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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-01-19, Page 1Huron X sitor Your community newspaper since 1860. Serving Seaforth, Dublin, Henson, Walton, Brussels and surrounding communities. Briefly Dog fee cut for first offence A Seaforth bylaw was amended recently that lowers the fee of an impounded dog for a first-time offence. The fine for a first offence for the impoundment of a registered dog will be $25. The fee after a first impoundment rises to $50. Seaforth supports water tower site A Seaforth Council passed a motion to adopt the minutes of the December 16 Arena Board meeting and approved, in prin- ciple, the PUC's proposal to locate a new water storage facil- ity on the arena property. There was no discussion on the matter before the motion was passed. Gas odour found in sewer A gasoline odour in the storm sewers was very strong on Dec. 8 at 6 p.m., according to the Jan. 4 Seaforth Road Superintendent's Report. Several sewers had to be flushed to resolve the problem. The smell was encountered in the storm drain starting at John and Louisa Streets, all the way to the Legion corner.The source of the gasoline was of located, and this can be a very dangerous problem, as well as an environ- mental problem, reported Super- intendent Forrest. Town backs lottery license Seaforth's 1995 Homecoming Committee was given approval by Town Councillo sell tickets for a "Travel the World" lottery. The tickets are to go on sale 'from August, 1994 to August, 1995. The lottery features monthly draws for trips. Four hundred tickets will be available fbr sale at $100 each. Money from the ticket sales will go to Home- coming expenses and any surplus amounts will be given to the town. 1993 tax arrears Total tax arrears for the Town of Seaforth at Dee. 31, 1993 was $184,436.14 which is a 1 per cent increase over, a 199 tax arrears receivable. el per cent of the increase over the 1992 receivable can be attributed to one property. The 1993 receivable represents 7.4 per cent of the total 1993 tax revenue. Insurance review at town council A deputation of Dave Reed, Vice -President of Frank Cowan Insurance of Princeton, Ontario and Ken Cardno of Seaforth Insurance Broker Ltd. of Seaforth were present at the Seaforth Town Council's Jan- uary meeting to review the com- prehensive insurance program for the town. Matters of the deductible rising from $1,000 to $2,500 and the amount of environmental liability were referred to the Finance and General Government Committee for review, MILTON J. DIET LIMITED SEAFORTH 522-0608 • Pesticides & Custom Spraying • Spraying Equipment & Parts • Nutrite Premium Fertilizer • Ventilation & Livestock Equipment FEEDS i••.I & PETPURINA FOODS l�r HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1994. Cammunity rehires trrnitfee ikG`' veserstin g..ri un 1,1 r INSIDE Huron Community Futures in Seaforth: Who they are and what they can do for your business group. See story on page three. Seaforth hospital not threatened with closure BY. TIM CUMMING Expositor Editor Seaforth Community Hospital faces no immediate pressure from its doctors over emergency on-call compensation, according to hospital administration. "The people of Seaforth are fortunate that six doctors keep our emergency open 24 hours a day, seven day a a week," said Bill Thibert, Chief Executive Officer of the hosal. Doctors at Aledra Marine and General hospital in Goderich threatened to withdraw emergency on-call services by Jan. 31 unless the doctors were compensated or outside doctors brought in for on-call work. Doctors in rural areas must combine larger caseloads with the burden of on-call coverage. In a large city the emergency work might be covered by another doctor. Because there is a small volume of patients dur- ing emergency hours rural doc- tors receive much less compen- sation for the emergency work they do at the hospital. Both Seafbrth doctors and thQ Seaforth hospital administration would like to see a provincial solution to the problem of pay "They're just as concerned as other physicians..." for emergency work in rural hospitals, said Thibert. "They're just as concerned as other physicians about the diffi- culties but they haven't put any pressure on the hospital," he said. Ifs not feasible for small, rural hospitals to pay physicians extra compensation, he said. "Hospitals have never been funded to pay doctors," explained Thibert. "The Ministry has to get involved for a central solution." • The Huron -Perth Hospital Liaison Committee, consisting of administrators and heads of Huron -Perth hospital boards, has issued a communique on what it perceives to be provincial inac- tion on the issue. The motion asks for personai4i tervention on the part of the `'Minister of Health before January 31st. "We are dismayed at the lack of pts that has been made byybat Ministry in resolving this problem, states a letter from the committee. Board cuts six jobs to trim spending BY DON JACKSON The Huron County Board of Education (HCBE) has announced the elimination of six positions in an effort to deal with the Social Contract and the downloading of Lobbying for DHC office underway Now that the 20 members of the Huron -Perth District Health Council have been finalized, and awaiting the approval of the Ministry of Health, the "lobby- ing will commence" to house the DHC headquarters. Paul Carroll, Huron Steering Committee chairman, said he's sure every municipality from Goderich's Lake Huron shoreline to the east side of Perth will actively seek out the headquarters. "I'm not sure it makes a damn bit of difference," he said during their final joint meeting, noting that the new DHC members themselves will decide on the location. Carroll was responding to a comment made by Kathy Rae, of Stratford, who wanted to make an amendment to the joint Geographic/Boundary Committee's recommendation that the DHC office be located on the Highway 8 corridor in the Seaforth-Mitchell area (with preference identified as Perth County). Rae, a city alderman, wanted to make it known in the final report to the Ministry that there was no active membership from Stratford or St. Marys on the committee, since she and Bernie Schmidt, administrator of the Stratford General Hospital, couldn't attend the meetings due to other commitments. Her request for the amend- ment was refused. The City of Stratford, the Town of Mitchell and the Township of Hibbert have all made their interest known to be the site of the DHC headquar- ters. funding by the province. The position of principal at the Learning Resource Centre will no longer exist. HCBE Director Paul Carroll explained the principal's duties. "The principal is the per- son who manages the education centre and supervises a staff of 20 or 25 people," he said, adding that the staff are either on the road or involved in special education most of the time. Another of the principal's responsibilities is the periodic* monitoring of home schooling students. It is the responsibility of the board to look at the programs used by parents who choose to school their children at home and evaluate the programs. These duties will be turned over to the principal of the school in the area that those students would go to if they were enrolled. see Cuts, page five HIGHWAY #8, SEAFORTH F•TiE PHOTO FIVE -TIME CHAMPIONS - Seaforlh's Lloyd Eisler and Isabelle Brasseur, shown here in Seaforth, became Canadian pairs figure skating champions for the fifth time last week. Home -town heroes are champs for fifth time, For the fifth dme, Scefciih po enaN OirnPic onraPedlinn nadvt, Lloyd Eisler sod ids fig- next month p Norway. in Lim, ttCDsksdrts Brasseer have won a Canadian Bim. 23, and Meier30, senior paha tide. Theyak elS who teased UP in 1911700oh the trued tttdtr gmb tisk art tie world championship last March national competition at its Ptt4too and have both aiiver Northlands Coliseum In and bie s from past E neon on die weekend.. wolle ooloPetittoos. Tho Pair aro There hive been two Wort rdxt bronze medal winners from five.dr rte t� um f the 1992 Olympic Fumes fn Theket at Paul wgisims orld championp� r � ValBeak 1910.. returned to Seaforth for a visit in 19t� Por sit = ifrle Noveynber and skated to two sixthsenior mew, told -out capacity crowds at the woe ir; 1 with thein Safortth and District Community neer Katherina Meow& Comes. Lloyd and lsebelle re It's widt dela Mabor Canldlp Sdoba Sams CIaua Parade that the wire World Chew .....: 1993. Obituaries page 10 Sports pages 6, 7 Entertainment page 11 Weddings page 11 65 cents Pius 5 cent CST (70 cents) Health Council names sent to Health Ministry BY ANDY BADER for Signal Star newspapers The Huron -Perth District Health Council (DHC) is one step closer to reality after 20 names were sub- mitted to the Ministry of Health for approval. After ort year of extensive behind -the -scenes work, and approximately 90 interested people wishing to sit on the new DHC, the final list was whittled down and approved by the joint Huron -Perth Steering Committee last Wednesday night at the Mitchell Town Hall. Huron Steering Commiuee Chair- man Paul Carroll said the release of those 20 individuals chosen --and accepted --by the provincial ministry could happen as early as six weeks. The joint committee decided not to release the names of those sub- mitted until officially approve Carroll said 35 people from Huron were accepted as viable applicants for the new DHC. Perth Steering Committee Chairman Jeff Wilbee said 54 applications were accepted and considered from their county. "This was probably the most difficult challenge in. all the work that was done," Carroll said. "There will certainly be some disappointed people, but it was an arduous task," Wilbee added. The DHC membership will have 40 per cent health providers (four members), 40 per cent health con- sumers (four) and 20 per cent municipal government representa- tion (two) from each county, or an even 10-10 split of members from Huron and Perth. Once approved by the Ministry of Health, the Huron -Perth DHC will be the last region to have a formal district health council in Ontario. The Huron DHC Steering Com- mittee was formed in December of 1992, when Carroll was appointed chairman. Perth's formation fol- lowed shortly thereafter, and the two agreed to amalgamate in Octo- ber. Their first joint meeting was held in November. Both Carroll and Wilbee gave closing remarks of thanks before' the joint committee and the two steering committees were dissolved, each praising the dedication and hard work of all the committee members. 1TM (1JMMIN(I NIOTO SNOW AND ICE - Mark Vock and Jason Hulley (shown above) ice rink behind 48 William St. in Egmondvilie. In this photo the are two of about eight or nine children who have helped create an scenic rink, covered by snow, is being cleared. 1