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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-07-05, Page 14 days of fun ahead at Brussels Fun Fest Two meetings were held last week to finalize the plans for Brussels, Morris and Grey annual Funfest. VOL. 5 NO. 27 WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1989. 45 CENTS Lions Club member John Harrison and his son Tim get these ducks ready fora trial run of this weekend’s Duck Race. The event which is sponsored by the Brussels Lions in conjunction with Funfest will take place on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. For five dollars you can buyanumberonaduckand watch it racedown the dam. Proceeds from the event are going to the Funfest committee. Professionals hear of horrors of child abuse Close to 200 professionals in­ volved in the areas of child protec­ tion, health care, education and law enforcement attended a seminar on Eakins to hear complaints on county reform proposal Huron County councillors, un­ happy with proposals for county government reform, will have a chance to make their feelings known directly to John Eakins, Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs tonight (Wednesday). Mr. Eakins, who will be responsible for the proposed changes recommend­ ed by the Consultation Committee on County Government will meet informally with the council beginn- The merchants of Brussels gath­ ered on Wednesday, June 28 to discuss what activities would be offered in the downtown core of the investigation and prosecution of child abuse at the Bluewater Youth Centre in Goderich on Thursday, June 29. The seminar ing with a luncheon at 6:30. County council will hold its monthly session beginning at 3:30 at which the county’s response to the reform proposals will be adopt­ ed. In June the county had voted on a clause-bv-clause analysis to the reform package and rejected many of the key proposals including one that would amalgamate municipali­ ties so there would be a minimum 4000 population. Brussels during this coming week­ end’s festivities. Eleven teams have signed up so far for the Funfest challenge which will be was presented by the Huron Coun­ ty Crown Attorney’s Office and the Community Child Abuse Co-ordin­ ating Committee. This is the second year the seminar has been offered and the topics this year included interview­ ing techniques, legal develop­ ments, identifying and convicting the child molester and ritual abuse and satanism. Guest faculty included the Hon­ ourable Judge Frank G. Carter of the District Court of Ontario; Paul Bruno, a Detroit prosecutor since 1976 and Lieutenant Jack Shep­ herd, Commanding Officer of the Investigative Support Section, Michigan State Police. Moderator was Crown Attorney Robert N. Morris who is also chairman of the taking place downtown beginning at 1:45 on Saturday afternoon. Morris, Grey, Brussels, and Blyth Councils will compete as will teams Huron County Community Child Abuse Co-ordinating Committee. Judge Carter has been on the bench for 16 years in Huron County and practised law in London for 23 years before that, in the areas of civil and criminal litigation. He spoke at the meeting on the recent developments concerning the law in child abuse cases. Mr. Bruno was brought back this year by popular demand after a dynamic presentation last year, according to the Crown Attorney’s Office. Mr. Bruno has prosecuted more than 50 murder trials and was one of the founding members of the child abuse unit formed in Detroit in 1986. He has lectured on the Continued on page 2 from the Brussels Hotel, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Jamestown, Walton, Molesworth, Bluevale and Belgrave. There will be six different games and these will all run consecutively. The main street of Brussels will be closed off during the hours of 10 Continued on page 16 Huron can have only 2 Huronviews Huron County Council will vote today (Wednesday) on the proposal to build two, rather than three homes for the aged in Huron County. County council had earlier voted to adopt the recommendation of the Seniors Care Facility Committee and build three smaller facilities to replace the current large facility at Huronview, south of Clinton. The proposal would have seen a new, smaller facility at Huronview fol­ lowed by a smaller unit in the north of the county and eventually a smaller unit at the south. But in a letter dated June 6 the Committee of Management for Huronview was informed by the Ministry of Community and Social Services it would support a unit for the north and a new Huronview at Clinton but not the southern unit. County council had been warned earlier by Linda Girard of the Ministry that the Ministry was not likely to support the southern unit since the Ministry already supports Bluewater Rest Home, a non-profit facility at Zurich. Councillors, an­ gered by the shifting positions of the Ministry on the issue, decided to send in its original proposal anyway. Ms. Girard along with Frank Capitano, Area Manager of the London Area Office, and Gayle Ure, Manager of Community Pro­ grams met with the Huronview committee to discuss the ministry’s response. They assured the com­ mittee that funding is in place for 184 extended care beds and 40 alternate housing beds for the county with the provision they could only be at Huronview or in the north of the county. County council will vote on the revised plans at the July session today, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Blyth Festival holds reunion It was a steamy hot night on July 9, 1975 when the first performance of the very first Blyth Festival season began. On the anniversary of the date, Sunday, July 9, the Festival will welcome many who have helped make the Festival successful with a birthday party. The party will be held in the Festival’s new rehearsal hall in the “garage” on Dinsley St. East, a facility not even dreamed about when the Festival opened its first season. Invitations have been sent out to former board members and notices of the party have been put in theatre trade publications to try to contact former members of the company. Members of the com­ munity are invited through an advertisement in this week’s Citi­ zen. The birthday party complete with cake and coffee will take place from 1 to 4 p.m.