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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-09-20, Page 2SINCE 186®, SERVING THE -COMMUNITY FIRST Incorporating The Brussels Pos Published In Seaforth, Ontario Every Wednesday Morning fPf�A � The Expositor Is brought to you each week by the efforts of: Pat Apnea, Nen Corbett, Terri -Lynn Dale, Dianne McGrath and Bob McMillan. 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 Rates' Canada '20.00 a year, in advance Senior Citizens - '17.00 a year in advance Outside Canada 660.00 a year, in advance Single Copies - .50 cents each Second class mail registration Number 0696 Wednesday, September 20, 1989 Editorial and Business Offices - 10 Main Street, Seaforth Telephone (519) 527.0240 Mailing Address - P.O. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NON TWO A good beginning A recent proposal to amalgamate Tuckersmith Day Care and Lady Diana Nursery for children with special needs, has been approved by the parents of children who are in the two programs. More than likely, the governing powers will soon pass the proposal and the integration wit become 'a reality. .Children who are physically and mentally challenged have been segregated for too long, and it's about time that steps be taken to unite them with everyone. • Over the past few years the Ontario government has closed mental in- stitutions and has ensured, by law, that children with special needs are integrated into the public and separate school boards. Lady Diana Nursery is one of the last of its kind to be in our area. The two day care centres are located in the same building and each day must have presented some frustration to the teachers, parents and children. Every norning the children with special needs would go to one room while the "normal' children went to another. This is segregation, and even though it wasn't harsh, it is comparable with countries who separate blacks from whites. Thankfully everyone involved with the operation of the nurseries - teachers, parents and elected officials, realized that the two must become one. In their letter to the Tuckersmith Day Care Committee, parents of children in Tuckersmith Day Care outlined five points which show how all the children can benefit from the amalgamation. Some of these benefits may also be passed on to the parents. For too long our society has hidden those who are not like everyone else. Who does this benefit? No one. Only through interaction with physically and mentally challenged people, and those of different cultures, can we grow in our undersanding ,of humanity. They too, who have been told time after time that they are different, can realize that they are equal individuals who are as normal as anyone. Clinton News Record. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR More aware of my blessin I learned a valuable lesson on counting my blessings. Up until recently I was one of the multitude of people who take their mental and physical health for granted on a dai- ly basis. But on Wednesday, I was one of the few local residents who participated in the Huron County Access Awareness Day stag- ed this year in Seaforth. And boy, did my experiences on that day open my eyes to an entirely different way of life. As a participant in the day, I was assigned a disability and requested to com- plete what I thought were rather easy day- to-day tasks around town. I soon found out that what is easy to some people, is far from easy for others. As a person suffering from a stroke, I was suddenly placed in the shoes of my grandmother. With my right leg in a splint, my right arm in a sling, my left hand occupied by a quad cane, and my en- tire situation further complicated by a loss of half my eyesight, getting around town suddenly became a more involved chore. My first task was to walk to the Toron- to Dominion Bank. There I was to fill out a deposit slip, go to a teller and get change for a $10 bill, then ask about a Visa card application. Getting across the street took longer than usual, especially since my criss cross- ed eyesight was causing me to walk a crooked line, and each time I crossed the normal path I managed to kick out my own cane from underneath myself. Once at the bank, I was relieved to have someone else open the door. Had I been, required to open it myself, I would have SWEATS O CICS by Heather Robinet been forced to let go my cane, pull the door open, then catch it on the close with my head, so it would remain open until I could once again gather up my cane, and proceed forward. I failed to notice that the TD Bank sports a doorbell so as to aid people in similar conditions to mine. (Perhaps it should be better marked?). Since I was familiar with the bank it was a relatively simple task to find the necessary deposit slip. However, finding it was easier than filling it out. I am not am- bidextrous, so filling out the slip with my left hand was an experience - for both myself and the teller. You could hardly make out my name, especially in the signature. However, it wasn't just the filling out of the form left handed that was hard to do. I found it difficult to keep the form from sliding all around on the table top, and I could not get my right arm high enough to use it as an anchor. Getting change for my $10 bill was relatively easy, once I got the bill out of my purse. However, putting the change back in was quite another matter. I would have been better off to leave the change loose in my purse. The dilemma of having to fill out a Visa application was easily solved, since the bank offered to do it for me. Once my business at the bank was com- pleted I moved aown me street for some refreshment. However, I had to earn that refreshment by climbing up a small, but still difficult, step at the bakery. Getting the beverage I wanted from cooler to table was another mindboggler, but a dilemna I solved by shoving it under my arm pit. Thank goodness I had opted for a cold drink with a lid. Imagine carrying a cof- fee under your armpit. My final task was to attempt the use of washroom facilities, and that is where I really didn't fare too well at all. With a burn leg and quad cane to consider, there really was no room to manouever myself into a washroom. Turning on the taps was easy enough, but washing with soap when you have only one hand to use, was hard to do. I certainly learned a lot about the challenges that face the handicapped on a day-to-day basis this day out, and can on- ly say that the experience has made me more appreciative of all I do have, and certainly more sympathetic towards the disabled's fight for accessible buildings. Understanding the concerns of the disabl- ed is certainly best accomplished by feel- ing their frustrations, rather than hearing about them. I only hope that others who have not felt them will keep an open ear. Everyone deserves the righf to get around with as little problem as possible. Awareness day a success To the Editor; The "Huron County Access Awareness Days Committee thanks the following people who gave so generously of their time to our Access Awareness Days in Seaforth on September 13: Hazel Hildebrand, Marjorie Claus, Heather Robinet, Herman van Wierene Bill Ben- nett, Philip Campbell, Matt Lee, Mandy Phillips, Judy -Ann Pilkinton and Heather Bennewies. Our thanks go also to Ken Cardno and the Masonic Lodge; the Eastern Star "Lunch Ladies"; Ross Ribey and the I.O.O.F. for equipment; Anne James for her phone (and her patience!); Candlelight Studios for their sandwhich board; Tasty new for donuts and cookies; Town hall ac To the Editor; Travelling between five and 10 towns a day within 40 miles of Seaforth, I get a lot of razing, but this last hit home when a successful business man from a nearby town said, "Frank you should be proud of Seaforth, you people have the facilities and the money for training Coordinators, Eductators, clerks, etc." On the way home it hit me that, yes, we do. A couple years ago No.1 coor- dinator comes to town, get his picture in the papers telling how bad off Seaforth is and Lyons tor cottee. Thank you also to the Seaforth Public School, St. James School and Seaforth District High School for their participants and volunteers, and to the other volunteers including the Lionesses who helped us. We appreciate the efforts of the four- teen agencies" who had displays. Without all of you who helped us we would not have had such a successful day. To quote one of our members "It's better felt than telt" Thank You On Behalf of the Huron County Access Awareness Days Committee Margaret DeJong tions a joke and how he is going to put us on the map. At the same time he is gaining prestige for himself. So he starts off these phases - like having a writer put out a book at a high cost and what have been the profits? Next phase - turn the Town hall back to the early 1900's - a fair try but along comes No.2 coordinator who puts four trees and two lamp posts in front of what No.1 does, lamp posts nowhere near the originals. Phase two puts two nice benches for seniors to view Turn to page 15 a ' e t:�r s iia ..avr... ra+*.r,s•,,,x Insurance help comes too My ugly car got a lot uglier recently, and Peterson's new auto insurance plan will,come too late to lighten my hour of grief. The new no fault insurance scheme was announced on the weekend and will go into effect next spring, so why couldn't I have waited a few months to have my first accident? It happened on a rainy night in London, when a car stop- ped suddenly in front of the vehicle I hit. The car, a shiny new Tempo, started to pull around the stopped car then laid on the brakes itself. My little Civic, having nowhere to go, did its level best to brake, but slid into the Tempo. No one was hurt,, but my ricewagon got the worst of a fender bender. I was amazed at how easily she crumpled under the impact of a low speed collision. Took out the left headlight and twisted the left side of the bumper and the fender. I called the police at the other driver's request, then tackled the chore of finding my insurance and registration in the dashboard box which contains everything but gloves. I was ready with all the 'right documents and girded courage when the flashlight tapped on my window, [MY TWO BITS by Neil Corbett In my "irst -accident I learned for the first time that the cop who investigates is almost your judge and jury too. As I sat in the cruiser and told what happen- ed as seen from behind my wheel, the policeman informed me that in nine out of 10 rear end accidents the guy doing the rear -ending is at fault, and that general road conditions wouldn't be taken into consideration because "everyone is driving on the same road." Things I'd already heard. The system needed so- meone to be found at fault, and that was me. The officer charged me with Follow- ing Too Close, and sentenced me to loom- ing insurance rates, and to about 30 days of worrying whether the passengers in the vehicle I bumped would develop whiplash. Where's the premier when you need him? If he'd got the no fault scheme through the legislature a year ago we'd only have to worry about being sued for permanent injuries, which there weren't ate in my case. When you're in my position you see how important the new car in- surance plan is. Proponents claim the new plan will prevent about 90 per cent of accident vic- tims from suing for damages. There is no guarantee, but one would think that with a fewer number of claims, insurers will pass on savings to consumers. Which is now another big concern of mine, because if I'm in another accident I could start paying a lot for the privilege of driving for a year. Actually I think my rate should now go down. How many accidents is a person going to have in his lifetime? There are people who never have one, and then people who will only have maybe one. So, the way I see it, I've had my accident and the claim has been made. That's my quota. So, if anything, I should be less of an in- surance risk. • I wonder if my agent will buy that. ,H iekne I I Child d first one shorn ea forth Commusn>i t y Hospital SEPTEMBER 20, 1889 The students of the Collegiate Institute are getting back to their places again by twos and threes, most of them well brown- ed by their holiday experiences. There are now over 120 on the roll, a larger atten- dance than usual at this season of the year, the junior classes being well filled. The university class will apparently be rather thin. But the school will have a heavy representation of nine students at Toronto University. Mr. A. Cardno is now buying and pack- ing apples on the lake shore, where the fruit is more plentiful .than it is in this vicinity, but instead of buying from farmers here this year the tables are turn- ed and he is prepared to sell to them. ,Mr. James Cunningham, of Tuckersmith, had on exhibition at the show this week a sample .of as fine spring wheat as wehave ever seen. Even Mr. Wm. Murray was forced to .admit its ,superiority over that grown in Algoma. 'Mr. Frank Gutteridge .is now busily engaged building -.the ,new .wing •walls ,to :the .abutments of the Egmondville.Bridge. The stone,,for this. work is;;,bein;,brou:ht from a quarry near Brussels by Mr. George Murray. The dry spell was broken on Sunday last by a refreshing .shower and since then we have had several nice rains, and the farmers who were waiting so impatiently for rain before sowing their fall wheat are now busily at work. SEPTEMBER 25, 1914 A new departure in farming in bean growing districts in this country, which is expected not only to aid in supplying England with wheat, but also to yield .big returns, is the sowing of wheat in fields formerly given over to the growing of beans. Scores -of farmers are sowing wheat in this way and the production of wheat next season is expected to break all records. Mr. John Archibald is having a hydro- electric motor andp-dlking machine install- ed in his ,fairy ao'that hereafter his cows will be milked cby +electrical „power. As an ,evidence .,of 'the severity of the wind :storm Monday afternoon .:we ;may state 'that ,Mr. ,d`olin D,aleyts heavy .te3,rn wagon which was *Whig , in his yard was caught 'by the d ,and ItriVen ,inleal`ly IN THE YEARS ALONE from the Expositor Archives across the street. A Choral Society has been organized in Seaforth, under the leadership of Mr. Nix- on, organist and choir leader in the Presbyterian Church. There is ample material in this town for a choral society of a high order. Foot by foot, literally by old-fashioned frontal charges, the allies are outthinking the German right wing, while at the .cen- tre, HI the iiheirns=Craonne line, the deadlock is unbroken. The eleventh day of the Battle of the Aisne discloses the Ger- mans maintaining their desperate. grip on French soil, but with a line so bent on their right that Von •Kluk's army ,ndnLIS) retreat -,unless Von •Buelow can crush ;the aihes' :Cgntre. The fate of the Gerrnan,;ar- rn .,depends ;upon -the xoperations ,at the ,centre,within,the,next day or two, ,since ,the ,ailes.are Iharf Bring „back r:the r $ht *� the past week: Frank Grieve, Seaforth; John McLean, mechanic, Egmondville; Ar- thur William Prior, Seaforth; Charles enior Messenger, Monkton; Thomas Smith, Kippen. NEWS OF TUCKERSMITH - Silo filling the order of the day ie this vicinity. - Mr. Elmer Townsend wears a broad smile this week. A brand new boy arrived •at his home on Tuesday. - The schools in the district are preparing for the school fair on Friday of this week. An .enthusiastic meeting with nearly 200 in attendance on Tuesday evening unanimously decided to reorganize the Seaforth branch of the Red Cross. The local branch has been inactive since the last .eaforthyear- 's telephone system was chang- ed in a matter of minutes Wednesday afternoon from magneto to common bat- tery. The changeover marked a step for- ward,in local ,telephone history. From two o'clock when the change was made, Seaforth telephone users do not have to turn ,a crank ;to .place a call. SEPTEMBE11. 24, :1904 wing, losing thousands as they take a trench ata time advancing no more than five-eighths of a mile daily. Three German warships have been sunk in the Baltic by Russian cruisers. SEPTEMBER 22, 1939 There is a world wide demand for Seaforth Lions Halloween tickets • this year, the Frolic Committee finds. During ;the past week tickets were sold to Dr. Stewart McGregor, .Accra, Gold Coast, Vilest AAffrrica; J.D. Neville, Talara, Peru and H. Jones Pickhiil, Old :Mill, Wareham, '.England. Local arid. district citizens too„in jnereasing numbers, • are purchasing•tickets for'the.new cadioequipped Fora' Senn, and 'the-ether-,prizes,whieh .will be drawn.for at the Lions , 1alloween Probe on October 31st. The fohowing<docel•men;have,d,i4ted,in the `G.anadan Active,S,erviice Co 's. tw ng a e 16 • b