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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1984-02-15, Page 3• , • . . • • • o, • • ' • • I•• 1, • '„ ' • • '• • • • '' •'• V FgliiRyAlf10, 1384 — A$ - • . . Tsystemstudy After reviewing e wa er completed .10'4,0,M;. Os, the Ministry. Of &Optima% praised Seafotth's PtV • CrtMtaie*oners. heard, 'at their Feb. • 8 meeting.. • • The Study, which looked at the operation of the waters water quality, water deMand,.oParetion. procedures, the three wells and Pnitiphouses and the reserve capacity, showed that the system "will be capable • of -meeting the deniands of development within Seaforth .for ' many years," said ministry spokesman Ron Farrell in a letter to the Seaforth PUC. The commission's plan to set up a capital - works reserve fund. this year to finance a staged program of upgrading and imprbving the existing water works system and. financing a new water tower was also ' recommended by the Ministry, "We can show that recommendation to council when we ask to raise the reserve fund," said commissioner Jtm Sifts. • • The ministry'siOther, ree9innift*tatlatt .'as • That Seaforth!s water`be taped, ow a Week;', instead of once every two weeks as is donenow. 'The only reason why the bacteria ,C.94,n1r, was high sometimes is because, the test used to go by mall'te Palmerston sk,there We delay. Now that it's ,going to Clinton we'll get first hand • knowledge .ff there's:.... anything at all wrong with the water," manager Tom Phillips: . • The overhaul of the MS1, *4% station, which was completed in January totalled Qr rIS $50,8,$23' The P f,s4141,;13 rds&Nth! After corn:4 55 At A commitnity planning studqeent of $18,006 has been awarded ta tbe, entity of Hume on behalf of Aie.TowaSiiin Of Morris,Y. Chia • Benne Miniater.„91 *dental • .• • • • - • 0 Affeirs.„;!tritrHousing The grnt will be • used tce, pre secondary ot the Township of N.. • ••••,1...11, .•1 Oi i^ ‘.t# a Community: planning study ;Pik designed to encourage -TIMMPattlifa7". resolve land use planning issues to.."000' municipal and ecorionifpriorities. .' They may also be used er :Fc .studies. to develop tommuniffimproye eetletteleS,..; to detertriine-#1.feasibility. of iisin data - ProceRifp technology, PE the local process and,:telassist in, implementing the Planning Act% 4-• A SEAFOPTH WELCOME—Nancy Martin, a new representative of the company, Welcome Wagon made her first visit last week to Marlene Devrles to welcome her baby daughter, Melissa born on Jan. 2. (Hundertmark photo) Computers approved. Six "Bionic Beavers" will be invading Huron and Perth counties after both Boards of Education approved purchasing three computer systems at their regular meetings last week. The boards are making the purchase after the Ministry of Education offered to give a 75 per cent grant on the cost of them. Both boards were offered the same deal . three powerful processors known as a Lexicon and three Icon microcomputers - two black and white and one color. Perth's,superintendent of program, Keith Thompson. said 480 of these computers are being spread around theprovince. Perth and Huron received a quota pf three each. The cost of one including sales tax, is 517,526 with the board paying 5.4,382. The cost of the three machines to each board is 513.144 compared to the list price of 552.578. A one-year service contract will cost an additional $4732 to each board. . Both boards plan to place the machines in secondary schools but with five secondary schools in each of the two counties they are submitting requests for additional machines in caSe other boards don't jump at the Ministry's offer. Perth is requesting an additional two, hoping to have one computer in each secondary school, Huron is asking for another three computers, one for each secondary school and one for the board office. • Both boards now have computer advisory committees which are expected to report to their respective boards later this year. In Perth. the computer purchase is expected to be half of what its advisory committee will recommend spending on computers for the county's secondary schools, Social Services numbers down Huron County soda] services started out in 1983 with the highest caseload in its history. but ended the. year lower than expected. John MacKinnon. the county's social services administrator, presented his annual report at Huron County council's Feb. 2 meeting. Statistics show that in Jan. 1983, there were 347 welfare cases in Huron. That number continued to decline until August • when the number started to increase. By Dec. there were. 240 welfare cases in the county. The less than expected numbers ended in financial savings for the county. Huron's share of the 1983 social services budget of $1.1 million was underspent by 548,777. The county's initial share of the budget was $284,941 but in the end paid only $236,164, Mr. MacKinnon said that although the actual costs came in under what was Jew .eremete,etroa,teh...4., .e,TRAPPIC, etj413Speliettitrelreate d to. Winghanuivals Diepite beteg .strroundad midway through the second pe ioZW:ss-3an 1;?;Y;TrAn night when by wihtm ty, the Seaforth goaile for Seaforth(Wlshoto)eahdgWo4tthe r managedto8nttv the puck. The core )osCounty need hospice? BY JOANNE BUCHANAN -, --4,:. iSeafOrth, Varna,,Hensall, Zurich mid Alexandra Marine and General Hospital 4 •Exeter. ' ' .. , in *Goderieh has received a 12-weekpe , The project Will. conclude On ' April -13 Canada .Works Community Development With'e, written report based on research -Itesearch grant of $16,290 to undertake •A,,,j!', findingt. This report will be the)! sent Study to determine It there is a need for .,: 4. government heoltliofficialatelotipon.:'.'7! hospice in the Huron Countyarea. , •-, i„ Mrs. Osborn says the project '*,11rit1.11:' Connie Osborn, co-ordinator of the - , spired by Michael Owen .0t. Bayfield, a Palliative Care Service at AM&G hospital: : :' cancer patient and •ialtndear7 with the and manager of the research project, - ‘ Palliative CareService'atAM&Ghos tal.• explains: "The purpose of this project is ta , He, felt a hoSpier would -serve :4'greitV ' e"4 study the feasibility- of the need for a free- in the area and although :bps,cliertild# standing hospice in the Huron County September, avospiceConordttOgfOPO*Od - area, to better' eneet•the needs of the tent 4 up: on his dream an( applied 'fir the minally ill patients and their families, as • research grant which was approved just well as to assess the needs of families before Christmas. need for a home bereavement support Hospices became prominent inthe 1960s facing a terminal illness and to explore the program." . in Englandand came to North America in While Mrs. Osborn will oversee the ' !! the 1-970n withthe development of Hospice entire project, she will be assisted by MM. • ' of New Haven in Connecticut. Hospice Joanne Sproul, R.N.A., of Auburn who will means a way of earn g, of nurturing dying assess the family needs and usefulness of a patients as they pass through the final home, bereavement support program; stage of living. Mrs. Ann Beane, Reg.N., of Clinton who Hospice is an integrated program of will be interviewing hospital personnel; services for managing physical pain and and Elizabeth Konarski, B.A., of Blyth other symptoms, as well as the emotional, who will be exploring the feasibility of a social and spiritual concerns of the patient hospice structure, including tax liabilities, and family. The primary goal is to leagalities involving incorporation, and maintain the quality of life for the patient funding from municipal, provincial and ' and family throughout the patient's last private sources. months and days. Care continues to be The area surveyed besides Goderich will 4 offered to the family through the period of include • Grand,: Benci,. BaYfield; ' Portnd bereavement,' ' ' ' Albeit, Kincardine, Lucknow,iVingaindripnri Bereavement follow-ap IS a form of Blyth, Brussels, &randier, "clietlzi;! ' Preyentative medecine, exPlains Idts • . ,..• , • , Osborn, as studies show that the 'bereaved . four goals of a general hospital to W- are a high risk. population' with a high , vestigate, diagnose, cure and•pr,olong life, morbidity. and,rnortality rate comperedto 'Dr. Balfour journeyed to England where the generalpojitilatiOn. • he studied concepts of hospice and brought Mrs. Osborn says that hospice tan mean them back toCanada.•• .. Many differerff-Aings. One aspect of The Canadian government is extremely hospice is Palliative Care Service which interested, in palliative care and hospice offers support to, the terminally ill and since 'many •Studies have . shown that • their families both within the hospital and millions' of dollars Could be 'saved using at home. This service has been offered at such service. 'AM&G since March of 1982 with the help of 'Vbs. Osborn says there are some basic .13 Volunteers co-ordinatedbylVirir. Osborn. • gisyglvednrtllilecare andAnnther aspect of hospice is a special' ooweese ae:tceell6t minally .. unit*.ithin a hospital. Ibis -usually consists - in patient at home as long aspoSsihle; to of a room 'with a home -like abbosphere, ‘,, supplement' and not duplicate existing offering privacy for families. '-"""- services; to edacate health professionals The free-standing hospice Wet separate andlaY.' people; to support the family as a builditig,,,natially near .a.s.hoSpital, staffed and of care; to. help the terminally ill withMedieal personnel and Yoltutratire but • Patieritto Ilite risfally as possible ((ocus on with it atiiire ffbme-like appea aa'and andillelatoslelpayscosotsf down,. instead of dying); without the regimentation of a bast tal. "This is not meant to be a reflection on "Easicall,y, our research project will our hospitals," says Mrs. Osborn who sees identify the needs of the terminally ill. If hospice and holpitals as two separate , these needs are being met and II' not, how ideas with Separate gnats. they can be met," sayshIrs. Osborn. Approxithately 70 per cent of Canadians If the project reveals the need for a free now die in institutions such as hospitals. . standing hospice in the area, Mrs. Osborn The skills of the Mstitutions,and the needs says she would not be worried so much of the patients and their families are about the costs of establishing one as she mismatched, resulting' in isolation and would be about the funding for its ongoing compounded suffering. Dr, Balfour Monat, • operation.a recovered cancer patient who set iupthe • If anyone has any, comments, first Palliative Care—Unit in Canlida in suggeldons di other input, Mrs. Osborn 1975, recognized the misalignment bet- would welcome a call. Shemin be reached ween the needs of the terminally ill and the at AM&G hospital, 52+8323, ext. 223. Van Egmond descendant dies in 1909 FEBRUARY 15,1884 Curling has been the favourite sport or pastime with the villagers pf Hensall during the past week. A number of very interesting and keenly contested games were played under the captaincy of Messrs. Thomas Dick and James Wright, two of our most experienced and enthusiastic curlers. Harry Horton of Chiselhurst has done it at last. He has tied a knot with his tongue which h,e cannot untie with his teeth, and that knot is matrimony. His bride Is Miss Eliza Jarvis of Tuckersmith. Mr. A.G. Van Egmond has purchased the' buildings formerly used by Messrs. Gray and Scott, for a planing mill, and is having them removed to his own place to be used as storehouses in connection with the new woellen factory which he contemplates erecting. FEBRUARY 12,1909 During the gale which was blowing on Tuesday, evening, the residence of George C. Dale, Huron Road, Hellen, two and a half miles west of Seaforth, was completely destroyed by fire. The fire started shortly after seven o'clock, supposedly from the furnace, and with the high winds blowing, it was soon a mass of flames. The fire made such rapid headway that nothing was saved, On ll@ yl© cv(Dn® and Mr: Dale and his family were fortunate to escape themselves. The wind was blowing away from the barns which saved them from being destroyed also. The property was insured in the McKillop Mutual Co., but Mr. Dale's loss apart from that will be heavy. Thomas Leeming of Le,adbury has sold to John Sholdice of Tuckersntith a fine young Shorthorn bull. A.G. Van Egrnond, the earliest settler of this neighbourhood, died at his home here, Friday morning last, at the ageof 85 years. The deceased was a son of the late Colonel Van Egmond and was born in Pennsylvania. He was six years of age when the family came to Canada, settling first at Waterloo. Some years later they moved to Harpurhey and then to Egmondville. F inItUARY 16, 1934 • Members of Seaforth Badminton Club were enjoyably entertained by the Mitchell Badminton Club on Friday evening. Mitchell won 6 out of 7 games in the ladies' doubles, with Seaforth taking the limns' double 4 out of 6 games. Seaforth won the mixed doubles, 4 games out of 5, anticipated, the 1983 total of $940,833 is a 7.62 per cent increase over the 1982 total of $874,191. "The lower than anticipated costs and caseloads in 1983 can be attributed to several factors," he said. "Improved job opportuni- ties especially in the, southern part of the county, government work projects, fewer than expected 'UIC exhaustees' applying for assistance and with the addition of a third fleldworker, greater scrutiny and follow-up of our employable cases," said Mt. MacKin- non. A country -wide problem is also being felt here in Huron the administrator noted. The problem - half the people on welfare are single, between the ages of 16 to 30. This includes childless married couples. Mr. MacKinnon said a few years ago there may have only been 10 or so such cases compared to the present number. CLUB/FROM PAGE ONE people from coming on private property, he says. Taking down snowmobile numbers, which are supposed to be displayed in two to three inch numbers on both sides of the front hood is also recommended by the Seaforth Police. "It's very hard to control." says chief Hal Claus. "If there isn't a number on the snowmobile, it's very hard to identify a snowniobiler who is wearing a helmet,. And we can't chase one with our cruiser." Members of Seaforth police were out on snoWntobiles about a month ago to catch snowrnobilers who didn't have insurance or registration and they could do the same again, he says. But, because the department has not had any complaints about snownto- bileS trespassing on private property, chief Claus says he cannot justify putting an officer on overtime to police them. According to the law, a snowmobile must travel no faster than 20 km in town and 50 km. on the side of the highway, must not be operated between midnight and 7 a.m., and operators Mutt' catty a licence, be 16 if travelling along a highway, report all accidents, and have written permission to go On private property. Owners are also libel for any damage done by their snowmobiles no matter who the drivers are unleis the machines were stolen. Chief Claus agrees that a snowmobile club is a good idea for Seaforth. "It's hard to talk to arouP of snowmopilers utile sS there is a dub," he says. NO TRESPASSINO-=Sewitat Seetariti ifralt" •TandAteif Dick.„itrt” n'64; nitblitetrshilyw,41 retittilit oreblititis With reaptiat laivnta 6arlYfe°wwnserstiowaarallaYterst-- tree- Peas -9 log tat their molly- damrayed, ()4uridertmark photo) Mr_ E.B. Goudie returned on Tuesday from a business trip to Peterborough where he made arrangements to have a pasturizing machine installed at Silver Creek Farm, The Women's Hospital Aid Association is presenting an operetta "Sylvia" in Cardno's Hall on March 8th and 9th. Dr. F.J. Burrows, medical officer of health has advised that the test of local dairy herds authorized by the council is being com- plete& The fourth herd was tested this past week and every animal was found disease free. • Thermometers hit a new all time low on Friday morning of last week when the official temperature was 36 degrees below zero, according to George Baird, Brucefleld, government meteorlogical observer in the FEBRUARY 13,1959 Any doubts theatre *bets may have had concerning the . possibility of the Regent Theatre reopening here were dispelled last weekend when the seats - all 306 of them were removed and taken to London where they have been sold. At the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Associ- ation annual convention in Toronto last week, A.Y. McLean was elected a director of the association. A modern public address system has been installed recently in St. James Church here. The system was presented to the congrega- tion by the members of the Holy Name Society. The installation was supervised by Edward Daly. The finance committee of Seaforth council is to study a proposal to provide pensions for town employees. The proposed as advanced by a local agent Eric Munroe, would provide payment of pensions to all town employees at age 65 except police and firemen. Hensall gets Works program • Two new work projects in Huron -Bruce, under the Canada Works Program have been approved by the federal ministry of employ- ment and immigration. The Village of Hensall has received "Canada Works" funding to restore the town hall and to provide seven new jobs, over a period of 110 work weeks. The total budget for this project is 580.865. The sponsor will contribute $48,505. COMMUNITY CALENDAR If you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residents, phone the recreation office at 527-0882 or the Expositor at 527-0240 or mail the information to Community Calendar, The Huron Expositor, Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario NOK 'MO well in advance of the scheduled date Wednesday, February 15 1-3 p.m. - Parents & Tots Skating 1:30-4:30 p.m. - Shuffleboard for Seniors at arena 6:30 p.m. - Goderich vs Junior Ringette 8 p.m. - Competitive Curling 8:15 p.m. - CCAT vs Jr. Partners ' 9:05 p.m. - Chiselhurst vs Queens 9:55 p.m. - Part Line vs Winthrop Sunday, February 19 Silver Creek Cross Country Ski Club trip to Saratoga. Meet at Van Egmond House at I p.m. t........,,,...x=r--.., 1-5 p.m. - Novice Tournament 7 p.m. - Rangers vs Bruins 8:30 p.m. - Hawks vs Penguins 10 p.m. - Canadians vs Flyers - Monday, February 20 3:45-8:30 p.m. - Figure Skating 4-6 p.m. - Junior Curling 7&9 p.m. - Men's Curling 8:30 p.m. - Lucan vs 1;4. Centenaires Thursday, February 16 7&9 p.m. - Mixed Curling 7:30 p.m. - Winthrop vs River Rats 8:20 p.m. - Chiselhurstws Grads 9:10 p.m. - Bendix vs CCAT 10 p.m. - Easy Riders vs Slabtown Friday, February 17 6-9 p.m. - Novice Tournament 8 p.m. - Mixed Curling; - 3",awk 9 p.m. -' Lucan vs "- • .t Centenaires iittilt.t-- Tuesday, February 21 7 p.m. - Ladies' 'Curling 8:30 p.m. - Durham vs Midgets 9 p.m. - Industrial Curling — .. Saturday, February 18 8 a.m.-9 p.m. - Novice Tournament 1:30-2:30 p.m. - Story Hour at Library Space for the Community Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor