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Canadians no longer inferior
The incredible performance of our athletes at the Los Angeles Olympic Games
is a major breakthrough for Canadian athletics.
Despite the lack of Russian -Communist nation participation in the 1984 Olym-
pics, these games will be remembered as a success story for Canadian athletes.
At the time of publication, Canada had collected seven gold, eight silver and
seven bronze medals. After 118 events, we have collected 180 points, fourth out
of 4'i other competing nations.. This is by far our best ever showing.
Some journalists cit the games are comparing Canada's improved performance
this year to Monarch butterflies leaving their coon.
The words of one writer was, "Canadian athletes have emerged from their
sheath of inferiority at these Olympic games. Having tried their wings they have
decided they can fly. on even terms with the world's fastest, strongest and fittest,
and are doing it."
The confidence is everywhere in the Canadian camp. Perhaps the best example
of the confidence the Canadian team possesses can be found in two -gold medal
winner Alex Baumann. The Sudbury native swimmer told the press and fellow
mates that he would win .his events before the races began. His confidence has
rubbed off on the entire Canadian squad:
This new-found confidence is something we have lacked in the past. The lack of
confidence has hindered us. We were reluctant to boost and to strut our stuff. It
was a huge psychological barrier to overcome.
For many years, Canadian athletes entered the Olympics on'y hoping to win.
The nation never expected them to win. Perhaps our Olympic success this year
will not be regarded as luck and many of our athletes will go into the 1988 games
expecting to win.
The Americans athletes are proof of what confidence_ can do. Most of them go
into every event expecting to win. Their record stands for itself. They now have
45 gold, 39 silver and 16 bronze for 798 points. 'Their nearest competitor is
Romania and West Germany who have 252 points.
As Canada's confidence continues to grow, so will our list of medals. Cana-
dians should be proud of their athletes. They've set world records and made the
rest of the world stand up and take notice of their accomplishments. -By R. Hilts
Newspapers accountable
The Ontario Press Council adjudicated
five complaints about editorial comment in
1983; compared with.only four in its previous
101/2 years, says the organization's llth an-
nual report, just published. The Council
upheld four of the five..
The Council does not deal with complaints,
about editorials based solely on a dispute
over opinions since grievances of that kind
can be settled by publication of a letter to
the editor, the report notes.
Comment of all kinds attracted more com-
plaints than any other ,form of newspaper
content, with a record high of 29, including
the fine e about editorials. Of the other 24, the
Council adjudicated two, upholding each in
part.
The 60 -page report, available free on re-
quest • to the Council, contains. reports on
press council activity across the country in -
including the experience of the weekly
Mississauga News with a Community Ad•
s; isory Board, a type of press council new to
Cana.do.
The Council received 116 complaints dur-
ing the year about the conduct of the Dress in
gathering and publishing news, opinion and
advertising. Of these, 23 went to adjudica-
tion and 22 were settled between the parties:
Nine were active at year-end and the rest
were withdrawn or abandoned.
The total of 116 compares with 91 in 1982,
and the all-time high of 144 in 1977. The
report notes. however, that only six of the
complaints in 1977 ended in adjudication and
another 15 were settled .between the parties.
The Council's chairman, J. Allyn Taylor
of London, wrote in his Foreword that his
first two years in office proved an exciting
time, featured by a spectacular increase in
the number .of newspapers voluntarily mak-
ing themselves . accountable to readers
through press councils.
The Ontario report contains accounts of
all adjudications reached in 1983 by it and
all , the other councils, except for Quebec
which issues its own detailed annual report.
People wishing copies of the Ontario
report should write to the Council at 151
Slater St., Suite 708, Ottawa, Ont. KIP 5H3,
er phone 613) 235-3847.
Behind The Scones
By Keith Roulston
Campaign underway
The election • campa%gn is now on. and
although the politicians may 'have few
messages to send to the voters, the
messengers, the members of the media,
may have mere influence on the forming of
the next government than the politicians
themselves.
It's a frightening time to be in media at
times like these, frightening and satisfying
at the same time. For those interested in
power, now is the time when the media has
more pouter than ever particularly the na-
tional television. For more conscientious
reporters it's slightly frightening respon-
sibility to inform people correctly. It's
frightening to know that your perceptions,
or lack of perceptions, could influence what
government we'll have in the next four or
five years. And every decision you make is
made amid the pressure of daily deadlines,
of political 'handlers who are trying to
manipulate what you report and of peer
pressure. When so many reporters "are
travelling together, there's temptation to go
along with the consensus other reporters
have reached about speeches, trends and
issues.
Such problems don't usually worry
reporters on small papers in ridings like
ours. For one thing, there's hardly ever
been an election close enough in Huron
'County fo mistake of the press to make a
difference. I had a taste of What the big
press goes through a -few years ago when we
dict have a rare close election. As editor of a
newspaper I attended an all -candidates
night and took a number of pictures of the
candidates answering questions. When it
came time to choose a photo for the front
page of the newspaper I found that all but
one of the photos were unacceptable for one
reason or another. But that one photo show-
ed one of the candidates in an unattractive
pose that made him appear arrogant. With a
deadline pressing, I made the decision to
run the picture anyway.
The candidate's opposition was ecstatic
and delighted in showing the front page
around. The candidate himself was natural-
ly not pleased. Did the photo affect the out-
come of the election? It would be pushing
things to say it did, but the election did go
against the candidate and I've squirmed
many times since thinking about it.
The stakes are much higher for national
media types. Minutes after the national
television debate between the leaders ended
reporters and "experts" were deciding who
won . Now research on past debates has
shown that it is the perception of who won,
spread by the media that has more effect
than the actual debate itself.
The debate should have stood by itself
since the whole purpose of the exercise was
to let the candidates talk directly to the peo-
ple but the media couldn't let it go that way.
Reporters had to turn it into a championship
boxing match. Who scored the most hits, the
most knockdowns, whose footwork was
best?
Only a minority of people saw the debate
anyway so the majority will have their opi-
nions of the winner established by ttite
media. Even those who did watch may
'doubt what they saw when they.hear all the
' `experts" saying something different. I'm
just glad I'm not one of those "experts".
Simulated fall
have your say
Dear Editor
Thanks to volunteers
and participants
I would like to thank all those who came to
participate in the lifeguard competition held
Sunday at the Clinton pool.
Also a special thanks to the lifeguards and
other volunteers who helped to run this
event. I hope to see more people next year.
Karen Cook
Competition Coordinator
Sign of the times
Dear Editor,
I have noticed recently, a new addition to
our downtown area in Clinton. A "Coming
Events" sign has been posted in the window
of the old hardware store (library).
As many people have no doubt already
seen, it lists events, special trips, activities
or projects taking place in Clinton. I think
this sign is a great way of letting the' people
of Clinton know what is going on in their
town.
I didn't even realize that half of these ac-
tivities existed until reading about them on
the posters in the window. It certainly is
nice to be informed.
Yours sincerely,
Clinton citizen.
Odd job
by Wendy Somerville d ready
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Sugar and Spice
Nostalgia lane
I SEEM to have written quite a bit about
community newspapers over the years, but
it hasn't been deliberate. So, if you'll forgive
me, I'll write one more. Unless you want me
to tackle, once again,•Jim Ross of Exeter,
who is furious. at me because he pays more
in income tax than I receive in salary, if you ,.
can figure that one out.. .
Recently received a monthly statement
from the syndicate that carries my column
coast to coast. Started looking over the old
familiar names that have been running this
column for 20 years or more, and got a. bit.
sentimental.
They run from Nova Scotia to Hay River,
NWT, and if I ran a quiz, I'll bet half my
readers couldn't spot,. by province, half the
newspapers. - _
But. my personal relations 'with many of
their publishers go back a long way.. Never
hear from most of Them, but bump into them
at the odd convention, ancl renew the old
bonds.
I'll just mention some ofthe real old -
diners, who have .stuck with the thin gruel
and thick porridge of this column for more
than two decades.
Dutton Advance. Hello, Herb Campbell.. I
know you're semi -retired but hope you're
still stroking a golf hall.
John and Randy, Neepawa Press; George
' and Sandy, Estevan Mercury; . remember
that fishing trip in North Saskatchewan
Are you all alive and as well as can be ex- .
pected? Remember the big fish dinner in.
my three-bedroom cabin, when the rest of
you; including Barry Wenger of Winghnm,.
were crowded into little cabins?
By Bill Smiley
Little did I know that Irwin Maclntosh and
wife Barbara,' when we saw them courting
at a convention .about 30 years ago; would
wind up as Lieutenant -Governor and His
Lady of Saskatchewan. Irwin was with the
North Battleford News and Barbara's father
was with the Creemore Star if memory
holds. And they wind up entertaining the
Queen!
Enterprise and the Bowmanville Statesman
are old customers, and I knew well their
owners at . that time: Russ Schearer,
Werden • Leavens, and John James: Where
are you guys?
Port Perry Star. I know Harry Stemp is
still around, but where is Peter, the flute -
playing lino operator wit,a vast amount of
;Norwegian good humor and common sense?'
Say the word Pete, and we'll have another
round of golf, with an ambulance in close at-
tendance. • .
Where is Gene Macdonald of the Alexan-
dria News, who coujd get a party going in a
nlausoleurn: Not a word for years.
I know Don McCuaig of the Renfrew Mer-
cury is out to pasture, cutting wood, cat-
ching trout, but let's have a word, old buddy ,
fror: n the depths of the Ottawa Valley.
l've never seen a. copy of the Creston
Review, the Parkhill Gazette or the Glencoe
Transcript., but they've been old friends for
decades.
'And what's this about you, Andy McLean,
selling out the Seaforth Expositor to a young
upstart, after 112 years in the business?'
Andy was a man who looked middle-aged
when he was young, young when he was
middle-aged, and .almost juvenile as he.
Kaleidoscope
grew older. Last time I met him and his
charming wife and their daughter, Susan
White I thought the McLeans were in-
destructible.
I suppose that any day now, I'll hear that
Mac and Val of the Tilbury Times will be
hanging up their hats while still in their
prime. (In fact, Mac, I think you're already
slipping. Had a letter sent along by your son
Terry, who said he'd found it on your desk
but you obviously hadn't dealt with it.)
Perth Courier, Winchester Press,
Meaford Express, Wheatley Journal,
Yorkton Enterprise, Swift Current Sun,
Lacombe Globe, Lachute Watchman, Ex-
eter Times -Advocate, Atikokan Progress,
Glencoe Transcript,Oxbow Herald,
Weyburn Review. (hi, rnie), Westport Mir-
ror (hi, Yo,ur TV Repair Man), Orangeville
Banner, Hanover Post. And all the rest of
you guys who have put up for years.with the
bleatings and blurtings of this . writer.
Thanks.
You. represent something I admire and.
respect. You work under a continual stress
to produce a product that is valuable rather
than sensational, controversial rather than
merely inflammatory, optimistic rather
than depressing.
Hang in there those of you -who are left,
and you young fellows, carry on the tradi-
tions.
' You may not be the New" York Times, but
you are probably more important to your
community than it is to the world.
Last note: George and Elda Cadogan,
veterans both, hope to see you again before
we hit the wheelchairs. Love, Bill.
Summer is cool clothing. golf tourne's,
refreshing swims and tall glasses of gin and
pink lemonade.
It's also a time of steamy temperatures,
high humidity. and steep air-conditioning
bills.
Ron Galbraith of Fiberglas Canada says
you can stay cool and enjoy the summer
season by following a few common sense
tips.
- Keep doors and windows ,closed and
draperies drawn during, the warmest,
daylight hours. Contrary to what you might
think, closing up the house in the day helps
to contain all the cool night air, and keep the
hot,' humid air outside. At night, again, open
windows.
- Be certain thatclothes dryers are vented
outdoors to avoid heat build-up.
- Use appliances late in the evening when
power loads are lighter and temperatures
are lower.
- Better yet, barbecue and avoid using the
ov en.
- Set cooling thermostats at the highest
comfortable level; each degree a
thermostat is raised in the summer can
reduce fuel consumption by about three per
cent.
- Add insulation to the attic or basement of
your home to help to reduce energy bills
year round.
- Change or clean air -conditioner 'fliters once
°a month.
Keep heat -producing appliances away
from thermostats.
- Open attic windows to keep ventilation and
reduce attic temperatures.
- Check caulking and weather-stripping
around the doors and windows to keep the
cool air inside where it belongs.
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Barry Turner a Central Huron Secondary
School grad and Ontario Scholar this year
took top standings in a recent physics
competition put on by the University of
Waterloo.
The 16th annual SIN (Sir Isaac NeApra
By Shelley McPhee
test was written. by more than 5,200
students, mostly from Ontario high schools.
Barry finished in the 136th spot in the
'xamination that consisted of 12 humorous,
but demanding, physics problems.
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The achievements of Ontario farmers,
past and present, are the focus of a new film.
Proud Beginnings, produced by the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
Agriculture Minister Dennis Tirnbrell
said, "This film is specially produced for
Ontario's bicentennial year, as a tribute to
the past generations of farmers who made
Ontario great. It also salutes those farm
With one month left of student employ-
ment activity left, the Goderich and Exeter •
Employment Centres for Students are ready
for a busy August.
Statistics for the month of July show an in-
-urease of 76% over last year in the place-
ment of students in casual jobs. Hence,
again this month emphasis will be placed on
securing "Odd Jobs" for local students.
"Odd Jobs" - employment on a temporary
basis for an hour or a few days - will help
students earn cash for the start of the new
school year and gain some of that all impor-
tant work experience.
Area residents will also gain by hiring a
student. It is now August and for the last
three months you have been putting off pain-
, ting the fence, . washing the windows or
cleaning the attic. Now is your chance to en-
sure those jobs are done before fall.
This summer, students have helped in-
dividuals in the community move furniture,
paint house trim, cut grass, dig post holes,
spray cucumbers, pick strawberries, bale
hay, babysit ... and the list goes on. Students
can and will do an endless variety of tasks. •
If you have a .job that needs doing, please
contact the Canada Employment Centres
for Students in Goderich 524-2744 or Exeter
235-111.Our goal? A job to fit every student;
a student`to fit every job.
Help a student by letting him help you.
families who continue in that spirit of
pioneering and achievement, building for
the future.
Proud Beginnings, a 29 -minute color
production, visits six Ontario farm families
who countinue to farm the land first settled
by their ancestors more than 200 years ago.
The production was one year in the
making, filmed by OMAF film-maker Bill
Connell and researched by John and Monica
Ladell, authors of a book on Ontario's
century farms.
To borrow a copy of. the film, contact the
OMAF office.
OFAH say report a poacher
and help catch a thief
, Poachers in Ontario are in for rough
road ahead as a result of a program being
operated by the Ontario Federation of
Anglers and Hunters (OFAH). The Federa-
tion is snaking available to its 375 affiliated
clubs, bright red posters entitled
"REPORT -A -POACHER" as well as small
REPORT -A -POACHER cards that can easi-
ly be carried in a wallet, glove compart-
ment, tackle box, or purse for quick access
when recording a violation of the Game and
Fish Act..
Where only a handful of OFAH clubs had
participated in the past, the effectiveness of
375 clubs is expected to result in a signifi-
cant reduction of the illegal harvest of
name.
The program is aimed at encouraging lan-
downers, sportsmen, and the general public
to be aware of the poaching problem, record
the designated information, and report is
immediately to Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources Conservation Officers.
Poaching is a serious and costly crime. It
robs lea'itimate ethical sportsmen of gairie
and fish, robs businesses and taxpayers of
revenues generated by hunting and fishing,
and robs all of us of a valuable natural
resource — our wildlife.
No one knows the exact figures, but
studies have shown that poachers kill about
as many animals and fish as legitimate
anglers and hunters take during legal
seasons. Poachers do not confine their kill-
ing to game species. Threatened, en-
dangered and nongame species show up in
the poacher's bag as well.
Through the REPORT -A -POACHER pro-
gram, the OFAH helps the individual to
'transfer accurate information to a. Con-
servation Officer (C.O.) by just filling in the
blanks of the R.A.P. card and reporting that
information to a C.O. These cards will be
distributed by members and clubs of the
OFAH on a local basis, so be sure to contact
the nearest club and pick up your card. You
can help catch a thief! Names of those peo-
pipe reporting a violation are kept strictly
confidential.
Falls reserve; to relax
Looking for a home away from home? An
escape from the hustle and bustle of every-
day life? Come out to the Falls Reserve Con-
servation Area for a day, weekend or week.
The Falls Reserve offers camping and
picnicking facilities complete with a camp
store for all those last minute needs.
The Visitor Services staff have an action
packed weekend planned just for you!
Saturday, August 11
-11 a.m. "Perky Puppets". Make your very
own puppet at the activity centre. We'll even
show you how t� make your own puppet
Theatre!
- 8 p.m. "Rocky's Riverside Rambles". Join
Sammy Snake and Rocky Raccoon at the
picnic shelter for a puppet show. Don't
forget to bring your popcorn..
- 8:30 p.m. "Family Film Night". Following
Rocky's rambles, join Deb for an hour of
films at the picnic shelter featuring the Jac-
ques Cousteau filen "500 Million Years
under The Sea".
Sunday, August 12
- 11 a.m. "Sunday Sing Along". What better
place to have a Sunday Sing Along than the
•great outdoors! Don't worry about dressing
up, just come in your camping best!
Everyone is welcome. •
- 2 p.m. "May The Forest Be With You!" Be
prepared for a half-hour of excitement star-
ring The Forest People Players. If you
thought Star Wars was good, you'll want to
be there to see Bark Vader, Princess Treea,
Luke Pathwalker and others fight for their
forests!
For further information, contact Wendy
Ross, Community Relations Coordinator, at
the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority
at (519)335-3557. The Falls Reserve is
• located five miles (6.5 km) east of Goderich,
off County Road 31.
MTC enforce law
TORONTO - MTC highway carrier and
vehicle inspectors are enforcing seat belt
usage and maintenance of assembly in-
stallation said Transportation and Com-
munications Minister James Snow.
"Until now, there has . been inadequate
highway enforcement of the seat belt
legislation for trucks' because cabs of large
trucks are too high for police to see into
from their cruisers," said Snow.
Dr. Robert Uffen recommended seat belt
enforcement in his Report of the Ontario
Commission on Truck Safety and MTC in-
spectors will check seat belt usage ands
assemblies as part of the ministry's safety
program.
"Statistics show that truck drivers who
are thrown from their cabs are four times
more likely to be fatally injured than those
kept in their seats," explained Snow. "Even
if drivers aren't thrown from their vehicles,
they may be seriously injured by lteing toss-
ed around inside the cab. An estimated 97
per cent of all fatally injured truckers
• weren't wearing seat belts." ,
Truck drivers who don't buckle up may be
fined $40 to $200 and both driver and owner
may be charged if the belts or assemblies
fail to meet requirements under the
Highway Traffic Act. .