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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-12-03, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 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 Dec. 2, 1965 Mrs. Cecil Raynard was named president of the Brussels Figure Skating Club. Secretary was Mrs. S. Lowe and treasurer was Mrs. V. Grenke. There were 57 skaters registered for lessons in the Club’s third year. Cliff Dunbar was acclaimed reeve for Grey Twp. Councillors elected to the positions were Kenneth Bray, Lawson Ward, Melville Lamont and Charles Thomas. School trustees were Wilfred Shortreed and Allan McTaggart. In Brussels all positions were filled by acclamation. Only a handful of ratepayers were present for the nomination meeting which saw Cal Krauter returned as reeve. Councillors were J.L. McCutcheon, H. TenPas, Laurie Cousins and Ivan Campbell. Public Utilities commissioner was John Hanna. The Brussels Lions Club, in co- operation with the Brussels, Morris and Grey recreational committee and the curling club were canvassing in an effort to pay off the $3,500 outstanding debt on the Brussels arena artificial ice. Kay McWhirter had the high lady singles and doubles score in bowling. For the men it was Dave Hastings and Ned Rutledge respectively. Karen’s Go-Go’s were the team leaders. I’d Rather Be Rich, starring Sandra Dee, Robert Goulet, Andy Williams and Maurice Chevalier was playing at the Lyceum Theatre in Wingham. Specials at Willis’s included sockeye salmon, 59 cents; Salada tea bags, 79 cents; 48-oz tin of Libby’s pork and beans, 49 cents and three 48-ounce tins of Allen’s orange juice for 99 cents. Dec. 2 1981 Several employee groups under the jurisdiction of Huron County council had salary contracts renewed. The bi-weekly salaries for the nursing director at the county homes started at $934 for 1982. Registered nurses would receive $821 to start. Two councillors put their names forward for the position of warden: Harold Robinson of Howick and Grant Stirling of Goderich Twp. Among the 4-H winners at the Huron County 4-H achievement night were Sherri Marshall of RR3, Blyth for judging, Susan VanEgmond, RR1, Clinton for outstanding achievements in the dairy calf club, Debbie Craig of Blyth who marked five years of service as a leader in the Blyth III club, Olave Little of Walton, 20 years as a leader and Anne Procter, RR5, Brussels who won the Murray Elston Award for champion 4-H beef showperson at the Seaforth Fall Fair. William Dougherty was Master of Blyth Lodge #303 A.F. and A.M. Londesborough United Church Women made $1,075 in donations. Peter Falk starred in All the Marbles and Bo Derek and Richard Harris starred in Tarzan, the two movie features at Goderich’s Park Theatre. Huron County council unan- imously supported a proposed transmission line recommended by Ontario Hydro. Dec. 3, 1986 Two men and a 16-year-old were in custody following an armed robbery at Brussels Variety. The clerk and a customer were in the store when the men entered. One was armed with scissors. Bruce Smith of Blyth retired from the county roads department. Henry Hendricks of RR6, Goderich received his 30-year pin while Joe Steffler of Walton was given a 15- year pin. A 20-inch portable colour TV was on sale for $550 at M.C. Smith Appliances in Listowel. Specials at Brussels EMA were: baking potatoes, 10 pounds for $1.99; a pound of bacon, $1.99 and clementines, 99 cents a pound. Tim Fritz was the Brussels Bulls player of the month. Player of the week was Kevin McArter. Janet Amos, former artistic director of Blyth Festival was shooting a movie, Taking Care, playing a nurse accused of murdering three mothers in the obstetrical ward of a hospital. Dec. 4 1996 Dr. Daniel Rooyakkers opened an office in Blyth. Students of F.E. Madill’s Drama Guild were rehearing for their fifth performance showcase. Manny Hussey played the role of The Phantom while Kelly Alexander was Christine in one of the performances. Audrey Cardiff was the Brussels and Area Citizen of the Year. New Brussels Guides were Jessica Longlade, Justine King, Tara Martin, Paige Steep, Candice Ross, Heather Little, Melissa Wilbee, Laura Armstrong, Sarah Longlade, Melissa Souch, Jaclyn Stafford, Joy Arnold, Carolyn Exel and Kelly Coulter. Brussels Bull player of the week was Mike McIsaac. The Belgrave Optimist Club received its charter. On the first executive were: Tina Klerks, Liz Cowan, Ken Cowan, Lianne Swan- son, Donna Schill, Steve Wharton, Ron Carter, Michelle Buurs, Linda Campbell, Brenda Watson, Angelo Ippolito and Ken Swanson. Disney’s 101 Dalmations was in its second week at The Park. THE EDITOR, The Blyth Legion is undertaking a very special project. We would like to be able to identify all of the currently serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces personnel and reserve personnel from our community. This encompasses Blyth, Auburn, Londesborough and the surrounding areas. If you know someone who grew up in this area and would like to include them on our list, please contact me by e-mail at jctaylor@tcc.on.ca or Crystal Taylor, RR 3, Walton, ON N0K 1Z0. We would like to know, if possible, their rank, name and where they are based and your connection or their connection to our community. A couple of examples, Cpl. Kevin McDougall, son of Thelma Johnston, based in Meaford, Ontario grew up in the Blyth area. Private James L. Taylor, based at Shiloh, Manitoba, son of Jim and Crystal Taylor, grew up in the Blyth area. Also include their mailing address if you have it. We would also be interested in the same information for retired Armed Forces personnel from our area. At our Remembrance Day service I acknowledged just a few of the parents and their currently serving offspring and would like to be able to expand on that list for next year. The Blyth area has had a long tradition of answering the call to serve our country and it continues to do so with our currently serving members of the Armed Forces personnel and reserve personnel from this area. Thank you to our veterans who made our country and many others free and to our currently serving members who continue to ensure our freedom. You are in our thoughts and prayers. We Will Remember You. Crystal Taylor, President to Branch 420 Blyth. 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 Voting with your dollars This is the time when millions of Canadians think they’re shopping for Christmas, but they’re also voting for the kind of future they will get. Take a look at the ramifications of the dollars that will be spent by local shoppers in the coming weeks. If those dollars are spent in your own town, your choice will help support your own community. It’s not just a case of helping local merchants stay in business, it’s also that those merchants in turn support other local charities, through the donations of money or goods they’re often asked to contribute. Those local dollars circle around within the community creating more dollars. If you decide you really must travel 50-60 miles to shop, you are not just taking money out of the local community, you are voting with your gas pedal for a continuation of the lifestyle that’s pumping too much carbon dioxide into the air and changing our environment. It’s fash- ionable to blame governments for not doing enough to combat the causes of climate change, but in the long run government can’t do anything but convince us, through taxes or incentives, to change our wasteful ways. When we drive unnecessary miles in search of “bargains” then we’re making a bad deal for our grandchildren who will have to live with the consequences of our self-centred lifestyle. Those bargains, which will almost certainly be manufactured in a low-wage factory on the other side of the world, are also a vote with our dollars. People want to have both First World salaries and cheap goods produced on Third World wages. Common sense says that can’t go on forever before wages and salaries must go down or more people are unemployed because so many jobs have been exported. Just as at election time when your one little vote doesn’t seem to matter given the millions of others also being cast, your Christmas shopping dollars may not seem that important to the overall economy. Still, your choices, added to the choices of millions of others, will help decide whether we have healthy communities, Canadian jobs and if your children and grandchildren will have to overcome the problems caused by climate change. — KR Saved by the provinces Despite a call from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon for Canada to increase its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his government will make only “minor adjustments” to its plan. Many Canadians are embarrassed by their country’s official position as Harper heads to the UN climate change summit conference in Copenhagen next week. Yet despite the prime minister’s resistance to taking action, Canadians may not be as delinquent on climate change as it appears, mainly thanks to the actions of our provincial governments. Such has been the predisposition to hurl brickbats at Premier Dalton McGuinty's Liberal government in Ontario that there’s been little credit for its Green Energy Act which will put the province in the forefront of the green energy movement, and reap the jobs that will mean. Meanwhile Quebec and Newfoundland work to create more hydro electricity and Nova Scotia tries to harness tidal power. The irony is, if these initiatives have an effect in lowering our green house gases, Harper will take the credit internationally. — KR &