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The Citizen, 2010-02-11, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010.Editorials Opinions Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie GroppAdvertising, Ken Warwick & Lori Patterson The CitizenP.O. Box 429,BLYTH, Ont.N0M 1H0 Phone 523-4792 FAX 523-9140 P.O. Box 152,BRUSSELS, Ont.N0G 1H0 Phone 887-9114 E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.com Website 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 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 N0G 1H0 email: norhuron@scsinternet.com Feb. 11, 1948 A Morris man came upon the first sign of spring, which was to say the least encouraging in view of the below-zero temperatures of the past few weeks. Returning home from town with a team and sleigh and a load of feed, the man had a good view of a wild duck and a seagull, flying north. A. L. Kernick resigned as president of the Blyth board of trade. Kernick was retiring from “business activities in Blyth”. Rev. Thomas Wesley Cosens died at the home of his son, Rev. C.W. DeWitt Cosens of Toronto. He was a former minister at Clinton, Brussels and Walton. At the time of church union he was the minister at Lucknow. The Fabulous Dorseys was playing at Clinton’s Roxy Theatre while Stewart Erwin and Robert Henry starred in The Great Mike, the feature presentation at Goderich’s Capital Theatre. At the Regent in Seaforth it was “a new tune musical hit” Don’t Fence Me In. Sharyn Moffet and Walter Reed appeared in Banjo, playing at the Lyceum Theatre in Wingham. Premier George Drew was the speaker for the Progressive Conservative candidate, Tom Pryde, at the town hall in Goderich. Part of the meeting would be broadcast on CKNX, Wingham; CJCS, Stratford; CHOK, Sarnia and CFPL, London. Boys’ parkas were selling for $7 at Harris & Company, while the sale price for men’s parkas was $12.50. Men’s jumbo sweaters were on for $3.98 and wool cardigans were selling for $2.75. Boys’ sweaters were $1 and three dozen of men’s heavy socks could be purchased for 69 cents. Feb. 22, 1968 Trial lessons for accordion and guitar were being offered at the Brussels Library, five sessions for $15. Ernie Black continued to lead the dart standings each week in Brussels and Cranbrook leagues. Marilyn Higgins had the ladies’ high single in bowling with 265, while Carman Machan earned high men with a score of 286. Wood’s were holding a February clearance sale, offering boys jackets for $4,99 and flannelette blankets for $5.98. Feb. 7, 1990 While debate still raged at Huron County council on the future of the Huronview redevelopment project, Brussels council put the last piece in place for the legal work for building the Huronview north project at the south edge of the village in Morris Twp. Council entered into an agreement with Morris to provide the sewage outlet for the project into the village system. The two major items would be an extension to Elizabeth Street to the south edge of the village and the sewer extension for a total cost of supplying services at $68,500. Blyth’s streetscape got a new look when a huge crane lifted trusses to the top of the Blyth Festival’s administration building. The building was getting a new look to tie it in with the appearance of Memorial Hall next door. The Walton Area Sports Club’s and the B-W Trailblazers had rescheduled their poker rallies in the hoped that there might be enough snow to get the trails groomed. The Brussels Crusaders were in a race for first place. About 80 farmers unhappy with the way the Ontario Crop Insurance Commission’s forage insurance program worked in the previous year’s drought hurled questions and insults at two members of the commission at a meeting in Clinton. Award recipients at the Huron County Junior Farmers’ banquet were: Kathy Vanneste, Earl Flynn, Debbie Craig,Anne Alton, Dave van Beers and Annette Losereit. The 4-H leaders executive was: past president Ken Ramsey, first vice-president Isobel Campbell, president Dave Townsend, second vice-president Bevan Shapton, directors Sandra Turner, Jenny Storer, Yvonne Knight, Jo-Ann Campschroer and Joan Bergsma. Members of the Belgrave and UCO branches board were: president Chris Palmer, Gordon Daer, Siebolt Siertsema, Fred Meier Jr., Bruce Campbell and Don Procter. Feb. 9, 2000 Bringing home medals from a skating competition were: Kerissa Van Amersfoort, Kaitlyn Toll, Jamie Lewis, Mandy Mason, Michelle Cook, Skye Cook, Jory-Lynn Uyl, Brittany Bos, Vicki Cook, Jenna Rinn, Katie McClinchey, Cassandra Uyl and Corrine Falconer. Brussels too boasted medal winners: Christine Seili, Michelle Smith, Dianne Cochrane, Cindy Stevenson, Paula Bowles, Drew Thomas, Bailley Thomas, Laura Bowers, Jodi McIntosh, Catrina Josling, Ashley Sholdice, Bridget Blake. Thanks to local support the Auburn Library went on-line. As one of the smallest libraries in the county Auburn was able to acquire computer and internet with the aid of a letter-writing campaign by residents. The Talented Mr. Ripley, starring Matt Damon was the movie feature at the Capitol Twin Cinema in Listowel. 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 Keep up the support When the Huron Heritage Culture Partnership handed out its award for Cultural Event/Organization, Friday night, not only was Blyth’s Huron Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association the winner, but the Blyth Festival was one of the other three finalists. The two organizations also operate the two largest events among the finalists and illustrate how fortunate Blyth is in having events that put the village on the map and bring thousands of people to town each year to help support the local economy. Blyth’s good fortune also extends to the fact that, though the village gets most of the benefits, much of the work for both organizations is done by supporters from well beyond the Blyth community. People from all over southern Ontario pitch in to help local organizers for the Thresher Reunion each September. As for the Blyth Festival, though there was heavy local involvement when the Festival was founded in 1975, today there isn’t a single Blyth-area member of the organization’s board of directors (though there are still dozens of volunteers at other levels). With such successful and such long-term events (the Thresher Reunion nearly 50 years, the Festival 35), there can be a danger of taking them for granted. Organizations like these need constant infusions of new supporters to keep them going. Blyth area residents should be grateful to have them, and make every effort to make sure they stay in the community. — KR Building on the basics While politicians and regulators try to put the pieces back together from the 2008 financial meltdown that caused the worst recession since the Great Depression, we really need to ask if returning to “business as usual” is where we want to go. In his new book “The Value of Nothing: Why Everything Costs So Much More Than We Think”, economist Raj Patel says putting the pre- crash economy back together would be a mistake. That economy tended to over-value destructive things such as financial derivatives and crude oil and under-value truly valuable things such as sustainable food production and our climate. These imbalances arise, he says because of “indelible inequalities of power”. These inequalities of power can be seen today in the opposite positions of farmers and bank executives. The executives of U.S. banks that had to be baled out with taxpayer funds when they screwed up, find no problem accepting huge bonuses as soon as their banks return to profitability. Meanwhile our farmers struggle to stay on the land. Rather than put the old economy back together, we need a better model that rewards real value. — KR & EDITOR’S NOTE: — Newspapers are always looking for ways to help their readers understand how to properly prepare a letter to the editor. The following appeared in a recent edition of the Rocky Mountain House (AB) Mountaineer. One of the best read parts of any newspaper is the letter to the editor column and there are usually more than enough to make issues lively and interesting. Rules of writing letters are quite simple. Stick to these and we will be quite happy to print them, if not one week, then the next. • Address your writing to the editor. With "Open letters" to someone else, we always get the feeling of snooping in someone else's mail. • "Thank yous".Please use our card of thanks column in the classified section, or have your group budget for display advertising space, rather than using a letter to the editor. Letters are the place to express opinions and carry on debates. • Bad taste.This is a family newspaper. People can make their points without vulgar language. • Libelous material.To bad mouth someone in public is slander, to do so in print is libel. If we allowed someone's character to be unduly attacked, we are just as subject to a libel suit as the author of the letter. • Illegible and incoherent letters. Our typesetters are renowned for their ability to read bad handwriting. However, the most ideal situation is to have the letter typed and double spaced. Some letters ramble and make no sense, no matter how nimble our mental gymnastics. If we can't make heads or tails out of the letter, we won't make our readers try. If we can edit the letter to make it clear, we will. • Length.This is not the place for a textbook of personal opinion. We suggest that most people can get their point across in fewer than 750 words. Keep it short and to the point. It is in the best interest of the writer for the letter to be interesting and understandable to other readers. • Prose and poetry.We are a newspaper and not a literary magazine. There are places for short stories and poetry. The only time we will publish such material is if the item is, in itself, newsworthy. Winning a competition with a poem or story is a good reason. On occasion we will invite such material as we do annually for our Christmas edition. • Anonymous letters.If the writer doesn't believe the letter is worth signing, we can't believe it is worth reading. The opinion is more valid if the writer is willing to stand behind it. If a person does not want his name to appear, he must make a strong case to us in person. • Unsubstantiated facts.If you want to quote "facts" in the letter, tell us where they come from so readers can check on them. • End of Debate.After we feel all sides of a debate have been thoroughly aired and letters on the subject become repetitive, we will put an end to it. • Local Interest.Any topic is fair play, but letters should be of interest to the people of our community. EDITORIAL POLICIES