The Citizen, 1987-01-07, Page 1Inside
VOL 3. NO. 1
serving Brussels, Biytn, Auoura, Belgrave, ttnei,
Lon des bo rough, Walton and surrounding townships.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1987.40 CENTS.
Two Brussels teams brought home
tournament championships on the
weekend. See sports on pages 13,
14, 15.
Blyth baby the first in 1987. See
page 16.
Classified, see page 18.
Movies, see page 22.
Perfect winter weather and school holidays combined last week to mean a lot of fun for area youngsters.
Margaret Ann Stewart [top] and Pauline Stewart took full advantage of the conditions on a hill near Blyth
to have a great time. This week, unfortunately, it was back to school. -- photo by Lisa Boonstoppel.
Morris adopts by-law
Bob Szusz fills
Hullett seat
■. At a special meeting held
December30, Morris Township
Council gave first and second
readings to a new building by-law
for the township, after first
reviewing a draft of the proposed
by-law and making revisions. The
final draft will be forwarded to
township solicitor Alan Mill for his
comments before returning to
council for a third and final
reading.
In the meantime, council has
authorized clerk Nancy Michie to
advertise in local papers for chief
building official. The person hired
must be familiar with construction,
be able to relate to the public, and
be familiar with the area. Applica
tions for the position will close on
January 30, and will be presented
to council on February 3.
Wages and remunerations for
township employees were also
discussed, with a four per eent cost
of living and a three per cent
incentive increase approved for the
clerk-treasurer, bringing her sal-
aryto$23,000peryear, up from
$21,500. As well, council advised
the clerk to keep track of the hours
put in at extra council meetings,
above the two regular council
meetings per month, and to use
that extra time as extra holiday
time.
The wage for the Land Fill Site
Supervisor was raised from $7 per
hour to $7.25, while the Tile Drain
Inspector will now be paid $18 per
inspection, up from the previous
$16 per inspection.
Remuneration for members of
council was also increased across
the board, with the reeve to receive
$1,400 per annum, up from$l,310;
the deputy reeve to receive $1,200
per annum, up from $1,150; and
each councillor to get $1,150 per
annum, up from $1,100. Remuner-
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Bob Szusz of Londesboro has
been elected in Hullett Township,
defeating eight other candidates
for the council seat left vacant by
the resignation of Councillor Vic
Stackhouse late last year.
He was elected by a show of
hands at a special meeting of
council called for the purpose of
December 30, although it took five
votes before a clear winner emerg
ed from amongst the contenders,
according to Hullett clerk-treasur
er Harry Lear.
This is Mr. Szusz’s first venture
into the political arena, although
Weighty guess gains
southern vacation
Margaret Van Nes of Ethel was
the winner in the Brussels mer
chants’ Christmas draw by guess
ing the correct weight of the 32
participating business men who
had posed on the Brussels Agro
mart truck scale in early Decem
ber.
Both Mrs. Van Nes and John
Lowe of Brussels guessed the
correct weight dead-on at 5,830
Local basketball star
makes Ontario team
Christmas came one day early to
Ron Vercruyssen of RR 2, Blyth,
but last December 24th is a day the
18-year-old will neverforget: itwas
the day he learned he had been
chosen to play basketball for
Ontario, to compete in the Canada
WinterGames in Nova Scotia in
February.
For the six-foot ten-inch athlete,
the decision had been a long time
coming, but well worth the wait,
“it’s everyone's dream to become
a professional athlete,” he says,
indicating that this could be the
start of just such a career for him.
Currently playing for Seaforth
District High School, where he is a
Grade 13 student, Mr. Vercruys
sen was a member of the All-Ont-
ario Senior Boys’ Basketball
championship team last winter,
where he started tryouts for the
provincial team by attending a
regional camp in London early last
summer. He made the list of the top
40 juvenile players there, and was
then invited to the second level
tryout camp in Kingston last July,
earning the right to try out for the
top 12 players selected as the
Ontario team for the Canada
Winter Games.
The final decision came after a
he has assisted the Hullett Recrea
tion Board for a number of years as
a coach for hockey and baseball
teams. He is well known to sports
fans in the area, having served as
chairman of the Blyth Minor Ball
Association, president of the Blyth
Industrial Slo-Pitch League, and
captain of the Model T’s in the
Londesboro Men’s Bowling
League. As well, Mr. Szusz, his
wife, Marsha, and daughters
Kerrie, 11, and Jennifer, 8, are all
active ball players.
Born in Windsor, Mr. Szusz
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lbs., but the Ethel woman won the
tie-breaking draw conducted by
Brussels Clerk-treasurer Hugh
Hanly last week.
The next closest guess was
recorded at 5,829 and one half lbs.
Atpresstime, Mrs. VanNes had
not decided whether she would
take the all-expense paid trip to
Nashville or to Las Vegas, the
choices offered as the prize for her
correct guess.
RON VERCRUYSSEN
three-day camp at the University of
Waterloo on December 22-24,
where the last 13 youths were cut
from the team, leaving Mr.
Vercruyssen, one of 12 boys,
assured of a berth on the provincial
team.
Along with the chance to
compete against the nine other
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