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asegaapaamamammaae
While my scant fr une and rock -hard
tnusc•les will barely offer te-tuoony to the
fact; I du like to eat.
And the nature and uriean of the
foodstuff is really irrelevant Everything
from cheese snacks lin every available
shape) and vegetables to meats, fowl and
every variety of snack food known to
man, has been consumed, at least once,
by this agile agent
° In short, I like to eat and food for•ius a
major component Of im diet 1'also enjoy
the enviable position of being able to eat
coppole- amounts of food without gaining
wenp'iit..
Okay', slight fabrication. But fury ears,
intake had a relatively small impact on
my weight and only after giving up on
the smoking business did bulges begin to
appear in the vicinity' of i11V midsection,
Welcome bulges, though.
Anyway, people who love to eat
generally have a healthy interest in cook -
DAVE SYKES
lag as well. I arm no different in that
respect. Anil while 1 and given to beuts of
modesty' where talent is concerned, to
suggest that my culinary talents are less
than extraordinary, would belie the talent
that exudes from within when I enter a
pinion
kitehen.
Actually , it would be presumptuous on
my part to submit that I know what I•rn
chins( in the kitchen Rather. in keepin.
wait my lifestyle, I just tenu to a, nig li
and toss a few things together, hoping
things work eat in the end. Cooking, I
have been cautioned, has rules and urte
simply can't toss things together to
. create savory samples.
It's like they got rules for every thine
these day's.
If vuu like two food products, then
there's no reason you aon't ltkc thele
mixed together has been my theory over
the years. For the most part, the. theory
has held up. Naturally, there are
exceptions.
Regardless, people whe,bike to eat and
experiment in the kitchen fiw they arcri
always compatible with the culinary irrt
In fact, people quite often painferlly
discover they' are klutzes in the kitc'he'n
't
the organization a decade ago after a
minister's wife complained of creating
such delights as California,Earthquake
Cake and Santa Claus cut-out cookies
that actually scared children.
Even the founder hasn't been without
fault. She once placed a salad, carefully
prepared for a dinner party, on a stove
burner and later had to battle the salad
with fire extinguisher. The extinguisher
is not .a common kitchen utensil.
For just $5. members are served a
tacky certificate bearing the group's coat
of arms, a steaming. salad with Crossed
salad servers.•
Also included in the membership is the
prayer; "Grant me the serenity to accept
the fact I am a klutz; the courage to
march into any:. potluck with my latest
disaster bourns; proudly un a silver plat-
ter, and the wisdom to tell anyone who
makes a snide remark to go stuff a green
lainana u•
Nu doubt you ye kidded people, who ab-
Vulusly lack know-how in the kitchen,
that they've have trouble boding water,
or would, at best, burn it. I had a sister
ore trial We tended LU tat a lot of
bl,logn�( sandwiches when she was left in
charge of lunch or supper.
Or maybe someone in your family er-
roneously thinks they are gourmet cooks
only to have their offer to whip up a meal
met with, "What do you say we eat out
tonight hon."
It's a pulite forms of protest.
Well, if you have trouble in the kitchen,
y ou should join Kitchen Klutzes, an
organization dedicated to those who don't
know their spatulas from their salad
spoons, er forks. •
.Joy Gallagher Douglas, who now lives
in Ontario started Kitchen Klutzes, an
international organization, after 30 years
of reading letters of despair. An award-
. winning food editor, she decided to form
p his nose."
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Snackin' and toxin'
With all the controversy swirling around Prime Minister Brian Mulroney' and the•federal
conservative party, the p.arty''s budget strategy for the next fiscal year could have been
more'Z'onlpelling. • r •
Instead', Finance Minister Michael .Wilson •steered a .fairly even and conservative course
and perhaps, in the process, wasted an important ppportunity. •
Ultimately, what the finance minister did was scrape together some new tax increases
and "coupled it with some expenditure savings to wage a mild reduction campaign on th'e
country's deficit. 'While the gesture is a noble and practical one, falling estimated revenues
° and elimination of takes on petroleum and gas revenues have put the treasury in a poor
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position.
Wilson bad to come •up with some cash and he did in several ways. Collecting. income
deductions from some -companies twice a month instead of once could be worth over a billion
dnlars to the government.
Again it was the consumers of the country who were asked to cough up an extra $650
million through increased taxes on gasoline, cigarettes, ice cream bars, chips and .snack
products and granola bars.
This rather staid budget should lead Canadians to think that Wilson may have some de-
. Vent treasures to offer in his tax reform package scheduled to be released this spring. It
could come as'early as April, but considering what little was done to generate revenue in the
budget. the tax reforms could be more 'smoke than substance.
More initiatives are needed in the private sector to create jobs and help ease the tax
burden. Canadians arc' dire to receive some relief from a atr,'ucture that ranks us among the
highest taxed people in the world. But it's unlikely that relief wili.conle. D.S.
Ready for an election
There were surae signs present indicating the voters of Ontario would be going to the polls
before summer. 'l -here was talk around, Queen's Park that Ontario Perinier David Peterson
was thinking of calling the election before summer after his two-year deal with -the New
Democrats ends in June.
Recently the Chief Electoral Officer of Ontario ran newspaper ads reminding Ontarians
they must be Canadian citizens to vote in a general election. The ads, the officer claimed,
were not an indication that an election was to be called.
it is difficult to speculate on Whether Peterson will take the ehanck, although the i°iberal.
party would seen] to enjoy a reasonably good chance of being re-elected.
However, minority goier-ninent has'er)joyecd relative success in the province over the
years and Peterson's timing on the matter will be critical. The Liberals have ben working
with the New Democrats since the election tWo year ago, but Peterson may convince the
public his party could be more effective• with a clear mandate..
The Peterson government has COME' under public scrutiny and criticism over charges of
conflict of interest but the Liberals appear to be in the best shape of any party.
With two y ears under his belt. Peterson may test the waters this spring. A fall election, at
the latest. may be a gnod bet.
•
Thief keeps kitchen floor clean
anti _all for only $2 in change
25 YEARS AGOPremier of Ontario, who is also Minister of
February 22, 1962: Agriculture. apprpving of the movement
and promising the co-operation of the.
Department of Agriculture. It is hoped that
all societies will united in forwarding this
movement and thus assist in accomplishing
a'good work in saving and thrift.
The attention of the authorities has been
called to the dangerous condition existing at •
the standpipe. In those frosty days when the
water overflows. agreat pieces of ice.
weighing 50 to 100 pounds form• and
youngsters playing around are in the danger
of -having these drop on thein. The other day
a large piece fell and barely missed some
children. The .residents in the,
neighbourhood are worried by the risks
which the children run, and w'oulc',like
something done in the way of protections
The annual meeting of the Goderich
Board of Trade Will be held in the town coun-
ell chambers on Monday evening, February
26 at 8 p.rn. at which the election of officers,
.for the ensuing year takes place. This is an
+ break m was made y' out-of-town own roan, important meeting at which every menibers.
and business man should present himslef
and lend his cd -operation in advancing the
interests of the town, particularly at a time
when plans for further trade developments
are imperative. Board of trade' and
chambers of commerce throughout the con-
tinent realize that vast opportunities will be
presented to the industrial concerns on the
dawn of peace and are already' paving the
way for an active participation. Every one
desirous of having our twon kept well to the
fore should demonstrate his aggressiveness
by attending the annual meeting.
About a half score of Goderich girls -are
taking lessons in Judo, the Japanese art of
self-defence. Classes i1J judo for the girl`
were -started late last fall under the supervi-
sion of John Higgins of Goderich" who is a
civilian instructor in electronics at the
RCAF.Station in Clinton. Now instructing is
Helmut Krohmer, who works at DRMC'O.
He came out fro. Stuttgart, Germany, three
and a half years ago and while in Goderich
has been motoring to Stratford YMCA to
take lessons in judo. Among the Goderich
girls who receive instruction in judo every
Thursday evening from 7-9 p.in. are Arlene
Schram, Pauline Henderson, Ruth- Wigsell.
Eleanor teddy. Susan Hurst. Jane, Phelan.
Theresa Kirkev, Dianne -Houghton and
Dorothy Laws, .
A thief in Goderich Thursday evening was
so polite that he removed his overshoes
before walking over the kitchen floor of a
home in 'order to steal about $2 in stray'
silver, Goderich police stated. 'I'ht' break-in
was at •a honk' on Albert Street North. The
owner was out for the evening when the thiel'
called.
30 YEARS AGO
February 25, 1!137 :
Jack rabbits sought safety in dugouts or
trenches on Wednesday when 21 hunters left,
town to assist farm owners in controlling;
what threatens to become a menace. Forty
men are required to successfully surround
an area where rabbits are known to live and
thrive. On Wednesday, there were but a few
LOOKING BACK
over half that number'. There were,conse-
quently wide unguarded sections through
which the bunnies gleefully. raced.
•;1n unsuccessful attempt was made to
break. into the Shoe repair shop of Mr.
William Ahl on "Tuesday night. The glass in
the door was broken and the, Yale lock un-
done, buth the door could, not be opened
bei.'aus{' of a`second catch which the burglar
•c(luld not manipulate.. Had this lock been
unfastened, he would have encountered
other difficulties as the apartrnents,in the
building are -occupied by Mr, and Mrs. Ahl.
neither of •whore were disturbed by the
breaking of glass in their door. As the
temper Miura was low for the winter, Mr. Ahl
found his shop unusually chilly in the morn-
ing. He is disposed -to think that the attempt
t. 1 h t ft
70 YEARS ,AGO
E't'bruitry 22. 1917 -
Ta enlist the interest and gain the support
of all willing to help in the "Wartime Thrift
Campaign" the members of the General
Brough Chapter IODE have voted the sum
of $20 to assist in forming a local, committee
to organize a vacant lot gardening organiza-
tion. in reply to enquiry, a note has been
received by the regent of the chapter, Mrs.
ylaedinlal. from the Hon. W.H. Hearst.
Shortage of politicians is not to be feared
One of the few things the world cannot
seem to do without, is shortages. There is
always one on the eo somewhere. Shor-
tages"of *l. shortages of food, shortages
of housing -- you name it, and -chances
are someone. somewhere,, is low on it.
About the only thing there never seems
to be a shortage of, is shortages
themselves. Of course there can never be
a real shortage of shortage$ , simply
'because if we didn't have't`nough shor-
tages to go around, that, in itself, would
constitute a shortage. •
The usual reaction to a shortage fs a
massive movement toward the hoarding •
of whatever we're running out of. That
being the case, I want to he among the
first to advise you to grab onto your 1o61
MP, or MPP, next time he or she comes
to town.
That's tight, rnp ham. hog-tie h:i•r',
lock .him in the basement! Do whatever it
takes, iniCdon t iet spun get away ,
because according to Federal Liberal
Party leader John Turner, we are about
to become the first democratic country'
on the globe to experience a shortage of
politicians.
This impending lack of speech makers
and baby kissers has been brought on,
say's Turner, by the my°raid scandals into
which the members of the Conservative
government have been drawn since tak-
ing office. I won't bother to recite the
litany of deposed cabinet ministers that
have fallen for one reason -or another in
the past couple of years. Suffice it to say
that lately, advising someone to accept a
position in the Tory cabinet is akin to ad-
tising a Goderich motorist to proceed to
The Square and turn left. Suicide.
Turner's recent statements leave one
with the it►apression tba•t_tlai„sspate of
political self -destructions in last few mon-
ths. will leave us drastically short of
quality candidate's in the next election.
"I just hope I can find good men and
women out there who can runt for us in
the next election," he has sand.
Far be it from inc to second guess a
man who once spent nearly a whole sten-
mer as Prime Minister -- but I'm going to
anyway.
It would seem to me, the proliferation.
of political scandals would he fat' less
likely to deter good candidates from
seeking office, than bad ones. Oddly
enough, politic•nana who follow the
necessary ethical guidelines, are seldom
expunged from office +with the possible
'exception of Richard Nixon, who was, as
he reminded us, "not a crook'!" t .
Still, since the whole thing seems to
have old_blue eyes -extremely upset, i
want to help out. Here's some tips Tohn
from
this
angle
Patrick Rafts
could use when selecting potential can-
dirlates for the next election.
Invite the prospective candidate to
lunch and serve him rancid tuna. If he
eats it. he's out. If he sends it back', Make
"
him Minster of Fisheries.
Arrange a meeting at a well-known
burlesque parlor. if the candidate shows
up, hes history. If he doesn't, find out
where he was.
Casually let ' ip to the candidate the
government is ing to build a
defence manufa turn g plant on a piece
of swampland in the luskokas. Then, tap
the phone lines at o'ggy Marsh Real
Estate and, with the bait set, See if he
Bites-on-ette. •
Seriously though. I doubt either party
will have to resort to such me&l+o ds it
order to find candidates when the time
comes to hit the campaign trail again.
The good ones will once again toss their
rings ipto the hat, along with the soiled
chapeaus ot,,;the tens=savory politicos. The
trick for the voters, as always, will be to
tell the difference.