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April 28, 1999
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Local weather
Wednesday --Mainly
sunny. High near 15. No
chance of rain
Thursday --Sunny. Low
near 3. High near 15.
Friday --Sunny. Low
near 4. High near 18
Saturday --Sunny Low
near 5. High near 18.
In brief
Township
residents
have
chance
for input
at public
meeting
Residents of
Tuckersmith Township
will have a chance to
ask questions and voice
tlfeir opinions about
what direction the;
township should take at
a May 4 meeting.
While it is a
regularly schleduled
meeting, the public has
been invited to take
part in a restructuring'
discussion.
The township was
recently. given an
extension- by the
M u n -i c i j► a 1
Restructuring
Committee (MRC) to
determine what path it
was' going to take.
Tuckersmith has been
part .of that gr9up,
which includes Stanley
and Hay Township and
Bayfield. Hensel) and
.Zurich. The' group was
prepared this month to
go ahead with formal
plans to restructure by
•seeking approval from
Huron County Council
but agreed to a delay
after a. request from
Tuckersmith.
Residents in the
Township are torn
between amalgamating
with the MRC group or •
with Seaforth and.
McKillop Township. i
Public coinment is
being. sought to help
council determine
which direction it
should take,
Among the issues to
be conjidered are the
costs of OPP. policing,
the .future of
development• under
either scenario,what
government grants will
be avajlable and which
option could maintain
the rural perspective.
The meeting begins
at g p.m. in the
Seaforth "council
chambers.
A regular Meeting of
council follows.
Inside...
An inside
look. at bat
houses
Page 7
A day in the life
of...a crossing
guard
Paget
Agriculture...
emu oil
Page 9
Tree-nlendous'effort
Students at Huron Centennial School planted about 200 trees at the Moore Drain. The
forestation project is being done by the students with help from the Huron Stewardship Council,
Bayfield Anglers, Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority and the ladn owners
Scott Hilgendorff photo
\&cKiilop clerk retires.
By Susan Hundertmark
•
Expositor Staff
After 28 years, the longest
serving clerk -treasurer in
McKillop Township's history
plants to spend most of her
retirement in her garden.
"1'm just going to sit back
and relax and take each day
as itcomes. says Marion
McClure.
She 'says life as McKillop's
clerk -treasurer since -1971 has
been "hectic at times,"
especially during tax time.
And; while she's
participated • over the years in
such changes as the.
computerization of
the office - and tax
notices, in
particular, which,
used to be calculated
and written; out by
• hand - she will miss
the big change of
amalgamation.
"We've had talks
, with different
municipalities such : as
Hullett, Clinton. Goderich
Township and Goderich over
a year ago and so far.
nothing's worked out. 1'il be
retired by the end of April so
M
criOn
Gure
1 won't be part of the
amal-gamation
agreement." she says.
She adds that once
amalgamation is in
place, she thinks it
will "all work out
quite well. -
McKillop Township
is presently in talks
with Seaforth and
Tuckersmith
Township. Seaforth and
Tuckersmith Township's
clerk -treasurer Jack
McLachlin will become
McKillop clerk -treasurer as
See McCLURE, Page 2
Shooting
could have
been here
Massacre in .Colorado
alters students' perspectives
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
1 will allow the uncertainty of the -world to excite me,
gaining independence and control of my life. My hidden
values will never be misplaced, I will. attempt 10 set all the
"wrong" things "right.' 1 will never inflict pain upon others
that has been inflicted upon myself. 1 will seek out the truth.
making a difference in everything and everyone 1 touch. 7
will control my hostility and anger, never contain it •or allo►i'
it to destroy me.'•
I will live each moment with heat and soul..I will wake'
each morning regarding it. as a chance to make soniebodv
feel worthy. 1 will be the person who inspires goodness in
others. !.will /told the peace -of angels within ate, only to give
away. .
!will make a difference in one person's life at least once a
day, not being judgmental and listening to what people have
to say; nnaking,others feel important, to cherish life.
• When their personal -mission statements were -written
earlier this Year, a group of senior high school students in
Seaforth could never. have imagined the Denver -area
massacre, happening.
Now, they think it could just as easily have been at their •
school.
"1 think it really opened our eyes," said Mike Beurman a
student in Laurie Hazard's 0 -AC literature class.4The•class
wrote mission statements in January as.a class assignment
reflecting on their personal ideals.. They are the same age
age 'as the students who were killed in a massacre at a school
in .Littleton, Colorado'TTst Tuesday when two of their -
classmates went on a shooting rampage. The students in the
Seaforth class took time to share their thoughts and talk
about the events in Littleton that they watched unfold in the'
media last week.
While watching the coverage, Heather Dale was surprised
to hear students describing their school and community the
same way she would describe her own. Hit happened -at •
Seaforth District High School, she said She would be
describing the massacre the -same. way;. that she never would
have expected it -to- happen -here, that the school is_so small
and they can't think of any students that' would turn against
others that way, that this community is so safe, something
like that shouldn't happen here.
The students in Littleton had used guns and pipe. bombs to
kill other students and cause destruction in the school.
Numerous other bombs were found in and around the school •
more than two -days after the incident. Twelve students and
one teacher were -killed and at least nine more were injured.
Abby Dietz said students' at the Colorado school didn't
think they needed locker or bag checks as security measures.
"Here, nobody thinks there's going to be a gun or bomb,"
she.said. •
- But one student had pointed out she has access to a gun.
While it.led to some jokes among the students at first, when
asked, three quarters of the more than 20 students in that
class said they. had access to guns.
.Heather said on top of that, anyone can learn how to
• Se.STUDENTS, Page S
New church being built
inside e
Bethel Bible Church congregation
working and meeting inside
By S,isatt Hundertmork
Expositor Staff
The steel skeleton of walls
yet to be drywalled mark
out the floorplan of Bethel
Bible's new church in the
old Canadian Tire building
the church bought recently
on Seaforth's Main Street.
But. the congregation,
which is doing all the
building. cleaning. painting
and decorating to complete
about 515,000 in
renovations, is already.
holding meetings in its new
building.
"It's our belief that church
is a gathering of people, not
a building, so wherever we
gather together becomes our
church." says Bethel Bible's
minister Doug Corriveau.
He says that most
evenings and weekends,
members of the
congregation ere working at
fixing up their new church.
"There's always someone
in here puttering away and
the senior ladies of our
church are making sure the
workers are all well-fed.
Even the youth group is in
here Thursday nights
helping out. Everyone is
really going to feel an
ownership of this church and
that's what we want." says
•
Corriveau.
The current renovations
concentrate on the second
floor of the three-storey
building. Nothing will
change on the outside of the
building except a change in
the sign from Canadian Tire
to Bethel Bible Church.
The ramp will remain for
the members of the
congregation in wheelchairs
but Corriveau says he
expects most people will use
the first floor entrance, at the
back since that's -where the
parking is.
The two entrances will
lead into a 1000 -Square -foot
foyer. The 7000 -square -foot
second floor is also divided
into a 2500 -square -foot
multi-purpose auditorium.
See WORK, Page 2
Scott Hilgendorff photo
Shauna DeWit paints under a counter in one of the rooms at
the new Bethel Bible Church.
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