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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-06-01, Page 1wairl xposito ron '4• &-14 65 cents plus 5 cents G.S.T. (70 cents) MUSIC They have been seen on TV. in the United States. They've played the Skydome. They're from Huron County. see page three. Briefly Seaforth athlete off to OFSSA A A Seaforth District High School student has made the leap from Midget to Junior level competition by qualifying for the OFSAA championships. Carly Price will compete at the Ontario competition at Kitchener on Friday in the Junior Girls 80m hurdles event. "It's really tough to go from the Midget to Junior level," said Terry Johnston, coach of the SDHS track team. He said she beat all other first- year Juniors including last year's OFSAA Midget winner. Seaforth woman wins student excellence award Shelly Nigh, of Seaforth, won an award for student excellence at the Conestoga College School of Business. A third -year student in the Business Administration - Accounting program at the Doon canlpus in Kitchener, Nigh is the first-ever winner of the Mary White Memorial Award, donated by Mr and Mrs. James White of Fergus, in memory of their daughter, who was the victim of an automobile accident while a student at Conestoga College. The $300 award goes to the student who best exemplifies the same friendliness, helpful atti- tude and constant desire to excel that Mary White displayed. Township may face legal challenge by outgoing clerk Howick Township Council may find the dismissal of its clerk -treasurer will face a legal challenge, reported The Wingham Advance -Times on May 25. The outgoing clerk -treasurer, Tom Miller, told the newspaper he would fight the township's decision on the basis of wrongful dismissal. According to the media report Reeve Norman Fairies said the township's solicitor had advised him not to discuss the case. Homosexual unions opposed by bishop The family unit should not be redefined to include homosex- uals, said Bishop John Sherlock in Seaforth on Sunday. "The last thing we need is a new definition of marriage," he said. "Marriage is in enough trouble." While urging people to let their MPP know where they stand on the same-sex union benefits issue he also stressed he didn't want to promote any homophobia or attacks on indi- vidual homosexual people. The Bishop was in Seaforth to officially open additions to St. James Church and St. James School. INDEX Entertainment... pages 12, 13. Weddings...page 13. Obituaries...page six. "Your community newspaper since 1860...serving Seaforth, Dublin, Hensall, Walton, Brussels and surrounding communities." MILTON J. DIETZ LIMITED SEAFORTH __ .. 522=0608- • Pesticides & Custom Spraying • Spraying Equipment & Paris • Nutrite Premium Fertilizer • Ventilation & Livestock Equipment t�l et PURINA FEEDS { U�� & PET FOODS HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1994. RELIGION 43ishop John Sherlock helped St. James School and Church celebrate their two new additions. see page five. .t n Line Dealer FORD MERCURY Sales - Service - Selection a HART FORD MERCURY USED CARS I. !e vnisnra rsreevx oiti1 `rhe Friendly Dealer With The Big Heart' FITNESS Who says working out can't be fun? Certainly not Julie Twynham who has a new, fun aquafitness video. see page two. WHICH DUCK IS MY DUCK? - Three-year-old Brittany Hulley, of Seaforth, tries to keep track of all the ducks travelling down the river during the Fourth Annual Duck race for the Seaforth Legion • Tint Branch 156. Otto Squissato won the race this year with Larry East second and Marg Weber third. The race was renamed 'The Bill Pinder Memorial Duck Race' in honour of the late Legion member. r Two liquor charges laid Two men were charged with liquor offenses at 8 p.m. on May 28, Seaforth Police reported. One man was charged with having liquor in an open con- tainer in a public place. The other man was charged with under -aged drinking. Both received 8105 fines. ACCIDENT Police reported that a single - vehicle accident occurred on County Road 12 on May 22 at 2:15 a.m. The car hit a hydro pole and an ambulance was called to the scene. Perth -Huron nurses recognized at annual meeting On Wednesday, May 25, the VON Perth -Huron Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses held its 84th Annual Meeting at the Stratford Legion. The meeting commenced with Years of Service Recognition for the Board and staff. Staff pins were given to Mary Fishback - 15 years and Carol Anne Doughty - 10 years and Janet Hullah - 10 years. Five year certificates were resented to j Brenda Smith, Rice,._.,wi►+;sr Mary M5Cffre ,""'7 `n`t°e - -4 McPherson, and Sharon Kuepfer. Board Volunteer pins were presented to Calvin Innes - 10 years and MaryAnne Hamacher - 5 years. More knee and hip surgery in Huron County Huron County residents are 31/2 times more likely to receive knee replacement surgery than people from Toronto, according to a newly -released report. The county also has a high number of hip replacements compared to the provincial aver- age. The number of elderly in Huron County may affect this figure, said Cathy Fooks, policy manager with the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences, which prepared the report. If you have a higher propor- Seaforth high school teacher charged in child porn investigation Removed from teaching until case resolved By TIM CUMMING Seaforth Expositor Editor A teacher at Seaforth District High School has been removed from contact with students after police raided his London home last week and seized hundreds of porno- graphic videos, tapes and maga- zines, many involving children. Buryl Wilson, 50, who commutes to Seaforth, was arrested at his Commissioners Road East home in London, Friday morning. He has been charged with gross indeceny and paying for sex with a minor. At a London police news confer- ence, yesterday, Chief Julian Fantino said many more arrests arc expected in several communities as a result of this latest twist, in what was already one of the largest child pornography investigations in Ontario history. Since September, when the inves- tigation began, 55 child victims have been identified and 30 adults and youths charged. Three of the suspects have AIDS. Police believed the investigation was, in fact, coming to an end when the Friday raid on Wilson's home produced: Buryl Wilson, the SDHS teacher who faces charges. • 875 video tapes; • 600 polaroid photographs; • 250 magazines; • 100 audio tapes. •two large diaries or journals with details of associations with young boys. The investigation has "taken on a life of its own," Fantino said. Fantino said profit is not likely a motive in this type of pornographic operation. He described it as "secretive aggressive kind of enterprise.. . strictly the victimization of children for self -gratification." He has approached other law enforcement agencies and the Solicitor General for assistance. "Our plan is specifically to light- en the load for the London police but still pursue the leads that need to be pursued "This is not a London problem; we as a law crnforeement ccxnmuni- ty must look at these issues on a more global scale. "London is a symptom of what's happening everywhere." Fantino said many of the victims, often 14 years old or younger, end up in a life of crime after their expe- riences. "Some of them arc looking forward to suicide," he warned. Wilson has been removed, for the present time, from teaching Turn to page 14 tion of elderly you would see a higher level," said Fooks in a telephone interview with The Huron Expositor. Seaforth Community Hospital doesn't appear to be included specifically in the survey but there were statistics on Clinton Public Hospital. The Clinton hospital had one of the province's lowest rates (slightly more than half of the provincial average) for caesarean sections. The report doesn't specify ma- sons for this fluctuation but it may reflect the fact that Clinton doesn't handle high-risk births. For hip replacement surgery Huron county had about 112.5 cases per 100,000 people aged 20 and up. The provincial aver- age was 77.1. Knee replacements in Huron were about 127.3 per 100,000 compared to Ontario's level of 57.5. Huron County was slightly Tess than the provincial average for bypass surgery and slightly above average for hysterecto- mies. Women who receive surgery for breast cancer in Huron are more apt to have lumpectomies (the less -disfiguring surgery) than mastectomies (breast removal) compared to the prov- incial average. For the years of '91-'92 women with breast cancer in Huron received lumpectomies 61.8 per cent of the time. The provincial rate was 57.1 per cent. Whether this is a good or bad thing for Huron depends on which surgeon one talks to. "Generally speaking there's supposed to be no difference in survival," said Fooks. "Clinicians arc trying to do it where poss- ible." Some surgeons argue, how- ever, that it may lead to compli- cations later on, she said. Trustees oppose same-sex benefits Local Catholic trustees will support the movement opposing a proposed plan to extend benefits to same-sex couples. At Monday night's meeting of the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board, trustees received a letter from the Board of EdUcation for the City of Hamilton. It passed three resolutions an the issue including a decision to voice its opposition to the plan and to express its dismay about the impact of such legislation on local tax levels. The Hamilton board also voted to get support from other boards in Ontario on this issue. Stratford Trustee John Devlin said the board should send a letter of support to the Hamilton board. Dr. James Brown, director of education, said Hamilton's opposition to the plan is based largely on the added expenses to extending benefits to same sex couples, as the employer pays part of those premiums. "When you extend those benefits, it drives up the costs of your benefits," he said. Trustees voted to send a letter to the government expressing its opposition to the proposed plan. Teaching plan concerns parents BY MICHELE GREENE Advocate Staff A parents' committee expressed both its support and concerns about younger children being taught at St. Patrick's School, Dublin. Annelie McCreight, PTA presi- dent, said the group approves the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separ- ate School Board's plan of teaching the older children at St. Columban, where present students in kindergar- ten to Grade 3 study. The school has a full-size gym which would be available to the older children. However, parents have concerns about the .younger children being taught at St. Patrick's School, Dublin, which currently houses students from Grades 4 to 8. The Dublin school has two portables on site but they have no washroom facilities. Taking the younger students from the portables to the washroom inside the school would be "an inconvenience for teachers and a very big inconven- ience for the students," she said. On behalf of the PTA, McCreight wrote a letter to the board express- ing these concerns and asking that an addition replace the portables at the school if possible. Despite these concerns, McCreight said the wrote the letter to primarily offer support to the board in its decision to make the changeover, not to ask for funding. "I knew there were a few con- cerns of the teaches and, if the money it there, we thought we should ask about an addition," said McCreight. During Monday night's board meeting, Dr. James Brown, director of education, said ho will reply to the letter advising the PTA that this project is the second priority for the board after the Catholic high school in Huron County. "If funding for our number one priority is granted, then we will be in a position to proceed with this," he said. Additions and renovations at both schools are planned to accommo- date the switch. At the board's April meeting, trustees agreed to spend its infra- structure grants, consisting of fund- ing from the federal (5139,000) and provincial government (5211,000) as well as the board (5400,000), on the Catholic high school. If the province provides sufficient funding for the high school, the board would then divert the infrastructure grants to the St. Columban/St. Patrick's School, Dublin project. Dr. Brown expects to receive news on funding from the province by the end of June.