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QUEEN LYNNE—Lynne Dodds of RR1 Seaforth was crowned as the Huron County Oueen
of the Furrow at the 58th annual plowing match held this past Saturday. The 18 -year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Dodds, Lynne captured the title for, the second year In a row.
She is being crowned by Ruth Townsend, .one of the queen of the furrow competition
organizers.
Town hall parking spots
Parking problems behind the town hall
since the police station has moved there were
discussed at council Sept. 13. The PUC and
public works committee will meet to discuss
parking needs.
Meanwhile the suggestion to put a meter in
what was one of the police parking spaces in
front of the town hall is still being
investigated. A new meter will cost 5600, said
works superintendent John Forrest.
Why not move one from another spot
downtown where it doesn't get much use,
Dim n@ yGican
councillor Bill Martin suggeked. Like the
south side of John St. where there is a double
and a single meter and not room for three
cars, added councillor Wayne Ellis.
One spot is still needed in front for police
and council members who have to go to the
clerk'sffice, said deputy reeve Bill Bennett.
But he added moving the double meter might
be possible. Mr. Bennett's public works
committee will look into the matter, with the
chief of police.
From page 2
Agriculture Society on Saturday. Chief of
police James V. Ryan investigated. He
secured information which led him to several
young boys.
' As a result of a car crash on #8 highway
east of Seaforth late Friday afternoon, Miss
VVinnifred Long of Brussels is in Scott
Memorial Hospital here.
Constable Helmer Snell, Seaforth investi-
gated the crash.
SEPTEMBER 25, 1908 •
A meeting of the supporters of M.Y.
McLean will be held in the council chamber
on Monday evening next at eight o'clock,
for the purpose of organization. A full
attendance is desired.
James Hugill has purchased the farm of
Mrs. George Irwin on the Huron Road,
Hullett near Alma. The farm contains fifty
acres and the price paid was $3.100.
James Patterson has sold Maple Lawn
Farm, 11/2 miles south of Brucefield on the
luogicagi cind
London Road to George Weir, of Seaforth for
the sum of 58,000 cash. Mr. Patterson has
owned and worked this farm for forty years,
SEPTEMBER 21, 1883
Thomas Dick of Hay one day this week
slightly wounded and captured a fair sized
eagle. which is quite a rare bird in these
parts.
Quite a number of the people of Derry a
little settlement about three miles west of
Cromarty are missing their cats. Some of the
sufferers are threatening taking action
against the offender.
Last week John Fisher shot a large she
bear in the big swamp on the 14th
concession of McKillop which weighed when
dressed 418 pounds. The bear had a couple
of cubs with her but the youngsters made
their escape before Mr. Fisher could get
near enough to shoot them.
31PIE* From page 2
smartening up. and saying, "Out or get a job.
" Ul is tightening up. and about time.
/Welfare is being cut back to those in real
need.
But most people want to work. and are
happy when they are working. I've seen an
excellent example in the past couple of
weeks. A construction company has torn our
street to ribbons with their huge back -hoes
and front-end loaders.
These guys are mostly young. They work
like dogs, but there's nobody going around
with a whip to make sure they don't slow
dow,e, There doesn't even seem to be a
foreman, running around, shouting epithets.
They enjoy what they're doing. though it's
hard, backbreaking work, long hours, and
most wages below 57 an hour. (Try to get a
plumber or an electrician for that.)
They're happy; they're pleasant; they're
co-operative. They don't quit the minute it's
noon. or six. They finish what they're doing.
Pets
They don't, as a government crew might do,
stand around with one guy digging a hole and
six others watching him.
The work they do in an hour would exhaust
the average postal worker, teacher, civil
servant, in eight. They don't take five coffee
breaks a day. They hate some of the things
they're doing, but they're happy to be
working.
And what do they have to look forward to
when the job's done, and bad weather slows
construction work to a crawl? They'll
probably have to go on pogey, to keep their
tamilies alive. It that's wrong, then let's
create a state in which a guy is told where he's
going to work, how much he's going to get,
what size accommodation he can have, lots of
whips arid guns, no right tosay what he wants
about his boss or the prime minister — a mass
of "happy'. workers, producing likeittefe, for
no known reason.
From page one
small animals. Neutering is a preventable
measure. "It's an expense, but it is much less
than caring for a litter of pups for a year."
says Dr. Nuhn. "We do about 250 spays and
castrations on cats and dogs, in a year. There
are a lot of animals not being born. but there
could be a lot more."
A COWARD'S WAY
For those who can't be bothered with
neutering or giving cats and dogs away. the
alternative is dumping the animals along a
sideroad or a school. By dumping at schools,
the owner hopes kids will take the animal
home.
' About two or three times per year a sack of
kittens is found in a sideroad ditch. "We put
animals to sleep which is the humane thing to
do, rather than people dumping their
animals," says Dr. Nuhn.
It makes me very angry when people do
this. If 1 ever caught anybody dumping pets,
they wouldn't win my good citizen award."
Recently, a clinic technician found a bag of
kit -tens on a Tuckersmith township sideroad.
Other times, conscientious citizens make
similar finds and contact the pound. "It's a
coward's way out."
The Seaforth police department is respon-
sible for picking up stray dogs and cats in
Seaforth. The most common complaint is a
dog in the garbage, usually early mornings.
'The garbage man will tell me when
there's a problem," says Hal Claus, Seaforth
police chief. "Sometimes he has garbage
scattered for two blocks. Ha dog has a tag, we
will call the owner and he can pick up his dog
at the pound, but half' have not tags."
Seaforth employed a dog catcher up until a
year ago. Due to the expense and only a few
complaints. the dog catching job was turned
over to the police.
"Night patrol is funny because the mother
cats are teaching their young to fend for
themselves," says chief Claus. "The cats will
jump right into the garbage truck looking for
food. We never pick up stray cats, only if they
are inured."
OWNERS FINED
An animal, taken to the pound, will only
be released when its owner pays a 550 fine.
For Clinton pet owners, there is a 5100 fine
for a second offence. The pet owner must also
pay up to three days room and board for their
dog or cat.
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of Dublin and Nut:fear of
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lanes' _nissels, Brian -McGayin of RR4
Walton* and Barry Gordon Of 'Egmondville,
Businessmet0), plowing class using walk -
14 plow - Albert Carson Of Listowel, Orland
Reichert of Zurich end Ralph Webber of
Dashwood, 't.
Plowing class for tractors with four or more
Pt**, 7' Neil Williamson of Walton, Bill
McAlliater of Auburn and John Becker of
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.".,M04'0 nail driving , R011 Penti$04,0:11R6
Goderich, Ernie Talbot of Kitipetrind Bob
Bell of Kippen. N,
WonSetes mill driving , Donna 11094 of
Zurich; Wimmil'antnilson ORB'S "DIME°
and pourta•Thiel of Zurich,
Log oftwIng. Using yellt °Vat saw , the telm
of Ray Scotchkner and Bill MellWillir,y both
Godericka ' •
Log saWingo with I1 COMPetit0V00011the
same saw the team of Rott'sotchnieT
Mitchell anRay,Scotchmer Of Ck#010*
LOgsawin for wornen -.the te!tinof.cheryl
Stewart aniLynne Dodds.
Horseshoe pitching Huron teams - Alex
Bba and Harold 'Carter.
Horseshoe packing Open class Ernie
Harburn and Frank Elliott both of Staffs.
Prizes and awards will be handed out.at the
banquet to be held on Friday. Oct. -28 at the
Pineridge Chalet, Henson.
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Whilete's in S aforth this month t Joseph '
Mathangani plan to learn as Mucb as he
possib can and ad"tke that knowledge back
with ItJn to Kenya.
A v sitor with the Alkemade family, the
26 -year-old African is in Canada with the
hopes of attending school in North America.
"I'm going to help to build Kenya from the
education I get from being here," be says.
"It's only through initiative and ern:at that' I;
can do Something for my government." •
In Kenya, the university of ,Nairobi 'has
strict requirements for admissionbecause it
is the only university in the conntry. Though
Joseph missed attending university by two
points", he hasn't Wit his appetite
learning. With his job at the' university
bookstore he continues to learn.
"The pay is small but et the bookstore all
the new books are comingin and 1 feel right in
the centre of everything," he says.
A YOURNLIST
With three or four articles published in the
Nairobi Times, Joseph's goal is to become a
journalist. He and his sister Once tried to start
a children's magazine but the costs of such a
venture were too expensive for them. And,
without the necessary certificates from
university, Joseph says he would not be hired
by any of the country's three newspapers.
Because there are no community papers in
Kenya, Joseph was particularly impressed
with The Huron Expositor. He says stories
like the recent one on rabies, can improve
communication in the community.
"In my country, something like rabies
would just be rumor and farmers would not
know what to do about it. Here, they must be
very alert about it," he says. "Without a
newspaper, there is no communication and
nothing to touch people's hearts."
The Nairobi Times, the only newspaper
owned by the Kenyan people, is only three
months old in a country which gained its
independence 24 years ago. (The other two
papers have Asian and British owners). At
that rate, Joseph says a community paper
may be a long time coming to Kenya.
Rather than wait for that day, Joseph is
looking to North America as a place where he
might continue his education.
COMPETITION
"Young people in my_ country sometimes
get lost because there is no guideline.
Competition for spots at the university is
fierce and those who don't make it into
university sometimes end up taking kobs they
don't want," he sett, , • 9 •
Many of those young people are leaving the
farm for the cities in search of white collar
jobs and because, of the 40, per cent
unemployment in Nairobi, the government is
trying to encourage them to stay on the farm.
Because he grew tip ono farm near Nyeri, a
small town similar in size to Seaforth, Joseph
says he's amazed by the size of farms around
Seaforth. In Kenya, farms are much smaller
•except for the large plantations once owned
by British colonialists. Growing the major
export crops of coffee, cotton and tea, these
large farms are now jointly -owned by groups
Of Means.
The average farm is only half an acre each
' and produces enough cora and vegetables for
the farm family and Some vegetables to sell in
the city.
CORNMEAL •
Though Kenya is the most developed
country in East Africa, the machinery .on
Canadian farms .is ,unheard of in Kenya,
especially a machine to harvest corn.
- Elephants,
on my back
Joseph Mathangani is an aspiring journal-
ist and writer. Seaforth inspired him with the
following poem.
Elephants on my back
Sky tny view
That small world
I see
yet
I don't comprehend
It is all right. -
'Sall.
In the wind;
I flew,
To that small paradise
1 see,
Yet don't comprehend
Who whispered Seaforth
In the dark.
Who?
It is a shining star.
Wake up, wake up.
• Father wake up.
Seaforth's a shining star.
Joseph Mathangani
. "Vye call it make and we take off some
- sweet corn for eating and let the rest dry in
the fields. 'Theft we take it to a mill to be
ground up into Fern meal which we use a lot •
for cooking. That crop can carry us until the
next season." says.Joseph.
As well as learning about Western culture,
Joseph hopes to encourage Canadians, to
learn about Africa. After visiting the library
in Seaforth and some travel agencies in
Ontario, Joseph was surprised to see there is
very little information about African coun-
tries available to Canadians.
"Most of the tourists in Kenya are West
Genpan, British or American. Canadians
should start o visit too. Bomas of Kenya is a
good place for tourists to visit because there
are people walking around in traditional
costume and ceremonies such as ntarriage
and circtinicision and traditional dances are ...
performed. There you are treated to our
culture," he says.
Joseph brought a Mzee or old man carving
to Canada as a present for the Alkemades. He
says he's enjoying his stay in Seaforth
because it's similar to his home town; though,
Seaforth is much more developed,
• "Everyone is friendly here - they all wear a
smile."
VISITOR FROM KENYA—Joseph Mathanganl is visiting the Alkemade family in Seaforth
this month. Eager to learn as much as he can, Joseph says he's fascinated with the old
buildings In town such as the Van Egmond House and the Queen's Hotel. He is pictured
with Meagan and Drew Alkamade and a Mzee statue he brought from Kenya.
Board outraged by rejection of program
BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE
Rejection of its application for 5700,000
under the Canada Ontario Employment
Development program is another slap in the
face, says the Hnron-Perth Separate School
Board.
"The Huron -Perth Catholic School Board
has expressed both disappointment and
surprise" upon learning of the rejection, a
press release issued at the board's meeting
on Sept. 12 says.
The form letter from COED advising of the
rejection says "This should not be taktn as a
reflection on the merits of your pr posal.
Unfortunately, in aerogram such a COED
where application's exceed•program nding a
number of good proposalsX, cannot be
recommended for funding."
But the separate school board wants some
answers. It submitted its application to
COED on April 22 and did not receive
notification of its rejection until Aug. 22.
Correspondence frbm Perth MPP Hugh
Edighoffcr indicates that the board's propo-
sal was first to be considered on July 20, but
that meeting was postponed until July 27.
Further correspondence from the MPP states
the second meeting was postponed and it
wasn't until Aug. 10 that the board's proposal
was considered.
A spokesman from the London regional
office of the Ministry of Labor, which
co-ordinated the prograM, said most of the
money made available to the London region
had been handed out by June. He indicated
that 52,376,692 has been allocated under the
COED program for Huron and Perth out of a
total of 518,787,204 in the London region.
The London regitm includes Elgin, Heidi-
mand-Norfolk, Huron, Lambton-Middlesex,
London East, London West, London -Middle-
sex, Oxford, Perth and Sarnia.
The COED program started last fall with an
emphasis on private enterprise. The ministry
spokesman said municipalities and non-profit'
organizations started submitting applications
at the beginning of this year.
EVERYTHING
Examples of some of the projects include
"everything from draining ditches to assist-
ance in painting town halls". He said one
school board in,,the London region managed
to upgrade its school buildings by insulating
and caulking under the COED program.
The Huron -Perth Separate School Board
made its application following receipt of a
letter dated M'arch 28 from education
minister Bette Stephenson.
We strongly urge you to participate in the
Canada Ontario Employment Development
Draft landfill agreement
studied in closed session
With two of its members opposed.
Seaforth council went into private session to
discuss a draft agreement to manage the area
landfill site, Sept. 13.
There's a "difference in thinking" be-
tween McKillop and Tuckersmith, the other
two municipalities involved, reeve Bill
Campbell, Seaforth's rep to the landfill
committee explained. "rd like to have the
feeling of this council whether they agree or
disagree."
McKillop had asked that its Share of costs
be reduced from 14 to five per cent. It also
wants the clerk of the municipality with the
largest percentage to be secretary -treasurer
of the landfill committee.
"I'm not sure why this has to be discussed
in camera," said councillor Paul Ross, who
was concerned about the lack of information
On the site to him as a councillor and to the
community. "It affects e0eryone in the
community...thee are not great negotiating
points of a ctinft‘act." ,r!X
He wants &tunas feeling, sotne hartAny
before the public sees the draft agreement,
the reeve said, "There could 'be many
changes,"
Council reported out of the private session
that the terms of the agreetnent it is going to
be negotiating were discuased,
Conditional options have been obtained
from Eckerlea Acres Ltd. and Herman and
Christine Hoste, owners of land needed for
access to the landfill site the committee and
engineers favor. (=minalearned' Council
approved the terms of the optimas.
Program. We believe that the program will
provide you with a Unique opportunity to
develop and implentent projects that will
generate employment in your area and, at the
same' time, provide. substantial, long-term
benefits to your community," she said.
So the separate school did participate,
particularily after repeated requests for
capital grant money from the Ministry of
Education were 'denied.
Over a six-year period, from 1977 to 1983,
the board ha's requested over 52.5 million in
capital grants. In 1980 the board received'
$80,000 for work at St. Joseph's school in
. Clinton. Earlier this year, after initial
• rejection, the Ministry , granted the board
$200,000 for repairs to the roof and brick work
at St. Mary's school in Goderich.
,the board wants its taxpayers to "under-
stand the Board has made representation and
worked for many years to try and obtain a fair
and equitable share of funds for much needed
capital expenditares."
'May, board chairman Ronald Murray
wrote a letter to Dr. Stephenson requesting
support of the COED application. A state -
inept of capital needs accompanied the letter.
TRUST SH
ln part it reads, "with faith and trust the
Hnion-Perth RCSS Board has, over the years
tried to believe that Catholic education in
Huron and Perth has shared fairly and
equitably in the allocation of capital funds to
school systems, both provincially and locally.
The Board is no longer convinced of this.
Indeed a somewhat fundamental trust has
been shaken. Trustees cannot now help but
believe that Catholic education in Huron -
Perth has not been provided with approvals
for capital projects or the allocation of capital
funds to the degree and in the amounts to
which we are entitled."
On June 21, the minister responded,
"While I acknowledge the seriousness of
your capital situation over the last five years,
I assure you that the,projects put forward by
your Boktd have received careful analysis by
staff at the Regional Office level and by senior
personnel at the central office. If this has not
resulted id what the Board perceives to be a
fair distribution of funds, it is not because of
lack of sympathetic consideration but be-
cause, on a province -wide basis, your board's
capital needs must receive, in general. a
lower priority than those of other boards,
within the strict systerti of priorities we are
forced to adopt."
A ministry of education spokesman from
the regional office in tendon said "Major
structural problems" receive a high priority
in the distribution of capital grants. Any
addition or new school capital grant money is
handed out on the basis of "new pupil
places".
The regional superintendent of business
and finance, Ken Carter, said new housing
developments in the Peel region and other
areas where there has, been an influx of
people are high on the list of priorities for
capital grants for construction,
Mr. Carter added that the availability of
capital is limited particularly with the
' province's restraint program*
WHAT'S NEEDED
In its COED application the board "after
careful examination of the system needs,"
projects were developed to improve physical
facilities, including school additions at the
following locations:
-Precious Blood, Exeter for a general
purpose room with change rooms and a
library resource room;
-St. Joseph's in Clinton for a general
purpose room with change rooms. " -
-St. Boniface, Zurich for a library resource,
change rooms with additional washrooms to
complement the existing general purpose
room. '
-Sacred Heart in Wingham for one
permanent classroom and a library resource
room.
-St. Ambrose in Stratford for a general
purpose room with change rooms and library
resource room.
A general purpose room is similar to a
gymnasium but smaller in size.
Overall the proposal would cost 51.5
million with the remaining S800,000 to be
paid by th board through debentures over a
e\il
10 -year pen .
"We were repared to go to the taxpayer
for over 50 per cent of the cost." said director
of education William Eckert pointing out that
if the work had been financed through the
board's regular financial channels, the
Ministry of Education, taxpayers would have
to pay only 10 to 20 per cent of the cost.
The board expressed outrage at the
allocation of COED money when they learned
an accepted application was for a swimming
pool and sauna at a golf club in southwestern
Ontario. •
"The question to be asked is, how are
priorities established for the use of funds
intended for the express purpose of creating
jobs locally?" says the board's press release.
"The fact that the board made its
application for permanent facilities 'in areas
of severe deficiency resulted from the
continuaTinability of the Ministry of Educa-
tion. and relectance of the provincial
government to provide the necessary finan-
_dal assistance to go forward with the work in
the usual tanner. It is new evident that the
COED program of job creation has also failed
to help the Board meet needs in the area of
improved education facilities. No reasons
have been given for the rejection of Il five
projects outlined in the application.
The rejection Of the program follows letters
of support for the project from all MPs and
MPPs in Huron and Perth counties.
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