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The Huron Expositor, 1994-02-23, Page 1'SEX °ri 1 F os for p. Your community newspaper since 1860. Serving Segforth, Dublin, Hensall, Walton, Brussels and surrounding communities. Local farmer named again to egg board Jim McIntosh, an egg producer from Seaforth, has been re-elected by the egg producers in Huron County to his sixth term as their Director of The Ontario Egg Producers' Marketing Board. He serves on the Executive Committee and the Egg Industry Advisory Committee. With his wife, Brenda; their son; daughter and son-in-law, they operate McIntosh Poultry Farms Limited near Seaforth. The farm includes laying hens, pullet -growing facilities, a hog operation and cash crops. Both Jim and Brenda are active in a wide variety of agricultural organizations, as well as local community affairs. The purpose of The Ontario Egg Producers' Marketing Board is: To. effectively manage the production and pricing of eggs in Ontario to ensure fair and stable returns for Producers and adequate supply of high quality eggs at a fair pnce for consumers through the operation of an efficient egg and pullet supply management system: and to aggressively stimulate demand for eggs through research, product promotion and other marketing activities. Hydro change means loss of two Seaforth jobs A report by Ontario Hydro offers a recommendation which would see the Seaforth Transformer Station's control room (one mile and a quar- ter east of town) de -staffed but the station remaining open. Control would be moved to the Buchanan Transformer Station in London. Under the proposal two travelling operators would remain resident at Seaforth to handle the day-to-day operating requirements and to respond to emergencies in the north end (of the service area), according to the leuer from Murray J. McGinnis, Manager of the Western District of Ontario Hydro. The overall result would be the reduction of two staff positions. "The resulting savings will con- tribute to reducing costs and rates into the future," stated the letter. Pedestrian struck by car Seaforth Police Services report a personal injury accident which occurred on Feb. 15 on Chalk St. North near Scaforth District High School. A vehicle was northbound on Chalk St. Three pedestrians were walking north on the east side of Chalk St. One of the pedestrians ran away from the group in front of the north- bound vehicle. The vehicle col- lided with the pedestrian who landed on the hood and rolled to the ground. The victim was taken to Seaforth hospital for treatment. There is no report on the extent of the injuries to the pedestrian at this time. The Seaforth Police Services have received complaints of dogs running loose as a result of the recent mild weather. "This is the time of year dogs start to run. Owners should pay more attention to their animals," said Seaforth Police Chief Hal Claus. A hit and run complaint was received by Scaforth Police on the morning of Feb. 19. Some minor damage occurred over- night on Feb. 18 to a parked car on Jarvis street. A house on Railway St. suf- fered some smoke damage on Sat., Feb. 19. The Scaforth Fire Department and Seaforth Police Services responded to the call. No injuries were reported in the incident. MILTON J. DIETZ LIMITED SEAFORTH 522-0608 • Pesticides & Custom Spraying • Spraying Equipment & Parts • Nutrite Premium Fertilizer • Ventilation & Livestock Equipment 1�l �w �■ PURINA FEEDS L!�•J & PET FOODS HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1994. INSIDE Something is terribly wrong with Canada, says a youth evangelist and former criminal. SEE PAGE EIGHT Your FuH Une Darr FORD MERCURY Sales -Service - Selection HARTkrFA :, M'RRTH 527-1010 TIM CUMMING PHOTO EATING IN LUXURY - As part of the Hunger Awareness Meal at Egmondville United Church on Sunday some participants were chosen to be part of the 'First World.' Here Kayleigh MacDonald, 7, and her father Fred MacDonald, orKippen, prepare to enjoy a rich meal of ham and eggs. Other participants had to eat the lean breakfast known by those•in the Third World.' M[ WINO PHOTO JUST PLAIN OATS Jacob Williams, 4, eats porridge during the Hunger Awareness Meal at Egmondville United Church on Sunday. Patrons were divided into Third World and First World camps. The First World diners enjoyed ham and eggs while the Third World people ate porridge. The event was part of the Canadian Foodgrains bank furtcfraising month. Dublin, St. Columban schools vandalized BY MICHELE GREENE St. Patrick's School in Dublin, and St. Columban School were vandalized in the early morning hours Sunday. If it wasn't for a custodian's regular weekend check of the school, the mess wouldn't have been discovered until Monday morning. Principal Don Farwell said Mon- day that St. Columban custodian Mary Maloney regularly checks the school after 10 a.m. Mass each week. On Sunday, she found that the doors at the north entrance were smashed, all the desks were rum- maged through, a hole was punched in the wall near the office area, and a hole was punched through the "All the kids' work is gone..." -Don Farwell, school principal window of the main office. A bar „Sebringville OPP Constable was used to pry into the principal's\-' Marianne Burgener said police have some solid evidence that will help them find a suspect. She said the thieves gained entry into the Dublin cschool by prying open a rear win- dow. A number of items were stolen including a computer, two printers, an adding machine, a CD ROM computer accessory, a hard disk computer accessory, and a VCR. "All the kids' work is gone," said Farwell, noting that a lot of it was on computer. Teachers' marks and evaluations weren't lost, he said because it isn't kept on computer. office which was also ransacked, he said. After ,she contacted Farwell, he called. Patrick's custodian Jean Maloney to ask her to check the Dublin school. She found a similar mess. Chocolate milk was spilled all over the floor as the thieves punctured a five -gallon drum of the drink. By the time Farwell arrived at the St. Columban school at about 2 p.m., OPP officers from Sebringville and Goderich detach- ments were already investigating Landfill board budges on zero tolerance policy BY DAVID SCOTT Expositor Staff In a letter to the Mid -Huron Landfill Site (MHLS) Board, Ken Hunter, Commissioner of Works for Goderich, and Frank Postill, Site Supervisor, stated their objections at the .Feb. 10 meeting to the zero level of tolerance at the MHLS for banned items authorized by the board before Jan. 1, 1994. "We have found out, through our first few weeks of operation that having a zero level is impossible. For example, a public building may supply recycling receptacles and garbage cans, 99 per cent of the people will use them, however, you will get the other person throwing a recyclable item into the garbage. It is unreasonable to have to sort through 'every bag of garbage to make sure that it is absolutely clean," stated the letter. Carriers can easily tell if a bag was full of recyclables (for example pop cans) but it's very difficult to tell whether there were one or two banned items in the bag, according to the letter. The landfill site has already had an incident where a carrier who had been previously double -billed for having banned items in his load, ripped apart another carrier's gar- bage as it was brought into the site demanding that he also be double - billed. The letter went on to state that other municipal landfill sites have been contacted and they allow a tolerance of somewhere between 5 and 8 per cern for banned items. "You're looking for a person that's not recycling, period. That's who you charge double. If an arena has a recycling program installed and someone throws two pop cans in their garbage bin, you don't charge them," said Hunter, Com- missioner of Works, Goderich. "We can't be second-guessed by the board. It has to be our deci- sion," said Site Supervisor Frank Postill. Bill Teall of the Town of Seaforth asked if site workers would take loads apart and weigh them to determine if any banned items exceeded the 5 to 8 per cent limit. "We'd make it so it's the supervisor's judgement," said Hunter. "We could put the Town of Goderich (carriers) out of business by turning back all loads," said Postill, who also mentioned busI- nesses were complying with the new rules and doing their best to recycle. Bill Carnochan of Tuckersmith Township had objections to setting a number on 'the banned items. "We've already told people it's zero (per cent tolerance). I'm afraid it will go to 10. Then 10 will turn into 20 and 20 into 50," said Camochan. Lynda Rotteau of the Town of Goderich said a five per cern level for banned items will allow for the accidental item in a load but 10 per cent "is too high." A motion was passed by the MHLS Board to implement a five per cent or less limit on banned items in loads of garbage at the landfill site as determined by landfill staff. Goderich OPP Constable John Marshall said so far there are no suspects but the culprits left some leads in St. Columban. Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Exeter and Stephen Township Public School were also recently broken into, he said. On Monday, Farwell and teachers were completing an inventory to determine everything that was taken. So far, they have found the microwave and camera were stolen but the investigation was continu- ing. Farwell said the children are handling the incident fairly well. He said teachers informed the children of the break-ins and want to keep it low key so the children don't become alarmed. 87RVEN P'U LMAN PHOTO RECORD BREAKER - Kate Johnston, a grade 4 student at Seaforth Public School, breaks record for reading books. Local student reads 210 books for contest record Could you imagine trying to read 173 40 -page books or 60 oOmplcte titles in a time period of four weeks and two days? Well that's exactly what Kate Johnston a student in Mrs. Biemans grade 4 class at Seaforth Public School did. Kate had until Mon. Feb, 21 to break the recant of 173 and site did it with a new record of 210.(Her original goal wail 174) Kate is participating in World Book Encyclopedia's Partners in Excellence program with the aim of promoting reading in the class To achieve the goal Kate had set for herself she had to pick her own amount of books to read and get own set of sponsors. For every two dollars she earns for the school, by reading her books, World Book puts forth an additional dollar. Kate said "It was fun becauwe I read a lot", Kate went on to say that she had no future plans to become an author. The school is hoping to buy a CD-ROM computer and a couple sets of encyclopedias with the money earned by this program. Sports pages 6, 7 Entertainment page 13 Obituaries page 3 65 cents Plus 5 cents GST (70 cents) Town disagrees with objections to fire budget Seaforth Town Council went into Committee of the Whole at their Feb. 8 council meeting to discuss the Seaforth Fire Area Budget. Council decided to send letters to the other municipalities on the Seaforth Fire Area board to let them know they weren't satisfied with the way some municipalities approached the budget. There is equipment that needs to be upgraded or replaced, said Seaforth Administrator, Jim Crocker. Both McKillop and Tuckersmith townships had objections to numer- ous points of the proposed fire area budget. The budget must have the approval of at least thre9 of the five municipalities (or 50 per cent of the contributors to the Seaforth Fire Area) that form the Seaforth Fire Area Board (Seaforth, Tuckersmith, McKillop, Hullett, Hibbert). Hibbert Township called a for the five municipalities to meet on Feb. 28 at 7:30 at the Hibbert municipal office to discuss the fire area budget. Bursary to honour Bill Pinder It was decided in a Committa.ot the Whole at the Feb. 8 Seaforth Council meeting that a 51,500 donation would be given to estab- lish an annual bursary at the Seaforth District High School's commencement in memory of the late William Pinder. The Seaforth Firefighters initiated the idea and complete details have not yet been finalized, according to Jim Crocker. Hibbert plans user fees for garbage User fees for garbage and curbside recycling is coming to Hibbert Township. Beginning April 1st, a form of 'mandatory' blue box recycling is coming to the township with an agreement through Bluewater Recycling, of Grand Bend. Also, township council provided an effec- tive incentive to recycle by imple- menting a $1.50 user fee for each bag of garbage collected at the landfill site after April 1. Bluewater Recycling will collect the blue boxes from each household bi-weekly, likely every other Wednesday, although the day hasn't been pinned down yet. Reeve McKenzie noted that the collection will include the Police Village of Dublin, and the village of St. Columban. Township officials will distribute the blue boxes in mid-March, McKenzie noted, and will deliver 20 free stickers at the same time. The stickers, worth $1.50 each, must be applied to any bag of gar- bage before it will be accepted for disposal at the landfill. Additional stickers --a fluorescent color (likely green) with the township logo --will be made available at the township office in Dublin. Farm dealership opens by Bornholm Customer service was stressed at the official grand opening of the Logan Farm Equipment John Deere dealership last Thursday. Peter Vande Borne, one of the three partners in the dealership, explained to the afternoon gathering of approximately 150 people that the new building was a goal of all those associated with Logan Farm, and now that it's completed, the next logical step is to service their customers "the best way possible." Construction of the new building, now cast of Bornholm on County Road 11, began last June. -44