HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1995-09-20, Page 8New executive
The Brussels Lions Club recently elected their new executive. In back, from left: Frank
Workman, Bob Thomas, Greg Ducharme, Gerrit VanKeulen, Bruce Hahn, Ron Clarkson,
Jim Armstrong and Tim Prior. In front, from left: Robert Hesse, Al Teeft, John McKercher
and John Harrison. John Exel and Dale Newman were absent.
Goderich says thanks
the cleanup looked to be less than it
was and the town wouldn't get
emergency financial assistance.
Once Goderich finds out what
assistance it will get, he said, the
council could reconsider whether it
wants to be paid the whole bill.
"I'm glad to hear the engineer
indicate we may be reviewing this
bill in future," said Tom Cunning-
ham, reeve of Hullett. "None of us
know when we're going to have a
disaster."
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THE REIDS ARE COOKIN' WITH GAS
Congratulations to the Reid family of Londesboro
who were the lucky winners of the Natural Gas Barbeque from Union Gas.
Mr. Everett Scrimgeour of Biyth drew the ballot and
the presentation was made on Thursday, September 7th.
Pictured are Laurie Rose, Union Gas Sales Representative, along with Kim, Don,
Kody, Sheldon and Justine Reid and Everett Scrimgeour.
Council officially passed the by-
law selling the old fire hall to Keith
and Glen McLean. Demolition was
expected to begin at once, said
Donna White, clerk-treasurer.
Money from the sale of the fire
hall will be put in a reserve fund for
future use.
***
Councillors agreed they would
pay the mileage for some Universi-
ty of Waterloo planning and devel-
opment students if they conduct a
free economic development study
of the village for a local business
group.
White said the informal business
group that meets to generate ideas
to improve the village had come up
with many good proposals. One of
the ideas is to encourage businesses
to repaint storefront trim in consis-
tent colours. The council took this
to heart agreeing to spruce up the
front of its own building.
The economic study, conducted
by students of Huron County Plan-
ning and Development Director Dr.
Gary Davidson, who teaches part
time at the university, would cost a_
maximum of $250, she said.
***
Council delayed a decision on
sharing costs of the renovation of
the drain on the old railways prop-
erty near the CIL Agromart. Coun-
cillors received a report at the
meeting from Maitland Engineer-
ing regarding the drain and felt they
didn't have time to study it and
make an informed decision. Cost of
closing in the drain has been esti-
mated at $5,000.
***
A bylaw was passed to install a
stop sign at the corner of Market
and John Streets near the ball park.
On the recommendation of road
superintendent Hugh Nichol, a
bylaw will be prepared so a stop
sign can be erected at the end of
Hawkes Si.
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inadequate food supply. Through
the food bank it supplies resources
and abilities for the poor. Powdered
milk supplied by the food bank has
enabled women there to run an
organization on their own and be
self-supporting.
He showed slides he had taken
while visiting there. One slide
showed the men and women in a
workshop, for the men do most of
the shopping. This teaches them
some ideas on the versatility of
soya beans and why they should be
bought. Articles were on display
and Rev. Webb explained how they
were made and also how long it
took without getting a large sum of
money for their work.
Ruth Sauve gave a tribute to the
guest speaker with the reading,
"What is Success".
After the minutes were read,
Alice Brothers offered to do the
scrapbook for three months.
Discussion was made on the set-
up of the quilt at the Brussels Fall
Fair to be managed by Ruth Sauve,
Ida Evans and Marie McTaggart as
* * *
Council dropped action against
Jim Bridge under the property stan-
dards bylaw. White reported bylaw
enforcement officer Paul Josling
was satisfied the Bridge property
had been cleaned up satisfactorily
and felt the Bridges had been very
co-operative.
***
Council agreed to offer $500 to
Dorothy Steffler toward the paving
of her driveway.
In 1990, as part of a deal in
which Harold Steffler turned over
land for the extension of Elizabeth
St. to allow construction of Huron-
lea, council agreed to pave a new
driveway for the couple. In 1993
they asked for the driveway to be
paved but council discovered that a
longer circular drive had been built.
The council of the day offered to
pay for half the paving which they
felt was equal to the original drive.
Stefflers refused the offer and
threatened legal action.
Earlier this year the couple paved
the drive at a cost of $2,140 and
approached council to pay half the
cost. Councillors felt that if the
offer had been accepted in 1993 the
cost would have been less and that
if they had been able to get the
work done when paving was being
done on village streets, instead of
being handed a bill after the work
was complete, they could have
done it cheaper. Therefore they did
not want to pay half the present
bill.
* * *
Council did not support a letter
from Ashfield Twp. council asking
that Huron County look at other
alternatives to waste disposal
besides the proposed landfill site in
Ashfield.
Council did support Wingham in
its efforts to build a new municipal
airport to serve Wingham and
northern Huron.
well as any other volunteers.
The first euchre party is to be
held on Oct. 3 with the committee
of Leona Armstrong, Alice
Brothers, Yvonne Knight and Ida
Evans.
Delegates for the County Rally at
Gorrie on Oct. 16 are Leona
Armstrong and Jean Fraser.
A reminder was given for the
Workshop to be held on Oct. 21 at
Brussels Presbyterian Church or at
St. Paul's on Oct. 24. An historical
workshop will be on Oct. 30 at the
Listowel Agriculture Hall. Anyone
interested in going should contact
Doris McCall or Kathy Bridge.
A farm hiker tour is being held in
Huron County on Oct. 5 starting at
OMAFRA.
Kathy Bridge gave a report on
the District Director's meeting on
Sept. 12.
Roll call was answered by
naming d-crop grown in Ontario.
The meeting was closed with
Happy Birthday being sung to
Melody White, Alice Brothers and
Jean Fraser. The next meeting is on
Oct. 11. •
Goderich Reeve Bill Clifford
extended thanks from his town to
Huron County council Sept. 7 for
assistance provided by county road
crews after the July 13 storm that
blasted the town.
Clifford also thanked the towns
of Exeter, Seaforth and Wingham
and the township of Goderich for
their assistance after the storm
felled hundreds of trees, blocking
streets and shutting off power to
parts of the town for several days.
County work crews, said County
Engineer Denis Merrall in a report
to the Agriculture and Public
Works committee, worked during
the weekend and the Monday fol-
lowing the storm, the county's con-
struction crew was pulled away
from its work in Howick Twp. to
assist with the clean-up.
Merrall said the Goderich storm
emphasized how important roads
are in a community. With the
4r=1Mh
streets blocked by fallen trees there
was no fire protection for many
people and ambulances would have
been unable to operate in many
areas. "A hospital is only valuable
if you can get to it." The good thing
about the storm, he said, was the
way people pulled together and cut
paperwork to restore services as
quickly as possible.
Council approved sending a bill
to Goderich for $18,159 for labour
and $21,220 for equipment rentals
for its assistance. When some coun-
cillors expressed concern that the
work wasn't being donated Merrall
noted that the Ministry of Trans-
portation funding structure meant
the bill had to be sent. There was
no.billing for weekend overtime, he
said. "You're caught between what
you'd like to do and what the rules
say." Also, he said, he'd been
warned that deflating the cost to
Goderich might mean the cost of
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