HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-04-20, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1988.
Blyth Council briefs
Beautification discussed with Horticultural Society
Blyth Horticultural Society pre
sident Harve McDowell and vice-
president John Hesselwood atten
ded the April 12 council meeting to
discuss with council a number of
their plans for the coming season.
Among the items considered were
the planting and replanting of
flowers, trees and shrubs at
various locations around the vill
age; the possibility of rolling the
lawn at the small park on Dinsley
Street East and planting it entirely
in grass this summer; and the
possible purchase of baskets of
artificial flowers for the communi
ty’s downtown lamposts.
The last item was seen as being
a possible saving in both money
and labour over the long run, as
well as the ability of artificial
flowering plants to look good with
little care over a period of several
years.
Grey student
wins prize
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“Corn, feed and furniture” project
which used corn to produce a
pressed-board building product.
Craig Roulston won the computer
division with his computer game
‘‘Cities of Southern Ontario”.
Both are grade 7 students.
Also winning a prize from north
Huron schools was Lyall Winger, a
grade 8 student at Grey Central
School with his computer project
“Visual Factors Affecting Short
Term Memory” which was one of
the top three computer projects.
Accompanying the Huron stu
dents to Winnipeg will be Tammi s
father Dave Medd, a teacher at
Colborne Central School and chair
man of this year’s science fair.
Councillor Bev Elliott asked Mr.
McDowell if the Society had ever
considered the formation of a
Junior Gardeners’ Club, adding
that the one in Clinton seemed to be
very well attended and successful.
It’s an excellent idea, but I don’t
want to get into it myself, ” Mr.
McDowell said. “I think they’d
need a younger president for
that.”
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Stewart Johnston of North Street
East appeared before council with
a request that the village consider
paving his street in the near future.
‘‘It’s a short street, but it has a lot of
traffic,” he explained. His position
was backed up by a letter from his
neighbour, John Van Amersfoort.
Reeve Albert Wasson explained
that the village’s dead-end streets
have been left until the end in
Blyth’s paving program, but pro
mised that the matter would be
taken under consideration.
‘‘We’ve already set our priorities
for this year,” Mr. Wasson said,
‘‘But you never know what grants
might become available.”
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In the absence of Public Works
foreman Merv Ritchie, Works
assistant John Rinn was on hand to
present council with a list of minor
repairs needed to ‘‘streets, drains
and lights” around town, with the
most urgent listed at the top.
Among these was the straighten
ing of sidewalk pavement in eight
or 10 locations to make travelling
easier for pedestrians and cyclists.
‘ ‘It would certainly look better, and
might even save us a few broken
bones,” Mr. Rinn said.
Also on the Public Works list was
an addition to the Public Works
shed to house a workshop. Council
agreed that it would have to make
an on-site visit to the present shed
before commenting.*****
Clerk-treasurer Helen Grubb
reported that she had applied for
grants for wage subsidies for
summer student employment in
the village, but asked council for
some direction in proceeding if the
grants did not come through. She
noted that without grants in 1987,
summer employment had cost the
village close to $3,000 for the three
recreation positions.
After a brief discussion, council
voted unanimously to approve
funding for similar recreation
positions this summer, as well as
for a Public Works helper; it also
gave Mrs. Grubb the authority to
advertise the positions in the local
paper.
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Councillor Bill Manning led a
lengthy discussion on the village’s
increased need for tree plantings in
future years, and asked council to
consider increasing the annual
‘‘tree budget” from its present
$1,500 toatleast$2,000, beginning
in 1989. Council indicated it would
look favourably on the request, and
later gave Councillor Manning the
authority to locate new tree
plantings as much as 20 feet over a
landowner’s property line if a
boulevard location was not suitable
for whatever reason - with the
landowner’s permission,
course.
Council voted to return to their
senders the two tenders unopened
which had been received for
repairs to the roof of the Blyth
Memorial Hall, and toadvertise for
re-tendering of the project. It
seems that between the time the
first tenders were advertised and
Tuesday’s council meeting village
building inspector Eugene Mc
Adam had examined the roof of the
building more closely, and decided
that structural as well as superfi
cial repairs were needed to make
the building’s roof and bell tower
weathertight and safe.
Council requested that Mrs.
The latest addition to Blyth’s shopping district opened last week when
Dressing Room Only opened in the new mini-mall on Dinsley Street
East. Owner Sherry Reavie looks at one of the dresses from her
selection in a decorative mirror in the shop.
Grubb apply for any grants that
may be available to assist with the
more serious repairs, and also
asked her toinvite re-tendering
from the two firms which had
already responded.
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