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Volume 29 No. 24
TURBINES - Pg. 11Huron East comes closerwith consultation form EVENTS - Pg. 24Council struggles withcommunity eventsBYLAW- Pg. 9Animal control bylaw to bedelayed for monthsPublications Mail Agreement No. 40050141 Return Undeliverable Items to North Huron Publishing Company Inc., P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, ON N0G 1H0INSIDE THIS WEEK:
Hockey amalgamation passes, teams to be renamed
Remount
opens
Festival
season
Remembering
Members of the Blyth Legion Branch 420 and Blyth Legion Ladies Auxiliary had a special part to play during a decoration service
at the Blyth Union Cemetery over the weekend. Shown here marching on to the hallowed ground by their colour party are the
members of the Legion who were in attendance, led by the Legion’s president Andy Lubbers, left, for the annual service of
remembrance. (Denny Scott photo)
The final votes have been tallied
and two major developments have
occurred with the Blyth Brussels
Minor Hockey Association
(BBMHA) after a stakeholders
meeting held last week.
The first and most important
decision was that the two hockey
associations in Blyth and Brussels
would remain merged as one.
It was a landslide victory for
maintaining the status quo of the last
two years as 47 out of 47 Brussels
voters and 21 out of 24 Blyth voters
decided to proceed with the
amalgamated hockey association.
BBMHA President Paul Coultes
said he didn’t know why there were
dissenters as the program seems to
be working well.
The second change is one of name.
The teams have been flying under
whichever banner they had jerseys
for, either the Blyth Bulldogs or the
Brussels Bulls depending on where
the jerseys came from. Going
forward, however, after a vote at the
recent banquet, the teams will be
known as The Crusaders as
suggested by Nic McArter. The
name of the association will stay the
same.
“Submissions were taken in and
put to the executive and the final
decision was voted on at the annual
banquet,” Coultes explained. “There
is now a committee in place to look
at jerseys and tenders are being put
out right now for a new logo design
and new colours.”
Coultes went on to say that they
hadn’t looked at any colour schemes
in particular, only that they wanted
to try to avoid colours and logos that
are used by teams within the
surrounding communities of
Brussels and Blyth.
At a meeting held on Monday
night, the committee for the jerseys
decided to seek out sponsors for the
new jerseys.
“Any business or individuals
interested in sponsoring jerseys,
whether it’s a full team set or home
jerseys or away jerseys or whatever,
just needs to contact an executive
member,” Coultes said.
The contact information for the
executive is available on the
amalgamated association’s website
at blythbrusselsminorhockey.ca
Coultes also said the association
wants to thank several members of
the executive who are retiring this
year. He said that, without the work
of past president John van Vliet,
technical director Brian TenPas and
treasurer Sandra Hunt, all of whom
are retiring this year, the
amalgamation would not have been
so successful.
While the Blyth Festival’s opening
night gala, along with the premiere
of Beyond The Farm Show, is set for
Friday, June 28, the Festival’s main
stage season starts two weeks early
this year with the remount of Dear
Johnny Deere.
The musical, featuring the songs
of Canadian singer/songwriter Fred
Eaglesmith, was the runaway hit of
last year’s Festival season, which,
for organizers, made bringing it back
a no-brainer.
The play, penned by self-
proclaimed Fredhead (the name
given to Eaglesmith fans – a nod to
fans of The Grateful Dead, who are
called Deadheads), delighted fans
and critics alike who praised its rich
story and charact8ers, all presented
against a solid backdrop of
musicianship.
“It was the little train that could
that’s now a big train,” says interim
Artistic Director Peter Smith.
After premiering in Blyth last
year, the play exploded, Smith says,
with productions now set for Prince
Edward Island, Calgary, Alberta and
Port Dover, Ontario.
While Smith credits much of the
play’s success to the story, he says he
can’t help but give musician and
Festival regular David Archibald
some of the credit, as much as he
may not want to take it.
After Smith attended last month’s
Huron East Council has officially
decided to proceed with a by-
election in the wake of McKillop
Ward Councillor Bill Siemon’s
resignation late last month.
At their June 4 meeting,
councillors approved a by-election
after a report from Chief
Administrative Officer Brad Knight
outlined council’s options.
In his report, Knight stated that if
council wanted to proceed with a by-
election, notice would have to be
given within 60 days of Siemon’s
resignation, which was accepted on
May 21.
After approving a by-election in
principle, a bylaw will be considered
at council’s June 18 meeting.
In Knight’s report, he included a
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