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The Citizen, 2009-03-12, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2009. Editorials Opinions Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising, Ken Warwick & Lori Patterson The Citizen P.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 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 PAP REGISTRATION NO. 09244 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT. PO BOX 152 BRUSSELS ON N0G 1H0 email: norhuron@scsinternet.com Letter to the editor March 11, 1965 A large crowd was on hand to witness the Western Star No. 149 IOOF hockey game between the CKNX Sports of Wingham and the Brantford City Police. The game took place in Brussels and the CKNX Sports came out on top by a score of 8-6. Brian Huether was the winner of the draw for a freezer. MPP Murray Gaunt reported from Queen’s Park. He noted that government was urged to allow breathalizer tests as “one concrete way to cut down the toll of deaths and serious injuries which result from the misuse of our roads.” The province introduced an act designed to ban strikes and lockouts at hospitals in Ontario. Martin Baan of Walton was elected president of the Blyth chapter of the Ontario Concentrated Milk Producers Association for a second term. Other local officers were: treasurer George Powell of Auburn, directors, Boyd Taylor, Walton; Ted East, Auburn; Hebo Siertsema, Blyth and Keith Webster, Blyth. Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, starring Tony Randall, Arthur O’Connell, Barbara Eden and Noah Berry was playing at the Lyceum Theatre in Wingham. The Saturday matinee was Abbott and Costello Meet Jack in the Beanstalk. Rawleigh was seeking a person, specifically male, to sell their products in Huron County. Morris council approved monthly account payments, that included: $6.09 for the hydro for Walton Hall,; a grant of $25 to Walton Hall board; legal fees, $71.24; convention expenses for three councillors totalling $120 and the salary of Helen Martin, $100. Specials at Smith’s Rexall Store in Brussels included Listerine for 73 cents and Deep Heat Mentholatum for 98 cents. Grocery item specials advertised for McCutcheon’s were: four economy-size Kleenex boxes for $1; 48-oz. tin of apple juice, two for 61 cents; four rolls of toilet paper, any colour, 49 cents and a 12-oz. box of Corn Flakes, 29 cents. March. 6, 1974 The former Huron County gaol was declared an historic site by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Among the winners at euchre in Blyth were Mrs. Hugh Rinn, Mrs. Sid McCullough, Mrs. Lloyd Glousher, Joe Shaddick, William Bromley and Aaron Wieben. Anna Lee Stevenson, a Grade 10 student at Seaforth District High School defeated eight other contestants in the public speaking contest in Clinton sponsored by the Independent Order of Oddfellows and the Rebekah Lodges of Huron District. Ice blocked a drain at Hullett Central Public School causing the rain and melting snow to flood the area just inside the front door. The Blyth Fire Department was called in to pump the water away from the building. A meeting was held in Goderich to discuss a propposal for a $1.5 million sports and cultural complex to serve Huron. The Federation of Agriculture in Huron County signed Clayton Steckle of Zurich as the 2,000th member. Bestsellers at Baubles ‘n’ Books in Blyth included Mike, the first of two volumes of the memoirs of Mike Pearson; Charlie Farquharson’s Histry of Canada, Harry J. Boyle’s Memories of a Catholic Boyhood, Gordon Pinsent’s The Rowdyman and Pierre Berton’s Drifting Home. For three “big days only” Larry’s in Blyth was having a sale on colour TV. Prices ranged from $519.95 for a portable to $699.95. March 5, 1986 The Auburn Lions presented its first ever Citizen award to Warner Andrews, in honour of his “tireless efforts on behalf of the community as one of the village’s board of trustees and elsewhere.” In making the presentation Bill Robinson, Club president, said, “(Auburn) couldn’t keep going without Warner.” Brussels council told Public Utilities Commissioners that their request for a salary increase was not acceptable. The PUC had said they planned to give the chairman $1.075, up from $1,000 and increase the amount from $775 for the two commissioners to $825. March 6, 1996 A respected community leader, Simon Peter Hallahan of Blyth passed away at the age of 96. The F.E. Madill Secondary School boys curling team advanced to the Huron Perth championship in Seaforth. Members of the rink were Allen de Vos, Craig Fair, Michael McBurney, David McBurney and alternate Ryan Moffatt. Jamie Lewis and Jackie Falconer brought home medals from the Interclub North Figure Skating Competition in Stratford. Pastor Jim Carne of Huron Chapel Missionary Church in Auburn returned from the Dominican Republic as part of a 12- member team contructing a church camp building. Amber Park Shaw and Justin Ruttan advanced in the Legion’s public speaking contest after placing first in the competition in Clinton. Radford’s in Blyth celebrated its 11th anniversary. THE EDITOR, The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) wants to help develop initiatives to sup- port beginning farmers in Ontario, and has established a task team to consider what’s needed to encourage young people to enter farming. The team, chaired by myself, as some specific items on the agenda for the day: establish a definition of a beginning farmer; examine how existing or possible new government and industry programs can help or hinder beginning farmers; and examine possible new programs that would help beginning farmers access start- up funds. The summit is set for Saturday, March 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Delaware Community Centre in Delaware and is open to beginning and some experienced farmers. For those unable to attend the Summit, a Facebook site is set up with the group called: Creating Answers for Beginning Ontario Farmers. Young farmers are welcome to join that group and get involved in the discussions. Results of the Facebook submissions will be discussed at the Summit at 11 a.m. The days of passively complaining (about issues standing in the way of beginning farmers) must end and it is time for progress. Working groups will be set up to discuss the issues and pos- sible solutions with presenta- tions from group leaders at 2 p.m. The event will conclude at 3 p.m. Joe Dickenson, OFA director. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. We are not responsible for unsolicited newsscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are © Copyright We can learn from these kids Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor David Onley got to meet some amazing young people last week, including Jacob McGavin of Walton. The Lieutenant Governor was presenting the Ontario Junior Citizens awards to 12 outstanding young people from across the province in a ceremony at Queens Park, March 3. The dozen, selected from 117 young people trying to improve their world, were nominated for the award, organized each year by the Ontario Community Newspaper Association. This ceremony is always inspiring, leaving adults in awe of the initiative, determination and caring of young people. Winners range from nine-year-old Eden Beaudin of the M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island who organized a writing contest for other students and raised $1,000 for an award ceremony to Emily Tieu, 10, of Kanata who heard about a Canadian boy afflicted with a disease so rare he’s the only person in Canada to have it, and receives no government assistance to treat it. At age six, she sold her own toys at a garage sale to raise money, to help him and in the four years since has raised $12,000. Then there’s 13-year-old Jacob McGavin who celebrated his 12th birthday by founding Kids Care, a group of caring young people who have raised money to build a school in Africa and also collected food for local food banks. Often, it seems, the environment our young people grow up in encourages them to think they are the centre of their universe. Despite this, there are caring young people out there who not only see needs beyond their own, but are willing to work hard to help others. It’s too bad the presentation of these Ontario Junior Citizen Awards isn’t more widely celebrated on television, radio and in daily newspapers. The stories of these wonderful young people might inspire their peers and shame all those adults who say they’re just too busy to work to make the world better. — KR Boring looks good now “For everything there is a season”, says a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, and in these troubled economic times things that were once ridiculed, like Canada’s staid banking system, seem wise and farsighted. Last week Canada’s five major banks announced healthy profits for their last quarter. Normally something that would make Canadians’teeth grit in anger, these profits look more attractive today when put beside the losses of banks in the U.S., Britain and elsewhere, and the multi-billion- dollar government bailouts they have received. In a column in Newsweek, Fareed Zakaria noted that a year ago the Toronto Dominion Bank was the 15th largest bank in North America but today is the fifth largest. It didn’t grow. The bigger banks went broke, or shrunk. Experts from around the world are coming to Canada to see why our banks are in such good shape, and what role our government played in helping them stay strong. It might not have been that way if the banks had been allowed to merge and play the international field more, but thankfully former finance minister Paul Martin denied their requests a decade ago. The sad reality is that we humans get so smug in good times, so sure of our own brilliance, that we get careless and create the conditions that bring about bad times. A little humility and caution goes a long way to protect us from ourselves. — KR &