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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-06-12, Page 1Feature t+ 4 Seaforth womaWs life has imprfed with home dialysis. See page 7 Sports SDHS holds annual athletic banquet. See page 8 •�• DHC Huron -Perth DHC officially opens new Mitchell office. HURON PERTH flee page 3 DISTRICT NSALTN COUNCIL Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 — Seaforth, Ontario Briefly Mistie's mother hasn't given up looking for missing teenager Mistie Murray's mother told a London TV station last week that the family -hasn't given up looking for the. Goderich teenager. now miss- ing for more than a year. Anne Murray said she is convinced Mist*iff still alive, even though her hus- band Ste ; 1 • been charged with sec `°`''� e murder in connection his adoptive daughter's disappearance and was recently jailed for preach 'of bail conditions. The Murray's lived in St. Columban before moving to Goderich. In an emotional appeal on CFPL=TV, . Mrs. Murray urged Mistie, who disap-. peared on May 31, 1995, to call,homc. Grey'Township , women turning 100 on Sunday A Grcy Township woman who still lives in th'e house she was horn in will turn 100 on June 16. - A celebration will take place for Jessie Engle on Sunday, June 16 at St. John's Anglican Church in Brussels. Engle still has lots of regu- lar visitors and has several pct cats. From a:historical perspec- tive, Jesse was horn two months before the famous Klondike Gold Rush in thc Yukon. She is, the first cousin of • Grace Smith; of Seaforth. , Children's Aid fundraiser a big Winner Sifto and the Huron County Children's " Aid Society appear to have come up with a fund-raising winner with their Godcrich salt mine tours. The project, to make money for children's summer camps, announced a "wildly success - /0" beginning with 120 places pre -sold as of June 1, generating $6,000. An estimated $58,00( is required to send 250 kids to camp this summer. Fireworks admission not set The admission price for this summer's annual Canada Day fireworks in Seaforth hasn't been set yet.. The recreation and parks committee feels last year's price of $5 per car is not enough. hut $I0 is too much. Recreation director Marty Bedard told last week's meet- ing of council fireworks donations continue to come in. and if they continue "wc may be able to keep the price the same as last year." He also outlined this sum- mer's planned Seaforth rec programs, noting all arc sub- ject to a minimum enroll- ment. 1 Huron County abandons Ashfield landfill site . BY BLAKE PATTERSON SSP News Staff Despite spending $825,000 on the site, Huron County Council madeit official Thursday abandoning the pro- posed A3 landfill near Ashfield. And in its place, the council approved a request from con- sultants CH2M Gore and Storrie (CG&S) to `fast-track' the completion of the Waste Management Master Plan at a cost of $126,000. Planning and Development 'Committee chair Coun. Pat Down of Usborne Twp. called the decision a major step and said, "This will allow the peo- ple of,Ashtield Twp. to finally get back on with their lives." But not all the councillors agreed with the idea of spend- ing more money on waste management.' Coun. Mason 'Bailey from Blyth said, "I don't see any reason why we should contin- ue to . throw another $126,000 into, along with, the $800,000 we have already done. There must be a way, that wc can discontinue this at a lot less expense ... hopefully none. Why is it not possible that we can just simply drop it and go about our way." ' He said the fact that the Blyth-Hullett landfill is now being shared with Turnbcrry , CONTINUED on page 13 June 12, 1996 — 75 Cents Plus GST ■ vim. e— •:y . �' ...: ,F; ; �a . - "i' BULL SHOT AT HOSPITAL - A two-year old, 1,400 Ib Limousin bull which got through a fence in McKillop Township took Ontario. Provincial Police awhile to corner before it eventually had to be shot on the lawn of Seaforth Community Hospital last Tuesday evening. A 42, -year-old Walton area man was injured trying to re -direct the beast during the chase. Rarnpaging bull sends man to hospital being shot and killed by a Const. Dwight Adams and local hunter on the lawn of the owners tracked the bull Seaforth hospital early last on an ATV and with cruisers Tuesday evening. for two -and -a -half miles The Gdderich detachment north out of Seaforth, across of the Ontario' Provincial county road 12, then east for Police 'says a resident on 'more than a concession West William Street in before the animal 'headed Seaforth first alerted them a south again. bull was running loose at Police say during the chase', 5:10 p.m.. ' George Kreutzwiser of RR 4 The 2 -year-old bull had Walton, who works at the taken off from owner Bob Eckert farm. was struck by Eckert's farm in McKillop. the bull trying to re -direct it. BY GREGOR CAMPBELL Expositor Staff A 1,400 lb. Limousin bull escaped through a fence in .McKillop Townshipand sent a Walton mar) to hospital with a concussion and lacera- tions to his head, while.lead- ing its owners and provincial police on a lengthy and less - than -merry chase, before He was taken by ambulance to, the local hospital, then transferred to Victoria hospi- tal with his injuries. He had been released by Friday. At about 6:30 the bull was located on the Fawn at Seaforth Community Hospital. it was destroyed by a local hunter, under police supervision, when five rounds from Const. Adam's 40 -calibre police pistol failed to fell the beast. Internet project offers free access BY DAVID SCOTT Expositor Editor Huron County residents can , take a free one-hour trip any- where in the world. The vehicle for this no -cost vacation is the Internet cour- tesy of the Huron Community Access Project. Presently there are nine access sites in Clinton, Godcrich, Scaforth, Vanastra and Wingham. ' Huron -Bruce MP Paul Steckle was on hand Friday at the Huron Business Centre (HBC) in Seaforth to present a certificate from John Manley. Minister of industry and Jon 'Gerrard, Secretary of State for Science, Research arid Development to Don Pulien, chair of•the Huron Business - Development Corporation. Mayor Irwin Johnston represented the Town of Seaforth`. Seaforth is one of 271 com- munities awarded a commu- nity access project by the fed- eral government from more than 750 applicants across the country, said Steckle. Each community access site has a computer terminal con- nected to the Internet. Staff arc available to assist users in logging on and learning the basic tools. Volunteer David House guided dignitaries through a trip on the Internet following the certificate presentation. "You can go through and find hot spots and book -mark them. There's resume writing tips, information on cover let- ters. You can pull'things off from all over," said House. PHOTO BY DAVID SCOTT SEAFORTH GOES ON-LINE - Huron -Bruce MP Paul Steckle, left, presents Don Pullen, Chair of the Huron Business Development Corporation, with a certificate for Seaforth's Community Access Project which receives funding from industry Canada. Mayor Irwin Johnston, right, was on hand for the presentation Friday at the Huron Business Centre. Two computers at the HBC arc hooked up for Internet use.' A useful source for entre- preneurs is thc industry Canada web site which fea- tures information on manag- ing a business and other use- ful facts. There's also the National Graduate Register that features all the university grads from across the. coun- try and what they've studied. "it's Canada's resume showcase: Grads can update their profiles," said- House. Companies can access the information and look for potential employees. Community Development Manager Paul Nichol said Industry Canada will also put information on companies at their web site and wants to hopefully get some informa- tion on the Internet about Huron County companies. A sample search for "Canadian Employment" on the Internet had over 53,000 responses or "hits." For political enthusiasts, the proceedings of the House of Commons arc available on the Internet. "We don't even get hard copies any more. if we want to pull off a member's state- ment or speech we go on the computer," said Steckle, Huron -Bruce MP. "We hear so much about the Internet. With community access, people can decide for themselves about the Internet without having their own computer;" said Nichol. The cost of the one-hour • "surfing session" is covered b the HBC and Industry Canada. The centre is open from Monday to. Friday from 9 am to 5 pm but if that doesn't suit your schedule, you can make an appoint- ment to use the access com- - puter at thc Scaforth Library which has evening hours dur- ing the week. COMMUNITY ACCESS SITES IN HURON Clinton: OMAPRA office - 100 Don Street, 482-3428 • Huron Employment Liaison Program, 60 Mary Street 482-1700 Clinton Branch Library 27 Albert Street, 482.3673 Goderich: Huron Employment Resource Centre, 52 East St., 524-8342 Goderich Branch Library 52 Montreal St., 524-9261 Seaforth: Huron Business Centre 138 Main St. South, 527.0305 Seaforth Branch Library 108 Main St. South 527.1430 Vanastra: Vanastra Community School 50 - 5th Avenue, 482-7828 Wteghan,: Wingham Branch Library 281 Edward Si, 357-3312