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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-05-25, Page 1Students win big Playing market profitable See page 2 Hope in Ethiopia Belgrave woman sees problems first hand See page 5 Rising Star Young pianist performs See page 23 CN applies again to abandon Brussels line The on-again, off-again hearing into the proposal of CN Rail to abandon its line from Listowel to Wingham through Brussels is on again for Thursday, June 2. The hearing of the National Transportation Agency of Canada will take place in the Wingham Town Hall auditorium at 10 a.m. It will give local users and officials a chance to argue against the abandonment of the line. CN Rail claims it lost $280,670 in 1984 on the section of line, $230,523 in 1985 and $176,265 in 1986. During that time the line earned only 114 carloads in 1984, 99in 1985and 116 in 1986for losses of $2,462, $2,329 and $1,519 per carload respectively. If the hearing finds that the line is uneconomical and has no possibility' of becoming economi­ cal, it can order the line be abandoned in six months, unless it determines that the operation of the branch line is required service. Those who wish to make written presentations at the hearings should provide at least 15 copies of their submissions at the hearing. Those unable to attend mav send their views at least 10 days in advance to the Agency with a copy to the railway’s lawyers (addresses are available at The Citizen or municipal offices). OPP report quiet weekend Ontario Provincial Police de­ tachments at Wingham, Listowel and Goderich report a quiet Victoria Dayweeke nd, with few incidents in the area despite heavy holiday traffic. Wingham OPP report that two Wingham youths receivedminimal injuries when a vehicle driven by Blaine McKittrick left East Wawa- nosh Sideroad 39-40 in fog and struck a tree at 11:45 p.m. Friday night. Mr. McKittrick and his passen­ ger, Christopher Sakasof, were taken to Wingham and District Hospital, where they were treated and released. Ontario recorded 19 fatalities over the long weekend, including 14 in traffic accidents, some of which were blamed on heavy fog patches that blanketed parts of the province on Friday and Saturday. Contest stumps many readers “Fiendishly clever,’’ could be the term used to describe the person who hid the “Big Value’’ symbol in last week’s Citizen Big Value Contest. No doubt some other, less complimentary (and printable) terms were also used. The Citizen received many calls wandering if the Big Value symbol had been left out of the paper but we had to assure people that it was indeed in there. (If you don’t believe it, look at the licence plate of the car in the Brussels Motors ad on page 22 of last week’s paper.) One of those who did find the symbol was P. Smit of RR 3, Brussels and for that perserver- ence and sharp eyesight goes a $25 gift certificate for the garden centre at EMA in Brussels. This week, we promise, the Big Valueisn’tquitesohardtofind. The winner will receive a $25 certificate from Lawrie Decorating in Blyth. serving Brussels, Bly tn, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. VOL. 4 NO. 21 WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1988.45 CENTS Every body loves a good display of fireworks, and these two youths passing Londesboro on their motorcycles Monday evening were no exception, as they stopped in to take in the spectacle presented every Victoria Day by the Hallett Recreation Committee. Funds raised by the show go towards recreation projects in the township. Tammi Medd wins at Canada Science Fair in Winnipeg Huron County’s top science student, Tammi Medd, has done it again - come home from a Science Fair with an armful of prizes. But this time, her wins are the most prestigious of her career. The Blyth Public School student came home Sun day night from a week at the Canada-wide Science Fair in Winnipeg with three top awards, earned in competition against 350 of the nation's best competitors. Tammi’sproject, “Theeffectsof insecticides on soil,’’ won the silver medal in her division, Junior Life Sciences, overall; as well as capturing both the Brandon (Mani­ toba) University Award for the top junior agriculture-related project, and the Dr. Grant McEwan Nature Protection Fund Award for the top junior conservation-related pro­ ject. Both of the top awards come with a certificate for framing, as well as with cheques totalling $250, the Grade8studentsaid. Sheadds that she hasn’t decided what she’ll do with the prize money - maybe buy clothes for secondary school next fall. Tammi won the right to compete on a national basis when her project took top place at the Huron County Science Fair in Clinton in April, making it the second year in a row that she had qualified for the Canada-wide show. In 1987, her project on spiders took her to the national science fair in Missis­ sauga, although she did not place in her division there. Her 1988projectalsowon the Maitland Valley-Ausable Bavfield Conservation Authorities’ award for the top conservation project in Huron County this year. Brian Hemmingway, a Grade 8 student at Holmesville Public School, received an Honorable Mention Certificate in Winnipeg for his project on “Waste Disposal Alternatives,’’ but Huron’s third entry in the national competition, Jason Vankitesw'aren, a Grade 7 student at Robertson Memorial Public School in Goderich, did not place. Dave Medd, Tammi’s father, who accompanied the Huron team to Manitoba as chairman of the Huron County Science Fair Com­ mittee, said that the youngsters were competing against the best of the 500,000 science fair projects from schools all across Canada. In addition to spending a full week at the national competition, Tammi hadtospendadayanda half explaining her project and answering questions from 29 different judges, most of them university professors, Mr. Medd said. Later, it is estimated that up to 10,000 spectators visited the Science Fair at the University of Manitoba. Winona McDougall Blyth's Citizen of Year Mrs. Winona McDougall, an outstanding music teacher in Blyth formorethan40years,whoalso made contributions to the com­ munity in many other ways, has been namedthe “Citizen of the Year” for Blyth. Overtheyears she has taught many music students from the Blyth area and beyond with many goingon, at her encouragement, to earn degrees in music from conservatories. Three of her stu­ dents carry on teaching music in thearea; Margaret Kai, Shirley Vincent of Blyth and Gail Lear of Londesboro. For several years she organized and supervised the Huron County Music Festival held in Goderich and was an active member of the registered Music Teachers Asso­ ciation. She contributed her musical talents to local organizations such as the United Church Women, and the Women’s Institute and the Lions Club. She has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Blyth Festival since the beginning and was an early contributer to the purchase of the grand piano in Memorial Hall. As well as her music she has contributed to the community in other ways, serving on the Blyth Public School Board for two years as well ason different boards at the Blyth United Church. She was also president of the U.C.W. As the nominator said, she deserves the honour because “of her great contribution in the field of music and the arts for more than 60 years”. Mrs. McDougall, is now a resident of Seaforth Maplewood Manor in Seaforth.