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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-08-08, Page 2EHuron xpositor SINCE 1860• SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST Incorporating The Brussels Peet Published in Seaforth, Ontario Every Wednesday Morning eD avesict. Oomm r.4 Maattoor MATHS' Ii1301N1T. anter sews STAFF: Pawls Mott Stoma Oxford ADVta'TI$lNO: Terri-Lyw Dole CLASSIFIEDS. f11A$CRIFTIO11411 ACCOUNTING: Pet Armee Dianne MtGr.th Linda Pullman Member Conudson Community Newspaper Assoc Ontario Community Newspaper Association Ontario Press Council Cowtonw.olth Press Union International Press Institute Subscription Rotes Condo '?2.00 o year in advance Senior Citizens '19 00 o year In advance Outside Canada '65.00 a year an odvonce Single Copies .60 cents each Second class moll registration Number 0696 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 0, 1990 Editorial and Stoln.ss Offices - 10 Main Strout, $..forth T.l.phon. (319) 327-0240 Fax 327-0242 Not hatemongers The Huron Expositor's policy on Letters to the Editor is fairly clear cut and broad. As a rule, every letter that comes in to us is printed, as long as the letter has the writer's name and phone number indicated, and as long as the letter has a relevance or a social comment. Recently, we received a package in the mail that contained a barrage of articles and two letters to the editor. A sweeping glance at the letters showed them to be well presented. Typed, double-spaced, with names and phone numbers at the bottom. A second look indicated that they dealt with French language and the Federal Official Languages Act, along with French education in schools. But a close examination was a revelation. The letters were little more than hate literature. A recent editorial in another Ontario weekly touched on difficul- ties that that paper had been having with Tetters to the editor. The editor outlined, in no uncertain terms, that the 'letters' section is not a forum for local political glorification or for neighbours' nasty tiffs and backbiting. We would like to add that it is also not a forum for hate literature and discrimination against races, denominations or language groups. Organizations, such as the anti -French-Canadian group in Barrie which circulated these particular letters and articles to community newspapers, will find their own supporters and self - congratulators within their own small circles. They will find all the exposure that they demand, somehow or another. But their Letters to the Editor will not take up space in this particular paper. They have no relevant point to make, and their social comment is little more than social venom. P.E. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Farm women can turn to Rural Ministry Dear Editor When taking into account the economic conditions in the rural sector, the Queens Bush Rural Ministry was not surprised to receive a statistical report showing 65% of the farm women are in the labour force. This is 10% above the national average. The calls the Queens Bush Rural Ministry are receiving, show a significant num- ber from farm women in this unen- viable position. They were not lured into the labour force for personal fulfilment nor the taste for luxuries. They sought off farm employment to help their spouses provide the basic necessities for their families. Big Day a big disappointment This past weekend was my big weekend off wort mad I'd planned for a long tame for it to be a good one. 1 went to Carbon to Toronto and planned to stay for the weekend and go to the Toronto Islands to be pact of the festivities. During the parade 1 changed my mind. Previous years at Canbana had been fun and I love the parade down University Avenue. The cos- tumes are floats In themselves and are beautiful. You can see how much time and care went into thein. A person wearing one of the cos- tume floats has a big job because they become part of the costume. The person who can wear it well is often applauded. Anyways, the parade itself was great again this year. This yew the big change was the audience. One million people lined the street and The women who call for assis- tance do so for several reasons. They are frustrated by the lack of child care centres in the area to provide affordable and reliable care for their children. They must rely on friends and neighbours, sometimes at considerable personal cost, to get that service. Some communities are beginning to see the need and are doing something about it. There aren't enough child care spaces available, nor within reasonable driving distance to ease the present sense of frustration. Some of the women are despon- dent and just plain tired. They are Turn to page 14A • RURAL ROOTS by Jeanne Kirkby moved aloof wah the parade. This amwltilida t trove along with it I didn't feel welcome. Young wen, thousands of them, wearing fez caput or high, square cut hair and lightning bolts or wards carved into the bare of thea hairstyles, glared with a cool hate at many of the people watching the parade. Quite honeady, I was made to feel white and unwelcome by these mean looks. In past yews the dominating group at Caribana were the Rastafarians and with them the parade was fun and 1 neva, ever felt uncomfortable. This year the obviously dominating group glared and sang songs with lyrics like "don't let white man do it to you." More than being offended, I felt afraid. The music of past years, reggae and steel drums, were gone and only the chanting of violent lyrics could be JUST THINKING by Summa Oxford board. For the first time ever at Canbana I saw the reused fist of Islam. It's easy to see why many of there people are jouung Islam, the world's fastest growing religion. Instead of the Christian ideal of offering the other cheek, Islam offers a fist. In the USA, and in Canada, the black muslim movement is growing fast and it's real simple to see why. It should come as no surprise that the coup, or whatever happened in Trinidad and Tobago, was initiated by a fellow who turned onto Islam in Toronto. It's time to understand what is going on and find out as mush as 1 can. My reading Eldridge Clover's 'Soul on Ice' 12 years ago, or le=through the Koran. isn't anymore. It's hard to find information on MakoIm X (civil nghts leader who was killed in very early days of his career) and only a few yeas ago did I find out he was muslim. I ask myself such questions like 'was King allowed to live and lead a few years because he based his movement on Christian ideals?' (oh yes, 1 believe government hit squads do kill certain people). There's definitely something real big going on with this, and it has to be understood. Wearing my hair shirt 'Wearing a hair shirt' has to be one of my favourite expressions of all times. Lately, though, it's taken on a whole new meaning for me. With August here and those nasty back -to -school flyers already cram- ming up the newspapers and mail- boxes, thoughts are turning to end - of -summer blues and chillier evenings. And in the joyful in- congruity of life, and especially mine, both of my animals have decided that now would be a fun time to shed. With a vengeance. A few years ago, I lived in a house with four fellow students and two cats, one orange and one white. The white one, Blanche (or Blank, as she often went by; she was a bit of a stunned cat, so she wore the name well..) was able to shed at will, and shed by the mittful. She was a four -seasons shedder, a Renaissance cat in that respect, and doomed all of our thick, dark, woolly winter sweaters right from the beginning. My roommate Greg, picking long white hairs out of the warp and woof of a dark -green hand knit sweater, summed it up nicely. "She just leaves a little bit of Blanche everywhere she goes." Bea the Wonder Dog and Fracas the Cat have been following suit, leaving a little bit of their furry selves everywhere they go. And they don't seem to go far, lately. Just inside my house, judging from the trails of fuzz. I went up to bed in the wee hours of the morning early this week, dog and cat in tow. Usually, Fracas rolls herself into a ball and dozes on the chair by my desk, while Bea arran- ges herself on the floor somewhere, pacing in circles before throwing herself on the floor with a thump, groan and a sigh that signals in no uncertain terms her disgust at this set-up. Being cheeky, however, she manages to snake her way onto the bed in the middle of the night. Since I'd been away for the past week, both Fracas and Bea heralded their glee at my return by crawling onto the bed with me on Sunday and sleeping there for the whole night. Leaving a little bit of Bea and Fracas behind. The next night, 1 was about to ROUGH NOTES by Paula Elliott crawl between the sheets when I noticed that the dark blue top sheet had turned a sort of brindled grey - black shade. A quick examination showed that the burgundy comforter was the same tone. My pillows had been saved from the fuzz onslaught, but the five or six stuffed animals that had been piled on top of them took the brunt of the abuse. They, too, now look like my dog and cat. Today, I'm wearing a navy blue shirt with a delicate gray and black pattern artfully woven into the fibres. Even my white summery clothes have the same dainty black jacquard look to them. It's starting to wear on me. I love my pets, but that doesn't mean that I want to carry them with me indefinitely. I keep telling myself that their fur is finite, and that this nonsense is bound to let up sooner or later. I'll just keep beating back the waves of fur with broom and brush, and whatever other tools are at my disposal. I've heard that scotch tape is good for removing fur, but I doubt if the Household Hints people enivisioned anyone grimly scotch - taping carpets, linens and the bath- room floor. Or maybe I could just Scotch Tape both of ....nah. The Animal Rights army has eyes everywhere. But I'll bet none of them own furred animals. This is a good case for owning goldfish, but with my luck, they'd start firing their scales out of the tank and onto my fur- niture. Let them try. And let my dog and cat shed all they want. I'm grimly determined to win this particular battle. They'll go bald before I let them drive me out of my home. One concern, voice Boarding house deadbeat loose in Seaforth The word is out about a plan for stable funding of a general farm organization to speak for Ontario agriculture. Hopefully local meetings will be held in the county to discuss and explain the topic. In the meantime, I'm going to take a run at it. On Feb. 21, 1990, a general farm meeting was organized by the On- tario Federation of Agriculturists (OFA) to plan an approach toward stable funding for general interest farm organizations in Ontario. Representatives from the Commodity Boards, the National Farmer's Union (NFU) and the Christian Farmer's Federation of Ontario (CFFO) joined OFA people at the meeting and the result was a steering committee whose job was to devise a voluntary, direct proposal. Their report was submitted at the June OFA provincial directors' meeting, where it was endorsed by a good majority. Regretfully, Jack Vanderkooy, steering committee member from the CFFO, disassociated his group because of the committee's strong recommendation for "one general farm organization" instead of several. Negotiations are still underway here. The "nuts and bolts" of the proposal is: Farmers can register annually in a general interest farm organization if they wish. Those who register will have "fast track" access to government programs, eliminating tedious paperwork as their registration information will be on file. Those choosing not to register can access the same programs, but will have to prove eligibility. If a farmer registers and chooses to withdraw that part of the fee that supports the general interest farm organization, either to put in his pocket or to support another farm organization, he may apply in writing within 30 days for a refund. An independent third party agency will be chosen to administer the registration process, subject to all possible restrictions and safeguards protecting individual confidentiality and privacy. We are asking the provincial government to legislate the certification of one general farm organization selected by a government appointed tribunal to represent the combined interests of Ontario agricultural producers. rarn w page 11 • 1 AUGUST 8, 1890 At Paris, on Monday night, last week Albert Capron attempted to take his life by a dose of Paris green, while under the influence of liquor. Soon after he had taken it, a little girl, the only person in the house, gave him an emetic, which acted promptly, and in all probabilities saved his life. At last report he was doing as well as could be expected. Mexico's imports last year amounted to S60,000,000. A young man passing himself off under the name of Barton, has been beating several of the boar- ding-house keepers in this town. Last week he called at one of these houses and asked for board. He made arrangements at this place for board and lodgings and remained a day and a half, when he left un- ceremoniously, forgetting, of course, to pay his bill. After he had gone, a purse containing a small sum of money, a book and other articles went missing, and it is supposed that he took thein with him. He was a respectable looking young man of fair complexion, weft dressed in a suit of light clothes, and was of pleasing, gentlemanly address. Whether he is a profes- sional dead beat or whether he has some larger game in view is not known. It would be well for people to be on the look out for him, and if he is spotted to place him in the hands of the authorities, as he is, no doubt, a bad character of some kind. AUGUST 7, 1914 The threatened European war has been the leading theme of interest during the past week. In fact it has overshadowed all others. It has not even been second in the minds of the people to the Seaforth Old Boy's Reunion and the Provincial Firemens Annual Tournament. The papers have been full of it to the exclusion of much other matter. So much has this been the case that it is very difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff and to ascer- tain the real truth of the situation. Thus far at any rate at all that is really genuine is that Austria has declared was against Servia and these two nations have had a few scrapes. it is therefore not what has realy taking place that is exciting the people hut what may take place that is giving so much trouble of mind to many people and is at the IN THE YEARS AGONE from the Expositor Archives - same time adding to the coffers of background making a very attrac- the daily newspapers and news tive colour combination. agents and perhaps some other people. If the war is confined to AUGUST 2, 1940 these two semi -civilized nations, the The almost unbelievably hot result will not be very serious. But weather which has blanketed this the danger is that owing to certain district for ten days, was broken to complications other nations may be some extent on Wednesday, but not drawn into the dispute and a until almost daily lightening and general European war result. This wind storms had caused con - would be a calamity indeed. siderable damage to buildings and levelled hundreds of acres of crops. The most serious of the storms occurred early Friday morning when fire caused by lightening completely destroyed a large bank barn on the former Scott farm, a short distance west of Leadbury, on the 13th concession of McKillop, and owned by William Somerville. The storm disrupted hydro and telephone lines, rural lines being particularly hard hit_ Hydro was off in Seaforth for some hours caused by a breakdown east of town. in town P.U.C. employees worked until dawn restoring services which Tan to : e 14A • An unusual government publication has recently been issued by the Dominion Parks Branch of the Department of the interior at Ottawa. it consists of a small souvenir booklet artistically bounded in duplex leather wild grass paper and tied with an olive green silk cord. The lettering is embossed in gold and a very unique design has been chosen for the cover. The latter is cut out so as to form a sort of spray of Canadian Heather from the Rocky Mountains Park, the purplish flowers of the heather a :' i nst the wood brown •