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The Huron Expositor, 1989-08-02, Page 2SINCE 1860. SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST :Incorporating The Brussels•Post Published In Seaforth, Ontario Every Wednesday 'Morning The Expositor is brought to you each week by the efforts of: Pat Armes, Plea Corbett, Terri -Lynn Bale, Dianne McOr th and Bob McMillen. ED 'BYRSKi, General Manager HEATHER ROBINET, Editor Member Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. Ontario Community Newspaper Association Ontario Press Council Commonwealth Press Union International Press Institute Subscription Rotes: Canada '20.00 a year, in advance Senior Citizens - 117.00 a year in advance Outside Canada '60.00 o year, in advance Sing:a Copies • .50 cents each Second class mail registration Number 0696 THE HURON EXPOSITOR, AUGUST 2, 1989 Editorial and Business Offices • 10 Main Street, Seaforth Telephone (519) 527-9240 Melling Address - P.O. sox 69, Seeforth, Ontario, NOK I WO Political egos It is time the electorates of the so-called "Top Seven" nations called a hal' to annual economic summits. The gatherings have degenerated into nothing more than very expensive "photo ops" for politicians during the dog days of summer. Given the desperate conditions of many developing nations, the extravagant nature of economic summits are an obscenity. Last year the Canadian government spent $7 million on the economic sum- mit in Toronto. The money went to wine and dine politicians, their aides and the media; to spiff up the section of the city involved in the hoopla, and on security to keep out ordinary folk. This year in Paris, French President Francois Mitterand hosted the summit in collaboration with the bicentennial celebration of the French Revolution. The cost of the pomp and pageantry has been estimated from $70 to $200 million U.S. As was the case in Toronto, the summit produced nothing of value. What taxpayers in the United States, West Germany, Japan, Britain, France, Italy and Canada got for their money was pretty pictures of their leaders posing in front of the glass pyramid of the Louvre, posing with wives and children in tow, and riding in the big parade. 11 is no credit to journalists that they go along with the charade, in fact, the most disgusting aspect of the Paris summit was that leaders and journalists of the world's wealthiest nations tried to convince onlookers this was the "Green Summit". To expect people to believe the world's top polluting nations actually ac- complished something for the betterment of the environment at the most lavish bash since the late shah of Iran celebrated the. Peacock Throne, is ludicrous. If the summit is indicative of economic leadership, the planet really is doom- ed. Listowel Banner. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Senate - needed or not? To the Editor: It is easy to be an arm chair critic, so here goes. Tonight I want to talk about the .Senate. Is it necessary, do we need it? Should it be abolished? First I'll give you some facts about the Senate. It was started in 1867, the year of Confederation. There are, at present 104 members, 12 of whom are women. The Federal Government in Ottawa is the on- ly government that seems to need a Senate, as none of the 10 provinces in Canada have a Senate. The salary for each of these 104 members is paid by us, the taxpayer. Their combined salaries alone are well over six million dollars a year. If the Senate was abolished, this money could go to pay off the deficit. Did you know that not once in the last 50 years has the Senate vetoed a bill? That is a fact. The Senate has not vetoed a bill first introduced in the House of Commons since 1939, when it defeated an amend- ment to the Farmers' Creditors Arrange- ment extending the deadline to apply for federal aid. Do you remember the controversy about the Free Trade Bill? The strong Liberal Senate said "They would block The Free Trade Bill." But did they? No, it was passed. Perhaps they were afraid a strong Conservative Government might just do away with the Senate. You are well aware of the fact, that the members of the Senate are appointed by the gover- nor general on the advice of the Prime Minister, and before 1965, senators served for life. Those appointed since then must retire at age 75. For over 50 years I have heard people say "Abolish the Senate." But, so -far, not one elected M.P. ever mentioned it, and why should they? Itis a nice cosy place to spend your life, you .have no election campaigning, no babies to kiss, no hand shaking until the knuckles crack, and no Comments need clarification Dear Editor, I feel clarification ds, needed ,regarding comments made by A. Hanson (Letters, July 12). Mention is;made+that studies -in- dicate anincrease ;in leukemia rates among children Jiving hear ;Ontario •reac- tors. I assume ;the study .eluded ,to As the first phase of an independent study con- ducted for the Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), .entitled "childhood Leukemia Around ',Canadian ;Nuclear Facilities :Phase I" :(Clarkc,nMcLaugblin and :Anderson, May ,1909).'The ,hunilber„of leukemia cases observed ranged from 0.31 to 3,49 nitres ;the Aspected values. The, authors cleari cindieate:tijat.due,.to c tan ', r the ate.. ti dertlfietd. tb itlti gs. ,i l li to chance as the range id ceitilin ;Abe ' Turn .toipage14A ke .suer as promises to make - promises you know you cannot keep. A member does not have to attend the Senate every day to get one's full salary. Before P.E. Trudeau stepped down wasn't it nice of him to suggest that four or five of his old friends be appointed to the Senate. It did not cost Trudeau a thin dime, but it cost us, the taxpayer; we paid their salarie It is not likely that any M.P. woula every suggest abolishing the Senate, because, in the back of his mind, he is thinking "If I am a good little party member boy I'll be there some day.” In a Democratic Government the peo- ple elect their representatives yet, not once, has a Senator ever been elected. It is a fact if we did not go to work almost every day, we would be fired, but it is a well known fact that the members of the Senate have a very low attendance record. Aren't they taking our money under false pretenses? One last question before I stop my criticism of the Senate. If our Senators went before a Court of Law; could they prove they truly are a Democratic Party? Frank Reynolds Abortkm iizapue a bit trying To ti., perfectly honest T' ^ tir hat 't ton i,sue, r.. ,vin doi ,ra„ m.,t .he ssue o' h.f, urd i,,,, a viable debate it'., l..et t' it's urn, that will never be settled, and Ira! K1 think it's getting a little out of hand Admittedly I have mixed feelings -ibouk abortion - as I suppose d^ ^+` vomHn. I understand the sent: ., a wun,a,, slural -ight to choose, that a woman has th+ -ighl what hap- pens t• he .v., bad, At th, me time however, I believe that ;hat rig,,.. an be ercised just as freely before interr- after. And in many cases it nrnl be, then w• would-' hal, to address the nr • , 1, :'t U. 1r e o Nit however, 1 have thougl to whether ,• t on was or wasn't an act of n ways regarded it as societyr.'' ( •l nIL11.1or to - one-night mistake. I'm not saw- there are not justifiable reasons for an abortion. I believe there are. It's just that i` seems that abor- tion is no longer th . c, prion, but the rule. 1 SWEATSOCKS by Heather Robinet Casual sex is normal today, and accidental pregnancies and unwanted ch.ldrer are it seems„. ail) disposed of commodity 'T ny feelings I ^a 't really sa} t ,at a;1y ,,:,port anti -abortionists either. On the whole they seem an unsympathetic lot to me, strait-laced in their convictions and un- willing to waver despite the evidence put before them. Myself, I believe there is more to the abor- tion issue than the debate over the beginning of life. And because of that I believe also that no human being is fully equipped to make any final decision about what is morally right or wrong in this case. That doesn't mean I advocate the establishment of abortion clinics around the country. What I do advocate is a variation of the 1' Choick 's sentiment. I believe that e datever decision a woman makes in this case, IL should be between herself, her male partner, her doctor and God. If the male, as in the case of Barbara Dodds arid Chantal Daigle, is not comfor- table with that decision perhaps then it must go to court. But then the judge should be allowed to make his/her decision based on individual circumstances, without the entire thing being turned into a circus by people rallying a cause. And if it is God that is uncomfortable with that decision, then I suppose that decision must be made in a higher court. And whatever that decision will be, I sup- pose, it's the right of the female, like it's the right of the male, to either challenge God's wrath, or plead for his mercy. YEAR RouND ;ter- ooL MAY MANE :SME MERIT, BUY LETS NOPE WE NEVER SEE A YEAR RPOND LEG96LATURE // It Whatever happened to bread and water? Jeez we're softies. Prisoners riot, break furniture, light fires and damage their cell blocks, and prison of- ficials meet to negotiate with them about a pay increase. One hundred and fifteen inmates of the Guelph Correctional Centre, who apparent- ly believe they're on a two-year stint at the Holiday Inn, rioted to complain about the quality of food in the prison cafeteria and high tobacco prices. The bottom line seems to be the, v . , bigger allowance to afford circeettes 'nee ee :n,, expect? They're in tie • onvicts get $8 per week, a 'or a bale of tobacco, a book of cn.!a-t:te papers. I don't know hu wuacco there is in a bale, but it doesn't sound like the prisoners are being taken advantage of. Besides, see king is bad tor you. What gets r I. that these people think they hr, 'h . go nuts because they don't ,.. ,a or tobacco prices. Whatever nap ..au to the bread and water da) Of course ideally prisons have to be places of rehabilitation, and not just somewhere to dump undesirables for a while. But they also shouldn't have to be nice places to be. Canadian Press reports that, following the Guelph riot, prison officials have met with inmate representatives to discuss demands for increased allowances., MY TWO BITS by Neil Corbett Why don't they let the prisoners start a union. The Brotherhood of Convicted Lawbreakers, Local 115. & & & There's been a lot of talk about the new $10 bills, and the fact that what appears to be an American flag flies from one of the Cana- dian Parliament buildings pictured. But we at The Expositor, in our constant search for the truth, have found that the flag is not the stars and stripes. To the naked eye it appears there is a box in the upper left hand corner of the flag, which at first impression is the blue box of yankee stars on the red white and blue. But when you look at the flag under magnification, you can clearly see that the box contains the United Kingdom's Union Jack, and that the flag is actually intended to be the old Dominion Ensign. The Ensign is the flag which would have been flying when Sir John A. MacDonald, who is pic- tured on the bill, was in office. There should be no reason for the bills to be recalled, & & & A recent Gallup Poll suggests that 80 per cent of Canadians believe hockey players are overpaid. Of course the hockey superstars are slovenly rich, making more money than any one person would ever find use for. But look at your average hockey player, who will have a career lasting a couple of years at a salary of considerably less than the millions the stars make, and you can see they aren't going to be set for life as a result of a hockey career. Just terribly comfortable for a few years. And whether you call them overpaid or not depends on who you compare them to. If you compare them to reporters, they look rich (I'm up for a raise soon). But compared to ball players, who spend most of their time standing or sitting around doing nothing, I don't think hockey players are making enough. For the knocks they take, their dedication to the sport, and the entertainment they pro- vide for fans who pay a good price to watch them, I'd join the 15 per cent of polled Cana- dians who say hockey players are making what they should. Reporters, however, are grossly underpaid. Oki Boys Reunion attracts thousands to Seaforth AUGUST 2,1889 We are again this week called upon to record the death of another of Huron's pioneers. The noble army is rapidly growing small, as the great reaper has made many and sad breaches in it within the past two years; most of ^those however, who have been removed have gone beyond the allotted three score and ten years. Mr. John Grieve, of McKillop, whoserillness we, have frequent- ly referred to, ,passed ,peacefully away on Sabbath morning last, having reached the good age of 80 years. He was the last of four brothers, all of whom were pioneers and honored, well-to-do residents of this vicinity, and Abe father and four sons are now laid side, by side in.Harpurhey cemetery. Wheat harvest is now general in this vicinity. The wheat, ;particularly the later sown, has been considerably ;injured ,by rust, but there will ;be ,a fair prop not- withstanding. ;Barley, ;most of .which is now cut, will yield well. A correspondent of the Stratford Herald makes the ;following remarks: "The en- thusiasm which As :manifested about lacrosse;inithis,citytalid"tlteirterest;w,hi *Obis r.[eit imeverylipalcb.which esplace t• .Ween, our club:and ,Seafort is ;to -be •com- .wended. There its just 8 shadetoe anuch.bet- tmg ;done at these matches, .however, to '1 �nmt£reeif5 pl 'ea.:`pticon,o xofes- , , IN THE YEARS ALONE from the Expositor Archives play for fun and blood -for .the latter flows freely- so discourage the betting crowd. They take mighty good care THEIR blood dues not flow. There is no doubt,but:much of the illfeeling between those two clubs is due to the pernicious: practice of betting indulg- ed in by outside, parties. AUGUST 7, 1914 The old Boys and Girls' reunion:and Pro- vincial Firemen's Demonstration held+here from Saturday to Wednesday last, was .the largest and most successful demonstration ever seen in this county. The hMu1:,Street, the public buildings, and private residences were ,beautifully :decorated and whole town ,looked prettier .than ever before in its history. Every day had its ;programme of events, and every programme was carried out. without. a, hitch. Old boys and• girls •were here ,nitnost ,firoln the 'ands of Ale eatirth, ;many laving rbeenaway;for 11640,p,And15,20, even 40 years , and a llxvereigladto-get;back, and.enjoyed.elrery,minute:01 their,wisit„and all remarked the changes, ;improvements and ,beauty .01 he.jtown. '>'le'rtno,llcis t :t. ' onPrle Hi' 1a,..went'r I 8 e iWt+t 'the three MOO ,holders to allow them :to , stocks expired. So far as the provincial license authorities are aware no hotelkeepers attempted to ignore the order from Queen's Park and no reports were received of any serious disorderly conduct on Friday night. The hotels are all doing business and so far as we can learn are strictly observing the law, .although with the immense crowds of people in town during the. past week the temptations to violate the law .were no doubt very .great. War has been declared between Great Britain and Germany. This is the announce- ment which :.astonished the world on Wednesday last. A meeting of cabinet was at once called .and it was decided to call a meeting of Parliament for August 18th to consider the course to be taken by Canada. AUGUST,4,1939 Thesdi000pcopletat the Lia Carnival last meek -=consuined,nearly1,1100 bottles of :soft thinks -.and many then carelessly threw the empty bottles into the river and pool. i,,s a result, park ,employees ,salvaged nearly 200 ,boptt�lyejs� ffryorn the ;rp�aool, ,a, wnbre�r .of :which er$1broken .iSOon as it e.arnekl,,ppurent Ferre ,w 'h?t e.n glass; ,then- 0.111 us losadtobathers,i raitie attd:Cleaned, :but ,not ,.beforeBuddy :Smith, :Seaforth, received a nasty gash in his foot. Police investigation continues in the theft of about 100 pairs of work shoes and two sets of harness, which were stolen during Friday night when thieves broke into Diegel's Harness Shop at Dublin. The loss is estimated at $325. Arrangements have been completed for the rebuilding of the organ of Northside United Church in early August, with a new console and added stops and chimes. In an effort to combat the ever increasing week menace, Tuckersmith township will spray a number of the worst places with a recommended solution, and has ap- propriated $100 for the purpose. The success of the test will determine future action against weeds. JULY 30, 1969 Seaforth's centennial project will be a street to serve the new hospital area. Coun- cil made the decision at a special meeting Tuesday night. Loss of ;$20.,000 resulted when fire com- pletely destroyed a large barn belonging to Joseph J Lane of McKillop Township early Wednesday maiming. All that remained at daybreak were.., oultlering-ruins. About 7,00people were.seived at the dress- ed ham ,supper held :eft St. Columban on Wedne, ay evening in the church hall. Following the supper, a carnival., was. held on the church ,f,r i#.n, A Ivarie ' rogr'arn ,was ne:af't € t' .p e e •e u d" .I" to=i't' rle tls� s n ��tee>t,n loll �� . Turn to page eed i9 a ia 4