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The Citizen, 1998-10-28, Page 4The North Huron itizen Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising Manager, Jeannette McNeil E-mail norhuron@sesinternet.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 P.O. Box 429, BLYTH, Ont. NOM 1H0 Phone 523-4792 FAX 523-9140 P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, Ont. NOG 1H0 Phone 887-9114 FAX 887-9021 Still going strong Looking Back Through the Years From the files of the Blyth Standard, Brussels Post and North Huron Citizen October 31, 1968 The standings for the Dart League showed the Greys to be the top team, with 35 points. In individual standings, Harry Jacklin was lead- ing with 40 points. Close behind with 39 points was Hilt Ward. The high score in three darts for the last evening was Ken McDonald's 150 points, while overall it was Ernie Bach with 160. Mrs. William Deitner with her daughter Mrs. W. Tabor, returned to her old home in New Brunswick to visit family members, after an absence of 40 years. Members of the Brussels Riders and the Listowel Riders joined for a nine mile trek, in which 47 horses and riders participated. A hospital report from Huron County's five hospitals stated that Wingham hospital had 85 active beds, all of which were in use, with a waiting list. In the five hospitals combined, 7,630 patients were treated throughout the 1967 year. October 31, 1973 A quote from a front page article of The Standard said, "someone with strong muscles and a weak mind stole a pop cooler from in front of Gowing Sunoco." Former County Warden Glen Webb of Dashwood was elected president of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Association. At an annual cross-country meet held outside Kinbum on the Millson farm, eight elementary schools par- ticipated. Mary Ann Cook of Blyth Public School won gold in the senior girls' division. Results of a survey conducted in Ontario showed that the average purchase price for a snowmobile was $840. The Hullett Lodge AF-AM held a Ladies' Night, entertaining with a turkey banquet. The master of cere- monies was W.M. Bob Thompson. The Neptune Factor, What do You Say to a Naked Lady, and Charles Dickens' David Coppetfield were all playing at the Lyceum Theatre in Wingham. October 29, 1997 Teachers in Huron County, as well as the rest of the province protested Bill 160 with a strike. During the strike, all Huron County schools were closed, due to safety THE EDITOR, From Sept. I 1 - 13 a number of teams competed in the Fourth Annual A Few Good Men Charity Baseball Tournament at the Londesboro and Auburn Ball Parks. It was a terrific tournament, all participants had a great time, issues. The strike protested the funding cuts that were promised in the bill. The Walton Early Years children attended a performance of Charlot- te's Web at Blyth Memorial Hall. A report from the Blyth Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion reported that the money collected for the poppy campaign in 1996 was $2,904.08. The Huron County Federation of Agriculture elected its executive. They were as follows: First Vice President, Pat Down; Second Vice President, Charles Regele; Past Presidant, Steve Thompson; Presi- dent, Henry Boot. Students at Central Huron Sec- ondary School had the opportunity to work with some of the most advanced computer systems when Silicon Graphics International came to the town. and in the end $900 was raised to support the work of The Lung Association, Huron-Perth Counties. Special donations to the tournament helped ensure the success of the event and these individuals and businesses deserve Continued on page 6 Letter to the editor Tourney nets $900 for cause PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1998 . Have your say There seems to be a supposition that nobody really cares about municipal amalgamation as long as the roads still get plowed in the winter. This week The Citizen is testing the theory. The provincial government has expressed strong encouragement for municipalities to join together to form larger units. It even has the power to step in and change municipal boundaries as it did in Toronto and as its commission did in Kent County where one government for the city of Chatham and all the rural areas and towns and villages was imposed. Faced with that threat, municipal leaders have been looking at dozens of options of joining municipalities: a single government for all Huron, three municipalities, four municipalities, six municipalities and so on. During all this nobody has asked the people what they want. Certainly politicians may have had reason to think people are apathetic. The letters to the editor pages of county newspapers haven't exactly been overloaded with letters. There have been no committees formed. Nobody is marching in the street. But in a time when people seem to be on the run for every waking hour, sometimes people don't have time to be vocal about things they care about. To give people a chance to express their opinions about amalgamation The Citizen this week is publishing a questionnaire on page 23. Take a few minutes to fill it in. Fax it to us, mail it to us or drop it off at one of our offices in Blyth or Brussels. We'll make sure the information is passed on to local municipalities to help them make decisions about what kind of municipal structure there should be in the future. Here's your chance to be heard. If you don't take it, don't blame the politicians if they get it wrong. — KR Moderate alternative needed Progressive Conservatives came within a whisker of electing Joe Clark as their leader last week as the former leader fell just one per cent short of getting the majority support he needed. Behind the leadership struggle, however, was the interesting voting pattern that showed party members are leaning toward moderation instead of the extreme right wing of the party. The most right-wing candidate, Michael Fortier, was eliminated after the first ballot. Brian Pallister from Manitoba also fared poorly. The surprise was David Orchard, an unknown in the party hierarchy and a man campaigning against free trade, one of the party's proud achievements, placed third. Hugh Segal who placed second, was a "red" Tory as is Clark. Despite the efforts of Preston Manning to "unite the right" by joining his party with the remnants of the Conservatives, it seems the Tory rank and file want to go in the other direction — at least those who haven't defected to Reform. And this could prove the salvation of the party. As it stands, the great middle ground of Canadians have no alternative to the Liberal government. The Reform is too far to the right for the majority of Canadians and the NDP too far to the left. Yet the time is coming when the current Liberal government must be replaced, as the current stonewalling over the investigation of RCMP violence against protesters, at last year's economic summit in Vancouver shows. At that time, there will need to be an alternative people are comfortable with. NDP Leader Alexis McDonough has been trying to move her party to a more mainstream position to be able to pick up voters unhappy with the Liberals. Now the Conservatives are rejecting the right wing to move toward moderation. Both moves are good for democracy. We don't need the kind of whiplash-causing left-right swings we've experienced in Ontario in the last decade.— KR Sick minds Somewhere out there, probably in Canada, there is a sick mind bent on killing doctors who perform abortions. A Buffalo doctor was killed last week in a similar incident to the sniper woundings of several Canadian doctors in the last couple of years. The sniper would no doubt characterize himself as "pro-life" in defending the unborn but killing is still killing. — KR E ditorial