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The Huron Expositor, 1997-08-13, Page 44-T1411 SUNON SIt*O$$TOR, dItugl-t-t 13, 11107 A 199/ t:.unodun Corern-rfiry Newvparpst Assoc Award lac ptentr Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TERRi•LYNN DALE - Genal Manager & Advertising Manager PAT ARMES . Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH Subscnpttons & Classifieds PAVE SCOTT - Editor GREGOR CAtatIELi. • Reporter BARB STOREY distribution A Bowes Publishers Community Newspaper RIP L . - : !LOCAL • 32.50 o year, in advance, plus 2.28 G. S 5€"0R5 30.00 a year, in otfvonce. plus. 2.10 G.S T IDSA d Farersn 28.44 o year to advance. plus 578.00 poseege, G.S T. a/artp! ,SUBSCRIPTION RILTE� Published weekly by Signal -Star Publtshtng ot 100 Motes Sf , Seaiorrh. 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Box 69, sedorat, Onion°, NOR Two Member of the Canadian Community Nswspoper Assoctohon, Ontario Community Newspapers Assoctaoon and the Ontario Press Council We're online! ria! Want to;et•mail your Letters to the Editor? The Huron Expositor has gone high-tech and online. Our e-mail address is: huronexp @ odysllsey.on.ca Remember, ALL Letters toot "Editor must be signed and have a telephone number for confirmation. Letters may be edited for both length and content. Dont forget to checkout our homepage at: www.bowesnet,com/expositorl Letters to the Editor Marks of vandalism will last for years yet Dear.Editor: Recently I received a phone call regarding the condition of the NEW playground .equipment at Seaforth Public School. h would seem some local artists decided that nearly $19,000 worth of equipment would provide the perfect place to practice their talents. thus making the equipment unsuitable for young 'children. Upon arrival at the school yard the follow- ing morning 1 was greeted by a large amount of graffiti which included enough swearing to make a sailor blush. After we filed a police report we proceeded to clean as much of the paint off as possible, this took over an hour and a half, for two adults, a good amount of var- sol and paint scrapers, while our combined children, five in total. waited so they could do "something fun". While there is still some paint on the equipment, the rest will have to be painted over and will also be mature enough to some scribbling just left. We admit your mistake! talked about who could have In closing I would like to done this and more impor- ask any parents .who may be tantly WHY? missing a can of dark green As a mother I know we, as spray paint to think about parents, cannot be every- where your child was around where all the time, nor can the 28th of July. I would love thc police be everywhere to hear from you! either but someone must be Lisa Campbell held accountable for this act. . S.P.S. Advisory Council i would hope the person(s) Chairperson responsible will think about and Barb Shannon all the effort and time dozens Secretary of people, a lot of them chil- dren worked for 13 months to raise the money to buy and install a safe place for the school and the community to play. Perhaps your parents or another family member bought or sold tickets to make the playground possi- ble? Perhaps you have younger brothers, sisters or cousins who will get to look at the remainder of your WORK for years to come. You may also have to live with it years from now when your own children play on this equipment, because both the equipment and the paint will still be .there in 10,15; 20 years. This vandalism may have seemed fun or cool at the time but I assure you it was neither. It was a pathetic and useless way to spend, i believe it was a Monday night (July 28), and I hope that some day you will take responsibility for your actions and I hope that you Farmers have enough cats Dear Editor: 3. The farmers have enough Some weeks ago there was cats of their own. a letter printed in your paper about a Seaforth resident who trapped the neighbor's cats in a cage and dropped them off in the country. Sunday morn- ing we had a "stray" cat in our yard that 1 am sure is someone's beloved pet. This has prompted me to write this letter. To people who capture these pets I have.a few words to say. 1 have three good rea- sons against this method of getting rid of unwanted cats. I. Someone is grieving for their lost pet and the pet is grieving for his/her lost fami- ly. 2. Pampered house. cats cannot survive in the wild. Every year we get one or two "stray" cats we don't need. We don't destroy. them, Otey make their home here, but we really don't.want any more. So be a goad Citizen and work something out .with your cat -loving neighbors instead of dropping them off somewhere else. And to pet owners. Please do be responsible. Keep your cat inside or train it on a leash. It is possible, especial- ly if you start them as kittens. That roaming cat could also be run down by a vehicle. If you love your pet please take care of him/her. Elaine Penner Rachel was not your ordinary receptionist It was a bit ot a coincidence as the phone call came just at the right time. My receptionist, Susan Sinclair. was leaving to get married. Susan was the niece of CFRB's Gordon Sinclair. Over many years at Queen's Park I had a succes- sion of bright, intelligent young women who came...and went. Most moved on to more senior positions and other chal- lenges in the government. A talented person was hard to keep for ministers and senior staff were always on the lookout for skilled people and had no qualms about stealing from others. I remember them all...what would the next one be like? The call came from a friend. He asked if 1 knew of any position that might be open for a young woman. According to my .taller she was not lacking in education or talent...but she had few specific skills. She had recently arrived from the U.K. and her parents were concerned for she came to • Canada alone. I suggested he send the young English girl to see me and i would arrange lin her to be interviewed and take a civil service testa Rachel was announced and walked into my office with body language that suggested she had just bought the build- ing. She was close to six feet tall. walked like a model and before she said six words 1 knew she had spent some Guest Column by Clare Westcott time in a Tony English girls school. Her accent reminded me of the Christmas message we heard from young Queen Elizabeth on the radio many years ago. It fairly dripped with breeding and refine- ment. I couldn't imagine that she had anything in the way of office experience - and she quickly admitted that she did not - nor had she ever worked anywhere before. But she claimed to be able to type. I arranged for a typing test at the civil service commis- sion and the results were a bit revealing. Her score was unusual enough to be brought to the attention of the direc- tor. 1 received a call telling me that Rachel set.a new record in civil service testing. No person tested previously had typed two words a minute. Some did eight or ten - but never two. What can 1 say...I hires] Rachel and she was great. The deal was that she was to enroll in a typing course at one of the night schools and be able to type 40 words a minute within three months. Before the three months were up she was doing better than 40 words and her dispo- sition and personality helped to liven up a rather sedate government office.. The down side was that we had an increase in visitors for so many people made excuses to see me so they could find out what the voice looked like. A friend couldn't wait to sec her apd in my office said, "It's a voice I would expect to hear on a call to Buckingham Palace." She stayed for a year and like all the rest, she left. But not before I was invited to visit her mother and father if at any time I happened to be in England. A few months later 1 was visiting the Canadian NATO base in Lahr. Germany with Senator Andy Thompson. When we stopped over in London on our return I called Rachel's parents. An invita- tion for lunch followed along with the offer of a car to pick us up at our hotel and the fur- ther offer of a spot of grouse hunting in the country with Rachel's father and grandfa- ther. Of course I accepted on behalf of both of us. Rachel's dad was the presi- dent of MacMillan Publishing Company and a Member of Parliament as well as a Minister in Prime Minister Heath's cabinet. The luck of the draw paired me up with a rather distin- guished grouse hunting pan- nier. 1 would ride to the hunt - in the land rover with Rachel's grandfather. Sir Harold MacMillan...irrever- ently known as "Mac the Knife." He was Prime Minister of England until 1963. In 1984 I received a letter from Rachel saying she would drop in to say hello on her upcoming visit to Canada. Unfortunately when she did arrive in Toronto 1 was out of the country. We missed seeing each other. 1 was never to see Rachel again. Less than three years after I received her letter she died. She was only 31. Her death made the front page of all the English papers. Her picture -was under a bold headline on the front page of the London Daily Mail. The story went on to say..."Police believe she died of an overdose of drugs and alcohol." I remember this happy young lady who walked into my office in 1973. I can still see her smile as she said. "Hi, Mr. Westcott, I'm not sure what 1 can do, but if you give me a joh I'll work hard." And she did. - lndeed. she was not just your ordinary receptionist. Pesticide fine like swatting fly with sledgehammer Dear Editor: Recently the local news media reported that a Huron County agriculture crop consultant had been fined $50,000 and his business company lined S30,000 for importing agricultural pesticides not registered for use in Canada.. He was also prohibited front working with some of his clients list several years. This is like swatting a fly with a sledge hammer. The purported reason for not allowing Canadian farmers to use these specific. pesticides is to protect Canadian consumers from consuming farm products exposed to a pesticide not approved by Canadian But Canadian farmers are not penalty for such a minor bureaucrats. permitted to use them. infraction? However. these same Therefore they have higher This penalty must not be pesticides are used by U.S. production costs. and are allowed to stand. Our farmers to treat their crops. placed at a competitive politicians arc responsible. Some of these crops arc disadvantage. This matter affects all imported into Canada and Obviously this fiasco is farmers, not just the victim. eaten by Canadian consumers caused by some faceless. Farmers and their with no obvious ill effect. mindless bureaucrat, over organizations should beat a and no obvious concern paid. under worked, lounging , path to Ottawa, demanding shown ,by the same- .in a plush, office high in the that this .miscarriage .of bureaucrats. clouds far far from the real justice be corrected. They Where is the logic here? world. Probably trying to must also demand that the I.S. farmers use these justify his or her existence by rules be changed to reflect pesticides. which are more making a scapegoat of the realities. conditions and effective and reduce someone flouting an asinine needs of farmers in the production costs. Consumers regulation. 1990s. on both sides of the border And the judge. Where consume products grown would they find a judge so Gordon Hill, with their use and there are far removed from reality as to no obvious disadvantages. impose such a draconian Hill & Hill Farms Limited Seaforth closer to getting long awaited blinker light on from the Stratford office with monthly visits being made to town as required. Opened in November 1945. following the disastrous J.Boshart & Sons fire, the Seaforth office has given an excellent service to this dis- trict. which has been favor- ably commented on by both employers and employees. Mr. Watt, in his announce- ment, stressed the coopera- tion which had been extended him by the Town of Seaforth. its officials and the citizens generally. AUGUST 24,1972 A picture of early bottles recovered in the Seaforth area is featured on the cover of a new hard cover book "Bottles in Canada" by Doris and Peter Unitt. "Bottles in Canada" is the latest in a series dealing with Canadian antiques, silver- ware and glass which the Unitts, widely known stu- dents of Canadians. have published. Among those to whom the 240 page book is dedicated is Bill Hart of Seaforth who is a recognized authority on scal- ers and crocks. Mr. Hart has been a keen bottle collector for many years and pho- tographs of items from his collection appear throughout the publication. *** A grant of 87,000 has been approved by thc Ontario Heritage Foundation with the purchase of the Van Egmond 'home in Egmondvillc as an historic site. James Doig, Van Egmond Foundation chairman said an additional grant of $7,000 has been promised providing an equivalent amount was raised locally and plans for restoration and administra- tion had been approved. FROM THE PAGES OF J THE HURON EXPOSITOR AUGUST 20, 1897 LOCAL BRIEFS - Eleven tickets were sold at this sta- tion on Tuesday for the excursion to Brantford. and forty were sold to different points for the civic holiday excursions. - Mr. James Fisher. wife and two children of Little Rock, Arkansas, are visiting relatives in town. - The Beaver lacrosse club played a league match with the Stratford team. in Stratford, on Thursday of last week, and succeeded in defeating the classic city lacrossists to the tune of four goals to two. Some of the old time feeling must have been aroused in the bosoms of the Stratford boys, as some of our fellows were pretty badly marked up whcn thcy got home. - Mr. Alex. Davidson has gone on a trip to the old country. We wish him a safe voyage and a ' pleasant visit with friends of the old sod. - The boy's brigade will hold a garden party on the lawn of Mr. D.D. Wilson this (Friday) evening. A good programme of music, fancy drills. etc., will lie given, to say nothing of the tempting refreshments to be served. AUGUST 11,1922 Firemen and Highlanders at Oshawa - Thirty-one mem- bers of the Scaforth Highlanders Band and fifteen members of .the Fire Brigade left on Wednesday morning to take part in the annual gathering of the Ontario Firemen's Association, being held in that city, and no other organizations will present a better appearance. A strong bid is being made to have the Firemen's Association meet in Seaforth in 1924, and if successful it is thc intention to hold an Old Home Boys Week in connection with the Firemen. - Mr. Ross. Sproat. one of the members of the local Fire Brigade, while in Oshawa, met with a very serious acci- dent on Wednesday. While responding to an alarm he attempted to jump on the Fire Truck, but missed his footing and thc heavy truck passed over one foot, breaking sev- eral bones. At present he is confined to the hospital in Oshawa, but a host of friends here hope there will be no serious results from the acci- dent, and that his recovery will be rapid. New Collegiate Teachers - Mr. M.J. O'Neill, formerly principal of Omemee High School and Morrisburg Collegiate Institute, has been appointed Principal of the Seaforth Collegiate Institute to succeed Mr. J.F. Ross, who resigned to take the principal- ship of the new Technical School at Sault Ste. Marie. Mr. O'Neill is•a highly quali- fied teacher and comes to Seaforth with an excellent teaching record. Theposition of Moderns teacher, made vacant by the resignation of Miss Laing, has also been filled by Mrs. Jenkins, of Streetsville, but the position of science teacher, to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Hazzcn's resignation, has not yet been made. AUGUST 15,1947 St. Columban footballers took the .Huron Football League title at Walton Monday evening when they defeated Walton 2-0 in a hard-fought game in which referee F. Kemp had his hands full keeping the rough play at a minimum and pre- venting threatened fisticuffs from breaking out into a gen- eral melee. St. Columban scored the opening counter on a penalty kick early in the filet half and while Walton made a valiant attempt to even the count, most of the attackers' shots were fired from long range and they to find the net. St. Columban put the champi- onship away with their sec- ond goal in the last half. *** Installation of Seaforth's long awaited blinker light at the corner of Main and Goderich Streets, came a step closer this week with the arrival of the two steel poles. The installation was approved by council and an order placed early in the spring. after repeated efforts had been made to 'have the Department of Highways provide the installation. * * * Weekly visits of Unemployment Insurance Commission officials to Seaforth are being terminated this ,week, it was announced by R.N. Watt, in charge of the Stratford office. In announcing thc change in policy, Mr. Watt said his office will continue its employee relation work, but in future this will be carried