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Whole No. 05814 SEAFORTH, QNTARI), WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1981 16 PAGE
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CONQUERING ALL — No matter what the challenge, six year old Dean
Murray of St.. Columban was willing to 'tackle it as he mounted the;
playground equipment near the pavilion in Dublin Saturday afternoon.
While Dean was amidst his adventures, his parents were taking part in
more conventional Dublinfest activities. (Photo by Ellis)
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Council's options are to repair the existing
structure. which would •cost between $50.000
and $75,000 or add a new arena to the
community centre. at, a cost of between
$500,000 and 3750.000.
Council's preference, when it first learned
of. the problems with the building (serious
deterioration of trusses), was to rebuild.
It had several reasons for making that
choice. First. Mr. Maat said further and
more costly repairs would be needed for the
arena floor in the next two to three years. In
addition, if certain conditions are met, the
lOwn could be eligible for up to 75 per cent
grant assistance for anew building.
CONDEMNED OR NOT?
The central condition. and the one causing
council its greatest concern, is whether or
not the building will be condemned. If the
Ministry determines it is.' then the town
could get the maximum amount of assistance.
available. If the building is not condemned
but deemed repairable. the sum of the
possible grant is substantially less.
The circumstances leave many questions
.unanswered, and prompted council to ar-
Tarrge-the--speciat meeting. Those invited
include representatives from the Ministry of
Culture and Recreaddre another from the
Ministry's Grants Administration Branch,
and one each from M'acLaren Engineers.
Planners and Scientists. the 'Ministry of
Labour and the town's accountants' firm of
Atkinson, Innes, Leich and Neill.
Ironically, council is in a situation where it
hopes the building is condemned. •so it can
Se,a, '415 0100 /14P .scheduled s01tial
11.1eg,q111t' lAtet thi4 month when „on
attempt by made deiermh
future ed the Seaforth editIMxttlity arena.
Perk Matit„ an engineer with Maetaren,
Engineers, Planners and Scientists of Lon-
deo. told council earlier this, month that
following an inspection his firm had con-
cluded the arena would be unsafe under
winter conditions (snow loads). He added
that in its current state the building would
likely be condemned by the Ministry of
Labour.
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colacmtied. "4 b4idiOtt-*IQ A7°A l/
'Nati:00y' 1,001-010 brit not rep iri
Covnefilipt -44'0:R4:AS.1100i though, tit if
the Ministry of Labour order that the arena
be cloka irtireediatelY iS'beeattSe it believes
it can not handle live laatli, then the arena
"should be condemn[)4
In the meantime, MacLaren Engineers are,
preparing conceptual drawings and 'Cost
estimates should council elect to build a new-
facility. ii
creat ion • nW
sister city plans in doubt
recreation director Bryan Peter's task of
If anything. that has made Seaforth
Seaforth "investigate a more stable com-
munity to be a "twin with."
However, citing the friendship, goodwill arranging this year's competition, to be
and cooperation that has existed between held here, especially difficult.
the sister towns in the past. council In his report to council Monday. Mr.
recommended' Seaforth representatives Peter described"the prospects for this year
pursue the matter further in the hope that as "very grim." and deputy reeve Bill
the relationship can' be salvaged. Bennett. chairman of the recreation com-
"What do you do.", asked mayor John mittee said the news was# a "little
Sinnamon, "write them and tell them we disheartening."
don't want them as a sister city anymore?" Mr. Bennett said the town had encoun-
Mr. Bennett stressed lack of cooperation tered a similar problem with West Branch
froth West Branch was not a problem, but. two years ago.
that "he (Mr. Peter)wants to know where,1 Mr. Peter's report suggested unless the
they" (We-stilt-twelirstand-.-" recurring-difficulties -were -teiolied- thai-
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' Labour on .the .town'': behalf,
to . Word,
strongly as posSitile its beileflhe building
should lie eondemned. '
Aid establishing , that the arena' is
beyond repair. may have corte tvlonday front
the Ministry of Labour itself. I.n a report•
delivered to clerk' Jim Crocker. an inspector
for the government. George' Stile]. ordered
the building not be used until the engineer's
recommendations for structural repairs are
complete.
flat the lqinisIty order. 4'101, itAettArtgeT
the go0pce,f .ti,),,oe4n„•.kkei .004, •
ceeltl. het siippOrt. (oasis; an; Wiiilght •Of
thoreila may hgvelaeen'hased:"on an .
• incorrect assessment ,.of'' the" 'egg/liter's
recommendation. his eepOrt. Mlr. Mitak •
said there wou'l'd be no problem yn keeping .-
the arena open until the fall, because snow
toads Were the main 'threat to safety at the
facility. At no point in his analysis did he
mention live leads.as a problem.-
Mayor John Sinnamon voiced council's
concern that the building may not be
Unless circumstances can be resolved, a
four-year-old friendly sibling rivalry may
be about to end.
A unique situation in SeafOrth's sister
town. West Branch. Michigan, has put this
year's and future summer games between
the two communities in jeopardy.
The problem is that each year residents
of the American town 'decide by vote
whether they want their taxes to support
the Community Education (Recreation) De-
partment. They voted against it this year.
so there have been no employees in the
recreation office of West Branch since June
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Single car crash kills Dan Nos'
BY WILMA OKE
A 21-year old Seaforth man, Daniel John
Nash, died early Saturday morning in
Tuckersmith Township as the result of a
single vehicle accident.
At 2 :15 Lm., while driving his truck on
Concession 5-6 about five kilometres south
west of Seaforth, he lost control of his
vehicle and it rolled over into the ditch. He
was pronounced dead at the scene by Huron
County . coroner Dr. R. W. Flowers of
Clinton.
A..passenger in the truck. John Devereaux
21 of William Street East, .Seaforth escaped
with only minor injuries.
Constable Paul Graf of the Goderich OPP
detachment investigated the accident.
Mr. Nash was born in Seaforth, the son
of James and. Jeanette Nash of R.R. 5
Seaforth. He was a member, of St. James
Church. He has worked for the Seaforth
PUC since May, 1980. He was active in
sports, especially junior and minorhockey.
Surviving are his grandparents. Mr. and
Mrs. Eli Bury of Egmondville. and four
sisters. Mrs. David (Marlene) DeVries of
Seaforth, Mrs. Larry(Mary Theresa) Hanni-
gan of R.R. 5 Seaforth and Audrey and
Tammy 'both at home; four brothers, John.
Mark of Seaforth, James. Gary and Bobby
all at home; and an uncle Thomas Nash of
R.R. 5 Seaforth.
Friends were received at the Whitney-Rib-
by Funeral Home, $7 Goderich Street West.
Funeral Mass was at James Roman'
Catholic Church Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. with
Rev. J. C. Caruana officiating. Interment St.
James Cemetery.
Rosary prayers were said at the funeral
home Monday at 8:30 p.m.
BY JOANNE RIMMER
For 33 years, Tom Wilbee has climbed to
• the top of the building where the Post9ffice
TM is to wind the clock every week.
Since December, 1948, when he took the
poSition of building supervisor of the Federal
Building. Mr. Wilbee has climbed several
miles of stairs and ladders to set the proper
time, and wind the clock for another week'of
time-telling. As of this week, however . the
manual winding mechanism of the clock will
be replaced by electric works.
The clock was installed in the Dominion
Public Building when the building was built
in -1912' and 1913. Since that time. . the
building has changed its name to the Federal
Building. Tenants of the building have
included the post office, a customs office. an
armories, and the Depart of Agriculture
which has been there for 30 years) • A
veterinarian for the federal government;•Dr.
Thompson. 'has had ad office there for
several years.
Between 1949 and 1959, Mi. Wilbee lived
in an apartment on the top floor of the
building.
The clock is directly above • the main
bedroom of the apartment. so Mr., Wilbee
said. "You have to get used to the ticking."
Luckily, the L ;I which hung near the clock
was no longer used when the Wilbees moved
in.
The bronze bell weighed one and a half
tons, and was removed because its weight
was' causing it to go through the building
roof.
Mr. Wilbee had 'to wind the clocit once a t :71"":
week"that's why it stops once in a while - I
forgot." he said. The clock is also sensitive
to the weather.-slowing down when. it's cold,
and speeding up when it's hot.
Mr. Wilbee fighred--tbe electric crock
• Would be more accurate. The company
representatiVe told him the clock would lose
or gain two seonds a year at the most. If
hydro goes off, there will be a memory in the
clock that will restore it to proper tinie. "The
appearance won't be different" said Mr.
Wilbee. There will also beli control in the Post Office.
The only disadvantage might to that Mr.
Wilbee will need to find a new form of
exercise.
"Dignified work in dignified surroundings
Police may get new quarters
Seatorth police may be inconspicuous in
their tiny home on Main St., but they're not
forgotten.
Councillor Paul Ross pressed the protect-
ion to persons and property committee, in
charge of the--local police department. at
Monday's regular, council meeting to indic-
ate whether there were any plans to provide
the force with new and improved facilities in
the near future.
"We have talked about it." explain Irwin
Johnston.. chairman of the committee.
"There is going to be more space at thek
of the Town Hall when the new fire 'his
built, and we have looked at other poss
We
tr-
ies. certainly hope a move will be made
shortly.
"We hope sometime next year. but we
have to look at the p6lice budget closely."
Discussion moved to other police matters
before councillor Ross reintroduced •the
police station situation, •
"If you have dignified surroundings to
work in, you get dignified work." said Mr.
Ross. "The town owns a building. It might
be an ideal location."
"We have looked at that." replied Mr.
Johnston., "and are strictly against going
down to the Crombie St. property."
Councillor Dinsmore told council police
chief Hal Claus had indicated he preferred
to remain on Main St.
BY WILMA OKE'
Mayor John Sinnamon. concerning the
fire department's move to a new building,
said, "we're looking at the possibility of
construction (of the new fire- hall) in the
spring. That's as close at this time as we can
nail it down."
Mr. Johnston added once 'the fire depart-
the settlement give the teachers an increase
of 10.42 per cent over the term of the
contract. •
Annual experience increments
increase the cost to the board by 11.96 per
cent. The 1980-81 salary grid has been
increased by S per cent for the period
September to December, 1981 with a futther
9.02 per cent commencing January, 1982.
Annual average salaries will increase from
$23,285 to $26,060.
The new salary grid for September ranges
from $12,940 in Level D with no experience.
ment is moved, and if the police were given
the expanded building. the force would have
access to the building from both Main St.
and the rear. That possibility.• he continued.
was favoured by Chief Claus.
to $33.040 in Level A4 with 12 years
experience and for January from 51,4.055 in
Level D with no experience to 335,875 in
Level A4 with 1'2 years experience.
Board chairman Ronald Murray of Dublin
stated: "1 think myself it is an inflationary
contract. It puts us in the position of
negotiating on the basis of an increase, of
14.2 per cent as of September I. 1982."
Mr. Murray called for a recorded vote and
he was one of the four who opposed the
contract. Eight voted for it. Two trustees
were absent for the special meeting.
Jeannette Eybergen of, Stratford and Wil-
liam kinahan of (.ucknow. Voting for were:
Vincent Young of Goderich, Lorraine Dever-
eaux of Seaforth; Greg Fleming of 'Crediton.
Tdd Geoffrey of Zurich. Arthur Haid of
Listwel. Ronald Marcy of Stratford. John
"O'Leary of Staffa. and Ray Van Vliet of St.
Marys. Voting against. Ronald Murray. Tim
McDonnell of Gadshill, Keith Montgomery
of „Wingham.and Ernest Vanderschot of St.
Marys.
Mr. Young said the split grid was for the
benefit of the board and he commended, the
teachers for having a keen interest in having
the board stay within their budget. "We will
be right on budget by the end of December
with the five per cent. i would have liked to
have given more to the teachers."
There are 132 full time equivalent
teachers in the system.
In other 'business the board accepted the
resignation of Sharon Commerford of Holy
Name of WO School, St. Marys. She has
accepted a positiOn 'with the London-Middle-
sex County Separate Board, Mary Furlotte
was hired to replace Mrs. Commerford.
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A 1981-.82 contract settlement was ratified
• by the Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic
Separate School Board at a special meeting
Wednesday night. The contract had been
ratified by the teachers on the last day of• the
school, June 26.
In a joint press release the chairmen of the
negotiating teams, Lorne Rideout of Exeter
on behalf of the teachers and Vincent Young
of Goderich fOr the board, said the terms of
hiside this weep.
competition
Because Seaforth has "ex
cellent facilities for competit.
ion," the 11th annual 4-H
judging competition sponsor.,
ed by the county's OMAF
°Mee paid its regular visit
this last week, For pictures.
see pg...A4.
A Dublinfest visit
Saturday was a day of
celebration in Dublin as the v, village hosted its annual
• Dublitlest. For pictures of
those who contributed to the
event, whether as workers or
visitors, see rig...A5
4-H judging Study for disabled
A summer project run out
of the Huron Day Centre will
prepare an accessibility sur-
vey of area buildings and
businesses for the disabled.
For a report on the program.
see Elaine Townshend's
story pa.— 9
Band visits carnival
The Lion Carnival made it
a big weekend in Seaforth
last weekend, and in cow
jUntion with the event, town
merchants put on a sidewalk
sale and set up a parade by
the SDI-11S Girls' Marching
Band. See pictures of the
band, pg.,,.All
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ROSS teachers get 10.42%
STEP RIGHT UP — Barry Campbell took his turn at runrilpg, the. Led
Club's booth at the Lions Carnival last weekend. Barry *serried able to
step right into the job quite nicely. 031idto by 141114
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