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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2019-09-12, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 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.huroncitizen.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 September 12, 1968 The first Brussels Lions Club meeting of the season was held at the Brussels Library under the watchful eye of Jan van Vliet, the new president of the club. William Turnbull of the Brussels area captured first prize at the Western Fair in London for the best Yorkshire Sow born after July 1, 1967. Turnbull wasn’t the only local to win. James Fritz of Grey Township had the reserve grand champion boar at the show. Clare McGowan, superintendent of the Children’s Aid Society of Huron County, was set to be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Brussels United Church Women. The meeting was set for Sept. 17 at 8 p.m. The first meeting of the next iteration of the Cranbrook 4-H Club saw the election of Marie Lake as the president and Donna Smith as the vice-president of the club. Janet Veitch would be the treasurer for the club, while the secretary position would rotate. The club opted to name itself the Cranbrook I Singing Sewers. September 12, 1973 The 12th annual reunion of the Huron Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association drew more than 9,000 spectators to Blyth over the course of the weekend. On Sept. 7, approximately 2,300 completed enumeration forms were stolen from the Goderich assessment office. The Goderich Municipal Police Force was looking into the theft. Plans were complete ahead of the 46th annual Huron County Plowing Match, which was set to be held at the home farm of Howard Datars, just north of Dashwood. Water rates were about to rise in Blyth, increasing from $2.50 per month to $3 per month. With the bi- monthly billing cycle, The Blyth Standard reported that the increase would mean an increase of $1 on every water bill through the village. September 13, 1995 The 34th annual reunion of the Huron Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association was deemed a success, according to Secretary Marian Hallahan. She said the Blyth Lions served over 300 people over the course of the weekend, while the Blyth and District Fire Department served hundreds of diners, using 300 pounds of bacon, 240 pounds of sausages and 200 pounds of pancake batter. Pushed by concerned citizens from Ashfield Township and spurred on by the Progressive Conservative provincial government’s decision to allow the incineration of garbage, Huron County Council began looking into alternatives for a proposed landfill site in the township. Eight-year-old Aimee Leishman was an eager volunteer for the Brussels Terry Fox Run. The daughter of Allan and Waneta of RR5, Brussels had been diagnosed with cancer when she was an infant and knew she wanted to be part of the run in 1995. The annual school fair in Belgrave was set to celebrate its 75th anniversary. To help mark the anniversary, Harold Vincent, who was a young student when he attended his first fair in 1920, had compiled an extensive history of the fair, which was set to be on display at the fair that year. Cathrine Campbell was named the new pastor at both Melville Presbyterian Church in Brussels and Knox Presbyterian Church in Belgrave. The Brampton native had worked for colleges and universities, as well as an MPP before feeling the call to the ministry. September 10, 2009 Alice McDowell from the Belgrave area had been tapped as the next principal of Blyth Public School. While McDowell had worked at a number of schools throughout Huron County before, she had yet to work in Blyth, which was so close to her home that she anticipated knowing most of the students on her very first day. Chris Bondi, owner of Bondi Restoration and Collision in Brussels, was taking over a retail space very familiar to many Brussels residents: the shop formerly owned by mechanic, restoration expert and collector Don McNeil. Life-long Huron County resident Wayne Caldwell was excited about a grant he had obtained that he hoped would help rural communities. Caldwell, a professor at the University of Guelph’s School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, received $83,000 from Industry Canada’s Community Adjustment Fund to develop a “how to” manual aimed at guiding rural communities through difficult economic times. Brianne Wheeler of Brussels had just returned after spending nearly a month in Kenya working at the Great Mercy Orphanage. Wheeler said she spent the bulk of her time teaching math and English, but also took time out of her busy schedule to complete puzzles with some of the students, some of which she was able to bring back to Canada as a souvenir of her time there. 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 Thanks for preserving history The Huron Pioneer Thresher Reunion is over for another year but the benefits of many of the show’s attractions go on and on. The big show has been a living demonstration of our rural history for nearly six decades now. Showing how generations past harvested their crops or provided for themselves through skills like spinning or quilt- making helps remind today’s generation of how our society evolved from the bush to the present. But the telling of that story is only possible because dozens of people have preserved and restored bits of our historic past, from gigantic steam tractors to gas tractors and threshing machines to small hand tools. Often, preserving our history is left to museums and professional historians and restorers. At the Thresher Reunion, and at similar shows, however, we benefit from many individuals who care enough about pieces of the past that they invest significant time and money to keep this equipment active. In the case of the owners of the steam engines, which must pass regular safety checks, this can be a sizeable investment. So to all of you who are preserving our past at no expense to the taxpayer, many thanks and keep up the good work. — KR Self-destruction strikes again Health officials in the U.S., Canada and Britain are warning about the dangers caused by vaping as the use of this substitute for smoking explodes, particularly among young people. How sad that just when it seemed the war against smoking was succeeding, a new bad habit is arising to take its place. Recently the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned that hundreds of people have become sick, and several have died, from a severe lung illness linked to vaping. Many of these were otherwise healthy young people in their teens and early 20s. The FDA says that there appears to be a particular danger for people who vape THC, (the psychoactive chemical in marijuana) that also contains a chemical called vitamin E acetate. While Health Canada has not detected similar illnesses here, there is a growing concern about the increasing use of e-cigarette devices among young people across the country. All 13 provinces and territories recently signed a letter to the federal government strongly recommending “immediate regulatory measures to reduce youth uptake of vaping products, including the role advertising has on influencing youth and non-users of tobacco products”. Here in Ontario, many critics point out that the provincial government relaxed the rules that had restricted advertising of vaping devices in retail stores, just a year ago. Robert Schwartz, professor at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, says that while persuading smokers to switch to e-cigarettes can be a safer alternative, vaping can also be used to initiate young people who have never smoked to the nicotine habit. Like tobacco companies before them, e-cigarette makers claim they are not targetting young people with their products, but the evidence seems just the opposite. Both the design of the devices and the advertising seems to show the companies want to get young people using their products.“It is a horrible thing. We have enough evidence to invoke the cautionary principle on this,” Prof. Schwartz says. It’s been a long, hard fight to persuade people to quit smoking and convince young people not to take it up in the first place. Yet there’s something about human nature that makes people want to push the boundaries, even if it’s not in their own best interest. For decades, tobacco companies preyed on this weakness and fought hard against attempts to limit the damage. Now the same human weaknesses and the same company greed seem to be taking a health toll again. — KR Thanks to the immigrants Those celebrating the victory of the first-ever Canadian to win the U.S. Open Tennis Championship last week should be grateful for our welcoming immigration policy. While Bianca Andreescu herself was born in Mississauga, we wouldn’t have this inspiring young star if her parents Nicu and Maria hadn’t decided to come to Canada from Romania in 1994. We wouldn’t have many of our other tennis stars without immigration, either. Milos Raonic was born in Yugoslavia but came to Canada with his parents at age three. Denis Shapovolov was born in Israel. Felix Auger Aliassime is from Montreal but his father, Sam Aliassime immigrated from Togo. We also owe many of Canada’s victories in track and field to the children of immigrants. Many of the exploding number of Canadian professional basketball stars are second or third generation immigrants. Less visibly, many observers credit the soaring growth of tech companies in the Toronto-Waterloo corridor to Canada’s welcoming immigration policies that attracts the best minds from around the world. That’s just a few things to remember when a party that wants to limit immigration makes noise in the upcoming federal election.— KR &