The Citizen, 2015-01-08, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2015. PAGE 9.
Huron, Perth and Bruce Counties
were all shut down for a three-day
span between Jan. 6 and Jan. 9 as
relentless snowfall, extreme cold
and high winds combined to produce
the “polar vortex” that gripped the
province in late 2013 and early
2014.
All roads in the three counties
were closed for the better part of
three days as road crews worked to
dig the community out from under
the snow.
Katie Cottrill of Belgrave, as part
of Team Flaxey, a curling team out
of the Listowel Curling Club, would
soon be representing Ontario at the
Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Over 50 people gathered at the
Wingham Golf and Curling Club to
watch the final game of the Ontario
Scotties tournament in Sault Ste.
Marie, which propelled Team Flaxey
into the national tournament after a
win over Team Hastings from
Thornhill.
The first-ever John Pennington
Memorial Award was presented by
his grandchildren to Brussels
firefighter Bill Aitchison,
Pennington’s long-time friend, at the
department’s annual Christmas
banquet.
Pennington’s grandchildren
claimed that Aitchison was the right
person to win the award due to his
dedication and his decades on the
fire department.
A proposed merger between the
Boards of Health of Huron and Perth
Counties was rejected by Perth
County Council.
“We were very disappointed that
they didn’t at least sit down and
discuss it,” said Huron County
Warden Joe Steffler.
With a second case of Porcine
Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) confirmed
in Ontario, Bluevale’s Amy Cronin,
Chair of Ontario Pork, worked day
and night to come up with a solution
to help contain the disease before it
reached epidemic levels.
Brussels business iClipArt, owned
by Charlie and Alison Hoy, became
a worldwide powerhouse, acquiring
a number of high-powered domains
in the internet world.
The company then became Vital
Imagery Ltd., the biggest provider of
clipart in the world.
The Huron County Health Unit
and its Public Health Epidemiologist
Dr. Erica Clark were busy
investigating a potential cancer
cluster in Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh.
The investigation began after the
Health Unit received concerning
information from a resident who,
Clark said, had done an extensive
amount of research into the potential
of a cancer cluster.
As of February, Clark said the
Health Unit was still in the midst of
collecting information.
Huron East announced that it
would be moving to internet-based
voting for the Oct. 27 election later
that year. Huron East shared costs
with Central Huron, who also made
the shift.
A joint meeting of North Huron
and Morris-Turnberry Councils
resulted in little being solved as the
two parties were debating their
cross-border servicing agreement.
Huron County Council decided to
move onto the next step in the
process of signing a lease with the
Province of Ontario for the Huron
portion of the proposed Guelph-to-
Goderich Rail Trail.
Goderich Deputy-Mayor John
Grace proposed the creation of a
Huron County Economic
Development Board. Grace said the
board would be driven by private
businesses, rather than the
traditional approach to economic
development.
Long-time Blyth Postmaster Faye
Bolger retired from Canada Post
after over 26 years with the
company. Bolger said she would
miss seeing community members
every day and hearing their stories,
but vowed to remain involved and
remain a fixture at community
events.
Blyth’s Paul Josling was awarded
the Dave Mounsey Memorial Fund’s
highest honour: the Meritorious
Service Cross, which was then
coupled with the Fund’s Meritorious
Service Medal, which Josling had
already won in 2010.
Central Huron Council decided
that the municipality would
participate in a labour market study
tied to local author Alice Munro’s
win of the Nobel Prize for
Literature.
Council had originally deferred
the decision until more information
was received.
Those involved with Clinton’s
famous Sloman School Car came to
Central Huron Council to ask for
help, saying the historical site was in
financial dire straits and they wanted
the municipality to take the school
car over.
North Huron Reeve Neil Vincent
and Avon Maitland District School
Board Trustee Colleen Schenk
announced they would both be
running to be Huron-Bruce’s
provincial Liberal Party
representative.
North Huron Council did its part
to help facilitate an ambitious plan to
feed 1,419 people outdoors, on
Blyth’s main street.
Council approved the road
closures for the dinner, a fundraiser
for Campaign 14/19 which would be
catered by Jason Rutledge of The
Blyth Inn and Peter Gusso of Part II
Bistro.
The Blyth Brussels Midget AE
Crusaders found themselves in a
two-games-to-none hole as they
battled a team from Caledonia in the
Ontario Minor Hockey Association
(OMHA) finals. They would come
back, however, to win the next two
games and send the series to a fifth
and deciding game, in which
Caledonia edged the Crusaders by a
score of 3-2, ending the team’s
season.
The logo and slogan (Huron Hosts
on Ontario’s West Coast) for the
2017 International Plowing Match,
set to be held in Walton, were both
revealed at a meeting of Huron
County Council in Goderich.
A large amount of frustration
regarding the proposed Guelph-to-
Goderich Rail Trail and the lack of
consultation with adjacent
landowners was aired at a meeting of
Morris-Turnberry Council.
Central Huron athlete Lexi Aitken
won a pair of track and field gold
medals at the U.S. Area Youth
Olympic Selection Trails, held in
Florida. She placed first in both the
100- and 400-metre hurdles, beating
the second-place finisher by over a
full second.
The Huron County Junior Farmers
were named the top junior farmers
club in Ontario at the Junior Farmers
Association of Ontario’s annual
conference, held in Cornwall.
Huron County hosted an open
house in Brussels to educate citizens
on the upcoming project for
Turnberry Street that would work on
both the road’s surface and the
underground infrastructure.Years of
negotiations and proposals ended
with the Brussels Library’s grand
opening after extensive renovations
and expansion to make the building
more accessible.
The milestone was marked by a
large group of supporters cutting a
ribbon in front of the library’s
former corner entrance.
Blyth Farm Cheese was named
Canada’s best gouda cheese at the
inaugural Canadian Cheese Awards
held in Toronto.
Eleven cases of Porcine
April marks grand opening of Brussels Library
A long time coming
After over a decade of debate and planning, the Brussels Library got the grand opening
treatment after it had been expanded and renovated in late April. Cutting the ribbon are, back
row, from left: Rena Spivak, Ontario Trillium Foundation; Lisa Thompson, Huron-Bruce MPP
and Doug Sholdice, Huron East/Brussels Community Development Trust. Middle row, from
left: John Rutledge, architect; Mary Douma, Brussels Agricultural Society; Ruth Bauer,
Majestic Women’s Institute; Audrey Cardiff, Brussels, Morris and Grey catering group; George
Langlois, Brussels Optimist Club; Gord Mitchell, Brussels Lions Club and Bill Aitchison,
Brussels Masons St. John’s Lodge 284. Front row, from left: Harold Smith, contractor; Tim
Waechter, Brussels Leo Club; Paul Gowing, Morris-Turnberry Mayor; Jim Dietrich, Huron
County Library Board; Bernie MacLellan, Huron East Mayor; Joe Steffler, Huron County
Warden and Brad Knight, Huron East Chief Administrative Officer. (File photo)
Right around the corner
Members of the International Plowing Match (IPM) 2017 committee, appeared before Huron
County Council at its April 2 meeting to present the match’s logo and slogan. Warden Joe
Steffler also took the opportunity to present the committee with a cheque for this year’s
support from Huron County. Wearing their brand new Walton IPM 2017 hockey jerseys are,
back row, from left: Steve Corbett, Tiffany Deitner, Jackie Kernighan, Jacquie Bishop, Marlene
Munn, Steffler, Lynne Godkin and Barry Godkin. Front row, from left: John Lowe, Brian
McGavin, Roger Robertson and Mallory Kernighan. The logo was designed by Heather Logan
of Brussels and inspired by Kevin and Alicia Deitner of Grey. (File photo)
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