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The Brussels Post, 1980-03-05, Page 1ort hati by Evelyn Kennedy russets .t0.--. take er cemeter AWAY WE GO These unidentified snowmobilers were -just getting ready to pull out when the photographer snapped their picture at the Walton S.lowmobile Poker Rally on Sunday. (Photo by Langlois) We cannot change our yesterday, We can only plan to-day, for better tornmorows. ****** Remember to attend the World Day of Prayer in St. Ambrose Church at 2:00 ,p.m. on Friday. ****** Oops! The gremlins cannot be blamed for the goof I made in the February 20th Short Shots. I made the mistake of calling the Brussels Figure Skating Carnival, the Brussels Figure Skating Championships. No matter what the event is called it is one you will not want to miss. The theme of the Carnival is to be "Solid Gold". There will be beautiful costumes and a display of some very fine figure skating for you to enjoy. The young skaters and club members put a great deal of time and effort into their Carnival. Attend and show your appreciation of their efforts . ****** Prime Minister Trudeau has. given Canada a first. Jeanne Sauve has been appointed Speaker, an important position in which she can exert a good deal of influence in the House of Commons. It is the first time Canada has had a woman as Speaker. Perhaps with a lady as Speaker there will be a bit more decorm apparent than has sometimes been the case in the past. ****** Grey Township students who are members of the Listowel Secondary School Senior Choir are enthusiastically anticipat- ing the appearance of the London Symphony' Orchestra in Listowel. The Senior Choir will, on April 2nd, sing with the London Symphony when they present a concert in Trinity United Church, Listowel. Proceeds will go toward financing the Choir's trip when they will present concerts in Toronto, Bellveville and Ottawa. They leave on May 11th and return home May 14: ****** It has been encouraging to read that More and more judges, instead of handing down jail tetinS, or fines, to juvenile deliquents, are fitting the punishment to the crime, For such offences as vandalism juveniles are being ordered to repair the damage' they were responsible for, reim- burse the owner for the cost and in some cases work for certain groups for a period of time. That is much better than sending them to jail, where they are apt to become more of a criminal that to be rehabilitated. If they merely have to pay a fine, we doubt that is much of a deterent, probably in most cases the money comes from the parents. When they are forced to repair, and pay for their destructive tendencies, or work with a group, they may become more aware of the value of things and the rewards of good behaviour. ****** , • After the blizzard free winter we were enjoying, we were left in no doubt, Wednesday of last week, that we are still in the snowbelt. Snow squalls with strong bone-chilling westerly winds blew in from Lake Huron. For the first time this winter some schools in Huron were closed, others sent students home by bus after the noon hour. The forecast predicted that the followint two days there would, be more of the same. Fortunately that did not happen. We have had instead, at least until tim of writing on Monday, bitter cold with bright sunshine but no snow fall. ****** It was a pleasure to have' with me, for a few days, my first great grandchild, a tiny month-old baby girl, with her parents. It was fortunate that they were also on hand for it is some years since I ministered to the needs of an infant. I did enjoy cuddlig her in my arms and managed to rock her to sleep a few times. Assisting, once in her bath ritual I found, my-oh-me, handling that slippery, squirming wee body was scary. It was good her mother was right there. Although a tiny mite of a girl she was very active. Her waving arms, kicking feet and baby Sounds were a magnet to my dog who had to be warned off before bestowing a welcome to our household with a sloppy lick. Sheba soon learned that baby was off limits for any demonstration of affectiOn or inquisitive inspection. Sheba had her fun in rough and tumble with baby's Dad, when he was tending little Samantha. In. that, I ' might say, he was very adept and co-operative. BY DEBBIE RANNEY Brussels council accepted a proposal to take over the administration of the Brussels cemetery when it met in regular council session on Saturday afternoon. Norman Hoover and Jim Cardiff, who were appointed members of the Brussels Cemetery Board by the United Church approached council with the request because the board didn't think the thlited Church should ,be responsible for a cemetery which offers a service for the entire community. "The other reason is we can't find enough people on the church board to look after it. Why shouldn't somebody in the municipality be responsible?" Mr. Hoover said. All the councillors agreed that the village should take over the cemetery and passed a motion to that effect, which also stated that Brussels should become the initiating municipality if they formed the same sort of board with representatives from surrounding townships that they have wit h the Medical Dental Centre. In discussing the setting of the road budget, council decided to have a look at the streets , in the village to decide which ones needed to be fixed up. Council decided to have a representative come to the next council meeting to explain the. Maitland Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) request to pass a by-law of Peace TiMe Emergency Measures which offers councillors liabilty protection when they make emergency decisions such as in the case of floods or fires or other disaster situations. Council also had a letter from Friesen Printers asking them if they would like a pamphlet of the history of Brussels done if someone in the village . could do the work. Council decided• to send letters to various organi4tiorts in town such as the citizens "or the WPrne.n!5-.1xWitittP.-41 ask them if they'd be interested, in, re- searching the pamphlet. Council concurred with a resolution of the Township of Brock to defer the date of the implementation of the metric system and also concurred with the village of Madoe request that the Treasurer of Ontario and the Ministry of Finance offer lower interest rates BY DEBBIE RANNEY Morris Township council hired a dog catcher for the township when it met in regular council session on Monday. Greg Smith from Arteeka Canine Control in Mount Forest appeared before council to explain how he went about his patrols. He said the number of patrols are agreed upon, and he checks into the municipal office on each patrol. All dogs picked up are indentified at the municipal office. Any dog that is believed to be rabid or diseased Will be taken to the vet at the owner's expense. The dogs picked up will be taken to the pound for three days arid if the owner hasn't claimed the dog after that time it will be destroyed. OWners will be charged $5 per day for the dog's keeping and if a dog is not claimed the township will be charged $3 per day and $15 for disposal. After some discussion, council decided to publish the same dog control by-law that the Township of Howick has, with a few changes since Morris does not have dog tags. Morris • also decided to make an agreement with Mr. Smith to make patrols once a month in the township for a period of one year. The fee for this service is $30 per month and $20 for any additional calls. Council also discussed the appealing of the township's equalization factor after a letter frem the Ontario Muncipal Board (OMB) informed them it would cost them $25 to appeal. Council decided to hold a special meeting for further discussion before doing any More on the appeal. Applications for the position of Morris Township road superintendent were opened at the council meeting and council decided to set up 15 minute interviews with each of the nine applicants. to small businesses. In other business, council gave donations of $35 to the Belgrave, Blyth and Brussels School Fair Board, $10 to the Huron County Historical Society and $35 to the Blyth Centre for the Arts.. Councillor Betty Graber in, a report on recreation told council that recreation had had,a good year and ended up in the black and that, both Karen Hastings and Wayne Lowe had rejected raises in •pay. It was suggested that council send a letter to the people on the recreation committee telling them council appreciated their attitude toward their work and commending them on their excellent operation over the past year. Council heard that the village's 1980 levy for the 'Maitland Valley Conservation Authority was $1,536.05. Reeve Cal Krauter said he would. have a talk with the village roadmen after council- lors brought a number of complaints about the men to his attention. Snow closes local schools Snow squalls and high winds resulted in cancelled classes for area schools on Wednesday. • At Brussels • Public School, country children were sent home on early buses at about .1:15 p.m. while town students remained at the school until the regular dismissal time. This is the first time this year that students have had to be sent homy due to stormy weather. Buses departed from, Grey Central at two o'clock instead of the usual time of 3:15. Students from Walton Public also went home about 2 p.m. and Mrs. Colleen Carlson the secretary said the roads must have been really bad because it took the buses till about 3 o'clock to get home. At Belgrave, the visibility was so bad in the morning that buses were turned around and sent home as soon as they got to the school. Council decided to give a grant of $400 to the Federation of Agriculture and to send $100 to the Wingham and District Association for the Mentally Retarded. The Village of Blyth asked about any objections to a spot zoning by-law for a modular home subdivision which will' provide for 34 housing lots, a park and two future development blocks. The area will be rezoned to highway commercial in the village's secondary plan. Morris council had no objections. Council endorsed a resolution of the city of Barrie sent from City Hall in Toronto which supported the position of the Ontario Premier on Quebec's white paper. Members passed a by-law for the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority's (MVCA ' s) Peace Time Emergency By-Law which offers liability protection to council when it makes emergency decisions on such things as fires, floods or other kinds of disasters. In, other business, council accepted the tender of Pollard Bros. of $118.25 per ton for calcium for the roads subject to MTC approval. The tender .for land on the Dump Property was given to Bob Higgins for $200 for two years. Council appointed r) e puty - reeve Tom Miller to look after the updating of plaques which hang in the Township Hall adding the names of the road superinten- dents Morris has had and one in memory of the late Bill McArter. Council decided to advertise for gravel tenders for 25,000 yards of crushed gravel. Council also accepted the tile drain loan applications of William Shortreed of $17,250; Charlie Terpstra $7,000; Jerry Olechowski $10,500; Charles Shobbrook $10,200 and tabled one application until the next Meeting ESTABLISHED 1872 Brussels P 109th Year — ISsue No. 10 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5,"1980 BRUSSELS ONTAR 10 Morris after dogs