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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-01-28, Page 1Inside VOL. 3 NO. 4 ■grave, Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1987.40 CENTS Brussels News Page2 Blyth news Page3 Editorials Page4 Forum Page 5 Letters to the editor Page7 Farm PagelO Sports Page 12-13 Minister’s Study Page 15 Classified Page 16-17 Entertainment Page 19 the county on Friday and Saturday. Above, riders tackle fresh powder snow at McCutcheon’s gravel pit on the 6th Concession of Morris. \ I & *• More than 200 snowmobilers took part in the Brussels Lions Club’s annual Polar Daize Poker Rally on Sunday, with high spirits and brilliant sunshine the aftermath of the two-day blizzard which swept 1986 was boom year for Brussels With almost three quarters of a million dollars worth of building permits issued in Brussels in 1986, the village has firmly established itself as one of the liveliest communities in Huron County, enjoying a building boom un­ matched in recent years. Although no single reason for this upward trend has been indentified, it is commonly believ­ ed that Brussels, at only about 45 Fire destroys barn, livestock killed minutes driving time from the Kitchener-Waterloo metropolis, is rapidly becoming a bedroom com­ munity tothecities where home prices have skyrocketed over the past few years. You can put a lot of mileage on a car for the $30,000 to $50,000 you can save on a family home by buying out of the city. In 1986, the Brussels Municipal Office issued building permits worth $748,499, with the single Brussels robber gets 8 yrs. A man was charged in connec­ tion with a robbery at the Brussels Variety Store November 29 was sentenced to eight years in jail after an appearance Monday in God­ erich Provincial Court. Milo (Tom) Wood, 22, of Sea­ forth, appeared on 12 counts, including five of robbery, two of theft under $1,000, one of theft over $1,000, one of possession of stolen property, one of using a forged document, one of breaking and entering, and one of attempted robbery or being an accessory to a robbery. In the original report of the Brussels incident, Mr. Wood’s name was wrongly reported as “Mark”. A second man charged in connection with the Brussels inci­ dent appeared in Goderich Provin­ cial Court on January 19, and was remanded to April 6, when a trial date will be set. Gary Melhuish, 24, of Seaforth, faces charges of two counts of robbery, one count of theft of property valued at over $1,000, and one count of attempted robbery or being an accessory to a robbery. A 16-year-old youth, who cannot be identified under the Young Offenders Act, and who was alleged to have remained in the car during the Brussels robbery, was also charged in some of the incidents, including one in Staffa on the day following the Brussels robbery, when a 65-year-old wo­ man was tied to her bed while intruders ransacked her home. Two masked intruders entered Brussels Variety Store in the evening of November 29, threaten­ ed the clerk on duty with a weapon which was later discovered to be a pair of scissors, and made off with Fire of unknown origin destroy­ ed a barn filled with livestock on a Londesboro-area farm early Wed­ nesday morning, January 21. Blyth firemen were called to the farm of Bob Hillis, RR 1, Londes- boro about 12:30 a.m. to find the large barn already engulfed in flames. There was nothing that could be done to save the building but firemen remained on the scene for several hours because a strong wind was fanning flames toward the Hillis home. Fire Chief Irvin Bowes said nine sows, a number of feeder pigs, 500 chickens, and a small number of cattle and sheep were lost in the fire. The situation for the firemen was complicated when they received a second fire call while at the Hillis fire. The call was to a site about a mile away but after investigating, the firemen found out that it was just a second call to the same fire from someone who thought the fire was in a different location. People as far away as Vanastra reported being able to see the flames. largestpermitbeingissued last February for the construction of the new EMA grocery store, which opened for business last summer. Seven new homes were started in the village, with a total value of $443,000, or an average price of more than $63,000; four of these were started in July alone. Permits for $55,000 worth of renovations were issued to two local businesses and one institu­ tional venture for expansion, plus an additional $10,000 for a portable office. The remaining $40,000 in building permits was issued for 22 private projects ranging in value from a couple of hundred dollars to more than $7,000, mostly involving items such as garages, toolsheds, sundecks, new roofs and siding. By comparison, in 1985 the total value of building permits issued was $330,585. This included three new homes at a total value of $147,000; plus $183,585 in com­ mercial and private renovations. The cost of Brussels new Lions Community swimming pool, ap­ proximately $84,000, however, is not reflected in the total figure for 1985 building permits issued. As a municipal project, the pool construction did not require a building permit, according to village clerk Hugh Hanly. Adding the pool’s cost to the 1985 total would have put the actual value of additions to the village at well over $400,000. $350incash. The cash was later recovered by Ontario Provincial Police who apprehended two men and a youth between Seaforth and Clinton, following a tip-off from a Seaforth civilian who told police he had overheard them talking about the Brussels incident. Cold snap puts Blyth arena back in business again The current cold snap chilling the region has been a boon to local figure skaters and broomball and hockey players, as the low temper­ atures have made it possible to keep natural ice in the Blyth and District Community Centre, and to return to a normal scheduling of ice time. Theiceplantsuffereda major breakdown on January 6, which combined with an unusually mild January thaw to ruin the ice surface and bring all arena activities to a standstill until temperatures fell or repairs could be made. Although a new brine chiller was ordered immediately, and was originally expected at the first of the week, arena ice-maker Murray Black said Monday that the $23-$24,OOO component had been delayed, and would not likely arrive until this Friday or next Monday. He said that most programs at the rink had been cancelled for only about a week, but that all activities had run as scheduled since Janu­ ary 17, and would continue as long as the temperature stays at least as low as -10. The major casualty was the Blyth Broomball League tournament, which took in rinks as far away as Barrie. Originally scheduled for January 21-25, the annual event had to be cancelled twice because of uncertainty about the ice, and now cannot be fitted in again this season.