Loading...
The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-08-16, Page 44 eje = * inahant Clibbance -Zintels Published each Wednesday at: Box 390, 5 Diagonal Road, Wingham, Ontario Phone (519) 357-2320 Fax (519) 357-2900 J.W. Eedy Publications Ltd. Second Class Mail Registration No. 0821 We are: Jihr'l3eckett — Publisher Audrey Currie — Manager Cameron J. Wood — Editor Cathy Hendriks — Ad. Sales Stephen Pritchard — Production Jim Brown — Reporter Margaret Stapleton—Reporter Eve Buchanan — Office Louise Welwood — Office WON SOAK AUGUST 16,19.95 • Memberof: OCNA CCNA The W ingham Adv ante -Times is a member of a family of community newspapers pro- viding news. advertising and information leadership. Letters to the Editor All letters to the editor must bear the writer's name, telephone num- ber and address. The Advance -Times wel- comes letters. We re- serve the right to edit, but will endeavor to preserve the author's intent. Deadline for letters is Monday before 10:00 a.m.. Some exceptions maFax: (519) 3a57-2900 or mail to: P.O. Box 390, Wingham, Ontario, NOG. 2W0 Censorship doesn't scare many people in our socie- ty. We are lulled by our freedom and law-abiding nature into thinking it a benign, or even benevo- lent, act. No material would be banned, we think, if that was not in our best interest. That's probably why many people will support the ministerial association in St. John's which has made a strong statement against "personals" ads in the city's dai- ly paper. (Let's ignore for a moment the fact these items neither promote certain lifestyles nor are they any defer- ence to freedom of expression.) Look at the issue as a problem of one group hoping to impose its own values on another. Whether we agree with the values or not, we do not allow anyone to impose viewpoints upon us, and therefore we cannot allow anyone to dictate viewpoints to anyone else. The problem with censorship -- and the very reason it cannot be accepted as a legitimate solution to TV vio- lence or sexually explicit literature or politically distaste- ful ideology -- is who defines "offensive." Who is to say what type ,of values any group estab- lished to impose censorship might have? They could be so conservative and strict as to prohibit "The Barenaked Ladies" simply because of their name, for example, or so liberal and flippant that the few restrictions we now pos- sess.would be thrown out the window. ' More dangerously, they could have a set series of po- litical ideas they wish to promote, and others they wish to repress. No one should permit another to define art. That above all else is a most personal decision, and includes the art of living as one sees fit. Instead we have to take respon- • sibility for what we choose to see or hear, and, live by these choices. If a child was shocked by a rock video, for instance, should she\he have been watching these videos at all? There is a•great deal of adult content in a large number of videos made by popular groups, yet many par- ents feel videos are "kid's stuff" and do 't bother to monitor their children's viewing. That rung through all television programming, and as TV becomes more ex- plicit the responsibility for what is watched or not must be taken up by the viewer -- or parent. The same is true for print. So while censorship may seem like an an- swer, it is too easy to let someone else tell us what is and is not suitable. Once we do, we give up ourright of self- determination. Such decisions ultimately rest with us, • and that right is a power we should exercise. It is why ra- dios and televisionsconte with "on/off' switches in the first place, and paper is recyclable. Ken Simmons, Gulf News, NFLD 410:10A:'. s 4 z0. m iTs p YouU. BUNDLE it* 4.1 bwvimtk a `► litxon .1.1114113,) 1995 pENNANT A reason to .th `l i�ilcgfiiam Congratulations to the Wingham Strikers Minor Soccer team. The squad took the North Huron Co -Ed Atom Soccer Championship. Great effort for a young organization. er with Margaret Stapleton AUGUST 1948 Dudley E. Holmes, K.C., who has been crown attorney of Huron. County for the past 17 years, has • been appointed magistrate of Hu- ron. He will succeed the late J. W. Morley of Exeter. A native of Goderich, Mr'. Holmes received his early education in Wingham and is married to the former Hel- en MacLean of Wingham, John Fischer, Bluevale district farmer, was admitted to the Wing - ham General Hospital suffering lacerations to his back. Fischer was the victim of a hay fork acci- dent. Struck in the back, the prongs of the fork penetrated his lungs. Joe Kerr, Wingham, gravel contractor for the Brant County engineer's department, has com- pleted the season's work at Brant County pits, drawing, and crush- ing 20,000 cubic yards of gravel. Two carloads of beef cattle were shipped to Buffalo from Wingham last Tuesday •afternoon in the first such movement since the lifting of a government embar- go Monday. . AUGUST 1961 A big loss was sustained by Pe- ter Jorrenssen of the sixth of Turnberry when his large barn was completely destroyed by fire during the early hours of Tuesday morning, The loss has been esti- mated at'$20,000. The Jorrenssen family purchased the 60 -acre farm only one year ago from Eldred Cathers. A charity concert for the Gold- en Circle School was staged by children at the Harry Spry home. A total of $12 will be contributed the school. Star performers were Barbara and Sheila France, Neil Renwick. Donna McKay, Dianne Argue and Patsy Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Henry (Scotty) Rdss will be at home to friends and neighbors on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. At a special meeting of council, Constable James Miller, who has been the town night constable, was appointed police chief replac- ing the late Gordon Deyeil. AUGUST 1971 A convention will be held Sept. 1 in the town hall at Wingham to select a Progressive Conservative candidate for the provincial riding of Huron -Bruce. An election in Ontario is widely expected for the fall with candidates rumored to be Len Metcalfe of RR 5, Mildmay and Lou Boyce, Kincardine. Bill Henderson Sr. will mark 50 years in the barbering business next month. He has operated a shop in Wingham since 1937. Hensall United Church was the scene of a pretty summer wedding earlier this month when Catherine Ann Scane.. became the bride of Niel Arthur Edgar. Construction of the fabricating plant for Royal Homes is moving ahead. Funeral service was held Mon- day afternoon for Wee Lee, well- known resident of Wingham who passed away at Wingham and District Hospital on his 83rd birthday. A native of Canton, Chi- na, Mr. Lee came to Wingham in 1918. AUGUST 1981 A local girl scored a major ac- complishment last weekend when she was selected as third runner- up at the Miss CNE Queen of the Fairs pageant. Janice McMichael of Wroxeter, reigning as Miss Howick Fall Fair, competed against 97 other girls from all across the province. Candystripers of Wingham and District Hospital honored their former director, Mrs. Barry Pass- more, at her home last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Passmore and her family are Moving to Owen Sound. Only the cast is d so far TORONTO — The Beverly Hillbil- lies are back running Ontario -- only the cast is different. The Progressive Conservatives be- fore winning the June election la- belled the governing New Demo- crats the Hillbillies because they stumbled through more than their share of personal indiscretions. The Conservatives likened them to the TV backwoods clan which struck it rich, but did not know how to behave and implied the better - bred Tories with a long tradition in dealer under the slogan "any Palladi- governing, including 42 consecutive ni is a pal of mine" has been driving years up to 1985, would show a lot on the wrong side of the highway more class. since he was sworn in. But the Tories are raising suspi- The new minister said he accepted cions the Clampetts have returned. public transit because "not every - Premier Mike Harris has no trouble body can afford an automobile." a getting his cost-cutting policies ap- grudging endorsement of a system proved by a majority, but his team in he is supposed to champion because only a few weeks has piled up gaffes it cuts costs, congestion and pollu- at a quicker pace even than the NDP. tion and is the only means of travel Harris had to fire a top aide, Jaime for many. Watt, who designed the advertising Palladini implied no one who crucial to winning the election, after could afford a car would be seen a newspaper reported him among dead on public transit, wherea.s many "the group of seven who help Mike feel it helps themselves and the com- make his mark". munity. The minister said he felt his Angry readers recognized Watt dealership should be free to sell cars has having been convicted of fraud, to the province, although he aright a much more serious offence than seem to be influencing sales and any committed by New Democrats, have a conflict of interest. The con- , yet he had been warning voters not flirts commissioner had to persuade to trust other parties and assuring him otherwise. that cutting welfare and firing civil Palladini also took umbrage at the servants must be accepted for the notion that ministers may lose their public good. limousines because Harris has said On a lesser level, Transportation he will review their use. This is Minister Al Palladini, a former car probably no more than a public rela- with Eric Dowd tions gesture. There is no prospect ' ministers will have to ride buses or thumb rides. Palladini complained he has to drive in heavy traffic from his subur- ban home and previous ministers had limos. Letters have flooded in. saying hearts would break if a minis- ter had to drive himself. Community and Social Services Minister David Tsusbouchi has had to explain why, in discussing cuts to welfare, he echoed a reporter's sug- gestion that, "The weather is nicer in British Columbia," so that he was viewed as callously pushing people struggling on welfare to pack their bags. Tsubouchi also wrote a bizarre poem in which he shot dead a mime who irritated him. The media has had a Heid day interpreting this as his secret desire -to get ride of the weak and poor. Then MPP Morley Kells, left out of cabinet, claimed that ,Harris is a dictator and ignores backbenchers. This may turn out accurate in the end because the premier shows signs of authoritarianism and wrote most of ' his policies before the election. which reduces scope for his MPPs to influence them -- but no backbench- er ever has made such a complaint so early. Harris's Tories in opposition were known for their gaffes, including ap- pearing to praise people who gave up jobs for welfare . They may be blue -bloods in government, but they can still act like Jethro and Jed.