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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2006-05-18, Page 4• 'YES, DARLING, I SET THE PROXYPARENT ON AUTOMATIC, NOW PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2006. Editorials Opinions Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising, Ken Warwick & Kelly Quesenberry The Citizen 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; $90.00/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. - PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40050141 PAP REGISTRATION NO. 09244 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT. PO BOX 152 BRUSSELS ON NOG 1H0 email: norhuron@scsinternet.com We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. Canada We are not responsible for unsolicited newsscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are 0 Copyright zkocna *CNA 1t 0 Member of the Ontario Press Council IMAM= P.O. Box 429, BLYTH, Ont. NOM 1H0 Phone 523-4792 FAX 523-9140 E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.com Website www.northhuron.on.ca P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, Ont. NOG 1H0 Phone 887-9114 FAX 887-9021 Community in action The difference between how small communities get new facilities and how large ones do is on display again theseklays in Blyth. A group of local volunteers is busy trying to raise money and install a youth activity park at the Blyth fairgrounds in time for this summer's use. The park will particularly appeal to skateboarders, BMX bikers and rollerbladers with the possibility of further facilities to be added later. In a large community this is the kind of facility that would likely be provided by the municipality. The only citizen participation would ,be pressuring municipal politicians to spend the money to make it happen. Things are much harder in a small community. Here volunteers are at work raising money, researching designs and bringing together young and old to make the project possible. But the benefits gained through this approach are greater than just having a facility handed to the community. As pastor Ernest Dow, one of the organizers of the youth activity park explained to the Blyth Business Association last week, young people who have helped raise money for a facility like this feel a sense of ownership and have an incentive to make sure the park is used properly and taken care of. At the same time, watching adults work on their behalf reaffirms for youngsters that they are valued. There's a lot of hard work being undertaken by the volunteers involved in this project; as there is in all similar volunteer projects in all our local communities. It would be so much easier if there was someone to simply provide all the money through a business venture, or a govern- ment-supplied facility. But easier isn't always best. So much of the strength of our small communities has been earned through hard work. So congratulations to all those involved in this and all community ventures. The rest of us can help by supporting whole-heartedly the hard- working volunteers who make our communities better. — KR Money moves, but not people U.S. President George W. Bush announced Monday he's sending troops to help stop the flow of illegal immigrants across his country's border with Mexico. Meanwhile in Canada, the Canadian Border Services Agency has become increasingly active in hunting down and exporting people living illegally in this country. On the surface it's an easily-understood issue. There are an estimated 10-11 million immigrants living illegally in the U.S. and estimates of 100,000 to 400,000 people in Canada. These are people who didn't go through the proper channels to get into the country while many others did, so why should they benefit from being here illegally? But isn't it strange that in a globalized world, everything can freely cross borders except people? Money has long been welcome to cross most borders without restriction. Every day billions of dollars flow from Canada to the rest of the world, to buy goods, invest in new plants or just to hide from paying Canadian taxes. Similarly, money flows into Canada. In recent years jobs have been flowing out of Canada as we open our borders to more goods with fewer restrictions. Hundreds of thousands of people have lost their jobs in factories to workers earning a fraction as much in China, India -and elsewhere. If globalization means free movement of goods, money and jobs. why are people, for whom any system should be designed, barred from free movement? Surely if economic efficiency is what matters then people should be allowed to move to where the jobs are: that's certainly what economists urge should happen within Canada. It is happening, of course. Those 10-I I million illegal immigrants in the U.S. are mostly working. Toronto's construction boom has been fueled by illegal tradespeople, many of whom want to stay.' As President Bush is learning, it may be impossible to keep people from moving to where they want to go.— KR Letter to the editor THE EDITOR, and Stroke Foundation of May is Blood Pressure Month. Ontario Educating Canadians about blood • Get heart-smart cooking! Don't pressure is a key aim of the Heart miss Bonnie Stern's new and Stroke FOundation. Visit the cookbook, The Best of HeartSmart website at www.heartandstroke.ca Cooking and learn about: • • Healthy Meals, Healthy Weight, • Five steps you can take to keep Healthy tools for you and your blood pressure numbers in the family. healthy range If you're not on the web, call the • Read about proper instruction for Heart and Stroke office at 519-273- do-it-yourself blood pressure 5212 or 1-888-287-7175 and ask monitoring about printed materials. • Hear from patients about doctor's Nancy A. Bomasuit, care and medication Area Manager, • Read the new column by Heart and Stroke Foundation, cardiologist- Dr. Beth Abramson, Huron, Perth, Woodstock, national spokesperson for the Heart Ingersoll. May 21, 1959 Wingham District High School was holding its annual open night,- displaying all the work of the many students attending the school. Agricultural and industrial work was being showcased as well as a fashion show featuring all the work of the design classes. Wellesley College celebrated its 65th anniversary with a massive hoop roll. Hundreds competed, but Amalya Kearse came out on top, and according to local belief she would be the first of all the competitors to wed. The Crown Prince of Japan, Prince Akihito, was wedded to Princess Michiko following a traditional wedding ceremony, ending with a graceful procession to the shrine so the couple could report the marriage to the ancestors. - A 30-pound, solid steel cheque was cancelled by receiving puncture holes with a machine-gun burst. The highly abnormal cheque was issued to the winners of a contest dealing with arc welding. May 18, 1960 Area people were in, attendance for the annual graduation ceremony at the Western Ontario Agricultural College, Ridgetown. Among the graduates were Jim Howson and Gordon Charters, both of Blyth. A photo was shown of a supposed UFO. The photographer from a Vienna newspaper in Austria took the picture late at night on his motorcycle. He said that he saw a bright light ahead of him, and at first he thought that it was simply a falling star, but as he got closer it remained unmoving. He said that he could feel its heat on him as he snapped the picture. Reportedly after six or seven seconds, it flew away. Looking Back Through the Years For the royal wedding of Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong- Jones, not just any cake would do. The wedding cake for the ceremony was prepared by Staff Sergeant Neil Smith of the British Army catering corps. The cake itself consisted of 24 pounds of icing, 10 pounds of flour and 96 eggs, among other massive amounts of ingredients. Mrs. Sushila Kapadia of Bombay, India was greeted in the customary fashion by Vice-President Richard Nixon at the U.S. World and Trade Fair. May 19, 1971 A Fordwich man was travelling west on Conc. 4 in Howick Township when he collided head on with a Listowel man who was travelling east on the same Concession. Both men were injured in the accident, and damages to the vehicles were estimated at $3,000. Charges were pending. Blyth residents and people from the surrounding area successfully raised a total of $1.306 for the Easter Seal Campaign. May 20, 1987 The Grade 5 and 6 students from Blyth Public School were busy for a whole day planting trees all over the place. The tree planting at the Hullett Wildlife Area was part of a work session the teachers at Blyth donated to the Ministry of Natural Resources. There was a successful turnout for a special session of roller-skating held at the Blyth Community Centre. Monty DesRoches and Bob Harkness, the owner-operator of R. Harkness Victorian Millwork in Morris Township, were the winners of the Home Builders Association Award. The men's display was judged the best at the annual Brantford Home Show, beating out a total of 105 other entries vying for the prize. May 23, 1990 A boating accident spelled the tragic end of a 63-year-old man's life. After mysteriously falling out of their boat during CKNX's Fishing Derby, two men were left struggling in the waters of Lake Huron, three miles offshore of Kincardine. A post mortem was still pending on the deceased, and an investigation was being held over the strange incident. Brussels Guide Kara Kerr was the first in nearly six years to receive her Canada Cord, the highest achievement in Pathfinders. The cord was presented to Kerr by Rev. David Fuller, and she was also presented with a congratulatory letter from MP Murray Cardiff. A little piece of Morris Twp.'s history ended as Clegg's School, SS #5 on Conc. 5 was torn down. Built in 1870, the school was once renovated in 190 Eby James Hill of Blyth, at a cost to him of $1,020, which was a very large amount at that point. By 1931, there were only eight students going to the school, and it was finally closed in 1941 due to a whooping cough epidemic. Six generous Morris Twp. residents were honoured with a Volunteer Service Award, given out by the Ministry of of Culture and Communications and the Ministry of Citizenship. Among those being presented with an award were: Carmen Craig, Bessie Johns- ton, Edna McLellan, and Paul McKee. A brand new computer was donated to the Brussels Library. Playing at the Park Theatre in Goderich was Fire Birds, starring Nicholas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones and Sean Young.