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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.
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•
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
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• Examples of free-standing
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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:.
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