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Volume 26 No. 42MEETING- Pg. 16Concern mounts overwind turbine meeting HUNTING - Pg. 19 New hunting store opens in BrusselsSPORTS- Pg. 8Local teams hit the ice ashockey hits full stridePublications Mail Agreement No. 4005014 Return Undeliverable Items to North Huron Publishing Company Inc., P.O. Box 152, BRUSSELS, ON N0G 1H0INSIDE THIS WEEK:
The people have spoken and in
many cases, they spoke for change,
with many seats around area council
tables changing hands in Monday’s
election.
While the results as of press time
are final, in that all polls had been
reported, they were yet to be
confirmed and unofficial at the time
of publication.
In Morris-Turnberry, Councillor
Paul Gowing was the choice for
mayor, edging out Dorothy Kelly by
a nearly two-votes-to-one margin.
Kelly garnered 566 votes, while
Gowing came away with 983 votes.
In the Morris Ward, incumbent
Councillor Edna McLellan is out,
garnering just 372 votes, coming in
fourth in the ward. Elected were Neil
Warwick with 547 votes and
newcomers Jamie McCallum with
544 votes and David Baker with 483
votes.
In the Turnberry Ward, Jason
Breckenridge was the leading vote-
getter with 459, followed by
Jamie Heffer with 386 and John
Smuck with 340. Incumbents Jim
Nelemans, R. Lynn Hoy and Bill
Thompson all came up just short,
finishing with 304 votes, 226 votes
and 255 votes respectively.
In Huron East Bernie MacLellan
won the position of mayor, beating
out Paul VanderMolen, with 1,575
votes to VanderMolen’s 1,014.
Seaforth Councillor Joe Steffler
won the deputy-mayor seat,
garnering 1,480 votes to Walton’s
Chris Lee’s 1,123 votes.
In Brussels, longtime councillor
Frank Stretton is out with just 169
votes, making way for incumbent
David Blaney, who had 229 and
retiring Huron East mayor Joe Seili
who was the leading vote-getter in
Brussels with 284.
In Grey Ward, newcomer Dianne
Diehl netted the largest amount of
votes with 313. Joining her at the
council table will be longtime Grey
representative Alvin McLellan with
261 votes. Out is incumbent Orval
Bauer with just 94 votes and Dale
Newman with 111 votes.
In Seaforth, incumbent Bob Fisher
won out with 356 votes. Joining him
will be Nathan Marshall, who
collected 246 votes. Coming up just
short was Maureen Agar with 237
votes, followed by Robert Dinsmore
with 211 votes and Randy Dayman
with 202 votes.
In Tuckersmith both incumbents
will be back, with Les Falconer
collecting 398 votes while Larry
McGrath earned 469 votes. Just
short was Raymond Chartrand with
379 votes.
In North Huron’s Blyth Ward, both
incumbents will return. David Riach
earned 194 votes, while Brock
Vodden finished up with 212 votes.
Coming up just short was Bill Knott,
with 137 votes.
In East Wawanosh James
Campbell and Ray Hallahan are in
with 261 votes and 337 votes
respectively. Jim Snyder finished
with 49 votes and James Woodley
finished with just 22 votes.
In Wingham, incumbent Archie
MacGowan is out, finishing with just
424 votes to Bernie Bailey’s 445 and
to fellow incumbent Alma Conn’s
446.
Jim Ginn beat out current Huron
County Warden Bert Dykstra in the
Central Huron mayoral race, beating
him out with 1,591 votes to
Dykstra’s 1,044.
Dave Jewitt beat former East Ward
Councillor Pam Stanley handily,
garnering nearly 1,000 more votes,
finishing with 1,748 votes to
Stanley’s 807.
The three East Ward
representatives will be Marg
Anderson with 1,035 votes, Alex
Westerhout with 921 and Dan
Colquhoun with 635 votes. Missing
the cut were Conrad Kuiper with 511
votes, Gary “Butch” Fleet with 361
votes, Ken Colquhoun with 348
votes, Jeff Stoll with 291 votes and
Kaushik Patel with 212 votes.
In the West Ward Brian Barnim
and Alison Lobb are back with 555
votes and 604 votes respectively.
The leading vote-getter in the West
Ward was Burkhard Metzger with
647 votes.
In the Ashfield Ward of Ashfield-
Colborne Wawanosh, Murray
Curran and Roger Watt have been
elected, garnering 445 votes and 610
votes respectively. Coming up short
were Christopher MacLellan with
278 votes, Preston Drennan with 217
votes, Thomas Brindley with 146
and Arden Eddie with 50 votes.
In Central-East Huron, Robert
Hunking was elected as the trustee
for the Avon Maitland District
School Board with 1,489 votes
edging out incumbent Wilhelmina
Laurie by just over 100 votes. Laurie
finished with 1,329 votes and Pam
McLellan came up just short of
Laurie with 1,304 votes.
The trustee for the Huron Perth
Catholic Separate School Board in
the Huron East/Perth East/North
Perth area will be Amy Cronin, who
received 706 votes. Coming in
second was Jerry McDonnell with
229 votes and in third was David
Yates with 115 votes.
On October 30 and 31, “trick or
treaters” will be going door to door
to collect Halloween treats and they
will be focused on getting to as
many homes as they can to fill up
their loot bags. They won’t be
thinking about vehicles or other
safety hazards, so citizens and local
law enforcement need to work
together to keep them safe as they
move from house to house.
To ensure that everyone has a safe
and fun Halloween, it is essential
that not only the “ghosts and
goblins” know what to do, but also
their parents and the motorists that
may be driving while the young ones
are out going door to door.
Tips for parents:
Before children go trick or
treating, make sure that they have
eaten a meal. Tell children to wait
until they come home before they
start eating their treats. Inspect
candy by looking for wrappers that
have been tampered with, pin holes
in packages and loose or torn
packaging. If you are suspicious,
throw the treat away. Although
homemade caramel popcorn balls,
cookies, candy and apples are nice
and usually well intended by the
giver, they can also be dangerous.
Dispose of them unless you know
and trust who gave them to you.
It is recommended that a parent or
responsible adult always accompany
small children, even when in a
group.
If older children are going out
without the company of a parent or
responsible adult, know their
planned route and which friends are
trick or treating with them. Make
sure your child is old enough and
responsible enough to go out on their
own. Instruct them to stay together
and only trick or treat in familiar
areas. Establish when they are
coming home.
Review the safety rules relating to
traffic and strangers.
Provide your child with a
flashlight or glow stick. Costume
should be light or bright in colour
and have reflective strips attached.
When you plan to greet trick or
treaters at your door, make sure the
area is well lit. Pick up any
obstructions such as garden hoses,
bicycles, tools or other obstructions
that pose a hazard. Clean wet leaves
from your sidewalks.
Pumpkins with candles should be
placed in a safe location. Try the new
flameless candles.
Costumes should include face
paint or makeup that does not restrict
the child’s sight instead of a mask.
Children need to be able to see
hazards around them. If a mask is
going to be worn, enlarge the eye
and mouth holes for your child’s
safety.
Make sure that the costume is not
so long that the child may trip on the
fabric. No oversized shoes or high
heels.
Ensure that the costume is fire
retardant. Some home owners like to
put out jack-o-lanterns illuminated
using lit candles near the front door.
If the costume includes a sword,
knife or other “prop”, make sure that
they are made out of cardboard and
not the real thing or rigid material.
Should the child fall, the object
could pierce them.
Parents and caregivers are asked to
“Remind your youth of the
consequences of being involved in
mischief on Halloween night or
Devil’s night”.
Tips for motorists:
• During Devil’s Night and
Safety first this Halloween
Election brings
many new faces
to council tables
Old bike, new journey
Jordan Morton-Hamilton, left, Brandon Pickell, centre, and Jenna Howatt collected
approximately 20 bicycles for Bicycles for Humanity on Saturday at the Blyth United Church.
Due to the mass day of action of Saturday, the group has now collected all of the bicycles that
it needs. They are still raising funds, however, as it takes approximately $1,200 to ship the
container to Namibia. (Jim Brown photo)
C e l e b r a t i n g 25 YearsTheCitizen1985-2010
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
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