Huron Expositor, 2007-09-26, Page 7News
South ;Huron Mayor Rob Morley
running for Conservatives
Jennifer Hubbard
Looking to make the jump
into provincial politics, former
South Huron Mayor and Huron
County Warden Rob Morley is
the Huron -Bruce Conservative
candidate for the 2007 fall elec-
tion.
"Basically I felt that this rid-
ing — along with other rural
Ontario ridings — was not
being supported," Morley
explained of his decision to
run.
"The GTA seemed to be get-
ting everything, it didn't mat-
ter if it was infrastructure or
agriculture. We produce 25 per cent of the
hydro and are one of the biggest agricultural
producers and yet we didn't get treated like
we were part of the package."
After participating in a round -table discus-
sion with John Tory during one of his recent
visits to Huron County, Morley said he gained
a "great respect" for the Conservative leader.
Rob M
orley
Morley noted he has been a
silent supporter of the
Conservative party for a number
of years.
Morley lives in the former
Usborne Township area of South
Huron, with his wife, Ann. The
couple has three children,
Dawn, Jeff and Greg.
He was the first mayor of the
Municipality of South Huron fol-
lowing amalgamation and held
the position for two terms.
Prior to that, Morley served 12
years on the Usborne Township
council — six years as a council-
lor, three years as deputy reeve
and three years as reeve.
A member of Huron County council for
many years, Morley was elected to the posi-
tion of Warden by his fellow councillors in
2006. He did not run in the 2006 municipal
election.
And while he has retired from municipal
politics, Morley said the 18 years of
See RECEIVING, Page 30
Green Party is for sustainability,
says candidate Victoria Serda
Cheryl Heath
Victoria Serda is hoping the
riding of Huron -Bruce will go
Green on Oct. 10.
The Green Party candidate,
who lives in Port Elgin where
she is currently on leave from
Saugeen Shores municipal
council as councillor for the Port
Elgin ward, says her party is
about sustainability.
"The Green Party is the only
global party," says Serda.
Whether it's the environment,
health care or the economy,
Serda says it is important for
leaders to seek out the most sustainable and
environment -friendly options.
What that means in some cases, such as her
belief that Ontario Hydro doesn't need to
build more nuclear reactors or to erect the
Bruce -Milton transmission line, is that even
her husband, a Bruce nuclear -plant employee,
may find her stand a little disconcerting.
"I'm just being honest, and that's the Green
Party platform," says Serda, who
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believes there are alternatives,
including making the existing trans-
mission lines more efficient rather
than evicting people from their prop-
erties while investing millions in an
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unnecessary endeavour.
The future of agriculture also
weighs heavily on Serda's
mind. She believes the govern-
ment should be paying more
attention to farmers.
"The government seems to
have ignored farmers," she
says.
A changing climate, meaning
more dry summers are ahead,
also needs to be addressed so
that farmers are not losing
their crops en masse. Finding
an affordable method of irriga-
tion, she says, may be one of
the keys.
Finally, Serda finds it lamenta-
ble that the government is OK with the fact
that farm families must work several jobs to
maintain farms, whose proceeds benefit all.
"I would like to see the cost of food be real,"
says Serda. "Farmers have to have two full-
time jobs. That kind of system is so unfair. It
needs to get addressed."
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WFS CHALMERS' 1939 DODGE COUPE
By Bill Sherk "The Old Car Detective"
A delightful letter and photo arrived in the mail recently from Wes
Chalmers of Blenheim, Ontario:
"Dear Bill Sherk: I enjoy your old car stories so am sending one along. It
was 1951, I was 20 and had come from northern Ontario the year before to
begin a two year training program with Ontario Hydro. I was very much on
my own and struggling to survive on a salary of $152 a month.
"In my second year of training, I was being shifted around regularly,
often to where there was no public transportation, making getting to work
virtually impossible.
"While in St. Thomas I happened to see a 1939 Dodge coupe pretty much
abandoned behind a local garage. It had no partition between the front seat
and the trunk, very questionable tires, and while reasonably rust free had
plenty of gouges and paintless areas.
"Sounds bad, but it did have a fairly well maintained running gear
including the well-known and practically indestructible old flathead
Chrysler six cylinder engine. Judging by the chaff, included without charge,
it may have been a farm vehicle. In any case, with the help of those crazy
enough to lend me money, I raised the $400 price tag and took ownership.
"About the same time, I had convinced the beautiful student nurse, one
Glenna Rogers adding greatly to the appearance of the jalopy I had chris-
tened 'Flossie,' to once in a while ride along with me. That of course meant
some upgrading should occur. So, with some scavenged wood and some
cheap cardboard -like material from Canadian Tire, I fashioned the needed
partition between seat and trunk, added much body fill here and there and
brushed on a nice new coat of green paint.
"Some so-called friends added a subtle touch by painting all the wheels
red when I wasn't looking.
"When the best of the tires were put on the front and successful negoti-
ations landed a pair of well used but OK truck tires for the rear, I was off
and running. Even more broke than before but getting to work on time and
soon madly in love.
"Old 'Flossie' with a minimum of home repairs rattled us happily along
over a great many miles to the strains of my singing the then popular tune,
'My Old Jalopy's a Cadillac When You Go Riding With Me.' It was even paid
for when a couple of years later something more reliable seemed in order
to accommodate what was to be a glorious and wonderful married life."
How appropriate that this all -Canadian story features an all -Canadian
car - Wes Chalmers' 1939 Dodge coupe, patterned after the Plymouth of
that year and built only in Canada. The American Dodge shared its body
with Chrysler and DeSoto.
You can visit CarStory online at www.CarStory.com. Email: bill@carsto-
ry.com or write Bill Sherk, 33 Oak St. E., P.O. Box 10012, Leamington, ON
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