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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1998-09-16, Page 4A bite of nature Photo by Mark Nonkes Looking Back Through the Years From the files of the Blyth Standard, Brussels Post and North Huron Citizen September 19, 1968 Two Brussels girls received their Bronze Medallion swimming awards at the Seaforth Lions Pool. Joyce Huether and Nancy Pearson successfully completed the written and practical exams. Michael Kemaghan caught a 28" pike in the Maitland River in Brus- sels, estimated to weigh five lbs. At Brownie's Drive-in in Clin- ton, The Glory Stompers starring Dennis Hopper and Mary Jane starring Fabian were the two movies playing. Enrollment in the elementary schools of the Morris, East Wawanosh School Board was Blyth with 289 students, Brussels with 272 and Belgrave with 253. Mrs. Harmon De Vries told Majestic WI of her trip back to Holland. She presented Institute members with a luncheon cloth from the Brussels Branch. The cloth had been designed with the crest and floral emblems by Mrs. Carl Hemingway and daughter, Laurel. September 19, 1973 Blyth Masonic Lodge celebrated its 100th anniversary. A special feature was the presentation of a 50-year jewel to Wor. Bro. Elwin Monro of Orangeville. Mr. Monro joined the Blyth Lodge in June 1923 and was Wor. Master in 1932. Susan McClinchey of Blyth had the prize-winning cornflower at the annual Belgrave-Blyth-Brussels school fair. Thousand of entries were shown in 248 classes. Many guests and visitors attend- ed the 108th anniversary at Duffs United Church. Guest speaker was the Rev. Dr. R. Gordon Hazelwood BA, BD, DD, who was minister at the Walton charge from 1942 to 1951. The Walton Juvenile Ball Team won the WOAA championship with a 17-3 victory over Maryhill. Bill Shortreed tallied two homers for his team. Blyth School attendance was 564, down somewhat from the pre- vious year. September 17, 1997 The Brussels Terry Fox Run had 90 participants and raised $4,648 for cancer research. Doug McArter of Brussels collected $710 in pledges. Sandy Bechtel bought Rice's Store in Hullett Twp. At the Capital Twin Cinema in Listowel, Fire Down Below, George of the Jungle and Event Horizon were playing. Showing at Goderich's Park Cinema were Con- spiracy Theory, Men In Black, and Cop Land. Lee Ann McDonald won the 1997 Brussels Fall Fair Ambas- sador title. The Brussels Tigers advanced to the Huron County Fastball League finals by defeating the Exeter Braves 8-2 in three games. In the Londesboro Men's League, A Few Good Men won 14 of 16, The Comhuskers, 12, Laz- ers, 11, The Loyals, 9, The 8th Line and One Too Many each had 8, The Dirty Dogs, 4, and in last were Murphy's and The Knights. Letters THE EDITOR, How Much is the Tory "Big Lie" Campaign costing me? A full page ad in the weekly paper, an 11 inch by 35 inch four- colour brochure in my mailbox — this stuff is not cheap. It is also not public information. This is political propaganda of the big lie variety. The reason I know is some months ago, after tiring of the ad campaign telling us how much money we were going to save in our taxes, I phoned the number given out for more information. Continued on page 19 The North Huron itizen O c n eNA P.O. Box 429, BLYTH, Ont. NOM 1HO Phone 523-4792 FAX 523-9140 P.O. Box '52, BRUSSELS, Ont. NOG 1H0 Phone 887.9114 FAX 887-9021 Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising Manager, Jeannette McNeil II1:M E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.com 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 $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 © Copyright. Publications Mail Registration No. 6968 PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1998. Canada: good and the bad So, is the glass half full or half empty? The optimistic view is that for the fifth year in a row (a record) Canada has been judged by the United Nations' human development index to have the world's best standard of living. The same index shows we're 10th in the human poverty index for the 17 industrialized countries. Twelve per cent of our population lives below the poverty line which takes into account literacy, earnings, chronic unemploy- ment and proportion of population with life expectancy of less than 60. The UN report showed a shocking 100 million people living in poverty even in the world's richest countries. In the Third World nearly two-fifths of the 4.4 billion people live in communities so poor they don't have basic sanitation; nearly one-third don't have safe drinking water; one quarter lack adequate housing and for most of the world's poor, walking is the only form of transportation. The gap between rich and poor is widening here at home and around the world, where only 20 per cent of the world's population controls 86 per cent of the expenditures on personal consumption. Looking at the report, Canadians are indeed a fortunate people, yet we're stingy about sharing our good fortune. While Canadians give only $64 (US) per capita in foreign aid, people in Norway give $289 and in the Netherlands, $213. But perhaps the most disturbing thing is the direction we seem to be heading in. The aim of many politicians and business leaders seems be to make Canada more like the United States in its social policy. There arc even persistent hints that Canada should privatize its health care system. Yet the United States ranked 17th out of the 17 industrialized nations in the portion of its population that lives below the poverty line — a huge 16.5 per cent. It is a nation that provides immense riches for some but little for others. Is this the model we want to follow? — KR A new standard of morality If U.S. politicians who are debating the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton are signalling a new standard of morality then the world's most powerful nation should be seeing better days ahead. What every politician should be asking himself or herself is if they arc willing to live up to the standards they set in proposing the start of impeachment proceedings. There's no doubt Clinton is not a nice man. He has shown he can't be faithful to his wife and has devastated his family because of it. He has shown a remarkable ability to "reinvent" the truth (when is sex not sex?) There may be even worse skeletons in his closet in his activities before he became president. It would have been nice to think that a man this devious would never have reached the top post in the country. But how many other politicians have spotless records? How many of the accusers have lives that would stand up to a four-year, $40 million investigation by a special prosecutor and his staff? Would that candidates for office could all have such pure records that they could come out clean after such a searching examination. Imagine if we had a world where a politician could really be trusted to tell the truth all the time. Imagine if we had politicians who never compromised justice and honour as a favour to a friend or for their own personal gain. Imagine if all the people who offer themselves for elected office were really the fine upstanding human beings they portray themselves as in the campaign literature. Until the politicians can prove their own virtue, perhaps they should be careful about casting the first stone. — KR And here at home . . . Prime Minister Jean Chretien may be testifying under oath at the public inquiry into brutal RCMP treatment of protesters at the Asia- Pacific economic summit in Vancouver earlier this year. There is mounting evidence that orders to clamp down on protesters came from his office — part of a promise to President Suharto of Indonesia that he would not be embarrassed during his stay. It would be interesting to hear what Chretien said under oath. If he did order the illegal crackdown which would you rather have: a president who lies about an extramarital affair or a prime minister who denies people their free speech? — KR E ditorial