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I SEE COSTCO PLANS TO SELL CASKETS, I'D SUGGEST THEY PUT
THEM IN HAi2DWAQE, PIGHT NEXT TO THE LAODEQS AND CHANSAWS.
Looking Back Through the Years
Aug. 27, 1959
The Huron Juveniles composed of
Winthrop, Walton and Ethel boys,
journeyed to Chatham and played
the renowned Chatham Juveniles.
The Huron team, coached by
Kenneth Betties, won 5-4.
Members of the Lions Club Boys
and Girls band, travelled to Toronto
to take part in the band competition
at the CNE.
Elmer Farrish of Gorrie -was
appointed returning -officer for the
newly-formed Wellington-Huron
riding.
The Dominican Republic
celebrated the 75th anniversary of
the discovery of a leaden casket
containing the remains of
Christopher Columbus. It was found
beneath the Cathedral of Santo
Domingo on Sept. 10, 1877.
Aug. 28, 1969
Stanley. Paquette was appointed as
the associate agricultural represen-
tative for Huron County. He
specialized in farm business
management in Huron.
The annual flower show and
turkey dinner hosted by the
Horticultural Society was a great
success.
The Bishop of Huron, the Rt. Rev.
G.N. Luxton, announced the
appointment of Rev. Franklin
George Barby as priest in charge of
St. Stephen's Church.
Doug Callander, administrator of
Callander Nursing Homes Ltd. in
Brussels, was re-elected president
for a third term of Associated
Nursing Homes Inc. Ontario for
Bruce, Huron, Grey, Dufferin and
Simcoe Counties.
Aug. 23, 1972
Rev. Charles A. Falconer was
inducted into the two-point charge
of Knox Presbyterian in Monkton
and in Cranbrook. He was a former
farmer in Hibbert Twp. near Staffa.
Scott Wheeler, Dean Rutledge,
Richard Haverman, Todd Wheeler
and Albert Tinholt, were out in their
canoe trying to catch as many fish as
they_ could, but unfortunately only
caught one catfish.
Liberals from across Morris and
East and West Wawanosh, gathered
in Belgrave to plan organizational
activity for the forthcoming federal
election. Chairpersons were named
for each township; Walter Shortreed
for Morris Twp., Alex Robertson for
East Wawanosh Twp., and Gordon
Smyth for West Wawanosh Twp.
Mrs. Mae Rock of Ethel, had a
one-day display of a plant rarely
seen in bloom. It was a Day
Blooming cactus, which flower
infrequently and then only for 24
hours.
A wagon train made up of 10
horses, two wagons, one buggy and
13 young people from Belgrave and
Wingham area, chaperoned by
Donna Malick and Mac Anderson,
left Wingham for a 60-mile camping
trip.
Glenn Huether went to get his
combine one day and discovered it
had disappeared from his field.
Following an anxious time trying to
locate the missing machine, he
learned that a truck had been seen
loading it. The combine had been
taken to Lucknow by mistake when
the truck visited the Huether farm
instead of Ken Tyerman's.
Huether's combine was returned
safe and sound.
Seaforth firefighters responded to
a call when wires on a combine
overheated and began burning.
Aug. 27, 1986
Five people were injured
following a two-car crash at Auburn
that miraculously didn't take any
lives.
The heavy rainfall caused a Blyth
man to lose control of his vehicle on
the curve heading west out of
Aburn. The car skidded sideways
and collided with a station wagon
containing a Blyth family of four.
The impact drove the first car
backwards and completely tore the
other car in half, leaving the engine
and front wheels near the first car,
but sending the rest spinning down
the highway toward the bridge over
the Maitland River. -
Some.Thing Special, a ladies'
clothing wear store, opened in
Brussels.
Police destroyed a marijuana
crop, with a street value of $2
million, found in a field near
Wroxeter. Police said the pot crop
outnumbered the corn in the
plantation by a ratio of about four to
one.
Steve Caldwell was appointed the
new manager for the Auburn Co-op.
Aug. 31, 1994
Putting creative talents to work
was just part of the many activities
to entertain and enlighten the
youngsters participating in the Daily
Vacation Bible School in Blyth.
Kim Baan of Walton was named
the Huron County Dairy Educator.
- Ray Hallahan of East Wawanosh
Twp. hosted the Huron County
Plowing Match.
Debbie Van Steelandt of the Blyth
area, returned from a six-week stay
in Austria as part of the Lions Youth
Exchange program.
Theresa Knox of Hullett Twp., left
for Bristol England to continue her
studies in veterinary medicine.
Aug. 25, 1999
Sixty-seven plowers took part in
the annual Huron County Plowing
Match on William and Amy
Fotheringham's property.
Don McNeil cleaned up the
former J.C. McNeil service station
for his son's wedding ceremony and
reception.
Darcey Cook took to the mound
for the Blyth Squirts during the
consolation WOAA semi-finals.
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Is rural Ontario written off?
Several weeks ago The National Post reported a provincial government
committee had recommended the province "write off' rural Ontario. The
story turned out to be totally erroneous but it's beginning to appear Dalton
McGuinty's Liberal government read the Post story and believed it.
How else to explain the assault on rural Ontario that seems to be
ongoing. First it was the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food cutting
grants to municipalities to build drains to collect the water from farmland
drains. Last week it was termination of grants to groups that help Ontario's
farmers compete in the world such as Beef Improvement Ontario, Ontario
Swine Improvement and Dairy Herd Improvement.
Ending the grant to Beef Improvement Ontario seems the unkindest cut
of all. Talk about kicking an industry while it's down! The sense of
desperation is already high among Ontario beef producers caught in the
low-price disaster since the closure of U.S. borders to live Cattle following
the discovery of one cow withilSE in May 2003. With yet another annual
crop of cattle coming off pastures and no place to market older cattle that
should be culled, many observers are worried that the financial and
psychological stress some farm families will have to endure this fall will
be the worst since the high-interest crisis of the early 1980s. The
provincial government has done precious little to help farmers caught in
this disaster not of their own making, and now is making things worse.
The latest cuts are as the result of a little noticed reduction in the OMAF
budget in this spring's first budget of the McGuinty government. While the
government promised more money for cities, education and health care;, it
quietly cut the OMAF budget yet again. It's getting to the point there's no
reason to have an agriculture ministry other than to cut its budget to spend
the money elsewhere.
With these actions, it seems the McGuinty Liberals are writing off the
need to win seats in rural Ontario. but who knows if rural voters will
punish them. After all, Mike Harris's Progressive Conservatives broke a
promise to increase funding for agriculture in their first term, slashed
spending and closed OMAF offices across the province, yet still won
strong support from farm voters for a second term. In fact farm
organizations like the Ontario Federation of Agriculture were singing the
praises of the government right up to last fall's election.
Besides, where are voters supposed to turn? They've turfed out Liberals,
NDP and Conservatives in the past seeking a better deal for rural areas and
the new government just continued, or increased, the cuts. One thing is
certain: as long as rural residents quietly accept being abused, this kind of
treatment will continue. — KR
Is it, our personality?
Angst over the failures of Canadian Olympic athletes to perform up to
their potential has again gripped the country. It seems that every Olympics
brings a return of Canadian insecurity.
We're not the only country that has disappointing performances, of
course — even the mighty American team doesn't win all the events it
thinks it might. Expecting an athlete to be able to call up his or her best
performance on a specific day is like asking each of us to be at our best on
command.
Still, excellence in sports is a combination of peek physical performance
and mental strength. Watch athletes of a nation that wins a lot, like the
Americans or Australians, and they exude confidence that they expect to
win. Canadian athletes too often seem to doubt their right to be on the
medal podium and cripple themselves with tension, like the Can-adian
diver who, Sunday, thew the dive she most consistently performs well, and
went from a chance to win a gold medal to finishing fourth.
This attitude mirrors the Canadian personality. We are a people who
doubt our worth. For many years we saw ourselves through the eyes of the
British and now we judge ourselves by the attention Americans give us.
When we become confident enough to expect that we can proudly hold a
place in the world and not see ourselves as second class compared to our
neighbours, then maybe our athletes will have the mental toughness to
deliver their best when the stress is on.— KR
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