The Citizen, 1987-03-18, Page 3The Lift Fund to install a lift for the handicapped at the Bly th and District Community Centre got a lift last
week when the Blyth branch of the Royal Canadian Legion presented a $5,000 cheque for the project.
Donna Govier [left] treasurer and Bill Vincent, president, present the cheque to Janice Henry, president
of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary which is heading the fundraising drive.
Council wants fee returned
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1987. PAGE 3.
Recreation changes likely
Blyth village council voted
March 10 to continue to fight to
recover a $500 fee for a land
severance that itfeels it should
never have been charged by the
Huron County Planning and De-
People
Mr. Earl Caldwell has returned
home from University Hospital,
London after having eye surgery.
Mr. and Mrs. Kaarie Brekkas of
Fort St. John, B.C. visited for two
weeks with her cousin, Margaret
and Earl Caldwell and also called
on other cousins.
Kathy Fraser is visiting her aunt
and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Ulch
and her cousin Karl in Lucknow.
We are pleased to report that
Elmer, Maria, Jonathan and An
thony Sanderson will be taking up
residence in the village in a month
or two.
They have sold their farm at RR
1, Auburn to Bob Scott, RR 2,
Blyth, and the building of their new
home began last week on Welling
ton St. E. on a lot purchased from
Doug Scrimgeour. Elmer, an
experienced builder and his crew
have made great strides already in
its construction.
Mrs. Mary Holland accompan-
BACK
FROM
VACATION
SPECIAL
20% Off
Our new
supply of
Wickerware
Saga
BLYTH
523-4331
velopment Committee.
The fee involves the village’s
application to sever a parcel of land
from the farm of Murray Siertsema
to be added to the fairgrounds for
use by the Huron Pioneer Thresher
led by her sister Mrs. Olive Heels
of Toronto travelled, via Fettes
Tours, the Circle Tour of Florida.
Key West was the most southerly
point visited. Among the many
interesting eventsofthe 19-day
tour were the dog races at St.
Petersburg and the dining exper
ience attheKapokTree Restau
rant.
Jim and Janet Lawrie and
George and Isobel Pearson of Ethel
enjoyed recently a Robin Hood tour
of Florida. They praised the
comfort of their modern tour bus,
in operation only since last August.
The thrce-day stay in Fort Lauder-
dale allowed them social times
there with the McCutcheons of
Brussels and the Hodgins of
Wingham and their friends.
On returning home to hear of
Blyth’ssunnydaysrecently, all
parties admitted the Florida sun
had been a little stingy in
extending its rays upon the
tourists.
Mr. Douglas Brown would like to announce the marriage of
Judy Adeline Brown to Donald Robert Carter, son of Bob and
Nancy Carter. The wedding is to take place April 4, 1987 at
Seaforth Community Centre at 8 p.m. Reception to follow.
Please accept this as your personal invitation.
and Hobby Association. Cindy
Fisher of the Planning department
was ata meeting with Blyth council
on August 6 and apparently
advised that the fee should be paid,
council was informed when min
utes of the meeting were consult
ed. On Aug. 12, a fee of $500 was
paid. However, as a municipality,
severance fees are not required as
a letter from the county said when it
said municipalities are “usually
exempt”. Still, the committee said
it was not returning the money to
the village.
Councillor Bill Manning was the
strongest opponent of letting the
matter drop. “If they’re on top of
their job and the usual procedure is
that municipalities don’t pay they
should have never taken the
money,” he said. ‘‘They’vegot
their warms hands on some
additional money” and they don’t
want to give it back. He called the
committee’s actions a “fast shuf
fle.”
Councillor Lloyd Sippel agreed
saying he wasn’t comfortable with
letting the county keep the money.
In the end the council approved
Councillor Manning’s motion to
continue to seek repayment of the
money.
Faced with the fact that it has not
had the proper paperwork in place
to support recreation work in Blyth
and area, Blyth village council has
suggested a meeting in April
between the arena board and
Melanie McLaughlin of the Mini
stry of Tourism and Recreation.
Reeve Albert Wasson explained
* ‘the only thing we have to refer to
right now as a recreation board is
the arena board (the Blyth and
District Community Centre
Board).”
He said the village has no
ambition to take over the running
of the community centre, just to see
NOTICE TO
BLYTH RATEPAYERS
Interim [1st payment] taxes are due Friday, March 27.
1 % % penalty per month thereafter. Payable at the
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Blyth.
Helen R. Grubb,
Clerk-Treasurer,
The Corporation of the Village of Blyth
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Inc.
Wedding
Invitations
We invite you to drop in and
see our selection of wedding
invitations, stationery, serv
iettes, matches, thank you
cards and other wedding
accessories.
S' if .a is just around the
corner at
Rice's
- ‘ Drive a little
saveaiOt- store
kids Runners
2.00, 5.00 & up
Rubber Boots for
THE WHOLE FAMILY
10.00 PR. & UPSPECIAL MEN’S BLACK
OR WHITE
Runners 10.00 up
Sock Special
1.00 A PAIR
LADIES’ & CHILDREN’S
Sweater Clearance
5.00 each
WE STILL HAVE
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AT
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★ Clothing Rawleigh Products
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R.R. 1, Blyth --Out in the country
Cone. 12Hullett,2miieseastof Hwy. 4
Open: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. [6days a week]; closed Sundays
that all the “loose ends are tied
up”. Council had decided, he said,
that this could best be accomplish
ed by getting Ms. McLaughlin
together with the members of the
arena board and let them work out
their own by-laws and mandate.
Currently, there are two diffe
rent board handling recreational
facilities: one for the Community
Centre which includes representa
tives from the surrounding town
ships and one for Memorial Hall
which includes one representative
from within the village. Both
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