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Gruesome fun
Area children could celebrate Halloween all week this year with a visit to the Haunted House
in Brussels at the corner of Mill and Turnberry Streets. The ambitious fundraiser for minor
hockey was the brain child of Charles Corbett, whose home display has been an attention
getter in the village for years. Here, Charles son, Chris, is on the cutting edge of this
Halloween prank, thanks to Jacquie Gowing and her son Nick. Corbett hopes to make the
event and annual one.
Morris withdraws
from Turnberry
Citizens patrol Halloween
The Brussels firefighters and town
employees will have some extra
help with mischief" makers this
Halloween.
Mary Stretton, co-ordinator of the
village’s Citizen on Patrol mobile
watch umt said that volunteers will
be out over the weekend and on
Halloween night (Sunday) and keep
ing their eyes out for any overly-
enthusiastic pranksters.
Firefighters have been on the job
for several years following difficul
ties on other Halloweens in the vil
lage. Their presence has been a
deterrent, said Clerk-Treasurer
Donna White, who anticipates few
problems this year.
In Blyth, a meeting is being held
Time has come to fall back
With the arrival of Halloween this
weekend also comes a return to
Eastern Standard Time.
Remember to tum your clocks
this week to gather opinions and
also to encourage people to volun
teer for this weekend. One team has
already booked in for one of the
nights.
back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday
morning and enjoy some extra sleep,
to be rested up for those little trick-
or-treaters who come calling.
By Janice Becker
Citizen staff
Amalgamation talks have turned a
new comer for the Morris-Tumberry
group.
In a letter to Blyth council and the
other participating municipalities in
the North Huron group, Morris stat
ed they had withdrawn from amal-
gamation/restructuring talks with
Tumberry Twp. and were requesting
permission to attend the next North
Huron meeting.
It was with surprise that Blyth
councillors reviewed the request at
the Oct. 19 session, asking if anyone
had seen this coming.
Blyth Reeve Mason Bailey said he
had spoken briefly to Morris Twp.
Reeve Bert Elliott earlier in the day
and had learned about the letter.
Bailey was told recent restructuring
meetings between Morris and
Tumberry had not gone well.
In a phone interview, Reeve Elliott
stated how difficult a decision this
had been for himself and the coun
cil.
“It was certainly not easy to do
and I hated doing it, but we had to
look at the future and what might
happen,” he said.
Discord developed between the
two municipalities on three issues,
he said. There was displeasure over
a letter sent by Tumberry Twp. to
the other three municipalities in
Team North Huron regarding a
water issue at Wescast Industries,
Tumberry’s dropping out of Team
North Huron and a disagreement
over the official plan.
The decision to withdraw from
restructuring talks was made Oct. 18
when Tumberry refused to attend a
meeting with Morris, said Reeve
Elliott. “We just felt it may be best
for the future.”
While Morns is no longer dis
Deer population at 7,000
OPP tell drivers to be alert
By Janice Becker
Citizen staff
The OPP are warning drivers to be
extra cautious if confronted.by pink
reddish glowing eyes on a dark rural
roadway, this fall.
With relatively mild winters for
the last decade, Ministry of Natural
resources biologist Mike Malhiot
says the deer population has contin
ued to grow to an estimated number
of 7,000 this year.
Motorists are being advised by the
OPP to keep a watchful eye over the
next two months for deer crossing
roadways at dusk or dawn, particu
larly where woodlots are near the
road’s edge, in swampy areas and in
cornfield where deer feed
There have been 118 deer/vehicle
collisions in the last nine months in
Huron County, said OPP Sr. Const.
Don Shropshall. Some of these colli
sions have taken place during the
day and evening hours.
Drivers are warned to slow down
when approaching these areas an
cussing amalgamation with
Tumberry, Reeve Elliott said no
final decisions have been made for
future groupings. “We are just look
ing at other possibilities.”
Brussels Reeve Ralph Watson
said, “It was very unfortunate they
changed their minds in mid-stream.
It is not fair to other groupings who
are trying to meet the deadline.”
Watson expressed concern that the
decision was being driven by an out
side force.
Early in restructuring discussions,
Brussels and Grey Twp. had invited
Morris to join them, but Morris
opted for the Tumberry pairing.
Blyth Clerk-Treasurer John
Stewart said he had spoken to East
Wawanosh Councillor Judith Gaunt
about the possibility of including
Morris in the North Huron amalga
mation. Gaunt, who has played a
major role in the writing of the
agreement for North Huron said
there would be no problem to
include Morris Twp. It would just
take a couple hours on her computer
to make adjustments.
Stewart said the agreement could
be rewritten relatively easily
because the plan is fairly basic.
Council passed a motion to allow
Morris to attend the Oct. 26 restruc
turing meeting of the North Huron
group.
Morris is awaiting affirmation
from East Wawanosh Twp. and
Wingham as well.
In other restructuring business,
Stewart told council that work had
been done to clarify the policing
issue of the North Huron agreement
as recommended by the Ministry of
Municipal Affair and Housing.
It was hoped the plan could be
finalized at the Oct. 26 group meet
ing so it could go before county
council Nov. 4.
watch for a string of animals
crossing the road. Many collisions
occur with the second or third deer.
In an effort to control the increas
ing deer popoulation, Malhiot says
the harvesting levels for the fall
hunts have increased over the years.
In recent years the harvest has
ranged between 1,200 and 1,400 ani
mals.
“We don't have winter kill effects
on deer,” he said.
The population is brought down
naturally through higher predation
rates by wolves and domestic dogs
and lower birth rates. The doe either
lose a fawn because of weakened
health of the doe or a single fawn is
bom rather than twins, he said.
The deer population also goes
through a cycle and it appears most
of this part of the continent is cur
rently experiencing higher numbers,
said Malhiot.
The dates for the gun hunt are set
for Nov. 1-6 and Nov. 29-Dec. 4.
Farmer/landowners are automatical-
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