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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1998-06-10, Page 4# Standing pretty Photo by Bev Brown Looking Back Through the Years June 13, 1968 Mrs. William Adams of Morris Twp. found a small orange balloon containing a note which read, "Eigginbotham School. If found call' Di-10557." She learned the balloon had been released from a school in the northwest section of Detroit. The Centennial project of build- ing restrooms at the community park in Brussels was well under- way. It was hoped dressing rooms would be added later. In the upcoming federal election, / Mait Edgar ran as a Liberal an& Bob McKinley as a Progressive Conservative. In Brussels, the New American Hotel and Queen's Hotel advertised entertainment for the weekend. In the tri-county baseball stand- ings, Moncrieff stood in second followed by: Walton, third; Brus- sels, fourth; Jamestown, fifth, Ethel, eighth and Blupvale, ninth. Thompson and Stephenson Meat Market sold beef front quarters, cut and wrapped for 49 cents per pound and smoked cottage roll for 69 cents per pound. June 13, 1973 The Blyth Standard moved into a new office in the former Lavis Insurance building on Queen Street. East Wawanosh residents got a tax break when the, mill rate was dropped five mills for public school backers and 2.752 for sepa- rate school supporters. The farm rate was 77 mills and the commer- cial and business was 84 mills. Huron County Pork Producers were upset at the Ontario Pork Pro- ducers' Marketing Board for mov- ing the county's only hog assembly yard from Clinton to Hensall. Westeel-Rosco grain bins sold at the Co-op in Belgrave for $425.89 for a 14 foot diameter and 14.3 foot height. Track and field winners at Blyth Public School were Junior Shelley Patterson, Junior Jake deBoer, Senior Bill Cook, Senior Allan Young, Senior Lori Anne Hessel- wood, Intermediate Stephanie Van Amersfoort and Intermediate Jim Taylor. A 1973 Ford Galaxie 500 could be purchased for $3,895. and North Huron Citizen June 10, 1997 Huron County councillors planned to set an agenda for talks with the county regarding amalga- mation and downloading impacts. Concerns were expressed that the county was moving ahead with one-tier consideration without involving the municipalities. Mor- ris Twp. Reeve Bert Elliott said that if there was going to be meet- ings, his councillors wanted to be part.of it. Sarah Seeger of RR2, Auburn acted as page for the day at county council. The Huron County Board of Education got a first warning that teachers and CUPE members may strike. Brett Lee of Walton took second in a Barrie Motocross race. John Pennington went before Brussels council to discuss the flooding of his shop each spring. Lila McClinchey retired after driving bus for East Wawanosh Public School students for 30 years. McFadden's Appliance opened in Blyth. From the files of the Blyth Standard, Brussels Post r Letters THE EDITOR, Asa former resident of Morris Twp. and Brussels, I am always' interested in the news of the area which I get via the Citizen and I would like to congratulate Publisher Keith Roulston on his excellent editorial "Why Bigger" in the May 27 issue. Some of the old-timers will remember that this was an idea briefly discussed at County Council in the 1970s, but of course nothing came of it. The one-tier government idea would seem to be like "throwing out the baby with the bath water". James Mair 339 Argyle St., Caledonia, Ont. THE EDITOR, A bouquet to the conunittce that selected Neil McGavin as citizen of Continued on page 7 C itizen ZcnA The North H uron P.O. Box 429, P.O. Box 152, BLYTH, Ont. BRUSSELS, Ont. NOM 1H0 NOG 1H0 Phone 523-4792 Phone 887-9114 FAX 523-9140 FAX 887-9021 E-mail norhuron@huron.net Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising Manager, Jeannette McNeil The Citizen is published weekly in Brussels, Ontario by North Huron Publishing Company Inc. Subscriptions are payable in advance at a rate of $27.00/year ($25.24 + $1.76 G.S.T.) In Canada; $62.00/year in U.S.A. and $75.00/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: Monday, 2 p.m. - Brussels; Monday, 4 p.m. - Blyth. We are not responsible for unsolicited newscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are © CopyrighL Publications Mail Registration No. 6968 VECI, It 0 CIPCUL PAW E ditorial PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1998. Details, details, details When you're carrying out a revolution, it's kind of hard to keep track of all the little details. As the Harris government celebrates the third anniversary of winning power and instituting the Common Sense Revolution, local municipalities are dealing with the little things that got lost in the grand scheme. Much of the time of Huron County councillors at their meeting last week, was spent dealing with the fallout from the provincial government's reshaping of the province. Some of these were little things. For instance, the province has downloaded most of its highways in Huron to the county. The province did not transfer the picnic areas along those highways, however, leaving them in limbo. A year ago, when the province turned over Hwys. 83, 84 and 87, it kept the picnic area on Hwy. 83 and asked the county to pay $30,000 for it. The county refused. The picnic area had to be fenced off leaving travellers, whom we try to lure to Huron, with no place to stop and rest along the highway. There was enough upset over that that the policy for similar picnic areas along Hwy, 4 and Hwy. 86 is being rethought. It may be another year before the new rules are in place. In the meantime the county and local municipalities are trying to provide a service on land they don't own. Meanwhile on the police beat, municipalities are being asked to sign up with the Ontario Provincial Police for police services, but they still don't know just what services will be covered and what won't. What happens if the tactical squad has to be called in because of a stand-off with police? What if there is iinurder investigations? Are these covered or not? Policing for air shows is apparently covered but not for plowing matches. At this point, nobody can give all the answers. In Goderich Twp., meanwhile, the township is being assigned all the policing costs associated with the Bluewater Centre (it won't have to pay the extra $300,000 for the next couple of years because of a freeze on policing costs so hopefully the goof can be corrected in the meantime). And municipalities that have downloaded highways running through them can expect to pay extra costs for policing compared to those municipalities which still have provincial highways. According to Goderich Detachment Commander Gary Martin, policing costs along provincial highways will be billed to the province. That means that municipalities along Hwy. 4 south of Clinton will get a tax break while those north of Clinton, where the highway has been turned over to the county, will get a bill for policing. While the main pieces of the Harris revolution may be in place, local residents are likely to be dealing with the ramifications of the changes for years to come. — KR Lessons unlearned It was strange, and sad, to see citizens of India and Pakistan celebrating in the streets after their countries detonated atomic bombs in the past few weeks. For them, the possession of nuclear weapons was proud sign of progress for their countries. For those in North America and Europe who lived in fear of nuclear destruction for most of the past 50 years, it was sign of a step backward toward insanity. 'When the world's major nuclear powers agreed not only to stop testing and making new nuclear weapons, but to dismantle some of those they had, it seemed that humanity was perhaps moving toward a new age when we would be more rational and less easily swayed by pride and hatred. Through confrontations like the Cuban missile crisis, we had come to the brink of destroying the world. With the collapse, of the Soviet Union, we had finally, it seemed, seen the light. But humans seem incapable of really changing. While some people at some times may see the futility of nationalism and sabre rattling, others can always be roused to support a war in the name of national pride or hatred of a neighbour. Sadly, the people who were celebrating in the streets of India and Pakistan would be among the victims if these countries decide to use their nuclear weapons against each other. They are already victims, in a way, by the mere presence of these weapons. Now they will live in constant fear as we did in the 1950s through 1970s. It's a high cost to pay for the, national pride that the possession of nuclear arms will bring. — KR