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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-04-05, Page 2colE1Fluron i �ili11 E 1186.11, ERVING jTHE VOMMUNi' Y l**tST Incorporating The Brussels Post Published In Seaforth, Ontario Every Wednesday Morning The Expositor Is brought to you each week by the efforts of: Pot Armes, Nell Corbett, Terri -Lynn ®ale, ®tonne McGrath and Bob McMillan. EP RYRSKI, General Manager HEATHER MdILWRAiTRI, Editor Member Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc_ OntarioCommunity Newspaper Associotion Ontario Press Council Commonwealth Press Union International Press Institute Subscription Rates. Canada '20.00 o year, in advance Senior Citizens - '17.00 a year in advance Outside Canada '60.00 a year, in advance Single Copies - .50 cents each Second class mail registration Number 0696 Wednesday, Apr -i! 3, "1x989 Editorial and fluidness Offices - 10 Main Street, Seaforth Telephone (319) 527-0240 Mailing Address • P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Be cautious of bikers Spring has finally sprung, although there are days when one wouldn't really know it. However, the snow, evert if it doesn't have a white tinge to it, has all but been sucked into the earth, and muddy terrain has taken its place in the fields and landscape around town. Soon, farmers will be busy setting the stage for this fall's crop, hoping and dreaming of nice, summery weather to go with it. Spring is a busy time of -year for everybody. People lighten up their lives and seem in a chipper mood, eager and able to forget the cold, harsh blahs winter and its elements can bring. Moms and dads roll out of their hibernation and set the.stage for the rest of the year. Their children. follow suit. . e, Bicycles roam the streets and sidewalks, as do skateboards and other self- propelled vehicles. Caution, therefore, is needed as wayward children, oblivious to the hazards of the world, become so in tuned with the beautiful weather around them, needlessly and carelessly try to take on the world. As' motorists we should be cautious of these children - and aware of the fact that they may mistakenly veer into our, path of travel. Let's ensure that spring - normally the time for growing - doesn't end up the spawning grounds for a needless tragedy.' LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Young pP eo le need to get involved LET '1b R TO THE EDITOR: As a concerned parent and umpire I would like to bring to your attention the need of young people to get involved -in umpiring. I would like to set up an umpire's clinic in Seaforth for our young teenagers. In doing this I will need your help: I have contacted my Umpire -In -Chief from zone 2, Jane Larkworthy. She had sent some information on a new umpires' clinic. This clinic is called Junior Development, and is set up to meet the needs of the young inexperienced umpire, under the age of 19. This course will offer instruction in both the Mechanics and Rule interpretation and will feature a carding program. A short quiz will be 'written at the end of the program and the participants that pass will receive a card and crest. The cost of this program will be $10 which includes; the clinic fee, a rulebook, accident and liability insurance, card and crest. The date of this program will be on Sun- day, May 7 from 1 to 5 p.m., but I would like to meet with the interested students a couple of times before the program to go over the rule book. This will prepare them for the short quiz. To make this program work, we need dedicated teenagers that are willing to um- pire during the summer. If this program is successful all Minor Ball in this area will benefit. Without our young umpires, the cost of Minor Ball registration will increase in the future. For further information or registration call Marty at the Recreation office 527-0882, or myself at 527-0194. We need at least 15 to 20 people to make this program available. Thank you, Rick Wood Unpasteurized honey our food Many books have been written about bees and their products. The authors claim that unpasturized honey can strengthen the heart, relieve pain and tension, heal burns and wounds (often without leaving a scar), and, because no harmful bacteria can live in honey, there is little fear of infection. I know this sounds too good to be true, but, having benefited personally and having seen others benefit from daily use of honey, I can attest to the authenticity of their claims. When honey is daily used in a warm drink, colds and flu are virtually non-existent - this I can vouch for. The Bible mentions honey many times, advising us to "..,eat honey, because it is good" and that it is "...sweet to the soul, and health to the bones" (Proverbs 24: 13; 16:24). One to three tablespoons each day can be used - more if one is sick or over - fatigued. Anything when used in excess, of course, can be harmful (as noted in Pro- verbs 25: 16-27). Honey is not a cure-all, no one food can claim this. But this wonderful food can and will help to alleviate some of the disease and stress we experience in this polluted world in which we live. Doctors are admitting that they don't know everything, and that because of over- work and fatigue, mistakes are made. Often, having to care for three or four pa- tients at the same time, the patient gets the wrong drug. Some scientists, because of pressure, admit, that in order not to lose their grants, they are not being quite truthful when writing their required papers - this being openly discussed on television. If the overworked doctor, the pressured scien- tist, the harassed business -person, the stressful mother of hyperactive childen, could, and would, take a few minutes to rest while sipping a cup of tea or warm water in- to which has been added one tablespoon of honey (because it is a predigested sugar it enters the bloodstream within 20-30 minutes) relief from fatigue and tension would be quickly forthcoming. If hospital paramedics, ar Laance drivers and firemen were to can-, jars of honey be eep:ied nght at the scene, I much suffering and pain could the burn or hear tettaek vie - ler written by the late Dr. e, enu led Folk Medicine, in which the virtues of honey, apple cider and kelp, is well worth reading). OUR FOOD We c , n learn much from the nutritionists. They tell us that the 'B Complex vitamins are essential for a healthy mind - sugar (honey) is also needed. It is sad to watch a 0 relative or friend deteriorating from Alzheimer's disease or senility. Would it not be kindness to add these foods to their diet - brewers yeast or yeast flakes, sunflower and sesame seeds, brown rice, and alfalfa seeds, all high in 13 vitamins? The seeds can be sprouted or ground and added to other foods. Alfalfa and brewers yeast can also be obtained in tablet form. OUR ENVIRONMENT Some years ago, man decided that the world could and should be improved. So, ig- noring the laws of Yahweh (our Creator), and, in the name of progress, the push but- ton era was born. The computer was in- vented which seemingly can answer all our questions - but it cannot tell us how to stop crime and violence, or how to cure cancer, AIDS, or the common cold. Only the Messiah can do this, and this He will do when He returns. The microwave oven can cook our already prepared meals in a few minutes. The remote control button can change the channels on our television without our having to rise from our easy chairs. It seems not to matter that these remarkable devices are emitting harmful rays into our bodies. We spray our homes with toxic chemicals to rid them of smoke and odors, the residue landing on our per- sons, furniture and counter tops. We are given a set of numbers so that we can be in- formed at which level the pollution count is safe. When there is a chemical spill ora food is found to be tainted, almost invariably we are told by the pollution expert that the level of contamination is well below the unsafe level. I would have thought that poison being poison, the contamination would be unsafe at any level! (As Sir Walter Scott wrote many years ago - "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, wh we practice to deceive..." ) . f 'u 'talists have been warn, r. w. . - ye, of - damage which act.. rain wo, r40 ou,-nviron- ment. The officials, how, • ly ney need • corn time for research and study to make sur chat it is really acid rain causing this destruction of our world. So, as we helpless- ly await their verdict, a little more' of our once beautiful world is being destroyed. It seems ironic that billions of dollars are spent inventing diabolical weapons that tarn kill people quicker - while millions are slow- ly dying of hunger and • disease. IS THIS THE WE WANT? Until we return to Yahweh's Laws (nature) and learn to love our neighbor as ourselves -this Is the world we shall continue to have. Shalom. Gladys E. Barrett Lesson learned in conservation Whoever coined the phrase, 'waste not, want not' could very easlly have been pro- phesiaing on today's problems surrounding landfill site life expectancies. Certainly, had we not wasted, we would not be wanting for fahas today. Until recently I have, like others, been pretty nenebalent in my 'waste conserva- tion'. Whether or not a landfill site was pro- posed to last five, 10 or 50 years, really didn't concern me. I always assumed there'd be another site readily available when the last one shut down. After all, there are plenty of open spaces, aren't there? I've had my eyes opened up significantly in the five years I've been an Seaforth. As a reporter I've seen the problems of landfill- ing up close. rve witnessed the difficulties encountered when a landfill site is filled to capacity, and another is needed. I've found out that those open saces I was so sure ex- isted, don't - and even if they did, they'd have to meet a lot of strict criteria before they could even be considered for landfill site use. And because of that, I've become more aware of the excessive amount of waste - particularly paper waste - generated today by all facets of the human population. But awareness does not necessarily breed SWEATSOCKS by Heather Mcilwraith positive action. I've still got a long way to go in my bid to become as 'waste free' as I can possibly be. Old habits, as they say, do die hard. However, I'm taking it one step at a time. Right now I'm doing little things - things perhaps that only I can see as productive. Things like, taking more steps to ensure that I make the best use of a product before I send it on its way to the loeal landfill site. Things like purchasing -products wrapped only in biodegradable coverings. Things like using both sides of a sheet of paper. And things like ;ming the 'real things' instead of the 'disposable' despite the fact, I may be creating more work for myself in the process. At work, I've launched a campaign to do what I can to limit the amount of paper - aka press releases - that go directly from my desk into the garbage pail. I've grown disgusted of late at the the total lack of economic sense (not to mention concern for landfill sites) exercised by some of the com- panies mailing out literature. Every day my desk is piled high with 'junk' mail - stuff that has no bearing on the community this newspaper strives to serve. And every day that 'junk' mail goes nowhere but the garbage. Until now. Last week, I started recycling what paper I could. Now, instead of catapulting it into my handy dandy waste disposal container, I take thteextra time to sort it - keeping those pieces marked on one side only, for future use. Aheady I've com- piled enough desktop notepads to furnish me for a couple months, anyway. And at the rate this paper crosses my desk, I'm sure my days of having to purchase notepads are gone. Maybe if everyone took even the smallest of measures to decrease the waste destined for our landfill sites, we could achieve a much rosier picture for tomorrow. Consider it a challenge! /\\ MICHAEL, PUT THE. 1500-r 10 IT fou)ergBOir i' 5'O E / Board listens, but does not hear Talking to the Huron County Board of Education is as effectual as beating your head against a wall. In recent weeks the board's decision to shuffle its principals bas been strongly criticized by students and parents in the communities of Exeter and.. Clinton. These communities are apparently very attached to their principals: Bruce Shaw and Joe Wooden respectively. I'm not taking the position that the Board has made a bad move in opting to shuffle its principals around. They can cite dozens of seemingly valid reasons for moving the principals, some of which are "personnel matters" (or personal matters) and aren't obvious to the general public. But the board made its decision before it knew the full implications of the decision -who could have expected the genuine public outrage in Clinton and Exeter? - and have since acted in disregard to public concerns. At the April meeting of the. HCBE trustees heard an excellent presentation put together by a delegation of students from Central Huron Secondary School. Before the echo of the presentation had died, Chairman John Jewitt was reading from a nine page prepared statement of the board's intention -not to budge. He then declared that he would be making no further public comment on this issue. Minds were made up before the students had even been heard. By the board having a prepared answer to the student delegation before it had heard their case, trustees made themselves ap- pear inflexible, as though they are imper- vious to public opinion. Is that a good way for a school board to be? School board trustees are elected officials and as such are supposed to represent the will of the people. The people's will says leave the principals alone. According to the student delegation the board has received 209 letters from people who want the prin- cipals to stay where they are. Trustees themselves say they have been receiving phone calls saying "if the board wants to flex its muscles it should do it in a gym. Yet the board remains adamant, and bad a prepared answer with which to dismiss the student delegation. To ice the cake, the board voted against further discussion on this matter later in the April meeting. Trustee Jim Chapman of Ex- eter stood up at the "Motion to re -open Turn to page 12 • 'Lightning Tooth Extractor' not recommended APRIL 5, 1899 DEAR SIR: I notice by your last issue that Professor A. M. Shrieves, the "lightning tooth extractor," says he told me he could pull my tooth tf I insisted, etc. This is not true. He told me that he could not pull my tooth unless he took a piece of the jaw with it, as the tooth was either attached to the jaw, or that the roots were clinched underneath the jaw, but that he would give me a lotion to apply to it which would pre- vent it from aching any more. I took this lo- tion and applied It dilligently but it was as ineffectual for good as were the Professor's attempts to extract the tooth, only it did not cause quite so much pain. After my ex- perience with the Professor I would advise all who may desire to have teeth extracted to go to a regular practitioner to get the work done, as from my experience I would rather pay a regular dentist one dollar than have the professor do it for nothing. The convictions by Huron magistrates for the quarter ending the 14th inst., number 52. Goderich magistrates had 14 of these, Clin- ton had 16, Seaforth 3, Wingham 5 and Blyth 4. Of the charges 17 of them were for vagrancy, 7 for violation of the Crooks Act, and the rest for minor offences. Of the fines imposed 18 of them were for $1 and costs; five for $2o and costs; one of $60 and one of $50. large and enthusiastic meeting was held at the Commercial Hotel, Monday evening, for the purpose of reorganizing the Beaver Lacrosse Club for the coming season. The soap factory on the Huron road in Goderieh was burned down the other night. No insurance. APRIL 10, 1914 The fall wheat in this vicinity so far looks well and promises a good yield. While attending the horse show in Seaforth on Friday last, Mr- James Bar- bour, of Ribbert, met with an unfortunate c accident. He was standing on street n IN THE YEARS AGONE from the Expositor Archives when the dnvmg horses were being ex- hibited and failing to notice a rapidly ap- proaching rig he was struck by it and knock- ed down before he could get out of the way. He was rendered unconscious and at first it was thought he was seriously injured. An ex- amination showed that beyond a few cuts and bruises he was not seriously hurt. He is sufficiently recovered to permit of his removal from tilt Commercial Hotel to his home. APRIL 7, 1939 Seaforth's annual Spring Show on Tues- day afternoon brought out a large entrance of excellent quality horses and, particularly in the heavy classes, competition was keen. Entries were down somewhat from previous years, as was the attendance, attributable to the cold wintry wind which blew all day. GROWING - Hensall population increased by eleven during the past year, the village council learned on Monday when Assessor R. J. Paterson presented his report. Total assessment is $440,357, an increase of $3,532 over the previous year. Total population is 696. The death occurred at his home on the London Road on Sunday, April 2, of one of the most widely known and respected residents of this community in the person of Thomas Workman. Mr. Workman passed peacefully away after a lengthy illness. He was 67. The Seaforth Turf Club plan a meet here for the afternoon of Wednesday, May 24th, according to Secretary R. B. Holmes. Three races with purses of each are planned. They will be 2.27, 2.20, and 2.15. Seafortb Separate School climbed th eleventh place in the list of penny bank schools in Ontario during February, when 78 per cent of the pupils were weekly depositors. In the public school 46 per cent of the students deposited regularly during the same period. Seaforth deposits rose from $1,370.91 as of February 28, 1938 to $1,540.74 on the same day this year. APRIL 2,1964 Se.aforth tax rate will increase 1.6 mills commercial and 1.9 mills residential this year. Construction of a new $35,000 dial ex- change building in Seaforth is almost com- pleted. Soon Northern Electric Company workers will commence the installation of intricate dial switching equipment and associated apparatus in it in preparation for conversion to dial next fall. Located on the west side of Chalk Street, a short distance south of the PUC substation, the attractive one -storey building occupies a large lot which Bell purchased last year. Concrete suggestions for dealing with the pressing problem of chronic patients are hoped for when 0 meeting at Huronview on April 15 brings together representatives of the various hospital boards, the Medical Association of the county, and the Ontario Hospital Services Commission. Skating activities in Seaforth concluded Monday evening when the Seaforth Figure Skating Club pre4ented its annual carnival. Rifles stolen from Crown Hardware a week ago have been recovered following in- vestigation by Seaforth Chief of Police Gor- don Holley. Charges have been laid, he said.