HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-12-30, Page 2- - •
• EHuron ... . ,
FAxpos1tor
.• •
SINCE 1860, SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST
.
. .
. .,
Incorporating -ED BYRSKI, General Manager
The Brussels Post , HEATHER McILWRAITH, Editor
Published in 4
Seaforth, Ontario, Member Canadian C'ommunity Newspaper Assoc.
Every Wednesday Morning Ontario Community Newspaper 'Associdtion
Ontario Press Council
CommaMvealth Press Union ,-
International Press Institute
Subscription rates -
Canada '20.00 a year, M advance
The Expositor is broughttoyou • Senior Citizens - '17.00 a year in advance
each week isy the afforts of: Pat Outside Canada '60.00 a year, in advance
Armes, Nell Corbett, Terrl-Lynn Single Copie's - .50 cents each L '
' Dale, Dianne McGrath and ,Bob
McMillan. Second class mail registration Number 0696
•'
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1907
Editorial and Business Offices- 10 Main Street, Seaforth
• Telephone (519) 52.7 0240--
'
, Mailing Address - P.O. Box 69, Seafarth, Ontario, NOK 1WO
Think sober
Christmas is over now but it's still such a merry time of year. With New
Year's eve just a day away there will be parties, there wilF be dinners and
there will be social gatherings where liquor is readily available.
It's easy to have one or two drinks, and another few with friends and
relatives whirling in for the evening who will be gone in the morning. Have
to catch up on old times. And most people do their catching up with a drink
in their hand.
Most people drink more than they normally would during the Yuletide
season. •
And most don't arrange ahead of time for alternate transportation home.
A taxi. A friend. A neighbor. Or a walk in the cool, brisk air. -
Drinking and driviAg will not only get you stopped by the police, it could
• get you killed. Or you could kill an innocent pedestrian or passenger.
The police are big on spot checks this holiday season and they will pull
off anyone who exhibits unusual behavior behind the wheel.
They're not kidding. Like other years, they are on the look out for drunk
drivers.
It is an offence under the Federal Criminal Code to drive with a blood
alcohol level of over 80 milligrams of alcohol per, 100 milliliters of blood.
This is a serious offence and, if convicted; a person will have a criminal
record for life.
Under the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario, a police officer may suspend a
person's driver's Howe for 12 hours if the person registers 50 milligrams
of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or more on a breath -testing device.
• In addition, you may be charged with operating a motor vehicle while
your ability to drive is impaired. This charge can be laid regardless of your
blood alcohol level, according to the Addiction Research Foundation.
Almost 26,000 mandatory licence suspensions were issued in 1986 as a
result of impaired driving or driving with a blood alcohol level of over 80
milligrams. Such suspensions carry a minimum of one year for a first
conviction.
It doesn't take much to be in the condition to "blow over".
--- To register 50 milligrams, an average man need only consume about two
and a half standard drinks in the first hour of drinking. A woman only about
one and a half.
ft doesn't take muchto put a drunk driver behind the wheel.
Don't tempt fate this New Year's eve. if you drink, don't driVe. That's the
" best answer to what could be a deadly solution. Kincardine News -Record,
It was in with new
• from page IA
mended by a alinistry-wide educational task
force, will co-ordinate all ministry educa-
tional programs and administer a special
education fund.
FEI3EVARY 11, 1987 .
The announcement of a $1.1 milhion grant
from the ministry of Citizenship and Culture
for the first phase of the reconstruction of
the Huron County Pioneer Museum in
Godefich was warming news for the people
who gathered in the unheated facility for a
press .conference Friday Afternoon.
Finally all' fears about the Seaforth
Health are Facility being forced to elose
down, or relocated because of at inability to-
tted nursing home standards, on be put to
test New owners Ed and Carolyn Oelinek
have already started the ball rolling nti etr-.
tensive renovations of the home.
At least etie Huron County Councillor et -
pressed his alarrii at the high rate of
absenteeism •iif employees at Iluronview,
especially in the female dominated areas.
At long last Seaforth has predueed a Ne*
Year's baby, Shaun Randolph Broker, of
Eginendirille, made his Arrival at the
Seaforth esnurnutitY MOW at 1:30 p.m.
ofl Sunday, February 8, 1987. Shaun, sortof
Shirley and Randy Braoket, tipped the
scales at 8 picot's, 8 Ouncee. He has a
21 -month-old sister Shannon.
F'EBRUAR'Y 18,1987
A Municipal by4awwlll be drafted andthe
hours of the local pellet may be varied In an
attempt to keep people from "hanging out"
S4EircittleS Maiti Street
Terry Johnston, coach of the Seaforth
District High School senior boy's basketball
teeth has ti6Vet had a 6'10"- player, not until
Ron Veteruyssen Showed up. Ills star player
is also the first in the 17 yeart Johnston has
coached the genie to be offered a scholar-
-ship, in basketball.
Kevin Wheeler Of Brussels came home
triumphant IAA week, holing the gold and
Slitter medals he and his figure skating part -
get toti at the Canadian Figure Skating,
Championship's in Ottawa. It is only the
late:din a long string of victories for the
21-yeat-old skater.
The teeth of Seaforth has failed to reach
an agreement with ' the Seaforth Polio
MsMallon, and hasapproved a reconimen-
detion the solicitor general appoint a con
dfllatlon officer to the negotiations.
FHB/WARY 25,1987
Bill Andersen, of ItR 1, carne away with
the riled points and the Stock championship
at the redent natieriat eirieWitObilitig Coin-
• petition in EnidsMore. Bill hat been dem-
oting for five yearn
Despite Moderns expressed about conti-
tieing eiterielotie of the life Of the landfill
site, Seaforth council says its hands are tied
The 'owners and operators of the Seaforth
golf course expressed written concerti to the
council last week about yet another
emergency extension to the life of the ex-
isting site.
The site will be mounded a hither 10
meters allowing the site to remain in opera-
tion into 1988.
A hydro transmission corridor for this
area appears imminent after' the joint hear-
ing Board made public their retornmenda-
tions on February, 20 atter 131 days of hydro
hearings last year.
MARCH 4,1987
Seaforth native David McElwain has sign,
ed a three -year -contract with an option year
with the Pittsburgh Penguins, on the Na,
don Hockey League, but he's been told the
NM team has no immediate plans to call
him up. •
The former Mardian Nursing Home
has been sold. The new owners Intend to put
apartmerite in the building,
14ancy God/tin and Marylou • Stewart
finiebed third in the-pre-11okt grain' pairs
deride category of the Southwestern Ontario
regional figure Skating competition held fn
Seaforth Sundt* The girls ate members of
the Seaforth Figure Skating Gab.
The Seaforth District High School All
Girls Merching Band will Wen be off again
.trevelling across the United State. The
band is going to Myrtle Beach, Soiith
California to take part in the Ctin-Arit
Festival from March 14 to 2/.
• New Southwestern Ontario tratismissien
facilities could be in plate by Augad 1990
there are noMajrit delays in the rest of the
approval procete. That announcement Was
Made by Ontario Hydra Preeldent Robert
Franklin
MARCH 11, 1981
iiiitente,sted nomination has allowed
jack Riddell to stay at the head of the new
Huron riding. The Huron Liberate held theft,
nomination nieeting on Maith 5 at the Clin-
ton Legion where they seleeted 12 delegates
to attend this yeer's annual convention from
April 3-8. The second portion of the Meeting
Was the selection of a candidate to represent
the riding of Huron in the next provincial
election.
ethrits Seaforth pollee constable,
eould be off work for 10 inontliS after break-
ing his leg in A stietnnebild adcident.
Active in the community OM his retire-
ment 12 years ago, George Albert (AB)
Whitney died suddenly Monday evening at
his Oodetith street teeidelice. He *as In his
Mtn year. Mr, Whitney had attended a
Meeting of the Setiforth Limit club, and had
-
Turn to imige 3A •
:Jaroorylt the itin":10relax
Personally I can't see the attraction of
Boxing Day shopping..
Okay, okay, so , maybe there are some
great sales - but really are they so incredible
that yoit'd want to risk life and limb in the
post -Christmas mob scene. I think not.
But-'• then again I may be one of the
minority.
Oh certainly there's a part of me that
would like to head out at the first possible
moment and snatch up whatever fanciful
item might be on sale, but there's another
part of me that always holds back. I .guess
I'm just not the type that relishes the
thought of engaging in hand-to-hand combat
in order to secure a few, already picked
over, items that I may or may not need.
But maybe I'm just not a shopper at heart.
In fact, just the thought of going on a shop-
ping spree exhausts me. I alway spend more
hours looking for the ideal item than I ever
thought possible, and in most cases come
home empty-handed and miserable from
my lack of success. I guess one shouldn't
decide beforehand what it is they're looking
for. In most cases, as I've found out the hard
way, the preconceived item usually doesn't
exist, and you end up wondering why it is
you didn't invent and patent the idea
SWEATSOCKS
by Heather Mcilwraith
Never -the -less at Christmas time, things
are a bit different. I must admit I enjoy
searching out the appropriate gift for each
and every person on my list - to ,a point.
What Iido hate though are the unavoidable.
line-ups, especially if you do any shopping in
the city; the massive crowds and the in-
creased traffic, I like to get where Pm going
quick, buy what I came for and get out.
Just the thought of entering a mall on a
Saturday, or worse, any day around
Christmas time, makes me claustrophobic.
It seems there's never enough openspace
and never enough air. It's always warmer
than a tropical island, and when you're load-
ed down with all your winter attire, soon has.
yon feeling as though you're in a spa.
Without fail I have a pounding headache
within minutes of enteringa mall. '
So, can you blame me for passing on the
after Christmas sales. If I found the shopp-
-yourself and save- ourself some -h s i
I'd react to the foetball-field antics I'M sure .
I'd .find in the, post -holiday bonanza.
Personally I'd prefer to get all my shopp-
- ing done before Christmas and use the time
after the noteworthy event to relax. I don't
even want to think about shopping again un-
- til next year.
• No doubt I'm toeing out by not taking ad-
vantage of the great price mark downs, but
maybe not.
Chances are I'd hold true to tradition, and
the only things I had come home with would
be: a full pocketbook (and I guess that
wouldn't be so bad), sore feet, a pounding
head, and a disgust for all rnarikind.
And that last item would kind of defeat the
entire purpose of Christmas wOuldn't it -
Peace on earth, good will toward man.
With that thought in mind - Best wishes to,4
everyone for a peaceful, happy, healthy and
y - a s ng_pa atia..Chiliatxnas_rptar.a...iaaLthiniciaaa_prOsper.oUS_am-year.:
SETTER TAKE THE
ovEy /spry7-o0,7-AR
6E7-1 «,A/DA HOT
.49r 77/1,E• ./
Columnist tackles instant teller
It was to be my first time and I was a lit-
tle apprehensive to say the least. From
what I had heard though, everyone is a bit
nervous their first time.
I had the usual reservations. Would 1 an
complish the task properly? I really had no
clear idea of how to go about It. I could only
hope that / would perform satisfactorily.
What made matters worse, is that I had
noformal introduction to the intended
receipietit of this act — the computer bank-
ing terminal at my local branch. In the
past, I had always done my banking the
personal way., with deposit-slip-topen con -
teat with a living, breathing bank teller.
This way seemed So impersonal.
As I approached the terminal and fumbl-
ed in my wallet for the necessary 'device —
my tiewlysacquired "convienience card" —
I had time to reflect upon the events that
had led me to this situation.
It was actually My regular teller's idea.
Perhaps she had grown tired of decipher-
ing the scribbled messages I cryptically
straYAW on my inter -branch banking
forms. Perhaps It was the eonstant
necessity of reworking my mathematics
that drove her to it. Who knows.
Whatever the reason, one day not too
long ago, she finally CAME right out and
said, "Have you ever thought about get-
ting one of these cards, so you could use
that machine WEB THERE!"
She even went so fat as to offer me a
bribe. Just by applying, she said, I would
get a chance to win $10,000. Needless to
say, I didn't win the 10 greed and now Mt
stuck with this card.
So, after giving the plastic teller a couple
of Weeice to form -fit itself to the inside of
iny wallet, I finally decided to unleash it
the other day. I needed to make a deposit
FROM THIS ANGLE -
by Patrick Raftis
and the line for the real tellers inside
seemed prohibitively long.
I Inserted my card into the appropriate
slot and waited for futher instructions.
They came.
The machine wanted to know my secret
personal code number?
So did 1.
I couldn't remember the darn thing. For-
tunately, I had defied the instructions that
came with my 0=1 (warning rne to
destroy the nuMber, before the forces of
evil got hold of it) and wrote the secret
number on a piece of paper which I now
triumphantly produced,
1 then proceeded to inform the machine
that 1 wanted to deposit $100 in my eliequ-
ing account. That 'part went well enough.
Then the machine got impatient
After giving
In° a o piece of paper which
outlined the details my transactien, the
machine began to beep ineessantly and de-
mand that I insert my envelope dentaining
the cash into the *miffed slot. This, I did
not like.
At no tirne had the macidne asked me for
tny account number, or even the transit
=Met of the branch to which I was hop-
ing to make a deposit. This made Me
unesiey.
What would become of my hard-earne-d
dash? Would it end up in the clutches of
some Colombian dope smtiggler, or, worse
yet, the federal government? HOW could I
be sure?
I wasn't even sure how 1 could get out of
thissticky situation. I couldn't just walk
away from the machine, leaving it's gap-
ing jaws snapping hungrily at my
envelope. Or could I?
Then I discovered the safety valve — a
button marked "Cancel". With one touch
of this button I voided the entire
transactiori.
The machine looked hurt. It dispensed a
piece of paper which said, "Transaction
cancelled at your request". To my sur-
prise, it did not add arty sort of admenkh-
mot like "Yell coward!"
I was about to admit defeat arid go about
making my deposit through more conven-
tional methods, when a youth of about 12
happened by, pushed a few buttons and
made a successful wlthdrawl.
Beginners hick, I Scoffed, but decided to
give the electronic age one more chatice.
I went through the entire process again,
this time going ahead with the finial act and
inserting My e.nvelope, cash and all.
I still am -not sure, where tny money is,
but 1 do bave a piece of paper width in
dicates I haVe made "a transaction",
guest that will have to do for now.
Maybe next week I'll getup the nerve to
make a trithdrewtd. Somehow, taking
money from a machine Jest doesn't seem
honed.
Poet remembers Seaforth roots
IN TH:813LOW OF
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
By alla Eckert -MacLean
My quiet northern forest
Fills up with falling snow,
And my heart goes back to Seaforth
And Christmas long Ago!
I see again our Christmas tree,
That Magic holy night,
All piled with silver tinsel,
And colored Christmas lights!
The presents and the toy#
Arestacked beneath the tree,
And knell of Masted turkey,
Drifts frern the old pantry!
We gathered close to mother,
As she sits dam to sing,
And around the old piano,
Our happy voices ring!
Wesingtandetheorigsohris,
fyinehriatnies,
Thecarol
Then all 06 giYoli the night 19 o'er,
And Mother tucks us hi!
LETTERS TO TEE EDITOR
1111/111111,
Soft she comes to lost as,
And bid tis all good night
Then off we go tti &earn land,
In the blow of Christmas lights!
So, as my quiet northern forest,
Pills us with falling snow,
My heart goes back to Seaforth,
And Christmas long ago!
And the dreams I dread in childhood
rn dream again tonight
itt thy quietnorthern forest
In the blow of Chriettiias lights!
EDITOR'S NOTE - A native of Seaforth
Mats now Wiener and a freelance writer
Wing in the north at Bo/tides By LAM
Lake, District of Sedbuty, Site 81, BOX 53;
OE WO.
Shops should serve consumer
To the Editor:
be •in Vaiii...lhiited We stand. Divided "you"
T'Wae the week "of" Christmas When we fall—
browted in to town one eVetlitig; hardly A
Shop was open to serve "ifs" the public, We
journeyed elSaWliere to a to that caterst�
the people. Yoe can refurbish buildings,
advertiseand toittplain bat if you &hot re,' P.SWe did purchase genie merchandise
Main opertto sate the etitialinter it vont all from the "dedicated few".
Anita Sthiggs,
Brumfield