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The Citizen, 1991-10-02, Page 1News Features Sports Entertainment Blyth Council on target to balance budget See page 16 Majestic WI helps with ag. education See page 17 Bulls get down to business after final cuts See page 12 New GM named at Blyth Festival See page 27 CitizenTheNorthHuron County to name possible landfill sites Thursday Smile of a Princess 1991 Huron County Dairy princess Morgan Murray receives her crown Friday night in Brussels from Tanya Boonstoppel of Auburn, 1990 Huron Dairy Princess. Ms Murray, R.R.5, Seaforth, was tops among three candidates. Others competing were Karen Bakker, R.R.3, Auburn and Shana Lee ten Hag, R.R.1, Auburn. Blyth Council not fired up by demand for no-burning by-law Blyth village councillors made it plain at their Sept. 24 meeting that a bylaw to prohibit open fires in the village is no burning issue for them. Councillors were responding to a letter and personal appearance from Maureen and John McClinchey of Ann Street who were complaining about smoke coming from fires that burned cardboard boxes at the G. L. Hubbard Rutabaga plant nearby. Mrs. McClinchey said that words didn't seem to be doing any good in getting people to stop burning and she felt it was time for a bylaw. She brought a copy of the Clinton anti- buming bylaw to show councillors. But one by one, councillors made it obvious that they weren't in favour of another bylaw to regulate activity in the village. Reeve Albert Wasson said some consideration had to be given to the other side of the argument as well. If burning were prohibited in the village, he said, the amount of garbage being trucked to the landfill site would increase. Some communities, he said, were encouraging people to bum limited amounts of their own garbage in order to reduce strain on landfill sites. The Reeve also argued that more pollution must be expected from industries than from residential zones. Councillor Dave Lee argued that there wasn't any sense passing a bylaw unless you had someone to enforce it. Mrs. McClinchey argued that with an anti-buming bylaw in place the fire chief could enforce it. Currently, she said, the fire chiefs hands are tied without a bylaw pro­ hibiting burning. Councillor Steven Sparling said Continued on page 16 Potential sites for a Huron Coun­ ty landfill site will be revealed Thursday when the Stage 2B Pre­ liminary Report of the Huron County Waste Management Master Plan will be issued to Huron Coun­ ty Council. While the report is being deliv­ ered to County Council Thursday morning, county staff will be hand­ delivering notification to the own­ ers of all candidate sites plus owners of neighbouring properties to those named in the report. The notification will include a summary explaining how properties were identified as being candidate sites as well as the effect the designation may have on the properties. A press conference will be held at noon in Goderich, during the lunch break of county council. While the Stage 2B report will identify potential sites, the selec­ tion of the final site won't take place until the Stage 3A of the report. By that time, more detailed analysis, including on-site inspec­ tions and digging of test pits and wells, will take place to see if the Nominations open Tuesday for municipal elections The nomination period for candi­ dates for the November municipal election begins on Tuesday, Octo­ ber 8. Candidates must collect at least 10 signatures from qualified electors, by October 11, in order to register. The nomination forms can be picked up from the returning offi­ cer, who is usually the town clerk. Only those candidates who have registered by returning the forms to 2000 chickens perish in Londesboro barn fire A stubborn fire in a Londesboro- area chicken bam claimed the lives of 2000 chickens Thursday night. Blyth and district Fire,Depart­ ment was called to the farm of Jerry Greydanus, just west of Lon­ desboro on Concession 10, Hullett at 8:45 Thursday evening. A fire was burning at the east end of the second floor of the two-floor poul­ try bam. Fire Chief Paul Josling said the difficulty for firemen was in getting to the fire which could be seen peeking through holes in the steel roofing but firemen were unable for New look for The Citizen The Citizen sports a new look this week as part of a new design for the newspaper. "The Citizen is entering its seventh year and we felt it was time for a fresher, brighter look," said Citizen publisher Keith Roulston. "We think the new, cleaner look will make the newspaper more pleasant to read." The Citizen will celebrate its sixth birthday with the Oct. 23 issue, exact­ ly the same dale that was on the first issue in 1985. The newspaper is owned by nearly 50 shareholders in Blyth and Brussels and surrounding area and is run by a board of directors. sites do indeed meet the criteria. In the Stage 3A report, the sites will be ranked according to which poses the fewest environmental difficul­ ties for a landfill site. A series of "kitchen table" meet­ ings will be held in the weeks ahead for groups in each of the potential sites. Formal public meet­ ings will be held in October. Under policies adopted by Huron County earlier, the county is com­ mitted to purchasing whole parcels of land at fair market value in whatever site is eventually chosen. The county may also provide relo­ cation costs and may rent back land it has purchased to the owners until it is actually needed. For those whose land is not directly effected but who may suf­ fer a loss of value due to the prox­ imity of the landfill site, the county will guarantee the property value at pre-landfill prices and make a com­ mitment so that the landowner can sell to the county if he can't get the value elsewhere. The county may then sell the property at a new value. the returning officer by the dead­ line date can be nominated for the election. The list of nominated and acclaimed candidates Will be posted on October 17, along with the times of the advance and regular polls and the last day for applications for proxy certificates. Election day is Tuesday, Novem­ ber 12, but the official outcome will not be announced until the 14th. some time to get directly to the flames. Firemen remained at the scene until 1 a.m. About 2000 birds on the upper floor were killed by the smoke and flames. The 2000 breeder flock on the lower floor was later shipped to be slaughtered. The Chief said he has yet to be able to determine the cause of the fire or establish an estimate of dam­ age. The roof for about 20-25 feet at the east end of the building was caved in and trusses damaged for another 35-40 feet were damaged, he said.