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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2000-11-01, Page 1a/*itnser..;. a .r November 1, 2000 $1 (includes GSD Local weather Wednesday --Sunny with cloudy periods. High 15. Low 6. Thursday --Chance of showers. High 15. low 6. Friday --Chance of showers. High 15. Low 7. Saturday --Cloudy, scattered showers. High 11.Low 4. • From Environment Canada In brief Ethel man arrested on roof of building A 29 -year-old Ethel man was arrested in Brussels on Oct. 24 after a chase on foot that ended on a roof of an apartment building. Huron OPP said the man, who was found to be carrying several hypodermic needles and a small quantity of ,suspected methamphetamines, was acting strangely on Main Street. A citizen reported his behaviour to police, who discovered he was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant from Sebringville OPP. When an officer "attemptfd to arrest the man, be fled but later turned himself in on an apartment building roof. The man was held overnight and taken for a bail hearing in Goderich where he was charged with escaping lawful custody, breach of probation, possession and being unlawfully, in a dwelling. Seaforth man charged for assault A 45 -year-old Seaforth man was arrested and charged with assault and mischief under $5,000 after a 22 -year-old McKillop Township woman was treated and released at Seaforth Community Hospital on Oct. 26 at 9 p.m. Huron OPP were called to a house on Hydro Line Road in McKillop to find the woman who had been assaulted by a man during an argument. The man also damaged a vehicle before driving away in his own vehicle. The man is scheduled to attend court in Goderich on Nov 20. Chris Colbourne photo Three local youth groups from around the area (who attend St. Columban School) got together on Saturday evening at the St. Columban Church to host a haunted house for Grades 1-4. The spook-tacular event ran from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and featured over 30 students dressed to thrill. Pictured here, Jayne VanBakel, far left and Anne Visser far right, give fellow classmate Katie Elston the creeps. Tuckersmith councillors face questions about decrepit buildings in Vanastra By Scott Hilgendorff Expositor Editor From problems with sewer backups to concerns the community looked like the rough Chicago East Side. Vanastra residents took the floor to air their concerns about the village at last Thursday's all -candidates meeting in Brucefield for the Tuckersmith ward of Huron East. "How can we bring in business when the community looks the way it does?" asked one resident in response to numerous comments from the nine candidates that Vanastra could become a site for future industry in Huron East. She said in the past. they were not able to get Tuckersmith Township council support in tearing down buildings or forcing landlords to clean up the properties. Several blocks in Vanastra contain former air base buildings and barracks that are in various states of decay with windows boarded up and properties overgrown with weeds. With the community looking rough and the loss of Tuckersmith Township's municipal offices to Seaforth last year and the closure of Vanastra Public School this year, she said, "We can't see much where we're going ahead." She pointed to the well- maintained apartment complex built by the Lions Club that sits between two buildings that are falling down. She was concerned too many of the councillors never even go to Vanastra to see what it is really like. "Right now, it' your opportunity to tell us. are you going to support us or do what everyone else has done and ignore us," she said to the candidates that •will represent Tuckersmith Township on Huron East's new council. Two of the four candidates at the meeting, Jim MacLeod, Paul Spittal. Bill DeJong and Larry McGrath, will be elected to the position of councillor on the new municipality. Also at the meeting were Bob Broadfoot, Bernie MacLellan and Bill Siemon seeking the position SN BANKRUPT, Pogo 2 PUC sale now awaiting energy board approval Council has passed all the necessary bylaws that will allow for the sale of the Seaforth PUC to the City of Stratford. The bylaws establish a new corporation that allows the town to hold the shares of the new hydro company in which all the PVC's assets will be contained. The assets remain in that company until the Ontario Energy Board approves the sale of the PUC. If approved, the assets are then rolled into Stratford Festival Hydro. Town administrator Jack McLachlan said the final process could take one or two months. He said there's no reason to expect the sale won't be complete. The town will continue to operate the PUC until that time. The sale price for the PUC was set at $1.375 million and offers a five-year employment guarantee to staff. While the sale of the PUC stems from the deregulation of Ontario Hydro, opening up the market to competition for the sale of power, the town will continue to operate the water system. Council and public works superintendent John Forrest are' still fine tuning how the water system will operate. By Scott Hilgendorf Skunkfest needs organizer or new event. idea will be given up by BIA and retention groups By Susan Hundrartmark Skunkfest Expositor Stott may be over before it had a chance to raise much of a stink if an organizer isn't found to run the show. At recent meetings of the Seaforth BIA and the Business Retention and Expansion committee, members were reluctant to give any commitment to the proposed festival. "There isn't anybody keen enough to go ahead and organize it. 1t came up at a meeting as a joke and nobody's run with it," says Seaforth deputy - clerk Cathy Garrick. B1A chair Gerry Ryan said at a recent meeting • that he didn't want to commit the BIA to anything as large as Skunkfest but suggested a skunk theme be incorporated into this June's Moonlight Madness. At a recent BR and E meeting, members suggested the skunk theme may have "negative connotations and perhaps the community should be pursuing a festival with a positive theme and agricultural flavor." Seaforth Mayor Dave Scott, whose joking about the large number of skunks in town led to comments that Seaforth should host a Skunkfest, says he is also too busy to take over the organization of the potential festival. "1 will help out but 1 don't want to be the one person to spearhead it. There are lots of doable ideas around it and 1 do think it could work. If it was done right, it could be very positive," says Scott. Scott says that if the groundhog Wiarton Willie could be such a success for Wiarton, a skunk could work for Seaforth. He went as far as conducting a websearch for Skunkfest.com and found that the name is still available. "If 1 didn't have so many irons in the fire, I would go gungho and do it," says Scott. `Late BOB BROADFOOT Deputy Mayor - Huron East • My Urban and Rural Leadership Experience will help guide the newly formed municipality of Huron East into a strong united community devoted to the good of its citizens.