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The Brussels Post, 1980-06-04, Page 1NOW THAT I'M FINISHED DINNER, WHAT CAN I DO NEXTI—That seems to be what.Brent Pepper of RR5, Brussels was asking after he had finished eating at the. Melville Presbyterian Church's Maytime Supper on • - Wednesday night. • (Photo by.Ranney) BY DEBBIE RANNEY Bruseels council had three deputations on Monday night,- including• one from Wayne Lowe; chairman of the recreation board who told,council the board was, interested in buying more property near the arena. He said'that Sam Worktean had offered to sell four lots due north of the arena and two lots on the east corner of the arena street, The purpose of buying them would be to open up another way to the arena to see if cars could get in and out better and. also to solve the parking problem. Mr. Lowe said that if a curling rink was added on to the t arena, it, would take approximatley 60 feet off and wouldn't leave much room on the south side for parking. He added that the proposal to buy the lots had been talked over with board members and all were quite in favor of going, ahead. He said Mr. Workman would like to sell the lots in a package at a price of $27,000 with approximately $5,000 down and so much over five years or whatever the board • felt andlooking at the interest rates each • year: eve Cal Kreuter asked if the bmird had any particular ideas for raising money for this and Mr. Loire said hopefully the a "Leta could pick up some of the costs and added that he was thinking of some activities, possibly Old 13 9Y Reunione". Mr, Lowe also said that with the LeOs talking about tennis courts, the board wondered if they could sell them two lots. Reeve Cal Krauter then asked if the board bought the land if it 'would become the property of the village and. Mr. Lowe agreed that it probably would. Reeve Kreuter said he didn't think the Ministry of Intergovern ment Affairs would ge along with a mortgage deal although he coudIn't say for sure, Council decided that the clerk should look. into the matter first and that the council would tell Mr. Lowe•their decision at its next meeting. Council decided that Lloyd Mayer be nominated to stand for election 'to the Wingham and District Hospital. Board for 1980. Council passed some i)y-laws at Monday's meeting. They include a replacement by-law concerning the extension of John Street and Park Lot P in order to register deeds for'the street, aby-law to rescind another by-law on the same subject, a by-law , to alloW Bell Canada to put in new cable on Beech Street West of Tie- !berry St. N. for the Pollution Control Plata and a by-law of penalty rates requiring buildings and yards to be put in a safe condition with a $50, fine for the first offence and $500 for subsequent convictions. ouncil scusses sewer BY DEBBIE RANNEY surcharge on the sewer connection started when the person applied for a book-up. " WS Dr. Brian Lynch, Medical Officer of .._ to your advantage to ,get. there., hooked' tip as Heelth,F,hit.Tageettee.Flernbieg.„Inepectge soon di.:pdiSili14;e,s4jari:,:':: andligcf"Hireisiiii,..riireetor . of Public flealth,".,, , Reeve c,;41_,.,ensiiiti, _a id,. - el, think we'll.;. - inspectiOn; all of thejiiiran;COni4 Health have to: come to .the 'ConeltiSiott „there Unit attended a meeting of Brussels;; council - (regarding 4lie time lirnit for connection). ' on Monday night in order to go 'over ,.the,,--Mr : Paquette said that ,people Who were sewage by-laws. not going to be'able to get the gravity .fall They were-told-that the industrial waste were the responsibility of the 'municipality • by-law had been passed by council but and that they would probably have to have. sewage pumps for them. Reeve' Krauter wanted to know if there were any more additions to the sewers if the ,village would pay for them but Mr. Paquette said it could possibly be the Ministry of the (Continued on Page 3) to be, matled earlier : 109th Year —, Issue • No:. 23 WEDNESDAY, :JUNE 4, -1980 • 0 rris c er ds a job by-laws involving sewer connections and ' sewer use had not. The Health Unit people indicated that people who had connections into lot lines sheuld be gien, a certain' date (such as a nine month time limit) to.connect. -Mr. Paquette said that in Seaforth the Post In order to mail the Brussels Post a day ' earlier, so that local readers will find it in. their mailboxes Wednesday morning, it is necessary to move back the deadlines for news and display and classified ads. News from readers, and all advertising copy must be in-the Brussels Post office by 2 : p.m. Monday in order to be sure of . appearing in that week's paper. Brussels Post correspondents can continue their' Perhaps they really do not care) Feet Mit by sharp Splintered glass are both painful and can be serious. If a bottle' is accidently broken the person should show common decency and consideration of others, by picking up the piecte. If it was deliberately done the person responsible was likely brainless or too unsteady on his feet to pick it up. If they had to walk over the broken glass they might be more careful abotit what they' do with beer bottles. ****** ususal practise of mailing their news in. The new, deadlines are effective with next week's issue and Brussels Post staff hopes to have the new mailing procedure ironed out by the end of June. We ask the co-operation of the public in meeting the new deadlines. They will result in the Brussels Post .being in the hands of our readers a day earlier, on. Wednesday morning. BY DEBBIE RANNEY MorriS Townehip clerk Nancy Michie will have a new position added ,to her title. Morris Township council hired her as the township; new treasurer on Monday, to replace George Michic who is retiring. The township decided to hire Mrs. Michic as the treasurer at the same wage she earns 'now and to accept George Michie's re- signation as of June 16. Reeve Bill Elston told Mrs. Michie that she had been doing an excellent job and that the township was happy with her. The. clerk already does a number of jobs that were formerly assigned to the treasurer. Four ratepayers,' Bill Peacock, Mrs. Dale Machan, Dale Tolton and Helen MacFarlane attended from Bluevale in regard to street lights on the boundary road. The street lights will cost $11196 for each of live lot owners in Bluevale. The township will now proceed to put in three new lights on the boundary road in Bluevale. Some residents were also at the meeting to complain about beavers blocking the Smith drain with their dams and some other blockage problems. Reeve Bill Elston promised the ratepayers that council would look into the matter and set up a meeting with them at the drain site, Ross Jackson from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) in Stratford also attended the meeting. He had been looking into the Bluevale centre sideroad.and municipal ditching preblems. Reeve Bill Elston told him the residents were trying to drain their basements. An engineer had recommended the type of drainage needed but some ratepayers had turned it down becau' se they thought it was too expensive, but Mr. Jackson was going to recommend that they go ahead with it. Council gave a grant of $4,000 out of the recreation budget of the Walton Area Sports Club which will be going towards the new Walton library and multi-purpose room Which will be located in the new Walton recreation centre. They also decided to give grants of $75 to the Scaforth Community Hospital Board which had 25 patients admitted form Morris Township in 1979; $50 to the Huron Plowmen's Association and $25 to the Salvation Army. In other busines s council members, learned that their supplementary subsidy allocation was $219,300 for construction. Their total subsidy costs are $283,300 for construction and 5100,000 for maintenance for the new Martin's bridge. The old bridge is to be sold by public auction. They decided to answer a letter from the Ontario Task Force on Provincial rail policy acknowledg- ing that they had received it and that they might be interested in making some com- ments at a future date. Council accepted a petition on Nichol drain with Ross Procter as the commissioner and decided to close the file on Branch C of the same drain. The township gave permission for the Belgrave Kinsmen to sell lottery tickets in the township to raise funds for the new ball diamond in Belgrave. They accepted the tile drain loan application of Richard Harris and gave consent to severaeces for Helmut Neissen and Herbert and Faye Oakes. Council passed a bylaw -setting the mill rate to raise the sum of $381,244 in taxatice and passed a by-law asking for $250.000 for tile drainage debentures, subject to OMB approval. Council approved that two per cent Of the wages of waste disposal supervisor Adam Smith and road superintendent Lloyd Michie's wages be deposited in the Wingham Credit Union. Every three or four months council is to review interest rates charged on all out standing accounts. Short Shots by Evelyn Kennedy We can all give a sigh of relief that the : An author, who, before he turned to threatened postal workers strike was Writing, was a lawyer and financial and real averted. To the publishing business such a ektate.expert, has, said there is a simple way strike means inconvenience, delays frustr ,fora family to survive economic disaster. His ation and added financial costs. Now we advice is to cut up our credit cards and put Shall wait anxiously to see if the agreement the family on a budget. COmpanies' keep reached will bring the improved postal- 0-tieing us to buy anything, we want from, service it should. It will -almost certainly -cars to vacations, to food and clothing, or bring increased' postage rates. ,almoet 'everything else that eaiches our * * * fancy, "110 use your credit card" they tell People who leave smashed beer bottles es; It is all too easy for us to keep on doing strewn on sidewalks can have no conception jest that. Suddenly we find we are in of the danger such litter is to otherso ':financial trouble. His suggestion sounds like especially to ,youngsters in bare feet.:,a good idea. It is doubtful .that many people *ill heed it. If we could only discipline ourselves tc; do without things we want, but do not really need, until we hake the cash in our hands to pay for them we would all be in a better financial position. ****** If anyone is still, wondering why those huge spools of cable are scattered here and there throughout our village and a lot of digging; laying, and fillieg is going on, it is (Continued on page 2 )