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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2005-01-13, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2005. Editorials Opinions Publisher, 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 1 HO email: norhuron@scsinternet.com Canada We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. The Citizen P.O. Box 429, BLYTH, Ont. N0M 1H0 Phone 523-4792 FAX 523-9140 P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, Ont. NOG 1H0 Phone 887-9114 FAX 887-9021 E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.com Website www.northhuron.on.ca A°cna®«A Member of the Ontario Press Council We are not responsible for unsolicited newsscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are © Copyright What about competition? Speaking at the Grey-Bruce Farmers Week last week, Huron-Bruce MP Paul Steckle, said the House of Commons agriculture committee, on which he serves as chair, will turn over its case against Canada’s major beef packing companies to the competition bureau if they’re found to have taken advantage of the BSE crisis to boost profits. Good luck! The competition bureau has a dreadful record, virtually never stepping in to protect competitive forces in this country — and that was before the embracing of globalization and “convergence”. These two modern buzz­ words seem to have turned the economic world upside down and made monopoly power a good, not a bad thing. Advocates like Peter C. Newman, for instance, now say Canada’s five big banks aren’t big enough on a global scale so must be allowed to merge with each other or with insurance companies to become powerful enough to compete internationally. And how do you foster competition when the big get bigger? Why by allowing foreign-owned giants into the country to open the market place. Borders don’t mean anything anymore. But borders do mean something, as Canadians have found out since Sept. 11,2001 and the BSE crisis (and softwood lumber, for that matter). Borders still very much exist when trading partners decide they exist. The lessons of the BSE crisis must be learned. The beef industry bought into the free trade mindset and is paying the price. We didn’t need packers in Ontario because we could ship to larger, more efficient plants in the U.S. — until the border snapped shut. It didn’t matter that two large, American-owned packing plants in western Canada processed 80 per cent of the beef in Canada until these companies abused their powerful position with the closing of the border. Beef farmers have paid the price for our government’s obsession with the economies of scale and failure to remember the importance of competition. We need a strong, active competition bureau to offset the natural trend toward monopoly in the business community. Without competition, the free enterprise system isn’t free. — KR So much love, so much hate The outpouring of love that has seen people around the world respond to the tragedy of the tsunami in southeast Asia throws into contrast the hatred expressed in other places like Iraq. While Christians, Hindus, Moslems, Buddhists and Sikhs reach across religious and ethnic divides to help those in trouble, petty people still carry on their vendettas. People die daily in Iraq because some people don’t want a democratic election which might mean people from a different branch of Islamic religion gain power. Radical Islamic leaders still bless the killing of westerners in the name of God. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the great wave of love generated by this tragedy could swamp the pockets of hatred that still remain. — KR Letter to the editor THE EDITOR, From Exeter to Clinton to Blyth, parents are calling on the Avon Maitland District School Board to offer French Immersion to students in Huron County in September. And the board is listening. In a short time, a parent survey has been produced and is being distributed throughout the system to parents of prospective French Immersion students. In co-operation with Canadian Parents for French (Ontario), Huron County Parents for French Immersion are hosting a public information meeting about French Immersion education on Jan. 24 at Clinton Public School from 7-8 p.m. and Jan 25, Victoria Public School. Goderich, from 7-8 p.m. Invited guests include the president of Canadian Parents for French (Ontario), administrators, teachers and school board officials who will present information and answer any questions from parents regarding French Immersion programs. At the meeting, Monika Ferenczy (president, CPF (Ontario)), will discuss how federal and provincial grants offset the cost of French Immersion with additional per pupil funding above the Foundation Grant amount ($311). She also will describe how provincial transportation grants further allow Boards to access funds to transport students. French Immersion students perform well on Grade 3 and Grade 6 EQAO tests and help increase the District school board’s provincial standing for student success. Research in French Immersion over the last 25 years shows students perform as well or better than students in the English stream with increased abilities in problem solving, communication skills, organization, study habits, leadership. independence and cultural sensitivity. French Immersion is an educational investment in the community. There is presently exponential growth in interest for French Immersion programs in rural communities as parents realize the future benefits for their children in a global context. Huron County parents are much closer to receiving equal access to the French Immersion education that their neighbours are already enjoying. Vickie Candow Huron County Parents for French Immersion 519-235-4314 or vcando w @ sy mpatico.ca "WOMEN OLYMPIC HOCKEY"OOLP "MEN OLYMPIC HOCKEY" OOLP "WOMEN HOCKEY" WORLP CHAMPS "MEN WORLP / HOCKEY" CHAMPS / "WORLP" HOCKEY CUP Looking Back Through the Years Jan. 14, 1948 It was announced that a by­ election would be held in February in the South Huron provincial riding to fill the seat in the Ontario legislature left vacant by the death of Dr. R. Hobbs Taylor, Progressive Conservative member. A business changed hands when Mr. A. L. Kernick sold his grocery and locker storage to Mr. Moody Holland of Walton. Mr. Kernick had purchased the business from the late Archie S. Radford in February, 1934. The business grew and prospered and several new branches were added. A modern cold storage plant filled a great need in the community. Later Mr. Kernick added a government-approved egg grading station and more recently a quick freeze unit. In May of 1947 the egg grading station was leased to Mr. Borden Cook who would continue to carry on in that department. The concrete building, formerly occupied and operated as a gas station by C.E. Morrison, was removed from the main street. The resignation of R.R. Redmond as clerk-treasurer of East Wawanosh Twp. was accepted by council. Jan. 11, 1950 A 14-year-old East Wawanosh girl gave her life in an heroic attempt to save the life of a 10-year-old boy, who had broken through the ice of a willow swale. The teen plunged into the frigid water and got the boy high enough that he could grasp the overhanging branches of a willow. He clung there until help arrived. The girl was pulled unconscious from the water by rescuers. She died in hospital. Country sausage was on sale at Grewer’s Groceteria for 39 cents a pound. A pound of pink salmon sold for 33 cents a pound. Playing at the Capitol Theatre in "WORLP JUNIOR HOCKEY" CUP Listowel was Red River, starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift. At the Regent in Seaforth it was The Window, “a simple story, unpretentious and honest, that develops into a gripping melodrama 'with its atmosphere of tension and suspense”, with Bobby Driscoll and Barbara Hale. Jan. 8,1986 Murray Cardiff, MP for Huron- Bruce hosted his annual New Year’s Day Levee. Brussels council got the bad news that its liability insurance coverage was increasing 50 per cent for the year. Mary-Ellen Knight, daughter of Ross and Betty Knight, was selected for a Rotary Foundation Scholarship. A total of 40 applicants chosen from Rotary Clubs across the province were interviewed in Toronto for four scholarships. Blyth Lions donated $2,000 towards the arena. The new year seemed too much like the old when the umpteenth storm of the winter hit the area, resulting in many road closures and extending the Christmas break for school students. Margaret Jarvis and Robyn Somers won the Legion’s poetry contest. Winners of the poster contest were Elizabeth Harris, Devon Sanderson, Brandi Sanderson, Tammy Rose and Gerald Devries. A 500 gm jar of peanut butter was 99 cents at Scrimgeour’s Food Market. Twenty-four cans of pop were selling for $3.88. McCutcheon Grocery had Kraft dinner on sale for 59 cents, while a loaf of Weston Old Mill white bread was 59 cents. The big deal at Stephenson’s Grocery was assorted Savarin meat pies at two for $1. The financial market trends were: bank rate, 9.62 per cent; prime, 10 A‘O FOR TSUNAMI victims "COMPASSION FOR THE WORLP" CUP per cent; T-bills, 9.37 per cent; Canadian dollar, .7152. Jan. 11, 1989 More than 50 Town and Country homemakers travelled to Toronto to join hundreds of their peers in a demonstration at Queen’s Park. The purpose was to draw attention to the serious ministerial underfunding which they said was threatening their existence. Jan. 13, 1993 Tanya Franken won the Junior Heifer trophy at the Hallrice Dairy 4-H awards night. Patrick Hallahan, club president received the congeniality award, the Summer Yearling trophy and the Senior Showmanship award. Jamie Hallahan had the Top Senior Heifer, while Chastity Bos had the Top Novice Member trophy. It was a father-daughter team at the awards night as Greg Cook presented his daughter Carla with a halter for showing a Brown Swiss calf. This was a yearly presentation. Carla also received the award for Top Brown Swiss calf at the Hays Classic the previous year. Ruth Ann Bakker got the trophy for Top Record Book. Jan. 14, 1998 Funding was announced to help provide internet access sites in Blyth. New to the Brussels Legion were Shawn Brenneman, Wade Henderson and Ken Graber. Leanne Haggitt and Sharon Hartman received their Canada Cord, the highest honour that can be achieved in the Girl Guides. The Walton school welcomed Maggie Crane as the new principal. No-till farmers Lome Glanville, his brother Ken and nephew Dean, received a $1,000 environmental award for their effort in finding a way to better distribute reside from combine-harvested crops.