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Come Home festival jams
weekend full of events
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Moonlight Madness at 4 p.m.
on Friday.
Moonlight Madness will
feature horse and buggy
rides, face painting, a classic
car show, balloon animals,
bounce house, food booths
and other activities for
children. As part of the event,
stores on Main Street will
stay open until 9 or 9:30 p.m.
Come Home to the
Country will have its opening
ceremony starting at 7 p.m.
on Friday evening at Huron
East Town Hall.
On Friday and Saturday,
Gouinlock Street will be shut
down to make room for a
summer carnival featuring a
40 -foot slide, train rides, a
spinny carnival ride and a
bounce house.
On Saturday afternoon,
Sam Pearce will present a
free magic show in Victoria
Park at 1 and 3 p.m.
At the festival hospitality
tent, located at the Legion, a
talent show will feature the
Seaforth Marching Band
Tattoo, Huron County
Cloggers and Carly and
Christina Schelken from
12:30 until 2:30 p.m..
The weekend will also
feature a variety of dances
including an Aerosmith
tribute at the Queen's on
Friday, and an outdoor dance
at the Legion featuring Fresh
Horses.
Also, the Optimists are
hosting an Eddie and the
Edsels '50s dance at the
arena, while the Queen's will
feature Scarecrow, a tribute
to John Mellencamp, Janis
Joplin and Melissa Etheridge.
Saturday
and Sunday
morning will
feature
breakfasts
sponsored by
both the
Agricultural
Society
(Saturday at
the Agriplex)
and at the Van
House (on Sunday).
Children will be able to
golf for free at the Wee
Course at the Seaforth Golf
and Country Club, while
adults can golf two for one if
they bring their Seaforth
yearbooks.
Also, the golf course will
feature a Beat the Pro Closest
to the Hole competition for a
toonie on Saturday and
Sunday.
Both the Van Egmond
House and Cardno Opera
Hall will have open houses
on the weekend.
The Van Egmond House
tours cost .$2 for adults and
$1 for children and will run
from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.,
while the ,Cardno Hall tours
run from 12 until 4 p.m. and
are free.
On Sunday morning there
will be a community church
service at Northside United
Church at 10:30 a.m.
featuring speaker Elanor
Wood. •
Sunday afternoon will
feature a Lighthouse Swing
Band at Victoria Park from 2
to 5 p.m.
Quoted
'The excitement
is building,
that's for sure,'—
festival organizer
Maureen Agar
Egmond
Also, Doors
Open will be
happening
throughout
Seaforth on
Sunday and
Monday.
T h e
weekend will
also feature a
co-ed slo-
pitch tournament at the Lions
and Optimists parks.
"The excitement is
building, that's for sure,"
Agar said.
While the abundance of
green and yellow ribbons in
downtown Seaforth has
become noticeable, Agar said
that she hopes more
storeowners will decorate
their stores by this weekend.
"The stores are excellent,"
Agar said. "They're really
looking pretty as you're
driving through town."
The only thing Agar said
that she's disappointed with
is the amount of participation
in the town -wide scarecrow -
designing contest where
homeowners were asked to
create a scarecrow and
display it on their property.
Agar said that there is still
time for residents to design
their scarecrow and enter the
contest at the festival's Main
Street store before
Thursday's deadline.
Councillor warns that
septic system inspections
could lead to hefty costs
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
Egmondville residents should be
wdrned that a hefty cost might be the
result of their participation in the Huron
County Health Unit's plan to inspect
septic systems throughout Huron, said a
Tuckersmith councillor at last Tuesday's
council meeting.
Larry McGrath told Huron East council
he wants ratepayers to be aware that they
could be facing "up to $15,000" in repair
costs if health unit inspections find
anything wrong with their septic systems.
"I'm not saying I want people polluting
with their bad septic systems but I don't
want people blindsided when there's no
financial help being offered," he said. •
Representatives of the health unit
attended a special council meeting July
12 to talk about a county septic re-
inspection program.
Public Health Manager Pam Scharfe
and Public Health and Plumbing
Inspector Don Hullah told council that
two technicians are being hired to carry
out surveys and inspections in six
communities, including Egmondville.
The health unit is holding an open
house in August for the target
communities with displays and
presentations from septic contractors and
companies.
"Property owners who are found to
have malfunctioning septic systems that
are impacting the environment will be
required to correct deficiencies," said
minutes of the July 12 meeting, which
also said there are no grants currently for
septic system replacements or upgrades.
McGrath said he knows a 79 -year-old
woman who has remortgaged her home
recently to "put in a fancy septic system."
"Our seniors can't afford this," he said,
Mayor Joe Seili told McGrath that
county council is working on a loan
program for people "who can prove they
can't afford to pay."
He also told McGrath to "think outside
the box" and imagine how much larger
the costs to ratepayers if they are
required to clean up a neighbour's
property because of their faulty septic
system.
"The long and short of it is that
everyone's going to have to be inspected
before they can sell their house," he said.
Deputy -Mayor Bernie MacLellan said
the county is hoping everyone will
volunteer to have their septic systems
inspected because of the large
participation in the province's Healthy
Futures program, which ended in March,
2004.
He said more than 50 per cent of the
local grant money from Healthy Futures
went towards septic system upgrades,
causing the county to wonder how many
more needed repair in Huron County.
"We want to create a similar loan
program," he said.
In a phone interview, MacLellan added
that if the program is unsuccessful at
getting people to volunteer to have their
septic systems inspected, the county
"may have to go another step further."
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