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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-11-21, Page 2Expositor SINCE 1$ . SERVING THE COM M tfh11TY PIPIT incorporating The guar.la rout ru`Iisliar In S..furth, Ontario Every Wednesday Montle* Mamba. Canadian Csawaswty Newspaper Aa..c. Ontario C omnriun.ty Naniriir Association Ontario Press Council Commonweal* Press Unison international rales lntrMA.te Sub.cnption Rats: C w inds '22 00 a year. M agaric/ Senor Citizens '19 00 o year in advance Outside Canada '63 00 area .n advance Single Copies 60 cents .och Second class moil registration Number 01196 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1990 111 f or tat end Swin.ss Offices 10 Main Street. aeak lit Terl.phon. (310) 321-0240 f.: 327-211011 Meiling Auriases - P.O. los N. Seeferth. *Merl% last IWO The Future is Rs Environmental issues are at the top of everyone's agenda, and particularly so during this week - Recycling Week '90 Ontario's future includes a widespread awareness of the need to reduce, reuse and recyle as the way individuals can make 11 difference in their local environment. Ontario's challenge is to reduce the solid waste stream by 50 per cent by the year 2000 through reduction, reuse and recycling, But the challenge is to get everyone in the community involved, and let them know that... The Future is Rs. It is interesting to note that we are more of a "throwaway society" than was the case 10 or 20 years ago. About one-third of our municipal waste is packaging, and the amount of money Canadians spend each year on packaging is greater than the combined net annual income of all Canadian farmers. Despite the fact that North America has only eight per cent of the world's population, it produces 50 per cent of the world's garbage - an appalling figure. Each person in Ontario produces about a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of garbage every day, and most of it goes into landfill sites. The annual garbage produced by nine people, when squeezed into garbage cans, would be almost as high as the CN Tower, or 554 metres. Paper products, including newspaper, comprise 36 per cent of all garbage placed at the curb for pick-up each week. Much of it is recyclable. Costs for waste collection and disposal are skyrocketing as landfills reach capacity, and new sites become more and more difficult to secure. Recycling one ton of waste material can save three cubic yards of landfill space. It can also conserve natural resources, help improve the environment and create jobs. Recycling of household wastes has become popular across the province. The blue "We Recycle" boxes have suddenly generated about 15,000 tons a year of used steel cans according to Dofasco. Every ton of steel cans recycled saves 1.5 tons of iron ore arc: 3.6 barrels of oil. Newsprint also, accounts for approximately 70 per cent of material recovered by recycling projects. For each tonne of newspaper recycled, 19 trees are saved. Ontario businesses produce more than 300,000 tonnes of paper a year. Throwing away an aluminum pop can wastes as much energy as pouring out a half-filled can of gasoline. It takes 95 per cern less energy to produce aluminum from recycled materials than, raw materials. The list goes on. In 1990 approximately 2.1 million households in Ontario were served by Blue Box programs. Seaforth households will be added to the list shortly. It's about time. Community involvement is important to the success of recycling and to the longterm solution of Ontario's solid waste problems. We must all work together -- government, industry, community and environmental groups, educators, youth, families and seniors -- if we want to see the results. The Future is Rs. Site marginal at best Dear Editor. A couple of years ago, 1 met a young offender at the Bluewater Secondary School who was proud that he was doing a two year sen- tence, because he said, "I saved face". The Mid -Huron Landfill Committee is about to impose another 5 to 18 year sentence on the people of Goderich Township for the same reason. The Board has been stubbornly proceeding along an obsolete En- vironmental Protection Act (EPA) path for the past four years in spite of the rising opposition from en- vironmentally conscious people who feel that irreparable harm will be done to the Maitland River -Letters— watershed and the environment of Holmesville if their new, relocated site is allowed to accept garbage. There is moundng evidence that the site they have chosen is mar- ginal at best. In order to make the new site technically feasible, water had to be diverted from flowing into the new area. To accomplish this, port of the old landfall site had to be sub- merged under 10 fat of water. The integrity of the cap on the old site 'itis to page MA • Rural Roots °''ea"""`""' Meeting about Saudi Last week, ` t. Columban was the setting for the Annual Dinner Meetin c t the McKillop Township Federation of Agriculture. Approximatdy 80 pro pk enjoyed an excellent rest beef meal prepared by the C.W.L. Ladies 4 St. Colurnhan, who tried with dedication to push seweids on the pie. e% n wh^ah we were groaning from our overindulgence.. Pre.%ident Ken Scott chaired the meeting and the newsworthy results include the election of Tom Ryan as McKilkhp's new President, replacing Ken who is now the lit Vice President of the Huron County Federation of Agricultu -e (HCFA). Bob Robinson was chs as 1st Vice President, and Tom Peckiu as the 2nd Vice President Christi Eckert will continue as their very reliable Secretary, and [eine Directors were attuned for each ei the concessions in the Township. Special speakers for the meeting were lack and Prate Malone, ree * nem to Mie 1!M Victims punished in It 11 DO WW1 swath a a — a palm provizo MAU leo x u before tw:lahe is declared so. Scouts all Desna has to do is hope for a delay in triad dates, sad beiahc to is tate world by the tail. According 10 lucidity's Londa Frog Prors, a Swam Court of Canada ruling Int month reinfar- ciog the right to a speedy trial, bar maimed w a Menge number of char- s ttuving out in many carat acxv.s pa of criminals charged 12acA serious offer as sexual dungemus weapons and drunk driving have been set trot, thou dockets chucked out tate win- dow, simply because of the al- mighty supreme court decision to crack down on the province's back - Court system. 's the justice in that. Canadians are already reeling from the seemingly increased amounts of crone in society. Women are afraid to drive alone in their cars. Parents are afraid to let their children out of chair grasp for 30 seconds, Senators are afraid to unjust systi Sweatsocks walkdown the street alone. And teenagers we afraid for their sexuality. . atld that lives. And now, we ' ve gut the supreme court tcllmg us that a speedy trial jaw LA more unpruuariit than the y ut the public. It's hard to fathom. Lai week, two Ooderic:h mar charged with atrsun in a July 1988 testament fire had their case this - missed by the general division of Ontario court Seems it was unfair to make diem want two years for a teal date. Dora that mean they're presumed innocent? What is fair? Certainly snare of these people being sot free would have been proven innocent But a greater majority would not have been. It is our treaunent of that majority that appalls me. In the case of the person who committed a sexual assault - what Dy =toOaoot aboutucr victual How will he idle feel knowing that the injus- tice done to hini/h r did not warrant enough respect to bring the offender to court? How will ha/she feel knowing that offender is back on Me streets, free, I presume to pur- sue life the way he she once did? Sarins the wr+ogg person Li patywil the sentence hors. What kund of paranoia on the part of the public is going to be created simply because the justice system has felt compelled to honor the rights of the criminal" before the rights of the victim, and the general public at large? And what about the policemen who have watcd w arrests, and get those criminals as far as the courthouse? Won't they feel a little gypod by this ruling? Won't they ffeel they've been usurped by the higher beings, and their respon- sibilities to the public mocked? Why should they continue to mance the effort? Already, more thea 2,500 charges have been thrown out of touts saves Ontario, and crown attorneys and defence lawyers say more cases will be thrown out yet. Many more. Some government estimatesugge as many as 50,000 cases will be stayed before the backlog is cleared. That's a lot of police work gone down the tuber. The Supreme Court might as well announce an open season for came, because us ruling virtually guarantees that there'll be no punishments handed out - at least not in the near future. Frankly, this decision sickens me. It's not merely an effort to crack down on the province's backlogged court system, it's an invitation to commit crime. OLD TELFpMoNE BOOB ' TO BE RECYCLED INTO BAMROOM T)55UE . -- wf Item — • • 9. �• 1 • ;tit �tii�;����i��i��� `�'• �.. � ,� •, , • •.f •tel /•:�L' �.. l.•� ,i� t t•► ,,�/ } ' �. ,. 41 � t i qN, BACK{ TO TRE GOOD of 1DAYS • • • t- s;` •��. = ,w ••r • • Royal Fair was most fun yet This was the best year yet for me at the Royal Winter Fair. Being raised in Toronto I've been to the Royal many times with my parents and on school trips. I know exactly where to find what I'm looking for. The first thing is to find the carved butter exhibit. This year it was very different and the display was made up of many displays of butter carvings by students. In past years I've seen a butter statue of the queen, Princess Anne on a horse and the Fab Four in the early 1960s. I've even seen royalty live at the Royal Winter Fair. With my grade six class I saw Prince Phillip pat- ting the backside of a bovine while a group of well-dressed dignitaries stood around watching the prince. All of us grade sizers stood around the stall and the prince, staring up at him in awe. Suddenly, the bovine lifted its tail and made a sound not unlike a trumpet, which was fol- lowed by squeals of shock and delight from the grade six children -Just Thinking standing around Prince Phillip. The prince gave the creature one last quick pat and commented about it being "a healthy animal' and moved on to another beast several stalls down. We howled and howled. That was my closest brush with royalty. This year was great for me at the Royal because I had a mission. I was to take photographs of everyone from our readership area who was exhibiting the fruits of their labours at the fair. I was at the fair on Saturday, and what a bad choice of days it was. There were very few competitions going on and the vast majority of them had happened throughout the week. It figures. When the place is quite and not packed full of Toron- to people saying "Look, dear, a cow" is when they decide to have the real action at the Royal. So, the place was nearly empty of com- petitors and full of people out to walk around and hold their noses. "the Royal Horse Show was hap- pening and I could see the Coliseum was jam packed full of spectators. Having already paid my admission at the door, and being on a tight budget these days thanks to falling trees, I couldn't afford the extra ten bucks to get inside the Royal Horse Show. It was definitely for the 'Mink and Manure' set anyways, I decided and continued on my way smelling the dung at admission price. It quickly became obvious to me that a lot of people, namely farmers, had spent lots of money to be in the fair. It cost them to get their exhibit to the fair (and probably late at night along the 401 and Gardner), and it cost them to enter into the competitions. They have living expenses to look after while their at the fair. I realized these people deserve much better coverage than what the Toronto papers were giving them. The Globe had a pull out section on the Royal and, of course, it was full of info on the Royal Horse Show. As far as farmers went, well, they interviewed wealthy movie director Norman Jewison who has 475 acre farm. "Yes, I name all my cows after my movies." Next year I'd like to go back to the fair and get better pictures and go on a day when there is something more interesting hap- pening. Next year I'd like to do it right. Birchall preferred hanging to prison NOVEMBER 21, 1890 Birchall was hanged at 8:29 o'clock last Friday morning. Bir- chall feared the t by some means a faked confessit,n might be worked off on the public after his death and to guard against this tie made out a document: If, after my death, there shall appear in the press or in any other matter whatsoever, any confession that i had any hand in the murder of Mr. F.C. Benwell, or any per- sonal knowledge of said murder with intent or malice aforethought, or with any personal connection with the murder on the 17th February, or other day, or any knowledge that any such murder was about to be committed, or any statement further than any that 1 have made public previous to this date. 1 hand this statement to the care of Mr. George Perry, of Woodstock, Ontario, that he may know that any confession or partial confession are entirely factitious and in no way were ever written by me, neither emaatited from me m any way whatgnever to any person, and the whole are fictitious and without Years Agone a word of truth. This likewise ap- plies to my story in the Mail, in which I have made no confession or partial confession. This holds good throughout. Signed, Reg Birchall. As the Dean entered upon the Lord's Prayer, the executioner put the black cap over the head of the doomed man and adjusted the noose about his neck. Birchall did not say a word after leaving his cell, except it might have been to mutter a word to Mr. Leetham or Mr. Wade, when they bade him goodbye. The words 'deliver us from evil' was the sig- nal, and a quick pull on the small rope by the executioner released the immense weight. it fell six or eight inches iato the ground by the force of the weight. Birchen had been placed close to one of the uprights, and the jerk of the noose drew his body first obliquely, and then up. The body was jerked into the air about five feet and fell until its feet were within two feet of the ground. from the Archives The drop was made at 8:29; the convulsion commenced half a minute later, but they were not at all violent, more resembling heavy breathing, with slight twitching of the hands and legs. At 8:30 1/2 the convulsions had ceased and at 8:35 Dr. Chamberlain, w,ho stood with his hand on the body, declared that life was extinct. Discussing capital punishment some time su t ' .. uently, with the deputy sheriff, he : irchall) seemed to favour hanging to life imprison- ment. "It's like this, Birchall," said the good -nattered deputy. "as long as there is life there is hope." The doomed man quickly caught the idea and his face lighted up with a bright smile. "Yes, and after you are in prison for a time the true facts of the came will be known and you will get reprieved," he said. "Or, by good behaviour you will get out in ten or fifteen years," remarked the deputy. "I would not care to take chances of that. If I were guilty I would rather hang, but I'm not, and that is why perhaps 1 had hoped so strongly for a commutation of my sentence. The facts will come out someday about this murder and then you will know that they hanged an innocent man." NOVEMBER 20, 1914 "The wastage of horses in war," remarked an officer of the commis- sion now in Canada, "is much greater than the wastage of human life. So susceptible are the remounts to disease and injury that the casualties between the day of pur- chase in Canada and the arrival in France amounts to a considerable figure. When it comes to actual fighting conditions the horses of an army show a quick reduction. Their hulk, for one thing. is much greater than that offered by a soldier. When a man is wounded he keeps on fighting if he possihk can and should the wounds prove slight is patched up and returned to his poet Tern to page MA* 1