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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-09-10, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 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 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 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 TO CIRCULATION DEPT. PO BOX 152 BRUSSELS ON N0G 1H0 email: norhuron@scsinternet.com Letter to the editor Sept. 9, 1965 Joyce Kellington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Kellington, received a Golden Cord, the highest award in Guiding. The new Grey Twp. Central School situated on the southern outskirts of the hamlet of Ethel, opened it doors to receive an enrolment of 307 students with more expected. There were nine teachers on staff, with James Axtmann as principal. Six 60-passenger buses provided transportation for the students. Advance tickets for the Western Fair were on sale at The Brussels Post office. The new manager at the Texan Grill was Orval Guy. The Sunday specials were T-bone steak for $1.40 or roast chicken for $1.35. Campbell Soup Company, Listowel, had permanent openings for both male and females. The salary for a new nurse was $310 a month or $3,720 a year. Rev. Mitchell performed the candlelight service in Bluevale United Church when Kathleen Craig and Frank Workman exchanged wedding vows. The double feature at Brownie’s Drive-in in Clinton was Damaged Goods, starring Dolores Faith, and Devil Doll. Sept. 3, 1974 The area’s already deteriorating postal service suffered more cutbacks. The new truck route meant that mail from local communities for delivery to the outside world would happen just once a day. All towns north of Clinton were served by a truck from Stratford which would make two rounds trips a day. OPP reported a quiet Labour Day weekend in Huron. Thanks to excellent weather at the end of August and into September county farmers were able to start pulling white beans. Eleven girls were running for Brussels Fair Queen. The contestants were: Connie Alcock, Cynthia Purvis, Leanne Armstrong, Ruth Ann Watts, Cindy June Stute, Carlene Stephenson, Carla Axtmann, JoyAnne Van Vliet, Tara Parker, Susan Marks and Linda TenPas. Londesborough’s Hillcrest Restaurant and Gas Bar reopened with new owners, Marg and Paul Brunkard, and sons Greg and Geoff. Loreldo Farms. Ltd. brown Swiss cattle did well at Kincardine Fair, taking a first, a second and a reserve junior champion trophy. A Kent County man, Charles Rowland was appointed super- intendent of education for the Huron County Board of Education. His responsibility was with the student services department. Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi and Elizabeth Perkins starred in About Last Night, a “terrific movie”, according to CBS- TV Chicago critic Gene Siskel. The show was on the bill at the Park Theatre in Goderich. Sept. 9, 1986 A 60-year-old Fordwich man was charged with attempted murder after an incident in Morris Twp. An RR2, Blyth man was admitted to hospital with bullet wounds to the hip and shoulder. Edward John Kuntz of London made a visit to his birthplace, the first time he was back to the village of Auburn since 1896, when he left at the age of six. He was born in Auburn Hotel, at the corner of Goderich Street and Station Road. Kuntz’s father owned the hotel and operated the brewery on the flats of the Maitland River between Huron County Rd. 25, west of the Patterson Bridge and the old road that led to the site of the old bridge. A resident of Marion Villa, London, Kuntz, who was 91 at the time of his visit, was accompanied by three of his daughters: Sister Paula Kuntz, a missionary nurse in Kenya, Sister Delores Kuntz, a teacher at Brescia College, London and Sister Mary Lillian Kuntz, a teacher at Mount St. Joseph, London. Kuntz also had one son. Clinton Christian Reformed Church, decorated with white candelabra and fresh-picked roses was the setting for the wedding of Deborah Grace Postma and Michael Roy Siertsema. Sept. 11, 1996 A pot of grease left heating on the stove was the cause of a devastating fire on County Road 25, just east of Blyth. The family got out safely but the house was destroyed. Frustrated Huron County councillors suggested everything from “use at your own risk” signs to toll booths to get the point across to the public that the provincial government was dumping highways on the county without proper finances to pay the increased expenses. Five girls vied for the title of Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador. They were: Keri Anne Nicholson, Patty Harrison, Joanne Van Keulen, Janice Jaclin and Sherry Baan. Tricia Teeft, Brussels, was page for the September session of county council. She was introduced by Grey Twp. reeve Leona Armstrong. Vandals destroyed some of the monuments at the Blyth Union Cemetery. Kevin Costner starred in Tin Cup, playing at the Lyceum Theatre in Wingham, while Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConaughey starred in A Time To Kill, which was playing at The Park in Goderich. THE EDITOR, We are writing in the hope of warning other property owners on the local river watersheds of changes which were made to the powers of the conservation authorities. If you live in a Natural Environment Zone, this affects you. In 2006, the province passed Bill 164. This gave the CAs new powers to regulate development in or near wetlands, shorelines, watercourses, valley lands and flood plains irregardless of what is currently in existence. Property owners were never notified of these new guidelines, let alone their impact. It is only as the townships update their bylaws that people may become aware of the problems this has created. There is no such thing as being grandfathered in – we have lived here for 15 years and the home has existed here for 37 years. We have been trying to work with the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) for the past 14 months to protect the value of our property on the Maitland River and to obtain reassurance that our home can be replaced if necessary. Thus far we have been unsuccessful. Any attempt to meet with our local MPP Carol Mitchell over this past year, has met with a dead end. The council of ACW has been very helpful, especially councillor Barry Millian, but they have no power over the CAs. We are currently dealing with the Ministry of Natural Resources in an attempt to find a satisfactory solution. We know we are not alone. I strongly advise you to check with your local building inspector to see if the MVCA has first say over any permits which you might need. Then you need to find out what the floodproofing levels are for your area. I can assure you, you will be shocked. Ron and Linda Stewart. 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 When more is less Last week saw the last vestiges of CKNX television evaporate as CTV threw the switch, shutting off what remained of the proud little station that once served the region so well. The demise of the television service is proof that sometimes more is less. Fueled by the energy and enthusiasm of the visionary “Doc” Cruickshank, the station went on air in the mid-1950s, one of the first in Canada. Over the coming years, CKNX television played a huge role in shaping the culture of the region from Georgian Bay to southern Huron County. At one point the station produced 20 hours of local programming a week, everything from the news and sports to farm broadcasts, an afternoon magazine show for homemakers, church choirs, and country and western music shows. It created local stars, both the regular television personalities and guest performers. For most viewers, it was the only station they could get, or one of two. But there’s something in human nature that always wants more. When our friends and relatives in cities close to the U.S. border could get American programming not available here, we felt left out. We worried that somehow we were missing something by watching a local star sing instead of a famous American star. As soon as cable television became available, people in the towns and villages flocked to sign up. When satellite television arrived, people on farms followed suit. Soon the relatively small regional audience was split so many ways that there wasn’t the revenue to keep the station going. The wide array of local programming died. The station was sold, and sold again. Now we can get dozens of stations to choose from. We can watch specialty channels with sports, gardening, history and more all day long. We can watch reruns of American sitcoms until we fall asleep. We can watch reality shows 24 hours a day. But in our multi-channel universe, we just can’t find a station that tells us anything about what is happening in our town or the town next door; that tells us anything about our rural life or people like us. We wanted more, and in many ways we ended up with less. — KR What a different time Sept. 10 marks the 70th anniversary of Canada’s entry into World War II. When parliament voted to declare war, a week later than Britain had, Canadians readily supported their government and men flocked to sign up for military service. Today, that’s hard to imagine. World War II was foreign to Canada and we were in no immediate danger of being invaded. In fact the terrorists who attacked New York and Washington eight years ago, who had been sheltered by Afghanistan’s Taliban government, brought danger closer to home than anything Hitler had done prior to the declaration of war. The big difference is the media, which today has written a story line that the Taliban is winning. You’ll hear little good news about good things NATO soldiers have managed to do in Afghanistan, only words of death and defeat and predictions of doom. The media must be allowed to tell the truth as it sees it, but if media had acted the same way 70 years ago, we would have surrendered to the “inevitable” Nazi victory and never won the war. — KR &