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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1993-07-21, Page 1See pagei0 See page 23 The North Huron itizen Vol. 9 No. 29 Wednesday, July 21, 1993 600 GST included Oath of office Eugene Coburn, left and Mason Bailey were sworn in as the new Blyth councillors at the meeting July 20. The two were acclaimed to the positions last week. Let's dress up Children attending the Grey Township day camp in Cranbrook, run by Sandra and Cathy Earl, enjoy the relay game of dressing up as adults. The theme for the day was "What will I be when I grow up". The camp is held in Ethel on Tuesday afternoons and in Cranbrook on Thursday afternoons. Wheels Away seeks Blyth's support News Brussels woman flies high in hot air balloon See page 2 Community Blyth congregation says farewell to pastor, family See page 3 Sports S. Pettigrew back to finish business with Brussels Bulls Entertainment Actor enjoying role in top quality Blyth production Food bank director visits Blyth project By Bonnie Gropp The director of the Canadian Food Grains Bank was in Blyth last Thursday afternoon to meet with some of the representatives in- involved in the local project. Al Doerksen said the reason for the visit was to see some of the locally initiated projects and offer gratitude and blessings for the work. "We want to get a sense of what people are doing locally," he said. Mr. Doerksen says the Food Grains Bank appreciates the efforts undertaken this year in Blyth and is particularly pleased to see the inter church action. In Ontario, Mr. Doerksen says, the focus is on three kinds of initia- tives. Organized grain drives, growing projects such as the one in Blyth or bagging operations, which he expects will be dropped as the dollar value with relation to the amount of work involved isn't there. Organizing the Blyth project began early this year. Today, mem- bers of four churches, the Christian Reformed, The Church of God, Trinity Anglican and the Roman Catholic serve on the organizing committee. The United Church has made a monetary donation to the project. Crop-Co has donated land for the planting and Pioneer Seed and the distributor each paid 50 percent of the corn seed isM, while Londes- boro Seed donated the entire cost of the barley, according to Fred Van- der Stere, project organizer. Eleven acres of corn have been planted and three acres of barley. Howsons paid 3/4 of the cost for chemicals and fertilizer. In terms of gross product, Mr. Doerksen said the local project could raise $4,000 in cash for Canadian Food Grains. With fund- ing assistance from Canadian International Development Agen- cies (CIDA) this has a range, he says, of $20,000. In terms of food it would amount to enough food for 750 people for three months but with support from CIDA will probably ship three times that amount, Mr. Doerksen said. Mr. VanderStere said, "I think it's important to know we can feed so many people with so little." The strength of the Canadian Food Grains Bank was originally in the prairies where it continues to be active, Mr. Doerksen says. Howev- Continued on page 15 Wheels Away made a presentation to the Blyth Council at its July 19 meeting, asking for support. Board members Vicki Piluke and Bev Browny represented the organization which provides transportation for the elderly and disabled (physical, mental, emotional or social). The directors said Wheels Away, which represents North Huron, is in the process of enlisting each municipality to sign on to the program. It is hoped that all municipalities will become involved and therefore be able to connect with the central Huron group, says Ms Brown. By doing this, the clients of the service would be able to travel to centres such as Stratford and St. Marys as well as local areas like Wingham and Goderich, she says. At present, Blyth has two residents who use the service. In 1992, 12 trips were made and the cost to council would have been $63 if they had been signed on to the program. Council had received a letter from Wheels Away in February which, after some discussion, was filed. It was felt at that time that the village did not have the funds to support Wheels Away. Doug Scrimgeour, a councillor at that time, said, "We believe in the service, but I don't know how we can dictate money being sperit at this time." It is becoming necessary for municipal involvement, says Ms Brown because some adjoining programs may soon refuse to cross territories that are not involved Ms Brown says, many communities have service drganizations that will raise the funds for the program therefore There have been two incidents of dogs being attacked, in Morris and East Wawanosh townships, around July 14, by what experts say appear to be a large aggressive animal. The attacks have occurred between Belgrave and Brussels. Dr. Gould of the Leedham Veterinary Clinic in Wingham, has had two dogs brought in with similar injuries and bites. Dr. Gould says, "It could possibly be a rabid coyote or wolf." Dr. Gould is advising pet owners to keep their animals inside. The Ministry of Natural Resources in Wingham, has been called in to investigate. Conservation Officer Bob Pegg says, "A rabid coyote would be very unusual because they rarely carry the disease." Ontario sees only about three rabid coyotes per year on average, he says. costing the council nothing. Council will make the decision to participate in the program at a later date. When first contacted about the dog attacks, Mr. Pegg thought there was a possibility the dog had gotten too close to a den and the mother had attacked. However, with the second incident occurring three miles away, other explanations had to be found. Mr. Pegg says there have been no further reports since July 14. If the animal that attacked the dogs was rabid, it would have died by this time because of the advanced stage of the disease. The MNR is keeping an eye on the known dens in the area. They are relying on sightings by the community to alert them of any animals that are acting strangely, Mr. Pegg says. Coyotes are not uncommon to the Wingham area as approximately 100 are hunted each year, within a 30 km. radius. MNR investigates attacks on animals