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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-08-20, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2009.EditorialsOpinions Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie GroppAdvertising, Ken Warwick & Lori Patterson The CitizenP.O. Box 429,BLYTH, Ont.N0M 1H0Phone 523-4792 FAX 523-9140 P.O. Box 152,BRUSSELS, Ont.N0G 1H0Phone 887-9114 E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.comWebsite 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 thecondition that in the event of a typographical error,only that portion of the advertisement will becredited.Advertising Deadlines: Monday, 2 p.m. - Brussels; Monday, 4 p.m. - Blyth.PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40050141PAP REGISTRATION NO. 09244RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TOCIRCULATION DEPT. PO BOX 152 BRUSSELS ON N0G 1H0 email: norhuron@scsinternet.com Letter to the editor Aug. 19, 1965 It was McCutcheon night at Flamboro Raceway when Jack McCutcheon picked up a feature win and heat win. He also got a fourth in the semi-race and would have done better if “he had not been asleep at corner four” according to the report in The Brussels Post. The night before McCutcheon was mid-season champion at Delaware winning the race and the Austrian pursuit race. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Machan of Sarnia purchased the home of Wm. Stretton in Brussels. Machan was the nephew of Leonard Machan and planned on going into partnership with his uncle. The Imperial Hell Drivers, the “Wildest Show on Wheels” were coming to the Brussels fairgrounds for a two-hour “spine-tingling” show. Admission was $1.75 for adults and 50 cents for children under 12. The event was sponsored by the Brussels Oddfellows. Playing at the Lyceum Theatre in Wingham was How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, starring Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Buster Keaton, Harvey Lembeck and Mickey Rooney. The Brussels and District Horticultural Society was hosting a cold turkey supper in conjunction with its annual flower show at St. John’s Anglican Church. Admission was $1.25. A one-way train trip from Brussels to Toronto was $4. Annette Funicello was back in her bikini for Bikini Beach playing on the weekend at Brownie’s Drive-in in Clinton. The show also starred Frankie Avalon and Keenan Wynn. Aug. 19, 1974 Seventy sows were lost when a barn was destroyed by fire in Hullett Twp. Alma Madill won the overall prize at the Blyth flower show. Big Daddy and his family took up the challenge to play the Blyth Local Allstars. Doug Lucio, better known as Big Daddy was the first windmill fastball pitcher in south-western Ontario in 1942. He averaged 22 strikeouts per game. Lucio and his wife had a summer home near Londesborough. Attendance at the Blyth Festival was record breaking. Total attendance was 108 per cent of the previous year. In Blyth, working on a play by Ray Storey, called Country Corral, were Frank Scott, Allan Meuse, Richard Greenblatt, John Roby, Hardee T. Linehan, Patricia Vanstone, Ray Storey, Denise Kennedy and Carol Zorro. A Brussels-area woman was charged with neglect when OPP found five cows and eight pigs dead of starvation on the farm she rented. The Fox and the Hound, and Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo were the features at Brownie’s Drive-in. At the Mustang in Goderich it was Heavy Metal and An American Werewolf in London. Aug. 13, 1986 A trip to the theatre was a real smash for more than just the theatre patron. A car owned by a Windsor woman was parked in the alley behind Memorial Hall when it decided to do some travelling on its own. It rolled back, missing several vehicles before crossing Drummond Street, then went down the hill and crashed into a residence. The car mounted the back steps, damaging the door, siding and an awning post. Buoyed by a recent near miss in attracting industry to the village, Brussels council voted to think big in the purchase of industrial land. A 13-acre parcel at the north end of the village was to to purchased. Rice’s Store was going out of business. Sales included $5 for children’s runners, $10 off regular prices on winter boots, and western shirts from $15-$25. At the Lyceum Theatre it was Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, while the Park in Goderich was showing Howard the Duck. Aug. 21, 1996 For the first time since its inception in 1991 Wheels Away was out of the red, having cleared up its accumulated operating deficit. John Elliott of Blyth and Ross Procter of RR5, Brussels returned from the Western Stock Growers’ Centennial Cattle Drive in Alberta. Reminiscent of the old west, some 1,500 cowhands plus support staff moved approximately 2,200 head of cattle across the prairie grasslands from Buffalo, Alberta to Medicine Hat. Brussels U-9s won their soccer tournament. Team members were: Justine King, Amy Bishop, Eric VanVeen, Alyssa Gowing, Marty Goetz, Chris Corbett, Nathan Prior, Chase Chapman, Adam Corbett, Garrett Backhaus, Cory Chapman, Matthew White and Christopher Jutzi. Blyth Mosquitoes won their tournament. Team members were: Teag Onn, Cris Hill, Clarence Bosma, Anthony deBoer, Jason Stryker, Brian Sherred, Tristan Irving, Matt Anderson, Matthew Hill, Sabrina Buffinga, Nick Courtney, Albert Siertsema, Dawn Buffinga, Luke Slotegraaf, Mike Walsh, Terry Gilbank, Kyle Aldrich, Sarah Naylore, Rachel deBoer, Melanie Bouman and Wesley Beacom. Kurt Russel starred in Escape from L.A, showing at Listowel’s Capitol Theatre. THE EDITOR, In June, our government introduced important amendments to the Copyright Act to bring it up- to-date with advances in technology. Our approach is in line with international standards. It should be clear, however, that it is a Made-in- Canada approach that will benefit all Canadians. Canadian educators and students stand to benefit from uniquely Canadian reforms that would allow greater use of material posted on the Internet, the legal delivery of course material through the Internet, and electronic delivery of materials loaned between libraries. Our Made-in-Canada approach strikes a proper balance between all stakeholders. It promotes the protection of creators’ rights, and access by students and researchers. It means consumers can enjoy everyday uses of copyright material. And it provides fairness and clarity for industries that operate in the digital environment. Its uniquely Canadian provisions recognize that we all have a stake in fair copyright laws. The government has set up a website: http://copyright.econsulta- tion.ca/ where you can find important resources about copyright and the modernization process to date. I encourage you to participate in these consultations online or at the town hall and/or round table meeting in Toronto Aug. 27. There is limited space available for members of the public — but even if you can’t be there in person, you can still participate via web streaming. Sincerely, Ben Lobb, MP Huron—Bruce 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 Defending community schools Finally, someone is speaking up for community schools in rural areas. The executive of the Community Schools Alliance is to meet with Kathleen Wynne, Ontario’s minister of education to discuss a “smart moratorium” on disputed school closures. The Alliance says 100 Ontario schools are currently undergoing accommodation reviews and 146 schools are closing or recommended to close. The alliance wants communities, and municipal councils in part- icular, to have a more meaningful role in decisions on school closures. Currently the provincial government’s policies are, to quote Stephen Leacock, riding madly off in all directions. The government is reshaping schools as the centre of community childcare, where kids will attend childcare and preschool classes before going on to elementary school. At the same time, a faulty funding formula for rural schools is meaning community schools are being closed and kids bused out of their schools to other communities. What good is daycare in a school for Blyth parents for instance, if they have to drive to Wingham to drop their kids off at the school? The Alliance is also putting the ball right back into the court of the minister of education where it belongs. Though there is anger at the Avon Maitland District School Board for its handling of the accommodation review that eventually recommended closing Blyth and Belgrave schools and combining them with students from Turnberry and Wingham in a new school, the real problem remains the provincial government. The mistakes of the Harris government’s funding formula have not been properly corrected by Dalton McGuinty’s government to properly support rural community schools. The Community Schools Alliance, and parents in general, must bring pressure on the province to correct the ludicrous situation where money is provided to build a new school and bus kids for miles, but there’s no money to maintain existing schools that really serve the community. — KR If you’ll believe this . . . The debate south of the border on President Barack Obama’s plans to reform healthcare to reduce costs and make sure everyone has medical coverage is bringing out the real lunatic fringe. Opponents have managed to portray the president both as Hitler and as a communist. Such is the craziness that there are people who apparently think Obama’s plan will lead to (or maybe already includes) euthanasia of old people because they will be too costly to care for. If these were just uninformed individuals it would be scary enough, but high-profile politicians and media figures have perpetuated the silliness. Sarah Palin former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate, has suggested the proposal calls for “death panels” determining or denying care to seniors. It’s scary to realize policies in the most powerful democracy in the world are being shaped by people and media outlets, that deliberately lie and misrepresent reality – and because at least some American voters are gullible enough to believe them. — KR & How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy. — Paul Sweeney Final Thought