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Looking Back Through the Years
PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2006.
Editorials
Opinions
A world away, close to home
Afghanistan is a world away from Canada in distance, but also in
culture, climate and geography, but this week this strange land is high on
the minds of local residents.
On Saturday, Corporal Matthew Dinning, son of well-known
Wingham OPP Const. Lincoln Dinning, was one of four Canadian
soldiers killed when a roadside bomb was detonated as their armoured
vehicle passed. Ironically, the aftermath of the incident was recorded by
another Huron native, Bayfield photo journalist Richard Fitoussi.
The tragedy of the latest deaths will no doubt further divide
Canadians. While everyone says the) support our troops, many do not
support them being in Afghanistan. Some people feel the Afghan mission
departs from Canada's traditional role of peacekeeping where accidents
can happen but generally no one is shooting at our troops. There are
enemies who are more than willing to kill in Afghanistan and our troopS
have been involved in fire fights (though ironically the deaths have come
from accidents, friendly fire and roadside bombs).
Others feel there is no hope of success for the mission in Afghanistan.
As one critic said, westerners since the time of Alexander the Great have
met defeat in Afghanistan. This argument, of course, condemns those in
Afghanistan who want peace and democracy to continued domination by
those ruthless forces in the country that would abuse them.
But Canadians have some deeper issues. For many years now a sizable
portion of the Canadian population has been uncomfortable about our
armed forces. AS long as these troops were helping people in ice storms
or floods at home, or standing between former belligerents in foreign
lands, we begrudgingly supported the army, navy and air force, though
even then with greatly depleted budgets (remember the fuss when the
government of Brian Mulroney wanted -to replace navy helicopters?)
The ultimate purpose of armies is to protect the peace, but to do so,
troops are trained to kill, and sometimes the unfortunate result is they are
killed themselves. During two world wars Canadians came to accept
these losses as the essential consequence of fighting to bring peace. In the
60 years since the end of the Second World War, we've come to see any
deaths of our soldiers as an unnecessary waste of life.
Losing fine young people like Cpl. Dinning is a tragedy. We'd like to
live in a perfect world where young people could count on long and
happy lives. Canadians must come to terms with the reality that not all
young people who join the armed forces will survive if we are active in
the world. And we must think long and hard of what the consequences
may be if we aren't active in making peace. — KR
Not what things seem
The honoring of Brian Mulroney as Canada's most environmentally
conscious prime minister by some of the very environmental groups that
used to criticize him for doing too little, proves again that things are not
always what they seem.
Two decades later, the role Mulroney played in getting an accord with
the U.S. to reduce acid rain, his leadership at the Rio Earth Summit and
other initiatives, go against the popular perception. Man) would have that
the Progressive Conservatives were less friendly to the ens nonment than
the Liberals who preceded and followed them, including iconic figures
like the outdoors-loving Pierre Trudeau.
But circumstances change perceptions. One would have thought, fo r
instance. that renewable energy would have been brought to Ontario in a
hig way by the environmentally-conscious NDP government of Bob Rae_
The dozens of windmills that 'are springing up across the province,
however, are being erected under a Liberal government. They're
necessary to help Premier Dalton McGuinty keep his promise to close
coal-tired electrical generating stations for cleaner air.
. These. facts prove again one should never jump to conclusions. -- KR
THE EDITOR,
While driving home one day this
past week, as I enjoyed the beautiful
%N..eather. I had to wonder what all the
tuffs was really about a few weeks
What I'm referring to is a recent
Morris-Turnberry council - meeting
v. here there were some residents
ho are very upset with the road
conditions. Our road here in Morris
certainly had its fair share of
potholes. puddles and soggy
sections. but 1 contributed this to the
charm of country life, a reason to
slow down and enjoy the scenery.
I don't think any of us in Morris-
Turnberry lives more than a few
miles oft one paved road or another
so what's the big deal? Here, just a
few weeks later, (Cm would never
have known there ever was a
problem. That's because the graders
have been hard at it and I think
they're doing a great job looking
after our roads' this spring.
1 would rather endure a few days
of potholes than have my taxes go up
to acoommodate a few who want
paved roads in front of their house.
Keep up the good work guys!
Sincerely,
Diane Miners,
Resident of Morris-Turnberry
April 30, 1959
The winner of the 1959 Masters
golf tournament was Art Wall. The
35 year-old finished the tournament
with a 284, four strokes under par.
An honorary stamp was circulated
to pay homage to a former president.
A picture of Benjamin Harris, the
23rd president of the United States
was featured on a 12 cent stamp to
he sold in Oxford, Ohio,
Princess Grace of Monaco
recovered well
from her
appendectomy.
.April 27, 1960
Blyth United Church celebrated
its 100th anniversary.
Many people had to be rescued by
army soldiers after a tragic flood
came close to claiming their lives.
Hundreds of citizens were forced to
evacuate their flood-threatened town
aptly named Venice, Nebraska.
A photo was featured of Judy
Garland, accompanied by her
husband Sid Luft. The actress had
been ill and was making her first
public appearance since.
April 25, 1973
Seaforth resident Don Scrimgeour
(formerly of Blyth) had purchased a
well-known butcher shop in
Lucknow. Scrimgeour was to take
possession of Button's Butcher
Shop. formerly owned by Russ
Button, on May I.
A family fishing trip nearly turned
deadly for a Londesborough girl.
While standing at the mouth of the
Nine Mile River in Port Albert, the
I5-year-old was quickly swept into
the water by the strong currents. Not
seasoned in swimming, the girl
struggled against the water until help
arrived in the nick of time.
People from the Department of
Natural Resources as well as anglers
who were in the vicinity quickly
launched a boat and battled the swill
currents to rescue the girl. After
tieing pulled into the boat and taken
to safety, the exhausted victim was
taken to hospital to be examined.
She was later released with nothing
but a few bruises to show from the
traumatic incident.
Central Huron Secondary School
put on a wonderful performance of
the Broadway classic Oklahoma,
featuring many of its. students from
across Huron County. Among those
playing the leads were Karen
Tyndall, David Street, George
Thompson, Rick Snell, and Jo-Anne
Snell.
April 29, 1987
A horrible act of vandalism took
place at a fish farm in East
Wawanosh Twp. Vandals invaded
the farm and allegedly turned off the
water supply to the fish tanks,
leaving over 3,000 fish dead. .•
While efforts were made to save
the remaining live fish, a reward of
$500 was offered for the arrest and
conviction of the culprits. Losses
were estimated at between $3,000 to
$5,000.
Chairman of the Blyth
Community Centre, Frank Szusz,
generously gave up his beard of 15
years to raise maney for Centre. It
was auctioned off at a fundraising
event. Volunteer barber was Arnold
Riley of Londesborough.
The Brussels Starlets won
numerous trophies at the Midwest
Majorette Fest in Wingham.
Members were : Angie Yoon, Amy
Thomas, Deena Ropp, Kim Mulvey,
Janice Jacklin, Lesley Stretton and
Lesley Elliott.
April 25, 1990
The Blyth Cubs and Scouts lent a
helping hand to Blyth's environment
by spending Earth Day planting
trees on area farms.
Also taking part in Earth Day
activities such as this were several
area schools, with environmentally
friendly events going on all week.
Exhausted Blyth firefighters had a
large job on their hands when they
spent over three hours battling a
grass fire. The fire started south of
Auburn, off the Base Line south of
County Rd. 15. Firefighters fought
to keep the fire from burning up a
nearby cedar bush.
According to fire chief Paul
Josling, the job was made even more
difficult because the firetrucks were
unable to reach the location so
firefighters had to use shovels and
whatever else they could find to try
and put out the fire.
In an attempt to aid the hard-
working fire brigade, local farmer
Garnet Wright plowed firebreaks
into the ground in order to keep the
flames under control. The cause of
the fire was unknown, but about 30-
35 acres of grass was burnt in the
blaze.
The Brussels Crusaders hockey
team was named '89-'90 Western
Ontario Athletic Asssocation Senior
A champions.
Playing at the Lyceum Theatre in
Wingham was The Hunt for Red
October, starring Sean Connery and
Alec Baldwin. Also playing at the
Park Theatre in Goderich was
Spaced Invaders.
April 28, 2005
The Blyth Farmers Market
Association was officially born with
a board of directors to run a 12-
week, Saturday afternoon market
through the summer.
Jessica Sparling continued to
dominate the public speaking
contests with a first-place finish in
her category at the Zone level.
Demolition began on the former
Catholic church in Blyth as the
carpet was removed.
Rita MacNeil performed in Blyth.
Students got technical at the
Imago Festival.
Letter to the editor