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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2006-09-07, Page 4Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising, Ken Warwick & Kelly Quesenberry 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 ($28.30 + $1.70 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. - Blyth. PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40050141 PAP REGISTRATION NO. 09244 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT. PO BOX 152 BRUSSELS ON NOG 1HO email: norhuron@scsinternet.com The Citizen 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@scsintemet.com Website www.northhuron.on.ca Canadg We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. ocna +CNA nO:Y Member of the Ontario Press Council IMMO We are not responsible for unsolicited newsscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are 0 Copyright JUST THINKING: WHERE WOULD A POLYGAMIST TAKE A DOZEN WIVES FOR A HONEYMOON ? VIAGRA FALLS, IMAGINE, 1., Looking Back Through the Years The need goes on As students head back to school this week, educational experts say an increasing number of them will be heading to private schools. The option of where to send their children to school applies only to parents with the money to finance private school tuitions of up to $25,000 per child per year, of course. The irony is that most of these affluent parents managed to get in that position themselves through a public school education. Now, however, the public school system isn't good enough for their children. Thanks to the foresight of the founders of the Canadian education system, pioneers like Egerton Ryerson, a system was created that allowed all students to get a chance to show their talents and not be bound by birth into a certain class. It has created a dynamic society which has allowed us to create the wealth that now allows some people to choose a private education for their children. The strength and weakness of our system is that it is taxpayer funded. It gives us the resources to teach all children, no matter how poor they are. But when wealthy people object to paying too much tax, thereby reducing the resources of the public school system, and have the option of sending their children to private schools to get a superior education, the tax-funded system shows its achilles heel. We must maintain a strong public system. There is still a job to be done allowing less privileged children to realize their potential. We can't afford to place our future only in the hands of those children whose parents can afford to send them to private schools. — KR Our double standard Timing is everything in politics so credit NDP leader Jack Layton with perfect timing in suggesting Canada withdraw from Afghanistan days before we lost five soldiers in bloody fighting this weekend. Still, many Canadians who support the withdrawal are showing a double standard. Many of the same people who want us out of Afghanistan complain the West abandoned the people of Rwanda and we share blame for the slaughter there — yet they don't want us to risk Canadian lives in Afghanistan. They say they believe in the rights of women but apparently are prepared to see Afghan women returned to the point, under the Taliban, of having no rights to an education. Since a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan provided a safe training centre for the terrorists who planned the 9/1 1 attacks, a return to Taliban rule seems likely to put North Americans, including Canadians, at risk. So, sadly, Canadians are dying. We can lessen the toll, however, by speeding the training of Afghans to control their own country. — KR PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2006. Editorials Opinions OFA Commentary By Ron Bonnett, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture With farm incomes running at record low levels, farmers and their organizations are looking for opportunities and strategic investments to provide some hope. In recent months, the McGuinty government has been offering glimmers of hope to farmers and residents of rural Ontario. Premier McGuinty was in the Sarnia area recently at the official opening of a new ethanol plant. His government has made a concerted effort recently to provide some good economic news for the rural economy, and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture appreciates those initiatives. There are other tools both the federal and provincial governments must look at implementing to fix the farm income crisis. Risk management programs must be implemented to protect the sector from the types of trade-distorting subsides that have done so much damage to our farmers and the rural economy over the past three years. There have been some ad hoc program announcements that put short-term relief into the hands of farmers, but we need programs that will provide long-term protection and confidence for our farmers. Ontario's farmers were encouraged when the McGuinty government sent 'OMAFRA Minister Dombrowsky to the World Trade Organization negotiations; it was also good news when the minister announced plans to examine the future revitalization of the Vineland Research Station. The province has also announced special funding for local rural economic development — things like $29,500 for the South Huron Alliance for Retention and Expansion at Exeter, part of a $22 million investment throughout the province for rural projects. There has also been provincial investment in rural health care initiatives — all good news for the residents of rural Ontario. We are encouraged by the province's efforts to spur economic development across rural Ontario, but without a long-term strategy and the necessary investment, agriculture in Ontario will not be positioned to benefit from these efforts. There are occasional rumblings that indicate both federal and provincial governments realize Ontario farmers are experiencing an economic crisis, even re- announcements of ad hoc funding programs. We need our governments to act and do what has to be done before even more producers are forced to leave the business. Continued on page 14 Sept. 10, 1959 Several young children were embarking on their first year of school at Blyth Public School. Beginning Grade 1 in 1959 were: Robert Bradshaw, Shirley Anne Brown, Murray Cousins, John Exel, Gregory Huether, Michael Kernaghan, Jack Logan, Penny Lowe, Cathy McArter, Judy Marks, Pauline McCutcheon, Daphne McWhirter, Nancy Pearson, Murray Raymond, Anne Shaw, Ross Somers, Robert Thomas, Neil Ward, Linda Wilson, Scott Wilson, and Donna Workman. Several residents in Utah were forced to evacuate to Montana after an earthquake threatened their safety. Residents of Bringham City spent the night at special dormitories set up by the Red Cross in Bozeman,, Montana at the Montana State, College. The earthquake dammed a large river and caused considerable damage to homes and buildings of the area. Sept. 7, 1960 A special beauty pageant was to be held in Blyth in honour of the annual Blyth Fall Fair. Any young women between the ages of 16 and 30 who were residents of Blyth or the surrounding area were welcomed to enter. The winner would by crowned Queen of the Fall Fair and would be awarded a special prize, as would the runner up. The Queen would be able to ride in the parade on the Fall Fair day. A five-year-old boy was staying in hospital after an accident that took place while he was playing on a car trailer. The child was undergoing treatment on his hand after losing part of his third finger in the accident. He was expected to recover speedily and return home as soon as possible. The premier of Senegal, Mamadou Dia, pulled his fledgling nation out of the Mali Federation to ,cause yet another split in Africa's nations. Africa was already deeply troubled by horrific events taking place in Congo. Chief of the remaining sections of Mali, Sudan premier Modibo Keita, had asked French President Charles de Gaulle for additional troops to help keep the federation intact. One of the- first ever moving sidewalks, nicknamed speedwalks, was installed in an amusement park called Freedomland. The machine was supposed to help decongest the heavy pedestrian traffic in the park, a problem that many other surrounding cities had been trying to find a solution to. Sept. 5, 1973 Record crowds were expected to attend the upcoming 12th annual Thresher Reunion. The year prior, a total of 7,000 visitors showed up for the attraction, and even more were expected for the 1973 show. The council for the Village of Blyth voted to proceed with renovation plans for the Blyth Memorial Hall. Councillors estimated, however, that the costs would total over $20,000, the biggest bill of expense being the removal and replacement of the roof, the main reason the renovations had been planned in the first place. The plans came after the council as well as several local residents noticed a sagging in the roof. and requested that something be done about it, before it became too serious. Miss Debbie Riddell, daughter of Huron MPP Jack Riddell of Hay Twp., was crowned the Pork Hostess at the Huron County Pork Producers Association's pork barbecue, held in Seaforth. Sept. 9, 1987 After finishing in gold medal position at an international competition in France, Brussels area skater Kevin Wheeler took first place yet again at a competition in Oberstdorf, West Germany. Wheeler and his pairs partner Michelle Menzies of Preston, were now in prime position to be offered a spot on the Canadian Olympic figure skating team in time for the upcoming games to be held at Calgary in 1988. A sad goodbye was said as former Brussels reeve Hank TenPas thanked his colleagues for their hospitality, but announced his resignation, stating that "My health could not stand up to the pressure anymore." Gordon Workman would become the next to accept the position of reeve of Brussels. A seven-year-old boy was taken to University Hospital in London following a spill from an all-terrain vehicle driven by his older brother. The Goderich child was a passenger on an ATV being driven by his nine- year-old brother when the machine suddenly went out of control and veered into a cornfield where it then rolled over. Both of the boys were thrown from the vehicle and the younger was taken to hospital to, be treated for several scrapes and bruises, while his brother driver only suffered minor cuts and scrapes. The youth was later released from hospital, and no charges were laid as a result of the incident. Karla King of Brussels was crowned the 1987 Brussels Fall Fair Queen at the Brussels Community Centre. She was crowned by her predecessor Linda TenPas. Playing at the Park Theatre in Goderich was the teen comedy Can't Buy Me Love, as well as Adventures in Babysitting.