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Council votes to fight for spot in north
By Janice Becker
Citizen staff
Tired of wailing for others to
give them the go-ahead, Blyth
councillors voted to fight for a
position in an amalgamated North
Huron.
After agreeing at the previous
meeting to determine their restruc
turing options through input from
East Wawanosh Twp. and Wing
ham, councillors decided at the
Feb. 1 session to request a meeting
with the Turnberry, Morris and
East Wawanosh group. Council
plans to make a presentation to the
group, explaining why they wish to
be included.
Turnberry and Morris have pro
ceeded with talks and have invited
East Wawanosh and Wingham to
join. However, there were indica
tions from Turnberry Twp. that
Blyth was not to be included. A
group of four was large enough.
In discussing Blyth’s position,
Councillor Murray Nesbitt
expressed his preference for going
to the south, particularly because
the municipality was not being wel
comed to the north.
However, Councillor Jeff How-
son said he had spoken with coun
cillors from three of the four
townships as well as businesspeo
ple in Wingham who suggested
Blyth is wanted in the north.
Howson was told that the situa
tion of Blyth was first on the agen
da when the three townships met,
with some councillors from Morris
and Turnberry and all of the East
Wawanosh councillors in favour of
including the municipality.
Wingham councillors have
refused to attend the meetings, in
support of Blyth, said Howson.
There was concern expressed
about the Tumberry, Morris, East
Wawanosh group motion which
states that any decision must be by
consensus. All 15 council members
have to agree to any action. It was
felt by Blyth councillors that this
process would break down. At that
point there may be an opening for
the municipality.
After seeing larger restructuring
groups forming in the south, How
son said some North Huron coun
cillors are seeing that a group of
4,500 (three townships) may not be
enough.
Blyth councillors fell that if the
five North Huron municipalities
could work together, it would be
the first step to getting Brussels and
Grey Twp,. included.
Councillor Rob Lawrie reiterated
his belief that the county will be
one-tier within five years.
Al the urging of Lawrie to do
something to get the process mov
ing instead of wailing, the request
to make a presentation to the three
townships will go to their Feb. 11
session. Wingham will also be
informed of the decision.
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Found
Lillian Appleby of Morris Twp.
discovered an interesting
note, in her driveway, from a
child in the United States.
Woman finds
message
in balloon
A trek down the driveway, Jan.
23, for Lillian Appleby of Cone. 7,
Morris Twp. resulted in an interest
ing find.
She spotted a balloon with a note
attached. The balloon had been
released Jan. 16 from Kansas City,
Missouri.
The note read, "Whitney's Day-
January 16, 1999. Hi....my name is
Whitney Acton. I'm 9-years-old
and have non-lymphoma cancer.
Today, my friends and family held
a fundraiser for me. If you find this
balloon, please write to me and tell
me where you found it."
Whitney's address is c/o The
Davison’s, 908 N.E. 85th Terrace,
Kansas City, MO. 64155.
All available at:
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Flowers,
Chocolates
Luann's Country Flowers
523-4440
Pre-order to avoid disappointment
Special Valentine's hours
^Valentine
29 attend Seniors meeting
The Blyth Swinging Seniors met
in the Blyth Memorial hall on Jan.
27. About 29 sat down to a
delicious potluck dinner at noon.
After dinner President, Lawrence
Plaetzer called the meeting to
order. Elva Brown played the piano
for O Canada.
Marion Young and Isabelle Craig
had January birthdays. Erma and
Jim Mason had a January wedding
anniversary.
A sing-along followed led by
Aubrey Toll and Vera Badley, also
accompanied by Elva Brown. John
Hesselwood followed with some
good jokes and a very humorous
Blyth
Carman Gwyn is home from the
London Health Sciences Centre
where he underwent a very serious
and unsuccessful operation.
reading called "Ground Hog Day
Storm".
At the conclusion of the meeting
Feme McDowell gave a reading
called "A Sale of Repairs"..
The program committee took
over. Lost heir and euchre were
played.
Results as follows:
Lost heir, high man, Bill Craig;
low man. Feme Howatt; high lady,
Mary Walden; low lady, Feme
McDowell.
Euchre, high man, Bernice
McClinchey; low man, John
Hesselwood; high lady, Isabelle
Craig; low lady, Enid McDonald.
Carman is still not able to be out
and about but enjoys visits from his
many friends.
Blyth lost heir scores for last
week are: high lady, Mabie Riley;
high man, Willis Bromley; low
lady, Ruth Shiell; low man, Gordon
Gross.
Euchre results from Mon., Jan.
25 in Blyth are: high lady, Evelyn
Christensen; high man, Ted East;
ladies' lone hand, Jean Plaetzer;
men's lone hand, Lloyd Appleby;
low lady, Vera Hesselwood; low
man, Jack Blake.
to celebrate
Mary Wightman's
90™ Birthday
at
Blyth United
Church
Sun., Feb. 7
2-4 p.m.
Best Wishes Only Please
Everyone Welcome
"February" is
vitamin bottle
bonus month
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Your empty vitamin
bottle equals
$1.00 off
your next
vitamin
purchase valued
over $3.00
Blyth Apothecary
Queen St., Blyth 523-4210
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS
IN THE
VILLAGE OF BLYTH
1999 Dog Tags are now available at the Municipal Office. All dogs
must be licenced in compliance with Village By-law No. 02-1997.
A complete copy of the by-law is available at the Municipal Office.
An owner or boarder of a dog(s) shall within 10 days of becoming
such an owner or boarder, and thereafter on or before the 15th
day of February each year shall cause such dog(s) to be again
licenced for one year.
The fee schedule shall be as follows:
(a) For each neutered male or spayed female dog $20.00
(b) For each additional neutered male or spayed female dog
$25.00
(c) For each male or female dog, if only one per household $30.00
(d) For each additional male or female dog $40.00
(e) Pitbulls and Pitbull Cross $100.00
A $15.00 late payment charge shall be assessed in addition to the
licence fee.
Proof of Rabies Vaccination must be available at the time of
purchase.
The by-law requires dog owners to forthwith remove excrement
left by the dog anywhere in the municipality of the Village of
Blyth. Any person contravening this provision is subject to a
$50.00 administration fee.
John Stewart, CMO
Clerk-Treasurer
Village of Blyth