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Times-Advocate, 1988-11-09, Page 4Page 4 Times Advocate, November 9, 1988 Times Established 1871 Advocate established 1881. Amalgamated 1924 Published Each Wednesday Morning at Exeter, Ontasio; NOM 150 Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386. Phone 519.235.1331 ROSS HAI (.H tddur HARM WAITS Composition Manager IIM BtCAtIT Publisher & AdseAising Manager . ,, DON SMITH Business Manager SUBSC TION RATES: Canada: $25.00 P year; U.S.A.$65.00 Serving South Huron, North Middlesex & North Lambton Since 1873 Published by J.W. Eedy Publications Limited Chance FJxeter ratepayers will have a chance tonight, Wednesday to get a good close-up look at the seven candidates for council when the election polls open on November 14. - An all -candidates meeting is -slated for. the South Huron District High School li- brary at 7.30 p.m., tonight when the gen- eral public can ask lbestions on any top- ic. This is an execellent chance for all of the candidates to tell of some of the ob- jectives they would like to realize if they gain a seat o.n council for the next three years. . That's right. It's an excellent chance. If the public shows up: That is the big question. Council debated for some time before deciding to go ahead with an all candi- dates meeting. Reluctance to go ahead was based on the last time -it was tried when only the candidates, a couple of o question relatives and the editor of this newspaper showed up. We would urge as many local residents as possible to come out tonight and at least listen to what your councillors for the next three years have to say. By running in -this election, these seven dedicated men and women are commit- ting themselves to three years of receiv- ing little pay and little thanks for a lot of hard work, which in many cases goes un- recognized. They all have valid reasons and strong concerns for seeking election. They .de- serve t� be heard. Let's make sure they have an audience. Even if you don't feel like asking ques- tions, just listen. Your presence is an in- dication ndication of interest in the continued growth of the town of Exeter as one of the best in, Western Ontario iii which to live. Time for -recycling re you willing to take the extra titne7 We are talking about the time needed to separate your garbage if a re- cycling -program is initiated in your mu- nicipality. The townships of Usborne and Hibbert have already started programs to separ- ate garbage before it hits their landfill sites and recycling is high on the priority list for a number of other councils. Recycling has been on Exeter council's agenda a number of times this year and will likely become a reality sometime in 1989. George McEwen, a South Huron Dis- trict High School teacher has been named the town'srecycling co-ordinator. McE- wen has done a lot of homework and is expected to come up with a.final report and recommendations shortly. At this moment, about one-third of the three million households in the province of Ontario are using Blue Boxes to sep- arate certain items of garbage. Most of these are in the city of Toronto and a number of suburbs where landfill site space is scarce. It may not sound like much of a chore to separate newspapers, glass bottles, metal cans and large plastic soft drink containers from your garbage. 'But, remember we are in a society that continues to find the quickest way to do something "or almost everything. The quickest way to get rid of garbage is just toss it all together into the closest recep- tacle and that's the end of it. The -Blue Boxes which aremanufae: tured in Canada cost about $6 each. Un- der a recycling program, the cost of these boxes would be shared three ways Ross Haugh by the.Ontario Ministry of the Environ- ment, the local municipality and Ontario Multi -Material Recycling Inc. The latter group is composed of soft drink manufacturers who have placed $20 million in reserve in Ontario to use in capital expenditures for reycling pro- grams. -These monies can be used for ve- hicles, blue boxes and machinery. In addition to recycling, most residents .can create their own compost heaps. About 20 percent of all food purchased by . Ontario residents eventually spoils and is thrown away in plastic bags which won't decay: These food wastes can be used for compost and eventually fertiliz- er for the family garden. A lot of garbage is created by the wish- esofthe consumer by way of excess packaging. A good example is the four litre bag of milk which is most popular. there are usually three bags inside a larger bag and the consumer then expects these put into another plastic bag to take home. All together five plastic bags. We have heard the comment, " Oh, we don't have much garbage to be separat- ed".That's not so. It won't take long to fill a blue box. You will be surprised if you try it. The county of Wellington with 20 of 21 municipalities participating has collected more than 1,000 metric tonnes of recy- clable materials'in less than a year. Their estimate was 640 metric tonnes. Recyling will accomplish several im- provements. Landfill sites will last long- er and we will have more fresh air. That's about the only thing we have left that is free, clean air. Let's help keep it that way. Ry Ross Haugh /1k4- 9sg Recycling� Tea for two We received a press release this week from the Tea Council of Canada which includes some in- teresting information. In 1986 retail sales in the Unit - cd Kingdom, coffee exceeded tea for the first time. Present indica- tions suggest that value and vol- ume sales of coffee will continuc. to grow in the future while tca sales will decline. From 1976 to 1986, coffee be- came thc highest value sector, de- spite the fact -more cups of tea were drunk than coffee. During this time the hot beverage market trebled in `value mainly because of the increase in instant drinks. in England, tea was first re- garded as a medicine rather than a refreshing drink and was sold in apothecaries. Enough tea to make 100 thousand million cups is sold in Britain every year. The world's champion - tea drinkers are found rn Qator in. the United Arab Emirates where ap- - parent per capita consumption is on thc average of 65 cups a week. In Japan, bookshops have cor- ner cafes where students and oth- ers meet to drink tea and cat small sandwichcs and dishes of curried rice. The terms such as Flowery Or- . ange Pekoe, Orange Pekoe or Pe- koe have no literal relationship to India has more than 8,(X)0 tea gardens. Without pruning, a tea plant would grow into a large bushy tree over 30 feet high. Re - From the . - ,editor's disk - by Iill� Ross Haugh moving lcavcs from a tea bush is called plucking. usually only the top bud and the two leaves be- low it are plucked. A Gallup survey discovered what the public really thinks of tea's role in Canada's _food ser- vice industry and thc Tca Coun- cil of Cananda was shockcd with the results. Thc'survey revealed 93 percent of tca drinkers said restaurant tea is no better than tca served at home and 55 percent said they don't order tea in restaurants. These are stunning statistics whcn one considers that most people eating away from home expect something better. A consumcr study in the Unit- ed States shows women arc more likely to order hot tea than men are, The likelihood of order- ing tea does not increase with the quality or flavour of tea. age. • LEST WE FORGET. Those two words are com- mon at many gatherings throughout this country of ours each Remembrance Day, but not very often during the other 364 days of the year. As they do each year, members of the R.E. Pooley branch of the royal Canadian Legion will be gathering at the Legion Hall Friday night for the annual Remembrance Day banquet. Earlier in the day they will be visit - Let us remember ing four elementary schools in the area to bring attention to this special day which should not be forgotten. 'On this day, all Canadians should stand in silent tribute to the men and women who gave their lives for our sake. Three times in this century Canadians have gone -to fight on distant conti- nents. These men and women did not go in search of territorial conquest. in- stead they risked their futures so that those at home could enjoy peace and freedom. Remembrance Day is our chance to count our blessings that Canada has such representatives, especially the 110,000 who did not return from the two world Wars and Korea. So on this Remembrance Day 1988, let's all of us take time from our, nor- mal schedules for at least one minute of silence and recall the many sacrifices which were made on our behalf. Nearly nine out of 10 consu- mers said they think restaurants should provide freerefills for tea. * * * *. Congratulations go out to Len Hume, Pat Knight and the other shareholders in' the opening of their new image Cleaners plant in Ilensall. The new plant now houses thc most up-to-date textile cleaning and processing equipment availa- ble anywhere. With expansion. the present staff of 24 employees. will be increased to 38. * * * * - Two elections iii one week would seem to he confusing enough, but in a number of mu- nicipalities where you vote is a problem. in Usborne for the November 14 township election, one poll will be set up at the Kirkton Woodham Community Ccntrc and three at Usbomc Central School while the following week for the fcdcral vote, all polls will be at the municipal office at Mor- rison Dam. in Exeter it's a little simpler. in -the November 14 municipal elec- tion all polls will be at thc South Huron !Zee Ccntrc and for the federal election on November 21 all votes will be cast at South Hu- ron District High School. Such observance is not a duty, but a very special privilege: AT THE GOiNG DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WiLL REMEMBER THEM.