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In October the congregation of Melville Presbyterian Church, Brussels, held a special
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Huron County Fastball North Divi-
sion Championship.
Arsonists once again chose a
Brussels structure for their target as
the outhouse at the Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority was
severely damaged in the blaze.
Damage was estimated at $4,800.
Union Gas lines through the
region were completed.
Though rain dampened the spirits
of many Brussels Fair goers, atten-
dance numbers were good and visi-
tors were enthusiastic when taking
part in the many activities.
Brussels Medical Centre wel-
comed new doctor Alan Kosaric.
Faced with more provincial fund-
Mg cuts in the new year, the Huron
County Board of Education looked
at a tax increase of 9.69 per cent or
$61.89 on a $44,000 residential
assessment.
While the Brussels Tigers won
the Huron County Fastball League
Championship, the Hullett Squirt
Girls captured the B title for the
second year in a row.
Several incidents in Brussels,
involving Drano bottle bombs,
were investigated by Wingham
OPP.
Flooding problems in Brussels
cost the village more than $1,100.
Walton Public School students
donated $108 to the Terry Fox
campaign after holding their own
event at the school.
Area crops, benefitting from
excellent weather ,conditions,
resulted in above average yields in
many sectors.
Angie Yoon of Brussels earned
the prestigious Governor-General
Award, along with many others, at
F.E. Madill's commencement cere-
monies.
Just a few weeks into the season,
the Brussels Bulls named Mike
Henry to the head coaching posi-
tion after Jim Bridges stepped
down.
Brussels Squirt girls brought
home the WOAA ball champi-
onship.
Dr. James McGregor was named
Acting Medical Officer of Health
for the Huron County Health Unit.
Don Scrimgeour was named
Blyth's Citizen of the Year.
The Citizen celebrated 10 years
of serving the North Huron com-
munity.
Huron Dairy Producers intro-
duced Carol Bowman as the new
Dairy Educator for the coming
year.
Devil's Night brought the usual
pranks as well as the deliberate set-
ting of fire to several bales of hay
at a farm north of Brussels.
After closing out their summer
SWAT program, Ark members
began a new program, BYTA
(Brussels Youth Taking Action),
which will continue through
March.
Londesboro residents, led by the
Lions Club began a fundraising
project to raise $38,000 for renova-
tions to the village hall.
John Lowe resigned his seat on
Brussels council citing work pres-
sures as the motivation.
Provincial cutbacks hit the Cen-
tral Huron Mobility Service
(CHuMS), when $28,000 in
provincial grants disappeared. The
loss of 40 per cent of the budgeted
cost resulted in the shelving of the
service. '
Brussels residents organized a
Neighbourhood Watch program.
With the cutting of the ribbon by
Hullett Twp. councillors, Reeve
Cunningham and MP Paul Steckle,
the new municipal building was
officially opened.
Joan Armstrong, retiring after 30
years as clerk for West Wawanosh
Twp., was replaced by Liliane
Nolan.
In a bid to provide a proper recre-
ational area for the students of Wal-
ton Public School, Principal Helen
Crocker invited parents and friends
of the school to suggests ways of
reaching the goal of a gymnasium.
Mason Bailey won a Huron
County Federation of Agriculture
award for his contribution to the
industry.
County councillors voted to elim-
inate the snowplowing of county
roads between midnight and 5 a.m.
in an effort to trim the roads bud-
get.
With the support of parents, day
care workers at Seaforth Co-opera-
tive Day Care Centre and Clinton
Co-operative Child Care Centre
held a day of protest against the
provincial government's proposed
cutbacks to day care subsidies.
The 1996 Huron County Plowing
Match will be hosted by Neil and
Marie McGavin of Walton.
As the Huron County Board of
Education faced more cuts, it
announced a further nine per cent
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reduction needed for 0- - next two
years.
Ralph Watson was sworn in as
the new Brussels councillor.
Blyth council learned the Min-
istry of Transportation did not
approve the decorative street lights
which now adorn the core area of
the village.
The Huron County library system
was hit with a 40 per cent budget
cut over the next two years.
County council agreed to sell the
much-disputed Morris Tract to the
nature Conservancy of Canada for
$285,000.
The North Huron Community
Food Share program was organized
to meet the needs of the hungry in
the region.
Government cutbacks forced
municipalities to begin thinking of
a new payment method for the
county fire co-ordinator.
Blyth Festival was awarded one
of the first-ever Lieutenant-Gover-
nor Awards for the Arts, in the sum
of $25,000.
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