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The Huron Expositor, 1986-08-27, Page 2EEHuron . ixpositor SINCE 1860, SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1985 Incorporating Brussels Pot 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: Pat Armes. Bessie Broome, Marlene Charters, Joan Gulchelaar, Anne Hutt, Joanne Jewitt, Dianne McGrath, Lois McLiwaln, Bob McMillan, Cathy Melody and Patrick Rattis. Member Canadian Community Newspaper Assoc. 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, AUGUST 27, 1986 Second class mail registration Number 0696 C7 cn nem 1 Do you have a meeting, game or special event planned for the near future? If so let us know so we can Inform the public. It's difficult to find out what's habpening unless you're willing to keep us,♦nformed. The community calendar Is an eight-day timetable of non-profit events going on in the community. Let's keep each other on too of things. Global community 1 OPINION Everyone needs a holiday Everyone needs a holiday. I need one, you need one, even Prime Minister Brian Mulroney needs one. The difference is off course, that while you and I have to scrimp and save in order to attempt to enjoy our time off, good old Brian can well afford it. But at any rate, we all need one. Another difference between you and I and our leader, is that while chances are you and Brian are not on holidays, I am, That is why I had to write this piece two weeks ago. So it would appear to the casual reader that I was in fact still on the job, still keeping my finger on the pulse of the community. Actually this is how it was discovered that I was in fact in need of a holiday. While checking the other finger e ay to the if pulsewas ofdeed d keeping my community, my boss discovered that my own pulse was barely registering. "Is this man due for holidays soon?" asked my boss, pointing to my overworked body which lay slumped over my dormant typewriter. `Not necessarily," came the reply, "after all, we gave him one last year." Fortunately, my boss being the under- standing sort that he is, gave me a sharp rap over the head with his swagger stick and said, "Vake up dummkoff! Is time for your holidays. Schnell! l" And so, on command from the boss, the guards unlocked the leg irons which normally Canada is being urged to take a more compassionate approach towards refugees. According to Anne Squire, the first lay woman to hold the highest office of the United Church, the country's immigration procedures should be relaxed to expediate the entry of refugees. But while the thought is definitely christian in principle, it could lead to attitudes in the long run, which are somewhat further from the christian ideal. Ms. Squire may be right when she says Canada is a large enough country to include more people than it lets in. It could potentially hold millions, if they weren't all directed toward centers which are already overpopulated and fighting the plague of unemployment. Canadians, for the most part, are growing tired of watching the government see the refugees get a better' start in life than the majority of them have ever received, or can ever hope to receive. And the effort might not be as resented If the government could ensure the newcomers would adapt to the Canadian way of life. With at least 13,000 and maybe as many as 20,000 refugees waiting to be officially accepted into Canada, is it any wonder Canadian citizens are up in arms? We can't realistically, ever imagine what it must be like to live in a land where racial and religious persecution are the order of the day, and death lurks in every sfiadbW. But we, -as Canadi`ar1S, can be concerned_ enough to fight the possible insemination of the disease Into Canada. There is no quarrel with those persecuted people making Canada their home, if they truly intend to make It their home. It should not become a podium 'for their cause, or their discontent with life in their homeland. Those should have been left behind in the country they came from. in choosing Canada refugees are saying they like what it is they see. Canada may not be the huge melting poi its neighbor to the south Is, but It is a country made up of immigrants. And those immigrants have in the past managed to maintain their heritage, and at the same time, been able to function together under the name of Canadians. The world is headed toward becoming a global community. It would definitely help if that community could be a friendly one. Society to blame FROM THIS ANGLE by Patrick Raf tis orders not to return for two weeks. doubts if $5.69 and a bottle of fasten me to my desk, issued me my holiday like roughing it anyway payand set me down outside the gates with Luxury resorts were out too. I had my Black Label Outside, I had time to examine the contents would get me past the desk clerk at the of the large cardboard box which, I was told, Benmiller Inn. contained my holiday pay. The contents Fourteen fun-filleddI as andev exciting g included: a five dollar bill, sixty-nine cents in nights in my apartment? a change, a pair of sunglasses and a bottle of last resort. my sunscreen, two bottles of warm beer (Black . 1 gave fleeting thought to visitingwere Label), a substantial supply of beef jerky and parents, but quicklyremembered they ty a map showing directions to Grand Bend. 'in the process of doing extensive renovations Surely there must be some mistake. to the house. I didn't want this to turn into a , I pounded at the gates to the office, "working vacation." demanding to speak with someone in payroll. W hat about visiting some exotic location? I "Go away! You're on holidays," came the qui�yo d b `dcout thetabulationstabulations reverted, shouted reply. There was nothing else to do. Iliad to face to be able to buy enough gasoline to'visit it. For the next couple of weeks I would have Dublin, Zurich and Brussels, Ontario -- Tet to face the alien prospect of doing nothing but alone their ther time European column is namesakes. esshed; there havingHv fun. Butn how? y Having been informed by one of my will be only four days left until the scheduled readers (I haven't heard from the other one end of my holidays. Does anyone . have yet) that rowdy, beer -swilling malcontents someplace I can hide out until it is safe to like myself should stay out of the peaceful return to work? confines of the provincial parks, I had to rule I need an answer soon. I'm ahnost out of out camping. Just as well, since I don't much beef jerky. QUEST APPEARANCES—A number of Seaforth people were awed were; Jennifer Marion, Shelly Lanalnk and Vickl�cllwraktn photo by the unexpected appearance of Diana Ross and the Supremes, at the Playachool and Playground '86 final concert. Playing the parts To see is to • believe Although my parents live no further than five minutes away from the landmark, I had never been there - that is, until Saturday. Saturday was the day I, and a bunch of my friends, finally decided it was time we visited Lulus. What a place. Like everyone else I'd heard mega stories about Lulus, but I suppose until you've actually been thew, you can't really appre- ciate the place. Since the last time Fd ever set foot in the building it was a K -Mart, I must admit I noticed a considerablean e. in many ways, bemuse of the bright lights, it reminded me a lot of some of the casinos and such t visited in Reno a few years back. Lulus seemed to have the same sort of allure the casinos did - a kind of magnetic draw, that convinces people they must return and return and return. And like the casinos lulus seemed to have the means of extracting large sums of money from its patrons. But when at lulus none of that seems to matter. As a first time visitor to Lulus 1 would be ng to say lwasn't totall awed byth'eplace. in fact Iwo so awed that like the restof my up, spent the first portion of the evening group, wane astt wanderingaround eaking and di the maw-like and Woking. Unfortunately though, other people look back. Some even make comments. Some were soridiculaus they were east brohed off. Others however were greeted with even more ridlc 1lou5 replies. d .1 forget to mention that Lulus has definite potential as a meat market, A girl can meet the man of her Society is to blame for Alison Parrott's murder. Alison was lured from her Toronto home last month by a man who phoned to say he was a photographer from e local newspaper. He said the newspaper would be publishing pictures of Alison and her teammates on a track and field team to promote their attendance at an upcoming meet in the United States. Alison went to meet the man at Varsity Stadium. She was sexually assaulted and strangled and her body was found in a park near her home two days later. Society must change its attitude to women and children and the way they are portrayed in the advertising media and our culture generally. Our society portrays women and young girls as sexual obtects available for the sexual gratification of any man who wantS them. Society promotes violence against women as an act of passion. Girlie magatineS show wonten being ground up in meat grinders. Store window displays show women hanging from ropes. Magazine advertisements and billboards show young girls as sex kittens slithered into tight fitting Leans. Our society puts a higher priority on the animals in its zoos than the children in its day care centres. Zoo keepers are paid more than the people who provide child care to our preschoolers. Society places a low priority on children's needs. It is considered the mother's responsibility to care for the child regardless of her situation. Society does not consider it has a responsibility to become involved by providing adequate nurturing care and astimutating environment until the child reaches the age of five and begins formal eduoatton. Suddenly when the child turns five, society sees its responsibility to educate the future generation. Unfortunately by then much of the damage can be done and society will spend thousands through health care, eerrer Bonar servlee.e and counselling services to modify behaviour and solve problems Milch could have been prevented by early childhood education and adequate support for the mother. Society must change its priorites. We must place a high priority on the needs of women and children in our society. Most of the poor in Canada are elderly women and single parent families with mothers as head of the hausehoid. Society must start to portray women and girls with sen'sitivit'y in the advertising media and throughout our culture. Universally accessible day dare'sheeld ureas high a priority settee trade'. We must educate the pada public in general that rape 10 P crate of violence not a cr" lime of passion, of pleasure or opportun(ty he Man WT'o sexually assaulted and murdered Alison Parrott wad not seeking exualearatifieatiori, ale was heaping Vie lence'Oen a person he considered vulnerable, weak, defenceles's arid dta-enifablenaursoctetytoove comet'he' We need to place Women and injustice that makes society responsible for Allson's murder, Gode'tich Signal -Star SWEATSOCKS by Heather Mclwraith dreams, or of her nightmares - if she wants to• Or she could settle for just having a good time. We did that. Entertainment at Lulus, is for the most part, excellent. lbetwo bands Saturday we're great, and we were really moving on the dance floor. We were however, a little disappointed by the final act, a Jimmy Rogers, whose call to fame was the song my colleagues and I could onle remember erl in relation to the coningr• for - Honeycomb. But although his music was a little less to ourlildng,Imust admit,Ithink we all had and fun imitating the antics of the performer exercising our vocal Wards as we attempted to sing along. Jimmy (and we felt W p mea trails gave him that) a Imitations, opportunity engine imita ons, and we more than readily s to at least ix o tthhe songs in hisrepertoire. in fact we were getting so adeptat Imitating the tmrs[cal interludes we seriously considered replacing the Do-v.op girls who would have aceesseriz- ed his act bad it been more recently composed, and becoming the clod, girls of the 8013, trying to help a singer relive the Os. Pm sure we would have been an interesting addition to the act. Anotherhabitof this man in white, was to inflect more than a few oh -ohs into every song to the point where we weren't sure we shoujd be listening to the words. However, in keeping with the spirit of things, we did, and managed, by the time he had wound up his to have inflicted (and yes I mean So while he mighIn cted) a few mot not hhaoh-obve bbeeenontofrfrom our generation's taste, Jim'rnty did entertain us. and I guess that's what it was all about. Jimmy did another service too, but this time to the staff and management of Lulus. Ile did what every bouncer dreams of being able to do - he virtually cleared the place In record time. b reinspect, before 1 entered lulus I had no conception of how it could be anything other than a K -Matt.. Now I do. in fact there's anlyonething about the new establishment that is even vaguely terabit - scent of the way things used to be- that is the master of cesemenies, or host. Somehow, as much. as 1 try not to lane help butcompare his 10 to IS spielsa6oUt the too -good to pass up bargains at the souvenir amp,and his Yearlings about the limited suppy of champagne etc....wi'th the all too famous..."Attention la -Mart shoppers......"' More hospital beds received Conuntniities in Southwestern, West Cen- tral and Northern Ontario will recei