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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal Star, 1976-04-29, Page 12• ra • 1?a;GE'4:.4.'Gid RICU SIGN41.-S1A.R,:.HURS1-AY,-APR1L 29,19n !DJTOAI.AL COMMENT Last front 'page was a C sic Last week's front page of the- Goderich Signal-Starwas: _a tremen- dous profile of 'a small town in rural —Ontario. it was the kind of .a page which • isn't earth shattering' as far.as natronaI impact Is, concerned, but the news contained there was indeed. a vivid' cross-sectidn of life is it is lived in a small' town like Goderich.- Seven separate stories were ; told there. -• either in picture or in .words.. Not one of the stories .was destined to hit the daily press of the country, yet any one of there is worthy of a feature article in a weekly journal such as the Signal -Star. _ The line. story - Hydrorates up 13 percent"next month'- prbbably brought little more than a shrug from• most :- householderg in .Goderich. Everybody is getting used to higher costs. People almost expect them. Yet Dave Rolston and the Public—Utilities Commission , attempted to outline to the people:of the town• the reason for the increases and, the gloomy reality that more hikes are inevitable. That's' community concern. In the top left cornersat a:story attesting, to the fact that :the Goderich Lions Club is spreading its goodwill far- beyond\the tdwn limits. Thenews was •' that a -timely film entitled "How to say • NO to a rapist':, is available; for the ask. iag_tiiroug.b_the sourtesyof th• e community -spirited ' Lions : There's a little story behind the -story here - a nagging worry on the part of the Lions that the fila won't be utilized as well as it stlotird be: Lion Jim Coulter touched'. sae Lthis concern when he, said, "The.: Goderich-Lions Club hopes you will see. this film. Can you afford not :to? No , community is without a rape`probtem, whether recognized or not.Something to think •about in a peaceful place like Goderich. That's -community concern. And speaking of'comrhuniity service, .. the Kinsmen Club picture .of a ground breaking_ceremony and the sketch of a •fine building planned by'the Kinsmen -as-a-workshop for. retarded adults -13y day and'a Kin clubhouse by night was ''an example-of'true.community by the The Kinsmen have planned long and herd for this addition to .the existing `facility and they deserve the :town's support for all their projects_ which will eventually lead to the successful • completion of the'$40,000-undertaking.. That's community concern.e Mor -community. spirit was evident in the story which told that..Fire Chief :Ted Bissett is retiring after 47 years of the volunteer brigade: Now that's a record to remember. Chief Bissett said he was getting too ofd for the fire brigade and •admitted it was -Hine he was "getting out to pasture". His father before him . had served as a fireman, and when he retires this • weekend, his son John will carry on the family -name down at the .fire hall. That's community service. And in her own quiet way, Miss Lily Blanchard pictured centre front is as community minded 'as anyone. The petite Salvation Army missionary,who resides in modestcottage in the heart of town is still going strong at age 81. She -is still packing parcels for. the missionaries all over, the world and she • never- tires .of visiting the sick, writing letters and just, plain Spreading • love and joy wherever she goes. Youw,can• almost hear the softness inkier voice as - she :says, "" If people would ; take the .lime •to -help other: people, out where they can, life would be a lot more, en- joyable for everyone."' That's corn:, muni4y service There were two "heavier" stories too::. news that"lakeahore-erosion' will become a topic for study probably next, • year and a report ori council_'s decision to .permit the first row housing development, in Goderich.: Erosion, has been' chewing away at the iakebank for,• years and years. It is time for a study into°solu-tions: Horning: is• iiifficutf-to- find in Goderich .- at any price: Row housing should help those in search of reasonably priced accommodation. These are community needs. A' profile of •a community? It certainly was. A glimpse of Goderich? No doubt about it. And after all, that's the aim of the Goderich Signal -Star to hold up a mirror to the community and report as much as possible of what, is reflected there. Someone clipped the following item from. a 'small town meekly in another part of• the country. It just about sums up.•life in a srrialltown and puts•most' things in the properperspective again. Here is is: • WHAT'S -4 A LITTLE :TOWN' A little town is where everybody knows' what everybody else is doing... But they read the newspaper to see -who got caught at it, 9 " In a little town everybody knows, every neighbor's car by sight and mostly by soun • d -and also knows when it comes and where it goes: • `In: a little town there's, no use anybody lyin' about his age or his ailments or exaggerating abouthis ancestors ortis offspring._ -. , A little town is where, if you get the wrong number', you can talk. for fifteen minutes anyway -if you want to. A little townis where there's hardly anything to do and never enough•tin'ie.to. do it, In a big town, the hundred are uncomfortable. Ina little town; the "one" is. • A little town is where. the businessmen struggle for survival against suburban shopping_ centers,.. • When they dig deep to support anybody's worthy cause.,, though.• they know "anybody" _ shops mostly at city stores. ,• • . • Small-town- gossip tends to cut down anybody who's .up,.,. help up anybody who's down. • The small-town policeman has a first name. The small-town schoolteacher has the last word. .• The small-town preacher•is a full-time farmer. The srriall-town firemen—take turns.. Why would anybody want to live in one of these tiny "blink -and -you -miss -it townsr" I dont know. Maybe because in the class play, there's a part for everybody„. Irl.the town jail there's rarely anybody. In the town cemetery, you're still among friends. —SJK - words by ' Rick Banks 07 C�-, lHpleJbi]Lee r MOusio,by Laurie McAllister Northern Music 176) • C.• Ain a home for you our town and share • G7 and me: our pride. ••C • • • Am He-•planred a town For Goderich is a - beyond ,compare happy. pia tif •. high ontTie .1-iuroli to live and laugh and • • • 9' • : -;—.r • ... ..„.• _flu. A And 47474:::..__.4•Li: _id . ,_ • land friends was young from far and and free-' wide.- 'cid We • T welcome ger Dun them lop 'to hundred now and fifty our t ' iplo years jubilee ago, - when ev' skies this brings - N•. . more • •. shore: Hove . It And turned out 'were gonna have sty a ii. .:� a. fir ter' --- -� Ain a home for you our town and share • G7 and me: our pride. ••C • • • Am He-•planred a town For Goderich is a - beyond ,compare happy. pia tif •. high ontTie .1-iuroli to live and laugh and • • • F G7 C' G7 • • C' G7.• C F • i • •God-er ich, God•e.r-icl7 TGT, -pie Jub—i Ie The •pretti-est town in Can -a -da • 0 • • a • G7.. And it's • home foryou and t . Y me �hc Oiaatrich SIGNAL STAR • —0— The County T6W igiinvSpaper of Huron —0— • Founded In 1840 anti pugtrshed evei•,'Tiiurdday at Goderich T)ntario. Member of the CWNA and OWNArAdvertising rates on request. Aubscriptions payable in advance 211.00 In Canada, 212,50 in all countries other than Canada, single copies 25 cents. Display advertising rates available on request. Please ask for RAte Card No. 8 effective Oct. 1, 1975. Second class Mall Regiatratloq Number 0710. Advertising is accepted on the:condition that; in the:event of typographical error, the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with reasonable allowance for signature; Will not'be chard'tor but the, balance of the Advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. to the evet of.a typographical error advertising goods ar sfervices ata Wrong price, goody of Service may not he sold. Advertising la merely an offer to sen, and maybe with- drawn at any time. The Signal-Stdr *not responsible for the loss or damage of unsolicited ” manuscripts or photda, r Bushiest end Editorial Office TELEPHONE 5244331: • • and code 519 Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 220, Goderich ',.Second lois . nail" registration nutnber•-071$' Published by Signal -Star publishing Ltd. ROBERT G. 5HRIER-•7president andAgbhisher,\ SHIRLEY J. KELLER•—editor JEFF SEbtiON•--editorial staff DAVE SYKES--editor a1 staff EDWARD J. BYRSKI--advertising manager N • Learn to sing -'this one in -time for the '77 celebrat on - Mote to come Dear Editor, The .proposed'closure of the Clinton Public Hospital'as an active care facility will affect not only the people of Clinton but the°population of Huron 'County. • • • The decision to close the:. Clinton Public,` Hospital is'.' irrational',` morally wrong and unjust. The most disturbing aspect of the whose situation is that the people, of Goderich., and Winghamhave been deceived into: believing , that , nothing could be ,done - to .preven,t Clinton being closed. Had there been co- operation" between all Hospitals in Huron County, • with each willing to accept a: share roi the cut • backs,, Clinton couldhave remained as a viable active care facility, I would hope that when the axe • falls again in Huron County, and let's make no • mistake about• this,. there will • be further. cur.backs, that the • people of Huron County will unite and insist that thecut backs be shared by all. Doug Coventry, Clinton, Ontario 'The Goderich Signal -Star is proud to have ort• its staff two good reporter -photographers in the persons of Dave Sykes and Jeff •Seddon. Both. of ,these fellows .are young, full of life and ambition. Both of ` them have private lives, too, and just like you have families to spend time with,, problems to Solve .and per- sonal business to be tended. Their work schediile is tough. They work from nine to. five Monday , through. Friday . in the office... ' and they have night time assignments too about three .evenings out of -five And then there are the weekends.... the' . weekends -which most people in normal jobs call theirown, For Dave and Jeff, they know they will he ' working every other weekend. "Working" on the weekend may not involve a • great many hours ',,:•, but it means sticking around in case there's„.,,a major story to be covered or a special action picture to •be shot.' And generally, working on a weekend means covering some 'event which has been scheduled for Saturday or -Sunday.... and for which picture coverage -has been arranged in advance. It. doesn't take too much imagination, 'then, to un- derstand why these busy guys ' like to have : a schedul'e,.: a schedule which allows them to plan a bit of relaxation or • private family life into their everyday'living., Likewise, it doesn't take too Much _ imaginatfon c• to un- derstand ' how thoughtless people can mess up a fellow's plans . and '•leave him frustrated and angry When a little co-operation and planning would have prevented the unpleasantness and . comp;l•eted the job -without incident., f + l 'Every year at this time, Signal -Star photographers get extra busy. It is the time of year when bowlers and curlers and hockey teams and practically every other group in town, i wind up their activities for' the year. With every' `-'windup" there's -a "wing -ding"..., usually, Friday or Saturday evening,,, which a Si,gnal.Star photographer is 'invited to take pictures: Dozens of Pictures. 1" The biggest complaint from the phnlot raphcrs is that•few' READERS • peopleunderstand that' the photographer wants to get in tothe event, take his pictures and get .going. He doesn't Want to listento speeches. He doesn't :want' to have dinner •and a drink. He doesn't want to wait while Edna freshens .up for the picture, He doesn't want to participate in a Search . to find Harry who didn't hear the announcement tocome to the' drawing room for Photos-. Chances • are, ••the photographer has a date hi-mself:;. either with another group . for . another ' 'set of pictures or: with some sweet young thing who is sitting in the car waiting for him to finish so they can have that steak and wine. Cruel and hard as .the truth may be, the, photographer may not see the assignment at the Moose: Hall as the social outing of the year. Ile may not find the.historylof the blue -throated crane ,too fascinating while he Waits for •the bird watchers to elect their officers. He may not even want to get a little tipsy with the rowing club while the. consolation •• winner in the final race is being decided. In fact, the photographer sees his assignments in the same' ' way as any other person sees a job:,.. something, to get done' as efficien-fly. • and °.as economical,ly as possible. „'. As 'editor of the newspaper; it is `.my job to see that assignments are completed. But hartingtaken my share of pi'ctures in my time, I know how a photographer can be "jerked around". I'ye heard •their). all: "Come back in half an hour. The dinner was late _getting started," - "Can't you wait- just aitjust a few minutes more? He said he'd be here by 10." - "I 'lave a subscription to your paper. It 'won't hurt you to stay to hear the speaker, You might get;a good story for a • change,'; "These pictures will sell papers. Suit yourself if -you want to wait for them." '-'Oh,.the fellows went borne. They forgot you were coming to take pictures. Sorry," • I£ you- have had a few assignments ' like - that in a week, you 'aren't all that congenial when the dart club down at the Over 40 League calls, up early Satgrday evening just as you're or showering eyfa e ,- H, we-forgotdatto telland e n • youse guys:' We're having our tourney down here tonight. We'll be giving outtrophies about '11 or 11:30,' We'd like... some pictures•inthe paper.". And then there's the name dropper:`He'll call up just as. you've settled down with a good book and some good music to read by and say, "I was just talking to R.G. He said you would be the best one to call about -this picture of our tiddleywinks marathon tomorrow. First of its kind in Goderich. R.G. says it would make some good shots. Just thought I'd tell ya." The most annoying though is the joker. you've arrived at the banquet to get pictures of the trophy winners. You've waited through a second helping of mashed potatoes and turkey, through the cherry pie .and coffee, through the°greetings for the cooks, through the washroom break,. : through :.the reassembly through 'the plaudits for everybody from the ..president to the ticket, sellers, through the. speeches.:.,"and finally, just -as the awards are to .be handed' out some guyy who has been bending his elbow since the happy hour before dinner stands up'and says : "The .' Signal -Star photographer is here. The last time he didn't have any. film in his camera, he spelled my wife's name three dif- ferent ways in the same story and he put; • the top scores • down for the 'bottom team... But he's not a bad guy. We • expect him to make mistakes. In fact, we'd miss the mistakes in the local rag. Nobody really appreciates perfection anyway:" • -f- + + Do you get the idea? On behalf of Dave Sykes and Jeff Seddon - and for the ul,timate good of this newspaper - I'd like to review the. good planners which are appreciated • by a , photographer. - 1. Call the Signal -Star at least three or four days in advance of an event to arrange for""picture coverage.., Give the . `editor dr photographer a brief outline of the happening and the number of pictures to be taken. i • 2. Arrange a specific time. Understand that the , photographer ;will be scheduling his timetable around the hour you arrange. 3. The.person who arranges B�•, Shirieg Thank you, Dear; E liter, On behalf . of the Goderich Figure Skating Club I wish to • say "Thank You" to the staff of the:Signal Star. Your co-operation '' and willingness to accommodate our requests 'have been ..:' terrific, covering com-' petitions, the skate -a thon, • carnival; etc.. -• Keiser To the merchants . and; in- dustries of. 'our town who make the carnival program : ' possible,we thank you. To all the Service Clubs to our town who gave so graciously to : our club, we thank you. I have enjoyed my past two years as publicity, chairman • for the picture should be on •.hand to greet the 'photographer. • when .;he arrives. 4. • Make certain your group knows of the plans. Have the subjects for the picture on hand when, the photographer arrives. If you are running late; ask the photographer if he can wait or return later. If he cannot, rearrange your program -so that the photographer can be ac- commodated immediately or reschedule ••the photos for ;another date.' • 5. Allow the photographer to set up his own picture. He will know whaflooks'bes?. '6. Assist the photographer if necessary, making certain he gets the correct in- formation, correct spellings, correct identifications, Sometimes embarrassing mistakes can be avoided by. an alert observer. 7. When there are large numbers of photos to be taken at a function, arrange with the photographerto take only those photographs which are •-most important'. Group winners together where possible. Don't expect: the photographer to take his pictures while awards are actually being presented. Re- stage the pictures im- mediately afterwards in a somewhat more.quiet corner where the best results can be achieved. '• 8. Refrain , from -airing beefs while the photographer is working,;,,,Either' wait until fie fins finished ...,'or call the editor the next day to explain your complaint and get satisfaction. 9. When the photographer has finished the job, give him a telephone number to call in case he has questions when he is preparing the material for, publication. You may then invite him to stay and enjoy the party if we wishes, or bid him farewell with .the smile and perhaps a word of thanks. +++ In summary then, Signal - Star photographers like their jobs. They understand the hours can be. inconvenient: They know their assignments Won't all be• stimulating and exciting, for them personally, But they like, their jobs and take pride in their work.• They. want ' to turn in ' a professional product every., ti1tte because they know that their efforts will be viewed by nearly all the people in town ° a Sincerely, Sharon Jeffrey Good coverage Dear Editor: ' On behalf of St; Joseph's C.W.S. Kingsbridge,' I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your staff for the excellent coverage of our meetings we received during the past year. Yours truly, , Delores'VanOsch .,Corresponding Secretary PAMUS- Dear Editor,.` '' • On '.February. 22, 1;976 concerned individuals met in St. Thomas, Ontarioand formed "a committee to op- pose the mandatory seat belt law, that was recently enacted by the government of Ontario: On March 1, 1976 this committee" • formed a province -wide • organization called PAMUS (People Against The Mandatory Use Of Seat Belts) with Norbert Moerkerke, chairman; Alan Smuck, secretary; and Robert Ward, treasurer and public relations officer. PAMUS is a • non-profit organization which has as its aim the repeal of the Man- datory seat .belt.law in Ontario. PAMUS willserve'as. an organizing unit for other Ontario groups that also seek to oppose the mandatory seat belt°law. There is no tee that any person or group must pay in order to affiliate with PAMUS:.- We do, however, accept donations . to defray • printing and mailing costs. ; , PAMUS headquarters is located at 1 Montcaltn Street St,• Thomas, ' Ontario, I45P 3C1, telephone (519) 631-2758. Itis tothis address and phone that all inquiries should be made. . , On March 18th, -PAMUS began a province -wide (continued' on. page 5) '; • nearly every week. Their work is difficult and gruelling at the, best of time.. Your co-operation would be sin,cereiy appreciated whenever pictures" are .to .he taken in and around town. 9' • : happy as `a birthday -town could year be ' ' ehd .with it's our here sunny for old ev' skies er- above' more • •. shore: Hove . It And turned out 'were gonna have sty a .:� a. F G7 C' G7 • • C' G7.• C F • i • •God-er ich, God•e.r-icl7 TGT, -pie Jub—i Ie The •pretti-est town in Can -a -da • 0 • • a • G7.. And it's • home foryou and t . Y me �hc Oiaatrich SIGNAL STAR • —0— The County T6W igiinvSpaper of Huron —0— • Founded In 1840 anti pugtrshed evei•,'Tiiurdday at Goderich T)ntario. Member of the CWNA and OWNArAdvertising rates on request. Aubscriptions payable in advance 211.00 In Canada, 212,50 in all countries other than Canada, single copies 25 cents. Display advertising rates available on request. Please ask for RAte Card No. 8 effective Oct. 1, 1975. Second class Mall Regiatratloq Number 0710. Advertising is accepted on the:condition that; in the:event of typographical error, the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with reasonable allowance for signature; Will not'be chard'tor but the, balance of the Advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. to the evet of.a typographical error advertising goods ar sfervices ata Wrong price, goody of Service may not he sold. Advertising la merely an offer to sen, and maybe with- drawn at any time. The Signal-Stdr *not responsible for the loss or damage of unsolicited ” manuscripts or photda, r Bushiest end Editorial Office TELEPHONE 5244331: • • and code 519 Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 220, Goderich ',.Second lois . nail" registration nutnber•-071$' Published by Signal -Star publishing Ltd. ROBERT G. 5HRIER-•7president andAgbhisher,\ SHIRLEY J. KELLER•—editor JEFF SEbtiON•--editorial staff DAVE SYKES--editor a1 staff EDWARD J. BYRSKI--advertising manager N • Learn to sing -'this one in -time for the '77 celebrat on - Mote to come Dear Editor, The .proposed'closure of the Clinton Public Hospital'as an active care facility will affect not only the people of Clinton but the°population of Huron 'County. • • • The decision to close the:. Clinton Public,` Hospital is'.' irrational',` morally wrong and unjust. The most disturbing aspect of the whose situation is that the people, of Goderich., and Winghamhave been deceived into: believing , that , nothing could be ,done - to .preven,t Clinton being closed. Had there been co- operation" between all Hospitals in Huron County, • with each willing to accept a: share roi the cut • backs,, Clinton couldhave remained as a viable active care facility, I would hope that when the axe • falls again in Huron County, and let's make no • mistake about• this,. there will • be further. cur.backs, that the • people of Huron County will unite and insist that thecut backs be shared by all. Doug Coventry, Clinton, Ontario 'The Goderich Signal -Star is proud to have ort• its staff two good reporter -photographers in the persons of Dave Sykes and Jeff •Seddon. Both. of ,these fellows .are young, full of life and ambition. Both of ` them have private lives, too, and just like you have families to spend time with,, problems to Solve .and per- sonal business to be tended. Their work schediile is tough. They work from nine to. five Monday , through. Friday . in the office... ' and they have night time assignments too about three .evenings out of -five And then there are the weekends.... the' . weekends -which most people in normal jobs call theirown, For Dave and Jeff, they know they will he ' working every other weekend. "Working" on the weekend may not involve a • great many hours ',,:•, but it means sticking around in case there's„.,,a major story to be covered or a special action picture to •be shot.' And generally, working on a weekend means covering some 'event which has been scheduled for Saturday or -Sunday.... and for which picture coverage -has been arranged in advance. It. doesn't take too much imagination, 'then, to un- derstand why these busy guys ' like to have : a schedul'e,.: a schedule which allows them to plan a bit of relaxation or • private family life into their everyday'living., Likewise, it doesn't take too Much _ imaginatfon c• to un- derstand ' how thoughtless people can mess up a fellow's plans . and '•leave him frustrated and angry When a little co-operation and planning would have prevented the unpleasantness and . comp;l•eted the job -without incident., f + l 'Every year at this time, Signal -Star photographers get extra busy. It is the time of year when bowlers and curlers and hockey teams and practically every other group in town, i wind up their activities for' the year. With every' `-'windup" there's -a "wing -ding"..., usually, Friday or Saturday evening,,, which a Si,gnal.Star photographer is 'invited to take pictures: Dozens of Pictures. 1" The biggest complaint from the phnlot raphcrs is that•few' READERS • peopleunderstand that' the photographer wants to get in tothe event, take his pictures and get .going. He doesn't Want to listento speeches. He doesn't :want' to have dinner •and a drink. He doesn't want to wait while Edna freshens .up for the picture, He doesn't want to participate in a Search . to find Harry who didn't hear the announcement tocome to the' drawing room for Photos-. Chances • are, ••the photographer has a date hi-mself:;. either with another group . for . another ' 'set of pictures or: with some sweet young thing who is sitting in the car waiting for him to finish so they can have that steak and wine. Cruel and hard as .the truth may be, the, photographer may not see the assignment at the Moose: Hall as the social outing of the year. Ile may not find the.historylof the blue -throated crane ,too fascinating while he Waits for •the bird watchers to elect their officers. He may not even want to get a little tipsy with the rowing club while the. consolation •• winner in the final race is being decided. In fact, the photographer sees his assignments in the same' ' way as any other person sees a job:,.. something, to get done' as efficien-fly. • and °.as economical,ly as possible. „'. As 'editor of the newspaper; it is `.my job to see that assignments are completed. But hartingtaken my share of pi'ctures in my time, I know how a photographer can be "jerked around". I'ye heard •their). all: "Come back in half an hour. The dinner was late _getting started," - "Can't you wait- just aitjust a few minutes more? He said he'd be here by 10." - "I 'lave a subscription to your paper. It 'won't hurt you to stay to hear the speaker, You might get;a good story for a • change,'; "These pictures will sell papers. Suit yourself if -you want to wait for them." '-'Oh,.the fellows went borne. They forgot you were coming to take pictures. Sorry," • I£ you- have had a few assignments ' like - that in a week, you 'aren't all that congenial when the dart club down at the Over 40 League calls, up early Satgrday evening just as you're or showering eyfa e ,- H, we-forgotdatto telland e n • youse guys:' We're having our tourney down here tonight. We'll be giving outtrophies about '11 or 11:30,' We'd like... some pictures•inthe paper.". And then there's the name dropper:`He'll call up just as. you've settled down with a good book and some good music to read by and say, "I was just talking to R.G. He said you would be the best one to call about -this picture of our tiddleywinks marathon tomorrow. First of its kind in Goderich. R.G. says it would make some good shots. Just thought I'd tell ya." The most annoying though is the joker. you've arrived at the banquet to get pictures of the trophy winners. You've waited through a second helping of mashed potatoes and turkey, through the cherry pie .and coffee, through the°greetings for the cooks, through the washroom break,. : through :.the reassembly through 'the plaudits for everybody from the ..president to the ticket, sellers, through the. speeches.:.,"and finally, just -as the awards are to .be handed' out some guyy who has been bending his elbow since the happy hour before dinner stands up'and says : "The .' Signal -Star photographer is here. The last time he didn't have any. film in his camera, he spelled my wife's name three dif- ferent ways in the same story and he put; • the top scores • down for the 'bottom team... But he's not a bad guy. We • expect him to make mistakes. In fact, we'd miss the mistakes in the local rag. Nobody really appreciates perfection anyway:" • -f- + + Do you get the idea? On behalf of Dave Sykes and Jeff Seddon - and for the ul,timate good of this newspaper - I'd like to review the. good planners which are appreciated • by a , photographer. - 1. Call the Signal -Star at least three or four days in advance of an event to arrange for""picture coverage.., Give the . `editor dr photographer a brief outline of the happening and the number of pictures to be taken. i • 2. Arrange a specific time. Understand that the , photographer ;will be scheduling his timetable around the hour you arrange. 3. The.person who arranges B�•, Shirieg Thank you, Dear; E liter, On behalf . of the Goderich Figure Skating Club I wish to • say "Thank You" to the staff of the:Signal Star. Your co-operation '' and willingness to accommodate our requests 'have been ..:' terrific, covering com-' petitions, the skate -a thon, • carnival; etc.. -• Keiser To the merchants . and; in- dustries of. 'our town who make the carnival program : ' possible,we thank you. To all the Service Clubs to our town who gave so graciously to : our club, we thank you. I have enjoyed my past two years as publicity, chairman • for the picture should be on •.hand to greet the 'photographer. • when .;he arrives. 4. • Make certain your group knows of the plans. Have the subjects for the picture on hand when, the photographer arrives. If you are running late; ask the photographer if he can wait or return later. If he cannot, rearrange your program -so that the photographer can be ac- commodated immediately or reschedule ••the photos for ;another date.' • 5. Allow the photographer to set up his own picture. He will know whaflooks'bes?. '6. Assist the photographer if necessary, making certain he gets the correct in- formation, correct spellings, correct identifications, Sometimes embarrassing mistakes can be avoided by. an alert observer. 7. When there are large numbers of photos to be taken at a function, arrange with the photographerto take only those photographs which are •-most important'. Group winners together where possible. Don't expect: the photographer to take his pictures while awards are actually being presented. Re- stage the pictures im- mediately afterwards in a somewhat more.quiet corner where the best results can be achieved. '• 8. Refrain , from -airing beefs while the photographer is working,;,,,Either' wait until fie fins finished ...,'or call the editor the next day to explain your complaint and get satisfaction. 9. When the photographer has finished the job, give him a telephone number to call in case he has questions when he is preparing the material for, publication. You may then invite him to stay and enjoy the party if we wishes, or bid him farewell with .the smile and perhaps a word of thanks. +++ In summary then, Signal - Star photographers like their jobs. They understand the hours can be. inconvenient: They know their assignments Won't all be• stimulating and exciting, for them personally, But they like, their jobs and take pride in their work.• They. want ' to turn in ' a professional product every., ti1tte because they know that their efforts will be viewed by nearly all the people in town ° a Sincerely, Sharon Jeffrey Good coverage Dear Editor: ' On behalf of St; Joseph's C.W.S. Kingsbridge,' I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your staff for the excellent coverage of our meetings we received during the past year. Yours truly, , Delores'VanOsch .,Corresponding Secretary PAMUS- Dear Editor,.` '' • On '.February. 22, 1;976 concerned individuals met in St. Thomas, Ontarioand formed "a committee to op- pose the mandatory seat belt law, that was recently enacted by the government of Ontario: On March 1, 1976 this committee" • formed a province -wide • organization called PAMUS (People Against The Mandatory Use Of Seat Belts) with Norbert Moerkerke, chairman; Alan Smuck, secretary; and Robert Ward, treasurer and public relations officer. PAMUS is a • non-profit organization which has as its aim the repeal of the Man- datory seat .belt.law in Ontario. PAMUS willserve'as. an organizing unit for other Ontario groups that also seek to oppose the mandatory seat belt°law. There is no tee that any person or group must pay in order to affiliate with PAMUS:.- We do, however, accept donations . to defray • printing and mailing costs. ; , PAMUS headquarters is located at 1 Montcaltn Street St,• Thomas, ' Ontario, I45P 3C1, telephone (519) 631-2758. Itis tothis address and phone that all inquiries should be made. . , On March 18th, -PAMUS began a province -wide (continued' on. page 5) '; • nearly every week. Their work is difficult and gruelling at the, best of time.. Your co-operation would be sin,cereiy appreciated whenever pictures" are .to .he taken in and around town.