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Brussels residents protest
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New minister
Londesboro minister
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Review
Strong cast
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Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel,
l.ondesborough, Walton and surrounding townships.
VOL. 6 NO. 31 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1990. 50 cents
Pig drive?
This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home
and these little piggies didn’t seem to have the vaguest idea
where they were going. Molly Morton, and Ann Morton, not
pictured, had some difficulty convincing this porcine group to
co-operate when they tried to move them last Friday morning.
The pigs, owned by Brian Morton of RR 3, Brussels, had been
stored in Ken MacDonald’s barn and were being moved back.
Brian and some others had their own problems further down the
road with a few stubborn sows.
Temporary site chosen for Walton P.O.
Canada Post and the proprietors
of the Walton Tea Room, Thys and
B.J. de Jong, have reached an
agreement to establish the new
retail postal outlet in the Tea
Room.
Belgrave Kinsmen unveil
arena plans Aug. 8
Earlier this summer the Belgrave
and District Kinsmen announced
their plans to replace the existing
front of the Belgrave arena with a
new community centre. The project
will be a joint venture with the
township of East Wawanosh who
are in need of a new' municipal
office.
The club has undertaken some
preliminary design work and de
veloped a proposal which contains
a floor plan for the community
centre and a layout of the neigh
bouring parking lot and ball dia
mond.
Jim Craig, Media and Commun
ity Affairs officer for Canada Post
said in a telephone conversation
Monday that the new service will
begin on August 7, the first
working day after the Civic Week-
The Kinsmen club will be host
ing a public meeting on Wednes
day, August 8 at 8 p.m. in the
Belgrave arena to obtain input from
the community on the proposal.
Kinsmen president Mike Malhiot
emphasized the club’s interest in
obtaining the input to identify the
community support for the project
and to obtain their assistance in
designing a facility which would
best serve the community needs.
All interested members of the
Belgrave community are invited to
attend.
end. The last day of business for
the present Post Office will be
Saturday and the conversion will
take place over the holiday week
end, Mr. Craig said.
According to Canada Post, the
new arrangement, which is taking
place due to the retirement of
postmaster Marj Humphries, will
provide full postal retail services
and products with the added bene
fit of longer hours. Formal business
hours will be from Monday to
Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
However, Craig explained that the
Civic Holiday means
changes in hours
Monday is Civic Holiday and
most businesses including banks
and the post office will be closed.
The Citizen will be open in order
to be able to publish as usual
Wednesday morning. Because of
the holiday, however, there will be
a slight change in hours for the
way the Tea Room operates, some
times opening earlier or staying
open longer, postal service will be
available. “Any hours they are
open,’’ he said, “the outlet will
operate as well’’.
Also on August 7, the General
Delivery service will be adjusted to
group service at a site adjacent to
the Tea Room.
The community postal identity,
or postal code, will remain the
same. Nor does the new service
affect rural mail delivery in any
way, he said.
Brussels office. It will be open
Monday from noon to 2 p.m.
At other times news or advertis
ing can be left in the slot in the
door. Items can be called in to
either office of The Citizen until 4
p.m. for inclusion in the August 8
edition of the paper. The Blyth
office will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sept. 6
set for
election
Huron county voters will join
voters from across Ontario on Sept.
6 in going to the polls to elect a new
Ontario government.
Premier David Peterson announ
ced the date of the election
Monday. Although the government
is only three years into a potential
five year term the Premier said it is
important for him to have a new
mandate from the people. In Huron
the parties are gearing up for the
election. First off the mark will be
the New Democratic Party holding
its nomination meeting tonight
(Wednesday), at 7:30 p.m. at
Central Huron Secondary School
(CHSS) in Clinton.
On August 8 the Progressive
Conservatives will meet at CHSS to
nominate their candidate and the
following night the Liberals will
name their candidate to succeed
long-time Liberal MPP and former
Minister of Agriculture Jack Rid
dell.
The Family Coalition Party also
plans to run a candidate but no
nomination date has been set.
Blyth
councillor
resigns
Citing personal reasons, Ken
Brown resigned his position as
councillor for the village of Blyth,
sending in his resignation to the
July 24 meeting of council.
Councillor Brown had missed
several meetings recently and stat
ed under his current situation he
couldn’t carry out his duties.
Council accepted the resignation
with regret and held a closed
meeting at the conclusion of the
regular meeting to discuss proce
dure for selecting his replacement.
An advertisement calling for
applications from those interested
is included in this week’s issue of
The Citizen. Applications, in writ
ing, are to be submitted to the
village municipal office by 5 p.m.
August 7. Selection of the new
councillors is to be made at the
August 8 meeting of council at 7:30
p.m.
KEN BROWN
Resigns council seat