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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1998-08-05, Page 2i Tin's -Advocate, August 5, 1996 IN 1,1---I F NEWS Regional wrap up Swamp fire near Walton McKILLOP TOWNSHIP - It's so•dry in parts of McKillop Township that the •ground caught fire July 20, repots the Huron Expositor. . The Blyth fire department was called at about 9:30 a.rn. when trees . started burning, in an old swamp off a bean field neat Walton. • Even after firefighters hosed roughly 15.(XX) •gallons of water on • the . fire. • .smoke still smol- dered from the drained swarnp for hours. Blyth chief Paul Josling said peat moss from the remains .of the dried up hog at the site, was burning underground. He says there was a grass fire at the same spot • last spring and that this week's fire, could have been smoldering_ underground. in .the dry bog for a couple of months. The fire department. however have not ruled, out spontaneous -combustion in the peat as the cause of the blaze. • Farm groups satisfied with manure plan • PERTH COUNTY,' — The Perth County Federation of Ag-,.- riculture and Perth Agriculture Review • appear satisfied: with that county's -attempts to regu- late manure -management on .new . and expanding mega -live- stock operations. • Removed from the draft bylaw is a requirement for farms to own a percentage of the land base needed for. spreading ma- nure. The province requires a cer- tain acreage; based on the num- ber and type of animals. to guard against over -spreading. , County council will not vote on its proposed nutrient manage - men( bylaw until after a Sept. 3 public meeting. Resta u ra nt recognized nationally GODERICH — Bailey's Fine Dining in Goderich has bccn se- lected as an entry in Where to Rat in Canada, an annual publi- cation :which reviews restaurants across the country, .reports the Goderich Signal -Star. - Th is the 28th year for the publication which provides_ -re- views .of both well-heeled and low-end establishments in •241 big cities. and, small towns. Bailey's is the only Goderich restaurant listed in the 400 -page book. Thin is the fifth. time the restaurant has-been included in the book. Skateboards and in-line skates banned WINGHAM — Along .with bicycles, skateboards and• in-line skates are no longer allowed on Josephine Street sidewalks. re- ports the Wingham Advance - Times. Council made the decision on ,July 21 .after receiving letters front the town's Business Asso- ciation and Police Service. In a presentation to the BA, Chief Jim Dore listened to mer- _hants' complaints about the small -wheeled devices; there is concern for the safety of pedes- trians, especially seniors.' Dore explains the' police plan to strictly enforce the current bi- cycle bylaw•that disallows bikes from riding on sidewalks. If the current bicycle bylaw was amended to include ,skate- board and rollerblades," writes Dore in his letter to.council, "we could more easily address ,this • ;xoblem." Signs may be posted.to inform people of the amended bylaw. $1,500 for HCP The village of Grand Bend's mayor Cam . ivey (left) pre- . sented a cheque for $1,500 to Huron Country Playhouse's president Charles Baker on Thursday. "The. Huron Country Playhouse's contribution to Grand Bend is quite sig- nificant," said Ivey. it attracts people and gives rrecogni- tion to the area. Plus a little culture never hurt anyone." Neighbors appeal council's funeral home approval By Katherine Harding 7-A Reporter HENSALL — Bev. Hovius is not - happy that her new neighbor is go- ing to he a funeral honie•and she is - hoping the Ontario Municipal Board (OMBt•can help. change that., ..Hovius and lour of her ncighhors filed an: appeal Tuesday to reverse bylaws passed by ,council on .July 13 that, rezoned.a. property at 79 - King Street to accommodate a fu- -ne• ral home. The group is concerned that the King St. location is unsuitable es- pecially in light of the fact only six parking spots have been provided (two of which are designated • for handicapped parking).. - "Our number -one •issue is with • the safety of the children:" said -Ho- vius: With increased traffic .and in- adequate parking the group is.con- cerned that children playing in "the area or using the nearby crossing guard are going to get hurt. - "The kids use the street a lot for hiking, road .hockey and rol- lerblading because they 'are not al- (owed •to use the. sidewalks: — she . said. "It is where-theylive and they should have a place to play." • Hovius, who has •four children with her husband Albert, is- also ap prehensive -about the possibility of raising her .cttitdren• near a funeral hone. - ''We don't want our children .growing,up near•>this sadness:" she said. "This • is a residential area,_ .people will be w•aiking by that are rnourning...it is not some- thing we feel That would he an asset to our lifestyle." . Hovius and her neighbors filed.. the appeal to the OMB on the last day possible because they wanted •to avoid the "backlash" they .re celved when they originally - tib lectcd to the rezuncng at a public meeting on July 6. "The open meeting in July was terrible:" said Hovitts "We were heckled. ridiculed and inter- rupted...wc.don't feel like we were listened to.': While residents .who -lived within 400111 of the property were •not i llcd _ of the meeting by lie village. Ho- vius said the majority of the nleet- ing's attendants were •people ;al- ready In favor of the reinning w•hti- didn't live near the property. - - The applicant. J.M. McBeath Fu- neral Home director Joyce- McBeath attended the •meeting and circulated copies of a letter she had written that addressed several con-•• cerns expressed by neighbors. The Tetter included informatuin about the choice:cif of the location. parking. property evaluation. chil- dren's safety and; the need for a f_u-' neral home in Hensall. "Most people just assume that we don't want a funeral home in Hen - sail." said Hovius. "Wc are not against having it in. town. we are just against the location.' "Wc don't want. it - in our back- yard.—she said. - McBeath previously operated a funeral -hotne located at 120 King St. before it was damaged in a Fire un Jan. 2. 1998. • During the public meeting the majority of written or verbal sub- missions" were .made in support of . the rezoning while only live were made against.. . "When 40 people sire for it and only five are against it the squeaky wheel' gets the col."- saki Hovius.. "The problem however is we• are the people-being,af•fected by it" • }Aoyin% o. unsure of how quickly their appeal -will. he addressed by -the OMB. Ah appeal sto the OMB costs 5125. She has been told'howeser that rI a hearing is culled it may he held in 'the _village office. • Joyce McBeath could not he reached for comnicnl helore.press. Wiping out 'The Bug'-. CAP holding information meetings EXETER — it is never too early to start thinking about inoculating - your .computer systems against the millennium bug (a.k.a Y2K hug): The Huron Community Access Program • (CAP) is offering small and medium size. -businesses • iti- forination about -how. they' can ready themselves _against the po- tentially. disastrous. and costly com- puter glitch. • • ' This summer Internet instructors from local CAP Centres have been offering introduction sessions to help businesses and the public learn more about the Year 2000 problem. They will also be holding meet- ings on: Aug. II at the Exeter Town Hall. Aug. 13 at the Hensaf Municipal Office and Aug.18 at the Zurich Municipal Office. All meet- ings will begin at 8 p.m. and are open to the public. You can expect to learn about what the Yeat 2000 problem is, who and what it could affect, why there is no quick fix to tie problem, what is being done about it and what you can do to protect. your- self. There will be a speaker -from the Clinton Computer Training Acad- emy and contacts will be offered to businesses to help them find more, infomtation. . "it is a chance for us to get .husi- ncsse.s together and do the presenta- tion all at once," said CAP Internet • instructor Gerry Geurts: •"We want 16 help people to start creating -at- tion plans." • - Guerts suggests that people inter:. ested in attending any of the in- _ • formation meetings RSVP their re- spective CAP representative as soon as possible. He said that if the demand is high a second. set of meetings may he scheduled. The Community Access Program • is operating across Huron County in libraries.. employment centres and some municipal offices: The. program is sponsored by Industry Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Federation of Rural Affairs (OMAFRA): It provides ac- cess to the Internet, Internet train- ing and information about the Year 2000 problem. Most Huron CAP services are free, including the Year.2000 information meetings. For more information or to -con- firm your attendance at an in- formation meeting can: Exeter's Brad Hartman 235-0471. Hensall's Tina Hoffman 262-2445 or Zu- - rich's Becky Robinson 236-4965. Just whog ets paid for meetings? The 'above question came up at the recent Biddulph Township council meet- ing when it comes to the nutrient {management plan advisory.committee By Craig Bradford T -A Reporser BIDDULPH TWP. — Biddulph Township council' settled just who gets paid for what when it came to official nlunic•Ipal business at rts.re- .cut meeting. . The question was raised by coun- cillor Paul Wallis uti whether .the two councrllors•oflicially appointed to the nutrient management_.plan. ad�isairy Conunrnec, Reese• Earl T=rench and. councillor George Marr.' should get paid for those coniniittec meetings while the res( of the. committee members are un- paid volunteers front the public. • Administrator Larry Hutson said tlx: township policy is that council -members that serve as • such on committees are paid the going rate. the same as they would fur regular council meetings. - - Biddulph councillors receive $73 per meeting, though they -are not re- imbursed for mileage for getting !ti- the othe township -office (some. coun- cillors •hate to trascl seseral kilo- .. MONSIn meetings). In comparison. Lucan councillors arc paid $fit) per hour and a hall or •lunger meeting, with the committee chairperson earning $10 more. Village councillors get S40 for meetings less than arf hour and a half lung. • Wallis is not a member of the nu- trient management • plan ads isory committee. •- Other notes from the meeting • -Vibkh g w ll ii While the corfunon• LUnSensuS is Granton should he hooked into 1.u: t'at1 Sewef S.) SIC111 to Case sewage problems there. the Ministry of the Environment has given Biddulph a grant to build a stand-alone sewage plant for Granton. ' . Die Granton sewer project is ex- peeted 10 cost $tS3,476 or more. but hooking all of Graniun unto Lu - can's system is expected to .cost much more - Hutson said engineering studies are being dune now on hooking Grantow into I.ucan's ss stern. • Renovations at schools in Avon Maitland area I,1ST(>\\'fL - A protect, manager is now working on site at List„ss Cl Ceram' as work begins on.reno%anon. to -create three classrooms in the co,i+ded silto,r►. - . .. . l:IeineMar s lanai) studies :and design and technology is hemi;; motel Jo 1,istow'cl District- Scconda'i School. creatine three c las.ro01115 Iii Lrstosel Central. Janet Baird -Jackson. super-inteirdent with the A\un Maitland i)isirict _ SJhool Board: -said the school w111 o,siiicr finally he obit to gel rid of a few of its Avon :cN,00l BOARD portables_.. A reconfiguration of. the Maitland • library connected to a new coinputei tcarnrrw 1.r a Lifetime lab is also planned. she said • Although the project is on alight schedule. she said w mirk is evpecled to be finished by the first day of school: Su tar, the prole.) is on budget and on schedule.'she said .Renos:utons at Listowel District Secondary School are also set to herrn to accomodate the Tech 21 • piquant. rniegraun; I:tnnit studies., design and technology -and the- province's nesse science aild rechi,mlogy program, tor—elementary students. Reroofing protects are taking place Over (he.sunlnter at South Huron. Exeter: Goderich District collegiate In.titutc: I-Ist iwel central FIen►entary School, 1-istowel- District Secondary School, and Last Wauwanosh Public School Work also also continues at Seaford) District High Sch..u,l, ;1s a result of the sale of its (Nur Strafford administrative buildings. -the hoard is - Mak mg piirt of the school its headquarters_ -I-he ren'':ltimns and addition arta expected to be finished by the end of..Oc.toher. Reno.aiu'ns to the library ss ill be -finished for the C T nd scnesier. said Barrel -Jackson. 1.u.an administrator fton k.cynrer said Biddulph and !mean may up proach the nunstNon .lick rng the Granton sewer project an laver uI the Granton to Lucan scenarri>and ask, for nu'rc niatney Funding shortfall at school board Cont inu ed-fromirout-page meeting. wih the 1.,,.1I \1PI', lu show them how the. hoard ..in't work with the 1 gores it has hien grsen- '11 they would 12nwhat-thus loltf us. 'we would•h' line.—she said- ' Armstrong ,amid she is meeting . with Perth MPP Bert Johnson shout. the figures The hoard's budget must he Iulallied by the end •;1 :\u,_ust., User i11C nexitess weeks. M:ukles 111 said she -w111 .ontrnuc to work with the-►iinistry.and the • calculations and hopefully he able to reduce the shortfall Utllcrw-rye. - the hoard will haoc to make cut.. she said - - Trustess are e\pected 1‘. continue • su,rk.on the budget on Aug. 25 in • Clinton Jesse's Journey coming through area Aug. 10-11 ('untimed from front page- Follow nlg. the presentations.- a barbecue will he held. w tit pro-.. ce.ds suing towards ,Jesse': Jour-: .neva The program should finish -shortly after K p.m I)as idson w ill hit St Mary. on Aug. I1 for a reception at the Ca- nadian B:r:ehall Hall .d Fane and Museum on Queen Street - The ccrdnmy at the hall w ill be- gin at, 4 p.111.. write entertainment Irani four hands At 7 :t) p Dan idson s illarta c and w ill either walk or run •the banes at the hall's - di,unond :\dnussiti,n 1,, entony rs y5 and.or.privers are ask-, mg. spectators to king their own laiy+rt :fhC ceremony wall als., delude a• baseball game.- ' The Leo:molly in St Mai s is be- lg mrg.;mzed h_%.seset,l setvi,c clubs in the arca and they .h,ipe to rase S.5.10011 lot Jesse's fourrtc\ Rodeo corning to Exeter this weekend or Continued from front page their score il�thrs do. Once the rid- er. is. unseated. whether by his choie-e of the bull's.• bullfighters nd,se 'nl'io distrait the hull.- al- luwuig the cowboy to get to sale!) . .. Bareback riding The corileslant hangs canto (fie horse .using only - a .ustorn fitted. hand- hold ni a :rawhide and leather i igging. -/Ns in. saddle biome riding. the ntaik out rule is in effect and a cowboy roust have a CumiSICnt sputring niutiun to • earn a high scuof. instead tigoing front -to - hack. the spurs start near the front of the neck and rake upii•ard almost to the' rigging. Alter ilie horn goes. the pickup nen ride alongside the horse to assist- the...cowboy in his dismount. - 'Saddle bronc riding The_ cowboy rides a sleciallh',10- led. regulation .bronc saddle. Ile • holds onto the "swells” til his sad- dle with tis thighs while lifting on a single bucking rein with one hand to keep hint down;iti the saddle. Aside from getting bucked off be- fore the eight seconds. a contestant can also -be disqualified 10,1 0,uch- ing the horse or his equipment with his - nee hued during.thc ride. The stark out rule is. in effect 1'hr cow boy -ilium have his spurs in Cuntacl ss>th the horse',~ neck at the conclusion of his first -trove out uI -the chute. This gises the horse an advantage al the beginning of _ihc ride. 11 the cowboy Tans- to put his feel in the proper position. hc- will .be disqualified. Team roping ••1'hrs • requires two cowboys . to work iogefher. The "header" begins in the left-hand box behind a barri- er When the run begins, he ropes the steer,'ideally by the horns. After the catch is made, the header-"dal- lics", or wraps the tails of his rope around his saddle horn and !urns be steer to the leti.'The "heeler" starts iti the right box and trails along beside the steer until the header turns the. steer, then moves in behind the steer and attcihpts to -rope the back feet. 1 II he only catches one maid foot. the 'cam reccurs' a'. live -second penalO. The owe stop, when. both ru les are light and the cowhoy: s hones are facing each m(hei Calf roping The call is given it predetermined head start. -the• horse must be able to catch the speeding call. stop on a dune and keep the rope taunt. But. the cowhmy- drspl iys his skill 1U' rule a running calf. jump oft his horse. run to The. calf and speedily. Ire it dost with ai string - • • Three legs must he tied. al -which time the cowboy Thane, s his arts 111 the aur tin show the judges he's fin- ished. sto1ping the clock. The rider returns Tri the. horse: reniuunts and loosen} cif 1 the rope. 11 the call docs not free himself from the leg tie in six seconds., the roper's time syrll count • Mutton busting - In this event. -three lu-sC)en-sear- old children are let our oI ai ,huts on the hack of a sheep. 'bite) try• to ride for at least eight seconds. Cori- tCstants hang onto the sheep by dig- ging (heir hands dug into. the sheep's wool There is no -Ice for kids to enter this Cyr111 but they inust register at the Iodeu ring prior to the show .-All •the rodeo Gents except lin Oic muton• busting arc included in the Slack Competition Saturday- at 4`;0 p.m. and Sunday al 10 a.m. • The community' is gearing up• for. a full weekend til rodeo festivities which wilt include a parade and BX 91 Video- Dan,:e. on Saturday night. Sunday brunch and special bargains at rule' stores Wild ride. 10 saddle bronc riding, the cowboy holds onto the swells of his saddle with his thighs while lifting on a single rein with one hand to keep him down in the saddle. -