HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-06-14, Page 1Festival memories
15th season
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15th Bly th
Festival
opens
The Blyth Festival will hold a
gala opening for its 15th season
Friday with a production of the
comedy “Perils of Persephone" at
Blyth Memorial Hall.
The guests for the opening will
include Ontario's Lieutenant
Governor Lincoln Alexander. Other
dignitaries expected are Huron
M.P.P. Jack Riddell; Huron-Bruce
M.P. Murray Cardiff; Dave John
ston. Warden of Huron; Albert
Wasson, Reeve of Blyth; Martha
Henry, Artistic Director of the
Grand Theatre in London; and a
host of artistic directors and gener
al managers from other theatres
across Canada.
“Perils of Persephone" is a
comedy about a beleaguered town
ship politician who has to deal with
the fall-out when a truck loaded
with nuclear waste smashes off the
road and into the headlines in his
township. The play is written by
Dan Needles, author of the suc
cessful plays “Letter from Win
field’s Farm" and “Wingfield's
Progress."
Festival veterans Jerry Franken.
Diana Belshaw and Patricia Van
stone are joined in the cast by
newcomers Garrison Chrisiohn,
Greg Ellwood. Reed Needles and
Ann Baggley. The play is directed
by Douglas Beattie who directed
the earlier Winfield plays.
The opening night celebrations
begin with the opening of the art
gallery exhibit of the w'ork of Ron
Milton at 4:45. The Lieutenant
Governor will arrive at the Blyth
and District Community Centre
auditorium at 6 p.m. for opening
night dinner.
There will be entertainment on
Memorial Hall lawn from 7:45 to
8; 10 before the play begins at 8:30.
Brussels
promises
crackdown
on stray dogs
Brussels Village councillors have
called for yet another crackdown to
rid the community of dogs running
at large.
At their meeting June 5, council
lors decided to get the firm that
carries out animal control to make a
more concerted effort to solve the
problem. The decision followed
complaints from village office staff
about the number of complaints
they receive from villagers. “As
soon as the gardens go in the phone
starts ringing," Hugh Hanly, clerk
treasurer told council. He estimat
ed his office received two to three
calls a day.
"This has got to the point where
it’s getting ridiculous”, Donna
White, depute clerk treasurer said.
Council instructed the staff to
put an advertisement in The Citi
zen warning people to keep their
dogs tied up and to call in the
animal control firm to make a
concerted blitz over several days to
round up the stray dogs.
VOL. 5 NO. 24 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1989. 45 CENTS
Brussels council sets property standards fine
Brussels village council has
adopted a fine of $10 per day for
those who fail to comply with the
village's property standards by
law.
Council decided that fine would
be levied against one of the
property owners against whom it
has been taking action over the last
Flying colours
Kilts swirling and flags snapping the Brussels Legion Pipe Band leads a parade into the Brussels
Cemetery Sunday for the annual Decoration Day. Members of the Legion, the Masonic Lodge, the
Oddfellows and Rebekahs took part in the service along with members of the general public.
few months. Council was told that
while most of those who had been
warned had cleaned up their pro
perties. One property owner had
not acted. The deadline for action
had been in April.
Under legislation council can
charge up to $500 per day for
failure to comply with the order to
clean up the property. Councillors
felt the $10 a day fine was more
reasonable and at $300 a month
should still be an incentive to
someone to get to work and clean
up their mess.
“I think it’s a fair enough
figure,” Councillor Bruce Hahn
said.
Clerk-Treasurer Hugh Hanly
pointed out that the village had run
up a legal bill of $990 in acting
against the property owners in
volved.
West Wawanosh
taxes up
10.63%
Ratepayers in West Wawanosh
can expect a total increase of 10.63
per cent on their 1989 mill rate.
In a budget accepted by Council
at their meeting on June 6, the
municipal rate for farm and resi
dential will increase from last
year’s total of 3.853 per mill to
3.950. That is a difference of 0.097
or 2.52 per cent.
In addition, county taxes will
increase 19.58 per cent for residen
tial and farm and Huron County
Board of Education levy is up 8.32
per cent.
The Federation of Agriculture
levy will be 0.029.
Taxes are payable in two install
ments. The first is due on June 30,
1989 at which time 60 per cent of
the total is to be paid with the
remaining 40 per cent payable on
November 30, 1989. A penalty for
non-payment of current taxes by
the due date shall be imposed on
the first day of July, 1989 and on
the first day of each calendar
month, thereafter in which default
continues, but not after December
31, 1989.
A minimum property tax of $10 is
imposed on any property assessed
in one parcel to the same owner, if
the applicable mill rates raise an
amount less than $10. This sum
shall become due and payable on
June 30. If total taxes are less than
$25 the whole amount shall be due
and payable on that day also.
Auburn residents will pay a
trustee tax of 1.434 mills in
addition to their levy. Also there is
a tax of 1.538 on residential
property for street lamps in Auburn
and $67.75 per residence and/or
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