The Citizen, 1994-08-17, Page 3Reaching a milestone
Jacobmina Siertsema, of the Rammeloo Retirement Home,
celebrated her 90th birthday with friends and family on
Aug. 12.
J. Siertsema turns 90
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1994. PAGE 3.
Blyth council says drainage
problem not village problem
Family and friends galhered at
the Blyth Christian Reformed
Church on Aug. 12 to help Jacob
mina Siertsema celebrate her 90th
birthday.
Mrs. Siertsema was bom in Ten
Boer, Holland to Hebo and Blokzyl
and married Albert Siertsema
(deceased 1981) on April 29, 1930.
Blyth council briefs
Village asks for
one-way in sign
Blyth council at its Aug. 10
meeting passed a motion support
ing the road committee's recom
mendation that the parking lot off
Dinslcy west of Blyth Festival
Garage will no longer be main
tained by the village as it is private
property.
Councillor Mason Bailey, who is
one of the properly owners,
declared a conflict of interest.
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Council is also recommending
that the owners of Blyth Decorating
post a one way in only sign in the
alley leading to the parking lot.
This recommendation comes as a
result of concerns expressed by
ratepayers regarding the safely of
people walking on the sidewalk.
Council will hold off on its deci
sion to support a petition from
seniors and staff of the Huron
Adult Day Centre, until more infor
mation has been gained from the
county.
The petition is with regards to the
The first International Sympo
sium on the Health Benefits of Tea
in 1991 reported that tea contains
substances that may lower blood
pressure and blood cholesterol, sta
biliz.c blood sugar, kill Kxrth decay
causing bacteria, block the action
of many carcinogens and even
inhibit the growth of cancerous
tumours.
The couple immigrated to Cana
da in 1950 and moved to the Blyth
area the following year where they
farmed for many years.
Celebrating with her were her
children Teresa, Murray, Hebo,
Greta, John, Siebolt, Tom and
Betty.
Mrs. Siertsema now resides at the
Rammeloo Retirement Home.
lack of air conditioning in the for
mer Huronvicw section which
houses the centre.
Reeve Dave Lee said it was his
understanding that the centre is a
provincial operation, and was not
run by the county. When the central
portion of Huronvicw was demol
ished the county had an obligation
to restore existing services to the
south portion, which is where the
centre is located.
That part of the building has
never had air conditioning.
"I understand the originator of
the day centre program is the
province so the question is whose
tenant are they. For my own con
science I want to check what I
thought I understood," Reeve Lee
said.
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MEETING DATE
CHANGE
VILLAGE OF BLYTH
REGULAR COUNCIL
MEETING
Village of Blyth Council
deem it necessary to
reschedule the August
25th regular Council
meeting to
Wednesday, August 31st .
7:30 p.m.
Blyth Council Chambers.
Helen R. Grubb, AMCT
Clerk
By Bonnie Gropp
It's not our problem?
This was the general consensus
of Blyth council at its meeting Aug.
10, with regards to a drainage prob
lem which is believed to have been
caused by the Hwy. 4 reconstruc
tion.
Paul Driscoll, the project admin
istrator from MTO, had contacted
Clerk-Treasurer Helen Grubb to
ask council's permission to connect
the Queen St. building, owned by
Baymath Properties, into the catch
basin on the west side of the Blyth
Blyth
Bernice McClinchey and Effie
McCall have just returned from a
two-week holiday in New
Brunswick. While there they
attended the 80th birthday party for
Effie's sister Bemice Newcomb.
They also toured the Maritime
provinces and did a lot of sight
seeing. While in St. John, N.B. they
met George and Doris Cowan of
Blyth.
The weather was perfect with
record-breaking temperatures. It
rained the day they left for home.
In many cases of sexual assault,
the offender is a man the woman is
dating. This is commonly called
date rape.
In other cases the offender is
someone the woman knows, per
haps a co-worker, an employer, a
neighbour or a friend. This is
known as acquaintance rape.
Although date and acquaintance
rape is no less a crime than rape by
a stranger, it tends to be ignored or
denied by people because the
offender is known to the victim.
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Festival's Garage.
The calch basin is in the parking
lot between the Baymalh building,
which houses the offices of The
Citizen and Dr. Hay and Dr. Raczy-
cki, as well as several apartments.
The village docs not own the park
ing lot.
Reeve Dave Lee said, "Whatever
the problem is, it's not our problem.
It is due to the reconstruction that
the drain doesn't work. If we grant
MTO permission to connect into
that catch basin and it turns out it
doesn't have the capacity, then we
will assume responsibility for every
flooded basement hooked into it."
"The only way I would agree to it
is if the Ministry proved that a
catch basin had capacity. They
need to do a drainage assessment
for assurance that we won't be
liable."
Councillor Mason Bailey, who
owns Baymalh Properties,
abstained from any discussion,
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Monday, August 22 to Friday, August 26
Blyth Christian Reformed Church
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
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Ages: 4 - 6
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other than to provide council with
information. He told council that
in heavy rain the drain no longer
takes the waler away fast enough.
He and representatives from MTO
concluded that due to reconstruc
tion some fall was lost so the drain
isn't quite as deep.
Councillor Shirley Fyfe ques
tioned whether it wouldn't be better
for MTO to talk to the property
owners to get permission.
Councillor Bailey said that he
agreed it isn't a town responsibility.
"We made a policy to not con
nect drains on private property,”
Councillor Fyfe reminded. "Il's not
our responsibility.”
"No, neither to solve their (MTO)
problem, nor give them permis
sion," agreed Reeve Lee.
A motion was made that a letter
be sent to Mr. Driscoll explaining
the village's concern and suggest
ing they contact the property own
ers to receive approval.
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Ages: Grades 2 - 6