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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1985-10-30, Page 3NEWS AND FEATURES TO THE EDITOR Criminal code provides remedy On October 1, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled Morgentaler's acquittal last fall was a mistrial. Since the Court of Appeal's ruling, both the Premier, Mr. Peterson, and the Attorney General, Ian Scott, continue to claim the provincial government can do nothing to dose the abortion "clinic" because Morgentaler is appealing the case to the Supreme Court of Canada. This claim is not true. Section 457, Subsection 7 of the Criminal Code of Canada provides the remedy. In accordance with this provision, the /obvious way for the government to prevent repeated lawbreaking by Morgen- tater and associates, while charges are pending before a court, is to apply to a Provincial Court judge for bail conditions which would prevent the abortionists from continuing their illegal operation. The Attorney General has stated there is no point in applying for bail conditions because a previous application has been refused., Again, this is a grave misrepre- sentation. The Ontario Government applied to the Provincial Court for bail conditions in July, 1983, after the abortion "clinic" in Toronto had been dosed by the police. At that time, Provincial Court Judge, David Scott, denied bail conditions because he was satisfied that it was unlikely .Morgentaler would reopen the "clinic." In fact, Morgen- taler did not resume abortions until more than a year later, that is, after he was "acquitted" by a jury that acted so improperly that, to quote the Ontario Court of Appeal, "there has been no trial according to law." Thrashing 'was a As I drive down the road at this time of the year (October) I wonder are we doing things right. When you look at the fields that have been combined and they are so green from grain that has been put over, in the combines, and you wonder how much weed seed has been spread all over the fields also. Then the baler comes over the fields and picks up and bales the straw leaving all the chaff, which is considered the best part of the straw. When we used to cut grain with the binder and draw it all into the barn to be threshed, there was very little loss of the straw and the chaff was all blown into the straw mow making the best bedding possible for all the animals. The cattle ate a lot of the straw, with silage and used as bedding, it kept the animals very clean, Besides the weed seeds went through the threshing machine and were separated in piles under the machine. Therefore the weed seeds were easily destroyed. Thrashing day was always a friendly event with neighbors. With lots of voluntary help no-one had to work too hard. Sometimes one or two neighbor ladies came to help in the house with the meals. This made cooking a pleasure too. Change opposes As a present member of the Huron County library board, I have been reading your paper with great interest regarding county council's request to Lily Munro, Minister of Citizenship and Culture seeking approval to change the board to closed committee status. Your readers will be interested to know this request flies in the face of a historical background of open public boards, account- able to the citizens of Ontario and the proposed change will, also go against the new public library act of 1984, Some reeves have already been acclaimed office and without the input of the taxpayer these persons may feel their opinions are the only standard of their community. I am hoping many library users will call their reeve and ask them how they stand on the issue of dosed committees versus public boards. Then, in turn, share their personal opionion with the people, who are after all our political representative. These should be communicating to all and anyone concerned, lily Munro, Jack Riddell, the county warden, and the library board Birth of an Atlas (Continued from Page Al ) But, interest in compiling a composite of Huron County in the bi-centennial year was so great that what was expected to be 175 pages, ended up as a 350 page edition. "It's the finest atlas Huron County has ever produced," says Reeve Stirling. There is a quick note this is the first and probably the only atlas to be printed by county council. The Goderich Township reeve said the length of time it took to get the atlas published was due to the quality demanded. "We checked and double checked," he said. He did say there may be mistakes. "If you never do anything, you'll never make mistakes," quoted the reeve. There were many dignitaries in the crowd. From Huron. there was Hullett Reeve Tom Cunningham, who was county warden in 1984. Other atlas committee members present were Ashfield Reeve John Austin and Janis Bisback from the Huron County library board. There were also representatives from the two firms that published the atlas. From Signal -Star Publishing lid, of Goderich there were production manager John Buchanan and Lloyd Lounsbury, composing room foreman. From the St. Catherines Standard firm there was Earl Bateman and Bob Bell as well as Ken Lounsbury, a cousin to Lloyd. Home grown talent was also present. Lloyd Eisler, the well-known champion Hidden tax Today the situation is considerably different from that of 1983. Morgentaler is operating the abortion "clinic" in flagrant violation of the law. Therefore, there is little or no doubt that any reasonable court would grant bail conditions, based on charges already laid ori to be laid, to prevent the accused from eoontinuing to violate the law while the matte is before the courts. The only possiblt conclusion is that either the Attorney. General is using his office to promote his pro -abortion stand by protecting Morgentaler or he is unaware of how to enforce the Criminal Code. Either way, he should be removed from office. If Mr. Peterson and Ian Scott continue to ignore the remedy of bail conditions to prevent repeated lawbreaking by Morgen- taler and associates, the Premier and Attorney General are inviting other law- breakers, like those, selling child porno- graphy and narcotic drugs, to follow the Morgentaler precedent. These lawbreakers also could appeal all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada and be free to break the law for years. Meanwhile the country is being desensitized •to their lawbreaking and immoral practices. Premier Peterson should be made to know that the citizens of this province are not so ignorant as to be unaware that he and Attorney General Scott are 'protecting Morgentaler. Yours truly, Paul L Dodds Legal Counsel friendly event This is unheard of today. Most of our. young people don't understand this, and therefore have missed so much. Also you learn to help others and not expect an hourly wage. Most farmers today stave thousands of dollars tied up in harvesting equipment which is only used a few days of the year compared to a $200 binder, a $150 wagon and custom threshing machine which moved in, did a good job and left i reasonable bill. I sometimes wonder are we doing things right? Bill Holland RR4, Clinton Checked hem line In view of Don Edward's letter last week about my "socialist slip" showing I thought Pd check the history of the free market economy in Canada. It hasn't existed for generations - in fact I stopped looking for evidence when I got back to 1841. Cheers! I'll tidy up my hem lines lest anyone else be offended. Paul Carroll 131 Goderich St. Seaforth, Ont. Library act that we do not want to risk losing a centuries old freedom of access to a public libraries board and in its place be given a committee whose decisions will only be known to a few. Also your readers may not realize that this issue has not been brought up before the board. We have not discussed the issue or voted on our dissolution. So in fact, our chairman, Grant Stirling, was never author- ized by the board to speak on our behalf on this subject. I am assuming that he was offering his own opinion, something he did not make very dear. Please before election day call your reeve and send a letter to the library board (66 Waterloo Street, Goderich) giving us your views on this important change in library policy. Better yet if you're able, come to our next board meeting on Tuesday, November 12 at 1;30 p.m. in council chambers, second floor, Court House, Goderich. Your presence and your letters will tell so much. Thank you, Janice Bisback, Hensell figure skater from Seaforth congratulated the county. MP Murray Cardiff did the same. He added that a copy of the atlas could be bought by the federal government to go on file in Ottawa. Harry J. Boyle, Huron native and a well-known author, was absent for the lauching. He did, however, write the forward for the atlas. There was a steady demand for copies of the Atlas on Wednesday but by Friday the supply of copies, other than numbered copies that had been ordered by patrons, became exhausted as a result of delays in binding. A limited number of copies for general distribution are expected to be available at the Court House, Goderich on Friday, November 1 with further supplies coming forward in subsequent weeks. Busy summer (Continued from Page A21 , Mr. Riddell pointed out that agriculture is the number two industry in the province, in terms of foreign sales, exporting $2 billion worth of products each year. food industry plays in the economy and to stress the contributions made by all sectors of the industry. About one in five jobs in Ontario is dependent on agriculture, from those who live and work on the farms to those involved in food processing transpor- tation and food retailing as well as those who provide the raw materials and machinery for the farmer. (Continued from Page A2) with virtually nothing left untaxed and no one completely sure how much of what they are paying for given goods or services is pure tax. Fortunately the value -.added tax is presently a long way from becoming an Orwellian reality. Finance Minister Michael Wilson indicated an interest in VAT for the first time in an 1984 economic statement. A Department of Finance team studying the tax is expected to make its report by late December. (Merry Christmas?) If the proposal is accepted, and a deal could be worked out with the provinces, VAT would also replace provincial sales tax, which applies to a wide range of goods at the retail level. Before the VAT becomes an official legislative proposal and begins to worm its way through the parliamentary process on its way to becoming law, perhaps now is the time to write that letter to your Member of Parliament, suggesting he do all he can to discourage this repressive new tax. — P.R. THE HURON EXPOSITOR, OCTOBER 30, 1985 — A3 FALLIfVG LEAVES make hard work for Junior Farmers in Seaforth. Janice Murray, Nancy Schade and Marion Hunt (shown here) along with other Junior Farmers spent Saturday raking leaves and doing other odd lobs around Seaforth. The Junior Farmers provide this type of service twice a year to Seaforth's senior population free of charge. (Mcllwraith photo) Junior Farmers are tops - If you judge a club by howit treats the older people of the community, the Seaforth Junior Farmers should get a top rating. For several years now these • willing workers from the Seaforth Junior Farmers have publicly offered to assist those in need of a helping hand in spring and fall dean -ups. Armed- with rakes, stepladders and smiling faces these young people have provided "slave labor" raking leaves, washing windows, cleaning out an eaves - trough or two, carrying indoors or outdoors a heavy pot of flowers, putting on a few storm windows for the homeowner who can't figure out these newfangled storms. Oh, they are a grand lot and we want to thank them for their good humor, their patience and their hard work in making us ready to face the winter snows. We love you. Wilma Oke No referendums on full -funding in Perth County No municipality in Perth County will be holding a referendum on the question of full funding to Catholic secondary schools and if they had the municipalities would have been on shaky legal grounds. Perth County council sought a legal opinion • on the referendum after its 14 -member municipalities were asked by the public school board to place the question on the ballot in next month's municipal election. Stratford and St. Marys are separated municipalities. The Stratford law firm of Stratton, Barenberg and Goodman, after researching past cases involving referendums concluded, it -would appear, therefore, that a munici- pality could place this question on the ballot, but it of course has no binding effect and the bylaw would, if challenged, be quashed." The legal opinion, signed by John Stratton, adds because the.school board has no power to hold elections and the question involves the policy' of the provincial government, it is beyond the jurisdiction of the local school board. The municipal elections are now less than a month away and there will be no question on Catholic high school funding on Perth County ballots. The Huron -Perth Roman Catholic sepa- rate school board is planning to introduce a Grade 9 program at St. Michael's in Stratford next September. Tuckersmith has woman BY WILMA OKE Tuckersmith Township has its first woman councillor, and at a ratepayers meeting Tuesday it was learned — its only councillor. Rowena Wallace, 35, of RR 4 Seaforth was the only person to file papers for a seat as a councillor. Mrs. Wallace and her husband Bill own a dairy farm east of Seaforth. They have two children, eight-year-old Ethan and six-year-old Melissa. She is acclaimed as a councillor. ' Councillor George Cantelon had decided not to seek re-election, but at the ratepayers' meeting indicated he would file papers in the morning (which he did), Councillor Robert Broadfoot and Council- lor John Brownridge have declared them- selves as candidates for the position of deputy reeve. Deputy Reeve Bill Brown is seeking to replace Robert Bell as reeve. For the one seat on the Huron County Board of Education to represent 'Fucker -,I smith and the Town of Clinton, Frank Falconer is seeking re-election and will be opposed by Nico Peters of RR 4, Seaforth, a poultry farmer, and Sally Rathwell of Vanastra, who works in the Clinton office of Women Today. Gerald Groothuis of Seaforth, represent- ing Tuckersmith, Stanley and Seaforth for the Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board was acclaimed for a second term. About 45 ratepayers attended the meeting Tuesday to hear the local municipal politicians tell of the work accomplished in the past three years, Reeve Robert Bell outlined council's accomplishments. He said a new supervisor had been hired for the day care centre at Vanastra with the resignation of Karen McEwing-McConnell. He reported Tuckersmith has purchased property from Ethel Boyes to house a township shed when the ministry is prepared to contribute its share of the money. The plans for the shed are completed for the construction work. Mr. Bell said three sections of sidewalk in Egmondville have been built and council has done some repair work on the historic Brucefield Cemetery where pioneers of the Township are buried. That cemetery is no longer in use. He said council had purchased a small tractor lawnmower (Allis-Chalmers) to be used to cut grass at the cemetery and in the park at' Egmondville and the parks at Vanastra. SUCCESSFUL 150T1I Mr. Bell spoke also of the successful sesquicentennial celebrations this summer and on the history book of the township published in the spring. The reeve said an ONIP grant had been obtained from the government for $350,000 and will be used entirely to update Vanastra. Fbr a start work has begun on street lighting and a sanitary sewer on one street for this year. More will be done in 1986 and 1987. Mr. Bell said a grant for $150,000 had been obtained for Egmondville where there is a need for updating as well. The reeve said work is progressing on the new bridge being constructed on Sideroad 30-31 west of the fertilizer plant. He explained it is the township's most expen- sive bridge to repair because it is at the bottom of a steep hill making it a dangerous route for school buses carrying children, and others using it, especially in wintertime. The old bridge was very narrow. The new bridge will cost $300,000. NEW SUPERINTENDENT With the retirement of Allan Nicholson, Mr. Bell said a new road superintendent, Douglas Poulton, had been hired. He said council had been lucky in obtaining a supplementary road allocation from the Ministry of Transportation and Communica- tions and had decided to use the money to purchase a truck which would be beneficial in being able to provide better service in snow clearing, Deputy Reeve William Brown spoke of the Seaforth Fire Area Board a board he attends as a representative of Tuckersmith. He said it is running smoothly. He said a new fire chief George Garrick has been hired to replace Harry Hak who had stepped down as cihief. Councillor Robert Broadfoot spoke of the Seaforth Community Centres Board of which he is the Tuckersmith member. He told of the drainwork done there in recent years. Councillor John Brownridge, who repre- sents the township on the Clinton Fire Area Board, said Clinton has a new fire chief, Hied Lobb, replacing Clarence Neilans. He spoke of the emergency van, jaws of life equipment and of plans to buy a resuscita- tor. He noted too the tanker will have to be replaced in the near future. Mr. Brownridge represents Tuckersmith on the Seaforth Landfill Committee along with Councillor George Cantelon. He said there are 10 sites they are viewing and giving active consideration in an attempt to secure a new landfill site for Seaforth and Tuckersmith. He spoke of the two public committee representatives sitting in on the meetings. He assured the audience no site will be bought without public meetings for ratepayer information and input. GRANTS AVAILABLE Councillor George Cantelon said he also represents the township on the Huron Farm Safety Association and is a tile drainage inspector. He pointed out there is govern- ment grants available for any ratepayer who wants to have work done this fall. He spoke briefly on the landfill committee saying it is a slow, tedious job looking for a site but that they are working slowly and carefully to secure the right area. Frank Falconer, the Huron County Board of Education representative, read his speech "so that the press would not misquote him "as he outlined the board's business -- including the Joanne Young affair, French Immersion, funding for Catholic High Schools and the Vanastra School. Gerald Groothuis, Tudkersmith's repre- sentative on the Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board, to which he was acclaimed, spoke of special funding for the Catholic high schools and said while it was possible to set up a high school in St. Michael's School in Stratford for Perth County this was not possible in Huron County as the pupils are so stretched out it is difficult to arrange. EROSION PROBLEM Mervyn Falconer, representative forTuck- ersmith on the Ausable-Bayfield Conserva- tion Authority outlined the work being done by the Authority, especially in other areas. He admitted not a great deal is being done 'in Tuckersmith. He spoke of the Bayfield river erosion problem east of Clinton. He said the goverment is cutting back on tree planting this year when 180,000 trees were planted last year, compared to 160,000 this year. He congratulated the township on the number of trees Tuckersmith plants each year. Cleave Coombs, Tuckersmith's represent- ative on the Seaforth Hospital Board spoke of the plans for an addition at Seaforth Hospital. Next on the agenda was a speech from all Bluewater Centre offe Monday, October 7 marked the first day of school for those held in detention at the Bluewater Centre, just south of Goderich. Superintendent of special education, Paul Carroll, told the trustees of the Huron County Board of Education principal Shirley Weary had classes starting the same day as the October session of the school hoard. Mr. Carroll told the board that such councillor the contenders for re-election and seeking support: Robert Bell for reeve; William Brown for reeve, Robert Broadfoot for deputy reeve 'and John Brownridge for deputy reeve; Frank Falconer as trustee and the two new contenders for trustee seat on the Huron County Board of Education -- Nico Peters who grew up in the Walton area, is a minister (clergyman) and says education is one of the most important things (he and his wife have three children); Sally Rathwell who was born in Goderich expressed concern about the Vanastra School which was threatened with closure (because it is run down and needs a vast amount of money to update it) and expressed interest in French Immersion meetings held this year. She and her husband Steve have two sons. In the brief question and answer period under the guidance of Kenneth Moore who was the chairman for the evening. Gerald Groothuis asked the chances of getting streets paved in Egmondville. Reeve Bell said council does not have the finances to do it at this time. NEXT BRIDGE Brenda McIntosh asked what bridge would be considered next by council. Mr. Bell said the bridge on the 10th concession at Bob Kinsman's would likely be the next as there was a recent accident there which caused damage. Bill Wallace asked why the 10 sites reported by John Brownridge for the landfill site had not been named. Mr. Brownridge said they were named at a council session which was public. He stated at this time they have only been named and no serious testing has been completed to indicate whether they would be considered for purchase. He assured Mr. Wallace the public would be informed and meetings held to give information and discuss the sit Mr. Cantelon said public med ings have been held on the landfill sites but that no one comes. He suggested to Mr. Wallace if he attended such meetings he would get the information he was interested in. Asked by one ratepayer what the landfill site expenses were to date, Mr. Brownridge said he did not have the figures, but the committee has been working on locating sites for three years. rs residents schooling subjects as English, mathematics, science, drafting and physical education would be offered at the centre for Grades 9, 10 and 11. The superintendent said a co-operative program in the food services and mainte- nance area of the centre would probably be worked on with both ministry of corrections staff and ministry of education staff. 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 mall the information to Community Calendar, The Huron Expositor, Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario NOK'IWO well in advance of the scheduled date. Shote for the Community Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor. Wednesday, October 30 130-4 - Senior Shuffleboard at Arena 530-6:30 Midget Hockey Practice 630-7:30 Minor Broomball 8:45 Ladies Broomball Thursday, October 31 Happy Halloween 4:15-5:15 p.m. Atom Practice 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. Bantam Practice 730 p.m. Mens Broomball Friday, November 1 4:00.5:00 Senior House League Practice 5700-6:00 Junior House League Practice 61)0-7:00 Pee Wee Hockey Practice 71)0-8:00 Ringette Practice 8:00 p.m. Seaforth Midgets vs Glencoe Midgets Exhibition Game Saturday, November 2 House League Hockey Games 7:30 a.m. Bruins vs Canadians 830 a.m. Oilers vs North Stars 9:30 a.m. Flyers vs Flames 10:30 a.m. Leafs vs Jets 11:30 a.m. Whalers vs Penguins 12:30-1 :30 Ringette Practice 1:30-3;00 Public Skating 3:00-4;00 Mites Practice 4:00-5:00 Novice Practice 5:00-7:00 Power Skating 7:00 - Pee Wees vs Arthur Nov. 2 cont'd 9:10 a.m. Community Recreation Confer- ence at Arena 1:30 p.m. Story hour at the Seaforth library Sunday, November 3 1:30-3:00 Public Skating 3:00-5:00 Power Skating 5:00 p.m. Jr. Belles Ringette vs Forest 7;00 LH.L Game, Hawks vs Flyers 830 I.H.L Game, Canadians vs Rangers Monday, November 4 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Figure Skating Tuesday, November 5 5 30-6 :30 Novice Practice 630 p.m. Bantams vs Mitchell 8:15 p.m. Midgets vs Zurich 8-10 p.m. Regular practice for the Harmony Hi -Lues at Public School. Wednesday, November 6 4:30-5:30 p.m. Ringette Practice 5:30-6;30 p.m. Midget Practice 6:30.7:30 Minor Broomball 8:45 Ladies broomball 1:30-4:00 Senior Shuffleboard at Arena a