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TAKING THEIR OATHS - Members of the now -disbanded Seaforth Police Force take their
oaths at recent OPP swearing-in ceremonies. From left to right: Former Chief Hal Claus,
now a senior constable with the OPP, and Cons. Dave Dale, Charles Akey, and Harro
Maydell, who retain the same rank with the OPP. Former special civilian constable Pam
Soontiens issitting at the right of this picture.
Police service boards for what?
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has resigned, partly because
we've both been doing it for
four years and partly because
we're no longer sure what the
jobis and it is pretty darn dull,
there is nothing happening.
"That's a compliment to the
OPP," he adds.
"There was just a lot less to
do. In fact, we as •a board
discussed if we actually needed
a board and found we did.
"But for what?"
Exeter switched to the OPP
in November, 1993.Its police
services board Chair says the
board's role is mainly
monitoring .these days, and it
now only meets once every
three months, whereas before it
often met many times a month,
depending on what was on its
plate.
The Mayor . of Kincardine,
Charles Mann, who is also its
police services board Chair,
says they went to the OPP two
years ago this coming May. He
has no complaints.
"All we almost have to do is
breathe that we want something
done, and it's done," he says.
County wonders
where to store
waste oil
Questions on where to store
the waste oil frons county
vehicles was brought up at
Huron County Council on
Thursday. As of December of
this year, the existing under-
ground tank at the Auburn
garage will no longer meet the
legal requirements of the Min-
istry of Environment and
Energy.
The county had received a
quotation from a licenced
installer, Rathwell and
Ratbwell Ltd., to supply and
install a 500 -gallon under-
ground double-wall tank system
for $7,635 plus GST.
County Engineer Dennis
Merrall said the rDunty is
presently dealing with a com-
pany that recycles oil. The
county is trying out the
remanufactured oil in equip-
ment and doing oil analysis to
test for quality.
Coun. Bill Vanstonc of
Colborne Township asked if
the committee had considered
going to smaller size tank.
"You could go to a 300 -gal-
lon tank and leave it above-
nd and then there's no
(installation) cost whatsoever.
They will pick it (used oil) up
out of there. They'll just have
to come a little sooner," said
Vanstonc.
Merrall said a pumping sys-
tem would have to be put in an
above -ground tank and road
department employees would
have to carry oil by hand.
The motion to accept the
quotation from Rathwell and
Rathwell for the new under-
ground tank was approved by
county council.
Hensall shuffleboard
• Oct. 31- 6 -game winners
Tom Williams, 454; Dean
Gibson, 445; Jim Davis, 428;
Dave Woodward, 425; Pat
Davis, 412; Gordon Clubb,
388; Hazel McEwan, 384;
Russell Ferguson, 364.
Kitty litter
king dies
The man who invented kitty
litter nearly 50 years ago
recently died in Florida.
Edward Lowe, 75, was an
inventor and entrepreneur. He
developed a clay -based cat
box filler he called kitty litter
as a favour for a family friend
in 1947.
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"We may not have the of- • "Cruisers can't get down an
ficial strategic power that we alley, where bikes can."
had before but we don'tseem The police services board
to notice much difference in Chair says he's heard Kincar-
the operation of the force. dine is lucky to get the detach -
"We get along well," he says. mert it got, but not knoving
"We don't have to bring the about other detachments he
big club out to get things ac- can't say for sure. But he
complished." praises the community services
Mann says Kincardine has officer the OPP brought into
realized a savings by switching, Kincardine.
and that the community has the "He is well known, well
same coverage it had with a liked and respected in town,"
municipal force, if not Fust a the mayor says. "He has been
little better. J doing a tremendous job and we
have no beefs at all.
He says, for instance, Kincar- The Chair of Seaforth's
dine was one of the first com- Police Services Board, Lin
munities to use bikes for Sterner, was out of town and
policing on the beach with the unavailable for comment at
OPP. press time.
Optimists .to hang on until spring
The Seaforth Optimist Club
didn't attract any new members
in a recent drive, but has
decided to hang on until spring
and see if it can come up with
some new approach.
President Mark Smith says
charter member Alf Ross
talked the club into the holding
pattern at a recent meeting.
"Everybody that was there
had the same opinion. We had
all worked so hard for the past
few years, because the mem-
bership was small, we were all
worn out.
"We decided that we would
remain intact but that we
weren't going to take on any
fundraising projects or anything
that involves a great deal of
work until the spring.
"Everybody hated to . see it
fold up but nobody really had
the answer. We will see if we
can start the new year off a
little better."
The local chapter of the
Optimist Club was founded in
1974 and was once very active,
but has been troubled by
dwindling volunteers in recent
years.
New county names approved
Two Huron County institu-
tions and one county road will
have new names. The names
were selected by the
Huronview 100 Anniversary
Committee and approved by
County Council on Thursday.
From 33 names submitted the
committee made the following
recommendations: The Huron
Adult Day Centre should be
changed to the "Jacob Memor-
ial Centre." The name change
was submitted by Ian
MacInnes. Old Huronview
should be renamed, "Huron
County Health & Library Com-
plex." That name was sug-
gested by Dianne Cooke.
"Huron Place" was the sub-
mitted name by Joanne
Wareham for the unnamed
road.
Reasons for the name
changes were given in the
Administration, Finance and
Personnel Committee report to
Huron County Council on Nov.
2.
"One of the most popular
administrations at Huronview
was that of the Jacobs. John
Jacob began his administration
in 1924 and was succeeded by
his wife in 1947 until 1951.
Their son, Dick, ran the farm
for quite some time. They are
fondly remembered by the
community and by some resi-
dents and staff," states the
report.
The new Huron County
Health and Library Complex
named was chosen to "help
the public identify and access
the location without getting
lost."
Huron Place was suggested
as a new road name to simplify
directions to suppliers and
customers and fit in to the
county's road naming for
future 9-1-1 service.
Few here on social assistance
Huron County has the sixth
lowest percentage of people
receiving social assistance out
of 65 municipalities, according
to recent statistics from the Ontario recently experiericed
OMSSA. The information was its greatest month-to-month
released in a committee report decrease in social assistance
at the Nov. 2 Huron County caseloads in more than 25
Council meeting. years.
In Huron County, only two
per cent of the population is
receiving municipal social
assistance. The highest percen-
tage was the City of Kingston
at 11.73 per cent.
From Aug., 1994 to Aug.,
1995, the number of social
assistance cases in Huron
decreased from 587 to 570. But
the number of beneficiaries
issued increased from 1,202 to
1,206.
A Nov. 3 press release from
the Ministry of Community and
Social Services says 36,000
fewer individuals relied on
social assistance last month.
That represents a 2.9 per cent
drop in the number of cases
from Sept. to Oct.
Production can't keep up
Production that had to be grader breed the company to
contracted out so as to keep up increase the amount of manufa-
with sales caused third-quarter cturing done by sub-contrac-
tors,income to drop significantly at in tum increasing eJtpen-
Champion Road Machinery ses by S1.1 million in the third
Ltd. in Goderica. quartar, states a recent com-
pany press release.
This year's third-quarter net Third-quarter net sales at
income was $416,000, or four Champion were $51.2 -million,
cents a share, compared to up 31 per cent from $39.1
$1.23 -million or 11 cents a million in 1994.
share for the same period last The press release added
year, to the end of September. earnings are expected to be
Demand for the newly- back on track for the fourth
introduced series IV large quarter.
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