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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-06-07, Page 29Scouts from the 3rd Goderich Troop show off the result of their lashing skills at the Falls Reserve Conservation area in Benmiller last weekend. Scouts and cubs from Goderich, Bayfield, Clinton, Vanastra,. Exeter, and Lucan got together for a weekend organized by the Goderich Venturers. (photo by Cath Wooden) "It's what we call yer basic jail," say Lucan scouts. The scouts constructed the sturdy deterrent during the lashing competition at Benmlller last weekend. The Venturers from Goderich o nized the weekend of camping`,- competition, and fu for cubs and scouts in the 'area: (photo by Cath Woode Tractors can be trouble ' The tractor is the workhorse of the modern farm, but it is also the number one cause of accidental deaths on Ontario farms. Tractor rollovers and other tractor -related accidents accounted for 30 farm fatalities in 1978, says Larry Swinn, of the Farm Safety Association of Ontario. Forty-six people were killed as a result of farm accidents last year, compared to 50 deaths in 1977. However, the proportion ' of tractor - related deaths increased from one third to two thirds of the total number of accidental deaths. Tractors are the most widely used piece of equipment on the, farm, which may account for the high •percentage of accidental deaths. However, many of these accidents occur because the operator is inex- perienced. "According to our Spinners, weavers ••. • from page 8A • given a workshop in learn from one another, frame loom weaving for For this reason the the spinners who have a workshops already given limited amount of their and planned for in the handspun yarn with near future use the talent which to work. among the members. John Kerr, a spinner of Card weaving is to be Brussels, gave a dye taught by Mary McLeod workshop using nature of Seaforth and Dorene dyes on his farm last Kilburn of St. Paul's summer and a mini- Station in June. Anyone workshop on spinning interested in these with a drop spindle (a projects should contact . primitive method) in Mrs. Knight or one of the • April. Evelyn Hardy has members. SAVE ENERGY and S Insulate U.F. Foam a, Fiber Insulation Serving Huron County 15 years COMF'APE...CONTACT STEWART'S ALUMINIUM & INSULATION 107 Huron Rd. Goderich 524-8821 1. statistics, it is the very young and the old who suffer the majority of accidental deaths on the farm," says Mr. Swinn. The highest number of accidental deaths was reported for children ,under 15 years of age. Seventeen children were killed in farm accidents last year. This represents 37 percent of the total accidental deaths. "Fifteen percent of the 1978 farm fatalities oc- curred in the over -65 years category," says Mr. Swinn. "Many of these accidents occur because of slower reflexes and declinir.g health." "The accidents are lower in proportion for the middle age group. In this group, experience and faster reflexes prevent accidents:"' Although the level of experience • 'affects the number of accidental deaths, the environment alszl plays a major role. "When .. climatic con- ditions are good, there are fewer accidents," DAVE HALLOW ELEi-TRICAL Serving Industrial, Conmerclal, Residential Need 524-6038 says Mr. Swinn. '`When weather conditions are poor, farmers have to rush their work, which can result in unsafe practices." Other causes of ac- cidental deaths on the farm last year include other machinery, falls, blows, suffocation, drowning, gaseous fumes, and chemicals. After lunching together, a couple of big spenders decided to take a walk. They wandered into an auto showroom. One of them saw a luxurious model that he liked. It had' a built in TV set, bar, stereo and two telephones. "How much?" he inquired. "Twenty thousand dollars," the salesman informed him. "I'll take it," the man GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 7 , 1979—PAGE ILA StrawberriesFARM CLASSIFIED peak June 18 SECTION June in Ontario is strawberry time! And there's great news this year for strawberry lovers, say the food specialists at the Ontario Ministry off Agriculture and Food. All forecasts indicate that there will be a fine crop both for quality and quantity. Strawberries are grown mainly in the southern areas of the prov-irrce a1tho>tgfi_' strawberries do grow in other areas as well. The Haldimand-Norfolk Niagara and Hamilton - Wentworth areas of the province produce the majority of Ontario's strawberries. Once harvested, most of the strawberries are sold for the fresh market. Mlle fresh straw erries on the market, about 60 percent are harvested from pdek your own Capital punishment and the farmers Can the deliberate killing of a human being by the state ever be justified? What took place in Florida two weeks ago was murder, legal murder. And if that is a contradiction in terms, so be it. I'll probably get castigated for saying it because rural people are supposed to be in favor of capital punishment. Legislators in Canada have all but abolished killing by the state. Recent surveys in- diciate that those same legislators, if they listened to the electorate,• should return capital punishment. I'm against it. I cannot see that the state has the right to kill anyone. It doesn't matter to me who that other person has killed. Put the condemned murderer away for life without chance of parole. Be doubly sure that a menace to society is kept out of society for life. But do not suggest to me that. killing a condemned murderer is right. There are many convincing arguments in support of capital punishment. You can say that society has been purged of.an evil, that a wrong has been redressed, or a life given for a life. I am not suggesting that John Spenkelink was a good boy. He was a convicted killer. The full process of the law was invoked -for him. He was sentenced to death. And he was killed by the state. ' His death was condoned, carried out, by the state. I think the state was wrong. Police associations across this country are cam- paigning for the return of capital punishment, death. by the state. Policemen's wives are dedicated to this • cause. I can understand their concern. They want the return of capital punishment, especially for those who' .murder policemen or prison guards. Is a policeman going about his duties any different from you and me? Why should he get special treat- ment .under the law? If this society -- and I hope Canada never, neV'er, neve-t' returns to the use .of capital punishment, the law should be the same for everyone.. Let us kill all who kill and not just kill those who kill policemen. Let us not condone killing at all. That's what hap- pened in Florida when the condemned man went to the electric chair: he was killed. Those who uphold capital punishment say that it deters killings. I have seen no empirical evidence garnered,over a number of years to prove that killing deters killing. Who can -possibly suggest that capital punishlent has any social benefits? Killi is killing. Period. Killing the state may reassure some people that killing will not be condoned..All it does for me is turn my stomach that the state can be so naive to think I 11 rest a little easier because I know the person who m kill me will also be killed. • To how the condemned man was trussed -in an electric c 'air' and "burned" is disgusting. A hanging is even ore brutal. A firing squad is even worse because a ,• 0 zen men are, involved in the act of killing. We allow k' ling in self-defence. But was the United States in peril' In other words, did the state kill in self- defence to • event a killer from killing again? If not, then it was pure revenge by the state. And who owns revenge, saith the Lord? • If a person commits a murder and does not know what he is•doing at the time of the killing, then justice suggests the killer has lost the capacity to distinguish between right and wrong. Therefore, he does not get the death Sentence. Can the state say the same thing? • By killing another human being, the only defence the state can proffer is that it doesn't know the dif- ference between right and wrong. . Maybe that's what happened in Florida. Officials don't know the difference between right andwrong so they allowed a man to be killed. I am against the return of capital punishment in Canada. I may be a voice crying out in the doondocks. I may get a dozen or more letters from readers of the 15 or 16 newspapers subscribing to this column. I may, in fact, have a couple of papers ` cancel this column. But I will remain steadfast against the proposition ' that the state has a legal right to kill. said, and reached for his wallet. "No" protested his companion, "let me get this -- you bought lunch." WATER WELL DRILLING "79 YEARS EXPERIENCE" • FARM • SUBURBAN • INDUSTRIAL • MUNICIPAL • • FREE ESTIMATES • GUARANTEED WELLS • FAST MODERN EQUIPMENT, • 4 ROTARY & PERCUSSION DRILLS "OUR EXPERIENCE ASSURES LOWER COST WATER WELLS" DAVIDSON WELL DRILLING LIMITED 4 Rotary and Percussion Drills PHONE 357-1960 WINGHAM Collect Calls Accepted "ONTARIO'S FINEST WATER WELLS SINCE 1900" farms in Ontario. The rest are sold in retail markets. Harvest times vary each year, depending on the weather. Some areas start to see strawberries as early as June 1` However,- the majority begin to reach the market about the second week in June. This year, the peak is expected around June 18. Be ready for a real treat when Ontario's strawberries are available in your area. Keep it simple and enjoy the gorgeous red color and juicy flavor of strawberries by them- selves. For picnics or desserts, here's something special. 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