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Briefly
Computer freaks
should save
If you're working on your
computer Sunday morning be
sure to save your work fre-
quently.
Power may be shut off in
certain areas of Seaforth
without notice while the Public
Utility Commission replaces its
temporary Chalk Street
transformer.
The re -built transformer that
was damaged due to vandalism
late last year is going back in.
PUC manager Toni Phillips
says his crew will be on the
job at 6 a.m. Sunday but the
real heavy-duty work will
probably happen between 7 and
9 a.m.
The PUC will try to carry the
town on its other transformer
on Welch Street, but if the
demand for power in town is
too great early Sunday they
could very well "dump load
without notice",'causing power
outage.
Thi PUC asks its customers
to t.c ep energy use down
during this period if at all
possibl,.
Crossing improved
Last week's temporary Main
Street detour allowed workmen
to start improving the railroad
crossing. The new base gravel
will be left under the rails for a
month, until July 10, allowing
the ground to settle for
repaving.
The improvements are a joint
project of the county, town and
railway.
A temporary rail crossing
was established on Jarvis Street
to accommodate the detour.The
question arose as to whether a
more permanent emergency
crossing might possibly be
located there at last week's
meeting of Seaforth Council.
Administrator Jim Crocker
said the railway won't allow a
permanent crossing on Jarvis,
but a secure padlocked crossing
that would also keep
pedestrians from trespassing
might be worth investigating
for possible cmcrgcncy use.
Township nixes
kerbside pickup
Tuckcrsmith Township will
not be moving to kerbside
collection of rccyclables
anytime soon.
The township's current
recycling program is estimated
to cost $6,(1(x) this year. It
would cost about 514,000 to
receive blue box collection
from the Blucwatcr Recycling
Association.
"Soon the kerbside will pay
for itself," said Reeve Bill
Camochan. "We've waited this
long, my recommendation
would be to sec in another
year."
Camochan said at some point
the future Canadian society will
be mining landfill sites for
rCSOUrce.S.
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August 3 -- 6, 1995
Seaforth wants OPP help
The board that oversees the
Seaforth Police Force has
asked Ontario Provincial Police
for a sergeant to serve as ac-
ting -chief, hopefully by the
start of July.
Seaforth Chief Hal Claus is
recovering from recent heart
surgery and current acting -
chief, Const. Charlie Akcy, told
the Seaforth Police Services
Board "the cost of doing
nothing is serious" at last Wed-
nesday night's meeting.
Seaforth and the OPP are
working out the details of
policing contract, scheduled for
an October 1 switch -over, and
negotiations were in full swing
before the chief's illness.
Const. Akcy said so far the
local police association has
madedo with the short -staffing
but the crunch would come in
the middle of next month when
its holiday schedule begins in
earnest.
It would result in such poten-
tially un-wisc situations as no
day shift on August 4, 5 and 6
during Homecoming '95.
Const. Akey also said costs
would soar for overtime as
officers keep taking up the
slack in the shorthanded
situation.
Police Services Board Chair
Lin Steffler thanked Const.
Akey for "personally stepping
in" and professionally handling
the "emergency situation".
The Board and Const. Akey
both felt the way to minimize
Seaforth's costs, before the
October take-over, would be to
cover the difference between a
chief and OPP sergeant's
salary.
Seaforth has also had
preliminary indications from
Threats don't worry MP
By MARK CRIPPS
SSP News Staff
Despite bucking his own
government on two recent bills,
Huron -Bruce MP Paul Steckle
remains philosophical about his
decisions and said he is not
deterred by threats from Prime
Minister Chretien or Liberal
Party Whip Don Boudria.
"I can't allow threats to deter
me from doing what I feel is
right," said Steckle. "And I can't
allow these threats to deter me
from representing the will of
my constituency."
Late last Tuesday, Steckle
lived up to his promise to vote
against the governments contro-
versial gun control bill, which
will require Canada's 3 million
gun owners to register their 7
million firearms beginning in
1998.
He was one on nine Liberal
backbenchers who voted
against the legislation.
Following the vote, Prime
Minister Chretien warned the
nine rebel Liberals that he can
PAUL STECKLE
...votes "No" twice
prevent them from running for
the party in the next federal
election if they didn't start
falling in line.
When asked how he reacted
to the threat, Steckle said "it
would be within his (Chretien's)
mandate.
"But I can't absence myself
from an issue. I am seeking
election in Huron -Bruce, not in
See "STECKLE" pg. 8
the OPP that it would be
receptive to a formal request
for a sergeant to serve as ac-
ting -chief, and that the move
would allow both Seaforth and
the OPP to feel each other out
before ties become formal in
the fall.
The Seaforth Police Services
Board also did away with its
auxiliary police at last week's
meeting.
Const. Akey said the arran-
gement that has evolved with
the three auxiliary constables
has been an informal set-up
that would be difficult to mesh
with the OPP's structured and
disciplined auxiliary program.
He said, for instance, some
current auxiliary officers are
mostly out of town but the
OPPsometimes demands
auxiliary officers report for
duty on short notice, where and
when it requires.
The Board also expressed
concern about one particular
Seaforth police cruiser "making
it through the summer". It is in
rough shape because cosmetic
improvements would be money
down the drain when the OPP
brings in its own cruisers in
October.
Acting -chief Akey agreed the
cruiser "isn't much to look at"
but meets standards. He said
the force is "trying to keep it
on days".
Post Office
needs new
parking spot
The owner of the building in
which. the Seaforth Post Office
is located has been told by the
province he must install a
regulated handicapped parking
spot directly in front of it.
Holiday hours
Seaforth Town Hall will be
closed on Monday, July 3
because Canada Day, a
statutory holiday, falls on the
weekend this summer.
HOSPITAL
AUXILIARY
Long rigr
service
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Auxiliary
is
honoured.
see page two.
GREGOR CAMPBE•LI. PHOTO
KEEPING COOL - This wooden cut-out in St. Columban
has the right idea, and the coolest perch in this neck of the
woods during the unexpected hot spell we have been
experiencing lately. Combined with humidity the temperature
has climbed close to 40 degrees for the past four days,
setting records in many parts of southwestern Ontario.
OLD-FASHIONED FUN - The weather co-operated in a big
way at Walton Public School last Wednesday
night where students, staff, parents
and friends got together for
hot dogs, presentations and
an old-fashioned summer
carnival in the evening
Sunshine. Heather Dietz
and Nicholas Durrell
were big on
the slide.
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