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Does life have a price?
Does life have a price?
A recent discussion at a Canadian Nuclear
Association meeting suggests thepossibility of a
cost -benefit view of death. Under this thinking, the
benefits to humanity of the use of Nuclear energy
would far out -weigh the deaths of.a few individuals
which might result from the_praetice.
Perhaps it is useful to have this question put to us
bluntly. We may be .approaching the time -when.
society will be forced to choose between two real
alternatives: to keep going as we are and face the
consequences, or reduce aur -standard of living and
give up some favourite things.
Life may not be so highly priced as we think when
the crunch comes.
Consider for instance a recent news story..
Gunmen hiding in roadside brush and -riding in
pickup trucks shot at least 20 trucks in 17 U.S. states
as independent truckers attempted to shut off truck
deliveries of U.S. food and fuel supplies. Theprotest
was against high operating ' costs, scarce fuel
supplies, and government regulations.
Ho_w, about this story? Municipal representatives,
across Ontario would like to see more people using
public svvjmming pools with , fewer lifeguards
supervising. them as a way to save taxpayers'
dollars -.The paper at the CNA -meeting raised the
idea that too much money has been spent on
nuclear.safety. Far better, the argument goes, to
expand..nuclear -in-dusty-y..-to- 4norea-se--the- supply of
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energy which will hold up the material standard of
• living which will result in more money to save lives
in other ways.
Isn't it rather cfhilling to think that human -lives
have a price?
But we must be made to realize we are making
choices all the time. Sometimes the choices are
individual - whether or not to look after our health.,
for instance.
In many cases, the choices will'be for society to
make. When society decided that pollution of the air
and water was endangering lives, controls were put
-in place. But there has been a cost.
Towns and cities told to build better sewage
treatment facilities are appalled' at the cost, "and
often government deadlines are extended. Poor
waste.disposal practices have cau•s&d pollution:
A cra"ekdow,n has pushed up costs of dump sites,
r •At some point soon; you, may hear someone cry out
against the .heavy restrictions saying the costs are
unnecessarily high. This -will happen unless we
reach the point where it becomes economically
possible to recycle garbage instead of burying it. •
We are making choices even now, but pressure
will continue for us to make even more difficult`
decisions: More and -more we -will come -to face the
realization we •should be our brothers' keeper, but
the cost is getting higher and higher,
Will we reach a point where we decide -a few
brothers -are -expendable- in order to keep costs
down?-Strathroy Age Dispatch
ar sense
• A getaway. property - whether it be a cottage,
farm or fishing camp - can be one of the best in-
vestments you will ever make. But' in order to •
'really -escape the hassles and grind of life in town,
make sureyou can afford it.
When buying a second property,you should make
as- large *a-downpayment as you can muster.. And
you should investigate the most economical way of
financing thebalance.
Basically; •you have three choices: to arrange a.
mortgage; obtain a term loan from a bank or credit
union, or take out a.second mortgage on your house:
The availability of mortgage.. money for country
properties will vary according to the area you savant
to buy in -• with a greater supply in th.e 'more
traditional market areas.' The best sources to tap
are the specialized mortgages and trust companies
that deal primarily in country real 'estate, and.
small local mortgage companies.. -
In many cases, you will do well to deal with the
people in the locality. The "realtor who helps you
negotiate rhe purchase may -know of private in-
vestors who... may be willing to put 'up mortgage
.money: a� •
You should know that mortgage interest rates for
second properties in the country are usually higher
than for a house in the city. •
Another route that can be quite practical_when-'-.
buying a cottage into negotiate a term loan from a
bank or credit union: The advantage of a term loan
is that itcosts less than a mortgage - no appraisal
fees to pay. And the interest on a loan would
probably be 12 to 13 per cent, compared to about 15
per cent for a mortgage. _
Usually, a bank will give you a loan with the
property as collateral.
The last resort in financing a second property in
the country would he a second mortgage on your
house in town. But it isthe most expensive route to
take; and if you have to take out a second-
mortgage, you .probably cannot afford to buy the
country place.
However you finance your getaway, make' sure
you can pay off the debt withinihree or four years.
Believe me, the greatest escape, of them all is
outright ownership'. -Dollar Sense
•
Itis easy to forget about things like inflation when
you are lazing about at the cottage. After all, there
` are more important things to think about --like what
kind of bait the fish are likely to be going for today.
Well, the idyllic surroundings are not the only
buffer against inflation. The cottage as an in-
vestment is an excellent protection for your money.
Assume you have $35,000 which you ,plan to in-
vst,_reinvesting_ eacb_Ryea r„_to...create -a_r-etir-ena.en.t.
'nest egg. •
Say you invest at a nice Safe 10 per cent. Your
money will earn $13,500 the first year. But that:in-
come is taxable - at the 50 per cent tax rate, for
example, you would pay $1,750 in income tax. Your
after-tax investment -would total $36,750.aft.er one
year, about $45,000 after fiv-e years.
That $45,000 figure sounds great, -but look at it in
terms of worth..Fi-ve years down the road, the value
of your 'money -will have been substantially eroded
by inflation. In recent years, inflation has averaged
close to 1-0 per cent each year in Canada. •
If we apply that ten Per cent to your $45,000, it
turns out that by 1984 that sum would be worth
about'$25,500 in 1979 dollars.
The nest egg is fading -fast.- - •
Now_say that instead of investing in the money
markets,,yOtL_decide_to II o.u.r_.$35 044-t -
- y -r o b> -y a-
akeside cottage. If you project your return„,on
investment o -ver the next five years, 'it is safe to
assume that -the value of the property will go up. At
the very least, it will,not.go down.
A cottage worth $35,000 in 1979 will still be worth -
at least $35,000 - tri 1979' dollars - in 1984. -.
Of course, you will have paid property taxes and
maintenance costs over the five years, roughly
$4,2.00 worth - but you are still farther ahead with
the cottage as an investment. .
The better the location - waterfront, property,
proximity to city, landscaping - the greater the
eventual resale value is likely to be. In fact, well
located real estate will almost certainlyappreciate
in value over and above the rateof inflation.
. And what better way to earn "fnoney .for your
retirement than by lazily baiting the hook? -Dollar •
Sense
DEAR
READER
BY SHIRLEY J.KELLER
A daisy a day
By Dave Sykes
DEAR.EDrTDR
Filthy books shouldn't be in schools
Dear Editor:
I read -an article in one
of our Canadian
magazines, where . one
critic calls us the book -
banners. He says we want
totell the people what
they should read. That is
not the case at all.
I£ some .people want .to
read -these books let
do so. .so. But we as., tax
paying parents have the•
right to tell the school
board that we don't want -
these books to be taught
in the high schools to oiir
children. Another, critic
believes that this trend'is
going to continue, and bit .
by bit we 'lose our
freedom he says. Is
freedom only meant for
writers, people who want
to sell these ,books to
.make money, and school
boards who want them to
be taught? What of the
freedom of the parents
who pay the high cost of
education for • their
c-Fiiloren Why_._ d -o
education committees
and school boards -find its
so important -that sex is trusted our school boards
taught in high schools? too much. Now . their
n If this is so necessary, • authority has chanced,
find qualified teachers into dictatorship.We are
with high moral stan- accused by some people
dards and good books. of '• not reading these
-The filthy literature that • books. ' I am one of 'the
is on the market today is group who has read three
ruining our young people. of them, not only par,,
Is that the way to mj,ke..,.,,bu•t the en. ire books.
them--read-y- -fox -1-ifs?--- First, "The; Diviners ' -by
Teach them the .good Margaret Laurence,
-morals of life, then they which is so filthy and
will know how to' cope profane one feels
with the bad things in life ' ` ashamed to read • it.
later.. A _third critic said . - Second,.. '..`Of .' Mice.: and
we are dealing with Men” by John Steinbeck,
something that spreads no regard for human life
like cancer. Has this man and blasphemy on nearly
ever considered what every page. Third•,
these books are doing to "Lives of Girls and
the students who are • • Women, by Alice Munroe.
taught such filth? If Del Jordan is a young girl
anything is working like who learns nature from a
cancer, these books dirty old man down at the
certainly will: The crime river bank and other town
and divorce rate is going
up alarmingly. One is
going to reap what one
sows.
.- verduThe _e_..titn_eha__.i-s-e_-l.otnaxg.
ot th
payers did something
about • this. We have
characters. Youcan find
one of this stories on page
168,1.69, I would urge politicians want to take
parents to read the books Commander James. Bond.
-....thei•r children • fake ._ ark knee -pants:: Tle
or .-
get them in the, local economy of Colborne
-libraries. Twentytwo must -be above the county
`"
.Te'w books were added to avera e and Dan is
the list of English against many things' we
literature, five of them as parents never know
were called very explicit _ existed, but instead of
by the London Free providing them with all
Press. kinds of filth, teach them
One°of our group tried to fight evil with good
to get one of the books in literature. No child does
London, only one store get a better outlook on life
' . carred them, .-but the: by teaching them' the -
clerk -said, we don't sell wrong thins. This way_
them i>-- the front, you we are destroying _ what
have to go to the back of our ancestors have build
the store. Doesn't that • up, and where thousands
say enough. Some people of our Canadian people
and ;magazilrles-Ynake it' . still want to live by. -
'ysound -that' these books` • a
Betty Bu.. .
must be. read by our y
young people. Itis true R. R. 2,
that our. children are up Clinton.
•
Detonator - Dan?
Dear Editor:
-- Has anyone heard from
Detonator Dan? We have
not seen his pungent
epistles (he took a course
..in power writing) in your
letters to the editor since
busy snaking a metric`
bushel of our inflated
dollars to complain in --`"'
writing. When bean
busters like Dan are quiet
that' is when the Ipcal
to•
o
g • oo
75 YEARS AGO
One of .our residents
fired a stone at 'a dog on
Monday morning. The
canine got out of the way
of the shot, which stopped
—at -at one --of: J: Pri-d-ha-m's
big plate windows,
cracking the light badly.
Gavin Green has 500
growing chicks at his
henery on the flats below
the railroad station and.
400 eggs are in the in-
cubators.
Engineer Kelly or the
water and light station
' has been asked by the
municipal authorities. of
• Seaforth to examine and
value 'the electric light •
plant there as the town
will :Shortly -take-It ower
from the Company now
owning it.
An' organizational
. meeting was held here
care.
• Knowing Dan .T_ would - --
surmise that he is busy
converting --his hectares.
1'urn to page 5 •
LOOKING BACK
Saturday at which the
new company to control
and supervise the
Canadian Pacific branch
between Guelph and
Goderich was formed.
--T_weedy ,.s.
dwelling on St: David's
Street will be ready for
occupation in ten days.
25 YEARS AGO
Four of the 26 new
rental houses being built
- in Goderich's south- end
have 'been occupied and
Goderich -Housing
Authority officials expect
three more will have been
occupied by the end of
this week. -Yesterday; -the
20th house Was placed on
t13e tOtTndation
A fee of $20 per, ''month
for ,use of the trailer
camp at Harbor Park
was set by Goderich town
"'council last Friday night
after hearing protests
about the present rate
from a group of Stratford
residents.
One of the • most
portant features of
Auburn's centennial
celebrations this year
will be the display of •
relics from the early days
in the district.
Indications . are that
sheet pilingwill be placed •
this summer on the south
pier. at Goderich harbor' .
from the town -owned
freight shed • to the
property owned by the
Goderich Elevator and
Transit Company.
5 YEARS AGO
Election Day July. 8,
1974 held a few surprises
You maybe won•'t believe this, but
The Goderich Signal -Star is up for
some more awards .:,, this time at the
Canadian Community Newspaper
Association (CCNA) convention-- in
Toronto next weekend.
Oh; we didn't win anything too
spectacular just third placefor
women's news .and features and third
'spot for best Christmas edition. But the
thing is we placed ... right up there with
all the other great weekly newspapers
in Canada. In fact, we haven't been off
the winners' list at CCNA for years now
and we're prettyproud of that.
We're really very proud of The
Signal -Star, you know. And I think we
have a right to be. I can remember a
time when we weren't very proud of it.
When I first car"rie on the scene in
Goderich about 10 years ago, The
Signal -Star was something of a joke in
town. The Weekly Minute. That's What
a. good malfly folks callctd this paper. It
was dubbed that because, they said, it
took a week to produce it and a minute
to read it.
I. remember going around town i
for almost everyone.
Even in Huron County
where R.E. McKinley,
the Progressive Con-
servative'incumbent was
ea-s.ily elected„ the _._bi_g
shocker • to many
McKinley supporters was
that the, Zurich area
farmer's majority was
significantly reduced by.
a hard -campaigning
newcomer, John Lyndon.
Mrs. Marion. Powell -of
Goderich Township was
honored recently at
Holmesville School upon
her retirement from 29
years of teaching.
The day for whi-ch-
Goderith and area
Lutherans have been
waiting for two years is
close at band. Sunday
afternoon, July 14 at 3:30
p.in. in Robertson
Memorial School gym.-
nasium,. the Reverend
Marvin Barz wilk. be
commissioned as pastor
--to .. serve Clinton,
_G_ode r.i-c h-..-an.d--:-Lathero n
Mission.
Visitors to HurotL_
°County Jail this summer
-.will be greeted by guides
with friendly smiles. The..
guides are Mandy
Marriott, Marcia Green,
Brenda Harrison, Debbie
Hamilton, Diane Riley,
Flatly Hunter, Heather
Marshall, Karen Such,
Kathy MacDonald,
Wanda Duncan, Jeanette
Little, Melanie Johnston,
Randy, Kisch, Terry
-°•nisch; Linda Vance,
• Martha Robinson, Joy
Harrison, -Erin Bissett,
Mark Gaynor, Paula
Butler and Carole Oke.
those early days of my employ here ' sldw; then spotty; then improved; and paper carries- every week"; "I .
and being laughed at by people who finally, much better. Today, 10 years wouldn't' miss the sports pages in The
told me there was never anything id
The -Signal -Star - worth reading and
what did I think I could do to change
that. -
Well, I really di`dn'1t-think I could do
anything single handedly ... but I sure
hoped that if I did my part on the team,
together we could do something. So we
set aboutat a task that seemed.at first
..to be thankless and fruitless.
• I remember those early "Woman to
Woman" columns I. used 'to write. Do
any of you remember those?
In those columns, I set about to invite
people in • Goderich to participate in
their local newspaper again. There's no
doubt about it. I'f the people of the
community aren't behind the weekly
newspaper, there- is absolutely no way
the weekly newspaper can be suc-
cessful.
Over and over again, I wq ld plead
with readers to call the Signal -Star
with their news tips.; send in their news
items; or come into the office to talk
about the activities of their special i
interest groups. b
At first the teat-OarWASi or; then
Ater, we have the best flow of com- Signal -Star"; "My week just isn't
munity support I've ever experienced, -complete unless I read .Dave -Sykes'
since coming to Signal -Star. Our and Jeff Sedvion's columns"; and "Tid
readers are for the most part, really Bits is the best featut=e you have..
anxious to keep us informed and really because it is short bits about people I
convinced that The Signal -Star istheir know and things I'm interested in."
partner in just about every community And every once in a while we win an
activity you would like to mention. award in competition with our peers. If
It was this community support that you want to look at our awards roster
has enabled The Signal -Star to gro'ty the next time you are at The Signal -
and 'to• improve,- Right now, we have Star office, just'stop in the front foyer.
some of the best staff we've -ever had in They are allNon display there ju'st as a
all departments ... people who are good • reminder' of the kind of job we can do
at their jobs and who are interested in when we work together.
the continued excellence of The Signal- Yes sir, we've come a long way
Star. As far as we're concerned, we've 'and by golly, we're going to go even
only just begun to get better. further. All it takes is slime comniunify
We still get complaints arid -we expect spirit and co-operation and alot of hard
that. We're not fauftle''ss. Far from it. work. But the reward'is a weekly.paper
But the complaints now are valid, that you can trust; a weekly paper that
justified complaints brought about by is your own special ambassador for any
circumstances that aren't shameful, cause you may like to take up; and at
justimperfect. weekly paper that is appreciated every)
And we get bouquets; too. Lots of time it arrives in someone's home.
them. We more and more often now Be a Signal -Star supporter.. It is as
hear things like,' `I really enjoy reading much ' a part of Goderich as the
The Signal -,Stan each week"; "I have lighthouse, the courthouse or. The'
h amazed at the variety of news the Square. And, that's the truth,
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