HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1982-08-25, Page 11THE HURON EXPOSITOR, AUGUST 25, 192 — A3.
Foundations are in place for the new 'arena bleacher seats.
Jack McLlwai.n cuts part way through a beam in
the old arena wall before it was pulled dowel.
G
od news time
b}% SINC31rh '%GIAC@
One of the great things
about being on vacation, at
(east when you're in the
news business, is not reading
any newspapers. For about
two weeks 1„ ignored all the
dailies and weeklies 1 usually
read. As a matter of fact I
,made a point of missing TV
and radio news too.
Despite a real effort on my
part, a bit of consciousness of
what was happening in the
world outside Bogie's Beach
crept in. And it was interest-
ing just what I picked up,
mostly in 'casual conversat-
ion, while making a real
effort to ignore the news.
Heard about the train
near -disaster on the London•
Sarnia line, And' about the
Ohio tourists' boat which
burned and sank in Lake
Huron in the Goderich-
Bayfield area. News of Dr.
Moyo's arrest in New York
filtered in some how and ,l
learned with sadness of the
death of Florence Laidlaw.
one of Seaforth's grand old
ladies.
scientious as always, gave up
several days of a badly need
.°() U ed holiday to cover Seaforth
u council and help Ron out
while 1 was away. Joanne,
who worked hard here all last
shine or snow; about four summer as a reporter, then
generations of Mclreans who as acting editor for the Blyth
have.farrned.in.Tuckecsmi.thL ..Standard and as a reporter
about an old Hensall print here this summer, toed hard`'
shbp; some of the people to get a week • off before
Town and Country Home- starting a permanent job
makers help;, about Dublin's with the UWO Gazette in
summer industry.,.,ptck• London.
les...; about young folks She didn't' get it because
sprucing .up Brussels' main she's committed to putting
street; and about the end of out a fine paper here. Maybe
an era with Rowcliffe's Gar- she cantake some solace
age being demolished on from the fact that her council
Goderich St. E. And the stories were clear, concise
concern of Coleman St, re- and very, very interesting.
sidents about the open ditch and getting a photo to really
in their neighbourhood hit show that dangerous ditch
me graphically, thanks to a was a masterstroke. Thanks
fine photo of some youngs'- Joanne, we're all proud of
you,'and wish you the best in
the new job.
When 1 got into work
Monday 1 learned that those
good papers got out on time
too, something that's a credit
to all the rest of the .staff
here, With the help of
editorial co-ordinator Shirley
Keller from Goderich, things
marched along right en'
schedule. That's also thanks
to Cindy Allcott, Bessie
Broome, and Joan Guiche-
laar in the front office; Pat
Armes in- circulation; and
staff Herb Turkheim and
Kathy Hoegy; Anne Huff,
Cathy Melady. Christine Tre-
meer and Dianne McGrath in
production and to Alan Mc
Lean and Tom Haley in the
darkroom. Last but not least,
some small thanks is due the
publishers, the old one, A.Y.
McLean and the new one, Jo
Shrier, who rode herd on the
whole works.
They are a great bunch.
Competent, fun to work with
and completely capable of
putting out a fine product no
matter who's missing.
And believe it or not, as 1
ease back into the work
week. I'm glad to be back.
Even if that statement was
accompanied by a loud chor-
us of "Oh, sure", from the
coffee room.
ters near it that accompan•
ied the story of a petition
presented to council.
A great deal of credit for
those newsy paper'; goes to
Ron Wassink. He's the tall
young man who takes the
fine photos which have been
increasingly ' gracing our
pages. He lives north of,
Brus els, handles The Brus-
sels Post part of the Exposi-
tor and was all over every
They are competent,
•
But tanned and rested
from a week on the beach in
the sun, I got most of my
news Sunday night when 1
got home and conscientiously
read through two weeks
issues of The Huron Exposit-
or.
And. buy did that make me
proud! As a totally objective
reader of course. 1 was
amazed at what an interest-
ing picture those two copies
of the Expos gave of life in
Seaforth and district. Some
good hard council news, the
latest on the community
centre management agree-
ment but especially. lots
about people.
I read about Charlotte
Duke, who jogs daily. rain,
Workmen pour a cement floor for the new
community centre lobby.
Photos by
White
and
Wassink
Welder Jim Carter of Winthrop works in the
new arena.
The west wall of the old arena came down Tuesday.
Leukemia patientgets help
(Editor's Note the following artnlc is her I,mult resided lit Barrie until 197. With
the furl in a three part '.cries concerning the • Into married daughters and teenage son
Town and Country Homemakers Agency of ht//ng In u'. from hotttc, Mrs. De Wolfe, her
Huron CountY. Established in 19''8. director, �c'tond husband and son and daughter. aged
Jean Young said apprasinialcls "Il home ' .rigor ;Intl nine, hate made their home in
makers arc cmplosed to assist families with ' ,north for the past nine years.
babies. the clderl'. and the sick. Based 141 After employing a private housekeeper.
Winglinn. the :agent t plans to rant ass Mrs. Ile Wolfe said she took advantage of a
Huron ('Hunts in October to raise 5,-0,0i0(1 to homecare program through the Huron
continue puttiding an essential sett ice to County Social Services. "They paid four
residents of the counts.( hours of the day and we paid the rest,"
♦.. r ai 1. r. On a roller coaster of ups and downs. the
Stricken with leukemia five years ago. and De Wolfe's recently mord to 1 ondon- in
desperately• needing help with her house hopes of bring closer to hospitals and other
keeping. Yvonne Dc Wolfe of Seaforth is one medic al lac ilttics Following a four month
sof the-,'' any Huron Counts people using the star. the fano) returned to Seaforth.
services of the Tow n and Countrt Home- hrcause sen ices are better in a small tow n
makers. \+hod'. knots situ nt.a its and nohod'. cares
"Mt children are my amain concern". ,About ton", sass Mrs. De Wolfe
explained Mrs De Wolfe Married in Confined to a hospital from December,
Belgium. 25 sears ago. Mrs De Wolfe and lot`,' to Fchruars 1482. she said she did not
IN OPERATION SINCE 1978, the Town and Country Homemaker's have
been offering homemaking service to the sick and elderly of Huron
County. Director of the agency, Jean Young, right, is shown discussing
plans with Yvonne De Wolfe of Seaforth. (Wassink photo)
require a homemaker because relatncs
helped During her hospital stay. Mrs. Dc
Wolfe said she was given over 400 needle's,
the majoritt for pain.
After she returned home, the family again.
required the sersices of a homemaker. Toren
and Country Homemakers was suggested.
The agency was paid through the Cancer
Soviets
During a three week period, a homemaker
utas ennplosed for seven hours per dao tar
three weeks. The time was etentuallt ,ill
back to half a tilt per week.
The full time homemaker was Annie
Malcolm "She was lust the greatest lade
sats Mrs De Wolfe Annie assisted w,th
oolong and general housekeeping duties
the se rt ice was used up until three weeks
ago Mr. De Wolfe's husband, rcccntlt laid
off from his pub to Goderich a;ill take o'. er 1
neer take ad'.anlage of anything or ant
hod'"
Snn,c her return home. Mrs. Dc Wolfe sat
she ,,nntot do any cooking. "1 can't et en to alk
more than gne minutes without fetIii
\hausted " Prescott\ taking chemothcr,li'5
tre,untein, she feels "dragged out" •
Hat ink to go 10 the hospital for needlcs'o
deaden the pain. she said. "It gets to t''e
point where I don't know which was to stand.
walk or las." With no appetite. the o. hole
process is depressing and nerve w racking I
can't remember having a good night of
sleep
Eye, lone director of Town and (.'41111'.
Homemakers .lean Young said ., AT% De
Wolfe has had five homemakers wnh 1 1,+1.41
',limber of hours approximately 300 She sots
rat h ease IN assessed with certain require,
meats int otter'.
Homemakers are required to pass an
extel151'.1' three month training course prior
to be hired by the agency. "We sell our
sertn•c'. either to the client. or through a
gotcrnment Or private agency" said Sirs
Young. When the need is very great the
Homemakers can suhsidire part of a thins s
cost tha2k-s to a small government grant.
"'through our fund raising we hope to be able
to defray costs for a needy client." Mrs
Young said. But the services will ne\et he
free.
She explained it takes a special person to
he a homemaker. "Everybody cercnth
doesn't aiw ays work out. In special eases.
personalities and situations don't al'..1's
work," Mrs. Young said some homemakers
prefer different situations. "Some like
worklilC v.118 , (diff '1 '.o14ngrr families
Others don't feel at f also loth terminal
patients "
Each situation is,onnulered isith the hest
homemaker appointed o' the cane
Comparing municipalities in Huron ('Dunt'.
using Tot; n and C'ountr'. Hpntemakers, Mrs.
Young said use is tort sten across the
county "E.cter,tnd surrounding townships
arc the highest along woh Wingham. while
Seaforth uses the agent. the (east '
If her husband towns to work. Mrs 1)e
Wolfe thought s1 , rust , all on the sort lees of
a homemaker again 'I think it's a good
program .11111 An+ All for 1t It's A good thing
thcs' are doing
1(orre, rum \ , Iii nl profit, 11 in the sword
'.tort in this s,rk s ret, 14411 the ser' lees of
both the Him, mak. rs and th, 5 (1\ through
the Hutton t OlO't H,•m, ( .r, pr.,cr,trn
Arenafund
committed .and fun
other part of our readership
area in the last two weeks
too, The proof is in the
paper. You'll be seeing him
lots around Seaforth. Please
make him welcome.
Ron is keen, well -organiz-
ed and has a great sense of
humour. It was great to see
how know-how and enthus-
iasm shine. 1 seriously con-
sidered not hurrying back at
all as 1 read those papers
Sunday night. But, alas, I
had to. Ron is on holidays
this week. And he left me a
lovely note: "24 pages next
week," it read, "glad I'm not
going to be herr ”
Joanne Rimmer deserves
credit too for the August 11
Expositor. She. super con•
Rabies outbreak ends
BY STEPHANIE I,EVESQL'E
A recent outbreak of ratite'. 1n Colborne
low nshipis probably mu, .at s a spokesman
for the Health of Animals Branch of the
federal Department of Agriculture.
Ur W..1 Thompson. of Seaforth. a
4 etcrtnart,rn w 11h the depart Ment . said one or
ilio dens of rows were found to hats• rabies in
( olhornc Set eral trunk totes were found to
hate' the conrltuoll
"It seems uo hat c died off. last w eek. ot er
the weekend and 1111. t+c`ek.'' said Dr
1 hompson
from 1,114 1 to .lilt 11 of this tear there
hate been 14 reported e,lses of rabies in
Huron ( ountt This 1s an increase of four
Iron the sante set en month period in 1981
111 .1 breakdown of the 11482 cases. 13 roses.
10 skunk. fit a cattle. three dogs, one bat. one
emote. and one ram were found with rabies.
The 1981 rases affected 14 foxes, one skunk.
I2 cattle. two dogs and one horse.
In the entire tear of 1981. there were 82
rabies case.. a decrease from 1980, when
there were 83 casts.
1)r 1 hontpson said the type of rabies found
in this arca affects skunks, foxes and cattle
snort• than eats and dogs. He said that no
got ernmcnt•sponsorcd free rabies clinics arc
planned for the area in the near future. But if
there is a further increase in the number of
rabies eases. the Health of Animals branch
would hook further into the matter, the
4ctcrtnarian said,
In Perth. there hate been no reported cases
01 rabies stn, e spring according to the Perth
Otft, c of the Health of Animals branch.
Continued from page 1
C111 1111,0.1,111 ,,",t Ir th, r, scar, h skills that
tracked him ,(min ..Iter al;th„'.c tears
Emphasis ole il•,u smrr t'Irdccs art a large
part of the hind . total the ,onimunns
centre's sit„ es. dept nils on them ht ire
honoured. St` 5 in.. til said ant isira mono,
will he spent .`r .(fors not ,.`4, rt d hs a grant
or on things than wcren t in the hullding's
original proposal sit. I• .is kit, h, n dishes
curtains. flaw, ,. .tit 1dei for rho 11,'1 h.
explained
Am One A on 44 ,4' nil'setl 111 the ,,•''.0Ott
'.
eeintres .ant ass .s wet,oni, to send a
donation to the fund r.nstnc,.•ntnilttee at Boy
I180. Seaforth
`A'ork on the new building ,ontinues to be
ahead of schedule and building ,rmn4ttee
chairman Ken ( .tmpbell as on the site
Tuesdas morning ao see the west end ,'t -the
old arena come, nnhntk dHw n 5 sni,tll crooup
of onlookers te;itched as .Cohn H 8,11 lin
and Sons 1 td ,.lin ha\e the demolition
contract. polled the stall down 140% miction
igle. retired arena manager. Leh. 4,,,rked in
the old h,kiilding for more than 220 tc,trs'4,ts
one of the ape,lators
At almost the sante time_ the hall tloor'+,is
being poured 0n the new tmddme., mune
diately north the haind,iuons for I lca,tier
seats arc in and after a from n used for some
heavy interior nor). nn fhr,,'. surface arca.
brine pipes IN 111 go In and the ,n•en,t floor will
he poured '
Traffic counters Evelyn Leek left and Carol Chapman.
Scale model proposed
I,1`nse,,larl\es01.10811 ock 1r,hur,:.
„ 11• th. (tMori', Horoagt (0n.er'..1
a •• 111s'ri.1 steering committee •\fie Int .11
lh, town hall Art hnc',i'. 'ohm Br, 1 and
Robert Rev reported the,. hare c,ntpleteti
elan, o the doe mown ,trod 01 Si,iforth
01 1 to 4,)),1 And el. 3,1
huddinc' al ,, seal, r1 1 1' 1110
\1r BTo k show ed sold, 4 i1''.'.. ,h a model
.•ti1044 111044 n Macara on the 1 Ake holt to a
o1 1 to ?,'ll, roughl4 v loci to Ilse 111, h
He csplamcd.. sintiiar model .with
In,1141d11.11 buildtni;. 41 11,''.dhl, would hr
In%,tluahlc for '.l.uah, tie the etf4.1 of
'.Il'n'.itc reltat.111,411'. 10 or rcpla,t nit 111 01
11111311 1,1111,1111g3. here Si. hire, tur,tl per'.pec
tit cs Sir Bro, 1'.,ind. are taken from ,'n l'.
one'.to% po)nl and an he distorted to show
a'o•, d t.t.,.,llt good 114.44 of a design
i^,•;`.`sal and at the same fire to hide
u'•.oaa.tn'.4. owe, isof a proposed budding
.or tic, torment
\11 Hr,', 1estimated stn'' a model would
osi'.aelt4i w huh amounts too appratlmately
s'., per (wilding In the Main St stud\ area.
I\oss0hh .Durres 11 funding w ere d1seussed
hilt Roman 11/us Huron ( runt'. planner.
suggested %k.4nn, 14.440 after the heritage
onsen ,Ilton .tu,it :. ,•omplctect before
onsidrratioor. Is R•" ^ 'o ad,ltnonal expert -
Ind., 'd11.41s^'er,.te.i 111 serving on the
5ou,1'. ♦ti' erl`t], enlrtltll'l are encouraged to
.,onto,' l 5r03,10, rural ('onser\ation
\,h,sor'. torn—ilk e chairman, Ralph
.n ,ti• or r.", i' ,',•rk rim 1 rttrker.
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