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The Citizen, 2009-10-01, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009.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 Sept. 30, 1965 L.E. Cardiff of Brussels announced his retirement from politics. Cardiff had been the Progressive Conservative member of Huron for 25 years. Born in Brussels in 1889, Cardiff served as a councillor in Morris for 12 years and was reeve for eight consecutive terms. A Zurich-area farmer, Robert McKinley, was chosen PC candidate for the upcoming election. Maitland Edgar, a Clinton teacher was chosen as Liberal candidate. An immunization clinic for polio and other vaccines was being held at Grey Central Public School. At the Lyceum Theatre in Wingham it was The Sons of Katie Elder on the playbill, starring John Wayne, Dean Martin and Martha Hyer. “Three prodigals and their kid brother fight a stand-up battle against a town.” The double feature at Brownie’s Drive-in in Clinton was Seven Days in May, with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Ava Gardner and Law of the Lawless with Dale Robertson and Yvonne deCarlo. Donald C. McDonald, provincial NDP leader was the guest speaker at the Huron riding’s nomination meeting. There was bingo at the Brussels Legion. Admission was 50 cents and 10 games could be played for $5. Sept. 30, 1981 The Walton Squirts were Tri- County champs. The team was: Brian Love, Sherri Harburn, Tracey Bennett, Debbie Anstett, Nancy Godkin, Tracy Badley, Linda Carter, Peggy Ryan, Kelly Workman, Lori Anstett, Sherry Hoegy and Bonnie Findlayson. Coaches were Dianne Bennett and Lin Steffler. At Brownie’s Drive-in the double feature was Deadly Blessing and The Dogs of War. Cabbages were selling for 19 cents at Zehrs, while a one-pound bag of Chase & Sanborn coffee was $2.48. Other specials were: Kleenex tissues, 69 cents for a box of 200; a 675-gram box of Kellogg’s corn flakes, $1.29 and green peppers, 49 cents a pound. Oct. 1, 1986 Huron County warden Leona Armstrong was honoured at an appreciation night in Brussels. Brussels began planning for its 115th birthday bash. Morris council voted to donate $1,500 to the repairs at the Belgrave arena. With only 10-15 per cent of the Huron County white bean harvest in, hopes of saving the rest of a crop worth more than $15 million dwindled with each heartbreaking downpour, still falling daily after a week of record rainfall. Tim Chapman was named new general manager of the Blyth Festival. A native of northern Ontario, Chapman had considerable experience from his time in the Toronto theatre scene. The executive of the Blyth I Milk Makers 4-H Club was president Debbie Machan, vice-president Lisa Bromley and secretary Tamara Bearss. The ribbon was cut to open the new lodge room of St. Johns Masonic Lodge in Brussels. Taking part in the ceremony were Fred Kleinknecht of Bell Canada, owner of the building; Norman Hoover; Fred Thuell and Gerald Gibson. A radically-different type of plow was sold by McGavin Farm Equipment. It was one of only a few such implements ever seen locally and one of only 50 in the entire province. The Overum rollover plow’s innovative design enables the operator to literally “roll over” the plow shares using hydraulics. Grey Central Public School’s student council was: president Ann Morton, vice-president Kelly Krauter, secretary Sibylle Menzi and treasurer Sandy Earl. Oct. 2 1996 Representatives from six municipalities met in Brussels to discuss amalgamation. The general consensus was that while they would do whatever they could to share services and save costs they would not agree to boundary changes. In the words of Grey Twp. deputy- reeve Robin Dunbar, “We have decided on (unarmed) resistance. We are saying ‘No’ to the province.” Audrey Cardiff was named Brussels Citizen of the Year. Blyth Apothecary celebrated its fourth anniversary. Dave and Debbie Ryan opened a new horseback riding facility at RR1, Bluevale. Trainer was Lindy Hallman. Playing at the Capitol Theatre in Listowel was Bogus, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Bullet Proof with Adam Sandler. The Bulls’ home opener was set for Oct. 6. A barbecue was being held at the IGA to allow fans to stop by and meet the players: Jamie Taylor, Corey Bragg, Brad Mulvey, Grant Jarvis, Brett Fischer, Mike deJong, Mike Bromley, Brian McNichol, Mike McIsaac, Ryan Kipfer, Travis Baier, Peter Ryter, Josh Alexander, Ryan Wright, Dan Sinclair, Jason Heipel, Steve Henderson, Dan Williams, Mark Durand, Darin Alviano, Andy Agar and Gary Staples. A Brussels Mennonite Fellowship ad read, “Ask some Mennonites to hitch up a horse and buggy and you’ll either have a confused horse or a very strange ride.” THE EDITOR, The 2009 Taste of Huron celebrations, a week-long festival of flavours and feasts wrapped on Sunday, Aug. 30 with a savoury brunch and presentation by renowned chef Michael Stadtlander. The Huron County Heritage and Culture Partnership (HCP) extends sincere appreciation and thanks to individuals and organizations for their hard work and support. Rick Sickinger, co-ordinator for Heritage and Culture Partnership along with staff from the County of Huron Planning and Development Department including Jenna Ujiye, and intern Brittany Fry played important roles in conceiving of the events and activities and making community connections to assure success for this first Taste of Huron celebration. The Taste of Huron Committee also included Tony McQuail, Scott Evans, Frank and Elizabeth Ihrig, Melina Hussey, Denise Carnochan, Steph Allen, Scott Evans and Sam Gundy who each contributed ideas and energy supporting the dining celebrations held in locations throughout the county during the last week of August. The Taste of Huron funding came from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs through the Ontario Market Investment Fund, a four year, $12 million provincial economic development initiative, part of the Pick Ontario Freshness marketing strategy. Our OMAFRA representatives Jane Muegge and Shawna Stonehouse provided guidance and co-ordination for which we are very grateful. Chefs who assisted deserve a special mention too: Colin Corriveau, Matt Huether, Andrew McIntosh, Mike Baker and Steve Bland. With the support of the Huron Tourism Association and Huron County’s Heritage and Culture Partnership, we look forward to continuing this special initiative and send our special thanks to our hardworking associates who created an important and successful celebration of the bountiful talent and harvests in Huron County. With thanks, Karen Stewart, President, Huron Tourism Association Laurel Armstrong, Chair Huron County’s Heritage and Culture Partnership. 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 Remarkable citizens With Fire Safety Week coming up, we take time to celebrate the remarkable citizens who make up our volunteer fire departments. Most of us don’t tend to think much about our fire departments until we need them. One of the advantages working for a community newspaper provides is the opportunity to see these firefighters in action on a regular basis. Our reporters see them rush to fight fires, see them rescue people from crushed cars or other dangerous situations, sometimes see them offer emergency medical aid. One minute they are doing their regular jobs and suddenly their pagers go off and they drop everything and transform themselves into people who come to the assistance of their fellow citizens in their time of crisis. They may be your neighbour, your co-worker or your boss in everyday life, but when they respond to an emergency, they become professional firefighters. That’s because they put in long hours of training to give them the skills of their professional colleagues. Certainly there are rewards for the volunteers – the comradeship of their fellow volunteers, the sense of contributing something worthwhile – but there’s a lot of sacrifice. That sacrifice is hardly covered in the small remuneration the volunteers receive. Volunteer fire departments are one of the remarkable institutions of our rural culture. These dedicated volunteers help give us the kind of protection our urban cousins have, but at a cost taxpayers can afford. The contribution of these outstanding citizens deserves to be celebrated every day, but at least Fire Safety Week provides an opportunity to turn our attention to the great work they do. — KR Some things don’t change Prime Minister Stephen Harper this week boasted that his government’s stimulus package has put Canada in “the early beginnings of a recovery” from the recession of the past year. That’s good news. The bad news is that many of the attitudes that helped get us into this mess don’t seem to have changed. Fueled by nearly two decades of growth without the consequences of hard times to bring balance to people’s attitudes, financial leaders had come to take profit as a right and huge profit as an expectation. It led to risky behaviour that pushed the world-wide economy off a cliff. Have people learned from the sobering consequences of their actions? One of the largest recipients of the U.S. government bailout of investment banks recently announced a huge profit – and an even bigger bonus program for top managers. Last week Blackberry maker Research In Motion announced a substantial profit and a promise of increased sales, but stockmarket speculators had expected even bigger profit and sales and punished the company by sending its shares down nearly 20 per cent. Thankfully for those hurt by layoffs, the recession may be over, but if we haven’t learned our lesson and curbed greed, then all of this pain has been in vain. — KR &