HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-01-31, Page 1Fair board
Brussels fair board
presents awards
See page 7
Musical visitors
Mississippi choir
visits Blyth
See page 23
Letters
Blyth council’s
actions generate
debate See page 5
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VOL. 6 NO. 5
Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel,
Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1990.50 CENTS
Survival training
Members of the Brussels Cadets took part in a Winter Survival
Weekend. Ideally they weretospend the night out of doors, but
cold temperatures and damp weather prohibited them. There
were 15 participants involved in the outdoor activities. All
materials are provided by the Army Cadet League. Lighting the
lantern are, from left: Manny Taylor, Darren Bauer, Rodney
Bauer and Ron Sinnamon.
Radford’s ‘disturbed’ by Blyth council’s letter
George Radford Construction
says it is “disturbed” by a letter
from Blyth village council which
puts all the blame for cost overruns
in the reconstruction of the Radford
Ball Diamond on the construction
company.
Following a meeting of its board
of directors Saturday, the company
issued a statement which said “We
have studied the letter from Coun
cil and find it quite disturbing.”
The letter, published in last week’s
Citizen, calls on the company to
finish the rest of the work on the
project by May 1 and to donate a
further $1,750 on the project. The
company has already made a
donation of $6,000 to the cost of the
project while the families of Doug
Scrimgeour and Diane Wasson, the
two principal members of the
company, have donated $1,000
each. The letter also calls on the
Blyth Men’s Slowpitch to put a
further $1,000 into the project and
the village to invest $500. This
would be matched by $3,250 in
funds from the provincial govern
ment through the PRIDE program.
“We feel,” the Radford state
ment says, “the ball diamond issue
is only one part of a much larger
issue. The unpublicized council
meetings and lack of communica
tions between groups in our village
is taking its toll. Our once-peaceful
village has been in a state of
upheaval for the past three years.”
Company officials, who left on a
company-sponsored trip with em
ployees to a convention in Las
Vegas Sunday, did not indicate if
they would be seeking legal advice
on the issue.
The dispute arose when the
construction company exceeded its
initial estimate of $6,000 for the
stripping of top soil and use of fill
to raise the grade of the diamond.
Council insists the company stick to
its original estimate of $6,000 while
the company, which submitted a
bill for $11,559 for work done so
far, says the increase was due to
changes made to the project at the
last moment. Council employed a
Cars collide Friday
on icy Cty. Road 12
Icy road conditions resulted in a
two car collision last Friday morn
ing in Morris Township.
Fifty-two-year-old Robert Spore
of Chesley and his passenger
William Avey, 6, of RR 3, Chesley
were southbound on County Road
12 at a stated , speed of 70
kilometres an hour when they
began to fishtail, an OPP spokes
person stated. The northbound
vehicle driven by David Hughson,
25, of London entered the south
bound lane in an attempt to avoid
lawyer to state its position at a
meeting held January 16 of all
parties involved. The council says
the changes were never approved
by council so council is not respon
sible for paying for them.
the Spore vehicle but was struck
when it swung back into the
southbound lane.
Mr. Hughson was taken by
ambulance to Wingham and Dis
trict Hospital where he was treated
for minor injuries. Mr. Spore and
his passenger both escaped injury,
OPP said.
All three were wearing seat belts
at the time of the accident and the
police report both vehicles as
demolished.
$20,000
in coats
stolen from
Old Mill
Thieves absconded with thous
ands of dollars worth of merchan
dise from the Old Mill, south of
Blyth, after breaking in during the
evening of Tuesday, January 23.
Staff Sgt. Turnbull of the Goder
ich OPP detachment stated that the
factory outlet was broken into
between the hours of 10 and 10:30
p.m. by the perpetrators. They
entered by smashing the glass in
the front door of the building and
once inside removed over 70 ladies
leather jackets of various sizes and
styles which he says are estimated
at $23,325.
According to Staff Sgt. Turnbull
the incident was reported at 2:23
a.m.
He states that there were no
witnesses to the robbery and the
OPP have no suspects at this time.
Constable Lezerivch is investigat
ing the incident.
The owners of the Old Mill
refused to comment on the break-
in.
Recycling
surpluses hit
Morris plan
With the backlog of recyclable
materials at the Morris Landfill site
Council proposed some changes at
its January 16 meeting for recycla-
bles at the landfill site in the next
few months.
A letter was read from Carter
Waste Disposal in Wingham saying
that they would have to charge $20
per pickup for glass with no
compensation received from the
contractor for the glass.
Councillor Bert Elliott made a
motion at this time that the glass at
the recycling bin will, for now, be
disposed with the regular garbage
so the proposal of Carter’s Waste
Disposal will not be accepted. The
motion was carried.
Clerk-Treasurer Nancy Michie
stated that this does not mean
people should stop recycling.
“People shouldn’t change what
they’ve been doing,” she said.
“These changes are just until we
get more information on the recy
cling markets. We are not saying
there won’t be markets in the next
few months.”
Operations at the site will con
tinue as usual with tin, however,
the newsprint will be burnt for the
present time as Leyser Enterprises
will not pay for the newsprint
received and if picked up Morris
must pay transportation costs.
In other business Council raised
no objections to the hiring of Gary
Nicholson as drain superintendent
of East Wawanosh providing that a
backlog of repairs did not occur due
to the increased work load. Follow
ing a six-month probationary peri-
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