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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-05-01, Page 1Green Ribbon Child Find Ontario begins its Green Ribbon Campaign. See page 17 Winter Sports Seaforth area winter sports teams are featured in our special section included this week. See inside Health Physiotherapy department holds open house with helpful back tips. See page 8 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 --- Seaforth, Ontario Briefly Hospice opens office in Clinton Huron Hospice officially opens its second office loca- tion. in Clinton Friday. in space donated by the local hospital. Huron MPP will preside over the ceremony, with hos- pice volunteers, hospital • management and staff and "interested members of the public expected to attend. Huron Hospice offers sup- portive. care provided" by trained volunteers for people "With terminal illnesses and their -families. It is establish- ing cancer support groups reughout the county, and s to initiate bereavement support groups in the coming year. " . The hospice plans to link community offices'electroni- cally. An- -arca internet provider has also donated access and free accounts. The e-mail address for. Huron Hospice in Seaforth is hhospicc. s.c (moody sscy.on.ca. • Salt mine to increase production The biggest salt mine in the world at Godcrich plans to increase production by 50 per cent in a year. Sil'to Salt Mine Inc.'s par- cnt " company, .Harris Chemical Group Inc., has announced a $12 -million investment in the Godcrich mine to bring capacity up to 6.5 -million tons annually, from the current 4.5-rnillion tons. "We're number one in the world and we'll he the ones to heat." says manager of the Godcrich mine Rowland. Howe. • - Ncw equipment will pur- chased for the. project and some construction. which could he completely next March. The Godcrich mine now employs 253 unionized' workers. Sifto Salt -is a sub- sidiary of the North American Salt Company. Cafe raises $1,400 The fifth annual Earth Day Cafe held recently in Mitchell raised $1.400. and the Mitchell and Area Environmental Group chipped in another $600. to contribute a total of $2.00(1. for the Friends of the Morris Tract. The group wants to buy a 144 -acre woodland on the north hank of the Maitland River near Godcrich and estahlish.a nature reserve. Recycling award won by Bluewater The Bluewater- Recycling Association has been named the hest program operator in Ontario and was also runner- up in the award for outstand- ing municipality with a popu- lation of 50,000 and over. The arca association was so honoured April 25 in Toronto. in ceremonies spon- sored by the Recycling Council of Ontario. The awards recognize individuals, businesses, governments and organizations whose efforts to minimize waste arc con- tributing to a cleaner, more sustainable environment. County Council Engineers e11 county fl ld loot necessary OW BLAKE PATTERSON P News Staff xY'For the past eight years County Council has listened to experts tell them a new :landfill site is needed for uron County. Now those' ame experts are telling the;. f unty to forget it. Representatives from two r gineering firms who have tudied alternative 'waste di,: +sal options for the court. ave a summary of their ft ngs Thursday at the reg ponthly meeting of Hur ounty Council. Both consujtatns carne same connintiSn H aunty does rtfleed< develop the proposed A fir dfill slat tte u Atlliiff -4 .In summary; they tall to take responsitb_ a wide wast t stein and to ue'to use existing landfill si. to potential while cxportin much of the county's waste tai landfill sites in southern:, Ontario or the United States4 The county's Wase, Management Master Pia€ (WMMP) project co-ordinator=' Craig Metzger said he was not:; surprised by the findings of CONTINUED on page 3 May 1, 1996 — 75 Cents Plus GST PHOTO BY SANDRA DALE IT'S FISHIN' SEASON - Inclement weather on Saturday morning didn't stop 231 Seaforth area kids who entered the annual trout derby at Silver Creek. Pictured here, Sean Praiser concentrates oh landing the. big one. The winning 36 -centimetre (14.17 inch) fish was caught by Michael Maxwell of .Vanastra: ' Safety a concern for Staffa residents BY MiCHELE GREENE SSP News Staff Staffa residents want the traffic to slow down in their village .because drivers can't sec what is on the other side of the hill. Sometimes, there are chil- dren playing in the arca or seniors crossing the road to take out their blue boxes. Some residents -are afraid there may be an accident someday. Although thc post- ed speed in Staffa is 60 km/h. many cars seem to he travel- ling much faster. "Wc asked the county for anything to get something • done about the speed. whether that's more policing or more signs warning dri- vers." said Cathy Lozicr, of Staffa, who contacted Perth County's roads departments about her concern. Her son Curtis Vessie likes to play hockey. - - On March 19. Hibbert Township sent Staffa resi- dents a letter asking thcm not to allow their children to play on the road. At its March 28 meeting. the county's public works committee decided not to post 'Slow. Children play- ing' signs on Perth County Rd. 10. "The reeves were afraid it would encourage the kids to play on the road. With thc grade of the hill, they were concerned." said Bentley Eghoctz, .the county's road manager. But Curtis Vessie said there \ti • ' �. : r': 424 .., .a.' '. PHOTO BY MICHELE GREENE SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS - With an estimated 30 children in Staffa, and no safe place to play sports, a concern has developed in the village. Above, Melissa Babb (left), Gary Lozier, Sasha Babb and Curtis Vessie pose with some of the sports equipment they need to play. is nowhere else to play hock- ey or rollcrhladc. Hc said he and his friends were playing road hockey on Church St. and in the parking lot of Hibbert United Church. They were asked to play somewhereelse so they wouldn't break a window in the church. A neighbor asked thcm not to play in thc park- ing lot of the Hibbert parked cars could get dam- aged.1 Vcssic and his friends took their game to Perth County Rd. 16, which .is the 'main • road through the village south of Dublin. Sometimes... they played in the middle of thc road and other times. the game occupied one Zane of traffic. Parents in the arca know it's dangerous for them to he playing there so Lrazicrr's husband Gary and othe" parents watched for traffic while the children played, .she -said. Sehringvillc OPP Const. ROSS Marshall said it's dan- gerous for children to he playing on the road under any circumstances. even with parents watching. Thcy may - not be able to get the kids Off of the road in time if a speed- ing or, impaired driver is coming over thc hill. "If the parents have thc time to stand on the side of the road, they have time to find a place for them to play," he said. Lozicr said she and her husband have Nought one basketball net for their chil- dren. Thcy plan on buying a second net as well as a tram- poline. Their neighbor lets the children play in the yard on her property. The Loziers have also taken children to Fullarton to play road hockey in the parking lot of the Fullarton Township Shed. "We feel we arc doing our part;". said Lozicr. Township Hall. They can't The children have not play on West St. because played road hockey on the road since they received the township's letter. However." Lozicr said the point of the concerned parents is being missed. Children sollerhlad- ing or riding a-hicycle on the sidewalk arc still at risk. 11 a car comes over the hill and. hits a car bitching out of the driveway, -a child on the side- walk could become involved in an accident. she said. -Kathy Vincent said the traf- fic has been a concern for her during the two years she and her family have lived in' Staffa. "The only one's who slow down are the ones who live here," said Marlene Karl. another Staffa resident and mother. Vincent's eight-year-old daughter Jancssa likes to rollerblade on the sidewalk of County Rd. 10 but she isn't allowed to cross the road because it is too dangerous. Alicia Karl, 6. said the -side- walk on the main road is the only place they 'can rollcrhladc. "Wc can't rollerblade on gravel. 1 don't go on the road. i go on the sidewalk." she said. When Karl moved to Staffa five years ago, there were about eight children living in' thc village. Now. that number has soared to approxitnately 30 and the concerns about the fast traffic have increased.' The concern isn't for just the children in the village. Sylvia Parsons, 82. has lived in Staffa all of her life. From CONTINUED on page 3