The Citizen, 2001-10-24, Page 1For safety sake
The Walton Little School, as well as the Seaforth Children's
Co-operative hold glow sticks which will protect them on
Halloween. The sticks are also being sold as a fundraiser
for Cystic Fibrosis. The school will be selling the sticks,
which were purchased for them by Sun-North Systems in
Seaforth at $3. Pictured is the Monday class at Walton,
from left: Teacher Naomi Pelss, Alison Terpstra, Sean
Mitchell, Sarah Mitchell, Natalie Fear, Emily Mitchell,
Mackenzie McGavin, Kim Alcock, Teacher Shannon
McGavin, Teegan McGavin, Jason, Bernard. Absent is
Makayla Tyerman, Ellie Edwards. (Bonnie Gropp photo)
Brussels residents have few complaints
for Huron E. councillors at meeting
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Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County
Volume 17 No. 42
Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001 75 Cents (70c + 5c GST)
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Kids glow and
raise funds for
CF research
Across Canada, volunteers of the
Canadian Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation (CCFF) along with
CARSTAR Collision Centres will
sell ,FrightLitem glow sticks for
Halloween in support of cystic
fibrosis (CF) research.
Sun-North Systems in Seaforth
has purchased FrightLitesTM for each
child registered at the Seaforth
Children's Co-operative and the
Walton Little School. Their
contribution will help keep these
children safe this Halloween, as well
as provide funds for cystic fibrosis
research.
The FrightLitesTM campaign
promotes public awareness of cystic
fibrosis while raising funds to find a
cure or control for the disease.
FrightLitesTM worn over children's
'costumes to make them visible to
vehicles when trick-or-treating.
These six-inch sticks emit a 'glow'
which lasts for eight to 12 hours.
FrightLitesTM are non-toxic, non-
flammable, safe and come in six eye-
catching colours. The glow sticks,
which sell for $3, promote the safety
of school-aged trick-or-treaters.
Cystic fibrosis is one of the most
deadly inherited diseases affecting
Canadian children and young adults.
This fatal disorder attacks primarily
the lungs and the digestive system.
One in 25 Canadians carries the gene
responsible for cystic fibrosis.
CCFF is a world leader in the
fight against CF. Canadian
researchers discovered the gene in
1989, and scientists continue to
make dramatic progress in the
treatment of the disease. Forty-one
years ago, when CCFF was
established, babies born with CF
were not expected to live beyond
four years of age. Today, thanks to
the support of many generous
Canadians, the life expectancy of
Canadians with CF has increased to
just over 30 years of age.
FrightLitesTM are available at
several local retailers including
Sumthing Special, Province of
Ontario Savings Office, Stedman's,
the Winthrop General Store and the
Walton Little School. For more
information call 527-0924.
By David Blaney
Citizen staff
Brussels' ratepayers appear
relatively happy with the Town of
Huron East if the meeting held
Thursday, Oct. 18 is any indication.
The approximately 25 residents of
the village who appeared at the
meeting had few complaints for the
Mayor Lin Steffler, Councillors Joe
Seili, Greg Wilson and several of
their colleagues.
For the most part they appeared to
be satisfied with the answers to their
questions and happy with the
announcements that various
members of staff made. Public
Works Co-ordinator John Forrest
told those in attendance that two
employees would be in Brussels this
winter to remove snow from the
main street and the village
sidewalks. He also said leaf pickup
would be on Friday, Oct. 26 and that
if the pickup was not completed on
that day staff would be back to do
unfinished areas Oct. 27.
Forrest emphasized that he wanted
to know if things staff had
previously - done, before
amalgamation, were not being done
now, so he could re-instate them.
A resident of Elizabeth Street
complained about the noise caused
by large trucks left running all night
on the vacant land behind the inn
and hardware store. No solution to
the problem was found, partially
because the land is both public and
private. Eventually it was
determined that town -staff would
attempt to find out if other
municipalities had found a solution
that was fair to both residents and
truckers.
Wilson explained that the old
municipal building was being
examined with the idea of turning it
into an OPP sub-station. This would
increase the police presence in
Brussels as the officers. would be
doing their reports and paperwork in
the new office, thus spending more
time in the community. An audience
member suggested there was vacant
space in the medical building if the
renovations to the old building were
to prove too expensive.
The sale of the former Brussels
Hydro has now been formerly
completed and the funds have been
invested. The money is to be used
exclusively for the residents of
Brussels and it was suggested a
committee be set up to discuss what
should be done with the funds.
Seili said, "I have been doing
some number crunching and the
interest at four per cent would lay
down several sections of sidewalk
each year." He continued, "Right
now there are nine that are lawsuits
waiting to happen."
An audience member questioned
whether the money from this special
fund should be used to pay for things
that general tax revenues were
providing in other wards of Huron
East.
Gerry Wheeler asked if the council
could provide a list of the items that
were paid for from general tax
levies. He felt that the service clubs
could then direct their fundraising
towards things that the municipality
was not paying for in any of the
wards.
Wheeler also inquired if the
municipality would consider bulk
buying electrical power in light of
the "borderline criminal" methods
that some of the new hydro retailers
were using to sign people to long-
term contracts.
Steffler replied, "We sold to
Festival Hydro because we weren't
big enough to compete." It seemed
to be the consensus of most of the
councillors present that they did not
want to get into the hydro business.
There was general discussion of
Things should look a little brighter
a little earlier on Sunday morning.
It's that time of year once again
when we welcome back Eastern
Standard Time, which arrives at 2
the level of service and staffing in
various wards and at various
facilities. The mayor said that the
amalgamation of five areas with
different pay and benefit rates and
different levels of service had been a
challenge. The council and senior
staff are currently reviewing all
these areas to ensure that service is
appropriate across the municipality.
When, what an audience member
described as the "inevitable question
since Walkerton" concerning water
quality was asked the mayor was
able to assure all those present that
the Brussels' water system was in
good shape. Steffler said that the
Ministry of the Environment
recently issued orders for corrective
action at 79 municipal water plants
and none had been related to Huron
East's facilities.
At the end of the meeting the
mayor and councillors received a
round of applause after Wheeler
commended them on the job they
were doing.
a.m., Sunday, Oct. 28.
Remember to turn your clock ,
back before going to bed or
Saturday night and enjoy that extra
hour of sleep.
Time to fall back