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The Citizen, 1992-06-24, Page 1Sports_____■______News______■_____Feature_____J Entertainment Bulls announce Dream Team formation See page 7 After many years Brussels has rooms at the inn See page 9 Special 8 page Rutabaga Festival pull-out section See page 13 Hometown Boy opens at Blyth Festival See page 31 The North Huron itizen Vol. 8 No. 25 Wednesday, June 24, 1992 60 cents Couple pleads guilty to thefts A young man and woman who indulged in a petty theft spree in Blyth last January will be sen­ tenced Sept. 16 after pleading guilty in provincial court Wednes­ day to several charges of theft and possession of stolen goods. Stephanie Oakes, 18, formerly of Blyth and now of London and 23- year-old Rene Poels of Blyth were involved in a rash of thefts which occurred in the village last January. Ms Oakes, who had six charges dropped pled guilty to six other charges, while Mr. Poels, had five charges dropped and. pled guilty to five others. Both cases were heard together due to the overlap of the crimes. The first charge against Mr. Poels was in connection with a break-in at an unoccupied Blyth residence on Jan. 7. According to Mr. Nelligan, Mr. Poels entered the building, along with two other peo­ ple, then stole kitchen utensils, tup- perware and old coins. The total OPP find pot plot Ontario Provincial Police uncov­ ered an amount of marijuana during a theft investigation in East Wawanosh township on Friday, June 19. A police report states that during the investigation, officers came across a campsite where a number of marijuana plants and seedlings were found. One man was arrested at the scene, while the subsequent Hullett sets budget Hullett council passed a by-law setting the mill rate for the 1992 taxes at the meeting of June 16, reflecting the reassessment in the market value of property. Utilizing the broader assessment base the residential public mill rate has fallen from 19.120 to 14.796 for 1992. This means that ratepay­ ers paid $19.12 per $1,000 of assessment last year, but will only pay $14.80 per $1,000 this year. In 1991 Hullett taxes were need­ ed to raise a total of $1,404,239. Holiday hours We're taking a break! Deadlines for news and advertis­ ing will not change this week, despite the fact that both the Brus­ sels and Blyth Citizen offices will be closed, July 1 in honour of Canada Day. As the postal service will be tak­ ing the day off, too, the arrival of your copy of The Citizen will be delayed by one day. value was $80. On Jan. 17, Mr. Poels entered a car, which was parked at the Blyth arena, and took five cassette tapes, a screwdriver and keys, valued at $60. The following day cassettes valued at $130 together with $16 in change was stolen from another parked car in Blyth. Sometime between Jan. 23-25 more cassette tapes and expensive darts were taken again from a parked car. The value of the stolen goods was $250. The court was also told that between Jan. 13-22 Ms Oakes stole $4 from parked car. A pick-up truck parked on Mill St., also fell victim to the theft spree. This time nine beer cans and five cassettes were taken. The value was $50. Crown attorney Chris Nelligan told the court that on January 29, Wingham OPP executed a search warrant at an apartment located on Queen St., in Blyth, where they recovered $70 worth of the proper­ ty from the Jan. 7 break-in. Ms investigation resulted in the arrest of two others. Charged with culti­ vation of marijuana and remanded into custody are: Joseph Parks, 19, of Whitney; Paul Theander, 31, of Huron Park and Gary Kunkel, 39, of Centralia. The three will appear in Goderich court at 2 p.m. June 22 for a bail hearing. Approximately 700 seedlings were seized and the investigation is continuing. This year a total of $1,339, 239 needs to be raised by taxes in Hul­ lett. The township has budgeted $249,988 for the county, while the public elementary residential levy is $393,080 and the public sec­ ondary panel requires $316,634. The separate school residential elementary budget is $43,466 and the secondary separate school requirement is $37,703. A representative from the Ontario Municipal Recreation Association was present to recog­ nize the efforts of community vol­ unteers John Flynn and Allan Craig. John Gates, along with Deputy­ reeve Ron Gross presented the two with certificates honouring their contributions. The tender of Radford Construc­ tion for the work on Cone. 6/7, Lots 21-25 at a cost of $38,883.80, GST included was accepted. A by-law passed providing for a drainage works and for borrowing on the credit the amount of $39,000 to complete the project. As of Monday morning, Mr. Howson said that though there was no accurate estimate, the damage to com, soybeans and white beans had been considerable and any further Mr. Howson noted as well, that he had heard that the latest Kitch­ ener had ever been hit by frost in the past was June 11, while Wind­ sor's frost record is May 15. Oakes and Mr. Poels both lived in the apartment. Also found were most of the cas­ sette tapes, darts, screwdriver and the keys, Mr. Nelligan said. Tiny bubbles — Not! Grade one students at Brussels Public School took advantage of one of the few spring-like days we have had this year to participate in an outdoor French class. Madame Lindsay gave the students the chance to learn and play with a special bubble lesson. Here, Jonathan MacDougall gets 'deux tres grands' balloons. OPP investigate incident Wingham OPP are investigating an attempted abduction involving a 15-year-old girl, which occurred on the B-line in Tumberry township, June 16. According to a spokesperson from the police a man in an older model four-door light blue Ford Frost takes its toll on area bean crops As if farmers don’t have it tough enough, this week's record breaking weather has caused extensive dam­ age to local crops and in areas throughout the province. Bruce Howson, a crop consultant for Howson Mills, Blyth, said the widespread heavy frost that hit Huron last Sunday evening, also plagued crops as far south as Wind­ sor and up to the Bruce Peninsula. drove by the girl several times while she was riding her bike on the B-line. He then passed her and stopped in front. Police said, when the girl got up to the car, the man grabbed the back of her bike. The girl got away and ran to a nearby residence. frost would simply compound the situation. He did however, feel that there would still be time to replant the bean crops if necessary, though com would be "iffy". The heavy rainfalls Huron has experienced of late could possibly be a blessing in disguise for farm­ ers, Mr. Howson explained, as it has slowed the growth of the crops down, so they are not up as high as they should be. Police have no suspects though the girl did provide a detailed description. They are looking for a white male, about 35-years-old, weighing 200 pounds. He has short dark brown hair, is clean shaven and was wearing a black baseball hat with multi-colours.