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The Citizen, 1998-09-23, Page 4P.O. Box 429, BLYTH, Ont. NOM 1HO Phone 523-4792 P.O. Box '52, BRUSSELS, Ont. NOG 1H0 Phone 887-9114 Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising Manager, Jeannette McNeil FAX 523-9140 FAX 887-9021 Wide-eyed innocence Photo by Bonnie Gropp Looking Back Through the Years September 26, 1968 The Brussels Men's Dart League held the first meeting of the 1968- 69 season. Officers elected were: Willis Knight, president; Jim McNeil, secretary; Ross Alcock, treasures. Up the Down Staircase starring Sandy Denis and Patrick Bedford and The Corrupt Ones were pay- ing at Brownie's Drive-in in Clin- ton. The Huron Plowmen's Associa- tion planned their 41st plowing match at the Maurice Love farm between Hensall and Exeter. The prize list contained a total of $8,000 in prizes for the winners. Duff's United Church celebrated it's 103 Anniversary with Rev. Douglas Fry as a guest minister. Mrs. George Pearson was presi- dent of the Ethel WI. Lorne Allan and the Huron County Boys played in the Rain- bow Room of the New American Hotel. Letters THE EDITOR, On behalf of the Epilepsy Huron September 26, 1973 Robert E. McKinley, MP of Huron County, was named whip of the Progressive Conservative Party. Auditions for Blyth, Little The- atre's first production of the 1973- 74 season were scheduled. For the first part of the show the youth division of the theatre did a perfor- mance and the second half was a one-act musical comedy review by the senior division. Madill's Clothing Store in Blyth celebrated its 25th anniversary. At the Lyceum Theatre, High Plains Drifter, starring Clint East- wood was playing as well as Dick Van Dyke's Cold Turkey and Bill Cosby's Hickey and Bogg's. In an opinion column, writer Bill Smiley talks of a vacation in Britain, where it was mentioned that those vacations were nolonger cheap. Good theatre seats cost $8 to $10 and a hotel without a bath cost $15. we would like to thank all those who supported us during our 1998 Glad Day Campaign in Blyth and area. Thanks to Val Pethick 'and the Blyth Legion Ladies Auxiliary and a special thanks to all of our faithful volunteers who work so diligently year after year. Thanks to the Village Council for allowing us to sell the glads. From the files of the Blyth Standard, Brussels Post and North Huron Citizen September 24, 1997 The Brussels Squirt Boys were Tri-County B champs, defeating Fordwich 12-1 in the final. Pastor Ben Wiebe joined the Brussels Mennonite Fellowship after the parish had gone several months without a permanent pas- tor. Local band Perish played at a tal- ent show at the Stratford Fair. Kristy Cameron of Clinton, won medals at the Canada summer games. She received the gold in the 200-metre breaststroke as well as a silver as part of an. Ontario 4 X 100-metre relay team, a bronze in the 200-metre individual medley and a bronze in the 100-metre breaststroke. Playing at the Park Theatre in Goderich were Men in Black star- ring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith and Excess Baggage starring Alicia Silvcrstone. Blyth CIBC ceased offering teller service on Wednesdays. Funds raised help in research, children's educational programs and Family Support Services. Sincerely, Marj Vere Executive Director Epilepsy Huron-Perth-Bruce. THE EDITOR, Bicycle crashes can be prevented by teaching our youngsters how to Continued on page 6 PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1998. itizen The North Huron cn eNA E-mail norhuron@scsinta.metcom 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 Too much truth, and too little While Canadians have had a chance to snicker W. the sight of the president of the United States, the most powerful man in the world, being badgered about his sex life, perhaps we should be wishing there was some way of putting our own leaders on the spot for what may be more serious issues. The two most powerful leaders in Canada, the prime minister of the country and the premier of Ontario, have been the subject of accusations that they over- reacted on the occasion of protests, in one case leading to violation of peoples' democratic rights, in a second, leading to the violent death of a protester. The heat has been turned up on Jean Chrdtien at least for the part he or his staff may have played in the RCMP's smashing of a protest at the Asia-Pacific summit conference last year. Growing evidence seems to show that the Canadian government, in order to guarantee former Indonesian president Suharto would attend the conference, agreed he would not be embarrassed by protests. Growing evidence seems to show that the RCMP were encouraged in their activities by the prime minister's office. The police then tore down signs, used pepper spray to scatter demonstrators and arrested several, releasing them with no charges once the demonstration had been dispersed and the summit leaders were far enough away to not see the disturbance. This is Canada? In the name of making an Asian dictator welcome we turn our police loose to carry out the same kind of intimidation he would use against protesters in his homeland? But in the Chretien case at least there is an investigation underway. In the case of the death of Dudley George, an native protester who was shot by the Ontario Provincial Police during the early days of the native occupation of Ipperwash Provincial Park, there has been no inquiry. A police officer has been convicted in the case but there have been accusations that the police were encouraged in their activity by the provincial government. The government claims it can't start an inquiry until all the legal battles over the death have been concluded. In the meantime, no doubt the government is hoping the case will go away. That's exactly what happened to some of the evidence when it was revealed that the computer files of one of the OPP commanders involved had been wiped out when he was transferred to another job. Every day that goes by will make it harder to find out if there is any truth to the accusations the government had a bigger hand than it claims. Bill Clinton and Monika Lewinsky? We should be so lucky if the crimes our leaders are accused of were so small. — KR Morality seems flexible Ten years ago this week Canadians celebrated when Ben Johnson set a new world record in winning an Olympic gold medal in Seoul, Korea. We then went into shock when Johnson was found to have taken a steroid drug and-stripped of his medal. Over the next few years we pried the lid off the awful mess of cheating in sports during a lengthy inquiry. This week Ben Johnson was back in court, trying to get his lifetime ban (imposed after a second doping infraction) lifted, claiming it prevented him from making a living. So much has changed in the last decade that one can almost feel sorry for him. What was an outrage 10 years ago seems to be accepted practice these days. Former East German coaches have admitted they gave their athletes drugs. Those athletes keep their medals. An Irish swimmer has been found, to have taken drugs that may have helped her win at the last Olympics, but because the evidence came years later her victories stand. Olympic authorities have been suggesting that since it's so hard to catch cheating athletes maybe the rules should be rewritten to allow use of all but the most harmful drugs. That seems to be the attitude of major league baseball which has no rules against using steroids. Current hero Mark McGuire readily admits to taking a "health supplement" that creates more testosterone in the body -but many of the same people who denounced Johnson say McGuire's record-setting homerun binge shouldn't be tainted by accusations of drug use. Anyone else in baseball could have used the "supplement" too, they say. That, of course, was the excuse Johnson used. He was just using the same drugs others used but they didn't get caught, he said. It sounded lame at the -time but his sense of injustice seems more reasonable every day that goes by. — KR E ditorial