Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-09-27, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 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 30, 1965 L.E. Cardiff announced his retirement from the world of politics. Cardiff, who had been the Progressive Conservative Member for Huron for 25 years, did not seek the party’s nomination at the annual meeting held in Clinton. Cardiff said he was not leaving the world of politics for health reasons, but just to have some time off and enjoy some “leisure years”. Cardiff, a Brussels native, served as a councillor in Morris Township for 12 years, serving as a reeve for eight consecutive terms. Robert E. McKinley, a 37-year- old farmer from the Zurich area, was chosen by the Progressive Conservatives as their representative in the upcoming election on Nov. 8. The Liberals, meanwhile, chose Maitland E. Edgar, a teacher from the Clinton area, to represent the party in the coming election. Lions District A9 Governor Keith Cook was welcomed to the Brussels Lions Club’s regular meeting. Cook was the featured speaker for the evening. September 23, 1987 The Brussels Homecoming Committee donated $12,000 to community projects. The money was the surplus left after the “phenomenal success” of the village’s 115th birthday celebration on the July 1 long weekend. The first $8,000 of the money was donated to the Brussels, Morris and Grey Recreation Board for the long- awaited installation of sewers at the facility. An additional $1,000 was given to the committee to buy new chairs for the facility. The rest of the money was given to refurbishing and redecorating of the Brussels Library and to the Brussels Cemetery Board for the board to use as it saw fit. Jeff McGavin of RR4, Walton was named the top junior plowman at the International Plowing Match held in Meaford. McGavin became the third generation from his family to be a champion plowman. For his victory, McGavin took home a silver cup trophy and a $2,500 scholarship for one of the province’s agricultural colleges. Just prior to the International Plowing Match, McGavin also won his division and his group championship, which netted him an additional $300. The Citizen won an award from the Ontario Community Newspaper Association, honouring the newspaper’s general excellence in advertising for a publication under the circulation of 2,500. The award recognized general excellence in the layout and design of advertisements in community newspapers across the province. October 5, 1994 Over 600 guests attended an appreciation night for recently- retired Progressive Conservative MP Murray Cardiff at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre. Cardiff, a Brussels native, had represented the Huron-Bruce riding for over 13 years before he was dethroned in the previous fall’s election. Members of Brussels Village Council decided to wait until spring before providing sewer service to the newly-built fire hall in order to “do the job right”. Councillors gave the issue a lot of discussion before deciding to re-call for tenders again in the spring. Councillors said they were “shocked” when just one tender came in for the project and it was over $38,000, more than $16,000 higher than the engineer’s estimate. The Wingham District Hospital’s board of directors was told that recruiters were interviewing doctors for the hospital, but that medical professionals simply did not want to come to Wingham. “They don’t want to come here for two reasons,” said Medical Chief of Staff Dr. Brian Hanlon. “One is emergency room coverage and the other is obstetrics.” Hanlon said that when doctors take jobs in large city centres, they work 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. They don’t want to work weekends, work in the emergency room or deliver babies, Hanlon told the board. March 8, 2007 Brussels was announced to be first satellite office for the Family Health Team in Seaforth. At the time, representatives said there could be more satellites to come, including offices in Blyth and Vanastra to start. Huron East Mayor Joe Seili said the project had been important to him for years, so he was pleased it was moving forward, despite roadblocks along the way. “It’s a weight off our shoulders having the clinic move forward,” Seili said. “We tried to negotiate, it didn’t work out, so we’re moving forward.” Morris-Turnberry Council voted to pick up 25 per cent of the costs associated with a new drain that would relieve basement flooding for Belgrave homeowners. At the time, with the municipality picking up one quarter of the costs, residents would be left to pay approximately $2,500. Music store Pianovations moved from its Londesborough location to a main street storefront in Blyth. 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 Use it or lose it Attendance was down at this year’s Brussels Fall Fair and though it’s far from in danger of ending, it’s a good time to remember that events like the fall fair shouldn’t be taken for granted. With a history dating back more than 150 years, the fair has been an important part of Brussels life. But times change and people’s priorities change and sometimes very special things can be considered not so special anymore. In this age of social media, a whole generation is growing up with a different sense of what a community is: for them it’s more the far-flung network of people they connect with through school, work, or friendships, than the geographic location they live in and the people they live near. The education system also seems to disregard the importance of community. Educators appear to see their job as preparing students to leave the places where they were born and go off to the cities for schools and jobs, rather than being part of an integrated community. Perhaps that’s why Grade 7-8 students weren’t able to continue their tradition of taking part in the fair now that they’re being bussed out of the community to F. E. Madill in Wingham. A fair, indeed any institution, that’s 150 years old is something to be proud of. But just because it’s been part of community life longer than any of us can remember doesn’t mean it will be go on forever. There are people working hard year after year to keep the fair going. Everyone else has to get behind them and support the fair to help it continue for another 150 years.— KR Forgetting the struggle For those old enough to remember the struggle to create a distinct Canadian identity, the move by the federal government this week to “share resources” with Great Britain by sharing embassy space in some foreign countries was a sad return to the bad old days. Ironically, the announcement came on the same day that news broke about the death of Sam Sniderman who, as Sam The Record Man, was one of the important figures in helping build the Canadian music scene from a time where there was hardly a record made in Canada to where Canadian artists could be famous around the world, yet stay in Canada. Prime Minister Stephen Harper seems to love those old British connections, putting the “Royal” back in the Canadian Air Force name and playing up connections to the royal family that most Canadians care only fitfully about. It’s probably part of his determination to undo as much as possible of the legacy of such hated Liberal prime ministers as Pierre Trudeau. The move away from Britain was not only part of a Canadian coming of age beginning in the 1960s, but also a message to Quebecers that Canada was an independent country that had moved past the days that pitted English against French. Sadly, Harper’s move comes at a time when a separatist government has been elected in Quebec and is just looking for symbols it can wave to create the sense that Quebec isn’t really part of Canada. Joni Mitchell – who as a Canadian artist probably owes a debt of gratitude to Sniderman for his role in promoting Canadian musicians – in her iconic song “Big Yellow Taxi” she says “We don’t know what we’ve got ’til it’s gone”. The Prime Minister, in going back to some 1950s, pro-British world, may lose the sense of Canadian nationhood others like Sniderman worked so hard to gain.— KR We don’t need these divisions Last week politics south of the border took a nasty turn when a video surfaced in which Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate, said 47 per cent of Americans were basically lazy freeloaders. It’s hard to know if Romney actually believes this rhetoric or if he’s trying to please the hard-right Tea Party faction of the party, but it’s the kind of divisive remark that’s becoming too frequent. Unfortunately Canada is also moving in this kind of direction, though not as bad yet. Let’s hope it doesn’t get any worse. — 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. The Citizen reserves the right to refuse any letter on the basis of unfair bias, prejudice or inaccurate information. As well, letters can only be printed as space allows. Please keep your letters brief and concise.