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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1984-06-27, Page 6to People need to react to protect museum says reader OPINION Dear Editor, Your article on June 13th headlined "No Interest in Museum Study" shocked me. I found many of the statements and facts given to your,_ paper misleading to the public. , Before I go airy farther, I should inform your readers that the county has hired a Toronto firm to carry out a feasibility study of our Huron County Pioneer Museum. This has beennecessitated by the closing of the museum's second floor because of struc- tural problems. This feasibility study will suggest answers to many questions such as: (A) What facilities does our museum need? (B) Can it be accommodated on the present site? (C) If not, where will we build? - and the one that concerns me the most - (D) Should the LETTERS Huron County Museum exist at all? Hopefully this last question will not even have to be considered. The comments in the aforementioned article by the chairman of the county's Property Committee' stating that he questions Huron's need for a museum concerns me that the future of our Museum may be in jeopardy. I was also upset by the, data given to the paper that only five responses have been received from the feasibility survey. That piece of information was inaccurate and therefore misleading. The museum, as of June 13, 1984 had at least 30 surveys filled in and returned. To date it has received over 100. I hate to think that the county politicians and the public will make the wrongful assumption that there is very little interest in our museum. I feel that the poor response is not an indication of apathy but is a reflec- tion on the poor quality of the survey. How many readers saw the survey in the Focus paper or realized the significance of the response? There is a group of volunteers who have been working very hard over the last year to help the museum through a difficult period. We had no trouble finding people to join us and are getting new members every month. Right now there are 35 of us doing many in- teresting jobs to help promote our museum. We have been visiting other museums and gathering all sorts of wonderful ideas for programs and displays to be carried out this year. Given. better facilities, the possibilities for our program will be endless. Our unique collection of Artifacts has been envied by many other county museum per- sonnel visiting us. It must be remembered that we could ease this valuable asset to our community if the apathy of business people, industrialists, boards of education and the general public is misinterpreted and leads to a closing.. There is going to be a public meeting on July 5 at 8 p.m. in Holmesville. We need a good turnout. You must react to protect your heritage and interests. Sincerely, Mary Ann Dempsey. Awards don't recognize scholastic achievement Dear Editor, After reading the June 20 issue of the Goderich Signal -Star, I was disappointed to say the least. As a former student of GDCI, I was naturally interested to see the pictures of the award recipients. However, after'`look- ing at these pictures, I was not surprised to find that all pictures regarding the awards assembly were of those who achieved in sports and drama. There was no recognition whatsoever for those who achieved honours. Of course, while attending GDCI, I did realize that unless you were in sports, you really weren't considered to be a member of GDCI. Now, however, I feel it is time I said something. Sure, I didn't get involved in sports — it's not that I didn't want to, it is just that I didn't agree with the school's attitude. If I had to be on a school team to be considered popular — forget it. We regularly had recognition assemblies to recognize those who had achieved. Achieved in what, you ask? Sports, of course. At this year's awards assembly, I receiv- ed an award for achieving honours standing in my courses for the four years I attended GDCI. This award was very nice, but it would mean more if I had received it in front of my peers. You see, I had to wait until the year after I graduated to get the honour pla- que I earned. As I sat there reading the paper, I felt sad- dened for those others who also received honour plaques and had no recognition for their achievement. To those unfortunate ones. I have one thing to say: Congratulations — you deserve it. Yours truly, Doreta M. Jackson. Editor's Note: Due to lack of space, all of the award pictures did not appear in last week's paper. There are more of the academic award pictures in this week's edi- tion, as you will notice. We also produce a special commencement edition featuring academic award winners' pictures each September. If government is responsible,there will be censorship Dear Editor: In reply to "Elsa's Column Puts Issues in Perspective." Please note contents, Mr. Henry. In my previous letter, I did not at any time express concern for your virility. 'The manner in which you wrote conveyed to me this possibility. It is a matter of record that individuals who practise sexual deviation have also been convicted of drug charges. In your most recent letter, you accused Chris Westlake of not reading your letter right. Surely before you accuse others, you should practise the same thing yourself. You say the bottom line for pornography is supply and demand. So are most commer- cial enterprises. You stated you are not justifying pornography. Why all the ballyhoo? Groceries, liquor and drugs are under legal jurisdiction. When anything goes amiss that puts the public in danger, such as DoiSrineci LrrlreriPS noisnnPd linnnr nr drugs that do not conform to the prescrip- tion of the Drug Act, they have the privilege of suing, if any ill effects are suffered. You might describe our legal system as big brothers and nannies. They are there for our benefit whether we like it or not. On the subject of pornography, many in- dividuals abhor censorship. If the govern- ment is going to be held responsible, there is going to be censorship as sure as little green apples grow on trees, if there is a majority of people who want it. All one has to do is to write a letter to the member of parliament indicating his or her desires. It would be advisable to indicate hard core or pornography in general. I believe that the hard core is most impor- tant. We have enough kinky individuals in Canada now without manufacturing them. Sincerely, N.J. Minaker. Pillar plaques must be viewed from the highway Dear Editor: While out jogging the other day, getting myself in condition and reading the street names in the sidewalk, my course took me by the town pillars at Huron Rd. and Britan- nia. Something seemed slightly unusual. There were two brass plaques, one on either pillar, however, they were on the in- side of these pillars. That seemed rather odd since the sidewalks were on the outside. Try as I might, I couldn't discover a path anywhere by them and came to the conclu- sion that in order to read them one would have to stand on the highway. The one pla- que was titled - Pioneers of the Huron. Tract 1828-1928. They commemorate the life work of the men who opened the road, felled the forest, PLEASE pp TAKE NOTICE The Goderich Signal -Star will be CLOSED FOR THE CANADA DAY HOLIDAY MONDAY, JULY 2ND ALL ADVERTISING AND NEWS COPY: SHOULD BE IN OUR OFFICE FRIDAY JUNE 299th LATE NEWS COPY WILL BE ACCEPTED TUESDAY, JULY 3rd UNTIL 10 A.M. Your Co-operation in this matter will be greatly appreciated. he ;100" GO- Thinknf You In advance! built the farmsteads, tilled the fields, reaped the harvest; and of the women who made the homes, bore the children, reared them, worked hard in the porn fields and en- nobled domestic life in the Huron Tract for 100 years. These brave men and women had to en- dure savage critters, hostile redskins and diseases of all sorts without aids to help them I had to tolerate ferocious man-eating Goderich earwigs, a plew of Japanese sub- compact cars and a berserk town street sweeper. That really brushed me off. I just couldn't take any more and retreated back to more familiar turf. One of these days I shall try and read the other pillar; but my nerves are shot and it just isn't worth the risk at the moment. 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