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The Citizen, 2005-11-24, Page 4PAGE 4. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2005. Editorials Opinions Publisher, Keith Roulston Editor, Bonnie Gropp Advertising, Ken Warwick & Marcie Riegling 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 $30.00/year ($28.04 + $1 96 G.S.T.) in Canada; $85.00/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 PAP REGISTRATION NO. 09244 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT. PO BOX 152 BRUSSELS ON NOG 1H0 email: norhuron@scsinternet.com The Citizen P.O. Box 429, BLYTH, Ont. N0M 1 HO Phone 523-4792 FAX 523-9140 P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, Ont. NOG 1 HO Phone 887-9114 FAX 887-9021 Canada E-mail norhuron@scsinternet.com Website www.northhuron.on.ca We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. jpcna ^cna Member of the Ontario Press Counci1 We are not responsible for unsolicited newsscripts or photographs. Contents of The Citizen are © Copyright Search for good young people The most inspiring and emotional portion of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association’s annual convention each spring is the Junior Citizens’ Dinner. Each year more than a dozen young people from across the province are honoured for their outstanding works. Some are contributing to their communities and the world far beyond what 99 per cent of adults do, let alone people their age. Some have overcome tremendous physical or health obstacles to give the rest of us lessons in strength and hope. Some have undertaken tremendous acts of bravery to rescue others. In a world where people often condemn young people for their self-obsession and lack of a sense of being a participant in the world, these young people are always incredibly inspiring. In the last 20 years only one of th se people have been from The Citizen’s coverage area, and that person was nominated by a neighbouring paper. Our readers have nominated some outstanding young people who have been honoured at the local level but haven’t made this amazing final grouping. Still, being nominated and receiving a certificate is a valuable recognition of outstanding achievements. The deadline for nominations for this year is coming up fast on Nov.30. If you know of a young person between the ages of six and 17 who has done something outstanding, please drop in or call to receive a nomination form. — KR Where there’s smoke. . . In an attempt to outsmart television viewers who use their remote controls to zap out commercials on their programming, marketers have joined with producers of television programs to get their messages across, not through commercial interruptions, but by implanting plugs for products in the very program. In an upcoming December episode, for instance, characters on Corner Gas, the most popular sitcom in Canada, will use every opportunity to discuss what they want from the Sears Wish Book. Neilson rating service says the number of paid and unpaid “product placements” on U.S. television doubled to more than 21,000 in 2004-05 from the previous year. Meanwhile, 32 states have signed a letter to 10 Hollywood studios quoting a new study that says exposure to on-screen smoking encourages many American adolescents to smoke. Having cool people lighting up on the screen tends to trump efforts of anti-smoking groups to keep young people from starting smoking. The states want the companies to add an anti-smoking message to all home-viewing releases of movies in which smoking takes place. And smoking seems to be taking place more in movies than it has for years. When the anti-smoking message started to take hold a decade or more ago, smoking almost disappeared in movies. Today more characters seem to smoke than in the general public. There are movies where every single character lights up, while in real live only about 25 per cent smoke. More smoking on the screen at a time when advertisers are also paying to get their products inserted in movies and TV. Coincidence? Yeah, right! — KR Letter to the editor Looking Back Through the Years THE EDITOR, Looking out at the weather this morning and seeing the snow and realizing that winter is finally here, and yes Christmas is just around the corner. Plans are well in hand at The Salvation Army, Wingham for this year’s Salvation Army’s Christmas hamper program. Residents of the area may have already received our annual Christmas Cheer Appeal letters in the mail in the past few days.- These funds are used locally throughout our area from west of Ripley, down and over to the Clifford area, but not including Clifford. Down to Fordwich, Ethel, Walton, Blyth and Lucknow, and of course including all the communities in between whether large or small. Christmas hamper applications will be available from the Thrift Store in Wingham starting Wednesday, Nov. 23 and need to be returned by Dec. 15. Candle for Kids tree will soon be set up at both The Wingham Advance-Times and the Salvation Army Thrift Store. One of the many questions we are asked is to we accept referrals? Yes we do, several agencies and groups make contact with us because there are individuals and families who will not apply on their own. One of the exciting things about our Christmas Hamper program, and our regular Community and Family Services/Food Bank is that we have been doing it for so long nobody really knows when it began, we do know that 2006 we will be celebrating 120 years in the Wingham area endeavouring to meet the various and changing needs. If you need additional information contact us at one of the following phone numbers: 357-1951 or 357- 1387, and thank you for your ongoing support. We never take the trust you place in the Salvation Army for granted, because it’s your donations that make it all possible. You can drop us a line at Salvation Army, PO Box 610, Wingham, ON NOG 2W0. Major Neil Voce, Corps Officer/Pastor Nov. 24,1948 Mr. Roy Toll, a resident of East Wawanosh, placed an impressive third place in Class 800 at the Royal Winter Fair. The class was for a variety of white spring wheat, and the variety shown by Toll was Cascade. Placing first and second were two Alberta farmers with a Lemhi variety. Of several Cascade varieties entered in the class, Toll’s was judged as best of all of them. There was an excellent turnout for a great concert that was sponsored by the Blyth Agricultural Society, held in the Memorial Hall. The show was entirely musical, featuring several local talents, and a few outside artists. Following the concert, there was a dance in the hall basement, with music provided by a CKNX group. The United Church Sunday school held its annual white gift service. They also had a Christmas tree. An amazing photo was featured in The Blyth Standard of a frail, tiny newborn baby. The child, Mary Ruth DeVor, weighed only one pound, 14 ounces. She was two weeks old when the picture was taken, and her tiny hand was hardly big enough to cover the tip of the doctor’s thumb. Mary was bom two months premature, but was doing fine. Nov. 22,1972 Russel T. Bolton of Seaforth was the winner of the world hay championship, as part of the field crops competition at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto. The trophy was presented to Mr. Bolton and his wife by D. A. Stewart of White Farm Equipment. Several accidents were being investigated by the Wingham Ontario Provincial Police this week. The first involved a two-car collision that took place on Cone. 10-11, at Sideroad 25-26, in Howick Twp. There were no injuries, but damages were estimated at $1,000. Charges were pending. The second involved a single car crash in which a Brussels woman struck a fence owned by another Brussels resident. The accident took place on Huron County Rd 16, west of Sideroad 10-11, in Morris Twp. There were no injuries, but there was damage to the fence. Finally, a Belle River man, and a Wingham man were involved in a two-car collision on Hwy. 87, east of Bluevale. Yet another fence was damaged, and the Bluevale man sustained minor injuries. Damages were estimated at $1, 250. Members of the Grey Twp. fire department were called to extinguish a chimney fire. Nov. 21,1973 Paul Thompson, who brought a play called The Farm Show which was based on rural life in Huron County, to the stage, returned with a new play, this time about the notorious Donnellys. The cast of 12 actors included some of the same people who also participated in The Farm Show, such as David Fox, Paul Johns, Janet Amos, and Miles Potter. The play was to be shown in Clinton, and Listowel, as well as the Festival Theatre in Stratford. Playing at the Lyceum Theatre in Wingham was the film The Day of the Jackal. Also playing was the Academy Award winning film, Mutiny on the Bounty, starring Charles Laughton, and Clark Gable. Nov. 26,1986 Sandra Hunting, a 20 year-old woman from Walton was crowned as Queen of the Furrow in a ceremony, in Walton. Hunting, was in an accounting course at Fanshawe College in London, and would also represent Huron County at the Ontario Plowman’s Association annual convention in Toronto. After that, she would go on to compete for the Queen of the Furrow title at the International Plowing Match, held in Grey County the following fall. Former Huron County Dairy Princess Denise Nethery of Brussels came in a close second. Eight new Girl Guides were enrolled in the 1st Blyth Girl Guide Company, They were: Kimberley Ferguson, Jackie Caldwell, Pauline Stewart, Erica Clark, Kerry Hallahan, Jennifer Cucksey, Laurel Campbell, and Tina Burkholder. Nov. 22,1989 A 39 year-old Bayfield woman was in critical condition at University Hospital in London, after being involved in a three-vehicle collision. The accident occurred on Hwy 4, just south of Blyth. The Bayfield woman was driving south when her Ford'was struck by a truck driven by a Stratford man. He had swerved in order to avoid another Ford driven by a Port Elgin man that had just pulled out onto the roadway. All three drivers were taken Clinton Public Hospital by ambulance, but the Bayfield woman was later transferred to University Hospital. The other two were released. A snow-covered, abandoned vehicle was the cause of yet another crash. This one took place in Grey Twp, on Sideroad 15-16, south of Cone. 3-4. An Ethel man struck the right rear comer of a Ford Thunderbird, which had been abandoned, but was apparently owned by a Wroxeter man. Fortunately, there were no injuries.