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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-09-13, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012.Editorials Opinions Publisher: Keith Roulston Acting Editor: Shawn Loughlin • Reporter: Denny ScottAdvertising Sales: Ken Warwick & Lori Patterson The CitizenP.O. Box 429, BLYTH, Ont. N0M 1H0 Ph. 519-523-4792 Fax 519-523-9140 P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, Ont. N0G 1H0 Phone 519-887-9114 E-mail info@northhuron.on.ca Website www.northhuron.on.ca Looking Back Through the Years CCNA Member Member of the Ontario Press Council The Citizen is published 50 times a year in Brussels, Ontario by North Huron Publishing Company Inc. Subscriptions are payable in advance at a rate of $36.00/year ($34.29 + $1.71 G.S.T.) in Canada; $115.00/year in U.S.A. and $205/year in other foreign countries. Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, only that portion of the advertisement will be credited. Advertising Deadlines: Monday, 2 p.m. - Brussels; Monday, 4 p.m. - Blyth. PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40050141 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT. PO BOX 152 BRUSSELS ON N0G 1H0 email: info@northhuron.on.ca September 16, 1965 Brussels native Carl S. Plum was honoured in Brevard, North Carolina by having a football stadium named after him. As reported in the Carolina News, the Carl S. Plum M.D. Football Stadium was named upon its completion. “There is no need for us [the Brevard Football Monogram Team] to say anything about the measure of Dr. Carl Plum’s worth as a man and as a community leader, we knew it well,” the report stated. “To all of us he was a great morale booster, a true and loyal friend, one of whom we valued most highly. He gave of himself unstintingly and unselfishly, giving far beyond what was expected of him without any thought of personal gain, keeping our team in the best of physical condition.” Wilbur Turnbull of the Brussels area and his son took top honours for champion boar and champion swine at the Western Fair. Not far behind was Jan Van Vliet, also from the Brussels area, who was awarded reserve champion boar and reserve champion swine, as well as a number of other honours. Assessor C.J. Cardiff presented the 1966 assessment roll to Brussels Village Council at its Sept. 7 meeting. The assessment rose by $7,250, up to a total of $746,275. Cardiff also said there were still some assessments that would be added before the end of the year. The village’s population, Cardiff added, stood at 863, up 13 people from the previous year. September 9, 1987 Farmers of supply-managed commodities were planning a trip to Ottawa to “drive home” their message that they want their commodities looked after in the free trade discussion with the United States. Murray Calder of Holstein announced the trip at a free trade information meeting held in Holmesville the previous week. The march was scheduled for Sept. 14 and over 700 farmers were scheduled to be there. At a meeting of Huron County Council, former Brussels Reeve Hank TenPas took the podium to speak to council members about his recent, abrupt departure. “My health could not stand up to the pressure anymore,” he told councillors, adding that he thanked them for all that he learned while working with them. Audrey Bos of RR3, Auburn was named Queen of the Furrow at the annual Huron County Plowing Match. Jane Anderson of RR1, Londesborough was named the first runner-up. Karla King of Brussels was named the 1987 Brussels Fall Fair Queen, replacing 1986 Queen Linda Ten Pas. September 21, 1994 Over 3,100 exhibits were on display in Belgrave as part of the 74th annual Belgrave, Blyth and Brussels School Fair, that was held on Sept. 14. The annual Terry Fox Run in Brussels raised over $4,200 between the 159 participants. Waneta Leishman acknowledged some of the event’s largest fundraisers, including Jane Draper, who raised $548 and George Langlois, who raised $263. The event’s Terry Team member in 1994 was Joanne King, who walked the route of the 14th annual run with her grandchildren, four- year-old William and six-year-old Justine. Loose cattle caused a motor vehicle collision on the night of Sept. 17. A spokesperson for the Wingham OPP said that 19-year-old Brent Gammie of Lucknow was travelling west on Conc. 10/11 at 10:15 p.m. when Gammie’s 1991 Mercury Topaz encountered several loose cattle on the road. Gammie attempted to avoid the cattle, but hit one, resulting in moderate damage to his car. Despite the damage to the vehicle, however, Gammie avoided injury. Soil and crop advisor with the Ontario Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Alan McCallum said the year’s white bean harvest was looking good so far. Crops in the Walton and Blyth areas were slower to mature, McCallum said, due to the high amount of rain that had been received. Verna and Lewis Cook of Belgrave celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. The couple marked the anniversary with a small dinner with their family. September 13, 2007 Over 1,000 made their way through the gates at the annual reunion of the Huron Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association in Blyth, which was slightly down from the previous year. Sara Baker was crowned the ambassador of the 2007 Brussels Fall Fair at a ceremony on Sept. 9 at the Brussels Legion. Ambassador of the 2006 fair Alyssa Gowing did the honours, crowning Baker that night. Melinda TenPas of Brussels was named the Terry Team member for the annual Terry Fox Run. Randy Hughson reprised his role as Stompin’ Tom Connors at the Blyth Festival, as The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom returned to the Festival for a two-week run after its initial successful run in 2006. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage. We are not responsible for unsolicited newsscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are © Copyright What comes next? Next Thursday the next step down the road since the closure of local elementary schools will take place when Blyth Public School comes up for auction. Unlike Brussels, where the municipality picked up its option to purchase the Brussels Public School and turn it into a business incubator, Blyth is on its own. The school could become an important building block if the right plan came together, but the school board’s protocol for disposing of unneeded facilities doesn’t take the communities that paid to build them into consideration. Buildings are offered to municipalities and, if they reject them, they’re put up for auction. Blyth residents didn’t even get as much notice of the auction as people in the rest of the county because the advertisement appeared in other county newspapers a week earlier than in Blyth’s paper. Here’s hoping someone out there has a plan for how to use the building for the best interest of the community. With more than 19,000 square feet plus potential prime building lots there are lots of possibilities if the right imagination and resources are applied. We’ve seen what Brussels has done and we’ve seen what community-spirited individuals in Walton accomplished by buying the former Walton Public School. This, of course, is a much bigger project. Sadly, the Avon Maitland District School Board, doesn’t feel it has any responsibility to communities except to educate their young people, and so no special efforts were made for communities like Blyth to have time to make plans to make the best of the bad situation of losing their schools. Instead of coming together as a community to develop a plan, we’re left to hope this sale will somehow turn out for the best. — KR Willful ignorance is no defence Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is a polarizing figure and often his opponents, in their obsession for seeing only his bad side, look as silly as they think he does. This makes his supporters even more loyal. Ford is that certain kind of figure, like Don Cherry, who “tells it like it is”. Almost every municipality has this type of no-B.S. politician who ignores rules he (they’re almost always men) thinks are stupid. These Ford-like characters are sure they are right, and take a certain pride in their ignorance of the “correct” way to do things. So last week, on trial for being in conflict of interest, Ford claimed he had never read the rules when he argued against, and voted, on a motion that would have forced him to pay back money that he had raised for this sports charity by sending out letters on his municipal letterhead. No doubt he thought this was one more silly rule. Supporters point to the fact the amount of money was relatively small and think Ford is being hunted down by a pack of politically-correct liberals. The fact remains that no head of a municipality should use willful ignorance as a defence for something as basic as being in conflict of interest. — KR The politics of hate The new Quebec government, headed by the separatist Parti Quebecois, has made it plain it will do everything it can to promote an angry backlash among Quebecers against the federal government by making demands it expects will be turned down. Its hope is to make Quebecers angry enough to vote for separation. Meanwhile south of the border, one of the greatest disappointments voters have with President Barack Obama is that the hope he held out in the 2008 election for a new era of co-operation between politicians has not been fulfilled. When he made that promise, of course, the Tea Party movement had not been born. The rise of this faction of the Republican party has demonized Obama and made any sort of co-operation impossible. While politicians have often been partisan in the past, we seem to be in a new era when promoting distrust and down-right hatred of opponents is acceptable. It’s an acceptance that can only lead to harm. — KR & Letters Policy The Citizen welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must be signed and should include a daytime telephone number for the purpose of verification only. Letters that are not signed will not be printed. Submissions may be edited for length, clarity and content, using fair comment as our guideline. 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