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The Citizen, 1988-01-27, Page 25VOL. 4 NO. 4 WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 27, 1988.45 CENTS Brussels Polar Daize 'sunned'out Saturday were Ifrom left] Kendra, 3, Sarah. 9, Rodney, 5, and Jill, 7. The children belong to Wilma and Jake Hiemstra of the Jamestown area, while the lambs belong to neighbours Harriet and Henk Boon. If lambs are here, can Spring be far behind? Sheep farmers all over north Huron w ill be on 24-hour-a-day maternity ward duty for the next few weeks as flocks deliver a whole new crop of lambs in time for the Easter market. Getting a big kick out of the little wooly creatures last All of the Saturday events planned for this weekend's Polar DaizeinBrusselshavehadtobe cancelled because Mother Nature has just been too lenient with the area’s motorists for most of the past month. Decision day close for Ethel Post Office Canada Post officials are poised to pay another visit to Ethel. And when they do, they will expect a decision from acting postmaster Doreen Suter as to whether she w ants to keep thejob where her pay could be cut as much as 75 percent, without any reduction in her duties. Richard Bowness, Canada Post’s manager of media relations for southwestern Ontario, told The Citizen Friday that Dave Munn, post office field services manager Wroxeter area farmer not guilty of neglect to animals charge A Wroxeter-area man was found not guilty of animal neglect in a provincial court appearance at Goderich last Tuesday. In his acquittal, Judge Robert Reilly of Kitchener said he did not think Hilbert Van Ankum wilfully failed to provide adequate care for a female mule he had purchased four years earlier to help with halter­ breaking his cattle. Mr. Van Ankum was charged Greg Ducharme, chairman of the Polar Daize committee and first vice-president of the Brussels Lions Club, which sponsors the annual event, said Monday that most of the three-day fun-fest has hadtobecalledoffbecause there is for the Kitchener area, will be coming to see Ms. Suter “on or before February 2“ to get her answer to the corporation’s new offer. “1 don’t mean tobe vague or misleading,” Mr. Bowness said, “but 1 honestly don’t know what Mr. Munn’s schedule is.” At press time.TheCitizen hadnotbeen able to reach Mr. Munn for comment. Canada Post’s plan is to turn salaried postmasters in rural com­ munities across the nation into early lastyear with wilful neglect of an animal after the Kitchener- Waterloo Humane Society seized the animal from the K-W Stock- yards where it was discovered with extended front hooves. In court last Tuesday, Judge Reilly said two factors led him to acquit Mr. Van Ankum: the fact thatthemulewasfoundtobein good condition except for the hooves which had curled up like little hope that ice and snow conditions will improve substan­ tially by the weekend. Although the Lidns are continu­ ing to work on the ice rink they have been making at the Brussels Ball Park, the Family Skate planned for franchised operators working on a commission paid on the basis of the volume of stamps and other postal services which they sell, using attrition as much as possible to eliminate jobs. Ms. Suter estimates that under the terms of the new contract offered to her by Canada Post last fall, her income from the post office she operates in her general store could fall from its present $19,000 per year to $3,000 to $5,000, resulting in a wage of as little as 56 horns, and Mr. Van Ankum’s excellent reputation for taking care ofthe beef cattle on his 200-acre farm. “Ifheweretrulyrecklessand did not care about its (the mule’s) condition, I would not have expected himtogiveitcareand feedit... throughthisperiod,” Judge Reillv said. He was referring Continued on page 24 Friday evening has been cancell­ ed. “We’ll keep this in as good shape as we can for the rest of the winter for anybody who wants to justskate for fun on an outdoor Continued on page 2 to 84 cents per hour for the duties performed. “You’d have to be crazy to take Continued on page 6 Citizen wins 3 awards in provincial competition The Citizen has been named the winner of three awards for general excellence in a province-wide community newspaper competi­ tion. The Citizen was judged the second best newspaper overall in the under 2,500 circulation cate­ gory of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association’s Editorial Awards Competition for papers issued in 1987. The Citizen was judged to have the best editorial page in the same class and best advertising. The awards will be presented at the OCNA’s annual convention in Toronto March 3-5. Local skaters just miss medals Although Brussels’ world-class figure skater, Kevin Wheeler, won’t be going on to compete for Canada at the Olympic Games opening in Galgary next month, he and his Senior Pairs partner, Michelle Menzies of Preston, will perform in the Games’ lavish opening ceremonies on February 13 having earned the right as national-level senior competitors. Mr. Wheeler and Miss Menzies placed fifth in both their short and long programs at the Canadian National Figure Skating Cham­ pionships in Victoria, B.C. last Wednesday and Thursday, for an overall fifth placing in the Senior Pairs Division of the Nationals. Only the three top pairs in each of the Senior Divisions of the national championships goon tocompete at the Olympics. However, observers at the Vic­ toria competition said that the local favourites performed brilliantly throughout the competition, de­ spite this being the first year they have skated as Seniors in the national contest. In 1987, Mr. Wheeler and Miss Menzies placed first to take the gold medal at the National Championships in Ottawa last February, their final year in the Junior Division of this discipline. Last summer, skating as seniors for the first time in competition, they won two gold medals in international competition against the world’s best in France and West Germany; and a year earlier, had placed second in a senior international competition in En­ gland, despite still being techni­ cally Juniors. The area’s other national com­ petitors, Kerrie Shepherd of RR 1, Blyth and Peter MacDonald of RR 2, Brussels, skating in the Novice Dance division in Victoria last week, won the Variation Dance section of their division against 15 other couples, thrilling their local fans. However, an earlier fifth place finish in the Compulsorv section of the competition knocked them down to an overall fourth place win, although only a few marks separated the top seven couples, according to Peter’s mother, Faye MacDonald, who was there to cheer the local skaters on. “Thejudgessaidthatthetop half of this year’s Novice Division had higher marks than the lower half of the Junior Division," Mrs. MacDonaldsaidMonday. “The level of Dance competition has gone up incredibly over the past few years, and we are just Continued on page 17 Last fall The Citizen was judged first overall for advertising excel­ lence in the same circulation category and received an award at the OCNA’s fall advertising meet­ ing in Ottawa. Placing third in the same circulation category was the Luck­ now Sentinel which also took awards for the best front page and best composition and layout. The only other re gio n al news­ paper to win was the Mitchell Advocate which won first place overall and prizes for best editorial page and Best composition and layout in the 2,501 to 3,500 circulation category.