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The Citizen, 1989-10-25, Page 1VOL. 5 NO. 43 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1989. 50 CENTS downtown last Saturday morning. This Saturday it will be the turn of Blyth Beavers, Cubs and Scouts to hold their apple day. An apple a day... Like Adam, Stephen Oldfield and Robert Richards couldn’t resist the temptation of these shiny red apples. Both boys are members of the Brussels Cubs and were selling the apples Crop yields low again after dry summer Huron County farmers are facing another year of lower than normal crop yields, an official with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Break-in at Brussels Legion nets little The Brussels Legion has again been the scene of another break and enter, this time fortunately with little to show for the perpetrat­ ors’ efforts. According to Legion member Ross Bennett, the building was entered at approximately 3 a.m. on Tuesday, October 24. The guilty parties damaged several door and window locks, eventually gaining entry through the bar door. It is Food said Monday. Brian Hall, crop specialist with OMAF said yields for the three main fall crops of corn, soybeans believed that the setting off of the burglar system panicked the perp­ etrators and they fled before any further damage to the building was done or any thing had been stolen. Mr. Bennett stated that there are no suspects in the incident and Wingham OPP are investigating. It was just slightly over one year ago that two men broke into the Brussels Legion setting fire to it and absconding with a large amount of liquor and money. and white beans all appear to be below normal. The corn crop is still coming off the fields in this week’s warm dry weather but yields seem to vary widely, Mr. Hall said. Some farm­ ers are reporting yields that are pleasantly surprising with up to 120 bushels per acre while others are getting yields that are really disap­ pointing, he said. Often the yield seems to vary with the moisture available to the crop in the particu­ lar field and the past history of the field, he said. The dry weather of the summer has continued into the fall and has at least given farmers good condi­ tions for taking off their crops as well as planting winter wheat, Mr. Hall said. Corn coming off the fields seems to be low in moisture, running 24 to 28 per cent which means there will at least be some saving on drying costs. Yields in soybeans have also been off the average of most years although, again, yields have varied widely. There have been yields reported in the 40 bushels per acre range but a lot of yields are only in the 25-30 bushel range. Overall, Mr. Hall said, he felt the average yield will probably be in the 28 to 32 bushel per acre range, well off last year’s averages of 35 to 45 bushels per acre. White beans too are well off the usual average. Yields seem to be in the 12-13 bags per acre range. “There are not too many of the 18 Continued on page 19 Streets, drains Brussels topic The bread and butter issues of streets and drains generated the most discussion when about 40 ratepayers met their local govern­ ment officials at the annual rate­ payers meeting Wednesday night. Village councillors, headed by Councillor Greg Wilson chairman of the road committee were criticiz­ ed for doing both too much and too little. Sidewalks and which streets get them was a main target. After Councillor Wilson said the council usually figures on doing two blocks of sidewalk a year but this year is doing five, complaints from some residents about a sidewalk being replaced on John Street which had been torn out last year. The street now has sidewalks on both sides of the street. Councillor Wilson said the sidewalk had been taken out by the previous council but the pre­ sent councillors felt if a sidewalk is removed, it should be replaced. He noted that council is doing some late improvements to William Street because money was origin­ ally set aside for building a street to the industrial park but this can’t be done this year. The council wanted to make sure it used its road subsidy money for the year. The decision to postpone the industrial road was praised by Herb Stretton who said that it was foolish to spend the money until an industry really wanted to locate in the park. “1 think every council 1 can recall worked their heads off to get industry but something always seemed to fall through,’’ he said. He said he’d rather see the money used for residential streets until some firm interest was shown. But Joe Seili argued that cus­ tomers are already being lost for the park because of the lack of a proper street. He said he had seen two or three people look at the land “and go away laughing”. Councillor Wilson said the indus­ trial park was a dream of the previous council and one that those councillors had worked hard for and the present council felt their work should be supported. The road project will mean building or rebuilding (in some parts) about bOO to 800 feet of roadway. Jack McCutcheon felt before spending money fixing up streets and sidewalks council should be concerned with updating the drains underneath them. Along John • Street, he said, the same small drain is still in use although new houses, creating more run off, have been built. He said a new drain in the area is supposed to be on the Continued on page 12 Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday With the last Sunday in October approaching, Daylight Saving Time comes to an end officially at 2 a.m. Sunday morning. Setting the clocks back an hour will mean we can all catch up on the hour of sleep we lost last spring. The change will mean more light for getting up in the morning but will also mean darkness descends an hour earlier at night.