HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1999-01-06, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1999.
June storm knocks out power throughout area
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The entire area was hit by a wind
storm, downing trees, knocking out
power and causing damage to prop
erty.
Neil McGavin of RR4, Walton
was named Brussels and area citi
zen of the Year.
Brussels council agreed to hire
the Wingham police force to pro
vide police services for the next
two and a half years.
Avon Mailland District School
Board Director of Education Paul
Carroll announced his retirement.
Rachel Billson of the Brussels
and Seaforth cadets was awarded
the Glanvillc Warrant Officer
Award in memory of Terry
Glanvillc.
The Blyth and Brussels libraries
received new computers thanks to
an SS-,700 legacy from the estate of
Morris Twp. resident Susannah
Lattimer.
A battle of the bands held in
Brussels and supported by the Opti
mists raised funds for the Ark and
the Kids Help Foundation.
Calvin-Brick United Church cel
ebrated its 40th anniversary.
Blyth Ladies Auxiliary marked
50 years.
Former Blyth Festival Artist
Director Janet Amos was awarded
an honourary doctorate from the
University of Western Ontario.
Mama Root’s opened in Blyth
and G&M Auto Parts opens in
Brussels.
Mary Humphries of Walton was
named Grey Twp.’s Senior of the
Year.
Work began on the gazebo in the
vacant lot along Tumberry Street in
Brussels as monies from the 125th
anniversary celebration were used
to beautify the location.
The summer months dragged on
hot and dry, with reportedly less
than an inch of rainfall in June.
Hope Lowe received the annual
Friends of the Lions Club Award
from the Brussels Lions.
F.E. Madill Secondary School
student Adam Carr of Blyth was
one of many high school artists
with their work on display at
Blyth’s Memorial Hall.
Ray Contois, former principal of
St. Anne’s Catholic Secondary
School in Clinton was named
superintendent of education for the
Huron Perth Catholic District
School Board.
The Victorian Order of Nurses
went on strike to protest cost cut
ting measures.
Area Ontario scholars from F.E.
Madill Secondary School were
Rebecca Van Camp, James
Thomas, Adam Gamiss, Christo
pher Armstrong and Corey New
man; from Goderich District
Collegiate Institute, Tara Sturdy
and from Listowcl District Sec
ondary School, David Proulx.
NDP MPP Marion Boyd visited
the West Wawanosh farm of Tony
and Fran McQuail.
The Molesworlh WI celebrated
its 50th anniversary.
Morris Twp. council delayed the
implementation of bag lags.
With the new provincial lax
structure, landlords of multi-unit
buildings or owners of new or larg
er homes heard they would be hit
the hardest by increased taxes.
The revitalized Garage Theatre in
Blyth was christened al a grand
opening.
Blyth council announced its pref
erence for restructuring would
include a grouping of McKillop,
Hui let t, Grey, Morris, East
Wawanosh, Tumberry and Howick
Twps. as well as Seaforth, Wing
ham, Blyth and Brussels.
Lome Rachlis, formerly of the
Ottawa Board of Education, was
hired as head of the Avon Maitland
District School Board.
Water available to Blyth resi
dents reached a critical low level,
causing an urgent message for
restraint to be issued. The crisis
Steffen Computer Systems of
Wingham got many local internet
users back online as the owners of
huron.net vanished. Kitchener-
Waterloo users were left discon
nected for much longer.
Former Blyth resident Dr. Anne
McCleary Juhasz of Chicago
bequeathed Inuit soapstone carving
to Bainion Gallery and the Blyth
Festival.
Children of Chernobyl once
again visited families in Huron
County for a few weeks during the
summer to allow their bodies to
recover from the ravages of nuclear
fallout. One child stayed with the
Hoftyzcrs near Londesboro.
Morris council advised that
downloading could bring a 2.9 per
cent tax increase to township resi
dents.
Blyth received a grant from Mol-
son Breweries for the fitness trail
along the Blyth Greenway Trail.
Volunteers provided the muscle.
The Walton Snapplc TransCan
National Motocross Championship
drew 10,000 spectators to the com
munity.
Blyth carver Jason Lucio won
$10,000 (U.S.) in the Gulf-South
championship wildfowl Festival in
New Orleans.
Brussels Reeve Ralph Watson
out-cooked eight competitors in the
first annual Blyth Festival chili
cook-off.
The Brussels Bulls opened train
ing camp for approximately 60
young men.
Sparling’s Propane of Blyth and
Fleshcrton announced a further
expansion through the purchase of
Caledon Propane in Bolton.
F.E. Madill Secondary School
student Craig Fair advanced to the
Youth Talent search al Western
Fair after placing in the lop six a
the Tccswatcr competition.
McKillop Twp. commercial and
industrial property owners were
told of lax increases from 46 to 58
per cent.
After 43 years in the ministry,
Pastor Jim Came of Huron Chapel
Missionary Church in Auburn
retired.
A strike still loomed for public
high school teachers as they contin
ued to deal with difficult negotia
tions dealing with instructional
time.
It was a year for giant vegetables
as locals showed off overgrown
tomatoes and pumpkins.
The finishing touches were put
on the memorial gardens in Bel
grave, created by the Kinsmen.
When Blyth firefighters were
called to duty on the morning of
their annual Thresher Reunion pan
cake breakfast, community volun
teers stepped in to fill the void and
the plates.
Brussels property owners real
ized a lax increase of al least 11.6
per cent.
Cynthia Dewit was named Brus
sels Fair Ambassador.
The Brussels Midget Girls ball
team look the tri-county champi
onship.
Brussels’ contribution to the
Terry Fox Run broke a record for
the village, raising $5,049.09
before all dollars were collected.
The Belgrave turkey supper
preparation committee readied its
50thanniversary.
Betty Battye was named Blyth’s
Citizen of the Year.
Local schools listed for closure
included Walton, Turnberry, and
Seaforth Public Schools.
B&W Trailblazers prepared for
their 50th year of grooming trails.
Ontario scholars from Central
Huron Secondary School were
Shawn Clark, Kathryn Jankowski,
Karen Trick and Caroline Dyck.
Norman Parks Award winners at
graduation ceremonies were Clark,
Margaret Anne Stewart and Aman:
da Howson.
Thieves netted $13,500 in a heist
at Brussels liquor store.
Roy Gingerich took over as Brus
sels Bulls’ coach.
Quality Jersey Products opened.
Dr. John Yee joined the Seaforth-
Brussels Medical clinic staff.
Brussels residents looked into a
mobile watch unit for the village.
Sjaan Gerth of Belgrave captured
top honours in the President’s
Choice Triathalon Series in the 19
and under age category.
The number of whoopping cough
cases in Huron County increased.
Vandalism struck Blyth when a
vehicle was used to knock down
signs along the Greenway Trail.
The Brussels Tigers captured the
fastball championship.
Huron County council closed
Cranbrook library with Auburn,
Bluevale, Centralia, Gorrie and
Walton on the list.
Secondary school students dealt
with curriculum changes as teach
ers’ contracts required the cancella
tion or amalgamation of some
classes.
Sod was turned for the official
start of Wescast’s $75 million con
struction project.
The Children’s Aid Society hon
oured Gcrrie Bos of Auburn as
Volunteer of the Year after 15
years of contributing to the welfare
of children and their families.
Local reeves decried Finance
Minster Ernie Eves announcement
regarding legislation to limit large
property tax increases for small
business owners.
The Blyth Guides beautified the
community by painting the play
ground equipment at Blyth Public
School.
Kevin Bridge had the grand
champion lamb and Corey Rintoul
the grand champion steer at the
Brussels 4-H show and sale.
Bill Wallace received the Huron
Federation of Agriculture Award
for his contribution to the industry
and the community.
The Avon Maitland District
School Board voted to delay
approval of any motion recom
mending school closures.
Brussels and Grey Twp. voted to
amalgamate.
Candidates began to announce
their intentions for the next provin
cial election as Tony McQuail of
West Wawanosh announced for the
NDP and Seaforth Mayor Dave
Scott and former school board
trustee Joan VandenBroeck, will
battle to represent the Liberals.
Tanya Hallam opened a massage
therapy business in Londesboro.
Dying geese found at Sparling’s
pond south of Blyth were found to
have ingested lead pellet.
A successful soccer season in
Brussels prompted the group to
begin developing another large
field.
The merger planned for the
Huron and Perth health units was
called off.
A majority of respondents to an
amalgamation survey requested a
referendum on the matter.
Fritz Datema and Anne Vincent
were honoured by the Auburn Hor
ticultural society for their volun
teerism.
Members of Brussels United
Church celebrated at the dedication
of Project Uplift, which made the
church fully accessible.
Isabel Nadeau opened a hair
styling salon in Brussels.
restructuring decision to allow lime
for village residents to offer input.
The services of Blyth Clerk-
Treasurer John Stewart were shared
with Wingham and Rhonda Fischer
was appointed acting clerk for Hul-
lctt Twp. *
The Sparks celebrated the 10
anniversary of the organization.
Doug Richards was appointed as
the acting agriculture representative
at the Clinton office of the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs.
Allan Storey received the Ed
Watson Award for champion mar
ket pig at the Seaforth Fall Fair.
Brett Bean was awarded the
Bank of Montreal Award and
Christina Dewit earned the Murray
Cardifff Award at the Huron Coun
ty 4-H night.
Huron County pork producers
travelled to Toronto to join in the
call for government action against
the wide- spread price collapse in
their industry.
Blyth Public School students
filled boxes with canned goods and
toys for the Huron County Christ
mas Bureau.
Following a public meeting,
Blyth residents overwhelmingly
told council to join the north group
for restructuring purposes.
Area women donate hand-made
quilts to Blyth and District Fire
Department.
Gina and Jerry Platt opened a
Morris Twp. kennel.