Times Advocate, 1998-11-04, Page 8le
Exeter TirriewA4is-tt7tit4t
Opinion&Forum
Wednesday, November 4, 1998
10 YEARS AGO
November 2, •19$l -Nicole
Rosie, an exc:hunge student
from New Zeeland has been
very active 'and successful in
sports ut South Huron District
High'School. She won the
WOSSA tennis championship
. and is the goalie on the
Panthers field 'hockey tram
which this 'weekend ib partici-
, puling in the OI SSA (touts.
The newest group al hernei. with urea young-
•
lairs. is the Iixetor Optimist, Club. They said the
Iiic:ul show was fantastic and several were heard
to soy Lxeten•.s. Halloween version was better
thenLondon's Flaunted Flutist.
20 YEARS AGO
• MOSS
HAUGH
SACS( IN TIME
•NoveniIic•r 2. 1.t)7$ - .lames Murphy vent.
Initialed the Huron. Country Playhouse iii '19",-;.!-
• and has beets tartitir and managing dire+rue)'
since that -cline has uuuu'uitrud his, i11t'tlntiuns u•
_resign -Thr• i'tavtiuuse started it' It172-as
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• tiri.ilimr, l tr;,> hie(:ettpl�- trots: tlli� .vr.itr s
''41il►1 tattupati;l, e1 tilt i:x'tttter- Legion set 71 tI.•%%
record iu the ,history t,1 the branch . I•retd 4l tells..
i'u}►p) again 141(1 theca nvas;1ters 441 :,ties,
- rs I '1)t.a-'di111' this, :.old het:. hutne.
"Eventide"Eventide\11i71.tij.r
ti,.—Lorne Roth et. -Prospect 1•lill
1;X,i visiv1' r:t!tl(r1'a41e11S air(• [)slily; shade to have
tate lirst't1410r- ifs al ittlr! ing .hi►nie • •
SI1?)It
students, ttathered in the gyllltiesin tl'
Nlinitlasy iii)Slerve their- annual tteuutuibruu(:t
Ua% service The-.3r.hotil honour roll %vas road lt)
'MacLean aatl(! ai %%'rrath laid by (-.or(I
Strang-
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trang-- 'SO YEARS AGO . -
•Nt!vutllber 1-. 1948 The iii4A turnip and veg-,
enable storage plant_ is nearing culupletiull, It is
ileliev.e:(1 to bi 'the, largest 'ti)' its kiud_iii Canada.-
Exeter's populatiuu' is -.364, an increase of
384 ravel- 1,asl ygeare .! : ,
.Arte. W.V. Reid has upenced a new bean-packag-
Mg -plant in the for•nn t L)asllwuud h,ulell'building.
Bealsun W. 'Tuckey -has ,taken over the frau
t•,hise, for.Kist beverages for this district.
60 YEARS AGO
•N(iventber 1. 1938 The fine barn of •Geurge-
Brea of Zion was recently. concpletely destroyed, .
by fire of unknown. origin. Two horses and a cow -
were brought, to safety atom with some farm
•,itppleglonts. The barn was insured for '$3.00.0
and produce for $900. - - -
A bold .daylight robber tittered the first -floor
• bedroom of an Exeter. man .and stole $7 -right
from his pants pockets.
75 YEARS AGO • •, .•
, November 3, 1923 -The Salvation Arany has
leased the rooms over Southcott Brothers' store.
The routns.have boen.nicely decorated.
The Exeter Opera House. was filled for .com-
nuencomont exercises of the I,;xetor High School
which were a great success. Messrs. Nesbitt
Woods and Keith Love and Misses- Huffman, acid
Medd .rendered a quartette and'the presentation.
of graduation diplomas .was made by principal
Mr. E.J. Wethoy. " I'he presentation of scholar-
. ships was 'made by Mr...1.G. Stanbury ,
80 YEARS AGO
November 2, 1918 - Local ads are recom-
mending everyune buy Victory bonds to the
limit. Banks were instructed to help the pur-
chase by makityg loans to wage earners• at five
- and a half percent interest:
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Student Principal's note
council
says thanks
to
School Advisory Council
Deur Editor: .
We would like .to send a special thank you to
Stephen Central School Advisory Council Executive.
Over the past mi►nths, they have wi►rke►d countless,
hours learning. preparing. presenting information in
:regards to rural school closures, which include our
school Stephen Central. They and many others have
succeeded far- the Avon Maitland Board of Education
w ignore the deadline of December 31, 1998.
We realize the work has just begun to keep our
rural school, open -and we at Stephen Central are
y'ery. proud to have such hard. working -and caring '
pu1'ents.ori our executive•. -
Thunt, y0U all arld *col). up'the• tetrriftc work.
•• Sincerely S•rtiou49•
Girt:' :ii
'VI �rt:r•tu "1..,. .:r1 t ftlt2' Creditor)
Where are you laying blame?
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:.'_ 1.(1UCc_'-c.1),,it wits Cll :h+ i.F'Le 1llrlj' !(.r roe to witri'•'.
:,•i r)1 i„ •'•1' :i.1(' 'i'' `,1 !+•e•I ,.rt Atait•tair)Ci
;r:•`.I'tr'. . .'r ,'r. 'Iiri'tl r'1'. �. ..,!: thee ageIl(l. a
My grade 9 English claws is examining the theme of
prejudice in the literature we're studying this semester.
Ihsicriminaticm based on race, age, phys•
-
ical disability and gender have all been
confronted and discussed. This group of
students have- commented on their dis-
belief, anger and frustration as they
read about the inability of mankind to
treat one another fairly.
• 1)espite .their frustration with• the
prejiidice that they find in the literature
they are less able to repognue drat' they . DEB
.too. arse %-ietims o1. stereotyping - the HOMiJTH
• basis of all-dis:crimination . wt►NCIP,u'S
F•or example, pressure on adolescent
Males to conform to• the 'Boy:Ccide' of male -behaviour •
inevitability results.r-the creation of a stereotype about
what a teenage boy' is. all aboutl.omsensemosensewould
tell us that teen. age boys must be ate Biota as girls to feel
troubled. lonely. afraid or def,ressed They must be as
likely u' feel insecure or unpopular. but; the code for..
what s 'cool' to be and do as a teenage bey means
many boys. keep these fe•eelings imide. (in the outside'
Ji itpp(•a.r cheerful and resilient: but -tor .sort'. thew •-
halre k-;t1-ro '1( ti',:.lr the:mask•s...-skilfully that it•can be
�i�Vi' -• Ai.a1 lh re -a14 geiing on NI)erl the) are
s " wS'ben their friendships are•n t %%ork-
if1� •, ,. they fee -1- le -4s than able to do %se•11. at
► _� dE
orA•
lthis*) ;•-•".
. .. _ _ t.rl{ , • !t,`�,tl,.'',not :11 )l ay ea—:y tU•
de t+ ': 'a.;.!'- b"ys iust:Jike• the girlssuffer from ..
t•I1 it .pt'l•(..•11Latge.• of 1 (1 11 1"i ,.l ,"1' :21:', ";llec'ted
proper -I) Lax mai •the.% Cir. r+•~pond u, lo(.it! rIF•.•ds.-
• I ''_i.7. understand the wipe r' and Ir-Usur.Ltai•17 Lttat
Iitattll u! 111.- pii'e•TIt`• 101 ti1'tle ri. de•s:pite .7.h:9r- best
e'tl�e l� 5.114- iitlrtutnsLrauor•- seemed tient on I1esUring
Lbw the l►t:ar•d presetivtd its .potential school closure
- list i can utldt•r stand their dig n►!iy 'as. they 'lea.r•ned
the cosi of maintaining -roust ill. our existing schools
is -but a pittance in relatiuti to the Board's total bud-
get 41'Itat_ tttusl bt clearly understood. howl ver..i5
that as tstiipiul rtes of the Mittistr•1. Lett adrnirustratir,n
is. i etgtiirttd. by laiv% •. to_ussisl the trustees in• tweeting
tit deadlines demanded by tlietir Ministry
Mani pe o}.1►. IIUt beep lead t.0 believe that the
Board has other options because they. stay- be r'eceiV-
ing more tuunt•y than lusty ear. The truth -is. it does-
n't matter hob% much additional funding. is, allocated
lu sche ►1 boair'd& if .it missies- in -designated enVelupes
and tilt• Boards have nu say on how. the tootles •(asst
be Spent What must be undersod is that the Avon
Maitland -Bastard of - Education to
tion iS a nev%' animal.• 1t can
not. and does not, have the sane relationship with
• 1114• electors as the old boards of education. -Boards of
Education. as We knew therm, were eliminated, with
the passage of Bill 1(,O when the Guvernttlent. gained
direct access. tet your property, taa and centralized
. -education, decision tilaking with_ the Proviso:e. -
[t will be. interesting to watch how the Government-
plays this one otit. Will they 'continue to insist that- it
is a Board problem and list a Provincial problem,
Confound us with figures and thereby solidify -the
conditions that will ailluw them, hecause we are so.
fed • up,' to, eliminate school, boards. Or will they fix
the problem! . .
SeAn',VAN 'ur;N Btttmrtc,
Rig 4, Goderieh, Ontario
Your Ontario tax dollars at,
work. Mike Harris Premier
Dear Editor:
There is a- sign that is erected at the beginning of
a -resurfacing project on Highway *7 near Prospect
Hill that r see to and from -work each day. This sign
really annoys me- as 1 feel it is pre-election' cam-
paigning for Mike Harris. Don't get ince wrong, 1
know that this road was in badly need of repair and
-I am not objecting to the money spent to -repair it.
What .really gets n)e upset is that with all the tax
cuts we are experiencing such aS schools closing, • •
hospitals cut backs and the rest of it: yet there is
still money to put up this kind of a sign with taxpay-
ers tnuney. I suggest that our Mike Harris govern-
ment stop using our money to promote himself and
put it towards education and health or any of the
other cutbacks that he has employed
Yours truly, •
liARRy N.G. FoSIEx
Grunion, Ontario
au la( i, . . - 'r.f,de .'.` a '(i15 ' lion% tti',U ti it .e•{•f74
rr1',r•r- ".(.e-pta.ble- f;t, giri'•1. • share-th+)-+- ,''nee -•:Urines ;vitt
.ULt)4•
''_ than 17 is 1..r br.,)'- .
`Miep7r76f r ,lf -tl,e 7,;411-rt!ll,+ be•r',,!r1'-' (•11.71 ffJ+)re
:Warthog when on:: consider -9,f • <t.atistir' about bo%
aria the North "Vn rl(.an -edui anon. -s) stein that are SUr
taring late!) : like 1)r- 11'rri Pollack -in his busk
Peal 13(.115 1iescuir17. )'jr Sons from "the ')1)the0 U
Buyh .sod- protide- startling data ' Consider. the follow-
. trig in the education systesn. boys are 1))v. t\ri('ee a5 like-
-1y. as girls'Le, b- labelled as learning' disabled, constitute
up to ( pe-•rr.ent'ol u0r .1 '• ritiJ i du(,ati-in rJasseS. are
more likely tale:ridure disciplinary problerri5.-be' sus -
ended' burn (-Iass4'. Cr- a •roan. dr'4. Vet fre,n, 51t1r,gl
entire)) . Fewer brays than girls nevi attend and grade-
att, frorim. college • .1 -fifty -mine p(errerit 'of all ,raste.•r's
CINgt'tvi- :aJldidate,s are nub(' 14 omen and' the p4er(-(sllage
Of 1111 7 in gradua.tl--14111 education is•_shrinkitig each
y i.ar. So the.r-1s is a gender gap if; aeaderftic . puler
rnaniie: and -boys itJg'to OW bottom u1 thee - heap, "
Data -like 1)r: Pollack s does 1101. reflect the fact that there
ar't still individual id sal 1xeyS in ilidi) id sal classes doing very-
.
well academically.- but, the 1a.r-yer- ,Sot:rulugi(:a1 patterns
are'disl.urbing.
Perhaps wr-- need to do fur boys what we have learned
bett4:tr•.11u%n t(,'do for girls: -')aloe thein as people before
evaluating ,thorn as a grader" Maybe, as parents and-
- teaclle:ers vve (: 7417 eilcour-ag(e Lll(e teenage boys we ki tow
_to ignore _the narrow message abx,ut ' b(ei1Jg a'guy" that
they May get at school, -'un trleviSiosi (if .in Magazines
.and help there see -the stereotype 'for what it is another
toric of discrimination.
• Notes: 'Today, "all grade.9 studesits from South .11ciron
are aa:umpanying their parents or l-ielative.s to. work as
part of.aprovince-wide initiative called "Take Your Kids
o to Work "Mid -'Perm Report (Lards -go horde. 'Nuventbeer
11th.,, -. .
:;Money to Arthritis Society
Dear ti tor: -
September- is. nationally tite month acclaimed by ,
.the Arthritis Society as their fortis period for cam
paigning and ,awareness. Fur the first time in the
Exeter contmiutity.-,the CIBC accepted the challenge
of canvassing the town in. a one night blitz which
raised in excess of $3.200. :. -
i'he success of our -venture -was largely due to the
fact that, the youth group) of the Exeter .Christian' '
Reformed Church volunteered to assist in this com-
munity project.
Sincerely,
J ANrt lki:, MANAGER
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