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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-03-29, Page 1Hall expansion may bring Blyth new library The new addition to Blyth Me­ morial Hall being planned by Blyth Festival could mean a new expand­ ed library space for the village if the village council accepts a sug­ gestion from the Festival. Marian Doucette, past president of the Board of Directors of Blyth Centre for the Arts, which runs the Festival, suggested to councillors during a tour of the Festival's facilities that the current box office and art gallery space at the north side of Memorial Hall could be­ come a library space once the new addition on the south side of the hall is in place. The tour was part of a meeting between council and members of the Centre to discuss the plan. Ms. Doucette, who also works for the Huron County Library, said using the ground-floor space of the north w'ing w'ould give the library more than 800 square feet of space Continued from page 3 Cowie, Ki I tick to stand trial for Legion fire Lenard Gordon Cowie and Ro­ bert Martin Killick, jointly charged with break and enter and arson charges in connection with the July 1988 fire at the Brussels Legion will stand trial before an Ontario Su­ preme Court judge and jury. The pair were committed for trial after a preliminary trial Wednes­ day in Wingham provincial court. A ban was placed on publication of all evidence given at the hearing. They had elected to be tried by judge and jury which means the case will be heard in supreme court in Goderich. The pair were charged after fire gutted the Brussels Legion on July 6, 1988. Police investigating found the building had been broken into. The pair will appear in provincial court again on May 17 with Mr. Cowie charged with taking a vehi­ cle without the owner’s permission and driving while intoxicated and Mr. Killick charged with mischief. Calling VOL. 5 NO. 13 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1989. 45 CENTS Mary Stretton, Brussels Council’s representative to the Community Oriented Policing Committee and Superintendent Murray Peer of the Mt. Forest Ontario Provincial Police detachment cut the ribbon to officially open the Extended Services Office in the Brussels Library Wednesday, March 22. This is the seventh office of its kind to be opened in No. 6 District which includes the Counties of Perth, Grey, Bruce, Wellington, Huron, and major highways in Waterloo region. Also present at the ceremony were Clerk-Treasurer Hugh Hanly, Councillors Dave Hastings, Wingham Staff Sergeant John McKee, and liason officer Constable Carl Ricker. all cooks Brussels Extended Service office opens The Citizen is currently cooking up a recipe issue to be distributed in the April 26 edition of The Citizen. The cook book is going to be geared to summertime cuisine, featuring salad, barbecue, micro­ wave, beverage, summer dessert, and low calorie recipes. A special section will offer favourite culinary delights from the kitchens of local dignitaries and celebrities as well as any of the readers of The Citizen. If you have a special recipe that falls into any of the above categor­ ies please send it to The Citizen with your name and address on it. There will be a draw from the entries and you have the chance to share one of your family favourites with our readers. Deadline for the recipes is April 19. Ontario Provincial Police Super­ intendent Murray Peer of the Mt. Forest Detachment addressed several questions and concerns about the Services Office (E.S.O.) program when he opened the ESO in the Brussels Library Wednes­ day. Superintendent Peer is the rank­ ing officer of District No. 6 which takes in the Counties of Grey, Bruce, Wellington. Penh, Huron, and major highways in the Water­ loo region. There are a total of 15 detachments in this district and the Brussels E.S.O. is the seventh one opened in No. 6. Staff Sergeant John McKee of Wingham O.P.P. was also present at the opening as was the Brussels liason officer Constable Carl Rick­ er. The office will be operating under the care of the Wingham detachment. The aim of the program. Super­ intendent Peer said, is to provide a higher visibility of policing services and a convenient meeting place for the public and the officers on patrol. The Superintendent explained Henschels to give pleas April 19 April 19 was set as the date for hearing the pleas of former Brus­ sels Stockyard owners Klaus and Kristin Henschel when the two appeared in Wingham Provincial Court Wednesday. The couple is jointly charged with lOcountsoftheftoverSl .000 and nine counts of fraud over SI,000 in connection with the disappearance of funds in the collapse of the Brussels Stockyards Limited in that the Ontario Provincial Police have seen the importance of com­ munity involvement in the police operations. Though it is too early to judge in No. 6 District, Community Orient ed Policing has proven successful October 1988. The couple disap­ peared in late October leaving dozensoflocal and western livestock producers owed money. Receivers appointed in the bankruptcy of the Stockyard later recovered 8795,346.37 from Swiss Bank Cor­ poration (Canada) that had been in the process of being transferred to Switzerland. Alan Mill, duty counsel, had in other areas. Near Barrie where the program was first initiated people claim they actually feel safer. They know their town con­ stable, have confidence in him, and Continued on page 2 requested an adjournment to May on behalf of the Henschels’ lawyer but Judge R.G.E. Hunter set the April date instead. The couple has been free on a 85,000 bond each since they ap­ peared in Goderich court in De­ cember after having arrived back in Canada from Germany and turning themselves in to Ontario Provincial Police in London.