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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1988-11-09, Page 3THE HURON EXPOSITOR, NOVEMBER 9, 1988 — 3A KEN ANDERSON DON GREIDANUS Four vie for positions With Rewe Tom Cunningham returning by aerlamation to Hullett Township council, four candidates are left vying for the three positions of councillor. RON GROSS Ron Gross is the veteran councillor, hav- ing spent the last seven years on Hullett council He is a farmer who says he enjoys the council work and feels he has something to offer the township. Some of the accomplishments during his stay on council include the setting up of the township's secondary plan, and the establishment of the property standards and zoning by-laws. The main issue for the township in the up- coming years, he said, is landfill The pre- sent landfill site near Blyth is filing up and will eventually have to be expanded or a new location found. Both options are expen- sive and will take years of planning. We've received good reports on the (pre- sent) pro-sent) site, the soil conditions are ideal," said Mr. Gross. "We'll try to maintain our own (landfill site). There's no need at this time to go county -wide." Mr. Gross noted recycling would have to be considered in the future, but said once people are educated about recycling they well find it quite easy to do. Another future issue, according to Mr. on Hullett township council Gross, will be the rising cost of the recrea- tion budget, specifically the maintenance of the arenas in Blyth and Seaforth. "Maintenance will become a big thing because the buildings are getting older," he said_ "If people want these facilities, we'll have to be prepared to maintain them." Mr. Gross said the township road building program should also be continued because it helps the winter roads' budget immensely. BOB SZUSZ Bob Szusz has spent the last 10 years as a sales agent for the Howson and Howson Mill in Blyth. He joined Hullett council two years ago, after replacing retiring Vic Stackhouse. He agreed landfall and waste manage- ment will be the main issue council well have to deal with in the next term, and although not in favor of a county -wide landfill site, conceded the township may have to go that route. He noted however, the present site is in good shape. Another task he said he'd like to see the town accomplish is in securing a PRIDE grant from the provincial goverrmaent. That grant money would be spent on improving the drains and roads in Auburn_ Like Mr. Gross, Mr. Szusz would like to see the township continue its work on the im- provement of roads. He'd also like to see the establishment of manure storage by-laws. "We have to try to get the manure by-laws to have more clout," he said Another item Mr. Szusz mentioned was the education of the public in regards to the recent tax reassessment. In conclusion he noted a desire to see peo- ple come out to the polls on November 14. "I hope people come out and vote and we get a good turnout Hopefully I've made some progress in the last two years. I want to see the township moving forward," he said. KEN ANDERSON Ken Anderson replaced Harvey Stewart on council a year and one half ago, and the reason he joined was to see how things were run. "I got in because people complain about government and I thought I'd see how things are run," he said. Mr. Anderson is the owner of Anderson's Salvage and has also spent four years on the Seaforth Arena Board representing the in- terests of Hullett township. He said the ex- perience he gained through that involve- ment has given him a background in bureaucracy and enabled him to "see what you can and can't do." Mr. Anderson said the same applies to municipal government where many deci- sions are handed down from upper levels. He said he has enjoyed his time on council and sees the upcoming issues as landfill and drainage in the two villages. "Landfill will be a major issue. I think our site is being run well, we're safe for a while," he said "Sometime we'll go county -wide. It will cost taxpayers a lot of Money but it will come to that. Mr. Anderson said he feels everything in the e�village is running smoothly and added happy there is an election. DON GREIDANUS Don Greidanus is a farmer who has lived on his farm since 1958. He has spent the last 18 winters working with the Ministry of Transportation out of Clinton, but this year is taking it easy. "Pee got some spare time now, this is why I'm giving it a positive go for township work on council," he said, adding he wants to keep council down to its grass roots. "In the past when I approached council over different matters, I always had the idea you weren't getting anywhere. I'd like to know why not," he said. "There needs to be more communication at the council level with the ratepayers and the public employees, rather than having closed doors." Mr. Greidanus said he hoped there would be more candidates for council, and that is good to have the community express their wishes. Cleaners open plant in Hensall -41 A new light industry has come to Hensel. Image Cleaning Services has opened a new cleaning plant to expand its dry clean- ing operation into new geographical areas and new markets, and in the process has created new jobs and business in the village of Hensall. "We're ecstatic about it," says Hensall Reeve Jim Robinson_ "They're talking about 20 new jobs, they've got state of. the art computerized equipment, they're pioneers in this sort of technology,. and we're glad to see them in Hensall." Len Hume, president of Image Cleaning Services, says the company was attracted to Hensall because the space m the Agripress bolding was available, and Hensall is cen- trally located to facilitate transportation to and from customers across Iambton, Huron, Perth and part of Middlesex. The plant well have an automated laundry which will be able to handle 2,000,000 pounds of lanndy per year and will create 10 new jobs, and sanitone dry-cleaning which will handle 210,000 pounds per year and create foor jobs. Image Cleaning Services has been in operation since 1975, and has had a Central cleaning plant in Exeter, and retail loca- tions in Grand Bend, Exeter, MItcheIl, Seaforth, and Strathroy. There are also ap- proximately 20 drop-off points located in Iambton, Perth, Huron, and Middlesex counties. The new location in Hensel] will replace the cleaning plant in Exeter, but the com- pany will still be 'maintaining, aiid even an - proving, its retail location in Exeter. But perhaps the most impact the new $1,000,000 cleaning plant will have on the company, is that it allows Image Cleaning to expand into new markets. Company presi- dent Len Hume says Image cleaning well be looking for business from health care facilities, hospitality services (hotels and motels) and industries. "There isn't a fabric that we can't handle, whether it's natural or manmade," says Mr. Hume. In the past Image Cleaning handled very little of the flat textiles (sheets, pillowcases, napkins etc.) bat it is hoped their newly pur- chased cleaning equipment will change that "The equipment is fantastic, I can't say enough about it," says production manager Jim Hennessey. In the past, the flat teatzles machine the cleaners used would clean one sheet every 40 seconds, and the sheet would then have to be folded by hand. Their new machine will press 450 to 500 sheets in an hour, and will fold them into eighths and stack them In 45 minutes this new machine will be able to do 875 pounds of institutional- type nstitutionaltype laundry. There are also two new dry cleaning machines at the plant, enc} it is anticipated they will be handling 3,500 pounds of laundry per week during the busy season- After one year of research into cleaning industry machinery, these fully computerized machines were imported from Italy. Each has 31 computer controlled machine func- tions, which control soaps, detergents, pumps, fans, deoderizing etc. Image Cleaners describes its equipment as the latest in computerized fabric care technology, whith a huge laundry capacity, and state-of-the-art water and energy con- servation equipment. Mr. Hume says his operation is also en- vironmentally safe. For example, there are no Mains to allow chemicals to get outside of the drycleaning machines, and all of the solvent used in the machines stays in them It is distilled and reused, and only a email portion, about 10 percent or 15 gallons, is removed for disposal Image Cleaning offers retail dry- cleaning; industrial uniform rental; hotel, motel and restuarant linen rental and ser- vice chemicals, and hospitalfinstitutional laundry chemicals The cleaners will now be trying to sell their service to local hospitals, mirsing homes, hotels, industrial markets, and other customers. Most of these are currently tak- ing their cleaning business to London, but Mr. Hume ihinks"there is a notch for Image deaffirg. • "We're smaller and more responsive, and we live in the same community. If someone runs out of rags down the road we'll take some to them, where someone in London may say `see you next week'," explains Mr. Hume. Image Cleaners new head office is also in the Hensall plant along with production and warehousing. Within a year it is anticipated that about 35 people will be needed to keep the plant busy, and within 18 months these workers will be on a 40 hour week. McKillop officials review potential along highway At its November meeting, the McKillop' Township Council appointed Reeve Marie Bicknell and Deputy Reeve William Siemon to meet with officials from the Town of Seaforth to review the development poten- tial, and the servicing and design, of the pro- posed commercial area along the highway west of Seaforth. Council also endorsed a resolution from the Village of Zurich concerning soft drink containers. Pathfinders Beverage Limited of London will allegedly be replacing their recyclable glass soft drink containers with plastic containers and cans. The village of Zurich will be launching a formal protest of this action to the Ministry of the Environ- ment and has circulated its resolution to all municipal councils in Huron County. The basis for the protest is the current concern about filling landfill sites, and pro- vincial government statutes which are in- tended to stop the replacement of recyclable glass containers with throwaway plastic or tin containers. Building permits issued by council for McKillop Township in September and Oc- tober totalled $325,150 and include two residences and farm buildings. A by-law was passed to authorize the ex- ecution of an agreement with Seaforth and Hullett for the sharing of a representative to the Ausable-Bayfield conservation authori- ty. Formerly each of the municipalities had its own representative. W.E. Kelley and Associates Limited were appointed to prepare a report on the Scher - berth Municipal Drain which may need repairs. The zoning bylaw was passed for the municipality, and a copy will be mailed to all landowners and tenants. And in council spending,the road.: voucher was approved for payment in the amount of $15,987.13. And the general ex- penses voucher totalled $356,669.30 with ma- jor expenses incurred due to payments for school board and county levies. A tile drainage loan was approved for pay- ment in the amount of $20,000. IMAGE CLEANING SERVICES opened a new plant in Hensel! recently with state-of- the-art computerized laundry machinery. The plant will create 14 new jobs to begin with, with more created in the first year of operation. The plant's operators are hoping to service hospitals, restaurants, hotels, and industrial customers. Len Hume, Presi- dent of Image Cleaning, is seen here with one of his computerized dry cleaners. Cor- bett photo. Drugs and schools the issue at Toronto conference A Seaforth high school teacher represen- ting the Burn County Board of Education attended a Drug Education Co-ordinating Carl conference in Toronto last week_ Linda Doig was among teachers, counsellors and social workers who sat in on sessions including: Illicit Drug Industry in Canada, Cm-rinilum Strategy, and All Yon Want to Know About Drugs. The cunfereiP_-e was a timely ane, as it followed a recent announcement by Educa- tion Iter Chris Ward. He stated drug education will be mandatory in Ontario Sehooes beguming September 1989. The Drug Education Co-ordinating Coun- cil (DECC) also distributed a draft copy of the proposed carrrferdram gni+ Win.. fog physical and health education_ The draft pr uposes mandatory arug eancanon tics such as recognizing drugs, learning their ef- fects, teaching positive self image and deci- sion making. Doig said the Board of Educa- tion has four weeks to read and evaIute the draft before it has to be submitted back to DECCC. "The couirereice, buwevei, did not deal specifically on the draft," Doig said_ "It pro- vided a source of information on many drug- related rugrelated topics and resources." Drug education is not a totally new con- cept to schools in Huron Comity. Doig was involved in a program called ADAPT - Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program For Today. Its curriculum included plays, films and guest speaker s_ "Mandatory drug education is a great concept for today's students," said Doig. "However there may be a problem in which subject to teach it The government is sug- gesting it be implemented into the health section of Physical Education, but there is only one Phys. Ed credit required in high scbooL The students who only take the sub- ject once throughout high school will not totally benefit" "The alternative," she said, ` would be to integrate it into English, which is com- pulsory for five years, Family Studies or perhaps Science. Or, increase the number of Phys. Ed emits." "I hope this action brings about positive reaction m both students and parents," Doig added_ "We need to increase healthy living standards in young people and encourage .pons•y " SPS raises $400 for Unicef in first year of collection BY TRACY BOSMAN only treats for themselves, but money for Every Halloween, area children masse ursIerpriviledged children That morney their way to neighbors' homes collecting not goes to the UNICEF organization who uses UNICEF - Students at the Seatorth Public School participated this Halloween in the Unicef campaign, raising almost $400 to help underprivaieged children in third world countries )fere Courtney Larrivee, Unita Khan, 1 Panne McDonald, principal Gary Jewrlt, Unicef organizer Jeannette Finnigan, Jane Powell, Josh Dietz and Sandy Ri` 7deoff pose with then earnings. Bosman photo. it to help third world cou,ili ies - by pro- viding health care, clean water, nutrition, education, and other important items many of us take for granted. UNICEe has had a high profile in schools all across Canada because of the Halloween campaign, and the Seaforth Public School is no exception_ Jeannette Finnigan, who organized UNICEF at S.PS., began collecting for UNICEF last year with her own dnldren_ This is the first year S.PS. has par- ticipated in the UNICEFcampaign although its twin school, Walton Public, has been in- volved with UNICEF far a number of years. Approximately 100-150 students from Seaforth Puhfic School took part in the cam- paign this Halloween and raised almost $400. The money collected by the public school will be matched by the federal government and matefeed again in some way (labor, Iocal materials, etc-) by the receiving country. 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Wed., Nov. 9 1 - 3 p.m. — Parents & Tots Skating 4:30 - 5'30 p.m. — Tween Ringette 50 - 6:30 p.m. — Bantam Practice 6:15 p.m. — Seaforth Horticuftuai Society Potluck Supper and Annual Meeting at the Seaforth Public School 6:30 - 8 p.m. — Minor Broomball 7:30 p.m. — Minor Hockey Meeting 8 - 9 p.m. — Fitness Is Fun et Arena 8 - 10 p.m. — Adult Volleyball at High School 8 - 10:30 p.m. — Ladies Br•oombail 10-30 - 12 p.m. — Centenaires Practice -Thurs., Nov. 10 3 - 4:30 p.m. — Public Skating 4:30 p.m. — Blyth vs Novice 5:30 p.m. — Clinton vs Atom 6:45 - 8:30 p.m. — Pee Wee 11 Sun., Nov. 13 12 - 1 p.m. — Novice Ringette 2 p.m. — Centenaires vs Wellesley Apple Jacks 4 - 5 p.m. — Novice Practice 5 - 6 p.m. — Petite vs Exeter Ringette 6 - 7 p.m. — Junior Ringette 7 - 8 p.m. — Bele vs Clinton Ringette 8 p.m_ — Penguins vs Rangers 9:30 p.m. — Hawks vs Bruins 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. — Fitness is Fun at Arena 5:30 - 630 p.m. — Pee Wee I practice 6:30 - 730 p.m. — Minor Broomben 7:30 - 12 p.m. — Men's Broomball 7:30 - 9 p.m. — Mixed Basketball at High Schatz( Fri., Nov. 11 Mon., Nov. 14 4:30 - 8:30 p.m. — Figure Skating 8:30 p.m. — Beavers 10 - 11 p.m. — Midget Practice 4 - 5 p.m. — Jr./Belle Ringette 5 - 6 p.m. — Jr. House League - Practice 6 - 7 p.m. — Sr. House Leagrie - Practise 7 - 8 p_m. — Petite Rhiyelte 8 p.m. — Seahawks vs Monition "Home Opener" Sat., Nov. 12 7 - 9 a.m. — Figure Skating 9 sun. — Oilers - Canadians 10 a.m. — North Stars - Kings 11 e.rrt. — Flames.- Whalers 12 p.m. — Pengidrrs - Leafs 1 - 2 pm. — Mites has pm. — Story Hour at the Library 2 - 3 p.m. — FRngette - Bunnies/Novice Tues., Nov. 15 8:30 - 9:30 aun. — Fitness is Fun at Arena 4 p.m. - SDHS Heritage Committee to hold its first meeting in the School Library. In- terested citizens welcome to attend_ 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. — Atom Practice 6:30 p.m — Bantams vs Brussels 8 p.m. — Midgets vs Brussels Wed., Nov. 16 1 - 3 p.m_ — Parents & Tots Skating 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. — Tween Ringette 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. — Bantam Practice 6:30 - 8 p.m. — Minor Broomball 8 - 10 p.m. — Adult Volleyball at High School 8 - 9 p.m. — Fitness is Fun at Arena 8 - 10:30 p.m. — Ladies Broomball 10:30 - 12 p.m_ — Centenaires Practice