Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-09-17, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 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 Sept. 18, 1965 Wilbur Turnbull and his son received prizes for champion boar and champion swine as well as a number of other prizes at the Western Fair. Jan van Vliet was close having received reserve champion boar and reserve champion swine awards, in addition to others. An annual gathering was held, this time marking the 50th anniversary of a high school entrance class. It included: Marie Long (Mrs. Sam Burgess), Brussels; Ida Hunter (Mrs. Lyle Gordon), Cranbrook; Irene Krauter (Mrs. William Campbell; Molesworth; Annie Smalldon (Mrs. Mac Engel), Cranbrook; Oscar Gorsalitz, Prudenville; Stuart Noble, Guelph, Clare Long and Alfred Knight, Brussels. An excerpt from the Carolina News noted that the late Dr. Carl S. Plum, son of Ernest Plum and the late Mrs. Plum of Brussels had a stadium dedicated in his honour. “There is no need for us (the Brevard Football Monogram team) to say anything about the measure of Dr. Carl Plum’s worth as a man and as a community leader. We knew it well.” Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley and Buster Keaton starred in Sergeant Deadhead, the feature at Wingham’s Lyceum Theatre. “The Beach Party gang invade the army and there’s fun all around...” Sept. 16, 1981 Though the number of people who attended the annual Thresher Reunion in Blyth may have been down a bit from the previous year to 11,000 rather than 12,000, there was more to see. It was announced that the office of The Blyth Standard would be closed on Wednesdays. The Blyth Festival wrapped up another season. A party was held to thank the teens who served as ushers. They were: Debbie Scott, Kim McDougall, Bernice Passchier, Lori Charter, Suzanne Tamblyn, Rosemary Hamm, Trudy Passchier, Pauline Webster, Deanna Bearss, Jay Siddel, Lance Bearss, Ken Whitmore, Pete Cook, Billy Glousher, Paul Pierce, Brian Pilgrim, Brad Ferguson and Scott McDonald. Morris Twp.’s 125th birthday celebrations were enjoyed by all, but left a deficit of $10,682. Sept. 17, 1986 Jack Riddell and Murray Elston announced their intention to seek the Liberal nomination in the two new ridings created by boundary shift. Riddell was running for Huron, while Elston was running in Huron- Bruce. Linda TenPas was crowned Brussels Queen of the Fair. Runner up was Charlene Stephenson while Leanne Armstrong won the congeniality award. The white been harvest was really hurting after a record rainfall of six to seven inches throughout the county. An Auburn man was in serious condition in London’s University Hospital after being stabbed eight times with a knife, outside the Bedford Hotel in Goderich. The victim was stabbed in the arm, stomach area and back with a fishing-type knife after he and another man got into an argument. A London man was arrested. Despite the worst rainfall in its 66-year history, the Belgrave school fair went on, though a torrential downpour did result in the cancellation of the parade. The new Blyth Lions executive was: past president Gerald Kerr, president Don Stewart, first vice- president Ken Cucksey, second vice- president Frank Hallahan, third vice-president Bob Walker, secretary John Stewart, treasurer Ernie Phillips, Lion tamer Stewart Ament, tail twister Murray Musty, directors, Bruce Bromley, Charlie Shaw, Dave Marshall and Paul Kerr. The B-Line Boomers won the industrial slo-pitch league title. The team was: Don deBoer, Gary Hesselwood, Ken Quipp, Pat Cronin, Murray Loutit, Lance Livingstone, Kevin Lee, Bob Watkins, Kent Howatt, Bill deVos, Jeff deBoer, Dave Marshall and Doug deBoer. Manager was Dean Hackwell. Sept. 18, 1996 John Stewart was chosen the Blyth and area’s Citizen of the Year. It was announced that the Brussels branch of the Huron County Health Unit, located in the basement of the medical/ dental centre would close. Bob Richmond was Terry’s Team Member for the Brussels Terry Fox Run. Alf Sutton of Ethel was elected District Deputy Grand Master for the North Huron Masonic District. Keri Anne Nicholson was chosen Brussels Fall Fair Ambassador. The Blyth Business Association was seeking council’s help in its fight to keep the CIBC branch open and get a bank machine installed. The branch’s hours were being cut and commercial and business loans moved out. Karen Webster was the new librarian and Grade 6/7 teacher at East Wawanosh, sharing the latter duties with principal Al Harrison, who was also new to the school. George Barker was the new principal at Hullett, while Richard Maertens was in the office at Blyth Public School. By Debra Pretty-Straathof OFA Board Director The Policy Advisory Council seemed like a good idea for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture when OFA was embarking on its restructuring process three years ago. Now that the changes are in place and operating, the PAC is proving to be a great idea! The PAC is the direct link between Ontario agriculture’s grass roots – individual farmers – and OFA’s smaller board of directors. The changes were agreed to as a means of increasing the effectiveness of OFA. The PAC meets quarterly and examines current issues facing agriculture. From those discussions come recommendations to the board. As a result of the PAC’s meeting to study Ecological Goods and Services, things have progressed to the point where an application has been filed with the Agricultural Adaptation Council to fund a feasibility study on carbon credit aggregation – taking a look at unanswered questions and risks involved for carbon credit trading and what it will take to make it a reality for Ontario farmers. This study will hopefully provide farmers with answers about the vulnerabilities and opportunities for farmers within the regulatory and commodity context of Ontario. This application generated 14 letters of support to the Agricultural Adaptation Council from commodity boards, county federations, OMAFRA and a number of individuals. All of this has prompted the AAC to accept, in its entirety, the OFA Carbon Credit Aggregator Project for funding support. Navigating government regulations continues to be an ongoing exercise for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and its senior partner, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. In the hope of gaining insight into the process to speed efforts of agriculture to achieve improvements to policies and programs for agriculture, the Policy Advisory Council has heard presentations from the Hon. Steve Peters, Speaker of the Ontario Legislature, and Mike Toombs, director, Regulatory Modernization Branch at OMAFRA. Mr. Toombs told PAC members that the goal of the Regulatory Modernization Branch is to try to reduce the burden on business from inappropriate regulation while protecting public interest. So far, he 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 Fight for your schools With Brussels and Grey Central public schools included in the latest accommodation review of the Avon Maitland District School board the communities should gear up to fight for their schools. Parents and community leaders shouldn’t make the same mistake as people in the North Central Huron accommodation review did a year ago when they bought into a vision of a Wal-Mart of schools – one big school that would offer glorious new services – and willingly gave up their own community schools. They thought their move would prevent their Grade 7 and 8 students from being send to F. E. Madill Secondary School. Instead, school board staff bought the one big school idea, but for kindergarten to Grade 6 students, then put the Grade 7 and 8 into F.E. Madill as they had wanted all along. It left communities like Blyth with no credible way to fight for their school, even though it did not have a problem of declining enrollment, the whole reason for the review. Brussels Public School is actually higher than capacity, but the school board staff are arguing the school has high maintenance costs, Grey Central has a declining enrollment and the school board is indicating some parents want their children oriented more with Listowel because many go to high school there. Parents and community leaders should heed these signals. Board staff have a way of getting what they set out to. Schools are more than education stores. They are essential to the community. Once community leaders were part of the decision-making process. Now decisions are controlled by those who have no ties to the community, have no idea of the importance of the school. Communities that want to stay healthy and whole must fight this trend. Don’t lose an essential part of your community by inaction. — KR It’s not all bad Last week the federal government vowed to hire 166 new food safety workers as part of its acceptance of all 57 recommendations of the inquiry into last year’s listeriosis outbreak at Maple Leaf Foods that killed 22 people. This week, the Harper government extended the period which long-term employees can get employment insurance if they’re laid off. Who says constant fear of an election is a bad thing? The prospect of a fall election has led Prime Minister Harper to both camouflage himself by supporting legislation he’d earlier resisted and to show his true colours in yet more attack ads against Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff. Unfortunately, the public always rewards the negative ads. The most frightening prospect of an election is the possibility Harper could win a majority through a combination of supporting middle-of-the-road policies while undermining the opposition with attack ads. Then his true mean-spirited tendancies could surface with no check of minority government. — KR & Letter to the editor Continued on page 7