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Looking Backward
ONE YEAR AGO
AUGUST 1,1990
Citing personal reasons Ken
Brown resigned his position as
councillor for the village of Blyth.
The Walton Tea Room was cho
sen as a temporary site for the new
retail postal outlet, following the
closing of the hamlet's present Post
Office, in Humphrie's General
Store.
Rev. Paul Ross assumed the pas
toral charges of Londesboro and
Aubum United Churches.
Chris Lee and his son Brett took
third and fourth in their respective
divisions at a Moto Cross competi
tion in Williamsford.
About 30 people attended a tri
bunal hearing al the Brussels
Legion to discuss the proposal of
Art Crossman to establish an enter
tainment lounge in the village. A
petition with 139 names, opposing
the idea was presented.
Three local youngsters, Erin
Roulston, Ben Thomson and Mari-
dale Bromley, were part of the cast
of Blyth Festival’s Firefly, a story,
written by Carol Sinclair, about the
coming of the telephone to a small
Canadian town.
THREE YEARS AGO
JULY 27,1988
Brussels got two new village
councillors, filling a vacancies left
by the resignations of Betty Graber
and Neil McDonald. Gertie
Kellington was appointed to fill
Mrs. Graber's spot on council while
Bruce Hahn was selected as Mr.
McDonald’s replacement.
Blyth Festival kicked off a cam
paign to raise money for a $1.8 mil
lion expansion of the theatre
facilities.
Construction began on the new
Blyth Veterinary Clinic at the south
edge of the village.
Blyth Legion wins Lucknow
slowpitch tournament.
A marathon session of Morris
council, held for a total of six and a
half hours over two days passed a
12 percent increase for ratepayers.
It took three years of tinkering
but George Michie could laugh as
he passed gas stations in his electri
cally-powered Chevette.
FIVE YEARS AGO
JULY 30,1986
McGavins celebrated 50 years in
business, at a special commemora
tive dinner held in Brussels.
Sheilla and James Wallace from
Toronto were the new owners at
Blithe Spirit Tea Room.
Lilly, Alta, opened at Blyth Festi
val.
The Kids' Klub Krusade at Huron
Chapel in Aubum was very suc
cessful, with 92 children attending
on a single day.
Off for a spin
Const. John Marshall looks like he's ready to go off for a
spin on Pauline Blok's bicycle during a bicycle rodeo held
Wednesday as part of the Blyth summer recreation
program. Actually, he was just checking to see if the front
wheel wobbled.
200 delegates attend
windbreak symposium
A week long, inlcmational con
ference brought almost 200 dele
gates from more than 30 countries
to Ridgctown College, Ridgetown,
Ontario, Canada for the third Inter
national Windbreaks and Agro
forestry Symposium, held June 2-7.
The symposium was organized to
continue the international exchange
of ideas which began in 1986 with
the fist symposium held in Lincoln,
Nebraska. A second symposium
look place last year in Harbin,
China. The theme of this year’s
symposium - Trees and Sustainable
Development - focused on the vari
ous uses of protective windbarriers
and the environmental aspects of
forestry.
The symposium offered delegates
opportunities to exchange informa
tion and ideas through keynote
addresses, short lectures, electronic
poster presentations, displays, trade
show exhibits and field tours. Sci
entists and agricultural workers
from around the world exchanged
ideas and presented scientific
papers about agroforestry and vari
ous types of windbreaks.
Windbreaks are barriers to the
prevailing winds, and are construct
ed of rows of trees or shrubs,
woodlols or standing crops, which
help prevent soil erosion and loss
of crop quality.
“The windbreaks modify air cur
rents, by redirecting and breaking
the velocity of strong winds,”
explains agroforestry scientist
Chris Nanni, of Ridgetown Col
lege.
“In southwestern Ontario where
wind erosion and crop damage is a
serious problem, windbreaks are
being used increasingly,” says Mr.
Nanni. “Even though we've only
been using them in this province
for the last 10 to 15 years, we're
starting to set the trend for wind
break use because of the high-value
crops we produce and our ability to
grow trees a lol faster than they are
able to in the prairies or the plains
regions of the United Stales.”
“Both windbreaks and agro
forestry were addressed during this
conference,” says Sherman Finch
of Lincoln, Nebraska, co-chairman
of the symposium. “By increasing
our exchange of ideas and co-oper
ation on an international level, we
can have a positive influence on
future conservation activities,” he
says.
“Deforestation is not only a crisis
in far distant lands and it is not
something that is happening ‘way
over there’” says Dr. Charles Bald
win, Soil Scientist and currently
head of the Continuing Education
section al Ridgctown College, and
symposium co-chairman.
“Each of us should look at what
we can do locally as well as inter
nationally,” he says.
The next symposium is planned
to be held in Denmark and France
in 1993.
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