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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2004-01-14, Page 66 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JANUARY 14, 2004 News Seili elected Huron East mayor November 2003 election Oct. 29, 2003 Huron East's auditor Mike Meyers wants council to do a better job monitoring the Seaforth community development trust. Meyers, who presented the municipality's financial statement at Huron East's Oct. 21 meeting, reminded councillors that they are responsible for all committees of council, including the Seaforth trust. The Seaforth community development trust, economic development and water quality were among the concerns of close to 70 Seaforth ratepayers who attended an all -candidates meeting for municipal council at the Seaforth arena on Monday night. Nov 5, 2003 Year Iii Review, 2003 The four incumbent councillors who have been acclaimed in McKillop and Tuckersmith share concerns about the issues of daycare, water, the Seaforth trust and economic development. And, the two acclaimed councillors in Brussels see a. need to improve existing municipal services and continue to stre5gthen the ties between the five wards that make up Huron East. McKillop Councillors. are Sharon McClure and Ferg Kelly, Tuckersmith Coun. Larry McGrath and Bill deJong, Brussels Coun. David Blaney and Frank Stretton. A donation of $50,000 by the Seaforth community THE HURON -PERTH CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD Junior & Senior Kindergarten REGISTRATION JANUARY 26-30, 2004 In order to register for Kindergarten, children must be four (4) years of age on or before December 31, 2004. Parents are required to bring the Baptismal Certificate, Birth Certificate and Immunization Record Card of the child you intend to register. Parents should con- tact their local school. The following schools offer Kindergarten classes: St. Joseph's (Kingsbridge) Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Mt. Carmel) St. Joseph's (Clinton) Precious Blood (Exeter) St. Mary's (Goderich) St. James (Seaforth) St. Boniface (Zurich) Sacred Heart (Wingham) St. Patrick's (Dublin) St. Patrick's (Kinkora) Holy Name of Mary (St. Marys) St. Mary's (Hesson) St. Ambrose (Stratford) St. Joseph's (Stratford) St. Aloysius (Stratford) Jeanne Sauve (Stratford) 529-7646 237-3337 482-7035 235-1691 524-9901 527-0321 236-4335 357-1090 345-2033 393-5580 '284-2170 595-8929 271-7544 271-3574 271-3636 273-3396 Parents who expect that their child will enrol in the optional French Immersion Program in Grade 1, in future years, have the option of enrolment for Junior/Senior Kindergarten at either their local Catholic School or the French Immersion Centre (St. Mary's School, Goderich or Jeanne Sauve School, Stratford) at which they expect to enrol their child for a French Immersion Program. Ron Marcy, Larry Langan, Chairperson of the Board Director of Education development trust to the Seaforth Cooperative Children's Centre has taken a "great big weight off our shoulders," says SCCC president Lauren Rooyakkers. Even though the Huron United Way has dropped its Coats for Kids program this year, the Seaforth Manor is continuing to accept used coats, which they will send to the House of Blessing in Stratford. Nov.. 12, 2003 By a margin of only 16 votes, Joe Seili beat Robin Dunbar for the position of Huron East's mayor 1,165 to 1,149 during Monday's municipal election. Because Robin Dunbar listened for election results from CKNX Radio, which mistakenly reported that he had won the election, he was disappointed to learn from a call from the Huron Expositor that he had not won. Despite the United States Senate saying it's too soon to consider letting Canada send live cattle to the U.S., presidents of the Huron County Cattlemen Association and Huron County Federation of Agriculture believe the borders will open in January. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Oct. 31, a proposal to relax bans on cattle under 30 -months -old and lambs 12 -months -old, thought to be at lower risk for BSE, as early as January. Huron East has been given a mark of 75 per cent from consultant Hugh Thomas, who was hired by the municipality earlier this year to determine if the three-year-old ESTHETICS BY BONNIE 92 west vrnlam St Seaforth. ON NOK IWO Bonnie Johnston • reflexology • gift certificates • manicures • pedicures • facials • waxing • make-up 527-171 MITCHELL & DISTRICT CREDIT UNION LTD. Too Many Bills Bringing You Down? If 18% seems too high Don't Wait, Consolidate! 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Nov.. 26, 2003 Joe Seili is still Huron East's new mayor but the 16 -vote gap between him and losing candidate Robin Dunbar widened by one vote after a recount was held last Thursday at town hall. The total remained at 1,165 for Seili but changed to 1,148 from the original 1,149 for Dunbar, creating a 17 -vote spread after the recount. This winter's flu season could be a nasty one and the Huron County Health Unit is urging residents to get their flu shot as soon as possible. But, at the same time that a particularly serious strain of flu called "A Fujian" has arrived, health unit officials are concemed that attendance at flu shot clinics at Huron schools is at its lowest level since the shots began being offered at schools three years ago. Dec.. 3, 2003 Arva contractor Jack Vanderweg left home Saturday morning with the intention of buying Juliet Public School in Stratford which was auctioned for $650,000. But, he came home the owner of the former- Seaforth Public School, which he bought after a short two minutes of bidding at 3 p.m. Vanderweg's final bid of Joe Seili made his declaration of the oath of office to become Huron East's mayor last November. $110,000 was lower than the Avon Maitland District School Board's reserve bid of $200,000, which was not revealed at the sale, but. Vanderweg agreed to meet it and bought the building. It's time for damage control. Huron County council passed a motion to hire a media consultant to "put a positive spin" on the 1<,ake Huron pollution situation, as deemed necessary by chief administrative officer Larry Adams. The motion was approved after health unit director Penny Nelligan, expressed her disappointment in the written media coverage of the problem. 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Representatives from Huron service agencies met in Goderich to brainstorm their thoughts concerning Huron's hidden poverty status and the creation of a social justice committee. Dec.. 17, 2003 Huron County farmers with culled older cows are being asked to help contribute to the Donate -a -Cow program that will benefit food banks in the county. The Huron County Federation of Agriculture (HCFA) along with the Huron County Dairy Producers have launched the Donate -a -Cow program to give hundreds of pounds of free ground beef to county food banks that will help feed the needy. Huron Federation of Agriculture president Neil Vincent said the appointment of Bob Speller as federal minister of agriculture is welcome news among the farming community. A motion to rescind the original bylaw that formed the Seaforth community development trust and bring forward a new one that mirrors how the Brussels trust operates was tabled after a recorded vote by Huron East council. Only the two Seaforth councillors disagreed with tabling the motion. Dec.. 24, 2003 Huron East council agreed at its Dec. 16 meeting to pay up to $6,500 for engineers to investigate the costs of joining the Exeter pipeline project. While some councillors wondered if Seaforth will be able to afford anticipated costs of $20 million, others said it was worth the $6,500 to explore the option. While a baby's first birthday is always a significant milestone for any parent, Doug and Stephanie Hugill have been celebrating their daughter Alexa's Christmas Day birthday for several weeks now. Because she was born with a serious congenital heart defect that required open heart surgery and close to a month's stay at Sick Kids' Hospital in Toronto, Alexa's first birthday is being celebrated many times this month. Dec.. 31, 2003 Huron County farmers say the recent announcement of a single case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States comes as no surprise. However, what did come as a surprise to area farmers was that the Americans were quick at pointing the blame for the infected cow on Canada. Influenza A is in Seaforth, with eight confirmed cases at the Seaforth Manor and many unconfirmed cases using the Seaforth hospital emergency department over the Christmas holidays.