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The Huron Expositor, 1997-04-23, Page 1Entertainment SPS student wins big with Remembrance poem. See page 14 Community Seaforth and District Foodbank in operation for more than a year. See page 2 Local Minister leaving Egmondville church at end of June. See page 2 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Seaforth, Ontario April 23, 1997 - $1.00 includes GST Murray trial begins Monday • The second- degree murder trial of a former arca man, Steve Murray now of Godcrich, is scheduled to begin Monday. Murray was charged Sept: 15. 1995 in connection with . thedisappearance of his daughter. Mastic. who has not been seen in almost two years -now, since May 31 that spring.. The Murrays used to live in St. Coluinhan. The trial, expected. to last three weeks, is at Ontario General •Division Court in Godcrich. Jury selection also takes place the same day. April 28, at the Knights of Columbus Centre ip Goderich. Farm in magazine Wayne, Mark and George Cantelon of Seaforth describe 'their farming operation in an article in Canadian Fanning, an agricultural magazine dis- tributed nationally and put -out by 'dealers of a farm equipment manufacturer.. Johns in shuffle Huron MPP Helen Johns became parliamentary assis- tant to Ontario Energy Minister Norm Stirling in a minor shuffle by Premier Mike Harris last week. She had been parliamentary assis- tant to the health minister. Parliamentary assistants are paid a premium on top of their MPP's salary and arc considered cabinet ministers - in -awaiting. No parking Seaforth Council passed bylaw at its April 8 men designating part of priva roadway off High Stree parts of Lots 28 and 29, "as fire route along which n parking of vehicles shall permitted." The bylaw allows any vch cle parked or Icft along thi route to be removed an impounded at the expense o the owner." a ng to t, a 0 be • s d. f . Book Day today Today, April 23, is Canada Book Day. This special day has been initiated by com- bined efforts of Canadian publishers, authors and book- sellers under the leadership of The Writer's Development Trust, a national charitable organization supporting and promoting Canadian writers and literature, according to a recent press release. Libraries across the country are also participating in Canada Book Day. Seaforth and area residents can cele- brate making -a donation to the lo,culi libtary for, the Pur- .. 'to *se of a hardcover. book ($33). Bach book purchased. by a donation will be recog- nized with a bookplate hon- ouring the donor. And a tax receipt willbe issucd for each donation: (However, Seaforth Library cardholder* will have to waft until tomor- row when ,the library is `°Oaf) smith lin al s. Restructuring could save more than half -million Restructuring could save up to $550,000, a reform com- mittee for six municipalities in south-central Huron County, which includes Tuckersmith, has concluded. Now the public is being canvassed for its input, at four meetings, two of which are this coming week, where the consultant will outline the study's findings. The first of these meetings is tonight (April 23) at Varna at 7 p.m. at the Stanley Complex. Another meeting is next Wednesday (April 30) in Tuckersmith Township at the Brucefield United Church, also at 7 p.m. The townships of Tuckersmith, Stanley and Hay along with the villages of Hensall, Zurich and Bayfield set up a municipal reform committee last July. Its just -released report com- pares the costs of providing municipal services under amalgamation with the status quo. ONE MUNICIPALITY The amalgamation model of the area reform committee "Would sce a single munici- y administered by a cil of 10, four standing minces and four corre- ding municipal depart - IN THE BAG - Flurries flew in town Thursday afternoon and so did visiting Exet$r South Huron as theyl over Seaforth District High School's rather glum and de actsAr j d girls soccer rolled to a 7-0 win part squad in their chilly home opener. coun corn spon West Perth' includes Hibbert, Logan; Fuljarton Mitchell • tchell Councils name BY ANDY BADER SSP News Staff What's in a name? Plenty. At (cast for the amalgamated municipalities of the Town of Mitchell, and the Townships of Fullarton, Hibbert and Logan. , The four councils made history last Wednesday night when they decided to name their new municipality the Township of West Perth. It took four ballots to finally decide, but in the end the majority chose it over five • others. The name, as well as the endorsement of their restruc- turing proposal, is the first for Perth County, and paves the way for others to follow suit before thc Ministry of Municipal Affairs deadlines. i If all goes- well, the cnti proposal will be okayed the government by July 1 setting the wheels in moti for actual implementation Jan. 1, 1998. "We've accomplishe something major her tonight, said Mitchell Cou Michael Van 'Pelt, wh chaired the joint meeting. "It's very clear fro tonight that we've done o homework." The councils went through the final proposal fairly quickly, with little questions or concerns. It was a thor- ough job, but what made it quiet( was the position each council had been in through- out the whole process, a tes- tament to the professional job performed by the Municipal Reform Committee in kecp- ng everyone informed. new municipali. re Thc actual namirtg of the from the voting to cre by new municipality was per- odd numb st ments,"according to Fri ' press release. 'O arataons would lidatcd into Township's municipal build - ay s tbe con- y So Stanley . , ormed election -style, com- after the fourth and fin on piste with scrutineers. The lot, West Perth was chos by top six names (of 70 total ' Hibbert Deputy-Rcev submissions) were written on Norris made a motion 1 d thc blackboard, and partway serve the historical mo c through the evening, council sending a blank ballot t n. took the time to write down Stratford -Perth Archives 0 their personal favorite on a Five members of the p special ballot. Hibbert Clerk- submitted the eventual m Treasurer Pat Taylor collect- in some form, with a lir ed the ballots, and she and still to be made by the re Logan Clerk -Treasurer Karen committee to select a $ McLagan did the tabulating. winner of a contest the c The other five choices in mittee initiated. consideration were; Dunlop, As for the restructur Thames Centre, Thames proposal itself, there was Valley, Thameswater and tie discussion except for Upper Thames. Dunlop and talc of current employe Thames Centre were struck after thc first ballot, while and thc creation of a "su Upper Thames was eliminat- transitional board consist cd after the second. Colin. of all four councils. T Van Pelt, after the third ballot board will act on re ate an ing, while roads services s, and would be delivered out of the al bal- three existing township en. works garages." c Bob Initially the reform commit - 0 pre_ tee had an "intense' review of ve by the structure, costs and o the method of delivery of munic- ipal services to arca resi- ublic dents." name "The work was subsequent - draw ly reviewed by an outside form consultant and resulted in 100 (the) study report now avail- om- able for public review," according to the press ing release. lit- The amalgamation study thc was in responsc to Ontario es, government legislation on per•. restructuring. ing The third and fourth in the he series of public meetings arc May 10 and M ngineer not needed �vmr was tied, removed himself dations or advice from • CONTINUED on pag :,t,,,,:,,,,,,,,,,,.„.„,,,,,,,,„..,:,...„..,t drilling, says MOEE come hack on the well- It's just a pipe. We have t driller," he said. Yardley said two of the five removed it." wells need careful monitoringHe Justified the extra cost during drilling, to have an engineer present "The two key ones are "The added bonus is thee number five and number 19. will be somebody there who If you make a mistake, it will knows how to do it. We'v come hack to hauntkyou," done this countless times an said the engineer. that's your insurance." "Isn't a certified well driller "It's important to know. At capable of that? asked least we understand it now, McLeod, said secretary Larry McCabe "The regulations (govern- of G�xlcrich, ing welt -drillers) refer to "We're not going to let a water wells, The way you fill driller out to the landfill sit up landfill wells is a little dif- (without us being there) ferent. You want to have a certify it. We do it so good seal. it's a completely landfill base is protect different construction than a That's the name of water well," said Yardley. game." He said if it's not filled Yardley said a mistake; properly, site supervisor the closing of the well Frank Postill might acciden- potentially cost the ho tally hit it when he's di hundre!s o i,•,, ..ods f� "It' going to hen futu BY DAVID SCOTT Expositor Editor Tuckersmith Township is not in favour of spending extra money for engineering costs at a Holmcsville landfill site that are not required by the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MOEE). Rob McLeod, Tuckersmith's representative at the Mid -Huron Landfill Site (MHLS) Board raised the concern at the April 17 meeting during discussion about Conestoga -Rovers & Associates (CRA) over - ;drilling and capping a num- ber of test wells at the site. Five wells are scheduled to •c capped this spring when oil conditions are a little drier. Not as many wells are needed now as monitoring frequency will decrease. 'rhe MHLS, board previously passed a motion approving the costs to contract a profes- sional driller and have CRA monitor the drilling. Engineer Jim Yardley of CRA was at the meeting to present three reports. McLeod had with him a let- ter from Christopher Hutt, MOEE Environment Officer for Huron County, who works out of the Sarnia District Office. "it is not necessary to have an engineer present," said McLeod. "A professional driller is enough. The $1,700 (in engineering fees) doesn't need to he spent." Ile said his council felt money was being "needlessly spent." "If so a wrong a (with th" ;,we_rt}f; Bayfield and Zurich arenas the y ge 3 respectively, both at I p.m. Bakery break-in on weekend o Provincial police say their investigation into a weekend break-in at Tasty -Nu Bakery S of Seaforth's Main Street continues, It happened sometime between 7 p.m. Saturday night and 6 a.m. Sunday morning. The Huron detachment of „+ the OPP says "a small amount of money was taken" and further details are not yet available. 9-1-1 set up scheduled for 1998 Clerk/Administrator Jim Crocker advised Seaforth Council at its April 8 meeting that the 9-1-1 process contin- ues to move forward with a the latest timeline indicating start-up should be in January or February 1998.