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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-08-30, Page 5i es ROLLER BOOTING -.The Dublin Leo Club operates one of the only two year round roller skating rinks in our area, , The skating is, open from 7:30-10p.m..Sunday evenings, and draws crowds of between 30-50. people. (Expositor Photo). • 0ort alk by Poul Eli'is • Roller skating Preparing tor battle, Killer McGee straps on his helmet, adjusts his armour and laces up his boots. One last check of his wheels, then he throws himself out onto the track to face the enemy. Thirty seconds later finds Killer: fighting to get back on his feet without getting run over. Avid fans would have recognized the sport right away. It's called Roller Derby, In it'susual professional form, this type of roller skating has never become popular in our area: However, a .form of the sport its common in most arenas' and roller rinks, especially in the summer months, Anyo ne who can't manage to keep up to the fast pace of some of the more energetic of the skaters can very easily find himself in: the same position as Killer flat on his • The Dublin Leo Club in response to the need. of something to do during, the eveningsfor local residents, has started running roller skating nights. The skating. is held every Sunday evening all year long. In the: summer; it's in the Dublin Lions Community Centre, while during' the colder parts of the year it continues in the gymnasium at St. .Patrick's School. According to Jim Paratchek of " the Dublin Lions, the` Leos' run the only winter roller skating in the area, other than in the Coliseum' in Stratford.. Jim is the Leo club advisor and district `:89 Leo chairman. "That his titles) and 25c will' get you'a cup of coffee in a very cheap rests rant", says •Paratchek. But se quite in B tJi . ems q t charge at the roller skating, He collects the $1.25 fee (75c• for skating plus 50c for skate rental) from the partrons, and makes sure everything runs smoothly, He fixes any problem with the skates, and even helps someof the younger children, with tying up the laces. He's not a cruiser or bouncer; though, because he feels there is no need for one. Since the skating started back in February, there has been no trouble from any `rowdys', nor has there ever been an , accident or injury; The reason for . such a good record is. simple. Both the school gym, and the 'Lions pavillon (community centre) are big enough to hold a skating crowd of over 50, yet are too small for anyone to get up enough speed to get seriously hurt. Roller skating, complete with music, is. only one of the activities run by the Dublin Leos, They sponsor dances, trips to Vanastrato go swimming in the winter, and help support the community school.. Next year, the Leos plan to buildtennis courts for about $1000. They'll do most of the work themselves, constructing chain-link fencing at each end of the courts•e 'Fencin , will. replace proper gP P P nets, but will not need to be maintained, as it won't wear out. The asphalt -courts will doubleas asmall ice skating rink in the winter. Barb Kramers, president of the club, says there isF deity of interest in the roller skating, among the local children. "It's something for the kids to do,"' says Barb, `.'and most of them have fun;" And isn't that what it's all:.abou't? Dublin people �Fl Zurich Mrs, Gerdice Dickins of Ann St. Dublin entertained her parents. Mr.. and d Mrs. Rowland Ackland of Sault Ste:a ' M rte' duringthe past week. They also took in the. Zurich Bean Festival on Sat- • • • ' Mike Miller, farm safety consultant', Farm Safety Association; in co-operaton with the Huron County Farm Safety Council has prepared a number of guidelines for checking damp hay in . the barn to prevent overheating. Take i/i" x • 10' electrical conduit or tubingwitha sharpened hardwood point Wins F of A award Harold. Smith of CFCO Radio Station in Chatham is the winner of The Ontairo Federation of Agriculture's, (OFA) 1979 Media •Award. OFA Vice -President, Ralph Barrie, presented the Award at the regular boird meeting. held in Toronto today. The Media Award is pre- sented each year in re cognition of excellence and. Innovation in telling the farmers' Stott' to the people of Ontario. Barrie said Smith' his been. selected front over twenty- five nominations received front across Ontario, "Over and over again, we heard from local farmers that everything stops so they can Oaten to Harold. '1 can think Of no better indication of how important his broadcasts are to area farmers",: said Barrie. Until recently. Smith was an active farmer as well as a < ter. It was not until flnirt yeat that his son took Ova their 150 acre cash crop foam IzY,Dover Ttronaltip, Barrie conei ded by con gratulating Smith; on behalf of Ontario's farriers for his, 17 years of service to the Jinn community. • urday. Mrs. Lillian of Hill 1 Chicago., Illinois is spendinga few weeks with her sister Mrs. Angela Klinkhamer of Mill St. South, Dublin: Dublin Post office_ will be .,. • closed for Labour Day .Sept. 3. No mail received and no mail 'dispatched. Saturday morning as usual.. 9:00 112:00, Regular hours for the. rest of the week - 9-12 & 2:00' till 5:30 pm: hav now riveted to tube: Drill six (6) holes of /" diameter in bottom of tube. Then insert probe 8' or 9' into hay. . Next Y lower a candy or oven thermometer on a twelve foot cord to bottom of tube. Leave in place for five (5) minutes, and then remove and, check temperature and follow this scale. (repeat in different places so you won t miss hot spots) tS0° F -'Hay is entering the danger zone. Check daily. 160°F Danger! Check every four (4) hours to see if temperature is rising. 1;75°F Fire pockets may now be expected. Call fire! department pumper er and wet P down hay - NOTE: When hay. e ° reaches I75 F, it has lost its • basic nutrient food value, so don't hesitate to, remove :hay: 185°F -• Remove -hay without' delay. Fire :Department should be available since flames will develop when air comes in contact with hay, 210°F Critical! Hay is almost sure to • ignite. Use extreme caution. Remember, . never enter alone when hot; hay is ex- pected, fire pockets may have developed and there is a danger of fallinginto them. BY ALICE MB For, manyof us, the Arctic is a mysterioUis land of uncharted territory, r,eld lathe icy grip of winter co- "' 'tie wear, For Anne Melady, the St. Columhattt native who has been nursing at: Rankin Inlet for the past three years, the: Are* .' means shopping at a Hudson Bay post, tra' yelling between settlements by snowing: ;bile and flying 350 miles south to Chruchill,• Manitoba whenever she wanted to seee- city tights, Working;, in the Far North was 'a lifelong dream for ,Anne,: and the Arctic hasn'tfailed to live up to her expeetations, After training as a nurse and working in a hospital emergency,, ward for four. years, Anne. decided to return to seller:} and take a .community health nursing degree. During the first summer of the course, she was given the chance to work in a nursing station on Baffin Island, and when.. she completed her course, she applied to... go to Inuvik, ;Insteadshe was hired by the medical services branch of the Department of Health acid Welfare to, work in Rankin Inlet, a settlement on Hudson Bay, in the wdiagnose,dis,e sex, they send any Patients' who require mare than: a two day. hospitalization, to the hospital at Churchill. When :patients are seriously ill. their condition. is Stabilized ut the :nursing station, and then one of he nursing stab Ries Ont to Churchill with them. In case oh emergencies, the nurses have the authority tocharterspecial flights on;theTwin Otters or bush planes, the most common means of air transportation in the far north. Although the nurses at the station have far more responsibility than in the :normal hospital setting, it's, just :thischallenge which drew Anne to the job, Working in the nursing station is "a continual education". Anne said and the nurses must often consult among themselves, before making a diagnosis. since the nearest medical doctors are in. Churchill. One of the major differences the nurses, have noted about their northern patients is. the lack of heart problems -a . fact they attribute both to the peoples' dietand to the slower pace of life in the Arctic. Anne said the nursing staff also. sees less high blood pressure and; strokes than it would in Keewatin Districtof the NWT. The `nursing station that Anne staffs with three other nurses serves a population, of 1200, people, including 300 whites and 900 Inuit.. As well as the desire to experience the, Arctic firsthand, Anne was also "really sick of hospital ` work", : including the routine andthefact nursing'staff don't responsibility have much ' in diagnosing patient diseases.. In Rankin Inlet, Anne and her co-wor- kers staff a clinic and act as p nurse= racti tioners for the community,, which means they do "all the primarycare" of patients, Anne Anne said. This care Includes operating a clinic for diseases such as pneumonia, tonsillitis and ear problems, as well as :`a: p series of specific clinics. each afternoon of the week. ` For example, on Monday afternoons, the staff°Pe rates a chronic disease clinic, . teaching preventative� rogram - for . P Br 'seases such as TB, one's Major probleiffil among, nativepeoples : in the 'north taking X-rays and testing for high blood pressure. Since the nursing staff doesn't have the,: normal hospital support systems available :. to them in the town, they also take X-rays, fill prescriptions and test for a,number of diseases. On Tuesday' afternoons,; the +nurses.; operate a baby clinic which includes immunizations and'develoP S mental: testing and on Wednesday, they conduct public health home and school visitations. On Thursday,., the nurses operate a well -woman and pre -natal class, conducted by the two nurses on staff who are qualified inidwives, and on Friday, there are more home visits and staff meetings. Anne's particular field at the clinic is the home visiting program since she special- - - ized. in public health nursing. NURSING STATION The nursingin the settlement includes treatment rooms, labour, ' delivery and - ry post -partum recovery' ryrooms and oxygen.. . equi mentAlthough the . nurses can P g, • a southern clinic, The reason the nurses assume these diseases are the exception rather than the rule inthe north is, in Anne's words, .i "because there isn't the anxiety and pressure, of jobs there." OVERCOMING ISOLATION For the 'not'-nativegovernment officials and airport staff stationed in Rainkin Inlet, life can seem isolated: unless they adopt. the • lifestyles of the settlement. Anne said visiting is a common form of'. entertainment in the town and she goes out to friends' homes four or 'five nights a week. Sports also play a major `-.role in P ! providing entertaiinment. Anne said the Inuit excel at both`volle .Yboll and basketball. and last year, following .community work. bees, a curling rink was opened in the town, •introducin another:winter. sport. gP 'One of the Most exciting things to ... t Anne i ,,L-happeno t n li her three yearsin the. NWT was the opportunity to play in the Arctic Winter Games on, the Rankin Inlet volleYball team, The nirls : plaed aSainst tear's from Frobisher flay, .Yellowknife:. and other Arctic settlements and finished in. secondP lace for the NWT. Sports are a major part of life,, Anne said, because. ,'the winter is so long." The town gym is open six nights• a week; and "always booked', " and rid thisY ear the townspeople o Ple plan to turn another vacant P , building- in :th a settlement into a skating, rink,;: using natural ice. The: tow:also boa n sts a good library, with an excellent inter -library loan program; a weekly Movie program, ' :inthe winter months which shows. second run features beliketweeunpo A 0 rt r Tile Godfather, and visits settlement Although Rankin Inlet doesn't have .a newspaper; a community bulleting . is circulated once a month containing news of the town • and surrounding settlements. Anne said Many people subscribe to their hometown newspapers,• which are circula- ted among the residents,: and people can get weekend editions of The. Globe and English s g guests MRS. JOHN TEMPLEMAN ' 345k.2346 Mr, and ' Mrs. Robert Swan, Essex, England are visiting with •Mr. and •Mrs. John Templeman and family. Paul Miller is visiting with Mr. and: Mrs. Dennis Wilson, Calgary, Alberta. Ir•t . � affa Mr and ,'.!Mrs.' ` .Frank.. Forrest and Mr.' and Mrs. Lewis Clarke, Hensall. visiting Sunday with Misses Ethel and Laura and Roy Balkweil. • Mrs, "Chuck Ebel, Strat- ford, ';Mrs. Hap Swatridge and Jill, '1Ningham visited IMPORTANT NOTICE. TO CORN GROWERS PIONEER. HI -BRED L1MITED,:Chatham, Ontario, are pleased to announce MAYNARD HOEGY from HOEGY FARM SUPPLIES as their new representative :for Logan Township, west of 23 Highway in Perth County. Telephone * (519) 345-2941 db PIONEER SEED CC RN L. recently with Mr. •and Mrs. Rob Templeman and. Carrah. 1 THI SIT R* A eson Mail of the Ottawa:lrioune. ,. The •nurse said her copies of The *futon, Expositor reach BOVA unlet *bout two, weeks late. .GK'S The most dependable source of news in the Arctic is, the ,CRC North TV network, Anne Malady broadcast from St. John's, u Newfo ndland. 'The network news comes on earlier in the ,Arctic and shows go off the air about 11' •m. Anne said she and her fellow nurses rarely watch anything but the': news. However, : she added most 'people le going , P P.. north do invest in "good stereo equipment' to" them through. the long. winter g, eve.nings.see After spending three- years in the town, Anne holds a :record' of sorts -most government ernp lo: ees above on after two: .Y years. Why olego to the farnorth i Y do People o th n the. first place? Some, undoubtedly, for the money -the government officials receive an isolated post allowance of'a 'about t S 2,000.00' each a year to compensate for the higher cost of living in the Arctic,a nd Anne said •it',s tan easier to save a subs tial amount of your salary because, there really isn't anywhere to spend it . Others head north because they "enjoy the life" she said, which' can:include ramping on lakes and fishing for Arctic char, or hunting caribou .without running intoanother lout tor mues. Sacrifices include no longer seeing green grass, trees or flowers, which just can't survive in the short Arctic growing season. Fresh fruits and vegetables are also at a preniium. But. the :most inescapable fact of life in the north is winter ---long and cold. Last year Anne said there were 21 consecutive days in which teniperatures never rose above 45'; The ice didn't leave Hudson Bay this summer until July 8, and the nurse said by October 1, the bay will have "a skiff" on it again. To withstand winter, the Arctic popula- tion. has adopted survival techniques to •suit; the clitnate Anne said she would out in the winter t wi Pants, parka, sheep hat, even; for a short walk. "There's n0 .beauty in ,it AVIAte dothing)-everyone looks; like colli . bears," Anne said, When travelling between settlements,. as Anne .does: on her home visits, friends are always alerted when to expect the traveller's return. If they fa jl to return .on. . : time,, a . Search party is sent out. Snowmobilers also carry survival equip- ment includng, food, ,five -Star sleeping bags, and portable stoves, The nurse said if people do become lost or their snowmobile breaks down, they can build an ice but and survive until rescue arrives, Last year, on a caribou hunting trip, Anne and a friend blew a piston on their snowmobile many miles outside of town, The two walk ed the seven and a half hour trip; back to the settlement. The nurse said. people know they can walk if they can see the town and if they're in the proper physicalcondition-otherwise, remain where,you are and rescuers will be alerted to start a search. In her years in the settlement, only one couple have been lost, and that was in a: canoeing ;mishap. INUIT PEOPLE Anne said although many of the Inuit under 30 now speak English, and some of • the older natives learned the language when they were in TB sanatoriums, most of the older Inuit. speak only their native tongue, When Anne goes on home visits, she takes an interpreter with her, since Inuit is "an extremely, difficult language" to learn; . One tradition of the Inuit peoplewhich has particularly impressed Anne is ,the "custom adoption.' If an Inuit mother already has more children than the family can provide for, she Will give her newborn child to another family or friend who has asked for the baby. The child is told from the start who its' real parents, are, and since most stay within the: settlement where they were bo the born, , t e child visits back and forth with its. birth parents with the. aPProvalof the adoptive parents. Anne said this way, no. child is really a:burden,and "there's never a child born that isn't wanted." `, While t 'n While fi re an ' rs cies- are sent out to P l3 the hospitalat Ch Churchill; urc ill the nurses: deliver .` ' second, third, and fourth ba bies-'at the nursingstanon as long as no complications are expected. Although Rankin .. InlethardlY typical ;.cal tourist 'haven the NWT government : is trying to •promote toursim in the arca. Anne said visitors to the settlement stay at the Sinniktarvik, or the. "place where people sleep", the town's only hotel,. where rooms cost approximately S65 a day.. Last year one of. the hotel's guests was. a . freelance writer o 1from Los Angeles who was doing -: articles.. on " the 'north: for. Air Canada. Anne said the only thing about living in an Arctic e leMentis that ."yon do meet a lot of interesting people you'd'• ,, v n er e meet down south ` Althoiliii moreInuit people e are comple- ting ting their education in high schools.' in. Yellowknife 'Or 'Frobisher Bay, Anne said few move to the"too h south -;they find - it hot • and too busy." Their culture and lifestyle in' theorth is n morelaxed re and d less hurried, and they aren't eager to trade that for out more hectic : lifestyle. Anne Melady said she will likely stay another year, in the north, ' and then perhaps Move to a rural, area ' in the south --"it would be nice to have a13arden.. and flowers." But, like many other bitten by the Arctic bug, she can also see herself going north again --"it's a sl6w life." Perhaps the real reason the Arctic peoples have survived, is that they take things slower and easier than their fellow citizens `in'•SouthernCanada. 1979 E150 Eeonaline Van 6cyl. automatic, F.S., P. B,, radial tires, high output heater passenger seat, sliding side door, glass In rear door, 36 month lease„$183.39 per month + sales tax. 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