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The Citizen, 2002-07-24, Page 4Baby-Bo orner 's Larneh Kids used to ask where they came from... Now they tell you where to go. ht AtSPOLGYV anthoespgwinciodist PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2002 Editorials Opinions Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising, Alan Young & Mary Jean Kernaghan 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 ($26.17 + $1.83 G.S.T)-in Canada! $80.00/year in U.S.A. arid $100/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, 2p.m. - Brussels; Monday, 4 p.m. - Blyth. We are not responsible for unsolicited newsscrlpts 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 mailing costs. Publications Mail Reg. No. 09244 Canadian Publication Mall Agreement No. 40050141 The Citizen P.O. Box 429, P.O. Box 152, BLYTH, Ont. BRUSSELS, Ont. NOM 1HO NOG 1H0 Phone 523-4792 Phone 887-9114 FAX 523-9140 FAX 887-9021 E-mail norhuron0scsinternet.Com Websife www.northhuron.on.ca ocna C 4, CNA :& se , Member of the Ontario Press Council to Impatience kills Another weekend, another series of deadly accidents across Ontario many of them caused by drivers who were so impatient that they took unnecessary chances and were driving too fast. Car manufacturers have been forced to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the last couple of decades, to make cars safer, from better crash protection to better braking systems to air bags. Our governments have re-engineered and rebuilt highways to make them safer. Yet the death toll continues at a discouragingly high level. Sadly, no matter how safe you make everything else, the people behind the wheel can overcome those improvements by putting themselves and others at risk. And why? Is there that much to be gained, especially on a short trip, by driving 20 kms faster? Is the gain in passing a slower vehicle on a hill worth the risk to your life if there's somebody coming the other way? Head-on crashes; single-vehicle rollovers; people going through stop signs and hitting other vehicles or being hit — all these are totally prev- entable and shouldn't be called accidents at all. All can be prevented if people use patience and common sense. Be a smart driver, not a stupid one who endangers the lives of loved ones and total strangers.— KR Do they even know ethics? Eleanor Clitheroe, fired last week as head of Hydro One, was, we're told, a spokesperson for the importance of ethics in business. "At Hydro One, our ethics program was created . . to help employees understand the expectations of ethical behaviour," she said in a speech last year. Perhaps she should have taken her own course. The new board of Hydro One says it fired Clitheroe for things like running up $330,000 in limousine services over three years, even though she was also being given $174,000 a year to buy a new luxury car and $40,000 a year in car expenses. Clitheroe says these expenses were approved by the chair of the Hydro One board at the time (himself a crusader for business ethics), which would also seem to be a good cause for firing the board if they hadn't already resigned. In the weird world of big business ethics, Clitheroe may be right that getting someone to approve $330,000 in extra spending makes it ethical. In the real world, it stands out as a shocking absence of morality that someone earning $2.2 million a year and who is already getting $214,000 a year for transportation could run up another $110,000 per year expenses for limousine service because she wanted to work while somebody else did the driving. Clitheroe had contractors for Hydro One do $40,000 in renovations to her home, but feels that was okay because she later paid the money back. If these are examples of the warped thinking of business leaders, is it any wonder there are weekly scandals on Wall Street? To judge between right and .wrong first you've got to know what is wrong and what is right.— KR Looking Back Through the Years Letters to the Editor THE EDITOR, I am writing in response to Jeff Cardiff and Chantelle denDekker's letters regarding Maitside Orchards being bulldozed and burned. I am currently living in Lake Country, B.C. and receive The Citizen approximately two weeks after it has come out. I enjoy reading and seeing what is happening in my hometown, and this issue has made me feel the need to also voice my opinion. I grew up just down the hill from Maitside. My brother, sister and I called it Stretton's hill as kids, as Herb and Margaret Stretton were right in the middle between Maitside and our home. As you drove into Brussels on this end of town you would first see the sign "Ontario's Prettiest Village", then Maitside Orchards and down the hill pretty properties lying along the Maitland River. 1, along with Jeff Cardiff, am also disheartened that someone would -disregard this property in such a manner. It sounds to me the sign at the end of town should now read ugly. I understand Chantelle's point of view also, but it is my understanding that the property the slaughter house sat on was not slaughtered in such a manner as Maitside Orchards. I currently live in the Okanagon Valley of British Columbia which is full of beautiful orchards and vineyards, which draw in a major part of income for the area. It angers me that whoever purchased Maitside has such disregard for the environment, nature and, as Jeff mentioned, the aesthetic value that property held. It will sadden me on my next visit to my hometown to look at this. I hope the purchaser of Maitside will put this land to good economic use and that families in the Brussels area can somehow benefit in a positive way. Although I may not like what has happened it is true the new owner may do as he or she pleases with this land. My memories of walking up Stretton's hill to the orchard will always too remain, but never again will we smell the great fragrance from the apple blossoms in full bloom, and the pretty site this orchard brought to Ontario's Prettiest Village is forever gone. Sad I think, but Ce La Vie! Sincerely, Linda (Ten Pas) Lang. • July 28, 1960 The Kansas Farmer (Jack Thynne of Brussels) and company returned from a four-day appearance at the . Crossell, Michigan County Fair. Before leaving Mr. Thynne signed a contract for the 1961 fall Michigan State Fair circuit. Malicious vandalism occurred in the village of Brussels once again. Police Chief D. Hastings notified The Brussels Post regarding wanton defacement of the war memorial. Some person, or persons, using a chisel or other sharp tool cut away a portion of the lettering on the cenotaph. The paper stated: "The fact that anyone would tamper with the memorial to our war dead is repugnant to decent minded people." The Rev. W. Kenneth Jaggs conducted his final service at St. John's Anglican Church, concluding two years of ministry there. Rev. Jaggs planned to travel in Europe before settling in at the Community of the Resurrection, Mirfield, Yorkshire, near Leeds. The Community of the Resurrection is the foremost Anglican Religious Order for men. Rev. Harry Jennings of Lucknow would replace Rev. Jaggs. Premium sockeye salmon was selling for 53 cents at McCutcheon Grocery. The double feature at Brownie's Drive-in, Clinton was Blood of the Demon and / Was a Teenage Frankenstein. The Sunday night feature at the Llashmar Drive-in in Listowel was Roadracers and Night of the Blood Beast. Vera Miles and James Mason starred in A Touch of Larceny playing at the Lyceum Theatre in Wingham. July 22, 1987 A violent windstorm swept across the county, tearing up trees and causing extensive damage to buildings. A one-and-a-half-year-old Ethel child -underwent a series of anti- .rabies vaccine shots after an attack by 4 rabid skunk. The child at been playing in the family's backyard at the time. When the mother looked out the window and saw the animal mauling the toddler, she rushed into the yard, grabbed the skunk and threw it over a fence. It was later shot by a resident. The Health Unit confirmed the rabies, saying this was the most serious incident that year. Sybille and Priska Menzi of Grey Twp. came home from the Canadian Music League festival in Kitchener with first in their category of guitar duet, achieving a mark of 94 per cent. They also received the adjudicator's award. Cheryl Taylor and Kelly Bosman took first in the piano duet for their division with a mark of 93. They too won the adjudicator's award. July 26, 1989 Rain was needed to save crop yields and Brussels imposed a total watering ban. The Caravan Stage Company arrived in Blyth. Area Listowel District Secondary School students. Jason Lamont and Lowell Winger were among the Ontario Scholars. Steve Souch returned home after a year spent in Norway. Members of the Blyth Festival Young Company were Jane Dykstra, Karen Dykstra, Adam Mair, co- ordinator Heather Morton, Ian Morton. Philip Pace, Stephanie Shore, Jill Colli ngs, Peter McDonnell, Sarah Jane Flood. Sarah Chandler, Becky Westheuser, Holly Horton. Lee Anne Wammers, Megan Shore. Rachel Thompson. Joanne Olsen. Severn Thompson, Karen Watson and Virginia Van Gorder. July 29, 1992 Blyth Festival's Artistic Director Peter Smith and actors David Francis, Patric Masurkevitch and Jerry Franken portrayed The Country Squires, a one-time, well- known quartet from Listowel as part of Paul Thompson's Two Worlds - A Journey Through Listowel. The production was an original piece written for Listowel's homecoming. Allan Hiusser and son Phillip won prizes at the annual Canadian Open Country Singing contest held in Simcoe. The father was first in the new songwriting competition, while his son won the 12 and under class. The Central Huron Recycling Centre in Morris opened. July 23, 1997 A 20-year-old Ethel-area woman earned the title of Huron Holstein Princess beating out two others at the Twilight meeting held near Blyth on the farm of Art and Come Bos. Wanda Martin, daughter of Lyle and Barbara would represent the county's Holstein producers for a one-y.ar term, promoting and stimulating interest in the club's activities within the county. New village entrance signs were erected in Brussels. Nathan Garland of RR2, Bluevale was training in London with a regional volleyball team for provincials in Sudbury. The Region 3 South-Western- Ontario team consisted of athletes from Tobermory. to Guelph, to Hamilton, to Windsor. The Turnberry Cafe opened in Brussels. Brussels Library went on-line. Sandy Earl was hired to tutor residents on internet use. Turnberry was gearing up for its 140th. Barb Mutter created decoupage plates to commemorate Brussels 125th.