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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1988-09-28, Page 2LETTERS TO THE EDITOR J axe SINCE 1860, SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST Incorporating ED BYRSKI, General Manager The, Brussels Post HEATHER McILWRAITH, Editor Published in Seaforth, Ontario Member Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Ontario Community Newspaper Association Every Wednesday Morning Ontario Press Council Commonwealth Press Union ,s- International Press Institute ° Subscription Rates: Canada '20.00 a year, in advance Senior Citizens -'17.00 a year in advance The Expositor is brought to you Outside Canada '60.00 a year, in advance each week by the efforts of: Pat Single Copies - .50 cents each Armes, Noll Corbett, Terri -Lynne Bale, Dianne McGrath and Bob Mcyllpl®n, Second class mall registration Number 0696 Wednesday, September 28, 1988 Editorial and Business Offices - 10 Main Street, Seaforth ' Telephone (519) 537.0440 Malang Address - P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK IWO Voting is a duty Once every three years ratepayers get the chance to elect those who will be handed the responsibility of conducting the business of their municipali- ty in the best interests of its residents. Municipal election day this year is November 14. 'Unfortunately, however, many eleigible voters will not take advantage of this opportunity. Some, of course, for valid reasons - the ill or the frail elder- ly, to name a few - are simply unable to get to a polling station. Too often, however, there are those who just don't care enough to get out and vote. lronoically, many of the latter do not hesitate later to buttonhole a member of council to rail on about some issue handled by that body and its resolu- tion with which he fails to agree. We urge all who are eligible to elect the council in their village, township or town, to turn out and vote. Voting goes beyond being a privilege, or even a right. For us it should be considered a duty. It is easy for us to recognize that election time is at hand as candidates slowly begin to announce their intentions to run. Some declare immediate- ly, while others prefer to delay their announcement, waiting in the wings, so to speak, to discover what opposition they might face and calculating. their chances of winning before tossing their hats into the political ring. It is this type of manoeuvering that leads to candidates being placed in of- fice by acclamation and once again electors missing out on the opportunity to choose their representatives. We urge those who want to be candidates to declare themselves early and not wait until nomination day, October 17. Those of you who want to see certain candidates in the race are also asked to urge them to file their papers now. Let's make November 14 Election Day, not just a day of acclamation. Wingham Advance -Times. Foodgrains project to go again To All Interested People, As some of you know, we at Egmondville United Church took part in the Canadian Foodgrains Bank this past year. The project turned out to be a great success for our church and we feel it was a good local pro- ject to help solve a world problem. Due to the comments and questions asked after our project was completed we decided to invite Don Langford from the Foodgrains Bank to come and explain the program to the community. We would like to invite anyone who is interested to come to an infor- mal meeting where Don will show a few slides and explain what the Canadian Foodgrains uanx Is ail about. We at Egmondville are going to take part again this year but maybe we could all join together and make this a community project. Hope to see you at the meeting Monday October 3 at 8 p.m. in the basement of the Egmondville United Church. Yours truly, Egmondville United Church Foodgrains Bank Committee Ken Carnochan Bruce Coleman Milton J. Dietz Jim Papple Parent thankful for volunteers To the Editor: many absent parents that drive into the A change of season, a change of sport and parking areas, never to be seen again for the in most cases a change of coaches. This rest of the game either on the bleachers or seems to be an opportune time to pay tribute at the sidelines. (something we as parents and express thanks to the many coaches in- are guilty of more than we care to admit). volved in our children's sporting activities To the coaches for attempting to teach our for the past season. children the importance of working together Thank You; To the many coaches for their as a team with each' player learning to hours of persistence, enthusiasm and respect each others capabilities and limita- knowledge so generously given to our tions. You instilled excitement, challenge athletes. For your many hours dedicated to and a stronger sense of self worth as a early morning or evening practices, no mat- member of the team. (win or lose). ter how hot or cold the weather may be. For My apologies; the numerous phone calls to players concer- To the coaches who listen to our freely ning practices or games, the scheduling of given advice and coaching we as parents umpires or referees, and the rescheduling of regularly give from the bleachers and postponed season games. To the coaches for sidelines. We always have the answer and listening to the many complaints and usually offer them. remarks handed to you by both parents and Ta the coaches who attempt to field a full players alike. You take them so well in team for practices and games only to find stride as just another part of the sometimes that parents/children have not bothered to thankless job. Many of us seem to feel that telephone them and relay a message that you become "superhuman" by accepting they are unable to attend. It seems it is just these coaching responsibilities. We seem to too inconvenient for the child (or is it the feel that you should not be allowed to make parent?) to attend practice or game or it an error in judgement as the rest of us fre- just may be that these players have commit- quently do. ted themselves to another sport or activity For the time you generously give as a which they would rather attend. leader, organizer and very frequent driver To the coaches that must deal with for team players to the games. You even at parents/players that feel a person earns times accept the role of babysitting for the Turn to page 17A . 0 you're orgeriiiing 8 non rrotk evotit tooloatton oasts *1621-01$82 or tfatl 9tpp>yjl l eatoretee. The Huron motor. Box $9, Mo. Spate far ilia Cmm►riupitty Wed. Sept. 28 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Fitness is Fun at Arena Thurs. Sept. 29 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. - Fitness Is Fun at Arena Fri. Sept. 30 1:30 p.m. - Sr. Alley Bowling Sat, , Oct. 1 1:30 - Story Hour at Seaforth Library Mon. Oct. 3 8:30 a.m. - Hospital Auxiliary Fall Con- ference at Arena nta, phone the ttfoCommunt- )fl dwan ar of tba Kur Stt exposit*, - Adult Recreation Program Begins Tues. Oct. 4 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. - Fitness Is Fun at Arena Wed. Oct. 5 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. - Fitness is Fun at Arena 8:30 - 7:00 p.m. - Beginners Broomball 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Jr. Girls Broomball 8:00 p.m. - Perth vs Queens 8:50 p.m. - Parr Line vs Commercial 9:40 p.m. - Jr. Farmers vs Winthrop Thurs. Oct. 6 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Jr. Boys Broomball 7:30 - ? - Men's Broomball Feelings mixed.. over sprinter's g Aside from shock, my initial reaction to news that Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson had tested positive for use of banned anabolic steroids, was disgust. But now, several hours after Johnson was stripped off his gold medal and world record, and in the aftermath of what is being treated as the biggest scandal in the sports world, I really don't know what to think. Part of me wants to believe this is all a mistake, that unrefutable evidence will be brought forward soon that proves Ben Johnson was framed, and he will be vindicated. Despite test results to the contrary it seems inconceivable to me that Johnson would be so stupid as to risk everything by pumping his body full of performance enhancing drugs. With drug testing in- evitable at the close of his record setting dash for gold, certainly Ben Johnson stood to lose a lot more than he would have gained - a medal, a world record, government financial backing, a career and the respect of his peers and country - not, to mention millions of dollars in commercial en- dorsements. I mean, he was assured of most of those things regardless of his finish in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Ben Johnson could have ridden on the laurels of his 1987 world record setting run in Rome for the rest of his life. That's why it seems so incredible that he'd resort to artificial stimulants prior to the 1988 Olympic Games. Considering all Johnson stood to lose, is it any wonder Canadians are finding the news of his drug use difficult to believe? And cer- SWEATSOCKS by Heather McIlwraith tainly the fact that his water bottle • was replaced during the final race, and that a gooey, yellowy, foul smelling substance was found inside it, opens the door to more speculation about the happenings in Seoul on Saturday. - Then again, maybe it's all a story con- cocted to cover the reality of the situation - which is, that Ben was guilty of using the banned anabolic steroids. Certainly, the ex- tent of his physical development over the past year could be easily attributed to steroid use. And if, Johnson truly is guilty of using the performance enhancing drugs, then the In- ternational Olympic Committee (IOC) was right to take away his medal and his world record, the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) was right in disqualify- ing him from competition for two years, and Canadian Sports Minister Jean Charest was right in banning him from the Canadian na- tional team for the rest of his life. An athlete is no athlete, and certainly no sportsman, is he/she resorts to drugs to get the com- petitive edge. And in the case of Johnson, a man who had to know anything he did would attract worldwide attention and comment, the resuus us idle arug ,testing win nave everlasting effects. Is it any wonder his loyalty to. Canada is being questioned, when according to his test results, he so blatantly ignored the rules of the Olympic competition, and embarrassed a nation that has obviously been very kind to him. But in reality Ben Johnson is not the only one in the sports world guilty of using steroids. Drug use has become a widespread disease and the whole sports arena is suspect because of it. And while I might be relunctant to believe a Canadian hero could stoop to such behavior, and could subse- quently let down himself, his family and his country the way he did, I have to acknowledge the facts. Apparently Ben Johnson did just that. However, I have to wonder just what the sports world is coming to, what kind of pressures to excell are being applied to the athletes, if in fact, they find it necessary to push themselves beyond their own natural abilities, with the use of synthetic stimulants. I have to wonder why we even bother with international competitions if we must test every athlete for drugs prior to awarding him/her for their accomplishments. IT HASN'T UNTIL HALF- wAY THRouGH THE FALL FAIR PAE)ADE T1 T ELMER M`DoRMER REAuzED THE LIM I TAToNS OF HIS ELECTRIC BP G PIPES. It was an active weekend in Seaf • rth Things were lively in Seaforth over the weekend, as new ideas and cld standbys were used to make for an interesting four days. The annual Fall Fair, which in my ex- perience is virtually the same year after year in town after town, had a few new items to offer this year. I had never before seen a hay rolling contest, or the even more bizarre cow pat- ty bingo. The origins of these events are lost in the pages of history, but the bovine bingo conjures up images of a couple of pioneer farmers leaning against a fence, one saying to the other, "I bet Bessie lets fly near that stump." A junior olympics kept some youngsters busy, the slow tractor contest caught some interest, and the usual judging of livestock, crafts, baking, etc. kept the fair running. Ciderfest was a new one to me, which is unusual since I come from an area of British Columbia where apple trees and orchards are about as common as corn fields are herenut Ciderfest offered a lot of events and displays, one of which was an open faced apple pie eating contest that captured a lot of attention. Some con- testants will still be licking apple out of their mustaches, or off their glasses. So there were two days of activity with the fair on Thursday and Friday, and another fun day Sunday. And there has been as long as these events have been running, but some time ago someone got the idea to fill the Saturday with something to do as well, which leads to the topic of Wheelbarrow Days. It doesn't sound too bad at first, but when you consider that people have just spent two days in town, and as much cash as their kids can take them for at the fair, the chance of bringing them back for Main Street sales seems slim. And if you're go- ing to try you'd better have something to offer them aside from 10 percent off, and you'd better get 100 percent participation from local businesses. There was a band on the street, vendors on the sidewalks, sales, etc. and it would normally be a live- ly Saturday, but after two days of activity at the fair it seemed pretty slow. And the number of people on the street reflected this. In terms of the consumer traffic Wheelbarrow Days looked like almost any other Saturday. I don't know what could be done to fill the streets on that Saturday, or if they even should be filled on that Saturday, but Wheelbarrow Days as it was on the 24th isn't the answer. Record number of homes erected SEPTEMBER 28,1888 On Thursday last week the Clyne Brothers, with their Monarch machine, threshed on the farm of Mr. Thomas O'Hara, concession 8, McKillop, 106 bushels of peas in 45 minutes and did not know they were being timed, but worked at their usual rate of threshing. The machine was fed by Messrs. George Clyne and Wm. J. Welsh, and they can thresh 150 bushels in an hour if they try. The time was kept by Mr. R.G. Ross. Mr. Henry Dolmage, for several years salesman in the store of Mr. J.L. Smith, in this town, is now running a large an pro- sperous photographing business in East Saginaw, Michigan, in company with Mr. Krupp, photographer in Wade's for some time. Never before in the history of Seaforth have there been, in one season, so many private residences erected as during the present 'season and many of them large, stately brick edifices, and still there is scarcely an empty house in town. We understand that Mr. George E. Jackson, of Egmondville, has invented and had patented in Canada and the United States, a new process for the evaporation of salt brine, which, if it proves successful, will totally revolutionize the salt business, as by Mr. Jackson's process salt can be made with one-third of the fuel required by the present process. We believe he intends IN THE YEARS AN from the Archives testing his process in the Hensall works and we hope his expectations will be more than realized. OCTOBER 3, 1913 The basketball association of the Seaforth Collegiate Institute drove to Clinton on Fri- day and played a game with the Collegiate Institute there. They were defeated by a score of 9 to 10. The school football team also played the Clinton school team that day, but our boy students won by a score of 1 to 0. The return football and basketball games will be played here on the Seaforth Collegiate Field Day, which is on Friday, October 10th. The large bank barn on the farm of Mr. Garfield McMichael, on the second conces- sion of Hullett, was completely destroyed by fire, with all its contents, on Saturday morn- ing last. Mr. McMichael was in the barn in the early morning doing his chores. The lantern he placed on a nail, exploded and went in pieces, the burning oil scattering in all directions. At first Mr. McMichael thought he had it out when he placed a blanket over it, but when he returned with another blanket, the fire had gained such headway that it was beyond all control and spread so rapidly through the building that he was unable to save much of the contents. He had an insurance of $1,500, but his loss will be much beyond this amount. Mr. Hugh Stephenson has sold his residence on West William Street to Mr. James Martin of Tuckersmith for $1,400. Mr. Martin has secured a nice, comfortable residence. We hope, however, that Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson will not require to remove from town, but Mr. Stephenson's health has not been very satisfactory for some time, and he may have to make a change. SEPTEMBER 30, 1938 While skating at Kitchener the end of last week, Van Bell, well known Seaforth foot- ball and hockey player, was thrown to the ice when another skater fell in front of him and struck his arm with such force that his wrist was fractured. Strawberries and September don't mix, but on Saturday W.H. Stewart, near Walton, picked a large dish of berries from plants in his garden. The berries were large and com- pletely formed, and, says Mr. Stewart, were most acceptable. a.