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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-06-20, Page 2Value ar# I thank God for my friends and I think I have some of the ;best fends anyone couldvant. *04 -of my fife reds I have knows for many. l ,nadwe Yemadecom$nitimcAts ) cacothr0stick with the socia}ion, no ma1ewhat : The• only etttion is when it comes to Marriage. It,seems many efnlldes and forget about f their singe meads and that really z bother us who-adon't;marry. Ovety F- lhe years we've seen mai riag s come and go and we:.don't lake*. lightly when we singles are . excluded ftgm social,plans because We choose not to have a spouse. I've had' many phone calls from people reeling from a marriage ' bre up and the conversation al- ways goes -the same. "Hey, Susan. How are you," says a voice I don't recognize. "Sorry I, haven't talked to you for a long time. I was busy, but I'm :tot mar Incorporating The Brussels Post Published In Seaforth, Ontario Every Wednesday Morning GICILL PAIR ED AYUKL osneral Wlranagier'' HE4Itin',ROSINET.'Edltli NEWS STIFF: Paul®;Elllott- • Suson Oxford ADVERTISING: Tarr) Lynn 0.N cuissiIEDs.:SulSCRIPTIeaNs' accoudTINQI: Pit Armes D1enne M Greth Linda PuIli un Member Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Ontario Community Newspaper Association Ontario Press Council Commonwealth Press Union international Press Institute Subscription Rates: Canada .22.00 a year, in advance Senior Citizens -'19.00 a year in advance Outside Canada .65.00 a year, in advance Single Copies - .60 cents each Second class mail registration Number 0696 e, ds ap rias anymore " "`WIio is this?" I'll ask. That was a lyprcal short caner* sation. with a man f find • most divorced_ men ate SQ anxious to get, MO into a heavy social life (and` datn"it_ing In bars) that to be with them Isn't interesting to me. With a woman Itis the same, but Just d HI* diffeent. Usually it'sat' night when he; kids are in bed and she's feeling lonely that 'she'll decide 1o' phone someone. "Hello, Susan? It's me, Jenny, and I thought maybe we could get together for some coffee and talk." I think .of all the times I would've loved to had coffee with herand talked but was never invited. "What, now", I'll ask her. Usiially Imake a date to come over to her house (never mine because they never seem to have a car) and listen to the • horror stories of her mar - The line that Wl_Is Ate that most Ie say after a broken marriage Is " or she will never find anyone betterthan tree." That has always struck meas an arrogant statement, and sometimes it translates into "he or she will never find anyone stupider than me." Most of my friends are single and most have chosen to be single. Some of _my friends are married and I know a few great marriages. Some of my friends are single and wish they were married. Some of them are divorced, but only after being divorced a long time because I find recently divorced people too needy and no too busy for that. Saturday 'My house was, Med with girlfriends, mgst'srggle, anti I bad such a good time being with diem. We gardened (pulled weeds), bar -be -Vert ate cheesecake and drank liqueurs. We all like each other, have some of the same men friends that are wonderful guys, have many of the same things in common and like talking and par- tying in our own quiet way. I'm hoping that when I'm an old lady some of my friends will come and live in my house with me. I can't think of a better way to spend those years than with all my hest friends. Editorial and Business Offices - 10 Maln Street, Seaforth Telephone (519) 327-0240 Fax 527-0242 Mailing Address- P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 W0 They're there to- elp "They're afraid to'ask.. This Is one health care professional's opinion on why so many people these days, and most notably our seniors, face se much confusion when dealing with prescription and over the counter medications. It may be the reason for a lot of confusion about the health care profession, In general. From a young age, people seem to look on doctors and nurses, dentists, hospitals and doctor's offices with a mix of awe and not a little fear. If medication is prescribed, it is because we are sick. If an examination is needed, it's because we're in some way unwell. Somehow, we feel, we're not being told something. Maybe it is because we don't ask the right questions. It is time to stop looking at health care professionals as unap- proachable, and begin approaching them with our cares and concerns. They're there to answer questions, and their concern Is real. It's their gob. It's comforting to see health care professionals opening their doors and inviting people to come .in and talk to them, one on one, about their concerns over medications and why they are being prescribed them. As one nurse said, people need to know that these doors are open, and that help Is there for them. Perhaps if enough doors are opened, and their concern is acknowledged, some of the mystique and fear will disappear. And people will start to ask their doctors and nurses the questions that they should. P.E. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR YEAR To MAUL 'irk iN Nou) TNe. QUE T,0N 0-4 KEEPER? A", alloot 1 Ontario Hydro takes it to heart Dear Editor: Recently, ahrough an agreement Your May 9 editorial, "No with the Ministry of Natural Recourse," makes some important Resources, this reforestation policy points about the need to return to was extended to include Crown the environment what is borrowed land in northern Ontario. from it. Ontario Hydro has taken In the case of the 2 kilometre this message to heart for transmis- Egmondville hydo line installation, sion line or related work. Ontario Hyro is replacing each tree Since 1948, Ontario Hydro has removed with nursery stock. The reforested land when trees have trees will be planted either back been removed for transmission line from the transmission route or and generation projects. To date, we elsewhere in town. have overseen the planting of 4.2 Making sure that "what we taketh, million seedlings on more than we giveth" is one small step toward 1600 hectares of private and conser- balancing the need for a.reliable vation authority land. In addition, supply of electricity and environ - Hydro plants grass seedlings ander mental responsibility. transmission lines to provide ground cover for wildlife and to prevent the Sincerely, regrowth of trees that hamper R.G. Frankli transmission line repair work. Ontario Hydro Fly the flag proud and proper Dear Editor, Over the past few weeks we have heard a lot about Canadian unity and how we should be so proud to be Canadian. On my way to work one day I noticed something which tells me some people aren't proud Canadians. At a farm just outside of town a family does not seem to know what country they are living in. Flying from one flag pole are three flags. The first is the Swiss national flag, the second, the Canadian flag, and the third I am not sure what it is. Any Boy Scout should be able to tell you etiquette dictates that first, no flag, banner of pennant should be flown or displayed rbove the Canadian flag. Second, flags flown together should be approximately the same size and flown from separate staffs at the same height and third, the Canadian flag should be given the place of honor when flown or displayed with other flags. I am quite sure that this particular person is quite proud to be Swiss, however they have chosen to live in Canada, therefore should be willing to follow our etiquette concerning flying our national colors on their Property I would hope that anyone wishing to fly more than one flag on their property will take the time to find out what is right and wrong. Fly the Canadian flag proudly. Linda Pullman RURAL ROOTS ytr by Jeanne Kirkby ft.r You've got to wonder if the Romans didn't have the right idea after all with their Coliseum. Nothing like an arena to settle your differences in. At the recent gathering of Tuck- ersntith Council, a fair-sized contin- gent from the hamlet of Brucefield descended on the Township offices to hear deputations from two neigh- bours on opposite sides of the..,well..fence. I'm sure that there have been much larger issues ban- died about the Council table than the neighbourhood bad blood that was abnost spilled there that night, but it was certainly one of the larger crowds that I've seen gathered in the Council chambers. Whether the crowd was there for a good, knock 'em down, drag it out fight or not, I'm not sure. I know that I was on the edge of my seat waiting for the fur to fly, but Let's build a coliseum. Council managed to neatly wrap up the deputations with a succinct "we'll look into thisand get back to you". In fact, things were kept SO quiet and orderly that no-one really knew whose side the crowd had been on. Maybe they were on neither side, and just stopped in for a coffee on their way through the neighbourhood. Either way, the mob was given neither coffee nor blood, nor dis- cussion, and was dispatched, mut- tering, to the parking lot where talk filled the night air for a good hour afterwards. Gee whiz. Where is Council's sense of adventure? I was really looking forward to seeing at least one .stacking chair whiz at someone's head. Have you ever watched one of those old western or settler -era movies, where a bitter mob of townspeople will swarm to the Town Hall to do some good old-fashioned fist pounding over Joe's cattle or Luke's band of hood- lum friends? Don't let the pictures fool you. "Official deputations" are called for before a ratepayer can issue a peep, and once the deputation is made, matters are heard, discussed to a point and then "dealt with" later in the meeting, with an official reply promised to the presenter at a future date. B0000rrring. To a point, 11 can understand Council's reasoning. Granted, Council shouldn't run the risk of turning into a three-ring circus. But to defer decision, deny comments or questions from the gallery and essentially tell a group of 30 or so neighbours to step out and solve their differences in the parking lot is no answer, either. Pm sure that the crowd from Brucefield had better things to , do than drive all the way to Vanastra, and have the whole matter defened to closed doors. Council chambers may not be the place for neigh- bours' tiffs, but discussion should be invited and mediation offered when appropriate. Closed mouths, and closed doors, are all but killing a lively local political arena. On the road again I've just fmished a day's work with a OFA fieldperson in our latest Membership Blitz. Notice that I've said "fieldperson", because this fieldperson was a lady. Now a day on the road trying to persuade your friends and neighbours to spend $130. each is not something that one would look forward to generally even in the best of causes. Everyone hates and fears rejection, and any project which is going to 'cost' seems to be just asking for it Bat here I am at the keyboard, and I have to say that all in all, it's been a pretty good day. Last night in preparation, we phoned people in the area that am good farmers but not involved in a general interest farm organization, to let them know about our campaign and asked for a few minutes of their time. ' Theta we assembled our materials, and drew up our visiting schedule for today. This morning we got started on time but seemed to run a little behind all day as we criss-crossed concessions and sideroads to fit in with the busy schedules of working farmers. This is a great way to get a sense of who your neighbours are, and also to appreciate the beauty of the back roads and scenes that surround all of us at this time of year. Not all of the people that we spend time with subscribe to OFA membership now, but that's quite all right, because it gives us the opportunity to talk to different farmers and get different points of view. I learned a lot today. Fanning is such a diverse operation that again I'm aware of the fact that my present knowledge of the many different areas of the industry is only a scratch on the surface, even if I've been in agriculture for most of my life. Some of the main questions that we tried to answer were: What is OFA doing about the changes to the Farm Tax Rebate that occurred that year? - After intensive lobbying the committee appointed by the Provincial government to make recommendations has reached their conclusions, and their position is almost identical to the OFA position. Why is the OFA not condemning the GST along with almost every other sector of industry? - The OFA has been continually monitoring the development of the GST and sees some benefit to the farm community in the fact that this tax is rebatable to agriculture, whereas now the manufac- turer's tax is not rebatable. Is an interest rate relief program such as OFFRIR likely to happen again? - We lobbied for a stable long-term interest rate relief program before the Provincial Budget came down, and it included funds for this purpose. We are afraid that the program is a pre-election one, and not exactly what we had hoped for, but we are still finding out the details. Like everything else, we try ottr darndest to promote a program or influence a policy, but there are no guarantees. We need to keep a strong voice to make the Provincial government aware of the importance of agriculture in Ontario. I'm disturbed when I hear someone say that they quit the organization because they didn't like What it was doing. As with municipal government, school communities, church organizations or any other social group, you should speak up rather than withdraw and blame a group for not knowing what you're thinking. If you don't, you're depriving the group of an important point of view that should be considered. Maybe your idea is best, or parts of it are good and could be incorporated into the whole idea. Sometimes your point of view is discussed and rejected by the whole group and this is democracy. The enemy is apathy. 1 am really,proud of the amount of general knowledge shown by all farmers in My cotnmtittity. *'hey* interested in What's going en around therm, well Ledas up -to -trate oak situadona in. agriculture. And, as my conipaitton was from another area, I was also gratified by the hospitality and friendliness shown toward both of us by every farm family. Mail-order ripoff in 1890 IN THE YEARS AGONE from the Expositor .Archives JUNE 20, 1890 George Forrest of Grey has a cat which has become very much interested in a brood of chickens. On one occasion, pussy carried several of the little chicks to another part of the stable, and was there caring for them tenderly. It now carries food and puts it down for them to eat. A certain gentleman in Goderich answered a puzzle advertisement in a Montreal newspaper recently. The prize for a correct answer was to be a silk hat. His answer appeared to be correct, for in due time a hat arrived - and it was a silk hat, too - but it was an pld timer and looked as if it had been worn in an Orange procession in his ? randfather's time. The recipient is in a quandary and will neither wear nor sell the hat. The other day in Mitchell a large fat pig got away from Whyte's pork factory and plunged into the mill pond. Instead of sinking like a dead weight it swam across and back again, a distance of about a mile. "Tru to page 1410 JUNE 18, 1915 The Hensall bowlers have recently erected a very tasty club house a the rear of their fine green, which is certainly a credit to them, and it is one of the finest we have seen outside of large places. Messr. Cook Bros of the village of Hensall has sold a fine new Studebaker automobile to Messrs. James W. McLean, near Kippen. Mr. Alex Stewart captured two very unusual specimens of the butterfly tribe in his Seaforth gar- den. They are three times the size of the ordinary ones, are beautifully marked and have been greatly ad- mired by a number of the townspeople. Notwithstanding the rainy mor- ning on Tuesday here in Cromarty, there was a large turn -out at the sewingsocial held at the manse. Nearly 70 ladies partook of the tea served on the lawn, and five quilts were completed. i