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Brussels man
drowns in
accident
A 63-year-old Brussels man is
dead following a boating accident
on Lake Huron, about three miles
south of Kincardine, Monday after
noon.
Kincardine OPP received a re
port of two persons in the water at
1:50 p.m. and dispatched a boat to
recover them, according to Const.
Davis of the Kincardine detach
ment. Theodore Kumm of Church
St. and Lome McTeer, 34. of
Chepstow were transported to Kin
cardine and District Hospital where
they were pronounced dead.
Both men were participating in
the CKNX Fishing Derby.
Const. Davis stated that post
mortem will be done to determine
the cause of death and an investi
gation is continuing. “It is uncer
tain at this time if there will be an
inquest and we are still searching
for the vessel,” he stated.
East Wawanosh
taxes increase
6.39%
At a meeting on May 15, the
council of East Wawanosh adopted
the 1990 budget establishing the
mill rate at 7.35 per cent up 6.39
per cent over last year’s mill rate
for the general township. On an
assessment of $75,000, taxes will
amount to $1,646.63, an increase of
$145.73 over last, year’s taxes of
$1,500.90 on the same assessment.
Total budget expenditures for
1990 have been estimated at
$806,140. Last year’s actual figure
was $500,069. This increase is due
to proposed drainage work, up
front financing for lot levy for
Wingham Pentecostal Church,
where a road must be put in, lights
for Hutton Heights subdivision and
a grant for the Ministry of Trans
portation for the purchase of a
truck, according to Clerk Winona
Thompson.
The average public school sup
porter in the township is facing a
total increase in millrate of 9.7 per
cent while the separate school
supporter can expect to pay 12.45
per cent more overall, due to the
increase in the school levy which
was set at 18.82 per cent.
In other business permission was
given to Jack Van Camp to place a
trailer with wheels on Pt. Lot 34,
Cone. 6 of East Wawanosh.
The resolution from Morris
Township asking the Ontario
government to increase recreation
grants was not supported by coun
cil. Mrs. Thompson stated that
council felt it should be a user pay
system.
Survey help
needed
You can help shape the future
look of The Citizen by taking a few
minutes to fill out the readership
survey contained on page 11 of last
week’s Citizen.
The survey is designed to help
Citizen staff understand just what
readers like about the paper and
what they would like to see
changed or improved. “Only by
knowing what readers think can we
make the paper fit their needs
better,” editor Keith Roulston
said.
Serving I Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel,
Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships.
VOL. 6 NO. 21 WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1990.50 CENTS
Bessie Johnston Brussels9 Citizen of Year
A little help from a friend
Slam dunking may be easy for people like Michael Jordan, but for boys like Jason Stratton a little help
from a buddy gives new meaning to the term one-on-one. Jason and Jim Cook took advantage of the
break in the weekend’s rainy weather to spend some time out of doors shooting baskets at Grey
Central School.
Bessie Johnston of RR 2, Blue
vale has been named the Citizen of
the Year for the Brussels area.
Mrs. Johnston has been nomi
nated by two different people in
The Citizen’s annual contest. A
committee from the Brussels area
made the final selection. A spokes
person for the committee said the
judging was a difficult job given the
13 excellent nominations. The
Brussels area has some outstand
ing citizens who are a credit to their
community, she said.
Mrs. Johnston has been involved
in many activities in the area. She
is perhaps best known to many for
her long service as co-ordinators of
the Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre Catering
Group. In the years since the
community centre was begun this
group of women has catered to
hundreds of banquets and turned
over hundreds of thousands of
dollars to help the operations of the
centre. Last year the group donated
$12,000 to the Centre.
One of her nominators said the
volunteer workers in the group
work enthusiastically under her
leadership. “A very modest per
son, she gives herself to family and
community without a thought of
reimbursement”, her nominator
said.
She is also past president of the
ladies division of the Brussels Fall
Fair and is a director of the fair
board. She has been a member of
the Brussels Legion Pipe Band for
10 years. She is also active in the
work of Bluevale United Church.
And, one of the judges noted, she
has “a wonderful smile”.
Mrs. Johnston will be presented
with a plaque honouring her selec
tion as Citizen of the Year at a later
date.
Rutabaga Festival
parade entries
grow
There is still time to enter the
Blyth Rutabaga Festival parade,
parade officials said this week.
Organizers say the June 23
parade is expected to have close to
100 entries. Because of the success
of the event the initial plans to
charge an entry fee have been
dropped. Several groups and busi
nesses have decided to sponsor
some of the main attractions so the
costs have been slashed.
Major attractions sponsored by
these groups include London’s
Royal Scots Pipes and Drums,
Brussels Legion Pipes and Drums,
Clinton Legion Pipes and Drums,
London’s Mocha Temple Shrine
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