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The Citizen, 1988-02-03, Page 1Inside VOL. 4 NO. 5 Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1988.45 CENTS Local reaction to abortion decision Page 5 Brussels Crusaders win 2 big games Page 16 Cattle prices higher at Brussels Stockyards Page 15 Classified ads Page 20 Entertainment news Page 23 Now this is the kind of Olympics most of us are ready for in February, one where you can lie down to play. Jodee Medd concentrates on making a move in the Board Game Olympics held Thursday at Blyth Public School. With the warm weather last week It was about the only kind of winter Olympic sport that could be undertaken anyway. Brussels cracks down on dogs 10 injured in area accidents, 2 critical The days of running free for several Brussels dogs may be over bythetimethis story appears in print if Brussels councillors have their way. Council received a complaint at its meeting Monday night about one dog running at large tearing open garbage containers etc., and soon, by comparing notes, Coun­ cillors added a large number of other dogs that are not being kept under control as they are supposed to be. Town works employee Don Crawford said there are a whole lot of dogs runningfree in the early morning hours. Reeve Gordon Workman won­ dered what the dog catcher hired by the town had been doing lately. He said he could n’t understand how, if councillors had witnessed dogs running at large and could identify them, the dog catcher couldn’t go and round up the dogs from the careless owners. Council finally agreed to notify the dog catcher and ask him to arrive in the village in early morning to catch some of the dogs let loose at that time of the morning. “If he does come down and picks uptwoor three or four dogs we have it made because that will solve the problem,’’ the Reeve said, saying the word would quickly spread that having dogs running at large doesn’t pay. There is a fine of $25 per day per dog for dogs impounded. Council also agreed to crack­ down on old cars sitting in residential yards after receiving a complaint from one neighbour tiredof the wrecks in a nearby yard. It was noted the zoning by-law allows two operable vehicles in a residential yard and no vehicles at all that are n’t lice used unless they are in a garage. Letter will be delivered to about a half dozen property owners and tenants warn­ ing them to have yards cleaned up by March 1 and pointing out that under the bylaw fines of up to $2,000 can be levied against those who have junk cars sitting around. A Jamestown-area man and a Listowel man were both in critical condition Monday morning follow­ ing a head-on collision just west of Listowel late Friday evening, while eight other persons received vary­ ing degrees of injury as the result of three other motor vehicle accidents over the weekend. A spokesman for Victoria Hospi­ tal in London said that Brian J. Armstrong of RR 2, Bluevale was listed in critical condition Monday, while Danny A. Stacey of Listowel, and formerly of Wingham, was listed in critical condition in St. Mary’s General Hospital in Kitch­ ener. According to an Ontario Provin­ cial Police spokesman at the Listowel detachment, the two drivers met head-on one mile west of Listowel on Highway 86 at about 10:30 p.m. on January 29. Police Huron-Bruce NDP divided on abortion Calling the recent supreme court decision striking down the law on abortion “an issue that won’t go away” Tony McQuail president of the new Huron-Bruce Democratic Party riding association told mem­ bers Saturday in Lucknow that abortion is going to be a challeng­ ing issue in the next election. While official NDP policy is pro-choice it was obvious at the meeting, attended by about two dozen party supporters, that there are divided feelings in the local association. Heather Klopp of Zurich, earlier elected a “member at large’’ of the riding executive, brought up the abortion topic reluctantly during a discussion of probable issues in the election expected some time this year. She Morris looks toward development of flood plain Les Tervit, general manager of Special Policy Area under the the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority, attended the Morris Township council meeting on January 26 to discuss the establish­ ment of a Special Policy Area in the extreme northwestern part of the township, the Maitland River floodplain at the junction of Highways 4 and 86. Aftera lengthy discussion on the matter, council passed a motion requesting that the MVCA investi­ gate the possibility of establishing such an area, and agreeing to pay 15 percent of the costs of the study. Townshipclerk-treasurer Nancy Michie said that no development is currently being considered in the privately-owned acreage, but ex­ plained that the establishment of a say the accident is still under investigation and that charges are pending. Mr. Stacey and Mr. Armstrong, along with five passengers in the Armstrong vehicle, were taken to Listowel Memorial Hospital by ambulance, while the two men were transferred to city hospitals immediately. Mrs. Armstrong (Elaine) was listed in satisfactory condition at the Listowel Hospital on Monday, while the family’s four children, David. 10, Christopher, 8, Ri­ chard. 6, and Laura, seven months, had all been released. In another accident at 2:20 p.m. on Saturday, January 30, Kevin Johnston, 24, also of RR 2, Bluevale, was also injured in a single vhicle accident on Conces- Continued on page 24 called the party schizophrenic on the issue because although the party is Pro-choice, “I don’t believe in abortion.” She said she was worried by the supreme court decision. In preparing a riding policy she said, “the only thing we should be doing is to assure people we would be doing the best we can to minimize the number of abor­ tions. “ Larry Proulx, RR 1, Ethel called the decision “a bombshell” for all the parties. Although the percep­ tion is that the party supports abortion “at least one third of the NDPis not pro-abortion.” He said he would be upset as a taxpayer to findhistaxesweregoingtohelp Continued on page 11 township’s secondary plan and the Huron County official plan is a lengthy process, and should be started now with an eye to future development. Under both development plans, special consideration must be given to areas subject to flooding prior to any development taking place. A meeting between the township and Wayne Caldwell of the Huron County Planning De­ partment has been set up for February 11 to discuss the matter further. At the same meeting, township councillors will also discuss com­ munity improvement funding un­ confirmed on page 24