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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-08-21, Page 1CUP BO D! St. Columban's men's soccer team last won in 1976. See page 10 GOLD MEDALS for reading at local library. Page 3 LOUD MUSIC Irks ratepayers on early (early!) mornings. See letter pg. 4 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 — Seaforth, Ontario Ace with first shot BY GREGOR CAMPBELL Expositor Staff An eight-year-old Seaforth- -area girl did an incredible thing Saturday. Randi Lynn` Wilson got a hole -in -one on her first golf shot ever, It happtelleStSaturday morn- ing at the Scaforth Golf & Country Club. Shc had never played thc gamc before. The local lass, who turns nine in September, was out golfing with "her 11 -year-old cousin, Matt Carnochan, who is more a student of the game. They started at the "10th hole and she wanted to try it with a 3 -wood. but he recommended going by thc hook and using an iron. So she opted for Matt's 5 - iron. Randi Lynn's mother, Sandra, went over to makc sure things were going all right. . • Her daughter then stepped to the tee. BANG. Ace!!! Sandra says the ball looked like'it was left on the green, but curved into thc cup. and rimmed the ring a couple of times before dropping, according to Randi Lynn Many. many.very, very good players golf a lot in their lifetimes without even. coming close, for instance long-time PGA pro Fred Couples only got his first ace. last year. Thc odds arc almost impossible for a first -timer. Thc 10th hole at the local. links is a 103 -yard, par three. Randi doesn't apparently realize how really rare such holes -in -one on first shots are. Shc had to he talked into getting her picture taken for posterity. Even The Globe and Mail sent a photographer out to get her picture. The story and picture were also picked up by our own parent company, The Toronto Sun, who sent it out on the. Canadian Press (CP) wirc. Mom says maybe it's because Randi confided she "didn't do too well" thc rest of the round. Randi Lynn didn't save thc hall. although she didn't lose it. She says its one of the ones in Matt's golf bag. Shc says even though her golf) career is off on the right foot. she is "dcfinatcly not" .now going to give up ringctle for the winter tour. The father of this Wilson clan is Randy. They live just outside of Egmondvillc, on the road to Kippen, at RR 4 Seaforth. Needless to say, Randi didn't buy thc clubhouse a round later Saturday at the 19th. 4 August 21, 1996 - 75 Cents Plus GST SWEET SWING - Randi Lynn Wilson, holeih-one first shot, Phone upgrade proposed K PHOTO BY GREGO• R CAMPBELL with cousin Matt Carnochan. Bigger bill for abetter Bell Bell Canada has proposed upgrading telephone technol- ogy and scrvicc in Scaforth to digital by the end of next year. rather than I0 -years hence, hut it will cost local customers $2.50 more a month and it won't satisfy at least one of them. Scaforth clerk/administrator Jim Crocker advised council last Tuesday night, after dis- cussion with the Huron County Board of Education and confirmation from Bell, a main frame relay is not part of the proposal. Thc school hoard wants one for its pur- poses locally. At last Tuesday night's reg- ular meeting, Scaforth Council endorsed a draft let- ter by Bell representatives to the utility's'president and the secretary general of the CRTC "strongly" supporting the proposal for modcrniza- tion', with the proviso thc hoard of education's relay be provided. Bell Canada admitted its rural service needs enhancing when it proposed the tele- phone upgrade July 22 at Town Hall in a meeting with representatives of Seaforth, thc school hoard, local busi- ness and•municipal represen- tatives from Hensall. "A mixture of equipment has led to gaps in our ability to provide ubiquitous scr- vicc." this proposal states. "Approximately 450,000 cus- tomers are served by either the older digital DMS -.10 dr analogue switches which limit thc type of scrvicc we can offer, anti. are less reli- able." . This covers thc kind of tele- phone scrvicc available in Scaforth now. , $14.60 PER MONTH Bell proposes to 'upgrade all switches to a more reliable digital technology. As a result customers wilt have a choice of long-distance providers, should our competitors wish' to offer scrvicc in your arca; enhanced fax/modem capa- bility (speed, quality and Internet access) and enhanced 911capability. Popular features such as Bell trademarks "call wait- ing", "call display" and "name display" would also he. available in the enhanced services here, as would thrcc- way calling. all available for some time now in most of Ontario, particularly the cities. If approved thc enhance- ment would increase tele- phone rates here to $14.60 per month. Today Scaforth. customers pay $14.60 per month. The utility says the average Canadian local ratc is now $18 a month. "Bell's current structure of local rates is complex (ic. too New street names now Scaforth officially changed the name of two streets in town last week - North Strcct, west of Main North, to Cardno Street. and William, south of Railway, to IvlcLcan Street. No one objected. or indeed attended, the previously advertised public meeting Busy township The value of building per - mils issued in Tuckersmith Township in July was $431,000 according to the inspector's report. last Tuesday night prior to passage of the bylaw autho- rizing the new monikers, named after prominent for- mer citizens. , The old streets were poten- tially confusing in emergen- cies for 9-1-1 planners. Forrest back Seaforth Public Works Superintendent John Forrest went back on duty full time a. week ago Monday, Aug. 12, after further rehabilitation from a serious arm accident last winter. many different rates) and docs not reflect the economic reality of providing scrvicc," last months outline. of pro- posal states. it atens lawsuit LACAC flexes heritage muscle BY GREGOR CAMPBELL Expositor Staff Varathane is" "not sympa- thetic" to Seaforth's historic strcctscapc. Applying it to the wood on the outside of their Main Street store without first ask- ing the powers that he, along with altering thc front of the building "hy 'installing a new awning and covering the front in pine wainscotting installed on the diagonal", has some heritage types in town miffed at owners Karen and Gerry Ryan, who also farm near Dublin . Without discussion council unanimously decided to delay possible legal action against" the hair styling salon at its meeting Tuesday night, until the owners of Total Image II (formerly All Styles) meet again with the Local Architectural Advisory' Committee (LACAC). They were scheduled to get together at Town Hall last night. - Legal action under the Provincial Offences Act was advised by a lawyer with an interest in heritage, Paul Ross, formerly of Scaforth but now in Godcrich. Downtown Main Street in Scaforth was officially histor- ically designated a decade. ago. At that time "architec- tural -critics" described it as a "remarkable example" and "one of the finest late 19th century strectscapcs remain- ing in the province." The conservation commit - .tee feels proper heritage pro- cedures weren't followed hy four businesses in our .desig- nated downtown so decided to get tough when it last met July 16. "That night the committee denied request for approval of the varathanc and .rccorn-- mended legal action against the Ryans for contravention of the Ontario Heritage Act. WRISTS SLAPPED LACAC also slapped the wrists of Scaforth Financial Services at 96 Main, owned by Doug Elliot and Harry ' Dcnhann. for "work done_. without consent". Nifty Corners (formerly Bob and 'Betty's) at 33 Main, owned by Jim and Danica McNichol. and Flowers hy. Jean at 33 Main, owned by CONTINUED on Page 5 PHOTO BY GREGOR CAMPBELL PRE 4-H - Shannon Vincent, 18 -months -old, was the youngest competitor to show a calf at the Huron County Holstein Show Friday at the Seaforth Fairgrounds.