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THE EDITOR,
Nothing brightens the dull days of
late winter like fresh flowers and
nothing says spring better than a
bunch of colourful, fresh-cut tulips.
The Lung Association's seventh
annual Breath of Spring Tulip Day
Campaign takes place March 3. Last
year, over 67,000 bunches of tulips
were sold across the province,
raising over $390,000.
This year the goal is to sell
100,000 bunches which will raise
over $600,000.
The growth and success of this
campaign is due to the wonderful
support of individuals who take the
initiative to pre-sell the tulips to
their friends and co-workers. These
efforts make a difference to the one
in five Ontarians who suffer from
lung disease because each bunch of
tulips sold helps to fund vital
research into lung disease and to
support Lung Association health
initiatives in the community.
Participating in the Tulip Day
Campaign is easy. Call The Lung
Association, Huron-Perth at 271-
7500 and ask for an order form for
your place of work. Ask all your co-
workers to order these beautiful
tulips, which come cellophane
wrapped in an array of colours in
bunches of five for only $6. Fax or
call in your order by Feb. 13 and
have the money ready when Lung
Association volunteers deliver the
tulip bunches right to your office
door.
Those co-ordinating office sales
have an opportunity to WIN one of
many great prizes in our draw such
as Golf Privilege Cards, Stratford
Garden Festival tickets, Opening
Night Garden Party tickets and
more.
Individuals can also order tulip
bunches, but would need to pick
them up at The Lung Association
office at The Jenny Trout Centre,
342 Erie St. Suite 12, Stratford,
unless they are ordering more than
10 bunches.
Call The Lung Association,
Huron-Perth for an order form or for
more information about The Breath
of Spring Tulip Day Campaign,
(519) 271-7500. And remember —
"When You Can't Breathe, Nothing
Else Matters."
The Lung Association.
Feb. 5, 1959
The Brussels Public School board
asked Brussels council for its
approval for the financing of a six
room school building and
equipment costing $120,000.
Mrs. Harold Kerney of Brussels
was appointed librarian of the
Brussels Library.
Irene Myers of Brussels was
crowned Queen of Listowel District
High School.
Jan. 30, 1969
Members of the Brussels
Horticultural Society elected 15 new
officers.
Mr. Pegelow received an order to
ship goods from his harness shop to
London, England.
Brussels council donated $25
towards the Salvation Army in
Wingham.
Snow removal cost Brussels
taxpayers over $2,000 in January.
James Hayter of Stephen Twp.
became the Huron County warden
Feb. 2, 1972
Murray Hoover was elected
president of Brussels Agricultural
Society.
Neil Hemingway was presented
with a pen and pencil set for highest
number of points in 4-H work.
Mrs. Harold Bolger was elected
president of the women's section of
the Brussels Agricultural Society.
The Highland Ball held by the
Brussels Royal Canadian Legion
had a great turn out.
Brussels councillors met with
representatives of the Ontario Water
Resources Commission to take the
next step in the pollution problem in
Brussels.
The Brussels Public School girls
volleyball team won the district
championships against Howick.
Huron County council was still
trying to make a final decision
concerning whether or not
to support the Midwestern
Development Council.
Feb. 5, 1986
Huron-Bruce MP Murray Cardiff
presented a cheque to the 'Blyth
Festival from the Secretary of State
for assistance in the purchase of the
Festival's computer.
While most local people hardly
noticed, southern Ontario felt the
shocks of an earthquake which
measured 5.5 on the Richter scale.
The earthquake was centred beneath
the American shore of Lake Erie
about 50 km northeast of Cleveland,
but minor vibrations reached this
area.
Hullett Twp. council applied for a
grant under the Ontario
Neighbourhood Improvement
Program for $275,000.
About 700 scouts, guides and
leaders, including members of Blyth
scouts, competed in the Provincial
Cross-Country Ski Jamboree at
Base Borden near Barrie.
Attendance was down due to
weather at the Walton Poker Rally,
but 384 hands were sold to raise
money for the Sports Club.
Feb. 2, 1994
A London woman was taken to•
Seaforth Community Hospital with
undetermined injuries after a
collision with a pickup truck.
The Board and the Medical Staff
of the Wingham and District
Hospital agreed to a proposal that
saw the local physicians continue to
provide continuous emergency
department coverage.
The Huron United Way was
pleased to report that its campaign
contributions exceeded $108,000.
Planning had begun for a food fair
in Blyth where the best of foods
grown in Huron County were
available for sampling.
A new Farm Plus program, aimed
at benefitting farmers and farm
business ventures in the community,
was launched at Clinton Credit
Union.
Brussels Public School's girls
volleyball team took part in a non-
competitive tournament at F.E.
Madill.
The team was successful winning
12 of 14 games.
During the Blyth poker rally, 150
riders covered 65 km of trail,
running through Londesboro,
Auburn and Westfield then to
Brussels.
The Brussels boys volleyball team
won the first ever North Huron
volleyball tournament.
The Hullett public school's senior
boys volleyball team beat Blyth
Public School 15-7 in their final
game to win the tournament.
Betty Graber of Brussels became
the president of the UCW.
Capt. J.B. Grobbo signed over
command of the Brussels Cadets
after three years.
The Brussels Lions Club made a
generous donation of $1,000
towards The Ark. The money will be
used to help maintain the youth
drop-in centre which was located in
Brussels.
Jan. 13, 1999
Blyth's school council held a
Community Games Night in the
school gym.
The 1986-87 Jr. D Bulls, OHA
semi-finalists, challenged the 1999
Bulls in a reunion game at the
Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Complex.
Lillian Appleby spotted a balloon
in her driveway with a note
attached. It had been released from
Kansas City, Missouri.
The Murray Cardiff award for
most points in the Junior division of
the 1998 Brussels Fall Fair was
presented to Jessica Spink.
Brussels Agricultural Society
Homecraft division President Bev
Palmer, presented the Society's
award to Bessie Johnston.
GST move good one
While urban-based media heralded the promise to scrap the GST on all
municipal purchases in Monday's speech from the throne as a move to
help cities, all municipalities in Canada will benefit. That's the kind of
"cities" agenda the federal and provincial governments need to implement.
With all the media that gets national attention based in cities, and most
of it huddled in a few blocks of downtown Toronto, it's little wonder that
it seems only cities face problems. While cities have issues dealing with
growth, however, their revenues from property tax do increase, .unlike
rural areas. Small towns and rural areas face ever-higher requirements for
safety in drinking water or increased recycling so less garbage goes to
landfills and must do it all on a stagnant property tax base.
The situation demonstrates the potential problem with the growing gulf
of understanding between big city and country o,s well ;is the :ifh5in focus
of national media. There seems to be the sense big cities are the future and
so their problems need special attention but small towns and rural areas are
remnants of another era: it may be fine to be nostalgic about these places
but the resources of the country must be focused on cities that are vital to
the national economy.
There's no denying cities are important and their problems must be
solved but some of the dynamic growth of a metropolis like Toronto
depends on the hinterland. Toronto's stockbrokers in their shiny towers
have made fortunes from the gold and diamonds of northern Ontario and
the Northwest Territories. Thousands of Torontonians process food grown
on Ontario farms. Small towns have lost many jobs to the centralization of
information handling in cities (for example, think of the closing of'all the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food offices in small towns across the
province and consolidation of advice-giving in a city call centre).
So, vital as cities are to the future, they cannot be given special help
while small towns and rural areas are allowed to wither — or eventually
the cities will pay a price too. That's why Prime Minister Paul Martin's
decision to help all municipalities with abolishing the GST for government
purposes is a good one. Hopefully as he rolls out new policies to help cities
he'll continue to be as even handed with rural areas. — KR
What's the price of lying?
So, U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony
Blair now admit Iraq didn't have the weapons of mass destruction they
used as an excuse to justify invasion of the country. Both now pledge to
get to the bottom of the errors in the intelligence they used to make the
weapons claims in the first place but the damage to western credibility has
already been done.
Bush and Blair no doubt will justify the mistake by lauding the outcome.
A cruel dictator has been dethroned and the Americans and British are
working to establish a democracy. Hopefully the Iraqi people may benefit
from the deception.
The problem is, the belated admission and the blame for faulty
intelligence looks phony even to friends, let alone those in Moslem
countries who distrust the West. How many new terrorists have been
created by this foolish deception?— KR
Letter to the editor