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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1986-06-18, Page 2Huron n x ositor p SINCE 1860, SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1985 Incorporating Brruseela Post 10 Main Street 527-0240 Published In SEAFORTH, ONTARIO Every Wednesday morning OPINION That's no way to treat a pet There is a lot of validity in the old adage about making the punishment for a crime fit FIR0MTHIS A OLE the offence, If it were possible to put this ����d1111 ...���!!! exude form of justice into practice, there is a certain dog owner whom I would very much like to see locked in the back of a pickup truck for at least two hours. I have never understood how people who have enough interest in animals to own one, can at the same time be so insensitive to their d in an 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 Gulahelaar, Anne Huff, Joanne Jewitt, Dianne McGrath, Lois MoLtwain, Bob McMillan, Cathy Malady and Patrick Rallis. 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, JUNE 18, 1986 Second class mail registration Number 0696 a needs as to leave them trapp automobile for hours at a stretch. If they can't bear to be separated from their pets long enough to go about their daily business, the ancad feel they must take them along the should also be required to take a leash in order that their pet remain at their side, rather than alone in the car• Though the plight of the imprisoned animal is my main concern in this matter, the pet is not always the only one affected. The other night, for example, I came as close as I have in quite some time to having a heart attack, while walking past the pickup mentioned in the first paragraph. On my way to see a movie, in.a completely relaxed frame of mind, I was suddenly confronted with a snapping.set of sharpened teeth, accompan- ied by a vicious round of barking which would would have done a German She h he was din a don't blame the pooch, trappeas confined space, for lashing out. However, as I couldn't see at first that he was tied into the truck, I was certain he was going to leap through the open window and tear me to shreds. As it was, if I had passed even two inches closer to the vehicle, my left ear would have been dogfood in a hurry. Although I escaped serious injury, my companion did not, because in my haste to leap away from the snapping teeth, I ended up jamming my elbow into her ribs. For those budding Romeos out there, this is not a good way to begin a date. Trust me! Despite this incident, I was not overly- angry with the dog's owner yet. After all, there are a million reasons one might leave an animal n a vehicle for a few minutes. However, when the dog was still there when the movie let out two hours later, I began to consider the owner a candidate for a lobotomy. r Although I knew enough at this point to give the truck a wide berth, other unwary pedestrians were not so lucky and experi- enced the same type of dose call I had earlier. At this point, the owner appeared and, seeing what was going on, proceeded to give by Patrick Raftis the hapless creature a good clout and barked at the animal about as loud as the dog had been barking at passersby. I Imagine a loud cheer would have gone the dog decided to take up chunk ouon the t hadet of thoughtless master. As inconsiderateeemnyworse shexxas mmpleshad of howbeen, to have seen many treat your pet. At least the dog in this story had everyntimen1 seeoanto let in air. I animal lockedceingea vehicle, windows closed on a hot summer afternoon. Some people even leave their children in similar steam -bath situations, an offence which should be punishable by a prison term, at least. Perhaps a law should be passed, requiring a mandatory intelligence test for people attempting to purchase animals. in many cases I imagine the dog or cat might score higher on the test. After all, when was the last time you saw an adult trapped in a vehicle while his border collie sat in an air-condition- ed theatre, munching out on a box of Peewee? Reformed pension With last year's flap concerning the de -indexing of pensions by the federal government behind them, they have .finally set the wheels in motion for some meaningful reform for the Canada Pension Plan. Health Minister Jake Epp recently announced a sweeping change in government policy on pensions, which would allow those age 60 to 70 to draw government pensions. The new pension plan is expected to be passed into legislation this January. The legislation will allow much more flexibility in the pension system, with those 60 years -of -age able to collect 70 per cent of the full pension which under the current system is only available at 65. In a Toronto Star report, 400,000 Canadians would benefit from this new legislation and approximately 175,000 would take early retirement in the first year under this new legislation. People who have chosen to work past 65 will also benefit by the pension reform. A person retiring at 70 would receive 130 per cent of the full benefits. In Ontario, private pensions are also going through a re -vamping process. Legislation to be introduced soon into the Ontario Legislature would allow workers' pensions to be "locked in" after two years Instead of 10 years in the employer's pension plan. The pension could also be transferred when changing jobs, says a report In the Toronto Star. Since the Canada Pension Plan has not been reformed since It was introduced In 1966, it was time the age was lowered in order to be of use to the majority of Canadians. With the Canadian society currently reflecting a trend where more people are.at the upper end of the age scale rather than at the bottom end a reform in thp,pension system was certainly due. Lucknow Sentinel TO THE EDITOR PARTY FOR ALL AGES — Students from St. James School, barbecue was also a feature of the event and partygoersbo photo oth old Seaforth entertained residents of the Kllbarchan Nursing Home and young enjoyed the affair. Rafwith songs and skits at a party held at the home last week. A Anti -pornography CORNUCO1PIA taws archaic NUCOPIA by Dave Broome Columnist should clarify Re: Dave Bmome's article in last week's industryeee' paper on unions. lack of Benefits: We had all the benefits !agree unions have a place in our society that other factories have (with the exception and have certainly made working conditions of a dental plan which is very costly) i.e. life better for the average worker. 1 do not know insurance. CHIP, Drug Plan and sick leave. very much about Mr. Pocklington (except he Ugly harrassment - day in and day out. is a Conservative) but when !listened to him That statementd in the officemy Work consisteEven d average wages of S12.99 an hour plus payroll, P on T.V. last week he said he was paying face work etc. and I dealt with of benefits and he couldn't afford the $19 the employees on a daily basis. i had occasion to union was asking. However, 1 am not really be in the factory every day and 1 found the ooncemd about this factory. I did feel his employees were very happy with their work. comments about the factory where he used to Problems were solved through the "shop work (we all know that was Genesco) should committee" and if any employee was be darified. harrassed on a daily basis, this would have 1 worked in this same shoe factory from come to the committee's attention. I was the 1951.1985 and if 1 wasn't happy or pleased secretary for years and that word was never with working conditions, Icertamiywould not brought up. have spent all those years there. In conclusion i can only say if a person is Low Pay: The pay was very good for this not happy at his work, then he or she should type of industry and surpassed wages paid in look elsewhere for employment.nbardt other industry in Seaforth. You could hardly Seaforth, L LceOntario compare the shoe industry to say the car Girls' band thanks contributors The Seaforth District High School Band has Booster Club members whom donated the a new look this springfor the first time since labor to this achievement and espdally the 1967. The band retired their green blazers non-member community ladies w1ion gave and Ontario tartan skirts, tams and ties In freely of their time to see that we were ready February of this year. This is now replared by on time for Florida competitions. Many burgandy blazers and burgandy and green thanks to Sandra Bannon, Barb Palin, Carol plaid kilts, ties and tams. If anyone has not Barry and the church ladies who helped Ariel yet seen our new attire, we think you will be Wood to hem all the kilts. pleased to •know that we kept our traditional The Booster Ciub salutes our government style but now have a fresh new look support and we will continue to represent our We acknowledge with thanks, the support community and province. With our new look of the Government of Ontario, through the we should draw greater audience attention Ministry of Citizenship and Culture; the for our province and we still proudly display Honorable lily Munro, Minister, for making our maple leaf for Canada. this all possible by providing a grant of $4614 Thanks to all involved to rover our material costs. Also we wish to thank the handful of ' BoosterClub President Brenda Kenny, [iNTHE YEARS AGONE You can call him Prince Valiant, Sir Lancelot. The Man From Glad, The White Knight and Richard the Third. He has come down from the mountain beat white steed and in his hand he brandishes the mighty hi i g sword that will pornography. Theonly robldem she will slay • a few innocent bystanders along the way. Being the puppet stooge of a clamourous self-righteous, santimonlous, right wing minority isn't easy, you know. You all gotta slay yer dragons, eh; despite the fais a ct some of themThe fundamentalists harmless. A arateo delighted with John Crosbie's sweeping anti -pornography legislation that he brought down last week. The caring majority should be frightened by this Orweliian nightmare. Movies like Last PictureeShow and virtually any others depicting scenes of sex or nudity,p t ano side in a Big Brothtter how harmless, rs b d could out sex in Canada. His attack on child pornography is a welcome move which none of us should argue but it has savaged the clvil rights of benefit. • Fast MI'Jim Jepson ranted this is Canadians. The legislation is benighted, fundamental- just what the voters wanted. I've always ist and Victorian. Itis puritanical and reeks of wanted a sanctimonious, right-wing relic government control. Big Brother John has from the dark ages telling me what 1 can or manage to send us back into a time of cannot watch. How about you? Inst year an Victorian morality. set lice fortes as opinion poll showed 66 per cent of the people ridinghis ma iri- s nn !op the ugly head of that evildragon known as COR The proposed new definition of porno- graphy lists various sexual practices, com- mon or uncommon and the ominous phrase "or other sexual activity."It doesn't take a complete ninny to deduce that under this wording the act itself, between a consenting of our Jutice pornographic nister. Fillth!! Filth! every where! You really gotta wonder about this u g You realize of course, that all visual scenes of nudity and or sex will become outlawed. Paiwill be censored the same wayture. movies such d magazines as kiddie porn and snuff movies will be. Tobe exempt from this horrid sweeping law one const nmve educational, artistic or scientific uP Po t to view inmate rf—eedoln of in this country should have the �i Cana• warp Crosbie and Jepson are. And since this proposed legislation Is the product of pressure from minority religious fanaticism it brings up one interesting point. Many of the i5th and l6th century religious artworks contain scenes of nudity and violence. Obviously, under Big Brother John's Legislation. these beautiful works of art could be found obscene. Of course works by Da Vinci. Roden and Rubinshardly porn placed in the same category as but Crosbie has done just that. Crosbie says he has put his skin on the line with this legislation. He just may lose it If the majority of common sense Canadians deride their lives are already controlled and manipulated enough by government and that state operated censorship is a hedious monstermorethan w ries es of art, can books and music be far behind in the zealot's efforts to purify our society? While wielding his tnighty porn -slaying sword and leading the minorityto the promised land John of Are should take care as d Nrstsetvatives censors, attacked leg not to off or cannot and tc has now told us what we can diaanaare ne ttrappedeinnte 19� century, time have alhabitf doing that, you know. or cannot watch. bedridden ultimate bore Being 1 just recently mrnpieted my first ever stay in the hospital, and it was an educational experience int hest. Beingsidc, roe decided, not only sweetie in making its vidim feel putrid. but it certainly has ether drewbadcs as well. It is a boring and frustrating, even humiliating experience, somethiiig rm sure anyone veto has ever been through similar carr identify with. . There's just nothing to do in the hospital. Reading. knitting and watching television can only to be tolerated for so long before 115 degrees e rees i n June 1 885 something nyou starts torebel. The problem Ls rebellion doesn't really go over too well in a hospital. JUNE is. tees old TLnypicit„ch bey( spas here this � � Tuesday last was the warmest day of the visiting relatives anis friends. Mr. Dinsmore, and desire season. t three r the afternoon the n companit the Holy TAM. >s onllis recing an abandoned wlteeldlair through the thermometcr registered 115 in the sun. way to visit the Holy fhrrd- hallways is soon quashed by the overpower- Vire notice that our old friend, Mr. Wm. JUNE1,P.1936 ng presence of noises . or your own sheer of Stanley, but now of Miss Eleanor lvan's,a graduate this year tack of energy to propel this wheeldtair OakLake, formerly appointed a from the University of Toronto, has accepted Oak lake, Manitoba, has been attend the route. Visitors, toot Poe found, Justice of the Peace for that province. We a position in the laboratory at the Ontario seldom seem willfng to put their necks in a hope soon to hear of his election to the Hospital, Orillia. noose to aid acrd abet yon int your flight of Legislature, as he would Make a good Mr. and Mrs. Ale* Broadfoot, who have fanCy spurred they nee, byee you member, To and All as he is. been spending the past month with Miss roost assuredly he the The Seaforth band were the Most admird Davidson, leave on Friday for their home m gndsince dpingthe floor' with_a walker est of ail the bands by the excursionists to Moose Jaw. doesn't tut it in tern>s of making your e Brantford and the good people of that city on JllNE22,'1961 adrenalin flow, there's no escaping e Thursday of last week. They played better, Mr. and Mrs. T. neon Vent last weekend boredom . Oire could, 1, suppo . dressed and better -booking, Pd► el Were _, _ - _ in Toronto and on Saturday attended the. advantage' of the five Pat?erit regalia, and Man ibex -Attlee. of ffashingevitlioutfearof man formate;_ titian any of the others. For the Curtari-W attars wedding at Clarkson, and take up tHepra.„ des old hat in the cot we are indebted to the alsotltereteptionwhidiWasfleldattiteBrant iepnsal but.thattoofieeo latter staf some f of the lady e*turs%onrsfs, ihn at Buriiitgton. . _ os r :.. Ifliood rr'lltiaVe -.. , _�pany were this' week stmt .n, � rtethe orcrier ,) kmakesarousing .The telephone ceorgp y , .,, . Miss Charlene White spent the rest of sodollifeyoiraou"ldenjoy, arousing thee alien" ch across Main Street, in which lice weekeri'd;with relatives m Detroit. they laid a'edge to their new office 10 file lltlI Orville Oke- and Mss A V Melanin srniall tall( leis than feasible. Add {� without failany tnsits week intents anal purposes the thenht to break the,nlonotonyof it all by opinion o h -� and,of(vetse wetake#herrjudgementona Mr. and Mrs. Joe:.Whrte.and Mil, Healy Thereeshoweverthelike (0ho,._ital. poli t of this kind attended the graduation at St.Mary's visitors during your forced sta t JUNE Is 1911 Acari ` Win'dso of th f 's niece, but the 8 •.l6 p m curfew plays h gene of cribbage, of anything more. an • Ad of cx, .. e, Without erre bound to be plrtiernated by reaprocal visits Cardiethlock, which is now being fitted up. were at lalreCoitrbichinglastweek attending Ilee. Mr. Densmore; of Fleetnoirt, Iowa; an a Heine and School Association conference: SWEATSOCKS by Heather Mdlwra th from the nursing staff, regimented to take yourbbood pressure at every turn, administer a slew of antihiotus dispense of juice and the like, and perforin ammiberof other asserted functions and -or services. When the visitors are one. and only the nurses remain, there stands a chance you may be able to catty on a tonveisation with one of your initiates- unless of course, as in my case. you happen to be rooming with sonieone who has absolutely no coniprehen- sign whatsoever of tate english language, or Who spends most of your waling hours aslee If that's the. case, then ds 1 did, you are forced to relegate yourself to the knowledgge, that the only friendly prattle you're likelyto hear during your stay Le the clanging of bedpans, that of the nurses outside your door, or any conversations you might initiate With yourself - and the latter' could get you,shippcd off to the psychiatric Ward. There were of curse instances during my hospital stay When time spent in the television lounlgewas en$$yable, There were tunes When there were actually people there tliho Were laughing and. joking and carrying on like the hospital was an -exclusive resort rather than the true institution it Was But those instaneeS were mote often than not' brief -often but short by various medications adniiinisterd by the nurses which made it necessary for a great number of us to beat a hasty exit from the room. But what 1 hated most about my hospital stay was that it, as I probably could have prdieted, happened during the most sun-fril- ed days, while the recuperation period, when L was at home, saw nothing but clouds. And for that very reason 1 propose that sundedrs or at least Florida moms, be constructed on all surgical wards. Because, although 1 don't profess to be j5oweredr , it would certainly be reassur- ing and even therapeutic, to knowthere was a Hato to go where my spirits might be 'steel. In all honesty - there's nothing quite as depressing as being force to stay in a Sterile environment fantisephc smells abounding; cool green as the main color scheme, Accented of eourse by white curtains, White Clad nurses and doctors; stainless steel frame beds that are cool to the touch and linen that crunches under the weight of your body) While trying to commune with nature through A plate glass window. _ N`owthatiknoaiwhat it slikeonthe inside, 1'ftrforever grateful I'm on the outside again,. Butthen again maybe 1 was better off Where 1 was, Where the doctor could only lecture Inc' on certain occasions - if he could of course locate tee. Now that rm home, rm being; constantly haianged by at least dile selfap • „doctor' who, I think is :probabi kited , more ;Worried that 1 might beat dim at'go .,€ should 1 get back to it too sooty, than if Fm overdoing it.