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The Huron Expositor, 1987-03-25, Page 2Huron xposi or Fid SINC 1860, SERVING THE, COMMUNITY FIRST s�"` • vP •"nv,� OPINION What ever 'hae•ned to,clharc _.„..... I nearly caused a riot in the hardware store .FROM THIS ANGLE• by Patrick Raftis Incorporating Brussels Post. 10• Main Street 527-0240 Published • in • • SEA.FORTH,q ONTARIO —Every—Wednesday—tiler-it'. el-ni.r ED BYRSKI,' General Manager HEATHER McILWRAITH, Editor The Expositor is brought to you each,week by 'the efforts of: Pat Armes, •Bessie Broome, Marlene Charters,. Joan Gulchelaar; Dianne' McGrath, Lois McLlwain, Bob McMillan and Cathy Melady +C.A: BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1985 fpHs G�nr, cnn,y �h„fr f`rk,•e,•A �'hwWSP4Pf A5 CO"'” Member Canadian• Community'Ne'wspaper Assoc.' Ontario •Comniunity, Newspaper 'Association Ontarto'.Press council Commonwealth Press. Union International Press Institute. Subscription rates:. ' "Canada $20.00 a year, • in advance Outside Canada $60.00 a year, in °advance Single Copies - 50 cents each WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1987 Second class mail registration Number 0696 Don'tforget .. these men r He is a family man and holds down a full time job. Despite this, he is able to find the time to teach a group of eager young kids to skate,.shoot, pass, and.play as a team.- This takes several hours every week. He is a father, husband,. worker, and minor hockey coach. His.narne may not bewell'known, but what he represents is. What he. -does represent is every coach who readily gives'of his time to give kids the direction they- Wantland need. There are .quite literally thousands of these men throughout Ontario, Canada, and the world: Without them minor sports in small towns like Seaforth, would -not be likely to survive. Does a coach get praise and recognition.when one of'hi•s proteges makes it to the big I•eagues? Almost never. Does he deserve it? Almost always.. Without these completely unselfish men there would be no one to get out of bed at 7 a.m. on a cold Saturday in March. There.would be no one to shout.directions and encouragement while warming his hands on a cup of arena coffee. There would be no one to. teach youngsters what, they desire to learn. . " Next time you see a minor hockey team, or any minor sports team in action, think of the man responsible for putting that team together. • Maybe you could tell the man behind the bench how thankful you are for what he does. You may even want to aseure that he gets that praise and recognition. Tell others what he does, and how well he does it. He would appreciate it,' and so would• 1. by Manny Gomes LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Farm program is in its last year The. Ontario Beginning Farmer Assist- ance ssistance Program ha -s been available since January 1, 1983 to help people get started into farming. Not everyone realizes that it's a five-year program. 1987 is its last year. December 31 is the application deadline date. If a proposal to start into farming is accepted by an eligible lender (FCC, banks and trust companies), BFAP provides an interest rebate for the fust five years of the "loan. me rebate may lower the cost of interest to 8 per cent.. The current FCC rate is used as the bench mark for interest reduction. BFAP is meant for people starting into farming and has been especially helpful in many cases for those buying into the family business. There have been over 200 BFAP applications in Huron County shag the inception of the program. For more information on BFAP, contact the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Office in Clinton. Don Pullen. Bill 1541should be stopped pollee will have the power to search, seize and remove private business records. These pay police can then estimate completely different jobs using - arbitrary guidelines set by a handful of cabinet !ministers. The pay police earl then dictate to btisinesses what they mutt pay for the jobs. `• The Ontario legislature resumes April 21 and Bill 154 could tome up tor final reading goon afterward. -We urge air citizens in Ontario Who are concerned about their freedoms to telephone or write to their MPS and give them this message: "Stop Bill 154"s pay police!" Sincerely, David Somerville, President, National absent" Coalition We'd like to alert readers to how the Ontario governments proposed Bill 154 will take away some of our freedoms and cost many workers their jobs._ The government say's Bili 154 will achieve "pay equity," but like rent controls the bill's unintended consequences Will be disastrous. Bill 154 willresult in imuch higher' costs for business and that means higher prices. Higher prices will mean lower sales. L wersales will mean fewer obs for many workers in Ontario. Bill 154 will also cause higher• taxes and bigger government because it will needarmair Bill 164 54 will also violate nun er y cherished individual freedoms. For of our iinstance, under Bill i54's powers, pay police will be created who will have the power to enter businesses without a warrant. These pay Heart foundation reaches goal . the Other. day It's not that inappearance in a store habitually causes widespread partite among the sales clerks, for fear they will be worked to the bole, ringing up and bagging • my multitude of purchases: ha fact normally, the entire staff of a store goes on .coffee break when they see me,come in the door, assuming that I am either just browsing, or have come to make a 79 cent purchase. ' A113did was ask if they had any.barbecues? The clerkat- first looked' puzzled by my request, and nodded toward an impressive line up of propane -powered models, I explained to her I did not wish to spend in excess,of $200 .on an outdoor' cookingcentre, equipped with a more dazzling array of features than most modern kitchen ranges. I merely wanted'what amounts to a small metal container for charcoal, ;the sort of barbecue that could once be had for under twenty bucks. She began to look worried. Another sales clerk (more experienced, I assumed, at dealing with recalcitrant customers) was brought in: ".0h! You' want the kind that uses those, those...." she searched for the proper word. • "Charcoal briquettes," 1 completed for her. "I'm afraid they're :almost a thingof the Dear Editor cures, not only for heart and circulatory Stair Connelly, President, • and Barney disease, but also to improve unmunology Goldsmith, Campaign Chairman, of the techm uet-(eritieal in -organ -transplants-) and Boffin County Chapter of the heart and to address Juvenile Diabetes and Altz- Stiroke Foundation of Ontario, thank all area heimers Disease. chairs and canvassers for their efforts during al Lan ai' i for funds in February. The Chapter also appreciates the ekcellerit the ansa __ P .g ... . ... ....appreciates . ... _......,. . _ et in,the • . your the Although all mine isnot y„ and the ygo o coverage given by yo $55,500 should certainly be reached, art campaign and thanks you for. it mrsease of $6,000 oVer 1986. •, residents of HuronCountyfortheir generous $2,500 of this MOO Is Hilton County's donations. commitment to the Robarts Research triad- Sincerely, tute in ivndori • the Robarts Research MargaretMaeLebd Institute will be a'fanjet' reseatrli centre in the PubliidRelations Chair .Province Whose purpose•, it la search out . - 357.1847' • ,•. �oSAttr-ioritt iS cittesii_orted_� a ., P involved l .. ed The priorities in' this Town ager ...,. , _.... , vo ve , Pit Pt`ip It is budget hrYie again and time or our in_ " d !biking" Town• employees and strange. $14.00 an heat for fightmg a fire arid Harr•lort g,... t `' It $ 5 00 for attending a counal ineetin which toiihcillors to have their hands out again:...... $7 . . _. _ . ...� g _....•..... g does Stein ,strange that people ,45. '..ire are On an average' lasts 2t hours: ,..'i Til with our tax dollars would Dot truste A tot of people in this town give of their atfderstand that it is` not a bottomless well me for different OrgariliationS at sometime e are n •to, um dry: The private it ,: ,. .,,. .�..... • of • ,••- ..,'Brit 'certainly no benefit to' t`hatth y tiyI g p eWith little or sector Who are ern Toyed in this town are m to their life. l? , .:......�.. fireinselves• ceitamly being oil tnuncil . 'fiite so lucky when' it comes to fancy salaries no lois' et tie 'ebnsidered ati honorary ai d.ntce raises every year. What also seems "'position when sonieniake fora few hours as Strange e is that the department which risks P-• as some of our seiirois live on; Where • Mete in their job than any other has to,fightare our priorities? hard for their raises and still do not Make' an hourly wage in' eomparison to the risk A'egncernecl'citizen past;" she lamented . in a condescending market now , corse equipped with remote manner more often reserved for Ozark control. Mountain hillbillys. ' • Today's couch potato is an• even less fit After checking. with the manager she specimen than his sofa spud forerunners. No informed me that, while they had none "in . longer must he even rise 'from the prone to stock, there was a possibility they would be switch channels or fiddle with the 'color to getting some in the future, no doubt with the ' ,improve the hue of Cybil Shepherd's skin Intention of placating quaint f 1klike myself,tones, He does'Fal1 from ht arm a r. 'file What is the worldcoming. to? Is there lazy lout! . nobody left who is willing to, take the time to Imust admit to having one•.of these devices make the backyard barbecue what it should myself - even though it is impossible, in the be -a harrowing:test of •patience and ancient' living room' • of.my extremely -functional Boy Scout firestarting lore? abode, to get further than four feet from the What fun is it to simply'go'out and flip a TV set. switch• and be instantly "cookie' with gas?" However, 'television is one thing, barbe-. Getting a barbecue lit should take you at least cues are another matter altogether. ` I• three beers. and tWo cans of Quick Start absolutely refuse to compromise the integrity lighter fluid. Otherwise, why bother? ' . of my backyard by giving in to the propane The demise of the v,,enerabl'e briquette is conspiracy. I will continue to combat only one isolated sample of the havoc mosquitos and heat waves, as I wait to see •• wrought by society's continuous demand for which will turn white first, the charcoal or my easy way out. • hair? It will all be worth it. Have you tried to purchase a television set • Of course, if I had the extra 200 bucks to lately? Three-quarters of the models on the spare, I might not talk,so tough.: Parking. is an endless frustration I heard somewhere that' you can buy a parking spot in New York city for several thousand dollars. These parking spaces are selling like hot cakes even though the price is outrageous for such a tiny piece of land. At first I thought the idea was ludicrous. 'Then I realized that thesearch fora parking spot can drive one to the brink of insanity. Shopping trips, sporting events, carnivals, weddings... almost any occasion can turn into a nightmare of frustration if, after a lengthy drive, there's no place to park. I remember the Western Fair to London, Children, old men, and women out on the streets directing visitors to their front and back yards where for a few dollars I could park within walking - distance of the fair. It was wall to wall cars and without power steering I'd be all day inching into position but it was worth it. Even at $20 it would 'be worth itl Shopping at a large plaza also poses problents. They may advertise "Parking for 20,000 cars. " but when Igo shopping there's already 19,999 ears there. After driving up HERE'S THE BEEF by Carolanne Doig and down aisles for half an hour with a heart like a radar scanner 1 see the one and only spot left. It's a half mite from the plaza entrance but by now who cares? Backup, turn around, got Just as I get there some tittle sports car slips into the spot. •'The search begins again!` The frustration is endless when we go away and parting is a problem. However, we have come to expect this as part of a normal otiting. When no parking spots are available at work or hrime, then frustration turns to anger. Getting Into work on time or sleeting an appointment is stressful anyway, Without arriving at our destination and'then having to drive around in search of a plate to put the car. Parking tickets, tow trucks, and fines have a Way of bringing out the.wotst in us. Heading home atter work and a harrowing day in rush hour traffic should have a happy ending. 'Then we find out that we have company or,the people across the street are having a party. By golly there's no place to park._ Three blocks later we double park bt a tow away zone and carry the groceries'home bag by bag. We go out and jockey the cats around until there's a spot for us in our very owndriveway. Returning to• bring back the car you find you no longer need the spot. The caris heading away guided by the amber light of a tow truck. At $60 a Glia the and all the headaches that go with reclaiming the Oar the idea of buying a parking spot at home or even at work doesn't seem nearly as crazy. The tradition of St. Patrick's day I knew spring was here last week when I -saw a sea of green. No, it wasn't grass, but people wearing various shades of green. I wasn't sure what the occasion was when I saw the green Socks, green pants, green shirts and blouses. Some women (probably men too) were even wearing green earrings. I heard a comment about green underwear, but I didn't dare ask anyone. At first I though it was a kind of ritual where the superstitious among uS wear green clothing to scare off the winds of winter. I soon learned from friends, of Irish ancestry, that last Tuesday was 5t. Patrick's Day. Si Patrick's Day, Tthought. Wife cares. • The Irish tare, that's who. Though many people Were Wearing at Ieast one piece of green clothing, the diehard Irishmen, and Women, were the ones wile carried the tradi' tion of wearing green to the limit I even ex petted to gee green lipstiek.and nail p'olistt, but didn't. Judging by the amount of green I saw, it would a :��ear St. Patrick's Day is an event, even moa important than July lst, that the Irish in Canada hold dear to thePi. Prior to being told ab(iut March 17 and all the hoopla that surrounds it, I was ready to• tell sorni a `erthe green bodies they should be !rearing yellow tops 'and green bottoins: That Way it would really seenii like spring, what with all the live daffodils walking around, As I thought € or about the tradition of .•.-,0 ore ., .t, an wearing,green, I started to wonder if it's a„ event -eiebratedin Ireland. If there's a dif• ference between Canadians and Irish, it's'' that the Irish ate killing each other tiecaiise of religious differences. ' Thereiallways seems to be a battle of sortie. form nr atiotlrer in Ireland, according, to the' news anyway. The Protestants are fighting Catholics,- kids are shooting cops, -and the IR A is fightinge'oerybedy, even theittselves. • SENSE' AND NONSENSE by Ron Viiassink •In light of the feuding, it doesn't seenllike= Pati ck,s Day, et riSh least notteirld ncemliexb die y v , coin= pany_ I suppose it_ Must be the Irish temper Ment. But as `luck"'would have it, they pro- bably do celebrate March 17. I'm about as Irish as a blue tick herald is a brilidog. As a first generation Canadian of Dutch desseefii t, I don'tget iuito the spirit of dressing in green, wearing buttons that say, "Eiss Me, I'm Irish' I dont have four Ieaf clovers dangling from the rearview ri itt& in my car; though,I look for them in clover fields, afid. I don't have a pet reek sitting on fifty desk. I'M not very Irish at all. But I probably know mote about St Patrick's Day arid why it's celebrated, oilier than john Finlay who isn't Irish either, than.the hernial Iristuiiair. Did you know that New York City has die largest St Patrick's bay parade in the *Clad? • ' You --probably already knOW, but -i teas" you didn't, St, Patrick wasn't even Irish, but Ile was, Catholic'. St. Patrick I don't know st H his laanle, Wet born and raised in Scotland in the third century For people to ny` honor a Man after so ma•ceiituries,.giVes one the impression that genie "people mu's't think St. Patrick is as• important as Jesus.• Personally i just think March t7 is an err - case to kiss people and drink green beer. The Irish saint Was captured by' Irish pirates when he. was 16 and before .he m becae a saint While a slave, •he tt2i"'tied the Irish custots a's• The luck of the Irish 'with him when lie escaped six years Pater, returning horde to Scotland, back mine,r'atrick became Bishop Patrick and decided to return to Ireland as a missionary He spent the rest of his life br- inging converts to the ehureh. I always thought SL Patrick's Day was celebrated because he drove the snakes out of Ireland. But that is one of many 171 5 surrounding the Scottish saint who loved the I Wonder what lie*would think, and do,, if lie returned to Ireland today. Would St, Pattick be able to convince the Irish Mao fighting?: Ma" be, bet who latent What the A rvouId tib: There's always been an argument stir - minding nding the dateSt: P'attick dred:genie Say • he died March 8'; others say March s A cont - promise was teethed to end the arguing The dates were added together, Making March 11 St. Patrick's Day. Such airy eas solution. Surely, there Meat belt* Just $ simple for Ireland today. e' NOW if here -W28 O1 Ty- clay us-Diitd' lies toiild celebrate Maybe We could honor the kid who stuck his finger iii a, hole in the dike: His action averted' a national '.n al disaster, I don't know if the Story is'factor fiction, I don't even knout the kid' s name arid I really don't care. But maybe) could make up some. windmills that p'e'ople could Wear AS hats on "dike da Until that day comes, maybe the silent miniority, like myself, the 6265 Who Wish they Were Irish, but aren't, can wear atett Of green on March 17. I niay even b• ask and bit tale 'Of those buttons, lro y. Intents, I could be lucky, just like the Kish, and be loved fat a day.