The Citizen, 2011-04-28, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011. PAGE 7.
THE EDITOR,
I was deeply appreciative of the
front page article about David
Suzuki in the April 21 edition of The
Citizen. The broad publication of
such activities ensures that more
have the opportunity to become
informed of the slanted propaganda
that is being disseminated by
Suzuki’s ilk. Doubtless, if the
parents of the children subjected to
the indoctrination attempts of his
slurs and disinformation have any
intellectual integrity, they too will
be motivated to ensure that
their children will receive a
balanced view of the necessity of
taking care of the earth and our
resources.
Because of his vested interest in
continuing to make a rich livelihood
by spouting semi-truths about the
environment, Suzuki systemically
proves that he cannot be trusted
provide that necessary balance. And
he boldly charges that “…global
warming nay-sayers are similar to
people who said that tobacco didn’t
harm people in that they are
probably benefitting from a
company that produces greenhouse
gases”. The only positive in such a
statement is that it is indeed very
environmentally friendly because it
can effectively replace an immense
tonnage of commercial fertilizer. An
analysis of it shows that it is
extremely low in veracity, an
essential element in propagating
truth, as it is a totally baseless and
unfair comparison.
Has the man no conscience? Does
it not bother him in the least to
realize that his nihilistic approach to
life does little more than produce
fear and guilt in a whole generation
of innocents? Is he really that
committed to ensuring the
replenishment of his publically-
supported coffers that he will stoop
to any low level in order to keep on
instigating the negative
sensationalism that drives the
donations to his fund? Oh well, why
not, it worked well for Al Gore, too.
Suzuki can easily handle
questions from children about
superficial matters. However, it
would be interesting to know how
he would have handled a few
informed questions about his
personal contribution to
“greenhouse gases” with the amount
of travel in which he engages
(hypocrisy here?), or, how the
whole greenhouse gas/global
warming (mis)connection was dealt
a mortal blow by the release of the
damning e-mails from the
University of East Anglia. Or
Michael Mann’s necessary deletion
of crucial temperature readings
(hide the decline) in order fabricate
the Hockey Stick Graph, long
considered a solid piece of support
for the warmist’s mendacity until it
was discredited.
Stewardship of resources is sound
practice for all. Climate change is
real, is as old as the earth itself and
totally unrelated to human activity.
Therefore, Suzuki’s fervent
evangelicalism of anthropogenic
global warming must be seen for
what it is – a plain and simple
money-grab by an unscrupulous
character who builds his personal
wealth by decrying the work of
others.
Quite the influence on our
children.
John Schwartzentruber, Brussels.
THE EDITOR,
The directors of the North Huron
Community Food Share would like
to invite everyone to our “Open
House”. Each year, food banks
across Canada celebrate “Hunger
Awareness Day” on June 1. This day
is used to bring attention to the
growing need of food banks to help
less fortunate individuals.
Since June 1 falls on a Wednesday
this year, the North Huron
Community Food Share is
celebrating this day a little early on
Sunday, May 29. We will be having
an open house at our food share
from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. on that
Sunday to invite the public to see our
facilities. We will have donated
entertainment that afternoon by the
local Scouts.
Last year was our first attempt at
an open house and we were
overwhelmed with the interest
shown. We had a display of the food
items a family of four receives from
us once a month (approx. $125 in
value). Quite a shock for people who
are very accustomed to going down
to the local store whenever they run
out of an item. Another display you
need to see is our “Wall of Hunger”.
This is a display of articles, written
by our clients sharing their stories,
as well as their appreciation of being
able to access the food share.
We are very thankful for the
ongoing support of our local
communities both with non-
perishable items as well as monetary
donations. It is sad to report that due
to the ever-increasing number of
clients coming to the Food Share on
Wednesday mornings, we have now
extended the hours that we are open.
On the weeks of April 11 and 18, we
had 63 families come to the Food
Share. When you realize that our
clients can only access our food
share once a month, you can see that
over a month, we now see well over
100 families (representing over 300
adults and children).
We are trying to raise the profile of
the North Huron Community Food
Share, so that when anyone does
consider making a donation, we are
one of the charities that come to
mind. Over the past six to eight
months, thankfully our donations are
keeping pace with our current
demand, however with summer
approaching, donations tend to drop
off, but the demand for our services
does not, another excellent reason to
have “Hunger Awareness Day”. I am
sometimes approached by people,
concerned about where their hard-
earned dollars are going. I would
like to reassure everyone, that our
Board of Directors, as well as our
helpers, are all volunteers who give
freely of their time and that 100 per
cent of your donation stays in this
local area to help those less fortunate
than us.
Remember – hunger knows no age
limit.
Gord Kaster, Chairperson
North Huron Community Food
Share.
THE EDITOR,
I must say, in all the elections that
I have run in, I do believe that the
media has been quite fair in its
reporting and inclusion of all the
candidates. That also goes for the
fine people who organize the all-
candidates meetings.
I think that is the only fair way to
do things, then the public is
informed and can make the
appropriate decision based on the
information they have.
This, of course falls apart when
someone in the media or one of the
organizers, decides that one or more
of the candidates does not need to be
heard. How can the public make an
informed decision, when this
happens?
At an all-candidates meeting in
Goderich, on April 20 at the Legion,
apparently the organizers did not
want me there, as I was not invited.
Now, I could be wrong, but I do
believe the candidates need to be
invited to these events, or that’s the
way it has been happening. After
consulting with the powers that be,
that would be, me, myself and I, (no
party machinery making the
decisions, you know, just trying to
make use of my God-given brain) I
decided that instead of storming the
place, demanding to be heard, I
would use the printed word, as I
believe this to be more powerful, and
it also helps me from falling to the
same level.
So, to that end, I’m sorry the
public was not able to have all the
facts (hear all the candidates), so as
to make a proper decision. I hope the
editors of our fine newspapers, will
see fit to print this, not to give me a
leg up, but simply to inform the
voters as to why I was not reported
on/invited to, these all-candidates
meetings.
Thank you for your time.
Dennis Valenta.
Food Share to hold open house in May
What a donation
Gord Kaster of the North Huron Community Food Share,
left, was the recipient of a cheque for $1,440 from the
Brussels Lions Club, represented by Max Demaray. The
funds came from the Lions annual Christmas Draw several
months ago. (Photo submitted)
Candidate not invited to
election meeting in Goderich
Writer questions
Suzuki’s motives
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