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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