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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1979
Serving Brussels and the surrounding community.
Published each Wednesday afternoon at Brussels, Ontario
By McLean Bros. Publishers Limited
Evelyn Kennedy - Editor Pat Langlois - Advertising ,
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OPENING THEIR MAIL — The Grade 3 students of Mrs. Idella Wilson
at Brussels Public SChool recieved letters from their pencil pals in
Brmapton on Friday. Here they are seen opening their letters. and
judging from the expressions on some faces, it looks like their pen pals
had some interesting things to say. In the front row from left are: Bruce
Johnston, Tim Cousins, Shannon Rice, Donald Hastings, Jeff Heibein,
Clinton Garniss, and Glenn Yuill. The centre row from left are: Scott
Johnston, Cindy Bernard,' Frances Smith, Georgia Protopapas, Marc
Barbour, Jennifer Roesner, Paul Willie and Gary Leis. In the back row
from left are: Darryl Becker, Linda Wilson, Gary Martin, Kelly Bauer,
Judy Ten Pas, Debbie Golley and Greg Ryan.
Prime minister Clark
Prime Minister Joe Clark. Hearing a new name with the title of Prime
Minister is going to take some getting used to.
The people of Canada seemed to be carrying, a message with them
when they went to the polls last Monday. They weren't too certain
about the old leader of the country Pierre Trudeau, but they weren't
too sure of the new leader either, so they elected a minority
government instead.
What this is going to do to the country is difficult to envision at the
moment. It could conceivably create some difficulties between the rest
Of the country and Quebec. But there's a broader question than just the
one dealing with Quebec.
The questions are what will the new leader's policies do to this
country? Will they make things better or worse?
We can only wait and hope that things do turn out for,the better. but
to use an old cliched phrase, only time will tell.
Behind the scenes
by Keith Roulston
There's an excitement that comes with a
change in government. Canada is under-
going some of that excitement since the
election of Joe Clark last week.
A change in government brings a hope
that things will improve. Canadians, even
those who weren't sure they wanted Joe
Clark as their prime minister are generally
in a good mood as they Wait, and hope that
he will be able to solve the problems of the
nation.
It's good to see a positive rather than a
negative atmosphere in the country for a
change. Rightly or wrongly people had
gotten into a mood where they blamed
everything that went wrong on, Pierre
Trudeau. Now they have a fresh face, new
ideas and at least a few months before
people begin to become disenchanted that
the government hasn't made everything
perfect. For Mr. Clark, the honeymoon
may last a little longer because so few
people had high expectations of him in the
first place. After the high profile of the last
administration, people want quietness for a
while.
The chances of Mr, Clark having success
in most areas are good. With the baby
boom fading out the prospects for unern,
ployment are bOund to improve. There are
already predictions that Canada will have a
shortage of workers by the mid 1980s. The
economic cycle is also likely to turn soon so
that inflation should improve. In other
areas, having a clean broom sweep out .the
bureacratic cobwebs in Ottawa should be
an improvement. A country needs a change
of government every now and then.
But the present government will put
drastic new responsibilites on every Can-
adian in one area. The fact that the election
brought about a government that has
virtually no French Canadian represent-
ation at this precarious time in our history
could be a major problem for those who
want to hold Canada together. The split
plays right into the hands of Rene
Levesque, the master propagandist who is
trying to convince the people of his
province that they have no hope in getting
a fair deal from English . Canada. The
the rest of the country really does care and
Levesque in that Trudeau soundly defeated
the champions of Levesque's cause, yet it
allows him to turn every squabble with the
federal government into a French versus
English battle. Every stupid utterance by
anyone in English Canada is bound to be,
exaggerated by the Parti Quebecois propa,
ganda machine,
Mr. Clark will need help from all English
Canadians if he is to assure Quebecois that
the rest of the country reallydoes care and
really is willing to give thein a fair break.
We must all work harder than ever to foster
goodwill between the two peoples. Mr.
Clark certainly didn't help the cause with
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Vandalism
Vandalism. Every summer, the incidents of vandalism seem to
increase, not just in Brussels, but all over.
Brussels council recently put an ad in the Post to make everyone
aware of the fact that they are against anyone breaking the law and
would report incidents and sUpport anyone else who reported them.
And Seaforth council which is fed up with 'lenient punishments and
lack of restitution to victims of crime is sending a resolution all over
Ontario seeking support for a petition to the attorney general in the
provinde.
Overall the resolution suggests that courtroom procedures be
studied, sentences be analysed and also suggests that restitution
shoUld be made to persons suffering property damage.
Just what sort of entertainment vandals have found in damaging
other people's property has never been quite clear. Would they
appreciate it if someone deliberately damaged someihing they owned?
Would .they not want something to be done about it?
Some suggestions that have been made are that if a person is caught
damaging something they should have 'to make restitution for the
damage as well as cleaning up the mess they made.
Perhaps the courts should consider this type of punishment. If a
person realized that the consequence of his crime might be to pay for
what he's damaged and the work he might have to do if caught, he
might think twice before vandalizing anyone's property.
To the editor:
Class of 69
Seme members of the class that graduated Lucknow Ont, or telephone 528-2119,
froth V.E. Madill Secondary School in 1969 I would also appreciate receiving the
are planning a class reunion this summer for address of classmates who no longer reside
in the district. August 4, 1979. If any of your readers would v.
be interested in attending they should contact
Mrs. Donna Sutton at P.O. Box 298,
It's exciting
plans reunion
Yenta truly
Donna Sutton