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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 1999-09-29, Page 1September 29, 1999 Si (includes GST) Local weather Wednesday --Periods of rain. Scattered thunder -storms. High 22. t1� Thursday --Mainly cloudy. , t"1, Chance of sus. low 8. I-igh ...i 17. Friday --Sun and doud. low 6. High 19- Saturday—Variable cloud. dxnoe silt ro ers. low 8. High 18. From Environment Canada In brief Skunks still lurking in town A serious discussion about skunk problems soon deteriorated into comedy at Seaforth's council meeting Sept. 14. "Skunks seem to have come back in numbers all over ,the town," said Mayor Daae Scott. He brought the issue to council's attention after remising continents from , "numerous"' that people there seemed to be a problem with skunks in town. "There's concern the town should be proactive about n because it seems to be recurring,- said Soot Right now. he said the person wtzo traps skunks for the town releases them dsewfieree. "Maybe we should look at destroying them..- Scott said. "Is it the town's problem to look after wild animals?, questioned Coun. Michael Hak. If they start booking after skunks, he said they'd have to start trapping rac000as too. • "What do they expect us to do?" asked Reeve Lin Sterner. Deputy Reeve William Teal( said the problem is epidemic everywhere, not just in Seaforth. Conn. Heather Robinet suggested they provide people with information about bow to skunk -proof their homes. - Composters have become a food invoice for some that dig underneath to Bet at the food. inside. McLachlan said they already prswl& the names . and numbers of people tato will trap skunks. Scott, who has been asking dee community to come up with sonic kind of festival or event to celebrate the Year 2000, suggested solving the gawk problem could 'tiu two birds with oar sum:" "Have as amoral gawk killing festival," he said, saki t g, "Everyone could wear black sed white. They're i.octernal. it could go on all atiig$W." Zile notion* suggested dame might be someone eat Slitertydra world beat aid kip shkiilairs they cotdd A4 but added. "Who Warm there night be e Warts of filttsthlts'. gawp out ilbsoc" by Sam HUgend rff adorisol Ciderfest .onathon Blake, 3, of Brussels enjoys o candy apple, just one of the ways apples were enjoyed of Gderfest at the 'don Egmond house in Egmondville on Sunday. Susan Hundertmark photo Murray searches for truth Anne Murray takes concerns about how police investigated missing daughter to national media By Blake Patterson Goderich Signal -Star Staff Although she does not know if her daughter is still alive, she at least wants people to believe it's possible. That was Anne Murray's aim last week as she took the search for "truth" in the Mistie Murray case onto the national stage. "God knows where she ended up." said Murray. "She could be dead.... but that's speculation. trial fact is not speculation." A full page story about the case appeared in the Sept. 25 issue of the National Post. and a series of articles also appeared recently in the London Free Press. Steve Murray. Anne's husband. had been accused of murdering his 16 -year-old adoptive daughter. Mistie and dumpingher body into Lake Huron in 1995. h took the jury 45 minutes to find Murray not guilty after a three-week trial in 1997. Since then. officers from the Ontario Provincial Police -Criminal Investigations Branch- have repeatedly asserted the body of the missing teenager is still in the lake, They have even conducted several high-tech sonar searches of the lake bottom in the area -- but have yet to find anything. It's the perception of guilt and murder created by those statements and searches which Anne Murray is fighting. "It's (the on-going murder investigation by police) turned See MURRAY, Pope t 'Sunny match' goes down inhistory International Plowing Match sees Belwood man neamed Tractor Champion Plower By Nellie Birks . ,otceshore t dvonce Staff Dubbed the 'sunny match', the 1999 International Plowang'?vlatch and Farm Machinery Show ended Saturday with an estimated traffic count of approximately 170.000 people. It didn't break Huron County's record retch of 1978 near Wangham, the 'money match'. which brought close to 200.(%%) people to five days. but it will be recorded in history as the one with the perfect weather. Final attendance figures will be released in a few weeks. IPM local committee chair Graeme Craig of .Walton dubbed the farm festival as the 'sunny match' during closing ceremonies Saturday afternoon. One week.ago, prior to the start of the match, Craig said the weather will just "be there", well the weather got better as the week progressed. It brought an estimated 43,00 people on the last day with temperatures hovering around 20 degrees Celsius. But not everyone was ecstatic about the weather. The sun dried out the farm land on which the match was staged causing very dusty conditions during the first three days. IPM volunteers were wetting the ground with water. At one point, 18,000 gallons of water was poured on the streets of Tented City. An exhibitor selling footwear wasn't moving many rubber boots, but he did sell a few sandals. A rainfall early Friday morning provided relief to IPM exhibitors and volunteers alike. Over 1,000 trailer sites Camping at Sunset Trailer Park was very popular with exhibitors, iPM volunteers and important guests. Campsite traffic increased each night from 1,120 sites on Monday night (Sept. 20) to 1,232 Tuesday and 1,395 on Wednesday. Overflow sites was added. IPM plowing champion Daryl Hostrawser of Belwood was named the Ontario and IPM Tractor Champion Plower for accumulating the most points over four days of plowing at the International Plowing Match. Reserve champion is Ken Ferguson of Stouffville. Both of these men plus Darrell Fried and Greg, Timbers as well as Junior Plower Eric Ferguson of Sunderland now advance to the Canadian Plowing Championships in See INTIRNATIONAi, Pepe 7 Town in final stages of Y2K preparations Town Council's Sept. 14 McLachlan. Generators are in place for the Seaforth and District Community Centres and the Town Hall. The community centre is where people will go if shelter is needed while the Town Hall is where the town's emergency plan is coordinated. The. fire department normally has a set number of members on call on a rotating basis but on New Year's Eve, those members on-call will report to the department to be ready for an Community leaders meet next week to review local emergency plans Sy Scott Hlgendorff Expos(or Woo( The town is in the final stages of getting ready for potential problems from Y2K, the phrase used for the potential computer glitch that could potentially shut down power and other technologically dependent needs at the turn of the millennium. A meeting is scheduled for Oct. 5 with many areas of the community from the hospital to the Ontario Provincial Police being represented -to ensure the community is ready for a potential emergency on New Year's Eve. "Council has to decide whether staff needs to be here at 12 a.m.," said Coun. Michael Hak at Seaforth meeting., No police will be on vacation at that time and council still has to determine whether staff need to be on- call or at the town hall prior to the date change that could potentially lead to computer crashes. "We don't have to worry if the power goes out for a couple of hours but if it's still out at 6 a.m., the mayor will have to decide whether or not to declare and emergency," said Clerk -Treasurer Jack immediate response for help arrive. McLachlan thought Huron County has set a policy that its staff will be in place two hours before and two hours after midnight on New Year's Eve. He said they should decide by the next meeting what request to make of town staff so employees can make New Year's plans if they aren't required to report to the Town Hall. if calls See ADMINSTRATOR, Pep t Your community newspaper since 1660 1