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The Huron Expositor, 1978-08-03, Page 1urn SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1078 20 PAGES Province turns dow Tuckersmith road reqoes THE' NIELSEN FAMILY—Johnny Nielsen shows the silver serving -dish presented to him by the town of Seaforth ,to his grandparents, Viggo and Kamma Caspersen of Seaforth, his parents Sonja and Ivan Nielsen and, his grandmother Kristine Nielsen of Denmark, who is holidaying in Canada. (Expositor Photo) eaforth honours Johnny Nielsen By Wilma Oke The Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board gave a 25-cent per hour increase to its attendance officer, William Ilines of Stratford at a meeting in Dublin Monday night. This brings his salary to $5.57 per hour. His mileage *ill remain at 20' cents per mile. As well as being attendance officer Mr. Innes assists the assessment officer, Edmund Rowland of Dublin, in securing additional assessment for the separate board, and in forming new separate school zones. The board approved selling its 1970 GMC school bus from Zurich for $725 to 'Allan Nicholson of Wingham. It has been replaced by a new 1977 60-passenger bus bought in June for $15,600. The work-load for custodian Frank Jordan at St. Michael's School, Stratford, is to remain at factor 1:15 or full time, while Sparkle; Maintenance will have less time when a new contract is drawn up for (Continued on Page 3) Inside this week kite /inton Cx.positor Jayne Cardno Kitimavik P. 3 Paul McKellar Publishes colouring book. . . P. 7 Varna, Goshen have lake front service - P.17 Behind the scenes at Blyth Festival P.20 Separate school attendance officer gets a raise them to support Vanastra Recreation and , swimming pool. "I don't think we should appoint anyone. If Clinton wants to canvas let them do it", Robert Fotheringham stated. Meeting was adjourned about 12:10 a.m. Wednesday. The next meeting will be held August 15. ° By Wilma Oke Vanastra residents aren't going to have another road into their community from Highway 4. juckerstpith. Townghip council learned this week that the ministry of trans- portation and communictions has turned down a request for the second entrance- way. In a letter to council, read at the Tuesday night meeting, the ministry said a similar entranceway to Vanastra was closed because-it-was a -traffic hazard due to- it& location below the -brow of a hill. • The letter indicated an entranceway at a street farther north might be possible but all costs of, opening up the street to the highway, the entrance construction the widening ofthe highway by a turning lane would all have to be paid by the municipality of the township' of Tucker- smith 'or by a developer , wanting the entranceway. Council was disappointed that the province would not pay the costs, that, they estimated might be in the neighbour- hood of $200,000. Reeve Ervin Sillery said council at this time was not ready to assume the cost. Council has requested the entrance on 2 behalf of property owners in Vanastra. Council is having the pump on No. 2 well in Egmondville checked to see if it can be repaired or if a new pump will be needed, To be checked out too, is whether the well is good enough to take a btgger pump. The present pump with a capacity to pump 35 gallon arninAite is now only able to pump 12 gallons a. minute, according, to road superintendent Allan Nicholson who manages the Egmondville system. In his report to council Mr. Nicholson reported 16 township road signs have been damaged in the past two weeks. Council members expressed concern about the dumping of concrete at several locations on township road alloWances. They said it was new cement apparently left over from various construction jobs on farms in the neighbourhood. Request for building permits were approved as follows: Peter Colycr. w41/2 , concession 8, Huron Road Survey , driving shed; Rich Burdge, lot 30., concession 1, London road survey, Brucefield house addition; Warden Haney, lot 4, con. 3, FIRS, shed; Hank Dorsscrs, lot 2, concession .6., HRS; pig barn and liquid 'manure tank; EmerOn. Coleman, lot 23, Concession 2, HRS, shed. A demolition permit was granted to Ausable-B.ayfield Conservation authorif06 demolish a barn on part lot 41, concession 1, LRS. Council approved three, tile' drainage loans amounting to $22,900. Passed for payment were the following accounts: Vanastra Day. Care, $4,103.73; Vanastra Recreation Association, $6,157.14; General $27,414.051 and roads, 312-,281.08, fora total of $49,956.00. Council received a letter from the Huron Health Unit to clean up the debris resulting from the partially demolished former Egmondville Church shed now owned by a • Seaforth resident as the owner has ignored.... requests to clean'up the site considered to be a health hazard. The owner will be billed for the cleaning up work, The Keppic property in Vanastra' is beingcleanedup by the township when the owner ignored requests to do. it himself, as it, too, is a health hazard. To date, bulldozer and trucking charges amount to $1,340 and the work is not completed. Council set the fees to be paid for the municipal elections to be held in November --the deputy returning officer will receive $40 up from $35 for the last election, but the poll clerks will receive the same, $30. Council will hold a ratepayers' meeting following the 'nominating meeting for which a da_te„ has not been set., Council' contributed $25 toward the Vanastra Fair to be held August 26. Council was notified by the County of Huron that it had appointed Joe Gibson of R.R.2, Seaforth, as assistant weed in- spector for the county. Councillor Frank Falconer attended a steering committee meeting of the Clinton Af6na 'recreation` association fteirialb canvas the 'Surrounding area of Clinton to raise funds for a new floor at the arena. Representatives from Goderich and Hullett Townships were also in attendance with those from Clinton. Mr. Falconer said he was aksed to canvass Tuckersmith for funds but he refused to do this. He said he had done it for the original building fund. He said no exact figures were given for the cost of the new flooring but he heard a rumour it was about $140,000. Councillor Robert Fotheringham said he was not willing either, "If that's what they want to do in Clinton, let them do it." he said. Councillor Robert Drummond said he was not in favour of actively canvassing in support of the new floor. Neither Reeve Sillery nor depu reeve Robert Bell offered to canvas, All se med to agree that no other municipality he ed A Seaforth youth narrowly escaped serious injury at Seaforth main intersection in a bicycle mishap early Friday night. David Akey, , nine years old, of 111 Goderich Street, West, received minor' injuries when his bicycle was in collision with a car at the corner of Main' and Goderich Streets, at 7:30 p.m. qn Friday. The cyciiit received cuts and bruises and the wheel and frame of his bicycle were damaged when he road in front of a car driven by James Warwick, of Ann Street, Exeter. ' Mr. Warwick was going north on Main Street at the time of the accident and had the right-of-way. The cyclist was going through a red light on the wrong side Of the road 'at the time of the accident occurred. Seems quiet? Seaforth residents may miss the patter of little feet, the sound of childrens' voices and bicycles hurtling towards the Lions Park this Weekend, in fact they may notice-=' that it's awfully quiet her from Friday til Monday.. The reason is that 120 Seaforthites from the ages of six of 18 years are going to be in West Branch, Michigan for the long weekend. The kids will be competing with West Branch, athletes in a variety of track and field events and swimming competitions. Also, it's not only the kids who are getting into the act. A men's baseball team and women's slo-pitch tea are also' Police Chief John Cairns said no charges were laid. This summer, there haVe been two traffic fatalities with young cyclists in Huron County municipalities. Chief Cairns said there is a problem with local cyclists riding on the wrong side of the road. Also; a number of riders fail to obey stop sins or the traffic lights at the main intersection. The chief said adult cyclists have been .charged by the police for failing to obey stop signs. The offenders receive a $28 fine, the same fine as if they failed to obey signs while' operating a motorized vehicle. The chief said a bicycle rodeo to (Continued on Page 4) travelling to'our sister city to pit their skills against those of our American neighbours. . .Clive Buist, Seaforth. recreation director, '.i-,0Liid-the weekend wilt be a good experience for. the kids, and the emphasis will be on ''a good time rather than stiff competition." TWo busloads of young athletes will be. leaving Sefaforth on Fridar—morning—for West -Branch. A third bus carrying parents. and friends will be leaving for West Branch on. Friday. night. There are still ten seats available on the third bus on a first come, first served basis. The Seaforth athletes will be billeted in West Branch homes. • (Continued on Page 4) The citation on Johnny Nielsen's O.F.S. S.A. trophy, won in Kingston this spring, reads, "The above medal was not won by one throw, rather from years of intense training and dedication by a superb athlete." The trophy was awarded after Nielsen threw the 12 pound shot put a distance ,of 16.93 metres to break the meet tecord„ On Thursday night, the town of Seaforth held a party to honor Johnny Nielsen and his achievements. Neighbours, friends, relatives and fellow students came to the party to see some of Johnny's medals and trophies, to congrat- ulate the athlete and to watch Johnny demonstrate his award winning form. Larry Plumsteel, chairma-m of the recreation committee, opened the formal part of the evening's ceremonies, saying the town was "very mud that a student of our school has brought . this 'honor to our community.'" Terry Johnston, the track and field coach .at Seaforth District High School, said Johnny's honors to date are "just the beginning!" He said the Seaforth athlete will easily be in the top 10 in Canada when he moves up to throwing the 16 pound shot put, the weight thrown in Olympic competition. Johnston said the Olympic record with the 16 pound shot put is /2 metres, and Nielsen has already thrown 15.5. metres. The record for throwing the 2 kilo discus is 70 metres, and Nielsen hag' thrown the' heavier discus 42 metre's in practise: The coach added that he hoped the appreciation shown by those attending the party night` a ffair ' ' — Out of Town He said since track and field meets Johnny competes in are never held in Seaforth, all the athlete's achievements' have been earned out of town. In the future, the coach hopes some local spectators will attend the .out-of-town meets when. Johnny and other local athletes are competing. (Continued on Page 14) has close call Kids off to sister city K-W .Record.,e.*pand, iitila$eoforth:are4 Expositor looks different this week YaCthink your paper looks brighter and more airy, or at least different this week, you're right. The Huron Expositor is switching to a nine column format which will give more room for news arid ad copy. Front page and most feature news will beset a little wider than usual, while other The Kitchener-Waterloo Record is' ex- panding both its circulation and coverage in the •Seaforth area. David Buschlen, 'circulation manager for the Record, - an independently owned newspaper, said Wayne Steckley, route driver for the paper in the Brussels area, is hying to expand the paper's circulation in Seaforth and Mitchell. In the last month, David Kunder of Seaforth has been delivering the paper to homes in town free-of-charge for a limited period. David said he now has six subscribers, but a number of other Seaforth residents have indicated they will take the paper in the winter. As well as acting as carrier boy for the paper, David is also - correspondent- reporter for events in the area. Although he missed hearing about the details of last week's $50,000 barn fire in time, to report them, David has already phoned in a report of the Dixieland Jazz Band coming to town for the Van Egmond FOundation this Friday. Mr. Buschlen said new subscribers in Seaforth and Mitchell will pay for the paper in advance, rather than paying the carrier boys on a weekly basis. He said route drivers like Mr. Steckley can go into a town, recruit carriers, and pay them to deliver the paper in the town. Mr. Steckley has been delivering carrier bundles of the paper in the Listowel- Atwood-Brussels area for The Record for some time. Mr. Buschlen said the paper had always had some mail subscribers in Mitchell and Seaforth, but as far as he knew, hadn't been available on newstands in the towns. The paper has also recently employed Frances Barrick, Goderich, as-their• Huron County correspondent. Ms. Barrick, who has been working as freelance reporter in the area since January was previously a reporter with the community newspaper, The Renfrew Mercury. She joined the staff of the Kitchener- Waterloo Record two weeks ago and will be covering Huron County council and board of education meetings, as well as news of county-wide interest. Mr. Buschlen said the circulation drive by The Record had nothing to,do with the plans for a new daily paper being started in Kitchener-Waterloo. He said, "We don't have to go out and prove anything because there's a threat of a new paper starting." Mr. Buschlen added, "Until they start publishing, it's not good to anticipate what they'll be doing." The most recent report on the paper scheduled to go into operation this fall, indicated the paper will start as a once a week Sunday's newspaper. PROUD 'FATHE'RErVin Keys of R. R. #1, Varna helped his baby'daughter Erin practise a few steps at the joint picnic of Goshen and Varna United churches Sunday at Stanley Park on Lake Huron. More photos on the Hensall page. .(Expositor Photo) MAKE THAT -FOUR —PLEASEPhyllis and Russell Roney, Mitchell and Ross and Jean Pepper, R. R. #3, Mitchell bought tickets from Maynard Hoegy at the Brodhagen Chamber of Commerce .annual chicken barbecue last Wednesday night. About 750 adults and children were se,rvia, in_spite of a downpour that hit about 7:45 p.m. forcing cancellation of a slo pitch ball game between Brodhagen and Monkton. More photos on the Dublin pages. news items will be set slightly narrower than in the old paper. In it's change to the new format, this newspaper joins most other community papers in Huron and Perth, as well as most daily newspapers. Comments from readers on the change are welcomed.