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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-01-31, Page 1Award Seaforth fireman receives award for 25years of service: See page 12 Education Tech 21 class offers students chance to experience -high-tech. see pages 2 & 11 Agriculture Local seminar ' r' deals with farm transfers to E►i' next generation. see page 5 .0 •a'a.gkr at+.• Your Community Newspaper Since -1860 — Seaforth, Ontario Briefly Highways close Freezing lelul►iratures, strong winds and snow -squalls •con-- bined- for- hazardous driving conditions and shut down area - highways Saturday uigh1. . - Highway 8 from Stratford to.- Godcrich, Highway -1 north of Exeter and Iiigltway- 23 were all Officially closed Saturday evening and re,operred early Sunday.- • • Former director of education dies . A Seafirrth-horn former director of education for lh Huron -Perth ('Dusty Roman Catholic.Scparale Sc•hcx►11tu;lyd' ' died in hospital at Si. Marys Thursday. - M. William Willi Eckert was: -director for- the area hoard -leer 13 • years tielu►re irli►inti .in' 1990. - He was. 57 and lived in Si. Marys. • One Of the actires many achleveincnis dtii.uu !,f►h i iituc as director was the planning of Si. Michael Catholic secondary school in Strallind..congdetcd after his- retirement. fie was born in Stratford. Non of Joseph I-ckert and the former *Geraldine (Conner. The family, lett Seaft prth. after his'father ilieil w hen he was . lour years -old. Mr. Eckert joined the 1 tureen - Perth separate system -in 1976 as a superintendent. Iteltne then he had been a liriucil►al in_ the Brant scp;uatc sol Dol•sys.- • tem. He is survived by his wile, the former Jo=Anne Mundy, and four children. January 31, 1996 75 Cents Plus GST DAVID SCOTT PHOTO DUMPERS VS DUSTERS - The Seaforth Dumpers took on the Deemerton Dusters for the - men's final in the annual Seaforth-Egmondville broomball tournament at the arena over the weekend. This, rough -and -tumble scoreless match went into double -overtime with the Dusters coming, out on top with a 1-0 Victory. For more information see page 7. Mobility tower update Bell • Mobility waiting' for approval g pp BY DAVID SCOTT . Expositor Editor 11 looks like .the tutc of the proposed Bell Mobility Cellular tower near St. Coluntban lies in the hands of Industry Canada. Bell Mobility real estate manager John Grant, of Etobicoke, says the company is just waiting to see .whether their license to construct the tower will be approved by Industry Canada. "We haven't proceeded any further to start construction until we have bur license in hand," said Grant: Pending Industry . Canada's Bluewater Recycling Association approval; Bell Mobility plans to stick with trio proposed site Wt?Ii6htL ownoticKevin Shen oft' McKilfop Sidi:bond 10, "At this time, . we have no intentions of /dividing the site," said Grant. He wouldn't say definitely whether a representative from Bell Mobility would 'attend, a. public meeting, if one was held in the future, to discuss moving the tower to another location. - `1t would depend on- what type of meeting it is. Obvious- ly, if we're going - to be poundedand have no defence by tile local residents that's one thing. if it's an information session, that's another, What • kind of infornwtion will they looking for? Is it in regards 'health 0 -safety? Is it in regards to 'siltedks? Triose are all the different arms we have to look at if we do ulmcthing like this," Industry Canada, however, •still holds the key to the project advancing. - "It all comes flown ta: `Is Industry Canada going to issue the license?' - If they do,. that puts us in one stance. If they're not, then obviously it changes the whole ball game." . Some • neighbours of the proposed site have signed a petition to have the tower Continued on page 3 Dinsmore new chair of police services board asked Staff Sgt. Baldwin what OPP policy is concerning on - duty officers at the kxal rink, "They shouldn't be going up to be watching a hockey game," Dinsmore said, adding the issue has surfaced %-more than once in the past. Specifica ly, he . asked why three officers standing together in uniform had ben necessary 'for at least an hour on Dec. 15. with one of those olliccrs in attendance for alritost the entire -game, lasting about two -and -a - half hours. Staff Sgt. Baldwin said-of- ficersarc supposed to circulate when on duty .at arenas and agreed they aren't .ever sup- posed to stand there. for "hours. ,on "end". lie said he couldn't immediately identify or explain . "the third- officer at that par- ticular gaine but would find. out. - • - But as policy it can sometimes be a "tine line"; the Goderich commitnder. added, noting that although the local arena hadn't • called• for assis- tance, the Exeter detachment had advised thc Seaforth -off ice of the potential -for trouble ,at that specific game, which. ended up a tame well -played snatch with, few penalties and no fights. But Exeterand the Cen- tenaires had played a chippicr game in front of a big crowd of around 30) fans• about. a month previous in Sriforth and two opposing supporters, one an Exeter player who had been ejected earlier in die. game for fighting by the refclec, went at 'it in the -stands. The arena ended up calling for. police to control what could have become an uglier .situation at that time, Staff. Sgt. Baldwin • - . BY GREGOR CAMPBELL Expositor Staff Familiar names now. hold new titles in Seaforth 1xllice services. `Board member Bob Dinsmore is now the official Chair of Seaforth's • Police Services Board (PSB), replacing Lin Stefflcr who has assumed - secretarial - duties while remaining a member . ol• the board. The other member of the town's PSB in 1996 remains Deputy -Reeve Bill-TeaII, who, -officially represents council. There have been also•bccn - administrative changes on the beat. . The comrilancicr of. the Goderich detachment, Staff Sgt. Brian Ballwin, has been "acting . Chief' for Seaforth • since the Ontario Provincial Police returned. to town late 'last year. - .. Clinton'. also • officially switched • front municipal to OPP policing a wcc.k ago Mon- day. The OPP .offices of the' neighboring "towns arc now linked, in hart lxcausc Sgt. Frank Young of the Goderich detachment now oversees the administratio_n cif both.- But Staff Sgt.• Baldwin remains the real "('blot" .of . Seaforth and commander at Goderich. ' AT THE RINK At its regular meeting Jan. 8 the Seaforth Police Services Board spent some time discus- sing policing during local hock- ey games. - : Chair Dinsmore,' who has also been a volunteer official scorekeeper at Seaforth junior hockey games for many years,, Continual on page 3 South Huron area ready to test garbage, re c ellsgplogo p "As of April I, I'm complete- - landfill plus the cost of the participate in thc new program, By Nellie levans- ly out of business," he said, new collection program. But BRA is encouraging munici- SSP News Staff' , adding he still has a contract Vcillcux said it costs more to . palilies to switch to a user pay with Stanley Township to col staff thc landfill site to accept garbage. collection system. The Four southern Huron County lect one morning a week. ' garbage than it costs a system means property owners municipalities .will begin test, "1 can't afford to keep a truck garbage/recycling truck to sim- may purchase bag tags at a ing a new way of collecting on the road for that," said ply dump a load. After the price determined by the munic- household garbage and rccy- Vanderhoek. He'plans to sell meeting, he explained BRA'is ipality to cover.thercost of clable' material on April Fools his current truck and buy" a able to collect garbage at a cost garbage collection. BRA has Day (Monday. April I). smaller one. 23=36 per cent below that developed colored bag tags to Another will begin its program Vanderhoek also lost a poten- charged by private contractors sell to members. Each tag is one month earlier. tial buycr of his coiiipany after because BRA trucks are bright orange with black letters Both garbage and recyctabtes news of BRA's-venture became already driving those same with thc inunicipality's logo in will be collected at one stop by public last fall. roads to pick up recyclables. blue. He said use of several Bluewater• Recycling "i sold the business last fall Currently; recycling truck dri- colors prevents counterfeiting. Association (BRA) in Zurich, . to Iwo brothers...Then this vers arc spending approxi- BRA's already sold one batch Hensall, Hay Township and came and they hacked out. i mately half of their time in dri- of bag tags and has ordered • Ushorne Township beginning have no hard feelings for those ving when they could be pick- 300,(00 more for six munici- in Apnl while Ailsa Craig will guys." ing up garbage, said Vcillcux, palitics. BRA is able to par - begin its program on March 1. But Vanderhoek had been But some larger municipalities, chase the tags at $12.50 per General Manager Francis` planning to retire. Now, he has like Usbornc Township, will 1,000 tags. Veilleux said BRA will hid onlost $40.(X)0. require two pickup days where "We have no intention to four more garhagc collection "This isn't the way it was half of the township is done have a landfill at this point," he contracts. When this initiative supposed to go." he said. one week: the other half in the said, but BRA has studied 25 was announced Iasi summer, Vanderhoek is upset Zurich next week, sites in Ontario and Michigan BRA had no commiwnents and Hay Township have decid- A public inecting may he which have capacity ' for from its 43 members and only cd to go ahead without con- scheduled in early February for BRA's garbage. eight interested municipalities. .suiting the public as they did, a proposed waste transfer sla- Testing the blue bag Now. 22 members arc interest- when they joined the recycling tion beside BRA's recycling BRA may also bcgin testing ed, said Vcillcux at die associ- option: • (Zurich and Hay facility in Huron Patk, said thc blue bag which Veilleux ation's general meeting Tdwnship have verbally Vcillcux. Answeringa quos- referred to as the "bottomless January 24 in Grand Bend. • agreed to join the•program but " tion from sone member, blue box:" The program will he offered, must ratify the decision al a Veilleux said the new transfer According to Vcillcux, either through tender or agree- meeting on February 8. station will he funded by the ratepayers prefer thc blue bag merit, to every member munic Hensatl voted lo- join at a spe- municipalities using it in the • three to one over the blue box ipality over the next three cial inecting on January 16.) co -collection program. because it's easier to carry, years as private garhagc col- Three new specially -designed Composting on hold reduces odor and keeps recy- Iectioncontracts expire. trucks, able to pack 800 Plans to build a SI million clablcs from blowing away in One private garhagc collector pounds of garbage per cubic compost facility. in Huron the wind. The association isn't happy about the associa- foot, will arrive by early Park, and sort garbage to feed approves because picking up a tion's new venture. March, said Vcillcux. Garbage that facility. arc on thc back- blue bag with onc recyclable Marian Vanderhoek of,M and will he deposited in that burner until 1997/98, said material is more efficient than' R Disposal of Zurich says the municipality's landfill site or Veilleux, until BRA can deter- separating several materials in venture has cosi him more than an existing privately -owned mine if the volume and type of a .blue box. He admitted that 140,000 and put him out of landfill. material being discarded is BRA once opposed use of the business. He has been serving One member commented high enough to warrant the blue hag but now sees an Zurich and Hay Township for aloud municipalities must still cost of sorting. opportunity because of the Cost almost seven years. • fund thc cost of covering the As incentive for ratepayers to Continued on page 3 NEILIE EVANS PHOTO NEW TRUCKS SOON - Bluewater Recycling Association employee Gary Reid loads recyclable material like newspaper, plastic and tin. Soon, three new trucks will enable garbage pickup too.