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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2005-06-15, Page 1T Clinical Systems DR. ROBERT SHEPHERD Practice in Psychology 194 Townsend St. Clinton Phone & Fax 519.482.1799 Visit www.inpsyt.com for more information Wednesday, June 15, 2005 $1.25 includes GST • .4 . srtaoufa ALBUT STREET DENTURE CLINIC Dantwe Specialist Dean R. McTart D.D. Complete and Partial Dentures Denture Repairs Relines & Additions 482-1195 50 Albert St., Clinton In brief Council having trouble finding new compost site By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor The "not in my backyard" syndrome is preventing Huron East from finding a suitable spot for another. compost facility, council was told last Tuesday. "I cannot find another spot I feel is suitable either as a transfer site or as a site the public can go to. I don't know if any of the councillors know of one," Public Works Coordinator John Forrest told council. "It's the same old thing - nobody wants it near them," said McKillop Coun. Sharon McClure. Huron East began looking for a • new compost facility after receiving a petition with 50 signatures from Harpurhey residents after a fire at the current facility sent smoke throughout the neighbourhood. Before it was moved to Harpurhey on Hannah Line by the town lagoon in the fall of 2004, the compost facility was located near the Welsh Street well, a site that became impossible after new wellhead protection legislation was implemented by the province. • Seaforth Coun. Joe Steffler said the service is really wanted in town and asked. if Forrest had checked the site near Sun - North Systems Ltd. on Railway Street. Forrest responded that the compost facility was moved from that site when residents petitioned for it to be moved. Tuckersmith Coun. Larry McGrath said the compost facility should just be closed. "It's a service we don't provide anywhere else and it's going to continue to be a problem," he said. Forrest responded that a compost facility is one of Seaforth most used services. Mayor Joe Seili instructed the Seaforth councillors to come up with a viable site by council's next meeting. "Find a spot if you can or we'll be forced to close it down," he said. • St. Thomas Anglican celebrates 150th anniversary ...pale S Work -to -rule reaches end with tentative agreement By Stew Slater Special to the Expositor Six and a half hours after the passage of a provincial deadline, after nearly 24 hours of consecutive negotiations, the Avon Maitland District School Board reached a tentative deal with its elementary teachers on Thursday, June 9. At 6:30 a.m., officials from the board and the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) came to terms on a four-year collective agreement, ending a nine -day work -to - rule campaign which threatened to cancel or curtail end -of - school extra -curricular activities. The Avon Maitland_board had been one of nine school boards not to reach a deal by an initial June 1 deadline established by the province, and one of just four which failed to come to terms by a subsequently -extended deadline of June 8. All four, however, signed tentative deals within the day on June 9, and were granted leeway by provincial Education minister Gerard Kennedy. Kennedy had threatened to withhold extra funding for specialized teachers if boards were unable to meet the deadlines. The deadlines were achieved in negotiations with the three other main teachers' groups in Huron and Perth Counties: elementary and secondary teachers in the Huron -Perth Catholic District School Board, and secondary teachers with the Avon Maitland board. "It was good to work together with the teachers. They got down to business but we had a good relationship too," said Huron -Perth personnel chair Mary -Catherine McKeon, following that board's ratification of its two contracts at its meeting Tuesday, June 7. Avon Maitland chair Meg Westley praised negotiators from both sides, saying, "my congratulations on (reaching the agreements) because it certainly was a long haul." All teacher groups had been operating without a contract since Sept. 1, 2004. All but the ETFO local have already voted to ratify their contracts, while the Avon Maitland board was expected to Susan Hundertmark photo provide its approval at its meeting Tuesday, June 14. ETFO is expected to vote later this week. It's the last contract negotiated and ratified; the sticky issue See GRID, Page 2 Heave-ho Kyle Glanville, a Grade 8 student at Seaforth Public School, tosses the shotput during the annual school track and field meet Monday. For results, see page 13. ABCA.doing on Consultant project manager Alge Merry, of Residents with a two kilometre radius of the Waterloo Hydrogeologic, explained that what they sinkhole. have been informed about the test. expect to see is the tracer move from the sinkhole Alec Scott, water and planning manager with to the aquifer and eventually into a well. ABCA, said that the sodium bromide concentration "The best way for us to assess this condition is to will be so low that people won't be able to taste it. introduce a tracer into one of the sinkholes and Merry said that he's not sure how long it will monitor where it goes," he said, adding that the take the water to enter the aquifer, but said it could tracer will be mixed with anywhere from 1,000 to take anywhere from one day to three months. 2,000 gallons of water. During the first 72 hours "If it takes one or two days, we want to of the tracer being dumped into the sinkhole, understand that," Merry said. "If it takes six Merry said there will be around-the-clock months, we want to understand that too." supervision of the a pre -drilled well in the area and The team will have access to a digital recorder 10 deep residential wells. See SODIUM, Page 2 By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff In order to find out how the relationship between sinkholes and ground water works, the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) revealed that they will be doing a tracer study starting the week of June 20 at an area sinkhole. At a public meeting held last Thursday evening at the Dublin Community Centre, the ABCA discussed a plan to introduce a tracer, a salt called sodium bromide, into a sinkhole in Chiselhurst in order to see where the water ends up. Vanastra showcases accessibility upgrades Open house celebrates $72,000 in renovations of building and swimming pool By Ben Forrest Expositor Staff The Vanastra Recreation Centre held an open house on June 9 to showcase a series of renovations costing around $72,000. The building received accessibility upgrades, with automatic door openers installed and a new family washroom for those with physical disabilities. The pool was also given a new, non -slip bottom, says Recreation Centre manager Lisa Berard. The centre received a $36,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, $18,500 from the Municipality of Huron East, $5,000 from the Vanastra and District Lions Club, $2,500 from the Municipality of Central Huron and $1,000 from the Municipality of See RENOVATIONS, Page 2 uIEL A ribbon -cutting ceremony at the Vanastra Recreation Centre last Thursday to celebrate renovations at the centre included from left, Huron East Mayor Joe Seili, Kathleen Pletch of the Trillium Foundation, facility users Pat Schellenberger and Angela Smith, Brian McBurney, Vanastra Lion Jim Ryan and Trudy Macdonald of D&D Glass.