The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
The year 2004 was memorable not just for what happened, but for what was said. Here are some of the memorable quotes from the past year. * * * "This is an exciting day for the company, its shareholders and employees" Ð Peter Jones, President and CEO of HudBay Minerals Inc., after the sale of HBMS concluded. * * * "It is not often that I encounter a citizen of this or any other community who deserves to be recognized for an act of outstanding bravery, risking his life and limb to go to the aid of another" Ð Flin Flon RCMP Staff Sgt. Len Hordijk, referring to George Chigol, who rescued an elderly man from Ross Lake. * * * "As far as I'm concerned, it's another nice big business in our town. It's more development. More development, in my opinion, is better. It gives amenities to the people and taxes in the (City) coffers" Ð Mayor Dennis Ballard on the opening of Extra Foods. * * * "If the Americans are our friends, which they are, our neighbours, which they are, I think it's our responsibility as friends to tell them if we think they're doing something wrong" Ð local activist Greg East, organizer of a peace march down Main St. to coincide with U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to Canada. * * * "It's something that we have to do even though you know it's going to anger some citizens who have formed certain habits and have smoked for years. And I was a heavy smoker myself for many, many years, I know exactly how they feel" Ð Flin Flon MLA Gerard Jennissen on Manitoba's public smoking ban. * * * "Be happy you're a Canadian, but take the time to recognize the awful price that was paid for your freedom" Ð Cpt. John Kirschman of the Salvation Army during a stirring address at the Remembrance Day service. * * * "I would say emphatically that we made this decision in the best interests of the students and the school division" Ð Terry Brown, chairperson of the Creighton School Board, after the trustees stood by their decision to establish a high school program. * * * "There's no question that I would have preferred a different outcome because I think we might have seen a different approach with Canada" Ð Flin Flon MP Bev Desjarlais on the reelection of President Bush. * * * "It's a big part of the culture of the North and we want to be able to support language development in Cree" Ð Hapnot Collegiate principal John Clark on the high school's introduction of a Cree language course. * * * "I've often said if it only took people who had been in Ottawa for 30 years to solve all the problems, we would have solved them a long time ago" Ð Creighton MP Jeremy Harrison, who, at 26, became Canada's third-youngest federal representative. * * * "It's an honour" ÐÊMurray Skeavington after being elected chairperson of the Flin Flon School Board. * * * "You don't get struck by a 125,000-lb. ore truck and walk away very often" Ð Cst. Paul Berthelot of the Flin Flon RCMP after the truck in question struck a car on the Perimeter Highway but no serious injuries resulted. * * * "There are very difficult decisions to be made" Ð Flin Flon Superintendent of Schools Blaine Veitch after a public forum to discuss ways of dealing with the declining enrollment. * * * "We want to carry on what the veterans have started, and we can't do that if we don't learn from them" Ð Jack Rigby after being elected president of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 73. * * * "All of your decisions are unpopular with somebody. And I've said this right from the start: I'm elected by the community to give the people the kind of community they want. I've always said that the trick is, a) Are people going to be able to pay for what they want? and b) Now try to figure out people want, because everybody wants something different" Ð Flin Flon Mayor Dennis Ballard during a revealing interview. * * * See 'Quotes' P.# Con't from P.# "It's disheartening. We hope to go out of business, not to keep increasing" Ð Dennis Hydamaka of the Lord's Bounty Food Bank after demand for the program increased for the sixth straight year. * * * "They left you wanting more. It was outstanding. I think people left with a great feeling of Canadian pride knowing that these riders represent our country around the world" Ð Brenda Russell, Flin Flon's director of recreation, after the RCMP Musical Ride took place at the Foster Park Oval. * * * "There was a flashover, meaning that everything in the room burst into flames at once because of the extreme heat" Ð Flin Flon Fire Chief Jim Petrie, describing a fire on Hapnot St. that, fortunately, did not result in any injuries. * * *
