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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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EDITORIAL
Senseless
actions
The word "moronic" immediately springs
to mind when contemplating the actions
of whoever took the time over the week-
end to drive into the MacNaughton Trail
behind South Huron Rec Centre, use some sort
of power tool to cleanly chop down an
entrance kiosk, then push said entrance kiosk
upside down about 20 feet from its original
location.
Wide tire tracks in the long grass around the
incident suggest the vandals brought some sort
of truck onto the trail to commit their senseless
act. The nature of the incident means it was
probably premeditated — it's doubtful the van-
dals just randomly drove down the trail, dis-
covered a kiosk that offended them and decid-
ed to chop it down. No, they had to plan the
foolish act, evidence that they perhaps need to
find a hobby or discover a more conventional
social life. After all, if you have nothing better
to do on a weekend than try to destroy a kiosk
on a walking trail, you have problems.
That the kiosk was donated by the South
Huron District High School Reunion and built
by high school students makes the weekend's
act seem even worse. People put some hard
work into that kiosk and it added to the beauty
of the trail.
What would lead anyone to want to wreck it?
And why did someone decide to break a sign
at another kiosk along the trail? And why has
graffiti been showing up on trail benches?
These acts boggle the mind, as do acts of litter-
ing along the trail.
The trail is there to serve not only as a way
for people to enjoy the outdoors and get some
exercise, but also as a tribute to the beauty of
nature. Those who try to destroy it won't win,
but they are annoying the rest of us.
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A little support goes a long way
It was quite refreshing over the weekend.
Actually, it was like a breath of fresh air.
I covered Hensall's 140th Annual Spring Fair
and enjoyed myself thoroughly.
I was blown away by something that I think
in this day and age can be hard to find.
As I was snapping shots of the children
participating in the Mini Tractor Pull in the
auditorium, I couldn't believe the amount
of support and respect given to each child
by the younger kids in the audience.
These children deserve a pat on the back.
There were cheering squads, constant
applauding and shouting out words of
encouragement.
When I was younger I remember my
teachers always focusing on teamwork and
the importance of making each other feel
good about ourselves.
It's definitely a boost of confidence for these
children, and you could tell just by looking at
their faces that they were proud.
And this is why it also breaks my heart to
hear young children name calling or bullying
one another.
Even now being a young adult, I still remem-
ber being made fun of in public school the odd
time.
Some of the children thought I was "weird"
because my mother and I didn't move to the
country
until I was in Grade 4, and I was from
the city.
It bothered me quite a bit back
then.
So I can only imagine how it
would feel to be bullied nowadays,
with the young children being influ-
enced by video games, violent
movies and potty -mouth parents,
siblings or anyone else.
My mother is a school bus driver
and just a couple months ago a
Grade 4 boy on her bus actually
Grade 4 girl a "whore."
NINA
VAN
LIESHOUT
KICK THIS
AROUND
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Obviously he picked that up somewhere.
It's quite sad, but unfortunately tough to
avoid.
It just makes me wonder how life will be
when I have children in a few years.
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