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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-02-11, Page 2• Advance -Times, February 11. 1 1 Editorial One hope in hell To put it mildly, I'm in total shock. I have just watched the brutal murder of a journalist. I have dist watched a life disappear with one fatal shot and I can't believe it, 1 can't: Something tells me though that Jhis time it is not trick photography, that the tele- vision is portraying the truth. If this is what is meant by wakening to reality, then I'm seriously considering migration to the moon. I'd rather take on a galactic army than go through an orgy of death with a gderilla soldier. The real shock, I guess, is realizing the barbarity of humans. We are fortunately sheltered from situations like those in El Salvador, but the. shock of seeing some- thing so malevolent drives me to tears. I don't know whether to feel grateful that things are safer in my own country or cheated that somehow the human race hasn't lived up to my ,ex- pectations. Yet, I wonder if the bravery of the men • and women who risk their lives as foreign correspondents Student spotlight and photo -journalists shouldn't make up for this helpless, empty feeling in- side. Shouldn't all their bravery and courage -tell me that good still exists; that eventually evil will be con- quered? A small warning voice says no. There are too many of the other_kind for the good to ever win. "Face reality," it keeps telling Me in Mar- garet Atwood overtones, "life is not a Disneyland." I think how difficult it will be to smile tomorrow with such a burden resting on my mind. But no, just hold on a minute; if I adopt this so- called realistic attitude, then am I not just adding wood to the fire? am I not giving in to this devil -malice? I realize now with extreme clarity the reason behind these foreign jouralists' seeming mad- ness. They do not bring back stories of this cold vicious- ness because they have sadistic, mentally deranged minds. No, they are visibly showing us the mistake of a people who realized only too late that there is no second chance. Lynne Nicolson Alice Vander Klippe Lynne and. Vernice are editors of the Madill Mirror, but here on our newspaper staff, we have another edi- tor. Alice Vander Klippe is the editor of the Trillium Trumpet. What is the Trillium Trumpet, you say? This is the monthly magazine of a league of Young People's Societies, Trillium League. It is free to all paying' members of the league. The Trumpet is filled with poems, jokes, stories, coming events, all sant in by people in the league. There's also an editorial and a message from the league president. As soon as the material arrives at Alice's place, her job begins. Everything has to be proofread and organized for the typist. She also digs up more articles if' there don't seem to be enough for that month. Sometimes, she helps out with the stencils, . and then there's always an editorial to ,' write up. Our lone typist does her job, , and then another F. E. Madill student, Lynne ,Hil- • verde, does the illustrations. The pages are run off on an electric Gestetner and the fun part starts. After a young 'people's meeting, the mem- bers (myself being one of them! ) stick around to staple together, 500 copies of the Trillium Trumpet. Alice sets up shop in a corner of the rpom to count out the copies for each society, packages them, addresses them and sends them off to their destinations. As an avid reader of the Trillium Trumpet, I can tell you it's a great magazine. A lot of credit is due to the pro- duction crew, and to Alice as editor. She hastaken on the responsibility whole- heartedly, and says she really enjoys it! Deb Sjaarda SUCH SILENC Such Silence Some silence that is with beauty swept With beauty swept all clean Some silence that is by summer -kept By summer kept all green... • Give -me such silence in a little wood . Where grass and quiet sun ,Shall make no sound where I • have run Nor where my feet have stink stood • Dorothy Livesay Submitted by B. Passchier 0 d Purple chaser We heard the ground hog got up. We heard the ground hog came out of his hole. We heard that he even sawa's shadow. This means that for those people who love winter there will be at least six more weeks, and fgr-those who. hate winter, maybe he should have stayed asleep! Caroline Mulvey, 11E North Huron credit Unio Registered Retirement � Savings Plans Paying interest at 14% NO d Administration Fee Deadline for 1980 Tax Deductions March 2, 1981 Phone 357-2311 "Your money stays in your credit union" In my opinion need a snow day First, I would like to state that I have no monumental or far-reaching comment to make. If some news or nafrative is what you want, by all means, have a look at any column besides this. You don't have to feel guilty. Snow Days. Ah! Got your attention, eh? Well I'd just like,' to say that if the so- called weatherman is •dear enough' (perhaps • he has a little Christmas spirit left over) he'd give us a real honest -to -goodness snow day. I don't mean the kind where you feel it's like playing hooky because you can go snowmobiling, the weather suddenly having improved,, or watch soap operas id the afternoon. No, no, certainly not. Nor do I mean the kind where the wind howls like a lost and lonesome doggie, or the radio announcer comes through all static, predicting a neverending avalanche of snow on the already dreary landscape. (It may not be visible but you know it's dreary.) No, what I mean is a blustery but bright day,with the. sun breaking through occasionally to make you squint, upon stepping out- side, because the snow is so brilliant. 'To get back to the subject close at hand (yes, my left hand) , I would like a snow day. In fact, pardon the improper usage of the word but I would Love a snow day. And so would my teachers. Let me explain my logic behind that statement; It seems that the teachers, in an effort to give ups respect- able mar, have loaded upon us pro). cts besides the usual term t, ts. You know, the nasty ype where you have to dig and read through several enormous.and wordy yolumes to get the odd whiff of information. (They fall generally under the term of research essay. I presently have three in number, eating away at my well-being.) Now, my good -humour can be restored only if I have a completely free day ;from school where I can carefully scour the stack of books (which have accumulated on my desk) from the library. Of course, this day should be soon — 'preferably before I get swamped in homeroom with embarrassing white slips crying ")Forgot Some- thing". That just means the books are then due, with a fine. . The day in question should fall several days before the project is due. It is only then that VIP comes into play (very intense pressure), which forces the-- pro- crastinating student to hastily throw some sem- blence of an essay together. This can only be done if there is a snow day. So, students, I ask you — is it not reasonable to request a snow day? We should have our rights. There has been a. genuine 'scarcity of, d snow days in recent years, likely due to lack of snow, an essential element. I feel we deserve a break. We haven't had one snow day this month. Yet. Please. And soon. , ,Dianne McBridce Ir.,• . figs bakelviro from Clinton Midget: On January 29 the Mustangs took another victory in hand with a 57-14 defeat of Clinton. • High scorers for the game were Phil Rinti l with 14 points and Ed Hunter with 11. Juniors: The Juniors took their first victory of the season on Thursday, beating Clinton 54-51 in overtime. The,Mustangs trailed Clinton _by a score of 24-14 at half time and they kept that margin to the end of the third quarter leading 40-30. Rance Willis and Kevin Saxton still believed the team had a chance saying, "We can do it, there is lots of time." The Mustangs came out in the fourth and scored four quick baskets and two foul shots to tie it at 40. Clinton moved back into the lead, but the team tied it up at 47-47 at the end of the game. In the overtime period the Mustangs struck first with a basket from Mark MacDou- gall, but Clinton got one back. Then Rance Willis and Troy Pocaluyko were on a two -on -two break and Rance, geeing that Troy was. covered, hooked a shot up and "Swish" the Mustangs had the lead again. Troy got a basket later for insurance of the win. High scorers were Mark MacDougall with 16, .Kevin Saxton with 10, Rance Willis 9 points and Jody Dennis with 8. Congratulations to the Juniors for a great effort Rance Willis Student interview Do you think Valentine's Day should be abolished? Interviewer, A. Vander Klippe. "1 don't know. My sister would get kinda mad be- cause it's her birthday," Doug Proud, 13B{. "I - think we should have more Christmases. Two weeks holidays every time," Colin Cameron, 13A "No, because it's a symbol of love and love makes the world go round," Lynne HHverda,12D "No. Little kids in public school love it (at least I al- ways did.) It makes a change from regular ordin- ary boredom. Also, I think we should keep it because of its history," Doug Clarke, 10B "No, because without Val- entine's Day, I couldn't have a Valentine and without my Valentine, my little heart would break!" DebSjaarda,13B New Age I saw machines to make work faster machines to make it effici- ent. machines for a bigger and better, 1 saw. machines for a bigger better, astronomical age But I didn't see the people. Town Co tnciI Sh�rts Town, council has ap- proved a reorganization of duties "at the town hall, abolishing the post of deputy clerk -treasurer and sub- stituting, a full-time book- keeper and part-time clerk. Taxes. to rise • Continued from Front Page putting- together a more ,• agressive program to try and sell new --industries on Wingham. Estimated payments to school boards and the county are up more than $75,000 in 1981 to $633,100, accounting for. 38 per cent of the proposed total budget of $1,663,500. The school leviesare expected to increase by 13 per cent this year and the county levy. by 16 per cent, Mr. LeVan reported, but there is nothing the town can do about it. "If these figures are right, you're looking at an increase in taxation of 14.4 per cent." However he noted that if the $50,000 for the truck were taken out of the ex- penditures, it would reduce the,.tax increase to 9.5 per cent, about the rate of in- flation. "That's about the only part of the thing that throws it out of line." At the same time he op- posed buying the truck through a debenture, arguing it would be easing the short-term burden at the expense of the long-term burden, "and that wouldn't be wise". In other budget business, council set the interim mill • rate for 1981 at 85 mills residential and 100 mills commercial. Last year's interim rate was 70 mills residential and 80 com- mercial. The interim rate allows the town to collect the first in- stalment of property taxes before the final mill rate is set. Clerk -Treasurer Byron Adams recommended the interim rates, admitting the numbers are. arbitrary. He said he prefers getting the larger bill first and then two smaller ones. The first tax bills will be going out, later this month, with payment due by the end of March. The- bookkeeping, position will be offered to Sheila Stapleton, the former deputy clerk -treasurer, on three - months probation. The change was proposed by the finance and manage - Anent committee and ap- proved by.council following a lengthy discussion in committee -of -the -whole. 41 Recorded votes were . called on the two motions, with Councillor Pat Bailey, voting against the motion to eliminate the office of deputy. clerk -treasurer and both she and Councillor Torn- Miller •. voting against thesecond motion to - create - the new posts' All otheti members of council voted in favor. It was explained the changes should improve the - operating efficiency at the town hall. ; 0-0-0 About the only item which didn't increase in the town budget this "year is the honoraria for " coun`cil members: It actually dropped $100 to $14,400 from $14,500 spent last year, 'as councillors agreed to accept pay at the oldrate. Currently the mayor receives $1,900 per year and other members of council, $1,200, plus $40 each for additional special council ,. and B. P. meetings. The honoraria have remained unchanged for at least 'fotir years, although the additional allowance for special meetings was added two years ago. 0 0 0 ' Another item of interest in • the budget is the fact that last year, for the first time ' since 1976, the town finished the year in the black. While the accounts have not yet been audited, preliminary year-erid figuresshow the town ended 1980 with a surplus of $113, after starting, out ' with a deficit of $31,179. Housing study underway for Wingham and area •A senior citizens' housing study for Wingham and the surrounding townships • of Turnberry, Morris and East Wawanosh was started recently. Wingham Town Council commissioned a firm, Woods Gordon Management Consultants, to do the study after the town was allocated $7,500 by the Ministry of Housing. Glenn. Mandei•s"on,' " a representative . of 'Woods Gordon, explained to about 30 seniors at the Wingham Armouries last week, that a questionnaire, mailed to all local and area residents 58 years old or more, is designed to measure the number of units requiredand the number of individuals requiring rental assistance. The results of the survey will be used in determining whether or not there is sufficient demand to support the development of a senior 7 MRS. DERRILL HALLMAN Lakelet Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Dodd (Cathy Greenley) on the birth of a son. Lakelet and community residents were sorry to hear of the trouble of Mrs. Lottie Scott and family of Belgrave who lost their home by Tire last week. citizen project. • Mr. Mandei$On said that 1,013 questionnaires . • were mailed to residents' in the four municipalities. About 50 per cent of the residents live in Wingham. The study' is being . con- ducted under a new govern- ment program, the Non Profit Housing Corporation. It is separate from the Ontario Housing Cor- poration, which funds Wing- hani's four• existing senior citizens' apartments, and is funded corripletely • by . the federal and provincial governments. Under the previous system, which is not funding any new buildings, the local municipality paid seven per cent of the costs. ~" Mr. Manderson explained if a need for more housing were determined in this area, the firm would recom- mend to town council that a corporation be established to coordinate the project. This 'c,orporation doesn't necessarily have to consist of council members, but could involve community and church groups. He added that the cor- poration ' could apply for a grant of t -n per c^n► of the project's total cost to help "get the ball rolling". 11 there +, i u•. c Lor more housing, rent for a minimutm of 50 per cent'-of'the units - must be set at Market value, while the rest could ac- commodate individuals needing rental assistance. Currently there are 64 units, 10 of which are family units, in Wingham: Nineteen seniors were on a waiting list as of Feb. 3 and there were only three • family units available. . Mr. Manderson explained that if a corporation were established his firm would assist it by outlining methods of funding ,and and suggesting size and layout of a complex. He added that .a per- centage of the total cost would go towards the wages of a manager, chosen by the corporation, for a complex. If the questionnaires are answered and returned to the firm soon, Mr. Man- derson said a report should be ready for town council by late March or early April. FORGET l Forget hid name, forget 1115 face Forget his kiss, his worth embrace Forget his love, that once was true Remember now there's someone new. Forget the love that yAuonce shared. Forget the fact ttt he once cared. Forget the times you spent together Remember now, he's gone forever. Forget him when he played your song. Forget how close you two once were. , Forget that pow you don't belong: Remember now he's chosen her. Forget you memorized his walk Forget the way you used to talk Forget he made your dreams some true Remember now there's someone new. Forget the times he made you.cry - Forget the thrills as he walked by Forget the way he spoke your name . Remember things just aren't the same. Forget his gentle teasing way . - Forget you saw him every day Forget the things you planned to do Remember now there's someohe new. Forget the way he held your hand Forget the sweet things, if you can Forget the way he loved you too Remember now there's someone new. Forget the times, that went so fast • Forget them all they're just the past Forget he said, "I'll leave, you never." Remember now he's . ,gone .forever. Anonymous 3. ,. 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