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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2000-04-12, Page 1,041110111.1.01. April 12, 2000 si (includes GS1 Local weather Wednesday --Mix of sun and cloud High 1 Thursday---M0inly e5r,...\1 cloudy High 8. Low -2 Friday --Mainly cloudy. 4111147! Scattered showers High ' 18 Low -2. Saturday --Mainly cloudy Scattered showers. High 16 Low 6 From Environment Canada In brief Fire destroys barn, kilis 17400 chickens A barn burned down killing 17.400 chickens just •west of Huron County Road 10 in McKillop Township on Monday. Owner Nick Whyte -says he was alerted bye 'a neighbor at 7 a.m. that his•barn was burning and when' he • drove the mile and a half from his house to the barn, he could see. the. flames. Seaforth fire department responded with a pumper and two tankers to battle the blaze. By about 9 a.m., a Crew returned to the fire hall while another remained on scene with a pumper to. ensure the fire was -out and that wind shifts did not stir up any. fresh flames. That crew returned to the hall later in the morning. A cause or: damage estimates have not been determined yet -for the blaze. ' Whyte .. says he plans to rebuild the -barn but does. not know the monetary value of the damages. Small fire fills house with smoke The -fan motor on a furnace at 3 London Road caught. fire last • Thursday. filling the house, with smoke through the duct work. says Jim Sills of the Seaforth Fire Department_. Sills says firefighters were at the scene a short time at 12:30 p.m. to put out the fire: .- Collection of books donated Pea 11 itstuterti owthrt- ►t1M 1 Scott -rigendorf1 photo Home and Garden Don Hoffman of Coshway talks with Arnanda Duff and her porents Glenda and Brod at the Seaforth Agricultural Society's Home. Gorden and Leisure Fair. held. Wednesday and.Thursday at the Seaforth t.gripiex School board expects success in civil case 1111y Seim itlmndertn wrk ExPosiatOte The Avon Maitland District School Board will still be able to successfully defend its position in court. despite recently -released remarks from Superior Court Justice Thomas Heeney slamming the board, says board chair Wendy Anderson. "He (Berney) decided he didn't want to hear the case so 1' m not sure we can take what he says , seriously," says Anderson. "(Despite his negative comments about the j board), he didn't grant the injunction either. so you can take from that what you will" she says. ' However. Seaforth businessman Charles Smith says Seaforth udge calls board arrogant District High School with Heeney's written Justice Heeney's injunction decision . criticizes school board for being unfair By Susan Hundertmork : be res erred before September if the Expositor� closure•deci.ion is quashed by the judicial review. The Avon Maitland District School- Heeney saYs in his written decision ' Board is called ''arrogant and unfair' by that the board's closure policy does not --the judge who allowed the -hoard in comply with the Minister of Education's' March to go ahead v► ith preparatiofis to ' guidelines and "it follows that the board close Seaforth District High School lacked the statutory authority to close • before a Judicial review: on Mao 19 in the school in question." London. ' . •He also calls the board unfair in its In his recently-re1tased written • failure to appoint a Seaforth committee decision. Superior Court Justice'Fhomas prior=to the closure recommendation. in Heeney sass Seaforth applicants haze its failure to allow. the • Seaforth presented ':a strong prima facie case" committee to explore. alternatives :to the. against the Anon Maitland District school closure list of seven schools, in School Board. a Pnma facie mean "on . its failure to provide the committee with first appearance:"requested information :and in its failure. •While he turned down the injunction to grant an extension to the Seaforth . requested by Seaforth residents. Heeney committee. says any action taken by the board. such ".Closing the only. high School in --a • as transferring teachers and students,•can. community #tis a devastating impact on Meals on Wheels program threatened Sy Scott Hipandortf Expositor Edna The 26 -year-old Meals on Wheels program.in Seaforth may Soon collapse because of a lack of use The program, which offers. hot, weekday meals to the' Sick, elderly or shut-ins, ties only one, client in Seafonh• right now and Jane" Vincent sand they have to take a hard look at whether or not iti is wonh keeping the program going "lt's not worth carrying on unless we get more clients," she said. Volunteers. about 20, now far outnumber the single client receiving meals. Volunteers, who , are expected to work'one day a month for the program, are available to deliver a hot meal, prepared al Seating, Community Hospital, at lunch time. • - "1 really'.don't. want to see • it stopped,".,said Vincent..- . She said the program has seen as many as IS people receising .meiils but thinks even if they getup to four • more clients, it would be considered more viable. "I'm sure. there's people out there that could be- taking," etaking." she said. • Some of the client loss is being attributed to more people using home care service1 or purchasing frozen meals. But Vincent said something people could be oserlooking with Meals on Wheels. versus the frozen meals. is the personal contact from the program Soo MEALS, Pegn t that communrts. Because of that: the duty of fairness demanded in such a case falls at •the high end of: the spectrum. By denying.. Sea forth 'the position of influence' and:; participation that was afforded= to. other interested parties. the heard in my *view. breached its duty of faimess.- say Heeney's remarks. • Heeney says the evidence presented to him clearly. shows• -that .closing a community's onls high school- is "devastating"."cuts the cultural heart out of the community and is virtually fatal to any prospects for_ future. development. He asks' in his written decision. why, the comnvttee.'should he 'restricted from exploring_ alternatives .when the board's lawyer conceded that the decision to close SDHSis driven by financial needs. • In .iny .opinion. it was arrogant .and unfair for the board ,to. tell . the committee. in effect. that they will consider. the board's closed list of Saw JUSTICE, Paige 2 Scoe Hegsndorff photo Historic moment Kevan Broome receives affiant ocknovvtedgement from Mayor Dave Scott fright) for creating the official Home of Huron East The norm will be given to Seotorth. Brussels and TuckersmAn. McKillop and Grey Townships when the fire municipalities Marge next year decision. "Justice Heeney did not grant an extension of the prohibition. His endorsement did however state that the Seaforth community has a strong case to take before the judicial review in May. This is very significant because the injunction was just a side issue while the main issue is whether or not the courts should reverse the board's closure decision.." be says in a press Meese. • Smith says Heeney's reasons for. judgment "exhibit substantial insight. enlightenment and wisdom." Fred Leitch. the lawyer represent the Seaforth applicants. says he's also very pleased with the written decision "Telling Seaforth we have a good prima facie case means in layman's terms that the judge is saying it's more than likely we'll win the ease and his reasons say, 'Here's why.'" says Leitch. • Anderson's commies*: that Berney chose tint hear the case are 'bead wrong." adds Leitch. who says the ahicisios of who will bear the cast was made by the maim judge` the Louden divAt a CUM= 11100101 Use* said Roomy* nr*ftW. &Wee wilt pate* be ene deememee wee by One 13 eths alibiedrd gal stye deo are de an Iwt ['VOWS die cott1111ts>tity WON deny bilis amiss through stacks of documents sod affidavits about the case Your community newspaper since 1660 0 1