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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-12-04, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008.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 FAX 887-9021 E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.com Website 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 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. 4, 1940 Brussels Continuation School commencement was highlighted by The Operetta of Stephen Foster, with George Baeker as Foster, Mary Helen Eckmier as Mrs. Foster, Janet King as Susana, Jean Speiran as Jeanne and Isobel Bowman as the maid. Also on the playbill was Sister Sue, a play starring Jean MacDonald in the lead role, Josephine VanNorman, Jeanette Sanderson, Barbara Michie, Elwin Hall and Oliver Riley. Admission was 25 cents and 15 cents with part of the proceeds going to Red Cross. A number of teachers of schools in Ashfield, Colborne and West Wawanosh met in conference in Dungannon. This was one of three such gatherings in the inspectorate of James Kinkead, who was present. The others were held at Ethel and Belgrave. Harvey Bryans was chairman. Officers of the Association were: past president, Graham L. Pinkney; president, Duncan McKay, Kintail; vice-president, Edna Proctor, Moncrieff; secretary-treasurer, Gordon Kidd, Wingham; committee Jean Long, Ashfield, Elizabeth Fear, Ethel and Clarence Grainger, Morris. At the Regent Theatre in Seaforth were The Boys from Syracuse with Aran Jones, Martha Raye and Joe Penner, and 20,000 Men a Year with Randolph Scott, Preston Foster and Margaret Lindsay. The price of a ton of coal delivered ranged from $11 to $15 at D.N. McDonald and Company. Cooking apples were on sale for $1 a hamper at East Huron Emporium. A tin of salmon was 15 cents at Elliott’s Economy Store. Dec. 7, 1962 Wellington McNall was the new Master of Blyth’s Masonic Lodge. Other officers were Harold Gross, Doug Whitmore, Roy McVittie, Irvine Wallace, Harold Vodden, Harvey Sillib, Harold Phillips. Harold Campbell, Major Youngblut, George Nesbitt, John Elliot and J.S. Chellew. Mrs. Bert Craig was installed as Worthy Matron of Eastern Star. The early hours of Dec. 2 saw the completion of another step in the municipal telephone program of modernization and improvement. That day the system’s dial exchange at Auburn became directly connected to the continent-wide long distance network. Blyth merchants announced extended Christmas shopping hours. Businesses would be open Wednesday afternoons until Christmas and evenings until 10 p.m. the week before Christmas. The council for Blyth remained unchanged for the next year following the municipal election. W.H. Morritt would serve as reeve. Councillors were Borden Cook, Gordon Elliott, Bill Manning and Kel McVittie. School trustees were Jack Stewart, Edward Watson and Donald Young. Snell’s Food Market was offering a special Christmas price on brown sugar of 10 pounds for $1. The 18-oz jar of Kraft peanut butter was 39 cents, while four packages of Betty Crocker cake mixes could be purchased for $1. Dec. 2, 1981 New Blyth Guides were Kerri Lynn, Deanne Bearrs, Christine Roulston, Elaine Poore, Lisa Watson, Kathy McDonald, Sarah Allen, Jennifer Roulston, Lori Leibold, Angela Cotton, Sandra Hessels, Deanna McDougall, Christine Stadelmann and Tammy Bearss. The fund for the new addition to the Clinton Public Hospital was given a boost when the Blyth variety concert raised over $1,400. Robert Anderson was installed as Worshipful Master of Hullett’s Masonic Lodge. Heading Blyth’s Lodge was William Dougherty. Dec. 4, 1991 Bea Dawson was named as new chair for the Huron County Board of Education. The new executive of the Blyth and District Optimist Club included: Brenda Young, president; Pat Brigham, first vice-president; Jim Phelan, second vice-president; Alan Young, secretary-treasurer; directors, Elaine Brown, Lance Bearss, Fred deBoer, Jeff Peters, Murray Siertsema and Laurie Sparling. Five members of the Brussels Bulls were selected to the Western Junior C all-star team. Rookie forwards Todd Norman of Gowanstown and Ted Sills of Seaforth were joined by second-year winger Greg McNevan of Harrison. The Bulls also had one of six defencemen chosen for the team as 16-year-old rookie Quade Lightbody of Port Elgin was selected. Goalie Trevor Fortune of Seaforth, who had the lowest goals against average in the league was one of three netminders selected for the team. Brussels council approved in principle a proposal to expand the EMA store over a village easement. New directors for the Huron Pioneer Thresher Association were Mike Andrews, Leonard Phillips, Lloyd Josling, Joe Hallahan, Jeff Thomson, Gordon Radford, Gary Courtney, Jack VanEgmond and Gordon Gross. THE EDITOR, The Kids On the Block (KOB) Program uses puppetry to educate Grade 3 and 4 students about physical and sexual abuse. This is a unique education program in child abuse prevention. Children who are reluctant to share can interact freely with the puppets. The puppets are then able to respond with clarity and candour to the questions and concerns of the children. We visit elementary schools on a biennial rotation to ensure that every child will see the performance at least once while in Grade 3 or 4. Along with the puppet presentations, the program offers the KOB Early Learning Video for children in JK to Grade 2. This video can also be used by home school educators and day care centres. Topics such as aggression, perseverance and compassion are shared in short skits by the KOB puppets. It is an excellent introduction to the puppets prior to them being seen in the schools when the children reach Grade 3 and 4. Bruce Power has stepped forward for the 2008-2009 school year to be the major sponsor of this worthy program and provide educational materials that can be used to support personal safety education for all children. Over 800 hundred Grade 3 and 4 students will benefit from the live performances and learn more about personal safety this year. The puppets are specially crafted and life-sized with individual personalities and histories. Each ‘Kid’ comes to life through the dedication of volunteers. Our volunteers receive special instruction on the handling of puppets, training on protocols for reporting child abuse, and guidance on how to respond to the students’ questions. Richard Madge, Wilma Schotman, Audrey Rooseboom and Sarah Montgomery comprise the volunteer team for the Fall 2008 season. RRHC also recognizes the contribution of the Huron Perth Children’s Aid Society for providing printed materials for the program and the community for supporting RRHC’s Annual Teddy Bear Dream Auction. Some of the proceeds from the Annual Teddy Bear Dream Auction support the KOB Program. Visit www.rrhc.on.ca, for more information or to borrow the KOB Early Learning Video call our office at 519-482-8777 ext 204. Rural Response for Healthy Children is able to offer real help, right here, right now, thanks to our funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada. Dorothy Beuermann Program Services Manager. 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 A new ball game Hopefully by the time this newspaper reaches your home there may be an agreement between the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and the provincial government, but as of the weekend, the teachers were still acting as if nothing had changed in the economy. Among the demands of the EFTO was for wage parity with secondary school teachers and increased preparation time, a move that would require the hiring of thousands more teachers. When bargaining began months ago, the teachers probably had a point. Why should those who teach Grades 9-12 earn more than those who teach kindergarten to Grade 8? The time when secondary school teachers needed a degree and elementary students only a diploma are long gone and all teachers have pretty much the same education now. So at some point, the discrepancy needs to be addressed, but with the current financial crisis now is not the time. While elementary teachers can look at secondary teachers and feel sorry for themselves, they should instead look at the thousands of people in the private sector who don’t have a job at all or are worried that their job may disappear. Teachers have often resented the fact that industrial workers such as those in auto plants earned wages disproportionate to their level of education, but secure, well-paid education system jobs look pretty good by comparison these days. Given the circumstances, they can suffer the indignity of unequal pay a little longer. — KR Them, and us Many Canadians wished they could have voted for Barack Obama in the last U.S. election. Given the idiocy in Ottawa these days, they can only wish for an Obama-like leader to emerge in Canada. Obama moved fast to signal he intended on getting the U.S. economy going, announcing his economic team more than two months before he actually takes office and putting them to work on the best plan they can develop so he can sign it into law as soon as he takes office in late January. We have a government that’s already been in place for three years which felt there was no hurry for action and it could wait until the budget in February. In this time of crisis, Obama reached out to former rivals like Hillary Clinton, bringing them into his cabinet. Prime Minister Stephen Harper used the crisis as an opportunity to bully the opposition parties further, making them so angry they rebelled, setting up a coalition to replace him in power. Americans, despite the crisis, have a new confidence because of a wise new leader. Canadians have the choice between a mean-spirited bully who no longer has the confidence of Parliament and a shaky coalition that doesn’t have the confidence of the populace. — KR &