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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 * 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- Continued on page 2