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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1997-07-09, Page 2Page 2 Times-Adudcate, July 9,1997 Regional wrap up �. Workfare working well SEAFORTH - More than 30 per cent of the "clients" referred to the Huron County Resource Center through the mandatory Ontario Works Program have found full-time jobs. according to the Huron Expositor. - This means economic savings for.. Huron County which pays the :hill for _social assistance. Seaforth Reeve-BillBennett has, dubbed the pilot program a sue- cess. - Thirteen out of 41 people have found jobs through the Pro- gram's activities designed to link participants with the short- est route to a paid job. 'The Ontario government is ex- panding workfare beyond the various pilot programs across the province. Students winweb award GODERICH -- Five students arid their teacher advisor from Goderich District Collegiate In- stitute have won a national•corn- petition for creating a functional web page with interconnected links which best represent their school..The $500 prize will be used for telecommunications at their school, reports the Gode- rich Signal -Star. - . . The"_award-winning site has over 60 pages including news, teacher information and a school map. A three-dimensional.virtu, . al reality environment where the user can walk through'the school set the site apart from the other competitors. Check out the web site at www.huroned.edu.on.ca/GDCI, Parkhill tax increase PARKHILL - The Parkhill Gazette reports Parkhill property owners will face an overall tax hill increase of 3.9 per cent be, .cause of Middlesex County and school board budgets. The budget's first draft called for placing tax -generated funds into reserves for future . years. Reeve - Bill Waters argued the town should use the money now rather than leaving it on the books for some future amalga- mated municipality. The . Gazette, says - council "found extra money" for a badly needed storm sewer project in the southwest area of Parkhill. Cost savings goal of icergratl Huron restructuring Public invited to walk second span of Blue Water Bridge POINT EDWARD - The Blue Water Bridge Authority of Ontario (BWBA) and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MOOT), invite the public to walk the newly completed second span of the Blue Water Bridge on Sunday July. 13 front noon to 5 p.m. r. Those attending will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to .walk the mile -long structure that connects Point Edward, Ontario with Port Huron, . Michigan. There is no fee -to participate and.a special -.invitation.' is being extended to -everyone who walked -the original hridge at.its opening 60 years ago. Everyone who completes the walk will receive a vunt'ntentorative button to recognize their achievement, while quantities last. These mementos were donated by Stephanie Bcllanger, a former Port Hu- ron resident whose great uncle lost his lite in 1938 during the con- struction of the original hridge. Hereare. a few key things to- know about participating'in the Bridge Walk: • _ * Everyone attending must have identification appropriate for in- ternational herder crossing - • - * Participants may park in one of five designated Park and .Ride lots and take a'free shuttle. Shuttlehuses will depart from Holmes _Foundry, Clearwater Arena. Sarnia Arena, St. Christopher's High School and Northern High School. Buses to accommodate those • with handicaps"will leave from flames Foundry Only.: • * The last bus. departs frond the hridge at 7 p.m. - * Wheelchairs and baby strollers,will he allowed on the hridge. • however, no • cars. bicycles. roller blades, •skate hoards, wagons or similar vehicles will be permitted. • - * Dogs, with the exception of seeing=eye dogs, are also excluded. For more information about the. Bridge Walk. Canadian residents may:phone the BWBA at 519-339-2720. Residents on both sides of the border -may also call the MDOT Hotline -at I-800-641-6368 for a schedule of planned events. parking and transportation in: formation. Turney donation Golf tournament proceeds. Bryan Beattie, centre, of the Huron Country Playhouse, accepts a cheque for $2,500 from Doug Ellison and Cathy Hakvoort-of Ellison Travel and Tours Ltd. The company sponsored a golf tournament to raise funds' for the Playhouse. . - Police investigate theft GRAND BEND -Police are in- • vestigating the theft from a motor vehicle that occurred on Main._ Usborne . to'establish -Street onJuly.S. The victim parked his vehicle on bag -tag Main Street and someone stole his --s stem • - wallet withnt y of money.••The victim recovered the wallet, without the money, in a bage pick-up days and those re- cyclable items are: worth moneyto its,". said Strang adding, "When -they end 'up .in the _chimp and get buried, it doesn't help anybody." The bag -tag system is also an, of-, fort to conserve the environment and Strang added there is very lit tle household waste that can't be ei- ther recycled or composted. The' new' system may also curb garbage coming -to •Usborne • from other -municipalities that charge for waste collection. • In the case of Blanshard Township. which �tas e`slablishea a �iag to y teni, fife township wasteis considerably less than in Osborne where there are 100 fewer households. Garbage pick-up will continue on a bi-weekly basis and the landfill site will remain open the first Sat- urday of every month. • Homeowners will be . charged $2 per bag for: household -waste • ' SBORNE TOWNSHIP - In or der• to reduce recyclables entering the Kirkton Landfill Site and ex- tend it's life. Osborne Townshp Council will establish a= hag -tag garbage collection system be- ginning in September. Council passed the bag -tag policy at its June 24 meeting and indicated. each .houshold will initially be pro- vided_ with 10 free tags. Additional tags will. be sold for $2 each and the policy will be review after Jan. • 1. . Clerk Sandra Strang explained councillors are worried the 20 -year life -span of the landfill -site might not be met if the amount of gargage Currently collected continues. Al- though the Bluewater Recycling Agency (BRA) collection system -has reduced the amount of town- ship household waste and extended . the landfill site life from 12 to 20 years, 'councillors are concerned about loss of municipal. revenue: Recyclables collected by BRA are sold as commodities and profits are reinvested into member municipal- ities to offset the cost of the collec- tion system. The bag -tag system is hoped to provide an incentive for homeowners to recycle - more of their waste. "There are still recyclable items being brought to the dump on gar - _Truck.stolen from shed .CLINTON-•Seven central Hu- ron.municipalities are looking to save taxpayers money through restructuring. Thirty people at- tended a June 25 public meeting__ in Clinton to hear about restruc- turing options. ' In the Clinton News -Record, consultant' Carolyn Kearns of the Randolph Group said the re: • structuring • committee had a eery clear objective to look at. cost savings for the rate payers. There is also. pressure from tax- payers for smaller governments at all levels. .Three- options are under con- sideration. • 1. Retaining seven indepen- dent municipalities' with im- proved operating efficiencies. 2. Forming two municipalities: Central Huron West (Goderich, Colborne Township and Gode- rich Township) and Central Hu- ron East (Clinton, Seaforth, Hul- lett Township and McKillop Township). 3. Forming a single municipal- ity by amalgamating the seven municipalities into one. BOSANQUET - Police are inves- tigating the theft of a -truck from Rawlings Road, (Hwy. 21) that oc= curred between June 28 and June .. 30. . The 1986 gray podge pick-up with Ontario licence plate TX6 , 605 was parked in a shed when it was stolen from the owner's prop- erty. • Three vehicle theft suspects in custody STEPHEN TOWNSHIP - Three suspects from the Tillsonburg area are in custody in connection with the July .1 theft of a 1991 GMC pick-up truck from a north boun- d -y lot of Stephen Township. Huron OPP report the keys were left in the vehicle that was recov- ered by London Police Services in their coverage area. The investiga- tion is continuing. garbage can. • Police urge the puhlic to secure allvaluables in their vehicles when they are unattended. Revenue missed • ifir Continued from front page permanent basis,which she has the power to do. Council has to ap- prove full time hirings. Bounty couticil passed a motion, which would see Murray meet with Bender to discuss making the nec- essary changes, and then report to the adm_ inistration, finance and per- sonnel committee; .John Greig is editor of the Wing - ham Advance Times . . . World -renown aircraft at 1997 Air Show HURON PARK High-tech, high speed fighter jets arc coming to this year's International Air Show at Centralia Airport. Or- ganiicrs have confirmed a number of aircraft for the aerial and -static displays .on Wednesday, August 27: ..` :The static display opens at 2 p.m. and will include a United States Navy P3;pa=' trol aircraft, USN E2 sur- veillance aircraft, two ANG -A-10 Tank Busters, a United States Coast Guard HH65 helicopter, a Canadian Forc- es "Griffon" helicopter, a Tudor training aircraft (a sister aircraft of the Snowbirds'), a Challenger: Jet ' and h award training aircraft. • "The Harvards will bring back a lot of memories for war veterans," said Tom Lawson, the air show's chairman. The highlights of the 5 p.m. aeri• - al show will he the 1•-15 flight Demonstration Team from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida- and the world -renown Snowbirds. According. to Dehhic Crown of the show's committee, the Snow •birds are known for "the grace and case of their maneouvres.". The I -1/2 hour airshow -will ' include the USAF F-16s and _KCI 35 Tanker; "Canadian C130, Labrador helicopter - and the Canadian T33 Silver - star.. "This air show is - a small, local show that tries. a little harder," explained Lawson. "Teams enjoy , performing at smaller, one -day shows," said. Lawson, adding teams are phoning to see if they can come perform: Thanks to the event's hosts and sponsors, there isno admission charge. but donations to the food, ,bank are welcomed. , 996/97 top students for South Huron Grade 9 GARDINER, SARAH Amerongen, Kathleen Baker, Brad Bilinsky, Mark Boersma, Alison -Bourne, Jared Campbell, Tara Erb, Stephanie . Forrest, Ben Gardiner, Joel Glavin, Adam Haberer, Lindsay Hardeman, Hilary Hern, Alaina Hindmarsh, Ben Hodge, Sarah Hodgert, Amy Hoogenboom, Ben Lachance, Danielle. . Leveck, Sherry • • Miller, Jeff Mosurinjohn, Dan Musser, Scot Overholt, Craig Parsons, Ann -Marie Pergel, Lori - Picketing, Katie Prout, Melissa . Rader, Ben Regier, Melany Robiliiard, Erin . Skinner, Laura Skinner, Scott Steenbeek, Gerard Stephens, Kelly Thiel, Dana Tuininga, Krista Wallis, Denise Waters, Heather Weston, Andrew Wilson, Jessica Yearley, Brent Zwart; Michelle Grade 10 HADDON, JESSICA Beal, Jamie Bray, Vanessa Brooks; Kristin • Cooper, Laura .Corbett. Dawn Corbett, Becky Cowell, Crystalyh Dougall, Rhonda Gibson, Ryan Hern, Marilou.. Hern, Beth -Ann - Hogarth, Heather Jean, Lindsay Knee. Crystal Knox, Matthew Little, Leanna Lutgendorff, Elizabeth MacDougall, Klan Palsa, Kim Pergel, Leanne Pfaff, Lacretia , Prout, Adam Pryde, John Ralph, Ryan Reaburn, Jamie Schwartzentruber, Amy Snell, Dan Stewardson, Julie Straw, Meaghan Grade 11 COWELL,-KRISTINA; Atkinson, Michael . - Brown, Jason Brownlee. Kerry Cottrell, Ben Darling, Julie , - Etherington, Derek Geiger, Julia Geurts, Lisle Gilfilian, Scott Grotentraast, Mary Ann McAllister, Sarah Morrison, Ryan. Munn,Ryan Neil. Jason Pertschy, Christine Seabrook, Matthew . Shaw, Justin Toonk, Angela • Vermunt, Sarah Willis, Michelle • Zwambag, Annette Grade 12 RAMER, JILL Ballantyne, Jayne Bayer, Aimee Beierling, Sharlene Bowers, Laura Clay, Eric Cook, Tamara Cornish, Jasmin` Coward: Becky Desjardine, Judd Dunbar, Michael Gass; Krista Glavin,. Jason Gridzak, Kevin Hamather, Terri Hammond, Tanya Hardeman, Heather Hartman, Brad Hoffman, Aimee Holdsworth, Lindsay Hundey. Eric Kikkert, Alicia Knip, Alison Knip, Jilleana Knox, Danielle ' Mason. Jeff Miller, Jennifer Morrissey. Katey Oliver, Kathy , Reld, Jeff Schwindt, Michael Sheridan, Rachel Skinner, Craig Stewardson, Lisa Thiel, Kelly Vanbakel, Jennifer Weber, Jacob Weigand, Amanda Westlake, Jayne Westlake, Jennifer Wilhelm, Theresa