The Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-10-06, Page 5Mud sensationalized says IP1VI treasurer
Dear Editor:
Now that the 1982 Interna-
tional Plowing Match is
history I feeljt necessary to
comment on what appears to
be the irresponsible repor-
ting practises of the Lon-
don Free Press. While we
recognize that sensa-
tionalizing mud at an event
sells newspapers it does not
help pay Plowing Match'bills
and return funds back to the
community.
It is felt that the constant
stories of mud, which by the
way had virtually dried up
by Wednesday, had the ef-
fect of reducing total atten-
dance by 100,000 approx-
LETTERS
imately. In terms of real
dollars this equates to
$400,000 to the match and
• more to area business enter-
prises which didn't sell
gasoline, food, accommoda-
tions etc.
It is felt that any responsi-
ble community corporate
citizen would do its utmost to
improve the community. We
would suggest that
newspapers would report in
an honest and fair manner
which wasn't the case with
the Free Press, particularly
in view of Saturday's story.
One situation which was
never made clear to readers
was the fact that the
pedestrian streets were
grassed and not driven on
and only "service roads"
were wet and muddy and
visitors only had to cross
these roads periodically. By
Wednesday the site was dry
and visitors could and were
wearing normal recreational
footwear.
As mentioned above,
revenue was down
substantially and hence pro-
fits. The profits from such a
match go towards communi-
ty improvements. In as
much as most of the reduced
revenue can be attributed to
the London Free Press many
are saying they will be
cancelling their
subscriptions which this
Plowing Match executive
member endorses along
with many others.
Although the paid atten-
dance was greater than last
year's Barrie match we
were disappointed that we
could not have attracted a
much larger crowd especial-
ly when one considers we
were located in the heart- of
Ontario's Agricultural Com-
munity.
In summary we wish to
state that although numbers
were down and as a result
revenue that all visitors en-
joyed themselves and thank
them for paying little atten-
tion to the bad publicity from
the Free Press.
Yours truly
Brian M. Hughes
I.P.M. 1982
Treasurer
Haydon defends reporting on waterworks.
Dear Editor,
Your last week's edition
carried a rather ill-tempered
letter by PUC vice-chairman
Jim Peters. I am not sure at
whom his displeasure was
directed. It appears that the
Commissioner is "in-
furiated" about some
reporting concerning the
waterworks expansion
situation. Considering the
continuing lack of coherent
and consistent information
on the subject and regarding
the absence of clear and
business -like financial facts
and projections, it is sur-
prising that the reporter is
able to do as good a job of it
as he has been doing on the
subject.
I presume that when the
reporter spoke of the
capacity of delivering 1.5
million gallons of water
daily, he got the information
from page one of the PUC
report, dated of September
20, 1982, addressed and
delivered to town council. I
quote from it: "Without
going into all of the numbers
again, a system which is
designed to deliver 1.5
million gallons of water per
Want government funds for
Dear Editor,
Once again the yellow
buses swarm all over On-
tario daily to transport
500,000 students to and from
schools that offer a wide
variety of learning oppor-
tunities. Despite the high
cost of education and occas
sional . criticism of the
.system, we do appreciate the
fact that schools ate becom
ing increasingly more sen-
sitive to the needs of in-
dividual students. Bill 82 is a
good example.
We should also be thankful
that we live in .a country that.
allows parents a choice in
the education , of their
children. Canada ascribes to
a -United Nations declaration
that "parents have a prior
right to choose the education
they deem. best for their
children." In Ontario, for in-
stance, parents have the
right to decide whether their
child(ren) shall attend
public, Roman Catholic,
Jewish, Baptist, or other
parentally controlled
schools.
Most of us are familiar
enough with the public
schools, since that• is where
most of us send our children.
We are also well aware of the
Roman Catholic "separate"
schools. They seem to have
been in existence for a long
time - and so they have.
What many of us may not
know is that there are. many
"other" schools in Ontario.
These "alternative" schools
teach tens of thousands of
Ontario students curricula
that : are Ministry of Educa-
tion approved. In fact,
Premier Davis recently
stated that, "It is fully
recognized that these
schools play an important
role in the total education
picture of Ontario."
We see then, more and
more parents exercising
their basic right to send their
children to schools which are
not only recognized but even-.
commended by Premier
Davis himself. The irony is,
of course, that these parents
exercise this basic right at a
heavy price - the 'entire cost
of their schools.in fact, their
children even have to pay to
ride the yellow buses: These
parents also fully pay their
public education taxes.
It is not surprising, then,
that various parent groups
have petitioned the govern-
ment fee a fair share of the
educational dollar. Tradi-
tionally the argument has
been that no "public" money
should go to "sectarian"
schools. Since public money
has funded Roman Catholic.
schools since the B.N.A. act,
this argument seems to have
little validity. 'It could be,
more effectively argued that
schools which make a public
contribution are entitled to
public funds.
In defending his govern-
ment's latest refusal to ex-
tend funds to alternative.
schools Mr. Davis said, "to
fund private schools would
inevitably reduce the level of
funds'available to the public
schools, and this would in
turn, lead to a weakening of
the system:"
With all due respect to Mr.
Davis, himself a former
Minister of Education, trot-
ting out the terms public and
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Only then can they expect to
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everybody, including the
council members and the
press.
Sincerely,
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P.S. No, I am not running for
the PUC in the upcoming
elections.
alternative schools
alternative schools. Alberta to the idea that "the grant
presently funds thi'se follows the child".
schools up to 80 percent. We
in Ontario should ask
ourselves whether in all good
conscience we can allow the
present situation to continue.
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Oil is not appetizing diet
Dear Editor,
Smiling Jack Gallagher,
Mickey Cohen and Terry
Hargreaves, the smooth -as -
syrup trio of Dome, have
succeeded in borrowing
billions from four' major
banks, for example: Bank of
Commerce, Toronto Domi-
nion, Bank of Montreal, and
the Royal Bank, and also
Foreign Sources, Smiling
Jack softens up the prospec-
tivesuckers with his billion -
dollar smile; Mickey Cohen
takes care of the tax and
legal aspects of the money,
and Terry Hargreaves
directs it into the -bottomless.
pit of theBeaufort Sea. ,
Recently, Smiling ` Jack
has directed his billion dollar
smile toward Ottawa. I have
a sneaking suspicion that all
of the Canadian 'taxpayers
will be reaching into their
pockets soon. 'to . acc�ccom-
modate that smile. What I
think will happen is, that we
will be called upon td pay the
interest on the multi -billion
dollar loan; indirectly,
The government calls it a
bail-out, but I think it is go-
ing to be a continuous pur�p-
ing job. The present govern-
ment has thrown 150 million
dollars at Mexico, another
300 million at Tanzania, and
how many billions at buying
out foreign control of Cana-
dian oil? Your guess is as
good as mine.
If' our local farmers go
bankrupt, I would like to re-
mind the government that oil
is not a very appetizing or
palatable diet. The world
market price for oil is much
cheaper than what we can
produce it for here in Canada
at inflationary prices.
Maybe wonder -boy is try-
ing to obtain some of Smiling
Jack's billion dollar
charisma, and he certainly
needs it at this specific time.
• Sincerely yours;
N. J. Minaker."
Wants to prepare
an artifact list
Dear Editor,
I wish to express a sincere
thank -you to all who helped
with telephoning and cer-
tainly to all who participated
in the "quiet protest" to
County Council at the Court
House last Thursday.
Many individuals who
have donated or loaned ar-
tifacts to the museum have
indicated that they would not
agree to moving these ar-
tifacts to Vanastra. I would
appreciate hearing from
these individuals personally
(524-7064) so that a list can
be prepared and presented
to County Council at their
October 28 meeting.
To keep the Huron County
Pioneer Museum in
Goderich is our aim and ob-
jective, so let's pull together
and achieve that goal!
Eileen Palmer
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