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Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 — Seaforth, Ontario
December 27, 1995 — 75 Cents Phis GST
1995: Year in Review
1995 was . even(ful for
Seaforth. It was a year that
saw former and present resi-
dents unite in a successful
Homecoming in August. The
town switched from a local
police force to OPP. The
Tories swept Ontario in prov-
incial elections and then
imposed harsh cuts that have
(elected just about everyone.
Seaforth had a drive-by shoot-
ing. Two local institutions
were in danger of extinction:
eiderfest and the Centenaires.
Volunteers rallied to save
both.
In this week's edition we will
present summaries of news
stories from the first half .of
1995. Next week's paper will
include July to December.
JANUARY 4
Vandals caused thousands of
dollars in damage when a
string of Christmas lights was
thrown into a 5,00() volt trans-
former in Seaforth. 11 caused a
power outage throughout the
town.
• Power was out at 1:20 a.m.
Friday morning. Two-thirds
was restored by 3:30 a.m. The
remainder of the town had to ,
wait until Ontario Hydro man-
aged to transport a mobile unit,
which costs $1,000 a day, from
London to the Chalk St. loca-
tion. All power was restored by
12:15 p.m.
"If we were duped, then 1
guess we were duped," says
Huron -Bruce MP Paul Steckle,
about the decision he and seven
other Canadian MPs made to
sign a petition offering support
to a U.S. political leader,
Lyndon LaRouche, who was
jailed for five years for fraud.
JANUARY 11
Young people in Scaforth and
concerned adults will have an
opportunity "to discuss a pro-
posed Youth Drop -In Centre on
• Jan. 16. The Women's
Resource Ccntrc in Scaforth is
hosting a planning meeting to
talk. about the idea.
* * *
Five months after stating he
would present a petition in the
House of Commons calling for
the return of corlx)ral punish-
ment, Huron -Bruce MP Paul
Steckle still has not done so.
However, Stcckle said he has
not backed off on his support
for the measure, despite failing
to introduce the petition in the
fall sessior f,of the federal legis-
lature. In August, he collected
1,000 signatures in support of
his position at that time.
JANUARY 18
Seaforth Town Council and
Police Services Board should
come to final decisions at their
February meetings whether
Seaforth will maintain its local
police force or contract service
from the Ontario Provincial
Police.
* * *
The Scaforth Public Utility
Commission has borrowed a
replacement transformer from
Kitchener, to take the place of
the mobile transformer bor-
rowed from London late last
month when vandals damaged
the Chalk St. station and
knocked much of the power
out in Seaforth overnight.
JANUARY 2S
"Use it or lose it soon" was
the conclusion reached at a
public meeting in Walton con-
sidering the plight of its his-
toric Community Hull Monday
night.
The Walton Women's Insti-
tute paid SI for the building
next to the ballpark, back in
1976 when the Walton Com-
munity Club gave up with
Continued on page 5
PHOTOS BY TtM CUMMMG 6
GREGOR CAMPBELL
FACES OF 1995 -
Clockwise from left:
NHL linesman Scott
Driscoll puts the strong
arm on Ottawa
Senators forward Dave
McLlwain and
Michigan State
Spartans player Mike
Watt during the
Homecoming parade.
Mary Barnes, of the
Silvercreek Archery
Club, takes airrl with
her compound bow.
Professional figure
skater Lloyd Eisler Jr.
led a group of Harley
Davidson motorcycles
in the Homecoming
parade. Ron McIver,
Bill McIver and Don
!Henderson grew this
rea's Great Pumpkin
r the annual Port
Elgin Pumpkinfest.