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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1995-01-11, Page 1culEHuron • El* COMMUNITY • Hibbert honours Century farms at New Year's Levee. see page three. Briefly AIDS topic of talk at local Women's Centre Seaforth and area residents will have a chance to learn more about HIV and AIDS during a talk on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. Elma Plant, of the HIV/AIDS Network, will discuss general information about the issue at the Women's Resource Centre, as part of the group's 'Informa- tion Exchange' winter speakers' series. Other speakers include Jodi Jerome, of the Canadian Mental Health Association,- who will discuss 'Women and Depression' on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. On Wednesday, March 22 Nancy Riehl, of the Canadian Cancer Society, will speak on 'Breast Cancer.' All of the Information Exchange sessions take place on the fourth Wednesday of the month at the Women's Resource Centre at 7:30 p.m.. Sessions are free. Anyone who needs child care during the speakers' series should contact Kathleen Scott at the Women's Centre on Tuesday or Thursday at 527-1108. Landfill board should compare wages: council The Mid -Huron Landfill Site Board should look at comparable facilities to sec if wage rates for employees of the site are com- petitive, according to some members of Tuckcrsmith Town- ship Council. Some employees of the landfill site have suggested their pay should be raised to reflect wage rates of municipal employees such as roads workers. Reeve Bill Carnochan, how- ever, noted that municipal roads employees have more after-hours work and a less -attractive bene- fits package. "This isn't a fair comparison." Steckle hosts Grit Feds rural caucus Paul Slecklc, Member of Par- liament for Huron -Bruce will host the Federal Liberal Rural Caucus in Goderich on Monday, Jan. 23 and Tuesday, Jan. 24, 1995. A press conference will be held at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 1995, at the Livery, on South Street (just behind the Bedford Hotel) in Goderich. Rural Members of Parliament attending this meeting will have the opportunity to tour the Champion Road Machinery Ltd. facilities and the Sifto Salt Mine during their very busy schedule in Huron -Bruce. The full agenda also consists of scheduled hear- ings. The scheduled presenta- tions encompass many diverse topics on several rural commun- ity related matters. INDEX Entertainment... ---- page 11. Sports...pages 7, 12. Rec Preview...page 6. "Your community newspaper since 1860...serving Seaforth, Dublin, Hensall, Walton, Brussels and surrounding communities." xpos. irhe Huron Expositor, Seaforth, Ontario, January 11, 1995 MILTON J. DIETZ LIMITED SEAFORTH 522-0608 *Pesticides & Custom Spraying • Spraying Equipment & Parts • Nutrite Premium Fertilizer • Ventilation & Livestock Equipment 41• art PURINA FEEDS (■ u & PET FOODS 70 cents plus 5 cents G.S.T. (75 cents) Your Full Line Dealer FORD MERCURY Sales - Service - Selection HAR FORD J [MERCURY' HART FORD MERCURY USED CARS l WY; MST 004MMS27-1010 i "The Friendly Dealer With The Big Heart" EDUCATION Do you know your colour? Find out inside. see page six. BOTTLEMANIA! - Eight-year-old Thomas Ash, a Seaforth Cub, and six-year-old Andrew Ash, of the Beavers, were two members of the local Scouting movement who took part in Saturday's Bottle TIM CUMMING PHOTO Drive. Here, they sit in front of a trailer -load full of bottles collected on the weekend. Both the Beavers and Cubs groups were out collecting despite the cold, but sunny weather. MP yet to present petition in House BY PATRICK RAFTIS former Expositor Reporter Five months after stating he would present a petition in the House of Commons calling for the return of corporal punishment, Huron -Bruce MP Paul Steckle still • has not done so. However, Steckle said he has not backed off on his support for the measure, despite failing to introduce the petition in the fall session of the federal legislature. Steckle, who announced his intention to introduce the petition last August, had col- lected 1,000 signatures in support of his position at that time. Steckle said he is still collecting names on the petition and plans now to introduce it in the next session of parliament, which is slated to begin February 6, after he "We will look for the right time..." Iecls that most of the petitions, which are circulating throughout the country, are in. "I will introduce it some time in the next session...I'm not just too sure when...We will look for the right time to do it, when we feel we could get the most mileage out of our effort." Steckle first brought forward the idea of corporal punishment for violent criminals May 11, when he made a statement in the House of Commons supporting its reinstatement. The statement sparked national attention for the rookie Liberal MP who has recently' attracted media interest for opposing his own party's proposals for new gun con- trol measures. While still in favor of corporal punishment, Steckle conceded in a Jan. 4 telephone interview that actually getting it re -instated is unlikely. "Understand that this certainly works, this form of deterrent. But it's not the kind of thing that people today like to talk about and obvi- ously, at this time, nothing will probably happen in terms of new legislation, obviously. But the fact is, that the public, really, for the most part, liked what they saw. And, I have done my part. I've made the public aware of an issue and we have had discussion and I think that was healthy. I think it's brought a renewed interest in an issue that has (seemingly) been long forgotten...but really is still very much in the minds of some people at least." GRIMMCAMPIULL PHOTO EXTENSIVE DAMAGE - The pig farm of Richard and Lynn Packer at Conc. 10, Lot 2 of HuNett Township, about four miles northwest of Winthrop, had extensive damages as the result of an early morning fire Monday. Paul Steckle, Huron -Bruce M.P. Fewer fatal accidents in district: OPP There were more collisions but fewer fatal accidents in the period between 1993 and 1994, and more than one-third of these involved alcohol, according to statistics released by Ontario Provincial Police in the district. There was a "significant decrease" to 57 fatal motor vehicle collisions resulting in 75 deaths last year compared to 95 fatal collisions and 115 deaths in 1993, but the total number of collisions increased 5.8 per cent for OPP No. 6 District, made up of Huron, Grey, Bruce, Perth and Wellington Counties and Provincial Highways of the Waterloo Region. Alcohol was found to be a factor in 36.8 per cern of the fatal collisions, 53 per cent occurring on highways and 47 per cent on secondary paved or gravel roads. Only 7, or 9.3 per cent, of the fatalities, were ejected from their vehicles because they were not wearing their scat belts. The majority of those killed were ,young, 32 per cent of them a*ed 16 to 25 years -old. Community to discuss youth centre issue BY TIM CUMMING Expositor Editor Young people in Seaforth and concerned adults will have an opportunity to discuss a proposed Youth Drop -In Centre on Jan. 16. The Women's Resource Centre in Seaforth is hosting a planning meet- ing to talk about the idea. "It's a need that's been coming up again and again," said Kathleen Scott, a spokesperson for the Women's Centre. Response to the proposed meeting has already been positive, she said. The Women's Resource Centre was approached late last year by . Shirley Brooker, administrator of the Seaforth Co-operative Children's Centre, who asked how the Women's Resource Centre could be involved with the youth issue. The two groups felt a community solution was needed to. the per- ceived lack of youth programming. "We felt there was a need in the area for youth programming of some sort," said Brooker. "We felt there was a need for a community approach." The planning meeting will take place on Monday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Women's Resource Centre, 28 Main Street in Seaforth. The meeting's organizers hope to have input from the young people themselves. "We want to emphasize we want youth to come," said Scott. The organizers also hope to have representatives of clergy, service clubs, schools and area youth drop- in centres at the meeting. If anyone has questions about the planning meeting they can visit the Women's Resource Centre on Tues- day or Thursday between 9 and 3 or phone Kathleen Scott during those times at 527-1108. Issues to be discussed at the meeting would include where a youth drop-in centre might be located. Transformer case not unique in area, say police Crime Stoppers of Huron County reports the rccetilvandalism at the Seaforth Public Utility transformer was not the first nor the most recent in the arca. On Doc. 17, 1993 the Clinton PUC was vandalized in the same manner as the local PUC when a string of Christmas lights was thrown into the transformer. Fortunately that incident only caused a small amount of damage and a temporary loss of power. Last Thursday, on Jan. 5, a small black compressor and car radio were thrown into the Vanastra Hydro sub station/transformer arca. This fortunately caused no damage and Crime Stoppers says it could have been the work of the same individuals involved in the Seaforth incident. The Crime Stoppers press release states eight youths were seen in the vicinity of the PUC transformer station on Chalk Street last month on Dec. 30 at about 1:20 in the morning. At this time a string of Christmas lights that had been stolen from local residences was thrown into the transformer causing the unit to blow up and bum out. Information indicates the damage in this case by the time the transformer has been repaired could exceed $30,000, according to Crime Stoppers. If you have any information about this or any other crime call Crime Stoppers at 1-8000-265-1777 and you could receive a rt. .,ard of up to $1,000.