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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2004-09-15, Page 1Disc -taws Mar'gaga 1 Canada Inc Joy Finlayson & Sharon Medd Mortgage Consultants "Finally. a company that starts with a discount" 1 ) \I..in \I..'.. (.5 19t 527-051,0 i'iINTEE Sharon Medd, Associate Broker M.V.A. Appraiser Milt: mts.ca for information of listings in tluron/Perlh Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2004 $ 1 .25 includes GST Doug El ott. CFP, d.Math Honda] Planner GIC tarsasof Sea M. 3I151 Anoka arc annual and but*d dung wikai mix a ary time. Best a. i.c. Rates 1.3es 3 Year__ 3■ 45 Y 96 diDumer . now ...a...........rot I� IEHiI t:Ilrl■ILII 26 Main St., Seaforth 527-2222 More attempts made to steal anhydrous ammonia Two more attempts were made to 'steal anhydrous ammonia from the Hensall District Co-op in Seaforth during the week before Sept, 3, reports the Huron. OPP. Attempts were made to steal the ammonia from tanks out in the compound. The substance is used in the manufacture of meth amphetamines. Anyone with related information is asked to call the Huron OPP or Crime Stoppers. Traffic violations keep Huron OPP busy. Huron OPP wrote 140 .traffic tickets throughout the county last week, especially during the busy holiday weekend. Huron County. Officers stopped and dealt with many traffic complaints during the last weekend, including a speeder, from Waterloo, who was going. 145 km/h in an 80 -km/h zone near Lucknow. Biuewater Highway or Highway # 21 proved to be the busiest road and many of the tickets were written on that highway north of Goderich. Tickets written this week included 99 for speeding, 14 for failing to stop for stop lights, five for failing to yield the right of way, five for insurance issues, three for liquor violatioris inside vehicles, three for improper helmets on off- road vehicles, two for not wearing seatbelts, three for improper plates, one for follow too closely, one for improper lighting, one for unsafely changing lanes, one for improper turn and the last one for using thc wrong amount of colour coating on the windshield. Huron OPP are continuing to work with the traffic problems in the county and this week have been dealing with vehicles not stopping for school buses. CD player stolen from unlocked car A portable CD player was stolen from an unlocked vehicle on James Street in Brussels sometime overnight on Sept. 11, reports the Huron OPP. A black Sony Walkman CD player was stolen. Anyone with related information is asked to call the Huron OPP or Crimc Stoppers. Jason Middleton photo Cornfield cutie Cody Roden, 5, of the Grade 1 class at Seaforth Public School, waves from a hay wagon during the Corn Ears to the Future parade for the Seaforth Fall Fair on Friday. Fair called success despite lack of midway By Jdson Middleton Expositor Staff Although thc Scaforth Fall Fair was missing the sounds and smells of the midway, Seaforth Agricultural Society president John Bennett said the 159th Seaforth Fall Fair was "very successful." "I think when you put the whole picture together, we're really there for the promotion of agriculture and youth," said Bennett. The agricultural society had known that a midway was not coming for the past few months because there was no equipment available because of London's Western Fair. "I guess thc way 1 look at it, we knew they weren't coming prior to the fair which is a lot better than them saying they're coming and having a contract with them and they don't show up," said Bennett. Fair organizers tried to make up for the missing midway by having more entertainment for children such as Snippity the Clown, pedal pulls and the youth dance. Bennett said that if he could change anything from this year's fair. that he would try and get a midway. "I guess that would he about the only thing 1 would change," said Bennett. "From the turnout here right now. losing the midway was obviously not a good thing for bringing people out." said Kim Finlayson, of Seaforth, who visited the fair Friday afternoon. "I've got five kids with me and they didn't care if we came hack because there were no rides," said Finlayson. Lori Parsons, who brought her four boys to the fair, said she and her family were not really disappointed in the missing midway as long as there were animals at the fair. "I know thc kids miss thc midway," said Parsons who admitted the fairgrounds were a little quieter than usual during a fair weekend. "I knew it would be a lot cheaper for me." joked Parsons. But, Parsons said she was glad to he at thc Se* FAIR, Page 2 Local beef producers sceptical about federal BSE aid By Matt Shurrie Expositor Editor Glen Walker expressed scepticism after Canada's beef industry last week received a $488 -million cash injection from the federal government to help it survive the mad cow crisis. The Huron County Beef Producers president said he wasn't convinced the money, unveiled by federal Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell last Friday, would find its way to farmers who need it most. "When it comes right down to it, the feedlot industry's not going to get anything out of it," Walker said. "It's going to help the cow calf guy and the stocker guy and while I realize they need it, they don't need it as bad as the feedlot industry." Walker said area beef producers have a hard time trusting the federal government since many are still waiting for financial help that was unveiled last December. Under terms of that program beef producers were to receive $80 per head of cattle. Instead, they've received $56. "We've been waiting 10 months on money they promised us last December." Walker said. "The last thing we heard was that we'd be seeing the money in September and now it's October. "Most people on a normal farm will have 150-200 cattle so $24 per head is $4.00X). How far does that go in the fanning industry today?" Stan Eby, president of the Canadian Cattleman's Association, praised the new package of aid measures. He said it followed extensive consultation with the industry. "This demonstrates a significant commitment to a comprehensive, long-term plan consistent with the new industry strategy and put forth by the CCA in August," he SN LOCAL, Pogo 8 Local woman waits for word of Jamaican family By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor Since Friday. Joyce Lammcrant, of Egmondville, has been picking up thc phone every 10 minutes to call her relatives in Jamaica. But, so far, she hasn't been able to get through to her mother, On and six grandchildren who live there. Lammcrant says she spoke to her sister the day before hurricane Ivan's ferocious winds and pounding rains hit the cast coast of the Caribbean island. "I'm. just sitting here desperately trying to get through. I was up al 6 a.m. and I was trying to phone last thing SN EOMONOVILLE, Pogo 6 CCAC has official openin, By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor Community Care Access Centres in Huron -Perth celebrated the opening of its third and hopefully permanent home at its new facility behind Seaforth Community Hospital last Wednesday. "This is the third opening I've been to for your office of the CCAC. It's been a tenuous journey and I do not want to be at another opening," joked Huron -Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell, who officiated at the ribbon -cutting ceremony. Local CCAC board president Donald Keillor said the centre began at Huronview near Clinton, moved to the second floor of Central Huron Secondary School and finally "came to rest at last," in Seaforth. "We should he here for a while, The staff is content' and the building is much more accessible. This time we got a chance to do it the way we wanted and we're glad to be in Seaforth. This is absolutely wonderful for us," he said. Mitchell, representing the province which funds the centre 100 per cent Huron -Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell, CCAC board president Donald Keillor and Seaforth Community Development Trtist member Alf Ross cut the ribbon at the official opening of the CCAC building in Seaforth Wednesday. through the Ministry of Health, said "The work you do makes a the CCAC provides a "very much tremendous difference in people's appreciated service" in the arca. lives. The smiles you bring forward are the brightest part of many people's lives," she said. Mitchell congratulated Huron East and its Seaforth Community Development Trust for partnering with CCAC to build the new facility. "This is a tremendous partnership. It's a health complex and it shows the foresight of what you want the community to look like," said Mitchell. "It's nice and bright and cheerful and in a visible location that people will understand," she said. CCAC's 40 employees moved into the 8,250 -square -foot building built for close to $800,000 by the Seaforth Community Development Trust in the spring. Alf Ross, a board member of the •Scaforth trust, welcomed everyone t9 Seaforth and expressed a desire to work with the CCAC in the future. "I hope you enjoy the facilities and the community," he said. The centre's services include Meals on Wheels; nursing care and day programs and its clients are mostly seniors who are leaving hospital and See CCAC, Page