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The Citizen, 2004-07-01, Page 4Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising, Jamie Peters and Alicia deBoer The Citizen The Citizen is published 50 times a year in Brussels, Ontario by North Huron Publishing Company lnc. Subscriptions are payable in advance at a rate of $30.00/year ($28.04 + $1.96 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. PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40050141 PUBLICATIONS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REGISTRATION NO. 09244 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT. PO BOX 152 BRUSSELS ON NOG 1H0 email: norhuronOscsinternet.com P.O. Box 429, P.O. Box 152, BLYTH, Ont. BRUSSELS, Ont. NOM 1H0 NOG I HO Phone 523-4792 Phone 887-9114 FAX 523-9140 FAX 887-9021 E-mail nothUronescsIntemet.com Website www.northhuron.on.ca AOCna +CNA s( Member of the Ontario Press Council We are not responsible for unsolicited newsscrlpts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are 0 Copyright Canada We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. POLLING STATION • PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2004. Editorials Opinions Strong enough to be ourselves As Canada celebrates the 137th anniversary of Confederation on July 1, we've come a long way from our post-colonial infancy but we still have a way to go to become an adult, confident people. As with the development of an adult, there have been landmarks of growth for Canada along the way: the outstanding contribution of our troops during World War One, the distancing of our government from the "ready, aye ready" subservience to Great Britain in the years between the wars, and the huge World War II military contribution of more than a million people from a country of 14 million. But development of a more mature Canada with a healthy self- awareness probably has come farther in the last 37 years since the huge Centennial celebrations of 1967 thar in the prior hundred years. Something about that year-long celebration and the concurrent Expo 67 in Montreal, made Canadians for the first time, see themselves through their own eyes, not waiting for approval of Britain or the United States. Suddenly telling our own stories became important, leading to ventures like the Blyth Festival. Suddenly visionaries like the recently-deceased Jack McClelland were able to develop the country's interest in our own writers, writers who have since made their mark around the world. In some ways we have slipped back from those glorious days. There are still people in Canada who think anything Canadian is second-rate. There are still those who think we must have the attention of Americans or we don't count. We need to go the rest of the way in our development to realize we are interesting in ourselves and don't need the approval of others. Only then will Canada be a healthy, adult nation. KR A missed opportunity I.A. ilcsPoLo4 I USED A MORE SCIENTIFIC METHOD. I TOOK THE DOG FOR A WALK, AND THE FIRST ELECTION SIGN SQUTUS SNIFFED WON BOTH OUR BLESSINGS. THE EDITOR, BIG acknowledges the support of everyone who came to the unveiling and community barbecue in celebration of our street signage project, phase one. This is just the beginning of our multi-phase projects so stay tuned to see other projects unfold. Alex Blair and the Lions Club moved picnic tables downtown while they had a function at the Lions park as, well. That's what makes our community so unique. Any donations that individuals, groups or businesses wish to make will be gratefully received at P.O. Box 202, Blyth, ON NOM 1HO. Sincerely, BIG (Blyth Idea Group). July 2, 1952 Local enthusiastic angler Archer Grewar, came home from a fishing expedition with an eight pound and a nine pound salmon trout. The Brussels Lions Club Boys and Girls band was the silver medal winner at the Waterloo Band Festival. It was a successful turnout for the Brussels Lions carnival. There were two baseball games, children's rides, dancing and a draw for a chevrolet car which was won by Mrs. Russell Bradshaw of Bluevale. Rev. A. Norman Ellis arrived in Brussels, with his wife and three sons, to assume his duties as rector of the Brussels parish of the Church of England. At an Italian manufacturers' fair held at the Grand Central Palace, Ann Necchi used more than 124,000 yards of thread and put in 200 hours, of labour when she finished sewing more than 10.000 words of the Constitution. July 3, 1969 Moira Rooney was the valedictorian for Brussels Public School. Jack Campbell of Castor, Alta., a former resident of Grey Twp., returned to visit friends. Ontario farmers rejected a proposed General Farm Organization which attracted only 43.8 per cent in favour, far short of the 60 per cent it needed to pass. July 5, 1972 Brussels welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hackbart, formerly of Waterloo, who took possession of the Wood dry good business and property. About 8,000 people poured into Brussels for the official opening ceremonies of the Centennial. Well over 1,000 names were recorded in the register of Centennial visitors. Visitors and former residents came from as far away as Holland, Japan, Germany, California, Florida and British Columbia.- - 'The Grade 8 class of East Wawanosh Public School went to the Niagara Falls area for a school trip. There were 21 women competing for the Centennial Queen title, but it was Julie Valiance, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Valiance of Brussels, who was crowned Queen. Gail Lake and Cathy Work were tied as runners-pp. July 2, 1986 Leah Cherniak, co-founder of Theatre Columbus and Daniel Brooks from the same company were to conducted a five-week clowning workshop with senior students from the Blyth Festival's workshop. The students concentrated on timing, rhythm, character development and movement as well as other clowning techniques. The new manager of the Brussels branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was Blair Dickson from Dublin. Everybody lent a hand to speed up the service during a crowded opening day for the new Brussels EMA store. The Listowel OPP and officers from the Woodstoc.K OPP charged 28 people from the Listowel, Palmerston, Moorefield, Arthur, Drayton and Guelph areas in connection with the illegal pyramid scheme, "airplane." It was believed that about 300 to 400 people were involved, which includes filling one imaginary plane with 32 people starting first with a pilot, two co- pilots and passengers. Listowel Missionary Church pastor Harvey Lainson was elected as the leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada. East Wawanosh Public School held a retirement tea for Louise Bosman as she was leaving after 30 years of teaching. June 29, 1994 The Blyth Festival Young Company members Rachel Thompson, Renee Devereaux and Rachel Brophy, entertained those at the Buskers Festival with their rendition of That's the Glory of Love. Blyth hosted the 1 1 th annual Bluewater Kennel Club Dog Show. Dorothy McDonald of Brussels was presented $2,500 from the Brussels Lions Club as she was the winner of the elimination draw held by the Lions at BM&G arena. The Londesborough Squirt Girls ball team had the Londesborough Lions Club to thank for the new shirts which they proudly wore. Grey Central Public School held the Grey Family Picnic. July 7, 1999 Vandals targetted the Blyth Greenway Trails by removing rocks from around the butterfly garden, damaging plants, pushing a picnic table in the water and destroying a flower box. Brussels village council deferred a decision on whether to approve a demolition permit for the south portion of the Smith Block. The Brussels Lions and the Brussels Optimists each received $2,750 as part of Grey Twp.'s allocation of the Advance Funding program of the Ontario Lottery Corporation. Val Shortreed accepted a donation from Rick McDonald of the Brussels Legion on behalf of Walton Ball Park. The Legion received $1,250 from Grey Twp.'s allocation of the Advance Funding program. Dozens gathered at Brandon Cemetery for the annual decoration service. For supporters of the theory of uniting the right in Canada, Monday's election loss to the wounded Liberals is a missed opportunity. In a federal election in which people were angry and wanted to punish the Liberals over the sponsorship scandal, there weren't enough people willing to turn to the Conservative Party to propel it to government. If not now, when 9 While the Conservatives improved the number of seats in Parliament over the combined total of the Progressive Conservatives and Alliance in the last parliament and made inroads in Ontario, it wasn't as simple as adding up the votes for the old PC and Alliance parties and outnumbering Liberals as had been dreamed. In fact the vote for the Conservatives actually dropped from the combined numbers of the two parties in the last election, down eight per cent — even more than the Liberal loss of four per cent despite the fact the campaign went totally against the Liberals from day one. Obviously many people abandoned the party because they did not believe in the policies Stephen Harper stood for. Despite the fact the right is now united, the Conservatives face incredible barriers to forming a government. With a leader who formerly headed the Alliance and policies that seem to reflect the Alliance platform more than the PCs, the Conservatives are not a national party. In Atlantic Canada there will never be trust for Mr. Harper and other former Alliance members who once portrayed the region as a welfare bum. The right-wing slant of the party under Harper will not win votes in Quebec even if the anti-Quebec insults of some western Alliance members over the years hadn't spoiled any chance of support there. In Ontario, the stain of Alliance's more radical policies on the Conservatives will prevent a majority of voters from choosing the party unless they're even more desperate than they were this election. As long as the Conservatives reflect the policies of the Alliance, their only stronghold will continue to be in western Canada where those policies, along with western alienation, delivered seats to the Reform/Alliance in the past. In the coming months there may be interesting developments behind the scenes in the Conservatives. Unlike a few months ago, the Conservatives are now close enough to power to smell it. Still, they won't get elected with 29 per cent popular support and they will not increase that support with Mr. Harper and Alliance policies. If the Conservatives want to go the rest of the way and form a government they're going to have to become more moderate and, dare we say, progressive. This is important to all Canadians,because someday the Liberals will need to be replaced and when that time comes, we need a moderate alternative. — KR Letter to the editor Looking Back Through the Years