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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1993-10-27, Page 1See page 6 See page 10 itizen The North Huron Vol 9 No.43 Wednesday, October 27, 1993 600 GST included 60 at Belgrave library meeting Defeated Murray Cardiff, Conservative MP for Huron-Bruce for almost 14 years went down to defeat in the 35th federal election. He lost to Liberal Paul Steckle by approximately 8,000 votes. Blyth councillor Steve Sparling (left) discusses the loss with Mr. Cardiff at the gathering at BMG Community Centre in Brussels. PCs will return, Cardiff says On the line Little Richard Bruxer was fittingly•attired for a turn at the fish pond when the Blyth Optimists hosted a Hallowe'en party at the public school on Saturday night. There were games and activities for the many youngsters on hand. At the end of the evening prizes were awarded for the best costumes. Richard is the grandson of Doug and Elaine Scrimgeour, Blyth. Winter may not be bad Though it may have seemed like we have received a lot of rain recently, weather observer Boyd Taylor of RR 3 Walton says October has been somewhat dry. "The month has been cloudier and colder than normal but the 49.5 mm (two inches) of rain is close to the average for the month," he says. "September was a little wetter than normal with a total of about six inches." Mr. Taylor says the grain corn has been slower to dry and the newly seeded wheat has been slow to emerge. The long range outlook for this winter is good, he says. "In the last week, I have seen a robin, a couple of crows and some monarch butterflies. Even a snake was spotted three weeks ago." All these creatures are usually in hibernation or have migrated by this time of the year. "I don't expect to see much severe weather in this area this year," says Mr. Taylor, ''but this is just a very broad prediction." Government A listing of poll by poll election results for The Citizen readership area Sports Brussels Crusaders claim top spot in WOAA senior hockey News Blyth Festival opens its exhibit of fundraising 3"x3" art See page 19 By Bonnie Gropp While library needs in Huron County are increasing, the tax dol- lars aren't, so the county library board held a series of meetings recently to develop a strategic plan for the setting of priorities. The final meeting was in Bel- grave Oct. 21 with about 60 people in attendance. County Librarian Beth Ross said that a total of 3 - 400 people attended over the five meetings, offering "hundreds and hundreds" of suggestions. "People like being consulted. They were very helpful and came to the meet- ings with ideas," she said. In Belgrave Ms Ross first provid- ed some information regarding the county's library system. She explained the three different branch levels, town, village and small community. Branch one libraries have a wide range of books, audio and video tapes as well as reference resource materials. They are open at least 30 hours per week. Branch two libraries such as Blyth and Brussels are open from 15-28 hours per week. They also have a wide selection of reading material as well as tapes, though reference material, particularly those dealing with local history are limited. Both of the above branches have CD Rom computer catalogue pro- grams. Continued on page 6 When is Hallowe'en? The Citizen has had considerable interest expressed from area people with regard to the day on which Halloween will be celebrated this year. All townships and villages in the region have left Hallowe'en to be observed on Sunday, Oct. 31,with the exception of Colborne Twp. The municipal offices contacted were Blyth, Brussels, Grey Twp., Hullett Twp., McKillop Twp., Mor- ris Twp., East and West Wawanosh Twp. OPP report quiet weekend Wingham OPP reported a quiet weekend in the area with only two car/deer accidents. The first accident was in Grey Township on County Road 12 on Friday, Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. The driver of the car was John Shantz, 59 of Hanover. The second accident occurred at 2:30 the following morning in East Wawanosh on County Road 20. The driver was Bradley Robinson, 18, Belgrave. Neither driver was injured, police said. The deer unfortunately didn't fare as well. By Janice Becker As the election results came into BMG Community Centre in Brus- sels Monday night, the small crowd which had gathered with Huron- Bruce MP, Conservative Murray Cardiff could only watch quietly. The Liberal sweep had started long before arriving in Ontario and the disappearance of the PC party included Mr. Cardiff. He lost by almost 8,000 votes to Liberal Paul Steckle. He says, "I must thank my sup- porters and constituents for never giving up hope. I thank them for the honour and the privilege of rep- resenting them for almost 14 years." "This was a good, clean cam- paign, with no mud slinging. It is time for the party to begin to rebuild; to look for a new system of development. We must have a new structure for the national party. At the next general meeting, a new party president will be elected." "Tonight was a great disappoint- ment for the PCs and a lot of peo- ple across the country would be upset if the party was gone." "We had a tough mandate; we did what was right, not necessarily popular. I would rather be at home, having done the right thing than in parliament and do what is wrong." "As for tomorrow, I will not be watching the reports. They will be doing the post mortem to death. I will be cancelling appointments and looking after my constituents," Mr. Cardiff says. "It may be time for another repre- sentative from the area. As a parlia- mentary secretary, there are some restrictions as to what I do for the next year. Time will bring new opportunities for me." "The PCs are not gone; we will be back." The final results for Huron-Bruce are as follows: Natural Law Party, 242; PC, 13,852; Libertarian, 272; Reform, 10,396; NDP, 2,054; Lib- eral, 21,774 and Christian Heritage Party, 807. For poll results see pg. 6 Time to fall back This weekend you can make up for lost time. Remember Saturday night to turn your clocks back for Standard Time which will give you that one hour of sleep you lost in the spring.