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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2004-12-09, Page 4Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising, Heather Armstrong & Capucine Onn 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: norhuron@scsinternet.com Canada. A9cna ANA We acknowledge the financial support of Member of the Ontario Press Council mia31•1 the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) We ore not responsible for unsolicited newsscripts or toward our mailing costs. photographs. Contents of The Citizen are © Copyright The Citizen P.O. Box 429, BLYTH, Ont. NOM 1H0 Phone 523-4792 FAX 523-9140 P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, Ont. NOG THO Phone 887-9114 FAX 887-9021 E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.com Webslte www.northhuron.on.ca Yeah, but I shouldn't complain. It's part of the Bush-Martin deal: We get to ship you our cattle, and take in your missiles in return. Sorta like a "cows for ka-booms" pact, eh ? Looking Back Through the Years PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2004. Editorials Opinions Who'll teach us about Canada? If you knew a young person who had two dominant older sisters or brothers and low self-esteem, you'd say it was important for that person to develop a stronger confidence and sense of self if he or she was to be a healthy adult. The same is true about a country and, with the death of myth-maker Pierre Berton last week, one wonders who will step forward to help give Canada a sense of self-worth in future. Over the last 40 years Canadians have begun to develop a sense of self-worth thanks to events like Expo 67, the Canadian centennial and two Olympic games and the work of people like Berton, publisher Jack McClelland, broadcaster Peter Growski and a dashing prime minister in Pierre Trudeau, all of whom have died in the past few years. But even before they died, the impact of this group of people had begun to fade through a combination of age and changing times. The 500-channel universe has made it hard to assemble a large enough audience of Canadians in one place at one time for people like Berton and Growski to make a huge impression as they did in the 1970s and 1980s. The coming of free trade meant Canada became more and more dependent on the U.S. meaning business leaders regularly warned against being too different from our neighbours for fear of endangering trade. Canada is in danger of undoing the work of the visionaries who helped it become a real country for the first time. Berton and the rest changed Canada by changing the mindset of several generations of Canadians, but they have had only indirect effect on younger generations now taking over the country and on those growing up. In a world where we're constantly being told how small and unimportant Canada is, who will give these newer generations the self- worth to build a healthy, self-confident country? — KR Defending democracy Strange how so many people who want to defend democracy want to do it by shutting up those they disagree with. Three times in the past three months, for instance, left-wing students in Quebec have prevented people they didn't agree with — everyone from Premier Jean Charest to U.S. ambassador Paul Cellucci — from speaking on university campuses there. Meanwhile right-wing news outlets in the U.S., while defending the invasion of Iraq as necessary to bring democracy to that country, don't seem to remember that a basic tenant of democracy is the right to express opinions others may disagree with. Last week they focussed on any hint of antagonism during the visit of George Bush from Caroline Parrish's self-mocking television skit of grinding a Bush doll under her heel to the protesters in Ottawa. as evidence that Canadians were anti-American. Democracy comes with the right to disagree with the majority, even if sometimes we'd rather not hear what some people say. — KR Letter to the editor THE EDITOR, The hunting season is once again come and gone and we have been taught a lesson again. My question is who is really responsible for these so-called hunters from the city who show up during deer season and the way they perform or handle themselves out on our properties. As landowners we are the people responsible for letting some of these people anywhere near our bushes and not asking them to respect the land and bushes for their sport. On our property, we have given permission to local hunters who have come and asked for such and do respect the land and the deer as a sport and a challenge to catch these quick moving animals. The way they track the deer's movement and the way they walk along fencelines sometimes for an entire day and not get a single reward for all their effort tells me they do really enjoy their sport. Unfortunately, all good things come to an end and this deer season we had to deal with the dreaded 'City Hunter' and it ruined the entire week for our local hunters. The only deer that I know of being harvested in our bush was a doe that for some reason is still laying in the bush. Perhaps she was not big enough or perhaps they shot her but could not find her. Then there was the deer that was harvested during the first week of the hunt and brought to the Summer- hill road at the edge of our lawn and processed, leaving behind the entire innards of the deer just off the property. Could these be locals? I dare say not but likely once again the dreaded 'City Hunter'. These people are a small percentage of the hunters who harvest our bushes each year but they have once again made all hunters look bad and that is not fair. We need our deer harvested to control the numbers and the damage that can come from too many of these animals around. But we do not need the city hunter in our area. Please when they come to you as a property owner tell them to respect the sport, the land and the other hunters who have asked permission to hunt. If this is not suitable or they don't adhere to these requests ask them to move on to greener pastures. Neil Salverda. Dec. 10, 1952 Frogs in the area were deluded by the mild weather into thinking it was — spring. Jack Thynne said there were literally hundreds of them on the roads. The provincial highway minister announced that Ontario motorists would have to pay $2 for their driver's licences in 1953 instead of $1.50. Dec. 11, 1969 Among award winners at the annual Huron County 4-H achievement night in Seaforth was Neil Hemingway who won• the Marvin Howe trophy for the Huron County 4-H Swine Club. Dave Thomas won the Stewart Procter award for champion Shorthorn heifer. Reeve R.B. Cousins of Brussels made the first Brussels dial call after Bell Canada took over Maitland Teleservices and installed dial calling from the previous manual operated switchboard. Ernie Back of Brussels was one of several hunters who helped to shoot and kill a family of four moose in a bush north of Kirkland Lake. Under a provincial law, apartment landlords or their agents were required to pass on the tax reduction to tenants. The extra cash was a benefit to which virtually all homeowners and tenants were entitled to under the Ontario government's two-year-old property tax reduction system. Dec. 13, 1972 The Telephone Committee organized by the Huron County Federation of Agriculture received word from John Cunningham, assistant to the vice-president of the western area that Bell Canada, South Bruce Rural Telephone Company Ltd, Maitland Teleservices Ltd and the Wightman Telephone Ltd. had reached a tentative agreement on extended area service. This meant toll free service between Wingham and Teeswater, Wingham and Gorrie, Wingham and Blyth and Brussels and Auburn. The total estimated cost of the project was $350,000. Helen Adams was named president of the Brussels Businessmen's Association. She succeeded William Stephenson. Martin Baan of Walton was re- elected president of Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Ltd. after a meeting in Guelph. Fifty-eight members of Ethel Presbyterian Church congregation attended a Centennial Christmas dinner at the Blue Barn. Brussels Minor Hockey president Mel McArter and Huron-Bruce MPP Murray Gaunt, accepted an American flag from Michigan State Representative James Tierney. Teimey presented the flag on behalf of the Garden City Youth and Athletic Association as a symbol of the friendship between Garden City and Brussels. Dec. 10, 1986 An extension on John Street in Brussels, which provided a second outlet to the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre parking lot, was closed and remained closed until the road was rebuilt in the proper place. Wingham lawyer Alan Mill had warned community organizations that they should become incorporated or face the possibility of a crippling lawsuit from someone injured as a result of a community function. He said that the cost of incorporating could run as high as $1,000, but that the sum "pales in comparison to a lawsuit of $400,000." Blocked in an effort to impose a curfew on Halloween night to prevent vandalism, Brussels council asked the OPP to meet to explore other ways of limiting destruction that plagued the previous few Halloweens in the village. Hundreds of children from the Blyth area had a chance to talk to Santa and get a candy bag from him. Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton received $35,000 in funding from the Ministry of Community and Social Services to set up a 15-month pilot project aimed at providing support for disadvantaged youth at the school. Dec. 13, 1995 Three passengers suffered minor injuries when the vehicle they were in, collided with the rear end of another car in East Wawanosh Twp. The old Orange Hall on Dinsley St. in Blyth was dismantled by area Mennonites. Local craftspeople, Dorothy Cummings, Phylis Steffler, Alicia Deitner, Mary Ann Miners and Clem Steffler opened the Crafters' Market in Brussels for holiday shoppers. Dec. 9, 1992 Cunningham Bridge on Huron County Rd. 16 near Ethel in Grey Twp. re-opened making travelling a little easier for township residents. Christopher Acton enjoyed a brief visit with Santa who made a stop at the Brussels Fire Hall. Desk pen sets were presented to Angela Terpstra, Shanda Mitchell, and Amy Rush from Jane Muegge for completing 12 projects in the 4- H club. Kevin Campschroer of Blyth received the Doug Kennedy Award from Florence Pullen, leader of the Huron Sheep Club at the Huron 4-H awards night in Clinton._ Members of the newly-built Wingham Pentecostal Church in Morris Twp. cut the ribbon to officially dedicate the church.