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The Huron Expositor, 1995-03-22, Page 11 Huron LXOSit()p 70 cents plus 5 cents G.S.T. (75 cents) MUNICIPAL The Seaforth Fire Area gets a new fire truck, delivered on Monday. see page seven. Briefly 1 Parr Line wins silver medal in Ontario event Parr Line Ladies' Broomball Team competed at the Provincial Championships in Armprior on the weekend and finished second. The team had a tough start to the tournament and was beaten by Chesterville 3-2 in overtime. That loss meant the girls would face elimination in the second game against the defending Champions Barrie Satellites who had also lost their first game. In that second game although the score was close (1-0) the girls outplayed Barrie from start to finish to eliminate them from further play. Parr Line's next opponent was Chesterville, the team who had beaten them earlier in the weekend but this time the outcome was different as the local team dominated in overtime for a 2-0 score to gain a berth in the final. In .ap excellent game on Sunday Parr Line was defeated by a very strong team from the Eastern Region, MacMillian's 1- 0. At closing ceremonies Parr Line placed four players on the All-Star Teams, Heidi Elliott and Tanya Eckert on defense, Cheryl Kruse at Centre and Sandra Wilson who had an amazing weekend and was the talk of the elite division in net. Theses players and the rest of the team are some of the best in the province and time and time show their skills at these events and Seaforth should be very proud to have such a team. Stanley says 'No' to farm proposal Stanley Township said 'No' to a proposal for a recreational development involving residen- tial construction and a communal farm for horses. Council made the decision at a meeting on March 14 despite four people who spoke in favour of the development. A group opposing the Stone Lea Holdings proposal also attended the meet- ing. All five councillors voted not to recommend an Official Plan amendment to permit the pro- posed development. The propo- sal will now be considered by Huron County Council. If the proposal is approved or rejected then proponents or opponents of the plan can appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). Developer Tim Beard said the investors have not made a deci- sion whether to appeal to the OMB if the county rejects the plan. He did say, however, that the township had made a "rash" decision. "It's a puzzle to us," said Beard. "The council has really not indicated to us what's wrong with jltjs proposal." INDEX Entertainment... page 14. Sports...page 9, 14. Rec Preview...page 14. "Your community newspaper since 1860..serving Seaforth, Dublin, Mensal!, Walton, Brussels and surrounding communities." The Huron Expositor, Seatorth, Ontario, March 22, 1995 Investment and Tax Planning "Seaforth RRSP Specialists" noestment Centre 96 Main St., Seaforth 527-0420 EDUCATION Some students from SDI -HS are turning job placements into career opportunities. set page two. This space could be yours! Call 527-0240 GREGOR CAMPBELL PHOTO WARMING UP THE ELBOW GREASE - The Seaforth Youth Drop in Centre may become a reality if local youths work for it, as they plan to do this Saturday when they are holding a car was at Godfather Pizza to raise funds for premises on Seaforth's Main Street. Group raises funds for youth centre BY GREGOR CAMPBELL Expositor Staff every second Monday at the Optimist Building at the Optimist Park. They have been investigating possible Drop In locations on the _Local youths won't be hanging Main Street, and the old Expositor around the Seaforth's Main Street building and former VN video store ' Saturday afternoon. next door are high on their list. They will be near the come: of Other fundraisers in the works for Main and George Street East coming months include teen dances, hoping to see lots of dirty cars or summer activities and a bake sale. trucks, as the first fundraiser of the They are also working as a group Seaforth Youth Drop -In Centre for the town's upcoming Board is all set to go. Homecoming celebrations, helping It is a car wash. to move tables and chairs, and that The youths have a number of sort of thing. fundraising activities up their Williams says the Centre already sleeves in coming months. They has a pool table and accessories, hope the money will eventually go donated by Neil Govenlock who no towards a Drop -In Centre. longer has room for it. "Everybody is still eager to go," Chris Dalton, Chair of the youth says Monica Williams, who acts as wing of the board, says the whole liaison between the adult and youth gang still hasn't come up with an boards for the proposed Drop In official name but for now Seaforth Centre. "Actually they're in a hurry. Youth Drop In Centre Group will They want everything today." have to do. The group is holding its meetings Saturday afternoon's car wash is slated for 1 to 4 p.m. at the parking lot of Godfather Pizza. It will cost $3 per car, but $5 will get you a wash and interior vacuum too. The owner of the pia&ria, John Hunt, has pledged $50 and is challenging every business in town to do likewise. He will also be offering free coffee for car wash customers, and a discount on pizza. The Youth Centre boards met for the fifth time Monday night. The group sprung forth early this winter from community concerns about young people hanging around the Post Office building and elsewhere on the Main Street. Youths expressed a desire for a building of their own at the well -attended inaugural meeting at the Women's Resource Centre. There are 14 on the youth and adult branches of the board. Although the board is set for now, Dalton says the group still is seeking any bright ideas and welcomes any idle hands that wish to help. He can be reached at 527- 2881, or Williams at 527-1092. The Youth Drop -In Centre Board is made up of the following individuals: Adult Const. Dave Dale, Chair, Kathy Ferguson, Co-chair/ treasurer; Val Millson, secretary; Kathleen Scott, media; Monica Williams, liaison. Youth Chris Dalton, Lair; Jen Kaufman, Co-chair; Michelle Cook, secretary; Kevin Gridzak, Jason Wood, treasurers; Dean Pryce, Jeff Webster Stephanie Dale, activities; Natalie Dale, April Dalton, Theresa Boniface, fundraising; Rod MacDonald, Cathy Jessome, Robb Williams, advertising. AGRICULTURE A former Canadian agriculture minister blasts the agriculture cuts. see page eight. Seaforth police report Sea-doo Stolen from local business The Seaforth Police Department reports a Bombardier Sea -Doo was stolen sometime Monday night from Leo's Auto Sales at 54 Goderich St. E. in Seaforth. It is valued at approximately $6,500. Police say the machine would require at least two people to lift it off the ground, and they are anxious to talk to anyone who may have witnessed any unusual activity at the car lot after 9 p.m. on March 20. A number of stores in town have also informed the Seaforth Police Department of an increase in thefts. A Police press release says "one store owner stated that a number of items have gone missing just after a group of young people had been in their store." Shop owners and staff have been urged by police not to let people congregate inside the store, and recommend limiting the number of people in the store at any one time. "During the spring break teenagers have been gathering in groups on Main Street," the police press release continues. "Parents should know where their children are and what they are up to. Peer pressure and boredom have a tendency ' for young people to commit minor offenses, such as theft and damage to property. "A theft of a candy bar can lead to more expensive items. All of us should remember that it is very easy to be labelled a criminal or troublemaker in a small town. Chances of finding a summer or part-time job becomes very difficult when a person is perceived to be irresponsible." People discuss dealing with HIV at event BY AMY NEILANDS Even though these three stories arc very different they all share the common bond of living with AIDS. Since his youth, Russell Carson has lived with the spectre of death. From the age of 13 he was living under the care of his older relatives and he said that there was always a generation gap between them. His family started passing away, but Carson said he knew their time would come. Carson is the last in his family of his age and he has HIV. Through HIV, "death has once again become a companion," he said. In the past 10 years, he has lost 120 friends to AIDS. "Multiple loss is a difficult thing to deal with...I remember the friends who have passed away and make peace with their passing," he said. Carson, of Clinton, was one of many guest speakers at the Huron County H1V/AIDS Net- work Conference held in Clinton on Saturday. Carson, who has been infected for 11 years, has been very in- volved with the network because he said he has something to say. "People don't have to die. I don't want young people to live with the kind of loss I have lived with. No one wants to outlive their friends and family. I know the feeling of that. I cry, I get mad, I get upset." Carson told the group that he has two close friends from Toron- to left. "They are going to die. They weren't HIV (positive) when I mei them. They arc now sicker than I am. I don't want to lose them but I'm going to." lie stressed once again that today's generation docs not have to go through the same thing. With each loss comes the feeling of guilt; the guilt of sur- viving. "I feel guilty at times about being alive; they're gone and I'm here." But he said he has no control over that and added that he tries to continue on but finds it really hard to stay on that positive road. "You can't do it alone." Poem by person with HIV 1 am the last. No one comes after me. 1 am like one who has lived a thousand years and has nothing but his memories When did I become the last? years ago. painfully aware of this fact, 1 have always carried on. yet. I am unable to reminisce, there is no one to remember along with me. For those things I remember are simply stories of my past, ----to other people. One hundred years! I have not lived so long, but there are days! As if over the last ten years, 1've lived ten times that. 1 am thirty two, but 1 could be one hundred and twenty-two just as easily. No longer is there family, they are all dead. Friends, OLD friends are also all gone. I am like the old man who has new friends, but no one to share old memories. 1. live in a world of strangers - this is true loneliness. / find myself caught up in memories - memories of family and friends who lived, it seems only yesterday, and the feeling of being alone/mourning/anger/fear/sad/happiness is upon me. Death follows me, reminds me that it is never far away, it plays a cruel gams. 1 carry a virus that could kill me - but 1 am not taken. Death shows itself, not by brushing me, but by taking one after another of my family and friends, until I am left standing naked in the world. Death has taken from me that which was close to my heart. He/It has left me with strangers as companions. 1 wish to meet new people and make new friends, but I'm afraid. Not that they won't like me, but because... 1 By Russell Carson OLYMPIC RUNNER Kelly Duhaime's brother Greg was the athlete of the family. He was an Olympic Canadian runner and the picture of health. That's why it came as a great surprise to Kelly when his brother suddenly became very ill with pneumonia. Kelly and his wife Cherie did not know a lot about AIDS and felt they didn't need to know. But when he first became ill, Kelly asked and his doctors confirmed that Greg had AIDS. Greg was living in Dallas, Tex. at the time coaching runners. He was in the hospital for seven weeks with pneumonia before recuperating. Kelly and Cherie, who are from Port Elgin, started researching this disease and found that Greg could live for years. He went back to work and wanted no one to know he had AIDS, said Cherie. "That is the saddest thing I have heard in my life," that he felt he couldn't share with anyone that he had this disease. After about a year, Greg became ill again. Kelly and Cherie, who had decided to vacation in Dallas, found him in really bad shape and wanted him to come back to Port Elgin. At this point he was going blind. An AIDS patient continually loses, said Cherie. They lose their independence, their job, financial freedom, friends, family. No one listened to what he wanted, she said and this caused some family problems. "It all comes down to basic human respect," said Cherie. "Loving that person enough to let them do what they have to do." She said that the family is there for support, back-up, love, care 1' -and the human touch. "We don't want to have to talk about this but we feel compelled to do this. It's all worthwhile when we see attitudes change," said Cherie. 'WE FELT HELPLESS' Mary Jackson's brother Chris suffered from AIDS and was sick in Vancouver when her and her family had first been told. "We felt helpless at the time and were afraid that he would die and we wouldn't know about it," she said. But when he came to visit his family in Guelph in 1991, he became sick again and walking into the hospital was the last time he walked, she said. He was dying, she said. He was blind, he couldn't walk and had uncontrol- lable fevers. He was soon transferred to St. Joseph's Hospital in London where he could be closer to both Mary and her parents who lived in London. They didn't know if he would survive the ambulance drive to London. He did, but was only given two weeks to live. Then a sudden change came about him. He was given morphine and "it was like a miracle. He did a complete turn -around." She said that he started talking about the future. But his health began to deteriorate again until his suf- fering came to an end. A great deal of support was given by both family and friends but she said that a lack of support came from the church. She contributes that largely to the ignorance of AIDS. "Infected people aren't bad. They need all the compassion we can muster." 1