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Clinton News-Record, 1985-07-03, Page 4• yor 4—QUNTON NEW ECORD, wEi*Nstmy ITN 3 ',fp The Clinton titnevitemr41..4 Ptottllio4 oadt WoOnierlay,atPO. aots 39. Clinton. Ontario, cnnnon, NPM UO. T 482-3443.• Sulocription Rate: • coseacin • $19,75 Sr. Citle,ee $1,0.75.p,Or year • forelnist'S55.00. per year it• rolitotereol nt6iegeont ;40 *IP !Pi the • tz,oei office antler *it, pernilflunrlier Ott* The, klowe-Rookre irtcorporatett In 192.4 the Heron ilowepReearlA, nett n $*1, one The Clinton Atones Era. founded in 1405.'1010 pros! rano 3.700. • • Incorporating THE BLYTH STANDARD J. HOWARD AITKEN - Publisher SHELLEY McPHEE - Editor GARY HAIST - Advertising Manager MARY MIN HOLLEHISECK - Office Manager MEMBER Display advertising rates available on request. Ask for Rate Card No. 15 effective October 1, 19154. A MEMBER Honesty and politics The end of the Tory dynasty and the appointment of Ontario's 20th premier - Liberal David Peterson, were historical) events for this pro - And the appointment of MPPs Murray Elston and Jack Riddell to vince. • health and agriculture portfolios respectively, are historic milestones for the ridings of Huron -Bruce and Huron -Middlesex. With Elston's enthusiasm as a relatively new face to Ontario politics, and Riddell's expertise with more than a decade in at Queen's Park, both men should serve this province well. Elston works in a quiet-, thoughtful, diligent, manner and these traits will help him through his tough job ahead as minister of health care. - Riddell displays a straight forward, to the point frankness that will work well in dealing with people in the farming community who are not easily impressed by smooth talking politicians, but like their answers simple and sincere. • Riddell has already taken his first public criticism from Premier Peterson for his frankness. Last week Riddell commented that people in rural Ontario would not support Larry Grossman because of a deep • seated racist attitude that still exists in many Anglo-Saxon communities. Grossman, who is Jewish, is the frontrunner as the next Progressive Con- servative leader. Peterson said that Riddell's comrnents •were inappropriate and he warned other cabinetministers to temper their comments to the niedia. As for Riddell, he learned the first lesson in political public relations,. a lesson about being careful whose feathers might be ruffled by public com- ments. • It was a simple request. "One chocolate ice cream cone please." But I found that something's happened to chocolate ice cream, it isn't chocolate anymore. It's now Heavenly Hash, chocolate chip, double fudge chocolate, chocolate peanut swirl, chocolate mint When did ice cream get so complicated? What ever happened to good, old, plain chocolate ice cream? It's obsolete. It seems to be the way of the western world these days. The things that were sim- ple and plain are now considered dull, blase, antiquated. It's all part of the freedom of ehoice' that has hit consumerism in the. past decade. Now we're overrun with choices and corn- plexitieS in this mad race to beat the com- petition. Who wins in this product race? The big companies with their pew flavors, new gim- micks and new marketing techniques rack in the bucks, and it's the consumers who lose. A new, better product benefits the con- sumer when in fact it is truly new and im- proved, but the trouble is that most com- panies keep making the same old thing. The new package and catchy ad slogans are often all that's really new. The changes in the products are for the most_part face lifts to bring renewed atten- In fact, Riddell's cornments have been heard before, fran the coffee shops in our own communities to national television, when Grossman lost the PC leadership campaign to Frank Miller. What Riddell displayed was an honest, frank assessment of the opinions • of some Ontario voters. Granted, he plunged into his criticism of Larry • Grossman with both feet and repercussions were expected. Under the harsh light of prominent public.attention, frankness and can- dor must be tempered to a certain extent, but honesty and up -front at- titudes haVe kept Riddell and Elston on the Winning ticket in their ridings and these traits should serve them Welfin Queen's Park. by S. McPhee. Behind The Scenes • By Shelley' McPhee tion to the consumers, but for all the money that's spent on marketing,the -new, im- proved" look does little to make most pro- ducts any better. • Then again, some companies go the extra nide in their efforts to bring a new image to their product. But look at the new Coke recipe, it may be new, but many people disagree that it's better. Now and then, companies do come up with innovative ideas that revolutionize the markets. Just think where we'd be today without home videos, mousse, Weed Eaters or Lean Cuisine! But like all good things, innovative ideas and products get stampeded by a dozen dif- ferent brands of imitators. And the cnn- sumer ends up with the short end of the stick. Personally, I'd like to see fewer new pro- ducts and more of that good, old quality - like creamy, rich chocolate ice cream. Newspaper collection July already? Where does the time go? July 6 is the first Saturday in the month, time for the regular newspaper collection by the local Lions Clubs. The Londesboro Lions will be in Clinton, bright and early on Saturday morning to col- lect the old papers, so be sure tehave them bundled and set out by 'the curb. The RAvfielri 1.innu melrIntl their pick-up in the village. • People report Jill Clynick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Clynick of "Clinton is back home in Canada after spending a year teaching in Bangladesh. Mr. and Mrs. John Hudie and Thomas of Sarnia visited in Clinton and Hohnesville recently. Evelyn Hudie returned home with them and also attended the wedding of their nephew and cousin, Dr. David Cameron and Jill Hanna, married in Richard's Memorial United Church, London on June 15. They will reside in Toronto. .. • • Mr. and Mrs. Ron Tyndall and Mr, and Mrs. Doug Bylsma of Clin'ton were eecent guests of John and Vicky Hudie in Sarnia and visited in Port Huron,. Goodmorning! Clintonians were awake at 4 a.m. on Sun- day morning when the fire siren blared. Some morning wake up call! The fire fighters were sent out to douse a car fire at the corner'of Princess and Queen Streets. This reporter heard all the action from her bedroom window, but that's as, far as this story goes. There's something toebe said about early to bed and early to rise, but not for taking photos of car fires at 4 a.m. ,40 • -• '•• t,,0 • • % • • '40.1i;ttttAat,trikt ,',,,,%%•41:100.01,%,t',,,,,,% • 40401101140° .„•. • • . ••••;,. • " ":42,45-0:t /"." ; '`-'0'0'00errr, • By Keith Roulston Patiently waiting • The perfect age There are fewtirnes in my life I would. choose to relive but last week I would have liked to have been 10 years old again. ' For most of us, at least those lucky enough to have had a relatively happy and carefree childhood, there is probably no time that can match the freedom of the end of school. That freedom probably reaches its zenith at about age 10 to 13. At that age we are old • enough to he let out of our parents' sight to roam a bit on our own but young enough not to be burdened with a lot of work. As I recall by the time one was in high pretending to be Champlain or Radisson and Groseilliers being the first Europeans to set foot on new territory. We were constantly on the verge discovering Indian burial grounds but they always turned out to be just humps ' of dirt in the bush. We built rafts that disintegrated in midstream and boats that took on water until they looked like bathtubs. When the hay came off the fields we had (for a few days until the hay grew back), a major- league ball park in which all the boys of the neighborhood became Peewee Reese and school there was either a job to be done Hank Aaron. during the slthat one should be working at something. Money didn't mean much to us. We'd have immer or the nagging feeling Some friend or other already has a job and been astounded to have the kind of spending even if you don't envy the , work, you envy money many children take for 'granted the money. • today (our parents would have been But age 10 or 11 was a perfect time. There astounded if they had had that much money wasn't a complete escape from work. My to spend freely). There wasnt much burden was a strawberry patch that always opportunity to spend money since we didn't needed to lk hoed or weeded or picked. get to town often. There was a little tractor -driving to be done In those days the whole family went to but that didn't seem like work at all. But town on Saturday night and all the most of the time, we were free to do what we neighborhood boys ran up and down main wanted as long as we didn't bother the 'street with all the excitement kids probably adults in their jobs, get into trouble in the find today visiting a big city. A nickel would neighborhood and we showed up in time for buy a huge ice cream cone and who could supper and bedtime. want more. Th t as one freedom I think we had that m The fteedowas particularly compLt because we lived in the country. It's harder kids don't enjoy as much today: the freedom ...,ly get a little hot spell. Nothing desperate. to get into trouble in the country than in a from the worry about money. -The things we'"" Just a little warm weather, stuff that people ' town or city. There's lots of room between enjoyed didn't cost and we didn't think they ' in the tropics would sneer at. So what do we the people out there. There are lots of had to. We hadn't been brainwashed by do? Do we cast off our woollens With joyous interesting things to do that don't have to be television , commercials ' to think that cries? Do we have a big fete, dancing in the done near other people. . • anythinggood came with a price tag. streets and sacrifices of thanksgiving . of - lives of the early explorers never - My. that makes me sound old. I'd better feted to old Sol? Do we really get out and loll were so lively as when we explored the totter to the rockingchair and lathe real 10- ,around in that wonderful heat we've waited rivers and swamps of the neighborhood year-olds get on with the fun. Tor so long? . , Not we. We go around complaining even •Sugar and Spice Weather or not . WE Canadians are a queer lot. I'll bet there's no'other country in the world where people talk so much about ithe weather. You know what it's like in winter. Go to a party or any social gathering. If everybody is sit- ting around, rather awkwardly and things don't seem to be warming up, just mention heating. In five minutes, the people who were sitting there moments ago staring at each other's feet with painful smiles are animatedly discussing coal, wood and oil furnaces, kitchen stoves, insulation, cold east winds. They'll go on for hours, and both men and women are fascinated, not by the • heating experiences of others, but in a.fren- zy of impatience to tell you about their own. For eight months of the year we go around telling each other it's awfully cold for this • time of year. We complain bitterly if the weather doesn't become semi -tropical in April, though we should know perfectly well from past experience that it won't. Along toward the first'of July, we sudden - Pool staff defends fellow worker DearEditor, We, the Clinton Pool Staff, wish to make a •,k, reply to the letter that appeared in the June 19 paper concerning Ron McKay's position as Recreation Committee chairman. There was a concern expressed that Mr. McKay had a conflict of interest as chair- man because his daughter, Susan, works at the Clinton Swimming Pool. Susan is presently entering her seventh year at the pool and her second as our Supervisor. She is by far lie most ex- perienced person on this staff and we don't know what we would do without her. Until last year, it had been some time since we had a supervisor at our pool who was also a lifeguard and an instructor. Many, drastic enanges were made to the pool's procedures when our new recreation director arrived. Susan adjusted very well to all of the change's which we would also like to say were beneficial changes. As we all know here, Susan was hired for her knowledge and experience, not because her father was on the recreation commit- tee. Mr. McKay has also been a big asset for the staff of the Clinton Swimming Pool. As a past staff member of the Clinton Pool himself, he probably knows the most about the pool and its operation than any other member of the Clinton Recreation Canrund- tee. Finally, we would like to thank the Recreation Committee as, a whole for their support of the pool, for we would not be here By Anne Narejko By Bill Smiley more bitterly than we do in winter. We take it as a personal affront, We get a harassed, hectic look. If we live in the city, we ,dodge from one air-coolem building to another (inevitably catching our death orcold in one 'of them), and when the 'weekend comes, rush madly off in all directions. We greet each other with anguished looks and "hot, ain'tit?" Some people try to fight fire with ' firewater. They convince themselves with remarkable ease that a long, cool one will solve the entire heat problem. It's like pour- • ing gasoline on a small blaze. After half a dozen long, cool ones, they're exuding more moisture than they're taking in. So they blame the weather. Most of the preceding remarks have been about the adult male population. I must ad- mit that women and kids stand up to the heat a lot better. Big reason, of course, is their attire, or lack of it. Small children have less clothing on them in this weather than there is in the handkerchief their old man totes around in his hip pocket.'Women. whose name is vanity., are interested in ac- quiring a tan„so expose every possible inch and ounce to the dazed gaze of the men. Women's sununer garments, if they avoid slacks like the plague, are a delight to the eye, and the ultimate in common sense. Maybe that's why ladies don't sweat, but just perspire. Not so the Men. Unless they're on their without thein. The members ot this volunteers committee have been understanding over the, years of the necessi- ty of providing enough staff and materials to ensure a safe bperation. • We are a tyv k,ty s open to peoples sugges- tions and concerns about the pool but we feel that this time, whoever wrote the letter should research a few moreof the facts before taking his/her case to court. Thank you for your co-operation and see you at the pool. Clinton Swimming Pool Staff holidays, theyface the heat with a surly lack of compromise that is admirable. if rather stupid. Most of them wear the same clothes they do in winter except for overcoat and jacket. A few sneakily remove their tie and some of the more degenerate roll their shirt- sleeves up, but that's about as far as they'l go. 'Vast Majority of men wear heavy leather shoes. wool socks, long trousers made of wool or flannel and heavy shirts. They also wear underpants, which cannot be said of everybody in sununer, or even in the ' family. • One more thing that makes a man miserable in the heat is the amount of junk he has .to carry in his pockets.. In cool weather he can spread it arowid in jacket and top coat pockets. But when he has only trousers pockets in which to carry cigaret- tes, handkerchief, lighter, coins,' car keys, wallet, pencils, bills, envelopes, bank -book, sinkerS, pipe, and about 50 other essentials, he looks about the shape of an old tree, covered with fungus. A dame can carry twice as much, but she has it all rammed in a purse, and.slung over her shoulder. Hot weather is not for men. They should be all given six weekS off in the summer, while the scantily clad women and children keep things going. The' men won't be happy until they sniff the first nip of fall in the ait, and can start grurnbling about 1..he cold and what it costs to heat the place. / Hospitals welcome extra funding .John Carter, Chairman of the Ontario Hospital Association I OHA). said today that hospitals will be greatly encouraged by to- day's announcement of 'a $40 million injec- tion of extra operating funds for the 1985-86 year Ever since the Ontario government an- nounced its original budget allocation three months ago, Ontario's 220 hospitals have been warning that the general economic in- crease of 2.7 percent was not enough to maintain services and staffing. In a series of meetings with successive Ministers of Health and Provincial Treasurers, OHA has said that hospitals collectively would need another $96.4 million to meet higher costs of services and staff, play iued new • wage increases do not exceed the govern- ment's public sector guideline,of 3 percent. "Today's announcement is a. welcome acknowledgement by Mr: Miller's govern- ment that hospitals are facing an acute 'financial problem," said Mr. Carter. "The extra money represents an additionalper- cent ori the average hospital budget to help meet inflation but.obviously it still leaves a major shortfall as a legacy for the incoming wivernment to tackle. OHA, has kept all par- ties at Queen's Park fully informed of the urgent, situation facing hospitals if they ate to avoid reductions in services and staffing, "We will be seeking an early meeting with the next Minister to discuss the next move."