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Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel,
Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships.
Brussels Fair Queen competes
at CNE. See page 2.
Blyth gets new doctor's office.
See page 3.
Blyth minister moves to Indian-
a. See page 24.
VOL 3 NO. 33 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1987.40 CENTS
Doing it the old way, an air of nostalgia hangs over the mid-summer harvest at the farm of
Tom and Bill Leiperof RR1, Londes boro, where grain is cut, stooked, and threshed in exactly
the same way it has been done by the brothers for the past 50 years, and by their father before
them. The Leipers see no reason to change their methods, and there is never any shortage of
helping hands from friends and neighbours, anxious for a taste of the peaceful bounty. Dan
Reid and Pat Hulley pitch sheaves while Rob Hoggarth and Dave Van Beers build the load.
Ray Hoggarth matches his tractor’s speed to his crew’s pace.
Blyth hires consultant for presentation
A consulting engineer will be
hired to help prepare a presenta
tion to the Ministry of Transporta
tion and Communications on need
ed improvements to Blyth’s main
street, Blyth council decided Aug-
East Wawanosh development on hold
An industrial park development
project recently proposed for East
Wawanosh Township, at the junc
tion of Concession 12-13 and
Highway 4, has apparently been
put on hold for the present, due to
other commitments on the part of
the developer.
Wayne Caldwell of the Huron
County Planning Department told
The Citizen on Monday that Keith
Hoggard of London had informed
him last week that he is still
interested in the project, but will
likely be unable to discuss it further
until the end of this year, due to
other business pressures.
At press time, Mr. Hoggard was
unavailable for comment.
Mr. Hoggard failed to show up
as expected at a public meeting
called August 4 as part of the
regular township council meeting
to discuss the proposal, which
would see the development of Lot
42, Concession 13. The 23-acre,
ust 11 at its regular meeting.
In reporting on a meeting held
August 5 between area municipali
ties and Ed Fulton, Minister of
Transport and Communications
and Jack Riddell, Minister of
19-lot parcel is owned by Ron
Kingsbury of RR 5, Wingham,
although Mr. Hoggard as the
developer had applied to the
county planning department ear
lier this year for zoning changes to
the township’s secondary plan.
Mr. Caldwell said the proposed
changes would permit commercial
and industrial development at the
site, but added that East Wawa
nosh would want to retain site-plan
control to act as a check on the types
of businesses which may be
attracted.
“We must weigh the need for
development against any negative
effects on agriculture,” Mr. Cald
well said, adding that the proposed
zoning changes were contrary to
the county’s Agricultural Code of
Practice, which must be consider
ed.
Mr. Caldwell also noted that he
understood that the Ministry of
Transportation and Communica
tion was on record as saying it
Agriculture about the poor state of
Highway 4, Reeve Albert Wasson
said that after the meeting he had
been approached by a planner from
the MTC office in London saying
that if the village had any concerns
would not permit access to High
way 4 from the property, as Mr.
Hoggard had proposed.
East Wawanosh Reeve Ernie
Snell said that the township needs
growth and development if it is to
keep up with larger centres, but
John Gaunt, a Belgrave-area
farmer, said that the restrictions
imposed by industrial develop
ment can be a hinderance to
farmers.
Mr. Gaunt said he is not against
commercial development, but
feels that such development
should be restricted, not agricul
ture, in the case of a conflict of
interests.
Mr. Caldwell said that under the
proposed re-zoning, farming oper
ations could continue nearby,they
just could not expand.
A spokesman for the township
said that no further discussion of
the project will likely take place
until a further meeting is request
ed by Mr. Hoggard.
or suggstions for the rebuilding of
Highway 4 through Blyth where it
forms Queen Street, it would be
good to get those ideas to the MTC
while their plans are being formu
lated.
The communication could be
through another meeting with the
MTC or by getting the ideas down
on paper. If council was to make a
written presentation, Reeve Was
son said, it seemed a good idea to
get a professional involved who
would talk the same language as
the MTC planners. Reeve Wasson
said Blyth’s wishes aren’t exces
sive he said and he felt that now
that council has gone to the lengths
it has toget the attention of the
MTC it seemed a decent follow up
to involve the engineer.
After some discussion about
what was the right approach to
take, the councillors agreed with
the reeve with councillor Bill
Manning moving that council hire
Maitland Engineering Services of
Wingham to assist in preparing a
presentation.
On the subject of the meeting
with Mr. Fulton, Reeve Wasson
said the minister and the other
officials from MTC attending
seemed to have a very receptive
attitude to the presentation the
village, Huron County and other
municipalities had made. ‘‘It made
us feel that we 0 got the attention
that we sought,” he said. ‘‘At one
point (several months ago) 1
thought we weren’t going to get
very far.”
Councillor Bill Howson compli
mented the reeve on his handling
of the meeting and on planning the
campaign to get highway improve
ments from Blyth to Wingham and
carrying through on the issue to the
point where the meeting was held.
Londesboro
hosts candidates
Monday
The three candidates for Huron
riding in the upcoming provincial
election will be on the same stage
Monday night, August 24 in
Londesboro.
The all candidates night, to be
hosted by the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture, will be
held at the Hullett Central School
at 8 p.m.
The candidates, Paul Klopp, for
the New Democratic Party; Nico
Peters for the Progressive Con
servatives and Jack Riddell for the
Liberals will be on hand to answer
questions from voters.