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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-04-22, Page 1Y. *OW CLEAN UP OVER — After a fire destroyed the barn and claimed 500 pigs Ott the farm of Brad and Sharon Carnochan Saturday night, only the foundation was left standing. (Photo by Shoveller) FIRE -VICTIMS — The Carnochan Family - Sharon, Brad and daughter Erin - saw their barn and 500 pigs destroyed in a fire at'their farm at.R.P. 4, Seaforth Saturday night. Only the foundation, in the background, remains. (Photo by,Stioveller) '-erc.hants to... discuss 4 • •• tuckersmith council is well on the way to_pasking attanimal-control bylaw limhingl - the number of pets and livestock kepi in residential%reas. of the township. Clerk Jack McLachlan said council has `given first and second reading to a establishing the, number of animals %%inch can be kept within defined area's' of the township. The proposal councillors om- sidered at an earlier council meeting would limit hOmeowners,to keeping one animal unit on their .`residential' properties. Animal unit, numbers vary depending on whether the animals were pets oriivestock. Someone who has more than the desig- nated animal unit-for example. pore than four cats-when the bylaw is ptssed. can .continue to keep the present number of Corvette missing It may have seemed like a fair exchange to the suspect but it didn't to Seaforth car dealer Leo Medd. On Saturday afternoon, a - 1971 Chev Corvette was stolen from the dealer and an Ontario-wide warrant has been issued for the suspect. A man. who said he was a salestpan from a dealership, left his rented ear at the Medd lot and asked to take the 1971 Corvette out for a test drive. His car was rented through a Toronto agency. The agency - has since picked up its ear. Unfortunately. the salbsman and the Corvette 'didn't return. The suspect is an American. The Corvette still hadn't been recovered Tuesday. pm—Inside this week 6 Awards time it's that time of year again. Best single. top triple. Sound familiar? Those terms are heard often now as Area bowling leagues hold their year end. banquets. For pier tures of trophy winners, see pg, 1.3. Farming's future Farmers, can expect the eco- mimic crisis affecting agri- . culture to continue for some time, Ontario Federation of Agriculture vice-president Ron White recently told the annual meeting of the Tuck- ersMith. Stanley and Goder- ich township federations. See story pg. 17 , Classic coming In just -over 0 week, the "211,d Annual Nielsen Field Classic will be held at Setifotth District High School, and organizers say there will be • at leapt twice as many com- petitors this year, including three provincial champions from last year. See story. pg.S Dressed for Easter Well, the song goes some- thing like "put on your Easter bonnet," doesn't it? And while he didn't do himself up with a bonnet, lcun Rose joined a lot of the other Seaforth area people and slipped into some fancy ' duds to celebrate Sunday. See picture, pg. IS contacted Wednesday morning ,by Ontario deputy-commissioner Erskine of the Ontario Provincial Police. who Asked Corporal Primeau to step in as acting town police chief until a new chief is hired:. Corporal Primeau' was swornitirOoffieebyatoenty-courrjudge--- '''''''' in Goderich Wednesday afternoon. The Primeaus, who live on Goderich , Street. West, have five children, three of whom still live at home. -•• 122nd Year Whole No. 5902 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1981 24 PAGES $16.00 a year in advance Single Copy 40 Cents • : •,:' .,••••' • ' - • AX/Ig010PQY 6°- 440 caT,TtoetlAq, tlitOtOrslf Brad and Sharon.,. C arnothan of L.R.t , 4 tinderWaylirjy. this' week. ,oh of famjiy.: frieltdS414.tmghoottm coat, or the xtebrl-trAut, the blAzO•hiKtbeeu cleated ti I • explained Mrs. Carnoehan.."and we just did -.that Rot it always seems M Work-out_" Brad has Intl nod the tuckersmith (anti four years, the %slung couple has lived there for two. "The neighbours and family and friends are just super." added Mrs. Carnochan. "lt %.% as unreal. You always know you have good friends, but I don't think you realize it until something like this happens. We just don't ani for anything.;, The neighbourly spirit was in,evidence the Ettstee,l7MV 4,ift gkattAgF, 40: - polcoitliere‘.5„004$ krbt'S.'firSt did Mr;S, c!ntnnOtinii. 44$0 thre,4A1 0$10r4, , , The Carnochan were in PiAgriCh when the fire broke out. "They called us at the drive-in, and we got home in eight minutes." said Mrs. Carnochan. "We could see it from Clinton. We heard it was gqne in 15 minutes. maybe half and hour, , "It was just a good thing we were away or Brad would have been in the barn." The fire was first seen by a passing neighbour. Thelma Broadfoot, who notified the Carnochan's babysitter. Mrs. Carno- "By the time it Oarted,.." -added Mt. •-arnochan, "there was 'nothing anybody could do." He added firemen' watered down the fantjlihometo protect it from sparks, in the air. Mr. Carnochan said he doubts he can rebuild a barn as large as the one destroy9l. "You can't expect the insurance to build you a new barn," he said, ''but we'll start again unless a barn is too dear to build." • "Oh-on, oh-Oh," Were her words, aeeOrcj, ing to her mother. as she watehed SaitirdAY -night fire destroy her father's barn and 500 pigs. Initial estimate of ',damage to the barn. ' built by Mr. Carnochan's grandfather in the early '30's. is more than $75.000. The building was insured. "We're planning on rebuilding." said, Mrs. Carnochan, Tuesday. "1 can't imagine my husband without his pies." Steps for starting over, in fact, were well .t barn. • treats. . 'along with friend Padi• P.orden:SuPplied the • ; just like .starting over a•,4i caving' en y tint cement. foundation $helly, Sandra' and. ,See -Anne Podayson.' •al„SQ. responded to the eat', ' $0afOrtit. may have .expressed it best. ' al n 00Vt-' 'Sandra '6",-"`iMt* '0411014101:s1140,!: litUctrit4i - • firgfigh '404 *he Seafertn dopartmgnt • c- • ' • • ..... 11. A promotions, costs, 131A at meeting • Seaforth Public Utilities Commission approved a $101,216 waterworks budget for 1981 at their montly meeting last week. Capital expenditures in the aiming year include $7,000 for the Welsh Street well; $14,372 for water mains; $2,000 for meter and hydrant costs; $3.600 for the installation of new services; a 53.044 deficit from 1980 and 52,500 which will be transferred to the reserve fund. The total 1981 capital expend- itures will be $37,516. PUC manager Tom Phillips told commis- sioners most of the $7,000 budgeted for wells will be spent on the new Welsh Street project.,, The PUC manager said it will cost $4500 to change from running the well on pressure to operating it on a control system depending on the water levels in the town water tank. The control system would use Bell Canada lines. The $2,000 for hydrant and meter costs is for the purchase of two new hydrants. One willbe installed at the end of Market Street, in front of Seaforth Public Sehooh -and.The second hydrant will dye kept as spare. The $19,372 budgeted for water main projects will be divided between five projects. Mt. Phillips said be plans to tie-in, a line at the teat of the loath which will Campbell of Campbells Crown Hardware suggested Seaforth promote. perhaps orie. Friday night a month, Friday night specials. All agreed that most stores would have to participate to make it successful. "Get Seaforth known for Friday night specials," Mr. Campbell suggested. "No other town's, doing it." A Main St. outdoor auction was also suggested as a unique event to bring ,shoppers 'to Seaforth. Most • merchants' agreed with Kerr Roth of Roth 14 Food Market that Seaforth needs to start planning a year of promotions• now. and retailers should start tying in with special events already on in Seafprth. That's where -the suggestion of setting tip a BIA committee to plan promotions andad of time came in. Mr. Papple commented that while the BIA has been passed. it's too late for a levy on this 'year "s taxes and any promotions will have to be financed through contributions for the rest of the year:People are needed to do organizing work. too and a system or zone of block chairmen was suggested to spread the workload. Cost about $270. On Chalk. Street, a six inch-loop will be extended to tic-in with existing mains on Duke and Franklin Streets, to give residents a better water line. The PUC will complete a 10-inch main loop on Centre Streets between Ann and Wilson Streets. Also, if funds arc available, the water main may be partially extended through the Silvercreek subdivision to the Frank Sills property. Finally, the' line will be extended on George Street. under East William Street. in anticipation of future construction proposed for that road. • The budget for operating expendituPcs proposed for, 1981 was $63,700. This includes salary costs, billing, and collecting Charges. funds for, the operation and maintenance of meters, and truck and backhoe expenses. The PUC's 1981 eSiiinited revenue is .483.186 far billing and -flat rates. $6..030 for hydrant rentals and $12.000 for miscellari, edits costs, for a total of $101.216. Mayor John Sitinamon commented at the end Of the presentation "it 'mks like a good budget to me." 4.•-•.41 itir HERB SHOVELLER \ At an in-camera meeting last Wednes- day Seaforth council accepted the resigna- tion of police chief John Cairns. The former chief-wil class constable. Although the' resignation, took effect immediately. Mr. Cairns wilibe acting chief until a replacement is found. With the resignation. the town Aas dropped its plans to proceed with a 'public inquiry 'under Section 56 of the Police Act into the' administration and performance of chief Cairns. Council had requested the inquiry, which had been expected to begin May 4. earlier this year. "..Thete didn't appear any pbint in going ahead with the 56," •said Irwin Johnston, chairman. of the protection to .perrsons and property committee which deals with the Seaforth police, earlier this week. "If we had the 56 you wouldn't know v.iiat would happen at the end Of it. You nidy start out to get rid of the chief, but there was no guarantee of that. That seemed to be the • consensus of opinion (or council) that this was the route to take." It isr hOped the change in the leadership of ti the force will bring an end to a struggle which has gone on for a year and half between town council and the department. In That period three officers have resigned , -from the force. Itreffly-T980—fhire was a hearing into the conduct of the chief and less than two weeks- ago Constable Dave Dale appeared in court in Seaforth to answer five charges under the Police Act. Four of the charges were withdrawn and the officer received a reprimand on the fifth. ACcording to Mr. Johnston, the new chief will have major improtsements to make. "I think from. an administration point' of view and morale, and discipline that the new police chief will have to get that into line," he said. "I look for these problems to decrease." The councillor added the town hopes to have a new chief within a month. Chief Cairns said Tuesday he would prefer not to discuss the matter. He explained when council accepted the resignation it Old him a replacement would arrive within 24 hours but Tuesday Mr. Cairns was still acting chief. Council has requested an Ontario Provin- cial Police officer be appointed acting chief animals as long as the animals aren't 'removed from the property for 30 days or more. Mr. McLachlan expects the animal control bylaw will be given its third reading, making it law, at the next regular council meeting, Tuesday. May 5. E.114. Uderstadt of Uderstadt-Burnside Engineering Ltd. of Orangeville. attended Tuesday's council meeting to discuss the preliminary report on the Crozier drainage works. The drain crosses farms owned by Peter Spittal and Dr. M,W. Stapleton. just in the interim, until the new chief is chosen, Advertisements for a new chief appeared in major daily papers early this week. The Seaforth town clerk Jim Crocker announced Wednesday that Corporal giy Primeau, of the Goderich OPP detachment, has-been named acting Seaforth police chief. Corporal Primeau, 52, ..has s, lived in Seaforth for the past 18 years. For 12 years, he manned the Seaforth OPP detachment. In recent years he has worked in the Goderich OPP office.' Mrs. Primeau said her husband outside Egtriondville.- The east of cleaning out the drain is estimated at S10.000. Tenders 'haven't been called yet for the cleanup project. • Insurance agents Dave Reed of Princeton of Frank ,Cowan Insurance Ltd. and Don Eaton of Seaforth Insurance met with council to review the township's insurance cover- age. Among thee:agents' recommendations was increasing the bonding on township employees to $50,000. The agents will report back to council with revised insurance coverage costs. town will give Preference to an officer who has completed a junior or senior command course. Barry Divis and Alex Townsend. mem- bers of the Vanastra Curling Club executive, met with council to diseitss proposed repairs to the Vanastra Curling Club. The construct- ion, which clerk Jack McLachlan Said basically involves a brand new shell for the building. will be funded .by members, with the assistance of government grants. The men reported curling club executive will be sitting down with the contractor in the near t future to draft the final contraWor,the work. 6 Council Jim Par u toe page w was appointed tile Please No hearing now • *1. Seaforth merchants are planning a series of Main St. promotions for the next year. avid will if there's enough interest, name a Business Improvement Area (BIA) board of management. A meeting has been called for Wednesday night April 29 at the Town Hall at 7:30 for all coaforth retailers. . Some discussion on the topics took place Monday night at a meeting attended by ten -Meal retaileri, who discussed a downtown Midnight Madness event for late May. Tom Papple of The Tree Trunk was chairman. The move to get the BIA underway follows the passage 'by council last week of a bylaw setting up a Business Improvement area here, after .about a year and a half of meetings and-discussion. Most merchants favoured running a • Midnight Madness from 6 to 12 p.m. only. either Friday May' 22 or Friday, May 29. ,Strvice clubs and local groups will be invited to set up doWntewn and sell refreshments. baking etc. and do their own ftindraising. There, was some discussion ahOut unifOrm store opening on Friday nights and Charlie Plans '81 PUC sets budg was uckersmith animal bylaw ready to pass Ray Primeau atting,,chief . • • • • •