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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2006-10-05, Page 4The Citizen P.O. Box 429, BLYTH, Ont. NOM 1H0 Phone 523-4797 FAX 523-9140 P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, Ont. NOG 1H0 Phone 887-9114 FAX 887-9021 norhuron@scsintemet.com Website www.northhuron.on.ca Canad'i We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. A.ocna ENA tow' Member of the Ontario Press Council INIECIIIIM We are not responsible fdr unsolicited newsscripts Of photographs. Contents of The Citizen are C Copyright COMMISSIONER ZACCARDELLI. Looking Back Through the Years Oct. 8, 1959 The East Huron Agricultural Society's Fall Fair drew a crowd of over 3,500 people, making it the most successful.event to date. On a visit to the. United States, Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev was pictured tasting his first American hot dog. After the bite, he told reporters that "We have beaten you to the moon, but yOu have beaten us in sausage-making." Miss Mississippi 1959, Lynda Lee Mead, was crowned Miss America at the annual competition in Atlantic City. Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, future second husband to widowed Jackie Kennedy, was in the headlines, only this time with a different world-renown lady. Legendary opera singer, 35-year- old Maria Callas and then husband; 62-year-old Giovanni Meneghlni were invited for a boat ride on Mr. Onassis's yacht, named 'Christina', accompanied by 29-year- old Athina Onassis, as well as Sir Winston and Lady Churchill, and Greta Garbo. Turmoil soon erupted on the ride as Callas refused to sing for Sir Churchill, Garbo demanded to be brought ashore early, and tempers raged in general. By the time the boat landed in Istanbul, Callas and Onassis had hit it off and were spotted "galavanting" across the city to bars and clubs: without their spouses. Weeks later Callas told Menghini to leave and live with his mother, then took another yacht ride with Onassis to the Adriatic Coast, only this time it was just the two of them. Oct. 8, 1969 The Wingham detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police was investigating three automobile accidents. The first involved men froin Listowel and Waterloo. The --former accidentally ran into the rear of-the latter's vehicle, causing $600 worth of damage. The accident took place on the intersection of Hwy. 86 and Diagonal Road in Wingham. • The second incident involved a cattle beast which had wandered on to Huron County Road 12. A Brussels man, while driving late at night, struck the cattle beast, which was owned by a Seaforth area man, while driving late at night. No charges were laid. The third accident was a single car incident taking place on Sideroad 30 in Grey Twp., near Conc. 4. An Atwood man lost control of his vehicle and struck several trees before the the car rolled into the ditch. He sustained non- life-threatening injuries and charges were pending. Oct. 3, 1973 Three of the five candidates running for the Ontario Liberal Party Leadership spoke in a heavy debate taking place at a Huron-Bruce riding meeting. Candidates in attendance were Grey-Bruce MPP Eddie Sargent, Toronto school teacher Ted Culp and present Liberal Leader Robert Nixon. Hockey team registration was extended in Blyth due to significantly low registration numbers. Chairman of the Blyth Minor Hockey Association, John Elliott said that although in some areas registration was up to par, a lighter reception was had in the Bantam and Midget categories, and so registrations were to be accepted for an additional two weeks. Oct. 7, 1987 Elected members of the student government at Brussels Public School were as follows: Michelle Machan (girls' chairman), Natasha McDonald (secretary), and Aaron Cardiff (boys' chairman). , Other special committee memberi were: Carla Johnston, Krista Hastings, Danielle Cardiff, Jason Galloway, Bobbi Jo Rutledge, Holly Dauphin, Brad Beuermann, Curtis Graber and Ross Machan. The Huron County Dairy Princess was crowned at a ceremony in Wingham. Brenda Nancekivell of Clifford placed first fo( the crown, closely followed by Angela Coultes of Wingham as runner up. Seven Huron County residents were given certificates of merit for being rural leaders. Recipients of the Rural Leadership Awards, presented by the president of the Huron County Junior Farmers Association were: Steve Beane, Brucefield; Barry J. Cleave, Varna; Carol Nivins, Auburn; Ken Ramsey, Blyth; Walter Renwick, Clifford; John Van Vliet, Walton; and Bryan Vincent, Seaforth. Playing at the the Lyceum Theatre in Wingham was the 'American success story', La Bamba. Also playing at the Park Theatre in Goderich was Stakeout, starring Richard Dreyfuss, and Emilio Estevez. Sep. 23, 1992 Marlene Albers, 1989-1990 Huron County Dairy Princess, crowned her successor Tanya Boonstoppel at the official crowning ceremony. Boonstoppel defeated eight other young women for the title. The Dairy Princess Ball was held in Brussels. Members of the newly- formed Blyth Optimist Club, were: Trudy Passchier, Don Carter, Pat Brigham, Cathy Nethery, Herb Van Amersfoort, Laurie Sparling, Brenda Young, Alan Young, Jeff Peters and Murray Siertsema_ PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2006. Editorials Opinions Publisher, 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 UNDEUVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT. PO BOX 152 BRUSSELS ON NOG 1H0 email: norhuron@scsinternet.com The desire for destruction When vandalism strikes periodically in a community, as it did in Blyth last week with wanton damage of two mini-museum kiosks on the village's Greenway, the question the rest of us often ask is "why?" What's the thrill in destroying things? While most of us don't like to break or destroy things we must also admit there's something in society that seems to take pleasure from destruction. In the Alan Alda movie Sweet Liberty, a cynical movie director says young people, who make up the biggest part of the movie audience, want three things in a movie: "Defy authority. Destroy things. Take people's clothes off." Certainly the results at the box office seem to bear this observation. "Action" movies that often include exploding buildings and gasoline tankers — the more explosion., the better — often seem toshave the highest box office grosses. Even our television news programs regularly spice up their visual appeal with video of the legal, controlled demolition of a building being razed to make way for new development. Certainly, too, there's an element of defying authority in the seemingly senseless destruction of public and private property by vandals. Something in the psyche of some humans seems to make a connection between tearing down the efforts of others and building up their own self esteem.. On the local level, all we .can do as a community to lessen the destruction is increase vigilance and reduce the opportunities of vandals. On a society-wide basis, however, we need to tackle the issue of glorifying destruction that makes it exciting for people to tear down the hard work of others. — KR Is new all that matters? The result of last weekend's delegate selection voting for the.Liberal leadership convention shows that party members want to turn the page and forget the evils of the past. How else to explain the fact that of the four leading candidates for the Liberal Party leadership, only one currently holds a seat in Parliament, and he was only elected for the first time in January. The two leading candidates, Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae, weren't even members of the Liberal Party until a short time ago. When all the skullduggery of the Sponsorship Scandal was taking place, they were safely away from any contact with the perpetrators. A third candidate, Gerard Kennedy, was a member of the cabinet in the Ontario provincial government. Only Stdphane Dion has experience in the federal government, something that normally should be an advantage but in these days when people, both party members and ordinary Canadians, are looking fi5r someone new and untainted, seems to be a disadvantage. For those with long memories, the ,times recall 1968 when Liberals and Canadians in general, sought fresh faces after ye,prs of minority governments and rancorous battles between John Diefenbaker of the Progressive Conservatives and Lester Pearson of the Liberals. The Tories chose a fresh face to lead them in Robert Stanfield and seemed to have an edge until the Liberals chose the little-known, but exciting, Pierre Trudeau and swept the country. Liberals seem to be reaching for a new Trudeau in Ignatieff, a .fresh face and an intelleCtual who is internationally admired. But is new and admired enough? By the time a new leader is elected, Ignatieff will have been in Parliament for less than a year. Canadians hardly know what he stands for. He initially backed the war in Iraq, though admittedly for the right reasons, the desire to protect the human rights of Iraqis. He has mused about Quebec being "a nation" and opening up the whole constitutional issue again, hardly what the country needs. In the long run, Ignatieff might be a great leader of the Liberal Party and of Canada but we need to know more about him. "Newness" is not enough reason for choosing him, or any of the other candidates.— KR Letter to the editor THE EDITOR, such as nutrition, motivation and I belong to a small but determined exercise. group in town called TOPS, which We have had a lot of fun sharing stands for Take Off Pounds each other's triumphs. and Sensibly. tribulations. Unfortunately, our We meet every Tuesday from 6:45 numbers have dwindled over the p.m. to approximately 7:45 p.m. in summer months as everyone gets the Presbyterian Church basement. busy with other things. Our goal is to encourage and support I just want to inform and remind weight loss efforts of each individual everyone who has tried to lose in the group. weight and not succeeded on their I personally have lost 25 pounds own to come and join us. There is over the last year, but I couldn't have strength in numbers. done it on my own. With the TOPS member, guidance of our wonderful leader, Gwen Hinz, Yvonne, we discuss different topics Seaforth.