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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-08-10, Page 1LXDOS1 ron t4 • 70 cents r 5 cents G.S.T. (75 cents) RECREATION Children are learning to swim with private program. see page 12. Briefly Vanastra man in Hibbert accident A Vanastra man was struck by an unknown vehicle as he com- pleted a turn on Saturday. Sebringville OPP reported that Dana Edwards, 17, of Vanastra, was eastbound on Hibbert Con- cession Rd. 2-3 and was fol- lowed by an unknown vehicle. He slowed to turn onto Sideroad 20 and was struck from behind by the other vehicle which con- tinued driving. Edwards was not injured in the collision. Hullett holds line on taxes Hullett Township residents will see no increase in their munici- pal taxes for 1994. Township council approved its 1994 budget at a special meeting on July 26. In 1993_the public mill rate was set at 15.239 mills. The 1994 mill rate is set at 15.790 mills. The slight increase is from the Huron County Board of Education. The board of educa- tion set their residential mill rate for Huron County education in May at 9.705 mills, which repre- sents a 6.06 per cent increase in property taxes. The township wanted to stress that the township share of the budget has remained the same, with no increases, said Bev Shaddick, township clerk. Council also discussed plans for the new administration build- ing. The plans are in the applica- tion process and funding has been drawn from reserves, there- fore it will have no effect on taxes. New phone manger no longer with company The manager of the Tuckersmith Municipal Tele- phone System, who was hired by the firm less than three months ago, is no longer with the com- pany. The chairman of the telephone system, Ross McBeath, deferred questions about thc manager's leaving to the phone company's London lawyer. The lawyer, through a law firm employee, gave no comment on the leaving. The outgoing phone manager, Alar Korgemets, worked in New Zealand with Telecom and in Canada with Bell Canada and Rogers Cable TV before joining the Tuckersmith system. Two liquor charges laid Two charges were laid over the weekend for liquor in vehicles by the Seaforth Police Services. Fines for having liquor readily available in a motor vehicle are tither $155 or $180. The fine for drinking in public under the age of 19 is $105. The Seaforth Police Services answered three alarms this past week from businesses after clos- ing hours. The alarms turned out to be false. INDEX Entertainment... pages 11,12 Weddings...page 11. Obituaries...page 3 "Your community newspaper since 1860...serving Seaforth, Dublin, Hensall, Walton, Brussels and surrounding .i communities." MILTON J. DIETZ LIMITED SEAFORTH 522-0608 • Pesticides & Custom Spraying • Spraying Equipment & Parts • Nutrite Premium Fertilizer • Ventilation & Livestock Equipment Xw PURINA FEEDS & PET FOODS THE HURON EXPOSITOR, August 10, 1994 A look at one `> of Seaforth's grand old institutions... the library. see page three. Your Full Line Dealer FORD MERCURY Sales - Service - Selection HART FORD MERED 'The Friendly Desk With The &Q Hart' ':COUNTY Can Huron 'afford a 911 service? The county 'considers e question. page Three. AND THEY'RE OFF - Competing area swimmers dive to begin the Girls 100 -Metre Open race at the Seaforth Swim Meet held DAVID SCOTT PHOTO Saturday at Seaforth Lions Pool. A Targe crowd was on hand to support swimmers from Stratford, Clinton, Wingham and Kirkton. Seaforth Novices Ontario's best BY DAVID SCOTT Expositor Staff They did it in style. The Seaforth Novice II girls fastball team were the Grand Champions in the Provin- cial Novice II Championships held in Niagara Falls over the weekend. The team went undefeated in five games and had some stellar pitching from their two pitchers, including a perfectly pitched game. Each team they faced was from a place of higher population. On Friday night, the Novice II team played Cambridge in their fiat game. Seaforth pitcher Kristen McFarlane pitched a perfect game - no hits and no walks given. That's an accomplishment very few major league pitchers lay claim to. McFarlane was named 'Best Pitcher of the Tournament' and will receive her award at a PWSA awards cere- mony in November. The final score of the Cambridge game was 14-0 for the Seaforth girls. Saturday morning our hometown team faced Port Colborne and Kristen McFarlane once again was close to perfection. She tossed a one -hitter for a final score of 12-2 for the good guys. The next team Seaforth faced on Saturday afternoon was Aurora. Kara Pepper took the pitcher's mound and showed her skill with an 8-1 victory. Kristen McFarlane was back in for the Saturday evening game against Whitby. Once again the Novice II team had no trouble defeating opponents from a large urban centre. The final score was 12-3. Having steam -rolled every team they faced, the Seaforth Novice II's were in fine form for their final championship game on Sunday. Once again, it was Aurora that Seaforth faced. This time it was for the gold. The Novice II girls showed no mercy again as they easily triumphed 10-3 over Aurora to capture the provincial champion- ship. Kristen McFarlane finished the tournament with an incredible 1.05 ERA (Earned Run Average). "We're definitely excited," said Coach Georgina Reynolds. "As 'we said to the kids before, no matter what happened we were proud of them. They'd done so well and come so far." Reynolds is trying to arrange a few exhibition games for the Nov- ice II team to finish out the season. Members of the Seaforth Novice II team are: Kristen McFarlane, Lisa Reynolds, Kara Pepper, Melissa Robertson, Ericka Burns, Starla Wick, Tory Westbrook, Amber Ruttan, Lisa Rooseboom, ' Denise O'Reilly, Michelle Henderson, Tricia Jansen, Kim Taylor, Jamie Reabum. Coaches of the Novice lI team are: Kathy O'Reilly, Janet Buchanan, Sandra Burns, Georgina Reynolds. The Seaforth Novice II team and coaching staff would like to thank all local sponsors for their support throughout the season. Local school children to receive vaccine for Hepatitis B BY HEATHER BOA for The Huron Expositor One thousand elementary students in Huron County will receive hepa- titis B vaccinations this year. The Ministry of Health is funding vaccination programs for Grade 7 students across the province in an effort to curb the rising number of cases reported each year. More than 300 cases of the blood borne virus that attacks the liver are reported each year. Up to 25 times more cases are unreported because people may not realize they have the deadly virus, the Ministry of Health reports. In 1994, there have been no reported cases of hepatitis B in Huron county, Assistant Director of Nursing Marlene Price says. "It's not a big problem in our county," she said.--_ But the county will vaccinate the pre -adolescent youths with three injections over a six-month period. The first will be given in October or November, the second a month after that, and the last dne will be given five months later. The vacci- nation, that contains no blood prod- ucts or living viruses, will protect people from the virus. The virus is primarily spread by sexual contact with an infected person. The disease is also spread through dirty needles, body and ear piercing and tattooing. About half the people who catch hepatitis B never feel sick. They can spread the disease without knowing it, the ministry reports. An infected mother may pass the disease on her newborn child after birth, but prenatal mothers are now screened for the virus, says Price. The Huron County Health Unit also suggests hepatis B vaccinations for people travelling to other areas. The health unit provides vaccina- tions or the vaccine can be bought with a prescription from local phar- macies. For information, contact the health unit at 482-3416. Rwanda only one site of world hunger: Doerksen BY TIM CUMMING Expositor Editor Response to the Rwandan crisis is only one aspect of the work of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, the organization's Executive Director said in Seaforth on Monday morn- ing (August 8). "When you started on planning the project in Seaforth, Rwanda wasn't even a story," Al Doerksen told an audience of more than 20 people at The Bistro restaurant. Although the Foodgrains Bank recently sent 1,000 tonnes of beans to the Rwandan region it has already sent 25 times that amount to cast Africa where a decade-long civil war has caused large-scale famine and displacement of people. Some countries ravaged by war, like Armenia and Azerbaijan, don't always make the news, said Doerksen, who is touring growing projects in the province with Ontario coordinator Jim Papple. The Canadian Foodgrains Bank emphasizes long-term solutions to hunger, according to the Executive Director. If the charitable organiz- ation only flew in with food and then neglected to deal with long- term problems that would be "grandstanding," he said. "We're always looking for ways to use our resources to create long- term solutions." The Canadian Foodgrains Bank gives away food in some critical areas of starvation but sometimes the organization doesn't give the food away for free. In some cases, people work on development pro - TIM CUMMINO PHOTO FOR THE NEEDY - The Executive Director of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank was in Seaforth on Monday. Here he inspects a crop of soy beans at the Seaforth-area growing project along with Jim Papple, Ontario coordinator and Steve Carruthers, chairperson of the Seaforth-area project. jects and receive food as their pay. In other cases residents buy the food with local currency which is then channelled through local agencies for long-term development such as irrigation, reforestation, soil conservation and roads projects. The organization's Rwandan relief effort is largely aimed at putting food in Tanzania, where the people have depleted food supplies by giving it to hungry Rwandans. The short-term future in the region looks bleak, according to the Executive Director of the Foodgrains Bank, who recently returned from a visit to Africa. "We probably still haven't seen the end of what's happening in that area." It's hard to understand the evil and killing people are capable of doing, the attentive group was told. The Foodgrains Bank deals with churches in the regions and doesn't direct food to governments. The food is used for people who need it. "We not ' ' : to hel 1 ,.i,r r who perpetuate acts of violence or create conflict." While expressing pride in the success stories of the Foodgrains Bank, Doerksen also listed some tragedies and impending world tragedies. "We're keeping our eye on Haiti," he said. "I don't know that anyone has the wisdom to solve that one easily." The breakfast gathering on Mon- day learned that the Foodgrains s t:, rr : , 1.,.1 r,• 1 .,1 match the palates of local cultures. For instance, wheat is used in Ethiopia but not in some other parts of Africa. Beans and lentils will be among the foods sent to thc Rwanda region. Soy beans, which are being grown at the Seaforth-arca project, are a new crop for the Foodgrains bank. Although the charitable organiz- ation hasn't actively pursued cash donations money donations gen- erally exceed crop donations, according to the Executive Director. "It's a daily blessing to see them come." Monday's group heard that giving doesn't make one poorer. Quoting scripture the tall executive said people who sow sparingly reap sparingly. "It's pretty hard to impoverish ourselves by being generous." The Canadian Foodgrains Bank has grown to about thirty different growing projects, he said. "This is one of the years we really understand the concept of why we have the Foodgrains Bank." The crowd at Monday's breakfast included suppliers to the Foodgrains Bank. Local clergy also attended the meeting. They included Pastor Rick Lucas, of. Bethel Bible Church in Egmondville, Rev. Cheryl -Ann Stadelbauer-Sampa of Egmondville United Church, Rev. Bruce Cook of Seaforth Pastoral Charge (Cavan in Winthrop, Northside in Seaforth) and Father Joseph Hardy of St. Columban and St. James Roman Catholic Churches. 1 ,I, , , ,