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The Citizen, 1995-07-12, Page 4'Down by the river Photo by Bonnie Gropp Looking Back Through the Years From the files of the Blyth Stan- dard, Brussels Post and the North Huron Citizen 47 YEARS AGO JULY 14, 1948 An x-ray survey of the Brussels area showed that none of the 1,293 people x-rayed were active cases of tuberculosis. Dr. E.A. McMasters of Seaforth was appointed to the position of county coroner. The following students were pro- moted to the next grade, at S.S. No. 8, Grey: to Grade 7, Robert Hart, Leola Jacklin and Arnold Jacklin; Grade 5, June Jacklin and Ross Jacklin; Grade 4, Yvonne McTag- gart, Jean Hart, Beryl McFarlan and Nelson Weber; Grade 2, Ronald Jacklin and Dorothy Weber; Grade 1, Beatrice Weber. Local fall fairs were scheduled for Blyth, Brussels and Seaforth. The Brussels Legion Annual Sports and Frolic Day was planned for July 21. Featured events at Vic- toria Park included bicycle and tri- cycle decorating, a pet parade, girls and boys softball, children's races, giant water fight and a football game in the evening. The day ended with an amateur contest and novelty dancing. William Elliott and Catherine McLeod starred in The Fabulous Texan at the Regeant Theatre in Seaforth. S YEARS AGO JULY 15, 1987 Gord Workman was appointed to the post of Brussels reeve after Reeve Hank TenPas resigned. The Blyth Bluewater Kennel Club Dog Show drew over 500 par- ticipants. Cheri Taylor and Kelly Bosman of Londesboro placed first in the piano duet category at the Canadian Music League Music Festival in Kitchener. Angela Schneider and Lynne Starkey of RR3, Auburn earned Ontario Scholarships at Goderich District Collegiate Institute. For the first time in the history of the Blyth Festival, an entire run of a play was sold out before it opened. The play was Miss Bal- moral of the Bayview, written by Colleen Curran. 1 YEAR AGO JULY 13, 1994 The youth of Brussels got togeth- er to spruce up the Ark by painting the front of the building. Some local Ontario Scholars were: Christy Pardys, Scott Shad- dick, Bonita tenHag, Ann Uhler and Chris Terpstra. The new curb and gutter was installed along Blyth's main street. Letter THE EDITOR, Three persons from the CCAA (Concerned Citizens of Ashfield and Area) requested time to speak at the July 6 meeting of Huron County Council in regards to the proposed A3 dump issue The issues we spoke about ranged from Alternatives to pollutants and problems associated with ileachate. Council was also asked not to rubber stamp any motions made in regards to the waste management master plan until they had time to review the information we supplied, but this did not happen. The study to complete Stage 2D workplan may continue. This study includes a serious amount of taxpayers money prior to the proposed site being either accepted or rejected. Continued on page 5 PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1995. eNA BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1995 C The North Huron itiz en Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Sales Representatives, Jeannette McNeil and Julie Mitchell P.O. Box 429, P.O. Box 152, BLYTH, OM. BRUSSELS, Ont. NOM 1H0 NOG 1H0 Phone 523-4792 Phone 887-9114 FAX 523-9140 FAX 887-9021 The Citizen is published weekly In Brussels, Ontario by North Huron Publishing Company Inc. Subscriptions are payable in advance at a rate of $23.00/year ($21.50 plus $1.50 G.S.T.) for local; $33.00/year ($30.85 plus $2.15 G.S.T.) for local letter carrier in Goderich, Hanover, Listowel, etc. and out-of-area (40 miles from Brussels); $62.00/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 Macho politics at work There seems to be no good reason for the nuclear testing France is undertaking in the Pacific these days ... except for political popularity back home. In these days when national governments seem to be powerless, doing things that seem to show strength builds popularity among a frustrated populace. Once people looked to their government to make their lives more pleasant, to moderate the forces of harsh economics and protect them from predatory portions of our society. But mounting debts and globalized trade patterns have made our governments helpless to continue that kind of function. Often when citizens call on their government to do something about a problem they are told the government can't help. Telling people you can't help them is dangerous for a politician. People figure they elect politicians to make changes, not to say how helpless they are. Helpless politicians make people feel hopeless themselves. Studies in domestic violence show that when men feel powerless they're most likely to strike out at those around them, their wives or children. The same can hold true for nations. Remember how good it felt for Canadians to take on the Spanish fleet for over-fishing in the Atlantic? In the U.S. that helplessness has led to trade wars with Japan and China and continuing harassment of Canadian trade even when it is proven that we have played by the rules. (Americans, used to setting their own rules as a world power, don't like to be told that there are rules beyond their control.) Theoretically, as we move toward more unity in the world, we should be heading toward a more peaceful time. If people feel the ability to control their lives is slipping from their fingers, however, hope for worldpeace may be a mirage. Today power is slipping from the parliaments of the world to the board rooms of an increasingly few mega companies which answer only to their shareholders. There is less and less ability for people to change the course of history by political action. If, in order to placate voters, governments continue to seek simple solutions like international conflict, we could be in for a dangerous time. We must find ways to give people back a sense of control in their lives. — KR Realities versus myths The current fishing dispute between natives on the Miramichi River in New Brunswick highlights the clash between the mythology of native peoples and the realities of the modern world — and the desire of some natives to have it both ways. The elected chief of the Micmac native reserve in question, and a good part of the people he serves, realize that they have to live in the modern world. He has reached a deal with the government to limit the number of salmon his people can catch. Micmac warriors, however, are refusing to accept either the jurisdiction of the government or the tribal council. They want the agreements torn up and claim the traditional rights of the native people to fish as much as they want. The treaties originally intended, however, that the natives should be able to fish as much as they needed to feed themselves. They did not envision the day when natives would become commercial fishermen. The original treaties considered that natives would continue to use the primitive methods they had always used. The treaty makers could not imagine gill nets strung end to end across an entire river scooping up every fish that tried to pass. The warriors want the best of both worlds: the rules that allowed them special rights and the opportunities that non-natives have who don't have such privileges. They want to continue the mythology that natives are caretakers of nature while despoiling it, unlimited by the rules of non-natives. They want to be victims while using threats of violence to impose their own ideas of how their lives should be governed, even over the objections of the majority who have elected the band council. As in most things in life, the problems among natives are not simple. Non-natives are apt to see natives either as drunken, lazy bums or as superior beings who were brought to ignoble poverty by the power and trickery of Europeans. The second view is the current politically correct one but it can be just as skewed as the hateful view. Some natives are respectful of nature but some aren't, just like the rest of us. Some are wise and some foolish, just like the rest of us. We must praise the wise natives and condemn the foolish and greedy actions of those who deserve it. Natives deserve to be treated like anyone else, with respect, yet honesty. — KR E ditorial