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Zurich Citizens News, 1973-10-25, Page 4PAGE 4 C F Our apologies, please! ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1973 On numerous occasions we at the Citizens News clip and reprint editorials from other weekly newspapers, and we always try to tell on the bottom of the column where the story came from. However, a couple of weeks ago we goofed and forgot the by-line on a clipped editorial, which made the situation appear to many of our readers as though it applied locally. Under the heading "Motel -Type Dog Pounds, " the editorial referred to a situation in the Mount Forest area, where an inspector told the township council that a better dog pound was needed to serve the area, Apparently the pound being used in that area was not up to standard. However, one only has to stop and think for a minute, and then realize the situation could not apply locally. Hay Town- ship council are indeed fortunate to have the facilities of the local veterinary clinic available to serve as a pound. These facilities are well above the average, and anyone concerned would well realize that any stray dogs receive better care in the local clinic than at most homes. We are indeed apologetic for the misunderstanding which might have come out of the editorial in question, and assure our readers that in the future any guest editorials appearing in the Citizens News columns will bear the appropriate credit line. You can see that one of Craig's eyes is not normal but he is to have surgery to correct it. Craig has also been fitted with glasses, which he will need to sear after the operation to maintain the correction. Ile is not wearing his glasses here because at 15 months he doesn't yet understand what they are for and he doesn't like the feel of thele. But his foster mother says he is 0 good-natured amenable Tittle fellow and she is sure he will soon get used to his glasses. Craig was born prematurely and so his development is behind the average for his age. Ile has only two teeth so far, and he was a bit late in starting to walk. Craig is gradually making up his prematurity, however. and has had none of the health problems often associated with being born too soon. Now that he is walking he is constantly on the go, and he entertains himself well with his own toys or preferably With the contents of the kitchen cupboards. Friendly, outgoing Craig loves children and animals and people in general. Ile is almost never shy. Ile likes to go out in the ear and is a splendid traveler. Ile eats well and is a 12 -hour - a -night sleeper even with a long afternoon nap. Ile seems to understand whatever is said to him and is building up a vocabulary of his own. Music goes to his feet — he loves to dance. There are allergies and asthma in Craig's background but the baby himself has had no hint of either. To inquire about adopting Craig, please write to Today's Child, Box SSM, Station K, Toronto M-11' 2112. HEALTHY AND BUSY ZU ICH Citizens N " ,n I' S PRINTED .Y SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHE(M, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 00 liree Member: 4241.11044 Canadian Weekly. Newspapers J ssociation +, OrMMaria Weekly Newspapers Association Association‘ 11111?I'ssi Subscription Rates: $5.00 per year in advance In Canada; $6.00 in United States and Foreign; single copies 15¢ Bill Smiley hl, !wu'G THE BIRD GETS' TOO SLOW A BURN Offer me a ticket to any exotic spot in the world, any October --Rome, Paris, Athens, Rio, Tahiti --and I'd turn it down flat. There could not be, anywhere on this globe, a finer place to be, in October, than Canada. October has everything. Glorious golden days with the foliage flung across the land in such magnificence it's as though the Creator were chuckling, "I am far from dead. Just try to match this with your puny genius," Nights are remarkable. Cool enough for a sweater, but us- ually calm, Perfect for a stroll around the side streets of a small town, with the smell of burning leaves poignant on the soft air, and the spurt of orange flame as someone pokes up his fire. It's against the law to burn leaves, but such laws were not made for small towns, and are generally ignored. And why not? All the burning leaves in all the small towns in Canada wouldn't pollute the air as much as one hour on five per cent of the highways in Canada, with about a million stinking cars belching their bad breath. But October has something for everyone. The hunter is happy. He can squat in a blind until he's almost on his last lurch. He may see nothing more than a few late and lazy crows, or the starling heading south, but by George, he feels great when he gets home and tracks mud all over the house, and tears into that peanut but- ter sandwich his irate wife has left out for him. Mor intelligent hunters, of course, will go after partridge, and prowl along an old bush road in comfort. The most int- elligent hunters will sit downin the sun, lean against the bole of a tree, have a perfectly relaxed nap, and go home with a good appetite and a clear. conscience. Fishermen like October. They flog themselves out of bed in order to hit the water at dawn. Every one of them has a lurking hunch that this morn- ing he's going to hit that big rainbow. And he can stand there shivering, in the misty morning happy in the knowledge that none of the nuisance anglers of Opening Day will be fouling his line, scaring the fish. They - re all home in bed. For the sports fan, October is the zenith of the year. He might see almost nothing of his family for a month, but he's as happy as an idiot with an ice cream cone, sitting in front of the boob tube, wildly switching channels as he tries to club- house sandwich the height of the football season, the begin- ning of the hockey season, and the World Series, October is Thanksgiving. By some piece of uncanny good luck or good judgment, it us- ually turns out to be a beautiful weekend, and this year's was nigh perfect, in these parts. It's a grand occasion for clos- ing up the cottage, or getting If a girl doesn't watch her figure, the boys won't. together with the family for a gorge of turkey and punkin pie, or just getting out into the country and counting the things you have to be thankful for. This year we had our daught- er and her husband for the holi- day. oli-day. She insisted on cooking the entire Thanksgiving dinner, And she insisted on using her method, which is known as slow roasting. This method "keeps all the good of the turkey in, and when it's finished, it's so tender is just falls off the bones, " End of quote. You cook it for hours and hours at about 200 degrees, instead of the usual 325 or so. Many a turkey I've cooked in the normal fashion, and they always come out golden, meat falling off the bones, I said, "Carry on, kid, " My wife bit.her lip, her tongue and her fingernails, but kept silent. Every hour or so she couldn't stand it, and would sneak out, while Kim wasn't in the kitchen, and have a look. The turk just lay there, like a big, dead bird. It was pretty obvious that the only process that was setting in was rigor mortis.. But no interference with modern methods. The grand moment arrived, after cooking a nine -pound bird, practically a midget, for nine hours. Her husband can't carve, so I -did the honours. I like my steaks rare, but I can't say I'ni wild for rare turkey. I almost sprained by wrist on my first slice with the carving knife. 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