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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1983-05-18, Page 4PAGE 4—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1 BLUE RIBBON AVIA R D 1980 rho Clangors 19ooae-13le cord is per®OOnnod nodi 1199983noodoy or P.O. Son 39. COOnron. Onaoreo, C.®aamdo. 830M 113.8. /ml on -mem. 5ra©c,ertpetca. Port. Coo '10.09 Lr. Cannon •33.80 pod rood 30.A.A & tornagn °38-89 pmt+ Trend 01 As rvgl0otorod on 1401104111.1 lea oam00 by a0xa poor e4/91¢o ondod Om permit nrenwc6,0a gat e. 330o 99mwn-32onord armernporotod An 0980 etas noniron 193owe-68o¢odd, tavaamzlod On 008111. east rho C00nvon Mow tri. torandod Sr. 18.83. 0oaesl panes r mn 4. 2938. Incorporating (iiiiiLyTu STANDARD J. HOWARD AITBKElvl - Pobiialaer SHELLEY MONIER - Editor GARY HAIST - Ad ertising Monger MARY ANN HOLL! l CX - Office Moat®ger A MEMBER MEMBER ®Anplmy odoortIseny roles 000elo®Ae on request Amb for Pogo Cord Oto 13 a tost$ve Ott 1. 1981 Enthus las This weekend Clinton celebrates its third annual Klompen Feest. And this year will decide the make or break future of the Feest. With two successful Feests behind them, committee members believe that 1983 will give them a fair estimation of the overall success of the celebration. Support, as in the past, is what the Klompen Feest committee is sincerely hop- ing for. Failure, after all the effort and work that has gone into the Feest's plann- ing, would be a terrible letdown. For the past two years, and again in 1983, a dedicated core group of people hove outdone themselves, giving all their energy, extra time and even money to the Feest. This is not done for personal wealth or gain, but for the good and bet- terment of our community. Klompen Feest may honor the Dutch settlers in our area, but the Feest is an oc- casion for all of us to celebrate our heritage, our friends and neighbors, our great town and free country. It is events like Klompen Feest and the Clinton Spring Fair that make this town unique, attractive to tourists and an invigorating place to live for local residents. The Spring Fair committee is also making extra efforts this year to make the 129th annual fair bigger and better. Additions to the grandstand show, more prizes, fudges and new features have all been included in an effort to attract more people and competitors to the June 3 and 4 show. Support your Klompen Feest and the Spring Fair, the cost is minimul, the fun and entertainment will be top notch. Show these dedicated volunteers Sust how much you appreciate their efforts. Would you, or could you do better yourself? -by S. McPhee Apathy A thumb's down this week goes to the Clinton parents who didn't encourage their children to take part in the summer playground program. Registration, advertised in the News -Record last week, was held on May 14, and only two children signed -up for the program. it's simply appalling, only two kids registering for a supervised playground, learning and craft program. What's the problem parents? Have you not taken the time or mode the effort to encourage your child to register? Are your youngsters simply not interested? is there another local pro- gram that is more attractive? Are there problems with the present playground program? I'm certain that the town recreation committee and playground staff would like to hear your comments and concerns before they go to the additional effort of holding another registration day. Please pass on your comments to the recreation committee members or to us at the News -Record. The playground program is for your children and it involves your money. Dont let apathy ruin it. Don't waste your time and money or the rec committee's. - By S. McPhee behind th scenes The diaries This week your correspondent brings you exclusive news. Not only will you read it here first, you probably will never read it anywhere else. TORONTO: Representatives from several of Canada's top journalism schools have formed a joint committee to protest the Toronto Globe and Mail's decision not to hire any more graduates of journalism. The Globe and Mail, in its prepared statement earlier this week, said that (Canadian journalism schools are not providing the required training to their students. A representative of the University of Western Ontario journalism department, however, retorted, "We can be as good at garbage as anybody else." A representative from Ryerson Polytechnical institute said that com- mencing in September students would be given intensive training in the in- vestigative procedures of sifting through garbage cans. The protest was prompted when the Globe and Mail announced that it would in the future recruit its political reporters from the ranks of the city's garbage collectors. in a further development, the union which represents Metro Toronto's sanitary workers announced it would challenge the right of the Newspaper Guild to represent No break in EXETER While Exeter taxpayers may have been pleasantly surprised at the two per cent increase in the municipal portion of their 1983 tax bill, they may have different reaction when they reporters at the Globe and Mail. "They obviously belong in our union," the spokesman said, "or they have no business touching our garbage." MONTREAL: Brian Mulroney Con- servative leadership candiate, has charged dirty tricks on the part of Peter Pocklington and has announced he will take steps to fight back if the Conservative party executive does not correct the grievance. Mr. Mulroney said that he has put in a bid to buy the New York Islanders in an effort to counter the unfair amount of media exposure Mr. Pocklington is get- ting on national television. "Every time there's a faceoff in the hockey game the camera is on Pocklington," Mulroney said. "I'll bet the cameraman is one of his delegates." Mr. Mulroney said he made the offer to purchase after the CBC had denied his request for equal time to present his profile on camera. BRAMPTON: A Brampton newspaper has announced it is suing a reporter who sold the paper diaries purported to be those kept by Ontario Premier William Davis during the first 10 years in office. The paper says the authenticity of the diaries, in which the Premier is reported to have recorded the agonizing decisions he made, is not in question. The problem is that even if the diaries are true the paper feels it was gypped. Both pages were blank. xeter taxes see how the education portion is hitting them. it wasn't made official until the May 9 session of council, but it appears that the local tax rate will in- crease by 15 64 mills, or 6.13 per cen& tor public school supporters. Separate school sup- porters will get off a little easier as the residential rate will increase 14.43 mills or 5.66 per cent. Welkom in Clinton sugarand spice `lVhe law's soiled image I've been trying to get some of my students interested in writing essays for money, instead of grinding them out for the teacher. The local Bar Association offers a $100 prize for an essay on The Rule of Law. The Leacock Association offers $50 for the best humorous piece by a high school student. Either my students are leery of the law, and have no sense of humor, or they already have more money than is good for them. There is a resounding lack of in- terest in both competitions. When I was in Grade 8, pay home town held an essay contest. I entered it. won it, walked off with the grand prize of $2.50 cash, and have never looked back. Now, I can see them being a bit dubious about writing humor. That's a .; icey thing: one man's bellow of laughter is another man's groan — and it requires a special talent. But surely any dam -fool can write something about the law — good, bad, or otherwise. Judges, lawyers and politicians (most of whome are lawyers) can be expected to turn out something creditable about the law, whether or not their effusions are crer i ble. Gangsters, drug addicts and murderers can equally be expected to savage the law in print, as seen from their slightly biased position. But even great writers have been fascinated by the law. Shakespeare said something like, "Let's hang all the lawyers." The poor man was constantly in by Gary Hast the courts, wnien mage him a poorer man. But his sentiment will be readily echoed in many a mind. Dickens said it succinctly: "The law is an ass." An equally popular idea among a fair proportion of the populace. Thoreau too had a word for the law: "Unjust laws exist. Shall we obey them, or shall we endeavour to amend them and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?" He states further, "If it la law I requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law." Neatly put. Of course, if everyone followed Thoreau's advice, military law would become a shambles, there'd be no more war, and people would stop killing each • other in massive numbers. That. of course, would upset the economy dreadfully, and where wo d we be then? Looking back through history, we can see that the law doesn't always appear too squeaky clean, but somehow the results weren't too bad. Christ was crucified by the law, and see what that produced. Joan of Arc was con- demned as a heretic by ecclesiastical law, and burned as witch by English law. If that hadn't happened, the English wouldn't have been driven out of France, and the populace of that lovely land would have been condemned to a lifetime of eating brussel sprouts instead of truffles. Sir Thomas More, a great lawyer, fought off several attempts to frame him, and was finally brought to the executioner's block by perjury, organized by another lawyer. But the results? England, rather short on saints, got another one; Good Queen Bess made it to the throne and 50 years of peace; and we got the television series The Wives of Heny the Eighth. kaleidoscope)' Are you ready for Klompen Feest? The store windows in downtown Clinton are looking great and merchants are all dressed -up in their bonnets and caps, but where are the wooden shoes? I'm sure they'll be coming out by Friday. We'll also be looking for John Greidanus on Friday in downtown Clinton. For the past two years John has gotten us all in the Klompen Feest spirit with this strolling musical show. You'll recognize him, he'll be playing the accordian. On Friday afternoon the Clinton elementary schools students will start the celebration off with a balloon rally and kite flying contest. This will be held at Clinton Public School starting at 2:30 p.m. Be sure to head over to the school to watch the fun. + + + And the Spring Fair plans are well un- derway, but we need some Queen of the Fair contestants. The local Kinette club is running the contest this year and they are hoping for support from other clubs, businesses and individuals who will sponsor a contestant. I ook for an ad in the entertainment section of this week's paper for particulars on the contest. The deadline for entries is next week. + + + More on upcoming events, the official opening of the new Out Patient Emergency facility at the Clinton Public Hospital will take place on June 2 at 3 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend Open house with tours of the facility will follow the opening and refreshments will It seems that the law, traditionally blind- folded, works, like God, in mysterious ways its wonders to perform. In modern times, the law is taking something of a battering. Ordinary citizens break the laws freely, especially when it has anything to do with something much more majestic -- the automobile. A man who. would vomit at the thpught. of murder, rape, robbery, will cheerfully park illegally, exceed the speed limit, refuse to fasten his seat belt. Because the minions of the law — police and the military -- are tools of the establishment, there was a great wave of lawlessness during the anti-establishment movement of the 60s and 70s. Because the law seemed to have lost its teeth, we have seen unions defying court injunctions, football fans rioting and van- dalizing, mugging in the streets. Because we see our once -treasured Mounties up to all sorts of nefarious tricks, and see the police closing ranks when some of their members are charged with brutality, we have lot some of our once - solid faith in the arras of the law. Because we see clearly, every day in the news, that there is one law for the rich and another for the poor, we have lost some of our faith in the courts. Perhaps the most telling sign of the times is a recent news story from England, where the bobbies, traditionally unarmed, are carrying guns in a British city, on a "trial basis." It's not too late. There is still, at least in this country, a healthy respect for the law, an earnest desire to be a law-abiding na- tion. But a good spring cleaning would bur- nish the image of the law, which has become somewhat tarnished in the twen- tieth century. be served by the Hospital Auxiliary. Recent fund raising events that have helped the hospital building fund included the celebrity dinner and auction which raised over $2,500. Saturday's yard sale held by the Hospital Staff Association raised just over $250. + + 4 Congratulations this week go to the CRSS drama club for their excellent production June Groom Also to the track team members who are participating in WOSSA this week. The school is also gearing up for a special night on May 26 when NHi,er Walt McKechnie will be the guest speaker at the athletic banquet. Clinton has had some special visitors this week. Mr. and Mrs Arnold Dale of Princess St., Clinton have been en- tertaining Mr. and Mrs. Ken Dale and Mrs. ian Clark of Kenora. At last i have figured out what the spring evening shrill song is. You've heard it, in the fields nearby your home on these warm nights. it's the frogs serenade, according to Ron Reid of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists. 4 4 1 Please note that the Clinton Post Offire will be closed in observance of the Victoria Day Holiday on Monday, May 23. legutar Counter Service will he provided on Saturday. May 21 preceding the holiday. Regular Saturday mail despatches will he made. There will be no mail despatch or raw mail clearance to Stratford on the Monday of Victoria i)ay weekend. The raw mail clearance, and therefore the street letter box collection locally, will he made on Sunday afternoon. All mail posted locally after 2 p.m. Saturday should be posted in the Red Box at the main post office, or in the Street better Boxes around town, until 2 p.m. Sunday, if destined for locations more than 20 miles distant from Clinton. Local mail should be posted in the receiver by the stamp vending machine all weekend. After 2 p m. Sunday. Out of Town mail should be posted in that receiver also + • 4 May is the month of the frog's serenade. When the warm spring rains fill the weedy ponds with renewed life, the swamps and marshes seem to overflow with exuberance of the mating calls of am- phibians. Chorus frogs call out their -pr- Creep. pr'reep"; wood frogs softly chime in their quacking notes, bullfrogs add a hearty bass "jug -arum and above it all, the shrill whist.ling of the spring peepers jingles and tinkles away. The song of the spring peeper, which can be heard up to a mile away. is a big voice for a small package An adult spring peeper is only about one inch long, barely larger than your thumbnail. The chorus of peepers is an all-male group; the female peepers are silently hopping through the underbnrsh to respond to this love call. 441 scholarship Dear Editor, We are pleased to announce that again in 1983 we are offering a $500 Funk Seeds Scholarship Award to Ontario 4-H Club members. We look forward to receiving many ap- plications from 4-11 members who meet the following guidelines: 1. Is entering the first year of the Agricultural Degree Program at the University of Guelph, 2. is a member of an Ontario 4-H Club, 3. Has achieved a minimum of 66 percent in Grade XIII studies. Applicants will be judged on their leader- ship qualities, as demonstrated by their par- ticipation in 4-H, Junior Farmer and com- munity activities. Ontario 4-H Club Members may obtain ap- plications from the office of their County or District Agricultural Representative. Ap- plications are also available from Funk Seeds, Division of CIBA-GEIGY SEEDS, Box 40, Ailsa Craig, Ontario, NOM 1AO. To be considered, applications must be received by September 2, 1983. Thomas M. Schmidt Director of Marketing Job well done Dear Mr. Hilts: Now that fitness is becoming a larger part of peoples life styles, we wish to Thank You for your coverage of the Vanastra Recreation Centre to the public. It is articles such as yours that make the public more aware and stimulates some to take the initiative to take action. We at the Rec. Centre like to see fitness promoted and try to do our part through offering pro- grams of interest. Once again, Thanks for a job well done. Yours truly, Mrs. t lane Durnin Director of Recreation Manager CHIP changes Revisions to CHIP (Canadian Home In- sulation Program) have changed the nature of taxable grants on eligible material and labor costs and raised home insulation standards for homeowners who wish to make their homes more energy ef- ficient. . Effective November 15, 1 ",c,2, CHIP will contribute either 60 per cent of eligible material costs or 60 per cent of the combin- ed cost of eligible material and 1a.r, up to a maximum of $51:1. In addition, the Pro- gram calls for minimum insulation levels of RSI 6(R34) for attics and RS1 2.1 (,x;12) for basements. The changes are applicable to all detached, semi-detached or row units (including mobile homes) built before January 1, 1971. Eligible under material costs are insula- tion materials, weatherstripping, caulking and vapour barriers. Homeowners who choose to do -it -themselves stand to gain the most from the Program's 60 per cent contribution to materials. Homeowners who choose to have materials installed must use contractors approved by The Canadian General Standards Board. What KCiwll of sullaitiorn? Over the years, Fiberglas Pink Insula- tion manufactured by Fiberglas Cana' Inc. has become the standard insulation product in home retrofit (re -insulation). It is inorganic, will not settle, rot, sustain vermin, is non-combustible and most im- portant of all, conserves energy in the home. This is a good time to complete these do- it-yourself projects since it may be possi- ble to obtain sale prices on insulation materials. Choosing the Level of Insulation: Insulation is measured in "RSI or " values, that is, a measurement off resistance to heat flow. RS1 is the metric rating of insulation and the insulation materials bear both measurements. The higher the RSI number (or R number), the greater the resistance of the insulation material to heat flow. Remember that heat will move from areas of warmth to areas of cold. Insula- tion should be used to block that flow ... winter or summer, so any '... crier between a heated space and an unheated one should be insulated to form a blanket around the living areas of the house. For a checklist on the energy efficiency of your own home, send for the Home Energy Test, and for an informative booklet called "Building an Energy Effi- cient Home", write to 80 Bloor Street West, Suite 1505, Toronto, Ontario. MSS 2V1. Do it Yourself Do It Right it is in your own best interests to ensure that the work is done right. Consider in- sulating the attic, the basement walls and doing the weatherstripping and caulking yourself. Most homeowners have enough skill and aptitude to do just that. The Federal government will help you with the initial costs and the insulation will pay dividends in home energy con- servation for many years to come. Suggested Levels of Insulation Attics, RS1 7.0 or R 40; Cathedral Ceil- ings RS1 6.3 or R 36; Exterior Walls,. RS1 3.5 or R 20; Basement Walls, RSI 3.5 or R 20; ( if more than 50 percent of wall is above ground) ; Basement Walls (If more than 50 percent of wall is below ground) RS1 2.1 or R12; Floors Over Unheated Areas RSI 4.9 or R28; (Heated crawl space) RS1 2.1 or R12; ( Concrete slab on ground) RS1 2.1 or R 12; (Heated Slab) RSI 2.6orR15. „