The Times Advocate, 2007-11-07, Page 44
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EDITORIAL
Praise youth and
it will prosper
There's an old Irish proverb that says: "Praise
youth and it will prosper."
So often the accomplishments and good deeds young
individuals perform are overlooked and under
acknowledged. So quick we are to dismiss the young
as frivolous.
The Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Awards are
here to ensure young people are recognized for their
contributions. This recognition can help kids realize
they are making a difference in their community, and
by celebrating it we might inspire a lifetime commit-
ment to community service.
As your local newspaper, we are proud to offer the
2007 Junior Citizen of the Year Award so we can rec-
ognize the outstanding contributions and achieve-
ments of young people in our community.
Any Ontario resident aged six to 17 is eligible to
receive an Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Award.
Please help us by nominating an individual in one of
four categories:
• A person involved in worthwhile community ser-
vice.
• A special young person contributing to their com-
munity while living with a physical or psychological
limitation.
• An individual who has performed an act of hero-
ism in the past year.
• Good kids who show a commitment to make life
better for others and do more than is normally
expected of someone their age.
Co-ordinated by the Ontario Community
Newspapers Association and supported by TD Canada
Trust, this program recognizes all young people nomi-
nated for the award — each nominee will receive a
certificate of recognition from their community news-
paper.
Up to 12 of the nominees and one group will be cho-
sen as the final recipients of the award — a plaque
citing their accomplishments, a Junior Citizen lapel
pin, and a cash gift — which will be given during a
ceremony held in the spring of 2008.
Nominations will be accepted until Dec. 28, 2007.
Forms and further information can be obtained at our
office, online at www.ocna.org, or by calling the OCNA
at 905-639-8720, ext. 228.
Help us praise those young individuals who make a
difference in our community so they will prosper
tomorrow.
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Let them have their day
Once again on Sunday, Canadians will stop what-
ever they are doing at 11 a.m. and for a few min-
utes, will be united by one thought and one goal in
remembering those who served the country.
But the men and women who survived the horrors
of war as well as the enemy of time and the
apathy of the country they served for
decades are facing a new enemy.
Because this year, when heads are bowed
for a moment of silence, the notes of "The
Last Post" drifting over Cenotaphs may be
drowned out by the sound of cash registers
and Christmas carols.
Because the veterans are in danger of
being run over, figuratively and in some
case literally by the Christmas industry,
which like a lab experiment that has over-
grown its cage, has pushed out past the limits of
December, through November and into October.
Trying to get the jump on each other earlier every
year, retailers have pushed the start date of the silly
season up to the point that this year, Halloween dis-
plays competed for space with the first trappings of
Christmas.
The first ads have already annoyed us and the first
Christmas Tree has already pushed its way up
through the floor of whatever green hell it lives in
into a local business.
Credit should be given to towns such as Lucan and
Zurich which have resisted the urge to start the
shopping sprees earlier and opted to keep their
Christmas parades within the traditional month of
December.
But it will be hard to find a moment this
weekend for quiet reflection in Bayfield,
which has officially jumped the Christmas
Shark this year with its Nov. 9-11
`Christmas in Bayfield' events complete with
a Christmas tree lighting Friday night and
the Christmas Parade on Saturday.
As the Bayfield website says, "Sunday
Medway Madrigal Singers. Be sure to visit
shops and restaurants which will be open
offering refreshments and treats."
It is ironic that Remembrance Day is threatened to
be ground under when the profile of the day and
veterans in general has never been higher.
For decades, Nov. 11 and veterans languished
almost in obscurity but as the ranks have grown
thinner, the desire of the veterans to share their sto-
ries and the wish of Canadians to honour the sacri-
fice and service has grown and the day has been
given its proper respect. It shouldn't be buried
under tinsel.
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