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Zurich Citizens News, 1976-12-01, Page 4Page 4 -Citizens News, December 1, 1976 TED, BUREAU of THIN, NAUSEA, KUMQUAT MARKETING, kTSETSE FLY HUSBANNY A FER MT, of A)\RDVMS, CONTROL PRY DT RDEA CH N3h5TER gESTMATIOI T% vilb=4,meq•NAL�'. "Oh yeah? i4v department can out -spend your department!" Your 111 Dear Lady Editor: To: Hay township Taxpayer: I would like to take this opportunity to reply to your letter in last week's paper. I feel we should pay our share towards the arena; which $1,000 is obviously not enough. And after paying our share if this is still not enough, then both township and town users of the Dear Editor, As a member of Hay Township council I feel obliged to express my opinion, not necessarily that of council on the recreation issue. Council has a rec. committee and they present a budget each year to council for approval, There seems to be some misunderstandings as to whose financial responsibility recreation really is. Well, as far as the facilities for recreation are concerned I think they are everyone's responsibility. In Hay Township we are in- volved with the services of three arenas, with no representation of council on the board. To: The Editor, The Citizens News Zurich, Ont. Dear Sir, Who likes to suffer injustice? Are we not idignant or angered when someone does injustice to us? Indeed, injust- ice seems to strike at the very foundation of any co-operative relationship, whether this is between man and wife, busi- ness partners, labour and man- agement, the governed and those governing, or between nations. If the one party is continually doing injustice to the other party, a co-operative relationship will break down and often end in violence. Our Western industrialized society, and the benefits that we derive from it, will not be possible when the general pop- ulation no longer believes in or understands the importance of being just to the persons that we deal with. Not only will marriages break down and many children become mentally arena should pay a small fee allowing the families with more than one child that qualifies to rec programs to participate. By paying our share then we should have representation to help determine the .future of the arena. The Arena is defin- itely not the only facility that is asking for our help. This also has to be taken into considera- tion. Councillor Tony Bedard I think if the township is helping to support these facilities there should be a member of council appointed to each board. This representation would give council the information required in making decisions on financial support. Council has representation on area fire boards and this method is working quite successfully. There are many ways of assessing costs of recreation. Perhaps a few could be offered as suggestions only. 1. Participants pay for their recreation activity and local government pay for maintenance and operations of facilities. disturbed misfits, but industrial enterprises cannot function when no one feels an obliga- tion to perform the duties for which he is being paid. Com- munal and government systems will no longer function to give us the necessary services of water, roads, electricity, etc. when officials steal the money entrusted to them by the public. This is the reason that millions of people live in misery and some starve to death in India, Africa, South America, and many other places. There pri- vate and public systems cannot function because of theft and corruption. A sense of justice is missing. Then we should expect that the leaders of our society were anxious to inculcate a sense of justice in the next generation. It may be true that the Chris- tian Church has performed that function in the past, but the Church is rapidly losing its influence as a moral teacher of the young. Our secular govern- ments have not shown much 2. A flt rate per family for those participating in all forms of recreation. 3. A direct payment or (grant) as to the percentage of costs of operation and maintenance to be adjusted annually as costs cha nge. 4. An increase in the rates of the facilities to put them on a paying basis. I am sure someone has other suggestions that could be offered. I'm quite sure something can be worked out that will satisfy the majority of the ratepayers, Lionel Wilder Councillor Hay Twp interest in teaching morals. As a matter of fact, it is inter- esting to note that the laws enforced- in a democracy, like Canada, do not have to pass any test to make sure that they will not do injustice to some part of the population. All they need is the support of a majority of the politicians in power. —We will be in serious difficulties the day that majority is crook- ed—Our Judges commit them- selves to judge by the law and are not obligated to do justice at all. Our public system of education does not seem to be aware of the need for teaching justice, either. They just repair their vandalized schools and call for more police. If there are persons who like justice, and who think that justice should be taught to the next generation, please drop me a line. Ivan Jensen, P.O. Box 1537, Innisfail, Alberta RIPSI aid by Cathy McKinley Winter weather invariably brings out the worst in most drivers, for some unknown reason. There are those who seem to think the only way to get a car moving on snowy roads is to spin the tires fast enough to melt the snow, melt any ice underneath and then dry off the pavement. They never seen to catch on that that method is not very successful. Then there are those who refuse to give themselves an extra few minutes to get where they are going. If it took them 20 minutes to get to work last summer, that is how long they will allow themselves in the winter. This type is usually seen in the ditch, shovelling. Of course, there is the overcautious driver too and that one is also a hazard. Travelling too slowly may force the car behind you to pass, a sometimes hazardous undertaking. Also, travelling at lower speeds than the main flow of traffic creates lineups and may cause rear end colli- sion. Another favorite trick of the poor winter driver is to drive at a correct speed for the conditions, signal every signal turn they are going to make, but not take the extra couple of minutes in the morning to brush the snow away from the rear window and signal lights. Tsk, Tsk. Well, maybe there is hope for the future, as this week has been declared Safe Driving Week. There is one thing we can be thankful for here in the villages and rural munici- palities, and that is we do not have to cope with the urban driver. If you think people around here drive poorly in snow you ought to visit Toronto. Two inches and the entire popula- tion panics, and I've seen it happen. Anyway, safe driving everyone! It's December 1 and Christmas is fast approaching. As it does the old grocery bills begin to climb as well. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without Christmas cake and no one makes it better than your own sweet mom. However, the fruit, nuts and raisins alone, if purchased in local stores, for a recipe making approximately five loaves, will cost you in the neighbourhood of $12.50. That is only for the fruits, nuts and raisins and does not include any other ingredients, hydro or compensation for the time it takes to make it. Using my own method of figuring this out, I came up with an average cost of $ 1.50 per pound, if you make it yourself. The Zurich bake shop sells it for $2.10 a pound. So, you do save a little making it yourself, if you don't count your time as valuable because in my figures I added nothing for the time spent chopping and cutting. I guess it boils down to if you like doing it, it is a bit cheaper, but if you hate the job it's probably not worth your while to spend an afternoon of frustration when the bake shop has it already made. *ftAAAik***tst-* Santa Claus, that jolly old man in the red suit, with the white beard and bells on the end of his cap. A stranger look- ing man could hardly be imagined, so it is hardly amazing to see so many small children scream in terror at the thought of having to sit on his knee or give him a kiss. Still, they do it. Some because mommy makes them, some because they want the treat they are sure to get if they do and some because they are too young to protest until it happens. At Drysdales Hardware on Friday evening last, Santa was there beard and all, and so were a Large number of local children. It's an education in itself to watch the expressions on their faces and to listen to the con jobs being done on them by the parents. I even heard one parent saying to her six or seven year old "You won't get anything for Christmas if you don't tell Santa what you want." Terror appeared in the boy's eyes at the thought of no toys on Christmas morning so the little lad allowed himself to be pushed to Santa's knee. Oh, how cruel we are in the name bf Christmas. Surely we could have picked a figure to represent Christmas who wasn't quite so scarey—at least in the eyes of the young. ZaiLrO©h C4&//4. PiGwo Published Each Wednesday By J.W. Eedy Publications Ltd. Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association NCNA Manager - Betty O'Brien News Editor - Cathy McKinley Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 Subscription Rates: $6.00 per year in advance in Canada; ;:.�� in nited t- a and oral tn•sin eieco•iep2*¢