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where IPM Chair Jacquie Bishop
shared a report that confirmed the
match had a local economic impact
of $4.5 million.
After weeks of debate, North
Huron decided to retain the
Wingham Police Service, which
meant the police department’s
budget would increase by $400,000
annually through doubling the
complement of officers in the town.
The Pigeon King, a play
commissioned by the Blyth Festival
and penned by a collective of
Festival familiar faces, had been
chosen to be part of the National Art
Centre’s 2018/2019 season in
Ottawa.
The Brussels Optimist Club held
its annual spring dinner and auction,
raising over $30,000 for the Tanner
Steffler Foundation.
The Blyth Brussels Atom
Crusaders players felt the glory of a
gold medal around their necks,
winning the Western Ontario
Athletic Association’s championship
with a 3-2 win over their
counterparts from Goderich thanks
in no small part to two goals from
Ava Strome, including the game-
winner.
After taking a year off for a variety
of reasons, the Walton TransCan
would return for 2018, with an
announcement from owner Brett
Lee.
The Blyth Brussels Novice Rep
Crusaders won a Western Ontario
Athletic Association gold medal,
defeating the Minto Mad Dogs by a
score of 4-3 in their final game.
This came after the Crusaders won
the first two games of the series, but
lost the third, setting up a potential
series victory in the fourth game,
which would be held in Blyth.
A Wingham man was charged
with two counts of first-degree
murder in relation to a double
homicide in the Bluevale area.
North Huron and Huron East
announced that they would be
sharing fire chief services,
employing current Huron East Fire
Chief Marty Bedard to cover chief
duties for the Fire Department of
North Huron as well.
Several Brussels-area residents,
including Doug McArter, Paul
Mutter and Daniel Fritz spoke up at
a special meeting regarding the
potential renovation and expansion
of the Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre. Residents voted
overwhelmingly in favour of putting
money into the facility, which hadn’t
seen upgrades in decades.
In the latest draft of the North
Huron budget, spending was
expected to rise 18 per cent. Much of
that increase was associated with
council’s decision to retain and
expand the Wingham Police Service,
which would be area-rated and
charged to Wingham residents.
Despite the efforts of residents
aiming to keep the CIBC in Blyth,
representatives of the bank were
unequivocal in regards to the bank
closure, saying it was a foregone
conclusion.
A Junior rugby team from Surrey,
British Columbia claimed the top
spot in the Dinning Cup, an annual
rugby tournament held in Wingham
in memory of fallen soldier and
rugby player Matthew Dinning.
Jacquie Bishop of Bluevale, chair
of the 2017 International Plowing
Match, won the Warden’s Award at
the Huron Arts and Heritage
Network’s annual Cultural Awards
night.
Bishop was among a number of
locals honoured, including Blyth
Festival Artistic Director Gil Garratt,
the Four Winds Barn in Brussels and
others.
Walton’s Mitchell Godkin was
breaking new ground in the world of
baseball bats with his new company,
Leadbury Bat Company.
After years of working with wood
and an education in engineering
from the University of Western
Ontario, Godkin had perfected a
custom drying process that was
resulting in off-the-charts
performance in his bats.
The Huron Residential Hospice
near Clinton officially opened its
doors to the public with a large open
house and pig roast, attracting many
local dignitaries.
The Tanner Steffler Foundation
brought Canadian celebrity and
mental health advocate Michael
Landsberg to Blyth for a pair of
events. The first was a private dinner
and lecture at Blyth Cowbell
Brewing Company and the second
was a discussion at Memorial Hall,
which was attended by hundreds of
people.
Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa
Thompson would be challenged by
five others in the upcoming
provincial election. Don Matheson
of the Liberal Party, Jan Johnstone of
the NDP, Nicholas Wendler of the
Green Party, Gerrie Huenemoerder
of the Alliance Party and Ron
Stephens of the Libertarian Party all
sought to challenge the incumbent in
the coming weeks.
Despite making a decision the
previous month, North Huron
Council re-opened the debate on
policing in North Huron with a
special council meeting on June 11.
The fishing derby at Radford’s
Pond, just south of Blyth, would be
cancelled after nearly 30 years.
The Blyth Legion and Legion
Ladies Auxiliary, as well as the
Radford and Scrimgeour families,
had hosted the event for decades, but
with volunteers being tough to find,
the fishing derby had to be shut
down.
Nominations officially opened for
the municipal election in October,
although there wasn’t much action
locally in those early days.
After a special public meeting,
North Huron Council backtracked
on its earlier decision and began
Brussels mobilized in April to renovate BMG centre
Lifetime achievement
Tommy Hunter, centre, also known as “Canada’s Country Gentleman”, was honoured by the
Barn Dance Society in Blyth last May for his decades of hard work in Canada’s country music
scene. It was an emotional night for those in attendance, many of whom shed a tear as Hunter
accepted the prestigous honour. (File photo)
Gone!
Auctioneer Kevin McArter, left, and Brussels Optimist Club
member Tyler Deitner were among those club members
who put their efforts towards the Optimists’ annual spring
dinner and auction, which, in 2018, raised over $30,000 for
the Tanner Steffler Foundation. (File photo)
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