Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-07-17, Page 7Local New Deacon for Seaforth, Clinton chur BY DAVID EMSLIE SSP News Staff St. Thomas Anglican Church in Seafprth- and St. Paul's Anglican Church in Clinton have a 'new deacon - Rev. Robert Hiscox. Born and raised in Walkerton, Rev. Hiscox, 26, attended the University of Waterloo, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1993. He noted that when he began his undergrad- uate studies, he was initi thinking about studying icine, and thus he pursuectsci- 4 ence studies. With an uncle who was a United Church minister and chaplain at University Hospital in London, he was able to torr the hospital and see the doctors in the work. Rev. Hiscox found, however, t, that he was more interested in the work his uncle was doing, than with the professionals in ,the career he had been consid- cring. While he was interested in theology, and applied to study in London, Hiscox, with' his • science background,, also con- sidered studying to become a pharmacist. He explained that while he was at Waterloo, and following his graduation, he worked at the drug store in Walkerton, and was prompted by his employer there to pur- ' sue a career in that field. Applying for studies in both theology and pharmacology, Rcv. Hiscox said, "i got accepted for both." He• added that hedecided to pursue the- ology studies at Huron College in` London, and, "I loved it as' soon as I got there." At ' Huron College, he ,worked towards 4 three year degree which gave him his Masters of Divinity, and. i was also at the college whet he met his wife, Sandra., Last fall, with his classes set to be completed in December, the future priest began look- ing fotwork opportunities, as he anis wife had a baby on thew He learned from the Bishop, who is responsible .. for appointments to churches, that the Anglican Church parishes in Clinton and Seaforth were open, along with some others. He made the trip to Huron County in the fall, where he met with the church selection committee, and was accepted for the posi- tion a few weeks later. "This was my first interview; my only interview," he said. While he had completed studies in December, gradua- tion was not held until April, and thus when he came to the Clinton and Seaforth charges to begin his ministry on Feb. 1, he was a lay minister. With his April graduation, followed by his ordination on May 16, he became a Deacon. "i'm what they call a Deacon in Charge; in charge of Clinton and Seaforth," he stated. adding that he is scheduled to become a priest in November,. He is pleased that he wa able to settle,back.in a small town after his 'studies, and noted that he even had a few Clinton connections before moving to the town. He noted that his. Anglican minister in Walkerton was Rev,. John -Ocstrcichcr, who will he remembered by local resi- dents for his service in Clinton. At the same time, Rcv. Hiscox was familiar with Clinton as a stopping place between hi:s parents' Walkerton home and his stud- ies in London. e • REV. ROBERT HISCOX Thomas Anglican Church in Clinton. Now being close' to both his parents and to. London, he noted, "To actually come up herr to work was great." - On serving at his first 'churches. he noted. :1 love it. it has been great. f love being hack in a small town." ' • - Now settled in Clinton with his wife and seven -month-old Separate bard closes English school trustees intended to shift have attended S. Aloysuis BY MICHELE GREENS` • Stratford students , from since 1986.' SSP News Staff grades 3 to 6 to St.'Aloysuis Executive Chair Martin School this fall, leaving the said -this is a difficult decision. junior kindergarten to Grade . for trustees to reach -because 2 students for St. Joseph's. , they recognize attachment to CHANGED MINDS schools and "to close a But as•a result of the infor- school that's hcen a part of mation presented'hy thc par- .the community is painful." tints, trustees rescinded this She believes the direction plan at last week's meeting. lnste4d, they agreed to main- tain the school as -kinder- garten s kindergarten to Grade 5 school. There will be three classes in the, school: including a kindergarten. a. Grade i/2 class and a Grade 3/4/5 class. All Grade 6 students, except one, chose to attend St. -Aloysuis or St. Joseph's School. Next school . year, all Grade 6 students will' attend the other school. Students in 'Grade 7 and 8 in the area The Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board agreed to close one of its three English schools in Stratford, and reorganize the boundaries of the remaining two which may he renamed to correspond to their parish- es, at its June 24 meeting. St. Joseph's School has just 73 students and three classes and is the Stratford school most likely to close. , Chair of the board's execu- tive committee, Louise Martin. who is also a, Clinton -arca trustee, says clo- sure is a long process which involves public meetings and input. • As a temporary'Measure„ in thc hest interests of -stu- dents. - "We don'thave a full facil- ity.school (at St. Joseph's School. Stratford). Thcrc is no gym or library. The chil- dren are not being exposed to the best edification possible:: : she said, adding the level of education reflects on the facility and not teachers' abilities. The hoard investigated closing• St. Joseph's in Stratford in 1994 and 1984. Huron now in control of more highways BY BLAKE PATTERSON - SSP News Staff Huron County's yellow Krick road just got a bit longer. First. the Ministry of Transport will identify the needs of the highways and give thc county 66 cents, for every dollar needed to address those needs. Second. a main- tenance grant of $5,000 for At the July 4 meeting of every kilometer of two=lane Huron ,County Council. roadway will he provided; and Acting county engineer third. a bonus amount will Sandra Lawson reported that recognize -the impact of the -as of April 1. 1997. Huron transfer on the county road County will have more roads system. to care for.. The bonus is based on She - said the provincial gov- whether or not a county's road eminent has dteided to give , system will he increased by the county responsibility for more than 7.5 per cent. In the Highway 83 from Highway 21 case of Huron County. th., to the Penh border. Highway 70.6 kilometers of road reprc- 84 from Highway 21 to sents an increase of 12 per Hensall, and Highway 87 cent in the system. and as from Highway 86 to the such, the Ct►unty will receive Wellington border. an additional $5,00( for every Thc transfer represents a kilometer of road above the 70.6 kilometer increase to the 7.5 per cent increase. county road system. From an engineering.stand- Connecting links through the point. Lawson said the money villages of Zurich and Hensall is certainly welcome consider - and thc town of Exeter are not ing the county had originally included in the transfer. thought the province was Lawson said it is still unser- going to dump the roads and lain what dollars will come only give the county 30 cents from the province to help the for every kilometer. county support the new roads. "Getting some is better than She said all she knows at none." she said. Thc Bayfield Town Hall this point is that the county But until 'the real dollars officially re -opened July 6 will receive a "one -time -only, come down. Lawson said -it is after a restoration project that unconditional payment" based impossible to know if the began in 1988. on three components. compensation 'package will be. ' enough: "There are still several needs that must he addressed on the roads themselves and on the bridges." said Lawson. By the Aug. 6 meeting of the Agriculture and Public Works committee. Lawson said she 'should know the exact dollar amounts' involved forthcoming from • the province. SPEED LIMITS In related news. Lawson also reported there will he some changes to spccd limits on some counts roads. Shc said County Road .20 from West .Wawanosfi through East Wawanosh to Bclgrave and County Road 7 in Howich Twp. are newly paved and will have their speed limits increased to 90 kilometres per hour. County Road 12 approaching Wroxeter from the north, however. will have its speed limit reduced to 60 kilometres per hour to address the child safety concerns of parents and some bus Srivers. Town hall re -opens Y DAVID EMSLIE Is the new Deacon of St. Seaforth and St. Paul's in daughter Jessica. he has also. found thc people in the church and in the community to he friendly and supportive, which has helped to make their'adjustment. to the move to town all that much more easy. • Canada Day success Recreation director Marty Bedard told Seaforth Council - last Tuesday that the recent Canada Day- celebrations in, town were once again a suc- ccss. He said Seaforth firemen served "the most ever" at their annual breakfast, 740 people. The heritage walk and _ poker rally ,attracted 77 participants. Only a few people appar- ently complained about dou- bling the admission price this year. --from $5 to $10. for the annual fireworks that capped the weekend. - Bedard said "52.040 was collected as compared to $1.200 last year," the recre- ation director's report states. "Approximately $1.600 .was received for fireworks. with the $2,040 collected at the gate and whatever bingo makes will pay for the fire- works. If bingo only brings in $1.000 that will mean the town's expenses for Canada Day will be $1.40)." Homemakers hold 18th annual meeting Town and Country Homemakers held its 18th annual meeting at the Clinton Christian Reformed Church on June 25 with guest speak- er Pat Willows. a founding member of the "Giggles and Get Well Service" at the Stratford General Hospital. Thc Homemakers remain in a surplus position and have increased services. It has 200 staff and 50) volunteers. Years of service awards were distributed to.the fol- lowing: 5 year certificates: Tammy Antaya, Judy Bell, Lynda Curran. Shirley Darbyson. Barb Goetz, Pam Ingram. Bessie Kelly. Mary McGlynn. Elizabeth Moore. Judy Nuhn. Donna Oliver. Donna Smale, Maureen Thomson, Betty VanDonkersgoed and Lynda VanSocst. 10 year certifi- cates: 1. Button, Edna Cantelon, Joyce Kirk, Fran Kuntz, Florence Labreche, Janet McDougall. Rose McKague, Margaret Rae. 15 year certificates: Muriel Allan and Mary Pickett. THE HURON EXPOSITOR, July 17, 1996-7 `Issues raised not relevant to the application' CONTINUED from page I Late correspondence from Ring was acknowledged at one of last month's meetings of the local council, follow= ing his comments at the pub- lic meeting before • the• Seaforth pinning advisory committee meeting June. 5. At that forum he said he - was -worried about ease- ments. drainage and sewage and future development of the site plan. Administrator Jim Crocker noted at that meeting that Ring's letter had been received at .4 p.m. that day and he would have a full report for council when it - next met in July. Seaforth Planning Advisory Committee (PAC) minutes immediately following that public meeting the same night in June, state: "the issues raised were not rele- vant to the application being considered, as it is strictly for rezoning of the subject prop- erty." PAC, Chaired by Ken • Oldacre, that evening subse- quently recomended to coun- cil "that the zoning bylaw amendment proposed. for concession 1,. part lot 25; owned by (Joe) McTeague, be approved, and the zoning on the property be changed to residential low density (R 1) to permit the establishment of 28 detached dwellings." `Ball is now in their court' CONTINUED from page 1 • "' The'exterior massing of this building' should be main- tained in order to preserve the overall massing of the streetscape. This.would be done by retaining the second - store -y masonry facade." • "At this time" it is recom- mended Seaforth "take every step possible 'to ensure the second -floor masonry facade be maintained/stabilized until there has been adequate con- sideration of all the options available for the property." • "Incorporating the- main - Water use With six new customers last year, five residential and one non-residential, -Seaforth used 359.003 more imperial gallons of water in an aver- age month last year (or 11,905 gallons in an average day) than it did -in 1994. The statistics are included in the Seaforth_Puhtic Utility Commission's waterworks report..and financial state- ments. approved by town. .council at last week's meet- ing. There were 13.9 miles of water mains under this town in 1995, most of it six-inch diameter (8.4 miles). • Last year the total volume MALCOLM GRAY • INSURANCE BROKERS Allan Carter, Broker • Home • Auto - Commercial • Farm 522-0399 Seaforth 1.-800-265-0959 Strathroy tained/preserved 'facade can occur in a new development." • Examples of free-standing maintained/preserved facades exist in Elora. Kingston and Ottawa and contribute greatly, to the character of their downtown cores." Administrator Crocker said. the same architect's report has'heen forwarded to the Anstetts, and "the ball is now in their court." • He says the owners -have many decisions to soon make and they have agreed to keep_ in touch with the town. - goes up of water distributed in Seaforth was 96,983,970 - imperial gallons, compared to 92,675.948 the year,before. The proportion of residen- tial to non-residential use was identical in both years - 87 . per cent residential. 13. per cent commercial:. 131oG0I�O170000000oD 01frEIIIcLE Huron County's Complete Q o RENTAL o Headquarters o 0 .1 Small & Mid-sized Cars j 0 7 Passenger & Cargo- O 0 • Vans. Pickup Trucks in 0 '7.Daily. Weekly. Monthly. 0 7 Insurance Rentals & c 13 13 11 I3 0 13 0 More 3 1 Free Delivery 0 0: 01 a °/ / 13 13 0 CAR & TRUCK RENTALS E 0 Division of Suncoast Ford 13 • 0 500 Huron Rd.. Goderich p EllCAU,colucr Ask for Helen O 524-8347 aele eneeeee eie neo INTERNET ....the easy way Full Internet .-Access NO SETUP FEE Southwestern Ontario's Premier Internet Provider Get Connected From S 10.00 per month Unlimited Package Available Windows / Mac installs supported Dial Up. 28.8 / ISDN Web Site Hosting i Design London Clinton Woodstock (519) 660-8883 (519) 482-1312 (519) 485-3115 E - Mail •info(aodyssey.on.ca • FOREST CITY AUCTIONS AND APPRAISALS SERVICES F 0 R E S T C T Y A U C T 0 N S As Instructed by a Secured Creditor OVER $200.000 iN BRAND NEW HOME FURNITURE & APPLIANCES MAJOR PUBLIC AUCTION MONDAY JULY 22nd at 6:00 pin • 530 FIRST ST., LONDON ONT. Panial List : Excellent selection of makes - styles - colours - woods - gas - electric etc. Refrigerators. Ranges. Washers. Dryers. Freezers. Dishwashers. 7 & q pc. dining room suites all with hutch & buffets. bedroom suites from 3 pc. youth up to excellent 7 pc. oaks & Italian etc. Dinettes 5 pc. & 7 pc. oaks. maples. chromes. pine etc. Living room suites 2 pc. & 3 pc.. 27" colour console TV. curio cabinets, consoles & mirrors. paintings, globe bar. lamps. coffee & end tables. cedar chest. 39" . 54" . 60' box spring and mattresses, rockers. recliners. wingbacks. etc. NOTE - Manufacturers warranty will apply. TERMS - Cash or certified cheque. Excellent auction. Plan now to attend. PHONE (519) 631-28.4 FAX (519) 641-6143 F 0 R S T C T Y A U C T 0 N S