The Huron Expositor, 1978-06-22, Page 1FIRST PRIZE BABY Colin Lee, 10 Months 'sat
with his grandpa, Ken McLean after he wan first
prize in the older class at the Hensall Spring Fair
baby show Thesday night. Colin is the Son of Ray and
Gwen bevereaux, R.P.4, Seaforth. (Expositor Photo)
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t plq:npirt.g. board
Reditor, industry debate
First phase in what. is planned
as a complete rend' at ion of the
half century old Sea forth Lions
Park and the park facilities,
emending. our several years. is
under w a) at the park,
The first phase includes in-
stallation of a new chlorinator
system to sees ice the popl /a new
cloct rival control centre and
facilities with which to heat the
pool so that its use may , be
est imded t hrtmi0out t he suinmer
season despit e tem perature
(h•ops. A small structure is being
cryeted at the south west corni'r
of the tmol to house the facilities.
Necessity for improved
Morin:nor capacity has •treen
pressed rat, yveral years hy
health unit officials who have
pointed nut that thi• exist;rfa
"We ordered ahead," he said.
The I.G.A. also deals with quite
a few local packers ltd aTOC-al
installation no longer reflected Packer, Bruce Packers in Paisley.
•
Inside this week
the litlt011 eXPOSitar.
Huron Road Opens Up P.10
St. Columban P'.13
Wild Plants P.17
Hensall Spring Fair P.24
supplied then with most of
t local Lions Park '
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119th Year 8EAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY; JUNE 22, 1.978 — 24 PAGES
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Amateur athletics 'are
expensive. Darned expensive.
Parents of yetingsters who have
eXcelle,c1 in amateur sport know
thatand scr do their relatives and
'friends. But 'til recently the
general public hasn't twigg,,d to
the fact that developing a child's
excellence in one particular sport •
often means great financial
sacrifice for the athlete's parents.
'Concerned at the lack of
recognition and financial help
currently available for individual
----athletes-frorn-Seaforth who -excel' ,
the local Optimist Club has
launched a trust fund.
Called the Seaforth Optimist'
Athletic Trust Fund, its proceeds
will ""ttelp"""defray expenses for
individual amateurs from
Seaforth and area who "excell,in
sports beyond the local competi-
tions level."
The fund has been kicked off
with a $500 donation from the
Optimists. Now they plan.. to
approach local merchants and
have collection boxes set up in
Seaforth stores. "
-Optimists Ken- Cardno • tal
David Reid are the first members
of a governing board which will
administer the fund. It will help
pay for things like coaching and
ice time, travel and equipment.
"National and international
competition costs are out of this
world"; Mr. Cardno commented.
He noted that Mitchell collected
over $3,000. from local people for
its world class figure skaters, the
Baier sisters.
Money in the trust fund will be • c,
invested in a saimgs account, the
Optimists plan. Local people are
invited to get involved, by using
the collection-boxes-or -conta-cting
Mr. Cardno if they have any
suggestons.
WE. DID IT — Pleased as punch with their graduation diplomaS,.
handed out at a pot luck ,supper Monday night, the students of
Seaforth Co-Operative Nursery School, pose on the front steps of the
Legion with their: teacher, "Joanne'Grootbuis. bored, delighted and
bemused are, front left, Judy• Horne, Cherie °Montgomery, Kevin
• .McLiwain,. Mark Smale, Andrea Ribey, Johanria.Carlson, Andrea
Moore; next row - Shawn Little, Shane Taylor, Sara Teall, Brent Van
den Akker, Andrew kennedy, Karen Coleman; next row - Laura
PleWh, Kevin Cardno, Lisa Henderson, Danny McNaughton, Kate
"Dapple, Melissa Whitmore, Holly Reeves, teacher Joanne
Groothuis, Adim Davies, Boe- Alkemade , Tim 'B'rown, Michael
Racho and Beth Palin. Missing was Jeff Weber . (Expositor Photo)
eat packing strike.
pork.....fghtle.(t
wor s e than :stores
"surely there's no one here who
would . vote to have a chick
,hatchery• in town." Under the
present bylaw, a chick hatchery is•
one of the light industries' allowed
in the Crombie• Street area.
Mr. Hart said if someone were.
looking for an industrial site inthe
'town, then 'he. would be more
likely to contact . the town of
Seaforifiraiher than homeowners
on Crombie Street.
Mr. Hart said the town recently'''.
sold two acres on Birch Street for
only $4,000 which if the land were
divided into building lots.,• would'
.average $400 a lot.
Following Mr. Hart's brief, Jim
Cunningham, general manager of
Tepnotch Feeds Ltd. located on
the north side of Crombie Street .
also presented a brief.
He said tinder the present '
designation, Topnotch is limited
in the manner in which it can
expand?
.1-1esaid, five years•agO, when a
car drove ,through the indow of.
the 'Topnotch store, the industry
„received permission to expand
the retail outlet, even, though it
was a• non-conforming use.'
However, Topnotch Feed Ltd.'s
application to expand' their
research laboratory 'at the same
time was turned down by council.
Essential
Mr: Cunningham said trucking?
is —essential to our industry" and
for this reason his company didn't
feel the area was conducive to a
_general residential zoning.
The general nranager said hes
would suggest the planning board
recommend amending the clause
allowing the erection of a chicken
hatchery.
Mr. Cunningham added. if the
zoning were changed. 'his
company Votild lirefer to see the
area zoned highway commercial.
He• said heavy truck traffic
wouldn't:be a problem under that
designation. Mr. Cunningham
added if the ,zoning for the area
was to be. changed. then it should
be changed to ar us6 for which
there is a demand in Seaforth,
Mr. Cunningham said there
isn'tpresently a need for
additional residential land in the
town. He added he would prefer
to seethe zoning bylaw remain
unchanged, since it provided a
buffer zone between the heavy
industrial and the residential
area,
He , pointed out while the
average residential taxpayer pays
$355 annually to the town in
taxes, Topnotch Feeds Ltd. paid
$12,922 in taxes last year.
H'e Concluded, "ff the people
on the south side of George
Street don't want to live next to
by. Alice Gibb •
The debate on re-zoning. the
north of Crombie Street between
Vietdria Street. and the' easterly
end of .Crombie 'Street continued
at a public information meeting
held on Monday night':
The land is presently
designated light industrial under „
the town's official plan, a
designation which was originally
approved to provide a buffer zone
between the land zoned for heavy
industry and the part- ,of town
zoned for general residential use.
The re-zoning applicaton had
been referred to the planning
board for recommendation and
members of the board Were
expected to make -their recom-
mendation to • council following
the public meeting.
Larry Pillon, vice-chairman of
the planning board, read two
petitions requesting the re-'zoning
to general residential Uses from
ratepayers in the Crombie Street
area.
The first petition, signed by' 15.
Crombie Street residents, said
petitioners fell they don't enjoy
the sanie privileges --as other
residential taxpayers in Seaforth
since they can't rebuilt on their.
property should their homes be
destroyed in a fire, and light
industries such as a chicken •
hatchery, a bakery or e dairy could
be established nextdoOr to them.
Second
The second .petition, containing
10 • signatures, was signed . by
residents of the south side of
George Street' who argued they
were assessed and taxed. .the
sanie as ratepayers in strictly
residential areas of Seaforth but
faced The risk of a light industry
moving into the area. -
Mr. Dillon said when -bylaw 794'
passed in. 1968, designating the
area on Croinbie Street for light ,
industrial uses, there were • no
dissenting voices, •
Bill Hart, .a local realtor, who.,
presented a brief on, behalf of the.
Crombie Street residents, .said
residents were requesting a
change in the zoning regulations
so they would get fair value for
their _tax Money.
He said the area had •never
been anything but residential in
nature and questioned whether', a
citikett could rebuild his !tonic in an
area zoned for light industry' the'
home were destroyed by tire:
Full Title
He said, "Tile greatest craving
of any citizen is to have fullfitle to.
his 'or her property."
•Mc. Hart also raised 'the point
light industry, why would anyone
want to live next to heavy
industry?"'
Mr. Cunningham said' he. was
convinced -the buffer zone , idea
was well-.conceived and pointed
out a Topnotch mill, in Stratford
was forced to close . after a
w 'residential subdivision , as built
'around the mill.
Can't Afford
Mr. Cunningham said his
'company 'couldn't afford to put in
the necessary dust-control equip-
ment demanded by the area ,
residents,. so Topnotch had to
close its operation, leaving five
men joblesS.
Mr. Cunningham said, "They
(the residents) knew our mill was
there but they bought it (the.
property) and then complained."
In the discussion following
presentation of the briefs, Mr.
Dillon said homeowners in an
area zoned light • industrial' can
rebuild if their homes are
destroyed:
He said the homeowner would
apply to the confrnittee of adjust-
ment for permission to erect a•
building which is of • a non-
conforming use.
the committee recommends
that council turn down the
re-zoning application, then the
homeowner has the option of
taking the matter to the Ontario
Municipal Board.
Roman Dzus, Huron County
planner, said it's only in rare
circumstances that rebuilding of a
non-conformin
Mayor Betty Cardno said good
planning recommends the
inclusion of a buffer zone between
•
residential and heavy indUstrial
areas. She said, when a public
meeting was originally Called'on
the..town!s official plan, only three
or four objections to zoning Were
received. .
One 9f the objections resulted
in a zoning adjusin‘ent being
made on Railway Street.
Mr. 'Hart asked the, planning
board if he were to apply to build
a chicken hatchery on Crombie
Street, "can you deny me a
permit?" •
Under, the present zoning
bylaw, board members admitted
they could not turn down'such an
applie'ation. . . ••
Mr. Dillon added the clause
regarding a chicken hatchery was
originally added in the bylaw "to
Make another industry in the
town conforming:"
Mayor Cardno said while the
present landowner might not
object to Topnotch Feeds Ltd.
,being located on Crombie Street.
future landowners in the area
might. •
She said the situation looked
like an "Irish fight."
Frank Phillips repeated he
wanted it made clear that the
zoning question "is not a fight
between ithc residents and
Topnotch."
The tilanning board are
'expected to make their recom-
mendation about the zoning
bylaw at. the next meeting of
council.
Gordon 'Rimmer chairman of
the planning board, and a
Topnotch employee, disqualified
himself from voting • on the
rezoning application.
'By Debbie Ranney.
The meat packing strike by
Canadian ' Food ' and Allied
Workers will have some effects on
Seaforth and area'stores, but only
minor ones. ,
About 2,000 workers from fiVe
Swift plants 'went Op strike
MOnday for better wages and
pensions. -Current wages vary
"from $6.44 an hour for a laborer to
$8 for ,a skilled, tradesman and
technicalavLerty employees:
Bill owner of the
Seaforth 'Meat Market says that
some ofjeus t twh oe rt bdeu emt sa theyd a yuasiul aabl llye
to them,
He said they'll only be affected
'if Schneider's can't produce
enough for the demand.
"We try to go from week to
week," he said.' "We may have 'to'
substitute products if we run into
a shortage,: It depends on supply
and demand.",
"Up till now it hasn't affected
z"us," Layerty said.
Lee Bell, assistant Manager of
Roth's Food Market in Seaforth,
said the 'strike won't affect them
at all, because they carry mainly
Schneider's prOducts.
- Russell Goldstein owner of Al's
Super Save Market in Hensall
said, "I'm really not sure yet. XVe
buy quite a bit of cooked meat .s
from them (Canada Packers)."
He said Al's kills its own cattle
and pigs but that th4buy a hit of
weiners and smoked meats from,
Canada•Packers. Canada Packers
workers are to be locked out on
Thursday.
He said they also buy from
other packers like Burns and
Hoffmans.
•• "It's pretty.) hard' to tell how
we'll be.affected. It depends or
how long they'll ,be on strike.
He said any fresh good; they
kill themselves/but that they buy
a lot from Schneiders. He'iaid he
didn't think' here would be any
great effect 'unless Schneiders
was unable to meet the demands.'
. Bruce Hoelscher, owner of
Seaforth I.G.A. said theren shOtild
be no noticeable effects of the
strike in his store for the next
theiroi.k afrnedS
hsamuseaage
ts, such as beef,
.
Schneider's /supplied their cold
p
sliced meat and Mr.. Hoelscher
says, "If Schneider's don't get
involved in it,we won't have any
problem at all,"
As a result of the strike action,
the general , manager of the
Ontario Pork' Producers .'
Marketing' Board' has ;et up a
plan to help pork producers
throughout the, province.
Producers are asked to reduce'
•their shipments of hogs on.
Mondays, Tuesdays, and
Wednesdays and increase sflip-
menti:Thursdays to achieve the'
weekly normal for this time of
year--53,000, head.
Producers are also being,asked
to telephone the board. office
collect at 416-239-2921 to outline
their shipping intentions for
ThursdayS• If the board doesn't
have an accurate count of the
hogs being shipped that day, he
said, the operating packing
houses won't be able to set up
overtime schedules to allow for
killing and processing the
additional hogs shipped on
ThursdaY^. '
Normal shipments for Mondays
at this time of year total 16,000 he
said .a.nd the board is' asking
producers to cut back and hoping
for no more than 12,000. '
Tuesdays and Wedn,esdays
usually yield 15,000 each day and
the board is hoping for no' more
than 14 ;500 and Thursday the
board hope's to increase killings
from 7,000 to 11,000 for the Strike
period.
Changes underway three weeks.
SMILE WHEN YOU SAY THAT! — Kim Campbell
flashes a beautiful smile as she models a pleated
sundress in the fashion show held during the
Seaforth Cralt"Show las}t Saturday. (Expositor Photo)
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