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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-08-09, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1989. Londesboro Compiled by Mrs. June Fothergill. Phone 523-4360 Burns UCW to host bazaar Brussels Council briefs Rules set for ‘Booster Bus’ use The Burns U.C.W. meeting was held on Wednesday afternoon, August 2 in Londesboro United Church with 14 (including one new member) present. Clara Riley opened the meeting. Hymn 263 was sung accompanied by Ida Leiper on the piano. Prayer followed. Beth Knox read the scripture, Psalm 121. A reading was given by Jean Scott, “Two men and a Plow’’. “The Touch of the Masters Hand’’ was read by Clara Riley. Owing to the absence of Renee Snell, Josephine MacGregor took over the business part. Roll call was answered with a Bible verse and minutes of the last meeting were read. The Treasurer’s report was given by Margaret Taylor. Clara Riley Clinton man still critical A Clinton man is still in critical condition at University Hospital in London after being trapped under­ neath a car in a single vehicle accident on County Road 15 west of Seaforth early in the Morning on July 30. Michael Vincent was the passen­ ger in his 73 Pontiac that was driven by Heidi Israels of Bruce- field when the accident occurred at about three a.m. Goderich OPP say Miss Israels lost control of the car on the loose gravel when it left the road, went sideways into a five foot deep ditch and rolled onto the passenger side. Mr. Vincent was caught beneath the car. McKillop and Howick want chemical container recycling McKillop Township Council agreed at their meeting of August 1, to endorse a resolution from Howick Township concerning re­ moval of pesticide and herbicide containers. Councils are requesting that the provincial government enact legislation that would require all chemical companies to provide for the return of and recycling of pesticide and herbicide containers. Kenneth Beartie attended the meeting to request that the bridge' that had been removed from the East Part of Lot 27 on Concession 9, under the McCallum-Winthrop Municipal Drain report be hauled off the site. Clerk-Treasurer Marion McClure is contacting someone concerning the removal of Hullett looking at possibility for new community centre Continued from page 1 happy with the community centres in the area. If Hullett ratepayers decided they want a new centre, council hopes to purchase Hugh Miller’s property, just east of Londesboro as the site for the centre. The old Londesboro hall, across from the public school, would be put up for sale which would hopefully recover some of the costs, said Reeve Cunningham. The money for the Miller proper­ ty would come from a special $45,000 reserve that was added to last year’s budget. “We would have liked to put another $30,000 toward the hall this year, but we just couldn’t,” said Reeve Cunn­ ingham. thanked all for the get well card and gifts she received. Members signed a card for Joan and Ray Hoggarth’s 40th wedding anniver­ sary. The date, October 18, was decid­ ed for the Bazaar and Tea. Jose­ phine closed the meeting with prayer. Addie Hunking improving in hospital Friends and neighbours of Mrs. Addie Hunking will be glad to know she is improving in University Hospital, London after surgery. The best wishes of the commun­ ity go with her at this time. Residents in the area were doing what they could to take the vehicle’s weight off him until Seaforth and Area firefighters ar­ rived at the scene to extract Mr. Vincent from the car. Miss Israels also suffered major injuries from the accident and both were transported by ambulance to the Seaforth Community Hospital and then to University Hospital in London. Miss Israels is in stable condition with a broken arm while Mr. Vincent is still in Intensive Care. The hospital said his condition hasn’t changed since he was brought in. the bridge. Reeve Marie Hicknell and Road Superintendent Wayne Dolmage met with Hugh McGugan from the Ministry of Transportation Ontario and Ken G. Dunn concerning repairs to a bridge located on Concession 6-7, Lot 22. Mr. Dunn will file a report outlining the repairs necessary to restore the bridge. Mr. Dolmage received authoriza­ tion to advertise for tenders to asphalt approximately 900 feet of road on Lot 26 of Concession 2-3. A by-law was passed authorizing the execution of an agreement with certain municipal councils for the joint management of the Seaforth and District Community Centres. Presently, council is looking into grants that are available to help with the costs of the proposed project. No definite plans have been made concerning the struc­ ture except for the public meeting. At the next regular meeting of council, time will be made to devise a rough idea of the size and cost of the structure for the public to consider. “Each of us (the councillors) has in his own mind what we’re looking at,” said Reeve Cunningham, who hopes to construct a hall that would accommodate approximately 250 to 300 people. “The public may want it bigger or smaller and we’re open for suggestions,” said Reeve Cunning­ ham, “if they think there should even be a hall.” Private groups will be allowed to rent the Brussels “Booster Bus” as long as one of the Booster Club’s drivers does the driving, Brussels village council decided August 1. The bus was originally intended to be used to carry fans of local sports clubs to out of town games but, Reeve Gordon Workman said, people have been abusing that intention. The bus would be booked austensibly to take a sport club out of town to a non-sporting function but only a few members of the club would be on board and a whole lot of others took part. The person in charge of letting the bus be rented wanted some direction, Reeve Workman said. Councillor Greg Wilson said he was in favour of renting the bus to others but felt local service clubs and sporting clubs should have priority over any private group. As well, it was noted, the bus would be rented only to in-town groups. The one doubter was Councillor Bruce Hahn. “I’m all in favour of them using it,” he said, “but if I owned a charter bus line I might be against it.” But Reeve Workman pointed out that with the high cost of renting a bus, for most groups it’s either the booster club bus or they take cars. ***** Council agreed to draw up a plan of subdivision for the nine lots in the village’s industrial park. The park could have been developed by Hullett hires Geoff King as Drainage Commissioner BY USA BOONSTOPPEL After receiving good reports from his probationary work experi­ ence, Hullett Councillors hired Geoff King for the part-time posi­ tion as Drainage Commissioner for Hullett Township at their regular meeting on August 1. “I think we’ve got a really competent employee,” said Reeve Tom Cunningham. Mr. King is a full-time employee of the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority who was approached for the job of Drainage Commissioner after Hul- lett’s Commissioner, Norman Alex­ ander, died. Now that Mr. King’s probation­ ary period had expired, council decided that they would place him on permanent staff with a five per cent increase in wages effective August 1-. In other council news, Hullett received a letter requesting the placement of a township flag on the Seaforth Community Centre since Hullett supports the arena. Council debated on how many flags to buy so that they could be placed in other areas as well, particularly the Township shed. “I would be nice to have a flag hanging up,” said Deputy-Reeve Joe Gibson. Council decided to tell the Seaforth Arena they would buy DOUG AND THE SLUGS^mbl LIVE AT B. M. & G. CENTRE SAT. AUG. 19 9-1 ADVANCE Call 887-9403 TICKETS S10.00 or 88"-6072 today NOTICE East Wawanosh Township Office WILL BE CLOSED August 14 to 25 severing one lot at a time as the land was sold but “from an administrative point of view, it’s (subdivision) the easiest,” Clerk Treasurer Hugh Hanly said. In addition it means there are no delays necessary for severance approval if a buyer does come along to a lot. In other industrial business, the name of the street leading to the industrial park was changed to Industrial Park Road. And Mr. Hanly told council Canadian National had agreed to a plan that should make it cheaper to drain George St. The plan, from the village’s engineer, would see a rentention pond beside the rail­ way’s property east of Tumberry Street that would allow water to pond there for the few hours that it takes a smaller drain under the railway property to drain the water away. The railway, however, want­ ed it understood that if the plan doesn’t work and a larger storm drain is needed,, the village would be responsible for the cost (esti­ mated by Mr. Hanly at $40,000). Mr. Hanly said there was ur­ gency in the decision whether or not the village will proceed with reconstruction of the street leading to the industrial park because so much of its construction budget is allocated to that project. If the project doesn’t go ahead the village will have to quicky look for other places to spend the money since if its provincial grant for roads isn’t some flags if they could be bought late enough in the year to put the cost on next year’s budget. The Township’s construction on Concession four and five by Clinton which joins the Base Line and Highway 4, will be watered down with calcium, decided council. The road is currently under construc­ tion and the road superintendent, Jim Johnston, reported that con­ struction is almost complete with only stone-picking and grass-seed­ ing needing to be done. Council made a motion to sup­ port a resolution from the Town­ ship of Howick that would be sent to the Ontario Government to request that pesticide containers be returned to their respective com­ panies. An irate employee of Hullett council made an appearance to point out that the 1989 salaries of Hullett township employees was incorrectly printed in the local paper. He said the paper wrote that the raises went up in January but instead they go up in July. Ian Hulley said he wanted to make sure the public knew they got their raises in July because when council changed the pay increase date from January to July, he didn’t favour the decision. Quality(X ________ Dependability! Proven Results We - Deliver .: Over 2200 Homes The Citizen. “The People Paper” spent, it may be hard to get a grant next year. ***** Refusal to clean up his property to standards set in the village’s property standards bylaw is prov­ ing costly to a village man. Mr. Hanly indicated that the weekly fine imposed on Bill McQuirter for not cleaning up dangerous clutter from his property had amounted to $510 by late in July with the amount rising with every week that passes. ***** Despite a letter of protest from the lawyer of one of the property owners who signed a development agreement to get sewers and water for their John St. properties, council will go ahead and register an emcumbrance on the deeds of the properties so the village will recover its money when the lands are sold. The emcumbrance, Mr. Hanly said, means that “in 20 years when none of us are around and some­ body goes to buy the land, it will let him know on the title they owe the money for the sewers and water installation. The landowner’s lawyer protest­ ed, feeling this amounted to a “lien” against the property but the village’s lawyers disagreed. “We’re not doing anything wrong,” Mr. Hanly told council. “It’s the same deal originally signed.” Councillor Hahn said he still felt the landowners still got a very good deal in the installation of the services. ***** Groups holding beer gardens near the Brussels ball park are being told to police the facility better or face the possibility of not having a beer garden in future years. Council was told a complaint had been received about noise late at night from the beer garden. “I don’t blame him at all”, Reeve Workman said of the neighbour’s complaint. The neighbour had said that normally he couldn’t hear noise from the beer garden, but late at night there had been rowdyness at the garden and the noise got worse. Warnings were to be issued to the operators of last weekend’s ball tournament to close down the beer garden by 11:30. Unless the rowdi­ ness can be stopped, Mr. Hanly warned, “it’ll close everybody next year.”***** It will be some time yet before the financial results of the Brussels Fun Fest are known. Councillor Wilson brought up the subject saying everywhere he goes people ask him “How did they do? How did they do?” Mr. Hanly said the bills still aren’t all in so it’s impossible to know just how much money was raised. Councillor Mary Stretton said she understood the “scratch tickets” sold raised $700 - $800. J Blyth 523-4792 Brussels 887-9114