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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-03-28, Page 1Champs! Blyth Novices, Belgrave Atoms win crowns See page 14 VOL. 6 NO. 13 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1990.50 CENTS Brussels industrial lots on sale Plans for servicing the Industrial Park at the north end of the town bv Huron Feeding for water, roads and hydro will commence on the condition that the Brussels. Morris and Grey Industrial Committee can sell four of the nine lots before May 1, Keith Mulvey, chairman of the Brussels and Grey Industrial Com­ mittee said this week. The lots in the north end industrial park are now for sale. The size of the lots varies with the smallest ones being 1.1 acre and with the price for these being $17,000. Interested parties are to contact Keith Mulvey at Cardiff and Mul- vy Real Estate and Insurance. 4 injured in accident Four people were injured follow­ ing a single vehicle accident in Morris Township on Highway 86 late Saturday evening. Wingham OPP stated that Gary Gatecliffe, 36, of Mount Hope was the driver of a 1989 Mercury that was carrying three passengers: Linda Armstrong, 22, of Mount Hope; Robert Toal, 35, RR 1, Bluevale; and Brenda Cooper, 37, RR 1, Bluevale. No details regarding the accident were available but police say that all four victims were taken by ambulance to Wingham and Dis­ trict Hospital. All but Ms. Cooper, who received major injuries as a result, sustained only minor injur­ ies. Rutabaga Festival support builds Businesses and organizations are jumping enthusiastically behind the idea of the first Blyth Rutabaga Festival, planners of the event learned at their March 20 commit­ tee meeting. Brenda Finlayson of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion said her group had voted to sponsor one of the area Legion Pipe Bands and has challenged the Legion to sponsor another band. The Blyth Lions Club has agreed to sponsor the Seaforth Girls Band (if it is available) or another available band. Meanwhile Festival Chairman John Elliott reported that several people had already agreed to sponsor trophies for the parade or Continued on page 3 Look up...Look way up Dale Newman of the Grey township team concentrates hard on catching his pancake during the pancake relay at the “Maple Keys Maple Madness’’ competition Sunday near Ethel. Teams of municipal councilsand media vied for the Maple Madness award, won for the second year in a row by Hullett township. Christian Heritage Party official bashes Meech The Meecn Lake Accord is simply “a power struggle between a weak prime minister and power­ grabbing premiers,’’ members of the Huron-Bruce riding association of the Christian Heritage Party were told at their annual meeting in Blyth Friday night. Peggy Humby, Ontario president of the party told the 100 party members present that Meech Lake brings yet another level of govern­ ment to the country as the prime minister and the 10 premiers bargain for pieces of power. Reading from a prepared state­ ment about the party’s reaction to New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna’s compromise proposals on Meech Lake she said the party feels putting the proposals before a parliamentary committee is only a smoke screen. It merely distracts from the fundamental differences in the accord over such things as the Distinct Society clause for Quebec and the emphasis of group rights over individual rights. Speaking later during the ques­ tion and answer period Mrs. Hum­ by said the back-lash in English Canada in recent weeks is not anti-French but anti-government interference. A native of England, Mrs. Humby said she had lived in Quebec prior to 1970 and there was never any problem learning in either language. “Quebec has al­ ways been a distinct society” she said. Other questions at the meeting balanced budgets to new regula­ tions to allow Sikhs to wear turbans into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. One questioner felt the Sikhs were enforcing their heritage on Canadians. Mrs. Humby agreed saying it’s the little things such as this, and rights given to homosex­ uals that are undermining the Canadian way of life. Her husband Peter, treasurer of the party in Ontario went further saying these things were a sign that the anti-Christ had arrived on earth. “If we don’t do something about it we might even lose the right to go to church,” he said. In answer to another question Mrs. Humby said the party be­ lieves in a balanced budget but balanced over the term of a business cycle. She hit out at money for such things as culture (specifically targetting the contro­ versial National Gallery of a $1.8 million painting) and academic research. During her speech Mrs. Humby, a resident of Stoney Creek and former candidate in the riding of Lincoln, said the Christian Heri­ tage Party stand on all issues is a family-oriented stand. “You have a responsibility to live your life in the shadow of Christ,” she told the members. “The moral standards of the Christian Heritage Party are good for everybody.” She told the members they must reach out and cross boundaries to reach people who aren’t obviously Christian. “It’s our job to make people realize that the Christian standards this country was founded on are being eroded,” she said.