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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-07-22, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2010.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; $105.00/year in U.S.A.and $175/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 July 25, 1968 Edith Boyd of RR2, Walton, who was 26 years old at the time, was rushed to Victoria Hospital in London and listed in fair condition after an accident occurred with a power mower, severing her leg below the knee and lacerating her other leg. Boyd was with Lawrence Taylor, a friend of hers, who was cutting weeds off of his family farm in RR1 Londesborough when the accident occurred. Boyd was originally transported to a neighbouring farm, then to Seaforth Community Hospital before she was transferred to London. The Majestic Women’s Institute of Brussels had decided to sponsor the Huron County 4-H Club’s fall project, which was entitled “Cottons May Be Smart”, which was open to any girl between the ages of 12 to 26 years old. July 25, 1990 The Brussels Bulls had officially chosen a new coaching staff for the upcoming 1990-1991 OHA Junior C season. Wingham’s Scott Pettigrew was named the team’s head coach by team president Steve Coulter. Alongside Pettigrew were his assistant coaches, Tim Fritz and Hugh Hanly. Fritz was a former star on the Brussels Bulls, having played years before he began his coaching career. Annie Thyne of Brussels celebrated her 90th birthday while surrounded by dozens of family members and friends at a party on July 15. Born in Morris Township, Annie had spent her entire life in the area. At the time, she still attended her church regularly and was still a very active member of the Rebekah Lodge. Murray Ducharme of Brussels was in Michigan the weekend earlier, accepting the checkered flag at the Kalamazoo Speedway. Ducharme, a stock car owner and racing enthusiast, took part in the weekend’s race tour and took home the prize as the weekend’s top rookie driver. Albertine In Five Times, a play by Michel Tremblay, opened at the Blyth Festival earlier in the week. The play starred Anne Anglin and Cheryl Swarts. The play, which had won awards before making its way to Blyth, portrayed five different stages of a woman’s life in a stirring, disturbing and emotionally-intense manner on the Memorial Hall stage. July 22, 2004 The village of Auburn and its people were in the midst of decorating and preparing for the village’s 150th anniversary. A community-wide contest was being held to determine who had the most- improved landscaping on their property. The contest, which was organized by the Auburn Horticultural Society, wasn’t based on who owned the most beautiful house in Auburn, but it would award the homeowner for how the home and the property had been improved. Vandals had attacked Blyth throughout the night of July 14, resulting in property damage at Luann’s Country Flowers and Gifts, Radford’s Fuels and a number of planters throughout the village. The damage throughout the village was estimated at between $3,000 and $4,000. The Blyth Festival was in the closing stages of planning a day full of activities to help celebrate its 30th anniversary season. The day was set to begin with the Blyth Festival Singers. Throughout the afternoon of July 25, special tours of the backstage of Memorial Hall were conducted and the day ended with a special live taping of the CBC Radio’s Sunday Showcase, which was in front of a live studio audience. Salt-Water-Moon opened at the Blyth Festival, following the successful openings of The Outdoor Donnellys and Heat Wave. July 24, 2008 Ticket sales at the Blyth Festival were reported to have increased by 40 per cent over sales at the same time in 2007. Artistic Director Eric Coates said that the festival had been feeling the financial pinch as had other festivals, including the Stratford Festival and the Shaw Festival. Huron East Mayor Joe Seili was in Walton, power drill in hand, to help install a sign that dubbed Walton “Motocross Town” a name that had been requested and approved by Huron East Council just weeks earlier. It was announced that the government’s Best Start program would be offered in Tuckersmith at Huron Centennial School after a request by Tammy Martene was received by Huron East Council at its July 8 meeting. Former Brussels resident Doug Leach was in the process of compiling a comprehensive archive of photographs and information regarding former classes of Brussels Public School. On July 26, Saturday of the upcoming Brussels FunFest, Leach was set to present at the Brussels Legion, going through his website, showing people what he already had and what he needed help with from longtime Brussels residents. 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 Making us do what we should The provincial government’s decision, this week, to reconsider Stewardship Ontario recycling fees on some household toxic materials shows the difficulty in really taking responsibility for the environmental issues created by our modern lifestyle. In a different way, local municipalities have to deal with the same problems. Municipalities face a delicate carrot and stick balance to try to persuade people to recycle instead of just throwing things away – providing the convenience of curbside pick-up while charging for garbage disposal. In Morris-Turnberry, for instance, there has been a backlash against new tipping fees at the landfill site near Brussels. The Stewardship Ontario fees that kicked in July 1 on thousands of household items from cleaners to fire extinguishers, may have self- destructed because they were too complicated or just plain badly thought out, but they were an attempt to deal with the real problems created by many of the items we buy and bring into our homes every day. Many of these products should not just be buried in a landfill to potentially cause problems for our grandchildren when they decay and seep into the underground water systems many people depend on for drinking water. But nobody wants to take responsibility for these toxic products. The manufacturers cry foul and threaten job losses if ever a government wants to regulate them. Retailers say they’re just the middlemen and don’t want to have to accept returned empty containers. Many consumers don’t want to do extra work of separating out recycleables or diverting organic materials to a backyard composter. In this age of convenience, they just want to drop it in a single container. Since neither the people who create these hazardous problems or those who buy them and use them want to deal with the problems they create, it’s often left to government – and usually municipal governments, the poorest of all our governments – to pick up the ball. When they assume the responsibility that nobody else will, they incur the wrath of their own taxpayers for the soaring costs of waste management. Our society must start taking responsibility for the everyday things we do that endanger those who will have to live here after we’re gone. While the problem of household toxins may not be as visible as the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, added together it totals a problem that could be just as serious. The reluctance of consumers and manufacturers to accept their responsibility means that governments at various levels have had to step in to try to twist our arms to be responsible. It seems that, on our own, we just won’t do what we should do. Governments will continue to be unpopular for making us accept our responsibilities. — KR It’s all about your priorities The federal government’s decision to spend $8 billion on new fighter jets shows that even governments that claim they have to cut costs, can afford the things they want to. Stephen Harper’s government has been cutting lots of small programs in the name of saving taxpayers dollars – things like funds that help activist groups challenge their government’s misguided actions – but has no problem spending massive amounts of money when it suits its agenda. Canadians are still trying to accept the fact the government budgeted $1 billion for security for the G-8 and G-20 summits to protect a handful of world leaders on their visits to Canada. The government also seems to have no concerns about spending hundreds of millions in extra dollars to build new jails to house prisoners in its tough-on-crime agenda. The fighter purchase may make perfect sense. The current CF-18 fighters are nearing the end of their useable lifespan and if we want to be a sovereign country we have to pay to defend ourself. Still, the fact that the government had no hesitation in announcing the largest-ever defense expenditure, shows its priorities. It shows that when, in future, they say this government “can’t afford” some social program, what the Harperites are really saying is they don’t want to afford it. — 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. 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