HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1995-02-15, Page 1Vol 11 No.7
Kings (and Queens) of the hill
Plenty of snow doesn't make everybody miserable as these youngsters prove. Thanks to the
snowblowing at Blyth Public School, the students have their very own snow mountain to scale
and slide down. Here putting on a show in the snow are, from left: Ben Caldwell, Jenna
Taylor, Kayla Durie and Travis Penfound.
Detectors save Morris family
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Sports
Bulls lead by 1 game
in Western Jr. C
playoff series action
See page 9
History
War hero's birthplace
provides more to the
Billy Bishop story
See page 18
Entertainment
Writer, musician spend
wintry week secluded in
Blyth to work on play
Starting page 19
The presence of smoke detectors
in the home helped save a Morris
Twp. family in the early morning
hours of Feb. 13, says Wingham
and District Fire Chief Harley
Gaunt.
A defective chimney liner was a
factor in the fire at the home of
Dennis Wray, located at Lot 5,
North Half of Conc. 2, says Chief
Gaunt. All family members es-
caped without injury.
The fire caused approximately
$20,000 damage to the chimney,
livingroom and attic, he says.
The call -came in at 4 a.m. and
kept firefighters on the scene for
approximately three hours.
Three local men have thrown their
hats into the ring to represent the
Liberal party in the yet-to-be-called
provincial election.
A life-long resident of Huron
County, John Jewitt of RR 1 Lon-
desboro, has decided to seek the
nomination.
He has been an active member of
the community, both politically and
socially, for many years.
Between his tasks as a farmer
and his employment at Champion
Road Machinery Ltd. in Goderich,
Mr. Jewitt has served 12 years on
Hullett council, four as reeve; been
a member of the Huron County
board of Education for 14 years,
two as chair and worked as an
executive for the Liberal Associa-
tion for "two of the finest cabinet
ministers this area has produced,"
he says.
While an executive of the associ-
ation, Mr. Jewitt worked with Mur-
ray Elston, against whom he ran in
the last nomination race, and Jack
Riddell.
"I am very proud to have been
A resolution will be prepared for
the next meeting of Blyth village
council, asking the province to look
at alternatives to using landfill sites
to get rid of municipal garbage.
The move came after comments
by Reeve Mason Bailey that he was
Blizzard conditions on Saturday
resulted in two area accidents.
A spokesperson from the Wing-
ham OPP said a three car crash
occurred at 12:15 p.m. on Hwy 86,
two kilometres west of the CNR in
Morris Twp.
A westbound 1979 Dodge, driven
by Orland Hamilton, 59 of Walker-
ton, crossed into the eastbound lane
of the highway because of reduced
visibility. A second car, a 1980
Mercury, driven by 53-year-old
William Henry of Wingham struck
the Hamilton car, then skidded into
the westbound lane, where it was
struck by a 1992 Hyundai which
was travelling behind the Hamilton
car. The third driver involved was
Snowmobile
stolen in Blyth
Wingham OPP are investigating
a snowmobile theft which occurred
in Blyth on Feb. 11.
Scott Rintoul, 19 of RR2, Luc-
know had parked his 1989 Skidoo
Safari Scout outside the Blyth Inn
at 11 p.m.
When he returned at midnight,
the found the snowmobile was
missing.
The Skidoo has a yellow hood
with a black body, license number
611987, no back bumper and a St.
Helens poker rally sticker on the
windshield. Anyone with any infor-
mation is asked to contact the
Wingham OPP.
part of those teams and I have
maintained several friends acquired
through that time."
As a member of the HCBE, Mr.
Jewitt was an advocate of fiscal
responsiblity and says that is were
much of his concern lies.
"Coming from a rural area, we
are used to operating frugally. I
believe it is as big a sin to over-
build as to underbuild."
The education of Huron County
youth and adults alike is a concern
of Mr. Jewitt's. "Tuition is just a
small part of the cost of post-sec-
ondary education when the cost of
sending a child away from home is
considered."
Through the technology avail-
able, we should be looking at ways
of bringing higher education to the
people of the county and allowing
them to stay within their communi-
ties, he says.
"This should be able to be done
without a lot of cost."
"I know there are many adults
who would appreciate the opportu-
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disappointed Huron County council
didn't give more support for a reso-
lution from a group in the Caledon
area asking for the province to look
for alternatives for mega dumps.
The Caledon proposal also called
Continued on page 3
Lynne Turcotte, 49 of St.'
Catharines.
Police say there were no injuries.
The Hamilton and Henry cars
received moderate damage while
damage to Ms Turcotte's car was
listed as light.
Earlier that day at 11 a.m. OPP
were called to a two car crash on
County Road 16 in Grey.
The police spokesperson said that
Kenneth Knight, 66 of Goderich
was attempting to turn left onto
Sideroad 15/16 from County Road
16 when his 1982 Pontiac collided
with an eastbound 1985 Plymouth,
driven by Lesley Sinclair, 51, of
Brussels.
The accident was blamed on
whiteout conditions.
Ms Sinclair received minimal
injuries. Mr. Knight was not hurt.
Damage to both vehicles was listed
as moderate.
Clarification
In the article on the Hullett
municipal building in last week's
issue of The Citizen the paragraph
referring to the cost and payment of
the project may have been mislead-
ing.
The total cost of the new munici-
pal building has been estimated at
$300,000. Of that the provincial
and federal government are each
contributing half of $106,917. The
balance of the cost will come from
the municipality of Hullett Twp.
Area men throw
hats in Lib. ring
Blyth asks province
to study alternatives
Weekend blizzard
causes car crashes