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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-10-08, Page 1Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. VOL. 2 NO. 41 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1986.40 CENTS Wheeler skates second in England A Brussels man has returned Londesboro man hurt in fatal crash A Londesboro man is in good condition in hospital after a truck in which he was riding overturned early Saturday morning, killing the driver. George Reinink, 22, was taken to Clinton Public Hospital with head and back injuries after a pickup truck driven by Boyd Bakker, also 22, of Exeter, overturned in a ditch near the intersection of county roads 13 and 31, six kilometers southwest of Clinton, at about 6:30 a.m. A spokesman for the Goderich detachment of the Ontario Provin­ cial Police said that Mr. Bakker was pronounced death on arrival at Clinton Hospital. Also injured in a car crash on Saturday wre Frank and Sharon Wilson of Blyth, as well as their sons, Mark, 7, and Dean, 4, and a family friend, Shane Burkholder, 7. The accident was part of a spectacular crash in London in which a new bride was critically injured and eight other persons treated for shock and minor injuries. The bride, Corinne Simpson of. St. Marys, had been married less than 30 minutes when the car, drive by bridegroom Steven Simp­ son, also of St. Marys, collided with the Wilson vehicle at the intersec­ tion of Highbury Avenue and Fanshawe Park Road at about 3:20 p.m., Saturday. ConstableGary Berdan of the London OPP said the accident occured as the bridal parties and guest made their way from a double ceremony at Wesley United reception at a country club on Gore Brussels plans sewers for arena Constable Berdan said that the Simpson car then struck a third vehicle, a car driven by Emma Payne, of London, who did not require treatment after the colli­ sion. Motorcycle totalled in Brussels accident $ 1,400 damage was sustained by a 1982 Yamaha motorcycle in a collision with a car at the intersec­ tion of Highway 12 and Market Street in Brussels Saturday after­ noon. The bike, owned and ridden by Kevin Keffer, RR1, Ethel, collided with a 1974 Ford owned and driven by James Lyons, 46, of Lucknow, resulting in $400 damage to the car. A passenger on the motor­ cycle, Bradley Mawhinney, 9, of Brussels, received minor injuries and was taken to Wingham Hospital, a spokesman from the Wingham OPP said. Mr. Keffer was charged with operating a motorcycle without a license, and Mr. Lyons was charged with failing to yield the right of way. Sunshine and shadows made a very welcome appearance last Sunday, just in time for the annual Fall Colour Tour through the lovely Wawanosh Conservation Area near Belgrave. Col. Cletus Dalton of Kingsbridge was on hand with horses Pat and Mike to drive the many visitors across Belgrave Creek and over the winding trails and wooded hills of the park, on tours conducted by Deb Perkin of the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority. Brussels VillageCouncil took steps Monday night to put back intogear a long-delayed plan to connect the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre with the village’s sanitary sewer system. Council agreed to ask for a meeting with consulting engineer B. M. Ross of Goderich to look at two alternative routes for the expensive sewer hookup. The hookup was included in the village’s original plans for the Ontario Neighbourhood Improve­ ment Program but has been put off because even with the Ontario government providing half the Blyth planning meeting draws few A meeting over a routine amendment to the secondary plan for the village of Blyth drew a sparse crowd Tuesday night, Sept. 30 but one that gave perhaps more input than planning and municipal officials wanted to hear. Eight members of the general publicjoined Blyth councillors, Cindy Fisher of the Huron County Planning Department and repre­ sentatives from the Huron County Continued on page 3 money under the plan, the village still has a huge bill to pick up. Mr. Ross’ estimate four years ago was that the plan would cost $60,000. Today’s inflated cost is not yet known. Still, if council picked up the cost of the $30,000 of its share in one year it would mean a 15 per cent increase in taxes, Clerk­ treasurer Hugh Hanly told council. Faced with this cost council decided to explore alternate ways of raising the money. The village will discuss the problem with area service clubs. The idea of a raffle for a car or a gold brick was also batted around by councillors. There is some urgency in completing the project since the ONIP project runs out in March 1988, but the construction must be completed in 1987. Alternatives include coming up James Street from the community centre or cutting across the Bryans subdivi­ sion which might mean being able to recover some costs in future through hookup costs with the subdivision. In reviewing its ONIP program expenses, so far council learned that it is under budget on “hard services” (streets, drains, etc.) but overbudget more than that amount on “soft” services (social and recreation services) because the library renovations, renovations at the medical centre and cost of the pool were all over the original budget. By reallocating money the plan would be slightly o^er budget if the sewer project was at the old budgeted cost. If the village goes ahead with the sewer hookup with the community centre, how­ ever, it could be looking at an additional $12,000 or more in expenses which will have to be made up totally by the village. Council felt that this was an acceptable amount given that the original ONIP plan called for expenses of $300,000. Board of Education ratifies labour settlement An agreement has been reached between the Huron County Board of Education and its clerical, secretarial, teacher aide and audio visual technician employees, re­ presented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1428. Both parties have ratified the one-year collective agreement for a four per cent increase to all salaries, retroactive to July 1, 1986. The average hourly rate under the new agreement will be home after he and his partner placed second overall in the senior freestyle pairs competition at the international level at St. Ibels, near London, England. Kevin Wheeler, 20 and his 14-year-old pairs partner, Mich­ elle Menzies, of Preston, captured the silver medal after being bumped to a senior standing by their coach, the world-famous Kerry Leitch, in order to have the team noticed by international judges, according to Kevin’smoth­ er, Shirley. She said the pair normally competeatthe junior level, and were not expected to place in the international competition; in­ stead, the couple astounded ex­ perts by capturing fourth place in the compulsory program as well. About a dozen pairs represented Canada at St. Ibels last week. Placing first in the freestyle pairs division were another Canadian couple, Christine Hough and Doug Lardret of Preston; local fans will remember that Christine skated as Kevin’s partner for a period until the girl was injured on the day the couple was to leave for the Junior World Competition in Yugoslavia in 1983. The shocking injury sidelined Christine for a year, and upset Kevin to the point that he returned to Brussels to play Junior D hockey with the Brussels Bulls, dropping out of competitive skating. However, the die was cast, and Kevin inevitably returned to his first love again in 1985, returning to Preston to again train under Coach Leitch and get back into competition. Kevin and his new partner, Michelle, had only been performing together for one year before going to the top at St. Ibels, after first winning a medal at the Junior Canadian National Pairs Competition in North Bay last February. The team hopes to compete in the Western Ontario Sectional competition in Burlington in Dec­ ember; in the Central Divisionals in western Canada in January 1987, and in the Canadian Nation - alsin February. Kevin’s long-term goal is to become a teaching pro, like his sister, Carol, who coaches in the Chatham area; but he wouldn’t turn down a chance at the Olympics, his mother said. The son of George and Shirley Wheeler of RR 5, Brussels, Kevin was born and raised on the family farm, attending Brussels Public School and F.E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham, approximately $9.4U. In other sectors, the negotiation process is continuing through mediation with representatives of the county’s secondary school teachers, and will continue through fact-finding with the elementary school panel, accord- ingto Graeme Craig, personnel committee chairman and school board trustee for Hullett and McKillop townships, and the town of Seaforth.