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Larry Grossman. minister of industry and
°tourism, used the Huron-Middlesex ' PC"
nomination meeting Thursday, to annpunce a
final company had been added to "'Huron
Industrial Park to complete the government•
sponsored project.
The Minister made the announcement at
the Exeter meeting at which Jim Britnell of
Goderich was acclaimed the 'PC party's
candidate in the March 19 provincial
election.
The company, Betumar. a'manufacturer of
roofing ,materials., fill the remaining
23,000 sq. ft. in the park and Create23 new
job.s.`,.-Mr.•-Grossman told party faithful his
staff informed him of the company's decision
that morning. •
The Minister ,attacked both opposition
parties for resorting to name-calling during
the campaignl3 and for -putting down "the
accomplishments of the province and' its
people."
He described Michael Cassid y. NDP y
leader, as a "reverse Moses. leading .his
people back into the wilderness." He noted
Stuart Smith, leader of the Liberals. had said
he wanted to Premier of Ontario "in the'
worst way", and added. "that's the way
he'd do it." --
Mr. Grossman stressed the PC election
theme. "Building' Ontario in the 1980s-
throughout his speech and explained the
government plans to pump $1..5 billion into
new, initiatives in six areas; electricity,
transportation. resources, people. cornmun-
ity and technology.
"A Liberal minority government, is attain- - added, "You .bet it's leadership, the lack of
able and a Liberal majority is pessible.•' it." He cited lack' of': leaderShi0 . in the
Those'were the words of Huron4Bruee economy. agriculture, education..adminstra-
tion and environment 'saying. "30.000 MPP Murray Gaunt speaking at Wednes-
. day's nomination meeting fpr the Liberals in' Ontario. residents have gone to Western
the Huron-Middlesex riding. . Canada looking for jobs. 1230.671-acTt of,
economic leadership.," • .lack Riddell was acclaimed as the Liberal
candidate for the upcOming March 19 Mr. Riddell has been the Huron-Middle-
provincial election. ^ - sex MPP since a byelection in 1973 when he
Mr. Gaunt continued. "We look for a min `the 'battle to replace the retiring
signifitant drop by the NDP. especially in Honourable CS. MacNaughtoh.
Toronto. It looks , good for "us there. Dr.° Riddell dispute Premier Davis' tagging of
Lib"ct-al 'leader Dr-.--S-tuarrnith as--Dv• Swart-Smith is optimist in picking up at -,'
least. eight more seats in Toronto..If that
happens we're in business::
The . Huron-Bruce . MPP agreed with
Premier William Davis that the big issue in
the election would be leadership. Mr. Gaunt •
Negative saying.."Surely he didn't think the
party under Stuart Smith's leadership was
negative when it introduced policy much of
which the government used to improve the
educationatsystem and particularly Bill 82.
Let's keep medicare strong, NDP's Pemberton says
'A 69-year-old Bayfield woman has been
acclaimed as the New Democratic Party
candidate in the 'Huron-Middlesex -riding.
Gwen Petriberton, a fernier Londoner and
Bayfield resident for the past 10 years. was
the only One nominated ai the meeting in
Clinton on Monday night that attracted 15
supporters.
Mrs. Perriberton. Widow of the late
Professor R.E.K. Pemberton of the Univer-
sity of Western Ontario. unsuccessfully ran
for the CCF party in 1453 and in 1957 in
.Wili attend• convention
London. and ran third as the NDP candidate ,
when Liberal Judd Buchanan won London
'West in the 1969 federal electior7. .
She is also the past president of the
Ontario diviSion •of the „Consumers Associa• ,•
non of Canada and wasthe only woman to sit
oh a provincial committee investigating
Medical. privileges in. ptibtfe .htistiltals .irrthe
early 1970's.
Mrs. Pemberton said. one of the biggist
- challenges facing a new gOvernment is to
keep Canada's medicare system. which has
been under "attack recently.
"We rn work hard to see that it is not
destroyed. , he stressed,
, Tony McQ ail. NDP candidate for 'the
nearby auto -Bruce riding, was the guest
Speaker, and 'n his comments said that the
NDP is the-only alternative.
"People are getting tired cif the garbage
they're getting from the Davis government.
and they don't see the leadership in Smith
either.- he said.
(Continued on Page 3
r PUC will list outage calls-,
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I'M CHOKING-LLorri Cronin, a RN at Seaforth CoMmunity Hospital,
demonstrates the universal distress" signal' that she's choking, While Deb -
Jamieson of Clinton, also a RN,'Slarts procedures to force the obstruction
'out of Lorri's throat. More photos of the HearThave Seaforth course on
page (Photo by Gibb)
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BY' ALICE GIBS
About orte-quarter of heart
attack victims suffer massive
coronary • arrests. ,leaving
? only about five minutes, to
revive them 'and save their
I fe.. That means someone
has to act 'Iast and without
panicking', hi, give tire victim
• ',a second chance.
Since medical assistance
• isn't always, bear at 'hail.
,Seaforth Community Host*
tat has, been sponsoring,
series of Heartsave work-
shops to teach n1emberS of
the community basic cardiac
life support techniques, in-
eluding cardiopulMonary,
-resuscitation, better known
as CPR.
Saturday, instructors Dar-
lene Hetherington, a nurse ai
the hospital, andombelance
driver Art McNaughton
demonstrated the, technique
and the method Of saving a
person 'who's choking. to
seven workshop participantS.
They also demonstrated
.slightly different techniques
used in clearing a baby's
obstructed airway and reviy-
, ing an infant,
Mrs. Hetherington said
the 'program was set tip by
the hospital for different
'individuals in the 'comniunity'
or groups who want to learn
the lifesaving CPR I!. tech-
nique. 'Recently Seaforth Co-
op '-Nursery School 'patents
tok part iii ..II* Saturday
workshop, and Mrs. Hether-
ington said both the
PUC i and Seaforth
volunteer firemen have ex-
pressed an interest in learn-
ing ,- the emergency' proce-
dures.
Other participants in local
workshops have been regi-
stered nurses. who arc Com-
pleting a more intensified
12-hour program in basic
cardiac life support course.
This course. Mrs. Hethering-
ton explains. is geared to
medical personnel like nur-
ses, ambulance drivers. nur-
sing home staff. police and
firemen. w ho arc more likely,
Headsave can teac
you to save a life
to he involved in emergency
'situations. •
The nurse said in addition
to teaching CPR. and other
techniques,' for heart-attack
-.victims. the Course at the
hospital alsO emphasizes
"prudent heart living" • in'
other words., follOwing a ..
healthy lifestyle. so people
won't suffer, heart attacks in
-the litst'praee.. • .'"
The CPR technique. which
is dernonstrated On dummys
which' use a system °flights
to• indicate 'when the proper
procedures arc being used to
revive the patient. artificially
liceOS -SOriieRine's heart going
and their lungs inflated so
enough blond and oxygen'
gets' to • the brain, Mrs.
Hetherington said. until fut-,
tiler medical t .aid can be
given. She said the proce-
dpre is used when someone
has, cardiac arrest. the
heart stops. and the victim is
now longer breathing. •
in September a London
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pm-Inside this week
Safety program
•
The Perth County Farm Safe-
ty Association will receive a •
grant froni the 'county of
$1000 to :fund a two-session
program on the dangers of •
silo and • manure gas. See
details in story. pg. 4. ,
Role reversal
The boys at Huron Cotten-
nial'School in Brueefield took
up aprons and material re-
.„cently to test their skills over
the stove and in front of the'
sewing machine. It Couldn't
have been all had either. One
of the pictures, in our small
feature actually stiok0; theln
• eating the product of their
effort. The girls in iurn tried
out woodworking equipment.
See pg. 19.
Public Speakers.
Last week was a busy one
for students competing in
public speaking at St. James
and St, Cidurnban Separate
Schools. But the nervousness .
was overcome. the tales were
told and the winners' select-
ed, See pictures of the
4ers on pg. 23
Spring Training
It's just getting underway
with Major league teams in
Florida. and WS perked\
reasonable our run of warm ..
weather recently has , con
Vinced locals 'to pull out their
bats .and gloves. ',report'.
thin for, another"ball season.
See picture pg. 23.
PUC commissioner Jim Sills suggested a
list of names of who to call during a power
outage should be prepared for the Seaforth
PUC office. Mr. Sills, said in the event
manager Toni Phillips was not available
during a power failure. his crew would know
what business and institutions (such as the
Musing homes). shoold,be notified so they
could turn on emergency generators. In the
recent' .power failure in the 'East William
Street area. Mr. Sills manned phones at the•
PUC office. while the crew worked to restore
power.
Tom Phillips said all three-phase eteo -
°niers in an area Where 'the power is reduced
are usually notified- often Ilk 'one' of the
commissioners. or the PUC secret a i•N",..
'Most of the Feb. 11 PUC meeting was
taken up with a disei,ssion on updating the
.PUCIs insurance coverage. Da s e Reid of
Frank Cowan' and Company Ltd.. Pi:in,
and Ken Cardbo of Seaforth
recommended a number of change's in the
For example, in light of the current case in
•Palmerston. in which a member of the tow n
Staff is suspected of expropriating town
funds .over_a_oulther. of cars, -
recommended the PUC reevaluate their
bonding coverage, Cu.rently'. the PUC iti
covered for the theft of up to 110.000 by a
commiSkiOner or employee. Mr. Reid rec-
oniinended the PUC cominission discuss
raising this amount to 550,000 tit 5100.000
coverage. depending On the
thin of tats auditors.
He 'also advised P JC to increase the
insured value of their equipment from
S90.000 to $11”.000. tike replacenient value
of the machinery. To offset this inereasc,'he
suggested the comrpis-sioners raise the
deductible in their collision insurance from
$25 to $250 deductible,
. The third change recommended by Mr.
Reid was to increase liability coverage for
employees and commissioners. who Might,
'he injured while on PUC business. Tkis
would occur 'if, for example. 'an employee
was involved in-a serious accident while
answering an emergency Call to come down
to the office, Currently. the pnlicy insures for
,liability settlement. Mr. Reid recommended,
raising this to $5 million.
There-was some,discussion•of insuring the
town water tower, built in the -192(3'si but
Toni Phillips ,repotted it was in very good
shape: so • no action, was taken. The .PU`C
commission will meet with auditors ,
son•Annes, Leach and Neill within the next,
few weeks to discuss increasing their
insurance ,covierage.
The commiSsibners and Tom Phillips will
all be 'attending the Ontairo Municipal
EmployeesAssocialitutqkssociation of Mun-
icipal Electric Utilities ennvention on March
2.4. ;
Mr. Phillips raised the issue of proposed
Market Street construction, which will mead
• ai least two poles will' have to be re-located.
'town council has approved widening of the
street from Main to Ord.
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iladpeople Come in throw their house keys
on the desk, since they can't meet the 15.5 -
per cent mortgage pavnients. . 4.-
The, banker agreed building permits are.
likely down since homeowners are postpon-
ing renovations or perhaps just' doing
opeicemeal repairs. ,
Jim Gould,, Seaforth's Conimerte manag-
er. said the higher interest rates have-caused
people to take a look at the cost of borrOwing„
money. As a result, he said, many are
adopting a "wait and see attitude.
postponing hod* -entehases. Also: he said
the emnlovment sit-Mahon in the• area has
been- unsettled, which means some people
are afraid to plan too far ahead.
BY ALICE 0141.3-
if the-number of building' ermits issued is
any indieatiep,-there's a definite slump in
housing construction in the Seaforth area.
But that's hardly surprising, as building
inspector 'Herman 'Van Wieren points but.
since the number of building permits issued
i»`1980, was 'down across Ontario.
In Seaforth: for example, there were nine
building permits issued for new homes in
1980; 28 for repairs and `additions to homes
and 14 permits for commercial buildings.
• Seaforth clerk Jim Crocker said the value
of residential building permits issued in 1980
was $442,000 compared to $659,400 in 1979..
- The picture was generally healthier in
1979 - there were 13 new houses built in
town, although only 12 permits were issued
for commercial buildings.
The clerk said before' 1980. there were
generally 13 to 15 new homes built in
Seaforth annually. He suggested the decline
in new Ifeities in 1980 was directly related to
rising interest and home mortgage rates. •
Jack McLachlan. Tuckerstnith township
cleric reported the number of building
permits issued in that township also declined
in 1980. He said in 1979, 104 permits were •
issued for , residential and commercial
building'in the townShip, but only 71• permits
were issued last year.
• Mr, Van Wieren, the Seaforth and
Tuckersniitt building inspector.- said the
Exeter building inspector told him recently
there waSa $1 million decline in the value of
building permits issued there .in 1989
compared 'to the year befdre.
Mr. Van Wieren said the „number of
permits issued last year declined in all the
municipalities he' serves, including the
villages of Hensall and Bayfield and Stanley
and Ushorne townships.
'COMTRUci'llON SUMP
The slunip, in construction - understand-
able given the current economic situation.
John Stiangway, assistant-manager at Sea-
forth's Toronto-Dominion Bank, said hous-
ing gonstiuction is down all across Canada.
He agreed mortgage rates likely have
' something to do with it - they're currently
15.5 per cent and pule'. go- higher,
depending on the prime lending rate.
Mr. Strang way said homeowners -may be
holding off on renovating their homes until
their mottgage, rates come up for renewal.
The banker said in some Toronto suburbs,,
many fainilies on lower incomes purchased
houSing units with the help the
government's Assisted. Home Ownership
Prograni-TWOPT, with eight per cent
mortgage rates for five years, but now find
they can't'handle current rates., Mr.
Strangway said some banks in'that area have
Ntirse.ty to seek
funds for:portable
Parents of children who- attend Sea-
forth's Co-op. nursery school agreed last
week' that the • best site for a portable
Classroom it hopes to buy is at Seaforth
Public School. The parents agreed to keep
looking for di .suitable 'portable for the 62
students who .must vacate the library
basement by the end of this term.'
Meanwhile, president' Pat Rodney said
the nursery school wilt continue to apply for
ftincli from the town, and private stmrces%
The school will alSo investigate the possibil-
ity of becoming a Municipal nursery similar
-to one Gederich-, That Status would make
it eligible for government grants ()1' 80 per
cent of establishing and operating costs.
The nursery school executive told council
last week the school willhave to fold if funds
can't be raised to put a classroom into
operation. TueSday night the cwt.-wive,
emphasized that , the school would still he
glad to hear from any groups whohave space
that might be donated for the children's use.
Tobelp rare funds for anew location, the
nursery school ' is Sponsoring a dance
Saturday in the arena. Tickets are available
from parents of students.
Mr. Gonad said the. „ housing market
recently. aecordag to real estate a,gents.'has
been tlag-He said ,ntortgage applicat ions at
the hank, for example. have been almost at
a standstill .- he said there isn't. even the
aetiv ity there was a year ago. .
Maureen Wildfong, of Culligan Real
Estate in Seaforth. Said she had noticed a,
'dramatic a:crease" in the duniber of homes
sold,'Mrs. Wildfong said she's found quite a
few people locally are putting homes up for
sale and moving west and widows are selling.
homes and moving into apartments.
Mrs. Wildfong Said she thinks one
problem is "we're'running out of people to
move into this town." since Seaforth doesn't
have enottgli industry - The realtor said, she's
a4o• found people. selliognbornesere taking
dramatic drops. in, price to get out. •
The real estate agent said •the list four
homes she sold in Ndvember were all
purchased by investors.
Steve Muaray of Don Hamilton Real
Estate. aid "we've been busier tha n we
had been last year at this time." The real
estate agent agreed as far as new homes go,
not many .are scheduled for construction in
Seaforth. Bet he added with existing homes
on the market,, his company has been doing \
quite well - also in farmland sales.recently.
The raker speculated "maybe people are
accepting the higher interest rates now.
., He emphasized . PC leader William Davis,
unlike'both opposition leaders, does not seek
"quick flies", and instead has the ability to
"grasp the future of the province."
Mr. Britnell, 52. the riding association
choice to represent the party. only -made his
decisi ri to run two days priot to the
„meeting. He was nominated by Jim Donnelly
of Goderich.
in accepting the nomination,' he said "it's
always, better to 'be on the winning teani,":'
"I've dealt with Jack." 'said Mr: Britnell,
who was Huron County engineer fOr 21. years
before becoming director of field research
and testing 'of Champion Machinery' three
years ago. 'Were not friends, but we're-not
enemies. I hope it's going to be a fair fight."
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the, special education legislation which was
simply tiny/Oita-Mt 'before the Liberals —
amended the bill when it came before' the
•Soeial Development Committee.
Were we net a force to be reckoned with
when we stopped- further imposition of
regional go-vernment., further closing Of
hospitalS, and the 371/2 per icent proposed
increase in. OHIP premiums?
'Were we negative • when we 'forced the ,
minister of environment to hold a hearing on
the South Cayuga -site selected for the . .
. .11 MI6
treatment plant?"
On -the subject ,of leadership Mr. Riddell
said. "who has been' standing at- the helm
the last, ten years in which time Ontario has
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Feb. 5. Tom Phillips met withAturns Ross. ,
engineer for the Market Street project.
Under the proposed plan, the streetlight
pole at the corner-of Market and High streets
and the hydro pole on the corner of Market
and Jarvis streets will have to be re-located.
Mr. Phillips expressed concern at the
meeting that the hydro pole will be close to .
the, road allowance.
The PUC manager 'said he also 'recom-
mended duct work .be placed under the
sidewalk from Market to Ord street. to
accommodate future expansion in the area,
when more power lines may be tegitited. a
Under the prOpoSed plan stibtilitted by
Burnsiloss. parking might not be allowed On •
the north side of the street. Two merChants
whoie.busibesses could 'be affected by this,
Frank Sills and Brute, Rathwell, also met
With the engineer Thursday. „ '
Tom Phillips-teMitided commissioners the
new hydro rates Will be reflected in' the
March bills to Seaforth PUC customers. '
He also reported in the event of a postal
strike. PUC employees are not allowed `to
deliver customers' bill's. ripc commissioners
are being asked to write to their members ofr
parliament to request that this regulation//be
changed to alio* delivery of bills,
The manager also reported the PUC crew
repaired two water leaks in the town
recently, The leaks were on Highway #8,
across front Mac's Milk and the second wits
on East William Street, at the corner of Mike
Street.
he election ,scene.
New industry, announced as Britnell nominated
Riddell's running and Gaunt' says Tories can be •beaten
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