HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2000-08-23, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2000.
Blyth council hears Bloom report
By Janice Becker
Citizen staff
With the judging completed and
the contestants waiting tor winners
to be announced, Bev Elliott of the
Blyth Communities in Bloom com
mittee attended Monday evening's
council meeting to bring council up
to date on proceedings.
She and Nancy Snell had spent the
day designing a display unit which
will serve as a reference for Blyth
when committee members travel to
the awards ceremony in Edmonton
in September.
The display will include laminated
and lacquered pictures of various
sites and features key to the beauty
of the village. Samples of products
produced in the community will also
be shown.
With the use of a donated display
board and a very reasonable rate for
shipping the goods west, Elliott
reported the cost of the exhibit is just
$168.75.
Councillor Doug Scrimgeour sug
gested to Elliott that businesses
detailed on the display might consid
er contributing to the committee
because of the benefits of advertis
ing.
Elliott said she was also pleased
that the committee had stayed within
the $4,000 budget, particularly con
sidering the large amounts spent by
other communities.
After discussing the cost of the trip
to the national ceremony, council
agreed to cover the costs of accom
modations and transportation for
three committee members.
The cost of the display will also be
paid.
Scrimgeour told council of a
recent trip to Merrickville, a village
of 1,000 people and 1998
Communities in Bloom winner.
They won in 1998, entered in 1999
and had no volunteers to do anything
this year, he said. “If we had to com
pete against Merrickville, we would
have won.”
Scrimgeour took the opportunity
to say how important the Blyth vol
unteers were to the success of the
program and that the village must
continue to support them in their
work.
Elliott added that the committee
could not have done it without the
help of village employees Bill
Bromley, Murray Siertsema and Ken
Johnston.
Rounding the curve
It was close quarters for the riders as they took a sharp turn on the first lap of a moto Friday
afternoon. Hundreds of motocross racers converge on Walton last week to compete in the
TransCan Grand National Championships, Aug17-20.
W. Wawanosh council
gets info on WI Hall
Transition board finds way
to settle mail-in vote dispute
Members of St. Helen’s Women’s
Institute attended the Aug. 15 ses
sion of West Wawanosh council to
discuss the sale of the Hall.
According to Norma Raynard and
Elaine Ernngton, although member
ship has not declined the physical
ability of the members has, which
makes it no longer possible for the
WI to be in charge of the building’s
upkeep. The members wish therefore
that ownership be transferred to the
township for $L
The hall would remain as a com
munity hall until such time as not
longer possible. It would then be
physically removed.
Raymond Hanna, member of the
Lawson Water Association, Lloyd
Morley and Mark Sjaarda discussed
with council the means of upgrading
the communal water system serving
25 homes in Auburn in order to com
ply with the Ontario Water
Resources Act.
A bylaw, authorizing the munici
pality to establish a civic addressing
system was passed. This is to includ
ing the numbering of buildings and
lots along highways for erecting
property numbering sign blades and
parts or to affix numbers to build
ings.
Council also passed a bylaw
assigning and/or changing municipal
address names for the implementa
tion of the emergency response sys
tem.
A bylaw for the erection of stop
signs at intersections in St. Helens
was passed.
Ashfield
transition
Members of the
Colborne-Wawanosh
board agreed on a procedure to settle
the dispute over mail-in voting.
A motion was passed at the Aug.
14 session to have an arbitrator
resolve the matter.
The clerks of the three municipali
ties will determine the quantity of 9-
1-1 address labels required so they
may be ordered in bulk to take
advantage of volume purchasing.
In response to a letter from
Goderich Twp. pertaining to munici
pal name changes in the Goderich
Lost health cards can be replaced
at Wingham hospital, Sept. 21
For those m need of a new Ontario
health card, the Outreach Program
for replacement cards will be coming
to Wingham and District Hospital
Sept. 21.
Anyone who has lost their card,
had it damaged or stolen, needs a
change of name due to marriage or is
new to the province can visit the
Youths charged in Brussels
fire area agreement, the board stated
the name Twp. of Ashfield-
Colborne-Wawanosh would stand
until the new municipality is estab
lished and elections held.
After looking at the position of the
Colborne Twp. road works which
had already been outlined and
approved, the board recommended
the new council seriously consider
approving the completion of any
projects scheduled for 2000 which
had not been completed.
Ashfield Road Superintendent
Kevin Cook will apply for the appro-
gym in the basement of the hospital.
Three pieces of identification are
needed for a new photo health card.
These should include Canadian citi
zenship or immigration documents,
current document with your name
and address and a document with
your name and signature.
Call 519-893-4059 for appointments.
On Aug. 7 in the early evening
officers were called to Turnberry
Street in Brussels over an altercation
between two males. Officers found
that one male had been struck by a
blunt object causing some injury. He
received medical attention at the
Wingham and District Hospital. This
man then returned to the area and
damaged property at another resi
dence.
As a result of these occurrences
two men have been charged. A 17-
year-old male youth offender has
been charged with mischief under
$5,000 while an 18-year-old male
from Brussels has been charged with
assault with a weapon.
The youth will attend court in
Goderich on Oct. 12 and the other
male will attend court in Wingham
on Oct. 19.
North Huron clerk-administrator
should be hired by month-end
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first step, he believed it may be nec
essary as people will gain experience
with the process on a smaller scale
and if further work is needed after
the election, the conflict of personal-
ities may be lessened.
it is expected that the clerk
administrator for the Municipality of
North Huron will be hired by the end
ot the month and department head
positions will then be filled.
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