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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1998-12-30, Page 9Child of Chernobyl's health improves here August 5,1998 Skateboarders's ramps dumped A group of local skateboarders is upset that ramps they built and used at the arena parking lot were taken to the dump by arena staff. "We just want a place to put our ramps," said Curtis Wilson, one of about six skateboarders who, with the help of some parents, built ramps and other equipment to use at the arena. They understood they could use the arena parking lot as long as the ramps were put away at night. Staff said the ramps had been left out in the evening when the parking lot was being used by an arena event. Rain cancels flower show Corn is at risk, a flower show has been cancelled and Egmondville residents have been asked to stop watering their grass for fear it could diminish the water supply. It's all part of one of the direst summers this area has seen since the early 1980s. "It's been hot for so long the flowers have come and gone so quick," said Eleanor Horst, president of Seaforth Horticultural Society. Town, township will share clerk Seaforth and Tuckersmith Township have agreed to share municipal administrative and clerk - treasurer services and duties over the next four months. AUGUST Jack McLachlan, 'who has been Tuckersmith's clerk for 21 years, is the clerk they will soon share. August 12, 1998 Child of Chernobyl visiting Viktoryia is a little shy. At 10 years old, she likes Barbie dolls, Disney movies and eating bananas. But unlike other girls her age, Viktoryia Marartsova has grown up under the shadow of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. About 70 per cent of the radioactive fallout from the reactor landed in Belarus, her home country, and is the reason she is spending about six weeks with a Seaforth couple, Len and Donna Teatero, for a chance to eat fresh fruits, drink clear water and breathe fresh air. Rain came too late for most crops While we got about 90 mm of rain this week in the area, it's too little too late to be of much good for the corn and soya bean crops. Dirt bikers descend on Walton Some of his motocross buddies used to call him "Brain Dead." But now a better nickname for 18 -year-old Chris -Tyndall of Holmesville would be "Smart," says fellow racer Brett Lee, 23, of Walton. Tyndall is one of the racers who will be at the Canadian National Motocross Championships being held Thursday through Sunday in Walton. More than 10,000 people are expected for the event. August 19, 1998 Johnston wins pair of medals While Seaforth sweltered in oven -like heat and humidity two Saturdays ago, Kate Johnston of Egmondville was shivering in 15 C temperatures at Prince George, British Columbia. Despite the chill, she managed a gold -medal throw of 31.09 m in the discuss in the under 15 age class at the Royal Canadian Legion National Track and Field Championships. CEO will hold two positions Andrew Williams, who becomes acting chief executive officer of Seaforth Community Hospital at the end of this month, "will maintain his position at Stratford General Hospital on a part-time basis while assisting our hospital until the establishment of a new, consolidated administrative structure," according to an Aug. 11 announcement by SCH's board of directors. . August 26, 1998 Two doctors join Medical Clinic staff Doctors John Yee and Jane Martin have joined the staff of the Seaforth Medical Clinic. "We have a general interest in people," said Martin of the reasons she and Yee have come to Seaforth. Both are graduates from the University of Western Ontario with family medicinc residencies behind them. Chilean agricultural engineers visit Staff -area farms Two staff -area farms are well worth visiting. In fact, 11 agricultural engineers and farmers from South America came to see them. The group, from the central valley of Chile, visited Roschank Seed Farms (Lorne and .Roger Fell) and Hilton Whole Grain Millers (Barry and Karen Mahon), hoth of RR2, Staffa, as part of a two- week agricultural study tour of Canadian farms. Tax increases not nearly what was expected September 2, 1998 Horrific tax increases not being seen in this area Seaforth residents seem to have been spared the 70 per cent tax hikes some tax payers have seen in other municipalities through changes in assessments and taxation this year. In Seaforth and Huron County, the situation appears to be normal and there has been no increase in the number of rate payers seeking to appeal their assessments. September 9, 1998 School starts on schedule but teacher talks break down Public high school students in Huron and Perth Counties are back at school, but for how long is anyone's guess. Talks between the Avon Maitland District School Board (AMDSB) and the teachers' union broke off last Friday without any agreement being reached. Fences a must Pool fencing bylaws need to be enforced. That's a message to municipalities from a Huron County public health inspector and an OPP officer after two recent incidents involving private swimming pools and young children. Skateboarders giving up on part at arena While the community centres board is working on a solution for skateboarders who began using arena property this summer, the make -shift equipment made by the six young skateboarders has been smashed. The group had been using the property with an informal agreement with the arena manager while the community centres board examined the situation. Vandals wrecked the equipment and the skateboarders gave up on using the property. September 16, 1998 Diocese wants parish to reconsider A building does not neccessarily a "church" rpake, even if St. Columban Parish is one of the oldest in this province, according to the Diocese of London. It wants the near by parish to think again about repairing its Roman Catholic Church, closed since last September because of serious structural problems. "Simply put, our concern is that the money needed to repair the building is beyond the means of your parish," and Aug. 28 letter to parishioners from Rev. R. Anthony Daniels, moderator of the curia, states. September 23, 1998 Kids at home, school is pool Water. water all over the place. It gave students at Seaforth Public School an unexpected holiday Monday. A waterline broke of "old age" in the boys washroom sometime on the weekend turning the school into a sauna and leaving one to two inches of water on much of the floor in its wake by 3 p.m. Sunday when it was first discovered. 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