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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-03-23, Page 1Huron • xpositor Your community newspaper since 1860. Serving Sec4forth, Dublin, Hensall, Walton. Brussels and surrounding communities. Briefly PUC to extend watermain The Seaforth PUC recently received a certificate of approval for the extension of a watermain on James St. west of Adam St. w*w At the end of February, the Seaforth PUC received its 1991 RBD truck from Ontario Hydro at a savings of approximately $52,000 to the commission. Tuckersmith to install alarm Tuckersmith Township will be installing an alarmsl� in response to the recent b -ins. at the township office. The cost of the new system may range from $500-$755 with an annual maintenance fee of Edit 5250. .. w-,_ Township backs fire bIget Hullett Township Council approved the purchase of a new pumper for the Seaforth and Area Fire Department at its March 1 meeting. The council also approved the 1994 budget but stipulated that the Fire Chief's eatery should remain at the 1993 level and total expendi- tures should be reduced by $1,000. The salary increase for the Fire Chief was eventually deleted from the fire budget. Police warn against speeding in springtime The following is a report from the Seaorth Police Services: Travelling on the highways has become easier now that the snow is disappearing. The result has been that motorists are driving at a rate of speed exceeding the speed limit. These past two weeks a number of motorists have found themselves on the receiving end of speeding tickets. Seaforth Police Chief Hal Claus wants to remind all motor- ists of the hazards that exist on the road. Snow banks still have not totally melted down, and our children are playing outside more as they are off on spring vacation. A number of minor motor vehicle accidents were investi- gated by Seaforth police recent- ly. On Tues., Mar. 15 two vehicles collided on Main St. at Goderich St. This happened as a westbound tractor trailer attempted a right turn from Goderich St. onto Main Street North. To give the tractor trailer room to negotiate the turn, the vehicle facing south at the lights reversed striking a parked vehicle. On Friday, Mar. 18 an east- bound vehicle on Goderich St. East was struck by a vehicle pulling away from a parked position on the south curb strik- ing the eastbound vehicle. Driver of the car pulling away from the curb was charged with "Start from Parked Position - Not in Safety." The number of incidents involving people passing NSF cheques in Seaforth has increased. Police are presently investigating false gsix pretences. complaints of On Mar. 15, 1994 a local store reported the theft of RCA disc player. Only part of system was stolen. Anyone having informa- tion on this theft is urged to call the Seaforth police at 527-1500 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-265- 1777. MILTON J. DIETZ LIMITED SEAFORTH 522-0608 • Pesticides & Custom Spraying • Spraying Equipment & Parts • Nutrite Premium Fertilizer • Ventilation & Livestock Equipment l�l LiPURINA FEEDS m• & PET FOODS HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1994. INSIDE For the first time Seaforth and Mitchell junior Hockey teams meet in a division final. for more on the rivalry, see page 10 Your Full Line Dealer Sams - Service - Selection HIGHWAY s8, SEAFORTH 527-1010 Sports pages 10, 11 Entertatrunent pages 16, 17 Obituaries page three 65 cents Plus 5 cents GST (70 cents) 4 THE ART OF BOWLING - Gwynne Burgess, right, explains the finer points of bowling to her sister, Hillary, including not stepping over the line when she's shooting. At right, the release of a well -aimed ball is demonstrated by Gwynne, as TDI CUMMING prIOTO ALL -ONTARIO COMPETITORS - This rink from the Seaforth Curling Ckib is headed to the provincial finals of the John Deere farmers. The team Is (front row) Brian McGavin, second and Jeff McGavin, lead, (back row far left) Gord Pryce, skip and (back far right) Ron Pryce, vice. They are shown with Peter VandeBome, of Logan Farm Equipment, which donated the jackets for the team. Team in All -Ontario's BY TIM CUMMING Expositor Editor A Seaforth-based team of curlers is headed to provincial competition in Chesley on March 31 -April 3. The rink of Gord Pryce, Ron Pryce, Brian McGavin and Jeff McGavin won the zone 15 playdowns to qualify for the Ontario finals of the 'John Deere Farmers.' The zone competition was held at the Seaforth Curling Club. Sixteen teams throughout Ontario, from Tweed to Windsor, will be competing in Chesliey. The Pryce rink defeated rinks from St. Thomas and Vanastra in January to advance to the all -Ontario finals. It's an all -expenses -paid jour- ney for the Pryces and McGavins as they hope to upset the beat curlers in their league. They will play up to five games during the competition. The rink has already met three or four of the teams it will meet in the provincial finals. These games were close, down-to-the- last-rock own-to-the- lastrock contests but the Seaforth team is confident it can compete with them. "We'd like to win it," said skip Gord Pryce. It will be an amusing twist for the McGavins, of the Walton farm equipment dealership, as they will be wearing John Deere' colours on their jackets, courtesy of Logan Farm Equip - Mel% A rink from the Seaforth Curl- ing Club last reached the provin- cial level in the John Deere Farmers about four years ago. DAVID SCO1T PHOTO Hillary looks on. The sisters were with a group from the Seaforth Cooperative Children's Centre visiting Starlight Lanes in Seaforth on Wednesday morning to have some fun bowling. March break began last week for most local students. No -sign law irks group BY TIM CUMMING Expositor Editor If you want to put up a large sign on your farm advertising ham- burgers you only need a permit. If you want to put up a sign profess- ing your own political or religious beliefs you may find it's illegal. A Toronto-based group fighting the NDP's 'farm union' legislation says it's one of the fust targets of Ministry of Transportation regula- tions banning non-commercial signs near any provincial highway. If farmers don't agree to take down these signs they may face fines up to $1,000 under the Public Trans- portation Highway Improvement Act. "Why can you put up a commer- cial sign but you can't express a personal opinion?" said Thom Corbett, Executive Director of Ontarians for Responsible Govern- ment. OMtanans for Responsible Gov- ernfnent is part of the conservative National Citizen's Coalition. Its proposed billboards against Bill 91 (the farm union bill) feature pic- tures of Bob Rae beside a jackass. "Which one wants to unionize the family farm?", the sign asks. Non-commercial signs which are already in use are apparently exempt from the transportation regulations. New signs, however, are prohibited. Corbett, speaking in an interview in Seaforth on Friday, said the provincial regulations must be changed or his group will launch a legal attack. It will argue that the Ministry of Transportation regula- tions are an infringement of free- dom of speech, guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and "We're not t fighdng for our- selves we're fighting for everybody in the arena of ideas," said Corbett. He called the regulations a 'gag law.' The paid spokesman also criti- cized Bill 91 (the 'farm union' bill), charging that the Ontario govern- ment is "willing to destroy a vital part of our economy (agriculture) to satisfy the unions." Agriculture is a labour-intensive industry and if the wages of farm labour are raised it will mean lost jobs, according to Corbett. "Farm businesses are going to have to become more mechanized," he said. In an interview in Seaforth Corbett rejected charges his group consists of urbanites coming into a rural area to stir up trouble. "We're a lightning rod in many cases," he said. "The farmers them- selves asked us to get involved, 90 per cent of our funding comes from them." The $6 billion agriculture and related businesses contribute to the economy is not peanuts, he said. "If this bill goes through the Ontario farm is going to be a lot less competitive than it is now." Parr Line broomball team wins silver in all -Ontario The Seaforth Parr Line women's The next opponent was a team from broomball team brought home the the South West division called the silver medal from the Provincial Middlesex Red Barons. As Parr Championships last weekend. Line cleaned up two goals the Bar - The Parr Line team headed to the ons came back with only forty-four Ottawa area to play in the elite seconds left in the game to tie it up. Provincial Championships which After overtime the teams were still were held at the Arnprior Civic tied. Centre in Arnprior. Sudden death approached as The first game was at noon on Cheryl Kruse cleaned house with a Friday against the Misfits from the classic goal for the win. Two wins Central West. Parr Line escaped with three victory goals to zero, see Parr, pg. 10 Eisler, Brasseur skate short program despite rib injury Despite a cracked rib, on Tues- five -centimetre horizontal crack day Isabelle Brasseur reported which previous x-rays had not she was prepared to go ahead shown. with the technical portion of her figure skating program with Canadian coaches and medical partner Lloyd Eisler of Seaforth officials have advised Brasseur at the world figure skating not to compete. But other news championships in Chiba, Japan. reports suggested Brasseur and Canadian Press reported that at Eisler would compete in the a practice last week Brasseur short program Tuesday and see aggravated the rib injury she how Isabelle felt before going suffered prior to the Olympics. ahead with the long program Recent x-rays of the rib show a scheduled for Wednesday. Canada Post cuts Saturday mail Seaforth has recently joined the rest of the Canada in losing Satur- day postal service. A cross-country change was made March 5 by Canada Post to "try to provide all Canadians with the same mail ser- vice whether they're in rural or., urban areas," said Tom Creech, Communications Officer for Canada Post in London. "We looked at the volumes of mail deposited at the rural locations, (which were minimal) and we think we can run an efficient operation and still deliver the standard of service." The elimination of Satur- day service doesn't have an impact on retail operations which sell stamps, said Creech. Local towns like Clinton and Exeter haven't had Saturday service for a number of years. "It was a little bit of an anomaly," said Creech. "For the past five or six years we're been trying to get rid of it (Saturday service)." He estimates several hundred communities across the country were affected by the recent elimin- ation of service. In the past people living in the city received free door-to-door delivery while small town cus- tomers had to pay to rent postal boxes. In an effort to keep things equal that practice was eliminated on Jan. 1, 1989 by Canada Post. Customers living in the country on rural mutes receive free mailbox delivery. M