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The Huron Expositor, 1990-12-12, Page 2Huron nxp ositor SINCE 1160. SERVING THE COMMUNITY FIRST leserpersting The Sranana Post Published le $s .Oertb. Ontario Every Wednesday Morals. eNA 1 WEIL i....rl rhrr.gr rsawr tw L 44.nr•s Ommiger AMINO spurts var•t•a Kopessiesseive MOM 400111, Weer NSW AAM Swam otAerd sarins. tw■scrno.s ACCOUNTINI: M Aur lasenetti Laub Palisade Mawri.r Canadian Cow.rwrn"i, Newspaper Asset. °Mario Cowrwrraty N,**' As.wcgtWn Qs iress Cornell Casnateiw.dth Pram Union lnte.n.Iwnal Pres. Insulate Submipttan Rotes Canada 12 00 o rear In sesame Senior Omens 'MOO o yew in advance Outside Canada ''16.00 o year .n advance Stogie copies 110 cent. each Second closs moil regtstrafon Number 0696 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1990 INto.i.l ..1+I Mammose of11... - 10 Maim street. $..forth 1.1.'hon. (317) 327-0240 hs 227-2030 habena aur... - P.O. lima M, ti.atkwitc. O nt r1o. NOK 1W0 Be safety conscious More residential fires and fatalities occur in December than in any other month. Trees, woodstoves, fireplaces and busy kitchens all contribute to this unfortunate statistic, and all deserve extra care and caution. But sometimes even good intentions are not enough when it comes to holiday safety. Iris Boyko, claims adjuster for Wellington Insurance in Halton - Peel, related two incidents recently, where clients took basic safety precautions, yet still experienced problems. One client plugged in a string of bulbs and laid them out on the carpet to inspect them before putting them on the tree. The wiring it seemed, had deteriorated and burned her carpet -- much less serious than the damage that would have resulted had the lights been on the tree. Inspect bulbs on a concrete floor to avoid the danger of scorching or fire. The basement or your garage are good alter- natives, but make sure the floors are dry - or you could be in for a shock. Check light sets for cracked bulbs and frayed, broken or exposed wires. Never use indoor lights outdoors or outdoor lights indoors and always use lights that are approved by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA). It's also advisable not to overload electrical circuits or run electric cords under rugs. A cheerful blaze in the fireplace is always welcome over the holidays, but it is important to ensure the fire is completely dead before disposing of the ashes. Another Wellington resident who waited overnight before cleaning out the ashes for the fireplaces, still didn't wait long enough. There were still some live embers in the ashes which started a fire in the garage where the garbage was store. Use a metal container for fireplace ashes, and store them ouside, not in the basement or garage. To avoid other fire hazards, trees should be kept in water and positioned away from heat vents to prevent drying out. Always shut off bulbs before going out or going to bed, and never use electric lights on metallic trees. The Canadian Safety Council recommends keeping an all- purpose dry chemical fire extinguisher handy. This is true at all times of the year, but if you don't have one, now is a good time to get one - for yourself and as a gift for someone you care about. Killing us softly Dear Editor: The House of Commons, standing Committee of global warning. Has stated that as a Canadian I release 45 metric tonnes of Carbon per year. And this puts us as Canadians number 5 as a releaser of carbon in the world - #1 when compared to industrialized nations. We have through out the world 95 million acres of plantation forest. We would need 435 million acres to trap the excess carbon, or to -Letters reforest the United States three times. It is said that it takes one Hectre of growing forest to trap five metric tonnes of Carbon. Is our love with the Automobile killing us softly? Paul VanderMolen -Rural Roots by Jeanne Kirkby Stable funding update I recently had the pleasure of representing the Central Huron townships of McKillop, Hullett, Tuckersmith and Stanley at the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) Convention, along with delegates Brenda McIntosh, Ken Scott and Bill Wallace. We've returned with new ideas and all sons of new information gleaned from sharing with other farmers from all parts of Ontario and all the diversities of the industry. One of the high points of the convention was the acclamation of Roger George as our new OFA President. One of the sad parts was realizing that Brigid Pyke was no longer at the helm, and an era in agriculture was over. it would have been an ideal apex to Mrs. Pyke's OFA career if she had reached her long term goal of bringing all the farmers of Ontario together in one voice for the industry, supported by adequate stable funding. Indeed as Elmer Buchanan, the new Minister of Agriculture and Food, started his speech at the noon luncheon on Monday it seemed that this goal might have been within our reach. Sadly our hopes were dashed as Mr. Buchanan read a speech which left us with the impression that he didn't fully understand the issue. To be as clear as possible, the OFA has worked diligently since February 21 to come up with a fair and reasonable plan whereby all the 72,000 farmers in Ontario who benefit from the work of farm groups, would support one certified general farm organization (GFO). That one or- ganization would speak to government with a unified voice and advance the interests of the farm community. it has always been our impression that such a group would have to be funded voluntarily, out of respect for our Bill of Rights. We believe it's important to have one certified GPO rather than several, because if two exist - or five, why not 50 or 500. This would only create further divisions and contradiction of agricultural opinion. For strength, we must not be divided against ourselves. We want to entice each farmer to register with a fee of two parts; one part for the mechanics of registering, and the other part to support the general farm organization. The second part would he refundaNc if the farmer applied for it, and could he redirected to whatever organization or purpose the farmer wished. We are trying to offer benefits of registration to farm members. such as fast track access to government programs. At no time have we suggested that one could not qualify far any government prem without registration, but we hope to make the carrot of the end of Tats to page 11 • Laundry. A duty word at the bora of tomos, and theses days evai mon so. l'vc never done Kt much laundry ,n my hie. 1 can't ever scam to get caught up - despite the fact my washing machine a running full ult prac- tYaUy every night of the week. (Or 41 least that's the way u seems). 1 no sooner get one load each of w hn nes, mediums and colors, washed and deed, than that's another k*d ur two ready to be put through the gathezmg and swung Lxucess. It seems 1 never have time any nwrc to get the clothes put away. I'm always too busy gathering up the next lord, before it gets too hcav y under foot I've got tour hampers and they're never empty. When it's not dirty clothes spilling out over their edges, it's clean ones I haven't had time to ., dry a dirty word -Sweatsocks put away. And despite all the help my hus- band dives ane in thss arca, the two of us justdam► t approach laundry in the lain moister . As capable as Marc is at doing the laundry, he views the job as cum once the laundry is emptrd from the dryer and transported to the seexxid floor. Folding the Iaunxry, and then put- ting it away is another job al- together. And an unnecessary one. Hubby's laundry troubles are over once the laundry basket is safely positiion red on torp of the spare bed. He could care less if the laundry b Heather Rubino' was folded and put away. because it's far caster to root Ugh a dumped laundry basket, than to scut through a neatly stacked pile of clothing un the dressy drawers. And we all know how difficult u is to locate something in the closet - especially if your wife has everything arranged categorically according to sleeve length and garment purpose (ie. sweat shuts together, golf shins together, dress shirts together). Heaven forbid if 1 organized Marc's closet like my mother does my dad's - according to only so dad will always match. But then again, 1 guess, lain is lust one of those awe unsavory parts of We. And they tell Inc it only gets worse, the more chuldreo you have. Well, hopefully it won't pet any worse for some tune yet. Because nght now I'm up to my eyebrows in laundry, and can see no other way around it, than to import a temporary clothes optional rule at our house. Now if I only had the nerve to enforce It. it would certainly prove interes- ung, wouldn't it? C%IIZENS' FORUM 4111111\ . "h y, ser ��••���: _ .�.}ter. �ti.::ti „�:•i One of the most satisfying jobs I've had was as a chiropractic assis- tant trainee in Kitchener. I would have stayed at the job longer if the building it was in didn't burn down and the doctor then moved to an out of town location. I was refered to a chiropractor by a massage therapist. She worked on my sore back and in the first visit discovered the problem was not with my muscles but with my spine. A massage is great, if you need it. I appreciated her honesty in telling me she couldn't help me. After a year of going to a chiropractor I ended up working for him and it was more like working with him. Every day the waiting room was filled with people, some of them in pain. After their treatment it was satisfying to see them leave the office and have no pain. Chiroprac- tic isn't for everyone, I know, but for those who need it it's wonder- ful. The doctor, Steve, was into other kinds of medicine and gave out Chinese remedies, naturopathic remediesand homeopathy remedies. And I swear that stuff really works. Work can be satisfying -Just Thinking He was also doing allergy testing and I got to the point where I could assist and help with the tracing down of the offending agent. We could tell what a person was aller- gic to by looking at the condition of their skin, talking about their diets and lifestyles and by their moods. Steve also performed acupuncture and I've seen it work with gout a few times. It also worked with some people who had broken limbs that needed increased blood cir- culation to speed up the healing process. People wanting to reduce their smoking habit took acupuncture treatment with great success. We had one woman, a school teacher who smoked three packages of cigarettes a day, reduce her smoking to one package a day. I'm amazed with the healing process itself. We watched the progress of healing and marvelled by Susan Oxford at how beautiful it is. One of the benefits of my job was free chiropractic work on myself. One day my foot swelled and hurt incredibly and I waited a day or two to see if it would get better. It got worse and much more painful and I told Steve about it. He took my foot and felt it and told me my arch had fallen. He then pushed the arch back up. After a few more treatments like this my foot was better and in no more pain. The swelling all went down. On his advice I stopped wearing silly shoes and I've had no problem since. Since the office was in Kitchener, and Steve was a good doctor, we had many Mennonites come in for treatment. They arrived in their buggies and after receiving treat- ment always paid in cash. Working as hard as they did they would develop back problems and sore muscles and Steve would give them relief from their pain. Two of my friends have finished chiropractic college and are now practising. Once I brought a friend I'd just met to one of them for treatment. I was photographing a circus in Kitchener and one of the trapeze artists wrenched his shoulder. The show had to gone on, so I took him to a chiropractic friend who helped him. Of course what the trapeze artist needed was rest and my friend could only offer him relief during a couple of treat- ments. But it helped. The trapeze artist paid him with free tickets to the circus for his family. At the show my friend kept watching the trapeze artist's arm and was writhing in pain himself. It's good to have a job that gives you satisfaction. This job also does that for me. State of Seaforth streets in winter discussed DECEMBER 12, 1890 A last Saturday dispatch from Liverpool says: - Mrs. Birchall and Mrs. West -Jones arrived in the majestic. Mrs. Birchall is greatly changed in appearance and looks very pale and worn. She was dressed in deep mourning. The passengers state that although it was evident she felt her position acutely, she did not hesitate to mingle with the other travellers, which had the effect of keeping up her spirits. Mrs. West -Jones was cheerful, and consented to sing two songs at the concert given on board the steam- ship. By making special arran- gements the women escaped inter- viewers and left for London at once. Two girls, each bareheaded and hearing a child in her arms shout a year old, ran away from the Poor House, Berlin, last Saturday. They were quartered at Waterloo until Sunday evening when they were taken hack. Years Agone from the Archives It is said that the engine driver who was on the train that killed Mrs. Samuel Detcher near Peter- boro has become deranged in his mind as a consequence of the ac- cident, although he could in no way have been to blame for the unfor- tunate fatality. DECEMBER 11, 1914 The House of Refuge committee as follows: ince our report to you in June last, we met twice at the House of Refuge on September and Decem- ber first, these being the regular quarterly meetings. There are al present 85 inmates in the House We recommend that the reports of officers connected with the House and which are now ready, he printed in the minutes. We found everything clean and in order and the management very satisfactory. We audited all accounts up to date and found them correct and in good order. We recommend that the treasurer be instructed to send Miss M. Har- land, Clinton, a cheque for $25 about December the 20th, as a token of appreciation for services at the House of Refuge at religious gerviccs. That the county has been served with a writ re: estate of Mrs. M.l. Wylie for 5262 for board. The solicitor of the county will defend the action. Re: case of Robert Hogg who died m the House of Refuge. Mrs. Hogg took charge of the funeral. paid all epansat. We recommend that Mrs. H al ►gg be paid 550 as per order of Judge for funeral expenses. and to be in full for all claims against the county. Re: estate of Mrs. Masters, of Seaforth, who died in the House 01 Refuge, that Mr. Torrance be em- powered to close the manor up and accept offer. DECEMBER 20, 1940 The condition of Seaforth streets and sidewalks in winter was thoroughly discussed by council Monday evening. The discussion arose as Councillor N.E. Smith told council of having to wade through streets in hip boots up to his knees. He suggested that a blade be removed from the town's grader and used as a plow. Mayor Cluff was of the opinion that a lot of the difficulty with the sidewalk plow was that it did not travel in the same direction each trip. On Goderich Street, it was pointed out, the trouble arose from tarn to prose 15 •