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The Citizen, 2001-10-24, Page 4A. NESPOLON - AtillitiEW9WINCOMMET Looking Back Through the Years Oct. 25, 1950 Winning events at. the Brussels Public School field day were: juniors, Erlene Walmsley, Agnes Lane, Helen Wilson, Ken Bowler, Ben Bridge, Dale McTaggart, Margaret McCutcheon, Jack McLeod, Jack Higgins, Bob McCutcheon, Franklin Bryans, Henry Exel, Bill Martin; seniors, Mary Willis, Dorothy Sullivan, Sheila Porter, Jack Grewar, Bruce Edgar, Neil McTaggart, Lorraine Smith, Robert Kennedy, Doreen Davidson, Sheila Alderson, Audrey Davidson. Donna M. Cudmore purchased the millinery business of Carrie A. Hingston. There was to be a Halloween concert at the Town Hall sponsored by the Brussels library. A parade began from the library, then the program began at 8 p.m. At a meetin of Huron Mailtand Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church, a call was extended to the Rev. Alex J. Simpson of Cranbrook and Ethel from • Knox Church, Teeswater. The call was signed by 240 names and carried an annual stipend of $2,800 with tour weeks vacation. Rev. Simpson was given two weeks to decide. The Morris Twp. Federation of Agriculture's annual meeting and turkey banquet was at the Belgrave Forester's Hall: A play, Abigail Goes Haywire, was presented by the Belgrave Young People. Admission was $1.50. Oct. 28, 1981 The Spirit of Blyth, looked at how a small summer theatre experiment became an integral part of the year- round life of a community, said TVO's People Patterns producer Joan Reed-Olsen. Area foster parents were honoured by the county's Family and Children's Services at a banquet. Receiving awards were Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Brand, RR3, Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Darlow, RR4, Wingham; Grant Stokes, RR2, Wingham; Isabel Bannerman, Wingham, Harold Stanbury, Goderich; Mr. and Mrs. Grant Williams. Adrian Vos's book, Blood of Foxes, a history of his family was published. Oct. 22, 1986 Huron-Bruce MP Murray Cardiff was sworn in as Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General of Canada, the Honourable James Kelleher. Grey Central's boys soccer team finished second at the North Huron championship. Team members were: John Morton, Ben Terpstra, Trevor Jacklin, Jimmy Cook, Grant Martin, Dennis Terpstra, Doug Miller, Will Perrie, Lyall Winger, Jason Koetsier, Scott Patterson, Michael Salter, Peter MacDonald, Matthew Rowbotham, Darryl Morrison, Brent Evans, Jeff Hiusser. The Threshers presented awards at the annual banquet. Don Snell was recognized for 25 4,ears of service to the Association. The Wayne Houston Family Award for the best restored steam engine of the year was won by Ernie Allen of Mitchell. The John T. Hallahan Memorial Award for belt setting with a traction engine went to Carl and Darryl Searson of Watford. The new Huron County Cream Producers executive was: Jean Vollmer, secretary; William Irvin, vice-president; Cecil Cranston, chairman; John Duskocy, Lelan Harkness, Bill Deichert and Barry Mason, directors. Tim Fritz was the Brussels Bulls player of the week. Fritz netted three goals and got three assists in games against Seaforth and Lucan. Winners of the Blyth Block Parents Halloween safety poster contest were: Charlene Tisseur, Corey Shannon, Jill Walden, Wanda Emke, Jodee Medd, Brian Machan, Mike McNichol, Kelly Cook, Karli Yanchus. Playing on the first Blyth ringette team were Amanda Anderson, Christina Black, Karen Bromley, Marie Cronyn, Kathy Fraser, Julie McNichol, Candice McNichol, Kim Richmond, Pauline • Stewart, Jill Warden and Shawna Walker. Oct. 23, 1991 Donna White was chair of the North Huron development steering committee. At the Threshers' banquet, Jim Sloan Sr. and Jim Sloan Jr. received the award for winning the log sawing event at the September Reunion. The John Ellacott Trophy went to _ Harvey and Jean Ahrens of Micthell, while Harley and Mike Searson of Sarnia got the John T. Hallahan Memorial Trophy. - Winners of the poster contest for Ontairo Public Library Week were Jeremy Leishman, Cole Vincent, Robert John Popp and Robin Mason. Oct 23, 1996 Brussels Lions President Allan Teeft accepts a 50-year charter from the Vice District Governor at the club's 50th anniversary program. Blyth Skate-a-thon's top pledge- getters were: Robin Mason, Jeremy VanAmersfoort, Josh Albrechtas, Kirk Stewart, Kendall Whitfield, Samantha McVittie, Matthew Chalmers and Devin Jenkins. The event raised $2.300. PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2001 Editorials Opinions Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising Manager, Jeannette McNeil The Citizen is published 50 times a year in Brussels. Ontario by North Huron Publishing Company Inc. 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NOM 1H0 NOG 1H0 Phone 523-4792 Phone 887-9114 FAX 523-9140 FAX 887-9021 E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.com Website www.northhoron.on.ca ocna *CNA Member of the Ontario Press Council IINILIICOMIN Harris left his mark With Premier Mike Harris's announcement last week of his plans to retire, analysts are rushing to assess his legacy for Ontario. There's no doubt Harris's two terms in office have changed Ontario more than any leader has ever changed the province in such a short time. The final story on the Harris years won't be told for some time yet, however. The full impact of many of the changes he forced on the province, its municipalities, school boards and hospitals has yet to be felt. Municipal amalgamation, for instance, is still new. Though many people are already being hit with higher taxes, the bureaucracy of these larger municipal units has only begun to grow. Given a few years of bureaucrats expanding their turf and we may not recognize the kind of small-scale government we've always taken for granted at the local level. We also haven't begun to assess the changes these larger governments will bring to our communities. One of the strengths of rurai communities has been active volunteerism. People knew they had a choice: sit back and have no recreational or other services in their communities or step forward and take part. But in the past bigger municipal governments brought an attitude thatthe town or city could do it, and less willingness to volunteer. Will that happen here? Also unknown is what will happen in rural areas now that they're partnered with urban areas with larger populations. How can farmers prevent urban-dominated councils from thinking farmland is just vacant land waiting to be developed? What's the future of small villages like Blyth and Brussels within municipalities dominated by larger urban areas. Likewise the final effect of government reforms to the education sector isn't known. In Huron, for instance, a new round of school closures is about to be announced and there may be more to come next year. What will our eduction system look like when the full impact of the Harris government's policies is realized? One of the failures of Harris was his ability to let us know what he foresaw as the outcome of his reforms aside from cutting costs. Another was that, despite his reputation for good government among his right-wing supporters, new programs were announced, then were created. Those forced to work with the government, whether municipalities, school boards or hospitals, were constantly trying to find out what the new rules were they had to live by. Sometimes the new regulations weren't announced by the time the program was supposed to be implemented. Beyond policies, the lasting effect of the Harris government will be the way it played one group of people against another, using negative forces instead of positive ones in its efforts to reshape the province. Yet because of the massive changes he made, Harris will go down in history as one of the most important premiers. No doubt he has left his mark — unfortunately a scar is also a mark.— KR Too much power While there's little sympathy in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks for civil rights advocates who are currently battling the federal government's anti-terrorist bill with its sweeping powers for police and security officials. we have already been given evidence of what too much power in the wrong hands can do. At Pearson airport in Toronto, a civilian security guard stopped a police officer brushing past her, asked for his credentials and when he wouldn't show them, got in an argument. She was arrested, strip-searched and dismissed from her job. An 81-year-old passenger boarding an Air Canada flight thinks the security people are being ridiculously picky and jokingly asks if they think there's a bomb in his wife's change purse. He's arrested and charged. The problem of giving some police officers more power is that they will use it inappropriately, as we've seen. If we could hire only wise, thoughtful police officers we wouldn't have to worry. Since we can't, we need to realize there is danger in giving anyone too much power. — KR Letters Policy The Citizen welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must be signed and should include a daytime telephone number for the purpose of verification only. Letters that are not signed will not be printed. Submissions may be edited for length, clarity and content, using fair comment as our guideline. The Citizen reserves the right to refuse any letter on the basis of unfair bias, prejudice or inaccurate information. As well, letters can only be printed as space allows. 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