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SAFETY
School children
learn they
must follow
safe practices
around
electricity.
see page six.
Briefly
Seaforth teacher
resigns from job
after sex charge
A former Seaforth District
High School teacher, charged
with one count of gross inde-
cency and three counts of paying
for sex with a person under 18,
has resigned from his teaching
post.
Buryl Wilson's resignation was
offered to the Huron County
Board of Education, and the
resignation was accepted, it was
announced.
Wilson, a London resident,
taught at the Seaforth school for
more than 10 years. He was the
30th person charged by London
Police as part of their child
pornography probe.
Huron Centennial
students excel in
math contest
Two students from Huron
Centennial School were among
the top five grade seven students
from Huron County in the Uni-
versity of Waterloo's 1994
Gauss Mathematics Contest.
Top grade seven student in
Huron was Joseph Stauttener, of
Huron Centennial. Kim DeWys
was fifth in the grade seven
division. Fourth place in that
division went to Kristine
Hammel, of Grey Central.
Joseph Stauttener will receive a
special award from the Huron
County Board of Education.
Approximately 300 Huron
County grade seven and eight
students wrote this year's test.
Seaforth library
well -used: stats
A recent strategic plan by the
Huron County Libraries reveals
lending facts on all 19 various -
sized libraries in the county.
The 1993 circulation for the
Seaforth library was 48,848. The
town's branch has 19,000 books
on hand. The cost per circulation
for the Seaforth branch (based
on staff costs, rent and book
costs) works out to $9.18 which
is fairly low compared to the
county -high in the satellite
Bluevale library: $72.71 cost per
circulation. The county -low is
the Bayfield library with a cost
per circulation of $5.57.
The strategic plan calls for
responses from all local councils
and public meetings for late
June.
"Over 30,000 Huron County
residents regularly use their
public libraries," wrote Beth
Ross, County Librarian, to the
Town of Seaforth. "We invite
you to work with the Huron
County Library Board to ensure
an excellent and affordable
library service for all Huron
County residents."
INDEX
Sports...page 11.
Entertainment...12,13
Weddings...page 13.
Obituaries...page 14.
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CRAFTSMANSHIP:
Custom woodwork
is not a thing
of the past.
A local craftsman
has many projects
on the go.
see page two.
THEATRE
He's smart,
he's good with
a sword. Just
don't say anything
about his...
well, you know.
see page 12.
Hibbert plans to mingle,
mix in 1996 celebrations
Hopefully, everybody will mingle
and mix in 1996.
That was the winning slogan
submitted by Joyce Fell, of RR 2
Staffa, for the Hibbert Township
Sesquicentennial (150th birthday)
celebration planned for August,
1996.
Fell, a music student at the Uni-
versity of Western Ontario in Lon-
don, said she wanted something to
rhyme with 'six', making the slogan
catchy enough for people to remem-
ber.
The submission was one of 23 the
township received, and last Friday,
Reeve Walter McKenzie presented
Fell with the $100 prize, as welt -as
showing her a finished sign the
municipality had made up with the
slogan on it.
Reeve McKenzie said later this
year a handful of signs will be
erected throughout the township and
the surrounding district to let people
know of the Sesquicentennial. A
fundraising and advertising commit-
tee is currently being formed, he
noted.
So, now that you know, will you
mingle and mix in '96?
TIM CUMMING PHOTO
THAT'S A BIG PIG - Anne Doherty, 12 and David Doherty, 10, of Lakeside, stand beside a giant pig
which was on display at the Ontario Pork Congress in Stratford on Friday. Hundreds of people visited
the Pork Congress which was held June 23-25 at the Stratford Coliseum. David and Anne are the
children of James and Christine Doherty who house pigs near Mitchell.
Trustee wants school specifics
BY MICHELE GREENE
Seaforth Trustee Gerry Ryan was
looking for more specifics about
when and how the renovations and
construction at St. Patrick School,
Dublin and St. Columban School
would take place.
"Realistically, the earliest we
could begin the process of planning
will likely be late summer. We will
want to involve the staff and par-
ents. To do that during the summer
when staff is away is almost
impossible," said Dr. James Brown,
director of education for the Huron -
Perth Roman Catholic Separate
School Board.
Zurich area Trustee Mike Miller,
vice -chairperson, said construction
won't begin until the planning
process of obtaining building per-
mits, hiring an architect, and pre-
paring drawings is completed. Con-'
struction is not expected to begin
this year.
The board plans to educate the
Grade 4-8 students in St. Columban
School, which now houses the
Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
The younger students would then be
taught at St. Patrick's School,
Dublin, where Grade 4 to 8 students
now study. Renovations would take
place at both schools and a full-size
gym would be added to St.
"We will want to
involve the staff and
parents."
Columban School. Trustees
approved a motion Monday night
instructing the administration to
proceed with the formal planning
process for the St. Patrick's School,
Dublin/St. Columban addition and
renovation project.
Trustee Vince McInnes, represent-
ing the Wingham area, said that the
planning process is important
because it involves parents and the
community, which "has complained
for years that we make decisions
arbitrarily."
Dr. Brown said the board will
have some answers about size,
number of classrooms and cost by
the fall.
Ryan didn't believe the board had
any more plans for the new Huron
Catholic secondary school in
Clinton when it decided to move
ahead. Chairperson Louise Martin
said the board had an architect and
drawings being prepared for the
Catholic school, adding that the
board is much further along in
planning for the new school.
"The board made a decision to
proceed with the secondary school
and employed an architect. In the
case of St. Patrick's School, Dublin
and St. Columban School, the board
hasn't passed a motion to do this,"
said Dr. Brown.
When the board has information
on size and cost, it will decide if it
will in fact go ahead and build, he
added.
In the spring, the board passed a
motion to dedicate the infrastructure
money for which it is eligible to the
Catholic high school until the news
about the provincial allocation
arrived. If sufficient funds were
provided, then the infrastructure
money would be transferred to the
St. Patrick's/St. Coluniban project.
However, the board received a $3
million allocation rather than a $7
million allocation for which it
applied.
Trustee Ben Brown, representing
the Sebringville area," asked if the
infrastructure money would still be
available for the project.
Gerald Thuss, superintendent of
business and finance, said the board
still has the opportunity to access
the infrastructure money. It must
apply for the funding by this fall
and have the money spent on a
capital project within two years. So,
it is still possible to use the money.
H/BBERT TOWNShr 150/h ANN/VERSARV
*******************************
s
ANDY BADER PHOTO
SLOGAN WINNER: Joyce Fell, of RR 2 Staffa, created the winning slogan
'Mingle & Mix in '96' for Hibbert Township's upcoming 150th anniversary
celebration. Above, Reeve Walter McKentie holds up a sign with the slogan,
and later presented Fell with a $100 cheque for coming up with the idea.
Water tower engineers
examine potential site
Seaforth PUC Manager Tom
Phillips and Steve Burns of B.M.
Ross and Associates, engineers for
the new Seaforth water tower,
recently toured the property of
Scaforth Community Hospital to
check potential sites for the tower
that would not interfere with a
planned heliport.
Two potential sites were elimin-
ated because they would interfere
with a helicopter flight pattern. A
site approximately 35 metres north
of the medical centre was suggested
by Burns and Phillips for the poten-
tial water tower. Other site locations
suggested by the hospital board
further north were too low in clev-
Gloves recovered at Brussels home
A 48 -year-old Hamilton man was
charged with possession of stolen
property after he was arrested in
Goderich on June 11.
As a result of a joint forces
operation between Goderich Police
and Waterloo Regional Police, the
suspect was charged with posses-
sion of 150 pairs of work gloves,
valued at about $4,000. Another
150 dozen pairs of gloves were
recovered from a Brussels
residence.
The gloves are part of the theft of
more than 5,000 dozen pairs of
n in November
0 1 0,0A 011 ' ! ,
1993 in the Region of Waterloo.
The man was held in custody
pending his bail hearing on June 17,
after which he was returned to
custody for trial on July 25.
School, church bid farewell to
Students at St. James school
bid farewell on Monday to their
Priest, who is leaving the St.
James Parish after four years.
Father (Joseph) Henry Cassano
moves to London where he will
serve the parish of St. Martin of
Tours. There will be two priests
working together there.
Members of St. James Church
wished Father Cassano a good-
bye at a ceremony on Sunday. It
was his last mass at St. James as
he leaves for London on July 1.
The outgoing priest said he
was proud of his ectineflical
work. While he was in Seaforth
a ministerial association was
formed for Scaforth and sur-
rounding area and the Week for
Christian Unity was nhverved.
He also expressed pride in a
family program which was held
during Lent. He said a Sunday
School at St. James church has
been strong and the choir has
improved greatly.
The choir presented him with a
beautiful drawing of St. James,
complete with its new addition,
sketched by Andres Otlbeii nal.
On Monday the cogent$ of St.
James School sang a song,
'Farewell to Father Henry' at an
assembly.
"St. Martin's will be a lucky
place just to have your friendly,
smiling face," said the bong.
Father J. Henry Cassano was
born in Malta, one of four boys
in his family.
riest
TIM CUMMING PHOTO
BEST WISHES - Father Henry Cassano, who Is leaving St.
James Parish for London, is presented a gift from Melissa Van
Bakst, on behalf of the students' council.
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ation and would require additional
costs for extension of existing water
mains to the new tower.
Water Pump Motor Burns Out
The water pump motor at the
Seaforth PUC's Welsh St. well
burnt out recently. "It was repaired
and back in service in less than a
week," said Tom Phillips, PUC
Manager. The damaged motor
didn't affect water service in town.
New Truck Radio
The Seaforth PUC has decided to
purchase a new 16 -channel radio,
outside speaker and antenna for one
of their trucks. The quote of $914
from Perth FM Communication in
Stratford includes GST and PST.
Awards honour
Seaforth public
school graduates
Awards of recognition were
presented at the June 24 grade
eight graduation at Scaforth
Public School.
Strrphanie MacDonald won the
June Boussey Public Speaking
Award, Sheila Morton Bursary
Award and Harmony Hi -Liles
Music Award.
Christine Rock was presented
with the Gabrielle Belanger
Memorial French Award and
Edna Bell Award to Most
Improved Student in Language
Arts.
The John Jew Citizenship
Award was presented to Brent
Ribey and Kerry Blake. The
Barbara Elston Memorial Award
was presented to Samantha
Lansink and Brent Ribey. The J.
W. Talbot Award was presented
to Craig Somcrvillc and
Stephanie MacDonald.
The Lions Club Valedictory
Award was presented to 1994
valedictorian Craig Somcrvillc.
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THEATRE
He's smart,
he's good with
a sword. Just
don't say anything
about his...
well, you know.
see page 12.
Hibbert plans to mingle,
mix in 1996 celebrations
Hopefully, everybody will mingle
and mix in 1996.
That was the winning slogan
submitted by Joyce Fell, of RR 2
Staffa, for the Hibbert Township
Sesquicentennial (150th birthday)
celebration planned for August,
1996.
Fell, a music student at the Uni-
versity of Western Ontario in Lon-
don, said she wanted something to
rhyme with 'six', making the slogan
catchy enough for people to remem-
ber.
The submission was one of 23 the
township received, and last Friday,
Reeve Walter McKenzie presented
Fell with the $100 prize, as welt -as
showing her a finished sign the
municipality had made up with the
slogan on it.
Reeve McKenzie said later this
year a handful of signs will be
erected throughout the township and
the surrounding district to let people
know of the Sesquicentennial. A
fundraising and advertising commit-
tee is currently being formed, he
noted.
So, now that you know, will you
mingle and mix in '96?
TIM CUMMING PHOTO
THAT'S A BIG PIG - Anne Doherty, 12 and David Doherty, 10, of Lakeside, stand beside a giant pig
which was on display at the Ontario Pork Congress in Stratford on Friday. Hundreds of people visited
the Pork Congress which was held June 23-25 at the Stratford Coliseum. David and Anne are the
children of James and Christine Doherty who house pigs near Mitchell.
Trustee wants school specifics
BY MICHELE GREENE
Seaforth Trustee Gerry Ryan was
looking for more specifics about
when and how the renovations and
construction at St. Patrick School,
Dublin and St. Columban School
would take place.
"Realistically, the earliest we
could begin the process of planning
will likely be late summer. We will
want to involve the staff and par-
ents. To do that during the summer
when staff is away is almost
impossible," said Dr. James Brown,
director of education for the Huron -
Perth Roman Catholic Separate
School Board.
Zurich area Trustee Mike Miller,
vice -chairperson, said construction
won't begin until the planning
process of obtaining building per-
mits, hiring an architect, and pre-
paring drawings is completed. Con-'
struction is not expected to begin
this year.
The board plans to educate the
Grade 4-8 students in St. Columban
School, which now houses the
Kindergarten to Grade 3 students.
The younger students would then be
taught at St. Patrick's School,
Dublin, where Grade 4 to 8 students
now study. Renovations would take
place at both schools and a full-size
gym would be added to St.
"We will want to
involve the staff and
parents."
Columban School. Trustees
approved a motion Monday night
instructing the administration to
proceed with the formal planning
process for the St. Patrick's School,
Dublin/St. Columban addition and
renovation project.
Trustee Vince McInnes, represent-
ing the Wingham area, said that the
planning process is important
because it involves parents and the
community, which "has complained
for years that we make decisions
arbitrarily."
Dr. Brown said the board will
have some answers about size,
number of classrooms and cost by
the fall.
Ryan didn't believe the board had
any more plans for the new Huron
Catholic secondary school in
Clinton when it decided to move
ahead. Chairperson Louise Martin
said the board had an architect and
drawings being prepared for the
Catholic school, adding that the
board is much further along in
planning for the new school.
"The board made a decision to
proceed with the secondary school
and employed an architect. In the
case of St. Patrick's School, Dublin
and St. Columban School, the board
hasn't passed a motion to do this,"
said Dr. Brown.
When the board has information
on size and cost, it will decide if it
will in fact go ahead and build, he
added.
In the spring, the board passed a
motion to dedicate the infrastructure
money for which it is eligible to the
Catholic high school until the news
about the provincial allocation
arrived. If sufficient funds were
provided, then the infrastructure
money would be transferred to the
St. Patrick's/St. Coluniban project.
However, the board received a $3
million allocation rather than a $7
million allocation for which it
applied.
Trustee Ben Brown, representing
the Sebringville area," asked if the
infrastructure money would still be
available for the project.
Gerald Thuss, superintendent of
business and finance, said the board
still has the opportunity to access
the infrastructure money. It must
apply for the funding by this fall
and have the money spent on a
capital project within two years. So,
it is still possible to use the money.
H/BBERT TOWNShr 150/h ANN/VERSARV
*******************************
s
ANDY BADER PHOTO
SLOGAN WINNER: Joyce Fell, of RR 2 Staffa, created the winning slogan
'Mingle & Mix in '96' for Hibbert Township's upcoming 150th anniversary
celebration. Above, Reeve Walter McKentie holds up a sign with the slogan,
and later presented Fell with a $100 cheque for coming up with the idea.
Water tower engineers
examine potential site
Seaforth PUC Manager Tom
Phillips and Steve Burns of B.M.
Ross and Associates, engineers for
the new Seaforth water tower,
recently toured the property of
Scaforth Community Hospital to
check potential sites for the tower
that would not interfere with a
planned heliport.
Two potential sites were elimin-
ated because they would interfere
with a helicopter flight pattern. A
site approximately 35 metres north
of the medical centre was suggested
by Burns and Phillips for the poten-
tial water tower. Other site locations
suggested by the hospital board
further north were too low in clev-
Gloves recovered at Brussels home
A 48 -year-old Hamilton man was
charged with possession of stolen
property after he was arrested in
Goderich on June 11.
As a result of a joint forces
operation between Goderich Police
and Waterloo Regional Police, the
suspect was charged with posses-
sion of 150 pairs of work gloves,
valued at about $4,000. Another
150 dozen pairs of gloves were
recovered from a Brussels
residence.
The gloves are part of the theft of
more than 5,000 dozen pairs of
n in November
0 1 0,0A 011 ' ! ,
1993 in the Region of Waterloo.
The man was held in custody
pending his bail hearing on June 17,
after which he was returned to
custody for trial on July 25.
School, church bid farewell to
Students at St. James school
bid farewell on Monday to their
Priest, who is leaving the St.
James Parish after four years.
Father (Joseph) Henry Cassano
moves to London where he will
serve the parish of St. Martin of
Tours. There will be two priests
working together there.
Members of St. James Church
wished Father Cassano a good-
bye at a ceremony on Sunday. It
was his last mass at St. James as
he leaves for London on July 1.
The outgoing priest said he
was proud of his ectineflical
work. While he was in Seaforth
a ministerial association was
formed for Scaforth and sur-
rounding area and the Week for
Christian Unity was nhverved.
He also expressed pride in a
family program which was held
during Lent. He said a Sunday
School at St. James church has
been strong and the choir has
improved greatly.
The choir presented him with a
beautiful drawing of St. James,
complete with its new addition,
sketched by Andres Otlbeii nal.
On Monday the cogent$ of St.
James School sang a song,
'Farewell to Father Henry' at an
assembly.
"St. Martin's will be a lucky
place just to have your friendly,
smiling face," said the bong.
Father J. Henry Cassano was
born in Malta, one of four boys
in his family.
riest
TIM CUMMING PHOTO
BEST WISHES - Father Henry Cassano, who Is leaving St.
James Parish for London, is presented a gift from Melissa Van
Bakst, on behalf of the students' council.
i. pilq i;44,1;0444;4#;.:::;'t•.,. 0144,,,..:'d; rhv:4 46+r i
ation and would require additional
costs for extension of existing water
mains to the new tower.
Water Pump Motor Burns Out
The water pump motor at the
Seaforth PUC's Welsh St. well
burnt out recently. "It was repaired
and back in service in less than a
week," said Tom Phillips, PUC
Manager. The damaged motor
didn't affect water service in town.
New Truck Radio
The Seaforth PUC has decided to
purchase a new 16 -channel radio,
outside speaker and antenna for one
of their trucks. The quote of $914
from Perth FM Communication in
Stratford includes GST and PST.
Awards honour
Seaforth public
school graduates
Awards of recognition were
presented at the June 24 grade
eight graduation at Scaforth
Public School.
Strrphanie MacDonald won the
June Boussey Public Speaking
Award, Sheila Morton Bursary
Award and Harmony Hi -Liles
Music Award.
Christine Rock was presented
with the Gabrielle Belanger
Memorial French Award and
Edna Bell Award to Most
Improved Student in Language
Arts.
The John Jew Citizenship
Award was presented to Brent
Ribey and Kerry Blake. The
Barbara Elston Memorial Award
was presented to Samantha
Lansink and Brent Ribey. The J.
W. Talbot Award was presented
to Craig Somcrvillc and
Stephanie MacDonald.
The Lions Club Valedictory
Award was presented to 1994
valedictorian Craig Somcrvillc.