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The Citizen, 1990-12-05, Page 1Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. VOL. 6 NO. 49 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1990.50 CENTS Who is this guy? is This Santa guy really to be trusted? This youngster seems to be wondering on meeting Santaat Blyth on Saturday. It was a big day for Santa as he visited both Blyth and Brussels in the afternoon. In Blyth he was helped by the Blyth Lions Club to hand out candy after the Lions had treated local children to a movie. Plenty of interest in Blyth Pride grant money Few kids at Christmas could fill a shopping list quicker than area groups helped Blyth council find ways to spend the $400,000 budget of a Pride grant the village will seek. Slippery roads cause Hwy. 4 truck crash Slippery road conditions on Highway 4 have resulted in another accident. OPP say that Bradley Coates, 30, of RR 5, Clinton was southbound just south of Cone. 2/3 in Morris Township on November After council had approached the groups they were given possible projects the groups would like to undertake that quickly filled the wish list and threatened to overload it with some groups still to be heard 29, when his tractor trailer slid on a slushy spot. The vehicle then entered the east ditch. The driver sustained no injuries and there was moderate damage done to the tractor trailer. from. The grant application has to be sent in by year end and the interest of other groups will be sought so council can finalize just which projects it will put in the application at its Dec. 12 meeting. The grant, for the three years starting in 1992, included the wishes of the Huron Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association, the Women’s Fastball team, vari­ ous groups using the Community Centre and the Public Utilities Commission. Still to be heard from as of the Nov. 27 meeting of council were the Blyth Legion and Ladies Auxiliary, Blyth Lions, and Blyth Optimists. The Thresher Association could use up a large part of the $200,000 in grant money all by themselves. The group would like to share with another group the construction of a washroom facility with food booth and small picnic shelter at a total cost of $60,000 to $75,000. Also on the shopping list for the ambitious group is the purchase of more land for parking, at about $40,000, construction of more portable blea­ chers at $8,000 and the lining of the group’s west shed with steel at a cost of $10,000. Total cost of the Association’s shopping list is Continued on page 23 Brussels may start fire hall fund Brussels Village Council will approach the village fire depart­ ment about getting a fund started to eventually build a new fire hall. Council has been talking about the need for a fire hall for some time but with other major projects on the go like the industrial park this year and the extension of Elizabeth Street for Huronview next year, had been unable to see where the public funding would come in the next while. Clerk-trea­ surer Donna White said she had struck out in attempts to find government grants to assist with the new building. Councillor Greg Wilson made the suggestion that a fund be started anyway. “If people got thinking about the fire hall they might give money,’’ he said, suggesting a thermometer could be put outside the fire hall to show the progress and council could make a donation to get the fund started. He sugges­ ted the firemen could hold dances, raffles and other activities to raise money. Councillor Bruce Hahn agreed that getting a campaign under way might “knock a couple of years off the waiting period” to get a new building. The discussion had arisen from village employee Hugh Nichol’s report on repairs to the floor of the fire hall. The floor had been sinking so a backhoe was brought in to investigate. When the cement was broken up it was found there was an air space of six inches between the cement and the gravel below. A post holding up the roof had to be jacked up and supported with new cement. The rest of the hole was filled in with fresh gravel. It would cost about $1,000 to apply a new cement floor, Council­ lor Hahn suggested. He also said that the bricks on the fire hall are in bad shape and some work will soon be needed. Reeve Gordon Work­ man said he hated to see any money put into the old building when a new one was needed. The Reeve felt it was strange that there isn’t some kind of funding available for building fire halls. At the suggestion of Mrs. White council agreed that Fire Chief Howard Bernard should be asked to get an estimate of how much a new fire hall would cost so that a fundraising goal could be set. Fire destroys Grey Twp. mobile home An afternoon fire on November 29 completely destroyed a mobile home just east of Jamestown in Grey Township. Grey Twp. Deputy Fire Chief Stewart Steiss said volunteers were called at 2 p.m. to a fire at the home of Michael and Bonnie Farrish by a neighbour. No one was home at the time, Mr. Steiss said. The trailer was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived so it was impossible to determine when and how it started, according to Mr. Steiss. Estimate of the damage is listed in the report as $50,000.