Huron Expositor, 2003-10-22, Page 4Opinion
4 -THE HURON EXPO$IT011, Oct. 22, 2003
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Editorial
Huron County
needs
to continue
the fight
to retain
its youth
It's an old message that Huron County
already knows well.
But, thg fact that youth is one of our
biggest exports - next to corn and
soybeans - is something local residents
cannot be reminded enough about and
something .community leaders continue
to fight against.
Paul Nichol, economic development
manager of the Huron Business
Development Corporation told those who
attended the Business Expo in Goderich
last week that one of every two young
people in Huron County leave home for
gree,ner pastures when they leave high
school.
That includes the two-thirds of Huron
County youth who don't go on to" higher
education after high school. That group
leaves for jobs they can't find locally.
It could be argued that Huron East even
has a higher hurdle to jump than the rest
of the county now that all of its Grade 8
graduates leave the municipality to go to
high school.
And, with them, as Nichols said, goes
an "enormous untapped energy."
Among the good news, however, is the
fact that manufacturing, a generator of
jobs in skilled trades, has recently
outstripped agriculture as the leading
income producer in Huron County.
And, while small businesses in Huron
County have a failure rate of 88 per cent,
the fact that one in five people in Huron
County are self-employed shows we
certainly •know how to grow
entrepreneurs.
It's hopeful that economic development
continues to be a theme among Huron
East candidates in the upcoming
municipal election.
Those who continue to work towards
the revitalization of our main streets and
the attraction of compatible industry will
helpgive Huron County youth a reason
to stick around.
Susan Hundertmark
Ir
Letters
Heart and Stroke Foundation thanks
Huron County people for fundraising help
To the Editor:
With another fiscal year end tied up and the new year just
beginning as of Sept. 1, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of
Ontario wants to say thank you to everyone in Huron and
Perth counties.
The Stratford area office is pleased to announce that for the
first time in a number of years, our area not only reached our
annual goal but exceeded it by almost $35,000! We were
hoping to reach a goal of $759,000 for last year and actually
banked $793,445.
This kind of success is only possible through our dedicated
group of volunteers and the donors who know how urgent
our work is and support us so generously across a wide
variety of giving programs. We are hoping to reach a goal of
$782,500 for our fiscal 2004.
It is the public support that has made the Heart and Stroke
Foundation of Ontario the single largest provider of funds
for heart disease and stroke research in Canada. Hundreds of
university and hospital-based research teams depend on us
year after year.
In our first 50 years we have made some amazing
discoveries including the discovery of the blood pressure
hormone ANF, the establishment of the first heart unit, the
discovery of clot -busting and clot -preventing drugs, the
Gene Library mapping DNA sequences found in genes
related to the cardiovascular system, newborn heart repair,
heart cell transplant, the HOPE study that showed that an
ACE inhibitor drug, originally developed for the treatment
of high blood pressure could also dramatically reduce the
See LIVES, Page 5
Dealing with loss is inevitable but not easy
Thanksgiving weekend my
son was home from university.
We were getting ready to go to
church on Sunday and he stated
that he would not be coming.
Still reeling from his cousin's
sudden death three weeks
before, he felt he was not able
to hear or accept God's
message. He was angry with God, and I understood. The rest
of us left for church.
(At one minute to eleven, he slipped into the pew beside
me.)
I did not agree with my son's reasoning, but I understood.
Because for me, the hand of death is NOT the hand of God.
(I don't consider myself to be super -religious, and any
thoughts or views that I may state are mine, and mine alone. I
don't think that any particular religion, or even any particular
church, is better or worse than any other. I figure we are all
entitled to believe whatever we as individuals want to believe,
and I really don't want anyone who is reading this to take it as
anything more than just my thoughts.)
Loss is something that we all have to deal with at some time
or another. Some more than others.
Whether it is sudden or expected, it is never easy. After a
loss, we all go through a similar chain of emotions. There are
many different labels for the various stages, but they are most
commonly known as: anger, denial, bargaining,
retreat/isolation, tranfition and recovery/acceptance.
We all experience these stages, sometimes several at once.
Sometimes people need to stay in one stage a little longer,
they need more time to
rationalize that particular
feeling or emotion.
Sometimes they
bounce around from one to
another on a daily basis, only
dealing with as much as they
can at any given moment.
That's okay; we all grieve at
our own pace. There is no schedule, there are no rules.
But often, grieving people get "stuck" in one stage or
another, and their lives begin to form around that stage.
That's when they need a little extra support, extra love and
compassion.
Not to trivialize the death of a loved one, but we must
remember that there are all kinds of loss.
A best friend moving away, a teenager's breakup, the loss
of a beloved pet or the loss of a once -close friendship: these
are all considered a loss.
We still grieve for the loss of those relationships in our
lives. A miscarriage or a stillborn is the loss of a child.
Divorce is often overlooked as a loss, because most people
assume that the end of a marriage is a good thing.
In truth, the weight of the feeling of failure that
accompanies most divorced people is very heavy to carry; it is
a load that does not lighten easily or quickly.
But the death of a loved one, especially a child, is the
heaviest load of all to carry. No one should have to carry that
load, but thousands do, every day.
See TOO, Page 5
1953 Seaforth haircuts remain' at 65 cents,
despite io per cent increase across Huron
NOVEMBER 1,1878
D.D. Wilson leaves
Seaforth for Scotland and
takes with him to Glasgow a
quantity of apples and eggs.
We are called upon to
chronicle the death of John
Rae, of Walton, who died of
typhoid fever at the home of
his brother W. Rae, of Dakota.
Wm. Way, of Hullett, has
sold his farm of 78 acres to
Robert Watson, of Morris, for
$3,400.
A couple of lads were tried
before the Mayor and A. G.
McDougall and were
convicted of shop lifting.
OCTOBER 30,1903
Henry Hoes, of the third
concession of McKillop, had
the misfortune of having his
burn burned.
Mrs. Robert Turnbull met
with a somewhat serious
accident. She was standing on
a platform taking clothes off a
reel, when the wind blew the
reel around, striking her on the
head and throwing her down.
John McTavish, of Seaforth,
who has been in the employ of
his uncle Ed McFaul for the
past 12 years, has been
prevailed upon by his brother
to go to Montreal and give his
attention to commercial
journalism.
Dr. H. H. Ross is moving
from Mrs. John Weir's
residence on John St. to the
Cardno house on John St.
Thos Daly has disposed of
his grocery, business in
Egmondville.
Master J. Scott Hays, son of
T. E. Hays, won the
scholarship at the recent
entrance examination.
The C.P.R. surveyors have
commenced the survey of the
souther route of the Guelph-
Goderich extension which is
Years Agone...
expected to pass through
Seaforth.
John Steele, a boiler maker
at the Seaforth engine works,
met with a painful accident.
A man came into the boiler
works and told him that Mrs.
Bell had sent him to get a man
to go into the country and fix
his boiler. Mr. Steele was
assigned the job. In the
meantime the fellow had
consumed too much fire water
and he couldn't control the
horse and they were thrown
into the ditch with the result
that Mr. Steele had both arms
broken in two places.
OCTOBER 26,1928
Thos Sproat, one of the
oldest, most highly esteemed
and most familiar figures in
the district of Tuckersmith,
when he passed away
suddenly at the home of his
nephew W. M Sproat. He was
in his 74th year.
E. Foster of the Parr Line
has disposed of his farm to his
neighbour, Chas Stephenson.
Owing to the continual wet
weather the farmers are
finding it slow work getting
the fall plowing done, but are
hoping to see a fine winter.
Local hunters were
successful in, bagging 18 wild
geese during one week.
Mrs. R. S. Reid, of
Stratford, has leased her
cottage on James Street to
Herbert McGregor, of
Wolverton Mills.
R. Dodds and C. Eckert
have completed erection of a
poultry house for J. M. Eckert
which is second to none in the
county.
Alex Gray, of Egmondville,
suffered a serious accident
when he fell from an apple
tree and fractured his wrist.
Jack Daly, of the Bank of
Commerce in Seaforth, has
been transferred to the Dublin
Branch.
The induction of Rev. B.
Kaine into the ministry of
First Presbyterian Church, in
Seaforth, was carried out
when a large congregation
was present.
OCTOBER 30,1953
Miss Dorothy Parker was
named the new president of
the Ladies Bowling club at the
pot luck supper which
preceded the annual meeting
ojjhe club.
Indian summer this October
was one of the warmest and
longest oii record. Evidence of
was brought into the
Expositor office by Mrs.
Gordon Ferris. It was a cluster
of raspberries picked by Wm.
Dalyrymple who lives next
door.
Damages of $1,040 were
caused t two cars on Sunday,
when vehicles driven by Hugh
Thompson, of Seaforth, and
Patrick McGrath, of Dublin
were involved in an accident
on Goderich Street East.
At a meeting in the Seaforth
Community Centre a
representative group of
parents decided to organize
the Seaforth Figure Skating
Club. John James was elected
first president.
Despite a 10 cent rise in the
price of haircuts in many
Huron centres, Seaforth
barbers will retain the present
price of 65 cents.
At a regular meeting of the
Seaforth Lions Club in St.
Thomas Hall, M.E. Clarke
reported the paper drive in aid
of the Canadian National
Institute for the Blind, netted
$125.
Clarence Trott, principal of
A.V.M. Hugh -Campbell
Public School R.C.A.F., in
Clinton, a native of Seaforth,
was among the graduates who
received Bachelor of Arts
Degrees at the 161st
convocation of the University
of Western Ontario, in
London.
Mrs. Robert Dalyrymple
held the winning ticket in a
draw at the Seaforth Fair and
has been awarded a large
photograph of Queen
Elizabeth.
OCTOBER 26,1978
With all seven Seaforth
council seats filled by
acclamation, the one
campaign here for the election
that's shaping up is the race
for mayor's seat. In the race is
incumbent Betty Cardno
facing former councillor John
Sinnamon.
About 40 Hibbert lbwnship
ratepayers attended a public
meeting held in the Staffa
Community Hall to meet their
candidates in the upcoming
municipal election.
A stove pipe fire at the
home of Mrs. Peter Fehr, of
RR 1 Seaforth, resulted in
minor smoke damage to the
frame house.
Seaforth town council
agreed to take part in the
county wide police radio
system, but it wants a say in
how it is operated. Council
passed a resolution to
purchase a county police radio
system on a per capital basis
provided that 75 per cent
funding for the fixed costs is
provided by the Province of
Ontario.
Ran di Dave
So...What's
new
today?
""Tensions Increoaa—n
the Middle East"....
'India and Paldstan Edge
Closer to Warr....
"Third World Poverty
on the Rise"
by David Lacey
Lucy pulled out the football
,justt before Charlie gown
was about to kick it.
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