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The Huron Expositor, 1997-04-02, Page 4• 4-T1I HURON IXPO$ITOQ. * at. 11107 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRI-LYNN DALE - General Manager & Advertising Manager KEVIN CARDNO • Advertising Sales PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions & Classifieds PAVE SCOTT • Editor GREGOR CAMPBELL • Reporter BARB STOREY - distribution A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper StiBSCR?PTION RATES LOCAL - 32 50 a year, in advance, plus 2.28 G.S.T. SENIORS - 30 00 a year, in advance, plus 2.10 G.S.T. USA & Foreign 28.24 a year in advance, plus $78.00 postage, G.S.T. exempt SUBSCRIPTION RATE.§ Published weekly by Signal -Star PubLshing of 100.Main St, Seaforth. Publication moil registration No 0696 held of Sealants, Ontario. 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Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK IWo Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontano Press Council Unique rural solution There was some irony in the fact that the closure of Ontario hospitals carne under criticism in a federal parliamentary- review arliamentaryreview on the federal hill on drug patent protection. The gov- ernment has been urged not to simply rubber-stamp the 1992 legislation that extends patents on brand-name drugs from 20 years. But in hearings on the hill, two Ontario physicians, who were suggesting the country should have a nationally funded drug care plan, also criticized the provincial government for closing hospitals simply to meet its promised reduction in income tax. - There is some ohvious merit in consolidating health care ser- vices and reducing the number of keds available in the province. Better management of the health care system will lead to fiscal accountability. The province's Health Services Restructuring Commission recently announced the closure of I() hospitals in Toronto and other areas of the province face the prospect of the cornmis- sion coming in and making the decisions if the district health councils don't get the job done. Health Minister Jim Wilson has taken a look at the process in Grey -Bruce as'a model for restructuring and it was sup- posed to he a blueprint for the rural health policy. It will he most interesting to see what kind of rural health policy the government settles on. From early indications in the restructuring process, it's obvious rural Ontario values its health care, especially its hospitals, and will not sit idly by and watch the government close facilities and reduce care to band- aid operations. Is there a difference to closing facilities and reducing care in rural areas compared to cities? Yes, there is. There are the ohvious factors of distance and travel, which in winter in much of Ontario is difficult and treacherous. Lives can he lost and endangered if travel is required in winter. Emergency care is not accessible if it's too far away on roads. And while the rural areas arc not necessarily experiencing growth, they tend to attract retirees from the urban areas, which places a greater burden on health care facilities such as clinics and hospitals and long-term care facilities such as nurs- ing homes. Also, smaller communities have a direct stake in their hospi- tals, its equipment and the care it provides. it has taken decades to build and adequately equip these facilities which have served generations of the same families. Rural health care is important and the government is quickly learning that rural Ontarians won't accept band-aid opera tions. The government's rural health policy is going to have to recognize the importance and unique aspects of health care outside of Toronto. - Goderich Signal Star WELL MAYBE JUST A COAT OF PAINT - It was back to the old drawing board for Seaforth's Main Street Beautification Sub -Committee (SMSBS) yesterday morning when it emerged from an in -camera session to announce It had tumed thumbs down on this artist's conception, the lat- est proposal to'spiff up the water tower, snare tourist dollars and spice up downtown. The committee meats again next April 1. Innocent player's strange saga ends Scutt1ebutt) A local teenage hockey player's almostAtnbelievable month-long ,bureaucratic nightmare c4ended last Wednesday. The Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) ruled that major midget Mark Van Dooren be allowed to play hockey again for his home- town team, the Seaforth Centenaires, as an Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) protest committee had ruled three weeks previous. Affiliate player Van Dooren's eligibility was protested by Lucan's juniors after they lost a playoff game to Seaforth on February 26. He lives at RR 1 Seaforth. has played hockey in Seaforth all his life, except for a pre - Christmas stint with the junior B Stratford Cullitons in 1995. Van Dooren, a student at Seaforth District High School, started this season with the Centenaires on a junior card but still being 17 - years -old went back to minor, bymutual agreement of all concerned in mid-December, following an illness that required hospitalization late last fall. PAPER JUNGLE Although he filed three cards with the Seaforth and District Minor Hockey Association (S&DMHA) through the Western Ontario by Gregor Campbell At!..tct'c Association (WOAA) , signed by himself and a parent, all according to instructions and prior to all applicable deadlines, the WOAA refused to elabotate on the problem, approve the cards, grant an appeal or notify him or the Centenaires. The crux of the paper tangle was the whereabouts of his original card, which had been properly filed by the Seaforth juniors last September with the OHA, who then apparent- ly misplaced it. The original re -surfaced again at the OHA office the 1-;rsl week of March, unknown to the OHA committee that ruled March 4 the Cents had to replay the protested game (which they won) and pay aS150fiineto cover the cost of the Lucan appeal, but Van Dooren had done nothing wrong and should be allowed to play again. A BLATANT LIE Lucan's protest contained at least one blatant lie. It stated: "We contacted Jack 'Nolan (WOAA)...who advised Otegor Campbell, manager of the Seaforth junior team, was advised this card would not be processed and that th player could not play until i was submitted properly and completely...Twolan assured us (Lucan) that Seaforth Centenaires had more than ample warning and opportu- nity to rectify the situation but chose to ignore this." However, Campbell hasn't spoken to Twolan in at least five years, and then only in passing. No correspondence was ever forwarded to him by Twolan or the WOAA, and neither he nor Centenaires ever received any official notification from him or Seaforth minor hockey that anything might have been amiss with Van Dooren's eli- gibility. The Centcnaires had saved photocopies of this original card, which they photo- copied, then properly signed and forwarded in time to the WOAA in early January, along with an additional authorized cover letter f ter executiv t cl M!!Fk had ba�sLtd buck to the Seafo dgets, the Centenaires' affiliate. Affiliate players can play for both teams. POINT A GAME The Centenaires argued they couldn't produce a card they didn't have. Executive members of the team spent at least 100 hours all told trying to rectify the problem, as the advanced to the OHA i -finals without their big ight winger. He averaged almost a point a game during the r ular season, with 14 goa and highest on the team nd 15 assists in 30 . games, with 50 penalty min- utes. Finally the OMHA appeal committee decided Van Dooren be considered regis- tered to the Seaforth midget team, providing for his eligi- bility to participate as an affiliate to the Seaforth junior team. BUCK STOPS HERE its decision and rationale, as forwarded to the S&DMHA at 6:35 p.m. last Wednesday, reads: "The committee determined that dispensation be afforded due to the extenuating cir- cumstances involved in this CONTINUED on Page 5 CAN YOU IDENTIFY THiS PHOTO? - This photograph of one of Fred Savauge's bible classes in Seaforth from 1913 or 1914 was recently sent to us by Clare Westcott. While he knows a few of the names, he's wondering if anyone out there can identify the rest of the class. Clare's father is in the front at the far left and his twin, Clarence, is at far right in the front. Fred Savauge is in the centre with his legs crossed. He thinks the person second from the right in the back row is Harold Lawrence. And possibly the young man with the bow tie is Howard Kerr or his brother. Tuckersmith bridge collapses in flood FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR APRIL 16, 1897 ANOTHER FIRE - We were visited by another fire early Tuesday morning, when Mr. Thomas Dickson's cheese factory, situated in the north end of the town, was burned to the ground. The fire had gained considerable headway before it was noticed, and as a strong cast wind was blowing, the whole building was a mass of flames before the firemen were able to get a stream of water in it, and together with the machinery the whole was consumed. Fortunately, the building was isolated, as with a wind such as was blowing, it would have been almost impossible to have prevented the fire from spreading. The cause of the fire is unknown, as the factory had not been in use since last fall. LOCAL BRIEFS - Of late several complaints have come to us from perjons in town, protesting against the annoyances being perpetrated upon them by a number of young boys. No doubt the boys do it as a joke, but there is such a thing as carrying a joke too far, and we would just like to hint to these mis- chievous individuals that if they wish to escape the toils of the law it would be well for them to restrain their ardor a little. APRIL 7,1922 LOCAL BRIEFS - Hydro power was off again from Friday evening until late In the Years Agone Saturday afternoon of last week. Fortunately the sleet storm, which did such exten- sive damage at London and other southern points, was not felt much in this district. - Mr. William Stcet, Editor of the Picton Times, was here last week visiting his mother, Mrs. Stcet, in Egmondvillc. - Mr. D.H. Stewart has pur- chased the butcher shop of Mr. Neil Klein and has taken possession. - Mr. A.F. Cluff was in Toronto this week. - Mr. Harry Stewart has been confined to his residence dur- ing the past two weeks through illness. - Mr. Alex Muir, of Preston, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Muir. - Miss Norma Jeffrey entertained the Wild Cat basketball team on Wednesday evening. - Many friends of Mrs. William Habkirk will be pleased to know that she is improving after her recent serious ill- ness. APRIL 11,1947 Damage amounting to $30,000 was suffered by Tuckersmith Township bridges and culverts over the weekend, according to Road Superintendent Robert Dalrymple, when the sudden arrival of warm weather released avalanches of flood water and ice against them. Most of the damage arose from the collapse of the 88 - foot Broadfoot bridge on the 2nd concession, west of Egmondvillc. Thc,Broadfoot bridge collapsed under the pressure early Saturday evening. Traffic on many concession roads came to a standstill Saturday and Sunday as melt- ing snow and heavy rain turned thcm into impassable mud. Rising rivers, overflow- ing their hanks, inundated hundreds of acres. in some cases where roads were pass- able, bridges were under water. * * * Scott Memorial Hospital had an operating loss of $4,969.49 in 1946, it was dis- closed at the annual meeting of the hoard held in the hos- pital residences Tuesday evening, when thc report of the auditors was presented to the meeting. Revenue totalled $33,859.97, and expenses amounted to $38,829.46. increased cost of material and labor. led to thc loss shown, it was explained. Declaring it was his belief Canada was better off with the two-party system, Hon. Douglas Abbott, Minister of Finance in the Dominion Government, decried the ten- dency towards a multiplicity of patties. The experience of every democratic country, he said, substantiated his opin- ion. Mr. Abbott, on his first visit to the district, addressed the annual meeting of the Huron - Perth Liberal Association in Cardno's Hall Wednesday evening. In the afternoon the riding executive met with the Minister, followed by a din- ner in thc Queen's Hotel. Albert Kalbfleisch, Zurich, riding president, was chair- man of the meeting. APRIL 13, 1972 Seaforth town council will ask the Ontario Police Commission to conduct an investigation into the Seaforth Police Department. Council made the dccision after hearing a delegation of 24 citizens who attended Monday's council meeting. The group presented a peti- tion requesting council to hold a public inquiry into the resignation of Constable Kcith Ruston. John Sinnamon, chairman of the committee and a for- mer member of the force said, "We believe there should he a public inquiry into thc resignation." Const. Ruston resigned fol- lowing charges he had taken a job driving a school bus in addition to his police duties. * The selection of candidates for the 1972 Queen of the Formal at SDHS is complete. They are Marie McClure, Linda Feeney, Nancy Traquair, Rosemary Van den Henget, Dianne Phillips and Karen McEwing.