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The Brussels Post, 1979-07-18, Page 1BLOCKING THE MAIN STREET — People wanting to travel,up•Brussels main street thee days may have a rough time of it as the sewer work continues. Here a big digging machine driven by Noel Perris digs up some Brussels dirt. The company working on the main street is the Temar Construction Company. (Brussels Post Photo) Short Shots by Evelyn Kennedy ESTABLISHED 1872 Bru ssels Pos ONTARIO BRUSSELS 108th Year — Issue No. 29 WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1979 Medical centre Agreement ok'd at council A cruise on the River Thames from Windsor to London was a pleasant trip. This portion of the Thames is fresh water, not salt as one might expect. The incoming tide from the Atlantic does not carry the salt water that far. The day of our cruise was chilly with a brisk wind. That did not keep us under cover • for the countryside bordering the banks was dotted with beautiful homes with lovely grounds; a castle or two, churches and great scenery that kept us dashing here and there to bring cameras into action in a hurry ****** Yes, we saw Buckingham Palace and were on hand for the changing of the guard. A most colorful event. The crowds were enormous. We were lucky to get so near. One amusing incident there (which might have been serious) was a car being driven the wrong way on the street passing the Palace Gates. It must have been someone from Canada or the U.S. The roar let out .by a London Bobby was clearly heard by the crowd. The ernbarassed driver cautiously reversed his direction and sped back the way he had come. No doubt with a sheepish look on his face. No we did not visit London Tower and see the crown jewels. There were other things that appealed to us more and time was running short. I would have dearlY loved to have attended the races at Ascot. ****** Bits and Pieces; We found most of the British people we came in contact with friendly, courteous and helpful. English money naturally confused us at first. We were inclined to hold out our hand with what we thought was the correct amount for our purchase. Several times we were warned by clerks to be cautiousas there were dishonest people who would cheat us. As far as we know no one did. Hotel service where we stayed in London was not as good as in the better hotels here. That, However, was understandable. Breakfast meant service to from 600 to 700 people. The hotel back of ours was owned by the same company. It did not serve breakfast. Their guests ate breakfast at our hotel. The staff were always rushed and sometimes abrupt and forgetful. * * * * * * It was with some regret that I left London but there was the anticipated tour of The Lakes, Edinburgh and Wales to come. The first day of our trip took us through the garden cities, northward through a number of towns, including Stanford(which is con- sidered to be England's most beautiful stone-built town), on to the important northern 'university city of Leeds. Before reaching Leeds we were told that the 'motorway we were travelling on was said to. have cost a billion pounds a mile. On we went to the Pennines, through rolling country to Shipton in the Airdale Moors to Kendale, the gateway to the Lakes, descended to Windermere and followed the shores of Lake Windermere—the largest in England—to the delightful town of Grasmere. We spent the night in this picturesque little English town whose streets climbed up and down and round-about. As in all small towns and villages there was the quaint little church surrounded by its graveyard. We did not get a chance to shop in any of the smart little shops for it was Sunday afternoon when we arrived and left early Monday morning on our way to Keswick. Everywhere we climbed hills and descended into valleys, Finally we made the long climb to the Kirkton Pass. We had fantastic views of the lake, mountains and peaks all around this National. Trust area, through lakeland scen- ery to K eswick-on-Derw entwater. North. ward then to cross a spur of the Cumbrian (Continued on Page 15) Brussels council had a deputation from Roy Cousins regarding the Medical-Dental Centre when it met in regular session Tuesday night. Morris and Grey Townships had both signed the agreement regarding the transfer of the Centre to Brussels with the two townships and Brussels having trustees on the new board. Brussels is the initiating municipality. But in signing 'the agreement, Grey Township had made a recommendation that , any surplus revenue generated from the building should be equally •divided among the three municipalities or used for some form of fitness programs in the building. Brussels council disagreed and didn't see anything wrong with a paragraph in the agreement regarding revenue which stated that the money was to go back into the building for the Centre's operations or extensions, to the building. Council then made a resolution authorizing the reeve and clerk to sign the agreement between guarantors of the Brussels Medical-Dental Centre and the Townships of Morris and Grey and the village of Brussels. Roy Cousins was to take the agreement back for members of the Medical-Dental Board to sign. Council had a request from a Mrs. Sheeigin who was interesed in operating a taxi service for the village and she wanted to kniow what she had to do. Clerk-treasurer Bill King had told her she would have to apply for a taxi licence. Council was agreeable to Mrs. Sheehan's running a taxi service as long as she was the only operator of the cab and didn't transfer it or sublet it to anyone else. Council was presented with a petition of some people who were against extending John Street to the arena. At a previous council meeting in June, some of the residents on John Street had asked that the street be extended to the ar,ena because doing so would open up tax pt!oducing properties and provide an exit to the arena for fire protection and emergencies. Bruce Hahn presented the new petition to council and said other residents of John St net are against the extension to the arena because they didn't think the money should come out of the villages' taxes and didn't want the road to become as busy as it ivas likely to be. If the road was necessary they felt it should come from another direction and suggested the county road as a more likely possibility. He also told Reeve Cal Krauter that they had no objections to extending the street, just to extending it as far as the arena. In answer to the petitioners' concern \ (Continued on Page 15)