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Canada's Inhrmation Technology Week News Mayor, police to meet to discuss what to do Businesses encouraged to remove debris to reduce possible targets of arsonist From Page 1 said. Because she's also worked as a dispatcher for the fire department for the past year, Deb said she's upset to be on the other side of a fire call. "I think this is going to keep going until someone gets caught. Thank God nobody got hurt. If the fire alarm goes off again in the middle of the night, there's going to be a lot of people heading downtown to check on their stuff," she said. Business Improvement Area (BIA) chair Liz Cardno said she's upset beat fires have been set for the second time in three weeks and she encouraged downtown businesses to make sure nothing is left outside their businesses that could be set on fire. "Some leave cardboard out in the back alleys and some of the garbage containers are too close to the buildings," she said, adding that she took down a garland decorating the front of her store because she thought it looked too tempting. Her husband Ken, who runs Seaforth Insurance, also encourages local tenants and landlords to clean up garbage and clear away combustibles. "The number one thing people can do is maintain their property," he said. He said the people on Main Street are afraid and upset about the arsons. "I think people want a quick and quiet end to this situation," he said. "The downtown is the heartbeat of the community and we already had one major loss in the last five years. Another 10 or 15 minutes on Monday morning and I don't want to imagine what could have happened." A major fire five years ago destroyed three local businesses. Huron East Mayor Lin Steffler said she would be meeting with Huron OPP Sgt. George Londshury yesterday (Tuesday) about the arsons. "I'm sure the police are doing their job but we just want some assurances that they are doing what's required in the investigation. We're all working together to fix this problem." she said. Two weeks ago tires were set behind Bluewater Interiors, setting garbage and carpets on fire, in a dumpster behind Knechtel's Food Market, in a trash bin in front of Tremeer's Commercial Printers and to a hay bale in Egmondville near the golf course. Flowers of Hope campaign helps clients of Community Living By Scott Hilgendorff Expositor Editor Community Living South Huron will be going door to door with their Flowers of Hope campaign this month with packages of marigold seeds, a flower that symbolizes hope. The symbol is given to residents as canvassers talk with them about the Community Living program and seek donations to help its clients. "During this campaign, we try to call on every home in south Huron and try to tell them a little bit about our work," said Gordon Hill, a volunteer with Community Living. The organization has more than 100 developmentally challenged clients in south Huron County, an area that includes the southern half of Huron East to Bayfield and south to the Middlesex and Lambton County borders. It provides support for its clients through group homes (two are located in Egmondville) or by providing staff to assist clients with day-to-day living such as grocery shopping and banking. This particular fund raising effort goes toward specific needs of the clients. In some cases, a client may need a wheel chair, wheel chair repairs or special orthopedic shoes but cannot afford them on his or her own. The organization hopes to raise $28,500 through this campaign to assist clients with those costs. Last year, canvassers raised $28,200. There are 28 captains coordinating between four and five hundred volunteers who will be in the community during May. Locally, Shirley Dinsmore is coordinating the volunteers in Seaforth while Mary DeJong coordinates Tuckersmith and Rose Taman looks after Egmondville. Moms appreciate the fish being cleaned at the derby From Page 1 ready for cooking when they get home," says Stephen. Along with the filleting, parents will also be offered Marl -May 11,2001 Huron Business Centre 138 Main Street South, Seaforth tommisntive Tait; To lo Woof Grad !raze Ilivea»fti y M Ma y I l• of a Polo NM P.I.M. rand at SIN • .4 1 donated hr» MicroAge W1NO.S • kr me det1ls '> .0 .C• 0111C%401113%0ME4MIIIMA fish recipes this year, says Blake. His favorite recipe is deep frying trout in beer batter with honey, a recipe which "makes people who don't even like fish come back for seconds," he says. He also recommends wrapping trout in two layers of tin foil after including the trout, two slabs of butter, onion and garlic. But, he doesn't recommend young kids learn to fillet fish themselves. "My knife ft razor sharp so most of the kids are too young to use it," he says. This year's derby, offered for kids 14 and under, is the third one run by the Seaforth Lions. Run from 7 a.m. to noon on May 5 at the Seaforth Lions Park, the derby rules include no use of lures, a limit of two fish per child and prizes going only to children who catch and land the fish themselves. The Lions will be stocking Silver Creek with 300 rainbow trout for the derby. While fishing season begins at the end of April. it's illegal to fish tributaries. such as Silver Creek, before May 5. _ One of the big prizes of the derby is a free charter on Blake's boat for three kids and one parent each. "We go out on Father's Day so the kids who win the prize can share it with their parents," says Blake. Council to determine how policing costs will be billed From Pogo 1 a fair way to assess policing costs for the different wards. Earlier, when council discussed the different needs in the wards, MacLellan had NOTICE Poi the convenience of our clients SEAFORTH VETERINARY CLINIC will be open THURSDAY EVENINGS by appointment only Please call for appointments '519-527-1760 W• a t h• r P r o o f. Marksman* is the proven choice for early broadleaf weed control in corn. In wet or dry weather, Marksman controls tough, competitive weeds such es velvetleaf, ragweed, or triazina-resistant Iamb's -quarters and pigweed all season long. For more information on Marksman, call • BASF Aollo$utIoni" at 1 -877 -371 -BASF (2273) or visit our website at www.agsolutions.ca said, "it doesn't make sense to have two cruisers patrolling the gravel pit out in Tuckersmith." Councillors had expressed concern that, while Seaforth or Brussels might require more police involvement, it would be hard to justify the same charge to residents in Grey or Tuckersmith. Another issue that concerned MacLellan came from comments by OPP that as municipalities have amalgamated, it becomes harder for officers to know where the municipal boundaries are in the contracts they are assigned to police. While at one time, OPP offered assurances that going with a contract would he more likely to .see the same shift of officers assigned to the town, Huron County Staff Sergeant Gary Martin said last week that different officers patrolling the area would not be familiar with where the different wards ended. making it hard to patrol just Huron East boundaries. "Can you not educate the officers where the boundaries are?" MacLellan asked. A discussion of how residents will he pilled for policing is expected at a later meeting. Council encouraged to find a way to soften blow to rural taxpayers From Pegs 1 out from council whether or not they could look at ways to "soften the blow a little bit." He said council could consider allocating some of that Money batk to the rural areas to help cover the costs of policing which will increase as council prepares to accept a new contract with the OPP. He expects council will go into the budget in more detail at its committee meeting next week and hopes in a few weeks. a budget will be set. Right now, Knight cannot estimate any specific tax increase without key information such as the tax rate from Huron County for its portion of the taxes. He said this budget is difficult because there are so many services that have to be area -rated to the municipalities because the service levels are different in each of the wards. "That's what adds to the complication of it," said Knight. He said this is the most interesting and challenging budget he has worked on to date.