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PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2002.
Letter to the editor
Bloom committee prepares for judges
THE EDITOR,
As national winners, our village is
again invited to enter the Canadian
Classic Edition of Communities in
Bloom across Canada. We have
invited Wingham to team up with us
for this competition.
Our fundraisers for this year are
white planters brimming with
flowers and plants colour co-
ordinating with our 125th
celebrations this summer. In each
container is a burgundy bow
commemorating this event.
Also we have our Heritage Pewter
Ornaments for sale. There are a
limited number of ornaments
available.
Burgundy and gold bows for our
celebration, along with the hanging
baskets are waving in the breezes. %
The Horticultural Society has
beautiful planters on the main street.
The bridge has a new look this year,
By Mark Nonkes
Wingham Advance Times
The Wingham Airport received
approval from North Huron council
to add a two-inch lift for the end of
the landing strips to .accommodate
larger jets.
Council approved spending of up
to $86,000 in reserves to the airport
to add more pavement on two
separate areas at the first regular
monthly meeting, July 2. With more
traffic at Wingham Municipal
Airport and heavier planes landing,
Director of Facilities and Recreation
Dan Cousins said the ends of the
pavement will get chewed up.
The ends of the landing strips are
most affected because it is the place
where aircrafts make sharp turns and
where the first impact of the planes
hits the ground.
The two inches of extra pavement
cover the first 100 metres of the
landing strip, with a gradual decline
going down to the two strip.
Cousins also suggested that
council put aside about $30,000 a
year more for the next five years to
have enough money in the future to
add an extra t No inches on top of all
the pavement of the airport.
"Is that the dearest way of doing it
along with the planter boxes, round
containers are placed at the entrance
to the Greenway and are cascading
with new-wave petunias.
The judging will be done this
week on the flag competition for the
homes.
The Communities in Bloom
photoboard will be erected down on
the Greenway near the water tower.
so please take,advantage of it and
get your picture taken.
Sparling's Propane Ltd. has
generously sponsored our new
National signs at the north and south
end of Blyth.
Gordon Schutz, -at his own
expense, has placed new brickwork
at the base of the flag pole at the
south entrance to Blyth. Gord will
be looking after this bed.
This really depicts what
Communities in Bloom is all about.
People, Plants and Prize .., Growing
instead of doing it all at once?"
Councillor Murray Nesbitt
questioned.
By spending the $86,000 council
will not have any more money for
the airport in reserves. Clerk-
Administrator John Stewart
explained the money in reserves was
given to council by the Ministry of
Transportation.
"That reserve was to be used for
asphalt only," Reeve Doug Layton
said.
One jet that will frequently be
using the airport will be the new
Wescast Jet with a 55.70 foot wing
span. Council also approved a
concrete pad be built on the airstrip
for the new jet, with all the cost
being picked up by Wescast.
However, Cousins reported that
the Wescast jet is not the only large
aircraft landing at the airport.
Two weeks ago a large plane from
Indiana had a quick stopover at the
airport.
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Thanks to all the groups which
have helped this spring to clean up
areas and to the gardeners who are
looking after flowerbeds. This is
very much appreciated.
We had a Canadian Flag
Challenge this year. The Grades 1-3
at the Blyth Public School did
posters for the store windows on the
Canadian flag theme. The Grades 4-
6 students wrote a poem about the
pride they feel being a Canadian.
The Grades 7 and 8 students made
stepping stones which will be placed
on the Greenway.
We will be working on the
Memorial Forest Area on the
Greenway. Arthur Beauregard,
manager, Natural Environment and
Horticulture for the City of Toronto,
and Richard Ubbins, city forester
met with us on May 3 to give us
some suggestions on how to start the
area. They were very impressed with
the work that has already been done
on the Greenway.
Mark your calendars for July 27.
this is Hummer Days. Grease up
your hedge trimmers, rev up your
lawn mowers, and edge your
sidewalks as the judges will be
arriving July 28. On July 29 Blyth
will be judged.
Please get involved, we want tot)
show the judges what a grea t
community we live in.
Bev Elliott,
Chairperson.
Airport to get a lift
Preparing for an adventure
Megan Lee, centre, was the happy recipient of donations presented by Blyth Lions
representative Charlie Shaw and Blyth Legion representative Thelma Johnston for her Finland
exchange program. Lee left for the Scandinavian country July 7 and will spend 39 days there.
(Janice Becker photo)
Blyth Fall Fair
For more than a century the Blyth Fall Fair was an exciting part of autumn in Blyth and district, a place
where town and country met. This photo, apparently from the 1950s, shows some of the outdoor
exhibits. Because of declining participation by volunteers, the fall fair died in the early 1970s. Watch
for a complete history in The Citizen's 125th anniversary edition. — Photo courtesy of Murray and
Wilma Scott.
Be Part of History
The Citizen will publish a special commemorative issue
for the celebration of
Blyth's 125th anniversary August 2-4.
Make sure you're part of this
memorable issue to be published July 31.
Call today to reserve advertising to tell the story of
your business or your family.
The Citizen
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