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Zurich Citizens News, 1976-08-25, Page 4Page 4 -Zurich Citizens News, August 25, 976 Loffeq Lotteries have always been a rather de- bateable subject, but with the growing pop- ularity of this particular form of gambling it would seem several things should be panted out. In the first place, those who tend to buy the tickets such as Wintario or Olympic lottery or who intend to cash in on the new Provincial lottery, are too often the ones who really can't afford to spend their money on such gambling. The worse off you are the more enticing it is to "win a million" with no effort and no time spent in years of working. The less money you have, the dearer this dream may seem. However, the government and everyone else who wants to make a fast buck off these lotteries insists people are under no pressure to purchase their particular lottery tickets, but some of the advertising done by these groups can be very very persuasive. Even if you think lotteries should be allowed because after all a person should be free to decide how to spend his hard earned money, we think everyone would benefit from a few changes in lottery format. There is no reason to us why it is neces- 1 sary to have so much hoopla attached to the awarding of the winning money. All you have to do is listen to the stories of the winners of big money in either the Olympic or Wintario draws and you will soon know how often all the publicity they get causes them to have to leave their jobs, even leave town to take up anonymous residence elsewhere in order to protect themselves from money grabbers, crooked schemes and even kidnap threats. It would seem winning a lottery of any amount only replaces one set of problems with another. There is no reason why the winners' names couldn't be withheld so they could enjoy their new-found wealth in peace. We do not accept the argument the lottery will lose its credibility if the winners names are not published. A look at the Irish Sweep- stakes will show many of those winners use ficticious names and we doubt if any- one would say the Irish Sweepstakes is not a creditable lottery. If the government is going` to insist on enticing us into spending our money on dreams made of lottery tickets, the least they could do is change the rules so we could enjoy our winnings in peace. Ann It's difficult to comprehend the reason- ing used by the Huron County development committee in barring the press — and therefore the public — from their meetings related to area recreation councils. Why shouldn't the public be given details of the proposals and an opportunity to submit their opinions? Recreation is paid from the public purse and the people have a right to know what is being con- sidered on their behalf. Chairman Frank Cook indicates the public won't get any information until it reaches county council. A decision will probably be made and then the people back home will start arguing about it. If the proposals of the committee are worthwhile they shouldn't be afraid to make them public. It may give them more input and an opportunity to better judge the feeling of the people served by proposals. It's called participatory democracy: something which county council seldom practices. me td by Cathy McKinley The cooking of the beans for the festival on Saturday began Monday and it is quite an experience to help out. Cooking for 10,000 people is not something you get to do all the time. The ingenuity of those who have built the festival up over the vears should be saluted in my mind. First, there are the big ovens they use. For anyone who accidently wandered into the kitchens next to the newspaper on Victoria Street, it might be a little startling. There on the floor are nine old fridges tipped onto their backs. They are not very awe-inspiring or even good-looking, but they do a good job of cooking, yes I said cooking, the beans. You see, someone along the line got the bright idea to put an element in the bottom of the fridges, snake metal pans with handles so they can be lifted onto and off of a rack above the element and lo and behold you have instant ovens capable of handling a large quantity of beans with minimal effort and at minimal cost. But that's not all. There is also the hone -made cabbage cutter designed by Gerry Gingerich to eliminate some of the tediousness of chopping 50 crates of cabbages into coleslaw. It works like a charm and it too was arranged at minimal cost. It is certainly heartening to see a community work together on such a tremendous task as the bean festival committee attempts every year. However, without the cooperation of the people in the vilage, the bean festival would end up as a total disaster. To avoid the chance this could happen, let's make sure we all do our part to help out in any way we can. I understand from Mrs. Goldsmith, who is in charge of the work groups, that there are still quite a number of jobs which need volunteers to undertake. The work is not hard, you get "' to see what's going on downtown and you have the satis- faction of knowing you are part of a winning team and you didn't let that team down. Try it, you might like it. Oh, by the way, if any of you happen to be in the area of Cook's in Hensall, they have a very thought-provoking (and somewhat appropriate for this time of year) notice on the wall: "Eat more beans, Canada needs the gas." At least Zurich can say its doing its part in the energy crisis, that is for sure. It's amazing how fast Zurich's council can get things done when they set their minds to it. Last week I said I doubted if council would be able to get the trees for the main street bought and planted before the bean festival, but I was wrong. Thursday night council was out in full force accompanied by three extra volunteers, Charlie Eckel, Howard Thiel and Carl Thiel. . Council decided to put the trees of assorted varieties in baskets and then rather than erect boxes to plant_them in they decided to plant them right in the ground and cover the area around them with sod. Doing the work themselves has saved the town money and the results look very good, I'll think you'll agree. Three cheers for Zurich council. And the trees are in just in the nick of time. Already I had spotted several pieces of garbage (know anyone who is addicted to Sweet Marie chocolate bars?) in the dirt areas between the bricks and it looked terrible. Maybe with the trees in place, the litter -bugs will attempt to control their disgusting habit until they reach their own property. T For once the weather man co-operated and the weather for the ball tournament in Zurich on aaturday was perfect. A good number of people attended the games from 8 a.m. right up until the final victors accepted their winnings at 11 p.m. The Clinton Bluebirds won the tournament in a final game against Walton while the Lucan Irish 9 -took the con- solation cup. The tournament was well organized and may hopefully become an annual affair. MuctA5(gh INGrRiz Published Each Wednesday By J.W. Eedy Publications Ltd. eNA Member: Canadian Weekly. Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Manager - Betty O'Brien News Editor - Cathy McKinley Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 Subscription Rates: $6.00 per year in advance in Canada; $8.00 in United States and Foreign; single copies 20t