HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-06-10, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2010.Writer applauds citizens making a difference
Poker Rally to take place at Clinton Raceway
Gaol to celebrate 35th anniversary of site dedication
Family
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‘Citizen’
THE EDITOR,
The Alzheimer Society of Huron
County, in partnership with the
Clinton Raceway, is gearing up for
its annual Motorcycle/Car Poker
Rally.
The Forget-Me-Not Poker Rally
will take place on Sunday, June 27.
Registration begins in Clinton at
10 a.m. at the Alzheimer Society of
Huron County office. The
participants will then head out on the
road with stops in Holyrood,
Teeswater, Walkerton and Brussels.
The race will conclude at the
Clinton Raceway, where prizes will
be dispersed and a delicious chicken
barbecue served.
If you ride a motorcycle or an old
car and want to join us for this
fundraising ride, please give us a call
and we will be happy to get a pledge
sheet out to you. Pledge sheets are
also available at:
www.alzheimerhuron.on.ca
Registration is $30 or raise $100
in pledges and we will waive the
registration fee. Everyone who
registers will receive a prize.
For more information please give
us a call at 519-482-1482 or 1-800-
561-5012.
Theresa Wilson,
Events Co-ordinator,
Alzheimer Society Huron County.
THE EDITOR,For a relatively-small communityof communities, we sure seem tohave our share of controversy and
sensitive issues, don’t we? Are other
rural areas facing the same
onslaught of challenges?
Arthur Black’s column in the May
20 issue inspired this Letter to the
Editor. His column headline
reminded me of the lyrics, “Clowns
to the left of me, Jokers to the right.
here I am stuck in the middle with
you”. I'm thinking that the YOU,
may be a reference to taxpayers
generally, but in this fire
protection/first responder debate,
specifically to the people of Hullettand Auburn who caused a commonsense solution to a problem created,in part, by a provincial bureaucracy
far removed from the rural realities
and geography of Huron County.
It’s interesting that Keith
Roulston’s editorial on May 20
entitled, “Let’s Just Talk” was a
poignant call to action, sound advice
apparently not initially taken by
either councils in North/Central
Huron, until the people took a
more direct and forceful
approach. But this issue may
simply be another indication that
unless the people are prepared to
stand up and be counted,government (whether local,provincial, or federal) will continueto make decisions directed to us, all
in the name of making decisions for
us.
Consideration for safety and a
common-sense solution appears to
have taken a back seat to winning a
position (or was it simply about the
money?). As Roulston pointed out in
his column, “it took public reaction
to budge the two councils from their
entrenched positions” and find a
reasonable compromise.
But it should never have gotten
that far. The decision in the first
place, related to protection of thesecommunities, if indeed taken by theOntario Fire Marshal’s office, seemto be in contravention of the
Marshal’s own mission statement.
And, if the decision related to
municipal fire coverage
responsibility was a bad one, as it
turned out to be, local government
should have challenged it, or at the
least made the decision at the local
level that they ultimately arrived at
with some encouragement from the
people.
Congratulations to those people
who stood up for what was right, and
for their entitlement to reasonable
family and property protection. Ithink we need to pay more, not less,attention to the actions of thoseempowered to make decisions on
our behalf.
We shouldn’t expect government
(municipal councils included) to be
perfect, but we expect them to be
accountable to the people – all the
people. Governing decision-making
must not be allowed to get more
and more removed from the
people. This was an example
where people paid attention, pulled
it back and made a positive
difference.
Greg Sarachman, Blyth.
THE EDITOR,
We would like to thank The
Citizen staff for bringing our
attention to Central Huron’s plan to
have the Central Huron Fire
Department cover all of North
Hullett because of its dispute with
North Huron.
We would also like to send out a
big thank you to the committee
that formed to fight for our
safety. They worked very hard and
deserve a lot of credit for the
eventual agreement. It is greatly
appreciated.
The Penfound Family.
THE EDITOR,
My name is Patrick Donnelly and I
am one of the enthusiastic young
summer students here at the
Huron County Museum and Historic
Gaol.
I am looking forward to working
hard to preserve and display the
fantastic achievements of our
community over the years.
My tasks this summer are to plan
and organize a celebration for the
35th anniversary of the dedication of
the Historic Gaol as a National
Historic Site. I will also assist with a
small exhibit in the Governor’s
House.
It will profile the hard work and
perseverance of a group of
volunteers from our community who
saved the the building from partial
demolition and established the
attraction we all enjoy so much
today.
I would greatly appreciate the help
of our community to locate any
relevant pictures, artifacts,
documents or experiences relating to
this era in the history of the Huron
Historic Gaol. A specific time of
interest is the Children’s Aid
Society’s use of the Governor's
House premises from 1968, the
closure in 1972 and the story of
those who worked to save the
Historic Gaol and secure its
dedication as a National Historic Site
in 1975.
For any inquiries, suggestions or
donations, please contact me at
pdonnelly@huroncounty.ca or by
phone at 519-524-2686 ext. 200 or
519-524-6971
Patrick Donnelly
Student Museum Assistant
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Letters to the Editor
THE EDITOR,
To the person or persons
responsible for removing the set of
solar lights from my inlaw’s
graveside at the Blyth Union
Cemetery, I really hope they
shine brightly for you, as it
seems you are lacking
something in your life that would
make you do such a despicable
thing.
Donna Govier, Blyth.
Cemetery lights stolen
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