The Citizen, 1996-06-12, Page 4Yo ung explorers
Photo by Janice Becker
Searching for the past
Help needed to fill gaps
Work on the Brussels history
book is continuing to progress,
with many interesting pictures and
stories making their way to our
offices. But as the research contin-
ues, the search for specifics contin-
ues to grow and as a puzzle of time
we discover many unknowns that
need to to be explained to make the
past complete.
Last week I requested informa-
tion regarding any of the doctors,
dentists, chiropractors or veterinari-
ans who were part of Brussels past.
,
One of the doctors names was
Kalbfleisch. Since then the name of
Henry Kabfleisch, who was in the
village in October of 1930 has been
brought to my attention. Is he my
mysterious doctor or a descendant?
If you know please help me fill in
the details.
Many longtime Brussels resi-
dents as well as those of Morris
Twp. are familiar with the name
Earl Somers, who delivered mail to
RR5, Brussels for many years.
While we do have a good deal of
information regarding Mr. Somers
we would like to know if anyone
could tell us when he stopped driv-
ing the route in his 1930 Model A
Ford.
Also, while we know that the
Brussels phone system was joined
by the Molesworth and Wroxeter
systems we do not know the offi-
cial names or if there were any.
If you have any tidbits that will
help us with our research please
feel free to call us or drop in to the
office.
Remember the contest, too! Sub-
mit in 25 words or less, a memory
or anecdote of the village's past.
These stories will be used to give
the book personality and could
make you $100 richer. This dona-
tion from a generous supporter will
be presented to someone whose
entry will be selected at a future
date.
Letters
THE EDITOR,
In response to the editorial and
Brussels Council minutes,
published in the June 5, 1996 issue
of The Citizen the reeve of the
Township of Morris wishes to
make the following statement:
I wish to advise the ratepayers of
Morris Twp. that no member of the
Brussels Council has advised me of
their concern of the Morris
Council's decision with regards to
the fire agreement amendment.
In regards to the billing of the
fire call to the Bill King residence,
Morris Twp. had never dealt with
the issue, until June 4, 1996. The
bill was issued to Morris Twp. on
the back of the amendment
proposal. If the billing had been
issued in the usual manner, the
billing would have been dealt with,
in the usual manner. Morris Twp.
council approved payment of the
account on June 4, 1996. All that
was required was an inquiry to the
status of the account.
In regards to the amendment to
the Fire Agreement, I wish
everyone to understand that the
agreement could not be amended in
five minutes, as stated in the June 5
paper. The amendment has to be
approved by the Wingham and
Blyth Fire Area Boards and then an
amending bylaw passed by all
municipalities involved, five
municipalities for the Wingham
Fire Area Board and six
municipalities for the Blyth Fire
Area Board. The council was of the
opinion that due to the costs and
time involved to amend the
agreement, the issue could be dealt
with in the future, when other
proposed amendments are dealt
with.
The Blyth Fire Area Board is
considering amending its agree-
ment and it is the understanding of
the council that the fire agreements
must be changed prior to the
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Morris reeve tells
side of fire debate
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Not in our backyard
When the Huron County Waste Management Masterplan Study
began way back in 1988, there were two principles generally accepted
by people attending public meetings: we didn't want other people's
garbage brought here and we
didn't think it was fair to
burden others with our garbage.
How things change.
A major component of the
new solution to waste
management in Huron has just become exporting our garbage elsewhere
in Ontario or Michigan. After spending more than $1 million in trying
to find a site within the county for a county-wide landfill site, the
county has opted instead for a plan that would make greater use of the
existing sites in the county and export whatever else is needed. It's good
news for the residents of Ashfield Twp. which had been chosen as
recipients of the wastes of others in the county. It's good news for the
taxpayers of Huron since it seems sure to save a bundle of tax dollars.
All these factors seem to have changed the feeling of Huron residents
that it's morally wrong to give our problems to others.
Part of the reason probably is that we're talking about landfill sites
operated by private industry so somehow it seems all right. Part of it is
because the change in provincial government has removed the barriers
to waste export so that it seems acceptable morally as well as legally.
But most of it, one suspects, is plain weariness with the effort of finding
a local solution to waste management. Each time a group of candidate
sites were selected, county politicians had to submit to being blasted for
stupidity and dishonesty. The process went on and on, taking more
energy and more money. Local people, sometimes friends, were being
hurt by having their area chosen for potential landfill sites. When the
possibility of making it all go away was raised, it was no wonder people
jumped at it..
Overall, the new proposal is a good one. Instead of being stuck with
a huge expenditure that could end up being a white elephant as
recycling technology advances toward greater use of our waste, the
county has been able to buy time with this two-pronged solution. It
makes sense to make the best use of our present sites before we build a
new one. One wonders, however, where the sense of guilt went over
shipping our garbage outside the county for others to deal with. — KR
Palladini's simple solution
Al Palladini, Ontario's Minister of Transportation, has come up with
a simple way to balance his department's budget: at the same time he is
cutting grants to the municipalities for road maintenance, he's also
going to give them a gift, most of the provincial highways in Ontario.
Speaking at a trade show for municipal road superintendents in
Meaford last week, Palladini said there will be no extra money given to
the municipalities to help them maintain the new highways they'll be
stuck with. "We can't afford it," he said.
Of course those rich municipalities can! The municipalities have
such flexibility with only two sources of income: grants from the
province and local property taxes.
Currently, Huron County taxpayers will be picking up three short
stretches of road when the province makes a gift of Highways 87, 83
and 84. The province has been offering this gift for years now but
Huron has held out for extra money to bring the provincial roads up to
county standards. The talk is over. We get the roads but not the money.
But it could get much worse. Under a new policy that designates
only a few of Ontario's highways as "provincially significant", only
Highway 21 in Huron, according to acting Huron County Engineer
Sandra Lawson, carries the designation. It means that Highway 4, the
main street of the county, could become a mere county highway.
Such a move would have tremendous repercussions. The first is
financial. How is Huron to maintain and improve nearly 200 km of
extra highways with less money than it currently gets? If, through lack
of money, the conditions of these former provincial highways declines,
then the necessary infrastructure needed to allow businesses to function
will be lost and the area will be even poorer.
There's also the perception, when people look at a map and see a
county road instead of provincial road, that the highway is unreliable
and something to be avoided. It could all add up to Huron County being
viewed as even more of a backwater than it is today. — KR
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