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The Huron Expositor, 1982-07-21, Page 23late, , THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JULY 26, 1982 — A3 Retirement funds catch on klainGithina $cly by SUSKYA Whoft I see where some smart guy in Alberta has started a retirement fund for our prime minister. It's call Mel rudeau Early Retirement Fund Or TERF for short. He's asking' , us. ordinary Canadians, to send a "eheque for 510. each.• And he hopes to amass $5-millinn, in cheques from just half a million 01 us. as a sweetener to persuade the right honourable P.M. that it's time to go. He's having Sona success • with the project too and I must admit when I first read about it I heard the rustling of thousands of chequebooks all over the land. opened by fellow Canadians as much intrigued by the solution as I was. At last. we said in unison, here's something we can do to make our clays. and our country. a little brighter. It's a solution masterful in its simplicity and kt 'lite help- DOING THEIR SHA E—These youngsters wanted to contribute to the arena fund but had no money, so they came up with a scheme to raise money and then donated it to the fund. They put their artistic talents togetheic and drew pictures of Snoopy, drag races, cookie monster, baseball items, super carrot,and racing pickups, and have gone door to door selling them. The youngster a divided themselves into 4. ot;t, pairs and Boe Alkemade, left and Lee Currah have raised $4.55, including selling a book and a rattle, and Shannon Jones and Meagan Alkemade have raised $18. Their pictures will no doubt be in high' demand some day; so you'd •better hurry and get an original. Little Drew Alkemade is next to Shannon and Meagan's friend Johanna Carlson, visiting from Lambeth is at far right. (Photo by Fereira) res Llcr.s L ow ullfrog business BY LARRY DILLON Government‘bureaueracy has invaded the world of our tihildren. For many years, young people in Huron county have been amusing themselves and learning about their environment by catching and releas• ing frogs. Now they must have a license. Any person catching bullfrogs in Ontario must have a license issued by the Ministry or Natural Resources. A personal licence is free of charge and will allow one to catch up to 10 bullfrogs daily. A commercial license allows an unlimited catch in a restricted area and permits the hunter to sell his frogs. Mike Malhiot. District Biologist for the Ministry' of Natural Resources. say s the licensing program was not intended itt restrict the activities of children. The eastern regions of this pros ince are experiencing problems with frog poachers. The Ministry suspects that there is excessive frog harvesting in those areas. Although the regulations are designed to control this problem, Mr. Malhiot admits that the legislation would permit an ov,Lirfealotis enforcement officer to las charges against anyone, The maxim Lim fine is 55.000. Any equipment used "in committing the crime" mas be confiscated as evidence. There is little interest in thew heen•e• in Huron county. In fact I requested and obtained the first and so lar the only license issued in this county . There have not yet been ativ charges laid here either. We have commertial harvesters and poaching is not recogni/ed as a problem in this arca. It is likely that nuist of the frogs (bullfrog or other variety) caught in this area are captured bs children. • Catching a frog V.a1 somekshat MOM dirt -WW1 than obtaining the license. I finally had to request help Irom an unlicensed 111IW Near -old neighbour, In a matter of minutes he demonstrated , the correct method ot sneaking upon a frit and making the capture, He assisted in photographing the ph/L.. then released it ss here he caught it. ['here is more tun in catching frogs than in keeping them. I his kind young gentleman ia as surprised 111 learn that he needed a license, Ile immethatelv demanded that I promise not to identity hint tie could not afford a tine. I don't behest: he intends to stop frog hunting but hi:. si• ill Ile %salt lung tor more than frogs nest time he goes o111 ing Mr. Trudeau towards, a retirement he badly needs is important. I think the idea has other applications too. Take that boss who's bug- ging yOu to death eight hours a day. You, your co-workers and the friends and relatives of all of you could probably be persuaded to part with a little cold cash if it means the Big Cheese will consent to an early retirement. It's a small price to pay to get him off your back. right? • The new boss will,of course be reasonable and non -inter- fering. If he/she isn't you can alWays start the retirement fund all over again. . Back in the political arena, you likely have your favourite local candidate for early re- tirement. So you think the entire Seaforth council is being paid too much? Divert a few of'your tax dollars to an earl', retirement fund and it could be they'd all be delight- ed to step down. Your only problem comes when they all decide to run again in No- vember. But then the prospect of a well -funded early retirement sould be so attractive that a whole raft of people will also run for Seaforth council and the. voters will have, for a change. a very large slate to choose from. If the bright ones I've been spending some time with this summer are at all typical. I'll wager kids will be especially quick to latch onto this early retirement gimmick. Two lit - Ile ones were discussing with something less.than glee the teachers they'll have in Sep, tember. '' Why didn't they transfer him?," one wonder- ed while another rekorted his teacher -to -be is dMribed by past students as I predict early retirement funds for the not too popular teachers *ill spring up all over this land. Given the amount of most kids' allow- ances the funds may take some time to build, however. But the odd parent who's sick of parenHeacher run-ins might jest donate to put the cause 'over the top, • Teachers, as they see their staff roomdecimated, will likely get into the act with early retirement funds for those over -paid bureaucrats at the board office. In retaliation, administra- tors will start planning retire- ment parties, and of course funds, for the trustees who tell them what to do. This year in Huron County they'd be guaranteed healthy con- tributions from taxpayers who aren't at all happy about the 100 per cent raise those elected people quietly voted themselve% this winter. Aren't you forgetting someone, you ask? Fat chance. While there may alre4dy be one in progress that 1 don't know about. I'm hedging my bets and am not at all too proud to let you be the first to know that I'm setting up my own early retirement fund. Contributions, and of course they're tax deductible (ware the prime minister's if you'd like to rustle that chequebook) are welcome at Box 893. Seaforth to the Send Susan to the South Seas Soon , fund or Sssss for short. I promise I'll write. gas , Continued from page 1 Huron County Land • erance Committee to freeze all furthe everance applications. that create an a of less than 50 acres in an agricultural zone until the township's secondary plan is in effect. Exeter has notified council it will defer making a donation to the Vanastra recreation centre and pool until after October when its recreation committee decides if it has money for this. The Township of Stanley has sent S1,000 for recreation. An inspector of the Huron County Health Department has sent council a letter stating that the cleanliness of the Vanastra Recrea- tion Centre has improved. A dog problem has been reported at. Vanastra and at Egmondville and both areas were reported to Tuckersmith's dog catcher. Frank Kling Ltd. of Seaforth has been hired toclean out the Wallace draM which has been silted in. Two silttraps should be put in near the Wallace-Swinkel line' fence and at the "ford" in the creek. Two township road employees, Kenneth Miller and lefties Knight both have success- fully completed Upgrading courses at the roads school in May. at Guelph University, sponsored by the Ontario Good Roads Association. Council accepted the tender of Harold Wise of Clinton. for $5.918 for a heating unit at the Vanastra reereation centre. It will use propane gas. His was the lowest of four tenders. It was after I a.m. Wednesday when council adjourned. BULLFROG LICENSE: Photographer Larr9, Dillon snows a bullfrog the license which identifies him as the only person in Huron County who can legally catch bullfrogs. The frog. who was not impressed with his "legal" capture, was released. Gallery has grown at Blyth Festival The Blyth Summer Fest is al has announced that more people than cvcr before are sisiting .the recentiv expand' eilartsallcry in the basement of thc theatre. Bes Walker manaAcs the sisual arts programme sshich has held art workshops through thc %sinter and she co.ordinates the summer • shews. Walker is herself an artist who specializes in silk screen work. Mrs Walker recalls the gallery in di arty days. "Wc had the art c.isplays on huge boards in the lobby and ss e had to mine them atter C% shim 1 hen we set up in an old grocer\ store in 1trt1 " The air conditioned perma nent space is sast improse mem I %lewd in the .base merit at tlw hack of the hall. the gaiters is noss mit splen did rooms viith the appropri ale lighting and atmosphere " Artist and (heir Work.' program of \t 1 Collers of Ontario hones Denise Ireland ti) Bls th itt August. rills sti,,,s opens August 3 at -.30 %%WI a • reception in the gaiters end Huronview needs straw hats Fuchre is still the order of thc week mornings and the players are increasing every dav. Residents are still going itut for drives when the an is available and otherwise arc content to sit out under the trtws. Incidentallyif anyone has straw hats that are not being used residents would appreciate them to wear out doors. Please let the staff know :ind hats can he picked up 01 lcft at Huronviecs. Special ( are resiitcnts CCt their outing toda‘ and ‘‘.cre treated to a hamburg barbeLue and ice cream Beall\ good and plentv for ev ers one Wednescia alter noon the birthdas parts ss as cons ened h, the Wo men's Institute of Fords% ith Ft elvn Arcl,er extemked arm greeting to evervinw Thc program opened irilh .1 sing song vital Minim \led ‘,111n accompant 111 1:2)@©PliG) A Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. McQuaid id 01 ti lona St.. were their son, Mr. and Mrs. Roy McQuaid and MT anti Mrs. Ben Hamilton of Whitby. Elva Ellis and'Agnes Hunter haw returned hOme after a trip to Brandon. Man:. Calgary. Banff. Trail II Vanrouver and Victoria. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. G. H. Brown. Andrea and Karen. Guelph, son of Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Bross n..Tarvic St . base moved to High Prairie. Alberta where he has usined the Treasury Board of Alberta. Mrs. Carol Carter and her mother Mr,. Henrietta Brow n were guest organist and soloist at the wedding of Mrs Brown's brother. Harold J. Neeb and Rhea Weiler on Saturday. July 24 at Sebastopol I utheran Church I he family attended thc weddini. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Dale were in Fast Ailrora rst Y attending the funeral of the late Dr Cordon Bin ci•ss, iir'tperlormance of Courtin. Heart`, 81 11 30. Ireland paints dc,orative. expansive rural 1.1 apes tt act-% lic. She also ‘‘orks Ar-rth hand•thed r,itol gathered from around her Pt lei -borough home. Ire land ss ill also present three seminars at the gaiters August Ih. I and 1)t • ') quilt shins featuring the handissork of five Brint and vionlcii iti•t‘ed at !hi gal ler I hi ssork In, hidt • hand nt 1 hand di il fah nt. iratiltiltil and ot.goial patterns I ast 5111111'1RJ \WM( 11 %%ere displai. it in the Ihh The popular' mis,it that shim spav. fled this tir ostensis c exhibit and a londraising raffle ssith a 'ionic made quilt as the prim UP AND OVER—Christine Donkers of Hessen participates in an obstacle course race at the Perth summer school at St. Patrick's schoot playday. Several children from Perth attended the school in July. The August session will host Huron students. (Photo by RImmer) REMEMBER SKATING HERE?—Well imagine skating, in the other picture! Workmen were busy during the past few weeks tearing down the , one arena where we used to skate and dance and starting tbe new one where we will skate and dance. Neither really looks suitable now but one soon will. (Photos by Rimmer) A