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Looking Back Through the Years
PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 2002
Editorials
& Opinio S
THE EDITOR,
The measures that school boards
take to save money are wrong. They
know that what the province is doing
to education is wrong. If
government and businesses can run
deficit budgets why can't the school
boards? Why should closing schools
be the only option for saving
money? And why, when they make a
list of schOols to close, why do they
target the most efficient, cost
effective ones?
I am the student trustee for one of
the schools affected by the latest
round of cuts by the Avon Maitland
District School Board, Seaforth
District High School. Yes it may be
small, in building size and student
population, but it is the most cost-
effective secondary school.
And we share our building with
the school board. That is what a lot
of people don't realize that we (as
students) encounter board
employees everyday. It is very
disheartening and depressing to see
then.] because they make no attempts
to get to know us.
They want to ship all Seaforth
(SDHS) students to Central Huron
Secondary School (CHSS) in
Clinton, and move the students from
Seaforth Public School to the SDHS
building. I can see potential
problems with placing elementary
school students in the high school
building because the board receives
guests (such as salespeople atid
people who come in for meetings),
who often use the stident
washrooms. Can we say
"strangers"?
As well deliveries are made to the
rear of the building which could
infringe on potential playground
area.
I recently addressed this concerns
at my last trustee/student trustee
meeting and the director of the
board, Dr. Rachlis, said that the
deliveries can be timed and the
board's guests have no interaction
with the students. In a perfect world
maybe.
What I have just written about is
not "school board bashing". I am
just afraid of what is going to
happen to the elementary school
students if they had to be in that
building. I just want to make people
aware of the potential problems
there could be.
I am a firm believer of going to the
closest school to get the best
possible education. That means that
I do not want to see any more
schools close. It is frustrating to
think they can do this every two
years and not hear what the students
have to say. I absolutely hate the
idea of sacrificing students in order
to save money. In our society closing
schools should never be the answer.
Sincerely,
Brandi Williamson
Student Trustee, Seaforth District
High School.
Feb 25, 1960
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Goll of
Brussels purchased the Texan Grill
from Lloyd Michel.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Turnbull
attended the annual meeting of the
Ontario Swine Breeders at the Royal
York Hotel, Toronto. Mr. Turnbull
was elected president of the Ontario
Purebred Swine Breeders'
Association.
Miss Gwendolyn Martin received
First Class Honours in the Grade III
Musical History examination of the
Royal Conservatory of Music held
recently in Wingham.
Ralph Watson, a member of the
Canadian Bank of Commerce staff
in Brussels was transferred to the
Colborne branch.
Reeve George McCutcheon and
0. Elliott attended the Good Road
convention in Toronto. Wm. H.
King, Hugh Pearson and Lloyd
Michel were also in Toronto on
municipal business in regard to
liquor outlets in Brussels.
There was a Leap Year dance at
Cranbrook Community Centre with
music by Ken Wilbee's orchestra.
Admission was 75 cents.
The second of a series of studio
recitals was held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis D. Thompson.
George Montgomery and Taina
Elg appeared in Watusi at the
Lyceum Theatre in Wingham.
There was a half-price sale on
wallpaper at Smith's Rexall Drug
Store with 15 regular patterns
selling for 19-49 cents per roll.
Feb. 26, 1986
Councillor Graeme MacDonald
was appointed as the Grey Twp.
representative to the Brussels,
Morris and Grey industrial
committee. The Morris rep was
Clem McLellan, while Brussels had
yet to name an appointee.
Brussels skating club's carnival,
Come to the Movies", raised a profit
of_$1,300 for club activities. Guest
skaters were Kevin Wheeler of
Brussels and Michelle Menzies of
Preston. Joanne King was
commentator.
Sandra Hessels and her brother
David were chosen as the Blyth
Public School winter carnival queen
and king.
A WET weekend (Weekend in
Evangelism Training) was held at
Rammeloo's Rest Home. The
weekend was planned by 12
Christian Reformed youths, who
ranged in age form 16-25.
Public speaking winners at East
Wawanosh Public School were:
Micah Hussey, Lana Thompson, Ian
Morton, Jenny Chettlebugh, Ben
Barnes and Melinda Hussey.
Blyth Public School public
speaking winners were: Conrad Bos,
Tammi Medd, Kevin Souch,
Catherine McDonald, Craig
Bauman, Kim Medd.
Nearly 500 people toured the new
barn of Ross and Ruth Veitch in
Grey Twp. on the Friday night, and
nearly 100 more arrived on
Saturday, when guests from Garden
City, Mich. were given a tour.
A visit to Mexico was the theme
of the Myth Girl Guide sleepover.
Taking part were: Melissa Kerr,
Maridale Bromley, Rhonda
Stadelmann, Sarah Rouw, Jennifer
Stadelmann, Kerry Bakker, Janice
Webster, Crystal Cucksey, Dawn
Gross, Karin Lee, Michelle Nesbitt,
Heidi Scrimgeour, Charla
Richmond, Nikki Snell and Julie
Bromley.
Feb. 25, 1987
As of March 1 it was mandatory
for all dogs and cats in the county to
have up-to-date rabies shots. Failure
to do so could result in a fine of up
to $5,000 for the owner.
Brussels Public School was the
site of a French enrichment program
for Grades 6, 7, and 8 students frorri
the six north Huron schools.
Participating were Aaron Cardiff,
Jay Hahn, Greg Mulvey, Sandy
Earl, - Ann Morton, Katie
Rowbotham, Jason Koetsin, Jenny
Chettleburgh, Ian Morton, Lana
Thompson, Cindy Newton, Brenda
Baumgarten and Jason Potts.
Winners in Hullett's public
speaking contest were Mark
Livermore, Christy. Scott. Kelly
Bosman, Shane Taylor, Brent
Howatt and Julia DeJong. Winners
at East Wawanosh were Rowan
Kerr, Ian Morton, Sheila
Schwartzentruber, Tim Coultes,
Micah Hussey. Blyth winners were
Cappy Onn, Julie McNichol, Zoey
Onn, Darryl Elliott, Kevin Souch,
Tammi Medd, Conrad Bos, Amber
Gelwicks, Jodee Medd, Crystal
Cucksey.
March 1, 1995
Groups were out in full force
hosting a variety of winter events
throughout the area. Both Blyth and
Brussels hosted sno-fests on the
Saturday, while Brussels also had a
poker rally and figure skating
carnival on Sunday.
Officers from Goderich
investigated a reported shooting in
Egmondville. A 14-year-old girl
suffered a suspected bullet wound to
her right leg as she lay sleeping in
her bed. Preliminary investigation
revealed a number of apparent bullet
holes in the front of the house.
Blyth figure skaters earning
interclub awards were Amanda
Howson, Jamie Lewis. Kim
Richmond, Ashley Howson and
Leanne Haggitt.
Lions Vice-District Governor
Dave Overboe and Past President
John Stewart presented Lions
Harold Cook and Charlie Shaw with
fellowship awards.
After the golden glow
When Canadians poured into the streets of every major city Sunday to
celebrate Canada's gold medal hockey win, it's obvious that this was a
major happening in the nation's sense of itself, but what will it all mean in
the long run?
Already there .are plenty of people ready to put their spin on what has
happened. Marketing people are lining up to use the faces of our heroes to
sell their products. In the coming days pundits and politicians will see
greater meaning in the happenings. Already, for instance, Globe and Mail
columnist Edward Greenspon said the reaction "confirmed us as a proud
and.patriotic country, and one that no longer finds solace in being anything
less than best in the world". The government, he said, seemed to be slowly
responding to this attitude as evidenced by the announcement of the
Trudeau scholarships for high academic ach e \.ement. "We. finally appear
to be moving — slowly but inexorably — from policies based on equity to
policies based on excellence."
It's certain that Canadians.do want to be winners, not just good losers.
Still, one of the things that has made ours a winning country is our
knowledge that for every gold medalist there are a dozen loserS" and that
even gold medalists were losers many times before they won and they will
probably be losers again. We know that it took long training and coaching
and much support from society for the winners to reach the podium.
Too often the reward of excellence has been a catch-phrase for an
agenda that says the "winners" in society should be rewarded by getting
to set all the rules in their favour and not having to be responsible for those
who aren't winners. For more and more right wingers, this has meant we
should accept the American way of thinking, slashing our social programs
to be like theirs and even abandoning our dollar.
But flash ahead, say 30 years, and imagine that Canada has given up the
fight to be independent and joined the U.S. as many would suggest we
will: would Torontonians and Calgarians and all the others have poured
into the street to celebrate a U.S. gold medal even if many of the players
came from the former Canadian territory?
Maybe Sunday proved that Canada's not dead yet. — KR
Tough to be a pig farmer
Every time the national media reports on the search for evidence on a
B.C. "pig farm", pig farmers all across Canada must grit the teeth.
Farmers who make their living raising pigs wouldn't recognie this decrepit
property as a farm at all. Urban media, however, almost seems to emphasize
the word "pig" every time they use the phrase. Maybe Babe, the photogenic
pig of movie fame, should sue for defamation by association. KR
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