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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-04-16, Page 5Spring 4jjrdening Glhjys are fast approaching • Treat your garden tractor or lawnmower to a new battery this spring. • Make sure your lawnmower is ready to go when you are. • We have brought in a truckload of replacement batteries ... and the prices are really SPECIAL while they last We have everything for your garden needs: ❑Lawn seeds ❑Rakes ❑Pest control products ❑Flower seeds ❑Vegetable seeds ❑Hand tools Now isthetimetoapply Weed 'n Feed toyourlawn. When you buy ourfertilizerwe will loan you an applicator FREE. Oldfield Pro Hardware Brussels and Radio Shack 1i RADISH r 1.f 887-6851 VO , A4, sive and positive way. We need councillors who are intelligent and realistic enough to know that they must do things to encourage industry, business and people to locate in our community. We must choose people who are open-mind- ed, able to compromise, able to give thoughtful deliberation to decisions, who, once a decision is made, do everfhing in their power to ensure that goal is accomplished quickly and smoothly. We must, once council is appointed, give credit where credit is due and challenge negative, regressive actions. With that thought in mind, let me on behalf of numerous Brussels, Morris and Grey citizens first commend Brussels, Morris and Grey in regard to the Industrial Commission and Recreation Agreement, all progressive and positive moves looking to the future of our communities. An expression of gratitude goes to those people responsible for the creation and operation of our new newspaper "The Citizen", to those people responsible for the building of the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre, who had to challenge negative attitudes to move ahead, to the ladies on the Recreation Catering Group who help finance recreation, to the Optimists for their support of recreational youth and community activities, to the Curling Club for their $4,000 donation to recreation, to the Legion, Oddfellows, Rebe- kahs, church organizations, minor sports, figure skating association, coaches and all those people who volunteer their time and money in the name of community better- ment. Lastly, let me thank the Lions for all their community services past and present, but in particular for their insight, time, hard work and money in providing this commun- ity with a pool and in doing so will provide another form of recreation and youth employment. Citizens it's up to you. Encour- age and praise those people and organizations who adapt to change and try to make this community better and challenge and stand u0 to those who resist change in a negative and regressive step back- wards. A CONCERNED BRUSSELS CITIZEN. BRUSSELSTRANSPORT LTD. Safe Dependable Trucking Service GeorgeJutzi 887-6122 Brussels Letters to the editor THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1986. PAGE 5. Writers call for positive attitude from councillors Continued from page 4 and any other recreational endea- vor. When the arena was built did Brussels have the money in the bank? Of course not. The arena was built on a hope and a prayer and it was the co-operation and dedica- tion of the people of Brussels, Grey and Morris that made it a reality. We now need the same co-opera- tion and community spirit to make the pool a success. The Lions Club is giving the community a first rate facility free of charge. It is now time for those people in public positions to stop their complaining and to get behind the pool and help make it the success it deserves to be. If Mr. Workman continues to be so opposed to the pool then the right and honourable thing for him to do is to resign as Chairman of the Recreation Committee and voice his opposition from the floor, not from the Chairman's chair. MRS. M. VAN KEULEN THE EDITOR: "Council never needed two meetings before and the councillor didn't think they needed two now." It's a statement that by itself doesn't generate much discussion. However, it doesn't represent an underlying attitude, a negativism and resistance to change, which tends to permeate small communi- ties. Put a question to anyone in any organization as to why something is done in a particular way and the answer you frequently get is "that's the way it has always been done." It is a fact, not an illusion that change is inevitable. Whether we like it or not, changes are related to social conditions, economic condi- ions, population movement, etc. Take a look at any small community in the last 10 years and ask the residents how much things have changed. They'll tell you that "only eight years ago we had five grocery stores, three hardware stores, three hotels, two clothing stores, a dry goods store, a shoe store etc., and now - well you know the answer." In the case of some unfortunate villages - no stores - period. Dying towns and villages, creat- ed by numerous changes are everywhere. Rural population is way down, there is no longer one family per 100 -acre farm. Indu- stries and businesses which were essential to communities years ago are no longer needed or are forced out of business by large corpora- tions. Things change! It's a fact of life. We, the citizens, have a respon- sibility to ensure that our commun- ities change too. We must always look to the future and encourage progress. At municipal election time we have a responsibility to choose councilors to manage and repre- sent our communities in a progres- Heart Fund exceeds goal for Huron County Barney Goldsmith, Campaign Chairman of the Huron County Chapter of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario announced last week, following meetings with the County Treasurer Mrs. Jean Hildebrand of Seaforth, that the Heart Fund canvas has exceeded its goal of $45,000 by $3,500. Campaign workers are elated with the success of the canvass and the generosity of the people of Huron who have demonstrated theircommitmenttothework of the Foundation. According to Goldsmith, these significant re- sults are due to the dedication and enthusiasim of many people; but, notably because of the sustained effort of the Town and Area Chairs who assumed a major portion of the work load. Special mention was also accord- ed to the local media and ad sponsors for making the Heart Foundation's work visible in the community during February. 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