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The County Town Newspaper of Huron
foundod in 1848 and published every Thursday at Goderich, Ontario. Member of the CWNA
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' firs' we_els in January was areal bone chiller,
wuynq it? It probably conjured up in the minds of
many and Goderich area folks the idea that a trip to
the sunny south would be a great way to' get Warm'
again. In fact, if you're nearing taticamuent.•you
may be like many odzar Canadians who are
seriously thinking of buying a -place of your own
down xoud`, where you can escape the cold of
Ontario for two or three months every.year.
Lots of people do it, Even if you can't go down for
the whole ~iutor, you can probably .rent it as a
sourceof extra income in your4retirement. The best
ofboth worlds. �_~
Business experts warn that* before you buy
foreign propertY, you should carefully inspect it.
• 1Buyiug"eigbt unseen can be porilouS. And then,
-provided. you -have- satisfied yooroe{f'Tbat it's u'
~uouud investment, you should look carefully at the
purchasing agreement" and financing
arrangements, bearing in mind that ' what is
• ' customary or expected in Canada might not bw.so
somewhere outside tbeoouutry. ^
A condominium in Florida, for inytunce, has the
same ongoing expenses of property tu)teo and
Maintenance .charges as Canadian condominium
owners. But 'you should watch additional ongoing
charges ... such as a recreation lease under which
you pay the developer as much as. $5Oto•$75per
month for the use of the pool the card room etc.
While there's nothing. unusual about this kind of a
fee added to your monthly bill, you should be aware
of it and should take it iutouncoout when Cum'
• paring the price of the property with others.
,The same applies mland lease clauses, which can
eca1ate with the US cost of Iivin-g index ... rising by
-�§�i-ticbaol0-porcent per year- s.base oy15Vzo
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er month.
Some ,more sound adJ�e h for
propertif you n' ' Experts mite .that even
than in Canada, difference incurrency values
can add an effective two percentage poirts to your
nn'nurate. And if theCanadian 8ovorooueut should im-
pose currency
000urreucy res6rietimoo, you may find .yourself
unub)otopuyoffdhenooctAugeutg}\.'
There are apparently some tax advantage to
having a mortgage .' you can deduct a portion of
the interest from your rental income from the
propwrty, for instance. But if yo1 pay cash for the
property, .you wiUueverhave topay inco,uetax ou
the mortgage iotmr�atyou save.
It may be cold and blustery in Goderich and
district during the winter .., and the south may
beckon. No one can argu&thatfor some people_bbo
sun and the warmth of the tropics can be more
enjoyable than the chilIof a Canadian winter. But if
you are thinking about investing in property in a
warmer o|i,ue, take some time to' investigte--aIl the
angles. Even the warmest climate can freeze a
pocketbook. SJK
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Councillor John Doherty is right. A request from
the social committee of the Bluewater Centre to the
Goderich Recreation and Community Centre Board
-:-7ssldngmembers to "consider the purchase oru
suitable refr'rzera^or to improve those facilitiesrentedtodbopubUc^iutbewrongattitude.
Doherty l that when the IVuewater
grouphad arrived at the arena upstairs with some
perishable food, the'members had discovered there
wasn't _ 'enough space ler storage .of the -trae. The
letter i nedby nine
either the food would have to 6,c brought quite late
in the evening or left out of the refrigerator for a
f`- hours. They deemed .neither alternative was
practical-„ -
• Perhaps the solution would_ beto serve oou�
perishable b/od...4c at !east to keep .the food
•'packaged inacool spot uob} ready to serve•it. The
arena has coot the penp')eK~f Godednbu bundle of
money in the past few years. The oard isdoing its
best to iooprOvotbe financial picture there through
.careful iu nugonemt. Rentersabou |d` asDoherty
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auggeatn, either make do with what is
• avai|ub\e....ocseek other guuctoru.'8J}C
Ski week aln'osthere
al Ski WeeklV79 from January 20 through
- • with an opportunity to "=^=
niversary skiing in Canada. While skiing is
believed to have staScandanavia some 3,000
. years BC, Norwegians began \pioneering the
recreation all over the ="^^
the 19th century. Not surprisingly Aheo.,u Nor-
wegian immigrant is credited with
skiing in Canada in 1879.
The first Canadian skier was a Mr. it;',Birch of
Montreal wh,o is said to have skied from Montreal to
� --Qoaorc`Cov. Snucr-tnnn.ski fever has hit the nation,
with more than 3.2 million Canadians over the age
, of 14 participating in skiing annually. It is tU�,
'faytmnt growing sport in•Gauuda. In1077. statistics
showed there was a skier in as many as 28 per cent
of all Canadian households making it the nation's
second meat popular participation sport next to"
swimming.
Quebec has the highest number of skiers in the
nation where there io~at least one skier in 44 per
cent of all households. in Ontario, thatpercentag
is jut slightly below the nationa1average at 21 per
-oen�.
-oen�.
And a bit of trivia that might inspire skiers
and non -skiers alike. One of Canada's greatest ski
enthusiasts is Herman (Jackrabbit) Smith -
Johannsen, who at 103 year of age still has his
onuoo'country -skis ready for the first snowfall in
Montieal. 'Yes siree! Skiing is really believing.
Is skiing a safe sport? .Experts say it ioo't'the
sport that is dangerous. It's the people who par-
ticipote in it. According -to skiing authorities, about
50 per. cent of the injuries,are equipment related
while the other no*rcent arepoorphysical
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�r due
conditioning and negflgence.
The skier's primary defence against injury is
muscular , conditioning, though. Skiing not only
requires mpebia\ized attention to itnee,,,..a d leg
exoroi000, but also a general good tone of the body.
it is the type of sport that requires endurance and
otruoturat',uaueoverabi\ity. `
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But ifyou`got in oKupocarefully, /use the proper
equipment and wear the oorrett olndhing, skiing
can be a heu\tby, enjoyable recreation. you can
participate in for years and years -to come. The ski
season in Canada averages 13.5 weeks with the
ough
FebruaryrunBibg from 44.3 to l89Jinches. It'sreaUyykicoun�yundiyyoUureroudyfertbexpor
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�y.obiing, it's an onti�Whyn� country. not try it if
you haven't already? '8Jl� ,
7b*z�ujor uouuml��uu�hdl fojaiiiiary r
ski boom is the rapid growth of cross-country skiing
over 10 years. Tbefe are m than 1.88
million �
n�000uo�sbioro�over the age 61�4 in
Canada,
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misammataramec
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Quite clear
Deav Editor: •
Tb��e otuteo`eqm
apearing in your Church
Page article re'cently are
quite appropriate:
^Mauy-Cbdstiunu talk
about the difficulties of
our dmeu.^ and "The
time to live, to love, to
serve in Christ's spirit
and in His Name is
NOW!"
8owever.*benvvo^get
to know our Bih|en^, the
difficulties disappear and
how to do the things
which should be done
becomes quite clear.
In the-'—sub-inittwd_'
"prayer'', the writer '
says: "We need your
fo euu:" "your
assistance"; "you close
beside us" "to s
joyfully and faithfully".
But he fails to identify
exactly- who "you" is! If.
we are in "need" of these
things NOW we need,
above everything else, to
-know to whom we are
praying.
When Jesus taught his
followers to pray, he
instructed them to ad-
dress their prayers to
"Our Father which art in
Beaven...'' That the
"Father in heaven" is the
One' indicated 'in „the
Psalm: "This the day
which the LORD hath
made.^ (Psalm 118:24);
is the one "whose name
alone is JEHOVAH"
(Psalm. 83:18) is clearly
indicated by the fact that
u\| , translators
acknowledge that "the
LORD" has been sub-
stituted wbecoVer the
Hebtpew tetragrammaton
(Jehovah) occurs in the
original. -.
Therefore it is
Jebovah's^foc#iveoomu^.
"assistance" we need
and *e^need Jehovah
"close besideiss" and we
_-�+eed mo^oer*o Jehovah
joyfully."
-Nevertheless.; thanks to
the ambiguityqf religious
teachings, thet words of
Jesus addressed to the
Samaritan woman- could
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75YEARS AGO ~
Mr. 'H.tY. Thomson of
Tilsonburg has bought
out the old established
drug business of F.
Jordan and will conduct it
in future.
The record of birYbo,
marriages and deaths
the town of Goderich for
- the six months ending
December 31, 1903, shows
that 33 births,- 10
�murriogeoand 24 deaths
were registered in that
period.
' The C.P.R. surveyors
pdt in the past few days in
the gully behind Saltford,
The Goderich Organ
Company shipped
yesterday to Liverpool,
1Bngiand, one car of their
manufactures and are
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foreign shipment.
The rough weather
yesterday shut off work
ut&0urlton'nskip building
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LOOKING BACK
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yard and the repairs at
'dbe south pier. The Big
&XiU is running butmay
have to stopagain for the
want of cars. �
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Nelson Hill • of
Goderich. Sheriff of
Huron Couoty, was re-
elected president of the
Ontario Sheriyf'y
Association at the annual
Meeting of the graU6he|d
Iast week in Toronto.
Conditions- of the town
dump came under, fire ut
Tnwn^Couno||`einuuQuca\
meeting on Monday nigh
with the result that the
public works committee
was asked to make an
investigation and report.
H.M. Ford was re-
elected chairman of the'_
oa,r_
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Co|�giuto • lnStituto
Board at the first meeting
of the group for 1954 last
week, •
Rod JOhnoton, a new
member of the PUC la
year, was elected
'.^.^~. of the group --.
its inaugural meeting on
Tuesday niTown Clunoil
has decided to consider
the possibility of erecting
street signs in town over
a the year period. .
Policing duties in
Godcdohnecetaben over
officially on January 1 by
'o new police force hired
by the Town Council,
replacing a municipal
force which had been
supplied by the 0.P.P.
Membersof-thefour-man
force are Chief Constable
F.M. Hall, Constable
.Bowu,d Watson, Coo'
stable Albert South •and
Canstab le_ John_ Cart-
wright. .
Atotuhmfl34 cargoes,of
grain were handled by
thethe Goderich Elevator
and Truuoit' Company
during the • .pa$t
navigation year making a
total ofz4.z0O.00Obuxheb'
'3.550.000 less than the
year before.
'5 YEARS AGO
County Council 0eeted
W.J. Elston, Morris
Township Reeve, as
Huron County Warder for
1974 during the inaugural
meeting on Tuesda.y
afternoon. Retiring
Warden, Roy Puttioon,
bestowed the chain of
office on him.
By-law number one of
1974, which will enact
amendment number four
to the official plan and
pr�vide for rezoning of 18
acres of land on Bayfield
Road to accommodate
the grDposed 8unceast
Program
Estates shopping 'mall,
was given first, second
and third:reading when
Goderich
GoderichTown Council
met intheir first meeting
of 1974 last Thursday.
Night school classes
will get underway at
"GD C [.. again Mo
this time boasting the
addition of four new
programs.
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Two membersof the
Goderich Division of St.
John Ambulance were
awarded the Serving
Brother honor in the
Order of St. ^J.ibn
recently. They were
Donald Stomp ' and
ChudxmBreckow.
—The -information and
Friendship re in
Goderich, funded by a
$12.480 Local Initiatives
taekling a wide variety of
social services for udu|to.
during the n'ext six
months.
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DEAR
READER
BY SHIRLEY J.KELLER
When is an 18 -year old not a 10
old? Well, in some senses it is when he
turns 18 on or after January 1, 1979. In
cases where an l8' )d wants to
drink - legally in licensed establish-
rnentu`thatiy.
Actually, it is good legislation. Well
thought out, There's really a good deal
of common sense in it and it ~unubuut
the only way the Ontario government
could save face and at the same time
correct what it iearned was a mistake.
When the provincial government
e 18lds the privilege privilege to drink
legally in licensed places, it,waon't`
te prepared for the kind of problems
that would result. One of the most
difficult .to remo\ve, of courae, was the
problem f legal age high school
students partaking of a liquid lunch and
then coming back to class in a slightly
jovial (or even worse sleepy, no'
~p \ mood.
It naturally made things difficult for
teachers in the classroom who just
didn't feel they should have to cope
with these kinds mfprob\emumina public
high school where students ranged in
age from about l3through 19. If senior
students were showing up in class
tipsy, what kind of an example did that
set for the younger kids? And what kind
of a futu-re lay ahead for the offenders?
Oh there were other problems, too.
Like a0sharp increase in teenage traffic
deaths as a direct result of drinking
and dri;/ing. Like a noticeable change
in the statistics for alcohol-related
social and health problems among
teenagers.
' So the nrpvinciu\ government 'in
Ontario decreed that as of January 1,
1979, one would need to be 19 years of
age to drink legaily in the bars pt tobuy
booze at the various out|eto.}Tbut in,
unless one was 18„ on or before
December 31, l978. In that case, One
was considered legally of age and
allowed the privilege to drink.
The Legislation was more lenient than
the previous requirement of attaining
21 yoaro, but it was more reotr|ctive'
than the legal age of 18. And it would
solve some nasty little inconveniences
for some pevn|e�
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As everyone will readily._
it really doesn't mo\vomuuob.
It isn't much more, really, than a
feeble the inevitable
for some young people. And as most
everyone knows, too, kids who really
and truly want to drink before they are
of the legal age to do so, Will hav,e no
trouble whatsoever indulging their
fancies.
Amazingly frank children and yoUng
udu|tu have told statistics hunters the
horrible truth .... that many of them
'sre hardened drinkers or aloohoUci
long before the legal age of 1.8 or 18.
And it isn't just the overactive
imaginations of kids, either. Actual
medical and social statistics prove the
ugly truth that alcohol i's a real
unending nightmare for too many of
the nation's youth,
And..while •tbe new \eg<$!ution in
Ontario is beuor, it won't, really have
much affect on the sickening statistics
that tell is booze im a Number One
,enemyfor a growing group of people.
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What to do? ^Same tough emperance 'types say
theonlyis-to� '
°mnk4�t�produotionnf
all intoxicating bovorogeo, outlaw its
sale in Canada - and plug every leak
through which booze could o�ze in any
form.
But that isn't yreodomn, any' more
than it is freedom to ban sexy books or
girlie shows. In o free society, people
must have a choice.
That's why the to|cvioion, radio and
newspaper advertising by the Ontario
Ministry- of Health is so excellent.
There's the one that says, "You are
your own liquor control hourd." Did
youhear anyone say that to you during
the holidays When you tried to ply him
or her with another drink?
When YOu0oout to buy a new piece of /'
equipnnent for your home or business,
charices ar'e you will find 'x'is shipped -
with complete instructions inside ... -
and maybe even a list-ctcontumty in
case something goes wrong.
If iiqubr is to be sold, then consumers
should have some instruction itiits use.
And that's What the Ministry of Health.
isiSb . Good work. Y�n6�
-giVe up the fight.
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