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Clinton News-Record, 1983-04-13, Page 4PAGE 4-CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WE NESDAY, APRIL 13, 1 BLUE RIBBON:, A V/A'R,D; 1980+ MO COAnvon 090wo-A2mcmm-d Am 2cn0a11o09md wast Wednesday ms P.O. and 30. CBAneon, Ontrovlo. Corsrde, Mtn PLY 1m1.. •'0021 3099 S¢.®ocrl®20on bolo. rmnodo . •23.39 $t COrAzon 93.10 pot root 1.0_21-.01. 4% Aoroden •39-19 pot root at l' rovAoeovod mm snowed dons neon by On" p.m* o0,ke® umber 00.0 ®cirmen09 neswmbry 3027. rho 0.1owmA2aszc p lamceosynynertod 0n roe non Wevrom trace 4,s -de s d. Pawndad on 2390. cod M. CDOnmon 10mw Oro. Ao tentrar9 On 0003. Ter&A ®rens non 0.1039. Incorporating J. HOWARD AITKEN - Publisher SHELLEY McPHfflf - Editor CARRY HAIST - Advertising Manager MARRY ANN HOLLRENB ECR( - Office Manager MEMBER MEMBER Display odder tlaIng rotes ovolloblo on ren..oml ®036 for eo.o core no 12 eNec tivo ®c, 1 1991 Promote new businesses One new Clinton business proposal has been turned down, a second is caught up in red tape, rulings and regulations. Establishing a new business in Clinton it seems, can be a tedious chore. The problem is that both businesses were proposed for residentially zoned areas on Ontario Street. Both, a craft shop and antique business wanted to operate out of their homes. That should not present new difficulties or concerns for Clinton council or the planning board. Already more than half -a -dozen commercial businesses operate in residential zones. They appear to be thriving, orderly, assets to the town. They, like other Clinton businesses, have brought money, people and life to town. They are what make a small town survive. In 1983 Clinton has had the opportunity to establish two new businesses in town. However rather than promote, encourage and assist these, town officials are bogged down with zoning regulations. The issue has been discussed, and discussed again between town and county planning boards, the council and the town solicitor. Itis time that officials got down to the business of encouraging new business to Clinton by offering their assistance to help make the businesses successful opera tions. -by S. McPhee farm financing, a long time concern Farming and financing isn't a new concern. Sure it takes a lot of figuring paperwork, even an accountant to set straight the numbers nowadays. And there are more farmers with financial problems and more are declaring bankruptcy, but farming ancninancing isn't a new issue. u' Back in 1958 Anson McKinley, vice president of the South Huron Farm Manage ment Association put it this way, "The farmer must begin to use his head and his pencil more than long hours and a strong back, if he is to make a success of his business....The farmer is an independent individual who hates to be in debt," The economics head from Perdue University added, "There is a need now for emphasis on purchasing and marketing. "Farming has changed. On grandfather's time he required 250 acres: 25-30 steers; four cows, and 10-12 horses. Today we have 100-150 cattle' 3-4,000 hens and need $25 to each $1 grandfather needed. We have to pay for gasoline, hydro. wages, depreciation, income tax and school tax. "Farming has long been considered a way of life. R is also a business requiring keen minds to be successful, while still being attractive and challenging." behind the scenes Censorship One of the fascinating things about politics (in the non party sense) is wat- ching the way people can convince themselves that black is white when it suits their cause. For instance, remember a few years back when Huron County was making headlines across the country because a group of citizens were trying to get some books taken out of the curriculum of the schools because they didn't approve of the sex and language the books contained. Back then Huron County was portrayed as a Neanderthal backwoods. Free speech and democracy were in danger here, we were told by liberal -thinking commen- tators, columnists and writers of letters to the editor. Some well-known liberals even visited Huron Cc:'tity to try to beat back the approaching spectre of censorship. That battle for censorship in Huron was led by religious groups. They had a few tricks of their own to try to manipulate public opinion but religion isn't a popular media issue today so they didn't get a lot of support. Compare the reaction back then to the reaction t(xlay now that the women's movement has suddenly found a new cause to fight in pornography. Now i c'an't remember the names of liberal media commentators who spoke out against cen- sorship and have reversed sides since the issue was co-opted as a feminist cause but 111 bet there were a few Take Angela I,andsberg for instance. writing in the Toronto Star now beaming at a Gallup poll that shows that 76 per cent of Canadians think pornographic movies. X-rated and Playboy films should not be shown on television and that 61 per cent of Cana- dians think television should be ('ensured Ms I,andstx'rg r wife of former (hntario N1)P leader Stephen Lewis i chuckles over the way- the women's protest to the Play ho Channel deal with First (?voice Pay TV was organized by using a fib, an- nouncing protests in cities amass Canada before there were any,then getting the peo- pie woo called to Lind out where the mar- ches were, to organize the marches. Now before all my own liberal friends jump on me, let me be the first to say there is a lot of difference between blue movies, produced purely for the purposes of titilla- tion, and literature by the likes of Margaret Laurence, John Steinbeck and Alice Munro. The problem with censor- ship, however, is once you've agreed that there should be censorship, who's to do it and what is to be permitted to he viewed by the public and what must they lw protected from. The liberal view has always been that unpleasant as pornography is, it is too dangerous to start curtailing free speech and free expression in order to control it Once you start censoring, where do y nu stop? it will be interesting to see what happens if two "right" liberal causes meet head on in the next few months. On one hand you have this women's drive for censorship and on the other you have the continuing battle against the Ontario Censor Board led by liberal thinkers it may Ix in- teresting to .see liberals battling liberals from the opposite sides of the same righteous cause in the meantime the religious censors have new hope if they seize the opportuni- ty Suddenly they're on the side of the gods of modern liberal thought. not just (;od If they can work with the women's prove merit they may yet get their way lin esu hare un nl/inton'' 11 he nor u -rile u. a l' ff 'r fn Mr e•rlifnr, ,erlrl Ir•1 e l'rer‘i,fiC hnnu , 111 le•Iler. Nee' lluhli•hevl, prni', /,ng Ihe•e can he Nuthe'rt Ire'Nlc(1. Null/ fl.e•Nllr,rl% ell. nrti' tilos ell I// Ierrr'r-., hnov r er, arc .ulrice r err e'rlltirl,l( bor. Ir'nLrfh nr lrh4I Looking for summer sug e I r an_ spice ()nly- in Canada Only in Canada? Pity. But where else in the world could you have a situation in which international oil prices are dropping while national prices for gasoline and heating oil move relentlessly higher? This anomaly, of course, was a result of ferocious and frantic efforts by provincial and federal governments to tax ev erything, but the air we breathe. The trick is to find something that" everybody needs, and that is steadily ris- ing in cost, and then slap a progressive tax on it. That, my friend, is the reason you're paying about $2.25 a gallon for gas when the sheiks of Arabia are up to their navels in a glut of unwanted oil. Should we ever have a massive, Sahara - type drought in this country, guess what your governments will tax heavily. Water? Right on. If every cow in Canada suddenly stopped giving milk, you could depend on a stiff tax on milk and cheese. If the Western provinces had a total grain disaster — hailed out, rained out, rusted out, chewed up by grasshoppers – the logical move by government would be to stick a tax on bread that would rise automatically every time the price went up. Only in Canada. Where else in the world would a government try to bribe people to read a book by making used lottery tickets worth 50 cents on purchase of a Canadian book? It's incredible, and readers in other countries must be chortling, but it's done in Ontario. So much for our cultural pretensions. Only in Canada. in what other country would a political party turf out a leader who had a clear mandate from two-thirds of his party to carry on'' And in what benighted country anywhere would a dozen or so idiots lmap to fill that discarded leader's shoe, knowing full well they could expect the uanu• it rail ment just down the road, Only in Canada. Can you imagine any other democratic country in th11 world re the head of government t'014111givv finger to some of his pimple, tell liatnil >'rs to eat merde, utter ubsr,niltloa In parliament, and still be re-elected" Only in Canada. In what other country to the world is everything printed in two languages, and when you go shopping, the language in which you are feeble is the one that presents itself to you on every package, every tube, every box. I I swear that when Quebecois go shopping, they are confronted with the English side on every box, etc.)? Only in Canada. Can you imagine another country that steadily destroys lush, productive farm -land by turning it in- to asphalt and urban sprawl, or tearing it up for gravel pits to create more asphalt, more urban sprawl? Think of the hue and cry there would be in France or Italy if the government not only condoned, but encouraged, the ripp- ing up of vineyards to build hamburger stands and gas stations and motels with lumpy beds and exorbitant rates. Only in Canada. Is there another country in the world that decided any building more than 60 years old should succumb to the wrecker's ball, be razed, and be replaced by a tasteful concrete -block and plastic abortion? Other countries preserve their heritage, carefully, and often expensively, restoring old castles, ancient city walls, cathedrals, country horses Here we wipe them out, say. "Oops," and rebuild them as kaleidoscope Next Wednesday morning. the Clinton Royal Rank will be celebrating 75 years al service to the town, Manager Steve Fraser and staff will be honoring the 75th anniversary of the Clinton hank with a cake r ;rasing rer'emony and party beginning at 10 a rel Local dignitaries are expected to be on hand along with four of the hank's past managers they will include O I, Fngelstad who served from 1952 1465, I' Aggerholnr, from 1965 19,0 Merriman, frorri 1970 1978 and inel Smith 1 rom 1978- 1982 You're invited to join in this histur Ir event next Wednesday morning. I've also received an Invitation from the Flynn family to pass along The 1ly11ns will be holding a step darer. recital and variety show on April 29 al MISS The toe -tapping evening will feature Marie on the piano, Debbie and her dancing pupils in their tap.s, the Huron Strings and the Huron Ramblers Proceeds from the event will go to a local charity Flynn concerts have proven to he great fun in the past For the last two summer the Flynn family has drawn the largest rowds at the Sunday Night Rand ('oncerts In (;oderich Here's an opportunity to sec, the fainiIs and friends in action bwforr then 1 I Mary (Trigg brought in a note saying We hope to see you all again next season " this week marked the final (linter by George Chapman dispensed by bill smiley quaint restorations with all the artifacts of the original, but with all modern ac- r�nlltrrnients. I blip Irl Canada are authors considered oto manful -class citizens who don't really work" for a living, singers as inferior anima Ihey've played Vegas, actors as malcontent long -hairs who should get a pit) ballet dancers as people �i.ncing Mout in Tong underwear and our national broadcasting system as a socialist drain of the taxpayer. Only in Canada can the government seize private companies without any ex- planation or compensation; 100 police raid a pseudo -religious organization and seize all its papers on the flimsiest of evidence, and politicians get up and lie and lie and lie, without any repercussions. Oh, I'm not naive. I know this sort of thing is going on every day, all over the world. But in democratic countries? Only in Canada. Only in Canada. Fn what other country in the world is everything printed in two languages, and when you go shopping, the language in which you are feeble is the one that presents itself to you on every package, every tube, every box. (I swear that when Quebecois go shopping, they are confronted with the English side on every box, etc.)? Look at Quebec. In a lovely bit of irony, the teachers, who had more to do with elec- ting the Parti Quebecois than any other group, are now facing that party, snarling, calling it "fascist", beating its cabinet ministers over the head with placards. On- ly in Canada. And finally, in what country in the world is it. possible to have a cold at, any day, week, or month of the year Only in Canada. Pity. Oddfellow and Rebekah cai ti party tint season. 'There were seven tables in play and the lucky winners included: ladies' high, Erma ('rich. ladies' low, Bernice Brown; gent s high, t;eorge Wright; gent's low, ida Wright' lone hands. Vera Gib- ltngs: lucky draw, Beatrice Welsh. ('arts may be over for this season, but it won't be anytime now until we can try our Irick ;rt hrtlgo • 1 And 'peaking of luck, the $100 Junior'('' loo tet 1 lob draw winners for April were . (lin M,•lieiga1, and Marc Bezzo, both of Clinton March's winners were John Buchanan of (;odench and Calvin 1rovett of irondesboro, The rest of you, keep trying. Maybe your name will be drawn next month .tan Allis. our ad rep, is sure that Tuesday was her unlucky day She started nut in good spirits and headed up to Blyth to make her weekly rounds with the business people In Rlyth it has been her mission, for several weeks now. to get the key to work in the old Standard office tip to this point the key wouldn't budge but on Tuesday the door opened Only problem was that once Jan got into the office, the door slammed shut, locked. she was inside She yanked at doors. rattled windows. battled cobwebs and dust for about half - an hour Finally in desperation and panic, she simply stood in the front window waving wildly in hopes that someone would assist her Silas an unknown workman across the road saw our damsel i': distress and to the rescue ,Fan's safe and sound now. She vows clever to go back to the Standard office, but she sure does appreciate the workman who saved the day '1 f The News -Record has a Happy Anniversary wish to send out this week. Steve Cooke, did you know that you've been writing Naturally Speaking for five years now' That's ever} week. 12 months of the year, five years in a row, for a total Of 260 columns Nov, hasn't it been fun' Thanks lot your devotion, perseverance and hard work! 4 r 1 Perhaps we'll be starting another News - Record tradition with this week's paper. This week we welcome Abby Champ to The Rayfield Bugle Abby is filling in for Doris Blunter and Helen (haven who arc both taking well deserved breaks from newspaper reporting, Abby's caught on to the "Round About" style of the Bugle with little difficulty, a tradition for the Bugle begun by champion orresponderd Lucy Woods f)iehl. i'lease give Ahhy your assistance ('all her with your news tips, story ideas and upcoming events Maybe. just maybe shell stay or with us 1 1 And if you have a yen to write. give me a call We're looking for some help with the Vanastra Voice during the summer while Norman Fast is off working the readers ights protection Dear Editor, Re: the question of the Ontario Milk Marketing Board Membership in The On- tario Federation of Agriculture. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture is only one of the recognized farm organiza- tions in Ontario. As milk producers we have the right to join or not to join the On- tario Federation o'f Agriculture on a direct membership basis. Large num ,r' rs of farmers choose not to join the Ontario Federation of Agriculture because they feel that the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture's policy of accepting money from, for example, the United Co- operatives of Ontario and similar groups leaves them with important unanswered questions. Who forms the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture's pohcy? Does the On- tario Federation of Agriculture represent producers or processors' The Ontario Federation of Agriculture also accepts money from the Ontario Cat- tlemen's Association. This association has and is by every possible means resisting any form of orderly marketing and supply management. If the Ontario Milk Marketing Board was to become a member of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, isn't it logical to assume there will be, among the directors, a basic con- flict: supply management versus the so called "free market system"' We as milk producers want uur licence fees to be used for the marketing of our product within the system we have had and continue to support. Would the interests of Ontario milk pro- ducers not be better served if our elected members on the Ontario Milk Marketing Board continued to give their full attention to the marketing of milk? We submit that any direct involvement by elected direc- tors of the Ontario Milk Marketing Board in the Ontario Federation of Agriculture or any general farm organization will reduce the competency of the board. As members of the National Farmers Union, we strongly support the policy of orderly marketing and supply manage- ment for all agriculture commodities. A decision by the Ontario Milk Marketing Board to become a member of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture does nothing to support our policy or the policy of the On- tario Milk Marketing Board. In fact it pro- bably would have the affect of weakening the grass roots voice of all general farm organizations, and this would include the voice of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. As concerned milk producers and members of the National Farmers Union, we believe that it is our right to join or refuse to join any organization. We ask that the Ontario Mi Marketing Board protect t 's right. We trust that all Ontario milk producers will inform themselves regarding this pro- posal. You must decide how you want your money to be spent. This proposal is on the agenda for all the Regional Milk Commit- tee Meetings taking place this month and in early April. If you do not make your elected directors aware that you are not in agreement with the proposal do not be sur- prised where your money will be spent. Yours sincerely, Raye-Anne Briscoe, R.R.2 Renfrew, Ontario, Region 3 ( Ontario I, National Farmers Union, Dairy Committee. D n't ti e away my freedom f. Dear Editor: After attending a recent Huron County Federation of Agriculture ( HCFA meeting at Ethel, it was hard to convince myself I was still living in Canada, the land of democracy and freedom to express oneself. The manner in which the meeting was conducted was deplorable, almost com- parable to an episode of J.R. Ewing of TV series Dallas. Every tactic was used to avoid the main topic. A member of the Huron County Council requested that the meeting focus its attention on the con- troversial 100 percent Farm Tax Rebate, of which the majority of the audience was there to discuss. He also stated that the O.F.A. had climbed into bed with Dennis Timbrell on this issue and wrapped the bed heets so tight that they cannot get out. Mr. McQuail persisted in ignoring ad- vice, both from the audience and from one of the H.C.F.A. directors, on the ap- propriate date for a special meeting to discuss this issue. After watching the clock strike 11 o'clock (I thought he was Cin- derella) the official closing time he. without a move of adjournment from the floor, slammed his mallet to adjourn the meeting. Not truly Democratic in my view. Where the direction the O.F A. got, to form a policy with the government in the first place, is anyone's guess. Huron County Council along with Bruce (County. s Council and a half dozen other county councils across the province oppose this 100 percent Farm Tax Rebate program Most farmers I have spoken to oppose it also. i am willing to go along with the majority, no matter what the outcome, but refuse to have it stuffed down my throat like the metric system. Let's bring it to a vote. Take away my material belongings but never, never, take away my freedom and right to exercise my vote if you do that, then my Irish and red hair combination is at iLs peak Yours truly .ilrn Hallahan. R 1, Blyth P S On April 14 at 8 30 p rn a special meeting has been called at the Clinton High School at which time 11 ( F A with I S M membership cards will be allowed to vote on this issue Anyone who lives in a township which pays a levee to the Hr VA is also entitled to a vote if they show proof that they pay farm property taxes