The Citizen, 1992-05-13, Page 1News Home & Garden Entertainment
County council shows
overwhelming support
for anti-smoking strategy
Feature stories on
community gardens, doors
and area nursery
Dave Broadfoot
reminisces of
earlier visit to Blyth
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CitizenTheNorthHuron County must spread
word on Huronview
Vol. 8 No. 19 Wednesday, May 13, 1992 60 cents
The opening of two new homes
for the aged in Huron County is an
important event affecting many
people and the County should be
doing more to celebrate the event, a
consultant told Huron County
Council Thursday.
Don King presented his report
Here's To Huronview to council
with a blunt lecture telling council
lors to get more involved in getting
the word out to Huronview staff
and the public as to what is going
on. He said the change from one
larger, older home at Clinton, to
two smaller new homes, one at
Clinton and one at Brussels, will
Fatal crash
Two passers-by look at the tragic aftermath of a collision
that claimed the life of a Stratford man. The accident
occurred on County Road 25 near Walton, early Sunday
afternoon. The driver of the car, Jim Fair and his wife
Linda, were travelling east when they were in a collision
with a tractor driven by a 14-year-old boy. Mr. Fair was
taken to Victoria Hospital where he died on Monday. Mrs.
Fair was treated and released at Clinton Public Hospital.
The youth has been charged under the Highway Traffic
Act.
Crash claims life of Stratford man
A 54-year-old Stratford man died
at Victoria Hospital in London on
Monday morning, as result of
injuries sustained in a car accident
on May 10, just four kilometres
east of Walton.
According to a spokesperson
from the Goderich OPP, a farm
tractor, pulling a gravity box filled
with fertilizer, was being driven
west on County Road 25 by a 14-
year-old male. The tractor was
turning left when it was in collision
with an east bound car driven by
James Fair.
Mr. Fair was taken to Victoria
Hospital. He passed away at 9:43
a.m. May 11, the spokesperson
said. His wife Linda, a passenger in
the car, was taken to Clinton Hos
pital with slight injuries, treated
and released.
The youth, who can not be identi
fied under the Young Offenders'
Act was not injured. He has been
charged under the Highway Traffic
Act, police said.
change the living patterns of 1000
people: the residents and their fam
ilies and the staff and their families.
"Is this not the most significant
change in Huron County in terms
of the number of people affected? I
don't get that excitement around the
political group and that I'm con
cerned about."
He said the long process of
deciding to build the two new
buildings, designing the buildings,
raising the financing and getting
approvals is "small stuff' compared
to the changes to come in human
terms.
He said there needs to be more
continuity on the Seniors and
Social Services committee which
oversees the operation of Huron
view. Members on the committee
have also not been given adequate
orientation, he said. "The commit
tee and council are being asked to
make decisions they understand too
little about," he said. He warned
council not to significantly change
the membership of the Seniors and
Social Services Committee this fall
as the two new homes near their
opening.
He said the current administra
tion of the home can do a good job
with the help of council and he felt
there was no* necessity of adding
additional staff.
He said there was a lack of iden
tity for the Brussels site. "You
politicians are not being champions
of a marvellous opportunity to get
people excited about what’s hap
pening up there." A communica
tions program is needed to create
photo opportunities for the media
and otherwise keep the public
informed of what is going on.
And the staff needs more sup
port, he said. They are facing the
uncertainty of who will work where
and how it will effect their lives.
The faster you can get staff settled,
he told councillors, the faster they
could adapt to the new situation.
"You must move quickly."
Seers named Blyth-area's top citizens
Bill and Maxine Seers of Auburn
have been chosen as the Blyth and
area Citizen of the Year.
The couple was nominated by
Ruth Jardin who said "despite the
long hours they spent at Maxine's
Restaurant (now Sabo's), they were
willing to go that extra mile at the
restaurant, the garage or the gas
pump and always with a smile."
The Seer’s served the community
for over 30 years with their family
business which they sold last sum
mer.
But it wasn't just through the
business they earned respect, it was
also because of their neighbourly
attitude.
"They wanted neither thanks nor
fan fare with their good neighbour
acts which extended to the whole
village," said Mrs. Jardin.
Bill and Maxine have also been
active with the Auburn United
Church, the local horticulture soci
ety and Lions group.
Mrs. Jardin said it was evident
how much the community appreci
ated the Seers when over 400 peo
ple came to present gifts and best
wishes to the couple at their retire
ment party in August last year.
Blyth office
open Monday
This Monday is Victoria Day, so
anyone wishing to advertise in the
May 20 issue of The Citizen must
have their information in by Friday
at 4 p.m.
The Blyth office will be open on
Monday from 9-5 and the Brus
sels office from 12-2.Bill and Maxine Seers
Despite the blunt language of the
presentation, councillors had praise
for Mr. King. Leona Armstrong,
Reeve of Grey, said he had been
excited about the project all along
but sometimes, when asking ques
tions at council, she'd had the
impression people thought she was
prying. She said she had wanted to
be more involved but was told she
couldn't go on the site without a
hard hat and safety shoes. Morris
Reeve Doug Fraser pointed out he
and Brussels Reeve Gordon Work
man and Reeve Armstrong had
toured the Brussels site.
But Mr. King said while visiting
the site was good, councillors
should also be getting to under
stand the needs of the staff and res
idents. He told councillors that he
had been just as open and blunt
with the staff at Huronview in his
talks with them as he was being
with council. He proposed that he
would hold another general meet-
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