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The Huron Expositor, 1988-02-03, Page 2.....,_ s Hurn x. iAxpos1tor SINCE 1 860. SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST Ineorporoting ED BiYRSKI. General Manager The Brussels Post 'HEATHER McILINRA1TH, Editor Published in Seaforth, Ontario Member Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Every Wednesday Morning Ontario Community. Newspaper Association . Ontario Press Council Commonwealth Press Union International Press Institute Subscription rates: , Canada '20.00 a year, in advance The Expositor Is brought to you Senior Citizens • '17.00 a year in advance each week by the efforts of: Pat Outside Canada '60 00 a year, in advance Armes. Nell Corbett. Terri -Lynn Single Copies - .50 cents each . Dale, Dianne McGrath end Bob McMillan. Second class mail registration Number 0696 Wednesday, February 3, 1988 Editorial and Business Offices -10 Main Street, Seaforth Telephone1519) 527-0240 Mailing Address - P.O. Box 69. Seeforth, Ontario, NOK TWO Knee jerk action Canada has a deplorable record in dealing with international criminals and terrorists and it isn't getting any better. The official reaction to the disclosure Canadian. Immigration officials allowed a convicted terrorist into this country is enough to make, responsible citizens turn away in shame. No one has been fired because of their negligence, although the im- migration officials involved are kntdits,n. Even more disgraceful are the com- ments made in the House of Commons by MP Gerry Weiner, the junior im- migration minister. Replying to questions, Mr. Weiner suggested the government would be just as happy if the terrorist left the country voluntari- ly, avoiding the necessity of a hearing. Later, in speaking to reporters, he said, "We're dealing with a convicted terrorist. Our object is to get this man out of the country. He may either leave as the result of the threat of deportation or as the result of a deporta- tion order that will be issued under due process. Our object will be ac- complished either way." Not quite, Mr. Weiner. Surely "our object" is to show the world that Canada will not tolerate the presence of terrorists and to .indicate that position in the strongest terms possible. That purpose will not be served should the man be allowed to slip out of the country. Neither will it be served as the result of a deportation order being issued "under due process" - which some experts say could take years. If ever a case cried out for swift justice, this one does. There is only one thing to be decided: to which country will Mahmoud Muhammad Issa Mohammad be deported? There are apparently three options. He could be sent back to the country from which he entered Canada, which is Spain. He could be deported to his native land, Lebanon; or he could be deported to Israel, the country against which he perpetrated his crime. He was convicted in 1970 of killing a man in an attack on an Israeli jet in Athens in 1968. Sentenced to 17 years in prison, he was freed by Greece a year later and deported to Lebanon in an exchange of prisoners. Canada is already on record as having brjched its investigation into the worst air disaster of all time - the crash of an Air India flight into the Atlantic - beyond question the result of a terrorist bombing_ And it is only now, over 40 years after the' fact, this nation is making serious noises about taking ac- tion against World War II criminals, known to police for decades. To wimp out on this case would just about do it, as far as this country's reputation for dealing with terrorists is concerned. Listowel Banner. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Local businesses should take firm stand against Sunday shopping Dear Editor: destruction of their quality of life. I would like to congratulate the Wingbam 4. The ripple effect of Sunday shopping Business Association on their unanimous will impact on 1/'3 of the entire work force, decision against Sunday Shopping. It is very such as police, public transportation, ser - important and urgent we at the grass roots vice industries, day care centres and notify our M.P.P. as well as Premier David teachers. Peterson of our stand on this issue. 5. Full-time staff will be reduced in favor Since attending the organizetiOnal of part-timers who are paid less and require meeting of the Coalition Against Open Sun- fewer benefits. day Shopping (CAOSS or pronounced chaos) Ask yourself these questions: i have some facts i would bice to share with Are you or the members of your farpily prepared to work on Sundays or bolids Would you support Sunday shopping if it meant 113 of the work force had to work? Would you support Sunday shopping if prices increased up to 15 percent? The CAOSS needs the support of all local business associations and local organiza- tions interested in this effort. I can provide your organization or business association with a form to register with the CAOSS. They need to know by February 18, 1988. I would hie to urge everyone to write to their M.P.P., Premier David Peterson, Solicitor General Joan Smith or Attorney General Ian Scott, all at Queen's Park, Toronto (no stamp ), asking them to reconsider their 'etention of pa inn this decision on to the local municipalities. This is one way to support the quality of life we desire in our communities. everyone. Support was evident from all major church denominations, many business associations; retail and wholesale associa- tions; trade unions; large companies such as Towers, Loblaws, Sears, Home Hard- wares and small businesses as well. There is also -support for this from the Conservative and N.D.P. M.P.Ps as well as some promi- nent Liberal M.P.Ps. David Peterson's poll in 1987 showed 71 percent of those polled want a uniform law across Ontario. Some facts about open Sunday Shopping are: 1. It will be less convenient because stores will close earlier in the evenings so they can remain open on Sundays. Some people will HAVE to shop on Sundays whether they want to or not. 2. Sunday, shopping will mean a price in- crease of up to 15 percent to cover extra Muriel Coutes, costs of labor, overhead and depreciation. RR 5, 3. Sunday shopping means no common Brussels, Ont. NOG 1H0 pause day for thousands of families and the 357-1908. Christmas bureau extends thanks Dear Editor: Church; Exeter Pentecostal Tabernacle; Once again Family and Children's Ser- Salvation Army, Goderich; Optimist vices of Huron County and those involved Ladies, Seaforth; and Salvation Army, in the organization of the 1988 Christmas Wingham Bureau wish to take this opportunity to May the spirit of brotherhood that we acknowledge the generosity and goodwill share at Christmas continue throughout demonstrated by the people of Huron the year as we work together to support County. This project, designed to ensure children and families in our communities. no child is missed at Christmas, and that each family may enjoy a Christmas din- ner, is completely supported by donations. Church groups, service dubs, children's groups, businesses, and individuals have donated time, gifts and funds in order that the spirit of Christmas could be shared by all families. We wish to express special thanks to the following groups who managed Bureaux in their towns: Clinton Christian Reformed Tome truly, (Mrs.) Pauline Litigant, Volunteer. Michael Park, Board Member. Jim Barnes, President, Board of Directors.' Roberta Klass, Board Member. Team into the fit of things For whatever reason there seems to be a get fit movement on amongst members of my broomball team. And, without meaning to sound disrespectful, it seems rather uncharacteristic. I mean, this is the team that less than two months ago, could have set off every smoke detector in the arena both prior to, and following, its weekly broomball- action. In all honesty alp smoke was so thick at times the coach had to cut his way into the dress- ing room, before he could deliver his pre- game pep talk. And after the game - well, the cigarettes were lit even before the uniforms were off - in fact, before they even warmed up. But things have changed since the start of 1988. No longer do my fellow broombaliers jockey for the coveted privilege of being "last person out of the dressing room", just so they can enjoy the last puff on a cigarette before the start off a game. No longer do they need to inhale on their neighbor's cigarette just to tide them over for the brief period of time it takes to light up one of their own. No longer do they need to worry about misplaced or unreturned lighters, or hav- ing to scrounge matches off whoever hap- pens to have some. SWEATSOCKS by Heather McIlwraith No longer do they need to stoop to rolling pennies when the cigarettes and the finances both run out at the same time. And, no longer do they need to worry about smelling as though they'd been to p fire sale, instead of at the arena partaking -- in some healthy, physical activity like broomball. No, my broomball team has undergon� e some drastic changes. Suddenly the nee man contingent of smokers, that nzpiiWup the majority of the teem in Septem r, has reduced itself to two. The r for whatever reasons, have called it quits on smoking. And it sure makes for some dif- ferent pre -game and post -game conversation. For lir stance: There seems to be a lot more emphasis on food these days. Never in my life have I ever heard so many conversations about chocola cake and pizza. Post game ac- tivities turned to giant munch outs at such places as t.ra and Pizza Train. Similarly conversatio have also con- centrated on die..and xercise, and the need for team members to engage in both just to combat the effec of too much food. Suddenly certain team members are making weekly and/or twice weekly trips to the Vanastra Recreation Complex, where, they tell us, they engage in a little iron, and swimming a few ent sIngt like to console my conscience by make - believing they simply spend their time lounging in the sauna. Whatever it is they do, it sure is a change from the way it was. In fact, if it continues much longer, those of us original non smokers may have to get our "butts" in gear just to keep up with our "reformed" teammates. What happened to winter? I'm feeling at least partly responsible for a natural phenomenon that may affect the lifestyle of every hot-blooded Canadian in the country. It was only two years ago that I wrote a column suggesting, with my tongue planted squarely in my cheek, that we in the Great White North should mount a campaign to have our traditionally -fierce winters cancelled due to lack of interest and poor reviews. Since even my own mother seldom takes anything I say seriously, I hardly expected Mother Nature to act on my suggestion. Yet here we are, in the middle of our se- cond consecutive non -winter. Sure we've had some snow - even a couple of minor blows that could be loosely classified as "storms," - but nothing that would inspire the printing of T-shirts reading "I Surviv- ed the Winter of '88". What kind of wimp couldn't survive a winter where you could pick dew worms in January? There was a time when Canadians were considered a fearsome people. Who would dare invade a land where 30 per cent of the vehicles on the road have blue lights on top and large metal plows on the front? Not those sun-tanned Woosies from California, you can be sure. Huron County was once a stronghold of winter warriors. Twice daily snow - shovelling and pushing mow -bound automobiles kept the entire population in shape for any eventuality. FROM THIS ANGLE by Patrick Raftis Lass wmcer were were nu more than four occasions when I was forced to take up a shovel clear a path from my driveway. This year, already into February, the count is only two. At this rate, we're going to have thousands of former mow -shovel factory employees flooding the unemployment lines in a year's time. What with the winter garment people and the engine -block -heater workers facing a similar crisis - soon the only people with job security will be the Bermuda short manufacutuers. No longer will we have to worry about our car engines freezing on Pluto. Instead we'll have to worry about them overheating near Carlow in December. It will be a whole new way of thinking. Soon the old joke about the Americans coinhig over the border in November with ski -equipment -laden vehicles and looking for the powdered slopes around Sarnia will become even sadder. The poor Yanks will have to drive all the way Timmins before they even need to put on a sweater. And as for skiing? They should be able to find a suitably-frosted byon hill by the time they reach the Should this low -snow situation continue, our very education system is in jeopardy. Students all over Ontario are used to ac- cumulating at least a month's worth of unscheduled off -days due to inclement weather. Without all those storm dathey-. average student will be able to finish'fiis post -secondary education at the age of 16. This influx of youthful graduates will place an unbearable strain on a job - market already hindered by the loss of all those snow -related industries. Also, if word gets out, our tourism in- dustry will be irrepairably damaged. Peo- ple- from traditionally tropical climates come here in the winter for the sole pur- pose of viewing a functional civilization en- cased entirely in ice. If all they wanted to see was mud and slush, they could go to Buffalo or Detroit. After a few years of mild winters, Cana- dians will lose their Mate ability to negotiate automobiles over icy strips of pavement with only scant inches of visible highway before them. White -knuckle driv- ing is a part our national identity. Worst of all, we will have to change the country's nickname. And, somehow, The Great Greenish -Brown North, just doesn't have the same ring to it. Measles cause death of Hullett dr FEBRUARY 3, 1838 Colone Coleman of Seaforth is negt ':t,:- for the purchase of the Exeter Salt w=:t If a purchase can be effected such machinery as is necessary for the maniac - lure of fine salt will be put in. Mr. John Angus has disposed of his pro- perty in Brussels to George Cardiff, receiv- ing $1,200 for the same. There is an acre of land well fenced and a very comfortable brick residence and attachments and a splendid garden with abundance of fruit, such as strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, currants, etc. Nearly all of the children of Mr. Jas. Snell, of Hullett, have been very ill for somelime, member of the county council continuously and we are sorry to learn that two of them—Mt en years. Mr. Mcleaay's many friends will unite with The Expositor in coirgratulations. IN THE YEARS AGON from the Archives Mr Robert McKay, Reeve of Tuck >` :,r• r was on Tuesday last elected Warden the County of Huron at the initial meeting of the County Cormal. Mr. McKay was elected by arelamation, and well deserves the honor conferred upon him by his fellow councillors, and he will make an excellent presiding officer. He has been a are so low that only slight hopes are enter- tained of their recovery. 4gesles were the original complaint, which clekeloped into in- flammation of the lungs. Since the above was in type, two of them have died. JANUARY 3'1,1913 The dry goods store of Mr. Alexander Strachan of Brussels was entered by burglars on Thursday night of last week, and a quantity of furs and clothing stolen. Entrance was obtained by cutting a hole in the panel of the back door and unfastening two large hooks by which the door was fastened. This is the fifth time Mr. Strachen's store has been broken into within the past few years. No trace of the burglars has so far been found. FEBRUARY 4, 1938 Expectations are that Huron County in 1939 may avail itself of a scheme sponsored by the Ontario government to establish a forest of at least 1,000 acres: Many states in Europe have for years derived a large portion of their revenue from publicly -owned forests and it has been said that Huron County could derive similar large profits from a county -owned forest when the trees reached maturity. Norman Dillon, Logan an Township farmer, was instantly killed when the cutter in which he was driving struck a chartered bus about 11/2 miles east of Seaforth Friday night. Robert Dillon, a nephew of the man killed, also a passanger in the cutter, was only slightly injured. The horse pulling the cutter is believed to have jumped at the bus. Damage caused when the roof over Keating's Pharmacy collapsed with the weight of wet snow last week, has been repaired temporarily. FEBRUARY le 1963 Popularity of curling is increasing by leaps and bounds and among the most en- thusiastic are the teen-age players. There are two rinks from SDHS playing on Satur- day afternoons. Karl Campbell, Marg Elgie, Pam Stapleton, Dianne Kirk, Nora Gorwill, Ken Cardno, Pete Rowat and Laurie Stockwell make up the rinks. Seaforth -firemen were called to three fires this week, but damage in each case was small according to Chief J. F. Scott. The first fire teas a smouldering chester- field in a Main Street apartment occupied by the Lovett family; the second was a fire in a sawdust bin at John Boshart's and Sons which set off the sprinkler system; and the third was in Tuckersmith at the residence of James Doig as Mr. Doig's chimney caught eaReininaffal