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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 15, 2007.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 FAX 887-9021E-mail norhuron@scsinter net.comWebsite www.northhuron.on.ca Looking Back Through the Years Member of the Ontario Press CouncilThe 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;$95.00/year in U.S.A.and $175.00/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 TOCIRCULATION DEPT.PO BOX 152 BRUSSELS ON N0G 1H0 email: norhuron@scsinternet.com Nov. 15,1950 The winning picture of a national photo competition demonstrated the u n awa ren es s of the h ar m s of smok in g and seco ndha nd smo ke . The gra nd p ri z e w in ne r of th e $1 0 ,0 00 N ew s p a per Nat i o n a l Snapshot Awards was a photo of a father blowing smoke rings in the direction of his infant daughter in a high chair to entertain her.Viewed at this point as endearing,the photo might have been viewed today as e n d a n g e rin g the ch ild wi th secondhand smoke,and could have been chosen perhaps as a poster for an anti-smoking campaign,rat h e r than photo contest winner. C o n t i nui ng w ith th e th eme of photos,a picture was shown of a rare family portrait of the first family of G re a t Britai n. Gat h e red for their photo at Buckingham Palace were Ki n g Geo rge,th e Du ke of Edinburgh,the Queen Mother Mary, P r in ce ss Eliz ab et h h ol d in g h er daughter Princess Anne,and next to P r in ce ss Eliz ab et h was Qu ee n E l i z a b e t h ,h ol d ing th e pri n c e s s ’s son,åPrince Charles. The photo was the first to show four generations of the royal family all together. Renowned master of surrealistic a rt Pabl o Pica sso was unve i l i n g some of his new work. At his home in Vallauris,France,the artist was showing some of his new creations with such titles as The Man With The Lamb,The Bull,and The White Flower. Some of these pieces were made of such materials as bicycle handles,shovels,and other items of hardware. Nov. 15,1961 The famed George Wa s h i n g t o n Bridge which spanned the Hudson River from New York to New Jersey was celebrating its 30th anniversary. In its first year of operation the bridge handled 5.5 million vehicles. In 1960 the numbers were closer to 40 million,over 100,000 vehicles c rossing a day. In honour of its b i rt h d a y,t h e r e we r e seve r a l improvements and renovations being planned for the beloved landmark, including a lower deck,new bus t e r m i n a l ,an d a dm in istrat i o n building. A t t o rn ey Ge ner a l R ob er t Ke n n e dy was a gu est of fo r m e r P reside nt H ar ry Trum an as h e vi sited Miss ou ri o n g ove rn m e n t business. Kennedy received a guided tour by the former chief executive a rou n d th e Tru m an Libra ry o f Independence. Nov. 15,1972 There were 12 candidates vying for positions on Brussels council as elections heated up. Voters would be called on to choose a reeve,four councillors,and two public utilities c o m m i s s i o n e rs a t th e m u n i c i p a l elections which were to be held in early December. Ve t e ra n s ,L e g ion a nd Lad ie s’ Auxiliary members,as well as every other resident of the area took the d ay to pa y the ir re spe ct s on Remembrance Day. Services were held across the area,wreaths were laid,and silences honoured. A large barn in Gre y Twp. was completely destroyed by f ire.The b a rn was on the fa r m o n A l ex Gulutzen Sr. on Conc. 17 in Gre y Twp. Also lost in the blaze were a number of pigs,calves,a season’s crop of hay,straw and grain. The flames also spread to an adjacent small building.The fire departments of both Grey and Brussels we r e called,but too late. Upon arrival there was nothing for the firefighters to do but put out the re m a i n i n g flames. The cause of the f ire was not determined,but it was certain that high winds fanning the flames did not help the situation. Total damages had not been estimated. Nov. 16,1988 B r u sse ls busin ess pe op le Bru c e McCall and his son and partner Ross McCall oversaw the first sale at what was formerly known as the Brussels Stockyards. The business had collapsed after th e di sap p e a r a nce of the fo r m e r owner who was thought to have fled his high debts. The stock yards,the t h i r d la rgest in On ta ri o ,we re rebought by Bruce and Ross McCall, who renamed the stockyards McCall Livestock,and brought the business back to its feet. Huron-Bruce candidates for the November federal election battled it out in a public debate. Candidates we re Ken Dunlop of the Libera l Party,Tom Clark of the Christian Heritage Party,Tony McQuail of the New Democratic Party,and Murray C a r d i f f of th e Prog re s s i ve Conservatives. Issues being discussed included th e Free Trad e A g re e m e n t ,t h e environment,abortion laws,and tax reform. Nov. 14,1990 Th e Hu ron Mus eum was to become the new o perator of the H u r o n Hi sto ric Gao l. Th e a m a l g a m a tion was ap p r ove d b y Huron County council as the move h ad bee n re com m en de d by the county’s museum committee. Despite some opposition,many believed that the merger of the two sites wo u ld p rove to h ave ve ry positive effects,allowing for joint promotion. Playing at the Park Theatre in G o d e r i c h was the cl assic G host, starring Demi Moore and Pa trick Swayze.Also playing was the free m a tine e p er fo r ma nc e o f A n American Tail for the kids. THE EDITOR, Six of our community members are hospitalized due to heart disease every day. La st y e a r ,80 0 a rea re s i d e n t s suffered from stroke. And every year heart disease kills more women than all types of cancer combined. Pleas e h el p u s co m ba t th es e staggering facts. H e a r t an d Stro k e Fo u n d a t i o n ’s a n n ual Hear t Mo nt h pl an ni ng is underway and during the month of Feb r u a ry,vo l u n t e e r s wi ll b e o rgan izi n g loc al fu nd ra i s e rs a nd co mi n g d oo r to d o or to co lle ct d o n a t i o n s ,rai se awa re ne ss a nd thank our donors. The money raised supports the H e a r t and Stro k e Fo u n d at i o n ’s efforts to pro vide lifesaving heart and stroke research to all Canadians, including your friends,family and neighbours. Ple ase jo in th e th ou san d s of vo l u n t e e rs acr o ss the co un try to m a ke Feb ru a r y ’s ca mp ai gn a success. People may receive a call from us in the next month,asking for their h el p as a vo lun teer an d we encourage them to say yes. They can also re gister to v olunteer in their community on-line or to canvass on- line. Visit www. P u t Yo u r H e a rt I n t o I t . c a or contact me toll free at 1-888-287- 7776. Put your heart into it. Volunteer today. To find out more about the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, visit www.heartandstroke.ca Sincerely, Rachel Smith, H u ro n ,Pe r t h ,I n g e rso ll a nd Woodstock, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario We acknowledge the financial suppor t 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 Fix misleading food labeling At a time when more and more people are concerned about the environmental impact of shipping food long distances,and when lax international consumer protection has left consumers worried about the safety of imported foods,ridiculous Canadian la beling rules make it nearly impossible for shoppers to know what they’re buying. Rules from the Competition Bureau,part of Industry Canada. allow a “Made in Canada”or “Product of Canada”label to be applied to anything where 51 per cent of the total direct costs of producing or manufacturing goods is in Canada and where the last substantial transformation of goods occurred in Canada. For the shopper it means people who look a t the label to try to choose Canadian-grown and processed food,may be thoroughly misled.The only thing Canadian in a container of apple juice that says Product of Canada may be the packaging and water that has been added to juice concentrate imported from China. F ish processed and packaged in Lunenburg,N.S. and bearing a Product of Canada label,actually comes from places like Indonesia,Vietnam and Chile. This has got to c hange. People should have the right to know where their food comes from. As one farm leader said at a recent meeting,“We don’t eat the packaging.” Our food inspection officials are more and more stringent with farmers and processors of food her e in Canada,driving up their costs, then allowing cheap imported foods to masquerade as Canadian,when they have no control over the ingredients. Our government should be acting on behalf of consumers to give them the information necessary to make informed decisions. Instead,lax labeling laws are obscuring the origins of food and making it impossible for people know if the Product of Canada has much relation to Canada at all. This has to change,and soon. — KR So what’s the alternative? The big guns have been levelled in recent months at the biofuels industry with voices such as the United Nations Special Rapporteur calling the development a “recipe for disaster”. Others hav e called it morally wrong to use crops like corn and soybeans to create ethanol and biodiesel,because they see it driving up prices for these crops and making it har d for the poor to eat. They blame recent pr ice increases on the biofuel industry,ignoring that those increases were over historically low crop prices that made it impossible for farmers to continue growing crops. In the long run,the use of corn and wheat to make ethanol is a poor use of resources,but the arguments against biofuels assume these crops will be used forever.They are getting the industry off the ground but new technology is coming along that will allow ethanol from cellulose so that wood wastes,grass and straw and corn cobs and crop residue can be used for fuel. This holds much more promise for environmentally-sustainable biofuels than crops,but the industry has to start somewhere. Two points arise from the critics. They seem to think that the poor should be fed by keeping farmers poor.We need an economically sustainable farm system as well as an environmentally sound one. Second,with easily available petroleum resources shrinking,where do they think alternative fuels will come from if not biofuels? — KR & Letter to the editor