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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-05-11, Page 1Lucky 13th Woman marks 1st anniversary of life-changing surgery See page 22 Smoking Banned Council cleans air See page 6 VOL. 4 NO. 19 WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1988.45 CENTS Twister sighted near Dungannon The Toronto Severe Weather Office will be investigating reports of a tornado having touched down in the Dungannon area Monday, after several people said they had seen a funnel cloud just prior to a brief but violent windstorm that hit at about 5 p.m. Steve and Laurie Doney of RR 6, Goderich were in their barn doing chores when they heard the storm hit, and realized that the wind had torn the roof off a large machine shed beside the barn. “We were terrified,’’ Mrs. Doney said. “The kids had just come into the barn from playing in theshed, andweallranintothe corner under the stairs when we heard it. We were sure the barn was going to go, too.’’ Surveying the damage after­ wards, Mrs. Doney said that the entire roof of the barn was scattered across a ploughed field and along the neighbours’ fence line, while the south wall of the shed had collapsed inward, just where her daughters Christy, 4, and Lisa, 2, had been playing moments earlier. Mrs. Doney added that she feels the family has had more than enough bad luck now to last them a lifetime: two years ago the family home, located on County Roadl one-half mile south of Dungannon, was severely damaged by fire, requiring major reconstruction to make it liveable. No other damage in the area had been confirmed by press time Tuesday. Smile! Asa man grows older he values the voice of experience more and the voice of prophecy less. Bryans named Brussels' Citizen of the Year Jack Bryans has been chosen from among eight Brussels-area residents to be the Citizen of the Year for Brussels. A committee of community residents made the choice recent­ ly. Mr. Bryans had been nominated by three different people for the award. All mentioned his work with the Brussels, Morris and Grey Oh what treasures can be found in the annual spring ritual of garage sales. Amanda Diehl of Stratford found just the treasure she wanted for her third birthday on a visit to Auburn Saturday when she bought a dog as big as she was at the Auburn Lions Club’s garage sale held at the Auburn Co-op. Community Centre and the Brus­ sels Cemetery as well as his church work. Mr. Bryans was born and raised in Morris township just west of Walton. Along with Hugh Pearson he founded Brussels Livestock Sales Arena which, under their management and successive own­ ers, has become a major market for farmers in the region. He went to Africa on behalf of the government and Veterinary Col­ lege Services to help set up better systems for breeding and keeping breeding records for cattle and livestock. He was among those involved in the building of the Brussels, Morris and Grey Commun ity Centre. Along with Malcolm Ja­ cobs and Sam Workman he donated land for the building. In later years he has been involved with the cemetery board including the program to enlarge and beautify the cemetery. Mr. Bryans was also the first investor in The Citizen when it was formed in 1985. Heisthe recipient of thethird annual Citizen of the Year award for Brussels and area. Previous winners were Cal Krauter and Wayne Lowe. Trustees angry over education funding Huron County Board of Educa­ tion trustees are shocked and angry that the Ministry of Educa­ tion has approved only $150,000 in capital funding to the county, and havejoinedother school boards across the province in writing to Education Minister Chris Ward to protest. The Huron County public school board had requested a total of $606,296 for renovations and repairs for county school in 1988, nearly all of it for roof repairs at two secondary schools and five ele­ mentary schools, including Hullett Central School. Even so, the HCBE is better off than the Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic school board which had requested $6.5 million, mostly for the construction of a new secondary school in Stratford, but received nothing when the provin­ cial grants were announced by Mr. Ward on April 26. “It’s good news for the rate­ payer, Iguess, butbadnewsfor the students and staff that have to put up with leaky roofs for another year,’’ said Paul Carroll, HCBE’s superintendent of operations. But although the cutbacks mean that the $47.3 million budget approved by local trustees at a special meeting in Clinton April 25 will be reduced by $456,296, they offer little consolation to either trustees or administrative staff who had already pared the board’s 1988budgettothe bone in an effort to hold down spiraling local costs in education. Besides, Mr. Carroll said, the longer needed repairs are delayed, the more they will eventually cost. The entire $150,000 approved for Huron will goto replace the roof at Brookside Public School in Ashfield Township, while roof repairs at Hullett Central, Turn­ berry Central, Holmesville Public and Robertson Memorial elemen­ tary schools, a boiler replacement at Seaforth Public School, and roof repairs and renovations at both Central Huron Secondary School and Goderich District Collegiate Institute will have to wait. The roof at the Goderich secon­ dary school is in particularly bad shape and a decision on repairs will have to be made soon, even though Continued on page 14 Blyth woman wins first contest Barbara Snell of RR 3, Blyth is the first winner in The Citizen’s “Big Value’’ contest. The contest, which began last week, is a sort of treasure hunt of values each week. The Big Value symbol is hidden in one advertise­ ment in each week’s paper. Those who find the symbol can fill out the entry form in each week’s Citizen and deposit it in the jar in either the Brussels or Blyth office of The Citizen. One entry will be drawn to receive a free gift. Ms. Snell will receive a $25 gift certificate for the Brussels Hotel. This week’s prize is a $25 voucher for Scrimgeour’s Food Market, Blyth.