
contest and- won the Atlan-
tic Monthly prize of
$10,000 (I believe), for best
nov-e) of the yeanFM-- a.•(
• She had-found--a-r;ch vein
of gold.' Like Ian Fleming,
who 'wrote the JamesBond
' nonsense, and that character
who churns- ottt the . Carry
On Doctor stuff, she mined
her lode to the depths, ex-
tracting every last nugget,
and even panning for grains
toward the ,end. Don't mis-
take me; she was a far better
writer than the others men-
tioned.-
The novels deal with a
large, • extremelyi, complex
family; the Whiteoaks, living
on a big farm near Lake On- -
tfirio; ,and it covers several_
generations.'
Our pioneer ancestors
Were about as much like the
Whiteoaks as Piece Trudeau
is like me. And Jalna is
about as ' real in rural
19th -century Canada as
Camelot was in the -barbaric
dark ages. But this is part of
the charm•, They're escape„
' The old service station at the
corner of Victoria and: Hamilton
__treets'wattle cenkreffor^-debate , w
sir
• Sonte'wanted it for coffee house;`,.
'Some for a • craft` centre, town "
council ,wanted it for a tourist
intorm`ation centre and
Councillor Erskine wanted to tear
it down.
wanis
Liberal
novel's, in the best sense of
the word. Yet, the author
creates. characters who are
not 'only attractive but
memorable. And the love- •
hate relationships within the'
family are believable;' be-
cause they are familiar.
1, predict a un on .the
Jalira novels, if ti a TV sc les
is':,: any good. --'R dless,,
treat • yourself. , They are•
is"services- available "in trios public
with private libraries. °
• A little incident during
elassr'ool`n the war proved to me that,
desp ye their regionalism,
-the novels have a#Linterna-
tional appeal.
if was about flay ,2nd,
Please P turn to Page 40
Welisto
make, g�od.
From • Richard Smith, M.P.P.
Nipissing (Liberal)
Social and ` Family" Service
Minister, Tom Wells; is ,playing
games with the people of ,Ontario.
On July 8,' 1071, • in .the, dying
minutes of the Legislative
session with an election looming
on the horizon, Mr. Wells '
succeeded in amending the Day
Nurseries Act to provide for
government ,grants to `private
home day care','.' facilities.' The
amendlnents were given royal
assent and proclaimed on July 28. ,
This legislation was. long
overdue, for it now means that day
care centres will be available to
many where community~day are „
centres are inaccessible. The
move was gratefully 'received by
those who desperately needed
such services and it gave Mr.
Wells sonaething,�to talk about
daring the election. -
But ;kefore anyone can take
advantage of this, legislation,
and
• yawn up' regulations•must,be d_ � .,
none are yet availabler; When the
government was finally recalled
- on December 13th for a week, Mr.
Wells introduced more
amendments. When asked :where
the regulations were, Mr, Wells .
n December 14, stated that most
regulations would be submitted
within a week, except for those
regardingprivate home,day care
Which would be available_ in a
month. _,
,Your month is up, Mr. Wells. It
is January 11, and we still have'no
regulations. It has been almost
six Months since the amendments
providing for • home. day dare
assf stance were proclaimed.
Many centres •`could nolvi .Tie
operating and providing an
essential service lo their
communities; Instead, people
must sit and wait for whatever
• ins piratiori is" required to make,
these regurlat'ions a realityr
Perh�sps' in the dying minute of
this 29th Parliament Mr. Wells
1 f,
will ags,in tae moved to action.
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