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GSS/Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1986
Livin
711111111111"or well over a century.
—the (joolericn ignai-
Star has recorded the
history of our proud
community. An integral
part of this history has been the
development of Champion Road
Machinery and the achievements of
its people.
All of us at the Goderich Signal -
Star have enjoyed bringing you this
° special edition commemorating
Champion's 100th Anniversary.... `A
Century of Excellence." Thanks to our
contributors and our advertisers for
helping us chronicle this piece of
living history.
Today's Signal -Star will continue to
write tomorrow's history books of this
area with all the news and pictures of
this area, because today's newspapers
are history in the making. ,
Champion
of The Hill
The Champion 730A was proudly
displayed on Parliament Hill after
Champion Road Machinery Ltd. hosted
the closing reception for the 1986
Canadian Public Works Association
(CPWA) sho* and conference. The 730A,
emblematic of the company's secon
century of operation as a wholly-owned
Canadian Manufacturer, was joined by
A Century
of Excellence
Supplement to The
Goderich Signal -Star, Clin-
ton News Record, Seaforth
Huron Expositor, Lucknow
Sentinel and Exeter Times
Advocate, Wednesday,
November 5, 1986.
History
the "Baby Winner" on Parliament Hill
display was organized by Huron -Bruce
May 14, 1986. The Parliament Hill MP Murray Cardiff„ (photo by Graham
I am a community newspaper...
While the high and the mighty
Strut and stamp across the
world's stage, six women go
out to visit the elderly.
A small boy scores the winning goal
in a hockey game. An amateur
theatre group produces a smash hit.
A town council passes an important
new law. ,,
The real lives of real people. People
who don't start wars, who don't
build empires, who don't go into the
history books.
But whose stories are exciting,
interesting, vital and important.
Stories that should be told.
And I tell these stories every week.
Because I am a community
newspaper.
I am a community newspaper. My
arena is not Parliament, the White
House, the U.N.-it is the
neighbourhood. The community. But
what I have to say about it, touches
my readers' lives every bit as much
as that larger drama. Maybe even
more.
I am a community newspaper. I am
welcomed into thousands of homes
every week. Not as an intruder,
shrieking out the harshness, violence
and complexity of the world. But as
a friend. A mirror of my readers'
lives., Their joys, sorrows,
accomplishment.
I am a community newspaper. I am
proud, tough, independent. I know
when to smile, when to grumble,
McEwan, Video Communications
Manager for Champion)
how to chide, how to help.
I am a community newspaper -in a
great community. And I'm proud of.
it.
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