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The Citizen, 2019-08-01, Page 3THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2019. PAGE 3. The Blyth Office will reopen Monday, August 12 at 9 am The Brussels Office will reopen Monday, August 12 at 10 am The Citizen is closed for summer holidays and there will be no paper August 8th 541 Turnberry St., Brussels 519-887-9114 info@northhuron.on.ca 415 Queen St., Blyth 519-523-4792 Bibeau, Thompson greet supporters in Brussels Continued from page 1 before Bibeau addressed those in attendance. She addressed a number of the Liberal Party’s initiatives in recent years and spoke about the positive strides being taken in agricultural and international trade. In an interview with The Citizen, Bibeau compared her Quebec riding to Huron County. She said there is a city centre of Sherbrooke in her riding about the size of London but that the majority of the riding is agricultural, with a large focus on dairy producers. As a result, she said she felt she could really connect with the farmers of Huron and Bruce Counties and beyond. “Someone told me this morning that the [Huron-Bruce] region is the kitchen of Canada and I thought it was a great way to illustrate the reality here,” she said. “Having so much high-quality land and being involved in so much production and processing is impressive.” Bibeau also lauded Huron’s agricultural output and diversification. Huron and Bruce Counties were just one day of stops along a whirlwind Ontario tour for Bibeau and her team to try and understand the issues facing Ontario farmers that the federal government may be able to help with, she said. She said that connecting with farmers, processors and other agricultural professionals in their home communities, farms and businesses is crucial to understanding their lives and how the government can help them. “To me it’s very important to come and meet with people in their own environment. As Minister of International Development for three and a half years and now Minister of Agriculture for four months, I know a lot about supply management because there are a lot of dairy farms in my riding,” Bibeau said. “There is a lot to learn and I think I’m a fast learner, but the best way for me to learn and understand is to meet with producers and ideally not in a conference room, but meet at their farms and processing plants. It’s the best way for me to really get a better sense of their issues and to be even more convinced in the sense that I can better advocate in my sector. “Once you’ve seen their reality, once you’ve met with them in their own environment, you get it and you retain the information and it registers in your mind and in your heart.” Thompson, who spent some time with Bibeau during her visit and then at the Four Winds Barn that night, said he felt it was a very big deal to have a federal Minister of Agriculture in Huron County. Past Liberal Ministers of Agriculture and Food and local MPs Jack Riddell and Carol Mitchell were also both in attendance that night. Thompson said that he felt the visit was important because agriculture is not just a way of business in Huron and Bruce Counties, but a way of life. Agriculture, he said, influences lifestyles and many aspects of life in southwestern Ontario, not just how families put food on the table. For the Liberal Party of Canada to send such an important cabinet minister to Huron-Bruce, Thompson said, shows that the Liberal Party cares about the riding and feels it’s one that could vote for both Thompson and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in this October’s election. Personally, Thompson said he was very inspired and impressed with Bibeau and how she was able to connect with Huron and Bruce County residents during her short time in the area. There can be no true progress in vital and practical godliness without it! (Arthur Pink, 1886-1952) “But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.” Psalm 1: 2-3 Meditation upon the Word of God is one of the most important of all the means of grace and growth in spirituality. There can be no true progress in vital and pratical godliness without it!Meditation on Divine things is not optional but obligatory, for it is something which God has commanded us to attend unto. “Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful!” Joshua 1: 8 Spurgeon:To get the nourishment out of a text, turn it over and over in your mind, meditate upon it, pull it to pieces word by word! Scripture meditation is the strong meat on which holy men are nourished. Oh, to be bathed in a text of Scripture, and to let it be sucked up into your very soul, until it saturates your heart! The more you read the Bible, and the more you meditate on it – the more you will be astonished with it! A Grace Gem Submitted by: Immanuel United Reformed Church, Listowel, ON 519-291-1956 Deadline for August 15 paper All advertising and editorial must be in by August 12th at 2:00 pm in Brussels and 4:00 pm in Blyth Vandals target GART, G2G Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers are seeking assistance from the public to help identify those responsible for a series of ongoing mischiefs and thefts to the recreational trail known as the GART (Goderich to Auburn Rail Trail). The GART is a portion of the larger Goderich-to- Guelph (G2G) Rail Trail that is managed by the Maitland Trail Association. This popular trail is heavily used by walkers, runners, cyclists, hikers and skiers. Due to safety, environmental and other reasons, motorized vehicles such as dirt bikes and All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) are strictly prohibited. Over the last year, vandals have caused extensive damage to various entrance points onto the trail. Large cinder blocks and posts have been tampered with and pushed off to the side. In other cases they have been completely removed. Four large green gates have also been stolen. OPP assume the removal of the barriers is done in an effort to gain access onto the trails by motorized vehicle operators. This ongoing damage to the trail and access points is now estimated to have cost thousands of dollars. Huron County OPP reminds everyone to be respectful of the Trail Users Code. Failing to do so may result in charges under the Trespass to Property Act and/or the Criminal Code. Any person with information regarding these incidents should immediately contact Huron OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or (519) 524- 8314. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000. Looking to the future Huron-Bruce federal Liberal candidate Allan Thompson, right, believes that the Liberal Party of Canada sending Marie-Claude Bibeau, MP of Compton-Stanstead, Quebec and federal Minister of Agriculture, to Huron County shows that the Liberal party thinks the Huron-Bruce riding is one that could vote Liberal in the October federal election. (Shawn Loughlin photo) Thank You for making our Tournament a success The Brussels Tigers would like to thank the Brussels Variety, Sholdice Insurance, C&P Portable Toilets, Labatt Breweries, Baird Mobile Veterinary Services, Green’s Meat Market, Brussels LCBO, Ernie King Music, BMG staff and Jamie McKay for their donations and time to help make this weekend a success. A special thanks to all those individuals who helped us throughout the weekend with scorekeeping, raking, lining and bar shifts. Your support is greatly appreciated. Thank you to all members of the Brussels Tigers Fastball Club for making this event run seamlessly year after year. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you for a cash donation to minor ball of $220 each from Brock McLean, Daniel Fritz and Cole McLean with MBC Concrete. Thank you to the umpires and all the teams that entered the tournament. Thank you to JR’s Kitchen and Catering for a delicious menu and great service. Back row, left to right: Scott MacTavish, Adam Corbett, Ted Jacklin, John Groves, Ty Sebastian, Shawn Daw, Marc Miller, Steve Scholl, Trent Michie, Jamie Hickling. Front row, Andrew Baker, TJ Groves, Spencer Baird, Dennis Dewar, Lane Sebastian, Steve Crawford, Gene Johnston and Devin Johnston.