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PAGE 26. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1988.
Bly th refuses to get caught in sign war
The battle of the signs at the
main street municipal parking lot
continued Thursday night when
Blyth Supermarket owner Al Willie
appeared before Blyth village
council to ask for permission to
erect a sign advertising his store on
the lot.
It was the second month in a row
Mr. Willie had appeared before
council unhappy with the impres
sion left by a sign for Scrimgeour’s
Food Market at the edge of the
parking lot that the parking lot
belonged to that store. Council had
agreed at its August meeting to
erect signs to mark the lot as a
municipal parking lot but Mr.
Willie was unhappy with the green
“P” parking lot signs erected,
saying some of his customers still
Brian Westburg is the winner of
the September draw of Blyth Minor
Ball fundraising events. He re
ceives a$100 certificate from Sears
from Lloyd Tasker.
Relay run
to carry
IPM flag
A relay run, with the Huron-
Perth R.C.S.S. and the Perth
County Board of Education, will
commence from Dublin and go to
the site of the 1988 International
Plowing Match and Farm Machin
ery Show. Each school in Perth
County has selected one runner
from Grade 5 up to represent that
school on the run. This event goes
rain or shine.
The event starts at the Huron-
Perth R.C.S.S. Board office in
Dublin, proceeds north on County
Road #10, then east on County
Road #11 through Brodhagen and
Bornholm, then south on County
Road #12 through Wartburg east
on Highway #8 through Sebring-
ville, then south on County Road
#19, then east on Concession 2-3
DownieTownship, thenintothe
match site. The distance is approx
imately 45 km.
Eachathletewillrunone kilo
meter at a time. Three runners
carrying flags will run the initial
kilometerthroughthevillage of
Dublin. Then runners will run a
kilometer each carrying a flag.
Three runners will again be used
during the run through Sebring-
ville. Individual runners will run
the leg south on County Road #19 to
the Match site. A support runner
will be encouraged to run along
with an individual runner. At the
Match site, all the runners will
follow the flag procession in to the
opening ceremonies.
thought the lot belonged to his
competitor.
Councillor Lloyd Sippel said the'
standard sign is recognized as
marking municipal parking lots.
After some more discussion on the
suitability and placement of the
parking signs Mr. Willie suggest
ed “let’s cut the guff and give me
permission to put up a sign (on the
parking lot)’’.
Reeve Albert Wasson said Mr.
Willie could apply to have his sign
put up on the lot beside Scrim
geour’s sign but “I don’t see us
very interested in that situation”.
Councillor Bill Manning sugges
ted Mr. Willie was “playing
games” with council. “You object
to Don Scrimgeour’s sign and
that’s about ail it boils down to.”
Mr. Willie said he wasn’t just
against his competitor’s sign but
would like to see one sign mounted
on the parking lot on which both
stores, and any other store wishing
to pay a share of the costs, could
advertise. Hepointedtosimilar
signs at shopping malls.
Councillor Bill Howson said he
would like to have a look at the site
before he made up his mind. He
said he was not about to commit
himself that night on adding more
signs to the lot.
Councillor Manning said the
issue was obviously not just a
matter of identifying the parking
lot as a municipal lot and “I don’t
think the village is interested in
guaranteeing advertising”. Per
haps, he said, the village council
had made a mistake in giving
permission for the present sign in
the first place but it shouldn’t
compound the problem with more
signs.
Council discussed the situation
later in the meeting with Councillor
Manning making a motion that was
passed, leaving the situation as it
currently is. Council will investi
gate to see if flower boxes in the
area can be moved to make the “P”
parking lot signs more easily
visible.
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