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The Huron Expositor, 1986-04-30, Page 2• Huron . p T. �x ositor SINCE 1860, SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST BLUE. RIBBON AWARD 1985 taNt Plq,tt WlNnoth, coM... Incorporating Brussels Post 10 Main Street 527-0240 Published in SEAFORTH, ONTARIO Every Wednesday morning ED BYRSKI, General Manager . HEATHER McILWRAITH, Editor The Expositor is brought to you each week by the efforts of: Pal Armes, Bessie Broome, Marlene Charters, Joan Gulchelaar, Anne Huff, Joanne Jewitt, Stephanie Levesque, Dianne McGrath, Lois Mel -twain, Bob McMillan, Cathy Melady and Patrick Raffia, Member Canadian Community Newspaper Assdc. Ontario Community Newspaper Association Ontario Press Council Commonwealth Press Union International Press Institute Subscription rates: Canada $20.00 a year, in advance Outside Canada $60.00 a year, in advance Single Copies - 50 cents each SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1986 Second class mall registration Number 0696 O Cn Dramatic comeback OPINION How about those Maple Leafs I've been wrestlingwith my conscience the r FROM r..TTTc� ANGLE past few weeks, trying to get out of an unpleasant task, I've Concocted all sorts of flimsy excuses in myown mind, but events have finally reached the point where I can procrastinate no longer. I must write my first ever, "flow About Those Leafs," column. As a former full-time sports scribe, I have written numerous "What's Wrong with the Leafs," columns-- everyone has. However, it has never before been necessary to write a column praising the long -downtrodden squad. I won't go on ,, , t great length, because, we've all seen the games, Even if the Leafs' fail to win tonight',$ deoidingNorris'Division contest with the St. Louis Blues,- they have already proven themselves a far better team than anyone 'would have believed a few months ago and deserve to be laughed at no more. Remember the days when Leaf jokes were all the rage? Why won't Rick Valve's wife let him do the vacuuming? Because he's afraid to go in the corners. That sort of thing. Anyone who saw Vaive come back from a painful injury and score a goal in the Leaf's 4-3 overtime loss in game five of the current series must feel a pang of guilt over having told that particular joke so many times. The Leafs of course, are not the only team doing a giant -killing actin the current playoff season and while the top-rated clubs may complain about a post -season set up that by Patrick Raf tis . allows this sort of thing to happen, it is encouraging in many ways. Leaf Coach Dan Maloney, a man who's opinion on the state of hockey today would have been considered insignificant last January, put his finger on the importance' of all of this a few weeks ago. After the Leafs had eliminated the favored Chicago Black Hawks in round one, Maloney said his tearn's victory, like those of 'the Hartford W halers and New York Rangers indicated the NHL had reached something'll has been striving for since the 1967 expansion watered down the once -exclusive league. Parity. • The very idea that upsets are likely to occur at any time during season and post -season play brings back an excitement that has been missing from big league hockey for some time. - On the negative side, the idea of parity plays havoc with your scoring pool picks, but what the heck, you can't expect something for nothing. My own playoff pool picks went for an early nose dive this year, as I went for the obvious in my choices. My original draft line-up (before trades) was heavy on Flyers, Black Hawks and Nordiques. I hear Brian Prop shot a three -under par on the golf course th other day, buta fat lot of good thatdoes me Still, I can live with my open earl elimination from pool contention (seems always do anyway) in excitement and elemen of surprise on good old Hockey Night i Canada. What makes the uncertainty of playof victory: more fun for me than anything, i, watching the effect it has on color cpmmentaj tor and demented dog -owner Don Cherrya One night, Cherry is singing the praises olj the Hartford Whalers and the next night h all but sings 0 Canada in French as he give the Montreal Canadiens their due. Dot, hasn't got the faintest idea who is going to win this series,.so he has to keep covering hi behind. The former coach has even bee forced to be nice to Montreal's MatsaNaslun at times, which probably makes hint cringe" The whole thing is so unpredictable, wh knows, after tonight even Wayne Gretzkli may have to break down and buy a set of golf. clubs. I hear he sold his a couple of years ago Figured he wouldn't need them for a while, I uess. The Seaforth District High School Drama Club, is making a dramatic comeback, after a 15 -year absence from the local stage. The club was first re -organized for a high school drama festival in Blyth earlier this year and is banking on its local debut, coming up in June, to help the club become a permanent institution once again. The heavy turnout for auditions to the large -cast production, "Teach Me How to Cry," shows the student interest is'definitely there. This means all the club needs now is strong community support to make the operation viable. While drama clubs and Similar school groups may not be part of the mainstream of basic education, they are •Integral to creating a good overall educational experience for students. Student organizers of the club have already seen signs of the kind of support they need in the form of donations of material and furnishings for set construction. Hopefully this is a good indication of the kind of support they will find at the box office, once the curtain finally goes up for the first time in many years. — P.R. Another battle Ontario farmers may have been another low blow in terms of their economic future. The Ontario Corn Producers' Association Is convinced multi-million dollar subsidies to be paid to the United States Farm Program threaten Ontario's 25,000 grain corn farmers. As a result they are requesting the federal government take action to counter the United States farm bill threat . Their request Is not unreasonable. The U.S. Farm Program Is designed to force grain prices well below the cost of production and at the same time to protect American farmers from financial loss through higher government subsidies. Such subsidies are expected to exceed 50 per cent of the grain market price. As a result' Canadian grain growers will face the fuf brunt of lower U.S. grain prices without the benefit of huge U.S. subsidies. Ontario corn growers will be hit the hardest. The majority of farmers in this province, unlike their prairie cousins are not protected by Canadian barriers against U.S. imports, and have not had the benefit of federal subsidies designed to Improve their Income. As further example of this, in 1985, Western grain farmers received well over $1 billion through Crow Benefit subsidies and the federally paid share of stabilization payments. Although Ontario produces over 16 per cent as much grain as Western Canada, direct federal support was less than one per cent as large. It is also a matter of record that the cost of production and market price for corn are generally lower in Ontario than the U.S. and if there was to be a fair market environment, with similar government support as in the United States, Ontario corn production would be able to prosper, even expand. The way things are now, however, Ontario corn production will be driven down by over 8 per cent in 1986 because of depressed prices. It is projected the decline in the U.S. grain acreage in the same year will be 6 per cent while the prairies experience a 4 to 5 per cent increase. Because of the U.S. Farm program Ontario corn growers face financial devastation equal to that of the 1930s, and with all the advancements there have been since then it would be a shame to see the grain industry in Ontario suffer. The government has taken steps to help farmers in the west, now it is time to help the just as unfortunate here in the east. - H.M. FISHING DERBY — The annual opening day fishing derby was waiting to start before the official 7 a.m. starting time. There was a held Saturday morning at the Lion's Park In Seaforth. The event keen competition for fishing space, as this tightly-packedfed group of tis photo attracted over 120 youngsters, many of them who were on ,.hand, youngsters shows. Decay is food for thought Anybody who has ever had potatoes that wave back at them, milk that comes out in lumps, or bread t�h��,t,,l1ooks like it should be nth over with a Ire rehower,can appreciate the plight of the single person. After a rathei animated conversation on this topic Saturday - three of us aforemen- tioned people, decided there ought to be good money in producing a recipe book that deals specifically with ways and means to make otherwise gangrenous food useful - at least in some secondary sense. More than likely, we determined, a recipe bock of this sort would be more suited to single adults everywhere, who when faced with normal recipes often are forced to beat a hurried exit to the grocery store to find the appropriate ingredients. Our recipe book would allow people to use ingredients they more than likely already have at their disposal - or at least ready for disposal. I can't count the number of times i've peeked (and rather warily) into a dosed container in my refrigerator and recoiled when I've discovered that singiehandedly, file managed to breed a whole new civilization on my oval. It almost makes test tube babies seem minute in comparison. And every once in a while I get into a healthy eating kick, and fill my refrigerator with all kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables, so they'll be there for the taking instead of the always tempting potato chips and chocolate bars. Unfortunatelythough potato chips have less tendency to go rotten, or soggy or whatever potato chips do - at least around my place. WEAT.SOCKS�.. �` ,her 1VICIIwr�r�li ' And although my intentions are good when I place the foods of a healthy "man's" diet in my refrigerator, the day I do the filling and the day I start to do the emptying usually are eons apart. The tesutt is less than severable. There's nothing like finally craving a dose of vitamin C but in reaching for the orange discovering it feels as though it came from some orchard nested in the midst of the petrified forest. Apples, too, have changed. It seems they've decided to begin the trans- formation to apple sauce without waiting for the helping hand of mankind. The cucumber disintegrates, if not when it comes in contact with outside air, then at least when it touches a human hand; carrots have seemingly fallen victim to what you determine must be a premature aging process and lay withered and undisputably dead in the bottom of the crisper(?); some of the celery has suffered a similar fate, while some is desperately in need of artificial respiration as it lays waterlogged and drowning in a bowl of what is now rather murky water; radishes are no longer red but black; and the Iettuce, well, that's another story. Although it's been stored in a tupperware container (to promote a longer life), you're almost sorry you made such a noble effort, because the Iettuce now not only appears (and smells) like an apparition from the swamp, but the container is better off tossed in the garbage since it apparently has been slimed for life. Orange juice too, can undergo some changes if left alone too long. There's nothing like spending months steering dear of alcoholic beverages only to find yourself falling off the wagon one day simply because you drank fermented orange juice. i guess it makes for a cheap champagne breakfast. And speaking of cheap - you know things have existed a mite too long In the refrigerator when you open the door one day to find cheap is now spelled CHEEP and all the eggs have hatched. Oh, the life of the single adult is never boring. it is not however, always pleasant, especially when it comes down to the fact that it's hot always a guess who's coming to dinner but guess WHAT'S coming to dinner gante plan. Then again, a little penicillin never hurt anybody (without an allergy to it) and all that culture (mould) you've bean cultivating all these months inn always be put to use be - say a garnish. t mean, who ever has parsley on hand anyway? Reader disputes columnist's theory on homosexuality horigin taken fromthe get turned on. Why do married men with do, In 1 Corinthians chanters vase 3 says g about sin. A verse is wives read them to get tutted on? l don't any sexual sin is wrong that means sex Bible and preached on, When was the last know what you consider pornograPhyon T,V, without marriage, ini case you didn t know. K time you heard in church that getting drunk but thesoapsand a lot of other shows are Wrote was PreacJ►ed in the chtttr�tes About this and wild paries were wrong. booze is a way things I Wouldn't want my children to watch. there might be less young girls on the pill. of life today. You can't even go to a Joest They act like illicit sex is the normal thing to Jimmy tants of all preachers not preaching hockey game without young people drinking beer. There are very few events where there isn't a beer tent. Because itis so pdpular does not mean it is right. if Galatians Chapter 5 verses 19 and 21 were preached on more maybe there wouldn't be so many lids killed in accidents because they were drunk. When a sermon is preached at the funeral of a young person killed in an accident because he was drunk, maybe if a different sermon was preached in drurdr it wouldn't be necessary ata funeral. If the program caused you so much discornfortwhy did you watch it, did you need to fill your column. You could use your intelligence and knowledge to make your articles more interesting. Just what you have said Jimmy Swaggart did, calling people dowyp .you have spent your whole column doing. Have you ever heard about the spec in other's eyes when we have a board in ours. Let tis read of other things rather than your personal "opinions. Audrey Robson Dublin Mr. Broome People are not born homosexuals, it is I read your opinion of Jimmy Swaggart. I something that happens as they grow up that • am happy to say not everyone ogre with makes them that way, la Romans c'lapter 1 you. More people attended his three day veise2S-3l itsa:nhte osexualityisaaia. You meeting in Toronto then will read The seem to he on tap of ail the porno Tangs, is. this Expositor in a year. His ministry helps to feed the t of literature you read? You ask why thousands of children everyday. Who do you would a child molester read these rings and help? Cutbacks threaten establish 1. bl cent of self help groups message to support sudr innovative and current approaches to health care that time Women BeingPfellprxiject is demonstrating. Yourreaders maybe interested in !mooring Our philosophy is current with the Health about a health promotion project designed to Promotion principle's of the World Health promote the establishment of self help organization. We wish to ernpow��leto groups that is being placed in jeopardy by increase control over and in.psov'e ir` owd federal government cutbacks. R member health.As stated in a discussion t eo wla e when the federal budget came out a le of W HCl This is derived fro mi a months ago? The conservative government conte tion of `h ' as theexten dh talked about getting tough! They talked of an dual or group is able; en the one • cutting beckon freezes on civil servwe jdlrsand puttrng andoto nttheeo a td ttoo�ng h C neidomfatio (1 . wagg®rt, Christ The Women BeingWell is being the environment. 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