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The Huron Expositor, 1995-11-01, Page 1detachment which now over- sees Seaforth, noted that ,three of the four former local police officers will continue to work in Seaforth as constables. The fourth, former Chief Hal Claus, is now ranked as Senior Constable with the detachment and will work out of the Godcrich office assisting the Commander, with other ad- ministrative duties and par- ticularly in firearms, with PAC certificates and such. The Seaforth Youth Group helped conclude the official ceremonies by leading ' the national anthem. In Harmony Local singing group hosts international competition in London. see page 8 Historic Plaque unveiled to honour former Seaforth mayor. see page 3 Community Newspaper Since 1860 — Seaforth Ontario Briefly School on TV If you have children in public school here in Seaforth, next time you're flipping through the chan- nels on cable TV you might want to check out Channel 28. Although its only fresh off the drawing board, The Seaforth Public School Channel premiered Friday. "We're trying to get con- tact between the school and parents," says Mitchell- Seaforth Cable TV office manager Janice Gethke, who adds the new concept will include graphics and infor- mation, for instance on such things as when tests and assignments at the school are due. A similar station for the Mitchell public school started about a month ago, and Gethkc says it is now going "really welt...and we've had lots of good comments". Haney elected Lyle Haney of Seaforth was elected this district's director for the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies last Tuesday. Fourteen fair boards in Huron and Perth Counties were in attendance for the local district's annual meeting at Brussels, and Huron -Bruce MP Paul Steckle who spoke briefly on the Quebec referendum, and the importance of keeping Canada united. A quilt by Isabel Annis for won the competition for the Mitchell society, and the winner of the 60 per cent whole wheat bread com- petition was Fern Howitt for the Brussels' organization. Local teacher wins award An Egmondville teacher won a Director's Recog- nition Award for October from the Huron County Board of Education. Judy Weber "has been a mainstay for adult education and other 'third system' programs" within the Huron public system,. states a press release from Director of Education Paul Carroll. Weber is in the adult education department at Vanastra Community School. "She is one of the pioneers who helped to forge partnerships amongst the secondary school sys- tem, the folks from Human Resources Development Canada and other local agencies to promote a meaningful second chance for hundreds of adults who return to school seeking upgrading, employment preparation or diploma graduation," the press release continues. New DHC site The Huron -Perth District Health Council will lease permanent space for its new office at the site of the Mitchell bowling lanes on St. Gcorp St. Executive director Fraser Bell says the council is not spending taxpayers' money to renovate, but that it will be the responsibility of owners Norm and Donna Wilding. The new DHC office is scheduled to open at the start of next March. November 1, 1995 — 75 Cents Plus GST Seaforth switches to OPP BY GREGOR CAMPBELL Expositor Staff After almost four decades with its own police force, Seaforth returned to the On- tario Provincial Police fold in official ceremonies Monday evening. Mayor Irwin Johnston, Police Services Board Chair Lin Stef- fler, OPP West Region Superintendent R. W. (Ron) Baranoski and Staff Sergeant Brian Baldwin of the Goderich detachment, which Seaforth is now a part of, cut the ribbon opening the new Main Street station at 6:15 p.m. The mayor commented the new facility was a big improvement on the pld municipal station, on the other side of the Town Hall building, which citizens could only get to through a back alley. Paul Carroll, Director .of Education for Huron County, was master of ceremonies for the swearing-in of all four former municipal police of- ficers to the OPP at Seaforth District High School starting at 7 p.m. He preigeflkSeeforth-effieij . for the "rational and business- like transition". Deputy -Commissioner Gerry Boose welcomed Seaforth to the OPP family, before ad- ministering the oaths. He said there is no room for parochialism in policing today at any level, because "there is only one taxpayer". "Police work is teamwork," he said. We need the citizens of Seaforth and look forward to working with them and the. Police Services Board to make the team work." Seaforth Board Chair Steffler said the town has come full circle. Many people working together can bring down a country, she commented, but they can also build impressive hospitals and arenas like Seaforth has in the past. She urged citizens of this town to get involved again and make community policing work hand-in-hand with the OPP. She presented each acting former constable, former Seaforth Police Chief Hal MAIN STREET OPP STATION OPENS - Seaforth reverted back to provincial police service with swean�R i nn ce s GREu PHOTO Monday night after the new OPP station on Main Street was officially opened with a ribbon -cutting. From eft:OPP West Superintendent R. W. (Ron) Baranoski, Seaforth Mayor Irwin Johnston, Seaforth Police Services Board Chair Lin Sterner, and Staff Sergeant Brian Baldwin, commander of the Goderich detachment of the OPP, of which Seaforth is now a part. SEE RELATED POLICE STORIES ON PAGES 7 AND 15. Claus and Special Constable Pam Soonticns with small tokens of esteem from Council and the Board. The Board Chair presented them in order of length of service, rather than by rank, starting with Const. Dave Dale who was the longest -serving member of the now defunct municipal force. He began duties in Dec. 1974, and Chau Steltler noted he was a homegrown officer who has recently been very active in volunteer initiatives with local youths. Staff Sgt. Brian Baldwin, Commander of the Goderich Provincial cutbacks CHUMS loses half of mobility grants BY DAVID SCOTT Expositor Editor Provincial government cuts may be fatal for CHuMS, the Central Huron mobility bus service for the physically chal- lenged, if municipalities decide not to fund the service. CHuMS Board of Directors learned last Tuesday of the cancellation of their operating grant of 50 per cent from the new Harris government. The mobility service has been in planning for the last two years. The capital grant for 50 per cent topurchase the bus still remains and according to CHuMS president Mike Regier, of Seaforth, the new CHuMS bus is now sitting in Ingersoll waiting for delivery. A meeting will be held on Thursday evening at the Clinton Town Hall with repre- sentatives from the five mem- ber municipalities - Seaforth, Clinton, Tuckcrsmith, McKillop and Hullett - to discuss how to proceed. "The councils will have the final say. Until we find out what the councils want to do - whether they want to fund this or how they want to work with this, we can't really say too much," said Regier. . The president of CHuMS didn't want to comment on the possibility of rate hikes for riders. That will be up to the five arca municipalities to decide. News of the cuts has been disappointing for CHuMS. "The system in itself was designed to save money. The government, in their short- sightedness, has realized they can cut grants and save money in the short term," says Regier. "Anybody can go out and get funding for a bus. But f don't believe in the idea of saying, 'here's 50 per cent to buy your bus but we won't give you any money to operate it'...it's my understanding there will not be funding for any new (mobility bus) systems. Government cutbacks - it's unfortunate, it happens." CHuMS surpassed its goal of $55,000 in fundraising ($40,000 of the $80,000 cost of the bus and $15,000 toward the first year's operating costs) by receiving a total of $59,748 in donations by June of this year from Legions, service clubs, retirement homes, the Huron Adult Day Care Centre, various organizations and individuals. When representatives from the five municipalities met last November to sign a district mobility bus agreement, Peter Coghill, Ministry of Transport representative, said despite government cutbacks in many areas, he did not foresee any future problems with funding. But that was before the NDP was defeated and the Tories were elected. CHuMS organizers also insisted then that municipal tax dollars would not be required for the system. Finding mistakes in paper can earn readers a.dollar THE BUCK STOPS HERE - Expositor editor David Scott holds a dollar - the amount that will be given to readers who identify mis- takes in the paper - up to three a week. Yes, out paper is loony. Beginning with this November 1 issue of The Huron Expositor, we will give readers one Loonie for every mistake they find in the paper. It's your chance to have the "Expositor Exposed." Before readers start planning this as a second income, we should lay down a few guidelines. There will only be three Loonies paid out per issue for three different mistakes. Each reader iseligible to win for only one mistake per week. But you can keep trying every week. Once one mistake is identified and the reader has been paid, no one else can win on the same mistake. This money -back offer applies to the entire newspaper, and can be ANY identifiable mistake you find (misspelled words, misspelled names, missing words, incorrect phone numbers, incorrect dates, etc). - To avoid congestedphone lines on Wednesday and Thursday, COME ask that readers iN PERSON to our office with a copy of their paper with the mistake circled. For readers unable to leave their homes, they can send another person on their behalf to the office. No phone calls please! The winners' names and their respective mistakes will be published each week in the Expositor under the "Ex -Files." We will post the weekly mistakes, as they come in, on our front window and if our total of three mistakes hasn't been reached, headers can keep bringing in the bloopers they find until the nen paper is on the newsstand. "This is the readers' chance to get something in return for errors that unfortunately occur at different times throughout the newspaper. We are not infallible. But we don't take our mistakes lightly and we appreciate all feedback from our readers; negative or positive," says Expositor editor David Scat.