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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-04-19, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007.Editorials Opinions Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie GroppAdvertising, Ken Warwick & Kelly Quesenberry 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 $32.00/year ($30.19 + $1.81 G.S.T.) in Canada; $92.00/year in U.S.A.and $175.00/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 April 19, 1950 The investigation continued into a robbery which took place at the Brussels Export Packers. The thieves made off with a total of $500 from the cash drawer of an office. This was discovered the next morning by the plant manager Charles Doll. He also discovered that the keys to the office were missing from his coat pocket, along with his cigarettes, lighter, and another small sum of money. Police considered that it was most likely the keys had been stolen from Doll’s home, and were used to gain entry to the office, since there was no sign of forced entry. Officials had apprehended a man in North Bay, but no charges had been laid in the case. The Huron Presbyterial Society was holding its 25th Anniversary. A very special meeting was to be held in honour of the occasion, to discuss the many accomplishments of the society in its 25 years of existence. Navy doctor Gordon C. McNeilly left his home in Alameda, California, to complete an 18-month tour of duty in the leper colony of Tinian Island. When asked why he felt compelled to do this, he said that it was his “Christian duty”. Accompanying him on this assignment were Mrs. McNeilly, and their two daughters, ages four and four months. It was estimated that there was a total of 70 science research groups working towards the cure to cancer across Canada. Donations were always welcome, as the Canadian Cancer Society continued to fund research projects across the country. April 19, 1961 George Radford Construction Limited was awarded the contract to dig the Van Baaren municipal drain in the Twp. of Hullett by the municipal council. Aubrey Toll was proud to display his collection of trophies won at the Manitoba Winter Fair for his prized Clydesdale horses. Toll had a great showing against other horse breeders from Saskatchewan and Manitoba, winning several trophies, including Dr. E. L. Houck Memorial Trophy for best six horse team, Carls-Rite Trophy for best four horse team, and the Turner Memorial Plaque for the overall champion team. President John F. Kennedy was busy hosting a visit from British prime minister Harold MacMillan. President Kennedy showed the prime minister around the White House gardens, prior to the first of a series of talks to discuss diplomatic strategies in regards to the conflict in Laos and other cold-war issues. Terry Sue Heide was the winner of an Angel look-alike contest held by the popular show of the same name. The winner, who was chosen as the one with looks closest to actress Annie Farge, who played the main character of the show, would appear in a filmed episode. The town of Great Falls, Montana were completing plans to build a missile. The missile, nicknamed Minuteman, would have a 6 000 mile range, and would be approximately 60 feet tall, and would also cost the area $62 million to build. It was hoped to be completed in 1963. April 19, 1972 Excitement continued to build around the upcoming centennial celebrations being held in Brussels. Over 800 invitations had been sent out to former residents of the village, and replies were beginning to pour in. Other events being planned included a large parade, rodeo, fireworks, and centennial queen pageant, all to be fit into the four- day long celebration. The Brussels Lions Park was nearly completely engulfed in water as the nearby Maitland River swelled and flooded due to the large amount of rain and melting snow. In spite of the large amount of flooding, many residents took the occurrence as a sign of a long- awaited spring. April 20, 1988 A Blyth student was to lead a team of three other students from Huron County to continue on to the Canada-Wide Science Fair to be held in Winnipeg. Tammi Medd, a Grade 8 student, was the winner of the senior biological division with her project “Effect of insecticides on soil”. She was also the winner of the conservation award from the Maitland Valley and Ausable Conservation Authorities. Joining Medd on the trip would be Jason Venkiteswaren of Robertson Memorial Public School in Goderich and Brian Hemmingway from Holmesville Public School in Goderich Twp. Smoke coming out of the Queen Villa apartments puzzled a lot of firefighters before the cause was found. Firefighters searched for every possible source of fire. Two hours of investigation were conducted until it was discovered that smoke had come up through ducts from a lower floor apartment where a resident had lit a trash fire. Before being caught, the resident concealed the charred garbage bags in a closet. No damage was done to the apartments, but it was quite a scare as the smoke had filled the upstairs apartments. THE EDITOR, I am writing in response to the Avon Maitland District School Board who, for reasons of efficiency, voted to back the notion of one school system for Ontario (reported by AMDSB correspondent Stew Slater in the April 5 Citizen). On behalf of parents who support the Clinton and District Christian School in Clinton, I would like to explain why such a single-school system could not include CDCS. CDCS is supported by a group of parents who are dedicated to the need for a distinctively Christian education for their children. They are so dedicated to this idea, that they have been willing to pay for their children’s education out of pocket for the last 45 years. Can they do this because they are wealthy. No. A recent study showed that these parents fall within the average range of Huron County incomes. These parents are aware that their choice of schools is costly. They could, after all, choose to send their children to publicly-funded schools for free. But their choice (a faith-based choice) is required by obedience to their interpretation of the Bible. Their choice, based upon their faith, refuses to accept a secular choice which sidelines faith to home and church and bans it from the hours when children are at school. Their choice ultimately reflects that they believe their faith ought to be implemented 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I believe that those who support the Catholic school system are motivated by the same beliefs. I ask the members of the AMDSB to reconsider their vote in favour of one school system. I expect that few counties have achieved such excellent co-operation in the area of setting school calendars, sharing buses, school and community facilities, and participating in shared activities (sports or otherwise). Our goal in Huron County has always been to obtain the greatest efficiency while recognizing each school partner’s integrity. If AMDSB now votes in favour of one school system (of closing down the Catholic school system) in the name of efficiency, they are asking their school partners in this community to relinquish a key component of their faith. Clarence Bos 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 Not the same old, same old Maybe it’s a slow news time of the year but the fuss caused when Liberal leader Stéphane Dion agreed not to run a Liberal candidate in the Nova Scotia riding where Green Party leader Elizabeth May is running in the next federal election seems a tad overblown. It was natural that Prime Minister Stephen Harper should mock the agreement between the “red” Liberals and the Greens as “the new red- green show”, but the reaction elsewhere is out of proportion. There have been editorials in newspapers criticizing the move on the part of Dion. Some of his own party members have wondered about Dion’s wisdom, pointing out their party calls itself a national party and should have a candidate in every riding. One of May’s senior advisors quit over the agreement which will see her praise Dion for his environmental policies. The reaction of Liberals is perhaps the strangest. It shows the brilliance of the Conservative Party’s negative ad campaign that sought to brand Dion as a weak, bumbling leader before he could establish his own image with the electorate. The media has bought in, looking at every move Dion makes in terms of whether it shows weakness. Now, it seems, even Liberal insiders have been influenced and doubt his every move. But it was interesting to see the public reaction. In Monday’s Globe and Mail letters to the editor page, every one of the half-dozen letters published on the subject, praised Dion and May for their co-operation and took the newspaper to task for criticizing the pact. They called it a refreshing change from the usual politics. Dion wasn’t supposed to win the Liberal leadership against heavy- weights like Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae but ordinary party members embraced his different style and his earnest environmental agenda and he was chosen despite a low-key campaign. He wasn’t the usual politician and that was seen as his strength. Everybody says they’re tired of the usual politics but when someone does things differently, they get nervous. They also respond to negative attack ads like the Conservatives ran against Dion. Dion seems determined to do things differently. It will test whether voters are really prepared to embrace a different way of politics. — KR No easy answers Monday’s massacre of more than 30 students at Virginia Tech University brought temptations to haul out the cliches, but they don’t fit. Sure, Virginia is one of the easiest states to buy a gun, but in Canada, with much tougher gun laws, we’ve had our mass school shootings too. The U.S. is a violent society — yet apparently the gunman was foreign born and didn’t grow up under the influence of guns. Such gunmen, we’re often told, seek publicity — yet this gunman carried no identification. We seek the comfort of easy answers to explain such unexplainable tragedies, but sometimes those answers just don’t work. — KR & Letter to the editor