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The Citizen, 1989-11-15, Page 13Blyth council briefs Fight for LCBO store not over Blyth Village Council, not giving up the fight to get a Liquor Control Board Outlet (LCBO) store for Blyth will ask the LCBO to set up a temporary store to test the market. The decision was made at the Nov. 8 meeting of council. Councillor Dave Lee suggested the move saying he had been told the best way to put to the test the Board’s contention that there wasn’t market enough in Blyth to support a store was to ask for a temporary trailer-type facility. Such a facility is now located at Hensail. ***** Renovations including windows, new wiring and lighting and a washroom will be undertaken by the village to the north wing of Memorial Hall to make it suitable for the Blyth branch of the Huron County Library. The building, constructed by the Blyth Centre for the Arts in 1980, will be turned over to the village for Brussels, Morris and Grey to buy recreation land Continued from page 2 approached council on the matter earlier but council couldn’t commit money in 1989 for the purchase and wanted to see how the townships reacted. Each municpality has agreed to share the costs in the proportions set down in the by-law for the BMG Recreation commit­ tee. It means that Brussels’ 48 per cent share will cost about $5,250, Hugh Hanly told council (not counting legal costs). The council, as well as councils in Morris and Grey, however, want Jack Bryans, the landowner, to remove a condition that the land can never be used for anything but recreation. While council couldn’t foresee the land being used for anything else “Nobody can say forever,’’ Councillor Bruce Hahn said. “Forever is a long, long time.” ***** Village council will take another crack at winning a PRIDE grant to update village services. The village will apply for a program worth $120,000 (half of that from the province) to do such things as install street signs, upgrade elec­ trical service and build sidewalks and repair the library windows. The village has tried unsuccessfully Oddfellows get 2nd degree On Thursday, Nov. 9 Bro. David Perdue of Hanover, Bro. David Scott and Richard Doney of Dur­ ham were conferred the second degree in Oddfellowship by mem­ bers of the Brussels degree team. Visitors were in attendance from Listowel, Seaforth, Hanover, Dur­ ham and Mount Forest. The 55 members in attendance observed a moment of silence in memory of Bro. Gordon Hanna who passed away earlier the same day. library use once the Festival has completed an addition to the south side of Memorial Hall which will house a new box office and art gallery. The new library will mean a tripling of the space currently available for the library in the village’s administration building. ***** Bruce Potter of B. M. Ross and Associates engineers is supervising the construction of that south wing to Memorial Hall for the village. Council confirmed his appointment Nov. 8 and also dealt with a letter from Mr. Potter to Christopher Borgal, the architect for the pro­ ject, pointing to several changes he felt necessary in the plans for the building being erected by the Blyth Festival at a cost of more than $1 million. Council also approved a steel’ roofing material in a grey colour to be used on Memorial Hall, the new wing and the Festival’s administra­ tion building. During the re-roofing project at Memorial Hall the bell several times in the past to get a PRIDE grant. Council voted a donation of $200 toward the purchase of a computer for the Huron County Library Branch in Brussels. The fundrais­ ing campaign underway will pur­ chase a computer to access records of books anywhere in the county library system. Council also donated $350 to the Santa Claus Parade committee. CLASSIFIED - FAST - DEPENDABLE - HIGHLY VISIBLEUAXTAUS ALL THE TIME!Call Blyth 523-4792 or Brussels 887-9114 tower will be replaced with a new tower designed to look like the one originally on the building when it was built in 1920. ***** A study of the lighting on Queen Street (main street) will be under­ taken by the Ministry of Transpor­ tation as part of the planning for rebuilding of Highway 4 through Blyth. Clerk-treasurer Helen Grubb told council that the MOT was planning a study at the corner of Hwy. 4 and County Road 25 but agreed to do it throughout the village. The study, she said, will tell council if upgrading is needed in the lighting as part of the project and what the costs would be. ***** Blyth will pay half the legal and surveying costs to close one street and get land for another to give access to land designated for industrial purposes in the east end, council agreed. The agreement could put an end to years of headaches for George Hubbard of the G. L. Hubbard Ruttabaga plant on Dinsley St. East. Currently Ann St. goes right through the middle of his factory despite the fact it was thought this street had been closed. It makes for problems of title on Mr. Hubbard’s property. Meanwhile the land designated as industrial land behind his fac­ tory has no street access. Reeve Albert Wasson said he and Mr. Hubbard had agreed that the street would be officially closed, that Mr. Hubbard would donate land at the east end of his property to allow a street to be built and the two parties would split the costs. Council agreed with the cost shar­ ing. THE CITIZEN,WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1989. PAGE 13. Lest we forget Robbie Gowing places a wreath at Brussels Public School to honour the veterans during Remembrance Day services last Friday. Joel Kellington stands by, waiting his turn.