The Citizen, 1995-11-15, Page 161t + aw GST 65(4 Nov. 15, 1995 Vol. 11 No 45 Wednesday,
Tribute
The perpetual rain on Saturday drove everyone indoors for the annual Remembrance Day
service in Brussels this year. Organizers had obviously expected the worst, with the
weather, and had prepared an impressive tribute inside the Brusels Legion. Here, two
members of the Cadets wait solemnly as members of the Cadets, the Guiding and Scouting
movements, Legion and Ladies Auxilliary and the community honoured the people who
gave their lives for Canada, with a minute of silence.
Ethel couple
celebrates 60 years
of marriage
See page 6
Bulls general manager
resigns, Henry fills
interim spot
See page 10
Blyth reeve earns award
for giving his all
to agriculture
See page 15
Crash
claims
victims
An Ethel man and his son were
killed in a tragic car accident on
Sunday afternoon just south of
Mitchell.
A report from the Sebringville
OPP states that at approximately
5:45 p.m. a southbound vehicle
driven by Ken Harrison, 38, on
Hwy 23, five miles south of
Mitchell, left the road and struck a
tree.
Harrison, and his 13-year-old son
David, were pronounced dead at
the scene.
Injured in the collision were 10-
year-old Michael Harrison and 11-
year-old Krista Harrison, both of
London. Krista was taken to Chil-
dren's Hospital in London, while
Michael went to Stratford General.
Police say road and weather con-
ditions at the time of the collision
were good and not considered to
have been a contributing factor.
The accident is under investiga-
tion. An OPP technical traffic acci-
dent investigator from the Wing-
ham detachment has been called in
to assist.
Blyth
lights up
Friday
The Christmas season will be
turned on in Blyth Friday, Nov. 17
when the Blyth Business Associa-
tion lights up the main street with
Christmas decorations.
Christmas lights in village busi-
nesses and in the court-yard park at
Memorial-Hall will be lit at 6 p.m.
adding a touch of Christmas magic
to the village. To celebrate the
occasion retail businesses will offer
best buy Christmas specials from 6-
8 p.m.
At Memorial Hall the Business
Association is sponsoring a fun
time for children while their par-
ents shop. There will be a fun din-
ner with chili and rolls, hot dogs,
monster cookies and mulled cider.
A puppet show will be performed
by puppeteers Les and Jackie Cook,
who will also be doing face paint-
ing. Actor and director Duncan
McGregor will have story-telling
sessions. Lynda Lentz and Cheryl
Cronin will lead a Christmas sing-
song. There will be clowns and bal-
loons.
To remember the less fortunate
at Christmas, there will be a collec-
tion of canned goods for the United
Way.
The lighting up celebration is
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Principal
wants room
for students
By Janice Becker
"I'm doing this for the children. I
don't want us to give up."
Those sentiments were expressed
several times by Walton Public
School Principal Helen Crocker
when she met with close to a dozen
and a half parents and community
members on Monday evening to
discuss the possibility of the school
having a gym/all-purpose room.
It is very important the children
have daily_physical activity and it is
difficult for Walton to provide that
opportunity, particularly for the
older children, with the cramped
quarters now being used for the
gym, says Crocker.
The students are using a class-
room for physical education which
allows little room for 20 Grade 4
students to run around, and the low
ceiling prohibits involvement in
sports such as basketball, volleyball
and badminton.
Special events which include
invitations to parents, have been
held at the United Church because
of lack of space.
With education funding for capi-
tal projects probably frozen for the
next five years, Brussels, Grey
Twp. Huron County Board of Edu-
cation Trustee Don McDonald says
it is very doubtful the gym would
be constructed during that time.
The plan designed for the HCBE
is a 72 ft. by 50 ft. structure which
includes a stage, storage space, two
change rooms and kitchen facili-
ties, at a cost estimated any where
from $300,000 to $450,000.
"Are you saying the board sug-
gests spending $45,000 for each
student in the school?" questioned
Chris Lee.
Several people were concerned
about the high cost and discussed
alternatives to the 'cadillac' model
for the gym.
Some of the suggestions were:
community fundraising for a por-
tion of the cost, partnerships with
other agenicies and organizations to
cover most of the costs, a portable
gym such as used at St. Columban
before their addition was built, a
less expensive structure which
might more easily be considered by
the board and the use of local con-
tractors and co-op student workers
to help trim labour costs.
The most important aspect of the
issue is to keep Walton on the capi-
tal project list, says Crocker. If
something is to be done, it has to be
started now.
This is especially important now
because if amalgamation of the
school boards is approved, Huron
County and a small school like
Walton would have even less clout,
says former trustee Graeme Craig.
There were some concerns from
members of the Walton Hall board
because of discussions the addition
would be a multi-purpose room,
available for use by the community.
"We are struggling to keep the
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