The Citizen, 1991-04-17, Page 1Harris in town
Tory leader speaks in Blyth
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NDP worries Elston
Can NDP run economy?
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TO Bound
Blyth play gets big
treatment in Toronto
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VOL. 7 NO. 15 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1991.60 CENTS
Faces tell tale for tiny taste tester
Alex Munnings of Clinton was one of many who started their
Sunday morning off at the Londesboro Lions Old Tyme
Country Breakfast but may have been one of the more
discerning taste testers. Our photographer managed to
capture some of the facial expressions behind the
judgements. ____
Hhhmmmm! That taste reminds me of something I’ve eaten
before.
Maybe Mom gave me too much.Wow! Maple syrup and pancakes sure beats mushed peas
from a jar.
Blyth diverts yrant for park improvements
Blyth Village Councillors voted
Thursday night to divert more of
the Village’s Pride money to the
Huron Pioneer Threshers Associa
tion for improvements to the fair
grounds.
Councillors had toured the park
with executive members of the
Threshers earlier in the day to see
the improvements planned by the
Threshers which will include more
landscaping, the installation of
more hydro and water services, the
construction of more benches for
the arena floor and a new stage.
The group already had $10,000 left
from its previous allocation under
Pride and council agreed to give
another $10,000 to be matched by
money donated by the Threshers.
Reeve Albert Wasson said that
diverting some of the grant to the
Threshers will mean the village
doesn't have to come up with the
matching funds for projects that
might have been undertaken. The
big difference would be in street
lighting. Under the Pride applica
tion, council had budgeted $50,000
for street lighting improvements.
The Reeve said he felt that amount
could be cut back and the village
could still get a lot done. “What
the Threshers want is good for the
community”, Reeve Wasson said.
“They’re not selfish.” A motion
was passed supporting the money
for the Threshers.
Clerk-treasurer Helen Grubb
said the money saved by the village
could go to needed repairs to the
bricks on the outside of the
municipal offices. She pointed out
that there is still a problem with
water getting in t».c back of the
building because the bricks are in
such bad shaDe. Other brickwork
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Blyth
ends year
with $45,000
surplus
The Village of Blyth ended 1990
with a surplus of $45,837, village
councillors learned at their April 11
meeting.
Paul Seebach of Vodden, Bender
and Seebach presented the year
end financial statement to council
that showed revenues at $561,313
up from the budgeted amount of
$493,706, mostly due to extra work
being done under the Pride pro
gram which brought more grants to
the village. The village also had
$10,000 more in interest revenue
than it had budgeted for.
On the expense side, the cost of
running council activities was well
above budget, totalling $24,083, up
from $18,156 in 1989 and $16,500 in
the budget. Administration costs
had been set at $31,500 but came in
at only $24,537 (costs of admini
stering the office are split between
village and Public Utilities Com
mission activities). Council also
had a surplus of funds because
$15,000 set aside for office renova
tions was unspent by the year end.
It cost the village nearly $3,000
less than it had budgeted for the
cost of its recreation committee
(mostly for the summer recreation
program), and nearly $5,000 less
than the budget, (and the 1989
total), for Memorial Hall, at
$12,133. Blyth’s contribution to the
Blyth and District Community Cen
tre Board was $17,804, exactly on
budget. The Community Centre
Board had an accumulated surplus
of $22,337 up from $18,900 a year
ago.
Council will investigate paying
off some of its debt on the sanitary
sewerage system operated by the
Ministry of the Environment
(MOE). The village has a surplus of
$102,000 in its sewerage account,
designed to pay for repairs and
necessary improvements to the
system. It owes $48,000 toward the
plant but interest payments will
mean the deficit in the yearly
operation fees owed to MOE will
increase each year in future years.
If Blyth was to pay off some of the
debt from its surplus, it would
lower interest costs.
“I’d like to see us to do whatever
we can to reduce the size of the
note,” Councillor Steven Sparling
said. Council will investigate farth
er.
Man found shot
in Dungannon
An autopsy was done Tuesday on
the body of a man found in a pickup
truck near Dungannon, Sunday, to
determine whether or not he was
the victim of foul play.
In a report in the London Free
Press, Goderich OPP Constable
John Marshall stated the answer
will come from forensic experts in
Toronto after they have completed
the autopsy on Ricky Royce God
frey, 32.
Marshall said police had hoped
to learn by Monday which way the
investigation was heading, but
were delayed by a backlog at the
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