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The Huron Expositor, 1989-08-23, Page 2SINCE 18 0:1kUi'CVIf Q's THE COMAR DMI t MST Incorporating The Brussels Post Published In Seaforth, Ontario Every Wednesday Morning 9R The Expositor Is brought e. each week by the effo c o,: Armes, Pfeil Corbett, errs -Lynn Dale, Dianne McGrath dna Dot McMillan. Ms floe' C Ontario Press Count, Commonwealth Pre' mternatior n5Mute . 1 o year in adv ince '7' r' year In advance '60.00 o year in advance .50 rents earl - ED Bni"rgu senerai Manager me tE BINET, Editor soy Newspann at Second cio-i strahon Number 06% eiadiecr> c -1c..,,, gasp )us/ 23, '9(M9 Editorial and Business ®`dict.: • 10 Meln Street, Seaforth Telephone (5101 B ' !� Moiling Address . P.O. Box 69. Send ,,.en Ontarle 1069® Lower 0,ur sight The current furore among. Canadians from coast to coast about the pro- posed new federal goods and services tax is understandable. If it goes into effect, it's going to add considerable cost all down the line to the majori- ty of purchases made. by consumers after January 1, 1991 - and taxpayers are rebelling out of sheer frustration in a country where taxes are biting ever deeper into the average citizen's pocketbook. There must be a better way, people argue. Most people just don't understand the complexity of government spen- ding that gobbles up everything the taxpayer can muster ... and still need more. Even a look at the' government's expense and revenue sheet wouldn't be too enlightening for the average citizen because everything's surrounded by enough gobbledygook to bamboozle all but the most astute student of government accounting. Let's just say most Canadians believe there's enough money wasted in the country to make up the dollars that would be generated through the new goods and services tax ... maybe with some left over. And even more distressing, 'the gut feeling of most Canadians is that if and when the. goods and services tax is collected, it will fail to cover the needs of government and simply set off another new era of needless spending ,and foolish excess leading to even more waste. It's, never been proven; les forever denied by politicians no matter what party stripe they wear; the premise is hotly debated everywhere Canadians gather. But this futile view of government as an irresponsible and insen- sitive steward of the taxpayers' dollars, makes everyone wonder if there can ever be a solution as long ,as government exists. Truth is that Mr. and Mrs. Average Citizen haven't acted too• wisely either. Truth is that as long as people fail to take responsibility for their own actions and expect government to pave the way to "the good life" for each and every Canadian no,matter how unrealistic their goals and am- bitions may be, we're going to find politicians making ridiculous promises and mounting expensive and useless projects that will demand more and more •tax dollars to fund. The appetite of government - the people of Canada - is insatiable, The final answer, of course, is to lower our sights, tighten our belts and operate on a no-frills budget. But that's just not done in the political arena where elected representatives know the more you offer, the more likely you are to hold your job. There is another way, of. course. That is to just pay .up. And ultimately, that's probably what Canadians will do.-SJK Have zan 0 %lel utxin;E'xpa).. des letters to the VditOr. :They must .ioes4grieeltraidoceolup :' terephon .numberahouid vie need to elaaz, .:W4y,inforrraal Ht_+ -u I Expositoratlso'tes es ,the right :to edit .letters. Letters .an be dropped off at the liuron E. .,ositor'ufjice'or mail The TPrre - rosjtor ,c . Qrstario NOE1.v1!f1<;,.. MY TWO BITS by Neil Corbett %as�er Ta -king pictures of .people To a working photographer there are basically two kinds of people in the world. Those who like to have their pictures taken, and those who will go to any lengths to avoid it. In Seatorth we at the paper are for- tunate because it isn't hard to find so- meone .who is at least willing to have his picture taken, no matter where you are in our coverage area. Most of these people are kids who will put on a show, or just do something they know a cameraman could never resist. I remember a photographer from the Ottawa Citizen I met at a photography seminar saying "kids are great, I always keep one in my trunk next to my tripod." And then there are those people whose mothers once said they are ugly, and who would sooner be shot by an uzi than a camera. And the bugger of it all is you can hardly tell who these people are until you raise your lease to them and see their countenance drop and their eyes move everywhere in the room but toward that camera lens. And most of these people aren't hideous, just self conscious for whatever mason. If you read .photography material you'll pick up tips on how to deal with people like this. One suggestion was to tell the person, in your .most professional tones, "O.K., we're going to compose your face. I wiint you to blow out your cheeks, pucker your lips, and' blow outward." The idea is that after a couple seconds of 'this the person realizes,how sridiculous he leeks and .will break 'into Daughter,, or at least a smile. That's when ,you.click your, shutter. .Of course now :that 2',ve ..revealed ;this seeret rtny:o bjectsinlay*now,What VITLAIP to. I thought it would be hard to ask a per- son to make himself look stupid when he sees you holding a camera anyway. Instead, I've adopted a "shoot first and ask questions later" approach to photography. When I see someone doing something that I think will make a good picture I take the picture without saying anything. That's the only way to get truly candid shot, and once I've got the pictures I approach the subjects and tell them I've got them on film and ask for their names. This way I give them a fair chance to say "I'm running from alimony payments, please don't put my picture in the paper." I suppose I could just steal pictures of people and then run them in the paper, and sometimes do when I don't have a way to catch a person's name. I can't see myself leaning over the boards at a hockey game saying "excuse ,me sir, what's your name? Where you 'from?" But it is just common courtesy to let a person know their picture may be appearing in the paper, and it could be important to them. Especially if they're an escaped convict. But as I said we in Seaforth are bless- ed with a population which is largely more than happy to be;photographed. More often than trying ,to ,t;ilk people into .posing for me I can be heard saying "sorry kid, you're just too ugly." But the ;people of Seaforth don't have it too bad either. .Phoptographers in other burgs can be;pretty obnoxious. I've got a picture in .. a :magazine at .home showing a couple •;dozen cameramen, rduritig 'the ,economic :sunUnit.lteld rin'Torento, standing en.4omeone's .ear to get .a better camera (angle.;Note Artelt ArY (Prieonleone's ear 1irtlSeatprth• Naafi* wit ring age of tcchnoIogy Amazingly I am still alive - and yes still married - after last week's column disclos- ing what appears to be the shared quirks of mankind. Thirty seconds after berating me for my written abuse of the male populace, my husband launched into one of those scenes of confusion and paranoia so aptly described in that column - proving my point that men are i' •snence, 'ust large childn n Howeve. m an atte' nt to keel. peac, on the home front ono avoid Inciting a riot among tht males (i) Seatorth. this column will dwell on an entirely different -and relatively safe -topic. Computers. Up with now my working knowledge of computers has been limited. It is my own opinion that I was born just a Little too soon to mesh with the computer age easi- ly, and, a little too late to totally avoid it (although I have tried). However one cannot avoid the inevitable forever. Last week the editorial staff of The Huron Expositor was outfitted with two IBM Personal System/2 (Model 25) com- puters. Up until then we had thought ourselves advanced beyond comparison with our Mini ttisk Terminals (MDT). Cet•- tainly the MDTs were an advancement over the antique, army green, manual typewriters that had graced our desks on- ly five years before. But in comparison to our recently ac- quired IBM computers the MDTs were lit- tle more than a very advanced version of the typewriter. Thankfully electronic, they allowed us the luxury of being able to transpose our written copy on floppy disk as opposed to 8 x 11 inch pieces of newsprint. In the process they generated a SWEATSOCKS by Heather Robinet hefty savings on typewriter ribbons, white out and the like. Yet the IBM makes a mockery out of that piece of technology, antiquating it with its so much more revered functions. Now, not only can I save on paper and white out, but I can save on peace of mind as well, Included in the features of this technological wonder are a number of functions that only an editor can really, truly appreciate. I can see an end to the eternal reading of copy, and the incessant application of red ink to white paper. I can be lazy. Whenever I feel the urge 1 can bypass the manual check of certain copy (not all copy gets inserted into my computer), and evoke a mechanical gram- mar and spelling check, courtesy of my computer's programming. I can command the computer to correct an error, or I can ensure that it doesn't. I can even call up a thesaurus for a word change if I find myself questioning whether one has been overused, or misused entirely, With the touch of a button I can rid Myself of unwanted copy, move copy around, or call a dictionary into play. I can have my grammatical errors ex- plained to me in detail, and I can have my work assessed and awarded a grade level competency. Will wonders never cease? Needless to say the arrival of these "wonderful" computers are causing quite a stir fn our office - and not entirely because of their "newsworthy" capabilities. While I have been dedicating my time to informing you, the public, of the technological improvements taking place at The Expositor office, and therefore my hopes for future editions of the newspaper, my cohort and even my boss have been dedicating their time to improving their prowess on the golf course. In as much as these computers are equipped to facilitate and improve writing and editing skills, they are also equipped with a nice array of entertainment pro- grams - including educational games, mazes, card games, pac man type adven- tures and of course, a variety of golf games suited for the beginner, amateur and professional duffer. So while I slave away trying to create a column for, this week's Expositor, my thoughts are interrupted by the shrill and steady beep, beep, beep of someone par- taking in a more lively pursuit. Yet 1 per- sist in my endeavor, knowing that, when deadline rolls around I'll. be the one with my work done, and the one interrupting everyone else's train of thought, with the beep, beep, beep of my own, more recrea- tional pursuits. And I'll be guilt free too. Maybe I shouldn't have tried so desperately to avoid participation in the technological era. Judging from my ex- periences to date, I can see that I'm real- ly going to like it. 14V,gNNA HEAR A . ECRE7 ? j'a`r *rN®tzJ ceERZ-46 a/E C?:)VI,E P, 7/ ? ) T'5 ONE PART 'DAIm y 1 .oe ONE PART (v)OMMY, m ODE PANT COURT4 &", F-L'SUatl47�'':."G fd314ir7� u � L�9.U,122t+i,?IF Gerald Holland sells Chinchilla herd AUGUST 23, 1889 The Wingham Fire Brigade obtained 2nd prize at the tournament in Listowel last week and the Seaforth company 3rd prize. Edward Garvin, a mile and a quarter south of Brussels, has a sunflower 8 feet 9 inches long upon which are 34 heads. He also has Vosseg carrots of a splendid growth. One of these produced 309 seed heads from one root. The base of the car- rot was' four inches in diameter. We learn that Miss Janet Barr, Daughter of Rev. Barr, whose name appears in this list of successful candidates for first-class certificates, has broken the record of the province by passing the examination with only five months' training at the Collegiate Institute. Miss Barr began the study of Trigonometry, Philology, etc. in January last and finished in July. The several departments of the Seaforth Public School and of the Collegiate in- stitute open on Monday next after the sum- mer holidays. The new wing of the Public School will likely be completed and ready for occupancy. It contains two rooms and they will be light, airy and pleasant apartments. At the Goderich races on Wednesday evening Florence G. again took the open trot in three straight heats. On Wednesday evening Mr. Whiteley was offered $2,000 for her, cash in hand, by an American, but refused it. She trots at Clinton today. AUGUST 28, 1914 VALCARTIER, QUEBEC, AUGUST 24, 1914 - The volunteers from the 133rd Huron Regiment arrived here safe and sound on Saturday. They had a pleasant trip. They are now comfortably domiciled and with their comrades are busily drilling and preparing for active service at whatsoever point they may be called to. They are a fine body of men and will be sure to give a good account of themselves and do credit to the old country. In response to an emergency call to the women of Seaforth, a meeting was held in the Town Hall Tuesday evening ,last, at which a Red Cross Society •vias ,formed. Motoring from Clinton to lIensall last Monday night, two Clinton men -met with an exciting experience when the ear crash- ed through a bridge railing and ;down an embankment into the river, south of :Kip - pen. The men received a severe shock ,but were not seriously injured. The car .was .badly .wrecked. rIN THE YEARS AGONE from the Expositor Archives We are sorry to say that at time of writing things do not look very bright from the outlook of the Allied forces of Belgium, France and Britain. Despite the stiff op- position given by the Belgians to the ad- vance of the Germans through their ter- ritory on their way to France and which looked at one time as if it would be effec- tive in checking their progress if not in turning them from their purpose, the Ger- mans, evidently by main force of numbers, have succeeded step after step in forging their way through Belgium until they are now on the very borders of France. AUGUST 25, 1939 Something new in the way • of holidays was the trip which Alistair Wigg and Keith Sharpe, members of the Seaforth Scout Troop, took last week . In the week in which they were away from town the boys travelled nearly 1,800 miles. One of their chief impressions of the trip was the never failing courtesy of motorists and others throughout the entire distance. Seaforth defeated Brussels in the first game in the final series of the Huron Foot- ball League by a score of 1-0 on Friday night. The game was witnessed by the largest crowd of the season, who also saw the fastest game of the year. John Flan- nery scored the winning goal when Frank Sills kicked the ball in front of the goal. Work is progressing rapidly in prepara- tion for changing Seaforth's telephone system from the magneto to the common battery method of operation, and is now in the final stage. It is expected that the cutover, which will.elitninate the necessi- ty of .tuning the crank ,attachment to signal :the pppeCator, ;will take place in ,about a rnonth,,probably on September 20. J. G. Anderson .and Son Flax Mill have this year placed in operation in their Seaforth Mill, three machines including a flax ,puller, fax thresher and fax scutcher. The ,tpa bines are'the Ord of their kind to ;be Used,in nada and were ,imported tjirectly from Belgium. Some 35 men are P l:> employed by the firm, 20 at work in tae mill. Some 350 acres were planted in flax this year. AUGUST 27, 1904 A few boards are all that remained d the 40 -year-old grandstand at Seafortl Agricultural Park after Society director: tore down the structure at a series of bees. Earlier plans to repair the grandstand were abandoned when it was found the structure was no longer safe. Portable steel bleachers are being assembled to replace the grandstand. Gerald K. Holland of Dublin ended a hobby of 24 years when he sold his entire herd of chinchillas last week. Almost 250 were sold in one of Canada's largest sales of the valuable little fur bearing animals. While a complete statement is not pen- ding receipt of all accounts, Lions Club President Lee Learn said returns from the 20th annual summer carnival would be about $3,400. Fire destroyed a barn owned by Andrew Crozier, on No. 8 Highway, three miles west of Seaforth, late Thursday .night. The fire was noticed about 11:30 by Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Carter, who called the Seaforth fire department. When neighbors arrived at the scene they found the -roof of the ; house ablaze and occupants, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Smith, asleep and quite unaware of , the fire. Police are investigating a break -int, at Hess's Jewellry store on Main Street Hen- sall. The thieves crawled over the roof of the print shat+ and entered by a window. While looking for ,at entrance down into the jewelry Store, they felt through a trap door .to the main floor, a distance of 10 feet, taking the trap door with them. They landed on top of a coal scuttle and smash- ed it. They were so frightened they did not take time to steal any loot from the store. They left by the front entrance; which was locked from the inside. All they got for their efforts was a shower of plaster, which fell with the trapdoor.