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The Citizen, 1989-11-01, Page 2PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1989. Tired out Little three-year-old Carolyn Exel couldn’t be blamed if she found Saturday’s skate-a-thon for the Brussels Figure Skating Cluba littleoverwhelming. When she got tired, however, dad John provided a handy, comfortable seat. Staff feels let down at loss of Home Huronview North decision Thursday at McDonald’s Barring unforeseen further delay the heated debate over whether the northern unit of the new Huron­ view Home for the Aged should be built in Brussels or Wingham should end with a vote at Huron County Council Thursday. The decision was originally in­ tended to be made at the October meeting of council when a recom­ mendation from the Huronview site selection committee that a site in Morris township at the southern boundary of Brussels on the prop­ erty of Bill and Marie Turnbull be chosen was to be voted on. The day before the meeting, however, the Huronview committee voted to defer voting on the motion until after a tour of all the sites had been organized for all councils. That tour took place October 12 with about 20 councillors taking part. The month’s delay gave the Wingham-Turnberry committee a chance to mount a campaign to overturn the recommendation of the Brussels site. Calling their two proposed sites in the east end of Wingham “the natural choice”, the group has fought hard to convince undecided councillors of the undesirability of the Brussels location, pointing to such things as the closeness of the Wingham and District Hospital to the Wingham sites. Response time for emergency Together... Ute WiM Remember vehicles heading to a Brussels site would be a minimum of 40 minutes in good weather, they said. Efforts have also been made to undermine criticisms of the Wing­ ham site. In a letter to county council, Linda Girard of the London office of the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services had said that although two sites in Wingham and two in Brussels met the criteria for the home from the Ministry’s point of view, she felt the location on the Turnbull proper­ ty was the best location. In her letter she worried about the close­ ness of one of the Wingham sites to the F. E. Madill Secondary School as a possible cause of noise and disturbance for the residents. Let­ ters read to Turnberry Township Council last month from Herb Murphy, principal of F. E. Madill and George Gibson, chairman of special education at Madill and Jim Inwood, co-operative education co­ ordinator said that rather than being a detriment to the home, the high school might actually be an asset with co-operative students being able to work at the home. As well, a letter from Ms. Girard’s superior, Frank Capitano, area manager of the London Mini­ stry office on October 11 pointed out that Ms. Girard's letter expres­ sed her own opinion and was not Royal Canadian Legion Branch 218- Brussels would like to thank you for your support and donations during our 1988 POPPY CAMPAIGN Total amount collected«$1,677.10 Prize money-poster & essay contest-$251.00 Poppy Campaign Expenses: wreaths, poppies, promotional material-$1,334.20 Veteran’s Comforts-$144.32 Total money spent-$1,729.52 POPPY DAY-NOVEMBER4,1989 Laverne Jamieson Poppy Chairman Continued from page 1 assistant activity director for Cal­ lander, “I’m going to get another job when it closes,” she said. The major feeling among the employees is a sense of being let down. “We were helping Mr. MacGowan keep the home up to specifications but the government still wouldn’t give us beds,” said Helen Blake, a long-time health care aid at the home. Besides the workers’ trepidation of the closure, Ms. Stretton feared what the move would do to the town of Brussels. “Brussels is going to have nothing,” she said, “It’s our big employing place and Brussels People By Bonnie Gropp Phone 887-9114 or 523-4792 Several members of the Brussels Agricultural Society attended the District 8, Annual meeting in Seaforth on October 24. Mary Ann Miners won first prize at the Bread Competition and will go on to compete at the annual convention in Toronto. intended to pre-judge the council’s selection. It was the role of councillors to make their final selection then make it known to the Ministry for final approval, he said. Meanwhile the Brussels, Morris and Grey Committee will be going to Thursday’s meeting with the knowledge that the closing of the privately-owned Callander Nursing Home in Brussels has been offi­ cially announced. The moving of the Brussels beds to an expanded McGowan Nursing Home in Wing­ ham will mean there are no extended care nursing beds be­ tween Highway 8 and Highway 86. They’ll be arguing that putting the Huronview North home in Wing­ ham would mean that all the extended care beds are concentrat­ ed in one municipality. TEXACO < <. —>—* Please be advised that as of November 1,1989 J.R.’s Texaco in Brussels will be under new management. Leonard and Freda Schellingerhoudt will be operating the Restaurant and Rowe Fuels will take over the Gas Bar. A Special Thank You We wish to Thank everyone for their patronage over the past 9 years and extend our congratulations and best wishes to the new management. Thanks Again ... Gerry and Brenda Wheeler 1/2 PRICE Reg. Value $29.98 Ladies warm and cuddly Fleece P.J.'s 1 or 2 piece styling, sizes S, M, L, in soft pink, powder blue, bright turquoise, red and white, and pink and blue. THE FASHION BOUTIQUE 423 Turnberry St. Brussels, Ont. 887-9811 now those people will have to go out of town to work and Brussels will be affected.” Hugh Hanly, Brussels clerk­ treasurer said the move is really going to hurt the town from a taxation standpoint. The Nursing home pays just over $14,000 in taXes of which Brussels gets about a quarter of. That amount compris­ es 14 per cent of the commercial taxes paid in Brussels. Mr. Hanly said the loss of these commercial taxes will “create that much more of a tax burden on residential taxpayers.” Mr. Hanly added that from Mr. MacGowan’s standpoint, he under­ stood that the amalgamation was sensible from a business point of view but he couldn’t deny that the move would have a real impact on Brussels. Now, the steering committee is working on convincing the govern­ ment to place the new Huronview in Brussels. This task has been equally worked on by the commit­ tee as retaining Callander. But now that Brussels is going to lose Callander, for many workers and residents at Callander as well as the villagers of Brussels, Huron­ view may be their only hope. Vandals do damage Buildall Mischief appears to be the motive behind a break and enter at McDonald’s Buildall in Brussels on the evening of Friday, October 27. A spokesperson from the Wing­ ham OPP detachment stated that the offense took place at the very rear of the property where the perpetrators were able to stay out of view. Several windows were smashed by stones including a side window on a tractor cab, two panes of windshield on a tractor-trailer, one passenger door window on a pickup truck and a 10 inch by three foot window in the building. Police believe that it was young­ sters involved as nothing was stolen and they are investigating the incident further. THE MORE YOU t SHOP...THE S MORE POINTS YOU EARN. With only 8 weeks 'till Christmas, you can start /j your Christmas Shopping/A Now... 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