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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1985-09-04, Page 3NEWS AND FEATURES THE HURON EXPOSITOR, SEPTEMBER 4, 1985 — A3 AGRI017IN T '!bila agreement entered into the pe day of /armory, 1961 between the Corporation of ti.e Town of Seaforth of the first part and the :.uron Club of Seaforth of the second part. Card players are always on hand at the Men's Euchre Club Good- times and good cards can be found at Euchre Club Ernest Hemingway would be proud. The great author was an ardent supporter of all things masculine. He filled his books with tales of bull fighting, carousing and lots of drunken swaggering through the streets. The Men's Euchre Club in Seaforth is a little more sedate than that. Men don't go in there to get drunk. But, as in Hemingway's lore, they do go in for a good time with the men. There's just a $1 per year membership cost, explains long-time devotee Jim Kelly, plus a collection for coffee money. The club is open six days a week, Monday to Saturday, from 1 to 5 p.m. Most of the members are from Seaforth, but there are some from Dublin and other parts of the county, "It's a good time," says Mr. Kelly. "It keeps the old fellas off the street if their wives are in shopping." The majority of the members are seniors, which creates an even stronger feeling of camaraderie. He says they've never had any complaints about the club's all-male policy. "Women have their own organizations, like bridge clubs and sewing circles," says Mr. Kelly. "Its original location was next to the office of the old Seaforth News toward the south end of town. At other times they've also played outside and in a room over the town hall. There are 20 or.25 men in the club. On an average day, between 10 and 14 will show up to play. Its current location, next to the town hall in the former police station, is virtually rent free. The town picks up all the costs, such as lights and hydro, for which Mr. Kelly says members are grateful. "We appreciate having a place for seniors," he says. Most of the men whc come in, he says, already know how to play the game. Those who don't, says Mr. ,Kelly "soon learn." The party of the first part agrees to grant the perty of the Eaeoond part the use of alcove on the second floor of the Town Hall as a Club Room at a fee of f1.00 per year.' +!arty of the second part to mainistn end keep same in c' rase • - enable state of tidiness ana to vacate premises on any court session, M Party of the first prrt to aupply+jheat and light. This agreement to terminate at a4' time et the discretion of the party or the first part. ci.gned', Sealed and Delivered in the presence of Town of Seafcrtk .r11,�yar J • • $(-1-41k; .01erk -.. i4lIuron Club 1 f %IL '4 C>t/V`1r0 C/-4 ccrs' FOUR GENERATIONS—From July 29 to August 14, four generations were together in Gilze. The visitors in Gilze were from the Seaforth area. From left to right: grandmother Else DeGroot (Botermans); mother Joanne Carr (DeGroot); great-grandmother Jo Botermans (Dv. Dorsi) and 18 -month-old Adrienne Carr (Photo by Pettis) County Council may provide capital grants Perth County council could go back to the month to whether he should re -introduce his tradition of providing capital grants to the motion for the county to give hospital grants. three hospitals in the county if one reeve has his way. Ellice Township Reeve Fred Knecthel tried to mo'e at council's Aug. 8 meeting to rescind a arch 23 motion which stated individual municipalities would be respon- sible for giving grants, The county now gives one lump sum. "This county has to support health care, but with that motion on the books, it limits support," said Reeve Knecthel. Not all his colleagues agreed. Wallace Township Reeve Hans Feldmann, the seconder of the original motion, said the three hospitals in the county aren't evenly distributed, This leaves the idea that municipalities that surround the hospital give grants, a much simpler method of capital funding. The March 23 motion came after the county approved a $1.5 million grant to the Stratford General Hospital building fund. Listowel Reeve Elsie Karges, opposed to the amount given to the Stratford hospital, but Township co n s i d e recognizing that the Listowel Memorial Hospital and the St. Marys Memorial Hospital would soon be asking for funding for capital projects, introduced the motion to cut further county grants. The Listowel reeve was on holidays during the Aug. 8 session, but Reeve Knecthel said her absence had nothing to do with his introduction of the motion. To stop further discussion on Reeve Kneditel's motion, Blanshard Township Reeve Ron Lenham had the motion tabled and the majority of county councillors agreed. The Ellice Township reeve said he would have to give a lot of thought during the next Reeve Knechtel said his township borders the City of Stratford which has the largest hospital in the county and therefore has higher costs for capital projects. That means Ellice will have to pay more. "The county system should be upheld," said Reeve Knechtel after the council session "That motion from March 23 means no funding over the entire county. it simply means that the surrounding municipalities are paving the biggest share. in my opinion," said the Ellice reeve. He said he hasn't been pressured by county councillors to reconsider rescinding the March 23 motion but the close, unrecorded vote will make him think seriously about the motion. The motion to table ended in a tie vote with Warden Oliver McIntosh breaking the tie in favor of tabling. Alan Pope is candidate by Todd Mowatt The political stage was set in, Blyth as a number of political and theatrical dignitaries attended the screening of Gar- risons Garage last Tuesday night. Alan 'Pope, Cochrane South MPP ,was on hand and announced unofficially that he was intending on running in the upcoming Progressive Conservative leadership race. "Since you fellows have past this week's deadline, I guess it is safe to tell you that I will be entering into the leadership race," Pope said confidently with a grin. Pope went on to explain how a candidate assesses his chances and prepares himself for such a decision. Heroin may soon be legal here For the first time in more than 30 years, heroin may soon be legal in Canada. The federal government has said it is considering legalization of the habit-form- ing narcotic for use with cancer patients and others who are terminally ill. A random and completely unscientific survey of opinions around Seaforth reveals a high level of acceptance for the idea - provided proper controls are in place to monitor the drug and its use. Police Chief Hal Claus said the idea of giving terminal patients heroin as a pain killer "is neither here nor there." He's more worried about the drug falling into the wrong hands. There's always "the danger of abuse," he said. He's concerned about the possi- bility of "drug addicts robbing the storage centres." "It just creates that much more opportun- ity for them to get at it," he said. Hospital personnel were reluctant to talk, but one technician said she can understand the need for it. "My mother has cancer," said the technician, who asked not to be quoted by name. "So I know what it's like." "If it can relieve their pain, why not?" QUESTION: "The federal government is thinking of legalizing heroin for cancer patients. Do you think it's a good idea?" When you're in pain, you'll take anything you can get to relieve it. It can pretty near drive you nuts. --Michael Gulutzen. Brus- sels, They should give it to people who need it -Father DeJong. it has its place. There's nothing wrong with it when it's prescribed and under control. --Valerie Poisson, nurse. It would have to be awfully strictly supervised. I'm an old adversary of dope. If I was the law and i caught anybody tinkerjng with this stuff, I'd shoot 'em. --Jim Doig. I'm in favor of it if it will help alleviate pain. --Zack Ryan. I can see it being used as a last resort. What other medication works as good? -- Olive Varley. it's okay if they need it to solve pain. But there would have to be some control. --Dara Pritchard, 16, Brussels. I don't think it's a good idea. There's so much of it in the streets now. You can always get it if you know where to find it. -- Lori Dumas. It could work to get rid of pain. --Mike McLean, 14. McKillop Township is considering an increase in the market value o: its lax assessments. At its meeting Aug. 6, council requested from the Ontario Ministry of Revenue a study on the potential impact of changing township assessment rates from 1975 to 1980 market values. Also passed at the meeting were the following motions: permission to the W in- throp Slo- Pitch league for a special occasion permit to allow the sale of beer at its tournament over the Labor Day weekend; a consent of severance for one acre for ring tax increase non -tarn related rural residential purposes on part of lot 34, cone. 4 to William R. Whyte; a $15,000 tile drainage loan application; approval of a -request for repairs to the Barron Municipal Drain; the appointment of Thomas Kale as Municipal Drainage Commissioner and Tile Drainage Inspector; and approval of the payment of two vouchers - one from the township road supervisor for $18,731.63, and the other a general voucher for $50,288.23. in a recorded vote, the councillors agreed to a $500 grant toward the installation of traffic lights in St. Columban. Voting in favor were John George and Reeve Marie Hic knell, with Brian Campbell voting against. "I have been phoning around the province and determining my chances. I have talk- ed to a number of my colleagues and I have been assessing my chances. I have also been trying to gather some support across parlia- ment. I feel good about running and I am physically and emotionally prepared," Pope said. It was reported Wednesday that two in- fluential MPPs have left the camp of Dennis Timbrell and at least one has sided with Pope. "The problem is we are in opposition and we have to have someone more forceful. A leader that will be prepared to go for the jugular. Pope is prepared to do that," Ron McNeil, Elgin MPP and dean of the legislature said Wednesday, McNeil explained that Pope won his sup- port when he made a special trip to St. Thomas earlier this year as health minister to straighten out financing problems for the St. Thomas hospital. Dick Treleaven (Oxford) is the second MPP to pull his support away from Tim- brell. imbrell. Treleaven said he was so disappointed with Timbrells last campaign that he is un- committed this time around. However with Timbrell's support weaken- ing Pope cduld gain supporters as the leadership race begins. Pope was questioned on why he didn't run in the last Progressive Conservative leader- ship race. "At that time I felt after i analyzed the situation that I wasn't ready. i also felt that others would have taken some support out of my natural constituency," he said. Pope was then asked how he felt about the possible competition from his colleagues. "I am not going to run down any of the candidates. But I can tell you that I have gained a lot of experience over the past number of months. At the last leadership convention those who ran had their chance and I believe this is mine. "It's time we turn the page on the last 12 months. Don't get me wrong, I was and still am a loyal supporter of Miller and I have no regrets. I fought as hard as i could for my leader. "Now i believe we need a leader to unite the party and get the lI seats back that we need to form the government." he said. The questioning then turned to the issues that confront both the government and the people of Ontario, free trade with the United States and separate school funding. "The issue of Catholic funding will definitely be discussed during the leader- ship campaign. Over the summer months we have been listening to what the people have had to say. After the first round of court hearings we will assess our position on the issue and deal with the specific issues in- volved. "We must remember we are only talking about an extension of funding from grades 10-13 and it's not like a whole new system is being started up. "The thing we are going to have to look at is what kind of an educational system we are going to have in five years? "Looking back in history, many of the older universities in Canada were started by different faiths and they evolved up through the years to the type of system that is in place today. There are examples that sup- port both sides of the question and we along with the people will make our decision." Pope said. With respect to the issue of free trade Pope said the matter needs immediate at- tention. "Mr. Peterson cannot avoid to discuss the issue of free trade until November. The Gib- bons Bill is going through Congress in the United States. The bill allows the termina- tion of subsidies on foreign resource pro- ducts without hearing. This bill would allow the U.S. to place quotas or counterveiling duties on a number of Canadian products. Including oil, gas, lumber and agricultural products. "The time to act is now, you can't stick your head in the sands of Grand Bend and say your not going to talk about it. That's not being responsible to the workers of the pro- vince," Pope said alluding to Peterson's summer home. Pope has been in politics for 21 years. In his youth he was national president of the young Conservative party for three years and a municipal Alderman for two. Then he entered the realm of provincial politics and he has had many great suc- cesses. "I have lead a very interesting life and I have enjoyed being Attorney General, Minister of Health and then Minister of Natural Resources." The most challenging portforlio for Pope was that of Attorney General because of the challenges that he was faced with. "I helped change the family law reform act. It took a lot of work, but it solved a number of social problems. The curtain has now opened on Alan Popes leadership bid. The Conservatives have yet to set a date for a convention, but one things for certain. When the race begins Popes going to have some stiff competition. Citizens recognized with awards The Seaforth Recreation Committee will he presenting three annual recognition awards to its citizens, Those awards will be given to residents who have served the c. mmunity in the following categories: a) service to sports, b) civic service, c) humanitarian service. These awards will be chosen based on the individual's contribu- tions to the community in a volunteer capacity. Anyone may nominate an indivi- dual for any category by submitting a written nomination, stating some back- ground and reasons for their choice to the committee, no later than Monday, Septem- ber 23, 1985. Send to Seaforth Recreation Committee, Box 885, Seaforth. COMMUNITY CALENDAR If you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residents, phone the recreation office at 527-0882 or the Expositor at 527-0240 or mail the information to Community Calendar, The Huron Expositor, Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario NOK iW0 well in advance of the scheduled date. Space for the Community Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor Support Group Support Group for families of diagnosed Alzheimers patients. Registration re- quired. Please cal' 482.3961. Tuesday, September 10 6:30 p.m. Hospital Auxiliary Potluck Supper at St. Thomas Anglican Church. Guest speaker, Elaine Gottschall, BA MSC of Kirkton. Bring own dishes and cutlery. 8:15 p.m.: Seaforth Womens institute will meet at the home of Mrs. Lame Carter. Mrs. Graeme Craig will speak on "Sign language". Visitors welcome.