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Huron Expositor, 2003-10-29, Page 44 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Oct. 29, 2003 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Tom Williscrah - Publisher Susan Hundertmark - Editor Dianne McGrath - Subscriptions/classifieds Bernie Pugh Office/Sales Sara Campbell - Reporter Anne Roden - Distribution OUEBECOR MEDIA E-mail us at seaforth@bowesnet.com Visit our home page at www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL - 35.85 a year, in advance, plus G.S.T. SENIORS: - 33.85 a year, in odvance, plus G.S.T. USA & Foreign: 35.85 a year in advance, plus $78.00 postage, G.S.T. exempt Published weekly by Signol-Stor Publishing at 11 Main St., Seaforth. Publication mail registration No. 0696 held at Seoforth, Ontario. Advertising is accepted on condition that in the event of o typographical error, the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. 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Editorial Huron East council should take auditor's advice on trust to heart Huron East council had its collective wrist slapped last Tuesday by its auditor Mike Meyers. Meyers told council that he wasn't impressed by having to wait four months for the financial information from the Seaforth community development trust. He even went so far as to consult a municipal lawyer about whether or not a committee of council could withhold financial information from him. And. he reminded council that its committees are ultimately its responsibility and for its own protection, its members better become more informed about its committees' activities. While Mayor Lin Steffler was quick to respond that she would indicate Meyer's concern to the trust, it's a shame that the slap on the wrist even became necessary. A spirit of openness and accountability should be one of the main motivations of anyone representing the public and its financial interests. That spirit has certainly been lacking from the Seaforth trust during its first year and a half of operation, as it stuck to the letter of the agreement of a yearly accounting of its transactions, despite the example of greater openness by the Brussels trust. Council, however, has allowed the situation to continue by not revisiting the trust agreement to demand a greater level of sharing of public information including monthly minutes and financial statements. While Meyers said the trust's financial information - when he finally received it - was in order, he indicated that a potential for abuse could exist under the present arrangement. We hope both council and the trust take his words to heart and reword the trust agreement to leave no doubt about how transparent the administration of $1.4 million of public money should be. Susan Hundertmark w to access us Once again voter apathy ply o pivotal role in desert island politics. California reader appreciates Liz Scott's thoughts on death To the Editor, Appreciative thanks to Liz Scott for her graceful thoughts, so well grounded in the realities of our being, and the wisdom that living fully offers us if we can choose to grow. Personally speaking, 1 have found that time's healing offers us an opportunity to turn our grief to grateful joy -each time the rug of our reality is pulled from under our mortal feet and we are challenged to land on new feet - not and yet a moment's choice in mid- air before our landing, it seems. We may fall on our faces, at first, but gradually, Life's hand touches our shoulder again and lifts us up to be, again, and yet a changed person. That opportunity depends upon our own choice, and that choice seems to hinge on our acceptance of what the basic physics of life and being on the planet Earth entails. Things change. Heraclitus tells us that "all is in flux" and it is a continual challenge to allow that truth to be - without life's surface dreams and expectations seeping in and crusting up our mind - to set us up for another inevitable fall. Turning the mind rarely, of course, occurs Letter in the moment of mid-air shock. That takes skill. Turning habits of mind is a slower process and takes time, as Liz Scott describes, each individually. But Time is our healer, if we remain clear about those basic physics. Liz Scott seems to hold this important wisdom knowing how the treasured tool of image in photo or memory can remind us of the ever present joy that helps to balance a grief. I am reading from the Pacific Coast, ironically in such a search for histories/photos of the past to remind me. Memory brings me to Huron County and Tuckersmith, the home of my settler families, the Charters, Walkers, McLeans and Kennedys of Old Mill Road in Brucefield. Uncovering the histories of their courageous migration from Kirkcudbright and why they ever left Tuckersmith, as my branch did to deliver me here, has deepened my understanding of exactly what Liz Scott addresses. Dressed and tongued in a further generation, their lives describe the same See CALIFORNIA, Page 5 Letter Children of Chernobyl looking for more host families To the Editor, Huron County for Children of Chernobyl is looking for loving families to host a child from Belarus for a six- week visit in the summer of 2004. Since our group formed in 1998, we have welcomed over 115 children into our homes a`nd helped give them a fighting chance. Life is difficult for the people of Belarus. The 1986 nuclear explosion at Chernobyl is still a grim fact of life for the people who live in the contaminated regions. Weakened immune systems and increased rates of cancer are common. The visits outside their country are being used to reverse the ill effects of radioactive contaminants the children are exposed to on a daily basis. While here they benefit from our clean air and water and lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. A great deal of the radiation leaves their bodies during their stay here, therefore giving tlihefe.m a better quality of The effects of radiation and poor diet have also left the children with poor teeth and dental appointments have become an important part of the program. Many local dentists have been very kind to volunteer their services. The children are accompanied by one or two interpreters who help with any translating. Most children learn English at their schools starting about Grade 4. The program would not be possible to carry on without fundraising as a group. It costs approximately $1800 to bring a child to Canada. Donations come from SN HOST, Pog.s Halloween pranksters may have been responsible for house fires in 1978 NOVEMBER 8,1878 The re -cent wet weather has had a bad effect upon the roads and they are now about as bad as they can be. Thos. Kidd has removed his liquor store to his new premises on Market Street. The trustees of the Seaforth High School have engaged a head master for the school here in the person of C. Clarksome B.A., Toronto University. A melancholy and fatal accident befell a little daughter of John Bowden, of Egmondville. Mrs. Bowden had just lifted a pot of boiling soap suds and placed it on the floor. The little girl was running on the floor when she fell and the water spilled over her. She died shortly after that. NOVEMBER 6, 1903 The House of Refuge Committee of County Council met. Mr. McBride, architect of London, prepared plans for the new addition. If the council decides to proceed with the work tenders will likely be asked for at once. The Robert Bell Engine works is now getting out a 121 horse power boiler for the Dundas Cotton Mills. Ed. Whittaker, of Roxboro, headed the honour list in the third farm at the Collegiate Institute. He is only 12 years old and is the youngest pupil in the school. The auction sale on the farm of James Paterson, on the London road, was very successful. A five year old Years Agone mare brought $298, a two year old $132 and a yearling $115. The hammer was wielded by Thos. Brown of Seaforth. The brick work on the new blacksmith shop is now completed and it will be ready for occupancy in a few weeks. While John Britton was picking apples he fell from a ladder to the ground a distance of about 15 feet. Mr. Louis Walker has disposed of his 100 acre farm in Usborne Twp. to Joseph Wren for the sum of $4,500. NOVEMBER 2,1928 The potato blight in Manley has caused extensive damage to the crop, which is rotting fast. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Purcell have left for Midland where Mr. Purcell will be at his duties running the cement mixer for the King Construction Co. They have 10 miles to do which will keep them busy until the snow flies. Mrs. Ray Lawson and Miss Myrtle Lawson, of Constance, held a miscellaneous shower at the former's house in honour of Misses Vina Rogerson and Kathleen Livingston whose weddings take place on Saturday. MR. Stanley Hilien, of McKillop, underwent an operation for appendix on Friday. t Mrs. Wm. Morrison, of Winthrop had the misfortune to get her hand in the electric wringer, • requiring seven stitches to close the wound. John Elder, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Elder, of Hensall, who has been with the General Motors Corporation of Oshawa, has been offered and has accepted the position of general manager of the new General Motors plant at Regina. The farmers in the Hensall area are taking advantage of every fine day to get up their root crops and garden. NOVEMBER 6,1953 The first snow fall of the season came with enough whitened lawns and roof tops. A Halloween party for the children was held in Hensall Town Hall sponsored by the I.O.O.F. and Amber Rebekah lodges. Over 250 bags were given to the children P.L. McNaghton was chairman. Artificial ice for Hensall was endorsed by the Community Park Board at a meeting in the Town Hall. The death occurred in Seaforth, of Abigail Jackson, widow of the late Louis C. Jackson. Mrs. Jackson was an active member of St. Thomas Anglican Church. St. Columban held a most successful bazaar and bingo recently. The tea room and luncheon were presided over by Mrs. Joseph Kate and Mrs. J. F. Murphy. Messrs. Harold Dodds, A. Gibbings and John Whyte returned home from a motor trip to the west. NOVEMBER 2,1978 Ratepayers questions singled out the sale of lots at low prices in Seaforth's industrial park, the purchase f a possible fire hall site for $20,000, burning leaves, the shortage of industrial land within the town, excessive noise downtown at nights and an occasional bad taste in town water as issues of concern at the ratepayers' meeting. Halloween prankers may have been responsible for two house fires. An empty frame house on the sideroad near Lot. 15, Con. 7 in McKillop •Twp, was completely destroyed by the time firemen reached the scene. A house on a farm owned by Murray Adams, of Londesboro, was badly damaged in a fire set on the front porch. The hydro was not connected at either of the vacant buildings. About 70 teachers and parents attended a session at Seaforth District High School, with the theme of expectations and concerns, dealt with parent -teachers and school contact, the question of discipline, extra- curricular activities and complaints and misconceptions the elementary and secondary teachers and the parents might have about each others role.