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Clinton News-Record, 1983-06-22, Page 4PAGE 4 CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 191K3 C1Aoomro guitar-6eamac9 Om gtva@aataAm.,ae0 ocean Witmw.taumadog o, P.O. ®vm 39. Claaaemra, O ,eoelm, Cmrooe80. nem I. Ted.. 4612-3513. SmhsaripeOoo Motto: Corma@, •10.66 Sr. C,IAmAoe '11T pow go+Cr U.S. A 6 t®rv0®re •Tai.es pvr gown` By Bm rer®Aaoorvd ea cozrAmw9 azzalo =01 ®g obo pboe vorcashv ebvegibecarT T7. TSv 66AcusAliczazerall OrtmorpmwtwIrsdiAce 1923 eeto Human t4.ww..®oaord. 6csaar9.-pd Ao T`1013, ems T o C9AvetAn tlmaa Etna. texarede d Bo 1A. !Aroma precn rot 4,2179. 90 ncorporating i (THE 6LYifi STANDAR J. HOWARD AITk 1 - Publisher SHELLEY Mc FLEE - Erlitue GARY HAIST - Adverfsing Manager MARY AHOLL NRECK - Office Manager I A MEMBER MEMBER ®6api©g odoorei®tae® meow °cm:Mobley ore regverot. Aeta tear Roeo Co -e, No. 12 oJto¢vavo 01'e. 1. 1961. Buy Canadian Why are Canadians so afraid to help themselves, and the rest of their coun- trymen (and women), when it comes to spending their hard-earned cash? That question deserves consideration by every consumer as purchasing picks up and the recession (hopefully) passes into history. What's more, we've just proven that buying Canadian, rather than foreign - made goods, is really possible. In the last couple of recession years, for example, when people saved more and spent less on consumer products, sales of imported goods dropped dramatically. With a little effort, we could keep things that way. The big payoff of course, is jobs for the nation's 1 .6 million unemployed, to say nothing of a reduced unemployment insurance bill, which at present surpasses S8 -billion per year. Here are a few ways Canadians can help themselves: Shop around, and look hard for "Canadian mode" labels. In many cases, retailers are supporting the government's Shop Canadian program and merchan- dise is readily identifiable. Other regions have similar self-help programs that make it easy to purchase locally -made products. Still, there are some goods that only carry a small Canadian made label. Spen- ding a little time to find that marker can pay big dividends. Naturally, we're not suggesting that consumers should pay exorbitant prices or accept shabby goods. But in many cases, the Canadian product is as good, if not better, than the import and the price may be Tess. How about a vacation in Canada? For years, Canadians have been travelling south of the border, seemingly discounting the notion that our own country hos something to offer. Why not try a Canadian resort, visit another province or region or check out the nightlife in one of our larger cities? Going south during a cold winter is understandable, but in summer, the glories and diversity of Canada should be considered. Besides, paying a 25 percent premium for U.S. vacation dollars is e$ensive, and don't forget those heavy tolls on most of the major highways in the United States. Buy something simple, like a Canadian book. Consider a home renovation project. With interest rates at relatively low levels, now may be the time to odd an extra room, a dormer or refurbish the basement. Without doubt, increased home-building and renovations have an im- mediate impact on the unemployment problem. Don't forget, check for Canadian - made materials. While these are only a few of the ways we can help ourselves, you get the idea: by changing our buying habits and actually seeking out Canadian -made products and services, we would all be better off. If all of this sounds like flag waving, so be it. At (east the red and white flag is mode in Canada. behind the scenes — by W. Roger Worth keith roulston (;re°e°te tI1LIFImb addict after weeks of frustration with cold. wet weather. L 1rdt.'ners have been busy in the last tt'w weeks n)aktnt; up for lost trine. plat int, in the soil like kids in a sandbox. :‘rd we are bit like kids, those of us %e he 14anlen. lrh. we tell ourselves that 11 t're .Ire perfectly rational Ireasu is for e<orkini out in tht' hot sun, swiping blackflies ,tray with one hand while we plant seeds with the other, all the while h""Itfine t seed package betewen our teeth 'l'hirtk of the mutt`), we're saving, we say Yet I'yt' heard equally rational arguments that you're actually saving tion"'\ 1t <ou huy \our timid at the super- nuukt't, 1t <uu put any ntont'y N.aloe un our tnl,e But think of the quality of the f10„11 etc ,II':;uc, aril manage to tr;nort' those r int} 111!11' 1 arruts that we'd hepass on a pt (du, eunter, and see utile our• prize I.et'• Inst be honest about it, there is notht:i.• `call' rational about c'.Irderting, It • .111 addiction 4)11, e the earth is free of Nutt in the spr- it:. ,Intl tht' we,ither begins to wanta i h, r, 1111, hincuntrullahte urge to get Into t!1" -e111 i L:ue,s It is one of titan's oldest urt:cs, tht• urge to feel soil sifting through til Ler, ['here 1, a smell. as nice as per- fume for us addicts at least i. to warm. :u,'i-t sett 'There's beauty In turning Up I; 1'•h hLu k earth llt'hind a plow or tiller ,ortu'ttuna powertul too ,1111,11; i,l.n)hn): ;t little 1rt1•kaee of seeds •111"1 :�'titie, haskt't•. t'ee11 hllshe'I- (if food t) I.rt 111.111 It the ullintait' ut c,arnhl- t 1 i:n1 l.'r,• ).;o to 1 Petits 1n hop`', of :.,1 lullartltn rrnir su the ,pin ., i il'1;1 et het'l �11i111 ti ' 1111\ ;,tilt•`\ h t r \ week with dream., their I lar • e hi bet tune millions We at i1J\ 1better Inl,f•. kilnwlr ' that ' 1.;\ tht• weather wi11 toeiper:lte 1• .1_„r sol'. veil. well 1e.Ip 1)11'11\ ,,or \1'•1 1i*nt In n1,mt'e thooch bit a:e i1,', tiro titIn1itt' 1l'.at , ar defiers ha‘i, en a srn.ill e tn. r . h,t\ r on a tare', ,Dale I )h he niers .11, tic 1'\1'1 ,tri ri i'r that tht'e ail' he ru • .1I1•,n.il Thee aren t fottlti e ar "tuntl in • aid, 11 the\'it' „ut t1i1 rr 1'e„i kink' rnak• 1 111:' ti1'1 thele . 1I;unu'1"1•.111 1”. >1.1 k, , "1,111,1111 • 1 )til\ a r a/ in,lt: w, ii1d rationally decide to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in order to make a wage a postal worker wouldn't accept. No, farmers are addicted too. There's the old joke about the farmer who won a million in the lottery and, asked what he would do, said he'd just keep on farming until it was all gone. And that's the way farmers arc, generation after generation, each spring impatiently waiting to get on the land, dreaming dreams that this will be the big year, knowing deep down that even if it is, they will only make enough to pay off the bills they've got from the years when things didn't go so well. They fill their barns with cattle and pigs because they have a feeling that this will be the year when everybody else won't, knowing at the same time that if they've got that idea, there are probably a few more thou- sand others who are thinking the same way and the price will fall. But this is one addiction the world can't do without. If everybody thought rational- ly about farming, about gardening, then nobody would do it. And then what would all those rational people do'. So pity us if you will. but say a prayer of thanks for our t I mess. Honor youth, name a J LIfliOJunior Citizen Co ell report co eerns Ede') year the community newspapers of Ontario select outstanding young people shed 6 to 18 who have excelled in corn - Merl' t1. service or done courageous acts, to rreceive an Ontario Junior Citizen of the `r tit' award r), yr))) k now someone who should have an ewer(' Entry forres are available now at •'S a newspaper, or write to Ontario Corn- 't"I't•te Newspapers Association ai P 0 f-hnr 151 Oakville L6J 5A8 for more inform •i', 1' A irnnt con -entirety service prOlect Of t.nr'rv),1tn t5, Newspapers Assoc'a r' �)r)<I CP Ai' ' Who are the musicians? sugar and spice Future. plans Well, as 1 totter down the humid cor- ridors of June, I can't say that the end of another school year gives me the prickles. I have no dense of deep depression. There is no lurking melancholy, not even a whiff of nostalgia. Only a lively sense of relief. Only one more boring, boring, boring commencement to involuntarily attend. Oh, I know these are grand, stirring occa- sions for the graduates, the prizewinners, their parents. But for a tuckered -out teacher, they are only a stifling June night in a sneaky - sneaker, jock infested cathedral, when he'd rather be doing practically anything else. The very thought of it has given me a solid idea about what I'm going to do when I retire. Of course, I'm not retiring. 1 am merely quitting my job and taking on another one. And at this very moment, I've decided what I'm going to do. I'm going to continue writing this col- umn, naturally. There's no other way I can vent my spleen. And if you haven't seen a spleen-ventor lately, 1 suggest you do. It's better than pounding out your wife/hus- band. I'm going to write such a dirty book that people will be buying it under the counter, talking about it in hushed whispers, and even claiming it's a work of fiction. But it won't be. I'm going to name names: Gert, Ruby, Pearl. Let the chips whall fare they may, I told my old lady. For once and all, I'm gon- natellit like it is. She looked amused. Trust Clinton R • ys Band, 1931 her! Yabbut!," I managed, before she broke in with, "Your sex life is enough to curl the toes of a sloth." Well, We'll just see about that. I remember this girl in Manchester who ..., "I don't want a bath; I just want a kiss." I'd licked her ear. And I'm gonna tell my grandboys the straight truth: that I fought the Nazis, toe to toe, and never gave an inch. Well, I did say, "Please stop; you're hurting me." But the kids don't have to know everything. I'm not Darth Vader. Maybe I'll tell them about how I cried in the showers, after Smiths Falls beat us 8-7 in the finals. Might make a nice contrast to the macho image. But I can hear the little idiots saying, "How come, Grandad, if you got two touchdowns, you were licked?" They know their blasted math. Maybe it would be better to tell them Ow our. C.O.; Killam Gillam, selected me, over all the other pilots, to go up with him on a two-man reconnaissance. Poetic licence. I don't need to tell them he'd selected me.because the day before I'd dropped a bomb on the Canadian Array, purely by 'chance, and that when we returned, he -observed, coolly, "You shot a hole in my wing, Smiley." He shouldn't have had a wing sticking out like that. No, this is going to be a no -holds -barred, letting -it -all -hang-out, anything -goes autobiography. All I have to do is come up with a couple of torrid, rather than Turkish -bath, sex scenes, and we're off to Hollywood. or jail. Well, that's just for openers: a sizzling, sexy autobiography, and a column that continues to throw anchors to the "little guy", as he struggles to hold his nose and float on the nauseous canal of contem- porary life. kaleidoscope Candy striper, candy striper, candy striper, candy striper, candy striper, candy striper, candy striper, candy striper, candy striper, candy striper, candy striper, candy striper Like a kid who can't seem to get it through their head, I'm typing those words over and over again until I get it right- This time I'm determined to beat my typographical nightmare, the difference between "stripper" and "striper." Contrary to continuing reports in the Clinton News -Record, the young hospital volunteers do not remove their clothing on the job. It's amazing though how one little, extra letter can completely change the meaning of a word. Apologies must go out to the Candy STRIPERS for all those extra "Ps" I've persisted in including in stories regarding their work. Enough is enough. Last week in a con- scious effort to get the right spelling, I even looked up the word STRIPER. Still it came out with that darned extra "p." Could it be that this is simply beyond my control? I'll know for sure when I read the finished product Wednesday night. Candy striper, candy striper, candy striper, candy striper, candy striper, candy striper, candy striper, candy striper + + -I- I I found some consolation in these words from The Salvation Army Triumph Press - "A typographical error is a slippery thing and sly. "You can hunt until you are dizzy, but somehow it will get by. "Until the forms are off the press, it is strange how it still sleeps, "it shrinks down in a corner, and it never stirs or peeps. "This typographical error is too small for human eyes, until the ink is on the paper, when it grows to a mountain size. "The boss just stares in horror, when he grabs his hair and groans, "The coey reader drops he, head upon her hands and moans But what I really have planned for my future is to become an adult student. I think I can shine there. l'm going to go back to school. In Math, I'm going to argue that a straight line is not the shortest distance between two points, and start a riot when the teacher tries to explain what sexist, racist at- titudes he means by "straight." In science, I'm going to complain that the teacher has not satisfactorily proved to me that the earth is not flat, that Genesis makes more sense than Darwin, that two swallows do a summer make, whereas one doesn't, and that a pistil is no more use to a stamen than a bee is to a frog. In English, I'm going to ask the beleaguered teacher, "Where have you been published lately? In the Sunday School Gazette? The English Teachers' Almanac, in the article that claims Oedipus did not originate Mother's Day by plucking out his eyes and handing them to his mother? I'll be a heifer in history. "But how do you know that Laura Secord hadn't sold the patent before she started putting the switch to that cow? And how do you know it wasn't Laura who was the cow and that the real cow was a member of the CIA? Where was Napoleon? When was The Repeal of the Corn Laws? Why was MacKenzie King?" I'm really looking forward to being an adult student. I'm planning to take por- nography, mystery computer error, im- personal typing, Gaelic, mujik (with syn- thesizer), and stamily fuddies, which is all about, like, abortion and how refrigerators are better than brass monkeys for keeping salad crisp. I can hardly wait. "The remainder of the issue may be as clean as can be, but the typographical error is the only thing they'll see." + + + My father can attest to that. A farmer for most of his life and horse lover, he was aghast to see that we made the mistake of having Tom Penhale's fabulous new Disney World wagon being drawn by eight "Persian horses." No, Torn does not own a new breed of horses. It should have read "Percheron" horses, not persian ones. My father says i should have known better, and he's right. Sorry Dad. Sorry Tom. + + A sign that once hung on the News - Record wall said it all, "Doctors can bury their mistakes. General Motors can recall them. Presidents can classify them, but newspapers are hung out where everyone can see them." In our defence i must add that our percentage of error is very low, con- sidering the thousands upon thousands of words we handle each week. Our goal is perfection, but unfortunately there are very few of us in the world that have ac- complished this. + + + I deal with words every day of the week and would not be able to survive without my dog eared Webster's Dictionary. So often there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the English language. t + Perhaps Esperanto would solve our problems. Promoted by ian M. Richmond, associate professor in the French Department at Western University, it is an international language. Esperanto was created in 1887 by a Polish physician, for use as a universal second language. Professor Richmond says it is being spoken extensively today, It is easy to learn, it is politically neutral and it is of great practical use. Esperanto can be learned two to five times faster than a national language. This is due to regular pronunciation and spelling based on the phonetic principle of one letter to one sound, 16 rules of grammar with no exceptions and ex- tensive use of international word -roots. The Universal Esperanto Association, with headquarters in Rotterdam, has over 36,000 members in 94 countries. Travellers can visit countries around the world and communicate in all foreign lands through Esperanto. Supporters believe that the language promotes international brotherhood and can be used to express a complexity of thought that can surpass other languages. Hire®a®student campaign says thanks Dear Editor: On behalf of the staff of the Canada Employment Centres for Students in (:uderlch and Exeter, I would like to thank your staff for the outstanding •assistance with this year's FIIRE-A-STUDENT cam- paign. Your coverage of Hi RE-A-STUi)ENT WEEK exceeded all our expectations especially pictorially, and we greatly ap- preciate your efforts. Hopefully, your coverage will increase the public's awareness of the 1983 HIRE-A-STUi)ENT campaign and more jobs for students will result. Thank you. Sincerely Angelina Arts Supervisor ('anada Employment ('ent res for Students (:odertch and E;xeter lyth residents Dear Editor: We, the undersigned, feel that a great injustice has been done to one of Blyth's senior citizens and a long-time resident of this town. In a recent (June 15 article in The Blyth Standard section of the Clinton News - Record regarding a council meeting, it was reported that Mrs. Button was being served notice from council to clean-up a portion of her back yard, which neighbors felt might be harboring rabid skunks or ground hogs. Not only is Mrs. Button involved, but also several neighbors who had no wish to complain about the situation who are obviously included by the report as "surrounding neighbors.” If there is a threat to children's safety, it has been there for 10 years, so why now, at the age of 76, should this lady be harassed about a situation she is in no position to change? If the situation does require attention, why did it have to be published in a local paper? We feel that the whole thing is nothing short of harassment of a senior citizen, and that an apology for such, should be for- thcoming to Mrs. Button. Harold Cook, Box 133, Blyth. Editor's note: Blyth council discussion and the decision made following the citizens' complaints regarding the Button property were reported as they were presented in an open council meeting on June 6. . By reporting the facts, the News -Record editorial department was following its obligation and commitment to report open council discussion and motions to the public. The Blyth council reporter did not write the story to discredit or harass Mrs. Button. More on Branson Place God forbid &Clinton council will have to act with judgement and common sense on any point. ( see exclusions later) Frankly, the Mayor's final point in the June 15 issue "how can we pass a resolution and then not follow up" is indicative of what I mean. Did God just speak or something? From the tone of the article it is obvious that there is not a consensus on this issue, but then, it's only someone's livelihood you're dealing with. As Councillor Arm- strong was quoted, "one or two people almost hold us at ransom." She also was quoted as saying that other businesses are operating: in improperly zoned areas. AND she is right... it isn't fair. Jim Hunter doesn't use much imagina- tion when he suggests that a junk dealer might go into business if they leave sometime in the future. Strange, but are Clinton's bylaws that loose? Or can they be made to fit individual situations? Do the elected officials always act on complaints? What a wonderful exercise, if someone produced an embarrassing list of things council didn't act on. Councillor Carter suggested that if Bran- son Place simply forgot the spot zoning there would be little trouble. It makes one wonder just why in hell someone didn't do that little thing for these people. Councillor Burgess 1 with whom I have spoken) says it all, for me anyway. His nose is out of joint because of what was supposedly said "big city boys, small town thought process etc. Read his quote carefully, speak to him, then make your own judgement. This type of decision is based on personalities, words spoken out of heat or context. But the issue is simply this... does this county teed more people gainfully employed? Does their decision help Clinton or Canada? The answer is an unqualified NO. The final crunch is when people will go to the UIC line-ups, all due to the narrow and bigoted thought process. R. Kraft Blyth. Care for disabled I k'ar Editor: On June 14, the London Free Press car- ried an article under the heading "Politi- cians fear burden handicapped will im- pose". Under this they described their fu - dings about a distinct lack of funding to carry out leisure time activities for residents of proposed new group homes They pointed out that while the actual "home" was funded and that there were agencies who might operate them - no one was willing to take on the unfunded respon- sibility of filling up the many empty hours that will follow the displacement if residents from the well .,et up facilities such Ss Bluewater. They also feared the extrn burden on their transit system which they said Hs strained to the limit right now '' No fun- dirtg is supplied for this. While i understand their concerns I felt their findings were only what we. in the irnniediate vicinity of a Facility to be clos- ed, have recognized much sooner Their statement that • • i,cindon wasn't involved in the original uproar 1 when the closings were announced i apparently means that at that tirrre they didn't recognize that this was not a localized problem Even municipality into which residents are sent will find extra demands on their services it is encouraging to find a large rnunu'tpality like i,ondon becoming vocal about the need for the government of On• t.ario to properly plan for the care of residents ailed to set up proper and ade- quate fundu,e ts'fore going on with closure plans Yours truly i)orothy Patter