The Times Advocate, 2008-10-22, Page 5Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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OPINION&FORUM&NEW S
10 YEARS AGO
October 14, 1998 - Exeter s
Shoppers Drug Mart recently
presented a cheque for $1,000 to
Conrad Sitter, chair of the South
Huron Day Care Centre.
The Lucan and District Li-
ons club recently celebrated its
50th anniversary. Past president
Clarence Haskett accepted the
Mervin Jones award from Lions
Club District Governor Mary
Jane Gagnier.
20 YEARS AGO
October 19, 1988 - Jennifer Taylor has been nom-
inated by Hensall Public School principal Dave
Kemp as a candidate for the 1988 Ontario Junior
Citizen of the Year award sponsored by the On-
tario Community Newspapers Association.
Chief building official David Moyer s report
for the month of September indicated almost a
half million dollars in building activity. The nine
month total for 1988 is more than $600,000 higher
than for the same period a year earlier.
In nomination meetings in Huron -Bruce for the
upcoming federal election, Murray Cardiff was
named by the Conservatives and Ken Dunlop,
mayor of Port Elgin will represent the Liberals.
The presentation of two Ministry of Agriculture
and Food Centennial awards highlighted Friday s
annual meeting of the Huron Federation of Ag-
riculture. Receiving the awards were Dolores
Shapton, R.R. 1, Exeter and Gordon Hill of Varna.
30 YEARS AGO
October 19, 1978 - An editorial added postal
strikes and slowdowns to the list of certainties in
life, a list which previously contained only death
and taxes.
Hensall council accepted a tender to build a
storm sewer system for a portion of the village.
Penny Hodgins was named Queen of the Fur-
row at Saturday s Middlesex County Plowing
Match. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Law-
rence Hodgins, R.R. 1, Lucan.
Exeter s mayor Bruce Shaw was the winner of
the mayor s division of the recent International
Plowing Match. He followed in the footsteps of
another local winner, former mayor Jack Del -
bridge.
45 YEARS AGO
October 18, 1963 - Hallowe en pranks began as
usual several days in advance of the actual event.
In Crediton, a goat was tied to an overturned
two-holer behind the garage of Joseph Bullock..
Kathy and Julie Schenk who live next door found
the goat
Seventeen area youths burst out of the town hall
with shouts of relief and laughter after they were
accquitted of criminal charges resulting from the
September 15 gang war in Hensall.
Pat Makins and Malcom Hiltz were the grade 10
winners at the SHDHS public speaking contest re-
cently. Grade nine winners were Dorothy Farwell
and Dennis Hazelton.
60 YEARS AGO
October 15, 1948 - The new pellett mill for pro-
ducing pellet feeds now being erected by Cann s
Mill is nearing completion.
Jim Wilson, who has been with the RCNA s at
Esquimalt, British Columbia has been posted to
Halifax.
Mrs. Hugh Taylor of Toronto, formerly of
Thames Road was guest speaker at the WMS Sec-
tional meeting at Centralia on Tuesday.
Workmen arrived on the seven acre site of the
present school to start a new $560,000 high school
building.
85 YEARS AGO
October 21, 1923 -What seems to be some mean
spite work has taken place in Usborne Township
during the threshing season. At one place where
Mr. Chester Gravett was threshing, half of a horse-
shoe was found in a sheaf of grain and luckily
was found before it went through the separator. A
short time later on another farm, another part of a
horseshoe was discovered under similar circum-
stances. At a third threshing spot, a piece of sulky
rake tooth got caught by the threshers.
Messrs. R.N. Creech, C. Pilon, H. Rivers and
W.E. Sanders are on a one week s shooting expe-
dition in the Bruce Peninsula
ROSS
HAUGH
Back in Time
Seniors' Perspective
By Jim Bearss
SENIOR CORRESPONDENT
Remember...Once you get over the hill, you 11 begin to pick up
speed. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand. Middle age is when
broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change
places.
Out and about
Exeter Oddfellows and Rebekahs Humanitarian
Service Committee will be starting the Euchre Par-
ties on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month
beginning on Nov. 12, at 8 p.m. at the Oddfellow s
Hall. Ladies, please bring lunch.
Go to Riverview Estates Club House Exeter, Oct.
26 for a Movie Night and you will see the Bucket
List at 7 p.m. Cost $2 and popcorn will be served.
Everyone welcome!
Euchre at Riverview Estates on Oct. 25 at 1 p.m.
and refreshments will be served. You can enjoy all of
this for only a toonie . Turn east at the Beer Store .
Rummage sale
The fall South Huron Hospital Rummage Sale will be held
Wed., Oct. 29, 5:30 to 9 p.m., Thurs., Oct. 30, 9:30 a.m. to 2
p.m. and Auction Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Town wide pickup
Wed., Oct. 29 at 9 a.m.
Open for drop off of items suitable for resale on Tuesday.
Volunteers are needed and welcome. Slightly used items ac-
cepted only! For further info call 235-0847 or 235-0780.
Warm and welcome coffee hour
Always on the third Thursday of the month from 9:30
10:30 a.m. at the Lions Youth Centre. Next coffee hour will be
Thurs., Oct. 16. This event is sponsored by Town & Country
Support Services.
The Exeter Hawks Jr. Hockey Club together with Shopper s
Drug Mart invites all seniors to enjoy a Hawks game on Sun.,
Oct. 26 at 3 p.m. at the South Huron Rec Centre. All seniors
receive free admission and the first 50 will receive a gift from
Shoppers Drug Mart. We are honored to have a local veteran
drop the first face off puck. The Hawks will take on the North
Middlesex Stars of Parkhill. We hope to make this a special
day for all to enjoy.
The Beckett Family (starring Tyler and Linsey Beckett,
award winning fiddlers and step dancers) will entertain at
the Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre on Sun., Oct. 26
at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the Kirkton Market for $15
Youth (Grade 7 to 12) - $5, Youth (Grade 6 and under free)
or phone Keith at 229-6410 or Vera 229-6661. Proceeds to
Kirkton United Church.
Veteran s Day at Riverview Estates
A presentation by Hilary Duenk, a grade 12 student of SH -
DHS who attended the Vimy Ridge dedication ceremony in
France last year. Jim Rutledge, Goderich will present his look
on Huron County Veterans. Exeter Legion will do a Remem-
brance Day ceremony. Everyone is welcome. This special
event will be held on November 6th at 11:00 am. Lunch is
available for $6.
Everyone is welcome to attend the Halloween/ Oktoberfest
Party during our regular meat draw Sat., Oct. 25, 2008. Prizes
will be awarded for best Halloween costumes. Oktoberfest
sausage will be featured with sauerkraut, salad and all the
fixings and dessert for $8.00. Entertainment provided by Don
Harvey starting at 4:OOp.m. Dart players are reminded that
Men s Darts takes place Wednesday nights at 8:00 p.m.
Hymn sing
Hymn Sing on Sun., Oct. 26 at Zurich Mennonite Church.
Please join them in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of
their congregation. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will
be served.
Exeter Legion Ladies Euchre Night on Oct. 29. Sign up at
7 p.m. and play at 7:30 p.m. Put a team in and call Sharon at
235-1299.
Exeter Legion Men s Euchre Night on Nov 26. Sign up at
7 p.m. and play at 7:30 p.m. Put a team in and call Sharon at
235-1299.
Wings and Things started on Sat., Oct. 11, and will con-
tinue every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month. Food will be
served from 5 - 7 p.m. Take out will be available.
Euchreama
Exeter Seniors will be hosting a Euchreama on Fri., Oct. 31
at the Exeter Legion, Branch 167. Euchre starts at 10 am. Good
prizes and share the wealth, and lunch will be provided and
the cost is only $6.
Lucan Senior s Sunshine Club is sponsoring a Yuletide
Euchreama on Thurs., Nov. 13. Starts at 10 a.m., good prizes,
Share the Wealth from the Pot of Gold and lunch provided.
Your cost is only $6.
What is the difference between a recession and a depres-
sion? The National Economic Research defines a recession
as the period during which the level of business activity
broadly defined to include industrial production, employ-
ment and real income is decreasing. When business activi-
ties start to rise again, then the economy is considered to
enter an expansion phase. Using this definition, a typical
recession lasts for about a year.
A depression is commonly used to refer to an unusually
severe or protracted recession, where economic activity con-
tracts by a substantial amount and for a period longer than a
year. Guy Holburn, Richard Ivey School of Business London Free
Press
Beware online gas cards and other
dubious deals
With gas prices reaching historic highs, it s no
wonder that people are looking for ways to save
money and what better place to start looking than
online? A number of sites promising discounted or
even free gasoline have popped up all over the Web
like mushrooms after a rainstorm. Unfortunately,
most of these offers are just what they appear to
be: too good to be true. Several sites promise you
gift cards that you can redeem at a gas station. But
before you can get your gift card, you first have to
scroll through a selection of online offers. If you
decline all the offers, you 11 be told that you have to accept at
least two in order to receive your card.
Other sites purport to let you lock in the price of gas at
something below market rates say, $.90 a litre. Again, the
devil is in the details. Usually the lower per -litre rate only
applies to a limited number of litres. And in some situations,
the gas stations who appear to be the sponsors of the offer
have never heard of them. Of course you won t find out any
of this until you ve given out contract information, provided
demographic details, signed up for online offers, or provided
some other benefit to the people using this scheme to harvest
marketing data.
Basically, the gas crisis has provided yet another opening
for unscrupulous Web marketers to gather information they
can resell or use to spam people with more offers they don t
want. There s almost no way you 11 get the deal you re prom-
ised so it s best to ignore the lure of cheap gas and keep
your Web surfing confined to legitimate, established sites.
Ten ways to maintain your privacy:
If you re fed up with neighbours and strangers coming to
your front door to visit or ask for your participation or to try to
sell you something, here are some things to do that will keep
them away:
Place a watch for Land Mines sign on your front lawn be-
side an exploded car.
Keep a big dog on your porch, chewing a pant leg.
Rewire your doorbell so that it plays a tape of gun shots.
Cover your welcome mat with shards of broken beer bot-
tles.
Put one of those yellow Police Do Not Cross tapes across
the end of your driveway.
On the front door hang a sign saying Caution Exorcism in
Progress .
Leave a pizza delivery car on your driveway with the door
open and the engine running for a week or so.
When you see someone approaching, start a chainsaw run-
ning inside your house.
Place quarantine signs around your property.
In the middle of the night, turn over a rectangle of your front
lawn so that it looks like a fresh grave. Add another one every
few months. Red Green
It may be old, but true:
The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a
methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse
in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical ques-
tion, Why didn t we have a drug problem when you and I
were growing up? I replied: I had a drug problem when I
was young:
I was drug to church on Sunday morning.
I was drug to church for weddings and funerals.
I was drug to family reunions and drug to community
socials no matter the weather.
I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults.
I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my par-
ents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak
with respect, spoke ill of the teacher, or if I didn t put forth
my best effort in everything that was asked of me.
I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed
out with soap if I uttered a profane four-letter word.
I was drug out to pull weeds in mom s garden and flower
beds and cockleburs out of dad s fields.
I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors
to help out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard,
repair the clothesline, or chop some firewood; and, if my
mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for
this kindness, she would have drug me back to the wood-
shed.
Those drugs are still in my veins; and they affect my behav-
ior in everything I do, say, and think.
They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin; and, if to-
day s children had this kind of drug problem, Canada would
be a better place. Jane Dearing
JIM
BEAR
SS