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The Brussels Post, 1979-08-01, Page 25Building a hazar councillor says Brussels councillor Malcolm Jacobs wants pay these taxes when taking ownership. If council can get a quit claim deed, then the building can be sold and, the village can demand it be repaired to meet the building standards code. Mr. Jacobs said lawyers for the building's owner keep asking council what the holdup is in the quit claim deed transaction. The councillor said if council doesn't move quickly, the building will go up for a tax sale this year. This would mean the building would have to be left as is for one year after the tax sale and then Mr. Jacobs said council could go through the same delays with a new owner. The councillor said he believes the delay in the quit claim deed processing may lie with the village's own lawyer. He added the unsafe condition of the building has "been a main concern of mine" since he was taken on a tour of the building. Although the village has tried to keep the building fenced off, Mr. Jacobs said the snow fence keeps getting knocked down. He added the building is also a "'wicked fire hazard" which is particularly dangerous since the building sits in the middle of the business block. The matter of the building will be raised again at Tuesday's council meeting. - A DANGEROUS EYESORE?—This is the old Export Packers building, photographed from the alley, that Brussels council wants removed from Turnberry St. (Photo by Langlois) Wingham wins! some action taken on the vacant Masters Plastic building on the village's main street,a building he said is "a firetrap and a deathtrap to our chidlren." The recent storm sewer construction has torn up the rear of the building in the past week, making the site even more dangerous, in Mr. Jacob's opinion. Brussels clerk Bill King said the building has been condemned by both the Ontario fire marshall's office and the village building inspector. The building was originally owned by Export Packers and when this plant closed, the building was purchased by a man planning to open a Masters Plastic business in Brussels. The business went into receiver- ship shortly after purchase. Mr. Jacobs said Brussels council wants the building to be either demolished or repaired to meet Ontario building code standards. He said council has been trying for some time to get a quit claim deed to the vacant building. Mr. Jacobs said three potential buyers have indicated they are interested in purchasing the building. Since back taxes are owning, a buyer would be required to ESTABLISHED 1972 4Brussels Post BRUSSELS ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1979 108th Year — Issue No. 32 Wingham was the championship finals winning team last weekend at the Inter- mediate Men's Softball Tournament in Brussels. In 15 innings, the Wingham team de- feated Sebringville with a close score of 1-0. Sebringville defeated Arva 3-2 and Wing- ham defeated Walton 5-2 to qualify for the championship game. Earlier, Sebringville defeated South Zorra 1-0, Wingham de- feated Bryanston 6-2, Arva defeated Goder- ich 4-2 and Walton defeated Kirkton 4-1. '''1 ^ Fullarton was the consolation finals win- ning team with a score of 6-3 against St. Pauls. Fullarton defeated the Goderich Fishes 16-0, and St. Pauls defeated Lucan 4-3 to qualify for the consolation game. In the earlier consolation round, Goderich defeated the Kitchener Wright team 7-0, St. Pauls defeated Zurich 1-0, Fullarton defeat- ed Elmira 14-4, and Lucan defeated the Kitchener McKay team 10-3. First round scores were: Sebringville 4, Goderich Fishes 2, in 10 innings; Bryanston 6, St. Pauls 3; South Zorra 2, Kitchener Wright 1; Wingham 7, Zurich 0; Arva 6, Fullarton 4; Walton 7, Kitchener McKay 0; Goderich Can. 2, Elmira 0; and Kirkton 3, Lucan 0. Top canoeist relaxs on water BY DEBBIE XANNEY You just can't keep a good man down. Ted Cowan of RR 5, Bruskls said he was going to retire from canoe racing but like Mohamed Ali, Ted changed his mind and decided to stay in the game a little while longer. Short Shots by Evelyn Kennedy Having filled this column with accounts of my holiday travels, which gave me ready- made subjects to write about for the past few weeks, it has kept me scurrying around searching for something worth saying this week. The current subject of chatter, and moans, around here is the sewer project, the problems, confusion, inconvenience and unsightly mess it has created. Everyone is heartily sick of the whole thing and look forward to the end of it all. So enough of that subject. ****** If you shouted with glee at the news that beef prices had declined and we should see a 15 to 20c price drop at meat markets on certain cuts of beef it isn't really going to keep much extra cash in our pockets. The price of butter is said to be going up at least 54 a pound; also the price of cheese, ice cream and skim milk will increase, and goodness knows what else, so we lose whatever we save on beef. The only bright spot in the food picture seems to be that with seasonal local fruits and vegetables coming on the market. They should not take as much "of our cash as the imported products have. * * Blyth Summer Festival has been having sell-out crowds for many of the plays being presented this year. The season is quickly (Continued on Pagel 2) He competed in the Mattawa River race July 29th. (See below) There isn't any particular prize offered for this canoe race but according to Ted it helps get you in shape and practice for other canoe races as you attempt to do 42 miles in six hours. Ted doesn't compete in this race every year but makes it about Ted Cowan every second year. He and his partner placed second last year and third two years before that. At the time of the interview Ted was trying to fix up one of his canoes for the race which, like himself, had been retired. "It's a good canoe for that particular race," Ted says of the 18' x 6" professional racing shell that he was fixing up. Among Ted's canoes are two racing shells, a 26 foot North canoe and a couple of pleasure canoes. Among other canoe races that he is planning to enter are those in Chatham, the Barrie professional race which goes from Barrie to Orillia and a professional race in Shawnigan, Quebec where racers compete for $20,000. All the top racers show up there, Ted says. Although canoe racing might be con- sidered a gruelling sport by some, Ted ' enjoys it. As a matter of fact he says that canoe racers can sometimes reach the point , of exhaustion and can still go on. But about his own involvement in this sport Ted says, "I'm very relaxed on the water. I enjoy it." Largest one day canoe race Local man is second Members of the Cowan family have long been recog- nized, far beyond this com- munity, not only for their ability as canoe builders, but also for their skill in handling paddles to make them top- flight competitors in canoe racing. Ted Cowan of Brussels demostrated that expertise once again, when , with Sid Strange of LaSalle, they placed second in the expert class in the Mattawa River Canoe Race on Sunday July 29th. Ninety paddlers in 45 can- oes took part in the challeng- ing 40 mile race. Ontario's longest one day canoe race attracted entrants from a- cross the province. Jim' Bennett of North Bay andk Fred Heese of Toron, ,to took the Nugget trophy and first place in the expert class with a time of 6 hours, 16 minutes and 5 seconds. Cow- an's time was 6 hours and 18 Jerry Bremner wins Jerry Bremner of Brussels was in Elder- :grove B.C. on the weekend to compete in the Canadian National Junior Moto Cross Championships, Congratulations to Jerry who won the open class championship in which 40 from all over Canada competed, Calvin James of R,R.5, Brussels placed 10th in the same class. Both are top motocross drivers. They were accompanied to B.C. by John Payne of Wroxeter, in national race minutes, less than two min- utes behind the winners. Forty three of the forty five canoes completed the 40 mile course.