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The Citizen, 1988-05-03, Page 1The House opens Blyth gets 2 new clothing stores See page 26 Frustrated leaders 4-H leaders upset over lack of OMAF help See page 5 I Going, Hospii ; going! Hospital holds auction See page 17 Riddell won't shop Sundays - supports bill While Jack Riddell, M.P.P. for Huron will not personally shop on Sundays he still supports changes to Sunday shopping legislation, he said Friday. Mr. Riddell was responding to a press release circulated by the Progressive Conservative party which claimed Mr. Riddell was among 33 per cent of the Liberal caucus that was opposed to Sunday Shopping. The press release called on Huron residents to pressure Mr. Riddell to vote against the govern­ ment’s new Sunday shopping legislation by "reminding him who voted him into Queen's Park and who can vote him out." Mr. Riddell, however, suggest­ ed the press release was mislead­ ing. "Never once was I contacted by the Opposition about Sun day shopping." he said in a telephone interview. The Conservatives did call his Exeter constituency office and ask how Mr. Riddell stood on the issue and Ruth Stover, his office assistant, said she couldn’t comment but did mention a recent television interview in which Mr. Riddell said he would not person­ ally shop on Sunday. Mr. Riddell said Friday that he does support the legislation, claim­ ing it is not very different from the legislation that is currently in effect except that it is enforceable unlike the old bill which was being ignored in some areas of the province. Communities will be able to go along with the provincial legisla­ tions that calls for Sunday to be a day of rest or can opt out, allowing stores to be open, he said. Those who don’t want to open their towns on Sundays will not have to take action, but simply go along with the legislation. There is no tourism exemption under the new legislation so communities like Grand Bend, Bayfield and Blyth which now have many stores open to cater to tourists will have to pass by-laws allowing the stores to remain open. Mr. Riddell said he has been getting ‘‘a few letters” from people saying they want Sunday kept a day of pause and a lot of retail shop owners have been saying they Continued on page 25 Blyth reeve injured in car crash Reeve Albert A. Wasson of Blyth is sporting a new ankle-length plaster cast, the result of a car accident at the junction of High­ ways 4 and 86 on Friday afternoon. Reeve Wasson suffered a severe dislocation of his big toe when a southbou nd car driven by Lloyd Reaman of Brussels cut across his path in attempting to make a left-hand turn onto Highway 86, and was struck by Reeve Wasson, whowas northbound on Highway 4 at the time. NeitherMr. Reaman, hiswife Sarah, nor his four-month-old son Joshuawereinjured in the acci­ dent. Wingham OPP said that Mr. Reaman has been charged with making an improper turn. Damage to the 1985 Pontiac Mr. Wasson was driving was estimated at $3,000, while police gave the damage to the Reaman car as "moderate.” The accident occured at 3:30 p.m. VOL. 4 NO. 18 WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1988. 45 CENTS Drum Major Tom MacFarlane, left, leads the Brussels Legion Pipe Band through the streets of the village on Sunday as an honorary guard for members of the Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary Zone C-l convention, an event which was last held in Brussels in 1976. Members of 12 Zone Auxiliaries took part, as did honorary guests Huron-Bruce MP Murray Cardiff, Brussels Reeve J. Gordon Workman, Legion Padre Charles Carpentier, and Legion Zone Commander and Deputy Zone Commander Steve Maguire and John MacDonald. BMG groups must pay more council says There must be a change in budgeting for Brussels, Morris and Grey recreation activities so that the recreation committee isn’t so dependent on donations from groups like the catering group, Brussels council was told Monday night. Councillor Betty Graber, coun­ cil’s representative on the recrea­ tion committee, reported on a meeting she and Reeve Gordon Workman and Clerk-treasurer Hugh Hanly had with Morris and Grey townships to discuss pro­ blems in the recreation agreement. At the meeting it was pointed out that the current recreation agree­ ment includes $25,000 a year from donations from groups. By putting the figure in the budget that way it looks like the groups are expected to donate that much each year, she said. Reeve Workman agreed that it was putting a heavy burden on the service groups and things had to change. Councillor Graber said Brussels has been one of the luckier communities in the past with groups giving so much money to help keep the community centre in the black. Other communities haven’t been so fortunate. Reeve Workman said it was time the groups using the facility picked up a fairer share of the load of operating the arena. ‘‘They’ll squawk,” he said but it was time they learned the freebees are over. Theother groups will have to go out andraisemoneytohelptakethe burden off the groups like the catering group who have been doing so much, he said. A meeting of all groups is to be called in future to discuss the problem. 1 he municipalities also discuss­ ed setting up a formula as to how any deficit should be split. Cur­ rently the joint recreation agree­ mentcalls for so many dollars from each community each year but there is no provision for covering a deficit on top of that contribution. Councillor Ruth Sauve suggest­ ed it was too early to look for such a formula at present. A new survey of the home addresses of users of all Brussels recreation facilities is to be done this year and once those figures are available it would be the time to decide how costs should be split, she said.