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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-07-27, Page 1Farm Safety Week Demonstration shows dangers on farm Tv changes in Kitty's coming CKNX-CBC divorce means more choice and expense Country legend plays for Legion See page 8 See page 23 VOL. 4 NO. 30 WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1988. 45 CENTS Brussels gets 2 new councillors Brussels got two new village councillors Monday night for the price of one advertisement for one new councillor. The village went looking for one new councillor after the resigna­ tion of Councillor Betty Graber at the regular meeting on July 5. By the time it came time to open the applications Monday night, coun­ cil also had a second resignation to deal with: that of councillor Neil McDonald. Both Councillors Gra­ ber and McDonald were caught in a change of election eligibility that came into effect June 8 which means that councillors must im­ mediately resign from council if they are no longer qualified voters in the municipality. Councillor McDonald had recently sold his house in Brussels to build a new house in Heidelberg. After Councillor McDonald’s resignation was accepted with regret, the remaining councillors went to work to fill the vacancies. They had six potential choices. Submitting their name for appoint­ ment were: Dave Hastings, Bruce Hahn, Gertie Kellington, Cal Krauter, Herb Stretton and Mary Stretton. From the six Mrs. Kellington was appointed to fill Councillor Graber’s vacancy and Mr. Hahn was chosen to replace Councillor McDonald. In nominating Mrs. Kellington Councillor Malcolm Jacbos noted that twice before she had volunteered to fill a vacancy and he felt she should be given first chance this time. Reeve Gordon Workman, in seconding the mo­ tion, agreed. Both new councillors were con­ tacted at their homes and brought into the meeting where they were sworn in by Hugh Hanly, clerk­ treasurer. Councillor Kellington will be the village’s representative on the Brussels, Morris and Grey Recreation Committee and Coun­ cillor Hahn will sit on the fire board and the Medical-Dental board. In other business Councillor Ruth Sauve said the Opportunity Tour of Huron county in which 20 potential investors from Britain will visit Huron and other mid­ western Ontario counties, will visit Brussels even though it won’t make a stop. There will be a 15-minute bus tour of the village. In addition, copies of the Brussels, Morris and Grey Industrial Com­ mittee’s brochure and its video presentation will be available in Bayfield where the visitors will stay overnight. Four-y ear-old Alex Herman of Clinton knows that watermelon is one of the best things about summer, and lost no time in digging right in when she got a piece at the 6th annual Blyth Festival Country Fair on Saturday. Alex’s mother, Liz, is a former Blyth resident and a past chairman of the Festival’s board of directors. Despite intermittent rain, the Fair raised $1,400 toward the Festival’s capital and expansion fund. Blyth gets PRIDE grant The Village of Blyth received word Monday that it has been approved for a $150,000 grant underthe provincial government’s Program for Renewal, Improve­ ment, Development and Economic Revitalization (PRIDE) program. The village will match the grant for a total of $300,000 for the project. The village had applied for a total program of $450,000. With the reduction in the amount of the grant the village’s plans will have to be altered somewhat. HelenGrubb, clerk­ treasurer, said Monday that offi­ cials from the Ministry of Munici­ pal Affairs, Community Renewal Branch, plan a meeting with the clerk-treasurers of all municipali­ ties receiving grants to outline changes in the direction of the program from the government’s point of view. The village had applied for the money to conduct mainstreet improvements from street lighting to landscaping at Memorial Hall. The improvements were planned in connection with a reconstruction of main street planned by the Ministry of Transport and Com­ munications. The village had earlier submitted suggestions to the MTC on the reconstruction of Highway 4 through Blyth but as yet has heard nothing further on the ministry’splans, Mrs. Grubb said. Festival seeks $1.8 million for expansion The Blyth Festival has kicked off a campaign to raise money to a $1.8 million expansion of facilities for the theatre. The expansion, will see im­ provements all the way from padded seats and more washrooms for theatre-goers to new, ventilat­ ed scenery and costuming con­ struction shops for technical staff. The work will take place in three locations: the south side of Memor­ ial Hall where a wing will be built across to the old “bank building” where the theatre has its admini­ stration offices; at the rear of the “garage” on Dinsley street where new shops will be built and the current shop area above the municipal offices. “We can wait no longer -- the physical facilities under which the Blyth Festival operates can be stretched no more,’’ Katherine Kaszas, artistic director of the Festival said. The difficulties in putting on large shows in the limited space of Memorial Hall are enormous. Ms. Kaszas pointed out that there are only two dressing rooms designed for about five people each but with the opening of “Fires in the Night” this week, 22 people will have to crowd into the dressing rooms. The scenery storage space back- stage at the theatre becomes “like a jigsaw puzzle” she said as up to four bulky and delicate sets need to be stored. Meanwhile sets and costumes and props are still built in the same borrowed space above the Munici­ pal office where sets have been built since the early years. The building is inconvenient (on the second floor meaning much carry­ ing up and down stairs) and like a sweatshop because of the lack of ventilation. Plans call for an addition on the rear of the garage on Dinsley for new shops for sets, costumes and properties. There will also be new reheasal space in the renovation plans. The improvements are budget­ ed at $1,289,885 for the Memorial Hall; $464,077 for the Dinsley Street workshops and $84,600 for the second floor above the munici­ pal offices for smaller meeting rooms, rehearsal spaces and writ­ ing areas for playwrights. In order to help pay for the improvements a 50 cent per ticket levy was put on all tickets this season and next, which is expected Continued on page 3 Holiday deadlines Monday is Civic Holiday with most offices and businesses closed including banks and the post office. In order to meet usual deadlines The Citizen will continue with just slightly altered hours. The Brus­ sels office will be open Monday from ll:30a.m.to2p.m.forthe convenience of advertisers and those with news to bring in. The Blyth office will continue its regular hours from 9 to 5 Monday. Deadlines will remain the same: 2 p.m. Monday for news and adver­ tising in Brussels, 4 p.m. in Blyth.