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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1996-01-03, Page 1Starting page 6 See page 14 See page 23 L Vol. 12 No. 1 Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1996 8.1$4-4eGST 650 Surprise New Year's baby Sheri and Michael McIntyre of RR1, Brucefield were surprised when their little girl decided to arrive 11 days early, edging out several others vying for the title of New Year's baby. Not only did the little girl become first in region, but she also arrived first in mid-western Ontario. New Year's baby has local ties In retrospect The people, places and events that made headlines in 1995 Sports Blyth, Brussels PeeWee teams take tourney championships News Blyth Festival closes year-end in the black The North Huron itize OPP RIDE program n nabs 1 drunk driver Though she may have had long odds on becoming the first baby born in Huron County in 1996, a beautiful little girl from Brucefeld surprised everyone, crossing the finish line first in mid-western Ontario. Born to Sheri and Michael McIn- tyre of RR1, Brucefield, the baby girl arrived 11 days early, Jan. 1, at 2 a.m., at Seaforth Community Hospital. Weighing in at 6 lbs. 10 oz., the little girl is the third child for the Mclntyres. They have twin two- year-olds at home, Jesse and Cody. The New Year's baby is the granddaughter of George and Barb Smyth of Dungannon, Judy Smyth of RR7 Lucknow, Gerald and Yvonne McIntyre of London and Marion McIntyre of London. She is also welcomed into the family by uncles and aunts, Barry and Janine Smyth of RR2 Auburn, Carol Smyth, recently returned from Africa and twin-sitter, and Rick and Terry McIntyre of Lon- don. The first arrival of 1996 at Clin- ton Public Hospital came just over 24 hours after the McIntyre baby. Christopher Raymond, weighing in at 8 lbs, 11 oz., was tiom to Ruth Anne and Terry Laframbroise of Clinton, at 2:06 a.m., Jan. 2. Listowel Memorial Hospital recorded its New Year's baby at 5:33 a.m. on Jan 2, when Bailey William Chance Pines, son of Joanne, of RR1 Gowanstown, arrived. Officers from the Wingham OPP detachment will soon have com- pleted another successful RIDE program in the area. Police report that as of Dec. 28, a total of 899 vehicles were checked in the program, which ends Jan. 4. Of those checked, only one driver was charged with impaired or over 80, while three drivers had their Brussels village councillors Mon- day expressed frustration with a jurisdictional dispute that will see its fire department go unpaid for fighting a fire on the edge of the village. Councillors, at their first meeting of the year on New Year's Day, were reacting to a letter from Mor- ris Township which warned the township would refuse to pay the Brussels department for any fires fought in the township unless the Brussels Department notified either Wingham or Blyth departments that they were responding. The Wingham and Blyth depart- ments have responsibility for the main coverage in the township but Brussels has first response for the area closest to the village. In the case in question, Brussels respond- ed to a chimney fire in a Morris Twp. house on the outskirts of the village. "We never thought about it until we got back (to the fire hall) and thought, 'Oh, oh, that was in Morris Twp.,"' Fire Chief Murray McArter told council. Councillor Joe Seili, council's representative to the fire depart- ment, said it's easy to say the fire- fighters should always remember to notify the appropriate department but you have to be at the fire hall when a fire call has come in to understand the situation. The first concern of the firefighters is to get to the scene, he said. "There could be somebody in that building." Chief McArtcr said that in this case, if Brussels had called Wing- ham, Morris would also have had to pay for Wingham to come to the fire. In other business, councillors approved a motion allowing the Brussels department to join the central dispatch system operated by Seaforth Community Hospital. Set- up cost for the system will be about $2,500, McArter said, but the monthly cost of $200 will be less than the current fire phone rental which costs $240 a month. It will also mean there won't have to be someone home to answer the fire phones. Most of thc local fire depart- ments, except Wingham, use the Seaforth dispatch, he explained. Local people will still call the Brus- license suspended for a 12 hour period. Police also laid eight other charges. Last year OPP in Wingham laid a total of five impaired charges dur- ing the annual campaign. A total of 1,603 vehicles were checked during the campaign with nine 12-hour license suspensions issued arid 13 liquor related charges laid. sels' department's number but the call will automatically be relayed to the Seaforth dispatch which will contact firefighters by radio. Council also agreed to increase the hourly rate for firefighters fighting a fire from $10 to $17. Chief McArter said the firefighters felt it wasn't fair to ask people to leave their jobs, at which they're likely making considerably more per hour, to to fight a fire for $10 per hour. Grey Twp. firefight- ers currently make $17 per hour, he said, while Wingham pays $22 per hour and also pays $100 each to four firefighters each weekend to stay home on call in case there is a fire call. Councillor Seili said the wage increase will likely cost about $600 per year extra, depending on the amount of fire calls there are. It's also likely to cost the depart- ment $500 to photocopy training manuals for all its members. The province gave the department two of the huge manuals but it's the responsibility of the local fire department to get a copy for -each firefighter. . Chief McArter said he had dis- cussed the problem with Myth Chief Paul Josling and they are investigating the cheapest photo- copying source they can find to reproduce the manuals. Homecoming Committee needs theme Plans for the 1997 Brussels homecoming are we" underway but the event still needs a theme, Homecoming Committee Chair Murray Cardiff told Brussels coun- cil Monday at its first meeting of the year. "I'm very pleased. I think we have a very enthusiastic group of people," Cardiff said of his home- coming committee. However, he said, the committee needs a theme and logo by later this month in order to get on with preparations Continued on page 2 Brussels won't get paid for fighting Morris fire