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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1986-01-29, Page 2HL*ron i� xpoSitor SINCE 1860, SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1985 Incorporating Brussels Post 10 Main Street 527-0240 Published In SEAFORTH, ONTARIO Every Wednesday morning 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, Anne Huff, Joanne JewItt, Stephanie Levesque, Dianne McGrath, Lois McLlwain, Bob McMillan, Cathy Melady and Patrick Rattle. Member'Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Ontario Community Newspaper Association Ontario -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 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1986 Second' class mall registrat)on Number 0696 CO' Ctrl Gave best years The elderly have given "the best years of their lives" to our communities, helping to build businesses, working the land so fresh food can be bought at reasonable prices and passing their knowledge on to the young. For these reasons and many others, they deserve the best treatment possible when they enter a home for the aged, The Huronview Home for the Aged is looking for approval from Huron County Council so they can go ahead with renovations. The proposed $1.4 million project was passed by the former county Council - by only one vote. A recorded vote saw the 28 members present split 14 to 14. It was the additional vote of the Goderich reeve which carried the motion. However, the county now has a new council. A council which must decide, once and for all, whether to give the project a green Tight. There are several reasons for and against the project. What council has to determine is which side has the best argument. One of the major arguments against the project is the timing. Can the county afford the pioneer museum work as well as the Huronview project? The Province of Ontario has set aside $75,000,000 for renovations to homes for the aged and 50 per cent of the Huronview project will be funded with this money. For this reason, those in favor of the project feel the renovations should be acted upon now. The pioneer museum work must be done - no one is arguing that fact. The Huronview renovations aren't classified as an emergency - no one Is arguing that fact. And no one is arguing the fact that the proposed renovations will cut the available beds by 21. But, how many of the councillors who voted against, or for, the - J renovations took a good, long tour through the building. Those who did would have seen the Huronview Home for the Aged provides little resemblance to' their home. • Thanks to the hard working staff, the building is always kept clean, but it provides very little privacy, inadequate closet space and limited space for socializing. In sections of the home one could very easily feel as though they were visiting a hospital. The Impersonal four -bed rooms can be found with closets, similar to lockers, allowing only a minimum number of clothes to be stored. Washrooms provide Tittle privacy for washing or bathing. Throughout their lives, the residents have mixed with the opposite sex, and now face male-female segregation. What council is being asked to do is pass the former council's recommendation that $716,000 be spent on improvements to Huronview over the next three years. Huronview administrator Wayne Lester has been quoted as saying. "Today is the cheapest it will be to do the renovations. Tomorrow it will cost more. Today the government will pay for it. Tomorrow they won't." Those Involved could discuss the issue for weeks but first hand information has always been the best educator,iherefore, before council votes, each and every member should takethe time to visit Huronview and see the conditions for thernseives. Some day it may be their parents, or even themselves, residing at that address. — Clinton News-IIle0Ord OPINION The older you get the....... It's not the odd grey hairthat makes me feel old. It's not even the appearance of new "laugh lines." With a little extra time, money and, effort, old age's physical effects' doescan be ket hdeforat make me feel "old" iss ilethe hrealizatiion what I wore as a kid is now back in style. There is something totally deflating about seeing teens grabbing up the hottest fashions and knowing you threw out that very same jacket 15 years ago! As a youngster I heard Mum and friends discussing fashion cycles. over afternoon coffee. The idea' of ever wearing those ridiculous pointed toed shoes again, especially without platform soles, was too much. At that time wide leg pants were in 'and no one would be caught dead in tight jeans that looked like flood pants. Guess what? They're back and boy do I wish I'd kept a closet full of the originals. Once you start buying the same styles for the second time around, well, you know for sure you're over the hill. Another reason I know I'm getting old is when I say things like, "I haven't seen you in 10 years!" The kids around me step back in SWEAT SOCKS by Heather Mcllwraith HERE'S THE BEEF by Carolanne Doig awe. I did the same thing to my parents when they would reminisce, I truly wondered how anyone could possibly be old enough to remember 10 or 15 years back, W Nile. discussing sports I'll drop a -name like Bobby Orr, to me a household name, I thought I'd died the day a youngster asked me who Orr was. Good heavens 1 didn't realize Orr had gone from current eventsto history just like many of my other favorites from all walks of life. University students today are sporting numbers like '88, '89 and '90 on their jacket sleeves, Ye gad! I graduated in '76 and I'm petrified to return to campus. They will give me the same looks 1 gave the class of '65. I find myself getting together with school chums and remembering the good times during the blizzard of '71. or the trip to Expo '67. When Grandpa rattled off events from the past every time he got together with friends I thought the poor old codger was an antique. I'm sure the teens today must feel the same way about me. The kids I babysat have kids of their own. The teachers who taught me are at the same parties I go to, I wear clothes I've had for 10 years and I don't mind. I find myself doing the annoying little things my parents drove me crazy doing. I tell my brothers to drive carefully, my Mum and Dad, what to wear, and the kids at the arena to pick up their garbage....and their feet! I listen to F.M. music, would rather eat at home than eat out, and my favorite footwear is slippers. But don't let the laugh lines and the odd ,grey hairs fool you. I'm really a kid at heart. Insomnia -bad dream I hate it when you can't sleep. I hate it when no matter how tired you are, no matter how late it is into the night, or how early into the morning. youjust can't seem to find the thing you're most ting - sleep. There is nothing more irritating than crawling exhausted into bed. settling down beneath the covers. dosing your eyes expecting the great comforting blanket of sleep to wash over you -- only to find it doesn't. U is even more irritating when this insomnia is more than an occasional visitor but rather a frequent friend. I heard recently on a radio report a great proportion of the Canadian populace suffer from insomnia. It's a sign of the tjmes and the pressure -packed world we live in. Bu,t apparently it is also a common symptom of winter. Scientists have deduced the human body needs a r'nutimumof twoheurs eirposure to natural light during the day. During the winter, because of the cold temperatures and the early setting of the sun, there is less chance for humans to get that. As a result their bodies are thrown out of whack - a • withdrawal of sorts from summer. Most people have had insomnia to some degree during their lifetime And, anyone whohas been a victim of this sleep -snatching demon tom; ll agree it is a frustrating ailment to sayY y the least. U'nfor'tunately too insomnia only seems to strike at the tulle when you are most tired. It is supposedly bedtime, or at least something elf your bodyindicating rest might be a good idea, so likeis, e you've been doing for se many years, and usually successfully, you head to bed. You trawl under the covers and close your' eyes, Fasy enough. You lie there, inert for several rrtinutes, waiting to drift away, but you never do. W hen after what seem an eternity you're SAFETY CHECK — Rural women from Huron and Perth Counties sponsored by Farm Safety Associations from both counties. Here, a were given a course In farm safety on Saturday. The farm safety day group of women give a thorough safety Inspection to a tractor, hay for women, held at. Vincent's Farm Equipment, near Seatorth, was baler hook-up. Raftls photo Chicago Bears a Staley legacy ✓ a A.E, ful eyinved.ag 4hitm any. Henwh CORNUCOPIA successful r�iiiirodricompany. as the premier fan of footb I. Because of his great love for the game, he was Itching to gel involved somehow. In' by David Br()offie ' March, 1920, Staley contacted a young chap named George Halas and asked him if he would organize a gridiron team. Halos. of course, jumped at the opportunity to play the game he also loved and, better yet. get paid struggling and just couldn't afford rho 48-19 in last Sunday's Super Bowl. They did it jt. luxury. lie made a final gesture that day that with a gruesome Nalas-like defense ex -coach for The athletes resifted were given jobs at changed the face of football. He gave Halos John Madden says is the best he has ever the company and Staley provided the and Sternantan S5.000 and suggested they seen. High praise indeed, financial backing.move the franchise to Chicago because that The Bearsteokedtyon the downslide and, The club was called the Decatur Staleys city was growing rapidly and Staley felt there for r brief moment in time, restored some and would, for two short years, give its fans a would he solid grassroots support. He long lost faith. U not pride. brief glimpse of what was to become donated that $5,000 with one condition, • that They are probablythe best thing to happen football's greatest tranchtse condition was that Halos would keep the to the staid National Football League in The Staleys were a huge success on the name Staleys for at least elle year. years. The Dallas Cowbsb ysmaybetheyuppie field but struggled financially through those in 1922, exactlyone year later. the Chicago glamor team but Chicago represents all the Emanative years. items through A.Z. Staley's Staleys became the Chicago Bears. Sterna- post hole diggers, garbagemen and factory generous sponsorelep the team did not suffer man and Ifalas snow full partners) chose the workers. Their victories meteor all the little the samefatesomanyoftheir counterparts of name Beam because they wanted a link with guyswlio have beaii kicked around tsr so long the highly suoc earful Cubs. a team with they caret remember anything different, that eta arced. That is bankruptcy. fn r92 ever, the American economy whom they shared the same playing field. The Bears have the youngest squad in the took a nosedive into a recession. Many The Bear teams of the 1920s, 30s and 40s National Football League and a long reign at thousands of people lost their jdhs or were were alt powerful on the field as well asat the the top shame Isto sates a geposam ithat bility it would represents be a a forted to take severe pay arts. Sound box office. familiar? The legend grew as the tales and folklore thoughts and feelings of all the little guys, Staley had to make the most painful multiplied. Many stories were true and some, self destruct with the problems they claim to decision of his life that year. He called Malas well, were just folklore. detest. You know, all those white collar and Dutch Sternaman into his office and told Today's monsters of the midway would things like greed and ego, them hewould hloved. ndhis sponsoistiiwaofs The dub d he smiled demo he NewHalms g;rin tE' England see if dThe ie peme talent rsonalities sonalitiesis there are as well. we shall the team h0 loved. His company AI still aware of what' sgoing on around you, you begin to grow a little restless. Lying an your back no longer feels comfortable so you roll over onto your stomach, bark onto your bad*, onto one side, then the, other, and finally, frustrated with the whole campaign. sit up, punch ferociously at your pillow, then se back down. When that still doesn't Stern to accomplish the task the pillow is tossed on the floor dater to be retrieved and tried again), the sheets are rearranged and a scream of despair released. You glance at the clock then grow more frustrated when you realize the night is more than half over (you've got a hectic day ahead of,y+ou, remember), then try to put your awed to work at outwitting your dilemma. On comes the radio; and at first it seems like the answer to your problem. But it's only a temporarysituahon. Once you've found the appropriate station and have settled back down for the nignr, air or a sudden true voluiieisn t quite right. And by the time the volutiieitproperly adjustedi loud enough you can bear it and soft enough rt doesn t intrude on your sleep. the sleepytiitie station decides to get info some rock and roll. figh So; Ws out to the television. There's something Abed lying.- rone on a couch with the television though that too television on that promotes sle' ell. ilnfo_ r is only a ya temporary solution.ided If you decsleeps_ is just around the corner and get up to turn• off the television and go bedeto bed,. you're no longer` treed. And, if you decided to stay where you are, and leave the television on for background sounds you'll suddenly find yourself abruptly awakened when'. the dean nel decides to discontinue progcamurittg the evening, say their goodnight with_ th'e playing bf the national anthern, then damage i(ontiriued on Page A8) Garage sales are quite the fad Garage sales are quite the fad these days. Many people make them part el their lives. They troop around town watching for handmade signs and check the ads in the classified section. Drive around anysinalltown and you'll see a c]usterof cars, in front of ahalite. .'Mug be aweddiiigora funeral," you muse. Then you see a pile of junk with a horde of human magpies darting around it, snatching up bits, beating each other to another heap of rabble, liked 'seagulls diving and screeching for a, stile of french -fried spud. It's no wedding. There are no vows exchanged. except that you takes What you gets. -for better or for worse." It`s no funeral. except for those who pay six bucks for something that cost three 10 years age. It's a garage safe. This phenomenon resembles a muni au'c- tion sale minus the auctioneer. The garage tale .allowps the ., ro rietor (often abetted by P„ some of his neighbors)' to get rid of all the useless items overflowing the garage, the tool -shed, the basement and the attic. If sometimes brings nn two or three hundred deters to the 'vendors; and file garage -sale groupies go home ail excited. because they have bought a three-legged chair, a horse-drawn sleigh an umbrella with only one spoke missing, dr six paperback novels fora dollar. bee of myconternpora ies an habituee of these bizarre 'events,, was more tan a bit thunderstruckwhet he' found at one sale that he could buy textbooks from our school, duly stamped as such, dirt cheap. Ile remon- strated with the' mends, pointing out that the books belonged.t0 the school and had been stolen by theirChddren,: but they'd have none of it. ' hev wanted cash. So much for huma( nature. These were taxpayers whehad helped buy the Welts their kids had stolen, and now wanted to sell them SUGAR AND SPICE by BM Spey back to.the system so that oilier kids could steal~the%boo'ks they were still paying taxes for. Back to the garage sale. There is no suggestion of stealing here. Both par'ti'es, buyer and seller, are perfectly aware of what's gonig on. The seller is trying to get rid of something he doesn't need. The buyer is buying something he doesn't need. It's a classic example of our materialistic age. We email toga rid of some of the garbage we've bought, and the buyer wants to buy some more garbage. The epitome of a garage -sale -groupie would be a person who goes to four garage sales. buys a lot of junk, then has a garage sale to dispose of it., preferably With a small markt up. But they're fun.do A friend of mitre, who'll castle a bid anything, even thought he deesn' [know what it's for. has bought tmo old fashioned horse-drawn sleighs. He has workedon then) until theyare serviceable. 11 he neecls now is a couple of beasLo 'to haul the things,iie'ly prih$ably wind up with a eahrei anda•Shetland pons Land will Make a fortune hauling people around When we run out of gas. ) Well; Iwish I'd had a garage sale this past summer. Mist, Fd have sold the gar'age, a venerable institution. None of this electronic eye, or press a button arld the doorr' opens. ft, has avast door,. Weighing about tar eiterifdst. You heist the doorand it slides on pulleys and cables+,and at the tight thorned; on a good. day, it stlifien sin g `stat herghta, ttear off your radioaerial. The lalarices filled With: sand, aren't quite enough from; crashing dotvn on your hood, but I've fixed that. Td one, I've added an axe -head,, to the other, a quart of paint, Perrfest. balance. A real buy. 13ehind the garage is a sort of tai shed. t say "sort of." because when eve sailed into the garage en a slippery midwinter day, eve sometimes gone an extra foot and crashed into the tool shed, which now leans about 35 d to the north. rI throw to the tool shed with the garage, but not its contents. Migawd, the stuff in therewould bug the eyes of either an antique dealer or a garage -groupie. We have garden tools in there that haven't been used wince Sir John A. MacDonaid's wife told ferrite get his nese out of that gig and go out and stir up the garden. We have at least four perfectly good tires tar a 1047 Dodge. We have enough holy tarpaulin (nn is itf oley? eve never known) to build a theatre under the stars. There's a perfectly good set of golf clubs, a wee bit rusty. There's a three-legged garden teal that rnu'st have ;come over with Samuel de Champain. Therie's a three -wheeled lawn - mow er (mechanic's special). Sit hundred feet Of gardcinho'se that a little adhesive would fix, And many more, too rniscelleneous to mention: And that's only the Welshed. Inside by eight ns of books, le thehbuse,wehaveer ltd our childreltTheattic is going to corneriight through to the kitchen, ondays. e of these How Abet a copy of Bhagavad-gita. 1,000 pages, at St? ... Man, I wish Fd got this idea off the ground about six months agot Anyone interested in entrain crib, sides go up and doom, filled 'With $300 worth of'beaken toys, exotic pgiefings, cords sortie reand a bag of maria e? wealth Who' needs to fake, with all this lying around:?'