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The Huron Expositor, 1980-12-31, Page 3NO SEATBELTS—Sandy Rose (foreground) and Martha Hook made it almost to the bottom of the hill before they pushed the eject button on their toboggan. (Photo by Alexander) HANG ON—David Hook (front) and Willie Fraiser attempt to keep their toboggan under control at a hill near the Bayfield river in Egmondville. (Photo by Aleiander) Behind the scenes Continued from page 2 By the time we reached our destination we were so exhausted from the nereous strain and even the wine at the Christmas dinner 'couldn't completely calm the tention. As the snow continued to fall it became a worry about whether we would be able to get home safely with our cargo of small children at one end of the scale and an elderly great-grand- father at the other. So Christmas celebrat- ions were cut short and we struggled home through the snow again before it would get too dark. • Again the snow plow Iperator on. our concession was taking the holiday spirit to heart and the road was one mere track that we managed to follow without getting stuck. The lane was blown in but one car managed to get through by playing bulldozer through the fluffy snow. The second car, however, the one carrying great-grandfather, got stuck and only became unstuck after considerable effort. We all stumbled into the house and collapsed, ready for bed although it was still only early evening. The moral of it all seems to be either to stay home from Christmas with just your own family, go south for Christmas or hibernate. "East side, west' side, • all around the town," Sp goes the song about the , ,sidewalks of New York. And I feel em inently qualified to write about them now. For I've just spent five days of Christmas pounding then. Yes, the White family forsook the pastoral plea- sures of a peaceful Ifoliday at home this year and We winged our • way south to spend christinas with the. better half's nearest and dearest in Scarsdale, about a half hour train ride from the Big Apple, The cost was high. .about $5 a minute we figured at one point. Our three year old , enjoyed her first flight immensely but tired near the end and wanted to sit on mommy's knee. "Are you kidding, with what it cost for your seat?" she was told, and we urged her pn to consume as much free milk, " juice and peanuts as her little body could hold. Three bloated Canadian residents, typically bent on getting their money's worth. rolled off the plane at La Guardia and little did we know the cost,' but not necessarily in dollars, had just begun. For there were nine of us in residence at my brother and sister-in-law's new/old house in a hilly and long established suburb. Getting the most out of our limited vacation time and bucks was on everyone's mind. But people wanted to see each other too and the logistics of moving seven or all nine of us from the house to the train to Grand Central and then around the city and back again were truly horrifying. An added problem was that people wanted to see different things in the city. but no one wa ted to miss anything. And en several people had quite s e diffi- culty getting up in the morning. (You know that doesn't include the mother of a noisy three-year-old.) Anyway, amazingly, we saw a great deal ---two museums. Rockefeller Centre. Cehtral Park. sonic tcirifk restaurants and stores. and of course the afore -mentioned sidewalks. But it wasn't without strain. "How many people live here?" two wide eyed young babysitters asked as two, three, then more of us kept coming downstairs prepared for a night on the town. .Triett there was the re., action of 4 doorman and oar jockey at a nice ,French restaurant directly under the Bnioklyn Bridge. We couldn't afford to eat there but stopped in for a drink as huge windows offered a terrific view of the East River, the ,Statue of Liberty, the Empire State building and the -rest of the Skyline. We nonchalantly poured out of our station Wagon and he THE 11141FMN ExP:aSiiaii oec meen 198o 0 S ,pjj still Tented ones look just as bad as the'neitellboter- leg ebendooed'Iooildingi., by Susan White' A comfortable Canadian can't imagine what it $ like to played along with us, giving just as prompt service as the limo in front of us and the chauffeur driven vehicle 'behind gpt. As my brother-- in-law, said later—it's not the tab for the drinks, it's the tips that kill you.) New York ain't all a barrel of laughs as the train , ride through the derelict teiw. ments of the South Bronx quickly. $hows you, People still live in some of the bernedeout leoardedeup old buildings. Some' of the occu, live thete Ont it's a city' that still vibrates vvith optimism, With . ' Remember,. it teke oat a moment to place• an Ex- positor Want Ael, Dial 527-0240, me Care gets new mmunuty worker - Mrs. $heila Lancaster has recently joined the staff of the Huron ,Home Care pro- gram to provide full time liaison between the program and the , community. She visits each hospital in the county on a regular basis and co-ordinates the required services, based on the needs of the individual. The Huron County Home Care Program is a short term active treatment program that prc vides health care in the home. Anyone who is covered under 0.H.I.P. is eligible if there is a need for a professional service. such as nursing, physiotherapy, enterostomal therapy, occupational therapy or nutritional counselling. Ancillary ser - Vices, such as homemaking, hospital equipthent, dress- ings and drugs are provided to maintain a patient at home. In a home setting, a patient has the support of family members which helps to promote recovery. During the seven month period ending Oct. 31, 1980 professionals under the program carried out the fol- lowing visits: 1. Nursing, 5,961; 2. Nutritional counsel - Car stolen hristmas Eve A vehicle reported , olen from Leo Mcdd Auto Sales, 7 Main St. N.. on Wednesday has yet to be recovered. The stolen car is a 1966 red and black Chevelle. Also on Chfistmas Eve four hub caps were stolen from a vehicle owned by Wayne Dolmage of Seaforth. The car writ parked at Rowcliffe Tvlotors when ' the theft occurred. A child's wrist watch, found Wednesday at a local service station. has been turned over to police. Early Christmas morning police discovered a broken front door at Archie's Sunoco on Goderich St. E. Police say the door was kicked in but nothing was missing. On Saturday police invest• igated a break and enter at a storage shed at the rear of -Roth's Food Market on Main St. S. A padlock had been broken but nothing appeared to be missing. Polite report a steady increase in the number of complaints being registered in their office about stray dogs. Police caution owners that their pets must be tied at all times or in the control of a person. Owners can be fined up to $50 for a first offence if their pet is discoeered loose Leave your regrets behind in 1981 EDITOR'S NOM Myrtle Brodsky is an 88 year old freelance writer who lives in London. BY: MYRTLE BRODSKY January the First, 19811 Here begins a new decade and, to quote an old sayitig. so also begins the first day of the rest of your life. Perhaps you are young (not necessarily in years but in spirit) and will savour life fully and joyfully until it ends, but if, on the other hand, you've allowed yourself to grow old, remember that its never too late to change. Pethaps you've not realized that if you dig up the sorrowful happenings of your life. the emotions they produced ten. 20 even 80 years ago will rise op again to pervade your whale being. a loved one's death, the romance that faded. opportunity missed. promotion denied. ;Wel 'and insult suffered. mistakes made. are ready to provide you with a private picture theatre of grief, If you've entered that theatre. then, leave it today, lock its doer and throw away the key. You'll never stray into the stough of despond again if you listen to a voice sounding through the ages: "Follow me and leave the dead to bury their dead." Fill each day so full of meaningful; (eying thoughts that the temptation to negative. "excavational" brooding will weaken until it ceases to erode your mental health. Perhaps you believe that these matters don't apply to you because you're only just but of your. teens. But don't forget that many people- were never young! Carefree joy was unknown to them: they were never without a spoilport shadow lurking in the background. The possibility of rain or too much sun made childhood picnics into anxious affairs; classroom or playground success only served to produce fear of humiliation through inability to repeat the performance; grave doubts about being "fulfilled" (Whatever that may mean) interfered with married life; parenthood resulted in a welter of frustration and guilt because the offspring shared some of the weaknesses common to mankind. But. being young isn't something that just happens • it is something that has to be worked at and that entails making each day one of loving participation in the present. so that the yoke of the past ceases to be a burden. Moreover it's not a matter of years. It can be more deplorable to be an "old" person of 20 than one of 80! rPaYticipation isn't dependent on physical sstrerigtle a stroll with a friend through the snow -laden pinewootis,' even a glance of understanding love in the sick room could make it yours. just as much as if yora chaticed to be the pride of the hall team Why not. on New Year's Eve. as midnight approaches. and Filo 'ipen the window to let the New Year in,• determine, if you are young in spirit. to cherish that youth • if you are aging in spirit to throw off the burden of the past so that you will be free to live. not just exisein the Onions present. In this way you are going to stride forth into 1981 unafraid. accepting fortune and misfortune as it Comes. day by day, so that you'll be able to say on New Year's Eve. 1° 1982, "I've listened to that voice sounding through the ages, sol bear no burden of vain -grief and regrets to amid the corning year." But perhaps I've seemed too serious abaut New Year's Eve. because we mustn't forget the beantifal. jolly side: the warm, cosy home, the feasting. drinking, kissing and embracing as the window is opened and the music of bells ushers in the New Year -even those strident steam whistles become pleasing! The lusty calls of neighbours from over the way remind us happily that others wish us well. 1981 will probably be a couple of hours old before we go to bed and kneel to give thanks for the past year and ask for guidance throughout the one that has just begun. We should awake as if born anew to a fresh beginning, and truly mean it, as I do now, when we wish everyone "A Happy New Year." ling 1; Physiotherapy 1,041; Occupational therapy 124; Enterostomal therapy 57. During tl'ieNeearne period the Ancillary service provided 6,453.3 homemaking hours. Presently. the Home Care Program offers professional services on a short term basis. In the near future these services will be expan- ded to provide maintenance and support services to people who have health re- lated problems, th us ena- bling them to remain in their homes. toU8.11t. PreatiVe' and we folioct, )mrY wOltQM.iing people. It was , great, to, be able to share some of that for a few days at ,Christintts. , Even if we were', part of what one member of our group.termed "Central Park Zoo moved 'mirth." 1Vly sister -in -Jaw ,took to her bed the day we left. Flu, she said. But we knoW she just wanted to • take some tinie and reeassee,the state of her mental health. For we heard her, in a faint muttering from under the bedroom door asking over and over "whatever possess- ed us to invite them all for Christmas?" Correction The Expositor inadvertently used the wrong cutline under a photo in last week's Christmas edition. The Larry Dillon photo was of Shawn Anstett, not Christa Leonhardt with Santa at a Centennaires hockey game. The Expositor regrets the error. A SURPRISE GIFT—Larry Dillon recentiy received a laminated photo Of his son Bradley which appeared a month ago in the Expositor. The picture, prepared by a Texas firm, was not requested by Mr. Dillon although he was billed ttr it. (Photo by Shoveller) Unordered photo arrives with bill BY HERB SHOVELLER If your wedding picture. an obituan of a relative or a photo ctf your child has appeared in a local paper recently. you may soon he receiving a package from a Texas company. Keepsake Clippings Inside you'll find the clipping enclosed in plastic, a laminated moment°. And a bill. which you are not obliged to pay. ' Such a package arrived recently at the home of Larry Dillon. a farmer at R.R.1. Clinton, He is also an amateur photo- grapher who says he approaches his hobby intensively. Included in the envelope was a laminated photo of Mr. Dillon's son Bradley which had appeared on the front page of the Nov. 20 Huron Expositor. and a bill for S3.2.5. "I never orrfered it." said Mr. Dillon. who ironically had taken the picture himself." but the first thing my wife said was "pay for it". "What hothered me is the come on. It's a bit of a lousy marketing strategy. "What I dislike is the fact that they're connecting my barne (since he took the photo) with their unethical marketing system:* he continued. "I want to disclaim any involvement in this. too." Keepsake, in fact, operates through local representatives, and the area man is Ernie NOlan. Mr: Nolan Says he clips a variety of items from the region's papers - weddings. obits, awards, kids - then mails them to the Texas Company. The local representative, who found the part time jet in a newspaper at and is paid per submission. said he was unaware the company was billing people for the unsolicited articles. , Now that he knows Keepsake's billing proceciures. Mr. Nolan said he would likely discontinue sending in clippings. He added he ,had never met anyone from the company. Seaferth lawyer Paul Ross explained that accarding to Section 46 of the Consumer Protection Act, a recipient of Keepsake's work. if unsolicited. is under no ebligation to pay. The section reads: "No action' shall be brought by which to charge any person for payment in respect of unsolicited goods r.cit withstanding their use, misuse, toss. dareage or theft." Mr. Ross doubted Keepsake's procedure was illegal and added if it were it would likely be under misuse of mails legislation. The lawyer recommended people receiving items from the Texas company should contact either the Better Business Bureau or the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations for advice. Mr. Dillon intends to keep. his laminated photo and, asked if he would pay for it, said not on yodr "les not an out-of-the-way price." he continued,: "and it's kind of nice to have a laminated picture like that.. but not when it's unsolicited. It's not tthical and that'S what I'm hung up about."