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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2004-05-06, Page 4Rr,,5s,Tt Vv Ww Xx YyZz "K NOW YOUR PARASITES" vaspiReriat; 0-ASS peagcrc Yes, bankers! My dad says they're bloodsuckers who live off the savings of people in small towns until it suits them, and then they close down the branch! PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2004. Editorials Opinions Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising, Jamie Peters and Alicia deBoer 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 $30.00/year ($28.04 + $1.96 G.S.T.) in Canada; $80.00/year in U.S.A. and $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, 2 p.m. - Brussels; Monday, 4 p.m. - Blyth. PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40050141 PUBLICATIONS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REGISTRATION NO. 09244 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT. PO BOX 152 BRUSSELS ON NOG 1H0 email: norhuronascsinternet.com We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. We are not responsible for unsolicited newsscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are Copyright ocna +CNA 6/ „‘ Member of the Ontario Press Council smISIMII P.O. Box 429, P.O. Box 152, BLYTH, Ont. BRUSSELS, Ont. NOM 1H0 NOG IHO Phone 523-4792 Phone 887-9114 FAX 523-9140 FAX 887-9021 E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.com Vyebsite www.northhuron.on.ca The Citizen Is this who we are? When word leaked out last week, in the middle of the Stanley Cup playoffs, that CBC might not renew the contract of long-time Hockey Night In Canada commentator Don - Cherry, there was .bound to be controversy. Responding to that possibility, three quarters of Canadians in one poll apparently felt Cherry should keep his job. In fact as many people thought he should get a raise from his $500,000-plus salary for a few minutes work, 40 weeks a year, as felt he should be let go. In man-in-the-street interviews (and they were mostly men) the statement often was made that "Don tells it like it is!" So. it's telling it like it is to demean all non-Canadian-born hockey players? What does that mean, that it's "telling it like it is" to demean immigrants too? Not all Canadian-born players are good, either. Cherry likes to complain about players from Quebec. Are we going to be able to "tell it like it is" by going back to making remarks about "frogs" or booing the singing of part of the national anthem in French? In these days when people get tired of political correctness, people like Cherry are often given a free hand to "tell it like it is". But rudeness is still rudeness and boorishness, boorishness. If 75 per cent of Canadians think Cherry's mean-spirited rants should be rewarded, maybe Canada hasn't come so far as we like to think. — KR • There's an old joke when someone is preparing to flip a coin when the} call out "Heads, I win. Tails, you lose." In trade, the U.S. takes that saying seriously. Last week a North American Free Trade Agreement panel agreed the U.S. hadn't proven its lumber producers had been hurt by Canadian lumber imports and therefore had no right to impose high tariffs that had taken more than $2 billion from Canadian lumber exporters. It's just the latest of several trade panel decisions saying Canada is in the right on the softwood lumber issue, yet industry experts were quick to say the battle is not over. In fact the Canadian government was reported to be planning to use the latest victory merely as a bargaining chip in trying to negotiate a settlement with the Americans. U.S. law 'allows groups like the U.S. lumber producers to drag out these trade complaints driving up the costs for Countries and companies trying to defend their position. Free trade is a joke when it comes to the U.S. as Canadian cattle and pork producers can testify. There is -no scientific reason young live cattle shouldn't be going to U.S. packers by now, yet the border remains closed. One U.S. ranchers group brought a halt to a small opening for bone-in meat products by getting a court injunction against admitting Canadian beef. Meanwhile our pork producers are facing yet another countervailing tariff threat against Canadian pork. Though there might be short-term advantages to cutting a deal with the Americans on softwood lumber, at some point we've got to bite the bullet, pay the price and win one of these cases outright, perhaps even penalizing American exports to Canada if they don't follow NAFTA or WTO rulings. American business deals only from strength. Only when the price to harass Canadian trade becomes too high will they begin to treat Canadians with respect. — KR What's the use of winning? Letter to the editor Looking Back Through the Years THE EDITOR, The Huron County Health Unit is offering three Healthy Eating for Healthy Aging workshops during May and June in Clinton, Wingham and Exeter. This is a pilot project of the Ontario Public Health Association which has received funding through the Ontario Stroke Strategy to promote healthy eating to older adults. In Huron County, the health unit is partnering with Town and Country Support Services, the Huron Community Food Advisors and Housing Services. The overall goal of the workshops is to improve the nutrition health of older independently living adults across Ontario through education and to facilitate the development of solutions addressing barriers to healthy eating in individual communities. The objectives of the project are: I. To provide educational workshops for older adults which will offer them information on healthy eating, including specific dietary changes recommended with increasing age. 2. To learn from those attending the workshops what they perceive to be the local barriers to healthy eating. 3. To disseminate additional health promotion information (eg. injury prevention, physical activity) to older adults. The three workshops will have the same content; however, the June 2 presentation in Exeter is offered as part of the South Huron Trade Fair and Information Expo. Kayla Glynn MHSc, RD Public Health Nutritionist Huron County Health Unit PO Box 5, Clinton ON Canada NOM ILO Phone: 519-482-3416 ext. 2269 Fax: 519-482-7820 Email: kglynn@huroncounty.ca May 7, 1952 The Detroit Sunday Times newspaper came out with a colour issue newspaper called The American Weekly., Dr. Donald McRae and his wife went to New York state for a special medical course. Robert Bell Industries Ltd. held an open house for farmers to show demonstrations of threshing machines in actual process of manufacture, The Huron Football Association's annual meeting was held in Walton. The committee decided that the rule books should be brought up to date and re-written and they discussed the schedule for the local football teams. May 8, 1969 Brussels council agreed to give the Horticultural Society a grant for $100 for that year. A Grey Twp. man was injured after being run over by a tractor. Vandals smashed the plate glass in the front door of Bridge Motors and made off with a few packages of cigarettes. Ann Oldfield a Grade 13 student from the Brussels area, was a big success after writing an original play called Some Funny Things Happened on the Way to Graduation. The play was presented by the students of F.E. Madill and Oldfield was associated with the direction and musical direction of the performance. The 4-H Homemaking Club Achievement Day was held in Seaforth. Sharon Fischer and Laurel Hemingway, both of Brussels, Brenda Nesbitt of Walton and Joan Campbell of Blyth, were given provincial honours certificates for completing 12 projects. May 10, 1972 Brian Glennie formerly of the Toronto Maple Leafs was a guest • speaker at the sports dinner at the Brussels arena. Paul Roach, scout .for the Buffalo Sabres, was Master of Ceremonies for the event. A mystery tour was set up the Cranbrook WI ladies and their friends where they travelled all around the county. May 7, 1989 Mrs, Inez MacDonald of Blyth celebrated her 101st birthday. Linda Knight of Belgrave was taking blood pressures in a demonstration at the booth of Community Nursing Services at the Brussels TradeFest. The Blyth Agricultural Society was faced with either making its accounts active or closing the money into internal workings of the banking system. It was decided to give the money away to benefit the agriculture in the Blyth area. Marlene Albers was crowned as the Queen of the New Canadian Club of Huron and Perth in a ceremony held at Mitchell. She was to compete in a Guelph competition for a trip to Holland. Walton had a large number of extra residents for a few weeks as a work train from Canadian Pacific Railway made it the headquarters for crew working on the line in either direction from the village. Winners of awards for five years of 4-I1 club leadership during the 4H Achievement Night were Karen Stewart of Byth, Merilyn Lockie of Fordwich, Sharon Darlow of Bluevale and Ula Richmond of Blyth. There was good news for Brussels taxpayers in the auditors report given to Brussels council, showing a surplus of $23,000 at the end of 1985 as compared to the deficit of $14,000 at the end of 1984. May 4, 1994 The kindergarten students at Hullett Central Public School told guests at the school's spring concert, All About Spring. Former Ashfield Twp. warden Allen Gibson was surprised to learn that three of his farms were included among the candidate sites when envelopes were opened and documents naming the 11 possible locations for a landfill site for Huron County were read. Brussels was one step closer to having a new firehall after village council approved hiring an engineer and making a formal application for funding under the federal-provincial infrastructure program. Despite an emotional attempt to get councillors to rethink the issue. Huron County council proceeded with passing a bylaw that reduced the number of council members following the fall election and gave representatives from some mun- icipalities more than one vote. Council voted to have only reeve sit on the county level. The Blyth Spirit, a pottery and gift shop opened in Blyth. May 12, 1999 Rebecca Major, a Grade 2 student at Hullett Central Public School was one of several enthusiastic skippers at the school to raise money for Heart and Stroke. The students did a great job and raised $1,554. Despite some debate, Brussels council passed a draft budge of zero per cent increase. The students of Walton Public School told the story of Old MacDonald's Farm for a full house of family and friends. Blyth Scouts were doing their part for the environment as they planted trees at a Morris Twp. farm. Lifelong Huron. County resident. Daryl Ball, came back to help the community as the new agriculture and rural representative for Huron County.