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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2019-06-06, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019. Editorials Opinions President: Keith Roulston • Publisher: Deb Sholdice Editor: Shawn Loughlin • Reporter: Denny Scott Advertising Sales: Brenda Nyveld • Heather Fraser The Citizen P.O. Box 429, BLYTH, Ont. N0M 1H0 Ph. 519-523-4792 Fax 519-523-9140 P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, Ont. N0G 1H0 Phone 519-887-9114 E-mail info@northhuron.on.ca Website www.northhuron.on.ca Looking Back Through the Years CCNA Member 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 $38.00/year ($36.19 + $1.81 G.S.T.) in Canada; $180.00/year in U.S.A. and $380/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: Mon. 2 p.m. - Brussels; Mon. 4 p.m. - Blyth. PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40050141 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT. PO BOX 152 BRUSSELS ON N0G 1H0 email: info@northhuron.on.ca June 6, 1968 Ross Yuill, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Yuill of RR5, Brussels was a member of the first graduating class at Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology in London. Yuill was one of 200 students to receive his diploma that day, completing a two-year course to become an electrical technician. The local mill rate had been increased by 14 mills for the coming year, largely due to increases to the local education budget, though little of the increase could be chalked up to local expenses. Doug Dunbar of Ethel was elected president of the Huron and Perth Counties direct division of the Ontario Public School Men Teacher’s Federation. The election had taken place at the organization’s annual meeting, held in Clinton. June 6, 1973 Ron Gordon of RR2, Blyth was all smiles when he was informed that he was the 1,500th member of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture in Huron County when he signed his membership papers the previous week. Mason Bailey of Blyth, president of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture, was present as Gordon signed the papers. Just days after the Blyth Little Theatre had completed its first-ever production, members were already busy planning for the next season in 1974. Theatre President Gail Falconer said there would be a planning meeting on June 11 to discuss the next season of the theatre. The Blyth Standard staff was on the move again after striking an agreement with Grant Sparling to lease the former Lavis Insurance office near Blyth Christian Reformed Church uptown in Blyth. While an opening date had yet to be set, the new office would be able to accommodate new equipment that would go hand-in-hand with the Standard’s planned expansion. The new office would replace the “cramped quarters” near Bainton’s Mill that had been the Standard’s home since the previous October. The new office would be the fourth home of the Standard in the previous two years. June 7, 1995 In a strange twist during an election campaign, three of the five provincial candidates declined an invitation to a debate in Wingham, leaving Progressive Conservative Helen Johns and Phil Cornish of the Family Coalition Party to debate the issues of the day. Liberal John Jewitt, Kimble Ainslie of the Independent/Reform Association of Ontario and incumbent Paul Klopp of the NDP all declined invitations to the debate at F.E. Madill Secondary School. With the Melville Presbyterian Church in the midst of receiving a new elevator, members of the congregation felt it was a good time to place a time capsule in the structure’s walls. Mary Douma and Margaret McInroy said the time capsule could be found when the church’s walls came down. On June 4, the Auburn Missionary Church held a special concert of praise. The evening included performances by John and Judy Schmitt, the Unit Trio from Elmira and Dave Rolston, who treated those in attendance with a special testimony. June 11, 2009 Morris-Turnberry Mayor Dorothy Kelly announced her intention to seek the position of Huron County Warden at the June 3 meeting of Huron County Council. Kelly, who ran for the county’s top spot two years earlier, losing to Central Huron Deputy-Mayor John Bezaire, said she felt much more prepared for the position after those two years had passed. “My years on county council have been a tremendous benefit and two years ago I was less ready than I am now,” Kelly said. “I think I’m better seasoned to take this on.” Former Blyth Festival Artistic Director Janet Amos had been nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award in Toronto for her work in The Gladstone Variations. She was nominated for the Outstanding Performance by a Female in an Independent Theatre Production category. Amos was busy preparing for the Memorial Hall stage, however, as she’d be performing alongside her husband Ted Johns in The Bootblack Orator that summer. With the potential development of wind turbines in Huron East resulting in major protests at the lower-tier level, Mayor Joe Seili asked Huron County Council for help in the form of an interim control bylaw until issues of concern, especially those pertaining to health issues, could be resolved. Blyth Festival Artistic Director Eric Coates was elected president of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT). Coates took over for Nancy Webster, managing director for the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People in Toronto. His vice- president would be Gaylene Buckle, general manager of Theatre Newfoundland Labrador in Corner Brook. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. We are not responsible for unsolicited newsscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are © Copyright Choices do matter The decision of Malaysia, last week, to return plastic waste shipped there from Canada and other rich, western countries, highlighted again the need to do something to control our waste. As one reader pointed out to us, decisions by local municipalities can make a difference in what consumers can do to safely manage their household plastic waste. For instance, some municipalities deal with a recycling company that still accepts plastic bags while in the municipality right next door the bags go to the landfill, taking up space and shortening the life expectancy of these expensive facilities. The issue of plastic waste is unfairly dumped on municipalities. The federal and provincial governments hold the power to regulate the way manufacturers and packagers use, or overuse, these products. Consumers make the choices about what to buy, leaving it to their municipalities to take away the trash this creates. Municipalities, with little power, are left to deal with the problems created by others. Unfair as this may be, it’s also evident that municipal officials and councillors can make decisions that can improve the system. Obviously choosing the best recycling company can make a big difference for homeowners, as pointed out by our reader. There are other efforts that can be made as well. Last week on television, for instance, there was a story from Walkerton, where the municipality of Brockton had purchased a machine to chew up and compress styrofoam. Instead of taking up space in the landfill, this municipality’s styrofoam waste is now being recycled into other styrofoam products. It’s become obvious that waste management is going to take up more and more time and money for municipalities. However, research, creativity and making the right decisions can make a big difference for residents and the environment alike. — KR Remember their sacrifice As Canada marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of the European continent on June 6, 1945, there are fewer and fewer people alive who remember the event, let alone who took part in the heroic attack. Despite that, we must never forget the importance of the sacrifice made by those who hit the beaches of Normandy toward the freedom we enjoy in Canada today. Knowing how the story ends, as we do now, it can seem that the success of the invasion was preordained, but there was uncertainty for everyone involved in the audacious attack as well as for all those at home who prayed for the defeat of the horrific Nazi regime. Nothing like the transporting of 150,000 troops across the English Channel and landing them on heavily-defended beaches had ever been attempted before. For Canada’s 14,000 soldiers, charged with capturing Juno Beach, one of five landing areas, it was the first time they’d ever undertaken something so large and daring. During the attack against heavily-fortified German positions, 359 Canadians died and more than 700 more were wounded. It was part of a toll of more than 5,000 Canadians who would give their lives in Normandy in the next two-and-a-half months of fighting. Enormous amounts of planning went into preparing for the largest seaborne invasion ever made, but in the long run it still came down to the bravery of those men who dashed ashore under fire from German positions. Ten thousand Canadian sailors, meanwhile, were risking their lives on the 110 ships the Royal Canadian Navy supplied for the invasion while 15 Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons of flyers in fighters and fighter-bombers protected the troops from above. Again, given our peaceful lives today, it’s hard for us to truly understand the evil of the Nazi regime and what hung in the balance with a successful invasion and the eventual defeat of Germany. Thankfully, most of us alive today have never faced the danger of such an aggressor or experienced the brutality of leaders prepared to murder an entire people as the Nazis were planning for Jews, gypsies and other enemies. On the 75th anniversary of D-Day, indeed on every anniversary of the invasion, we need to take a moment to remember and give thanks for everyone who made the battle successful. — KR So much for rules Canada’s parliament is due to debate and approve an updated NAFTA trade agreement with the U.S. and Mexico before it recesses for the summer and this fall’s federal election, but MPs must wonder if passing the treaty will make any difference. Last week, before the agreement is even ratified by the three countries, U.S. President Donald Trump said he will slap new tariffs on Mexican goods entering the U.S. unless Mexico halts the flow of those crossing into the U.S. seeking refuge from violence and poverty in South and Central America. President Trump has made it clear that he respects no rule but the rule of power, and that despite treaties, he will use his power to impose tariffs to get whatever he wants from other countries. His bullying tactics show the new NAFTA may not be worth the paper it’s written on. — KR &