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Zurich Citizens News, 1976-11-24, Page 4Page 4 -Citizens News, November 24, 1976 My kids don't need a dictionary — they're going to wait t the movie comes out lliteracy among students? What channel was it on?" We are about to enter the one time of the year \vhen there are more parties and family get-togethers than at' any other time. There arc also more alcoholic beverages consumed than at any other time of the year, and there will be a lot of people who will lose their lives in accidents, perhaps be- cause they had just one more for the road. It's not a very humourous topic, but un- fortunately it is one which needs to be men- tioned and which needs to be considered very seriously. Alcohol and gasoline just don't mix. The Brewers of Ontario, we are glad to see, are taking the problem of alcohol abuse Time very seriously. They are using the television to air commercials featuring a little man at a party. If any of you have watched any hockey games recently you have probably seen him. The commercial's message is simple, None for the Road is better than one for the road. Never before_ has such a message receiv- ed eceiveed such heavy media coverage, and al- though we suspect the Breweries are only doing it now before they are forced to. we feel they deserve some credit. Hopefully, the use of this message on the TV screen will have a little more impact. Think about it the next time you are offered one for the road—if you take one, it could be the last one you ever have. Quebee Reaction to the Quebec elections falls into 3 main camps: 1. How could they do that? 2. Good riddance! 3. It will never happen. How could they do it? Easy. They just walked into the polling booths and voted against a rotten Government. Good• riddance? A bit extreme, but there is a certain discomfort in the scan- dals which emanate from Quebec and the host of problems caused the rest of the na- tion with the over -kill on bi-lingualism. Cessession from the rest of Canada? Possible, but not likely. Chief danger here is that every federal -provincial dialogue is now prefaced with an overtone of a tran- sient hue. Bourassa deserved to lose. He and the Quebec Liberals, gorged with the massive 102 seat win last time, did the usual "Latin Dear Editor: I would first of all like to make one statement plan and clear, "I am not against paying my share towards recreation costs, even tho my family makes only minimum use of the Zurich Community Centre." After attending the "Hay Township Rate Payers" meet- ing last Tues. night it is not hard to figure out why some people want the mill rate of Hay township increased to raise money for the Zurich arena. It was stated at the meeting that the average farm assess- ment in Hay township was $10,000.00 and that the aver- age assessment for a house; and lot in Hay township was $2,500.00. Thus after the bit" and turned Quebec into a sort of banana republic. Levesque is perhaps not as wild as he might seem. He ran on the "separatist" ticket, but we feel the voters voted for jobs, against inflation, against Bourassa and for a change. The fact that the popular vote was below 40% (and still afforded a tremendous win) does not indicate that Quebec will vote out of Canada at any referendum. How does this effect us in the rest of the nation? Our worst fears about Quebec have been realized ... they are unpredic- table. The economic repercussions will be not only visible but will spill off to the rest of the country. All in all, it is not the end of confedera- tion. Levesque will have to prove he can govern well before the Quebeckers will support a removal from Canada. Sarnia Gazette Your View farmer gets his tax rebate he is still paying DOUBLE the amount of dollars out of his pocket compared to the small property owner. These. calcu- lations are already being used in our education tax system, now you want the farmer to not only help educate your children but to give them all the recreation benefits also. I think that it is time NOW for the Hay Reeve, Deputy, councillors and opponents to take a long conservative look at this. Either charge every household a flat rate for rec- reation, or charge each family using the facilities, then when they are thro using them, they are thro paying. It would help, I am sure, to mark the ballot on election day if we heard from each one of you. Another question that has risen, why isn't the Zurich arena on a paying basis? If the board of directors know anything about financing and drawing up a budget there should be NO reason why the rate payers of Zurich or any Township should have todielp subsidize its operation. The arena is booked for months ahead. In to -days world of business operations, if a business isn't paying, you either change your line of operation to make it pay, or, you get out of busi- ness—maybe that's the answer for the Zurich arena. A Hay Township Tax Payer. by Cathy McKinley a_ .._ allaa 1 wonder if all the secretaries who are typing out letters to Dear Sir, ever wonder if that sir might not be a female. I'm getting very sick and tired of having alt the press releases and letters come addressed to Dear Sir. You'd think if they took the time to find out Zurich had a newspaper, they could take a few minutes more and find out whether the news editor is a sir or not. As Linus said, "Editors have feelings too you know!.' larlintrfroirOniritc Once upon a time, in a land of verdant pastures in the West of Canada, a young couple pledged their love in legal marriage. Neither owned property and so they began their working lives together as hired hands on a farm, oddly enough, the monthly paycheque was made out to the male spouse. First Oversight: She had no evidence of her work. Soon they had saved enough to buy their own farm, but as the Harney was in the name of the male spouse, so naturally was the farm. Second .Oversight: She had no proof of her share in the farm property. Later they bought a second farm with the help of money From the female spouse's father. Third Oversight: It appears that the male spouse only had a partnership with her father. She thought she was a partner too. Still later. her father died and they bought a third farm with money received from her mother. Fourth Oversight: There was no proof that this money went into farmland. He later claimed that it had been a loan and had been returned. After all this land was acquired, the male spouse used to be away for five months each year. So the female spouse worked the farms. She roped the steers, branded the cattle, ploughed and cultivated the land. In fact, she ran a dude ranch—from six in the morning until 10 at night. Fifth Oversight: She wasn't paid for her labor in any way. Thirty years later, she left her husband in fear that he had inflicted severe physical violence on her. Naturally, when she filed for separation, she expected to receive half of their property. She got: from her husband, a broken neck in a cervical collar, a black eye and a broken arm. From the Supreme Court of Canada—a majority decision by five to four that her husband should give her $200 a month (of her money) for the rest of her life. The moral of the Irene Murdoch Case is a lesson to all young lovers. Before marriage, it is wise to consider what the law says concerning matrimonial properties. The Advisory Council on the Status of Women is urging law reforms to see marriage as an economic and social part- nership of equals. They ask that the unpaid work within the family be recognized as being as vital to society as paid work outside the family. If - dissolution should occur, marriage partners should have the right to an equal share of the assets accumulated during the marriage. I for one agree these reforms are necessary and long overdue. Don't wait until its too late. .Know 'what your rights are before marriage, just in case, in 30 years, you change your mind. ********* I've heard several predictions of a coming ice age and some saying we -will have this colder, wetter, snowier weath- er for the next two decades before we slowly start back in the other direction. If anyone knows for sure whether the climate of this area is making a permanent or even semi-permanent change, I would like to hear about it right away. I dislike the cold very much, and with summers the way we've been hav- ing them, it seems unlikely they can make up for the long snowy winters. I just may have to pull up stakes and move to the sunny south, at least then my camera lens wouldn't fog up every time 1 tried to take a picture! Maurl©h deiv&RA HcR90 Published Each Wednesday By J.W. Eedy Publications Ltd. Member: Canadians Weekly. Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association eNA Manager - Betty O'Brien News Editor - Cathy McKinley Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 Subscription Rates: $6.00 per year in advance in Canada; inTilted S#a a and Forel n' sin le co tea 20