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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1993-08-11, Page 2SATURDAY SPECIAL CHICKEN KIEV $8.95 FRIDAY LUNCH HOT BUFFET $5.95 SUNDAY SMORGASBORD $9.95 OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION IN OUR LOVELY ROOMS & SUITES KARAOKE Saturday Aug. 14 LEAVE YOUR FILM WITH US AND RECEIVE A : MINI PHOTO ALBUM Bring in a roll of colour print film for developing and receive a FREE MINI PHOTO ALBUM. C-41 sizes: 110, 126, Disc & 35mm Full Frame (excluding Stretch 35). Offer Valid: Aug. 11 - 17 • I n n n n I • • n • I n n n • I I I PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1993. Engineering to begin on sewage plant expansion Despite a shortage of money, Brussels village councillors voted at their Aug. 3 meeting to take advantage of an offer of a grant Mrs. Winona Martin and her daughter Mrs. Gwendolyne Tooth have returned from a 26-day bus tour of the U.S. covering over 8,000 miles. Starting in Toronto, and crossing at Detroit, each change in territory proved to be more interesting than the last, Mrs. Martin said. At St. Louis, the Mississippi was high, but has since risen to an unbelievable height of 50 feet. It is famous for its 630 feet high memorial arch. The next evening there was a tornado warning. Many oil drilling grasshoppers, and mines were in many places during the trip. Fields were flooded as far as the eye could see, Mrs. Martin says and some places were hailed out. In Denver the money mint was special as vas Molly Brown's House. She is a survivor of the Titanic. Las Vegas, the gambling centre, had many interesting buildings. You many here, and go to Reno for the divorce. There was river rafting at several places. Death Valley is 282 feet below sea level. The temperature was 116°F though Mrs. Martin says it goes to 124°F sometimes. They visited great Scotty's Castle. There were sand storms, cacti, roadrunner birds, water tanks for radiators, sand dunes and dried up flats. Continued from pave 1 The new bylaw will not solve all the problems in the system, howev- er. Mr. Josling said, "The biggest problem is that it all takes time. Even with the changes it will still take time." Also, he said, the order does not cover the inside of the building. There's another problem. If the village takes material off a property it must store it until the property CN accepts railway land offer Canadian National has accepted the $14,000 offer from the Village of Brussels for sale of the CN Rail right of way through the village. At the Aug. 3 meeting, village council voted to accept the quote from Archibald, Gray, McKay Ltd. for $1,700 to survey the lands in preparation for the purchase. Brussels People Mrs. Nancy Procter and family Kyle, Kirk and Andrea from Rancho Santa Margarita, California are visiting with her parents Edna and Ralph Pearson for the month of August. While here they will visit with Mr. and Mrs. Don Procter and family of Belgrave. from the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MOEE) for engineer- trig of an expansion to the Brussels sewage treatment plant. At one restaurant there was a pet pig which graciously posed, Mrs. Martin says. Indians were here selling native jewellery. At Yosemite Park they saw waterfalls and mountains. Sacrament had canyon trees and famous buildings. In the Napa Valley a grape farm was visited and the visitors were treated to wine. The giant Sequoia trees grow here. In San Francisco they visited the Fisherman's Wharf, Alcatraz Island, and the most crooked street in the world. They learned that along the west coast the 200 foot tall Redwoods grow for a 33 mile journey. Into Oregon they passed beautiful ocean rocks in scenery of dunes and headlands. The Dalles came next and it was too rainy, to see clearly Mount St. Helen which erupted in 1980 and Mount Rainer. They visited the Wagon Train going from Missouri to Oregon, then went south to Salt Lake City with its great Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Temple, the gull monument commemorating the gulls which flew in and ate the locusts that were destroying the Mormon's crops. At Jackson, a western town with board sidewalks, the visitors were hijacked by a "mock holdup". At Jackson Hole they saw a lovely Indian War Dance program. A day was spent touring owner reviews it and says what is good and what can be destroyed. When councillors asked Mr. Josling if the bylaw worked in other communities he said that since.he became enforcement offi- cer in Blyth he had never had to order a clean-up. "When people know the village has the authority to clean up, most people go ahead and clean it up." He said he had reviewed about 20 different bylaws and they were all basically the same as the new Brussels bylaw. After passing the bylaw, council proceeded to appoint Mr. Josling as property standards enforcement officer at a rate of $12.75 per hour when he is called in to enforce an order. Council will also study changes in the village's building bylaw pro- posed by Mr. Joshing. The changes reflect changes in the building code, he said. The grant would cover 84 per cent of the engineering costs for a new sludge settling tank. The pro- ject will still cost the village $4,300 Yellowstone Park doing the southwest quarter and leaving by the northeast quarter seeing Old Faithful, steam vents, mud pots. At Cody, the famous Billy Cody Museum there are many famous Indian cultures of long ago. Next they travelled to Mount Rushmore, where Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved into the 6,000 foot mountain. Nearby, Crazy Horse Memorial in memory of a Sioux Chief, is being carved in a mountain. They went to Passion Play in Spearfish. In South Dakota the Badlands had very impressive mountain sights. In Mitchell they saw the Corn Palace, newly constructed of corn every year. They eventually reached Iowa City where there was considerable flooding. Crossing the Mississippi they arrived in Kalamazoo and continued to Detroit then home to Toronto. The 38 travellers had a magnificent tour arranged by the driver of 15 years. however and Lori Pipe, acting clerk-treasurer, warned councillors they had no money in their budget to cover their portion of the cost. The village is already facing short- ages due to provincial grant cut- backs and additional provincial taxes. She suggested councillors might want to hold off on the expenditure until the new year. , But Steve Burns of the consulting engineering firm of B. M. Ross and Associates in Goderich warned council that the grant might not be available after this year. "I'm 99.9 per cent sure this grant is only available now." By the end of the year, he explained, grants for water and sewage treatment will be han- dled through the new Ontario Clean Water Agency. It is this agency that would be involved in grants for building the tank eventually at a total estimated cost of $320,000. "I think we should get the grant now while we're getting it and not leave it until something changes and there is no grant," Reeve Gor- don Workman said. Other councillors objected to the cost of the project, pointing out the tank functions much as a farm manure holding tank which is a fraction of the cost. "The province has certain stipulated requirements about what's in it," Mr. Burns said. "This is not a farm manure tank. They won't let you build that." Councillor Bruce Hahn said he felt the MOEE should have to pay for all the costs in the expansion since it designed the original sys- tem which is outdated so soon. Mr. Burns offered to help the budget problem by delaying his bill for the village's portion of the engi- neering until 1994. Only the province's portion of the bill, once the grant is received, would be paid this year. Councillors agreed to this course of action and authorized Mr. Burns to proceed with the grant request on behalf of the village. The approval is for engineering costs only and does not commit the village to pro- ceed with construction, Mr. Burns said. Mr. Burns said there might be one way of cutting costs for both Brussels and Blyth. With the per- mission of the two villages, he said, he would approach the MOEE about the possibility of one tank to serve both communities. Since the tank is just a holding tank for extra sludge, it might be cheaper to build a tank in one of the villages and haul the sludge from the other vil- lage for storage, he said. He received permission from Brussels councillors to consider the propos- al. Councillor Greg Wilson declared conflict of interest on the discus- sion. Brussels Driver & Vehicle Licence Office will be closed on August 16th and re-opening on August 30th, 1993 BRUSSELS COUNTRY INN DAILY LUNCH & DINNER SPECIALS WED. NIGHTS 250 WINGS FRIDAY NIGHTS Steak & Shrimp Steak & Baby Back Ribs BRUSSELS 887-9035 Bylaw won't solve all problems, says inspec. Woman returns from tour A great day for hot dogs Huronlea Chaplain, Peggy Campbell, second from left, helps serve up hot dogs for the residents, Aug. 6. The summer team from the Ontario St. United Church in Clinton held day camps for the residents of Huronlea and Huronview. Summer team members assisting are Katie Kirkham, left, and Dean Morrison. Huronlea staff and volunteers also contributed to the lunch time barbeque.