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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-02-02, Page 5APJ Listowel (519) 291-3040 CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS RSPs Now is the time to start your Retirement Annuity Plan Your RRSP with The Co-operators offers you a choice -of two ways to -make your money grow. Call or come in to The Co-operators and find out about, the right now advantages of our Retirement Annuity Plans. the Co o lai C eto p Insuring Canadians in the co-operative spirit KEITH ADAMS Bus. 357-3739 Res. 3571847 LIFE • HOME -AUTO • COMMERCIAL- FARM - TRAVEL Short story: The Gnome It was the year 1983, Jan- uary 11. Close your eyes and imagine the winter scene. Oh yes, clean fluffy, white snow falling gracefully from the clear sky. Nippy winds: biting your nose and ears. Sliding with squeals down moun- tainous hills and gliding over frozen ponds on shiny new skates. Now open them, what do you see? Rain falling heavily from cloudy skies, wild winds blowing hats away and breaking branches: That is exactly what I saw, looking out my window. What a yucky winter! This was the day that through excessive boredom I read some of my old fairy tale books when .. . HELP! WE'RE OVERSTOCKED WITH GOOD, CLEAN USED CARS. YOU'LL DO YOURSELF 14 BIG FAVOUR BY HAVING A LOOK! 1982 - Stock No: 1-4778. Cavalier Wagon, 4 cylinder, automatic, power steering and brakes, radio and more, 13,000 miles. Only $8499.00 Stock No. 3-198A. Mercury Marquis Wagon, V8, automatic, whitewalls, radio, plus 46,000 miles Only $7599.00 1981 Stock No: 2289A. Audi 4000S, 4 door, 5cylinder, automatic, power win- dows' and locks, cruise control, air conditioning, sunroof, AM -FM stereo cassette. A beauty with 43,000 miles. Only $9995.00 Stock No. 3-180A. Buick Century, 4 door, V6, automatic, power steering and brakes..A nice clean car with just 24,000 miles at $7995.00 Stock No. 3-184A. 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The bells on his red hat and green shoes tinkled merrily. His nose was long and pointed but his laughing eyes danced and twinkled. "Hello," he said in a loud voice, "Cat got your tongue?" "No," a wide-eyed me answered. "Not much of a conversa- tionalist, eh?" he chuckled, "No,"1 said again. "Well, since you don't have too much to say I guess I'll go." "Oh please stay," I said, realizing I just might be los- ing a fine adventure. In a moment we were in a won- derful, magical land. But it was deserted. "Where is everyone?" I whispered. "I'll explain. My name is Bobbin. I am a summer Gnome." "A•summer Gnome!" I ex- claimed; ' "What are you doing out in the middle of winter?" "I was mixed up over the weather and left the leader to play under the moon; when I came back they were 11 gone down to Gnome Land. I need you to help me get back." "Me, what can I do?" "Do you knew any magic words?" ' - "Some," I was quite filled with awe. "I have such a horrible memory. It's a shame really," the little man shook his head. So, I thought and thoylght really hard. "Well, how about abraca- dabra?" Nothing happened. "Um . . . Bibidibopidee- boo." Just then it began to snow; the tiny door opened. "Thank you!" Bobbin shouted over his shoulder as he dove into the black hole. "Wait,".I grabbed his tiny, tinkling hat, "How do I get home?" "Close your eyes and imagine you're home," came a lot of voices within. There I was standing in my room holding a red hat with bells, and watching big fluffy snowflakes falling from the sky. I looked at the page of my book and saw there a tiny man. He jumped up from the page, grabbed the hat from my hand and was gone. So, where do you think the snow finally came from? -.-Valerie Ricker O'Schooic.9toes BASKETBALL The Junior boys lost to Kincardine 66-46 in their game on Monday,- January 24. Top defensive and offen- sive rebounders were Mitch Braun and Grant Weber. Ed Sweeney shot 67 per cent from the floor for a total of 28 points. The Midget boys defeated Kincardine in an exciting game on Monday. The final• score was 52-49. Top offen- sive rebounders were Sandy MacDonald and Murray Houghton. Top defensive re - bounders were Jeff Bloem- berg and Jeff Walden. The most interceptions were done by Jeff Bloemberg and Sandy MacDonald. David Hunter shot 63 per cent from the floor. The Senior boys played an exhibition game against Kin- cardine on Monday as well. Starting off slowly, the Mus- tangs came alive in the sec- ond quarter with a heavy slam by Ken Atkinson. The Mustangs continued their lead into the second half and played a good defensive game to finally defeat the Knights 71-55. Top scorers for the game were Ed Hunter, Phillip Rin- toul and Ken Atkinson. Top rebounders were Lawrence Wilson and Ken Atkinson. The entire team played an excellent game, with every player scoring at least two points. VOLLEYBALL On Saturday, January 22, F. E. Madill hosted a Junior and Senior invitational vol- leyball tournament. Both the Madill Juniors and Seniors played exciting volleyball, each making the la , ng P �! offs and winning its semi- final match. • Madill Seniors pushed South Huron to the very limit in the final match, forcing the first game into extra points. South Huron won the match 18-16. South Huron took the second game 15-9 and received the gold medal, The . Juniors gave it their best effort in their final match with Walkerton but a victory was not to be. Walkerton won the gold medal with the scores of the two games being 15-10 and 15-11. . Congratulations to the sil- ver medalists: F. E. Madill Juniors and Seniors. Thank you to the many students who volunteered their time and effort to make the tournament enjoyable for all. It was a very long day for many of you. To the players and coaches, thank you! in my opinion ‚rr The wer of names "Sticks and stones can break my bones. What can words do?" The common answer to this question is, "Words will never hurt me," but the more realistic an- swer is, "Words hit harder." All but the most idealistic of us generally realize that words can be very powerful when directed with the wrong tone of voice. This is probably why so many peo- ple resort to the harshest words they know to display their anger. They know that a carefully aimed word or two can cause severe intern- al injuries, even greater than those sustained from the. blow of a reek. They also know that the scars from such an injury never go away. They are im- bedded in the heart of the victim forever. This is the reason for the effectiveness of the weapon of words. The victim can never forget his or her mistake in irritating the masters of verbal weaponery, and therefore will never cross them again. "So if words are so ef- fective, why shouldn't I use them in my plan of attack?" Consider first that you may one day want to make up with .your target. Bejause of the extent of their injuries, they may not be able to for- give you for your brutality, This, of course, would hamper 'treaty negotiations, and would probably be the cause of future uproars, even if reconciliations are made. Verbal abuse is often the sign of a weak person who knows no other way to settle his or her disagreements. Of course, this does not mean that you should switch to a physical line of defense to straighten out problems, but it does mean that it might be wise to try to find some other way of settling things, or better still, try to avoid dis- agreements to start with. If your reasoning for re- sorting to words is to avoid physical violence, then think again. With all the power that has been established in words, the charge of "assault with a dangerous weapon" is now applicable where abusive words and name-calling are concerned. -Nancy Moore 13C Movie review: "Creepshow" This was a gory show. It was made up of five comic strips, but they used real people instead of cartoons. I will describe only two in de- tail - the other three were really dumb. The first one was "The Crate". It was a story about this janitor and his boss who discovered a crate and opened lit, letting out this giant, hairy, very toothy monster who ate the janitor. It then proceeded to snack on a science professor, a nagging wife and was finally put in the crate and dumped into a very deep lake. This wasn't the end of our furry friend, though, as we see long, bloody claws prying open the lid and bubbles on the surface of the water. The second story, "Father's Day", was the best of them all. This was • about a grouchy old man who wanted his Father's Day cake. He kept repeating this and banging his cane on his chair. He kind of got on his daughter's nerves so she hit him over the head with a lead ashtry, killing him. A few years later you saw her standing at his grave swearing at him when suddenly this bloody, decay- ing hand reached from the grave, sending the audience into screams, and twisted her neck right around. She dies. As the show went on he killed the rest of the family in different ways. Finally there were only two mem- bers left at the house. They went looking for the rest of the family only to meet up withthis dead, decaying grandfather. He was holding a platter with his daughter's head on it, and was saying, "I finally got my cake!" over and over. Pretty weird, eh? The other stories consist of a man who turned green so he shot himself in the head. Another was about this man who took his friend and his friend's girlfriend to the beach and buried them, only leaving their heads. The tide came in and they drowned. Much to the man's dismay his friend and girlfriend came back to get revenge on him. The next one was "totally" gross. It was about cockroaches and too sick to even tell you about it. So, if you want a few good laughs or a chance to get your screams into shape, go see the Creepshow. One warning: don't go on a full stomach, some scenes are pretty "disgusting" to the eye. -Valerie Ricker Rebekah Lodge shoot party Ten tables were in play at the Rebekah Lodge shoot party held on Monday. Prize winners were: high lady, Mrs. John ' L. Currie; high man, J. R. Coultes; most shoots, Jean Wilton; lucky draw, Jean Crump. The next party will be held Monday, Feb. 14, at 8 p.m. Employee of ministry says sludge spreading his mistake BRUSSELS - A Ministry of t:ie Environment em- ployee has taken respon- sibility for the fact Grey Township Council was not notified that sludge from the Brussels treatment plant was being spread on a local field. At a meeting here Tuesday of MOE representatives and Grey and Morris township councillors, Henry Rouw said the Dee. 13 incident was "a mistake on my part". Mr. Rouw, who is with the ministry's' Utility Operation branch; is opel'ator of the Brussels plant. He said that when spreading equipment be- came bogged dow41 in a Morris Township field, he made the decidion to dispose of the sludge on a 10 -acre portion of a Grey Township farm. The equipment, he said, was costing $60 an hour, and was "bogged down to the axles with a 30 -ton load. "1 realize I overstepped my bounds . . . but the (Grey) farmer said, come on and spread it. i should have investigated further. i didn't think it would do any harm." Mr. Rouw said he was unaware at the time that a permit had been granted for spring, not winter, ap- plication. "If I had followed all the guidelines, there wouldn't have -6 n any problems." Asked by Grey Township Coun. Fred Uhler if the ministry is obliged to notify local councils about the spreading of sludge, a ministry official said this is the usual policy. But, in the case of Grey Township, "no doubt we made a mistake", said Willard Page of the MOE Owen Sound office. A Morris Township counLil member said that this council had not seen a copy of the ministry certificate of approval until January, after the sludge had been spread. "The stuff is dumped before we are told about it, then people ask us why we didn't do anything. This really burns me up." Grey Deputy Reeve Lyle Pettapiece agreed. Local councils, he said, "bear the brunt" of complaints from the public. Asked by Coun. Uhler why considerable advance notice isn't given to municipal councils so they have time to comment, Page said that while it is ministry policy to inform councils, it is not considered necessary to consult them. d"But if your objection is reasonable, I'm sure the ministry would listen." Mark Bell, of the ministry's London office, said that "most" councils "accept the expertise" of ministry employees. He also said that he hoped to convince Grey and Morris council members there was "nothing wrong with the sludge". Its heavy metal content, he said, - was "well below the allowable limit". Mercury content, for example, was .05, and .4 is the limit. "Your could apply that sludge for 50 years and not exceed the limit," he said. It was, he said, not raw, but treated sludge, and was considered safe in regard to pathogenic organisms. Mr. Bell said that a newspaper report stating that the sludge, if exposed to an extremely high tem- perature, yielded an oil content of 25 per cent, was erroneous. "I assure you the oil content was nothing like that." Grey Coun. Graeme MacDonald, who last month wrote to the ministry about the Dec. 13 incident, said he believes the relationship between municipalities and the ministry is deteriorating. "i wish the ministry would work with us. Through co- operation, things like this could be resolved." Sacred Heart euchre results The weekly card party was held at Sacred Heart Church, Wingham, last Tuesday evening at 8:30 with eight tables in play. Wilma Clegg was the high lady, Ethel Willis was low lady, Lloyd Taylor was high man and John Sproal was low man. Mary Lewis won the door prize and Jackie McBurney was the convener, along with Eileen McGlynn. Lunch was served by the committe members. The Wingham Advance -Times, Feb. 2, 1983 -Page 5 High school dance Friday, January 21, was the "best social event of the season" (according to the announcements). It was the night of our high school dance. The dance went from 8 until 11 with disc jockey Kevin Netterfield and Cir- cuit Sound System supplying the music. While not tgo loud, the music was good. The dance was popular and a lot of people showed up to dance the night away. This made it crowded and very hot in the gym! It was a pretty good dance and I am sure a lot of people had a fun time! -Valerie Ricker A LITTLE PIECE OF WISDOM Often we're set thinking Of something someone said A little piece of wisdom Or of a book we have read. Often we're set thinking On what our future holds Our realities and fantasies And how high we set our goals. Often we're set thinking Of how our present way Is helping us grow,brighter With each and every day. Often we're set thinking . Of hows and wheres and whys Like living, learning and lov- ing Of truth against the lies. Often we're set thinking On how to express these thoughts Of worry and anticipation To live this life we've got. -Michelle Hooftman Student gets story in French publication Mr. Damion Solomon, French coordinator for Huron County, is putting out a French publicatipn for all French teachers in both ele- mentary and secondary schools. In this publication are stories that can be used in lessons given by the teachers. "La Vraie Peur", written by Dawn Wraith, a Grade 13 Believe in dreams They say a person can be with you always, if not in body then in spirit. But what of a dream, or a memory, of something that has never been and never will be but in a person's mind? How would one look at that? As a hope for the future perhaps? Or a glimmer of the past? Can a person love something that never was? Something created from an- other's imagination? Some- thing you cannot see, feel or touch in body but that you can in your mind? Is this but the folly of a dreamer or someone who will never be able to face reality? Perhaps. But many have followed this path. Walt Disney was one such man. • Today his dream lives on, and now it is a reality, thanks to other such people like him. Another such dreamer is J. R.. R. Tolkien. His books of other lands in- spired artists and other authors to tell their dreams to the world. Dreams are meant to be shared. Feelings are also meant to be shared. On the TV, on radio, at the movies, dreams surround us all. And life would be pretty boring without them, believe you me. Reality is harsh, and needs something to soften its harshness; to make our world in which we live, more bearable. Everyone must have something to believe in, be it private or something they can share with the world; real or fiction. And if you do believe in something then you, yourself are magical, for believing is magic in its highest form. -Bonnie Burchill r student at F. E. Madill Sec- ondary School, Wingham, is one of the stories to be pub- lished in the first issue of this publication. By permission of Miss Wraith, here is the story for you to read: LA VRAIE PEUR "Je ne me rappelle plus mon accident grave. Mais, la peur pour moi, c'est de con- duire une auto et de savoir que la memoire de cet acci- dent peut retourner tout a coup. Quelque chose peut la causer: une motoclette, la scene de l'accident ou simplement le temps. J'ai bloque tette memoire avec une porte mentale qui peut etre ouverte d'un moment a l'autre. J'ai change beaucoup depuis mon accident. Je me sens isolee et timide envers mes amis. Je m'attendris tres facilement et je me laisse demontee facilement. Ce changement m'alarme. J'essaie de resoudre mes difficultes. Je m'efforce a parler avec mes amis. Le memoire de l'accident peut revenir ou peut-etre pas. Quand je ne varrai phis Te medecin ct qu'il n'y aura plus de rendez-vous avec la compagnie d'assurance, j'espere ne plus avoir tette peur." This introduces only one of the many talented yet undis- covered students of our school. -Liz Wilkins AI.I. AROUND 1111. 111)1'SI" BED.BA 111-h 11(111•:\•(:I F I 254 Josephine St. Wingham ,CASH FR GOLD All Gold and Silver items, rings, watches, earrings, chains, me- dals and dental gold. Damaged or broken items acceptable. Special prices for Can- adian and ' American silver coins, any con- dition. Also buying any foreign silver coins. 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