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Wednesday, October 21, 1998
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Huron County
has been wasting
its time on
restructt�'.t11�
•
Here we go back .to the start'again.
First it was up to municipalities to
begin looking 'at amalgamating with
th
at e I apart.
Then it went to Huron County for a
solution.
That fell apart.
Now it's back in the hands of the 26
municipalities 'to decide what borders
will drop and what municipalities will
combine to meet government demands
for Tess government.
The issue has been around for more
than a few years now with an implied
threat by the province that a
restructuring commission would come
in and make_ the decisions for them if
municipalities were unable to reach an
agreement., .
So where's this commission?
' It's obvious Huron County
municipalities can't work it out on their
own.
While the general public seems
generally uninterested,' with only
handfuls of people turning out for public
meetings, Huron County remains one of
three regions that has not been able to
come up with any agreements.
In some cases, all that's resulted are
hard feelings between municipalities
that feel threatened by loss 'of identities
or positions on council or municipal
employment.
While ,some municipalities have been
concerned the decisions will be made
for them by people not aware of local
situations, others have maintained
there's no way the government is going
to step in.
It's starting to look like that's true.
If it's not, now would be a good time.
Huron County municipalities have had
enough time to try and come up with
local solutions for restructuring.
It hasn't happened.
Bring on a restructuring commission
and let's get this over with.
Then there's no reasons for any hard
feelings between municipalities who are
forced to amalgamate.
STH
Red Cross ends 50 years of blood services
To the Editor:
This September Red Cross
ended more than 50 years of
providing blood services to
Canadians and refocused it's
attention on humanitarian
services across the world
and across the street.
As a volunteer leader of
Red Cross in r this
community, 1 want to thank
all blood donors past,and
present and encourage them
to remain active donors.
Who runs the system should
not influence your decision
to give - the real beneficiary
of your donation is the
recipient: These recipients
are your friends,.neighbours
and maybe even your own
family.
While the blood system is.
changing', the need for blood
is not. This year, 600,000
Canadians will require
blood or blood products to
stay alive or improve their
health. .0n behalf of Red
Cross, 1, urge all current
blood donors. to continue
their heroic support_ to
patients.
1 also want to remind all
Canadians - that Red Cross
will continue it's work
across the world and across
the street - to alleviate the
suffering of the most
vulnerable: With your help,
the society will be there to:
Assist the thousands of
Canadians who are affected
each year by natural
disasters -such as flooding
and ice storms.
Provide training to reduce
and respond to unintentional
injuries -the leading cause of
death to Canadians under
the age of 44.
Provide training and
education to address
drowning -the leading cause
of accidental death for
children under 14 years of
age.
Supply human and
financial resources each
year to help 250 to 350
million people outside of
Canada who are driven- from
their homes by conflict or
disaster.
Provide home healthcare
equipment such as
wheelchairs, commodes,
and walkers to allow clients
the opportunity to
recuperate from illness or
injury in their homes.
Provide personal care and
home management through
Homemaking Services to
meet the needs of seniors
and other vulnerable people
living in communities
across Canada.
For more .information on
how you can support the
ongoing work of the
Canadian Red Cross, call at
681-7330 and ask for Tim
Manley, Regional Director.
Sincerely,
Joanne Aubert. President
MADD wants more effective drunk driving laws
To the Editor: 4.5 people in Canada every national organization with
1t has been 10 years since 24 hours: In 1993, drunk more than two million
the federal government has drivers killed 1,680 people supporters across Canada.
reviewed the Criminal and injured 113,731; In It is driven and directed by
'Code relating to impaired 1996, more than 1,600 volunteers, many of them
driving. This fall, MPs will Canadians were killed by victims who are frustrated
finally be looking into this drunk drivers; Over the by a justice system that
' issue. period of 1983 to 1991. allows criminals to be
MADD (Mothers Against drunk drivers killed 17.630 driving again after only
Drunk Driving) Canada is people and .injured 1 . 1 months in jail or perhaps
calling on our federal , million. Most of these arewith only a small fine.
government' to develop 'innocent victims whose MADD Huron/Bruce
more effective and efficient families are devastated by Chapter has asked our local
laves that Herter reflect the' these 'senseless' and MP, Paul Steckle, for his
}eriousness of this terrible irresponsible criminal acts. support as MADD Canada
crime.,. MADD's mission is to 'pushes the federal
.These- are some, stop impaired driving and government' for a number
overwhelming fats: Drunk to support victims, of this of. amendments to the
drivers kill an average of violent crime. We are d Critninal Code and call Tor
a National Victims' Bill of
Rights to be put in place.
You can help ensure that
our arguments will be
heard by contacting
Steckle's office in
Goderich at 1-800-465-
1726 or in Ottawa at 1-
613-992=8234 and telling
him of your concerns about
drinking and driving.
Please help us put an end
to senseless deaths and
injuries on our roadsdue to
impaired crashes.
Lynne Magee,
President
MADD
Huron/Bruce Chapter
Jumbo pumpkin was grown in Kippen in 1898
In the Years Agone
October 21, 1,898
James Mulholland of Kippen
has grown a jumbts pumpkin._
11 tips the scales at 72 pounds.
Messrs. James Cooper&
Son shopped a pair of prize
sheep to the State of Iowa.
Wm. 1 Aberhardt Jr. of
Egmondville was unfortunate
as•to break his leg while
picking apples.
-Geo. Murray of togas
again started the buying and
shipping of fowl., He shipped a
carload of gecse.to the United
States.
The first snow of the season
fell on Tuesday evening, Oct.
17. I.
John Dodds of town is
erecting a new pop factory on
his property on Goderich Street
West,
.The rains during the past
week. while much needed for
fall ploughing and root crops.
at Hensall; retarded the
gathering in of the apples.
The poplar cooper show has
turned out an immense number
of barrels this fall and still the
good work goes on. •
Nearly every available space
in and around the railway
station i e taken up with barrels
of apples.
October 19, 1923
For the first time in it's
history. Seaforth and the
surrounding country were in
the throws of a bank scare on
Monday afternoon and
Tuesday.morning which caused
a small run on the local branch
of the Dominion Back. The
trouble started in Toronto.
w hen two foreigners presented
a cheque at one of the branches
and were refused payment
because it was after
bankinghours.
• •
Geo. Dundas and 'Chas.
Boyd of -Walton have returned
from the west a week ago.
To ah audience -which
'packed the spacious church to
the doors. the Brucefield choral
society gave a splendid concert.
conducted by Prof. Anderton.
There were between 70 and 80
voices in the chorus.
The secretary of the Ontario
Curling Association made the
announcement form Toronto
that the gold medal in the
associations point competition
had been won by Thos.
Johnstone of Seaforth with a
score ot47 points.
Mr. and mrs. Jas. G. Mulled
and Miss H. 1. Graham
motored to London, to -hear
Dame Clara Butt,- the
celehrdted English contralto.
James Davis of town is
erecting a handsome verandah
and , making other
improvements on the residence
he recently purchased on
Goderich Street.
'Mrs. Wm. Hopper, North
Mai'n St. gave a shower in
honor. of Miss ' Henrietta Cash,
prior to her marriage to W. D.
Bright Jr.
About the finest potatoes we
have seen in McKillop Twp.
were grown on the farm of
Geo. Munn. They were large
and smooth and yielded over
100 bushels off half an acre.
The Seaforth Lawn Bowling
closed the most successful
season with a euchre and
smoker in the Town Hall. The
winners were: First prize. Ross
J. Sproat; second, Montgomery
Davis: lone hands, James Dick;
consolation Adam McKay.
October 23, 1948
Rev. D. Glenn Campbell,
was inducted as minister of
First Presbyterian Church,
Seaforth. He is a native of
Rodney.
An interesting and pleasant
evening was spent at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Reid.
Walton. when 65 neighbours
and friends of Miss Marjorie
Hackwell. gathered to honor-
her
onorher and present her with a
miscellaneous shower. She
was presented with a large
mirror.
Graduation ceremonies for
five nurses assistants at Scott
Memorial Hospital were held at
the nurses residence. The
graduates were: Mae Baker.
Durham; Agnes Sutherland,
Waterloo; Ruth Manning,
Clinton: Leona Smith. Walton;
and Joyce Diegel, Walton.
Mrs. J. B. Russell presented
them with their pins, Dr. J. A.
Gorwill gale them diplomas
and Miss M. Gringer pinned on
the caps.
Mr. Wm. Berry, well known
horseman of Brucefield,
marked his 88th birthday.
The snow of the week end in'
Egmondville, made one feel
that old man winter was fapidly
approaching. The blanket of
snow was as heavy that the
trees. with their autumn foliage,
were weighted to the ground. .
Repairs which during recent
weeks have been underway at
the Public Utility Commission
stand -pipe at the rear of the
Town Hall, advanced to the
point when it was possible to
tum water into the tank.
October 18,'1973
The cost of educating Humn
County secondary students has
been compared to 71 other
Boards in the province. it was
indicated at a meeting of the
Huron Board on Monday. In
business administration at $18
per pupil. Huron was tied with
Halton County Board for the
lbwest cost operation in
Ontario. In operations and
maintenance. at $112 a pupil,
Huron was sixth lowest. In
actual ordinary expenses at
$1,007 per.pupil, Huron was'
again sixth lowest.
' A twister which blew in off
Lake Huron shortly after 10
p.m. Saturday night caused
thousands of dollars damage in
this area as it rooted up trees,
up ended a trailer and ravaged
farm buildings. McKillop
Township .was one of the
hardest hit regions in Huron
County. • The twister struck
about 1 1.4 miles east. of
Winthrop around 10:30 p.m. A
barn owned by Harold Pryce,
RR1, Seaforth. was damaged
extensively. trees were twisted
and knocked down and hydro
poles in front of properties
owned by Bob Regele and O.
T. Pryce were blown over.
Ontario Hydro crews worked
all night, restoring power to the
area by morning.
An increase of 8% in the
salaries of senior administrative
officials of the Humn Board of
Education was approved by the
board Monday afternoon. In
addition to the salary increases
which range up to $2,400 and
which are retroactive nearly ten
months to Jan. 1 of this year,
the board approved additional
fringe benefits.
Just thinking about the cold weather gives me a chill
I hate being cold.
I hate the notion that already this
month I've .seen rain change into
something unmentionable that splattered
against my windshield.
As a child, I used to love the winter. It
didn't matter how cold it got. there was
always something to do when there was
snow on the ground. (That's when we
used to get winters and people didn't
have to drive up north to snowmobile --
we were the north.)
Tobogganing was great. Snowball
fights could be fun as long as everyone
played by the rules and didn't pack them
like rocks. The most fun of all was
making snow forts and tunneling
through snow drifts. Sure, now I know
(or at least believe) the warnings that
they could collapse on top of young,
unsuspecting children is true. But when
you're nine or 10, it doesn't even seem
like there's a risk involved. If it was fun,
you just did it.
Yep, I used to love the winter...until 1
got a driver's licence.
Now, I get a knot in my stomach just
thinking about it. Of course, I've never
owned a car that was particularly good
for winter driving.
But more than anything, I've learned
to hate the cold.
I think that all started with my first
couple of apartments.
It's hard to believe there can be
slumloards in small towns but you take
what you can afford.
It wasn't really a bad little apartment.
1 even liked it until the cold weather
arrived.
There was radiator heating with hot
water, something people told me was a
good source of heat.
It was included in the cost of the rent.
Rent should have dropped in the winter.
Sure, it was warm in the apartment in
the evening. usually by about 7 p.m.
That's when the heat finally built up
enough to take the nip out of the air.
You see, the boiler worked on a timer.
and, getting up in the middle of the
'night once, I realized it got shut off
completely sometime after 1 a.m. 1t
didn't come on again until sometime
after 4 p.m. in the afternoon. It was
always on by the time I got home from
work but never at lunch time.
Somehow, the landlord thought he
only needed to supply heat when the
most number of people were at home
and awake. Sadly, there were a couple
seniors in the building all the time.
After about a month of complaints
from myself and another tenant, we
were told to get space heaters and
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