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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-04-20, Page 44—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, April 20, 1004 _ Huron (DE sitor Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 TIM CUMMING - Editor DAVID SCOTT - Reporter UNDA PULLMAN - Typesetter BARB STOREY - Distribution TERRI-LYNN DALE • General Manager & Advertising Manager MARY MELLOR - Soles PAT ARMES - Office Manager DIANNE McGRATH - Subscriptions A Burgoyne Community Newspaper SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL - 24.00 a year, in advance, plus 1.68 G.S.T. SENIORS - 21.00 a year, in advance, plus 1.47 G.S.T. Goderich, Stratford addresses: 24.00 a year, in advance, plus 7.28 postage, plus 2.19 G.S.T Out -Of -Area addresses: 24.00 o yeor, in advance, plus 11.44 postage,�pluus 2.48 G.S,T USA & Foreign: 24.00 o year in advance, plus 576.00 postage, G.S.T. exemptSUBSCRIPTION RATES: Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing at 100 Main St., Seaforth. Publication moil registra- tion No. 0696 held at Seoforth, Ontario. 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Wednesday, April 20, 1994• Editorial and Busineu Offices - 100 Main Street, Seaforth Telephone 1519) 527-0240 Fax 1519) 527-2858 Mailing Address - P.o- Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK IWO Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association and the Ontario Press Council Editorial Will taxes go down? For the first time in many years taxes may go down for public school supporters In Seaforth and stay the same in other local municipalities. The Town of Seaforth will soon be considering a budget with a proposed decrease. If passed by council this will be encouraging news for the local ratepayer who must surely feel beaten up by all levels of government in the past. It likely shouldn't have taken this long for federal, provincial and municipal bodies to recognize the taxpayer is feeling the crunch of govern- ment overspending. If the Town of Seaforth, the county and the public Board of Education follow through with their talc of controlled spending they are to be congratulated. Talc freezesand o�c decreases recognizeihat aFratepayers can't bear hlg tomer ttaxes. Meeting a zero budget increase (or better) this year Is the first of many challenges for the town's fiscal planners. As upper -tier govemments continue to slash spending and the upward pressure on salaries begins (In light of recent years with little or no increases), the town must cut spending. These spending cuts should not come at the expense of delivering essential services. Cutting grants to groups is not a long-term solution. Instead, the municipality must trim its operational costs and hold the line on. payroll and administration. A review of management practices at the town office, presented to Seaforth Council by the town administrator, may address some of these concerns and improve efficiency. It is the job of council to ensure the municipality is run as efficiently and effectively as it can and keep an eye on how it spends tax dollars. The taxpayer demands it. - (TBC). Opinion 57 Days longer, but nothing gets done Yes, we know it's spring now because: • You can watch hockey playoffs and major league baseball at the same time. • There's mud. • You can see the grass. • Big, fat dew worms have returned. • Big, fat dew worm -eating birds have returned. • It's raining a lot. • The Freeze King is open. • Highway 8 is only closed once a week now. • Farmers are starting to head out to the fields and those bio - generated earthly aromas are filling our nostrils. • They're selling seeds, garden- ing supplies and sheep manure everywhere you look. • There are less snowmobiles on the road. • There are ads for yard sales in the paper. • Golf lessons are starting. • A beer license has been granted for a ball tournament. • Your heating bills have gone down. • If you're outside too long now you're face turns red because it's burnt., not frozen. • We set our clocks ahead. • The Home and Garden Show and Slice of Huron have both come and gone. • Your car will start in the morn- ing (maybe). • The days are getting longer and you still can't get things done. • There are sales on lawn mowers. • The annual Optimist Canoe Rally was held Saturday and it didn't snow. • There are convertibles on the road. • Various baseball leagues are holding meetings. • Maple syrup has been tapped. • And all the well-preserved dog poop from the winter is now visible on our lawns. ••• Congratulations to Dave McLlwain of Seaforth for a tremendous season with the Ottawa Senators. Dave finished up with 43 points in 66 games (missing a month because of a separated shoulder) - 'ust eight points shy of his all-time NHL high of 51 points. He was also Ottawa's third leading scorer only eight points behind highly -touted rookie Alexander Daigle who played 18 games more than Dave this season. Another rookie sensation, Alexei Yashin, led the Senators with 79 points. Hopefully when Ottawa receives their half of the Bob Kudelski trade to Florida - a couple of big, young, talented players - the Senators will gain some focus and leave behind the past two dismal seasons. Dave has proven both his talent and ability as a team leader in his first season with the Senators. • • • Okay, I know now because I picked several players from favourites Detroit and the Ranglirs for a playoff pool that the two teams you'll probably see in the NHL Stanley Cup Final will be San Jos6 and Buf- falo. Author speaks at literacy event Children's author and storyteller Richard Thompson of Prince George, British Columbia will be doing workshops in the authors' tent at the Clinton Family Literacy Festival for the entire week of the event, June 6-10. The workshops will consist of reading stories and doing related age-appropriate activ- ities. Richard Thompson is the author of Jesse on the Night Train, Jenny's Neighbours, and Zoe & the Mys- terious X. He draws ideas from his experience running his own day care and from his daughter Jesse. Growing up in northern Alberta and British Columbia, he remembers being a storyteller as a child: "We used to pitch a tent in the woods and I would make up stories for my fdendsand_family The Festival is a celebration of literacy and family. It will take place at the Clinton Fairgrounds. Celebrity readers, crafts, displays, and performances will entertain people of all ages. Daytime pro- grams are free though there will be a small fee for evening perform- ances. Letters to the Editor Centenaires hope for more volunteers Dear Editor, The Seaforth Centenaires are concluding one of the most success- ful seasons in our 20 -year history. We are already hard to work on the next one. However that "we" is getting dangerously smaller. Four of our executive members indicated before this season begahl that this anniver- sary campaign would be their last, and they now plan to step down in the next little while. The Centenaires would like to publicly thank Ann Bosman, Gail Schroeder, Joan Beuermann and Barb Watt for helping to keep us not only alive but kicking. None of them have had sons playing on the team for at least the past couple of seasons and all are quite busy enough without all the hassles of the hockey. I am absolutely sure the Seaforth juniors would have ended up like the Goderich and Clinton juniors, in other words extinct, without the many, many years of selfless support volunteered by these four women, among others. We need more just like them. If anybody out there is similarly interested in serving on our Execu- tive please plan to attend our Annual Meeting at the Seaforth Arena next Tuesday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. Thankyou Gregor Campbell General Manager, Seaforth Centenaires Junior Development Hockey Club This week's OPP report A stone did about $2,500 damage Apr. 16 after it was flung at a sign. Godcrich OPP said someone threw the stone at a portable sign with arrows, located at Vincent's Farm Machinery, in McKillop Twp. The sign's plexiglass was smashed and thc frame twisted. BREAKrIN About31,200 worth of tools were reported stolen after thieves got into an unlocked back shed at a Mullett Twp. residence Apr. 15. Among the items stolen were a Mastcrcraft radial saw, a Beaver six-inch jointer, a Skill circular saw and numerous wrenches and screw- drivers. IMPAIRED DRIVER A Brussels arca man was charged with driving with a bloodlalcohol level above thc legal Iimit.The 38 - year -old man was stopped on Hwy. 4, Hullett Twp., for speeding. He will appear in court June 6. THEFT A tractor grille and headlight assembly, valued at $250, was reported stolen from Radford Farm Equipment, in Londesborough, Apr. 12. it has a screen -type grille with an MF emblem on it and built-in rectangular headlights. ACCIDENTS Godcrich OPP were called to eight motor vehicle collisions dur- ing the past week, six involving vehicles and deer. No injuries were reported in any of the collisions. i() Alzheimer group has charity status The Alzheimer Society of Huron County has received notification from Revenue Canada that it's recognized as a registered charity under the terms of the Income Tax Act. This means that the Society can now issue official receipts for dona- tions, which can be used by the donor as an income tax deduction. The Alzheimer Society of Huron County is a volunteer organization with no paid staff. A small office has been opened in the old Huronview building. This is staffed by volunteers every Monday to Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. An answer- ing service ensures that enquiries will be responded to without delay. The telephone numbers are 482- 1482 and 1-800-561-5012. Those who would like more information about Alzheimer disease and the services available should call one of these numbers. Donations should be addressed to: Alzheimer Society of Huron County, P.O. Box 219, Clinton, Ontario NOM 1LO. Cheques should be made payable to Alzheimer Society of Huron County. The Annual meeting of the Society, which is open to the pub- lic, will be held on Wednesday, April 20 at 7 p.m. at the Huron Adult Day Centre in the old Huronview Building, Clinton. Alzheimer disease has at least two victims - the person suffering from the disease and the family members and friends. In order to care for someone with Alzheimer disease, family members need education, support and practical help. It's the mandate of the Society to provide these services to affected families in Huron County. Financial donations from residents of the County are needed to fulfil this mandate, according to the Society. Boulder threatens Egmondville writer FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIL 27, 1894 James Weir, the owner of the Royal Hotel, intends taking possession again. • • • Three little boys, children of respectable parents, have been found guilty of stealing money from the till of Mr. Fred Davis' grocery store, in Mitchell. Saturday as much as $12 was stolen, a few days before $5 and on Monday $1. All the money was spent but 57. ••• Robert Watt, of Brussels, has been appointed game warden for Brussels and surrounding country. We are pleased to note steady progress, healthward, of Mr. C. R. Van Egmond, who appears almost as strong as ever. • • • Mr. T. Campbell, from Walton, has moved to our vitiate, and occupies Mr. Wallace's bnck resi- dence on the hill, south of the river. •• EGMONDVILLE - We have heard of newspapermen being horse- whipped, and challenged to a duel, but it fell to the lot of your Bgmondvife scribe this week to be threatened with destruction from a boulder in the hand of a wheelman who seemed bent on avenging the insult offered to the craft by our remarks a week or two ago. Next week we look for an attack from a man armed with an old stove -pipe or a pot -lid, on account of last week's notes. Not being prepared for martyrdom, in such a cause, we suppose the wise course would be to stop scribbling and make an humble apology to all having injured feelings. ••• Mr. Bale, who owns three com- fortable cottages in Seaforth, has let J In the Years Agone the contract of putting stone foun- dations and cellars under each to Mr. R. Kruse, of this village (Egmondville). ••• At a meeting of the License Com- missioners for South Huron held at Hensall on Friday last, it was decided to grant licenses to the following parties: •Seaforth: James Weir, Thomas Stephens & Son, H. G. Edsall, James Dick, William Flanagan, L. L. Walper; Shop - E. Dawson; Wholesale - H. Jackson & Son. •Tuckersmith: Jacob Weber, Egmondville; Wm. Dixon, Brucefield; Wm. Kyle. •Stanley: George Faugh, Bruceficld; W. Cook, Varna; Henry Shafer, Kippen. ',Hay: W. R. Hodgins and James Coxworth, Hensall; Charles Grcb and H. L. Peine, Zurich; Wm. Nicholson, Blake. ••• Fishing was never better in the river than now. Mr. Richard Hewitt caught eleven and a half pounds weight in eight hours. In the lot were two mullet from the lake, caught between Egmondville and Broadfoot's bridge. ••• Mr. B. B. Gunn who has been laid up for the past five weeks with inflammatory rheumatism, is recovering, and was able to be out yesterday. APRIL 2S, 1919 Licut. Aubrey Crich, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Crich, who has been with the Royal Naval Air Force in France for two years, has returned home. Lieut. Commander Hugh Ross MacKinnon, RCNVR, Halifax and Zurich, Ont., arrived recently at a British port to take up overseas C duties with the Royal Canadian At an enthusiastic meeting of the Navy. • • • Seaforth Lawn Bowling Club, held Through the good offices of Wm. in the council chamber on Tuesday H. Golding, M.P. for Huron -Perth, evening of last week, the following and L. E. Cardiff, M.P. for Huron officers were elected for the coming season: President, William Ament; North, Their Excellencies the Earl vice-president, Dr. Charles of Athlone, Govemor-General and MacKay, secretary, John Broderick, H. R. H. Princess Alice have con treasurer, J. G. Mullen; executive, J. M. Best, Harry Stewart, Charles Barber, W. G. Willis; delegate to Fail cup meeting, Dr. Foci'. Bur- rows; membership comt{ittee, F. Robinson, J. Broderick, G. D. Haig, J. G. Mullen, and J. M. Best; offi- cial referees, Messrs. J.. M. Best and W. G. Willis; skips, J. E. Willis, H. Burrows, W. G. Willis, Dr. Mackay, R. S. Hays, Oscar Neil, Dr. Grieve, K. McLean. Col. A. Wilson, of New York, was made an honourary member of the club. • • • Miss Jean Ross, of Toronto, spent the holidays at her home in McKillop. ••• in the recent local referendum on Daylight Saving the measure was defeated by a vote of 340 to 272. ••• Miss Ruth Sproat, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sproat, left on Saturday to accept a position in Detroit. ••• Miss Edna Dayman is visiting at her home in McKillop. APRiL 28, 1944 Pte. Harold Hedden, of Hensall, who has been overseas with the Royal Canadian Regiment and who was seriously ill in England, was invalided home. • • • rented to attend the rural field day being held by the Huron County Federation of Agriculture at Seaforth on June 14th next. • • • Mr. Weedmark held the record for the largest hen egg just five days. On Tuesday Mr. Barney Hildebrand, South Main Street, brought into The Expositor office an egg laid that day by one of his flock of 2A Barred Rocks. APRIL 24, 1969 Fred Riley, of Lucknow, who has operated Fred's Billiards in that village for the past six years, has purchased the Freeze King on No. 8 Highway west of Seaforth. They will take over there the first of the month. The business was established by Ron Wareing of Hensall a year ago. Students of Seaforth District High School again are co-operating with cancer campaign officials in can- vassing Seaforth and area homes. The canvass is being co-ordinated by the students' council headed by president Murray Hulley. Campaign chairman R. J. Spittal said Wednes- day gifts to the campaign totalled so far fall far short of the objective of 52,000. Receiving plans for continuing the canvass were SDHS students Terry Kunz, Seaforth; Ted Scott, RR 2 Seaforth and Glenda Little, RR 1 Seaforth. .1