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Qualifications:
• 17 years municipal experience - Clerk-Treasurer
• Past Chain Huron County Municipal Officers
• Founding Member, Huron County
Economic Development Committee
• Secretary-Treasurer:
- Blyth Fire Area Board
- Blyth-Hullett Landfill Site
- Blyth Union Cemetery
- Blyth & District Community Centre Board
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Blyth Public Utilities Commission
Like you, I am proud to call Blyth my home.
I ask for your support on August 30th
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Edgar Daer
For Councillor
Township of North Huron
Village of Blyth
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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2004. PAGE 3.
bus is stopped, allowing passengers
to board or exit the bus and safely
cross the road. All motorists
travelling in both directions must
stop, regardless of the posted speed
limit - 20 metres if you are coming
from behind the bus, and a safe
distance when approaching from
the opposite direction.
The only exception is on a road
divided by a median. A median is a
barrier - a raised or lowered, paved
or unpaved strip dividing traffic
travelling in both directions. In this
case, only vehicles coming from
behind the bus must stop.
vehicles who saw anything unusual
is asked to call the OPP or Crime
Stoppers.
Two vehicles vandalized
School buses will soon be back
on the road picking up and
dropping off students for the
elementary and secondary schools
in Huron County.
Huron OPP state that last school
year over 20 reports were received
of people not stopping when
students were being picked up or
dropped off.
When a school bus stops to pick
up or unload passengers, the upper
red lights will begin to flash and the
stop arm on the side will swing out.
The lights will continue to flash and
the stop arm will stay out while the
On Aug. 17 shortly after 8 p.m.
OPP were contacted about two
vehicles vandalized in Blyth.
The officer learned that the
vehicles had been parked on the
north side of Dinsley Street that day
between 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. The
owners, upon returning to their
vehicles, found that someone had
used a sharp object to scratch the
paint off the passenger side doors.
The one vehicle a grey 2000 Nissan
Maxima was left with a Z pattern
scratch while the green 2002 Mazda
was left with a 30-centimetre
horizontal mark.
Anyone in the area of these two
On August 30th
VOTE
DAVE
PATTISON
For Councillor
Township of North Huron
Village of Blyth
To reach me
call 523-4584
I'll Listen...
Let Tour Voice Be Heard!
Happy birthday to Shirley
Shobbrook who celebrated this past
week.
Deb, Fred, Jonathan and Quinton
Hakkers attended a dedication of
Fred's great-niece in Guelph on
Sunday morning and spent Sunday
night visiting with Nancy McInnes
of Hamilton. They also visited the
Toronto Zoo before returning home
on Monday.
Nancy and Ed Daer spent last
Thursday visiting with Terry, Julie
and Josh Daer of Barrie.
Tricia Daer of London spent the
weekend with her parents, Ed and
Nancy Daer.
On Aug. 17 at 8 a.m. OPP were
alerted about the theft of an ATV
from a laneway on Cardiff Road in
Huron East.
Sometime during the night of Aug.
12 a person stole the dark green
2001 Honda 350 four-wheel drive
ATV. valued at a little over $5,000.
Motorists may proceed only
when the lights stop flashing, the
stop arm folds away and the bus
begins to move.
Failing to stop can result in a fine
upon conviction. The first offence
is a fine between $400 - $2,000 and
the addition of six demerit points to
your licence. The second and
subsequent offences can be a fine of
$1,000 - $4,000 plus the addition of
six demerits points and the
possibility of imprisonment.
Within Community Safety
Zones, the fines under the Highway
Traffic Act are doubled. Watch for
the signs, watch your speed and
watch for the stopped school buses.
Remember too, school buses are
required to stop at all railway
crossings, but they are not required
to use the upper red lights.
Greeting at Blyth United Church
on Sunday, Aug. 21 was Fred Meier.
Ushers were Joann MacDonald,
Lois van Vliet, Elaine Brown and
Irma Mason. Guest musician was
Allan Keith.
Wanda Keith sang a solo, Make
Me a Channel of Your Peace,
accompanied by Allan.
The Epistle reading was from
Hebrews 12: 1-3. The second
Epistle reading was from I
Corinthians 9: 23-27. The Psalm 71
was read responsively, led by 011ie
Craig.
Rev. Eugen Bannerman's message
to the adults was, An Uplifting
Story. He said "As an athlete trains
for the Olympics, a Christian should
also.be in training."
The most grueling event at the
Olympics is the marathon. In 1896
the marathon race was added to the
Olympics. In Boston the Americans
run the marathon every year.
Rev. Bannerman also spoke on the
Marathon of Hope started by Terry
Fox which continues to be run in his
honour.
If you can help solve this crime
call the local OPP or contact Crime
Stoppers with your information. At the poll
It was a relatively quiet day for North Huron clerk-
administrator John Stewart as 18 people turned out to
Saturday's advance poll for the Aug. 30 by-election to
choose a councillor for the Blyth ward. (Vicky Bremner photo)
Stop for flashing school bus lights
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