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The Citizen, 2018-5-24, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018. A new dawn The Brussels Farmers' Market marked the dawn of a new day on Friday, May 18 when it opened at the Brussels Four Winds Barn for the first time. The market's new full-time home takes the place of the main street lot beside the village's LCBO and the opening was commemorated with a special procession from the old site to the Four Winds Barn, led by Brussels Legion Pipe Band member Don Martin. (Dennyscottphoto) Rumble to lead Cultural Services Beth Rumble Director of Cultural Services The County of Huron, along with the Huron County Library Board, is pleased to announce Beth Rumble as the new Director of Cultural Services. Beth has been working at the County of Huron for over six years and has most recently been the Branch Services Librarian. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from York University and a Master of Library and Information Science from Western University. "The Library Board is happy to announce the new Chief Executive Officer of the Library Board, along with Director of Cultural Services, Beth Rumble. Beth has been a valued member of the library system for many years and we congratulate Beth on her new position and are looking forward to seeing what her vision brings into the future," says Councillor Bernie MacLellan, Huron County Library Board Chair. The Cultural Services Department covers services including the County of Huron's libraries, museums, and other cultural activities. "A main objective for the department is to be adaptive to change. I want to give staff the power and tools to fully utilize their strengths" Says Rumble "This includes looking ahead to new developments and opportunities in the field as well as working with our community to determine present needs" Rumble is currently on maternity leave until August, 2018. She looks forward to continuing the work that has already been started and working more closely with the communities to serve their needs. #1 And We Still Try Harder Recent circulation figures show The Citizen has the highest circulation in the northern part of Huron County, #3 in the entire county. The Citizen Proudly Community -Owned Since 1985 Letter to the Editor Vodden disputes `emotional' claim THE EDITOR, Re: Wingham Police Decision I am more than slightly tired of being blamed for the assumption of escalating costs for the operations of the Wingham Police Service. For over 20 years I have heard through many media that the vast majority of Wingham residents want to maintain their own police force regardless of the cost. Since joining council in November of 2009, I have been receiving the same message. The discussion has heated up recently as consideration has been given to the possibility of changing the policing arrangements. Virtually all the discussions I have had, and all the messages I have received suggest that nothing has changed: Wingham people are mostly determined to maintain their own police service regardless of cost and the people of East Wawanosh and Blyth Wards want to continue with the Ontario Provincial Police. There was no concerted argument raised by council leading up to the big decision. Almost all members of council, it seems to me, were of the opinion that not much has changed in these opinions despite the significant increase in Wingham Police costs. Consequently, six of the seven members of council voted in favour of retaining the costly Wingham Police Service option because it appeared to them, apparently, that this is what Wingham preferred. In the lengthy report in this week's The Citizen, Councillor Trevor Seip is quoted as saying that the six other council members' votes were based on emotion. That is not true. 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