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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1983-04-27, Page 14Page 14—The Wingham Advance -Times, April 27, 1983 Editorial Man and the m dia 11 Through the quiet subur- ban streets of Chicago police sirens wailed and a voice was heard saying:' "Atten- tion! All citizens beware! Do not take Extra -Strength Ty- lenol capsules. Some cyna- nide-contaminated- capsules have been found in local drugstores." This incident might have been taken from the sound track of a horror movie but, in fact, it is an actual des- cription of what happened recently in the city of Chicago, causing panic among the residents. This panic quickly spread throughout United States and even into Canada. Included among the seven innocent victims of the Tyle- nol stery were: a twelve- year o girl, three young men, a w mother and a young flight attendant. The financial victim is the John- son and Johnson Company, which has been forced to dump 79 million dollars worth of Tylenol capsules and has lost one million dol- lars in sales a day. Where did the murderer get the idea for the bizarre Tylenol crime? Should the media not bear some of the blame for the Tylenol inci- dent? Could .this crime have been inspired by a mystery book the murderer read, or a de- tailed news report he heard? Did he get the idea at the local movie theatre, where murder is a common feature attraction? Or, could the idea have Been sparked by one of the many crime tele- vision shows we are now sub- jected to? Not long ago I watched a television show about crime prevention. In my opinion, instead of preventing crime it was more apt to cause crime. It was like a "How To" course. In one half hour, the viewer learned how to get into a locked car, a locked house and also how to choose which house to burglarize. How much far-reaching trouble will the wide pub- licity by the media of the Ty- lenol case cause? Already there have been some "copy- cat" instances of other medi- cation being tampered with, as far away as Japan. For example, eyedrops laced with acid have been found, no doubt as a direct result of the Tylenol case. .Just this past year, con- taminated Hallowe'en candy has been found in Ottawa. As a result, police are warning eSchooh*totts SENIOR SOCCER The Senior soccer team defeated the Kincardine team by a score of 4-2 on April 19. Scoring for Madill were Jim LeGrand, Tim Ward, Ed Hunter and Wayne Phillips. SENIOR HURON -PERTH BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS On April 29, the Senior Huron -Perth Badminton Championships were held in the Madill gyms to deter- mine individual champions, team champions and WOSSA competitors. The Madill badminton team played some excellent matches with the result that our team finished second to Listowel out of 10 schools represented, and six out of eight players of our senior team will be eli- gible for WOSSA. Rick Scrimgeour, playing men's singles, lost his open- ing match to the eventual winner, Pete Zister from Listowel, and went on to de- feat Stratford Central before bowing to Clinton 15-10, 15-9. Rick finished fifth in singles. The Madill ladies' single R. W. Bell 1 OPTOMETRIST Goderich The Square 524-7861 X11, %ROI OI) 1111 1101 "1 u31.1)11AI I I hilt III \ 01 I 254 Josephine St. Wingham CASH FOR GOLD All Gold and Silver items, rings, watches, earrings, mains. me- dals and dental gold. Damaged or broken items acceptable Special prices for Can- adian and American silver coins, any con- dition. Also buying any foreign silver coins. Exclusive Agent in Wingham for North- land Gold & Silver Inc. player, Julaine Adams, played five excellent mat- ches to gain a fourth place finish. Julaine defeated players from Seaforth. St. Marys and Stratford North- western before losing a tough three game match to Mitchell 6-11, 11-10 and 11-7. This was Julaine's first year on the team, and we con- gratulate her on her sports- manlike and determined play. Steve Gaunt and John Leedham represented Madill in the difficult men's double draw. John and Steve gained a respectable third-place finish and a WOSSA berth by defeating Mitchell and Strat- ford Central, but two losses to Listowel and Stratford Central knocked them out of the finals. Helen Morrison and Tami MacDonald played inspired badminton to reach the finals undefeated on the women's doubles draw. To do this they beat the Clinton, South Huron and Listowel teams, then waited to see who their finalists would be. Unfortunately, the Listo- wel team they had beaten previously had gotten stronger as the afternoon wore on, and Helen and Tami lose a heartbreaking final to Listowel 15-10, 15-10. How- ever, it was a fine second - place finish and what they learned will help them on Saturday. Finally, the Madill mixed doubles team of Tracey MacKay and Rob Willis earned themselves a WOSSA berth with an excellent sec- ond place finish. Tracey and Rob took on all their com- petitors and defeated them all, except for the Clinton team. In two long, difficult matches Tracey and Rob couldn't seem to find the key to beating them, losing the final 15-5, 15-4. The staff and students con- gratulate our fine Senior badminton team and its sec- ond -place finish and wish John Leedham, Steve Gaunt, Helen Morrison, Tami MacDonald, Tracey MacKay and Rob Willis, good luck in the WOSSA championships to be held this Saturday in St. Thomas. —Mr. Brewster (Coach) er "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" 482.7103 children not to trick -or -treat this year. Has not the Tyle- nol crime been too widely publicized? Again I ask, should the media not bear some of the blame for the in- crease in crime? Murder has always seem- ed an impersonal subject to me because it was com- mitted in the slum section of some far-off city, but sud- denly it has become as close to me as the medicine chest in my bathroom. Has the media helped to make the world become such an evil place that we must fear tak- ing a simple "aspirin" in our own home in Small Town Canada? Surely, the evi- dence confirms that the media does have a negative influence on man and his actions. —Kendra McKague 12D Editorial PURPLE CHASER The only time you misun- derstand anything is the time when you believe that you are fully educated enough to view the item and completely understand it, using judgment and per- spicacity, which to your un- derstanding cannot misun- derstand anything, which you are bound to understand. Nuclear energy or oil? If only nuclear energy were as safe to use as coal or oil, how easily we could sleep at night! Or so some people' would like us to believe. Think of the dangers of radiation, they warn, when no one has ever been hurt by radiation in a nuclear power plant. Thousands have died of black lung while mining coal. Think of the damage to the environment! Coal and oil power plants discharge thou- sands of tons of hydrocar- bons into the air every hour. Nuclear reaction is the safest method of producing electricity that we have, next to hydro -electric power. And all large-scale hydro sites have been developed in On- tario. No one protests or pickets Pickering, yet oil - burning plants are the great- est cause of acid rain today. And the 9hances of a meteorite collision are, greater than those for meltdown in an Ontario re- actor. A lot of the ecological ef- fects of nuclear stations are beneficial. Vegetation and fish have flourished since Lake Huron's water tem- perature has been raised by the Bruce Nuclear Develop- ment. Another benefit is fruits which can be raised year round with waste heat from nuclear plants. So, all the protest march- ers should move to oil -fired stations and have nuclear reactors produce all the electricity that can't be sup- plied by hydro -electric plants. Then we would have a better chance for a safe, clean world. —Allan Petten Movie review: Tootsie After hearing the music for the theme song to "Toot- sie", you may believe that this movie is about two peo- ple who fall in love in a won rful and beautiful love y. Unfortunately, you will not find this to be true. Instead, you will discover a crazy, mixed-up reversal or roles with a love story being the smallest of the plots. The story dwells on an out - of -work actor who decides to change and does so to a drastic measure. He be- comes a "she", Dorothy Michaels, who in turn, be- comes a famous soap opera star. The male star on the soap opera falls in love with him as well as the father of the girl he has fallen in love with. He loves the girl, and the men love him because they think he is Dorothy. Much like the plots of "Three's Company", there are numerous funny misun- derstandings involving such things as Dorothy -Michael sleeping in the same bed with this girl he loves, and she believing Dorothy is a lesbian because while dressed as Dorothy, he tried to kiss her. And the only reason he started all this was to help a friend finance her play. The best scene occurs when Dorothy -Michael is fending off the male soap opera star and his -her room- mate walks in — played by Bill Murray. Once the good "Doctor" is dispensed with, Murray comes out with his famous line, "You slut ! " Confusion plays a big part in the whole movie. Dustin Hoffman does a remarkable performance as a woman. Jessica Lange plays an Academy Award-winning supporting actress role. When she recieved her Os- car, Jessica thanked a lot of people including her leading lady, Dustin Hoffman! Once you have seen "Toot- sie", you will have to go back and see it again and again to make sure you saw what you think you saw. Although "Tootsie" was not chosen movie of the year, it is definitely worth seeing! After all, where else can you be so confused and enjoy it so much? —Liz Wilkins Art Masters at F. E. Madill Recently, at F. E. Madill Secondary School, a poster contest was held on the general theme of "Telecom- munications for Everyone". The posters were to develop this theme and show how young people imagine the role that telecommunica- tions play in making today's world shrink, what their ef- fect will be on the family, on mass communications, on economic and social de- velopment of nations and on fostering understanding among people of the world. The judges consisted of members of the CKNX staff as well as the staff at F. E. Madill SS. The three best en- tries from students in the Junior category (ages 13-15) and the Senior category (ages 16-18) were forwarded to the Huron County Science Fair. This contest was open to all schools in Huron County and the top three winners of both categories were stu- dents from Madill. For the Junior division, Susan Meyer won first prize, Archita Ghosh won second, and Charlotte Cassidy won third. In the Senior division, Frankie Bondi won first, Paula Strong second and Brenda Richmond third. TOA FRIEND Wedding bells that tinkle As the bride strolls down the lane, Remembering her childhood past And dreams to rise and fame. At the altar the groom stands Straight and sturdy and tall Hopes and prays his days of bliss Will now be double -all. A clasping of hands, a saying of vows The climax: a ring- and a kiss. Joys and sorrows of mar- riage Begin lasting eventfulness. —Michelle Hooftman Susan's and Frankie's posters are going to Saska- toon, Saskatchewan, in May for the All -Canada Science Fair. If their posters win there, they, with their posters, will go to Geneva, Switzerland, in November. This poster contest is open to 155 countries, of which Canada is participating for the first time. Congratula- tions to Frankie and Susan for being Art Masters for Madill! Also, special thanks to all those who submitted posters for judging — they were all excellent. —Liz Wilkins EWE HAS 1JUADRUPLETS—A Lester -Suffolk cross ewe owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ken Pewtress of RR 3, Wingham, gave birth to four baby lambs early Tuesday morning. The lambs, Eeny, Meeny, Miny and Moe, all were doing well as of Tuesday morning and were up and about. The Pewtresses had the ewe bred in November to an Alberta -born ram named "Lougheed ". Ewe gives birth to quadruplets Mr. and Mrs. Ken Pewtress of RR 3, Wingham, don't have to worry about a weed problem this summer; not after one of their ewes gave birth to quadruplets Tuesday morning. The ewe, a Lester and Suffolk cross, has had numerous lambs in the past; some single births and some twins, but never anything like this, said Mr. Pewtress. They had noted she was extraordinarily large, but it was not until Tuesday morning that Mr. Pewtress realized why: four baby lambs. As of Tuesday morning, mother and children, Eeny, Meeny, Miny and Moe, were MRS. GEORGE HISLOP of RR 2, Wroxeter, showed off her expertise in liquid em- broidery and as a bowmaster at the craft and bake sale held last Saturday at the Howick Central School. Many local craftsmen showed their wares at the show. doing well. But lambs are very delicate for their first week of life, he said, and so they must be watched constantly. However, they all were eager to suckle the mother which means the only problem is making sure she has enough milk for her brood. Mrs. Pewtress had a special formula given to her by the veterinarian, but she said the lambs would rather be fed by their mother. The Pewtresses breed their sheep in November so the Iambs will be born in April. They borrowed the ram for this particular ewe from their son-in-law. The ram came from Alberta, so they nicknamed him "Lougheed" . The Pewtresses have a few sheep which pasture around their property in the sum- mer, eating grass and weeds. The new arrivals will help to alleviate the weed problem even further once they're old enough to be weaned from their mother. Belgrave euchre Ten tables were in play at the weekly euchre which was held in the Wi Hall Wednes- day, April 20. Winners were: high lady, Mrs. Mel Jacklin; novelty lady, Mrs. Harold Grant; low lady, Mrs. Edgar Wight - man; high man, William Gow; novelty man, Edgar Wightman; low man, George Michie; most lone hands, either lady or man, Herb Clayton. Due to the play at the East Wawanosh Public School on Wednesday, April 27, euchre will be held Thursday, April 28. Everyone is welcome. AND you can receive up to $500 CHIP Grant INSULATE YOUR ;' TTIC AND WALLS NOW Be cooler this summer, warmer next winter. FREE ESTIMATES ADAMSON INSULATION Lucknow Phone 528-21 13 CvS113 listed contractor. 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