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The Citizen, 1998-12-23, Page 4O c n Member Ontario Ready and waiting Photo by Janice Becker Looking Back Through the Years From the files of the Blyth Standard, Brussels Post and North Huron Citizen Dec. 24, 1973 When it was brought to the atten- tion of the Huron County Board of Education that many students were having to stand on the bus, it was determined that another 16 buses would be required to ensure all stu- dents could sit on buses in Huron. Fuel prices were being increased almost two cents per gallon for heating F.E. Madill and South Huron District Secondary Schools. The cost for Madill was raised to 19.38 cents per gallon and 18.4 cents for SHDSS. Six girls received provincial hon- ours at the Clinton area 4-H Achievement Day held at Central Huron Secondary School. They were Karen Tyndall of RR4, Clin- ton, Louise Lovett of RR1, Londcs- boro, Nancy Gibbings of RR4, Clinton, Judy Howatt of RR1, Lon- desboro, Vaughn Hunking of RRI, Auburn, and Mary Lou Sproul of RR1, Clinton. Dec. 23, 1981 Two new ministers, Rev. Charles Carpentier and Rev. Robin Lyons, came to the area to preach at the Brussels United and Anglican Churches, respectively. Featured were the drawings of several area public school children. Some of these were Michelle Machan, Steven Blake, Kendra Keffer, Kenneth Graber, George Grube, Andra Prescott and Krista Hastings. The students at Brussels Public School raised $163.10 for UNICEF in their drive. Dec. 24, 1997 Johnathon McDowell, Tony Bean, Derek Youngblut were the scorers against Clinton. Bean received a total of three goal's as the Blyth Tyke Bulldogs won 6-2. The Brussels Bulls defeated the Hanover Barons at home, 3-2. The Brussels Optimists gave $200 in cheques to the Ark to pay its rent for 1998. Playing at the Park Theatre in Goderich was Disney's Flubber, while at the Capital Twin Cinema in Listowel was Titanic, the re- released Disney animated film, The Little Mermaid, as well as a couple of sequels, Home Alone 3 and Alien Resurrection. PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1998. The North Huron itizen P.O. Box 429, P.o. Box 152, Publisher, Keith Roulston BLYTH, Ont. BRUSSELS, Ont, Editor, Bonnie Gropp NOM IHO NOG 11-10 Phone 523-4792 Phone 887-9114 Advertising Manager, FAX 523.9140 FAX 887-9021 Jeannette McNeil E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.com The Citizen is published 50 times a year in Brussels, Press Council 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 Canadian Publication Mail Agreement No. 1374990 In the spirit of Christmas With the twin obsessions of balancing budgets and cutting taxes, Canada's governments have been more like Scrooge than Santa Claus in recent years, so their quick reaction to the current crisis in agricultural communities across the land was as welcome as it was necessary. There has been a mood in government of rigid capitalism lately — a sense that only the strong deserve to survive— but in this case both the federal and provincial governments seemed to recognize quickly that the situation in western wheat and with pork producers across the country is not a normal market situation. Hog prices are so low that the trucker taking the pigs to market is getting almost as much as the producer who feeds the pigs for months. But while the governments should be praised for moving so quickly with their promise of help, more must be done to speed that assistance. The provincial government has promised interim payMents will soon be in the mail but the federal government is not promising money from its $900 million program until the spring. By then it will be too late for many, many producers. At an emergency meeting of the Huron County Pork Producers' Association on Monday night there were tales of some farmers who are buying feed on their credit cards because their" bank credit limits are exhausted. If help doesn't come quickly it could be animals as well as pork producers and their families who are going hungry because of this crisis. The situation is desperate. The Huron County producers voted to hire a stress counsellor under a government program to help their fellow producers under the difficult circumstances. Debate at the meeting was so emotional that one producer noted half the people in the room already needed stress counselling. Certainly designing a government program that meets the requirements of international trade agreements takes time but something must be done to ease the pain in the meantime. In the spirit of Christmas our governments must reach out to those in need right now! While the gods play 1 Pity the people of Iraq, saddled by a reckless dictator whose enemies try to punish by bombing them. Even when the rest of the world chooses not to use bombs as the U.S. and Britain did last week, they impose economic sanctions on the country which do nothing to punish Saddam Hussein, who continues to live in luxury, but wreak terrible hardship on the ordinary people who can't get the simple necessities of life. Unwilling to risk any American or British lives in an outright invasion of Iraq to oust Saddam from power, the allies seem bent on making life so hard for Iraqis that they'll turn against him. It's a cruel method of long-distance manipulation. The situation in Iraq shows how difficult it is for us to achieve the peace on earth we all crave. While critics condemned the bombing, the fact remains Iraq is making terrible offensive weapons, and Saddam seems crazy enough to use them. No method of bringing him under control seems to work, whether it be United Nations inspectors or economic sanctions or bombs. And so while Saddam and international powers play their deadly games, like the gods of ancient mythology, the people of Iraq suffer and there's so little we can do to ease their pain.— KR While the gods play 2 As the economy of Canada (and the world) is turned over more and more to huge corporations, the little people who work for those corporations (and make them work) more and more can only stand by and wonder what the future holds. The newspaper industry has been like that lately, including employees of many of the other newspapers in our region. A bidding war over Sun Media newspapers has taken place between Qucbccor and Torstar, two huge corporations. Even when it seemed Qucbccor had won the battle the fate of the mere-mortal workers wasn't decided. Quebecor decided to sell four of its daily newspapers to Torstar. Every time a company changes hands it can affect the lives of the people who work there and they can only wait to find out their fate. E ditorial