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Seaforth firefighters were called to the scene of a two -vehicle crash in Seaforth at the corner of Goderich Street East and Victoria
Street Monday at 4:45 p.m. firefighters helped remove passengers from the van, which was flipped on its side during the crash.
Walton man charged with failing
to yield after two -vehicle accident
A 70 -year-old Walton man was charged with failing to yield
to oncoming traffic when the van he was driving was flipped
onto its side after being struck by the car it pulled in front of
Monday at 4:45 p.m.
The crash occurred in Seaforth at the corner of Highway 8
and Victoria Street and involved two vehicles.
Huron OPP say the van stopped at the stop sign on Victoria
Street and proceeded in front of. the car, which was travelling
eastbound on Highway 8 (or Goderich Street East.)
A 49 -year-old Mitchell woman, who was a passenger in the
car, was kept overnight at Seaforth Community Hospital with
a broken rib. Her husband, who was driving the car, was
treated and released from hospital.
Both the Walton man driving the van and his wife, who was
his passenger, were also treated and released.
By Susan #lundertmark
Broken trees, power outages caused
by Thursday's first'windy blast of winter
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
Broken and uprooted trees,
along with damaged signs
and blown -off shingles
caused "all kinds of clean-
up" for Huron East's public
works department after last
Thursday's storm, says
Public Works Coordinator
John Forrest.
Forrest says large
coniferous trees, mostly
spruce and cedar, were the
trees to come down in the
storm, some of which
blocked roads in McKillop
and Grey wards.
"With all the rain we've
been getting, the ground was
so saturated that some of the
roots just let go and the trees
were uprooted out of the
ground with the wind," he
says.
He says the north sign in
Seaforth was damaged and
shingles were blown off the
sewage plant roof in
Vanastra.
"We got about half a dozen
calls about trees coming
down," he says.
One of the trees that were
broken was a spruce on the
Jarvis Street home of Marie
and Ted Sallows in Seaforth.
"I thought the big maple
would go but it was the
spruce that went," says Ted.
Marie says she had a funny
feeling that one of the trees
on their property would be
damaged in the storm and
wasn't surprised when she
heard the loud crack when a
limb broke.
"It didn't hit any hydro
lines or anything. It fell
perfectly," she says.
Ron Janmaat, of
Harpurhey, had a large grain
bin, which was taken down
from his barn for repairs, roll
100 yards across his field in
the high winds.
"It wasn't ripped from a
building or anything. It was
lying flat on the ground when
the wind caught it," he says.
Seaforth and Brussels also
suffered three power outages
during the storm.
In Seaforth, the first outage
involved 150 customers in
the northeast end of town
between 7 and 10:30 a.m.
Thursday. It was caused by
See HIGH, Page 2
Susan Hundertmark photo
A large spruce at the home of Marie and Ted Sallows on Jarvis
Street was damaged in Thursday's storm.
Dunbar
asks for
recount
for
mayor's
position
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
Huron East council was
expected to decide last night
whether or not to hold a
recount for the position of
mayor.
Losing candidate Robin
Dunbar requested the
recount citing "the slight
difference of 16 votes
between the candidates," in
a letter to council.
Former Brussels Coun.
Joe Seili received 1,165
votes to Dunbar's 1,149
votes for Huron East mayor
in the Nov. 10 municipal
election.
The recount was
recommended by Clerk-
Administratot Jack
McLachlan in a report to
council.
McLachlan said during a
phone interview that he's
never had to conduct a
recount in more than 20
years.
He referred to the 1996
Municipal Act saying
council may pass a
resolution requiring a
recount and the former Act,
which says a recount shall
be held if a candidate
requests it in writing and if
the number of votes
separating the candidates is
10 or one-half of one vote
for each polling subdivision
in the election for the office.
'"According to our
calculation the result of the
election meets the close
provision of the former Act
and the candidate has made
a request," said McLachlan's
report.
The report added that the
recount would be done
internally and not impact the
budget.
He said a recount must be
done within 15 days of the
decision to hold one and will
involve possibly an
afternoon's work. Both
candidates will be invited to
be present with town staff
when and if a recount is
done.
"We'd have 21' polls to
See COUNCIL, Page 2
Christmas Bureau preparing to accept donations
Egmondville United Church gearing up to open local bureau from Dec. 8 to 12
new toys and new clothes. All children need to business at Egmondville United until Dec. 8 to
be able to open up a surprise on Christmas 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
morning," says Jamieson. But, until then, food bank boxes at Seaforth
Phone lines open on Nov. 24 for families in Food Market, the Egmondville general store
need who want to take advantage of the and the Winthrop store will direct donations to
Christmas Bureau's services. To register, call the Christmas Bureau.
524-7356 or 1-800-265-5198. "Unfortunately, we can't accept dented
Drop boxes for donations were set up canned goods or home -baked goods because of
Monday (Nov. 17) at Stedman's, Sumthing health regulations," says Jamieson.
Special and Dollar Haven. An easy way to donate is to buy pre -packed
Donations are also encouraged during the bags of basic food items from the grocery store
Santa Claus parade Nov. 28, when families for $5.99 and $9.99 and deposit them directly
which attend Egmondville United will be in the food bank box.
pushing grocery carts to collect the donations. The bureau will .be distributing a list of
Donation bags, available next week in the suggested gifts for various age groups to the
Huron Expositor's Nov. 26 edition, can be used local churches.
to bring canned goods and gifts to the parade. "Teens, of course, are usually the harder ones
The Christmas Bureau doesn't open for to buy for," says Bennett.
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
The Huron County Christmas Bureau will be
run by Egmondville United Church in the
Seaforth area this year and next year.
And, organizers Della Bennett and Deb
Jamieson are already busy setting up angel
trees and drop boxes throughout town.
Angel trees, which contain tags describing
the age and gender of a local child who needs a
donated gift, have been set up at Stedman's and
Sumthing Special on Seaforth's Main Street.
"We don't know the numbers yet until people
register but last year, the bureau helped 48
families and 108 children in Seaforth. We'll try
to meet the need no matter what the number,"
says Bennett.
"We want to ensure food for every family,
a
In brief
Santa Claus
. parades
combine
this year
in Seaforth
and Brussels
,By Sara Campbell
Expositor. Staff
The Seaforth and
Brussels Lions Clubs have
combined together to
organize this year's Santa
Claus parades.
The annual Seaforth
Santa Claus parade will be
held on Nov 28, beginning
at 7 p.m. and the Brussels
Santa Claus parade will be
held on Nov. 29, at 5 p.m.
'We thought it would be
a good idea to work
together that way floats that
are in Seaforth on Lriday
night can be ready to go to
Brussels on Saturday
night," said Joe Steffler,
organizer of the Seaforth
Santa Claus pafade and
Lions Club membe
Steffler said tlijs year the
clubs decided to use the
same theme, Christmas in
the Country, and use the
same invitations so entries
can choose to go to both
ParWith the two -of clubs
together in one
municipality, we can work
together and not be in
competition for entries," he
said.
Steffler said more than 60
invitations were sent out to
participants for the Seaforth
Santa Claus parade and
many have returned along
with new applications taken
from the entry form in the
"We have had a very
good response this year.
There are more responses in
now than there were last
year," he said
He added that . he's
expecting the' same number
of participants as last year
with four bands and three
majorette groups. Other
interested groups can show
up the night of the parade.
"We're very pleased with
the response and others who
haven't submitted
applications can show up
that night. We'll always
make room for more," he
said.
The parade will again
follow the same route as
previous years, starting at
the Agriplex grounds, down
the Main Street and ending
before the railway tracks,
where spectators can take
advantage of local stores
open for Christmas
shopping.
Santa and Mrs. Claus will
be available for visitors
once again in a trailer
beside Flower Magic on
Main Street.
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Sara Campbell photo
Seaforth firefighters were called to the scene of a two -vehicle crash in Seaforth at the corner of Goderich Street East and Victoria
Street Monday at 4:45 p.m. firefighters helped remove passengers from the van, which was flipped on its side during the crash.
Walton man charged with failing
to yield after two -vehicle accident
A 70 -year-old Walton man was charged with failing to yield
to oncoming traffic when the van he was driving was flipped
onto its side after being struck by the car it pulled in front of
Monday at 4:45 p.m.
The crash occurred in Seaforth at the corner of Highway 8
and Victoria Street and involved two vehicles.
Huron OPP say the van stopped at the stop sign on Victoria
Street and proceeded in front of. the car, which was travelling
eastbound on Highway 8 (or Goderich Street East.)
A 49 -year-old Mitchell woman, who was a passenger in the
car, was kept overnight at Seaforth Community Hospital with
a broken rib. Her husband, who was driving the car, was
treated and released from hospital.
Both the Walton man driving the van and his wife, who was
his passenger, were also treated and released.
By Susan #lundertmark
Broken trees, power outages caused
by Thursday's first'windy blast of winter
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
Broken and uprooted trees,
along with damaged signs
and blown -off shingles
caused "all kinds of clean-
up" for Huron East's public
works department after last
Thursday's storm, says
Public Works Coordinator
John Forrest.
Forrest says large
coniferous trees, mostly
spruce and cedar, were the
trees to come down in the
storm, some of which
blocked roads in McKillop
and Grey wards.
"With all the rain we've
been getting, the ground was
so saturated that some of the
roots just let go and the trees
were uprooted out of the
ground with the wind," he
says.
He says the north sign in
Seaforth was damaged and
shingles were blown off the
sewage plant roof in
Vanastra.
"We got about half a dozen
calls about trees coming
down," he says.
One of the trees that were
broken was a spruce on the
Jarvis Street home of Marie
and Ted Sallows in Seaforth.
"I thought the big maple
would go but it was the
spruce that went," says Ted.
Marie says she had a funny
feeling that one of the trees
on their property would be
damaged in the storm and
wasn't surprised when she
heard the loud crack when a
limb broke.
"It didn't hit any hydro
lines or anything. It fell
perfectly," she says.
Ron Janmaat, of
Harpurhey, had a large grain
bin, which was taken down
from his barn for repairs, roll
100 yards across his field in
the high winds.
"It wasn't ripped from a
building or anything. It was
lying flat on the ground when
the wind caught it," he says.
Seaforth and Brussels also
suffered three power outages
during the storm.
In Seaforth, the first outage
involved 150 customers in
the northeast end of town
between 7 and 10:30 a.m.
Thursday. It was caused by
See HIGH, Page 2
Susan Hundertmark photo
A large spruce at the home of Marie and Ted Sallows on Jarvis
Street was damaged in Thursday's storm.
Dunbar
asks for
recount
for
mayor's
position
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
Huron East council was
expected to decide last night
whether or not to hold a
recount for the position of
mayor.
Losing candidate Robin
Dunbar requested the
recount citing "the slight
difference of 16 votes
between the candidates," in
a letter to council.
Former Brussels Coun.
Joe Seili received 1,165
votes to Dunbar's 1,149
votes for Huron East mayor
in the Nov. 10 municipal
election.
The recount was
recommended by Clerk-
Administratot Jack
McLachlan in a report to
council.
McLachlan said during a
phone interview that he's
never had to conduct a
recount in more than 20
years.
He referred to the 1996
Municipal Act saying
council may pass a
resolution requiring a
recount and the former Act,
which says a recount shall
be held if a candidate
requests it in writing and if
the number of votes
separating the candidates is
10 or one-half of one vote
for each polling subdivision
in the election for the office.
'"According to our
calculation the result of the
election meets the close
provision of the former Act
and the candidate has made
a request," said McLachlan's
report.
The report added that the
recount would be done
internally and not impact the
budget.
He said a recount must be
done within 15 days of the
decision to hold one and will
involve possibly an
afternoon's work. Both
candidates will be invited to
be present with town staff
when and if a recount is
done.
"We'd have 21' polls to
See COUNCIL, Page 2
Christmas Bureau preparing to accept donations
Egmondville United Church gearing up to open local bureau from Dec. 8 to 12
new toys and new clothes. All children need to business at Egmondville United until Dec. 8 to
be able to open up a surprise on Christmas 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
morning," says Jamieson. But, until then, food bank boxes at Seaforth
Phone lines open on Nov. 24 for families in Food Market, the Egmondville general store
need who want to take advantage of the and the Winthrop store will direct donations to
Christmas Bureau's services. To register, call the Christmas Bureau.
524-7356 or 1-800-265-5198. "Unfortunately, we can't accept dented
Drop boxes for donations were set up canned goods or home -baked goods because of
Monday (Nov. 17) at Stedman's, Sumthing health regulations," says Jamieson.
Special and Dollar Haven. An easy way to donate is to buy pre -packed
Donations are also encouraged during the bags of basic food items from the grocery store
Santa Claus parade Nov. 28, when families for $5.99 and $9.99 and deposit them directly
which attend Egmondville United will be in the food bank box.
pushing grocery carts to collect the donations. The bureau will .be distributing a list of
Donation bags, available next week in the suggested gifts for various age groups to the
Huron Expositor's Nov. 26 edition, can be used local churches.
to bring canned goods and gifts to the parade. "Teens, of course, are usually the harder ones
The Christmas Bureau doesn't open for to buy for," says Bennett.
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
The Huron County Christmas Bureau will be
run by Egmondville United Church in the
Seaforth area this year and next year.
And, organizers Della Bennett and Deb
Jamieson are already busy setting up angel
trees and drop boxes throughout town.
Angel trees, which contain tags describing
the age and gender of a local child who needs a
donated gift, have been set up at Stedman's and
Sumthing Special on Seaforth's Main Street.
"We don't know the numbers yet until people
register but last year, the bureau helped 48
families and 108 children in Seaforth. We'll try
to meet the need no matter what the number,"
says Bennett.
"We want to ensure food for every family,
a