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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2000-09-13, Page 2The Citizen i ■- , Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County Volume 16 No. 36 Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000 75 Cents (70c + 5c gst) Inside this week Pg-3 Pg. 6 Pg. 7 Pg-9 Pg. 10 Blyth girl recipient of scholarship Photo page features Reunion highlights Girl visits parents’ homeland County activates 9-1-1 Blyth Squirts wrap up remarkable season Run needs team member By Bonnie Gropp Citizen staff This' Sunday Brussels will once again be hosting a Terry Fox Run. However, for the first time there is no one to lead it. The annual Run is usually represented in each community hosting it, by a cancer survivor. Waneta Leishman, who with her husband Allan has organized the run for two years, said this time a volunteer for Terry’s Team Member could not be found. “If someone came forward any time prior to Sunday, even Sunday morning, I would be pleased,” she says. However, team member or no team member, rain or shine, the run will begin from the former Ark on Turnberry Street across from the post office at noon. Participants can register up until 2 p.m. The route is the same as in previous years. There is an eight km. trek around the outskirts of the village, while less ambitious folk can take a five km. walk around town. > Pledge sheets can be picked up at several locations around the village including the bank, Brussels Variety, Teeft’s and J.R.’s. Anyone unable to take part in the walk for any reason can hand their pledge sheet and money into the Brussels branch of the CIBC after Sunday. Leishman says they are also looking for donations for hot dogs and pop as well as volunteers to help with the event on Sunday. Anyone interested in helping or being the Team Member can contact Waneta at 887-9101. There is an answering machine, so please leave a message, she says. Going for a ride Young Brendan Hallahan had a luxury seat for the Friday afternoon parade at the 39th Annual Huron Pioneer Thresher Reunion and Hobby Show in Blyth. Protected by an umbrella and safely fastened in with a seatbelt, Brendan sat back while grandfather Joe drove the antique tractor. The three-day event featured farm machinery, homesteading items, models, cars and trucks from the past two centuries, horse and collie demonstrations, music and dancers to entertain the visitors, crafts and produce for the shoppers and food to fill any hunger. Rain doesn’t dampen Thresher’s fun By Janice Becker Citizen staff In spite of rainy weather in many areas, for those who attended the 39th Annual Thresher Reunion and Hobby Show in Blyth this past weekend, the warm weather was great for walking the expansive ground and wandering through numerous displays. The rain m other places may have pulled Friday and Saturday gate receipts down slightly, but reunion secretary Marian Hallahan said it was a “wonderful weekend”. The highlight of this year’s reunion, said Hallahan, was the dedication of the bell by Maudie McBride, 93. Mrs. McBride, who attended the Sunday morning church service, donated the bell in memory of her husband George. The bell, originally from the Presbyterian Church in Carlow, was preserved by Mr. McBride when he bought the building after the church closed many years ago. The many other weekend events were also a success, said Hallahan. Up slightly from last year, 940 campers made use of the facilities in the park with many arriving the weekend before. The big shed at the back of the grounds was tilled every evening during the reunion with up to 300 people enjoying the music. The mam stage also drew bleachers-full of music lovers throughout the day. The Friday night dance was crowded though the numbers from the Saturday night function were down slightly, said Hallahan. Students from Hullett Central and Blyth Public Schools participated in special activities Friday afternoon with results from the essay-writing contest to be announced later this month. With 20 steam engines, numerous tractors of all makes and models, antique cars and trucks, as wells as a few novelty entries, on display the Saturday afternoon parade lasted for more than an hour and a halt. Hallahan reported that all the food booths did well and the Lions pork chop supper sold out. Once again, the tire department's pancake breakfast was a huge success, feeding approximately 1,700 people in two days, said Fire Chief Paul Josling. With Sunday the busiest day at over 900 patrons, Josling would like to thank all those who stepped up to help when the firefighters had to answer a medical call at 8:15 a.pi. “People that we had no idea who they were stepped up to help,” he said. “One woman, the wife of a firefighter from somewhere else, even offered.” Several locals also took their tum flipping pancakes while the men were gone for aoout half an hour. Over the two days, the firefighters served up about 300 pounds of sausage, 320 pounds of bacon, 250 pounds of pancake batter, 40 gallons of milk, 120 gallons of orange juice, 100 litres of maple syrup, 150 gallons of coffee and 25 pounds of butter. Wayne Lowe, organizer of the adult special activities, said it was a good event with new competitors Dunbar runs for mayor By Janice Becker Citizen staff The race for mayor is heating up in Huron East as Grey Twp. Reeve Robin Dunbar declared his candidacy this week. A 12-year veteran of Grey Twp. council, Dunbar is completing his first term as reeve. A strong proponent of local involvement in politics, Dunbar has played a key role in recent years as municipalities worked through amalgamation. An issue he stood on when he ran for reeve in 1997, Dunbar said he led the fight to maintain the two- tiered system of local governance and helped the county through restructuring. Asked about the eventuality of a one-tiered system, Dunbar said he believes the success of the two-tier system has put the provincial government off for a time, preventing them from mandating restructuring ad they have done in places such as Chatham-Kent. Conceding that one-tier may come at some time, Dunbar hopes to get through the next three years with the new configurations to show the success. "If it must go single-tier, then it is better in steps.” A member of committees such as the Huron County strategic planning and library board, social and cultural services. North Huron Economic Development and Huron County Water Quality Coalition, Dunbar said he has received support for his candidacy from across Huron Continued on page 2 this year. Winners on Saturday were: men's bag tying, Eldon Vines, 34.4 seconds; women's bag tying, Jean Hadley, 51.31 seconds; men's log sawing, Shag Campbell and Jason Sierson. 6.72 seconds; women’s log sawing, Jean Hadley and Joan Beatty, 23.78 seconds; mixed team log sawing, Beatty and Campbell, 10.03 seconds and belt setting. Jason Reibe and Murray Leamie, 1.32 minutes. The winners of the adult events held on Sunday were: men’s bag tying. Vines. 30.16 seconds; women’s bag tying, Beatty, 51.04 seconds; men's log sawing, Jim Sloan and Don Reiman, 6.08 seconds; women's log sawing, Jean Hadley and Joan Beatty, 22 seconds; mixed team log sawing, Beatty and Campbell, 11.15 seconds and in the steam engine belt setting competition, Mike and lason Sierson took home the trophy with a time of one minute. 35 seconds. Most other competitors were around three minutes, said Lowe.