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The Huron Expositor, 1979-04-26, Page 3• vine_ g to Whito There's been a flurry of outdoor activity at our place since the weather turned fine, and it's not all because I can't bear to be inside for longer than 15 minutes on warm sunny weekends. No, it's because of what I can't bear to be inside doing. My income tax return. yes sir folks, I'm now oneof those crazy people that I used to chuckle about in a very superior way. Those people who do their income tax the night of April 29th and run it down to the post office shortly after 5 p.m:'on the 30th. • THE HURON 1EXPOSITO14 IL* 1114. 3 Oh I've got lots of excuses. I bear the form's a little more somplicated this year and that's put me off. Then there's that new child tax credit that I'm not lOoking forward to figuring out (and won't likely get any money out of anyWay.) And my confidence -in MY financial competence got a big blow a couple of months ago when I was sternly ordered by mail to send the boys in Ottawa fifty some dollars they decided 1 owed on last year's return. ' But I'm deterMined to do my own return again this year. ;Mostly because 1 now it's too late to have ahope in hell of getting anyone else to do it for me at any price. That rainy weekend; o couple of weeks ago was scheduled to be my annual time of reckoning. And the weather wasn't much good for anything else, I admit, But 1 was worn out after a very busy week and 1 just happened to have a very interesting book about Vivien Leigh, And you know how it is, I spent every spare moment curled up on the couCh with the book rather •McKinley's aim A STANDING OVATION -- Robert McKinley seeking re-election as rantioned from Piga 1) , M.P. for Huron -Bruce -received a standing cpotion at the Progressive. Conservative fund-raising dinner last VVedneQay night in the BrusselS, Morris and Grey Community Centre. From left are Marg Bennett, president of Huron -Bruce Conservative Association, Robert McKinley, Audrey McKinley, M.G. John Brent, Geoff Scott, M.P. for Hamilton -Wentworth and dinner speaker and Dr. Torn Jasper, Finance chairman for the town of Goderich. Amen by Karl Schuessier (Contioued from Page 2) pointed to his stack of mail piled high. The phones never stopped ringing. His staff is exhausted and so is he. He's appeared on radio phone-in shows, both English and French networks, on TV and even had calls from the press in the States. Most of the reaction runs negative he says. Words such as "indecent", "gim- rnicky", "idolatrious", "blasphemous" and "confusing" regularly crop up. And why not? Anyone, is his right mind knows Jesus was a man. Anyone with any sense won't put up a nude woman on a.church altar. The church may be on Bloor Street, but that's a little too 'close to the Yonge St. Strip for comfort. Everyone knows. Jesus was probably crucified naked, but Christian art usually was decent enough to put a loin cloth on him. Besides; the Protestant Church has never been known to patronize the arts, so why start now? , And heaven only knows, the church has fought for centuries over the person of Jesus. Was he God? Was he man? Or both? And if so, how much of each? So why, stoke up the fires now about Jesus as a • woman? That's a battle the church can well afford to miss. There's laugh enough over "Father, Mother and Holy Ghost" and God as "Earth Mother" or "She's black." But still. Anyone in his right mind knows , that art is symbolic - representative. It has hidden -meanings behind the outward symbols. You -can't take art, or language, as literal every time. Often they are metaphors - comparisons. They are like something else. They never are the real thing. Metaphors try to penetrate depths, explore mysteries and explain the unex- plainable. Some truths can • only be attempted in metaphors. (Brussels Post Photo) The Rev. 'CliffElliot, the clergyman who'se center of this Holy Week War. is a respected, respectable and pastoral kind of man. He truly feels this sculpture is saying - women have been crucified in many cultures, including our own. He says society has denied women their full rights and their full place as persons.' It has exploited their love. He says this piece of sculpture symbol- izes those qualities most often associated with women - gentleness, sensitivity, and forgiveness. Yet these were also qualities Jesus possessed. I can see it all now. To please everyone - male and female - we'll have to opt for a sexless Christ, Let's face .it. Unisex is in. Clothes. Hair. Fashion. Who hasn't passed someone on the street and wondered, "is this.a woman or a man?" We've started to blur male and female distinctions. 'The accent is on human beings. And then, only last week with the latest Johnson and Masters report on homosexuality, we find out that -there's no difference between the homosexual and heterosexual in the physical act of love And then this morning I heard about a woman who's a dancer and a stripper. She takes it all off in front of her audience and then she reaches for a clerical robe and • He added that spending estimates used to be brought before parliament and each • member had the right to question those estimates in the house' of Commons. Now they are sent to different committees and the estimates had to bepassed by May 31 of that year no matter what. 4 "All he, (the Minister of Finance) had to do was get to May 31 and it was passed whether members of parliament agreed with it or not." He said that Joe Clarke would bring estimates back into the House of Commons and would give Members of Parliament a chance to say what" money would be spent on. • He said that (taking the .estimates out of Parliament) was one of the reasons why spending had gone from 512 billion when Trudeau came into power to 552 billion now. Guest speaker Geoff Scott who used to be a parliamentary correspondent for CFPL-TV in London said that right now he was fed up., a with metrification. He said that difficulties in conversion to metric are impounded by the fact ,that in the U.S., the Americans only use metric on a voluntary basis. "I am convinced that Canadians are being unfairly treated concerning the scope of metric direction; ' - "There has never been an accounting to the people of Canada particularly of the tremendous cost of trying to go metric," he said. He also said that our metric form, European metric and U.S. metric were all different. He said he would suggest that his party take the following steps—that metric conversion should be voluntary and paced to the tempo of the U.S. and that for the protection of the consumer that all packaged and canned goods should have the size in ,both metric and imperial units. "I firmly believe that the consumer is getting ripped off." eparcite bocird (Continued from Page 1) established and no alloca on has been set aside for renovations at St. Joseph's School. On April 9 Mrs. Kerrigan and two other members of her association presented a brief to the board stating additional ac- commodation was required at the school. The board has authorized its property committee to visit the school and see what • can be done to improve school facitities. A motion *iy Michael Connolly was defeated that the administrative staff be authorized to investigate the possibility of giving parents the option of sending their kindergarten children to a near -by school, other than their own shcool, to benefit class loading problems in the system. Two trustees Ronald Murray and John O'Drowsky pointed out that the board has the authority to staff the schools, not the parents. William Eckert, Director of Education, pointed out this would open up the problem of requests for changing schools in other grades. The board approved the establishment of nine professional activity days for its teaching staff in 1979-80 school term. A request by -Trustee_ Connolly was approved that the num.,ber of days be set at . a meeting a month prior to the meeting establishing the precise dates for the special days. It was determined that it is impossible to set the time for th-eprofessional develop- ment days to co-incide with those in neighbouring public school boards of Perth and Huron. than battling my way through our cOnfused financial files. So, I can do it next weekend, I alibied. Well next weekend was glorioua and sunny last weekend and spent all my time gardening, with the federal income tax authorities looking over my shoulder the whole time. (Or so it seemed when I stopped to worry about it.) We're corning down to the • wire now and I've got to put my pencil to it by Friday night at the latest. But if past performance is any indication the baby and even. (horror of • horrors) the housework, are in for a lot of extra attention if. the weather's bad and the lawn, No -coaches, no, $ orliinations being starts preaching. to' save ige souls of all • iIIpdSOmetimes 1 wonder if we've all gone ion those men out there ensnared by the devil. 9 mad, In trying to be so modern, so tolerant, ' so understanding, we've given away so procedures win oe . ' much. Our cupboards look mighty bare. Branch 156 isin the Midst election so if any of you out there want a woman of elections and a good changed this year. preacher, that's fine too. enPeeted at the• Nominations have 'been re- ' on the cross; fine, If you want a naked lady turnout is • But as for me, I'll take my Christ on the cross - male. And keep his loin cloth intact ceived for the offices of next general meeting onMay president First and second 17.' vice president, treasurer, A result of flew b laws and t at arms. As aw Y secretary sg There are nine nominations - for the five committee • positions and further nomination may be accepted for any of the positions at the meeting on May 17. Member are urged to attend the meeting in order to vote in the election for the branch executive. • Bar Duty Roster for May: April 26 - J. Ungarian; April 27, B.Govier Apri128 - A.A. Wilbee; April 30 - • T, Williams. ,May 1-0. Earle; May 2 - Glenn Chesney; May 3 - Gary Betties; May 4 - B. Govier; May 5 - A. A. Wilbee; May 5 - N.K. Swan. Coming Events - April 28 - Legion Bowlign and dance - open to the public. April 29 - Legion Men entertain ladies' Volunteers required - Call T. Wilbee; July 14 - 50th Anniversary _Danm Golfing Dates for 1979 - June 17 - Mixed; July 8 Men's Stag; July 22 - bane; August 5 - Mixed; Sept 16 - Mixed. LOOKING FOR ANSWERS — A delegation of Jarvis St. S. area residents attended a special council meeting Thursday night, seeking a solution to repeated sewer back-ups in' their basements. Council will borrow an emergency liiiiiiii-frorn'the Ministry of the Environment to . Use temporarily when the local +sewage system is overloaded. From left are residents Christine Oootens, Ida Diehl, Jim Gould, Tom Kale, •'Murray Henderson Land Paul Matthews. (Expositor Photo) 1 • • Phone us not council,police chief says Seaforth police chief John Cairns has asked residents with . police -related com- plaints to phone the police station directly rather than reporting incidents to town Councillors. The chief said when resi. dents phone' 'councillors with!! noise complaints, and theta reports often aren't passed on toyolice until the follow- ing day; when it is too late for police officers to investigate. He said if residents phone' the station directly, their call will be dispatched to at officer immediately. dite Cairns said the station is now linked into one of the most up -to -daft communication systems in Canada. He said dispatchers record •• police, • Two police cruisers follow- You're the time the call is dispatch- On Sunday morning, a ed. the vehicle and clocked ed to local officer, the time-, police officer checking the the ear's speed at over 80 the officer arrives at the Seaforth arena found one of m.p.h. while still in the scene of the complaint and the arena doors open. On Seaforth town -limits. The what action is taken. The furtheh investigation, it was driver,Larry Hirsnell of R. R. chief said if there is any,, discovered the 540 float from #5, Seatirth, has been char - del in answering the corn- the food booth was missing. ged with creating unneces, pl int then this can be Chief Cairns said someone sary noise and careless dri- c cked in follow-up proce- had been at the arena until ving. He will appear in court dures. • 130 a.m. Sunday morning, on May 16 to answer charges, The chief said individuals when they locked up. The • Police also investigated a phoning about children creat- illegal entry and theft was report of a minor disturbance mg unnecessary noise or discovered at 6 a.m. theM Street on Saturday other such complaints don't same morning. The matter is afternoon. A group of young even have to give their name still under investigation. people at the main interstc- when phoning in. He said if Early 'Sunday morning, tion dispersed When the callers contact the police pOlice received a complaint police arrived and no charges directly, en the matter can about a vehicle creating were laid. be investigated immediately. unneeesSary nOlte while leav- Tfiorewete no atcidents in Callers still phone 527- ing *Pizia EXpress lot on n e past Week, 1500 to contact the Seaforth Oiderieh Street West. • •invited You're invited to a "Spring oClean-up" at the Van Egmond House 1979 •Saturday, April .28 from 9 •a.m. until 12 noon. Bring a rake or a duster. SitackS provided. Call 527-1860 for details. If you can't come on the 28th, join us on May 5: - Same time. same place. Seaforth Happy Citizent will meet in the Legion Hall for Euchre on Thursday, May 3 at 2 p.m. visitors welcome. A Please bring lunch. likely get raked fit the second tittle this spring ifWs fine. Yes, I'm, turning. Into a, terrible income tax procrastinatori, One year I even made cookies instead of working on, my income tax. It's getting as tough for me to actually sit down and figure out what I .owe the, feds as it is to write speech, my former all-time least liked spare time activity. 1 have a friend_ who hasn't; even filed a return for four years. But we won't even consider that chicken hearted -option. Will we??? Ensi * these daYS, 'wed he etetrielly 'gtatefut to anY leader who eottld Solve 'it ter us. in Monday's mail we gat a post card from Florida- The postmark's illegible hut it's signed H. And we haven't got a clue who the heck H & H are. "Greetings from, the, Sunny South., We are. now, ! getting established *Mtn here," the message typed in! red, says. Andy and are delighted to hear that but we'd be even happier to know who our mystery correspondents are, Any ideas, folks? And do you think. I could! The better half and I ate deduct them from my income pondering a big mystery tar? occer Volunteers needed As the iummer sports season starts up coached by- Jack Price. They are presently there are no 'coaches for either the boys seeking a sponsor and will be competing in travelling baseball teams or boys travelling the w.O.A.A.. soccer teams. Plans are going ahead to Two minor girls' soccer teams will run and register baseball players next Thursday they are being coached by Brian Gifinty and evening, May 3. However, without help from John Cairns. parents to coach or manage the teams they will not be able to operate. The ret department has no commitments A squirt travelling softball team (for boys for coaches for the boys teams and until under 11 years) will be organized this volunteers are found the boys' soccer summer for the first time and will be registration will not be held. • Behind the scenes • by"Keith RouistorY (Continued from Page 2) • have been left in trees because it was good wastelands of big city suburbs where we fox' little else. . bake in summer and shiver in winter. So tree planting began again,. Most of. In the country- side things are even the beauty of our countryside and our towns worse. Dutch Elm diseaselook a heavy toll, and villages today we can credit the people killing off many of the graceful giants that of early in this century with. They may be once lined the road sides and fencerows. long gone but the trees they planted • More recntly changes in farming practices on. The huge maples that line the streets of our communities, that give them that have taken a greater toll. Cashcropping and bigger machinery have led many distinctive Western Ontario small town: farmers to chop down what few trees there look are mostly.,more than a half century were on farms so that the fields would be old. ••bigger and equipment couldbe handled But now we're in another period of more easily.. More and more swamps have ignoring the value of trees.' For the last been drained. decade or so, more and more of those old We haven't learned the 'lessons the trees have been coming down because they pioneers learned, that trees are friends as were too old. Because nearly all the trees well as enemies. We haven't learned that if were planted at the same time, there are we don't have enough trees we have water no younger trees taking their place. Often and wind erosion, of the sod; we have hot _ new trees aren't being planted as the old house t In summer and told in winter. one are cut We face, the day wherE,our I think we could use Arbour Day again to • streets again may be barren, when our teach us just how important trees are to our small towns will look like the horrible enjoyment of life. • • ft This. is the only notice you71 receive that your subscription is due. • • 00...:the; frOnt.of yo.oi'pOpierH IIERE'S :HOW EXAMPLE Mr. Doe's subscription ex - Doe, John D. pries the first of May 1979. R.R.S, Walton The last digit at right May 2-1-0-9 indicates the year of expiry, A SINGL UEI I Please watch' the date on your label and renew before you's Subscription expires Xiuroti txprisitor Since 1860, Serving the Community First Seaforth • 527-0g40 ' ii•l••_.;••.•111:.YLiV.,yiali.4011•••,•dal,iiii,•_••,44.i ,1,44 ••••e j, I, 4 4„„_,i;la„.. -,;„; • d: 4 41 1Z t. t • 4- ,4 t$4. ^