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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-10-27, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2011.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 Phone 523-4792 FAX 523-9140 P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, Ont. N0G 1H0 Phone 887-9114 E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.com 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 $34.00/year ($32.38 + $1.62 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: norhuron@scsinternet.com October 29, 1975 The winners of the Blyth Lions Olympic Walkathon were given their trophies for various achievements associated with the event. Suzanne Boshart was awarded for the most pledges at the event, Nicole Brooks was awarded for being the event’s youngest walker, Kevin Coultes was awarded for tying the event’s fastest time, Mac Brooks was named the event’s oldest walker and Stephen Cook was also tied for the event’s fastest time. Roller skating season wrapped up at the Blyth Community Centre and it turned a handsome profit for the Village of Blyth. Receipts from the year totalled just under $4,000 with expenses coming in just under $2,500, leaving a profit of nearly $1,500. The profit would then be used to help finance recreational programs throughout Blyth. A lawsuit had been filed against the Huron County Board of Education accusing that the board was negligent in dealing with an 11- year-old girl’s accident during a sporting event. The case, filed by Harold W. Maize on behalf of himself and his daughter Denise Valerie, came as the result of a May 23 accident at Brookside Public School in Ashfield Township. The pair’s lawyer stated the accident happened when a hurdle at the track and field event fell, but didn’t collapse when the girl hit it, causing the girl to fall backward and be injured. Huron County was in the process of seeking funds to help complete the preparation of official plans for all of the municipalities in the county. The grants, which were administered through the Ontario Housing Ministry’s community planning program, would bring the amount of money received by the county to aid in this project up to an even $50,000. A childbirth class held by the Huron County Health Unit had three times the amount of participants than was estimated. Average attendance at the class was expected to be 10 to 12 women per class, but the number ballooned to as many as 17 per class. October 22, 1986 In the biggest fundraising effort to date in the hamlet of Londesborough, the local Lions Club attempted to raise between $25,000 and $30,000 to finance the purchase of a specially-equipped van for one of the club’s members who had recently been injured in a diving accident. Lion Ron Nesbitt, the man involved in the diving accident, was due to be released from hospital soon and the club was hoping to present him with the van as a gift from the club, as well as the entire community, upon his return home. The day chosen for the fundraising blitz was Nov. 29 and it was being called ‘Back the Biter’ day, playing off of Nesbitt’s well- known nickname of ‘The Biter’. Huron-Bruce MP Murray Cardiff received a promotion after being sworn in as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General of Canada on Oct. 15. Cardiff would then be working closely with the Honourable James Kelleher, a job Cardiff described as being like a “back-up” to the Solicitor General. Federal Minister of Agriculture John Wise promised that there would be aid for Huron County bean farmers in light of the record rainful received by area farmers. White bean farmers would receive advanced payments on the crop as well as a challenge to the provincial government to match the federal government dollar for dollar in disaster aid for area farmers. October 28, 2004 Mark Beaven, a Huron East Councillor for the Grey Ward was in the process of developing a bylaw regarding internet use and child pornography that would be officially presented for its third and final reading on Nov. 2. Beaven said there were numerous municipalities throughout Ontario waiting on his bylaw and for Huron East Council to pass it so they could eventually follow suit. The Township of North Huron received funding earmarked for public transit. The total amount of money received from the provincial government was $68,349. North Huron’s treasurer Donna White said that while it was nice to receive the funding, she was still a little in the dark about how it should be spent. “We would like to have some more information,” she said. Ralph Laviolette, the Huron East Business Retention and Economic Development Officer, said that the Village of Brussels would be participating in Doors Open in the summer of 2005. Laviolette said that to take full advantage of the Ontario-wide event, it would be held in Brussels on the same weekend as the Walton TransCan, to ensure that as many people as possible could take part in the event. The Huron County Federation of Agriculture held its annual meeting on Oct. 21 in Brussels. Neil Vincent of East Wawanosh passed the president’s pin onto Nick Whyte of McKillop. Walter Stalenhoef was named first vice-president and Wayne Hamilton was named second vice-president. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities. We are not responsible for unsolicited newsscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are © Copyright How to reduce taxes Nobody likes taxes, but we all expect our governments to provide services, and we often want new services even as we complain that taxes are getting out of line. Sometimes we even want government to do things for us that we could do for ourselves. In recent years, for instance, municipalities have added yard waste collection to the list of services for urban homeowners. Most of this “yard waste” is fallen leaves and if people adopt the simple process of composting, is totally unnecessary. Simply piling the leaves in a less-used corner of the yard will turn those leaves into a usable fertilizer in a year or so. It takes an area only three or four feet square to compost the leaves of an ordinary yard. A bin with sides helps, but even a pile will compost. It takes no more effort (probably less) to put leaves in a compost pile than it does to bag them for pick-up or rake them to the curb for vacuuming. The irony is that many of the people who want their leaves collected will turn around in the spring and go to a garden centre to buy some sort of compost for their garden. Everybody wants somebody else to do something about the growth of government and the increase of taxes. Here’s one place where homeowners can take responsibility themselves and help lower their taxes: make leaf collection unnecessary. — KR Living with the consequences On Oct. 6 rural Ontarians sent a clear message to the Ontario Liberals and Premier Dalton McGuinty by wiping the Liberals out across rural areas of the province. Last week McGuinty, whose government survived despite that rural bashing, formed a new cabinet, and rural residents are now facing the consequences of their election choices. With all rural areas of the province rejecting the Liberals, there were really few possibilities for cabinet ministers from outside the cities. If people in rural areas felt ignored in the last term when rural MPPs like Huron-Perth’s Carol Mitchell, and Perth-Wellington’s John Wilkinson were sitting at the cabinet table, it seems unlikely things will improve with no one to bring the rural point of view to the government’s top level. Having all its members sitting on the opposition side of the house is nothing new for this part of Ontario. During much of the long Bill Davis Progressive Conservative government, this region was represented by Liberals like Murray Gaunt, Jack Riddell and Eddie Sargent. During that era, however, many of the rural ridings in the rest of the province still voted with the government. This is a different situation with virtually no rural voices on the government side of the legislature. Here’s hoping McGuinty has heard the message that rural Ontario is unhappy. Unfortunately with no rural MPPs there’s nobody to remind him of the lesson of Oct. 6 and suggest solutions. — KR So stay home! The media, some politicians and undoubtedly some travellers who regularly go south, were outraged early this week when the U.S. government pushed ahead with a $5.50 levy on Canadian air and sea travellers entering that country. U.S. ambassador to Canada, David Jacobson explained the U.S move was “necessitated by the budget situation in my country.” NDP MP Pat Martin called the tax “a provocative insult to Canadians”. Surely, we don’t need to feel insulted by a $5.50 tax on people landing in the U.S. We’ve got a lot bigger insults to worry about such as the perception that lingers in the U.S. that the 9-11 hijackers used Canada as their base, or the politicians who continue to call for a fence along the Canadian border. As for the cost, it’s a $5.50 fee, for heaven’s sake. People who can afford an airplane ticket can afford the extra fee. If you can’t afford it, or feel insulted, stay home and keep your money in Canada. The U.S. government still has the right to adopt its own taxes. — 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. 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