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The Citizen, 2007-10-18, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007.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 FAX 887-9021 E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.com Website www.northhuron.on.ca Looking Back Through the Years 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 $32.00/year ($30.19 + $1.81 G.S.T.) in Canada; $92.00/year in U.S.A.and $175.00/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 Oct. 18, 1950 The Brussels School Fair was brought to a great close in a concert performed at the Foresters Hall. The Hall was packed to capacity for the annual contest, with several participants performing recitations, public speaking, as well as musical numbers. New inventions in soap packaging were helping housekeepers to save and avoid waste. A new box to be put on soap boxes involving automatic measuring. A plastic opener would press against the box, opening the top and pouring spout, which then measured enough soap for a dishpan of suds. This method reduced the amount of over- measuring soap, and also reduced spillage. Fall fair season saw festivities carrying on in Blyth, Rodney, Parkhill, Schomberg, Norwich and Seaforth. A biographical film was being made about the life of one of the silver screen’s “great lovers”. The legendary actor Rudolph Valentino, most popular in the 1920s, would be portrayed by Anthony Dexter in the biopic Valentino. Friends of Valentino himself noted that Dexter’s resemblance to the actor was remarkable. Oct. 18, 1961 A fire in Morris Twp. destroyed two farm buildings. The fire took place on the farm of George Smith. His driving shed and a hen house were lost in the blaze. Mrs. Smith was refuelling the family tractor, which had not been started in two weeks, when an explosion occurred. This explosion filled the shed with flames, and Mrs. Smith barely escaped, receiving a severe burn on her hand. Lost in the flames were several pieces of equipment being stored in the shed, and tragically, the family’s pet border collie who was trapped inside. The Blyth Fire Department was called, but by the time they arrived flames had already spread to the hen house. Most of the efforts were made towards keeping the fire away from the main barn, which was achieved, but there was no word on what the existing damages totalled. The Blyth-Belgrave 4-H Beef Calf Club was the winner of the Ontario Beef Cattle Improvement Association Trophy. The team won the trophy while attending the Ontario 4-H Inter-Club Competitions at the OAC in Guelph. The team earned this award for scoring the highest out of the 41 teams participating. Members of the Beef Calf Club were Murray Coultes of Wingham and Murray Scott of Belgrave. Thieves broke into the office of A. Manning & Sons Lumber Company. The culprits gained entrance by breaking down the door with a cement block, and all that was believed to have been taken was the cash register which contained an amount of cash. The OPP were still investigating. Oct.18, 1972 Two Bluevale men were killed in a two-car collision on Hwy. 86. The accident left both cars involved completely demolished. Another man involved in the incident remained in fair condition at the London Victoria Hospital with a crushed chest, broken leg and cuts. All others involved were released without injury. Charges were pending. Two Brussels-area girls placed well at the Highland Dancing Competitions held in Goderich. Catherine Cardiff won gold in the novice class, as well as receiving the trophy for most points. Susan Langlois, placed third in the same class. Highland dancers Carol Wheeler and Susan Langlois of Brussels would appear on CKNX TV Wingham as part of a talent program. Oct. 19, 1988 Huron-Bruce Liberals named Ken Dunlop as their candidate for the Nov. 21 federal election. Dunlop was the former mayor of Port Elgin, and said that the reason he had entered politics was to battle the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. The Huron-Bruce Progressive Conservatives had already nominated Murray Cardiff as their candidate. Cardiff, an Ethel-area cash crop farmer, was running for his fourth term in Ottawa. The New Democratic Party had also nominated Huron County Board of Education trustee Tony McQuail as their representative. Oct. 17, 1990 The 1990 Federation of Agriculture Award for contribution to agriculture in Huron County was awarded to the late Bill Mann, an award which was accepted for him by his surviving wife Mary Beth, and his two daughters Tracy and Kendra. Before succumbing to a long- battled illness, Mann and his family had long been active in the community of Grey Twp., and were devoted farmers. Playing at the Park Theatre in Goderich was Back to the Future: Part III, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, and Mary Steenburgen. Also playing was Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2: Die Harder. THE EDITOR, Last Thursday, after accepting my invitation to join us, the six-time Stanley Cup-winning hockey legend Ken Dryden paid a visit to Wingham, Blyth, Exeter and Port Elgin. Aside from some of the other events that he participated in (such as the Easter Seals fundraising event in Port Elgin), Mr. Dryden took the time to visit with several school children and community members at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex. As those who attended will know, the cost of admission was simply a donation to the local foodshare. The event was successful in that we managed to send the foodshare home with a truckload of non- perishable food items and most people in attendance left with a signed piece of hockey memorabilia, pictures and some new memories from a hero of our national game. Now that the event is over, I would like to acknowledge those who worked so hard to make the day such a success, in particular the township recreation department (Pat Newson and all of the staff at the complex), reeve Neil Vincent, for attending and welcoming the visitors and the various schools for allowing students to be part of the day. This event was yet another example of how our communities so often pull together to get a job done. Congratulations. Sincerely, Greg McClinchey, Councillor, Twp. of North Huron 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 The election aftermath In Canada we have a custom many in the world find strange. Our hockey teams can behave as if the players want to kill each other through a full seven games of a playoff series, then line up to shake hands, and even sometimes embrace, after the final whistle. We have something similar in elections. It’s called a victory speech. Premier Dalton McGuinty used his victory speech last week to thank Progressive Conservative leader John Tory and NDP leader Howard Hampton for offering themselves for public service. While this can add to the cynicism of voters who have just heard the leaders hurling insults at each other for 30 days, it’s still true. We should thank politicians for risking their reputations to serve us. It’s much easier to stay safely on the sidelines, as most citizens do, and denigrate those who do offer themselves for public office. (At a time when monks in Burma were protesting for freedom against armed guards, 50 per cent of eligible voters in Ontario couldn’t even take the effort to vote.) Many attribute McGuinty’s victory to a public that was blinded by one issue. Unfortunately the public usually is fixated on an issue. If McGuinty had lost the election it would probably have been because the opposition hammered away on his broken-promises faults. But in the end, the public weighed the Premier’s faults against the good things he had done, looked at the alternatives, and returned him with another majority. Though the campaign was marred by negativity (are there any other kind of campaigns these days?) in the end there were very positive, hopeful signs. Take the details behind the defeat of John Tory in his own riding. He lost the riding to incumbent Liberal education minister Kathleen Wynne, but the way the riding voted is interesting. While Tory and Wynne fought to a draw in affluent neighbourhoods, Wynne won handily in neighbourhoods that had a high Muslim population. Many provincial electors had feared ethnic groups would create their own religious schools under Tory’s promise to fund religious schools but these voters, who might have been thought to be in favour, turned strongly against his plan. There are many problems with our democracy, but in the end, we must trust the judgement of the people. — KR Not a pretty picture As they near the end of their political life, politicians often start to think about their legacy. Two recent attempts by former prime ministers to set the records straight by writing memoirs seem to have damaged their reputations rather than polished them. Brian Mulroney and Jean Chrétien used their books to settle old scores and in doing so, proved the old saying about those who throw mud end up with most of it on themselves. Mulroney’s targets were his endless obsession with Pierre Trudeau, and his sense of betrayal by Lucien Bouchard. Trudeau, whose popularity in death still irritates Mulroney who feels more worthy of admiration than the long-time Liberal leader, comes in for a particularly vicious attack. Mulroney drags up doubts about his predecessor’s youth to suggest he didn’t have the moral right to be prime minister. Chrétien’s long-running feud with his successor Paul Martin has dominated reports about this memoirs released this week. He still has an axe to grind and he’s determined to score points, even if it hurts the Liberal party which both men claim to want to serve. For voters, the end effect is probably to cast doubt on whether they should ever have elected these two leaders in the first place. — KR & Letter to the editor