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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 1999-06-23, Page 1June 23, 1999 Si (includes GM) Local weather Wednesday --Sunny, cloudy periods. High 29. Thursday -Showers, thunderstorms. High 24. lowl9 Friday—Warm, humid, thunderstorms. High 24. low 19. Saturday --same forecast From Environment Canada In brief Clinton area girl in condition, car rolls several times A 20 -year-old Clinton area girl, Brigette Voisin, is in fair condition at Victoria Hospital in London after her car rolled over several times into a corn field on June. 18. 'A passenger, lames Shanklin of Seaforth, was taken. to Clinton Public Hospital with non- lifethre?tening injuries. The occident occurred in early -morning when Voisin was heading west on Highway 8 irl Hullet ( Township. OPP report that, for unknown reasons, she. lost control of the 1998 Dodge Stratus she was . driving and entered the south ditch where the car rolledseveral times. She was taken Ito. Seaforth Community Hospital with serious injuries. and later transferred to London 1 - where she remains in fair condition in the critical care unit. London man dies of heart attack, truck crashes A 60 -year-old London man died of an apparent heart attack while driving a flat bed truck on Highway 8 near St. Columban. Robert . Langford's truck left the road June 16 at about 8:30 a.m. striking a tree. Other drivers who saw the accident stopped and administered CPR until an ambulance arrived: Langford was pronounced dead at Seaforth Community Hospital. int de... Students give recital. • Page 2 Kennedy wins international award... Rage 3 Students receive awards Page 12 Close catch A water balloon toss was one of the games played at Seaforth Public School's primary student play day last Friday. • Scott Hilgendorff photo Town secking 51.25 on Trillium Foundation grant offices and the first floor would have- a committee room for nonprofit would allow for rejuvenation organizations to meet, the of downtown streetscape By Scott Hagendorff Expositor Editor A Town of Seaforth-led application fore a $1.25 million grant is seeing old plans being dusted off and linked with new ones for the community. An application is being prepared for a Trillium Foundation grant that, if approved, could see Seaforth receive as much as $250.000 a year for five years. "This extra funding would allow everything to move forward faster and allow more to be done, " said Jane Taylor, acting deputy clerk - treasurer. She is coordinating the application that stemsfrom initiatives tieing made by the community's Business Retention and Expansion Committee and involves partnering with. various community groups like the Business Improvement Area, the Seaforth and Area Museum Committee, Optimist Club and Seaforth Agricultural Society. "We've( asked them to be part of the collaborative," said Taylor. - The aylor.-The. application outlines 'numerous -initiatives that would see the Main Street rejuvenated, building 'on many projects that are already in progress and bringing together (new concepts. The application outlines the BIA's Plan to have murah painted on downtown wails and the1new Seaforth banners that were installed on light . fixtures last week. But it also draws1those initiatives into a bigger picture that would see • more .work done on the streetscuape. The applicatitfn talks about renovations to the town hall that would . seee. redevelopments/ of the third .. floor's museum (opening on Canada Day this yeyr) and an art gallery. The second floor would become the municipal food bank and a "small business incubator" that would be used to help young entrepreneurs launch new businesses in the community. , r Part of: the plans involve dusting off an old one that. helps tie alt the pieces. together. That -former .plan was developed lin the. 1980s by Tom Lemon, which also included concepts for ;rejuvenating the town. -1• Taylor said some of those ideas were put into place such as the reworking of the . front of the town hall that. - included plants: and new brick work A seating area - wasialso&put in place near the Post Office. `Sotne of the dream .hash! i been realized buries just' been on the shQlf for awhile," said Taylor. - With community grbups moving ahead with projects like the museum .and murals. but keeping them as part of the concepts in the. application, Taylor said it shows The Trillium See EXISTING, Page 2 Citizens group seeks one -tier system, asks councils to support county motion McBurney, Reeveof Turnberry Township, to look at a one -tier system. McBurney has met with the group of A movement among ratepayers across the concerned citizens and at county council, said county to seek a one -tier system of he made the motion because most of the government for. Huron County is picking up people "on the•street" are in favour of a one-' speed.f J tier system. "1 feel the momentum now is going back to—Steenstra-said the group is not responsible By Scott Hilgendorff Expositor Editor single tier," said Bill Steenstra of Goderich for the motion at County Council but is Township. He is a member of a group of hoping to generate support for it among the between 40 and 50 county residents who are individual councils. . interested in seeing Huron County Council Huron County Council will discuss the pursue a one -tier system of government in motion at a July 8 meeting where Steenstra which municipal councils would be replaced said they hope to have 50 .or 60 people by one county -wide government. present and make a presentation in favour of The group, called Concerned Citizens for the one -tier system. t 'the Promotion and Implementation of a But Seaforth Mayor Dave' Scott is Single Tier Government has met twice, with concernedabout what he has been hearing some members of county council in about the group. attendance. They are currently sending Steenstra said the group formed and grew representatives to each municipal council by word of mouth from people concerned asking them to consider giving support to the about the future of their municipalities as One -tier system. • restructuring continues to unfold. A motion was brought forward at Huron It was by word of mouth that Scott was County Council's June meeting by Brian - • See MAYOR, Pape 2 Local heroes receive OPP awards for their efforts to save lives By Tim Cumming Mitchell Advocate Staff A resident of Walton and a former resident of Seaforth were among the recipients of OPP awards last Wednesday for their life-saving efforts. Clint Emmrich, of Walton, was coming home from his work in Guelph in December of last year when he noticed a car in trouble. He grabbed a fire extinguisher from his car and was trying to put out the. flames with it. Another man. Michael Trudeau. of Salem, came and helped. taking the - fire extinguisher and smashing a window to extricate the driver. Mere seconds later, the car became engulfed in flames. Emmrich recalled. He said he wasn't shook up by the incident until it was over. "I never really thought of it at the time, afterwards 7 -was - shaking," he said. The woman in the car was in shock. As Emmrich, and Michael Trudeau, were saving the woman's life she was asking "do you think my car's going to be okay?" OPP Commissioner Gwen Boniface presented Emmrich with the Commissioner's Citation for Bravery during the OPP Western Region Awards in Mitchell last Wednesday. In October of last year longtime former Seaforth- area resident George Romanik. who now lives in. Waterford but lived in Seaforth for 30 years, had a part in saving one man from drowning and trying to save the life of a woman. Romanik noticed an overturned boat about 700 - feet from shore and with -the - help of a friend, Jamie Taylor of Miller Lake, went to investigate. They found a semiconscious man lying in the water and carried him to shore. Romanik took the man to his cottage and called 911 while the other gentleman searched for the other person in the water, a woman. When she was eventually found they began CPR to revive her but she had already die& While the other man continued CPR on the woman Romanik kept checking on the man in the cottage until the ambulance arrived. OPP Commissioner Gwen Boniface presented Romanik with the Commissioner's Citation for Lifesaving. See CITATION, Pogo 2 Your community newspaper since i 860 Scott Hilgendorff photo Seeing the signs Members of the Seaforth PUC were out hanging new signs along with Canadian flags on light standards on the Main Street. The signs are part of the BIA's beautification programs.