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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1994-11-09, Page 1Election Sports Farm News Blyth, Grey candidates hold meetings See pages 6, 9 Brussels Bulls glide into tie for second place See page 16 OMAFRA Minister guest speaker at Huron FOA meeting See page 18 Ethiopians in area to study grower’s irrigation system See page 23 CitizenTheNorthHuron Brussels takes the first step to Vol. IONo.44 Wednesday, November 9, 1994 nat. gas Brussels took the first step toward getting natural gas service Monday night when village council passed the first two readings of a bylaw to give the natural gas fran­ chise to Union Gas. Clerk-Treasurer Donna White told council that she and Reeve Gordon Workman had attended a meeting of North Huron municipal­ ities on Oct. 26 in Wingham with Union Gas officials and that all municipalities are getting the same 20-year agreement. The agreement allows the gas company to use vil­ lage street allowances to run its gas-lines and the company will do the work and restore the property damaged. Indications are, she said, that it will now be late 1996 before the company extends its line east from Highway 4 along County Road 16 to Brussels. Plans to extend the service gas-line north from Clinton to Wingham would be the first step in the plan. All of this depends, how­ ever, on Ontario Energy Board approval. While councillors were generally pleased to see another service come to town, they were not so united in their feelings about a Union Gas feeler about rebating property tax on the gas lines. "That's how we survive," said Councillor Dave Hastings. If there were industries that would settle in the industrial park only if there was natural gas available it might be a different story, he suggested. "I don't think you'll get anything (in the industrial park) until you have natural gas for them to have a choice," said Reeve Workman. Final reading of the bylaw will only be given after Energy Board approval has been given. Blyth PS to get addition for JK Woman dies in accident Wingham OPP investigated a fatal two vehicle collision on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 10:10 a.m. at County Road 30 and Highway 87 in Howick Twp. A report from the OPP said that a north bound Chev Lumina van, driven by 66-year-old Ruth Filsinger of Normanby Twp., Ayton, failed to yield at the county road stop sign and struck a trailer, being towed behind a pickup truck The truck, driven by Donald McNall of Londesboro, was east­ bound on Hwy 87, the report said. Mrs. Filsinger was pronounced dead was Wingham Hospital. Her daughter, Virginia Dickson, 38 of Ayton, was flown to Wingham Hospital, then transferred to Victo­ ria Hospital, London with serious injuries. Mr. McNall and a passenger in the truck were uninjured. Police are grateful to several passing motorists, who stopped to help free the victims in the van. No charges will be laid in con­ nection with this accident, the report states. Several area schools will be the beneficiaries of junior kindergarten grant allocations or capital projects, approved by the Huron County Board of Education at the Nov. 7 meeting. Blyth Public School requires additions and alterations to accom­ modate JK and phase one of the project is set to begin immediately. The board approved the tender submitted by GdL. Construction, at a cost of $173,488 for the initial stage and $31,316 for the second phase which will begin in January. Though the tendered figure exceeded the allocation, the board approved an application to the min­ istry for additional support for the project. In conjunction with the additions for JK, the board agreed that the administration and meeting area at the school needed immediate atten­ tion. The principal's office, prep room for teachers, door and win­ dow systems will also be improved. An addition to Hullett Public School, for the accommodation of JK, is in the initial stages of plan­ ning. The proposal, first presented to the management committee by Superintendent of Personnel Gino Giannandrea, allowed for flexibility for future expansion for school facilities or a joint venture with the township for a community hall. Brussels Public School was also listed by the board as a facility needing immediate attention to the administration area of the school. The board has developed a list of infrastructure improvements which are a priority should additional funding become available. The pro­ jects include: Walton PS, general purpose room and window upgrades; Brussels PS, window upgrades and exterior door system; Hullett CPS, window upgrades and exterior door system; E-ast Wawanosh, exterior door system and at F.E. Madill, washroom upgrades. Landfill sites not off hook Huron County council Thursday confirmed that three potential land­ fill sites in Colbome Twp. have been dropped from the list of candi­ dates but landowners can't com­ pletely relax. Craig Metzger, project co-ordina- tbr for the Waste Management Masterplan Study confirmed under questioning of councillors that if none of the current sites (the 11 original candidates have been reduced to four) is found accept­ able, constraints will be relaxed allowing class one and two farm­ land to be included. Since the three sites were all eliminated because they had too much class one and two farmland, they would then come back into the picture. Of course so would huge areas of the county that have not previously been considered because they are located on class one and two farm­ land. Meanwhile drilling has been completed on the two Ashfield Twp. properties and drilling on the two remaining West Wawanosh sites was to be completed last week. Results of the subsoil test­ ing is expected by late this year or early 1995. County renames new Ball’s Bridge YOs busted for break-ins After a rash of break-ins across the county from Oct. 22 to Oct. 29, three 14-y ear-olds have been arrest­ ed, two from the Auburn area. During the spree, the trio stole numerous cartons of cigarettes, cash, sports cards, lottery tickets and snack foods. The severe damaged sustained by several of the effected businesses was caused by a hammer which was used to smash windows. The joint investigation conducted by the Goderich, Wingham and Exeter OPP recovered all the prop­ erty, excluding the cash, and result­ ed in a total of 12 charges being laid. Anyone who had property stolen from their vehicles during the past several months are asked to call the Goderich OPP at 524-8314, to identify the items. The county's bridge across the Maitland River on County Road 15 will have a new name, honouring the retirement of the man in charge of building it. The bridge, currently called the Colborne-Goderich Township Bridge (but better known as the new Ball's Bridge) will be renamed the Robert Edgar Bridge. Mr. Edgar will retire Jan. 31, after working for the county for 44 years. He has been the bridge fore­ man since 1967 when he succeeded John Snell who also had a bridge named after him. "He knows his job and nothing will get in his way from doing the job right," said Denis Mcrrall, county engineer. He recalled a con­ sultant had once commented, after touring the county's bridges, on what excellent shape they are in considering the age of many of the structures. "Other than Ball's Bridge (which has been kept open for historical purposes) there isn't one bridge in the county with a load limit."