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The Citizen, 2010-01-21, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010.EditorialsOpinions Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie GroppAdvertising, Ken Warwick & Lori Patterson The CitizenP.O. Box 429,BLYTH, Ont.N0M 1H0Phone 523-4792 FAX 523-9140 P.O. Box 152,BRUSSELS, Ont.N0G 1H0Phone 887-9114 E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.comWebsite www.northhuron.on.ca Looking Back Through the Years CCNA Member Member of the Ontario Press Council 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 $34.00/year ($32.38 + $1.62 G.S.T.) in Canada;$105.00/year in U.S.A.and $175/year in other foreign countries.Advertising is accepted on thecondition that in the event of a typographical error,only that portion of the advertisement will becredited.Advertising Deadlines: Monday, 2 p.m. - Brussels; Monday, 4 p.m. - Blyth.PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40050141PAP REGISTRATION NO. 09244RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT. PO BOX 152 BRUSSELS ON N0G 1H0 email: norhuron@scsinternet.com Letter to the editor Jan. 21, 1948 Blyth Horticultural Society elected its officers: honorary president Mrs. A. Lyddiatt, past president Mrs. W. Johnston, president, Mrs. A.R. Tasker, first vice-president Mrs. D. McCallum, second vice-president Mrs. N.P. Garrett, secretary/treasurer Mrs. J.A. Cowan. Hugh Barry, reeve of Usborne Twp. was elected warden of Huron County. Exeter reeve Benson W. Tuckey was the chosen Liberal candidate for the by-election. Blyth Legion Branch 420 was looking for the information to include on a prospective honour roll of Second World War veterans, who lost their lives, were wounded or missing. The criteria was that they had lived within seven miles of the village. The Library suggested... “If you are looking for reading material these books are new — Census of Canada, Vol. VI, solid figures from the King’s Printer, saying for instance that the average male wage earners’ income per year in rural Huron County is $445; Christopher Lafarge, The Sudden Guest, a Book of the Month Club novel set in the hurricane of 1944.” They Won’t Believe Me, starring Robert Young, Susan Hayward and Jane Greer, was playing at movie theatres in Clinton and Goderich. At Seaforth’s Regent, it was The Stranger with Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young and Orson Welles, while at the Lyceum in Wingham it was Wake Up and Dream, with June Haver and John Payne. Superior Food Stores were offering a sale on Campbell’s vegetable soup, two tins for 23 cents. Other deals included a 16-oz. jar of peanut butter for 37 cents, a 28-oz can of pumpkin, 14 cents and a 20- oz. tin of diced carrots, 9 cents. Jan. 19, 1968 The Lawrason trophy for the highest team aggregate standing in both butter and cream judging at the annual convention of the Ontario Creamery men's Association in Toronto was awarded to a Huron County team: Lawrie Cousins of Cousins Creamery; Clifford Brewer, Bluevale Creamery; Ian Kennedy, Huron County fieldman for the Ontario Milk Commission and Arthur Purney, Silverwood Dairies Ltd., Lucknow. Brussels reeve Cal Krauter won the race for Huron County warden in a 22-17 vote over Grant Sterling, reeve of Goderich Twp. Specials at McCutcheon Grocery included: two-lb.- bottle of Crown Brand corn syrup, 35 cents; 24-oz. bottle of Mazola cooking oil, 73 cents; 11-oz. container of Coffee Mate, 75 cents and two 6 1/2-oz packages of Tang orange crystals, 59 cents. Ian Wilbee’s Orchestra was playing for the dance at the Cranbrook Community Centre. Jan. 17, 1990 Notice was given at Blyth council’s meeting that a motion would be introduced in February to consider having council meet twice a month. Councillor Dave Lee raised the issue saying that in a year-end review of that council, there seemed to have been a lot of special meetings. Brussels councillors agreed to sell the Elizabeth Street tennis court for an apartment development if the price was right. In her inaugural address for the Huron County Board of Education, chair Joan Van den Broeck referred to the plans of the education system in the 1990s as a “blueprint for change.” She noted that the province had chosen to restructure the education system and the teacher training program instead of investing in a complementary agenda. The area was hit by a typical Snowbelt storm that closed area highways. Darryl Shannon took third prize in the Industrial Accident Prevention Association’s annual elementary school safety poster and slogan contest. Country and western entertainer Gary Buck performed in Brussels. Robert De Niro and Sean Penn starred in We’re No Angels, playing at the Lyceum Theatre in Wingham. Jan. 19, 2000 The absence of a “real Canadian winter” might have been great for those dreading snowy driving conditions, but for many businesses and snowmobile enthusiasts the situation wasn’t ideal. Anyone wanting to go snowmobiling had to travel north, while businesses that see a lot of snowmobile traffic noticed the loss. Walton and Seaforth families were in a fight to save their schools from closing. An ad from the OSSTF District 8 Avon Maitland School board reminded that that Mike Harris’s Ontario government was “forcing district school boards to reduce school space” and that the government’s funding model was “forcing school closures. “The District School Board’s hands are tied.” Eleanor Hemingway showed the history book she had compiled after years of collecting pictures and interviewing teachers and students of SS#1 Grey. Any Given Sunday, with Al Pacino was playing at local theatres. THE EDITOR, The Blyth Lions Club received its charter from Lions Club International in 1945. Over the next 65 years, Club members have volunteered a portion of their free time to work on Lions’ projects and activities to assist people in need all over the world while making their own community of Blyth a better and safer place to live, work and play. The Blyth Lions Club will be celebrating its 65th anniversary on April 8 with a banquet at the Blyth and District Community Centre. The Lions Club is in the process of putting together a history of its first 65 years and would appreciate receiving any pictures or stories pertaining to the Blyth Lions Club. Information should be forwarded to myself at 519-523-4528 or Lion Brenda McDonald at 519-523-9404. Copies will be made and the original documents will be returned to the rightful owners. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Lion John Stewart, Blyth Lions Club THE EDITOR, As many of you are aware, there is an accommodation review being carried out by the Avon Maitland District School Board to determine the future of the Brussels Public School. As chair of the Brussels Business Group, I believe that it is vital for businesses to let the committee members know how this will affect the local economy and the village as a whole. I am asking that you write a letter to the Accommodation Review Committee outlining the economic impact of closing the school. Please forward your letter to me by e-mail (bentenpas@sympatico.ca) or by regular mail, PO Box 266, Brussels, ON, N0G 1H0. This is a very important issue and I believe our voices should be heard. Please forward your letter to me by Jan. 22. Thank you for taking the time to support our school and community. Yours truly, Chris TenPas, BBG chair We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. We are not responsible for unsolicited newsscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are © Copyright Tough job ahead Being named a cabinet minister is a plum for any member of parliament. Huron-Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell said she was “over the moon” when Premier Dalton McGuinty named her Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Monday. In the coming months or years, however, when she has to deal with the many problems in agriculture, Mitchell may sometimes wonder why she didn’t say “thanks, but no” when offered the job. There may be no ministry facing more difficult issues (unless, perhaps aboriginal affairs). Of course there’s almost always a crisis in some aspect of agriculture. Right now, however, there are more areas of agriculture in difficulty than at any time in recent history. First and foremost in our area, of course, is the pork sector, where producers have been losing up to $50 a market hog for a couple of years now and there’s no real turnaround in sight. Beef producers have been suffering losses even longer — basically since the BSE crisis of 2003. The horticultural sector has also been in severe difficulty. The dilemma for a provincial minister of agriculture like Mitchell is that so many of the problems can’t be solved at the provincial level, yet people expect her to solve them. The hog sector, for instance, has been devastated by a triple-whammy of events. The expansion of the pork industry was built on export markets, but the rise in value of the Canadian dollar by 40 per cent has made it hard to compete against American producers who are now exporting to Canada. Meanwhile the U.S. has imposed its mandatory country of origin labeling program which has caused many American packers to stop buying Canadian pigs, even if those pigs were only born in Canada before being raised by American farmers. Finally the so-called “swine flu” scare closed some export markets and reduced domestic sales of pork. The beef industry has suffered from many of the same factors, with some countries still not accepting Canadian beef since the BSE crisis. Apple growers on the other hand, are losing their market to cheap imported apples. What can a provincial minister of agriculture do in light of these unsolvable problems? Let’s see how creative Mitchell is. — KR A case for government Along with the weather, the one thing Canadians always complain about is government. We hate paying taxes and we think there are too many regulations. But the value of government has been on display since the crisis following the earthquake in Haiti. After decades of corrupt rulers, Haiti has no real government. There were no building regulations so when the earthquake hit, buildings collapsed, crushing and trapping many thousands of people. The weak government also had no ability to come to the aid of its own people, from rescuing them, to treating their injuries, to feeding them, even to burying the dead. Next time we want to complain about government, maybe we should put ourselves in the place of the Haitians. — KR &