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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-06-14, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 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 June 14, 1950 The village of Cranbrook was beginning big plans for a community centre to be built. The community hall, to be known as the Cranbrook Community Centre would be situated north of the General Store in the village. The former community centre of the village was a well known and loved landmark, but it had been condemned and had to be torn down. Some of the material from the old hall was saved while it was being torn down in order to be used in the construction of the new hall. A garage owner showed his care for animals and his community when he learned of some troubling situations at the local pound. After Mr. James A. Chambers learned that the pound had hundreds of pets which were condemned to be put down if they were not adopted, he decided to pay for 200 children to adopt pets in order to save them from an unfortunate end. A struggling actor named Tom Colburn of London, England came up with a very bold way to get his name recognized. Actually it was his wife’s idea, as Mrs. Colburn was the one to call the infamous Brown Derby restaurant and ask if they would consider posting her husband’s picture in hopes of being seen by the big time producers who often dine there. The restaurant was famous for its hundreds of caricatures of famous actors which line the walls. After asking several of these celebrities for their space on the walls, the gracious Jeanette McDonald agreed, even showing up in person to replace her own caricature with Mr. Colburn’s photo. June 14, 1961 The British public were angry with their national tourist industry over attempts to portray an image that was no longer truly what the country was like. The “thatched roof image” of British countryside was one of great admiration in the modern society in America. Thus, the tourist push to the United Kingdom had been breaking records, but at what cost? The majority of the British believed that while the money coming in from tourism was great, it was money which was only there because of an image being portrayed which was not at all truthful to the reality of the current British landscape. American tourists only wanted to see the cozy thatched roofs, beautiful gardens, pubs, inns, and friendly locals, not the belching smokestacks, brave new towns, atomic energy plants, and gleaming sports cars which were the reality of the modernized Britain. The Sphinx in Cairo, Egypt had been newly equipped with dramatic floodlights, music and tape-recorded narration telling the glories of ancient Egypt. The French inventions were installed in an attempt to increase tourism to the landmark. Jamaican college athlete Dennis Johnson was named by many experts as the fastest man alive. Dennis had already successfully beat the college 100-yard record of 9.3 seconds four different times. June 14, 1972 After doing all the printing of The Brussels Post for well over half a century, the large newspaper press at the office was being dismantled to be retired. The press had been out of use for about a year, but it was still kept around because of sentimental value to the newspaper. Roy Kennedy, who published The Post for nearly 40 years, was on hand to say goodbye. June 15, 1988 A gravel pit party being held on the Turnberry-Culross boundary, 15 km northwest of Wingham was crashed by the Ontario Provincial police. An OPP spokesperson reported that between 500 and 600 people were at the party, and were caught due to noise complaints received by the police. A RIDE program check resulted in 22 liquor seizures and four criminal code alcohol related driving charges. Also, two vehicles were badly damages or destroyed at the event, one rolled onto its top, and the other burnt to a crisp. In addition, when firemen arrived to extinguish the flaming car, they were assaulted with stones and bottles, and OPP say they received the same treatment. June 12, 1991 The Blyth Festival was preparing for its 17th season to open. Officially opening the season would be the premier of Ted John’s latest play, The Two Brothers, as well as the opening of the Contemporary Folk Art Exhibition at the Festival’s newly named Bainton Art Gallery. Fire brigades from Blyth and Wingham were called to a large barn fire at the residence of Leo Sanders on Concession 6 in Morris township. Fire Chief of Blyth, Paul Josling, reported that by the time firemen arrived, more than 400 pigs had perished in the smoke and the flames. only 16 sows were saved, and the cost of the loss of livestock was totalled at anywhere from $50,000-60,000, while damage to the building itself was thought to be $35 000. The fire was thought to be caused by a mishap with a welder. Playing at the Park Theatre in Goderich was Don’t Tell Mom, The Babysitter’s Dead, starring Christina Applegate. The following letter is in response to an article published in The Clinton News-Record’s May 30,2007 issue. It is included on page 6 of this issue of The Citizen. Medical student Danielle Anstett will be beginning her training in Ireland. A University of Western Ontario professor Dr. Ken Milne has asked Central Huron to consider a service agreement with Anstett that would be similar to those which exist for military service and international medical graduates. THE EDITOR, The Central Huron doctor solution will not work in my opinion unless the Ontario Medical Association gives a guarantee that Danielle Anstett can practise here. Because there is no assurance that she will be any different than any other foreign trained doctors whom myself and others have been trying to get licensed by the OMA to practise in rural Ontario. We need to lobby aggressively, both the provincial and federal governments to license more of the foreign-trained, English-speaking doctors already here and available to come here. There is no good reason that the University of Western Ontario could not be training many more medical students than they are currently training. This could be done at a lower cost than sending students overseas for training. If the student wanted to get one of these extra spots in medical school they should agree to work in an under-serviced community in return for being let into medical school in one of the extra spots. We still could have cost share and/or loan programs for medical students. Stephen Webster 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 Suddenly farmers matter With the campaign for this fall’s provincial election unofficially underway, suddenly farmers found themselves the centre of attention last week after years of inattention by political leaders. The Liberals and Progressive Conservatives had duelling announcements to prove how important farmers and rural residents are to their parties. After years of stalling on farmers’ calls for a risk management plan for growers of grains and oilseeds, Leona Dombrowsky, Ontario’s minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs, suddenly announced funding for a three-year pilot project to test out the concept. Not to be outdone, John Tory, leader of the Progressive Conservatives beat her to the punch by a few hours, promising substantial hikes to the funding for agriculture. His party, of course, was the one that slashed funding to agriculture and wiped out the OMAFRA county offices had been in the forefront of assisting farmers for nearly a century. Farmers have a right to be cynical. Three different parties have had their chance at government in the past 17 years, and farmers seemed to be less and less important with each passing year. They have just come through a time of terrible hardship when they were suffering because our governments, federal and provincial, said they couldn’t afford to match the subsidies that U.S. farmers were getting, leaving them dangling in the wind, buffeted by unfair competition. Suddenly an election is announced and farmers are important again and something must be done to help them. Perhaps farm groups need to lobby for yearly elections. — KR Good guys, if it doesn’t hurt Canadians like to see themselves as among the good guys in the world. That self-image is looking pretty delusional in our readiness, shown by public polls, to bale out on helping the troubled people of Afghanistan. Early this week anti-war groups in Quebec sent letters to troops scheduled to go to Afghanistan, urging them to refuse service. Monday a poll was released which found two-thirds of Canadians want the troops home at the end of our current commitment. The same day, a Canadian soldier died, which is sure to weaken support for the mission even more. But others are dying too. Last week Zakia Zaki, an Afghan journalist, was shot in her bed as she slept with her young son. It was a clear lesson from the Taliban that women should not be part of a modern society, that they should take their “proper” place, hiding their faces when they venture out of the home. If women face any kind of discrimination at all in Canada, many of the same people who don’t think we should be in Afghanistan call for government action. Yet apparently these activists have no problem turning their backs on the women of Afghanistan, allowing them to be forced back into a medieval existence. It’s terrible that young Canadians are dying in a land halfway around the world, but if gangsters were endangering lives and liberty in Canada, would we say police should never risk their lives — to just let the bad guys have their way? Of course we wouldn’t. If we want to uphold our view of ourselves as good guys, we must see ourselves as citizens of the world, not just of Canada. — KR & Letter to the editor