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The North Huron
itizen
Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1996 70e + Se GST 750 Vol. 12 No 38
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Happy faces
Smiles like Ashley, left, and Holly Sholdice's were in abundance at the 135th Brussels Fall
Fair last Wednesday. With perfect temperatures and sunny skies the event was well-
attended giving organizers something to smile about too.
Brussels raises $4,236 for Cancer Soc,
News
Results of prize winning
entries from the 135th
Brussels Fall Fair
Beginning page 7
Sports
Brussels Tigers take
Fastball League
championship
Education
Local students among
those honoured at CHSS
commencement night
Vandals paint the town,
break school windows
Officers from the Wingham OPP
are investigating incidents of mis-
chief and vandalism in the village
of Brussels last week.
The first occurred sometime dur-
ing the evening of Sept. 14-15,
someone spray painted profanity in
red paint on the dugouts at the ball-
diamond. According to Const. John
Marshall the same profanity was
also found in red paint on the top of
the dam by the conservation area.
Silver paint was sprayed all the
way up main street and on some of
the vehicles at McCutcheon
Motors. A skull, happy face and
one squiggly line were painted in
the same colours at Brussels Phar-
By Bonnie Gropp
Hats off to Blyth Public School,
which has, along with six other
Huron elementary-schools and
Goderich District Collegiate Insti-
tute been awarded a special Direc-
tor's School of the Year award for
1995-96.
"If I was identifying one school
that's at the top of the list, Blyth
would be there," said Director of
Edication Paul Carroll.
He explained that under the lead-
ership of its previous principal, Al
Harrison, the school has pulled
together integration in terms of
tieing together community outreach
and technology.
The board had, he said, set goals
last September. The first is that
schools move forward within the
common curriculum. The second is
to ensure the establishment of a
community connection, while the
final is a-systematic approach to
technical training for teachers.
To qualify for the awards schools
had to submit a summary of activi-
ties in one or more of the three sep-
arate goal areas. Evidence was
required from the school action
A Turnberry Twp. resident got
quite a shock recentLy when he
received his Master Card bill.
According to OPP the card was
at its limit with transactions from
Quebec. Const. John Marshall said
the victim had apparently ordered a
piece of equipment for his business
using his Master Card number. An
hour after placing the order he was
advised by phone that they did not
macy, while there was a straight
line on the front of Maitland Valley
Insurance and another on a sign at
the rear of the building.
Const. Marshall said the graffiti
was done free hand and was quite
"messy".
On the first evening of the Brus-
sels Fall Fair, someone broke a
window at the north entrance of the
Brussels Public. School, as well as a
window at the rear of the school.
Principal Dave Kemp said the dam-
age estimate was $500. He added
that last month the school was tar-
getted by vandals as well. This time
the culprits used a pellet gun to
shoot out windows. Damage in that
case he said was about $1,000.
planning process to confirm
progress. Testimonials were also
—required from staff, parents, stu-
dents and community representa-
tives to verify achievements.
Regarding Blyth's role in com-
munity involvement, he said the
school had one of the best track
records. Whatever the project,
Blyth was "in the middle of it,"
Carroll said.
Blyth and GDCI were recognized
for leadership in program imple-
mentation, community connections
and technology. Clinton PS was
recognized for technology literacy
and community outreach. Exeter
PS's award is for program sharing,
technology literacy and community
connections. Seaforth PS was
selected for leadership in program
partnerships and community out-
reach, while Vanastra Community
School was a leader in communica-
tion/community outreach and tech-
nology.
Another school showing leader-
ship in community connections and
outreach was Wingham PS, while
Zurich PS did well in technolog
literacy, both in school and com-
munity.
have the equipment.
Five weeks later he received the
bill.
"These types of fraud are still
going on. It doesn't seem to matter
how often we advertise to let peo-
ple know, there is still always
somone who gets caught in the
trap. People have to be wary of
these types of situations," Const.
Marshall said.
The investigation is continuing.
By Bonnie Gropp
The numbers may have been
down considerably but the partici-
pants in this year's Brussels Terry
Fox Run came through in a big
way.
While only 71 people braved the
damp weather of this past rainy
Sunday to walk, bike, roller blade
- or even horse back ride the 8 km or
3 km routes, a total of $4,165 was
raised in pledges and cash. Last
year's event saw a much larger
group of runners with 129 partici-
pants. The pledge total, however,
was about the same at $4,236.
Organizer Sallianne Patch said
that the bottom line,which includes
to date about $90 from he sale of
merchandise, should be "up quite a
bit from last year."
All the money has not been col-
lected to this point, Patch says.
There will also be a contribution
forthcoming from Walton PS stu-
,dents and staff, who held their own
run last Friday at the school.
While all the 'runners' taking part
in this year's event did an excellent
job of raising funds for the Canadi-
an Cancer Society, Patch said, top-
ping the list was the 1996 BrusselS
Terry's Team Member Bob Rich-
mond, who raised $500.
The highest individual donation
came from Brussels Public School
Grade 7/8 teacher Joan Perrie, who
multiplied the donations from her
students by 10 for a total personal
donation of $250.
This is the third year that Brus-
sels has taken part in the annual
Terry Fox Run.
Prior to the start of the run, Brad
Beuerrnann shared his memories of
meeting Terry Fox, when he trav-
elled through Stratford in 1980 on
his Marathon of Hope.
Blyth PS receives
director's award
Master Card bill
a shock for owner