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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1984-06-27, Page 1Si?triing tate mmunities and areas of t Brussels, DtitIin, Hensel! and Walton W Lyons' additi Lyons Food Market was granted a building w de permit for a 4,000 square foot addition, at the June meeting of SeaforteoBuuncil. t council Was concerned'that an empty lot beside the food store parking let," was paved without provision for drainage Under bylaw 40-82.. Seaforth may require the owner of the property to provi grading or alteration in elevation or contour of the land and provision for the disposal of storm water from the -property or any structures on the property. An engineer with B.M..M. Ross and Asso- ciates, Bob' Carrigan, inspected" the newly • paved lot and informed coyncil that property. to the south and west of the parking lot would receive -most of the storm water runoff, ,He recommended that .the southwest corner of the lot be drained by installing a"catchbasin connected to the Main Street County drain. He said the.elevation of that corner of the let should be altered so, the catch basin would be' more effective, - Since the lot was paved,;storm water is now escaping in through a nearby sanitary sewer = manhole said clerk Jim.Crocker..'Were now ' working on water -proofing the manhole." The property is subject to Site Plan control and Mr. Crockersaid he was concerned tba nothing Was done aboin storm water- rum the town couldbe"libel for. damagb toiniearby,` homes. or businesses: •', 'Mr. Lyons didn't understand thee�re leas a, bylaw controlling drainage said .Harold Smith' .ofSmith Construction,the contractors who is building the new addition to the`store 4y= t "He thought he could handle the..``sttpatipn , privately and said this situation shouldni t - affect his request for a buildingppetrmit,ryF !,•' We became • Aware the lot '.was, beingz paved when,nearby property owners-phoned%l.•ix us ~The time to look after drainage is now when construction . is going on said Mr. 4 Crocker. "'The- town is trying' to 'rte consistent." "' "The paving of the lot has nothing to do `with granting a building permit Gouncili s talking parkiegrloti and Mr. Lyons is aski • for a permit," said councillor Henry Mere 4 ' "Whereitgoes fronthere isupto'council,, { said -Mr. Crocker; The town has two options •'" We can require that toga` drains of,the newt ; addition be tied into' the• catchbasin, or_.we;,, can take legal action to get the work donee' because Mr, Lyons is in contravention of tie•:, '- bylaw. Or we can just simply ignore it."'i "The lot has'always been there. Daly now it's been paved,",...said Mr. Mere. "But there is a difference between 4gra0l -or a paved lot," said councillor Bill Martin. o„ "If we put him on notice if there is alt.; problem, then We. can enforce the bylaw son%: -that the drainage be done that is required," Mr. Mero. "But that shouldn't hold up a,'..- .4,000 square foot'; addition, especially on:, Main Street." ' Being fair to the neighboring landowners% , w3is Mr. Martin's concern. ' If somebody`,, ' 'ggets flooded out, can they say that we let its happen?" ,-, Council approved the building permit, but ` agreed the drainage issue should be resolved. "There's no use locking the dor- f,.,, the horse is out, we should do something, about is now," said councillor H zel;' 'Idebrand.• Mr. Crocker suggested a letter be sent to i•. Lyons, including the engineer's report nothing is done. then we can contact (Mr liicitor. The bylaw has been contravened :, d it an important bylaw." SALUTE TO GRADS—Kindergarten gradu- ate Erin Derbyshire looks like she's tipping her hat to the rest of her class at Seaforth Public School as she takes off her mortar- board after the ceremony on Monday morning. (l4undertmark photo) Book sale bigger, better People who enjoy reading or just simply love a bargain. bought more than 2,000 books at the annual Seaforth Library outdoor book sale on Friday. The sale date was moved from the usual Saturday to Friday this .year to take advantage of a special promotion by down• town merchants, Super Sidewalk Sale Days. And the change worked. "We did very well. We sold a lot of books •- about twice as many as last year," says Trudy Broome, library supervisor. The 12 hour book sale was busy from start to finish with bargain hunters snapping .up adult books for 25 cents. children's books for a dime and paperbacks for a nickel. "We even had people looking for books when it was getting dark." says Mrs. Broome. "We started out with about 150 boxes of books and at the end of the day. we only had 30 boxes left over. We didn't have many books left •- only about 500.1 was surprised at the number we sold-" Mrs. Broome estimates that the number of non-users of the library outnumbered those who do. when it came to buying books. And even though she's the library supervisor, Mrs. Broome says she even bought a few books. "1 bought some for my kids. a couple fol my brother and some books on plants for 'BOOK/ SEE ON PAGE 3 ers ge ���almon Seaforth baseball players will get another ball diamond. - Initially proposed 'to be located" on the Agricultural Grounds. Seafertf council. approved the high school location for the diamond. The diamond will be available to the public at all times. except when used by high school students during regular school hours. • Lights -won't be installed on the new diamond. Tennis court gets lights New tennis lights will be installed at the tennis courts near the Seaforth District High School. Seaforth council approved the low tender of John Elligsen Electric at their June meeting. to install the lights. including eight foot climbing shields, at a cost of 58,291,92. Other tenders were submitted by Geo- A. Sills and Sons, $9.046.06; and Jordan Electric, 58,374. AAlNING S7t7Fl=fib Dbas AND CATS-'' Gradaone etuddnts of 814 James t ghapl ttad e riot with their stuffed animals"'on Wednes- day. The reason being was they made their own animate. The project was part(4 the F�odfestisa first The Seaforth Lions are continually promo - ling their club and what it stands for. But on Saturday. club members tried another idea. promoting the food producers of Huron County -- and it worked. Named the Huron Foodfest, the fest, sponsored by the Lions club, featured a barbecue and dance. The meal served to 700 visitors, was fit for a king. The menu featured beef, pork, turkey,potatoes,(all barbecued), corn, baked beans, pickles, droner rolls, apple squares and milk. And all the products were either produced in. Huron County, or purchased from county business- es. "We wanted to have a barbecue, but a enrlchmeht program at the school. Stridents WOW Sheri story, In.book form, about their anlmats'and'when the baol(e werecomplete, , madearranlmattamatchtheatory. (Wasslnk photo):' barbecue with a difference," says Gord Rimmer, Lions club barbecue chairman. "'rhe farmers have supported our club, so we wanted to reciprocate by featuring locally produced products." UMAF really supported the idea. They liked the concept and sent hats, aprons and posters." The barbecue 'as.uni9ue because it not only featured three varieties of meat, but each product served at the event was promoted through the many displays set up in the hall of the Seaforth and. District Community Centres. . FOODFEST/ SEE ON PAGE 3 Churches divided on gay ordination The issue of ordaining self -declared homeosexuals in the United Church has produced as many reactions as there are ministers and parishioners in lite Seaforth area. While some regard homosexuals,as sinners who have no place as leaders of the church. others know homosexuals who are gifted people who could contribute much to the church. Whether pro. con or undecided. most people have strong feelings about their stand. "When I know these people and their talents. i find it difficult to say there's no place in the church for thern. But, `my indecision rests in the Biblical passages. At certain points, the Bible does' condemn homosexuality," says Cheryl -Ann Stadel- bauer-Sam¢a, Egmondville United Church minister. Since 'a United Church of Canada task group released a report in April called Sexual Orientation and Eligibility for the Order of Ministry, the issue has been debated across the dbuntry. In The Huron -Perth Presbytery, 59 delegates voted "No" to the report while 15 voted "Yes" during a May meeting in Mitchell. Approved by the church's Division of Ministry Personnel and Education, the report will not become church policy unless pa's'sed by the General Council in Aug. Charles Swan, minister of Duff's United Chinch in Waftoni is a loud critic of the report. He will be representing Huron -Perth at the ('ieneral Council meeting, in Morden, Manitoba. • Homosexuality is not the type of behavior yeti would expect of a minister. 1 see it as contrary to what we would expect from Christians. 1 don't 'reject a. hor`riosekual person, but the behavior," he says. Rev: Swan says he sees the chtirch's role as therapeutic to thehomusexual--homosexual- ity is a sickness that can be healed by God or by science with a sex change, he says. • "I don't buy the argument -that it's (homosexuality) something that's given. There is evidence that it's based oh desire. f don't think it's debatable. Homosexuals have endeavoured to justify what they're doing." he says. • The debate over what causes homosexual- ity leads Rev. James Vanslyke of Northside United Church, Seaforth to the conclusion that the issue should be studied further. "There is some uncertainty if homosexual- ity is a choice you've consciously made or if your hormofies have just gone together that way. if -that's the way you've been made, that's different than a conscious choice. We have a long way to go in our understanding of homosexuals,' he says. • POOR RESULTS A cure for homosexuality using prayer therapy and electroshock have --had poor results. A wealth of evidence says homosex- uality cannot be changed. says Rev. Stadel- bauer-Samoa. _ "One question we have to answer is. does God create people homosexual and that it's an alternative of being human, or is homosexuality something that's not as God intended?" she 'says: Passages from the Bible such as Leviticus 18:22. Leviticus 20:13 and Romans 1:24 to 27 are all the proof Rev. Swan needs to support his -stand. i'he authority of the- scripture affirms heterosexuality and the celibate life and condemns homosexuality." Homosexual ordination was removed as an issue when both the presbytery and the London conference defeated it in great majorities, says Rev. Vanslyke. "The report we's one-sided; it was pro -ordination of these people and doesn't give a balaneed view. It became a very upsetting kind of issue. You can look at society today_ and see there is not very much acceptance as homosexuals as human beings and in many professions," he says. While he is ready to accept homosexuals as members of his congregation, Rev. Vanslyke . SDHS art show / A18 diitagrees that homosexuals should hold readership roles. "1 am convinced that there are certain occupations where sexual prefer- ence would rule thern out. such as a minister. a teacher or a coach of an athletic team of children or teens: adults can stand up for their rights a bit more`." he says. SEXUALITY IS PRIVATE Both Rev. Swan and Rev. Vanslyke agree that sexual orientation is not something to talk about. "I don't think we should go around and declare our preference. Sexuality is a private thing." says Rev. Swan. "The person who flaunts this, we tend to look at differently." says Rev. Vanslyke. The adjectives which are commonly used to describe homosexuals such as sexually permiscuous and- immoral are not words ,which can be used to describe the people Rev. Stadelbauer-Sampa knows. "i've known homosexuals who are good and kind and loving. Several are involved in long term relationships which contain the trust and fidelity you can find in my marriage," she says. - Rev. Stadelbauer-Sampa says she was disappointed That a homosexual or a social psychologist was not invited to the recent Presbytery meeting so that the issue, could become one about real people and not remain solely academic. "That is the crux of the issue; knowing us as people and the goodness of our lives and the tradition of scripture. There's a tension between the two,' says Rev. Clarence Crossman, minister of the Metropolitan 'Community Church in London, a Christian church for gays and lesbians. Passages of scripture which some people read as condemning of homosexuals are seen in a different way by Rev. Crossman. "There are seven or eight brief references, all to homosexual activity in the Bible. if any other issue was condemned so broadly on GAY/ SEE ON PAGE 3 • The class of '84 • / Al2, 13 Manor residents have special Olympics/ A7 lions Pool is open/ A9 11) Births /A10 Brussels /A14 Classified /A16, 17 Community Calendar /A3 Dublin /A4, 5 Entertainment /A19, 20 Family /A6, 7 Henspll 1A18 Kids /A10, 11 Legion /A20 Londesboro /A15 Obituaries /A7 People /A10, 19 Sports /A8, 9 Walton / 17