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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 1999-12-22, Page 9News `Huron East' will be name of the new municipality By Scott Hiig.ndorff Expositor Editor • If anticipated approvals are granted to an area restructuring proposal. area residents will be living in Huron East on January 1, 2001. That's the date a restructuring plan would come into effect for Seaforth, Brussels and the Townships of McKillop. Tuckersmith and Grey. The restructuring committee. consisting of council membets and staff from each of those municipalities. voted to accept that name at a meeting last Thursday. after going over the results of a name poll conducted at a recent public meeting in Seaforth. The municipalities involved in the restructuring held a contest to generate names from the public for the new community. - The committee narrowed that list of submissions down to one with,12 names including SeabreyMcTuck; Tanglewood, Huronville and Huron Tract. At last month's restructuring meeting to give an overview of how the new municipality would look. the public was invited to give their preferences to three of the names. Seaforth Administrator. Jack McLachlan said Huron East Council offers to join. forces Council is making an offer province to Convince them that to the Avon Maitland District this is a rural area in need of School Board that they work its schools.. • together on the school closure issue. seeking provincial funding. At least this is a positive However. Deputy Reeve William Tcallcautioned council that it did not know everything that the board does step. said Court. Heather. about the rural funding and Robinet of a motion council should wait for a response passed at its Dec. 14 meeting. from the board before getting That motion sees council everyone else involved. asking the board if the two can He said the board may have work together toward another way to approach that communicating with the issue. province in an attempt to get a Administrator Jack rural designation hack. McLachlan also said the board As council understood it, the may already know something school board lost a provincial about the funding council designation that would see the doesn't and that it has alrea4 board receive rural funding: sent a letter to the pros ince. funding that. if returned.., Scott questioned why school potentially eliminates the need board chair. Wendy Anderson. to close any schools. • . has not been telling people at Initially. Mayor Dave Scott. the public meetings that they wanted to send theletter to all are working on gettingmore the municipalities as well so funding. the entire area could present a They're certainly in need of united front in its appeal to the some positive public relations and East Huron were the two most popular. The restructuring committee looked at those and chose Huron East with some discussion about the name needing to start with Huron to more easily identify the area. The proposal is expected to be endorsed by all the municipal councils and has already been forwarded to Huron County and the Mipistry of Municipal Affairs. Approval has to be received from all three levels for the restructuring plan to be implemented. McLachlan expects an answer from Huron County in January but said they don't know when they will hear from the province. He told Seaforth council last week there were some minor questions or concerns with the proposal after both levels of government gave it an initial look but does not anticipate any serious concerns with how the plan has been put together; Once approved, an implementation committee will form and the five councils will begin taking steps for a full merger on January 1. 2000 with one, new council taking over for the new municipality. The original municipalities will existas wards under the new structure. with board on funissue or press, he said, adding he can't think of why they would object to a positive approach from council. But he added that they have already decided against positive steps toward attracting students such as an agriculturally based program that Was proposed last school year that would see students billeted from other communities to Seaforth where thcy would take part in an agriculturally focused curriculum. _. Council decided to send a letter to the board offering its support in seeking the return of this area's rural designation with a follow-up telephone ca' II toseek a direct response. If the board reacts positively, a : Tetter will be sent out to other municipalities to ask for their support in approaching the Ministry of Education. That shows a willingness to - cooperate and that we're concerned the rural area he recognized, said Scott. Council has already sent a letter to Huron County asking county council for its support and letters to the school board stressing the impact to the whole county if schools in north- and central Huron County are closed. as indicated by a tentative five- year plan of the board. It was not received in time for county council's December meeting but Seaforth council is hoping to get the county's support next month. During ,the discussion about school closures, Scott also encouraged the community to continue sending 'letters to the .board and' congratulated everyone who took part in recent public meetings the board had called to hear concems from the community. By Scott Hilgendorff THE HURON EXPOSITOR, O.cember 22, 1999-9 Oc6sRQADS Boxing Day Sale Starting Tuesday, December 28 2006 0/O OFF All Christmas Items 28 Albert St., Clinton 482-5855 Church Services You cue invited to attend these area ChllrrheS SEAFORTH COMMUNITY CHURCH 38 Goderich St. E.'. 527-2253 Rev. Hauser Fri. Dec. 24th, 7:00 PM Christmas Eve Service Candlelight & Communion Sun. Dec. 26th 10:45 AM Worship Fri. Dec: 31st New Year's Eve 11:00 PM Prayer Watch Service St. Thomas Anglican Church Jarvis St. Seatorth Rev. Robert Hiscox 482-7861 Sunday, Dec, 24th Christmas Eve Service of Holy Communion at 8:30 p.m. CAVAN NORTHSIDE& (Goderich St., Seaforth) 11:00 a.m UNITED CHURCHES °�' - Box 2622, Seatorth Minister: Dave Wrltiams Christmas Eve Service at 7.00 at Northside. Everyone is welcome. Sunday School during services. nursery provided. Bethel Bible Church An Associated Gospel Church 126 r yin anSt. di Seatorth (formerly Canadian lire) . Christmas Eve .-• .7 PM Family Worship Dec. 26. 11 AM. • • Worship NO SUNDAY SCHOOL Pastor:Rev. Doug Corriveau 527-0982 Catholic Church Masses Christmas Eve 6:00pm & 9:00 pm Christmas Day 10:30 am at St. Joseph's Church, Clinton i No evening Mass on Saturday, December 25 . Sunday, December 26, 11:00 am A Merry and Blessed Christmas to everyone! FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH • 59 Goderich St., W., Seatorth December 24, 7 p.m. at St. Andrew's. Clinton • Worship at '11 7 15 Sunday School during worship Nursery Available Pastor: Rev. N. 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