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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-03-11, Page 4o PAGE 4--GODERIC'H SIGNAL STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11. 1987 Wher ere you in '72? There fe certain historical events that seem to punctuate time and forever freeze moments in our memories. The assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy was one of those moments. No doubt, you can vivid- ly recall where you were the moment the news of the shooting broke and exactly what you were doing. And for Canadians, hockey fans and those who pretended otherw,se, the 1972 Summit Series against the Russians pro- vided the same kind of drama and excite- ment. As Paul Henderson scored the series' winning goal late iii Game 8, an' entire nation whooped, jostled, hugged and celebrated and celebrated. Rather than a toast to our superior hockey skills and talents, we celebrated out of a sense of reirief. Our complacency long since destroyed, and our hockey DAVF. SYKES egos severely battered, Canadians celebrated victory by the narrowest of margins. . Well, it's been 15 long years since the first series between the two nations was played, i f was a mere babe at the time [, but the rivalry has been reconstructed,— and the two teams will relive the series in a three -game series in Hamilton begin- ning Friday that has been ceremoniously billed, Relive the Dream. As if we didn't learn from our mistakes and shortcomings the first time, Team Canada 15 years later is falling into the same trap. Except this time there is nothing much to prove. Our memories will fondly recall that the players gave us the most exciting hockey ever witnessed. So 15 years later, Team Canada veteran's like•Frank and Peter Mahovolich, Serge Savard, J.Y. Parise, Pat Stapleton, Bill White, Ron Ellis, Bob- by Clarke and Paul Henderson gathered • for their first practice, a mere three days before the first scheduled game of the . three -game series. . The Russians, on the other hand, have • been true to form and have three months of training under their bulging belts in- cluding a series with an Armenian tears. While they too, show signs of having con- sumed exccessive.arnounts of borsht and vodkli, they have been training together in earnest. Players like the great Vladislav '1'retiak, Valery Vasiliev, Aleksander Yakushev, Yuri Bliriov, Viktor Kuzkin, Valeri Kharlamov, Shadrin and Maltsev will again be well prepared for the series with the •Canadians. Most of these players will he 40 years of age and over and their hockey exploits have been limited to occasional oldtirner games' for chairty and casual skates. Why they would want the aggravation of preparing for a three -game series is beyond ine. I have vivid memories of Peter Mahovolich deking a Soviet defencenran out of his pants and making Tretiall lopk silly before depositing a shorthanded goal into an empty net in Game 2 in Toronto. I have memories of Yvon Cournoyer streaking in on right wing, of Wayne Cashman handing out punishing body checks and of young Soviet players criss- crossing while swooping in on the Cana- dian defence. The memories of the frustration of Phil Esposito as expressed in a passionate ad- dress to Canadians in a post -game inter- view io Vancouver will never be forgot- ten and of course: Paul Henderson's, win- ning goal, has been fervently etched in minds of hockey fans and aficionados. Hockey purists will always hold the '72 series up to anything hockey dishes out as the standard. It was an emotional, gut - wrenching series. Why they would try to replay that 15 years later doesn't make much sense. inion THE NEWS PEAT FOR GC EMM -1 QST T SINCE 11148 EBT ALL.ROUNO COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER IN CANADA P.® • '20 HUCKINS ST. 96i9DUSTR AL PARK OODERICH, ONT. N7A 486 i PUBLISHED BY SIGNAL-STAR.PUBLISHING LIMITED Founded In 1548 end published every Wadneadey at Goderich, Ontario. 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The Signal -Star ie not reeponeible for the lone odamage of unaolioited menunnrlpts, photos or. other materials used for reproducing ' purposes. - General Manager SHIRLEY J. KELLER Editor DAVE SYKES Advertising Manager DON HUBICK FOR BUSINESS OR EDITORIAL OFFrCES...pi88se phone1519)524-2614 Second class mail registration nurn'ber 0716 Mernder• Is there any sanity?, Nobody with any intelligence would deny that farmers in many parts of the world are undergoing severe financial hardship at the present time the Wingham Advance says. No.. matter what solutions are attempted, there will always be difference of opinion about the effectiveness and or fairness of aid programs. , In the United States, aid programs are characterized by the handing out of vast sums of money: The Dec. 24 issue of the Lakeland, Florida Ledger carried information about the program under which the American government.is attempting to solve,the problem -of over popualtiori of milk. Over 140 dairy owners will recieve more than $1 million each under the 'federal program which •pays farmers to slaughter cows in an effort to' curb surplus production. • Nearly 9,000 dairymen across the country will get in excess of$50,000 apiece under the $1.8 billion program. Over half the million dollar plus payments will go to California, a state with' sonic of the largest dairy herds. A large dairy partnership in Jerome, Ohio is due to recieve $10 million over the life of the program. DeGraaf Faniily Dairy in Riverside,,Calit. may get $9.8 million. While most are cornmercial dairies, two are state universities. New Mexico State will get $314,000 for selling off 280 cows which had been used in research into inceasing cow's milk output. ' • " The •cost of the program is borne in part through an assessment of all 186,000 dairy farmers who remain in business. In -face of such a situation, Canadian interest in spending millions 'on the proposed Dreamstreet experiment seems nothing more than idiotic.( the plan calls for extensive ex- periments to prove whether red and white Holstein cowsproduce more milk than their black • and white sisters.) Experiments are proceeding with. use of an injected drug to stimulate milk production. While this goes on, one cheese factory after another closes its doors because they cannot buy enough milk under the quota system to survive. Just who among us is still sane? - A program that makes sense Although a little slow in getting off the mark, Huron County Council have finally joined .neighbouring counties in making rabies shots mandatory for all dogs and cats. Rabies cases in Huron County almost tripled in i986 -the area has been listed among those in whichthe incidence of the dread disease is expected to contiriue•at above normal proportions. The good news is that pet owners -will face a minimum fee of only $6 for the shots at veterinary clinics during the next few weeks and that cost is small indeed in comparison to the ramifications of having unprotected animals at your home or farm. The price is also very low in relation to the $5,000 fine which can be levied against owners who fail to comply with the mandatory regulations, and, hopefully, officials will be diligent in searching out pet owners who fail to accept their responsibility. • It does,appear strange that regulations must be invoked to spur some into taking what is only common sense action, but you can rest assured that those who have suffered repercus- sions from rabies will be among•the first in line and that should say something to those who may be less moved to action. (Exeter Times Advocate) Ever have one of those days? Ever have six in a row? I didn't think so. I guess I don't live right. Twenty-four hours ago, I Was sitting at this terminal i 1 never liked that word. sounds too final i wracking my grey mat- ter for a column idea and coming up with white space. In other words, I couldn't think of anything. Now I have an- idea, butt I'd rather not .tackle it. On my desk, sits an ominous pile of dishevelled papers. This, in itself, is nothing new as ominous piles of dishevelled papers areialways finding their way to the top of my desk. They are attracted to it flies to a leftover lunch. it's the content of these documents that is causing nie some concern. They are covered with that most dreaded of all printed •commodities – NUMBERS!! That's right, it's budget time. • My dislike for reporting on the " 'vagaries of the municipal budget most likely stems from my own inability to come up with a balanced fiscal program for my own meagre financial affairs. After all, how can someone Who's Visa bill resembles the national deficit be reasonably expected to comprehend the multi-million dollar complexities of municipal monetary matters. It's • ridiculous: During the course of Monday right's budget session, amounts totalling more.. than twice the annual salary of the average community newspaper reporter were referred to as "not a large figure".. Numbers surpassing the total combined value of every automobile i've ever own- ed were dismissed as "too little to make a d1fforenee." It was an intimidating exaerience. Anyone who begruds the elected of - Low 6- Y ,®' 5 T / le 411ko Ti Ownership naian Islancl leads town solicitor into investigation 25 YEARS AGO March 8, 1962: . Who owns Indian Island near the mouth of the Maitland River? Is it an island now or a peninsula since bulldozers shoved' in earth to make a connecting link at the south-east end of it to the mainland? Coun- cillor Robert Squire wanted to know the status of Indian Island and Town Solicitor J.K. Hunter started digging into the details in the County Registry Office. ALthough •the smoke has not completely disappeared as yet in the fiery search for• the truth, the • Town Solicitor's findings from .the debris • to date are as follows.: In 1840, the Crown granted the land to the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway. In 1861, a patent and lease was given to the same company for 99 years. Some 25-30 years ago, the late O.E. . Fleming gave a Quit Claim Deed to the Federal Government to all his interests in the river lands south of the line drawn parallel to the north wall of the river breakwater and 100 feet northerly. At the same time, the CNR gave Fleming a Quit Claim Deed to all lands in the river north of the same line. These lands came down through the late Thomas Sandy to Beulah Homan who now appears to be the owner of Indian Island. ' An announcement by Trade Minister George Hees brings honor to Goderich and to a Goderich man: Mr. J.K: Sully, manager of DRMCO, has been named one of 15 Canadians who will leave on March 14 in a Canadian Trade Mission to Israel. The delegation will explore markets in Israel for Canadian heavy equipment. , The group, whose prime purpose will be to stimulate Canadian -Israeli trade, will. return to Canada at the end of March. Mr. ficials of a municipality the minimal remuneration they receive for their labors should indeed take the time, to at- tend a budget session of their local coun- cil. You don't have to agree with their every use of the taxpayers' money to'ap- preeiate the magnitude of the task they take on just by agreeing, to be the caretakers of it. You would have to pay me a lot more than the average town councillor receives to get me to accept responsibiltity for the equitable dispensation of some $5.5 million. I get nervous just writing about that kind of money." A further appreciation of the municipal budgeters' difficulty is gained when you realize that a municipal council cannot overcome an expected income shortfall simply by boostingthe tax on cigarettes and booze, as the ederal and provincial governments are wont to 'do. LOOKI BGG BAC Sully was on a business trip to New York CIty when the announcemer'tt was made. 5.0 YEARS AG() March 11, 1937: . A couple of 'men took an eraly pI'unge in- , to the harbor a few days ago. They were engaged in ice cutting and must have slip-. ped on a weak spot as both dropped unex- pectedly into the icy water.. One of the men could 'swim And succeeded in reaching solid ice-. After climbing out -of the water, he' assisted his mate to safety. Surprisingly even with their most ardent followers, the ' Goderich . Sailors turned back the highly -tooted Chesley Colts by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday night at the West Street'Arena. They now hold a one game•edge on their rivals.in their bid for the WOHA Intermediate Championship. Spotting the. present holders of the WOHA cup an early goal, the Sailors carne hack and thumped in three goals befor the first period had ended. From there, they went on the defensive and held the visitors to one goal for the remainder of the night. , The game, played before one of the best crowds of the season, was • featured by speed, close -checking and a certain • amount of roughness. Although the Colts were faster and played a far better com- bination than the Sailors. they rarely outplayed the home-towners. The visitors hest period was the secon when they flash- ed a good deal of power and a ganging at - Patrick Raftis The local government's only method of • balancing a precariousi)udget is to raise the mill rate. This is apparently an even less- popular measure .than booze -smokes tax hike, judging from conncil's•bhvious tack that had the' Sailors in their own' end for minutes •at a time and in itself was' beautiful to watch. - 70 YEARS AGO - March 8, 1917: . The annual meeting of the Goderich ' Board of Trade was held on Tuesday even- ing and was the most interesting meeting the Board has had .in several years. It was held in the council chambers at the town hall and the accornodatrons of the room were overtaxed .by the,large gathering, • which' included a number of young •. businessmen who were showing an in- terest in the Board of Trade for the first time. ' The treasurer, Mr, William Camp- bell, sat at the receipt of custom and had • quite a field, night gathering in member- ship fees. There was a large congregation at Knox Church last Sabbath evening when the ser- vice took the form of the annua ,farewell to the sailors and fishermen o the town, many of whom •are° leaving shortly to take up their season's work.. The music was ap- • propriately chosen for the occassion, the anthem being a beautiful rendering of the hymn "Fierce was the wild•billow". The Women's Institute had a successful meeting on Thursday of last week at the home of Mrs. A.D. McLean, Elgin Avenue. Reeve Nairn was present by special invita- tion and gave some information about the county council;grafit given to the town for Red Cross work. A resolution was passed asking the Reeve for $50 to help the members in the Red Cross work of the In- stitute, which was granted,: this sum will be used for yarn. reluctance to irnpliment a signifigant jump in mills. When the smoke finally cleared Mon- day night i incidently your correspondent • ran out of cigarettes about two hours before the session ended, 'which was real- ly depressing) and the miles of calr•ulator tape had been cleared away, council had miraculously managed their objective of chopping nearly $400,000 out of the pro- posed expenditures for 1987. 'Having seen -the alacrity with which . they performed this seemingly - insurmountable task, I was suitably im- pressed, Still. I have to wonder how they would respond to a truly challenging financial situation. Next month, 1 may just see if they're willing to have a go at'b lancing my cheque -hook. vhamswelesmiligernamentenessares