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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-02-28, Page 3THE HURON EXPOSITOR, February 28, 1999-3 18 -year-old man charged An 18-year=old McKillop man was charged with assault as the result of an incident on Feb. 21. The victim was walking down Market Street, Seaforth with friends when the accused "head -hutted" the victim. The altercation was reported to police. The 18 -year-old was charged with- assault, uttering threats and breaching of pro- bation. He was released to appear in court ori . April 1 in Goderich, according to Sgt. Frank Young of the Seaforth OPP detachment. Car damaged An incident of mischief Occurred sometime between Thursday, Feb. 22. and Sunday, Feb. 25; A Centre Street resident in Seaforth reported damage totheir car -which was parked in the dri- veway. Dents were- m hood with an . object. A broken beL, was found in'the driveway.. The incident is under investi- gat on. There is no -estimate 12 -hour suspension A 12 -hour licence suspen- sion was given by Seaforth. OPP on Feh. 24.• At 1:35 .a.m. a car was pulled over on Victoria-. •Strcct, Seaforth. The driver showcu signs o1 dr -inking. An i8 -year-old Logan Township.malc blew a warn- ing on the roadside screening dtrvice. His licence -was sus- pended for 12 hours. Hockey equipment stolen from vehicle Hockey equipment was removed from die trunk of .a vehicle while it was sitting on Coleman :Street- •m Seaforth. The ' equipment included . Cooper shoulder-pads,•Joffa- clbow pads, 'Cooper gloves, CCM helmet and a 917 blade for an aluminum stick. Ttie equipment - was ii► a-_ black canvas hockey. bag. The theft ,occurred sometime overnight on Feb. 17. - • S('RAI' METAL i'III?FT . 'f'hievcs are taking scrap' Metal from Exeter. Machina Products. on Canada Avenue in Huron Park. The last two Park.. thefts occurred on Feb. 12 awl 'i 5. This has happened for the .last lour- consecutive. weeks. THEFT OF A.T.V On Feb. 17 or 18 an all terrain vchicic was stolen; from ' a residence . on Alexander Street m Brusels. The ATV is a 1986 Suzuki orange - in colour, plate tl317HI. and VIN #IJ SAAJ43AOG2107507. . News and Views • - PHOTO BY DAVID SCOTT MONEY FOR HAITI - St. Columban students raised money at a recent Valentine's bake sale 'for the Rayjon Share Care organization in Haiti. Grade 8 students Colin Cook (left) -' Curtis Murray presented -Martin Vink with a cheque during a recent assembly. Vink gad from his second trip to Haiti and shared slides and stories about the poor - in country with St. Columban students. The money raised will go to a project for .nater or school supplies. Main Street could cost town. more Main Street could end up costing Seaforth $16.00{), or more, on top of the more than $63,000 in recently might have to cat the cost. • announced provincial transfer which would be on top oldie cuts. more. than $63,000 in Because Main Street is ` - reduced transfer payments. also a busy stretch of Huror Seaforth c-ouncil is currently - County Road 12. and the covering by much slicing and funding for such arrange chopping in its budget tnents, and responsihilities of process. the different levels of govern-- -BUDGET FOR 1001' Ment involved. are apparently "1f the road rebates at'c to in flux. he phased out, what will he This fuzzy status of the • replacing the rebate MI order urban road rebate program in to assist the urban municipal- . longer interested in picking up this tab. Work still has to he paid for. Local. taxpayers �� longer contribute its past contribute its past portion of. this road rebate. with the burden not being picked up by county and it thereby falling in the lapof local governments, such aas • Scafcirth. This would probably, work out to from $16;00( to $17.00( on the hasis of last year's figures, Crocker says. • There has also been talk the county may 'wish to phase in a reduction of its contribu- tion by one-third over the next three years: "All this downloading. 1996 i • what - has Clerk itics -in the maintenance cif' - /Administrator.Jim Crocker their roads.' asks the letter worried. He is. not alone. The _ Goderieh scat, to Huron, to Towa f►'f G�odcrich has Iso which the Sea !birth clerk •seri a request 'to ,Huron : added his .comments at a County Council for .clarifica- local' council meeting earlier tion, and an indication of the- this month: '- status status of the program. where- "its their road and we're by in the -past the county- doing most 'of the work on returns to municipalities 40 it,' Crocker said. " it throws per cent of transfer fees. a • our budget process for a loop. percentage of which has been paid for by. the province in "We' can't put our budget process to bed before we from province to. county to municipalities. at sotnc point- " YOU can't run .anything," Coon. Michael Ilak com- mented, "What about bridges on sonic of these roads?" Reeve Bill Bennett wondered. Who will end up paying for repair? °1t wgn;t- be just snow- - blowing." he said. " This•all could end up the biggest the past. ' -know what the rules aro;." nightmare that's evtr ghi►ig it appears Ontario is no alk is the province will lobe.' Seaforth hospital featured in article Seaforth is front and cen- tre in a big feature article in the most recent edition of Hospital Perspectives, pub- lished by the Ontario .Hospital .Association. It notes how .Seaforth has bucked thc,disturhing trend in rural Ontario. identified in the Scott Report, of hospitals having difficulty getting then keeping doctors. "Actively recruiting physi- cians'for the last five years. .Seaforth Corntnuni1y Hospital has ieiaincd five out. of six new physicians (three in the last two years) with its tsimplc philosophy' - on- -going recruitment �n a con- • tinual basis."' the article states. , It chalks this success up to "'a real team approach," with hospital Chief of Staff .Dr. Mark Woldnik. CEO Bill Thihert and local medical clinic Manager Gwen • Devereaux noted as.impor-• tart Cogs in the aggressive recruiting. 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