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The Brussels Post, 1975-12-17, Page 1AN INTERESTING TOUR — Jim Thompson, manager of the new Brussels Ontario Housing Corporation apartments talks to some of the ladies who toured the new building at last week's open house. They are, left, Mrs. N. Hoover, Miss Beth Hoover and Mrs. Lila Gold. (Photo by Langlois) r EaliHm 4Brussels Post 104th Year - Isstie No. 61 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1975 BRUSSELS ONTARIO For sewers Those who don't need them Post goes to press early for Christmas The Christmas issue of the Brussels Post will 'be out to our readers early next week . Christmas greetings and last minute gift suggestions in next week's Post will be delivered on Monday, December 22, instead of Wednesday. Readers and advertisers are asked to help out by having their copy ready for us on Friday •morning, December 19. The deadline for classified advertising will be moved ahead to 4 pm. on Thursday, December 18. The Post New Years issue will also be out early. With the first issue of 1976 on January 7, the Post will be back on its regular production schedule. fl 11' ood Iton day ion- 1 es the e is ade The will ng. ter- eek Ind mu le? In B of E contest Turkheim defeats W. Shortreed most ,spokesman Herbert Turkheim, Zurich, will be chairman of the Huron County Board of Education for the- year 1976. Turkheim who was vice chairman for the past year, defeated present chairman Wilfred Shortreed in a two way ,vote at a special meeting of the board in Clinton Monday night. The new vice chairman will be Charles Thomas who represents the village of Brussels and the townships of Morris and Grey, the same area as Shortreed. The new chairman is complet- ing his third year as a school trustee for the villages of Zurich and HenSall and Township of Hay. He is the former publisher of the ZurichCitizens News and is Approximately 300 people expressed their interest in attend- ance at the Open House held at the Brussels Senior Citizens Apartments last ,Tuesday after- noon evening. Officials of Ontario Housing were present to provide in formation and also made application forms available. They ,Were John ylatz, area manager, and Jim Thompson, manager of the Brussels Senior Citizens units. Some applications were received arid the officials will be at the Senior Cititens apartments again this Wednesday to receive applications and confirm those already taken. ***** At least some residents of this pillage are not unconcerned, but YerY much disturbed, about cer- 141fi municipal projects. Two etoups are actively engaged in kfn'essing their concern over ,Matters of interest to property 7fiert. One group is voicing the oPpositi6n of Many residents to the proposed sewage system, not that they de not ,recognize the peed' for such a system, but against the high cost of the one. Imposedand are requesting currently production manager for that paper and the Exeter Independent News. In , gaining this post the vice chairMan, Mr. Thomas defeated Mrs. Molly Kunder of Seaforth who served this year as chairman of the education. committee. The education committee chairman for 1976 will be John Elliott who represents Blyth, Clinton, Hullett and McKillop. Taking over from Clarence MacDonald of Exeter as management committee chairman will be Ken Cooke of Clinton. The first meeting of the Huron Board of Education for 1976 will be held Monday, January 12 at 2 p.m., at the board offices in Clinton. vote on the issue. The flood plain committee, who find that the plan would have the pumping system and sewers on what the MVCA wants to call a flood plain, are now asking for clarification on what appears to be new policy on flood plain mapping. It is indeed good to find that we have residents who will fight fot what they believe yin even if their efforts may be driSucceSSful: ***** It is impossible fot an animal lover to undetstand how soiree people cannot tolerate them. It is even les understandable how anyone could have Such intense hatred that they would brutally kick a little dog almost to death, Such an incident was brought to Our Attention recently: A Small dog, on the owners' property, Wag not hit by a car ; but had apparently been kicked in the head knocking out teeth and 'seriously injuring the little eked, titre on the left side of the head. The dog was unconscious for a half hour and had to be pot under the care of a veterinary for brain damage WitS,stispeted. How could anytme be so senselessly cruel?? wil l pay The $3 million sewer project for Brussels will see people who already have adequate sewage disposal to solve pollution problem caused by those without proper septic systems. That's the feeling of Bill Wheeler who acted as spokesman •for the group who presented a petition signed by 309 ratepayers to Brussels council last week. Those who signed want a vote on sewers. There are all kinds of good weeping systems in town now and asking mnay residents to pay for sewers is "like asking them to dig another weeping system," Mr. Wheeler says. The- high bacterial counts cited at the recent OMB hearing which approved the sewer project are caused by a few people who "run sewage right to the storm drains," Mr. Wheeler says. $ome offenders are short of room to build a proper septic tank, but some hooked into storm sewers "because it was the easiest way out." The storm sewers run directly in the middle Maitland. Mr. Wheeler agreed that it's hard to believe that a plumber would hook waste pipes up to a storm sewer. "How did they get hooked in?" he askS.. Many of the drains on Main St. go into the Storm sewers, Mr. Wheeler believes. "None of the drainS in town are pollution free, but Main St. is the worst." He doesn't think 'sewage' should be running into the river but says there mtiSt be a less expensive *ay than sewers to clean things tip, The Sj cost of the sewers would be a "good part of the real estate value of the whole town and for $3 million you could get a mortgage on the rest of it. Land owners on Main St. where some of the worst problems are won't be paying nearly the frontage charge for sewers than the average householder with a good sized lot and a working septic system will have to pay, Mr. Wheeler . says. For a businessman with, for example, a 30 foot frontage paying for sewers would be the cheapest way for him to take care of his sewage." The people of Brussels weren't "awfully well informed all along" as the village council planned the sewers, Mr. Wheeler feels. "There wasn't much opportunity to Voice an opinion until they asked for letters of objection to the OMB," he said. Some say that the OMB- approval ' means the sewage project has gone too far to be reversed now and Mr. Wheeler says nothing has been heard from Brussels council on the petition yet. He thinks planning shouldn't have gotten so far along withont More public dismission. Everyone who signed the petition to the village council is riot against sewers, he points out, but all the 309 signers feel that a 'vote should be held.• Mr: Wheeler Says he owns three lots that may be scheduled for sewer hook up but they can't be sold for housing. They're in an arda zoned light industrial, and he doesn't feel that he should have to pay for sewers for these lots. There is a provision in provincially financed sewer projects for the municipality to say that they don't want sewers connected to certain unbuildable vacant lots. However,Mr. Wheeler wonders how a council decides what lots are unbuildable. There was a lot of talk at the recent OMB hearing in Brussels about the fact that the Maitland *isn't safe for swimming. Mr. Wheeler says that swimming still wouldn't be allowed in the river once treated effluent from the sewers flows into it. He also thinks that there should have been no swimming signs posted at the river by health authorities all along. "Did they just take for granted that everyone knew swimming wasn't safe?" he asks. vailaileataraamot Short Shots by Evelyn Kennedy