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The real game
• The Ontario Hockey Council, in a
report released recently, says that
minor hockey is "a game for children,
not a business for adults". The report
was compiled from the answers to
78,000 questionnaires mailed out to
parents of minor hockey prayers, and
it recommends some sweeping
changes not only in the rules, but in
the philosophy behind the ' game
where younger children are the
participants. .
The report obviously responds to
the concerns of parents who have
been worried for a long time about the
conditions- imposed on. _youngsters.
who want to participate. The
recommendations (for (for childrenunder
12) include elimination of
bodychecking; two practice hours for
every game played; every player on a
team 'should play a reasonable portion
of each period of every game; limit on.
maximum number of games per
ye.lr; tournaments should not be
permitted for atom age and below;
hockey executives should seek the
assistance of educators; all coaches
should be certified and evaluated:
slap shot should be eliminated at Pee
Wee level and below; and, last but not
least, parents should "be seen but not
heard" in arenas,.
In its recommendation that the
hockey season should be shortened,
the report recognizes that hockey can
be and in many cases has been made
the only important ivity in a child's
life — a situat': n which has been
brought t by adults, not by young
players .who should have a well-
balanced interest in many other
aspects of growing up.
Right here in our own area we have
heard elementary school teachers
coni'plain that hockey (and
sometimes ball) is so ;important ° to
parents that there is no point in at-
tempting to get alert response from
the young players after an exhausting
game the night before.
The entire message of thereportis
that hockey is great — but that it
should occupy a reasonable place in
the life of a youngster. It should not be
the sole measure of his place in
society. (from the Wingham-
Advance-Times)
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5 YEARS AGO
April 17, 1975
Paving was a hot topic at the Clinton
council meting last' Monday night as a
three-man delegation from. Rattenbury
Street North brought in a petition asking
that their street be paved this year.
The delegation consisting of Doug
Cantelon, Lloyd Butler and Wilfred
Glazier, gave 'council a petition with 30
g
signatures on it asking that the horrible
conditionof the street be fixed up this year
between Orange and North Streets.
A cool sunny day saw canoe races on the
Bannockburn - River "last Saturday and
wagon tours to McClymonts Sugar bush
where the ,maple sap was flowing and
maple syrup and hot pancakes - were
served at Hully Gully on Saturday.
10 YEARS AGO '
Apri116, 1970
Eleven hundred paid customers and
several hundred children who _-received
from admission made the tid annual
Camping and Sport Show at CFB last
weekend the most successful yet. Officials.
- ►?►??► ► exams
Marking examination papers
brings out the best and the worst in a
teacher. Any tomfool can set an
examination. Any other idiot can
write the thing. But marking the
finished, or more often unfinished
r product is something else.
In some ways, marking exams is
the absolute anus of the sometimes
creative body of teaching. It is to the
teacher what an overflowed toilet is to
the plumber.
Normally, a plumber's life is .a
fairly happy one. Whanging away at
the pipes. Cursing gaily as he tries to
unscrew a rusted nut. Dropping a
dirty great wrench on the customer's
new tile floor. And writing out a
whacking great bill at $14 an hour,
plus parts which must be made of 24 -
carat gold. On the ' whole, a
satisfactory, fulfilling life. A plumber
is usually a smiling, affable chap,
much like the highwaymen of Olden
times, who grinned gallantly as they
stripped the passengers of the stage of
their valuables.
It's the same with teachers. You
seldom see a teacher who is not
smiling, except between the first of
September and the end of Jane.
They +toe have their little joys in
everyday life; bullying kids; cursing
the principal under their breaths;
gossiping ' venomously about
colleagues 'who are having more fun
than they; happily whining about
being underpaid and overworked;
thanking God that it's Friday. A
challenging life of dedication and
idealism.
But both parties have one craw in
their ointment, or fly in their throat,
or whatever you call it.
When a'plumber walks in, rubber -
booted, and faces a floor covered with
water, sanitary napkins, toilet tissue
and semi -dissolved feces, his nor-
mally serene mien becomes one of
stonygstoicism, . .
And When a teacher finishes a term
at school, utterly exhausted, empty of
ideals, drained of dedication, and
faces the marking of about 180 exam
papers, his normally congenital
expression turns into something
resembling the agony expressed in a
cheap reproduction of the Crucifixion.
Nobody looks quite as crucified,,
staggering home with both arms full
of exam papers, as the English
teacher. His or her thoughts about
Phys. Ed. teachers, shop teachers,
business teachers and other who
don't have formal exams ate an.
printable in a family journal. Their
attitudes toward science teachers and
geography teachers, with their true -
false exams, are barely less
charitable.
These ruminations, none of them
original, recurred to me as I sat
serenely during this year's March
break, pursuing the current crop of
regurgitations; wild guesses; and
hopeful meande ings that constitute
the average student's exam.
Thwarted from pressing into the
frozen North, while so many of my
colleagues were heading for the sunny
South, by that -common enemy, the
common's cold;' I shucked off all
resentment, irritation and hopes for a
holiday and marked my papers.
It was my old lady who had the cold
and she stayed out of my hair for a
change. I- sat like Solomon, alter-
nately amused, bemused, bewildered
and occasionally bewitched by the
outpourings of Adolescence.
Some were simply stunned. Others
were desperate, seeking any port in a
storm. Son -re had a clue, but couldn't
splve,the case. And very occasionally,
there was sheer delight in seeing a
keen, original mind at work.
I mentioned the chore as bringing
out the best and the worst in the
harassed, pedagogue, peering, pen—,
ciling, pouting over the papers.
One becomes a philosopher: "Oh
well, what the hell? We can't all be
brain surgeons," after reading the
efforts of one who has professed the
desire for such a profession, and
spells it "brain surjen."
One becomes a philanthropist:
"He'sflunking badly. But he did clean
the blackboards and plug in the
record players and said 'Have a nice
holiday sir', and he's going into the
old .man's business because there's
nowhere else to go, so I'll give him 10
marks for co-operation and attitude.
That'll please the Guidance Depar-
tment."
One is amused. She wrote on the
outside of the paper:. "I did my best,
Mr. Smiley. r hope your' in a good
mood when you mark this." I took off
a mark because she misspelled
"you're."
One is appalled, Question: "Use a
sentence containing the word
morale." Answer "A hero thinks he
is greatiek. than ordinary morales."
Things like this make the young
teacher panic and ask self, "What's
happening? I'm not getting thrau.gh to
these kids at all." Not for worry. The
kid will probably be a good mother.
Occasionally one is enchanted. One
of those students who is a wallflower
in class, obviously shy, hiding behind
drooping eyelids, flowers on paper, all
inhibitions forgotten in the sheer joy
of expression, and turns hi a brilliant
piece of creative thinking. And the
teacher is momentarily elated,
realizing he has kindled a-flaine.
All in all, an enriching experience,
giving the marker a good look at a
good cross-section of youngsters, a
few good laughs, some self-doubts, a
certain humility, a delightful feeling
of playing God Jr., and the odd flash
of sheer satisfaction, if not joy.
To heck with holidays from now on.
Spend a lot of money getting nowhere
with a lot of disgruntled fellow -
travellers, get home exhausted and
disappointed. From now on, I'm going
to stay home and mark papers. '
of the show reported attendance was up by
more than 200 from last year.
There's one way to beat the late spring
and get onto the land early. David Lee
operated his snowmobile while Del
Holland used a cyclone grass -seeder to
apply fertilizer to Northan Alexander's
wheat field at Londesboro. "
The Conservation Authority, ,which.
operates a wildlife compound, lost three
.deet' when l dogs entered the. area Last fall.
al.
The loss was valued at $300. •
25 YEARS AGO
Apr1121, 1955 -
The board of govenors of the CBC has
recommended approval of Wingham's,
application for a television station license.
Provincial police are still trying to.
identify a man who was .picked up late
Saturday night on Concession 4, Stanley
Township and charged with vagrancy.
The man, who said his name is Joe,
appears to be suffering fronI amnesia. The
- police describe his as an immigrant about
45 to 47 years old. - ..
James Scott, Seaforth, has been chosen
to represent the Liberal party in Huron
during the next Ontario general election,
whi-ch it is predicted will ib•e-held in mid-
Juneof this year.
Robber broke into James W. McCgot's__
general store in Londesboro recently, but
according to Mr. McCool were rewarded
with very little loot for their efforts.
Members of the Bayfield Lions Club will
go out selling electric light. bulbs after
their dinner meeting on Tuesday night.
The profit will be devoted to Lions welfare
work.
50 YEARS AGO '
Apr1117, 1930
The annual pie social of the Women's
Insitute was held in the Londesboro
Community Hall on April 1l The weather
was favorable- and the roads- were fairly
good, which helped to make the social a
success. -
Ben Rathwell of the Bayfield Line
motored to the dairy country around
Ingersoll last week, returning home with a
odds'n' ends
Mi ,train es
What is a Migraine? It isn't just a
bad headache. It has been defined as
a periodic vascular headache that is
usually, but not always, accompanied
by nausea and vomiting. The blood
vessels dilate causing the blood to
'bound' through the head creating a
terrific pounding pain.
To the sufferer, it's an excruciating
attack that sends he or she to bed in a
quiet darkened room for, ' hours or
days at a time. Sensitivity to light and
noise causes he or she to draw heavy
drapes across the windows, stuff a
mat along the crack of the bedroom
door and ren -rove an alarm clock that
might hum or have an illuminated
face. The migrainer needs the un-
derstanding and support of his or her
whole family. Some migraine suf-
ferers are forced to give up their jobs
.because of the attacks.
Twenty per cent of the world
population is subject to migraine,
which practices no discrimination..
Migraine strikes regardless of age,
sex, IQ, profession, wealth, respon-
sibilities, social status, etc..
Although the h1a"rdest years seem to
be -between the ages of 20 and 40,
children and even babies may ex-
perience migraine. Some research
has shown that `head, banging' -
babies banging their heads on their
cribs or children banging their heads
on the floor - may be due not to so-
called temper tantrums, but to
migraine, especially if it exists in the
family's history.
Migraine means _ literally 'half
head': therefore the attacks Usually
involve one half of t'he,head, but the
pain can shift to the other side during
an attack, or in another attack.
Occasionally migraines occur on both
sides.
load of fine Holstein he ifer calves.
The• Goderich Signal boasts of having
somebody coming in and handing around
pure maple syrup to the staff. But perhaps
it was thought The Signal needed a'little
sweetening. '
Egar Lawson started operations at‘his
sawmill in Auburn on Mohday this week.
We have this week the report that the
suckers are runh'Il g in Maitland River.
They: are p1enti:ftfl owing to last week's
warmth and are of firm flesh.
75 YEARS AGO
Apr1120, 1905
Hooper and Ball having papered and
painted the interior of their bigfurniture
store have had the front painted as well.
Inside and out there has been a big im-
provement wrought by those artists with
the brush, Ogie Cooper and Dick'Downs.
William Glenn of Northeast Stanley, who_
has been confined to the house for the past
couple of months with rheumatic fever, is
now improving rapidly and with the' ad-
vent of warm weather he will soon be.quite
well again;
100 YEARS AGO
Apri115, 1880
One of the most severe storms ever
experienced by fishermen during 30 years, -
swept over the lake on Saturday evening.
Four boats left for the fishing ground in the
morning. and only one made the harbor at
night. The rest were driven on the beach
and wrecked. Five boats from Goderich
were beat 'down the lake and they tried to
run into Bayfield harbor but were Ariven
on the shore and four wrecked. When
Wiggin's boat reached the south pier, she
filled and sank, two men in her clung to the
rigging; Wiggins soon became so
benumbed and powerless, and would have
perished had he not been held• on by his
brave comrade who was himself half dead
from cold and exhaustion. They remained
in that painful position for nearly an hour
wheri they were rescued by George
Haaeke a brave lad who went out to them
in a small skiff. The men in Clark's beat
also suffered very much. There' is con-
siderable loss of property, but no lives lost.
Although different types of
migraine have been identified,most
are classified as 'classical or
'common'. The classical migraine is
distinguished by sharply defined
symptoms that appear. during the pre -
headache stage disturbances of
speech, vision. balance, etc. In the
common migraine, the pre -headache
sensations are usually more vague -,
irritability or a general feeling of
fogginess.
Cluster headaches are brief but
severe attacks of head pain that last
from approximately 20 to 60 minutes.
They may occur in. groups lasting
days, weeks or months separated by
weeks, months or even years of
freedom from them.
Migraine sufferers can help
themselves and their physicians by_
charting their attacks: that is,
recalling the warning signs and
symptoms that occurred in a period 24
to 36 hours prior to the attack and any
trigger mechanisms that could have
set off the attack:,
Migraines, especially classical
migraines, have many warning signs;
they are as varied as the people who
suffer from the attacks:
Among the warning signs most
often noted -by migraine sufferers and
'their physicians are double vision,
difficulty in focusing, temporary or
,partial_blindness; dizziness,
hal-ltrei--n--ttons; nausea and -in,
vomiting; numbness and -or tingling,.:
esPecially in arms, legs, hands, feet,
and face; sensitivity to light, sound,
odour and taste; depression,
irritability, tension and -or other mciod
change; unusual pallor (especially
true with children); inab.lity to
concentrate or to co-ordinate
movement and rnany more.
Children have been asked to draw
pictures of what they saw or how they
felt before an attack. They might
draw scenes in which they appeered
to be much smaller or larger than
other people around them; or they
might draw a sure with a targe black
hole in the centre.
Migrainers - have 'trigger'
mechanisms; • that is, certain things
that bring on an attack. Some people
may have more than one trigger. The
five most common 'triggers', as
,reported by sufferers and their
physicians, are dietary, hormonal,
stress, weather and low blood sugar.
Foods Most commonly cited as
r•451eipitants are chocolate, some
dairy products, some citrus fruits,
fatty fried foods, tea and coffee, any
alcohol that is 'coloured', seafood etc.
Most people with migraine can go no
longer than five hours without food in
the daytime and 13 hours overnight. A
bedtime snack sometimes prevents a
morningtmigraine attack.
Stress is another migraine trigger,
and many people forget that stress
includes-•oy and excitement as well as
worry, tension, anger, and
depression. Many migraines begin at
the age of puberty. Some women are
completely free of migraines during
pregnancy; others are free after tiie
first three months. Attacks may begin
after birth control pills are taken or
attacks may increase in frequency,
intensity and duration. Research has
proved the Victorian belief that
migraine was exclusively a `woman's
complaint' is a myth.
Weather is a trigger that
migrainers have no control over.
Change in ' climate, drop in
,... barometric pressure, cold and -or
driving wind, or sun glaring on water
or snow can trigger a migraine at-
tack. Although migrainers can't
remove the trigger, knowi.ng the
consequences allows them to take
steps to decrease attack intensity.
Although chronic migraine suf-
ferers may gain little comfort from
the knowledge, they have been in good
company for centuries. Next week' I'll
name some of the famous people who
have sufferer) with gruelling
migraine n, and 4'11 mention some of
the -research and attention' that is now'
being focused onrnigraine.
Dear Editor:
fou wiil.be interested to know an
, addition 'kJ the Vanastra Recreation
.Centre is'present1y being constructed
accessible to
the physically .handicapped . persons
atoogeneralamkendm° ove accob. uildings, znmodating ta• the
public
The Municipality of the Township of
Tudkersmith has formed; the
Tuckersmith Disabled Fund -Raising
Committee to provide equal op-
portunities for all. This Comn1ittee
asks that you consider making a grant
to this worthwhile project.
At present the recreation centre
consists of the only indoor swimming
pool in, Huron .County, a health spa
'containing some Jnephanical exereise
aids, a,sauna, change rooms, and°an
auditorium. As past registrations
have indicated; the participants using
the faciliti's"deme from all over
Huron County. - '"
The new facilities include ac-
cessible washrooms, showers ,,,change
areas, hydraulic pool lift, an exercise
room with specialized exercise
equipment, and an activity room. The
new addition will be accessible to both
the handicapped and the general
public.
The building project will be
financed as follows: '
Provincial Grants $188,825.25
Public Subscription 62,820.50
Wintario ,.
$28331,056.0041025
We trust that, as a supplier of a
service in Huron County, you would
like to make a contribution to our
campaign. All donations • will be
issued a receipt for Income Tax
purposes. • -
Thank you for your kind assistance
which is required to insure our^
campaign is 44 uccessful. If you should
have any questions •you. would like
answered, please feel free to contact
the writer at any time.
Yours truly
J. R. McLachlan
Clerk -Treasurer
S- fir,
French, Facts
Dear Editor: .
I have recently been reading where
millions of ...Canadians have been
signing a well -organized petition
urging... Quebec to remain within
Canada. The Ment of most Canadians
in this matter is an honourable one,
for we have been taught from birth to
look upon Canada as one country.
However, perhaps we owe it to our-
selves and _to our children to try a
little harder to see what is going on.
I -n the past 12 years, we have seen
Canada transformed from an
English-speaking country with one
bilingual province, to a 'country
which, because of the astute
presentation of Expo '67, the '76
Olympics, and through direct action
by. the Trudeau Government, is now
recognized officially in the eyes of the
world as a primarily French-speaking
country.
Despite a still -large English-
speaking minority in Quebec, the
English language is no longer
tolerated there. But both New
Brunswick and Ontario are now
bilingual, with their civil services
being changed over to French-
Canadian control faster than the eye
can follow. The remaining provinces
will be similarly converted within the
next few years. Billions of dollars of
our taxes have been poured into our
provinces and into Francophone'
Associations across Canada to
achieve that goal, both by our Federal
Government and by Quebec itself.
Our Federal Government public
service, our armed forces, the RCMP,
and 429 Crown Corporations including
Air Canada, CN, CBC, and CRTC are
already firmly in French Canadian
control, '
Why are these things taking place?
.Two former Members of Parliament
have told. me that Mr. Trudeau's goal
is an all -French Canada. One of them,
Mr. Leonard Jones, the former mayor
of Moncton, said that the job is
-already done and that if ' English-
speaking Canada doesn't stand up
now, we've already lost this country.
I am suggesting that we stop
worry about Quebec, for Quebec
has no intention of leaving the Canada
that it already controls. Instead we
should now be declaring the nine
provinces' outside . of Quebec to be
English-speaking, just as Quebec has
declared itself to be French-speaking.
Then let QuebecJoin us on our terms:
If not we' will be joining Quebec on its
terms, and those terms, with Mr.
Trudeau as arbiter, mean an alit
French Canada.
If I didn't have proof of what was
going on in my first book "Bilingual
Today, French Tomorrow", there is
no shortage of proof in my recent book
"Backdoor Bilingualism", where I
also suggest how we can put an end to
this undeclared war for our country.
Our politicia s have failed us, and
now it is up teCanadians themselves.'
Either we move now or we might as
well learn to say "Yes sir" in French.
"tours sincerely,
3.V. Andrew,
I,tCmdr. (Retired)
Perth, Ontario.
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