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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-03-26, Page 1SEAFORTIV+ONTARIO, THURS AY, MARCH 26, 1981 - 24 PAGES 122st Year Whale No. 5898 SETTLING -IN--The fouvlaughters of Lam and Le Chau; a refugee, family from Laos which settled in St., Columban last yeaf, are, from left;• Loan, 2„N•eiyet, (Photo by . Shoveller) 8; Nga, 11 and Hong,4. Although there were a few surprises. Liberals retained their three area seats while the PCs will again lead the province, For a poll by poll rundown of area votes in the March 19 election, see pg....5 Town lionours • pair Local skaters Lloyd Eisler Jr. of Egniondville and Lori Baier of Mitchell were honoured Friday at a- special ceremony at Seaforth arena. After the -pair-performed-for spectators they were pre- sented with gifts of (luggage by the mayors of Seaforth and Mitchell. See pictures. tsg 12 BY ALICE GIBB Tuckersmith animal levers take 'note- your neighbours may not be as enamoured of your "furry friends" as you are and Tuckersmith council intends to 'do some- thing about it. At their recent meeting. councillors discussed a proposed bylaw to limit the number of domestic pets. livestock and poultry that can be kept in the township's residential, areas it Vanastra, Egmond- vine, Harpurficy; Rippeti and Brucefield. The first problem facing-councillors is to 'establish boundaries governed by the 'regulations. so the bylaw won't interfere with farming operations on the edge of .„„;villages. Councillors spent over an hour pouring over maps. suggesting which 'residential areas should he excluded or included in the animal control bylaw. The proposal councillors are considering will limit homeowners to keeping one anittal unit- (defined later in the. story.I.on_ their properly. However, someone Who has more than the designated number of units- for example. six hotSes or four cows- on their property when the bylaw is passed.' as long as those animals aren't removed from the site for 30 days or more, can keep the same number' of animals as 'in the pasts What does council Consider an animal unit? That was the next item up for debate. Councillors almost immediately decided to exclude pigs completely. Bob'Bell said. "but damn pigs in a built up area, I don t think there's any place for them." Councillors decided even two sows and their Jitters were too much for townfolk. Animal units the councillors proposed could be allowed are one dairy cow and Mir calf, five sheep and their lambs two horses or ponies and a colt. 25 laying hens or broilers. two dogs. four cats, no reptiles, geese. turkeys. ducks or roosters- "Ws the rooster that is the ix o'clock alarm clock" Bctb Broadfoot pointed mils and five goats and their young. When the debate ended, JOhn Broen- ridge pointed out councillors had forgotten all about hamsters,. and then reminded council: the "no reptiles" clause would prevent kids from keeping either a pet toad or frog. The question of how many rabbits uo allow also involved agreat debate. the little creatures being so prolific. ,Councillors finally decided one animal unit could be 10 female rabbits plus their litters. The recommended fine under the bylaw. for homeowners keeping in excess of one animal unit on their property. would be a maximum of $100 on the first offence. COuncil also decided to add a. stipulation that no construction of a building for the purpose of the permanent housin,g of tivestock or 'poultry. tie atioweu wttnin 00 metres (196 feet).of an adjacent residence. . By 11:15 p.m., after debating the topic for well over an hour. even councillors rotind it difficult to be entirely serious about the matter. As one councillor suggested, what about, people with a mixed animal ,unit- say one dog and a horse. Or what about pigeons. another bird of the feather, councillors completely overlooked in defining animal control unjts. Speaking of mixing units, councillor Jim Papple asked. "Does that mean if you have three eats, you can only have one-third of a dog?" Coulieil ,ended, the session by asking clerk Jack McLachlan to drift a pro-pits-at for the bylaw and bring it back to the April council meeting. , Which means dogs. eats. and pther assorted creatures can rest easy for about one more'month in the residential areas of Tuckersmith. red dogs, one-third of 'a cat • Tuckersmith, debates animal bylaw :7,...77-• 71 • a sib a year inadvatce Single Ceps, 40 ..ceriti .„. • • " •..BY WW1 II I 9, Loss:is ,estik 410 at Pier S400 in that destroyed a large (Mile barn StniotW afternoon on the farm or george bieCturel4 R.-R., 2. Segall), located five miles north- west of the town in MeltillOP TOwnship. Mr. McClure, who . was working a nearby pig barn, was able to rescue 12 sheep and 13 head of beef cattle before smoke and flames drove him back. , A passing motorist alerted, the family to the fire. Seaforth Fire Chief Harry Hak said flames were shooting through the barn's roof when firemen arrived. Mr. Hak said the , Ike was ..probalit,v caused; by a: ;5`Park front `0. testicle used grieving itraw front ths bar" that Meriting Tor 'use is the '• pig barn- • third Time'Lticky a registe.Fd standard bred racehorse. 't.'vrhich was vetoed' at .$5.000 housed .in the barn...was believed to be dead IA hen it e •", seen through' a window moving around-i11 liprikeasx *weer of. the barn „. • alttost 'two hours lifter. the tXrt4 Was - aliseovered. • Firemen with the aSsistance of the family, and neighbours. broke an' opening in the toner barn..cemerti wall and <tut came the horse. It ,was apparenth in geed shape • , , ' ,,, ',..- ' except -00'n Singed marie apd tail. <041,0-fiegit at this title were it cow .404 Of and two other aniMals. Spool of the 9nin6fs ate being 0gIsely watched h ad • of k , h I 't , Several' were 'destroyed becanst of stimke and burns. ' FIRE DESTROYSBARN-,7,-,,Aeprge-Mtelure of -9R2, Seaforth and fire ,chief Harry Hak discuSs the damage during the $undayafternoan fire at the McClure farrii. The farmer was able to rescue sheep and 13 head of beet cattle from the barn before the fire drove him back. :(Photo by Ellis) , 0 - --11.111aW1.11.1.11001....1 Judges in,Myrtle Beach. South Carolina confirmed what area residents have known for some time - the Seaforth Girl's Marching Band, directed by Charles Kalbfleisch of Varna, are prizewinners. The band placed second Monday in an internati al com- petition held in the South Carorna resort community. The only band that to ped their mark was the other Canadian entry - band from Burlington. Eileen. Ccinnolly, a member Of t band, phoned her father Tuesday to report the good news. She said the weather was "breezy but nice" and added "everyone is well and having a great time." The band „performed at Myrtle Beach shopping mall on Tuesday, and • the remainder of the. week was devoted tO a - Danger paOHr0 number of sightseeing activities. the province is in good hands." In spite of the loss, the PC candidate said there were several pleasing results in the election, including the cut into the Liberal margin. ' "We are able to turn Goderich around from a 400 deficit to about a 300 vote surplus." said Mr. Britnell Of his home , town. He added he was defeated in Clinton by a small margin (688.666), a significant reduction of the 1977 difference, Both Mr. Britnell and Mr. Riddell felt the Huron-Middlesex campaign had been fbught fairly. • "As far as I can see there were no cheap shots, no gripes." said the k PC „candidate. "There was no name calling." . Page 1 Mr. Riddell agreed. "I was qufte pleased with the conduct of all the candidates. I think ' it was all kept in a very high profile." With another election at least four years away. rumours of a review of Stuart Smith's ^ leadership of -the Liberals ' have already begun to surface, although Mr. Riddell offered his support for Mr. Smith. NO OBJECTIONS "i have no objection's to Stuart retaining the leadership as long as he wants it," he said. "But he is. the type of person 'vho --wetild-step-down-ifneeess-ary. If a-lender lliw.---• review is called. Stuart will call it. I think tis and large the caucus will support hini if he wants the leadership." While nothing his leader was mote sincere. 'more concerned than Mr. Davis. Mr.'Riddell concluded "it is obvious he (Mr. Smith) wasn't accepted by the public as the person to lead', the province. He just didn't come across." See HuronfBruce; Perth stories on - BY HERB SHOVELLER ' Liberal MPP Jack Riddell., re-elected in the March 19 provincial election in Huron- Middlesex. said Monday complacency on the part' of party supporters allowed the PCs to cut his traditional margin of victory of 4.000 votes in half. From the outset of the campaign. Liberals were told theytad the riding won, explained Mr. Riddell. who has retained his seat since 1973.."According to ,our calculations, there were about 4,000 Supporters who didn't get out to the polls.'! he added. "W- e're very happy considering we didn't spend-the-money the ..Culiservatives -spetit ,". Continued the MPP, opposition agriculture critic in the last sitting of the legislature. "We had no radio, 'television or daily „newspaper ads. We only advertiSed lit area weeklies. We ran a very low kdy campaign." The PCs,.who totalled 8,618 -compared to Mr. Riddell's 10.707'votes, ran a campaign which suggested they felt Huron-Middlesex was a riding they could take from 'the Liberals; It included visits to Exeter by Premier Wither!) Davis and Larry Grossman. minister of trade and tourism. "Bill Davis told me this was a riding that was up for grabs." noted defeated Con- servative candidate Jim Britnell Monday]. 'It-would have Lett betterif-the-innunbent, --was steppini-dOwn, like- Murray Gaunt in Huron-Bruce. "A person Who does his riding homework, like Jack is hard to put out. Incumbents are hard to move when things are good." NDP candidate GWen Pemberton of Bayfield, who- polled' 1170 votes, a drop of more than 200 from the 1977 'election, said like her party she suffered front the shift to the Conservatives in, the election. "1. would say 'it was because the vote Bears place third - - - - Seaforth Golden Bears claimed third spot over the weekend in the provincial high school basketball play- likill;lermompormeir swung away, right over the heads of the Liberals to the Conservatives," she ex- plained. Other reasons for her defeat. Mrs. Pemberton—taidw were that she is not well-known in the area and there was no literature, signs ordoor4o-door visits during the campaign. The' party used some news- paper advertising and attended all- candidates meetings. NO ORGANIZATION "We just ,have no • organization." she added. "I only, had one scrutineer here in tlayfield." "l think the people were nervous so they voted for Bill Davis. But I don't think that is the answer." Mr. Riddell agreed the PCs felt they could win Huron Middlesex, "Oh yes, when they finally came up with a candidate. I think they felt they might have a very good. chance. This riding was in the Conservative fold for years." he continued. "and they put up some excellent candidates." When he' returns to the Legislature. Mr. ° Riddell will be facing a Conservative majority, which, he added, he "feels badly" about. The majority. which the Liberal member said was won through the PCs "immoral campaign" of offering funds three • hoot the-province. "means there;-nir-- stopping hint (Davis) now. I think it was very obvious they weren't campaigning on policy." „While the PCs made significant strides in ite riding. Mr. Britnell said he is net satisfied with having 'narrowed the gap between his party and the Liberals. "There was no clear issue in the riding that could have been something which would catch the peoples' fancy that the Conservatives could do," he said. "At least BY HERB SHOVELLER Just less than tWo years ago. 17-year-old (then 15) Nghia Le Thi hopped on her bicycle for a very special ride: to peddle , through part of her native Laos, to visit friends, to spend some time with her father, to stop her mother's grave. Only she and her fatherktew the reason, for the visits. For Nghia, it was-the last time she %avid see the CountrYside, the friends, the cemetery, her father - again., The same night. Nghia. along with her sister Chau and her four young nicces,i, hid near the Mekong-River until after dark. Once night had proVided a blanket, the six stole down to the (banks of the river and slowly, quietly, were transported across the waterway to Thailand. Freedom. On the, opposite shore waited Le Lam,' husband of Chau. father of four daughters, brother-in--law Of Nghia-. A year earlier he laid the; 'ground work for his family's escape when he plunged into the murky water of the Mekong and swam to safciy. The family was about to be united and a year later began a trek which 'would end. finally.'in St. Columban Where the refugee family is sponsored by the village's Roman Catholic parish. Now, as the new 'Canadian fondly . approaches its first year in a nee country, the upheaval associated, with frenzied escape and necessary adjustment is lieginning to ebb. V,Vith the aid of the parish, and after two months in a temporary Spaforth residence. the Les (pronounced Lee) have "settled into a modestly furnished, rented hOme in Si. Columban. Mr. he is working with Bayfield Boat Yards in Vanastra. Nghia is attending high school in Clinton and learning English and the two oldest daughters. NO; 11 and Ngeiyet, 8' have made new friends and classmates - at St. Columban Separate School. Hong. 4 and Loan. 2 arc vet at home with their mother, who is expecting twins in June. "They 're a wonderful 'family." noted Ted Melady, , head of the cheri!h's sponsoring committee,. "They're a good family," agreed his wife Fran. "they'll make their way in this country as well as anybody." Mr. Le• spent four of his first months in Canada studying English at Conestoga - 'College in yanastra. At the same time he began courses in • woOdworking at the - school through a -sponsorship program by the ministry of manpower and immigration. HIS OWN TOOLS The trade training. however. was not necessary. "started." explained Mr. Melady. "He started," but found he knew More than the people teaching him." Indeed, because as Mrs. Melady toted when the' St. Columban group picked up Jhe Laotian family at the airport laSt year. , Mr. Le had with him one suitcase - tilled with his own hand-made' "When he arrived, he wouldn't let go of • it," noted. Mrs, Melady ."When he got to the house in Seaforth you could sec 'how proud he was of it. He works and works. He knows all the power tools but.he prefers the hand, tools. He is a. wood craftsman. a cabinet maker by trade."' Once it was discovered Mr. Le had more than ample training; and since he started hisjeb al the,Boat Yards in January, he has gradually been able to assume more and more of the financial burden of supporting a family. One major' requirement of sponsoring a refu gee family is that the backer be financially responsible 'for--one ' year. But in the case of the Les. the St. Columban. committee (other members arc .' Mildred Crenin, secretary treasurer, Mary Catherine Lane, Matt Claessens and Angeline Swart s along with Mr. Melady) has seen the father assume much of that responsibility. .The sponsoring. group still supplies funds, for the family's housing, and providos. AcAt!itlinef.- arranging family allowance and OHIP support. Mr: Lc' has assumed the rest, including monthly payments to the federal govern- ment en $3,400 to cover the cost of the family's transportation to Canada. STAYS IN VANASTRA Each week, the wood worker leaves Monday morning for his job in Yariastra member Of the pariih. usually Mr. Melady. makes certain he is at the plant by the 6:30 starting time. while another member drives him back to St., Columban Thursday once he, has completed his four day, 40-hour week., Mr. Le stays with another refugee family in Vanastra during the week. Please tarn to page 3 Area stays Liberal 0, 17.Inside this 'week downs in Parkhill. A loss to Bayridge. from Kingston. Saturday ended the local team's hopes for a shot at the title. See pictures, story. page 3 and 10 ClOgiire policy At its meeting Monday night the Huron Perth Roman Catholic Separate School board set out to"formulate a poliCy for school closures. For' story and additional meeting details, sec story. Pg 4 The final tally No more bands, no more irtging, no more promises, • • • ..&„„ A+, 4C' „ 4. 6.111:;`.':.,„„:"':',„,-