The Citizen, 1990-01-31, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1990.
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Betterment awards
Rob Hunking, Past President of the Huron County Junior
Farmers presents Joan Bergsma of the Clinton and District
Junior Farmers with the Community Betterment Award at their
banqueton Saturday evening. In support of the community the
group last year raised money for Canadian Guide Dogs for the
Blind, held a Penny Carnival for children at the Clinton Spring
Fair, sponsoredaTeen Danceand madedonationsto Friends of
4H and the Huron County Christmas Bureau.
Local Amnesty group
plans activities
The local members of Amnesty
International, who have been meet
ing as a “group-in-formation” for
two years, became accredited as
Group No. 159 in December, 1989.
To gain this status, the body had to
have an evaluation by an outside
representative approved by the
Canadian executive in Ottawa and
certified by the international secre
tariat in London, England. A letter
received in Goderich containing the
news of the elevation praised the
members for the high level of their
activities during the formative
years.
Meetings are held on the fourth
Monday of each month in the board
room of the assessment office,
Gloucester Terrace, Goderich, at
7:30 p.m.
The January meeting received
reports from the various co-ordina
tors giving details of last autumn’s
activities: Central America Special
Action Youth Action Network, Ur
gent Action Network, Campaign for
Abolution of the Death Penalty
Worldwide, a Human Rights Day
Rally in Suncoast Mall and a street
corner solicitation.
The members who participate in
the monthly meetings are aware
that there are many more A.I.
members in the area who protest
violations of human rights world
wide by writing letters from their
homes, and will invite them to a
special members night in 1990.
Other 1990 events planned in
clude a yard sale May 26 - -
members and others interested are
asked to begin collecting items.
At a membership drive in the
spring speakers will explain Am
nesty International and videos will
be shown.
Persons wishing to receive furth
er information or borrow videos for
other organizations to view are
invited to telephone Sandy Mc
Donald at 524-2365 or Mary Stoll at
529-7259.
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Games even if he hasn’t heard of
most of the people who’ll be taking
part. “At least it beats the Stupor
Bowl" he said of the big weekend
football game in the U.S.
Julia admitted there was one
nice thing about the Common
wealth Games. “Even if you don’t
watch the athletes you can enjoy all
that summery weather they’ve got
down in New Zealand,” she said.
Tim said he’s found something to
give added interest in the Games.
“I sit there and try to figure which
of the competitors are on steroids,”
he said.
THURSDAY: Billie says he’s come
up with a new money making
scheme he wants to try on the
Prime Minister. “It’s a telephone
book,” he said, “with all the
numbers of judges removed so
cabinet ministers can’t get into
trouble calling them.”
FRIDAY: Ward said there was
always a job on newspapers he
thought he would like, the guys
who get to go down to Florida and
cover spring training for the ball
teams. But now, he says, the guys
on the news side seem to have
come up with their own way to get
to go south just like the sport
writers. “How’d you like to be the
Toronto Star reporter who gets to
go to Miami and sit around outside
a hospital so he can take pictures of
any of Harold Ballard’s relatives
going in to visit him?”
“I don’t know,” Julia said.
“With Yolanda around you just
might need danger pay.”
In an effort to give some small reward to those who contribute so much to our
community, The Citizen is sponsoring a Citizen of The Year award-one for the Brussels
area and one for the Blyth area.
NOMINATIONS WANTED
We welcome your nomination for these citizenships awards. Please fill in the ballot
with the name of your nominee, why you feel he or she should win the award and your
own name and telephone number. [Names of all nominators will be kept confidential].
Nominees can be from the villages themselves or the surrounding townships and can
have made their contribution either directly [through local politics, club work, etc. ] or
in a more general way [eg. Long-term service to many organizations, work with the
environment, or with farm organizations, etc.[
Entries will be judged by an independent panel.
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I nominate
Blyth...................Brussels....................community.
I feel he or she deserves this honour because:
(use additional paper if needed).
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as Citizen of the year for the (Check one) •
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Nomination deadline Feb. 15/90
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