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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1985-10-23, Page 1Births /A10 Brussels /A5, 6 Classified /Al2, 13, 14 Dublin /A4 Family /A10, 11 Farm /A9 Graduates /A10 Hensall /A8 INDEX Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensel' and Walton Legion /A4 Obituaries /A11 People /A10 Sports /A15, 16 Walton /A7 Weddings /A11 Scoreboard /A14 Wise moves ahead with red meat plan. See page A9. Huron • xposito SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1985 -- 16 PAGES Fire levels barn in Tuckersmith Fine destroyed a barn and approximately 40 pigs, on Wednesday night, October 16, in Tuckersmith Township. Brucefield firefighters, with some assist- ance from the Seaforth fire department were called out to battle the blaze around 8 p.m., but were unable to save the building or the animals. The fire was brought under control and not allowed to spread to other buildings on the farm of Peter Postl, RR 3, Clinton. Mr. Postl and his father Joseph Postl, of RR 5 Clinton noticed the fire when they drove into the laneway, returning from another farm. The fire apparently broke out while they were away from the property, a period of about 30 minutes, said Joseph Post'. Cause of the blaze is still unknown; but Mr. Pesti said he suspects bad wiring was the culprit. Hospital to offer in-patient therapy The Seaforth Community Hospital is now offering occupational therapy service, on in-patient basis only, through an arrange- ment With Para -Med Services, a LDndon- based company. The services of Bonnie Skinner, a Mitchell occupational therapist will be leased from the company on an hourly basis and her services will be covered under standard hospitaliza- tion insurance policies, said Hospital Ad- ministrator Gordon McKenzie, Occupational therapy is used to treat such patients as stroke victims, whose illness has in some way hampered their mobility and consequently their independence. The occu- pational therapist helps patients to "reach a realistic level of independence," Mr. Me- Kenzie said. Previously, occupational therapy in this area has been available only on an out-patient basis, through the Home Care Services pregrarn. Man SAVE FOOOLA ND—This "Paul Bunyan" character is out to save foodtand In southwestern Ontario from transmission line corridors which Ontario Hydro wants-io put through farm land. The float, prepared by the Foodtand Hydro committee's public relations wing, depicts a larger than life farmer caught between transmission lines with sheaves of hay and a barn and silos at his feet. The float was strategically placed next to a real transmission line tower In the parking lot of the Guelph Holiday Inn where a preliminary hearing Into possible transmission line routes was held last week. (Levesque photo) positions are Elections for most positions on municipal council in Seaforth and surrounding town- ships will be unnecessary, as in many cases ded the with, , ori fell short ober of �the number ations eof posir tions available. In the Town of Seaforth, incumbent Alf Ross is the sole candidate for Mayor and will be acclaimed. The only competition is for the reeve's seat with current Deputy Reeve Bill Bennett and William J. Dale, who was reeve on a previous council, vying to succeed current Reeve Bill Campbell, who is not running, Hazel Hildebrand is the sole nominee for deputy reeve. Only five nominees are contesting the six council seats, as of the dosing of nominations at 5 p.m. Monday: Hydro hearings filled Robert Dinsmore, Harry Hak, Gary Osborn, Carolanne Doig and Peg Campbell. George Hildebrand, Gordon Coleman and Jun Sills are all running for the two seats available on the Public Utilities Commission. TUCK ERSM ITiI Bob Bell and Bill Brown Sir. are the two nominees for reeve of Tuckersmith Town- ship. John Brownridge, Bob Broadfoot and Creamery expansion ansion plans p the helm. An old mill originally on the Site was removed by McUwain Construction earlier this month after the Creamery purchased the property from the Hensel] Now that work is underway the Creamery is hoping a new building will be up early in December and that it will be operable by early February. "After the building is up we've still got a lot of machinery to get in, and a lot of heavy duty electrical work to get done," said Creamery Manager Fred Hardy. Smith Construction etas already been given the contract to erect a steel pre-engineered type building, similar in style to the arena, on the site. The building will give the Creamery an additional 13,000 square feet of space. It will be a single storey building with a 21 -foot eave rising to 25 feet in the center. It will measure 125 by 100 feet. The new building will be used for production and warehousing of the product line, which includes butter and margarine. Mr. Hardy said the Creamery has been considering the possibility of expansion for two to three years but hadn't been actively promoting the idea until early this summer. "We've been bursting at the seams for quite a while now, but we wanted t0 make sure we had a permanent market before we did anything," he said. "Business has been very good." Although there has been no official announcement to Creamery employees of the expansion plans Mr. Hardy said employees there have been aware something is in the works and seem to be reacting positively to it. There's a more positive attitude 1 think on the part of the employees. At least they know we're not going out of business tomorrow." When the new building is finally put to use Mr. Hardy said he expects the Creamery will be able to almost double its current production. Exactly how Much that is cannot be printed because of competitive reason but Mr. Hardy said it is a significant amount. "Almost everyone has had Seaforth butter or margarine, they just don't know it," he said. "Ninety-four per cent of the product going out of Seaforth is packaged under private label, but we make it all." As a result of the expansion, Mr. Hardy GREAT VIEW—Mayor Alf Ross looks through the surveyor's transit to get the picture as said he expects the Creamery will have to Creamery Manager Fred Hardy outlines the expansion plans In the works for the Seaforth hire upwards of 20 people in February. The plant. (Mcllwraith photo) eery already emp oys 20 people. The Seaforth Creamery, part of the town for all but a brief period since 1896, is expanding. Excavation of the property to the west of the Creamery is already underway with McUwain Construction Ltd., of Seaforth at start in Guelph presented in Guelph. Individual route plans will be presented in four places, Markdale, Clinton, London and Simcoe. No dates were confirmed by the board, however, Hydro lawyer Bruce Campbell of Toronto expects it will be after Christmas before the hearings leave Guelph. It is expected members of the general public or those who already have party or parttopant status will make briefs to the board at the four local hearings. The joint board agreed to meet from November 13 to December 12 from Tuesday to Fliday of each week, It was a sense of deja vu, or the "I've been here before" feeling which permeated the Guelph Holiday Inn as farmers, lawyers, planners and media representatives gather- ed for the preliminary hearing of Ontario Hydro's application for transmission lines, The two-day preliminary hearing, October 16 and 17 accomplished setting out the ground rules for the hearings which will now start on Wednesday, November 13. Original- ly set for November 12, the joint board chairman Robert Eisen said the date was changed because it conflicts with the municipal elections being held that same day across the province. The joint board will be considering which plan and route will be used to get power which Ontario Hydro says is bottled up in the Bruce Nuclear Power Development. Hydro's aim is to get power to the major Ontario and Michigan markets and build up the transformer station at London. The joint board is made up of two members from the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), James Mills and R. Ward Rodman. The board chairman is from the Environ- mental Assessment board. Twenty groups, including Ontario Hydro, . various provincial ministries, Huron County, Energy Probe and the Foodland Hydro committee all asked for party status in the hearings. This indicates these groups will have representation throughout the entire hearings. There was a request for participant status from 35 groups and individuals including Hay Township, Goderich municipal airport and Perth County. Participant status means the groups or individuals won't necessarily be at the hearings full-time. The joint board decided to follow Ontario Hydro's plan of action which calls for the utility's evidence on the overall plan to be 4 "...had sympathy for the board ..." Tony McQuail of RR 1, Lucknow, chairman and most recently made a contract employee of the Fbodland Hydro commit- tee, presented an alternative to Hydro's plan of action. He commented later he had "sympathy" for the board in its attempt to make a decision. He wasn't so sympathetic in other matters though. Mr. McQuail noted the hearings to start next month differ greatly from the 1982 hearing. At that time, foodland-hydro's version of plan M3 - from Bruce to Esse then along 401 to London - was upheld by the joint board. It was later quashed by a court of appeal. The Huron County farmer said the 1982 hearing was to determine which plan Ontario (Continued on Page A3) by acclamation Bill brown Sr. are all running for deputy reeve. Bill Brown Sr. will have to have withdrawn from the ballot for one of these positions by 5 p.m. Tuesday, the deadline for withdrawal from all positions in all mrmicpaiities. Rowena Wallace, is the sole nominee for the three vacant councillor positions. Nominations to fill the other vacancies will be accepted on Wednesday, October 2. Gerald Groothuis is acclaimed to the Tuckersmith seat on the Huron -Perth Separate School Board; while Sally Rathwell and Nico Peters are contesting the one seat on the Huron County Board of Education, HUBBERT Hibbert Township voters will get an opportunity to choose from three men running for the reeve's chair: incumbent Ivan Norris, incumbent deputy reeve Don Johns and Roy Swart, a former reeve. Incumbent councillor Walter McKenzie will be acclaimed deputy reeve. Four councillors will be in by acclamation in the township: incumbent councillor Tom Sdioonderwoerd, newcomer James Parat- drek, newcomer Florence McPhail, the first woman councillor in Hibbert's history and Louis Maloney, of Dublin. There are five people running for three positions open as Village of Dublin trustees on the Huron -Perth Separate School Board, including incumbents Jerry Murray and Herb Brown, and newcomers Frank Wil- liams, Don MacRae and Jerry Fehr. Mel( LOP incumbent Reeve Marie Hicnell will be acclaimed reeve for another term in McKillop Township, while former councillor Bill Siemon will be acclaimed deputy reeve. Two incumbents will resume their council- lors positions, Briart Campbell and John George. Newcomer Lorne Glanville will fill the third seat. Ronald M. Murray will be the separate sdrwol board representative for the northern portion of Huron County; while Eugene Rayne will represent separate school supporters on the Huron County Board of Education. H tiuz 'r Incumbent Reeve Tom Cunningham was returned to the reeve position by acclama- tion and Joe Gibson is back as deputy reeve in Hullett Township. Ron Gross, an incumbent and newcomer Harvey Stewart are the only two nominees for councillor positions. One more is needed. Incumbents Graeme Craig and John Jewitt will rill the two positions as representatives for Hullett, McKillop and Seaforth on the county education board. Wrought iron bridge comes under scrutiny A loo -year-old bridge in Huron County held over 32 tonnes last week. Pretty remarkable for a bridge with a two -tonne load limit. However, the 32 tonnes were for a load test on the structure known as Ball's bridge, located off County Road 8, where Goderich, Hallett and Colborne townships meet over the Maitland River. The bridge is owned by the county. The wrought iron bridge came under close scrutiny for four days last week as engineers from the provincial ministry of transporta- tion and communications (MTC) gathered with their technical equipment to test the strength of this bridge built in either 1879 or 1885, records aren't too clear which. The tests were simple enough. First wires were strung along the structure and connected to the computers. Then, a 20 -tonne truck was driven on the bridge slowly and then slowlv taken off. The actual tests took no longer than five minutes each. For eadr additional test, one two -tonne cement block was added each time until 32 tonnes was on the bridge. It was the computer though that actually did the walk. Printouts indicated what was happening to the bridge when tests were being done. 4 Ranjit Reel, an evaluation engineer with the MTC suspected it would take several weeks before the actual test results would be available to the county road department. Bob Edgar, county bridge supervisor, said pinned connections under the deck of the bridge make it unique. He notes while the main structure is old. the timber deck with creosote was new 12 years ago. The big concern though didn't material- ize. The bridge is still standing. Turn clocks back It's that time of year again. Every year Canadians "spring ahead" in April and "fall back" in October. On Saturday night Canadians are being reminded they will be entitled to an extra hour of sleep as we turn back the hands of time. 'So to avoid the embarassment of arriving at Church on Sunday an hour too soon, don't forget to reverse your clock by one hour either late Saturday night, or early Sunday morning. It's called Eastern Standard Tune.