The Citizen, 2003-07-09, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CJTIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2003.
Hessels’ Victoria captures MARC of Excellence
Everett Hessels of Blyth earned a MARC of Excellence for his 1931 Model A Ford Victoria at
a recent car show in Michigan, (jamce Becker photo)
Memory of events make telling interesting
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The first showing ended with the
telling of how some determined
South African community organizers
put together a plan that brought the
economy of Cape Town to its knees.
This was particularly interesting to
me. because I can actually remember
Letter to the editor
Writer asks for angel’s return
THE EDITOR,
It is with great sadness that I find
myself in a position to have to write
this letter, but I am hoping someone
can help.
One year ago. I placed a stone
angel in front of my father’s
Larvicide to be
used as last resort
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mosquito species just because a
couple are carriers of the WNV. We
have to remember this is about the
ecology as well.”
Larvicide, she said, will be used as
a last resort if positive cases of
mosquitos, birds, horses, and
humans are found.
The committee, Scharfe said, will
ensure a greater look at the county as
a whole.
“What’s really nice about the
committee is that all players are
there at the table to make decisions
jointly about what is happening.”
As well as being at monthly
meetings, all members of the
committee receive reports when new
information comes in to ensure that
everyone is one the same level.
Scharfe also explained that it is
important for people to be educated
when it comes to WNV.
Eighty per cent of people who get
WNV will not know that they have
it. But, Scharfe said, if people get
flu-like symptoms,which is
uncommon in the summer, then they
should seek medical attention and
receive a blood test.
“However, we don’t want people
going to get the blood test just
because they’re curious. We don’t
these events happening.
The second half of the film was
shown the following week and was
even more interesting to me. It
concerned the effort to unseat the
brutal Chilean dictator Augusto
Pinochet (now under “house arrest”
in a palace in London that costs him
headstone in Brussels Cemetery. I
lost him when I was 16 years old and
he was a very special man in my
life.
Shortly after the angel was placed
one of the hands was broken off. The
angel was removed and repaired.
want to run out our resources.”
Michael McCarrey, an
environment technology trainee at
the health unit, said 25 birds have
been reported to the health unit and
they will soon be sending their ninth
bird to be tested. As of Tuesday
morning, all birds tested have came
back negative for WNV.
“People are calling in about dead
birds but they have to be fresh (24 to
48 hours after death) for them to be
suitable for testing,” Scharfe said.
“But, we still want people to call if
there are sightings of crows and
ravens because these birds are the
most susceptible.”
You can tell the crows and ravens
apart from other birds because they
are totally black, including their
beaks and feet.
Scharfe says the number one thing
to remember is to reduce standing
water and take personal protection.
She reminds people to stay inside
when mosquitoes are known to be
out, to wear lightly coloured
clothing, and to use insect repel
lent.
“The most important defence is
information, and people who change
their behaviours. Don’t be fearful,”
Scharfe said. “Be informed and
enjoy the summer.”
$80,000 a month to rent), the
Solidarity movement and its
charismatic leader, Lech Walesa; and
the resistance, in WWII, by the
Danish people under Nazi
occupation.
In 1940, the Nazis occupied
Denmark. Sensing the futility of
Then on a very special day, this past
Father’s Day, I returned to the
cemetery to return the angel to the
front of the headstone. Within a
week, it was gone and I was
devastated.
We searched everywhere around
the cemetery trying to see if it had
just been dumped, but the angel
wasn’t found.
My father meant the world to me
and this senseless destruction has left
me terribly hurt.
More than anything, I would like
to have the angel returned to the
cemetery. Any help in locating it
would be greatly appreciated.
Tammy Rose.
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By Janice Becker
Citizen staff
It is a love of cars that has lasted
more than 45 years and his prowess
at restoring Model As was rewarded
recently at a show in Dearborn,
Michigan.
Everett Hessels of Blyth
purchased his first Model A in 1966
and since that time has seen many
vehicles pass through his shop.
Today, he owns six, in various
states of completion, but the most
recent winner is a 1931 Victoria
after it captured a MARC of
Excellence last week.
Hessels, wife Cheryl and several
friends attended the huge American
show where approximately 800
Model As were on display.
The Blue Ribbon elimination
judging took that number down to
29, said Hessels. It then took teams
of judges from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to
give the specimens a going over.
“There are 23 areas to be judged
on a Model A,” he said, “and there
are four to six judges for each area.”
The Model A Restorers Club
(MARC) presents first place awards
to vehicles which have earned
between 375 and 399 points.
fighting with guns, the Danish army
is ordered to lay down their arms and
allow the invasion to come.
Subsequently, the Danes tied up
valuable troops, sabotaged industrial
production and saved most of
Denmark’s Jews from the death
camps. The population did this en
masse, without a central government
organizing their efforts.
It was an inspiring moment in the
film to watch the old black and white
footage, shot in secret from a tall
building, as the entire city of
Copenhagen, thousands of
pedestrians, vehicle traffic, even, it
seems, the very dogs and cats on the
streets, stopped dead in their tracks
at the stroke of the noonday clock in
symbolic protest.
It makes me wonder if we were
ever faced with such a situation here
in Canada, would we have the
fortitude necessary to face our
enemies without tanks and bombs? It
was announced afterwards that these
films are available at no cost to
schools and civic groups.
If you have a group that you’d like
to show them to, call Carol at 519-
357-1883 and arrange to borrow
them.
John Dixon.
Hessels tallied 410, thereby earning
an “excellence” trophy, one of only
a handful awarded.
“The judges there are very
knowledgeable and it is the top
show to go to if you are a restorer,”
said Hessels.
The prize-winning Victoria has
been owned by Hessels about six
years, having found it in Woodstock.
“I was looking for a fancier Model
A,” he said. “They were a deluxe
model intended to boost sales at the
time. They are more comfortable
and can go 50 mph.
Then, over a three-year period,
Hessels completely disassembled
the car, down to the “last nut and
bolt”, and restored it.
The trip to Michigan was the first
and last time the Victoria will be
judged as the Hessels prefer to drive
and enjoy their Model As rather than
show them. The Victoria has 3,000
miles on it.
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