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The Citizen, 2002-08-21, Page 4Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising, Alan Young & Mary Jean Kernaghan 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 $28.00/year ($26.17 + $1.83 G.S.T,) in Canada; $80.00/year In U,S.A. and $100/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. We are not responsible for unsolicited newsscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are C Copyright We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our moiling costs. Publications Mall Reg. No. 09244 Canadian Publication Mail Agreement No. 40050141 The Citizen P.O. Box 429, P.O. Box 152, BLYTH, Ont. BRUSSELS, Ont. NOM I HO NOG 1H0 Phone 523-4792 Phone 887-9114 FAX 523-9140 FAX 887-9021 E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.com Website www.northhL ;on.on.ca ocna ENA Member of the Ontario Press Council Re member in prayer the many who are sick A. of this church and community. For those who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs. 'today's sermom"liov4 much can a man drink?" vikth hymns from a full choir. The Reverend Merriwetheir spoke briefly, Much to the delight of the audience. Potluck supper. Prayer and medication to follow. The 1997 Spring Council Retreat will be hell May 10 and 11. The district duperintendent will meet with the church bored. This being Easter Sunday, we will ask Mrs. Johnson to lay an egg at the altar. Pastor is an vacation. Massages can be given to the church secretary. Diane and P" rectue:syhoerusr F wilt eat tlasteactomSheersir. ""1"4- A bean supper will be held Sunday evening in the church basement. Music will follow. Looking Back Through the Years PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2002 Editorials & Opinions School boards superfluous The reaction of the Ontario government to auditors' reports on the Ottawa-Carleton and Hamilton boards of education seems to prove parents and students would be better off if the province would-just abolish regional boards of education and make all decisions itself. The boards in Ottawa-Carleton, Hamilton-Wentworth and Toronto have refused to pass a balanced budget as required by provincial law, arguing that the provincial funding formula makes it impossible to provide the quality of education parents expect. The province in response sent in an auditor to inspect the boards' finances. The auditor's report into the Hamilton board's finances basically confirmed the provincial government's view: "We believe the primary cause of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board's current financial crisis can be attributed to the trustees' consistent reluctance to both decide to close and ensure the physical closure of schools that are underutilized." But, handed a victory, the province now doesr 't want to do what it wanted the trustees to do. Now that it's up to her to be the executioner, Minister of Education Elizabeth Witmer says she has' no intention of closing two schools in Ottawa and five in Hamilton recommended by the auditors. Meanwhile Premier Ernie Eves has suggested there will be more money coming for education next year and the boards drew their "line in the sand" a little early. The whole mess, proves the uselessness of the current board situation. Trustees are really remotely-controlled puppets of the province: people who are supposed to make the hard decisions and face the public criticism while shielding provincial politicians from the consequences of their actions. The provincial funding formula basically dictates closure of schools to meet the provincial requirement of a balanced budget. About the only power trustees have is deciding which group of parents to infuriate. Trustees have no control over the income side of their ledger, only the expense. They're basically paid to be punching bags for irate parents. What the province's reaction to the reports shows is that when it comes to taking the blame itself, the province will find the money needed to keep schools open. Let's just save the trustees the pain and make the province responsible for its own penny-pinching actions. — KR Honouring our heroes The 60th anniversary of the ill-fated Dieppe Raid this week showed the sad fact that the residents of that French seaside resort know more about this part of Canadian history than Canadians. Half the Dieppe population came out to salute returning Canadian veterans. The story of the Aug. 19, 1942 raid that killed 900 Canadians is taught in the early grades of schools there.,How many Canadian school children would know what happened at Dieppe? We helped win a war, but we've lost our own history. — KR Letters to the Editor THE EDITOR, I am writing to you to inform you that the Scouting movement in Brussels is in serious jeopardy of closing down. Scouting has been active in Brussels for almost 70 years and has been providing an active, educational outdoor program for young people all that time. The program is not in jeopardy of closing due to a lack of young people, as there are many children who wish to take part in the movement; or due to a lack of funds, as community groups have been very generous in providing funds for our operations, but rather because we are not able to find adults who are willing to take on the role of a leader in our sec- lions- This past year, we were not able to offer the Scout section (youth aged II - 14 years of age) and since we have had a number of leaders of our Cub Pack (children aged 8-11 years of age) retire after long and faithful service, we are seriously at risk of having our Cub program close down this fall as well. We are in desperate need of more adults willing to give of their time to be leaders. It is not a . large time commitment. It generally is only about 15 hours per month (three hours per week) from September until April (and the very occasional weekend). The meetings can be held on a day or evening of the leader's convenience. As well, we need some adults to be able to become members of the Group Commitee which helps administer the various sections of the group. The time commitment for the Group Commitee members is about 10 hours per month. Scouts Canada provides excellent training right here in Huron County for its leaders. We have a great program that the children love and want to take part in. We screen all adult volunteers to make sure that they are working with a suitable age group for their time and talents. We provide registration and a uniform to all adult leaders and are willing to work with leaders in anyway possible. If any members of the wider Brussels community are interested in becoming leaders or members of the Group Committee with the 1st Brussels Scouting Group, could they please contact me, at 887-9273 for more information. Yours in Scouting, The Rev, Tom Wilson Chairperson 1st Brussels Group Committee. Aug. 25, 1960 Cousins Dairy was offering red cherries for $5.25 per pail, while 28 pounds of raspberries cost $8.95 and 30 pounds of strawberries were $11.25. One pound of Maxwell House coffee was 71 cents at McCutcheon Grocery. Brownie's Drive-in, Clinton, invited everyone to bring the kids to a special double feature. Mervyn Vye, Charles Herbert and Susan Gordon appeared in The Boy and the Pirates, while Sterling Hayden and Carol Kelly starred in Terror in a Texas Town. The double feature at Listowel's Llashmar Drive-in Theatre was The Flying Fontaines, starring Michael Callan and Evy Norland, and Edge of Eternity with Camel Wilde and Victoria Shore. Irene's Beauty Salon moved to a new location, formerly occupied by the Walker Funeral Home. Aug. 19, 1987 The Huron County Federation of Agriculture all-candidates night was held at Hullett Central School. The three candidates for the upcoming provincial election were Paul Klopp, NDP; Nico Peters, Progressive Conservative and Jack Riddell, Liberal. The Brussels Agricultural Society's Fall Fair Queen Linda Ten Pas left for Toronto to compete in the Miss Canadian national Exhibition pageant. The flower show in Brussels had 163 entries. Senior overall winner was Shirley Wheeler and the other class winners were Judy Glen for specimens, Helen Dobson for arrangement, Florence McArter for house plants and Isobel Gibson for roses: The junior overall winner was Tatum Mathers. The winner for arrangements was Dana Mathers and the winner for specimens was Kelly Overholt. Work was rapidly progressing on Dr. Keith Hay's new office oft.Blyth main street with the official opening date set for Sept. 1. A request to the Ministry of Touriiin and Recreation for a grant of just over $2,300 to be used toward the cost of replacing the roof on the Beigrave Women's Institute Hall was turned down. The organization appealed to Murray Elston, MPP for Huron-Bruce for a review of the request. A group of clean calves and grubby kids posed for a portrait at the end of the Hallrice 4-H Club's fitting and showmanship seminar hosted by the Art Bos family of RR3, Blyth. Members were Raymond Wilts, Ronnie Wilts, Theresa Knox, Anita Bos, Conrad Bos, Michelle Murray, Morgan Murray, Arthur Bos, Pam Carter, Melanie Knox, Grant Martin and Rob Veitch. Ken Johnston of RR2, Bluevale took first prize in the Brussels Fall Fair mixed grain class of the field crop competition, while Jim Bowman of RR5, Brussels placed first in the barley class. Rev. Roger Gelwicks, pastor for three years at Blyth Christian Reformed Church accepted a call to the Community Christian Reformed Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Aug. 23, 1989 Steve Sparling was appointed to fill the Blyth council seat vacated by Dave Medd. Well-known area skating duo, Peter MacDonald and Kerrie Shepherd called it quits after six years together as Shepherd wanted to concentrate on her education. Lisa Boonstoppel, Huron County Dairy Princess travelled to the CNE to compete for the title of Ontario Dairy Princess. • Doug and the Slugs played to a capacity crowd in Brussels. Proceeds from the event, which attracted 1,000, went to new ball diambnd lights. Aug. 19, 1992 Fair queen contestants were Holly Dauphin, Nicole Hamilton, Michelle Machan, Tonia McClure, Bonnie Finlayson, Lisa Huisser, Healy Hallahah, Kelly Overholt and Margaret Jarvis. For the first time in almost a decade, residents of the Molesworth area had a store. Pat and Elliott Cullen became the new owners of the convenience store in the hamlet. Mr. Cullen was raised in Grey Twp. Top bowlers at the Brussels lawn bowling tournament were Mary Coultes and Nancy Tucker and Jim Bowman and Ross Anderson. Joe and Lin Steffler celebrated 25 years of marriage. Aug. 20, 1997 Over 4,000 attend the motocross races in Walton. Thieves took off with over $12,000 worth of loot after two break-ins at McGavin's Farm Equipment. Crystal McLellan, a pupil of Winona Martin, passed the Royal Conservatory of Preliminary Theory and her Grade V piano. The Blyth Tykes captured the A championship at the year-end playoff tournament. The Brussels Tigers advanced to the second round of playoffs after a two-game sweep of the rival Brussels Bulldogs. The Belgrave PeeWees won their WOAA series. Amy Jenkins and Sarah Thomson represented Canada in Belgium on exchange through District A-9 Lions. -Local Bantam softball players Drew Cornell, Ryan Fear and Tyler Stewart competed in - the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Bantam C championship.