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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1987
istration Number 0696 ,
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Workers angered by headlines
Dear Editor:
Regarding the Wednesday, February 11
headlines about,Huronview absenteeism -
The .nursing employees of Huronview feel
all readers of these articles will have a
wrong impression of the employees of
1•ieronview: Therefore we would like to try
to express our views.
First, when Mr. Lester stated women
workers are "worn out" and more prone to
sicknessthan men, let .me make it clear -
there are nine males on the nursing staff
while there are 3h females clod time) plus
approximately 83 part time. If women are so
prone to absenteeism, why keep hiring
them? Why not hire men? Yet When it has
been suggested to hire more men, the reply
has always been - women can do the job just
as well, some even thy they do the job
better. -
The stress of the job affects both men and
.women, Wedeal with human lives. The
other areas of the home areal' as important
for the smooth running of Huronview but as
far as the stress factor, none is greater than
when we deal with humans.
The articles in the different papers, all
tend to make it seem as though the poor, lit-
tle, worn out wife works eight hours, goes
home to look after the children, cooks,
cleans, waits on her big "healthy" husband
Won ed on Page A13)
IN THE YEARS AGONE
from the
chives
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Excerpts front the y%And i thought I; had a
hard time findinga place to live" file.
'For the past five or six years, it seems" like I
have been obliged for one•reason or another
to relocate my.persog and, possessions from
one,abodeto Another. I had just gone through
the horrors of moving again only, a' fey✓ short
months ago and was wondering what it was.
about me that made fiieling,a`new: place to
' hang r'ny hat sodifficult, when I spotted a
couple of articles in The Star (yeah, the other
one) that made me realizelusf ow t�ekyy had
been.
One article detailed liow a converted bio&.m
closet," -measuring -only -575 -feet -by -l -1 -feet, -in
an exclusive neighborhood In London,
Englandhad attracted a line up of prospect- '
ive buyers even though the asking price had
been $74.,650. Granted, the place came with a
radiator and a folding bed; but I -still can't
imagine anyone (except perhaps Papa Smtrf)
having designs on such a stuffy domicile.
While I can't lay claim to ever having lived
in an official broom closet," I have made my
home on numerous occasions in places which
might have made such accommodations seem
appealing. One-roomapartments, run-down
apartments, basement apartments, over -
o live difficu.
IS ANGLE
by Patrick Raftas:'.
crowdad apartments, temporarily -abandon-
ed apartments and, on one brief and rather
uncomfortable occasion, the hatchback or a
'76 Monza are all .laces I have inhabited at
one time or another. '
Because. of thisvaried exposure to the
wide -world of rental ; real estate, I feel
qualified w o1'f faw-tips tv those -engaged ---
in the housing rat race.
Rule Number One - If you must have a•
room -mate, choose a complete, stranger. In
fact, the stranger the better. More friend-
ships ' have ended over debates on such
weighty issues as whose turn it is to take out
the garbage and which end of the toothpaste
tube to squeeze,' than have ended over love,
money and the pursuit of happiness com-
bined. This, rule does not apply to married
couples who, as a group, seem to have
developed an incredible capacity for toler--•
ance of toothpaste tube and garbage detail
faux pans.
Always read between the lines in any
classified advertisement of apartment vacan-
cies. There are a number of readily-recogniz- •
leierms-which-generally-have-a double.'.
meaning, commonly used when advertising
vacancies..
Fer-instant the -phrase -'_`beat included.an
rental price," conjurs up imagesof hundreds
of thousands df British Thermal Units flowing.
into a room full of nearly -naked occupants. In
reality it means "thermostat in landlords
apartment. Bring a Sweater."' •
"No pets allowed," can often mean, "the . -iI
last tenant's 'cat haswhizzed all over this
' place an,da'11 be darned if it's going to happen
again." i • .
• Partially furnished,should often more
Accurately read, ."haven't gotten, around to
• throwing out the moldy sofa and busted
(Continued on page A7)
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0.5$R, STARS
One more time Mr. Clean
I'm seriously thinking about having my
oven sealed shut. Ob, rm going to•dean it
first, just one more time. I'm going to put a
brand new light bulb in it and then I'm going
to have that darned door shut permanently.
When people come over 1''It turn on the light
splitswithaxe and let them look through e- sparkttngttrven
Man spl 4head in 1887 at
window into spottesslycieanoven. Then I'll
send out for pizza and really enjoy it.
Cleaning the even is one of the worst
household jobs going. It would be different if
f liked to cook, but Ihate even using the oven
let alone cleaning 1L1'nn the only person in
the world who ean boll over baked potatoes.
lety oven strokes and smoulders and if don't
close thekitehen door and open the back door
the whole house smells like chicken, arid em
tanking chicken hooked a month ago.
'I don`t know whether the smoke gets out
the oven door or up through the butters but
it"s there. It could be the door. f always take
the door off to clean, the oven Theprablent is
t can never get the door back on. T follow the
directions, take iffy time, breathe deeply,
tooth to 100 backwards, try, try, and try
again. Then f fire the door across the mono,
bumf into team and rata for`helo. once when
lttlAftY fs, tette
Edmond Torpy, of Dublin, about twoweeks
ago, went into the woodshed to split wood,
when hisaxeglanced, and hit him on the side
•of the head. making a cut several itches long,
and very deep. It Was a close call; for had n
been half an inch nearer, it would have
entered the brain. However, he is doing as
well as ooutd be expected. and the the thinks
he. will soon be all flight.
The Chore) (inion Society in Kippersis
making 'very satisfactory progress with the
work, The work consists of voice attire,
sight reading. and., haotry. They are
prepaired to give the llensafl singing class a
ad rub in the way of singing.
Ir. 1). Mel.an et Kipper has purchased
an excellent team of two-year-old bombe twin
Mt 1#acisard Pelbeidge. of Usborne, for the
handsome sum of $370.
The several members of the Seaforth
Cutting Club -have teethed theirtompetition
for the point medal. Mr. A. Young is the
winner=of the metrial for this season.
PleetitelARY le,1912
Mr. Naylor, the new Oedipal Of the' public
school is ayoung. activeman and was highly
recoirtitiren'dedbythe inspector as athorougil
ly competent teacher. lie coni Citi ces his
duties here the first week of March. The
initial Salary is$sSo. There were anurnberof
applications, •
ATrout
e:20 a.m. Tuesday morning the r-
alanir Was Saintied. It
did not take long to
Iterate the plate, as dense veIcertes of I#Iack
smoke were ascendinng from the Iaige balt bit
MainStreet, nearly opposite the Dick House,
afid-occuppied iiy Ii'li'., VGilham Syme, et -4
rstable and b Mr
leve... y y yVtlliairl'Cudinoreaa
a horse repository. The fife• brigade were
soon on the spot andallthough, they were
unabl'elosav`ethe beilditig diel splendid Worlt
in keeping the blaze from spreading and
putting out the Bre before more•than the top
part of the building was burned desphfe the
inflammable material of whielr it was
coriiposedan'd which' it. contained. The horse
and vehicles were all got out uurefy With the
exception of one pleasure sleigh owed by
Aft. l3 me and a rot df' ha oats and straw.
The bel dmg, belonlbged to t Allah, of
Goderch and was urlin`su Mr Byrne's
loss writ be•cdvered by'msurance, 'e do rat
MOW where hfe`willr'esumebu.ssiness. The tire,.
-originated froth the stove ape. Fortunate
themorningWasealm,i adtherebeeen"awiird
blowing from attrhostr any 'directroh ilii
consecjttences would almost certainlyY grave
been much more serious.. -
Mr, colli Sproate has rented Firs farm in
Tuckersmith near the Dockyardto Mr.
Pullman and.. in d e
oleo s coaitng, either to
Seaforth or Egmon'dville to reside. •
Mr. Thos. Johnston,, a`memberof the fire
firigede, had the misfortune tv',fall Broin a
ladder while at the fire on Tuesday morning
and fractured his left arm.
leammiliassata
FEIBRUArt.V19.1937
The annual meeting ofthe libray Hoard of
Carnegie filbrary was held on Monday
evening when the bellowing officers were
appointed, Chairman, P.I1, Moffat; team
tary-treasurer, E.C, Chamberlain; boak
conunittee, Miss S.I. Met.ean telraftnian)
Miss lsabelleWatsoti, Mrs, M.A. Reid, Cyril
Reynolds; property continittee J.C. Mills
tehalrtnan), EC. Chamberlain, P.R.' Moffat,
Cyriyrnotda.
Miss Margaret Crieh had her girl (deride in
to a quilting Oft Thilesdky last. she
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entertain( (roan their friends to a party
in the (vetting A good time is reported.
A very enjoyable eirerting .Was 'teem on.
Tuesday et the brim of Miss Mavis pencer
wiiean about 12 girl friends of Miss' Tula
Merlonaid, a millet btitieetleet held a
shower kr her and presented her with a
lovely table lamp. 'me evening was devoted
teeth. Mitt holt ,. d by '
to • en stn "` follolved a daht
ciwnat led ode>elect bf this
month
Miss Margaret Grieve and p»prls ed S.B.
Ilio a Teeketemith, Were the meat of Miss
Norma Habktrk acid pupil of 5 Me: 3
rite rera»uth, last Friday etternooft 'A
skating patty had been planned but the
weather peeved too mild, SO the afternoon. -
ivas ve ry p easanth y Algot
.tin t la g
progressive trokrnole acid other games, after.
whreh Meth „Wet served by the teachers.
leeeilituAR'S'te, Hee
A town wide"' vv'eekly garbage eollechon by
the fown SW, , without any added. Dost eves
seem as a possibility meriday night- as the
Ranilfafion Cotitnuttee__'Was pressed fora
e ie a report as fa how the task could be
Mt taken.
Allister Broadfoot, Alt S, Seafot*, was
elected president eif the Mdxillop Mutual
bireffito lace Lett panefeillownjgtheanittl al
meeting on Friday. l -le Stfeeeedl Jahn le
ne
Malo.. „ .,.. .... Ordered _..... ". _�..
en ordered to begin a
own pohee,have biz
crackdown oh double' pai�itrng d?i Maui Street.
Council, meeting Monday eight accepted a
recoirunrendat£on of the police ooihthittee that
adiottbetake"ncammeffeingneittMondaylu
eliin`tf'feth'ei"vol ed'dtvi bn
a n v ng conditrotis•t�iat
are' located on the street as the result 'of
• doti6T and i , s
d� n ome cakes, filple parking
II will be' 54' years'' ago Thursday,that.Mat
McKefet left Cecln .: y'for Se yea' i to learn
the telegraph biisrhess. Three years later, it
1911, he became expreaa agent; a respon"si
bilit'" hehasineld noW Ifir niorethan S0 "
y fernier Seafotth hockey ;player loos
honored with a Roil - uin night alt the
Oteenibore (NottyPatelma)CohseumrF.ar$r
player"'hat a special night and #tie Ron' Muir
night` included a picture of the heekey'
enthY siast on the front cover of the prograiii
for the GreensboroGenerais, Ron Muir is the
act of Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Muir, of
setlfotfb •
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HERE'S THE BEEF
by Carolanne Doig
I had company coming I decided to impress
them by cleaning the oven (t was going to
cook tool. After all I always check out other
people's ovens when l visit them don't you?
Well I couldn't get the laet e r)a oven door
back on. No one was atbund to help. t
prepared the rest of the meal and stuck it:in
the oven without the door. NO I DiDN`T
TURN THE OVR? 1 ON. I'm not that dopey, I
Left a message with a friend to stop in and put
the door on, and I went gotfing....a chip off
•the old block.
Ovens and 1 don't mix. Easy Off and Mr.
Muscle get up my. nose, SOS pads' ruin my
fingernails; and I hate it when half dissolved
scalloped potatoes are running down my
the sink and after cleaning them you have to
clean sink, counter top, and kitchen floor. 1
remember reading in one of those household
handy hint columns that an easy way to dean
oven or barbecue racks was to spray them
with oven cleaner and then put them in green
garbage bags fora couple of hooks. Then the
gunge would just rinse off. f would rather pttt
them in the garbage bags and send them to.
the local sanitary landfill site.. '
I love my food baked, broiled or roasted
but in someone else's oven. Scalloped
potatoes,' pizza, casseroles, . rice pudding. I
love them all but not enough to Spend the rest
ofmy'life with myhead inside adirt oven. So
amts and ripping off my elbows. The side t'tn goingto buy a chain and a padlock. 'then.
and bottom are bad. enough to clean but the " I'm going to lock that oven door and.w
top of the oven is the pits. Then there's the away the ke . Mr. Muscle and.I are through,
h
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racks. all black and gtrngey. They don't fit in for good,
try. ... _..-
n someone. to. Iok up. to
SENSE AND :1.�O�1.�M SENSE
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•by ROA �!cdSYsin
T walked into the gym to watch a bunch of
guys dribbling,. Shading anal scoring I
couldrn't believe it, there Wage' giant On the
count
• As L watched the practice, I tried to guess
the height of the other players. Though' they
looked like five-foot nudgets, l learned the
average height of the team was 6' 2 1VIy
confusion Wet tinderstandable because the
graben towered over the shortest; 5 8 player.
by 14 inches. That's tore than a foott It"s
More than my shoe site
I gaped, thy lower jet it seenoed, almost
hitting the floor.
'. .,.r..,.. ,. , having
Theresa good Melon for me have
respect:for this -skinny guy,; who stands two
inches shy of seven feet -I've never had the
chance to look up .t# anyone, literally
anyway.
-it a 6'" ..e
You have t"obe>Ytgheight, 6 5 , to be able
lir imide'..: __ -
rsfand'wha- .,
t it s Fi�e going through
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life looking down on people A short person
niay tell someone who' screwed up that he
looks &eel. ; .
Tum foe _doing it -•I dent have
ariy choice. Even if I think - highly of so=
nreoiie, I still' Ieek down on them.
To alt the shorties in the world" I -
apologise. Even if you don't measure' tip, I
'understand,
That s fi problem tall people fae&-though
they may understand the actions and feel,-
posite
i ngs of holtfie ds•tlittlerue.'eo le , I'm not sure the hp,
We know, . ' d a ...oath, the fact she
> air appre a diet
_ short
people can Walk into a store and not *iffy
about running into Signs that are hung low
enough s'o they can read them, We 'WOWpeo
short '
, .: ..
plt5 fire ahle'to'walk through a db'or
and not UAW to watch for automatfe door
C1004 od„whish they can scrape their
foreheads. We' also know that sola)) ears ate
meant for small people. Nobody thought
about us beanpoles when the high gas prices
hit=we
end UV spening.
•dheedreds of dollars -
t'
tatting front seats out of small cars, jfist Sb
We can drive them.
Also appreciated is the fact car Seats and
chairs are made for short people. Pott don't
have knees riding up around your ears in a
small car” or several .feet of leg hanging
ovet a thair. •
Consider yourself kicky; if you're short,
that yore -tank swing 4our.feet when yothhit,
down and your feet don't touch the floor. We
can't parttepate in that type of •exercise
Derain: ourfeet are always ori the (loot, no
smatter holy high. we turn up a chair..
Ifyotere thertatIttalways filoeto-look up
to the likes of myself. Thattn had/ p rovidet
another recreational activity, if you becorrie
bored With my d d illersationi.=yoe Batt count
tie hairs in my nose:
I'venever had that opportii'nity, riot until t
filet the giant on the basketball court. It
wasn't until I met hurl that I knew what it
was like to get of rete heck from looking up.
Now I kno(v why people always ask about
the weather', clouds;, and pollution.
It -wheat that nion'ientthat Ifinally got the
chaiiide to play the rat bf a''short" perso r.1
asked all the typical dtuestfbii'a like, length of
pant inseam, Length of aims and fingers,
shoe size, and whether the tjpestions asked
'by short people of talt;people bothered hurl
1 was in my glory. Never before com'i'c t
as
"...k those "uestion s
q ,the same :ones that I
usually answered. And you know what? It
kCmtileefelt good, but afterwards I felt like a
jerk,,
telt me, are -those the same feelin'g's' of
dioht people? ,
My conversation with the rant ended on a
positive note. I learned that, because of his
height, he has .the opportunity to have his
university
education p _,.aid for through a
sc
holarship. And, he gets to havefutt getting
it' -alt he has to do is play basketball•.
Who • says being• tail doesn't leave its
benefits?
Reeeivvitgga tree tinniversity education, is
probably the best There are others Short
people are always asking us what's happet e
ing at the front of a room if they cant see.
When us "Wilda" are at an auction" w"e
always know what we're biddingfor
beesuse we e'en tee what's beieg sold. Never
are We surprised•,
We're also the first tri know when there's a
change in the weather. . If it rains; Welt tike
. •:
ftrst.to know. If a hale kids s helium Balloon
drifts to the ceiling we're always called' t'o
rescue it. Kids love tall people best.
We also spend lots of money=clothiecslittle
their h'an'ds iii dee when they the us Walk in
the, door Our clothm
es are ade-to-order,.
and that eons. At least we wear clothes that
fit. Unlike short people, We dolt t have to buy
off the rack, and to turn, roll up doffs'; Or
take in seams,
Itee beet part is water skifn We-dotee.-- ''•'--
lave to spena hundreds of dollars an ski
ours' are built -iii and we don't evert have to
strap them on.
Joking aside, I rea11'ycan't de55Ytlbe" my '.
feelings. of `finally being able to, leek tip; to.
somebody, If there' brie Word' that s0?s ft
best, it was gefereat