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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2007-11-14, Page 1agio MORTGAGES e.......,.................. www.omac.ca BIPPLEIAIE BMW WHAM RATES GONG UP TALK TO US NOWT Let us show you how easy It can be to save on your mortagel 'Some conditions apply OAC. Rates subject to change without notice. .NIM Wise for a FREE consultation call John at Huron -Perth OMAC 519-235.0020 C ; ; ECiS'E ED'F1vEP; R Ct :•'1T;a C UJATG;GE CE'1711 TD Week 46 - Vol.003 www.seaforthhuronexposltor.com COLDBAINI KeR N FE TIVAL CITY REALTY BROKE AG CE 9 MILL RD EGMONDVILLE MLS 072375 $169,900 PERFECT LOCATION FOR THE HORSE LOVER www.coldwellbankerfc.com 1 Main St. S. Seaforth Fax: (519) 627-2155 Phone: (519) 527-2103 Wednesday, Nov. 14; 2007 $1 .25 gst included Mayor wants county to fix roads through Walton Huron East Mayor Joe Seili is hoping Huron County council will add the' road through Walton to its list of road improvements. "Driving through Walton, I see it's really deteriorating fast and starting to sink and dip," he told council at its Nov 7 meeting. He was told a low spot in front of Humphries was patched recently but that the county will look at its long-term roads plan. "It would be nice to tell the residents when it can be fixed," Seili said. Claire Van Doornik a published writer... An 11 - year -old Seaforth girl has 'had an 'article published in U.S. magazine...pg. 23 Aaron Jacklin photo Doug Smale lays one of the many wreaths at the Seaforth cenotaph on Remembrance Day in Seaforth Sunday. Huron East decides against investigator for closed meetings Susan H u n d e r t m a r k While the Ontario Municipal Act changes Jan. 1, 2008 to allow complaints to be investigated into local councils and committees for meeting behind closed doors, Huron East council voted against keeping an investigator on a $300 annual retainer. Clerk -Administrator Jack McLachlan made the recommendation after learning that Huron County is investigating a joint agreement between the county and local municipalities for an investigator. The alternative is to let the provincial ombudsman handle any complaints for free. "We can appoint our own investigator. Numerous municipalities are doing that. I think the fear is that an investigator from Toronto won't know how rural Ontario works," said McLachlan. McKillop Coun. Bill Siemon and Deputy -Mayor Bernie MacLellan asked why Huron East wouldn't use the free service from the province. "I have a hard time believing we're going to have a problem," said MacLellan. "We're conscious of what we should or should not do. I'm not convinced this is a problem for us." Brussels Coun. David Blaney pointed out that no matter how careful council is about following the rules around closed meetings, the Act allows anyone to complain. "They don't have to have much of a reason," he said. "We're always complaining about the government doing the dancing and us See HURON, Page 7 Strong Canadian dollar has mixed effect in Huron East Aaron Jacklin Area businesses are keeping a close eye on the. Canadian dollar after its recent surge to be on par, and then above, the U.S. dollar. Bryan Vincent, part owner of Vincent Farm Equipment, says the effect has been positive for his customers. "We've seen the price of farm equipment and parts come down quite a bit with the strengthening of the dollar," he says. "So it's been good for farmers from a standpoint of having lower costs to maintain equipment." He says that as far as his business is concerned, the strong dollar is hurting the value of the equipment they stock. "It's depreciating our inventory," he says, explaining they have money tied up in stock they bought when the dollar was weaker. "I've got to credit Case International because they've been very conscious of trying to incorporate changes into their pricing as we go along," he says, noting that's different from the typical stories in the news he's encountered, which talk• about how companies are charging more for a given product in Canada than in the United States. Case is one of the suppliers that Vincent Farm Equipment deals with. "Case International has certainly been very aggressive in trying to match exchange rate reductions," he says. Jim Niesen, business and loans manager with the Huron Business Development Corporation in Seaforth, says that while he can't speak for everyone, he can say that he hasn't seen too much of an impact on his clients since the strengthening of the dollar. "It's probably affecting them, but the See AREA, Page 8