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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 25, 1986
Second class mail registration Number 0696
ore than 10 cGn
MTHIS ANGI
by by tis
Patrick Rai-
Anyone who scanned my weekly wok the
aliotment a few weeks ago will be familiar eotild the authorities possibly have ill suchen safety asked if akingtill an option. nn It u of tie
with the background to this incident, It obviously brit=abiding motorist? auto n the
concerns the moving, scrapheap I've been Plenty, I.'poncluded after :realizing the, onombutsof ubmit eyaginrpaidtimate
passing off as a car fc�o;tI a past few years'. As fiaahi g red lights wore meant for MO, ' merciless
stated in my earher•.epiatle, my automobile Areyou aware thllt your taillights are out ,mechanic, who can undoµbtably afford
has come a long wa ;since it rolled off the sir?" said a pglieeman whose:demeanorbore drive a substantially na yor vehicle ,,If. he .
assembly line 12 years ago - 89,682'8 miles no resemblance to that of Officer Friendly doesn't pronounce my car dead on arrival, he
to be exact. It ts, no loriger of sound body, and Who used to Dome visa my, elementary school will certainly find enough real or a in d
Ju keeping caused Sometimes accompanied by a Ger- defects to incur a substanfiaed repair yof t
me to be of,'less than -sound mind, man Shepherd who did tri I arts which really do have ooAneetton t , •,t
First class all the way
in
It should not be expected of the head of a world class nation to travel
a manner befitting a pauper. A certain amount of posturing is, after all,
necessary for successful performances on the world stage.
However, neither should it be expected for the leader of a country
plagued with unemployment and a massive deficit to travel, at the
taxpayers' expense, in a fashion soopulent and
o dtu t extravagant
as p theto e
incomprehensible to the average people
Unfortunately Canada's current leader, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
has been discovered to be doing just that.
Mr. Mulroney perhaps, is doing no different than previous leaders, but
fortunately thanks to the Access to Information Act, he has not been able
to keep travel expense figures hidden amongst massive operational
budgets as his forebearers were able to do.
In any case, last week's disclosure that more than $800,000 was spent
by the Prime Minister's office on only three foreign excursions, Is an
embarrassment to the faith of the Canadian people.
While no one could have been naive enough to believe our country's
representatives were bedding down in $40 -a -night motel rooms, it was
still a shock to learn the PMs four -night stay in New York's luxurious
Pierre Hotel cost nearly $5,000. Still, this bill is nothing compared to
$13,000 for motor vehicle rentals on the New there can benne sos und
r.
Mulroney found occasion to rent the space shuttle,
explanation for such a high transportation tally.
Worse than any of this, is a week-long trip to Paris for the first world
summit of francophone countries and a brief official visit to France, which
cost in excess of a half -million dollars. Many Canadians save all their
lives for such a trip, then spend only one-hundredth as much money.
0,837 efy.
The breakdown for this sojourn includes a whopping
r
"travel -related costs" such as hotel accommodations and meals, another
$25Tha 'S motor •sa d lLiberaltand opposit on leader John8 for e Turher of the •
• • "That's living," -
figures. That truly Is living Indeed.
The most puzzling figure to come out in this disclosure was an expense
also incurred on the Paris trip. A total of $27,630.72 was spent on
"unspecified professional services." When dealing with an amount of
money many taxpayers wish they could earn In a year, you would think
• the prime minister would want such services to be specified down to the
last wantonly -spent penny.
Perhaps these services were, In fact, money set aside to pay the public
withions evegenius shredro his once-overwhelmingl now need o pet him ularityout of thiS jam
still intact.
just it running has at times classes, some ne 1f these checks were
eon o the t
However,,r o it is running anddthat's the main a v i vague
hope he iia Might
slm lyw dVi me, s ffor After all, 1 w bid n t 1,
least so I t Pr modal Po there isi it had a vague hope
and t oniony about his mind operationofa participating. r alndit myyera fine. i
least one Ontario Provincial Police Officer to get �tlri i he mspeitors iS fine.
a
who would think
a c with needs on that point.Beabusiness,rode but this was yicar fob booze, r' drugs, Unfortunately, ministry
anis intact
seemed
to be mad o more
than nuclear w Sem* ..every nut and bolt :l
rthY and , nuclear weapons, or�atever it fB some Dopa reputation for examining g
htinsisted 'have toy Wheels examined at one of assume everyone udder 30 yeats-of-age has from the motor mounts to the d arealighter tghter a
the safety check stations the Ministry of in their vehicle in p1entiful supply. and not quitting uof this, is ntil they find some
Transportation and Communications so liming Me'Mine Of the a summons aboA, he
at aled for safety afterme yencouny in n erwiththethat
ficer !repaired thoughtfully provides. check.H did so with all appearances of the errant tail lights t Mae. 30 seconds flat #
It all started last Thursday night, as I was , e
driving down Highway 23' between cruiser doing mea great favor. When p r for ae sound by
yIn the future 1plresolved to checkmy vehicle
e
r• d Mgh to. I not tcedhe an OPP frothe had ordered me tany potential in order to�lessen the ng Mit on f
he looked nd for e, bait before starting
preparing tenter the highway from a beating with' a rubberhose,
• er alt, but thoughtspa nothing of it.s I was, confused.
after all, rieithei�speadmg, nor wandering "Well, it's better than a $53 ticket (for no repeating
aiematfor this
y tune Ibe�fi d that H I'ha <'
carelessly about' a roadway. What interest tail lights) isn't it?"
Free show, no show
Everybody likes a free show, but unless the community at large pays to
see this year's Canada Day fireworks display, next year there may be no
show at all.
The recreation department, which has for the past five years,
sponsored the show, has found it may not be economically feasible In the
future.
Originally when the department started providing the dfaplay the coat
was almost entirely covered by a grant from the government s Canada
Day Celebrations Committee. Today, five years later, the Cat of
purchasing the necessary pyrotechnics has gone up significantly, While
the allocation of monies through the grant system has remained relatively
the same, or gone down.
This year it is costing $2,500 to buy enough fireworks to put ort an
approximately one-hour show. Only Si +250 of that cost Will be recover
through the grant. 'The remainder will have to be absorbed by the
recreation department. h ktttactiora mf
the
contest vat the Ontario EFiddlers Contest Ints In the Heneall ono the weekend event, sponsored by the Hensel' Kinsmen Clubrjack Olympics, which were held In oniunctl. RaltIs with
found the fare to be tasty -- but messy. The contest was part of the
as bigas elephan s
Sor�e dogs
?P g�t
°PIA
t:^fes,'
Fflike m`++-!"_,releyau� )vitt� jo,yi,da 04013 I
yl3catitteiiiled`I,w$s.abbu> 10- el .:. ..l ,... ....r ��•
and delivering gathers for the Toronto Star. $ �
as approximately wire weeks after I began
was
firsiencounteredIn by Dave Broome
I bad hist slipped ing Star between the two
doors when 'i heard the gro I Spin frig I ihofhockey idesadedone Sunday iglitt
w• n
around lame face ta' face with an antral of distance, of course, but he was mfssingan was. again healthy enough to face up the
ndtgreatsecolobut,ndcouragesofablac thwhippeddepaperontothepordt,hopea blades.
ed with the colori0f: and courage of a black bike and sauntered at a liiz]► pace Thin didn't go too badly that night but I
mamba and the temperament of a South stree#• Things muds weaken' than 1 was'
African Cape Ruffolo. • tlatfway down the block' I heard the was still feeling
it was a perplexing if not frightening thunder•l ke gtowl. but it was too late. He willing to admit.
thegequipment down on theu front
situationwas ouslyaubs�rfitattheirtasamentatdiiiis mped
t could uc crank up hettwawheeeleerr he had my hockey me
pm. nd.
lit
Intention
gift from rhe ct ng bowels of hell had
The ormyright rdff.Ilgood loow Rainannd d d&gnat esh out teessoleekpumrpdose the rrouuttine propertyer of ehouse tame
check
intention of protectingpain, I when an ominous, looming dark fort %
relief In the form
otheeod 15 w rdt ter rc rote rhoome oade a fool time, than charging, then frantically half breath
alf
relief S the fup. of wayward the owner sliding toward me. We both stopped in
firiatlyshowedup.Shequfctothehotldek SrI 1 Crtlfalg the dog fight a draw,
to face With
whisked the tittle deren into the
t hf h delivered t[te3mtn de the house until t our tracks and t was nii� afg licked his
paper. the
was t. same ray �ratherfsailanatomy In ti metdtopp0dthepaperrttuteandwent 1 swear to this day,
tipped off. Pada ; on to other pursuits and never did find out chops • then smiled in the anlidpattoll of
ripped off. what ha paned to Thiry. 1 always fantasized prancinghomewfthenter mylegs;toproudly
This on gait, off again battle of wits and clubbed to'deat ;erne cold show
wahiis master. gailisttlitit t seat
courage athelt ed for
in maweeks
e o a dark tnlght by an aveng g
lid
rill nnyfatierttelp . pp in atnbtiali or being stalked and growled like the creature In to lily
woiaSpanking brahtdn dlyown . (e mica of
toe iyiit" it
d�rsot"
London, a
ee firm p Doted by a targe marauding cat. Ile Werewolf in tondo * ood2il feet . tatttarrtl
dtanged. "You s , y y about the time ten afnly aciuldn`t turn and roti" cSuddasfy, lr .
garnedt stftally probably blued fo a tdwatditlg old age and hodtaystldt. .vasa
sneaky/didirttSty a nuienough t* 1C1ie bicycle 1 he madae a eo years his master's valetfromh av a "Nicky,affdty,b.+ e
outrun irony > nut Oe, hidU fng dogs,
boy." tVell, ent straight up and h0
suspected. all along this mutt had mere pa yMy eco' ltd unfettttnate incident with the raced past me Arid arottttd tilt carrier of the
lntestlnatfoutaptannbiaiihs. initseset 1vtthrrryneighbor's dog ona hour.
seto meet ntdeer lrrtether and
t worked out a plan that saw me watt fantail cell January n t.
the little fella was romping Inthdhacktyard &ntaaftcviathan she said, "1�alnd,yotriiiolcpale. liidttfcy
toss 'Would then ace t y the id', Wttfdi p itbtt to match. He frighten you?" "Oh rte". tied, "Ulama beeyt
m�ortfoit0 gird des
tars the paper' and y�ch hey down
, Street. . o 'bug and 'tl lust elute • resulted In a chase down the fiattet, cegided iwa Cho�� owe and belonged to a ntn"shrg a pneurnoi"iia bug Arid I.aut net Inst
arca" �..esafedfstanceofablbttttl'rto veryf`ltiealderlylad yh. Rev/Mild biro (mite
o t the
t "yt 'Veil,"
get tight to
usually, t1ua tit
trim sditseevar tt hat wee io hie the `illegals esswasaditectre4ttltcifrarri alit
iltrbbii+g salt inW the, would the bed,"
between us t would 'Stop and tease olid sdrtgottothepdhnatitatffiwasgoin
eat
i mess some of this cost can be defrayed through the e unrnertagrea a horst weeand
e other rogranas offered by the
wand So tot a game ooritittuatl for a front .. y I d "t `aafioni xuf e esu testae/ at night heart attack 1 lift
ad
Money from the general public the p d i
This t; d heti Inity as todo� t with her dog
to . The recreation department is, however, going, totry. , e yard,
fair' -
sy task, Too many people are able to watch Without haviit int• i� $ " .. r
gut collecting money a u �
tri riot a�r3 e o
e prfvtiege g '
Roads i ' f the high school where the flteworks play
committeeEin.,,,
will be ewill be on hand fon pedestrians acid/or motorists lei Make their
contribution,
The committee has set a price of $2 per person o '$5 per 4` air, for et trji
to the display area.
It is hoped ail those attending wiii be generdus, Or ai least honest lK
heir contribution -towards tills celebratory andbeautiful traditioli;
t
' y p asst . ; ort
ft has been stated tfsat mljney doesrt t bei ha pin __ a-ciCl �histttiat
occasion can certainly be questioned, What may be more truthfu to , at
dy definitei buyafetathanitdi'dyeaterdayandforthepeopie g
mon y, Y
anything at alt they must be wilfing to pay the price. -- H.M....,.
r
or
one
ecreaton department may suffer, since they waif be depleted t;it fort s ft ntuhbertif`cveeks untt±ine ay a ilnytnmeyr �stinuner'. o.g �` `�"
det c help make ends riteet. happeiretotiO lift titruhhtun, fwondex Vvhat CCtrnfluued tuft lie Atol
" strditnig dog
1
/a'itaildm�o thatyearlcottadeda 'ItteUtirdandf°malt'urllY3ttvti
cit a e ant as a fireitiorks display is nevet`arr �;� d rte bask �ro
period to little sett id. i fie tis y iiastjf ,ease o f pitMitheitia, lifter Mita— a
cotn%rtiug,.
ea
til
in the vicinity o
11 b cordoned off and members of the reoreatlon
TO T` E: EDITOR
... ,a suffer
County health may
Several weeks ago there was an article in impplication§ of sucharelayoffs
oo s for general ublic Man
many of the local papers in the County p eryeforeple not otawar of what at e
do understand . discussing the financial problemsthed d til
facing
budget restn rictions y from the Ministry of mean to them. cion of
Heallth. The Health Unit employees have now Huron County has a substantialpo 55'tTri
received notice from the Board of Health its population over the' age -of•
i g that there "may have to be layoffs recognition of the special needs of t i � p
stating
during; 1986 due to the budget restrictions the Health Unit holds adult clinics
unposed by the Ministry of Health." As ' areas of the county. Footcare, Mead P heal
hearing screening,lain'
o an would
Unit because of reduction or absence of our services
If wheat you See menet. I appear to have
More then a few large, tufts of hair missing
fiem my gip,, have pity on me , this has
bee been fated gWeek -tosaythe least.
been eenf_orced to use my brain.
1111sweekKirasttte week rve been dreading
year. Rhis was the week the towri council
released :nth had¢ea. a , i terable„ I
No't'e, budgets areal. ell. ,
suose,ppif you were both with brain the
Axe of Einsteinfs, olid a memory bank the
size of eVed the emost obilipact. problem
system I, have insider, „
when bh'idgets are introduced.
The pr obtent with dealing with a budget is
if generallygettreleased as a virtual textbook
of inforitiatton, and it has to be condensed,
to afew.naragraphs That iu itself isn't all
generallysil nut ibtrs . *And six digit ones, at
that. ,
Now; had 1 hien tnatihematfcally rnchned
robe doing something like keeping stats r
theMontreal Canadiens or the Toronto B1t
Jays, or some other illustrious sports team,
But since tin not, and never fiave been, I
thought by choosing journalism rd be
'snaking a smart decision.i guess the froth is,
they always get you, in the end. the fackl
So, Since there was no•escaping
had to crake sense of the budget, for my own
Unit,
health nurses employed by the Health screening, a ng A3)
Unit, we are very ooneerned with the (Continued on page
m
that terrible t Mat pt that information is
SWEA S
Heather
ein
k O
wraith
a;ith
the SeaE` reit did I couldn't make sense out the figures
adding title lino a t v e
of yotifbasicpeckett le�ulatois.'thatIfignlrerl
Oren I Weld Manage
story C the .bre with, all the porde-his/0m
sate ean, I pay .for the sake Of o freer that crazy' Titlke
,� • played,the martyr7asE Week, sad that ✓rams spewingfreer
ttldn,t find (vett
oil"
subleded myself vo1u5tom 15 1U� Cas
mentioned before) hair wrendun ordeal of
gg• threu the ,budget, and trying to
discern what exactly, if anything, it was -
toying to say.
Thank goodness• for office bookkeepers+ I
tried to figure things out myself and did
actually get a few lads on 1hy, own. My
greatest problem carne when 4I tried to
convert a number of those six -digit figures
(not including deeiiiial points) into percent-
ages of some other six -digit figures. For the
life of me I couldn't remember what the
formula vas that would pproduce the right
percentage. It has, after at, been some time
sties I attended high school mathematics
classes where this sort of thing"was
'supposedly taught;,-
. Ithought Inught have better tuck if ]shade
use of one of the mathematical aids we have
'kicidng around the office, but it seethed to
make rrioreofashambles of th'ebddgetthen I
lien
So l MI* t must honestly say; the budget
vitasrt't euticely my own doing. Lire Gedr'ge'
Washington, t earinattell a lie told lt*ith
the help of Baste Broome and 'hely hr'andy
dandya aitytostopiiiaaddhngatartnoiefront•
addingg, and adding and adding, find addnig,
then deublinBa idfriplingwhateverhiliel ia•
Ipiin liedintoit.ThewayIcaietilatedthings,
taxes VOW going up -,987,63'3'.2194 petcent
>ii' Rd t truttithfully, ef 7 1 • Istili don't tinderstnd why'
But are neces-
sa
alle those figpres1 and percentiles
ry Ceilidh -11 loaf write something like;
"'The budget indicates there will be a large
rise in Wee thisyear, i lot of money
was spent ion or not vera touch money
We spent olio lysate would niakeihy'job a
whole lot'sirnpler