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Tut:e l -Advocate, Marc!, 18, 1998
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it snow !
Snow buddies. Above, •
Joe Sararas, at left, puts
Daniel Triebner In a
headlock whfle tumbling
in the snow at Elliot Park
Thursday afternoon. At
left, the pair started out
innocently enough on
their `racers. Then they
' made snow angels,
threw snowballs and fi-
nally gbt down to busi-
ness with full fledge
wrestling.,
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Osborne wants new fire truck put on hold
tJSBORNI: T44'I'. - ( shornc
council hopes their lire department
can make do with its old fire truck
for at least another year.
. Councillors decided at the Alarch
3 meeting to ask the i:xeter d Arca
Fire Board to defer buying -a new
Incitruck till '99. Council will ear-
mark _some ntonev in, its, o) budget
to the lire board reserve for. the fu-
ture purchase.
A new lire 'truck would cost tls-
,horne about SI00.0 H) based. upon
its higher assessment. compared
with its fire arca partners -y-- I:xetei .
Stephen and Hay.
`Other Ust>nrne council notes
Still no handouts
Council decided on not acting on
a grant request -from the Hcns,ill
South Huron Agricultural Societe
Clerk -treasurer Sandra Strang said
the township has traditionally not'
doled out cash to community
groups and doesn't have the funds
today to change that policy
Slow down
Ushorne representatives •on the
Joint Ushorne-Blanshard (South-
west Perth) Committee plan to
bring up traffic concerns in the
Kirkton-Woodham Community
Centre area at their next meeting
scheduled for later this month.
The first request is to lobby the
Ministry of Transportation — again
— to extend the reduced speed lim-
it on Highway 23 north of Kirkton
past the Community Centre in -
eluding the Willis pit driveway.
The second request is hi •-add • a
couple more streetlights in the area
to increase night visibility. Strang
said the safety of children walking
and hiking in the arca prompts the
requests.
It passed
Council passed a coning bylaw
.amendment at a public meeting on
March 3 that incorporates the new
minimum distance separation for-
mula recommended by the Ministry
of Agriculture. Food and Rural Af-
fairs (OMAFRA).
The change revises the minimum
distance requirements for new farm
and non-farm buildings from ex-
isting • ones • within tishorne ag-
ri uliure areas"
,The bylaw also adds minimum
setback requirements fiir liquid ma-
nure pits/tanks from wells and wa-
terways and from livestock build-
ings. •
Roman Line home hit by thieves
1311)1):ULPH T1ti'I' - A.family that lives cm. Roman Lane in. Biddulph
'Iow•nship.lound out how quick thieves can operate on March 11.
The residents were only away from hcinte tOr an hour in the Iatc
i1lcrnoim but whenfhcy returned they found someone had smashed a
panel of" glass on ;i side door and reached (hruugh to unlock the door to
gam entry.
.
London ()PP Const. Donna Shulist said the thieves carted off four 40
;i. bottles of liquor. -12 bottles 01 wine and champagne. assorted
Jewelry. a TV and a VCR. The total value. of stolen items is about
S4,50H
That crook is going in style
CREUI•ION - A thief who had s:glen it creds card from a Crediton
mailbox decided to go in style and rented a limousine on the wcckcnd,
Shutes► said.
The victim reported the card stolen on March ( and was later called
by the CiBC about suspicious use ()I' their credit card.
A London limo driver had reported his suspicions to the CIBC about
the female suspect when he picked her up on the weekend in the
Exeter/Hensall arca.
Shulist said the investigation continues.
Cadillac stolen from Dashwood
DASHWOOD - An '84 2 -door blue Cadillac Eldorado stolen from
Centre St. in Dashwood sometime between midnight and 7:30.a.m. on
Sunday was later recovered by London Police, Shulist said.
The car was left running in a parking lot off Admiral Drive. Shulist
said the car was not locked when stolen and the ignition was punched.
Stolen Z28 found in Hay Twp.
DASHWOOD - A Z28 stolen Irons London was recovered on Hay
Twp. Conc. 13 about a quarter mile north of Dashwood on Sunday
afternoon. •
Shulist said the ignition was punched.
New .headquarters decision deferred
Site committee says
Seaforth high school
should be closed and
used as administrative
offices - -
STRATFORD. - If the -vote had
been called. Seaforth District Sec-
. ondary School would have been
closed and the Avon Maitland Dis-
trict School Board would have
made the building its new head-
quarters.
After each stating their position;
trustees tabled the reconmtendation
until they learned how such the
hoard will receive in 'short -year
funding' from the Ministry of Edu
cation and Training belOrc making
their decision.•
' (Announcements on short -year
funding arc expected on March 25.
The item will he on the hoard's
March 31 meeting agenda in Strat-
ford.)
"Dooke want to he known as the
hoard that closed a school two
months atter its inception without
one shred of financial inlonna-
tion'?" asked Trustee Bob Allan.
Over 100 people filled the hoard
roost in Stratford to hear the tits-
cussion .and the decision.Brian
Innes ofthe Perth Counfy' Citi/ens
,for Education: Ma4rc'en Agar. of
the Seaforth District Secondary
School Parent Council: and .Sea-
lu►rth Mayor David Scott each made
'one last effort to convince trustees
not to'close the school.
Agar told trustees ';shout propo-
sals presented in the past that h;id a
use for the extra space in SDSS.
They weren't implemented because
(11,a; lack of funding. said Paul Car-
. roll, director of education.
The' school's enrolment 'is declin-
ing and currently stands at 320 stu-
dents.; It is_ expected to continue
• dropping to 260 students. he said.
But the school designed a ptogram
that would,give; students a greater
i. a in courses. despite the low
student numbers. said. Agar. '
"P could he designing a model
that becomes a Acader'across, Onta-
rio." said Trustee Wendy Ander-
.
son:
Trustee Atic Tuyten said the
Workers suffer from
carbon monoxide
STRATHROI Employees oI an
automotive parts company suffered
carbon monoxide poisoning Mon-,
day:
Ambulances. from Dashwood.
Lucan. Parkhill. Dutton. Glencoe.
Thedford and Rodney were called
in to help the 28 victims who were
rushed to hospital.
."They are very lucky." Dr. Renee
Fournier of Strathroy General Hos-
pital told the London Frec Press.
Carbon monoxide poisoning can
rapidly lead to a coma and result in
death. •
board needs to give the community
a chance Ill conte up with ideas to
keep the school viable.
There' are other options besides
using the school as a headquarters.
Trustee Ray Ford said. Although
the hoard needs one central lilacs
for meetings. he said the staff can
work anywhere. .
"We can snake do with what we
have," he said.
Allan said the hoard has. "two
first-class facilities already suited
to hoard office functions. Who can
ask for more?"
'i'rustee Leslie Wood, co- •
chairperson of the hoard location
site review work group. defended
the recommendation • from the
group.
Any savings found by •retrucing
- the number of buildings and prop-
erties the hoard must maintain will
go straight into the classrooms, she
said. - -
Although it is regrettable to close
a school. she said it is 'better for all
students. •
Chairperson Abby 'Armstrong
said she 'expects the school will
close anyway in a few years.
"If the hoard doesn't move there,
it would he disastrous," she said,
:onunenting on. the impact to. the
.onmtunity,
She called on parents to work
with the hoard to. create a smooth
transition for the students. -
From the crowd. Mayor Scott
told Armstrong she wasn't doing a
good job representing her arca.
which includes Seaforth.
He was also angry that the hoard
wouldn't allow Huron MPP Helen
Johns to speak during the meeting.
He said -she Wright have information
from the province that would help
trustees [take their decision. ,
The • site review work •group's
plans included closing SeatOnh
District Secondary School as of this
September. and busing its students
to Central Huron Secondary School
in Clinton.
The Avon -Maitland administra-
tive offices Would be amalgamated
•and move- into the Seaforth high
school facility also this hill The cx-
isttng offices in Stratford and Clin-
ton would he closed and sold.
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