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The Citizen, 2004-07-29, Page 4( OK, LIKE WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE THAT GUY IN THE COMMERCIAL - JOE CANADIAN, EH P____) LIKE I GUESS THIS MERGER MAKES HIM A HALF-GLASS CANADIAN, YOU HOSEQ NcsPoLoN PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2004. Editorials Opinions Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising, Jamie Peters and Alicia deBoer The Citizen is published 50 times a year in Brussels, Ontario by North Huron Publishing Company Inc Subscriptions are payable in advance at o 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. - WM. PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40050141 PUBLICATIONS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REGISTRATION NO. 09244 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT. PO BOX 152 BRUSSELS ON NOG 1110 email: norhuron@scsinternet.com We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs, The Citizen P.O. Box 429, P.O. Box 152, BLYTH, Ont. BRUSSELS, Ont. NOM 1H0 NOG IHO Phone 523-4792 Phone 887-9114 FAX t23-9140 FAX 887-9021 E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.com Website www.northhuron.on.ca Member of the Ontario Press Council • •mid:t1:111 We are not responsible for unsolicited newsscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are C Copyright CanadS zkocna 4,CNA Painting the town As The Citizen staff travelled through Auburn in the past few weeks to collect information and photos for the salute to Auburn's 150th anniversary homecoming, they couldn't help but notice the evidence of pride that this kind of event brings to a community. Everywhere in the village people were painting and tending gardens and sprucing up. People were digging out old photos and trying to identify who was in them and exchanging stories about the community's past and the people who lived there. The effect brought on by such a celebration makes one think that communities should hold celebrations more often than they do. Usually communities celebrate every 25 years or. at best, 10 years. There's no doubt that having celebrations so infrequently makes them very special, but it's a long time between these reinforcements of community pride. Our little towns and villages need all the community pride they can get these days. In a society that celebrates the big and important, where mass media makes it seem like the only things that matter happen in large cities, where businesses operate on a global scale in which local communities don't really count, small towns and villages can seem pretty insignificant. Let's face it, we only matter to ourselves in these communities. We can't wait for others to confirm to us that we're important because to people in Toronto, London or Kitchener, we aren't. We matter to us and that should be enough. We 'need to find more reasons to celebrate our accomplishments and build up our sense of self confidence. This week, for instance, Blyth's main street has been decked out in festive banners on the lamp posts to welcome the Ontario Fire Fighters' Association of Ontario convention this coming weekend. It would be hard for local residents not to feel some pride in the way things look and want to be part of things by making sure their own properties look their best. Our communities may be short on 'many things these days but pride is cheap. We should never miss an opportunity to celebrate our achievements. In fact, we should find more reasons to party. — KR As the Democratic Party in the U.S. holds its nomination convention in Boston this week, demonstrators are demanding their government pull its troops out of Iraq. So what happens to the Iraqi people then? It's easy to agree that the U.S. government was untruthful in its arguments about why the U.S. must invade Iraq. While faulty intelligence is being, blamed for the claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction that threatened the U.S., the fact remains that U.S. President George W. Bush wouldn't wait for United Nations weapons inspectors to finish their job of trying to find those weapons. When they failed to find them he ridiculed the UN and declared he had to act on his own. But even if you agree the U.S. should never have invaded Iraq and that many innocent people have been killed or have suffered because of it, that's all in the past as far as what's right for Iraq now. Ironically, Iraq is on the verge of becoming the kind of dangerous state Bush claimed it was under Saddam. Instability has allowed Islamic fund- amentalists to 'rise up, setting up suicide squads to undermine the new government the U.S. has helped put in place. The divisions between Iraqis, including Muslims of different sects, have been brought to the foreground. For Americans, seeing a mounting death toll among their troops, it's easy to say that they should just get out of Iraq, but having created this situation it would be irresponsible to abandon the Iraqi people to whatever fate happens. Protesters thinking only of what's best for themselves now are guilty of the same kind of "ugly American" thinking as those who hurry to invade countries because it's in "America's interest". — KR What happens when they leave? Letter to the editor Looking Back Through the Years THE EDITOR, Over 22,000 attendance in 2003 confirmed Walton TransCan as Huron County's third largest annual event. The event had record attendance despite the electrical challenges the region faced last August. This Aug. 11-15 we fully expect to exceed these numbers. Already the past week has seen visitors from San Diego and Vancouver Island who make the pilgrimage after seeing Canada's annual "Celebration of Canadian Motocross" on television and just want to visit the site even though there is no race yet. We have already received over 1150 rider entries, that is Approximately 500 families that will be here for the week. Approximately 50 per cent of these are from outside the Southern Ontario area and come from coast to coast and the U.S.A. as far as California and Florida. - In addition a variety of industry people attend Canada's largest trade show for off-road motorcyclists. Many are looking for accommodations, services and things to do during their stay: Check out our website at http://www.waltontranscan.ca to learn more about the event. If you have something to offer our visitors we would be happy to post this to the website or make other arrangements. Just let us know. Advance ticket packs are available for your guests. Chris Lee. July 9, 1952 A Walton man escaped injury after his truck collided with "a freight train at a crossing near the hydro substation, just east of Seaforth. Margaret Perrie was awarded a silver medal for the highest standing in Grade 7 piano for the entire year. The award was given by the Western Ontario Conservatory of Music. William Henry Combs, a 9b_year- old Brussels resident was honored in the Cities Service Oil Co. broadcast called Partiarches and Papers. The company gave him a life-sized portrait created by Canadian artist Edbert Reed. Six bands from various Western Ontario centres participated in the Band Tattoo in Victoria Park. It was sponsored by the Brussels Lions Club Boys and Girls Band, with marches, overtures and hymns. July 31, 1969 A rodeo of western games; featuring new games and races was held in Brussels. Field crops in the Exeter district were damaged by hail and excessive rain. The general area of the greatest crop damage was on the fourth concession of Stephen Twp. Aug. 2, 1972 , Barbara Schwartzentruber of Brussels, graduated from the Perth Huron School of Nursing in Stratford. She also won the gold medal in clinical nursing. Work got underway on the construction of a new 160-foot bridge at the intersection of the centre side road and the fifth concession of Morris Twp. Maloney Bros. Ltd. of Dublin submitted the lowest of seven tenders and was awarded the contract for $95,836.50. Plans were made for the Walton Women's Institute's 75th anniversary celebration. The Melville Presbyterian Church Bible school had a record high attendance with about fc5- children registered. July 30, 1986 More than 200 people helped Gordon McGavin and the employees of McGavin Farm Equipment in Walton, celebrate the company's 59th anniversary with dinner at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre. Many more joined for the dance after. Actors like Peter Smith from the Blyth Festival helped make the dunk tank a popular spot at the country fair held at Memorial Hall. Sheila and James Wallace from Toronto were the new owners of The Blythe Spirit Tea Room that re- opened in Blyth. The couple and their family will operate the tea room during the summer months. Kimberly Stephenson of Brussels, graduated from the Registered Nursing program at Fanshawe College. Ernie Phillips of the Blyth Lions Club presented a cheque to Captain Borden Linkletter of the Wingham Salvation Army for the amount the Red Shield campaign brought in in the Blyth area. The facilities of Huron Chapel were taxed repeatedly during the week-long meetings with as many as .92 children attending on a single day for the Kids' Klub Crusade, which was conducted by Hester Dougan and her two assis- tants. Local residents had fun meeting Mr. Munchie (dressed in a hotdog costume) at a special hotdog day at the Brussels EMA store. More than 600 hotdogs were served with $333 turned over to the 3russels Lions Swimming Pool fund. George Radford Construction in Blyth took delivery of a. new Caterpillar loader, the company's first new loader since 1977. The giant machine cost $292,000 and allowed the company to keep up with a hot demand for construction. July 27, 1994 About 100 people turned up to enjoy a barbecue, hosted by the Huron Liberal Association and to meet provincial Liberal Leader Lyn McLeod. During the early morning hours, several vehicles parked behind main street businesses in Brussels were entered and ransacked. The thieves took cassette tapes, small change, a case of WD40 and a flashlight. One of the cars was moved from one spot to the other. The Taste of Country Food Fair in Blyth was a great success with about 1,000 people attending the day's events and sampling some of the wares that the close to 30'exhibitors had on display. Don Dalton, a Walton-area farmer, said about four per cent of the corn on his 100-acre property was damaged or killed as a result of his using a new herbicide. The herbicide was deSigned to be applied before corn reached the six- leaf stage to avoid the possibility of it absorbing toxic levels of chemical. The sudden heat spell in mid-June that year, boosted corn growth. leaving farmers with only a few days to apply the herbicide. The Blyth Festival celebrated its 20th season. • Tractors were still ranked as the number one "killer" on Ontario farms with 50 per cent of all work- related deaths on Ontario farms were linked directly to tractor use. A $300,000 project in Colborne Twp. was approved under the Canada/Ontario Infra-structure Works program, to construct a new municipal building.