HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1991-03-20, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1991.
Rutabaga Festival plans improvements for ’91
After a hesitant start, plans for
the second annual Rutabaga Festi
val scheduled for June 21, 22 and
other committee positions have
been filled.
23 in Blyth are finally surging
forward. Husband and wife, Don
The committee to date was
appointed at a meeting on March 4.
In addition to the Carters, mem
bers are: Treasurer. Jim Wilson;
and Judy Carter, have accepted the
position of co-chairmen and most
Secretary, Jane Gardner; Souve
nirs, Bev Elliott; Advertising, Lynn
Logue; Gong Show and Teen
Dance, Optimist Club; Schools,
Lorna Fraser; 50’s and 60’s Dance,
Lions Club; Fishing Derby, Donna
Govier. There are still some vacan
cies and Ms. Gardner suggests
anyone interested contact the Car
ters.
“There is a tremendous spirit of
co-operation in the village now,
concerning the organization of the
Festival. We would like to see other
clubs, like the Scout movement,
Horticultural Society and Junior
Farmers become involved in some
way,” she said.
An interest-free loan from the
village in the amount of $5,000,
also gave organizers a boost. “Last
year we bought T-shirts and our
money is tied up in capital cost,
which is why we needed a loan,”
said Ms. Gardner. “It was exactly
what we needed to see us
through.”
Most of the events remain the
same as last year with the addition
of a few. “The comments we heard
most after last year, was that
people wanted more family-orient
ed events. Based on these com
ments, we are incorporating some
new activities into the program,”
Ms. Gardner said.
Following the Gong Show this
year, there will be a Much Music
dance for teens and for the young
sters there will be a midway,
something Ms. Gardner said, that
hasn’t been seen in Blyth in many
years.
There will be a giant yard sale in
locations throughout the village, a
penny sale, bed race, children’s
fish derby, car rally, dinners,
concerts, dances and of course, the
biggest attraction, the Rutabaga
Parade.
“It looks like it’s going to be lots
of fun for everybody,” says Ms.
Gardner. “Don and Judy are going
to be a really great team. He is very
involved in the community and
Judy is enthusiastic about having
programs and activities for the
young people. We are really pleas
ed that they agreed to steer our
course.”
Super sellers
Jeffrey Lewis (left) and sister Jamie accept a cheque for $75
as their prize for selling the most cheese in a fundraising
project for the Blyth Figure Skating Club. Candice Howson,
president of the club, presents the prize. Also helping out the
campaign were Diane Ferguson and vice-president Barb
Richmond.
Blyth council_
Dog owners get warnings
Owners of some dogs seen
wandering loose in the village will
be getting letters from the Blyth
council asking them to stop the
situation.
Councillors heard from John
Rinn, village works department
foreman, that he had received
many complaints about the dogs
but he had never been in the right
place at the right time to be able to
catch them. Those who had seen
the dogs, however, seemed to know
who the owners were. Councillors
agreed to send letters to those
owners.
*****
Council will leave until next
meeting a decision on whether to
meet again with a landowner who is
protesting zoning his property.
It was proposed that council
meet with planner Cindy Fisher of
the Huron County Planning De
partment and Phil Beard from the
Maitland Valley Conservation Au
thority and property owner George
Szarek about the flood-plain mapp
ing of his property.
But councillors questioned what
could be accomplished at the
meeting. Council had accepted the
recommendations of the county
planners and the MVCA in setting
the zoning. * Why do we need to
spend another $250 to $300 (for
special meeting payments to coun
cillors) to meet with him when we
won’t change our mind unless on
the recommendations of Cindy
Fisher and Phil Beard?” Reeve
Albert Wasson wondered.
Councillor Steven Sparling
agreed. “I’m uncomfortable with
having another meeting if the
others seem unlikely to change,”
he said.
Councillors decided to talk to the
other officials again before making
a decision about the meeting.
*****
Councillors supported a resolu
tion from St. Vincent Township
calling on the province to speed up
the approval process of landfill
sites. “If it takes nine years to
approve the Huron site (as it did
one in St. Vincent township) we’ll
be shoulder deep in garbage,”
Councillor Dave Lee said.
*****
Because of the construction
planned for the municipal office the
April 10 meeting of council will be
moved to Memorial Hall. The
municipal office will be operating
from Memorial Hall for a period
during the construction.
Laughter could
have been lost
Continued from page 5
after-dinner speeches.
In the traditional Canadian way
of looking at things, Don Harron
would probably have been seen as
more successful and important if
he's continued in Hollywood but I
can't help thinking we'd all be a lot
poorer if we had lost that laughter
to "serious” acting.
Looking backward
Continued from page 4
continuous membership in the
Lodge.
FIVE YEARS AGO
MARCH 19, 1986
Target date for operations at the
new Brussels swimming pool to
commence was June 1. Sharon
Scott had been hired as the head
guard. Paul Mutter said he hoped
construction would be finished by
May 15 allowing time for final
preparations for the June 1 open
ing.
The old Queen's Hotel in Brus
sels suddenly became two stories
instead ot three as a wrecking
crane took off the top floor. Salvage
work continued in preparation to
building of a new supermarket.
Jack and Loraine Nelemans. RR
4. Walton, took their quarter horse
stallion "Lightly Sugared" to
Quarterama in Toronto. This is the
second largest Quarter Horse show
in the world, with about 2,000
horses competing. “Sugar” was
shown in pleasure driving the first
time he had been entered in this
class and placed eighth out of 15
entries from across North America.
THANK YOU
BLYTH FIGURE
SKATING CLUB
I would like to thank the
executive and all the member
families for all their support
during the past two years.
Candice Howson.
President.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT BOARD
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IN THE MATTER OF the Environmental Assessment
Act, R.S.O. 1980, c.140, as amended, and the regula
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