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Home My WebLink AboutThe Times Advocate, 2006-07-12, Page 44 Exeter Times—Advocate Wednesday, July 12, 2006 =CNA TIMES ADVOCATE PUBLICATIONS MAIL REGISTRATION NUMBER 07511 We acknowledge the Financial support of the Government of Canada, through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP), toward our mailing costs. Canada Jim Beckett — Publisher Deb Lord — Production Manager Scott Nixon — Editor tirt Published by iroland Printing, Publishing Distributing& Ltd. 424 Main Street South, P.O. Box 850 Metroland Exeter, Ontario NOM 1S6 • (519) 235-1331 EDITORIAL Is a COMRIF grant likely? Wipe it's a positive step that the munic- ality is still identifying the $6.2 mil- lion Crediton/Centralia sewer project as its top priority and will once again apply for a grant from the Canada -Ontario Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (COMRIF), neither residents nor the municipality should hold their breath waiting for the cash to arrive. As has been discussed countless times, South Huron has already applied for a COMRIF grant twice and has been denied both times, leading to the current anger and frustration by some Crediton and Centralia residents because they are facing expensive bills they can't afford. South Huron will apply for a COMRIF grant for a third time, but there isn't much money left in the COMRIF program — only 16 per cent, or $93 million. Once municipalities start sending in their grant requests for multi-million dollar projects, that $93 million won't go very far. And while it was stated in the past that COMRIF grants could provide up to two-thirds of a pro- ject's costs, that possibility seems a whole lot more remote with only 16 per cent of the money remaining in the program. So while every little bit helps, even if South Huron is granted a COMRIF grant, it likely won't be a figure residents are happy with. The municipality has made a pledge to resi- dents of both villages that they will exhaust all grant possibilities, and these efforts will contin- ue if South Huron is denied a COMRIF grant. Is there any provincial or federal money out there for projects such as this? Since it's the Ministry of the Environment and the Health Unit impos- ing this project on residents, shouldn't some government aid be made available? Residents of Crediton and Centralia should continue to keep themselves organized and informed and need to work with the municipal- ity to find grant money. Otherwise, Crediton and Centralia residents are facing some very expensive bills. Editorial Opinion Distributed by Canadian Artists Syndicate Inc. It's okay to cry (sometimes) I still cried Every man learns early in life, usually on the play- ground, the most important rule that will guide him on the manly path. Don't cry. Ever. Have you been hit in a tender spot with a frozen orange hockeyball/football/sister's pointy shoe because you replaced her doll's head with a dog's head? Suck it up. Going into a final biology exam carrying a 32 and needing a perfect score plus the bonus question to avoid summer school yet again? Keep those tears where they belong. Been dumped by a woman who says you're `not quite all she requires?' Deal with it. But there are exemptions granted, such as coming home from seven years in a Turkish/Mexican/pretty much any prison south of the equator, when a little sniffle is allowed. There are special rules for Leaf fans, who can cry pretty much whenever they want, especially anytime Kerry Fraser is reffing a playoff game, (particularly if it involves play- ing Los Angeles) and seasons 1979 through 1992, inclusive. But the big one, when any man is allowed to bawl his eyes out without fear of being noogied, nurped, punched in the shoulder or told to `be a man,' by his father/friends/wife/son is watching the finest Disney movie of all time, "Old Yeller," the story of a boy, a dog and a gun plus Chuck Connors. (What more does a movie need?) For those who haven't seen it, "Old Yeller" ranks somewhat higher than "Bambi" on the tragedy scale, (what was with Walt Disney and knocking off animals anyway?) It's a frontier story of the old west, with an "eggsucker of a dog" adopted by a struggling family, with the dog gradually becoming a loved pet and pro- tector, until of course it falls prey to the sickness of hydrophobia, forcing Travis to make a decision. "He's my dog, I'll do it." The story is a perfect kids' movie, as long as parents don't mind explaining why Travis is heading out to the shed with that rifle; and why is he aiming it at Old Yeller; and why does he look so sad; and listening to the ques- tions from the back seat all the way home from the drive-in about "how come we didn't see Old Yeller for the rest of the movie?" Big sister then explains in her own gentle way, "he's dead dummy, Travis shot him right between the eyes," leading to one of those child moments of `where were you when Kennedy was shot,' before a slow motion three count and the start of what father described as 'the waterworks,' off and on for the next week. Time and a steady diet of ridiculously violent action movies has worn down the shock of the fateful scene, to the point I can watch it with nothing more than a couple of manly sobs. But there is always "Where the Red Fern Grows," which has a boy, a farm and two dogs. 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