HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-07-26, Page 1VOL. 5 NO. 30 WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1989.45 CENTS
Joel Kellington of Brussels leads the way in this game of
leap-frog and he looks like he means business. The youngsters
took part in this and other activities at the Brussels Men nonite
Fellowship Hall during last week’s Kids’ Corner ‘89.
Brussels
imposes total
watering ban
For residents of Brussels there is
still no respite for your thirsty
lawns.
There is a total lawn watering
ban in effect in the village with no
signs of change for a while.
Residents may however water their
flower beds, gardens or new sod in
the evenings between the hours of
6 and 9.
Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Donna
White stresses that residents must
be careful to not deplete the water
supply in the event of a fire.
“There is really no point in
watering during the day anyway,’’
she points out, “as it evaporates so
quickly.’’
At present, according to Mrs.
White there is no penalty. “We are
hoping that the community will
co-operate,” she says.- “However,
after this week if we see people are
no obeying, then we will have to
make a decision. Hopefully, we
won’t have to,” she says. “I think
that those who live in this commun
ity will be reasonable.”
Festival
publishes
free history
Those who helped make the
Blyth Festival a success in its 15
seasons can have a record of some
of those memories for free in a new
history of the Festival released last
week.
Called “Special Memories” the
16-page booklet tells the memories
of many of the actors, crew and
volunteers who have helped build
the theatre into one of Canada’s
outstanding success stories since
that first steamy July night in 1975
when the Festival first opened.
The books are being distributed
free for the asking while supply
lasts thanks to the assistance of the
duMaurier Council for the Arts
Ltd., which is supporting the
venture. The book also contains
pictures from productions dating
back to the first ever play, “Mostly
in Clover” and up to “Girls In The
Gang”.
The book is available at the
theatre.
Rain needed soon to save crop yields
What a difference a month
makes as Huron County farmers
who, just a month ago were worried
about getting hay crops off because
of too much rain, now have visions
of a repeat of last year’s meagre
harvest due to drought.
Brian Hall, crops specialist with
the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food in Clinton said Monday
that the next couple of weeks will
tell the tale of the kind of crop
Contest winner named
Karen McClinchey, RR 1, Au
burn is the second weekly winner of
the Sounds Fishy contest in The
Citizen.
Karen will win a fish and chip
dinner for four at the Brussels
Hotel for correctly finding the
letters F I S H in last week’s
Sounds Fishy game page. Of all
yields for corn and beans while
even a rain today may be too late to
help yield of spring cereal grains.
“You can tell looking across a
field where the sandy or gravelly
spots are,” Mr. Hall said. Most
barley and oats crops have just
finished their critical period of
filling the heads and the month
long drought may have hurt yields
irreparably. Where the land is light
some cereal crops have been
burned right off, Mr. Hall said.
those who correctly found the
letters hers was the entry drawn.
By the way, for those who
phoned saying there was some
thing fishy about the game, that
the letter “S” was not on the game
page, check out the hubcap on the
car in the Brussels Motors adver
tisement.
The next two to three weeks are
critical for corn yields as the crop
heads into the tassling stage. A
good rain would help ensure
strength in the plants during this
essential pollination stage which
will set the size of the ears of com.
As it is some corn is beginning its
tassling at a six-foot height and
some at four feet. As the com
suffers from lack of water the
leaves tend to curl more making it
hard for the tassels to make their
way out, too.
Ironically, this spring’s wet wea
ther may have left com and beans
less equipped to cope with drought
that last year’s dry spring. Last
year with weather dry from the
beginning, crops developed much
stronger root systems in search of
water, Mr. Hall said. This year the
abundant water meant the plants
could get by on smaller root
systems which now make them
more vulnerable to drought.
The white bean crop needs
moisture to promote flowering, he
said. If it stays too dry the plants
stop flowering. Last year the plants
stopped flowering, then began
flowering again when rains came in
August. The beans, however,
wouldn’t have been ready until
Christmas, he said.
Second crop hay yields may be
down but will be much higher than
last year, Mr. Hall said. Alfalfa,
with its huge root system, can
bring moisture up from the sub-soil
area. Last year, however, there
wasn’t any sub-soil moisture eith
er.
Overall, farmers will be hoping
that the afternoon thunder showers
predicted for the hot steamy days
this week materialize. It will mean
money in everybody’s pockets.
Man hurt
in Morris crash
A Goderich man was injured in a
two vehicle accident in Morris
Township Thursday morning.
Mr. Ross McKenzie, 61, was a
passenger in a 1985 Buick LeSabre
driven by 61-year-old Henry Dren
nan of RR 7, Lucknow. Other
passengers in the vehicle were the
gentlemen’s wives, Bernice Dren
nan, 61, and 60-year-old Jean
McKenzie.
A spokesperson from the Wing
ham OPP said that the Drennan car
was eastbound on Concession 4-5
of Morris Township when it was
struck by a 1983 Oldsmobile Cut
lass driven by Glenn Coultes of RR
5, Brussels. Mr. Coultes, 49, was
southbound on Sideroad 5-6 when
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