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Times-Advocate, 1985-06-26, Page 4Page 4 Times -Advocate, June 26, 1985 Times Established 18'3 Advocate Established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 imes dvocate Published Each Wednesday Morning at Exeter, Ontario, NOM ISO Second Class Mail Registration Number 0386. LORNE EERY Publisher Phone 519.235-1331 €NA BILL BATTEN ROSS HAUGH Editor Assistant Editor JIM BECKETT HARRY DEVKIES Advertising Manager Composition Manager DICK JONGKIND Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada: $23.00 Per year; U.S.A. $60.00 C.W.N.A., O.C.N.A. CLASS 'A' Should detail reasoning Exeter council members -have • been wheeling and dealing in the. local i'Cal estate market over the past4ew weeks, and while they may have in- side information to back up some of their transactiilns, they should be en- couraged to outline a bit more infor- mation for the ratepayers on whose behalf they are acting. The proposed expenditure of about $250,000 over the next 10 years for in- dustrial land, in particular, should have been accompanied by some ex- planations as to the need and the potential return on such a sizeable investment. Exeter's representatives at the re- cent OMB hearing in Zurich on an ap- plication for an agri-industrial park on the town's northern .boundary in Hay were most anxious to get into the record of the proceedings that the town has almost 90 acres of zoned in- dustrial land available at the present. If there are reasons council members think that land bank should be greatly expanded and the town should place itself in competition with the owners of that present land, they should ex- plain themselves more fully. %%while the past couple of years have been exceptions to the rule that real estate is a good investment, local governments are not charged with any responsibility to seek out investments Of that nature. Private discussions would indicate council members think there are legitimate reasons for bank- ing industrial land, but surely the ratepayers should be privy to -the in- formation to draw their own conclu- sions in that regard. When governments get involved in competition with private enterprise they also have an added onus to privide some assurance that their power over the public purse is not us- ed to provide unfair competition for private- land -owners, particularly when they have some other clear ad vantages such as often being the "first contact" for prospective in- dustrial land purchasers. In recent years, the local economic development committee have often cited the fact that "starter" buildings are of equal or more importance in attracting in- dustry and therefore the question must be asked if a smaller amount of land would have sufficed at the outset with the other funds invested in pro- viding facilities. Hopefully, council will see the need and responsibility to address some of the questions and concerns regarding the town's venture surroun- ding their rather monumental decision. The disposition of a town -owned residential lot adjacent to the local Scout hall has also become a more controversial matter ,than originally anticipated by council. Its sale was in- itially approved with little opposition, but now there is a clear split on coun- cil requiring that the pros and cons be more carefully explored and considered. Clearly, real estate transactions involving public funds and property are accompanied by pressures which. dictate that the public be given full disclosure so they can provide input if that is their wish. There are similarities. Australia is similar to Canada in that modern day residents are funding artifacts used by the native people when the enmity %tas first disc•oyered r %%'bite here it was Indians dorm tinier it +las Aborigines. one. of the \lanildca residents I�rilh I•'lelcher gave us an aborigine h:►nimer stone and a club head Teenagers arc the sari' ;irninul 111e tt 0rlrl t rue evening hin t+e came hack to the IC0041h:u'1 residence ;liter a days tour. Iola' of live bms were ‘t ailing outside flte� wanted 1(1 short ie,. 1heir .VVr's101101 a 1101 :lir balloon Th'+ had an nrrlinart gt'"n garbage hag with a «ire stretched around Hie lop enol 14) keep it open -Th':v I11e41 fastened a bunch of cotton barren soaked in 111'1Iiw1 11% drily and til :r nr:Itc•h to it %\rhtn r1 staried 14) biirn and pro 'dire heal Ill' garbage bag took 4)11 It t+'nt sewer:Il hundred tent in the air :uirl Ilett itirrrtlt at+at tt it11 ttlu bot s Ill pin'su►t %%ere back in atnnl 10 minutes and repeated the prlk•edui'e Their t•.1H•riment \was petted - It sill' There t+ as no danger in stcit'ting .4 tire as the garbage hag onlc rain, clot. n tt hen its little flame item out The t►n; s,tt:Int'c1 10 give us their 'Xlx•rint'nt:rl balloon to bring hark hunt' to 1 .anarla 1%' d'clinerl V. ith thanks as our lug gage, x% as aIreadt as much as ut could handle - Ort one of the rl,Ivs w' went in to Orange and i was interviewed ht the radio lar-ni reporter for the .\iistr:iliari Broadcasting Corporation \w' talked about the (hiferences 111 the +t a+ s nl ht' 01 0,01- two craw" • tries and in farming practices and procedures. The reporter -was a friend of Ted Sarby of the Soil Conserva- tion staff and we made com- parisons of our own Ausable- Hayfield Conservation Authority. Alter what seemed like a very short eight days in Manildra. Jeff by Ross Haugh and Lynn took us oft to Canberra. the capital city. Our first night in Canberra in- cluded dinner at the 'Workers club. Visitors at these clubs are required to sign in. 'W u- were in the dub about a half hour when a young fellow came along and asked what part of Ontario we were from. When we said near London. he said, "So am Ile was- David Ward from in- gersoll and he was in the seventh month of a year's st,pdent ex- change arrangement. David was very anxious to hear about anything that happened in Ontario since be left home. it sure looked as if he was homesick- At that point we were 1101 A visit to the parliament buildings in Canberra was very interesting The house was in ses- sion at the time. We were at a morning session and there were only a handful of politicians at their desks. The topic discussed by those on hand was about the future of the c senate. Sounded like a ver familiar subject. A question and answer period was due for that afternoon and we were told all members and the Prime Minister would he there Jeff and Lynn went back for the afternoon session and found it very worthwhile. During this time we strolled through a shop- ping mall. The security at the parliament buildings was very thorough. We were frisked with an electronic beeper and had to show change in our pockets and purses. Piclut't' taking • was not allowed and cameras were checked with security guards. The parliament buildings were white in colour and ,were sur- rounded with beautiful gardens that included many rose trees. Next came the Canberra art gallery where we saw sonic. aborigine ochre paintings on gum bark. incidentally. Irene and Lynn were chastised for touching some of the displays despite signs to the contrary. They were not together when these incidents happened proving the two pen pals are much alike. inquisitive. that is. The Australian War Memorial was a very popular spot for visitors. Included in the displays were ancient airplanes used in the latter part of the First World War. Sure didn't; to ok as if they could do much damage. The pilot sat out in the open with very lit tle protection. Sightseeing in Canberra con- cluded with a trip to the top of a communicaions tower. From here you could see the entire ci- ty. Canberra has a population of 240,000. it is one of Australia's most popular tourist desinations with more than 2,700,000 visitors each year. Serving South Huron, North Middlesex & North Lambton Since 1873 Published by J.W. Eedy Publications Limited "The PCs seem immune from unemployment— maybe they're carriers . " Weather or not We Canadians a't-e a queer lot. i'll bet there's no other country in the world where people talk so much about the weather. You know what it's like in winter. Go to a party or any social gather- ing. If everybody is sitting around rather awkwardly and things don't seem to be warming up, just mention heating. in five minutes. the people who were sitting there moments ago staring at each other's feet with painful smiles are animatedly discussing coal. wood and oil furnaces, kitchen stoves, insulation. cold east winds: They'll go on for hours. and both men and women are fascinated, not by the heating ex perienees of others. but in a fren- zy of impatience to tell you about their own. For eight months of the year we go around telling each other it's awfully cold for this time 01 year. We complain bitterly if the weather doesn't become semi- tropical in April. though we should know perfectly well from past experience that it won't. Along toward the first of July. we suddenly get a little hot spell Nothing desperate. Just a little warm weather, stuff that people in thetropics would sneer at. So what do we do'.' Do we cast off our woollens with joyous cries'' Ito we have a big fete. dancing in the streets and sacrifices of thanksgiving offered to old Sof'' Do we really get out and loll around in that +t'ondertul heat we've waited for so long" Not we. We go around com- plaining even more bitterly than we do in winter. We take it as a personal affront. We gel a harassed. hectic look. If we live in the city. we dodge from one air-cooled building to another- ( inevitably nother(inevitably catching our death of cold in one of them r, and when the weekend comes, rush madly off in all directions. We greet each other with anguished looks and "hot ain't it?" Some people try to fight fire with firewater. They convince themselves with remarkable Sugar & Spice Dispensed by smiley ease that a long. cool one will solve the entire heat problem. It 's like pouring gasoline on a small. blaze. After half a dozen long. cool ones, they're exuding more moisture than they're taking in. So they blame the weather. dost of the preceding cc. ding re nrau•ks have been about the adult male population. 1 must admit that women and kids stand up to the heat a lot better. I3ig reason. 01 course. is their attire. or lack of i1. Small children have less clothing on them in this weather than there is in the handkerchiel their old man totes around in his hip pocket . Women. whose name is vanity. are interested it) ac quiring a tan. so expose every possible inch and ounce to the dazed.gaze of the men. Women's summer garments. if they avoid slacks like the plague. are a delight to the eye. and the ultimate in common sense. MILLER SERVICES Maybe that's why ladies don't sweat, but just perspire. Not so the men. Unless they're on their holidays, they face the heat with a surly lack of com- promise that is admirable, if rather stupid. Most of them wear the same clothes they do in winter except for overcoat and jacket. A few sneakily remove their tie and some of the more degenerate roll their shirt- sleeves up, but that's about as far as they'll go. Vast majority of men wear heavy leather shoes, wool socks. long trousers made of wool or flannel and heavy shirts. They also wear underpants. which cannot be said of everybody in summer or even in the family. One more thing -that makes a man miserable in the heat isthe amount of junk he has to carry in his pockets. In cool weather he can spread it around in jacket and top coat pockets. But when he has only trousers pockets in which to carry cigarettes. han- dkerchief. lighter. coins. car keys. wallet, pencils. ills, envelopes. bank-book,cers, pipeand about fiftyolher'2ssen- rials, he looks about the shape of an old tree. covered with fungus. A dame can carry twice as much. but she has it all rammed in a purse. and slung over her shoulder. lfot weather is not for .men. They should be all given six weeks off in the summer. while the scantily clad women and children keep things going. The men won't be happy until they sniff the first nip of fall in the air. and can start grumbling about the cold and what it costs to heat the place. Computer musicians One of the most exciting things to happen in the music world right now is the live -octave. velocity -sensing piano keyboard which can be hooked into a enol puter. The first of these came oot about five or six years ago and cost about (went\ thousand dollars. Now the same type of set up can he purchased for a frac tion of that cost. A musician can sit down :it the keyboard and produce almost any sound known to man ranging from full pipe organ to trumpet to hells to the hark of a dog. The sounds can he layered on top of each other so that a complete background can be built up for a soloist or simply used as a small orchestra accompaniment. When you have finished composing a tune it can be recorded on the computer and saved for another time You can change the selection you have just played from one By th e Way h+ so Fletcher key to another with one or two strokes on the computer typewriter. i1 you wish to add more notes or delete there from the original composition then that is a simple matter also. For the composer who has to slave over hundreds of tiny notes on a manuscript paper ending up with a messy product 11- there are many corrections. this machine is a must since the computer printer will print out the whole song very quickly. with each in- strument written out it\ the ap- propriate key. Songs can he played hack at any speed from 10 percent to 800 percent of the original without any damage to the original pitch so that a beginner can listen to a difficult passage at a slower speed and can then play it back at that speed until he/she has learned it. The time is not far away that MUSIC teachers will consider this type of instrument as an in- valuable part of their equipment just as the metronome proved to be an excellent aid when it was first introduced.