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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1980-10-08, Page 1'1'.P144.4PiW'll 1441!,11‘.1.• er • • BY DEBBIE RANNEY costs would have on the ratepayer is not yet BrOssels council received a letter from the known since council was only given the inital Ministry of the; nvironment stating that the cost of the sanitary, sewer .works was up $786,$30 from the 1978 estimated cost of $2,721,815. •- Frontage and • connection charges will remain the same, but there is a possibility that the surcharge on water will go up becatise of an increase in labor and, material' costs from when they Were Originally estimated, in 1975. , spring and then it kept getting put off. Just how much, of an effect these new "What I'm looking at is. not controlling the costs for the' first year, based on "certain asstimPtions' ' Councillor Gerd Workman suggested that before the whole project was, given. goVernment go ahead in 1975, the -project should have been up dated "almost to. today". Clerk' King said when :council passed by-laws. on the project .in 1975, the sewer project was supposed= to start, the next GETTING READY TO COLLECT—The Brussels Leo Club got ready to - collect fbr the Arthritis Society on Monday night. With Leo members Is Mrs. Ken Tyernian, co-ordinator of the canvass. From left are Cathy Sholdice, Todd Wheeler, Brenda Ten Pas and Karen McCutcheon, (Photo by Langlois) 414 ,1 ,9 costs mushroom : Council blames 1975 '-.estimates ' ' t initial, year, but controlling •after, that for a few years to come. That's what I'm after and I don't think I could do it right at this point in time. "The reeve said. Councillor Workman suggested that 'Brus'sels could talk to some other municipality which has had sewers in for five or eight years and see what they would do differently if'they had the chance. "It's some worse than it was, but not much More than we were originally told," Reeve K.rauter said. "Just wait for the next revised edition in six months," Councillor workman said. In recreation, council again got into a lengthy discussion on how the new liquor regulations were affecting the area. Council decided to install a pancake light on the pole closest to Daris MacDonald's house after receiving a letter from her brother Ian who stated that a light was need because vandalism had occurred at his sister's place. Council was told that the Wingham O.P.P. had said they would have as big a squad as possible for Halloween which is on Friday night this year and council also decided to ask Ken Graber and an assistant to clean up anbijunk left on the streets after Hallowe'en, Council had a deputation from Doc Stephenson to discuss the appointment of the, I new fire chief and fire department's van. • Mr. Stephenson said the appointment of the `new chief was to be discussed at a firemen's meeting on Tuesday night. • Council passed building permitS for a chimney for fitank Exel's house and a new roof for Jack Hall's house. In ,a tender for paving of a road in the ' village council called 'for 475 cubic yards at 'roughly $13,000 'but the. contractor used 27 per cent more paving material, costing $3000 extra. The contractors used a little more width and 'depth than was called for in the tender. Reeve Cal Krauter .thas declared his intention of running for reeve again and both Gord •Workman and Betty Graber indicated they would run for council again. Councillors George Cousins and .Malcolm Jacobs said they hadn't decided yet. Councillor Graber said we had learned "a whole bunch this past two years and Reeve Krauter said, "I've enjoyed working with this council for the past two year. We seemed to have accomplished a few things.". r. ESTABLISHED 1672 Brussels Post BRUSSELS ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1980 109th Year -7 .hieue No.., 41 ••••'' '." A FINAL INSPECTION—A . final Inspection of the . sanitary sewers in, BrusselS was-being. Made 'in different parts of the village all this week. (Photo bylanglois) thel man hurt by power takeoff Short Shots -by Evelyn Kennedy If all good people were clever, And all clever people were good, The world would be nicer than ever ' We thought that it possibly could. But somehow, 'tis seldom or never The two hit it ofras they should; The good are harsh to the clever The clever are rude to the good. ****** Brussels Figure Skating Registration will take place at the arena, Friday, October 17th from .7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Brussels Figure Skating will soon be starting. Here is a sport that is fun, healthy and: something a child can carry on through life. Be sure to register your child Oct, 17th at the arena. Watch for further particulars in the next issue of The Post. ****** It will soon be time for Morning Star Rebekah Lodge annual Variety Fair. It will be held this year on Saturday, October 25th. That is an event at which you may find bargains in used clothing and other useful things. Watch future issues of this paper for further information. ****** Here is a "tummy" little item culled from the pages of Safety Canada which should deter folks trying their hand At home-made rum. It will certainly influence them to abstain from drinking such a brew. "hi Great Britain a very potent bottle of home-made rum exploded in a home, scattering glass and liquid around the room. The "rum" caused the carpet Underlay to disintigrate, and Wall paper to peel off the walls wherever it landed," * * * * What on earth is that 'queer noise? Oh! Oh, my dog must be choking to death. Pry open her mouth, prod around in her throat, nothing there. She is disgusted. There it goes again--and again--and again. What is it? Listen here, listen there. Suddenly I realize, when l track it down above my head, it is my smoke detector doing the complain- ing. Stare up at it for 6C seconds, it is working. ,Where is the little r\ed flash but there is also the miserable beep. Of course being a non-mechanical female I had no idea what was causing it. Opened it up, tapped it here and there with no results; said a few naughty words but they did not quiet the pesky thing. Looked at the directions on the box it was given to me in, nothing there about unprovoked beeps, every 60 seconds, It took one of those know-it-all males (r son) to tell me it was trying to say it needed a new battery if I expected to be warned of dangerous smoke. No trouble taking out the nearly dead battery but putting the new one in was another matter. Being a lady I was r wary about being too rough and was being much too gentle. In disgust, after fiddling with it for half an hour, and thinking of taking a hammer to it, I gave the contraption a good solid whack. It then meekly did what it was supposed to do, flashed its little red light and kept its mouth shut. ***** Enjoy a variety of music sung by the Dominion Life Choir of Kitchener, at the Brussels Public School on Tuesday, October 14 at 8:30 p.m. Don't miss this special evening. Another community event not to miss is the. Brussels U.C.W. s bake sale to be held November 22 at the Library at 2 pan. Thete will be baking, a craft table, a fish pond and a tea room. Kevin Semple, 19, of R.R. 1, Ethel suffered multiple injuries as the result of a farm accident in which he got caught in the power take-off of a forage harvester on Saturday afternoon. A Wingham O.P.P. spokesman said the young man suffered multiple injuries, His mother Mrs. Joe Semple said he had a fractured elbow, a few lacerations to his head) to his arm and to the back of his left leg. He was freed from the forage harvest by his brother Calvin, was taken to Listowel Memorial Hospital and later to the Ic-W Hospital where he is in stable condition. His mother said he will be there for the next month.