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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1986
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It seems there is always someone to blame for the high price of
gasoline.
Throughout the 1970's, we had the perfect foreign scapegoat, In the
middle -eastern members of the oil -producers cartel OPEC. This made
the high price of fuel easier to bear, because everyone, including the
government, the oil refining companies and the'average motorist, could
shrug off the effect of a $40 fill -up with a few quick curses at "those
money-grubbing Arabs."
Fortunately for the rest of the world, the OPEC nations were unable to
remain unified and began undercutting each other's prices through
over -production. The result has been the demise of OPEC as an effective
price setter and a drastic drop in world crude oil, prices.
Strangely enough, while the government and the oil companies were
more than willing to share the former high price of crude with the general
public, neither group seems to feel the average Canadian should be
included in the current price break. The government has not lowered
their tax share, currently 27 cents on a litre of gasoline, and the
companies have declined to cut back their share of the profits. So, the
consumer continues to pay through the nose.
So who is to blame for the current high pump prices, with OPEC out of
the picture? Why the former Liberal government, or so the Conservatives
would have you believe.
The Federal Energy Minister has stated in the House of Commons, the
extra revenue derived from the lower crude prices Is needed to pay off the
national deficit, left of course by the Liberals.
What the Conservatives seem to have forgotten, is the deficit was run
up during the heyday of OPEC, when there was a genuine need for high
gasoline prices.
Since the need for high prices no longer exists,. it follovys neither Should
the high prices, The Tories have been in power for more than a year nbw '
and their continued tactic of blaming the previous administration for
every unpopular action has long since worn thin.
The consumer has suffered far too long, with gasoline prices which
have a prohibitive effect on their travel plans.
In a country as vast as Canada, it Is essential to the economy the public
be mobile. No one makes any money sitting around waiting for the price
of gasoline 10 drop.
The government should see the lowering of world prices as an
opportunity to get the country moving again, not only on the roads and
highways. but in the factories and businesses as well.
Economic growth, not economic repression, is the key to lowering the
deficit. Hopefully the present government will come to this conclusion In
time to get pump prices reduced, before another producer -engineered
shortage drives them up again. —P.R.
GINGERBREAD HEAVEN — Andrew Dale and Danny Nott were direction of Nancy Holmes. No doubt the cookies were fun to bake,
designated bakers Friday when Grade 2 and 3 students at St. James but more than likely the best part came when It was time for the
Separate School In Seaforth made gingerbread cookies under the taste test. Mcllwraith photo
TO THE EDITOR
BIA thanked for welcome home
We wish to thank the BIA and Ross Ribey
for their enthusiastic efforts in the welcome
home party for the boys when they arrived
from Denmark. They appreciated the turn out
of people when they arrived at the arena that
evening. Thanks to the Coke company from
Stratford and Frith lay Chip for their
contributions Thanks also to the arena
committee for their part in providing a plsoe
to congregate and welcome the team. People'
who initiate and execute their ideas leave our
town with a warm family closeness.ThsilssAgahs
• Seaforth Worwaylomrtuttee„
SWEAT SOCKS
by Heather Mcllwraitl
When will it be Friday?
initially when f sat down at my typewriter
to write this 'confounded" column it was
Monday, and f wanted more than anything to
type. i HATE MONDAYS across the top of
the page and leave it at that.
Well. !didn't type i hate Mondays. in fact I
didn't type anything at all, and now it's
Tuesday. and f want to type, I NATE
TUESDAYS. and leave it at that. But 1 rani,
although T sure would love M.
Writing this column has been quite the
experience for me. Its given Me the
opportunity to vent any frustrations I May or
may not have. give an opinion or just rattle en
and be - me.
But writing a column can be A chore. There
are weeks when lean hardly Wait to sit down
at my typewriter and babble on. Bet there, are
just as many weeks when the' best fain do is
sit and stare at the whiteness of the sheet in
front of fire. trying to farce a 'topic' first to
mind, then onto paper.
I think the worst part about writing a
column is knowing someone, somewhere is
going to read if. And knowing that is
frightening, to say the least. Because no
matter how much pride you take in a c olumn
after you write it, there's always an inner fear
that Maybe this time you've genebitted far
in either` your criticism of Someone" or
something. or that you'be exposed Just pit
too muds of yourself
when you've publicly
commented on yourpast mistake§'
The fear is•,usually only fleeting, mice no
sooner rs thefirstoolurnn written and pain
the'public eye than a. second is required,
then a third. .and a fourth And; you wonder
why there are timescan't think le write
dearly About' one particular thing
The day of the hero is dead
always....,..,.,.�Mw�.�m���,w�� CORNUCOPIA.
I thought a hero was someone who
gave his or her lite, or at least risked it, to
save others.
One dictionary describes a hero as "a man
of superhuman qualities favored by the gods;
an illustrious warrior.t' Hmmmm
'litertirUrehis! r videdusWithmanyhems
sover.thveons••o 'finny y from 'Robin- Hood- to
Zorro and hundreds"in between. Then, of
course, we have had our share of anti-heros.
People iike.Jesse James. Henry the Vlll and
even Bonnie and Clyde come to mind.
The United States. with ultra right winger
Ronald Reagan. has taken heroism to new
heights of absurdity.
ff you nearly vomited with all the patriotic
American dap trap of the 1984 Olympics, you
will adore this next Chunk al nonsense.
Senator Alfonso D'Amato proposed the
congressional gold medal award for Leon
Klinghoffer, who was murdered by terrorists
and thrown overboard in his own wheelchair
from the Achille Laura cruise ship. General
Chuck Yeager described the nomination of
Kltnghofferas "the most stupid remark for a
U.S. congressman to make." Right on.
Not only does D'Arnatos proposal smell
like political expediency but it also degrades
ail the people who fought and died for their
country.
tf you are searching for a hero forget about
sportss. Baseball players have been too busy
striking, snorting coke and squealing on each
other. Pro Hockey is so bad quality wise
anyone who does excel above the rest, does so
at the expense of players so mediocre it is
attnost la'i.tghable.
1 thought the National Fbotball League was
the last bastion of integrity. Silly me. Another
Someone once asked me why. instead of
confessing my naivetes, my fears, and some
of the moronic actions of inypast. present and
possibly future. I don't address on a mete
frequent basis such issues as winner's
rights (do they have many?), global warfare,
continental division and inter -planetary ad-
vancements.
It's been almost five years since I wrote my
first coiunut and in retrospect I'd -have to say
roe tackled a great number of topics during
that time - some more than once. But I prefer
to write. at least in Ssveatsoela, ort a leSt
Iby David Broome
myth smashed to smithereens on the rocks of
reality. After the Superbowl, it was disclosed
the New 8 igland Patriots have serious drug
problems among certain players Funny how
the Pats didn't have those same problems
when they beat the New York Jets, LA.
Raiders and Miami Dolphins on the way to
theSuperbowl. Actually. the problem is more
widespread than just the New England dub.
How sad We won't even discuss politicians.
Celluloid hemsfew and far between
also. Rambo is a Ample and a pea brain.
Rocky wrapped himself in the American flag
and for God. Mom applte pie and all that is
good, beat the red menace. Yuk.
U there has been one genuine movie hero it
has probably been Errol Flynn. He was a
handsome. dashing actor who swashbuddcd
his way through some of the most memorable
adventure movies Hollywood has ever
produced There have been at least three
biographies written about Flynn. One tread
the middle ground and another was kind to
the actor. Charles Highatn wrote the latest a
couple of years ago and painted an unkind
portrait
He claimed Flynn was everything from a
Nazi collaborator to a flaming hoittosexuat,
What the media erects, it soon demolishes,
Hero today. gone tomorrow, so to speak.
Throughout the centuries there have been
many bigger than life hems Davey Crockett.
Abraham tincoln, Billy Bishop, Daniel Boone
and more. Fortunately the press wasn't
around to discover any quirks in Davey
Crockett's character like. possibly. a weak-
ness for whiskey or that he maybe cursed like
Beelzebub himself.
The real heros are the people that toil for
years in obscurity, with little or no pay, in an
effort to find a cure for the deadly diseases
that still plague mankind. The real heros are
all the common people who came to this
country during the 1800s with virtually
nothing and carved a home out of wilderness.
They are the ones with vision and courage
that risked alt They are the reason we are
here.
Greedy. ego tripping coke heads just don't
fit the mould,
If a genuine hero does happen along, the
media usually rants ft down our collective
throats until we get so sick of the hype we
throw up.
The day of the hero Is dead in this age of
computers and micro second communica-
tions. They are placed helore us in a visual
form that leaves nothing to the imagination.
Whatwe could use is a few more real heros,
And a lot less media, That, t am afraid, is just
another pipe dream suitable for a Fantasy
tsland sextet.
Traveling an edwatt ion
There's nothing like visiting another
country to convince you that although
climate, geography, language and lifestyle
may be varied, people all over the world me
basically the same. Here in ilertnuda there
,are many similarities with life in Canada yet
there are also many noticeable differences.
les not difficult to establish the difference
in dictate or geography. Unlike Canada with
its vast and varied landscapes, Bermuda is a
tiny island just ober 20 miles long and about
two miles wide. The Atlantic Ocean is never
far away althoughthe hilly terrain may hide it
from view. Trete are many tiny islands
dotting the inlets and sounds. Bermuda is
covered in lush foliage so different from the
bare trees and Moaning evergreens seen,
during Canadian 'winters. Along the roads,
which ate narrow, winding, And hilly, the
hedges must be constantly trimmed hack so
motorists can negotiate the bends. The local
road workers must tackle this poli alt year
mund unlike the seasettal'pmhlerti we have of
serious note. heeof tonne some keeping the stosibbanTts bates
exceptions to every rule. Speaking have . . - ornething'
have note that's
writing on a less serious note. there Beiinudians ieperien Tshirdder
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let hie cert them up so much, you know any rainyand ctol with lentyO ,high t
there's only so many times your "lr`tile' ,interspersed are days of warmnsunshui'e
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have to watch you don't mcnmirtate yourselfw•lule T buzz about m shorts or light Weight.
unduly. Toe leamed you don' t confess to any slate,
prank childhood or otherwise;_ that'.wasn t something I isn't help but .notice is�the,
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HERE'S THE BEEF
by Carolanne Doig
mum's waist,. Hain or shine people hop on There is only one television station and
their motorbikes to head for work,. In warm muni of the programming is American.
weather businessmen dress in Bermuda Almost everyone gets cable er has a satellite
shorts (what else?), knee sones, diets shirt, dish to compensate for the lack of local
jacket and tie. Then they stick their briefcase broadcasting_ Videos do a booming business,
intheirbasketcarrier, don their helmets and, so much so the last movie theatre has closed
if necessary. a i- insuit and head for the down. Asa result taking the girlfriend to the
office. ft may not be as comfortable as a big: sh`nw. enpying popobrn, and holding hands is
air conditioned tar. but there are advantages, now only history in Bermuda.
I)urmg rush hour traffic, the cats ateburape't Sports are a Major part of Bermuda's
to dinner, yet those on sobote'ts Bari whip lifestyle. Parous fonts golf course, Bermuda
through Muds of the backlogged traffic: also boasts many tennis courts, boating and
Parking for cars is difPcult.to fried and often fisshing, facilities, Geld hockey, soccer, crick-
excpensfve, and the price of gas it high. et, milting clubs and touch mere. 11 is a very
Having a moped is excellent, econoi'nicatly physical island With iaggets and bikers
After a week of gettingaround by sharing the road with wild motorists.
bike, streaking. ar
decided I better "fill 'et up:” Grand Because of the tolling terrain and carted
total 90 cents. coasitme, the toads are net set out in any
particular pattern. The fust few times f
Mindyou, tiding a bike is hot without itssrtsited the island T was constantly lost. It's
drawbacks especially for s'h'e tourists. It is net easy to give directions either. You can't
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end they are pink' br shanks pony, not for are not riumbered,- they're named. and
the faint of heart since there few directions are eftisothediniglike this, "Go
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