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Every year at this trine, the roade,,Eome aI(ve°With bicyclists of all shaPes
and sizes, For those on two wheels,. 4i11ng isabout the most enjoyable
activity ,imaginable, and cyclists lite for the freedom 'of free" -wheeling it:
But for those behind the wheel of an automobile, cyciing-season iis.:prime
time for white knuckles on the steting wheel. ; .;.
Cyclists must- respect the fact thatthey are operating yehtcles, as 'Weil.
Too often, children begin riding bicycles.at 'a_very. young,age-and, as -they
grow; are given bigger, faster and flashier bikes without be'ih'g •made aware
of their responsibilities as operators. Freedom to bike on the roadsdoes
not just- mean getting from A to B faster; it means knowing' the rules of ,
the road, And respecting them.
With the stiffer rules being imposed on bicyclists now, police will have
the power to levy fines and take offenders names. It's about time.
Reckless automobile drivers are a hazard on the road, and often ,only the
fear of punishment keeps them in line.
A bicycle is a far smaller vehicle, but thesame conditions hold true. Not
only is a careless cyclist a -hazard to drivers and pedestrians, he or she
gives the entire biking population a bad name.
Adult cyclists who don't know the rules of the road when biking, and
who do not know the proper hand -signals for turning and stopping, should
learn them before they take their bike on the road again. And children
should be drilled on these rules before they are even allowed out of the
driveway. The number of biking fatalities that occur every summer is stag-
gering, and it can happen to anyone, even you or your child.
Biking helmets are not mandatary, but the inconvenience of wearing one
will pay for itself tenfold if it saves your life just once. Bicycle lights are
mandatory, and the fine`f biking without lights in the city is just under,
$20. These rules are e+>hre % ed in small towns. They shouldn't be.
This summer, rememb' - cycle is not a toy. it is a vehicle, and
its driver has as mdch of thick ibility to obey the rules of the road
as does a motor vehicle operator, P,E.
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g e wo e gene visited b th chi%lren
they had borne ,and Braised '
Every Saturday since my great grand-
father's; death the flowers would still ar
rive. Bert had made sure of that in . his
will The bouquets :were always fresh and
ORA and tilestyles ,differed.
When -Mae was, 97'years'. Old:1 asked her
about her secret to ,such- a long"life and
she told inc "it's 1easier to for$et' a person:
than:to •,hold a grudge " It's the futuue1st:,."
advice I've ever„heard
She died twiceMhe forst tiideT, she u
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,. of elle tunnelof light
back fe std laved for
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women 1: bei that it: w'ould,have beeni`=f eat
her ,te. not have heat revived. She
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seadyy�for t econd and lin . eath.. `':
if la inert didh t. Melte it to -fr eral
beca?I , I had.;:to take the• subwaya and, it
was,,the day•o the .Aranentan bomb threat
on they -Toronto. subway.. The trains were
*Wend often stopped in the : tunnels Tfor
awhile. It was a terrible thing to have to ,
use, the subway that day, but I fitiall
made it ii2y, family Was sad and crying •at
the funeral home and I was the only hap-.
py,• person I. knew Mae had done what she
W looking forward to ,.
flowers were beautiful and :the room
was filled to the ?bran with them. I'd beard
that most of Ahern • were given free by the
florist that my great grandfather had dealt
for ahaost 78 years.
1 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Fine feathered friend's.
TO THE EDITOR:
In recent years, I have watched drastic
declines in the numbers of our favourite
birds.
Bluebirds, robins, thrushes, thrashers,
and meadowlarks are among the birds that
are dying because of a common
agricultural practice.
Continuous growing of corn results in a
buildup of rootworms in the soil. Insec-
ticides are needed if the farmer is to have
a profitable crop on such fields.
However, the Insecticides that eventual-
ly kill the worms also poison the food of
the birds - those very same worms.
IIf farmers rotate their crops, it is not
necessary to use chemicals to kill root -
worms. The the birds can be healthy, and
keep the insects in balance. This is the
type of action that we need if we are to
save our environment.
Our organization, Farmers' Fine
l• eathered' lerlends, is appealing to
everyone tb support. and 'encourage
changes in agriculture.. Sustainable, more
profitable agriculture will result from us-
ing feeder chemicals, and taking better ad-
vantage of techniques such as rotation.
We need to adopt the idea that
chemicals are used only as a last resort.
We need to adopt national policies' that
provide fair returns to farmers' who use
safe practices.
The bobolinks, orioles, wrens, partridges,
pheasants, and many more birds are •
threatened because of corn rootworm
insecticides. m
Please join our movement to save the
environment, starting in "our local farmers'
fields.
Robert PIttam
on behalf of
"Farmers° Fine Feathered Friends”
P.O.. Box 2752, Station B
London, Ontario NBA 4V3
Is Farm -Start working?
RURAL ROOTS
by Jeanne Kirkby
Recently, the HCFA has been hearing •
about problems encountered by aspiring
farmers in Huron County who are.;t ying to
qualify for the Ontario Farm -Start
Program.
We understand that Huron. and Perth
Counties were the biggest users of tile?
Farm -Start Program: hardly a'surprising..
fact as they are the _largest agricultural_
counties in the' Provinee. Many people.
believe the program has been' abused,
that real estate interests promoted it as a
vehicle to induce urban'people with little:
farming commitment toapply for it, thus
fulfilling a 'Yen to 'live in the churltt ire►"
any event, the program is now full,'
very long waiting , and to oar,
concern is what has happened to applicants
after they apply. "
Consider this scenario A fuel time •
agricultural student at"OAC, studying. rete-
vont courses, applied to dais program in
1' as the manager of'a Maple 'syrup and
sweet corn operation. By loading his first
seitlester, he had a light .spring seifester, , g
and the necessary time; to do the day-to-
day work with the maple syi'iip ' and' lass
summers free for sweet -corn ciiltivation b
Pssst. i c nn.a:.
They say that it takes a lot of'diplonL eY
to be a politician, but if a politician' is
lacking in that area, he or she had better
hope that the press has enough of it to, go
around twice.
One of the more interesting aspects of
my job is attending council meetings. (If
there are any other reporters reading this,.
they can feel free to blanch.) Sitting at a
council meeting for three or four hours,
recording everything including how many
times the reeve sneezes, may not be
everyone's cup off tea, but I don't mind it
at all. After all, I'm the first person to
know about a pile of things going on in the
Township, and I also get to hear a lot of
dirt that never sees the light of day, much
less the ink of the printing press.
But perhaps most pompous of all, I get
to put on my Voice of the People hat at
these meetings. Sounds corny? It is, but I
get a bit of a kick out of it and frankly,
where council meetings are Concerned, you
get your kicks any way that you can.
At the Tuckersmith Township council
meetings that I cover every two weeks,
I'm usually the only other person there,
scribbling away furiously and drinking the,
township's coffee. Graciously, the clerk
hasn't billed me for it ...yet. If there's a
public meeting on some issue, the row of
seat§ will' i • ar' 1. • It
that his business was •growing profitably,
and a lained his time, management plan
they-. ld.-him in' the -same lett that-1'ie
was not sustainable, and"alsb that be"
top successful o qualify After gp
through the Review Coin ttee proceasl • .
was \finally told that.",he, vwas rejected.
because a :student TThis; is truly. a Cate
situation +0n tele one lulndr CMA' offici
in Heads Oft ce seerri``to value' edueatia
and ' : encourage diversiffcatfont-W'herea
oil the,other haliiL they penalile it
hear something'
ROUGH NOTES
by Paula 'Elliott
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bodies, but yiis 'a rule it's myself,
crayons and the council. We could orderinpizza,. crack open a case and piny darts all
night if we wanted to, and NO ONE
WOULD KNOW. No ratepayer would be
the wiser, would they? But council doesn't
have too much fun. They discuss matters
of importance to' Tuckersmith, including
Egmondville and Harpurhey,- and if 1
didn't write down the details, NO ONE
WOULD KNOW about that either, to a
degree.
Sounds pompous, you say? Maybe. But
this is the fun part. I write down most of
the important, newsy stuff, but there's a
lot of equally important, not -so -newsy stuff
that I DON'T write down.' I'm either ask-
ed
not to, or tact stays my hand.
Sometimes' 1 think that's a .shame, .because
you electett these people. These meetings
are public. And you .have -a eenstftutional
right to hear what they. say in a public
meeting.
Councils have to realize that Joe Public
could waltz thr'ough.the door of any coon -
1$ ' 4:e,, .:14,: i ", I $1;• ,(i,A1L '�.
chair, all ears. If Joe hears Councillor X.
mutter something derogatory, do you think
Joe is going to turn it over in his brain,
say "No...he didn't really mean that, I
won't tell anyone he said that," and forget
about it? When hell freezes over. Joe will
tell all his buddies over coffee the next
morning, and Councillor X will be closely
listened to for the next while. If Joe and
his voting buddies don't like what.Coun-
cillor X says, Councufor X will be turfed
out at the next municipal election faster
than he can say "this is off the record,
please".
Ain't democracies wonderful?
As a reporter, I owe councils tact and
good judgement. But councils also owe
their electorate that much, and I owe the
electorate - the readers - an honest picture
of how their elected politicians are perfoc
ming in office and during council meetings.
You might not always be able to make it
to the meetings, but ;I do.
Check out council news sometimes.
You'd be surprised what these people have
Grey Township turtle travels in 1890
MAY 23, 1890
William MaNeelainds of Atwood, while
was down to the river one day last week, fish-
's ed out a turtle, and to his surprise he
he . found these words neatly engraved on the
Oen. J.J. McNaught, 1881. The owner of
the mune,' and we supposed the turtle,
resides' _in- Grey.township, and is well
oil known to many of our readers. The turtle
appeared to be quite innocent of the fact
the he has been Sporting an assumed name
er for the past nine years.
Three very s idons-looking c
d were in our Midst iii Kippen fo
week buying, up old"iron, etc.,
slept, out at• night, *Aron,
greatly
•
some'" of our more, timid. But they
removed tea MOO healthy clime
only, hope they 06yer return.
fn n second satuatiotf",` a young forme
as told liagica, at 'he 'could not
Jia butt Ills e1 partner caul
a e e ianddaniiify With the help
of fi in theft:? ea, they
went through this process, • annd are• now
disqualified because itht y did . this very
things; It� semis that the riflesgoverning
the�tmiyplemleht'ation of.:this program *er
ed midway. Hadthe husband applied
w1 oattt �a lease, they' would Kaye, been
accepted, by the new 0010—ISo.;'we need
times like• this?
a third situation, a young fanner teras
tout 'that his application was rejected
ecause he had,.bbught seed in the �Lwi'e
e
characters
r over a
and they
terrified
have
to and we
and"harvest. Ills time management skills
and the productivity •of his operation show disco
him tb he hard woir'king, to hiring, ata.
full of initiative.11e w tr t a e
he was a university.
the Decisinti Cotnrlil
operation was viable.
When he sabinitted docwneilt d proof'
bulk orders as his father to qualif
nifty tlheref'oie I . was net •
although lie paid for his own)
independent
•"i"~ `' ` "10 F`' lark
16 Wlth $ iTnillfp ;• ava
I11 a'new'ihou3►`
elp este•
The omen in are wearing ;Wore
Cheer coon "ow as eggs are
liveeach gg up
Two foot ball teaphs'have been formed in
Brucefield. The seniors have the nom de
plume of the Rovers. We would suggest
that'':the tinlbr•tearii;bie Called' Victors. We
wish. bo '
learns' er�e�y 811Cee$8.
MA`'ltE` , 1915
r t tltlie,In years there were no
al at the Assizes, and
rtoii£ied d did i.
It woul'm.
litigutiorl' as' �vel1 .''`
d
IN TE' YEW AGO -NE
from the Expositor Archives
Goderich Township Council`10 ,setting an
example, . in highway improvement that
could lie followed, with profit 6y a number
of other townships, in the use of the split
log drag, The roads on which the drag has
been used .are very, noticeably smoother
and m • better condition than they have
beeln for Many years at this season of the
.year.
"Notes: Two weeks ago, your correspon-
dent began sending notes under, the
heading of "McKillop'and 'will continue to
do .so For nearly',t arty year t.;ouir heading
was Leadbuty,•but slrice raa"al 'tYtali hes
become eatabliebed,dbutyy, has • ceased
to esti., • •
bri''Ithevening of 'May 8, iii Walker's
'•:at
7 very,c Hoenig held, tiie oe-
rasio * ,g.?if presentation to the soldier
bo s'%lea :uf it
�' • 1i ,.o , .. fro t'fc ..•°,� ee
and; vol ratty, Priya i Knox, :+Diihii
Nesb'ltt :and. mith% rd
Londonn) and`Gunner Lyle MW (16th'E at -
Guides were given an excellent reception
on each call.
After conducting a grocery business for
25 years in the same location, Ross J.
Sproat is moving his stock to larger, more
commodious quarters next to the Tasty
Grill, • in the store until recently occupied
, by Dominion Stores.
Work which commenced three years ago
was completed this week when Bell
Telephone employees removed the 'last of
the poles from Main Street. Both hydro
and phone services have been Changed to
the rear of the buildings and all wires
placed underground. The street is now
lighted with two rows or ornamental
standards.
Mrs James Rivers of Seaforth this week
,ofripleted knitting her 80th pair of -socks
a `:the
vier 'effort since the fags.
MAY 27, 1985
Fo d unconscious and floating face
Well Friday afternoon a one-
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1611‘'ing i draiiin. g gl�booy had 'been
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