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Dedication ceremony honours two men
BY ERIN JAMIESON
On May 28, Seaforth
District High School dedicat-
ed two trees in front of the
north wing of the school in
memory of Mr: Ralph
Wareham, a principal and Mr.
Bill Pinder, a custodian. Both
of these men have left our
lives but they did not leave us
alone. They left us with won-
derful memories and stories
of the times .we shared
-together.
A quiet ceremony was held
out in front of the school by
the tulip tree and flowering
crab tree with the Pinder fam-
ily, the Wareham family,
staff, senior students and the
Students' Council present.
The Students' Council
explained the reason for the
dedication and Treasurer
Judy Dolmage read a poem
she wrote on the passing of
these two very special men.
The poem reads:
A friend is now at rest,
For a safer place he remains
A world of goodness and
beauty, -
A world without worry or
pain.
No fear he will encounter,
For a better place he'll he,
A place where the sick are
healed,
And where blinded eyes
will sec.
Our world has forever
changed,
Our lives are not the same,
But close within our hearts,
His precious face remains.
PHOTO BY BILL PRICE
TREE DEDICATION - Members of the Pinder and Wareham families recently attended a
dedication ceremony at Seaforth District High School in honour of former principal Ralph
Wareham and Bill Pinder, long time custodian at the school. Two trees were planted in
dedication and a plaque was unveiled in memory of the two men. From left to right in
photo are: Andrea (Pinder) Coulter with Jesse, Joan Pinder, Mrs. Charlie Pinder, Lisa
Wareham, Joanne Wareham, Jenny Wareham.
We give to him our tears,
And our prayers we send
above,
We cherish all the memo-
ries,
Filled with happiness and
love.
He -'11 have someone to
depend on,
A helping hand is there to
lend,
For the father shall he
watching,
And in Heaven, he'll have a
friend.
This battle is faced head on,
Many obstacles to over-
come,
But in the end, together,
This hattle will be won:
Mrs. Wareham, Mrs.
Pinder. Bill Price and Jim
Moore shared some of their
memories about Mr. Pinder
and Mr. Wareham. Once
inside the front foyer, Mrs.
Wareham and Mrs. Pinder
unveiled a plaque. As the
plaque says "These two
eordinary men touched
Pol.of our lives in, a special
way. They -are missed great-
ly" and they are. The trees
were planted to ensure that
future generations knew.how
nurturing and caring Mr.
Wareham and Mr. Pinder
were and how they helped
each one of us grow.
• •
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Huron -Perth Counties,
opened at the start of this
month in Stratford andcon-
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home is called "Chez Nous"
and beyond the display
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samplings.
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Amnation not out of question o
HN GREiG4
ws Staff
Arca municipalities will be
talking -more about sharing
services, but amalgamation is
out of the question according
to Goderich Twp.
Municipal politicians from
Goderich, Colborne Twp.,
Godcrich _Twp. and the-
Godcrich Public Utilities
'Commission. met- in Goderich
June 5 to discuss what they
.should do in response to pres-
sure put on them by the
province to save money.
Representatives- from the OPP
and Godcrich Municipal
Police Service were in atten-
dance as well.
Municipal Affairs Minister
Al Leach has hinted that the
number of municipalities in
the province will be reduced
from about 8(X) to 300. •
•The province will also like-
ly cut•all grants to municipali-
ties over the next few years.
That means .about a $700,000
loss for Godcrich and about
$400,000 each for Colborne
and Godcrich Twp.
• The Town of Goderich is
eager to discuss all aspects of
restructuring and amalgama-
tion with anyone who is inter-
ested. hut the rural municipali-
ties are not interested in amal-
gamation.
The meeting was to have
been about sharing services,
but amalgamation snuck into
the agenda.
"You're ignoring what goes
on in a small municipality."
said Godcrich Twp. Reeve
Latjrie Cox during the meet-
ing.
"We don't have thc bodies
to eliminate."
Cox also- said Goderich
Twp. has the lowest taxes in
the county and residents are
worried their taxes would rise
to town levels.
l3ruce Shaw, a •former
mayor of Exeter gave -a brief
presentation of his controver-
sial plan to restructure the
county. •
Under Shaws plan: thc
county would be divided into
four municipalities or 'com-
munities of interest'. The pre-
sent political municipal
boundaries would disappear.
as would the county structure.
What would that mean to
the average taxpayer'? Shaw
says lower taxes.
OPP Staff Sargeant Brian
Baldwin, of the Goderich
detachment, said few taxpay-
ers know who their reeve is.
but they know if the snow's
been plowed and the roads
taken care of.
But it's thc political bound-
aries that cause problems.
There are concerns about the
culture of each municipality
disappearing.
Shaw said the maintenance
of neighbourhoods is integral
and pointed to the continued
reference in local speech to
Saltford as Saltford. even
though it's part of Colborne
Twp:
Cox said the boundaries
already set up follow areas of
mutual interest.
"We see our needs as being
vastly different from Goderich
and so sec amalgamation as an
incompatible mix."
The town provides services
such as sewer and water ser-
vices as well as street lights
and sidewalks, whereas the
rural municipalities are more
concerned with farm land and
maintaining roads.
Cox is willing to discuss,
sharing services which both
Godcrich and the townships
share such as policing and
recreation.
"'We see recreation as in
area in which we have not
been paying our fair share, but
we don't see amalgamation at
all," Cox said.
Township residents have so
far not paid for policing. other
than in provincial taxes, but
that is expected to change.
Goderich Twp. met earlier
this year with other rural
municipalities to discuss shar-
ing services and will meet
with Clinton on July 3 to simi-
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