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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-03-30, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1988.1/1/7, theatre, Vanastra grants restored Continued from page 1 the development of nearly every village and hamlet in the province and particularly in Huron county,' ’ she said. She pointed to the work W.I. members do from keeping Carrie Ansley of Blyth examines parts of a 40-foot strip of wood, gouged from top to bottom of a huge spruce tree that was hit by lightening March 21 on the lawn of Norma and Louis Daer’s home at the corner of Queen and West* moreland Streets in the village. There was no fire, but several Blyth homes and businesses suffered lengthy power and telephone interruptions. Tweedsmuir histories to teaching 975 4H projects. “Our Huron County grant would not pay one teacher for one hour but it recognizes their work in the Countyshe said. Reeve Doug Fraser pointed to the number of community halls operated by the W.I.’s. Others agreed that it was the principal of the thing and restored and increased the grant to $25 for each of the districts. Reeve Armstrong also led the fight to have grants for the Blyth Festival and Huron Country Play­ house restored. Each theatre had been granted $1,200 last year but following the executive’s thinking about not supporting groups at two levelsofgovernmentthe grants had been cutoff in the executive committee recommendations. Reeve Armstrong who last year became a member of the Blyth Festival board of directors said the Festival Board is one of the most ambitious boards she has ever Mabel's Grill Continued from page 4 been in four years. Now tell me, wasn’t it that guy who couldn’t manage the economy, that guy who nearly bankrupted the country, some guy named Trudeau, who was in there four years ago the last time things were as good as they are now?’’ WEDNESDAY: As if we haven’t had enough fuss about illegal immigrants lately, Julia Flint was saying, now we have to worry about spiders that are hitching their way into Canada from the tropics. People are getting bitten by the imported spiders and getting a rash. Seems the spiders are getting into Canada on the luggage of people going south, she said. “Don’t blame me,’’ Hank Stokes said. ‘ ‘The farthest I’ve got south in the last few years is Thamesford and I don’t think they have any vicious spiders there.” been involved with, giving hun­ dreds of volunteer hours in order to keep the price of tickets at a reasonable rate and still balance the books. “Wewouldbe irrespon­ sible not to continue our grant to the Theatre after all they have done to promote the arts and Huron county,’’ she said. Other local reeves supported the sentiment. Blyth Reeve Albert Wasson said his council feels strongly that it isn’t even so much the amount of money that the council gives as the signal of support this sends that aids the Festival fundraisers in raising other funds. This was an oppor­ tunity to support something that will make the county an important place to be. Reeve Fraser said that the theatre brings a lot of people to the county and it should be supported. Hullett Reeve Cunningham sup­ ported reinstating the theatre grants. He said he thought the executive policy was a little THURSDAY: Hank was talking about the tremendous break­ through in science this morning. Seems a team of researchers in B.C. has discovered the five chemical intoxicant that gives the queen bee in the hive power over the other bees. Now what would the world have done without that knowledge, Tim wondered. Julia said that the way things are going some perfume company will soon be mass producing the stuff to sell at $50 an ounce as an allure to attract men. Billie Bean said he wouldn’t mindifthey could make some of that stuff for men. Imagine, he said, being the human equivalent of a queen bee, sitting back and having everybody work for you and provide your food. Ward said there already is the human equivalent. It’s called the civil servant. backwards, that the county should support such good causes and then if the municipalities chose to doubly support them so much the better. He noted that some munici­ palities didn’t give to the theatre because the county was. giving. The motion to reinstate the grants to the Blyth Festival and Huron Country Playhouse and a $200 grant to the Midwestern Ontario Rotary Music Festival was approved by council. The battle about the final deletion from the Letters to the editor DEAR EDITOR, Anyone who missed seeing the Brussels Figure Skating Club “Toys on Ice’’ Saturday night missed agreat show. The Club is to be congratulated for a well planned Carnival with delightful costumes and lots of good variety numbers. All the participants did a great job and what a thrill to see our outstanding pairs skaters Kevin Wheeler and Michelle Menzies, and our dance couple Peter MacDonald and Kerrie Shepherd, of whom we are all so proud, perform. Leona Armstrong. THE EDITOR, On behalf of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, I would like to thank the people of Blyth for their generous donations during our recent campaign. A total of $1,112.50 was raised. This is up considerably from last year. A special thanks to all the volunteer canvassers for their dedicated work. Lois van Vliet Co-ordinator, Heart & Stroke Foundation for the Village of Blyth. budget was over a $6,240 grant to the Vanastra Recreation Centre which had been cut in the Executive committee delibera­ tions. Councillor Clarence Rau of Stanley township said he had fought to save that grant last year at budget time and he would fight again this year. Stanley supports the centre and he urges people to use it, he said, making a motion to reinstate the grant. J. Russel Kernighan, Reeve of Colborne said his township hadn’t supported the centre in the past because of budget limitations but he had always “rationalized” the decision on the basis that the county gave. He said he would like to see his own council support Vanastra but at least the county should support it. Brian McBurney, reeve of Turn­ berry, argued against the support sayingeverycommunityhas re­ creation facilities that don’t pay for themselves and if the county gets into supporting such facilities it was likely to get all sorts of requests from across the county. Reeve Gerry Prout of Usborne argued that the fees for using the swimming pool are “ridiculously low” and that the centre should be privatized with user-pay fees. Despite the objections, the grant was approved by a recorded vote of 18-12. ANNOUNCING Your New Local Distributor for - RAWLEIGH PRODUCTS - "A friend of the Family since 1889" — For every room in the house - For every member of the family and "MR. GROOM" superior quality Pet Care Products For free catalogue, call Lee or Bob Grazian 887-9852 Were Searching For A Heart Of Gold Selflessness. Willingness. Understanding. Qualities you may see in someone you know. 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