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THE EDITOR,
On behalf of the Brussels Minor
Hockey Association I would like to
extend congratulations to our Fund
Raising Committee for a very
successful day of "Soundsation"
performances. Anyone present, I
am sure would agree, that it was
entertainment at its best. The
tireless efforts, for the past few
months, of Stephanie Kellington,
Darlene Oldfield, Barb Bragg and
Annette Stephenson are very much
appreciated.
Thanks to the parents and hockey
players for volunteering food and
time to help orchestrate this large
endeavor. And of course "thanks"
to the community of Brussels for
such great support, for without it,
community activities like Minor
Hockey could be jeopardized.
Neil Hemingway, Pres.,
Brussels Minor Hockey.
THE EDITOR,
"Were you there?" "Wasn't it
great?" Who should we thank
first?
I guess first of all we will thank
Byron Ballagh the director of and
singer in the group "Soundsation"
who put on two excellent
performances in Brussels this past
weekend along with their
professional singers, sound and
lighting crew. Nancy Exel and Barb
Mutter helped with advertising and
programs and the hockey teams
were there for set-up, clean-up and
sandwiches. Many volunteers came
to serve lunch and sell tickets.
Bev Brown was right, it was an
unforgettable show. If you get a
chance make sure you see them —
Through
the Years
From the files of The Brussels
Post and the Blyth Standard
44 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 23,1949
Three local boys, Harold, Jim
and Leslie Knight won honours at
the Royal Winter Fair by placing
fifth, eigth and 12th for oats.
Bob McKinley, 19, sold his
Grand Champion Hereford steer at
the Royal Livestock Show for
$1,785. It weighed 1,190 lbs. The
money was to be used for his mar-
riage.
Baldwin's Hardware Store in
Seaforth suffered as much as
$15,000 damage after a quick-
breaking fire gutted the building.
Rev. George Milne of Brussels
Presbyterian Church was appointed
interim moderator for the Blyth and
Auburn charge after the resignation
of Mr. Jorgenson.
and who knows, maybe you will be
able to see them next year in
Brussels again for their "Keep on
Dancing" musical performance.
Brussels Minor Hockey
Fundraising Committee.
Several new books were added to
the Brussels Library collection.
Some of them were Treasure
Island, "He Shoots, He Scores",
Father of the Bride and The Ency-
clopedia Cookbook.
Brussels Coal yard advertised the
availability of several top grade
coals for home use. "These coals
are all jet black, not dyed and burn
down to an ash with very, very few
clinkers."
Kids' coats were available at
Wood's in Brussels for $9.95.
24 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 26, 1969
Lloyd Walsh was installed as the
Worshipful Master of the Blyth
Masonic Lodge.
Blyth and Stoneschool met at the
Blyth arena for a hockey game that
ended in a 3-3 tie.
The members of the Blyth team
were Rick German, Bill Crawford,
Robbie Lawrie, Jim Fritz, Larry
Boyd, Ken Lee, Don Willie, Bruce
Bromley, Bruce Howson, Brian
Allan, Jim Button, Tom Cronin,
Robert Cook, Dick Chalmers, Brian
Carroll and Ross Daer.
Doug McDougall was the coach
and Ken McGowan was the manag-
er.
The Eastern Star installed Mrs.
Continued on page 5
Writers applaud Soundsation
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Loan program a good start
The innovative Rural Loan Pool Program announced Monday by
Elmer Buchanan, Ontario's minister of agriculture and food, is a good
start toward putting the money from rural areas to work building rural
areas.
Mr. Buchanan's program will
allow rural residents of Ontario
to invest in Agricultural
Guaranteed Investment
Certificates (AgGICs) which
will be eligible for Registered
Retirement Savings Plan classification. The money raised through the
program, which is expected to be in place by mid-January, will be
pooled for lending institutions such as credit unions to invest in farm
and farm-related programs. Loans and mortgages of up to $500,000
will be offered at reasonable rates to cover capital costs for on-farm
value-added ventures, cover the capital costs associated with off-farm,
farm-related, value-added ventures in rural Ontario, buy moveable farm
machinery and equipment, consolidate farm debt, purchase more
farmland or improve farm buildings or land.
This kind of program has been needed for many years in the rural
areas of the province. Believe it or not (and listening to rural residents
gripe you'd be apt to doubt it) there is a lot of money invested through
regular channels in RRSPs and GICs every year. Rural areas,
particularly here in western Ontario, could probably be self-sufficient
in capital needs. The regular investments, however, usually channel
such money into urban needs: new factories and office buildings for
our sons and daughters to work in, new apartment buildings for them to
live in.
The new program is a good start. It apparently allows more money
not only for the production of farm products, but for the further
processing of those farm products. This provides the possibility of a
boost for the entire rural area, not just farmers.
Still needed, however, is a way to invest funds from the towns and
villages back into the towns and villages, to provide money for
investment that will create more jobs for the young people of those
communities, and the young farm family members who don't want to
continue farming. —KR
Living in the imagination
While most of us live in Ontario, the members of the Ontario
Federation of Labour (OFL) and public sector unions seem to want to
live in Never Never Land.
The OFL made its knee-jerk reaction Monday in condemning the
Bob Rae government for its Social Contract and demanding the
legislation be repealed. Meanwhile across the province, teachers unions
have been going on strike, trying to regain from their local boards of
education, the ground lost during the Social Contract. Students are
suffering because their teachers feel they should be able to go on
forever ignoring the economic facts of life.
There is no doubt it is not pleasant to have a sudden reduction in
pay. There is no doubt it isn't fun to have to take days off without pay.
When you draw up your family budget for the year, it's nice to be able
to count on the money you think you should be getting, not have a
sudden change in the situation.
But hundreds of thousands of Canadians have had unpleasant
surprises in the last few years as the country plunged into recession.
Their surprises have been a lot tougher to handle, however, than a few
unpaid days off or a reduction of a few percentage points in their pay
packet. They have faced sudden loss of their jobs.
The unions are outraged that the Rae government should reopen
contacts to take money away from members they thought they could
count on. That this should come from a pro-union government, backed
by the labour movement, is a bitter pill to swallow. But what was the
alternative for Bob Rae? Could he continue as if nothing had changed
since the 1980s and drive the province so far in debt that its credit
ratings plummeted and the financial situation got even worse? Hardly.
Something had to be done. Mr. Rae could have respected the
contracts public sector employees have signed and turned to the one
tool those in the private sector have: payoffs. Thousands of provincial
employees could have been put out of work. They could have turned to
unemployment insurance which would have only increased the debt
problem in the country. For those left at work, however, life would
have gone on as comfortably as ever.
But Mr. Rae chose instead to try to negotiate with the unions. He
tried to save jobs. But unions would rather not face the harsh realities.
They'd like to stay, like Peter Pan, in Never Never Land. Unlike Peter,
however, union members are going to be forced to grow up. — KR
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