The Citizen, 1993-04-28, Page 1The North Huron
itizen
Vol. 9 No.17
Wednesday, April 28, 1993
600 GST included
Heather Elliott (left) and Matthew Hill reuse old styrofoam
trays during Earth Day celebrations at Blyth Public School
on Thursday. Students from some classes in Grades 1-3 at
the school learned about the earth and how to take care of
it. Students also made paper from recycled newsprint and
mounted displays on the environment.
Blyth Festival hosts tourism event
Community
Huronlea residents
enjoying their
new surroundings
See page 6
News
Morris Township
appoints Paul Josling
as Building Inspector
See page 13
Review
Patsy Cline fans enjoy
a 'Closer Walk' at Arts Club
Theatre production in Blyth
See page 23
Few comments at
landfill meeting
This Thursday the Blyth Festival
will be hosting the fourth annual
Two area teens escaped serious
injury after the van they were in
went through a T-intersection at
County Road 25 and ended in a
Morris Township field.
A spokesperson from the Wing-
ham OPP said Allan Kling, 18, of
Egmondville and his passenger
Derek Gridzak, 17, of Seaforth
were northbound on Hullett
Custodians with the Huron Coun-
ty Board of Education have accept-
ed a two-year contract raising their
wages to 1.5 per cent end rate.
The agreement states the custodi-
ans will receive a 0 per cent
increase in January 1992, a one
percent increase in February 1993
and 1.5 per cent end rate increase in
Huron County Brochure Swap and
Tourism event from 2 to 10. David
Sideroad 36/37at 12:55 a.m. on
Saturday, April 24. The 1987 GMC
van went through a ditch before
coming to rest in a field about 12
metres north of County Road 25.
Both youths were taken by pri-
vate auto to Seaforth Hospital
where they were treated for minor
injuries, the spokesperson said.
Damage to the van was moder-
ate.
June 1993.
As well, there is a cost of living
clause in the agreement and
changes to the dental plan.
A tentative agreement has also
been reached with the occasional
teachers but no information on the
agreement has been released.
Peacock, director of marketing and
communications at the Festival
says, "Tourism is a significant
component of economic develop-
ment in the county. It represents an
influx of capital from visiting con-
sumers."
The theme for the day is "hands
on tourism" with the focus on
developing co-operative efforts in
tourism development. Several
impressive guest speakers are on
hand for the event. These include
Sandra Chabot, manager of the
South Western Ontario Travel
Assoc., Jim Reed, broadcast jour-
nalist and W-5 luminary, Lynda
Pinnington of Pinnington Training
and Development and Jamie Watt
of Thomas Watt Advertising, Lon-
don.
The formal agenda starts at 2:45
with Artistic Director Peter Smith's
opening address. Following this the
first annual Blyth Festival Tourism
Development Award will be pre-
sented to the 1993 recipients, the
Planning Department of Huron
County. This award will be an
annual event with the recipients
By Lisa Boonstoppel-Pot
What's more valuable: three
years of landfill space or approxi-
mately $150,000?
being chosen by the Festival and
the previous year's recipient.
MASON BAILEY
Real Estate broker Mason Bailey
wants to serve Blyth as a village
councillor.
He has submitted a letter to coun-
cil saying "Whereas it appears that
it may be necessary to appoint two
citizens to fill the present vacancies
on council, please accept this as my
application for the opportunity to
That's the question Hullett Twp.
ratepayers were asked Monday
night by the Blyth-Hullett Landfill
Site Committee as they consider a
proposal from Turnberry Twp. to
dump their waste in the site.
Unfortunately for the committee,
who held the meeting to hear what
the public wanted, there was no
decisive opinion from the poor
crowd of less than 15 people.
The committee is hoping for
more response from a similar meet-
ing to be held at the Blyth Festival
Art Gallery tonight (April 28) .
The issue arose when Turnberry's
dump became full and the township
was forced to truck their waste to a
private dump in St. Thomas. The
high cost of transporting the
garbage led Tumberry to proposi-
tion Blyth-Hullett for the use of
their dump.
Turnberry Reeve Brian McBur-
ney said his municipality is willing
to pay Blyth-Hullett the same
amount paid to the private dump,
an estimated $45-50,000 per year.
In return, Turnberry would save
money on transportation costs. Cur-
rently, they truck out an average of
a load per week at approximately
$200 per load.
If Blyth-Hullett accepts the
garbage, estimates reveal it would
reduce the estimated life of the
dump from 14 years to 11.4 years
or 12 years if a recycling program
is initiated in the two municipali-
ties.
This was based on the fact that
Turnberry will only be shipping its
domestic waste to Blyth-Hullett,
which was measured at 275 tonnes
in 1992.
Reeve Dave Lee said he believes
it's a good idea to accept the waste.
He hinges this stance on the pro-
posed opening of a county dump in
1987-88.
"The Hullett site is in no danger
of running out of capacity before
the county site is open," he said.
Even at 11 years, he believes,
Blyth-Hullett will still have plenty
of room to fill before they switch
over to using the county site to dis-
pose of their waste.
The other issue swaying Reeve
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serve in one of these positions."
However, he hopes the remaining
councillors will decide to have a
by-election, in which he will run.
"I believe they should have
another by-election but if they're
going to appoint someone, I want
to have my name in," he said.
Though there is no specific issue
in his agenda, Mr. Bailey says he
has a stake in this town and feels he
has a lot of experience that "could
be helpful." Mr. Bailey has been a
trustee on the Huron County Board
of Education and is currently a
member of the Clinton Credit
Union Board of Directors.
He admits he was disappointed in
the resignation of Robbie Lawrie
and Doug Scrimgeour but doesn't
"blame" them.
"It's not an easy job," he said,
though he guaranteed if he was a
councillor, he wouldn't quit.
Minor accident in Morris
Custodians, Bd. settle contract
M. Bailey seeks council seat