HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1995-01-25, Page 1Blyth council
dismisses clerk
Acting upon advice from the new
village solicitor, Blyth councillors
passed a bylaw at a special meeting
Jan. 17 dismissing Helen Grubb
from her position as clerk-treasur-
er-administrator.
A motion was also passed by
Blyth PUC dismissing Ms Grubb
from her position with the commis-
sion.
Reeve and council have declined
any further comment on the matter
at this time.
Ms Grubb was not present at the
meeting. She was informed of the
decision early Wednesday morning.
Julie Wheeler has been appointed
by bylaw as the acting clerk trea-
surer and secretary treasurer of the
PUC.
When asked for a statement, Ms
Grubb said, "Due to the recent
passing of my mother I have given
little thought to this and have no
comment to make at this time."
Matthew Cardiff shows mom Cathy that he's really into this fitness fun when they got into the
action at the participaction Fun Night at the Ark on Jan. 18. The event was part of the
Families in Motion program hosted by Brussels Public School designed to get young people
and their parents in tip, top shape.
Milestone
Area resident
marks 100th
birthday
See page 9
Farm
Huron Pork
Producers discuss
issues at meeting
See page 12
Sports
Brussels Atom
Reps tournament's
A champs
See page 14
Business
Local agent helps
you plan perfect
vacation
See page 19
The North Huron
itizen
Vol. 1 1 No.4
Wednesday, January 25, 1995
61 /4 210 GST 650.
Wingham OPP have
no suspects in B&Es
Police have no suspects and the
investigation is continuing two
break-ins which occurred in Brus-
sels last week.
At 1 a.m. on Jan. 19, thieves
broke into Oldfield's Pro Hardware.
Entry was gained via the front door
and an alarm was activated inside
the store which police believed
scared the culprits off, though they
did steal a video camera.
During the same time span a sec-
ond break-in occurred, this time at
McNeil's Auto Body. This time the
thieves made off with a coffee tin
containing about $25 after breaking
By Amy Neilands
With the impending federal
budget for 1995, Huron-Bruce MP
Paul Steckle said that many
cutbacks will be made, including
cuts in the agriculture budget and
that these are "measures that should
have been taken years ago."
Mr. Steckle was in Clinton last
Wednesday to address the Central
Huron Christian Farmers Associa-
tion at their winter meeting, and he
discussed the past year and the
upcoming year in agriculture.
"It won't come as a surprise to
anyone that our country is finan-
cially broke and has been broke for
some time," he said.
He added that the government
has been given one more opportun-
ity to write the budget and if it is
not written correctly then they may
not be writing one in 1996.
"The reality is we are out of
money."
But as he presented statistics on
the positive things in Canada, he
said that 91 percent of people
living in Canada think it is the
greatest place to live because of the
opportunities the country offers as
well as the many social programs.
With the many cutbacks the
country has faced, Mr. Steckle said
that if this had happened 10 years
ago there would have been "an
uprising of the people. But today,
people realize what they have to do
and they accept it."
With 40 per cent of the Canadian
national debt controlled and owned
by forces outside of the country,
Mr. Steckle said that certain ways
to buy back the part of the national
Brussels volunteer firefighters
were called to a chimney fire at
10:05 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23.
The fire, which occurred at the
home of Paul and Cathy Elliott,
in the front door.
The investigation is also continu-
ing into a break-in on Jan. 14 at the
Blyth Legion. Thieves cut the tele-
phone wires outside the Legion to
de-activate the alarm. Police state
that the culprits then pried open the
front entrance doors and de-activat-
ed the interior alarms. The safe was
pried open and a quantity of cash
was taken.
Approximately 100 packages of
cigarettes and 20 bottles of liquor
were also stolen.
There are no suspects at this
time.
debt that is foreignly owned will be
considered. Canadians need to feel
good about themselves and to
become more aware of their own
affairs, he said.
For the upcoming year, the
agriculture industry will see the
implementation of the GATT
agreement which will take effect on
July 1. Mr. Steckle said that there
will be a six year period to adjust to
the realities of the future of
tarrification.
He added that it was important
for the different sectors of
agriculture to build up a coalition
with the Americans. Mr. Steckle
said that this is especially true with
the dairy sector because it is much
more labor intensified and the
Americans wish they had a system
like the Canadian system.
"We are not without problems in
the various industries," said Mr.
Steckle. "I feel that for the
industries to remain strong, we
need to encourage them to take the
initiative to go out and try to make
their industry strong and to work
around their weaknesses that may
develop over the next six years.
He added that encouragement
needs to be found in the whole
agriculture sector. "You can't
expect the government to do it. The
government gives the environment
to prosper in. We help find the
markets in the world."
Mr. Steckle also addressed the
problems facing the transportation
of western grain.
"It is a thorn in the flesh of
Ontarians; it's a thorn in the flesh of
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was discovered by Mrs. Elliott. Fire
Chief Murray McArter said damage
was limited to a chimney flue,
which probably broke because of
the intense heat.
Steckle warns CFA federal
budget will have cutbacks
Chimney fire at Brussels home