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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-11-12, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009.Editorials Opinions Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie GroppAdvertising, 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 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 Nov. 11, 1965 A social evening in honour or Rev. W.J. and Mrs. Morrison and their family was held in the school room of Melville Presbyterian Church before their departure for Pictou, Nova Scotia. Several local hunters were fortunate enough to bag a deer. A wolf was also brought in by the hunters when they were permitted to hunt deer in Huron the first days of the week. Shotguns only were to be used and no dogs were allowed. Brussels electors followed the trend toward the Progressive Conservative Party as did all ridings in this area. A 37-year-old grassroots farmer and businessman Bob McKinley of Zurich won the federal election in Huron on the PC ticket. First anniversary specials at Cameo Hairstylist in Brussels were protein perms for $10 and $8. Campbell Soup Company was hiring female employees. Desjardine’s Orchestra was playing for a dance at the Brussels Legion Hall. Admission was $2 per couple. Playing at The Lyceum Theatre in Wingham was Help. “The Beatles embark on a high adventure and comedy with a unique beat all their own.” At McCutcheon’s Grocery, the specials included one-pound Maxwell House coffee, 79 cents; one-pound cocoa, 57 cents; Aylmer ketchup, 11 ounces, two for 35 cents and Quaker ready-to-serve oatmeal, 10-ounce package, 33 cents. Nov. 11 1981 Huron County warden Fred Haberer was honoured at a banquet in Goderich. At least two members of the Huron County Board of Education wanted to be chairman. Trustees Dorothy Wallace and B.P. Morin announced their intention to seek the position. Morin represented Howick, Turnberry and Wingham while Wallace was trustee for Goderich. The first sewer hook-up in Blyth went smoothly. Blyth Lions welcomed new members: Murray Musty, Gerald Kerr, Don Horton, John Cronin and Bill Bearss. Playing at the Park Theatre in Goderich was Halloween II. Nov. 12, 1986 The Blyth Festival gala auction raised $9,000. A Walton-area family lost their home after fire broke out in the staircase to the basement. The cause was undetermined. Huron County warden Leona Armstrong was honoured at a banquet in Brussels. Recipients of the George Menzie Endowment Fund at F.E. Madill Secondary School’s commencement were Wendy Martin, Darron Chesher, Wayne Wheeler, Rose Marks, Susan Marks and Kerry Bauer. Blyth architect Chris Borgal received a provincial award for renovations at a Goderich building. Borgal’s firm won for best renovation of a non-residential building to a residential use. The building, which housed Anstett Jewellers on the main floor was converted from warehouse and meeting rooms on the upper floors to eight bachelor apartments. Involved in the winning project were Bruce Youmans, who put together the application for the award and prepared the presentation and John Rutledge, who did the apartment layout. The firm was also a finalist in another category, for small scale additions to a residential buildings with a porch added to a home. Brussels Bull player of the month was goalie Jeff McGavin. Winners of the Blyth Public Library’s Halloween colouring contest were Ross Clark, Tim Caldwell and Erica Clark. Nov. 13, 1996 Blyth and area resident were filled with questions, some tinged with anger, as member of the Clinton Public Hospital task force explained possible outcomes of hospital restructuring. Hullett Twp. reeve Tom Cunningham, chair of the Blyth and area fire board presented 20-year service awards to Blyth chief Paul Josling, Larry Bolger, Frank Wilson and Dave Lee. The first-ever Blyth and area Dining Out program was a success as 20 seniors and volunteers gathered to enjoy lunch and listen to Clare Vincent speak on Remembrance Day. Students from across the county travelled to Brussels arena to experience the Environmental Fair. The Brussels Bulls profiled right- winger Mark Durand. They were lighting the lights for Christmas in Blyth, with door crasher sales throughout the village, a fun and food fair, children’s stories, clowns, puppets, face- painting, carols and refreshments. It was official. In September of 1998, students entering Grade 9 would be graduating from secondary school after Grade 12. The four-year program was under discussion at a community forum on education held at F.E. Madill Secondary school. Mel Gibson starred in Ransom, the movie feature at Goderich’s Park Theatre. At the Capitol in Listowel it as Space Jam. John McDermott and Frank Mills were appearing in concert at Blyth Memorial Hall. THE EDITOR, Pet Rescue would like to remind all residents of any township that any found dog has to be called in to the animal control. Pet Rescue does not take in found dogs or injured dogs direct from the finders. Animal control is paid to do these duties and Pet Rescue is not. Pet Rescue takes in dogs from the local vet pounds after the dogs have had three days to be claimed by owners but have remain unclaimed. The rescue also does not take in found cats or kittens because there is no way for the rescue to ensure they are not simply owned pets who have become lost. Sadly there is no cat control at all in the majority of the local townships – therefore the animal control does not even pick up found cats in most townships. The rescue is happy to list a found cat or kitten on their website so that the owner may be located. The steps to do this are located on the website. Pet Rescue is a volunteer service started in 1998 when the founder discovered that dogs were being euthanized after their time was up in the pound. They are not funded by anyone – including any township or government agency. Pet Rescue has taken in over 2,000 animals and has always paid for their vet care and supplies. The fact that there are no animals left in the pounds to euthanize is saving taxpayers thousands of dollars because the municipalities are not paying for the euthanization or disposal of the bodies, which in turn would have been passed on in taxes. The rescue also does not receive any money from the municipalities toward the spaying or neutering, vaccinating, deworming and parasite prevention, nor any other emergency care they may need. They rely on donations, fundraisers and adoption fees to help to cover the $45,000-$50,000 in vet and supply bills. The rescue begs people to have their pets wear their township dog tag, and better yet proper i.d. including your name and address and phone number, so they can be reunited if lost. Neutering or spaying your pet will also help to curb its desire to wander, as will proper boundary training. If you need any further information on the bylaws in your township or to find out which animal control agent to call in you area – call your local township office. Pet rescue has compiled a list of numbers to call if your have a found dog or lost your own - please see it on the website at www.adoptapet.lucknow.on.ca Kathi Newell-Nicholson. 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 Parading the stereotypes It’s hard to decide which illustrates the rural/urban divide more – last week’s vote in the House of Commons to give second reading to a private members bill to kill the long-gun registry, or the resulting knee-jerk response in the urban media. The long-gun registry has always angered farmers and hunters and many no doubt celebrated the possibility of the demise of what turned out to be a ridiculously expensive bureaucratic mess. Urbanites, meanwhile, equate the registry with gun control, meaning the kind of guns they see increasingly turn up on the streets of cities where they’re used to kill people. They see any attempt to undo this part of the gun registry as an attack on gun control in general. The move to reverse the long gun registry confirms the stereotype many urbanites hold that rural people are redneck yahoos verging on being barbaric. On the other hand, rifle and shot-gun owners have convinced themselves that they are being harassed to solve a problem that has nothing to do with long guns. The standoff has created strange alliances. Opponents of the registry, normally great supporters of law and order, ignore the fact that police forces want the gun registry to remain. Police see it as an important tool in fighting crime. In the cities, people who might normally be suspicious of police – say when it came to relations with visible minorities – use police support of this measure as proof that it’s important. The truth is the long-gun registry is neither as useful as urbanites think it is, or as much an abuse by government as gun owners see it. Both sides need to take a deep breath and react to the reality, not the stereotypes of this issue. — KR Let’s be calm about H1N1 There’s no less attractive human emotion than panic, and the “debate” over problems with the H1N1 influenza vaccination program is showing signs of panic. A mere three weeks ago people were wondering if they’d even bother getting a flu shot. Within days people decided they must have it, and were irate when the lines didn’t move fast enough or they couldn’t get the shot even though they were not in the priority groups to receive the shot. People screamed when professional athletes got special treatment. Opposition parties in both Ottawa and Queens Park saw a chance to make hay blaming the governments for all the problems. The media that helped create a sense of panic, then attacked health officials and politicians as incompetent. The hysteria keeps growing. While there have been individual tragedies (just as with every flu season), the reality of H1N1 does not justify the panic. We’re being like people who hear someone call “fire” and trample each other in a panic to escape. Let’s just calm down. — KR &