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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2001-06-06, Page 4MPs get big raise, early recess... News Headline. June 1. 2001 I. A. NEsPown-drIthrleSp@Winp0M.net NEXT ! Looking Back Through the Years June 7, 1950 Among those donating to the Manitoba Flood Relief Fund were: Belgrave United Church Sunday - School, $23.10; Morris Federation of Agriculture, $25; Elizabeth Dickson, $5; Christena Dickson, $5. Brussels sportsmen. coaches. players and other interested individuals met to discuss. ways to obtain floodlights and bleachers for the park. The executive formed was: chairman, H. Pearson; secretary, K. Ashton; treasurer, H. Allen. Finance committee 'was D.A. Rann, F. McCutcheon, R. Nichol, G. Stephenson. R.J. McLauchlin and T.L. McDonald. Construction committee was Wm. Speirs, H. Thomas, H. Stretton, J. McDonald, S. Workman and S. Lowe. Featured performers at the Brussels Lions Club Boys and Girls Band concert included: soloist Joan Johnston of Morris; Lane HazIewood, cornet solo; Joan Thomas, alto solo: June and Audrey Hackwell, cornet duet; Robert Kennedy, clarinet solo; Doris Johnston. alto solo; Gerald Cardiff, saxophone solo. Residents of Grey Twp. were planning the erection of a community hall to be known as the Cranhrook Community Centre. The old hall had been condemned and torn down. June 4, 1986 Dave Boynton resigned his position on Brussels council. Mr. and Mrs. Stretton of Brussels were hosts to a foreign traveller when Stephan Wrobel of West Germany arrive in town enroute to Sault Ste. Marie, then Vancouver — on bicycle. The Brussels Legion Ladies Auxiliary were Isabel Janes, Bonnie Brewer, Verna Tunney, Kitty Rutledge, . Barb Graber, Bernice McFarlane, Marg Taylor and Jayne oss. Legion officers were Marg Bennett, Eugene Janes, Bob Frazer, Kathy Burkholder, Forrest Whittard, Charlie Procter, Frank Rutledge, Ross Bennett, Rev. Carpentier, Eric Ross, Cord Nichol and Tom McFarlane. Playschool grads were Kevin Mutter, Mike Cooper, Shawn Engel, Kyle McDonald, Becky Rapson, Craig Gillis, Michelle Mitchler, Kendra Wilson, Ashley Gropp, Matthew Snyder, Lorraine Blake, Christine Yoon, Sarah Exel, Stephen Oldfield, Ellen Workman, Stephen Beyersbergen. Brussels Public School track and field junior winners were Jeremy Albrecht. Stacey Hahn, Sheri Huether and Tim Machan. June 5, 1991 Students at East Wawanosh Public School presented Going West. A Blyth resident who had been campaigning to get natural gas service for the north Huron area brought an update to council. Everett Scrirngeour said Union Gas promised to do a survey that summer to see how much interest there was in getting natural gas. The pipeline at that time went as far as Clinton. Brussels and north Huron residents heard the sounds of the diesel train horn for the last time. The National Transportation Agency issued an order fOr the abandonment of the Listowel-Wingham CN Rail line. The decision reversed an order that would have saved the line for another two years. Brussels residents would soon be able to buy backyard composters at bargain prices as part of a program to encourage them. Councillors approved the application of a two- thirds grant to purchase composters which would be sold for $25. Radford's opened its gas bar. Members of the Brussels, Blyth and Howick Legions took part in a special Ladies Au,xiliary D-Day service at the cenotaph in Brussels. Following the brief service the group paraded to the United Church. The students of Grey Central Public School participated in Jump Rope for Heart and raised over $4,000 for the Huron Heart and Stroke Foundation. June 5, 1996 Let them run wild and they'll be treated that way. Blyth's Animal Control Officer Bob Trick asked councillors about a bylaw that would allow him to shoot any dog found running at large that he could not apprehend. He said that of the 500 dogs he has handled he has only shot two. The dog which prompted the action in, this case had bitten another person. The Brussels Tigers got the season off to a solid start with a three and one record. Brussels council reluctantly approved a resolution to renew its fire agreement with Morris Twp. Brussels Lions got set to celebrate 50 years of community service. New Brownies and Guides were Laura Armstrong, Kelly Coulter. Erica Thalen. Melissa Souch, Ashley Thornton, Tara Martin, Paige Steep. Stacey Smith, Michelle McNichol. Justine King. Kayla Durie, Sarah Kelly. Amanda Bearss. Tasha Cook. The Ark was looking for walkers as a community fundraiser. The plan was to travel to Wingham. PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2001 Editorials Opinions Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising Manager, Jeannette McNeil 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 $28.00/year.($26.16 + $1.84 G.S.T.) in Canada: 562.00/year in U.S.A. and $100/yearin 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 newsscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are © Copyright We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our moiling costs. Publications Mail Reg. No. 09244 Canadian Publication Mail Agreement No. 1374990 The Citizen 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@scsinternet.com Website www.nurthhuron.on.ca ocna +CNA :6/ Member of the Ontorio Press Council 11111129:11M Here we go Few in municipal government really thought municipal amalgamation would save money. Now figures coming out of Huron East council show that for many, the cost of running the new, larger governments could mean astronomical tax increases, particularly in rural areas. When the provincial government grants formerly targeted for rural townships are split among the whole of Huron East, tax increase for areas like McKillop and Grey will be huge. Even with some modification as proposed recently, the increase would be 20 per cent for McKillop, 18 per cent for Grey and eight per cent for Brussels, Even in Seaforth, which wi I I benefit the most, there would be a three per cent increase. Taxpayers are paying for the mistake of this amalgamation carried out under the not-so-subtle threats of the provincial government. Come next provincial election, perhaps someone else will pay too.— KR So plentiful, so rare In a world where one third of the population has a shortage of fresh water while Canada's small population, with the world's largest supply of fresh water has more than enough, for many people it makes sense to turn our plentiful supply into a profitable commodity. If only it were that simple. Currently the government of Newfoundland is discussing the possibility of bulk water sales from one of its lakes. The federal government has advertised for a consulting firm to try to find a value for water. There are plenty of parts of the world, particularly in the thirsty southwestern U.S., that look longingly at our vast lakes and rivers and scheme about how the water could be diverted to be of "more use". By now, in the age of global warming, we should know nature is far more complicated. than human beings can comprehend. The advancement of human living standards has depended on us thinking we could re- engineer the world to suit the needs of people rather than having the people adapt to what nature provides. Nature has proven marvelously forgiving of most of these human experiments but it has also given notice. at various times that it can be pushed only so far. Our own history with pollution of the Great Lakes, to the point where Lake Erie was virtually dead, should be a reminder of this. We simply can't predict what might result from taking huge amounts of fresh water out of the Canadian environment. We do know there have been terrible consequences elsewhere because of such dramatic re-engineering. The former Soviet Union decided to use fresh water in one of its southern regions to irrigate cotton fields. Today an entire inland Sea is drying up and the people around it have not only lost their livelihood as fishers, but are experiencing new diseases because of the salty dust created. In Jordan, a famous oasis that has been serving people since biblical times, dried up within a dozen years of the water being pumped to serve the needs of the population elsewhere. Canada can seem like a dog in the manger for sitting with all this fresh water while others need it badly but if we start selling it, we might change our entire environment. Areas where we now plant crops might become wastelands. Our forests could die from lack of water. The consequences might even spread far beyond our borders. What's more, under the North American Free Trade Agreement, if Canada ever decided water was a commodity and started exporting it in bulk, we might not be able to turn off the taps even if we found out we had made a mistake. Instead of taking the water to the people, it would make more sense to bring people to the water. While increasing population in sensitive areas of Canada has its own risks, it has less potential for world-changing repercussions. People came to Canada for land in the past. Let them come for water in the future. — KR Letters to the Editor Starving education to create a crisis THE EDITOR, all, it wasn't very good any more and Do you remember VIA Rail in its it affected few people. heyday? The Ontario Ministry of VIA had several runs each day at Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs full ridership. For some reason the (OMAFRA) suffered the same fate. federal Liberals decided they didn't Cutbacks put fewer people in the -want it any more so cutbacks began. field to advise farmers. As the The first cutback ended the food service gradually declined, farmers service. Ridership fell. Then they used it less and so when it was took out the washrooms. Ridership -computerized and centralized, few tell again. Then the government said, complained because, after all, it "Oh look, the ridership is falling, didn't help farmers much. we'll have to cut runs." And so they Do you see a pattern here? It's did. Gradually the service declined chip, chip away gradually, slowly and so when the final decision was bleed. made to end it, people did not We are in the midst of similar complain too much because, after Continued on page 6