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The Citizen, 1994-03-02, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2,1994. Citizen^The North Huron CNA P.O. Box 429, BLYTH, Ont. N0M1H0 Phone 523-47! FAX 523-9140 P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, Ont. N0G1H0 Phone 807-9114 FAX 807-9021 Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Sales Representatives, Jeannette McNeil and Julie Mitchell The Citizen is published weekly in Brussels, Ontario by North Huron Publishing Company Inc. Subscriptions are payable in advance at a rate of $20.50/year ($19.16 plus $1.34 G.S.T.) for local; $31.03/year ($29.00 plus $2.03 G.S.T.) for local letter carrier in Goderich, Hanover, Listowel, etc. and out-of-area (40 miles from Brussels); $60.00/year for U.S.A, and Foreign. 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. We are not responsible for unsolicited newscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are © Copyright. Publications Mail Registration No. 6968 Editorial Poor have no power It's interesting that the loudest complaints about last week's federal budget seemed to come from those who deplored having the tax reduction for business luncheons cut from 80 per cent to 50 per cent. By comparison, nobody seemed to care that the unemployed saw their benefits cut ... nobody that mattered anyway. There’s little sympathy for the victims of the recession. There's little sympathy for those who live in poorer parts of the country or are victims of the fisheries crisis in eastern Canada. The government is not going to get much praise for helping the poor. There may be many of them but they are still a minority in the country. Helping them might mean hurting the people who are working. The demand from the people who are working is to cut taxes and cut the deficit. If you're feeling secure in the middle class, you aren't worried about helping out the poor. You're more likely to be worried about not being able to write off that business lunch. The impossibility of governing this country with a consensus has been demonstrated several times in the past week. We had the reaction of the two major opposition parties, for instance. The Reform Party blasted Finance Minister Paul Martin because he didn't cut the deficit more. The Bloc QuSbecois complained that he didn't do enough to provide jobs. Similarly, in a panel discussion on CBC's Sunday Report, a radio talk show host from Newfoundland blasted the government for being heartless toward the unemployed of his province because of unemployment insurance changes, while his counterpart from British Columbia, where the recession had little effect, screamed that taxes were too high. (The only thing they could agree on was blaming central Canada for their problems). One would think that people who have jobs should be grateful for their good fortune. Instead they seem to concentrate only on how much is being "stolen" from them in various forms of taxes. One wonders how the bleating taxpayers would feel if suddenly they needed the help our social programs provide for those unfortunate enough to lose their jobs. — KR Taking part Given that we in Huron County can be up to our armpits in snow each winter, it's strange of the sports played at Olympic Games just completed, few are things our young people have much familiarity with. If our youngsters don’t play hockey or figure skate, there is little likelihood they'll ever go from here to the Olympics. Certainly we have handicaps in some sports: we don't have any mountains handy, or bobsled tracks or speed skating ovals. On the other hand, short track speed skating was invented in hockey arenas here in Canada and there's no reason we couldn't start local competitions. At the very least, it would give our young hockey players some extra skating practice. With 3,000 miles of snow across the country, it is always surprising that Canada has such a poor effort in cross country skiing. It's a simple sport that is inexpensive to get started in but we're an absolute bust in it. We didn't even send a team to Norway. Maybe it’s because we spend all our time on snowmobiles. (Maybe if we had snowmobile races at the Olympics we'd have a better team.) Why couldn’t there be more cross-country ski teams in Huron County. There seems to be little reason we couldn't have more variety in sports for our young people without having to spend a huge amount of money. Who knows, eight years from now we might have more Huron natives like Lloyd Eisler at the Olympics. — KR In the name of God God must be tremendously disturbed when he looks down at earth and sees what human beings do in his name. The massacre of 39 worshippers in a mosque in Hebron on Saturday was carried out by a fanatical Jewish settler in the area. He in turn was responding to the killing of friends by fanatical Moslems who felt killing Jews would undermine the process to bring peace to the area. The actions of this extremist Jew will no doubt lead to more revenge by extremist Arabs who will then be avenged by other extremist Jews. And all in the name of their God. It was truly frightening to see Jewish settlers Sunday night say that the only thing wrong with the killing was that more Arabs didn't die. Do they really think their God would approve? — KR Winter’s hanging on Photo by Bonnie Gropp Letters Principal writes THE EDITOR, On behalf of the students at Brussels Public School I wish to acknowledge the community support for the recent magazine subscription fundraising campaign again. The grades 4 to 8 students this year raised a total of $1,719 for extending regular school activities. We anticipate that about $900 of the funds will be spent in maintaining the instruments for our instrumental music program and most of the remainder in subsidizing the costs of various educational trips for all students. As well, a special project this year will be to purchase shirts for the school team to use in area sports tournaments and other activities where they represent Brussels Public. David E. Kemp Principal. THE EDITOR, The Howick Township Historical Committee is compiling a history of Howick Twp. and is hoping for input from former residents. Some of the information for which the committee is looking: 1. When and where you lived in Howick. 2. Where your family came from prior to moving to Howick. 3. Where you were bom. 4. Whom you married. 5. Your children and where they were bom. 6. Your occupation and that of your family members. 7. If a family member is deceased, tell when, and where they are buried. 8. Any affiliation with clubs, organizations, churches. The committee encourages any human interest stories pertaining to persons or events, which may include humorous and pleasurable happenings as well as tragedies and hardships. If you have photos (these will be returned to you) or stories regarding any of the following - school days, cemeteries, churches, sports, recreation, organizations, farms past and present, barn raisings, celebrations, multiple births, four or five generations, or tales of the pioneer days, all material will be welcome. Family history guides are available from: Eileen Hamilton, Secretary Howick History Committee Box 91, Wroxeter, Ontario NOG 2X0 Phone 519-335-3830 THE EDITOR, Ontario, not unlike the rest of the country, is currently facing a health care crisis. With more than a third of the provincial budget consumed by health care spending, governments must move to find the most efficacious cost-effective treatments - and make them available to all of society. The Ontario government is attempting to do just that, following an evaluation of the treatment of low back pain. This report, commissioned by the Ontario Ministry of Health, as an independent study, was conducted by Dr. Pran Manga, internationally recognized health economist and former Director General of the Health and Social Policy Directorate. The study states: 'There is an overwhelming body of evidence indicating that chiropractic management of low back pain is more cost effective than medical management. We reviewed numerous studies that range from very persuasive to convincing in support of this argument. The lack of any convincing argument or evidence to the contrary must be noted and is significant to us in forming our conclusions and recommenda­ tions." Manga suggests a restructuring of the treatment for low back pain would result in potential savings of: "Many hundreds of millions annually (in Ontario alone) if the management of low back pain was transferred from physicians to chiropractors." Among others, the direct and indirect savings from chiropractic treatment are a result of highly significant reduction in: chronic problems, levels and duration of disability, hospitalizations, missed work. Can the government of Ontario afford not to consider such findings? Continued on page 19