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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-05-11, Page 1cuE LXOS1: Huron • O 65 cents plus 5 cents G.S.T. (70 cents) ENTERTAINMENT A local woman is bringing theatre to the youth of the area. see page five. 4 HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1994. MILTON J. DIETZ LIMITED SEAFORTH 522-0608 • Pesticides & Custom Spraying • Spraying Equipment & Parts • Nutrite Premium Fertilizer • Ventilation & Livestock Equipment ["J PURINA FEEDS 'til ■ ■ & PET FOODS EDUCATION Young driving )` prospects must receive their �,. - " licenses � � +► in stages. s : #( see page two. - w Your Full Line Dealer FORD FEATURE Cs- MERCURY Who works in Sales - Service Selection Toronto, visits and _Seaforth receives rte"""" : 1 fellowships? 1 H FORD MERCURY USED CARS WaHwAy * % r FO*M 6"10„01 see three for •The Friendly Dever With The Big Hear page answer to this riddle. Briefly , John Flannery Seaforth loses former Mayor, war hero Seaforth and district was sad- dened to hear of the loss of John Flannery, a former Mayor of Seaforth. He was a member of Seaforth Legion and a 4th degree member of the Knights of Columbus. He ran Flannery Cleaners for many years. As well as being a prominent local businessperson he was a war hero. In 1945 he received the Military Medal from Vis- count Alexander of Tunis, Gov- ernor-General of Canada. The citation which accom- panied the award stated that, "Sgt. Flannery, in command of the leading platoon at Breddenberg, Germany per- sonally rushed the enemy and cleared the arca with complete disregard for his own safety." 'for obituary notice, see back page. D'Orlean Sills Former PUC commissioner passes away One of Seaforth's best-known business people passed away last week. D'Orican Sills, a former fire chief and co-owner of Sills Hardware, was a valued member of the Royal Canadian Legion where he had been a past presi- dent. He served the public for 22 years as Commissioner of Seaforth Public Utilities. His death is a great loss to his com- munity. •for obituary notice, see hack page. INDEX Sports...page 9. Obituaries...back page. Weddings ...pages 14, 15. "Your community newspaper since 1860...serving Seaforth, Dublin, Hensall, Walton, Brussels. and surrounding communities." FEEDIN' TIME - Jaime Van Wynsberghe, left, and Derrick Wolfe of Gwen Hugill's Kindergarten 'B' class from St. James School hand -fed one of the holsteins at Eckert's dairy farm some silage DAVID SCOTT PHOTO during a tour of the farm Thursday morning. Students had a chance to bottle-feed a calf and view the milking facilities. • See inside for story and more photos. Township cuts taxes more than 20% BY TIM CUMMING Expositor Editor Tuckersmith Township will be lowering its taxes for municipal services this year by more than 20 per cent. This follows a tax freeze at the county level. Only the public Board of Education and the Huron - Perth Separate School Board will raisc taxes. Taxes will go down for Tuckersmith public school ratepayers by about two per cent despite a roughly -six -per -cent increase by the Huron County Board of Education. The total taxes combine the township tax decrease, county tax freeze and education tax increase. Tuckersmith anticipates an approximate 596,000 reduction in general municipal expenditures. The municipal taxes will go down large- ly because the debenture for the gravel pit has been paid, for a decrease of more than 540,000, and no payments will be made this year to the Mid -Huron Landfill Site. (The facility has switchcd to a user - pay system). Last year the township paid close to $70,000 to the landfill site. Now, Tuckersmith residents are paying the costs of the landfill through user -pay garbage pick-up or drop- off. The only main increase for garbage -related costs for the town- ship is for recycling bins in the municipality. Reeve Bill Carnoch d d pito a drop in volume at the landfill site, the board did not anticipate asking the municipalities to off -set costs. The landfill site would most likely try to cut expenses, perhaps by limiting the number of days it's open. Reeve Bill Carnochan said Tuckersmith wouldn't bring in a zero increase budget and pretend they were holding the line on taxes. "We told the ratepayers that (cost of landfill) would not be on their tax bill," he said. Coun. Larry McGrath said it would be "dirty politics" to not lower the municipal budget because ratepayers are now paying for their garbage outside of the municipal system. He said Tuckersmith is doing its part to lower taxes while an es - the_proyirtcc and board of education were raising taxes. The township mill rate will also decrease because the total township tax assessment has increased, due to such factors as new buildings. Reeve Carnochan said it was the first time in many years the county had brought in a zero budget increase. The residential mill rate is 3.575, down about 26 per cent from 4.495 last year and the commercial mill rate for 1994 is 4.206, down from 5.288. The township expects to spend about 5412,769 this year, down from last year's figure of 5508,826. The township has budgeted for a significant increase in its fire budget as it puts money into reserves in anticipation of the pur- chase of a fire truck. ill Rowat, new Deputy Minister. PM appoints Seaforth native to Deputy job A former Seaforth resident received a deputy minister appointment by Prime Minister Jean Chretien on May 3. Bill Rowat, currently Associate Deputy Minister of Transport, became Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans upon the retirement of Bruce Rawson. The appointment took effect May 9. Rowat was raised in Seaforth where he attended both public ifhd"high school. William is son of Lloyd Rowat, currently a resident at Maplewood Manor, and the late Leone Rowat, long time resident of Seaforth. Hullett proposes new municipal admin. building Coun. Kenneth Hulley opposed a motion proposing a new municipal administration build- ing for Hullett Township under the Canada -Ontario Infrastruc- ture Works. Coun. Kenneth Hulley was the only councillor to oppose the motion in a recorded vote at the April 19 meeting of township council. The motion was to submit the proposal to the infra- structure program management committee. The motion was supported by Reeve Tom Cunningham, Deputy -Reeve Ron Gross and Councillors Tom Duizcr and Tony Middcgaal. Subsidy application At the April 19 meeting of town- ship council, Tuckersmith approved a motion to apply for a supplemen- tary subsidy for replacement of bridge number six, Lot 9, conces- sion 12- Huron Road Survey. Local racer wins street eliminator competition tio n BY TiM CUMMIiNG---'11141144, Expositor Editor just like to get a faster car." To reach the divisional finals in Indianapolis he must place in the top eight in Sparta over the course of the season. The racing season begins the first weekend of April and runs until the end of October. The former student of Seaforth District High School says he enjoys the street class because anybody can race, and it attracts a variety of vehicles. The high -flying teen drives a white '83 Ford Mustang, com- plete with trendless drag slicks on the back wheels. <, Although the Seaforth man can be found every Sunday travelling around a track at 100 miles per hour, he says drag racing is not all that dangerous. "Their safety rules are strict, if you don't meet them you don't get to race," he said. Mark's costly hobby is a team effort. He has received assistance from his younger brother, Kevin and friend Leanne Charters, who made him a custom uniform. Mark MacDonald is the son of Brian and Karen MacDonald, of Seaforth. He is sponsored by Hart Ford -Mercury of Seaforth. Mark MacDonald knew he wanted to drive fast cars as far back as grade six. "Ever since 1 went to my first drag race I wanted to do it," recalls the 18 -year-old Seaforth man. Today the mechanical engin- eering student at Conestoga College is living out his drag - racing dream. On Sunday he won the Street Eliminator class at London Motorsports Park, on Highway 27 near Sparta. The second -year drag racer has made the semi-finals four times but this is his first victory. "It was a relief, said MacDonald, who dreams of competing in the divisional finals in Indianapolis. He beat about 40 other cars to win with a time of 13.575 sec- onds, racing as high as 99.96 miles per hour.ln the time trials he was clocked at 100.01 miles an hour. How far will he go with his chosen hobby? "I think everybody wants to do 1f; mcf tonally " he *dd. "I'd of drag racing but on Sunday cry THE FAST LANE - Seaforth's Marx MacDonald is only itTiM nrMMtNo momirissecon1__-__ he captured a first placing In the Street Eliminator class.