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The Huron Expositor, 1996-10-09, Page 1Fait Fair Photos on the Seaforth Fall Fair and parade. See page 7 Fire Prevention A look at how three Seaforth businesses rebuilt after fire. See pages 8 & 9 Hesdth Seaforth Medical Clinic welcomes its eighth doctor. See page 3 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 — Seaforth, Ontario Briefly McQuaid with Thunder Bay orchestra . Madonna, McQuaid of Seaforth is now assistant con- certmaster of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. She h'as played .with Thunder Bay's symphony for the past. four years and audi- tioned for the new position last month. The conductor. Mr. Stephane,' is frim Quebec and he and his wife also both play in the orchestra. - McQuaid_ is ai graduate of St,. James School and Seaforth District High School , in town, Wilfrid Laurier University at Waterloo and the Royal Consatolof Music in Toronto. This Summer she took part in the Huntsville Festival for three weeks and spent anoth- er four weeks in.Hamilton with Boris Brott Summer Musicals` Second riot at Bluewater The second riot this year occurred at Bluewater Youth Centre near ,Goderich- on Sunday morning. It was in a unit known as Ontario House at the correc- tional facility and all over in alittle more than half an hour, Provincial police were called for assistance. They estimate damages at between $8,000_' and . $10,000. Corrections officials say the loss will be considerably more. according, to The London Free Press. Most "of -thost involved were 15 or 16 -years -old. One ' youth was taken to hospital for stitches in the leg. , Foodbank to stay Council has extended its rental agreement with the Seaforth & District Foodbank for premises,at Town Hall until the end of next year. • Since it opened this year on Jan. 25 the foodbank "has provided five days of food per person to an average.of 32 households per month," Chair Deborah Bennett said in the request for extension. . "Tho clergy. committee and volunteers have been excited about this unified Christian witness project," Bennett • said, "and at times awed by its vast and immediate need." Town hall study put off Council was unanimous last Tuesday night when it decid- ed to .put off, for the time being, a feasibility study for Town Hall at an estimated cost of about $4,5(8). Terms of reference had been pre- pared for the study to, among other things, look at the structural integrity of the building, and present and future uses. Correction The first runner-up in the 1996 Seaforth hall Fair Ambassador competition was Jill Dolmage and second run- ner-up was Jen Gallagher. The Huron Expositor had the names reversed in last week's paper. We apologize for the error. October 9 199 1.00 includes GST .xMw PHOTO BY DAVID scorn R SPELLS FRIENDSHIP - Seaforth Public School Grade 3 and 4F students had a friendship theme for the Seaforth Fall Fair parade Friday morAing down Main Street, Seaforth. Students from St. James School, SPS, Walton Public School and the Seaforth Children's Co-operative Centre took part in the _parade. Murray scores in NHL debut Rem (Ray) Murray didn't waste his debut in the world's best hockey league. - Th -e 23 -year-old Dublin - area rookie scored two goals in the Edmonton Oilers' first two games of this iVational Hockey League season. His first came at 13:51 of the second period at :Edmonton in the Oilers' opener Friday night. a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres. He got another on home ice, with six, seconds left in the first. Sunday night when Edmonton "shut out the Vancouver Canucks 2-0, The Oilers were at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto last night (Tuesday) and his fami- ly went down to see if Rem could keep his early sharp- shooting steak going. He has always known how to put the puck in the net. He scored 90 points, which included 38 goals, for Cape Breton, the Oilers' farm clith in .the American Hockey League last season. In the four years previous. during which he was drafted by the Oilers, he developed into one of the top forwards in U.S. college Lockey with the Michigan State University Spartans. Two years before that he was with Stratford's junior B Cullitons. But he learned the basics in Seaforth's system. He scored 44 goals and was rookie of the year, for Seaforth's junior' Centenaires in' 1.988-89 after graduating from minor. Rem is the son of Ron and Theresa Murray of RR 1 Dublin. His father is the reeve. of McKillop Township. Two of his brothers also play the game professionally -'Pat in Germ. any and Greg in the southern United States - and a fourth, Dave is now the coach of the Seaforth juin irs, " among other thints. Rem is. at least the fifth Seaforth and area player to make it to the National - Hockey Leasiuc. The others were. or are. Reg Reid, Hall_ •of Famer Ralph "Cooney" Weiland. Dave McLwain and brother Pat. who was with the Philadclphia•Flyers for about 16 games. Request for county documents to cost $7,000 BY BLAKE PATTERSON SSP News Staff Questions continue to be asked'about the administration of Huron County, but answers can be costly. • ' In response to a Bayfield man's request for c.ocuments regarding the letting of con- tracts for renovations of 'Huronview in Clinton. County Council has has come back with a bill for over $7,000. In a letter to Warden Bill Clifford and County clerk administrator Lynn Murray. Robert Williams, a retired construction management consultant said he is "greatly concerned" with the work being done at the facility. In a letter dated Sept. 12, Willianis requested documen- tation for the Huronview pro- ject's tenders. drawings, reports, specifications, signed contracts, anticipated progress schedules,. as well as other documents such as the acade- mic qualifications of project manager Clause Breede. The response from the Administration, Finance and Personnel Committee estimat- ed the total number of pages Williams requested will amount to approximately 5,800 sheets of paper and 120 architectural drawings. ' The committee report stated the photocopying of the 5,800 sheets of paper would cost $1.160, the 120 architectural drawings would cost $600. and the search and record preparation would cost anoth- er $690 based on 23 hours of work at a pay rate of $30 per hour. In addition, the report said the project architect would have to review his files to give a complete picture of the pro- ject. and the 'professional fees' for such a review would be in the range of $5,000. • In total. Williams would have to pay 17.450 to get answers to his questions. Williams says -he doesn't know what he will do next. Contacted last Friday morn- ing, Williams said he is pursu- ing the matter because he thinks "a' lot of skullduggery is going on." He said county construction contracts are being given "willy nilly" and he wants to see documentation of the ten- dering process. He said his letters take the same line as the 'Fast Facts' anonymous letters, which ear- lier this year accused the county administration of mis- conduct. Williams. however, says his letters are signed and therefore the county council should use his accusations as a springboard to take action against the county administra- tion. "I can not do it alone." he said. Flooding problems reported arou BY GREGOR CAMPBELL Expositor Staff About a dozen persons reported flooding -,rotated problems to lbwn Hall after the deluge in Seaforth two weekend ago. on Sept. 21 One couple. Mr. and Mrs. John Mcliwiag of 6 Centre Street spoke to last night's meeting of Seaforth Council -about problems with water lathe baseesent of their newer bungalow adjacent to the northwest corner of e$W4tt* *1004 Sunday. Mr. McEwing said they pay $2,400 a year in taxes and wanted to know why water Caine up their sewer system, and not their neighbour's. He seid they had a similar inttii- tdlett after the home was built but had passed inspection four years ago. Then a valve was installed after a carpet had been ruined The MeEwings said it was lucky they hadn't gone to London as planned when *they noticed water pouring up at abs 1:30 inn the after. i> tom. A motion to investigate accusations -in the anonymous. letters was rejected at the - Sept. 5 meeting of county council. At that time. 13 coun- cillors supported the motion and 12 councillors rejected it. resulting a 3.2-29 weighted vote. The main issue which divid- ed council was whether or not anonymous letters -- nameless accusations -- should. he responded to. The nay side was summed up by Coup. Bruce Machan of Wingham who said, "If you don't have the•halls to sign it. don't expect us to look at it.' Williams.wants another vote -- this time based on the accu- sations of misconduct cited in his 'signed' letter. He said council may have refused to investigate the accusations because the letters were unsigned. but in this case. they have no reason to reject a motion. nd Seaforth meet steady* heavy rains. He said Works Superintendent John Forrest was quick to respond and a neighbour,. John Sites was a beg help, esPeeially lifting his "shop vatic" failof water. He estimated there was 100 to 150 gallons to get out, all • told, before the day, was done. McEwing asked council what happened, and if any- thing could be done to pre- vent it from happening again? Even by doing extensive research, Sit ltg1el11}tttagdatttatli, • Forrest said he wasn't sure he could answer the latter because the McEwing's sys- tem differed from those older systems of his neighbours. He added there might be other possibilities he would certainly pursue with the owners. He said the large volume of water that fell around town that day. contributed' to the back-up, as did an electrical malfunction at the pumping station, the resp risibility of the Ontario Clean Water Agency ((CWA) at Vanastra. Interior lit • signs now permitted Seaforth's sign bylaw was amended by council last Tuesday night "to permit stores with existing inferior - lit box type signs to replace them with same,' after con- sulting with LACAC and obtaining a permit from the. chitf building official," if the stores remain in their present locations. The amendment specifical- ly lists 15 local businesses, in the new bylaw, which•pre- viously . prohibited the replacement by same for such signs : McLaughlin Chev- Olds, Canadian imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto Dominion Bank, Seaforth UAP, Godfather's Pizza. Canadian . Tire, Seaforth Legion Branch 156. Seaforth Food Market, McKillop Mutual Insurance, Sills' Home Hardware,.Keating's Pharmacy, Beckr's Milk. Province of. Ontario Savings Office, Nifty Corners/ Radio Shack sign and Wong's Grill: The amended bylaw 'tow reads "an interior lit sign may he -permitted, provided that there is an existing interior -lit box type of sign which the owner. wishes to replace with .a new interior -lit box type of sign, of an equal or lesser size to the original sign, and only after an application is approved b: the. Chief Building Oti,,•'.,! following the applicant's-onsultation with. the Sc.i. ,-th Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) to explore oppiir- tunities for alternative sign designs that are more sympa- thetic to the heritage conser- vation district." Lumber yard okay A Toning • bylaw was amended by Seaforth Council last Tuesday night. which will permit Hensall Co-op in Seaforth to set up a building supply establishment. includ- ing the sale of. lumber. after a site plan has been agreed on. The planning advisory committee recommended the move after a public meeting on the issue on Sept. 16. dur- ing which it was noted that "right now all that is planned is a cash sale lumber opera- tion." Council and the planning committee also agreed site plan agreements weren't required for proposed addi- tions to two other local busi- nesses - Progressive Turf on Duke S. and Sun North Systems on Railway St. Clerk/Administrator Jim Crocker explained the major improvements planned ny the Co-op had more of an impact, therefore requiring the sitc-plan agreement. Run held in rain Seaforth has hosted a Terry Fox Run since 1982 and had collected $32,713.16 before this year's run in the rain. Recreation, Director Marty Bedard reported to Seaforth Council last Tuesday night. He said 30 participants came out in the pouring rain and collected slightly more than $2,000 in pledge money in last. month's event, on Sept. 22.