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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-09-05, Page 8• - THE HLAO/4 EXPOSITOR, SEPTEM$ER 5. 1990 SERVICE SPECIAL OIL CHANGE •Includes up to 5 Litres of Oil •New Filter ALL FOR ONLY CARS AND LIGHT TUCKS HAR "The ills.* Dasior /g11111s Mins' 95 • BOOK AN APPOINTMENT TODAY ._arra ,Y.,..�.m.. 0 FtD MERCUt_rj HIGHWAY 8 WEST SEAFORTH 527.1010 r Mexican workers You'll Diet Center feel the Difference! Nobody Cares for You Like Diet Center! • Eat Real, Natural Foods • Lose Fat, Not Muscle • Sign No Contracts and most important .. . Lost 48 Lgs. • LOSE WEIGHT FAST! OPENING IN SEAFORTH WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5 OPENING SPECIAL 3 WEEKS - $99 ompare value, e ' tiveness an price ... you'll join the millions who have chosen Diet Center! CALL TODAY for a free introductory consultation & free body composition Analysts RR 2 Seaforth (Above Hart Ford Mercury) Diet I)1I I Center IIS awrei,hi-k,ss 1)rr''J.'Suonal, 527-2473 . train pose 7 would be w Canada." Pascual and applied for migrant work in Canada sod, along with 10,000 other Mexicans, carie to Canada to work as campeanues. Return airfare and d>rcu naiidenc es in Canada arc supplied by their employers and each mygnint water signs a contract swung bow long they will work. They are paid minium wage and have all the deductions Canadians have taken from then pay. the carripcsuxxs get paid every two weeks and send their paychecks home, excluding the costs of their groceriesThey write to their families and someames spud some of their earnings on long distance telephone calls. Each Friday Mr. V is.cher takes the campesinoes to Exeter to do their grocery shopping. The grocery stove is all of Canada some of the men see. Last year Mr. Visscher invited the carnpesinoes to his daughter's wedding. Another day he took them to Grand Bend and they loved the flea market there. Each October they have a fiesta for all the campesinoes at Mr. V isscher' s tarm. lbc mon lacy they know at no plans to vara anywhere this year Miguel explained that would like to sec more of Canada but can't "because we can't spend too much money. Ow families are more important. The pruic hprhl reason we art hue Ls to work and earn money." Last year someone hewn Miguel to Lcxidon what he sat through a four hour mass. The otic[ mon joke with hon saying "he's good for life now." There is a Spanish bible at their residence and they all take turns reading it. If given a choice of whore to visit in Canada both Miguel and Pascual say they would like to see Niagara Falls, one of Canada's most popular tourist destinations. Jose says he would like to r"anywhere, the whole country. Fermin says he would like to visit London. The last eight years London has become home to about 3,000 Latin Americans, most of them fleeing war-torn Central American countries. They have built a com- munity within London and Fermin says "in London I could learn English since courses are taught in Iszycities." 'vs all thought about un- inigsaling to Canada. but oaty Misuel and Jose have given it more menus thought. Fermin aid Pascual don't wart to h vc in Canada as choir wives and children are happy livingin Mexico whore hair failia and friends arc. Pascual said "There's oro two countries in the world so close and yet so dif- ferent from each other like Mexico and the U S . A." Miguel said he would prefer living in Canada to theV.S.A. because "guns at too easy to buy in the U.S.A. and 1 don't like that. There's fewer problems in Canada. Canada has lois of wort and I could earn money to buy a house for my family." Jose secs the possibility of a good future living in Canada. He said "My wife and I could work in Canada, and some of our teenage children could get part-time jobs. We could live and get along fine here. My children could go to better schools. In Mexico t#hcre's not enough schools and children have to attend school in shifts. Many people in Mexico have good educations but can't find work usuii thou dulls. Here that is also medical wstuschce." When they work at tic V tsscher farm is complete the canipannoes will retuni 10 Mcxioo and 10 then families. During the winter they will work at low-paying jobs on Mexican farms. flay alt plan an coming beck to Canada next year to work an Mr. Viacher's farm. Miguel says he'll came back for many summer if tie can. He says "If the boss wants us next year, we will be here next year." The Visschers can't speak Spanish so some ff uog the cam- = leresidont, Paul • ' , visits with there and teaches English to the interested men. Mrs. Visscher says all the camycsinoes they've hired have been conscia ntious and hard working." "Last winter my husband and I did missionary work in the Dominican Republic. Someday we'd like to go to Mexico and visit the campesinoes and meet their families." Despite the difference in language for the campesinoes and the Visschers, Miguel says "Somehow we manage." WIND DAMAGE ON TORNADO ALLEY - Workers Paul Haynes (left) and Andrew Henderson install new rafters in the barn of Garry Van Loon, RR 2, Dublin. The bam roof,was damaged when a tomado touched it during the storm of August 27. The tornado first twisted through a com field owned by Mike Van Loon, destroyed some tress and skipped off to Garry's property shortly after 11:00 p.m. The bam roof had steel sheeting tom off and some of the rafters destroyed. Pieces of steel sheeting were found Tuesday more than one-half mile away. There was no livestock in the bam at the time of the tomado. Oxford photo. act lim Fitzgerald Can we psrinita Tory agenda in Ontario took Thlnk again... • closure of rural post offices •free trade job losses -crippling of our railroads •p ��n's devastating high interest -frightening spectre of GST Jkn and We and their children, Andres, Chris and Fraser The Tory leaders advocate spending cuts. What will that mean? A return to the old Tory agenda --donut** of small town hospltale--thee miles and miles to medical treatment and user fees when you arrive! To keep good things happening In Huron...and for proven commitment to our rural communities, our towns, and our villages: To Koop good things happening in Huron and for proven commitment to our rural communities, towns and villages ... ON SEPTEMBER 6 BER ELECT JIM FITZGERALD AUTHORiZED 8y THE HURON PROVINCIAL LIBERAL ASSOCIATION Your Liberal Candidate in Huron CLUT© THIS SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9 POST TIME 1:30 PM SIXTH ANNUAL ANS TE 17' JEWELLERS LIMITED DAY AT THE RACES Proud Sponsors of the ANSTETTJBULOVA AWARDS Presented to the Top Trainer and the Top Driver for our 1990 season. JUST BEING AT THE RACEWAY THIS SUNDAY GIVES YOU A CHANCE AT OVER '700. IN ATTENDANCE PRIZES. •AFTER 1st RACE: Gold Horse shoe Ring 0400 value) AFTER Ith RACE: Gold Chain ($200 value) AFTER 7th RACE: Silver Tray ($100 value) Your admission ticket is your eligibility for the draw. ALSO PRESENT' THIS SUNDAY ONTAI UQ silES.STAKES 2 -YEAR OLD FILLY TROT Estimated Purse over •35,000. Thank You'. As this Is our final race day of the **Mon. wr thank you for your support W. took forward to seeing you next year W POST TIME 1:30 P.M. ONTARIO'S FAMILY TRACK J Watch pole climbers The Seaforth PUC, along with other Commissions, will be keeping a close check on their linesmen's pole -climbing activities after a recent Construction, Health and Safety injunction grounded an On- tario utility. The Association issued a stop -work order on an Ontario utility commission in late April, citing unsafe work practices on linesmen who were climbing poles "..using only a belt and spurs." The stop -work order was later lifted on May 2. Seaforth PUC manager Tom Phillips, reading the report to the Commission at their August 16 meeting, wondered what the Construction, Health and Safety Association was asking the utilities commissions to do. As a rule, pole - climbing by experienced linesmen with a belt and spurs is the ac- cepted method. The Association had indicated that the use "..of a bucket truck where possible, or the safest possible means.." was to be employed when doing pole work. Mr. Philips also questioned the Association s familiarity with utilities' procedures, and suggested that the Seaforth PUC continue with their present methods. "There's so many acts, and so many interpretations of the acts." When it was suggested that the Seaforth PUC workers use only the bucket truck for pole work, Chair- man Jim Sills countered that not enough pole -climbing work could point the way to potential tragedy in an emergency. "We're going to have fellows not climbing poles enough and not being familiar with it. he pointed out. Mr. Philips agreed. "It might be in a storm or an emergency situation where you really have to know what you're doing to climb a pole." He added that the approved procedure of belting in at the bot- tom of the pole and spurring directly to the top may not be pos- sibk in some caves where Cable lines, Bell wires and clotheslines impede the linesman. When asked by the Commissioners if clothes- lines were permitted to attached to the poles, Mr. Phillips replied that the PUC lines are often strung on Bell Telephone poles. and that permitting or not permiting clothes- lines is Bell's jurisdiction. •