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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-02-25, Page 1IND X Births /A1,2 , Classified ..'%A8, "9, 10' -Dublin 1A5 , En tertainment:"/ A1T Family IA1O, • 12 Hensall 1A6 Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensel! and Walton region • IA12 Obituaries /A10 People IA12 Sports. /A7,.'11, Walton 7A5 •.•SEAF.ORTHi,ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, FEB"RUARY••25, 1.987 12 PAGES 50 cuts a. copy • - Delegation• of. mayors its_g good res .Onse. p from MTC minister • Though he gave no firm commitment to by the Highway 401, 400, 404, 403 or QEW widening Highway 7 and 8 from Kitchener to corridors." • ` Stratford, Ed Fulton, Minister of Transpor-, Mayor Ross said improvements to the by- tation and •Communication went as far as - pass route, through the City. of Stratford is • clubbing it the "408" when five Huron ,and viewed as essential to the long term Perth 'mayors met with him Thursday, in Queen's Park. The mayors, who represented the towns of Goderich, Clinton, . Mitchell and Seaforth and the township of Wilmot, voiced their, support of a City of Stratford petition for the completion of widening Highway 7 and 8 bet- ween Kitchener and Stratford. They also re- . quested that by-pass improvements through that city be made as soon as possible. Seaforth Mayor Alf Ross, who acted as spokesperson for the group, told Mr. Fulton the flow of "'ti effic, agricultural - and in- dustrial products, n-dustrial•products, and consumer goods and services is two-way, and muncipalities such as Seaforth, Mitchell, Clinton and Goderich, represent markets for Toronto based sup- pliers and distributers, just as the wider Toronto centred :region represents a primary market for this area. "'Lie two-way exchange is directly depen- dent on the quality of highway access to the 401," he said. "The main problems withrthis.link at pre, sent are the time it takes to get through the City of Stratford and the difficulties, real or perceived, experienced along Highway 7-8 between Stratford and Kitchener.' • Mayor Ross said the key is competitive advantage. -. • "Although part of the problem is eases of access and the time required. to cover the distance, the major problem is this area's market proximity relative to that of other economic stability of the communities fur- ther to the west. of Stratford. • "The Towns and Townships west of Strat- ford have . been experiencing 'a, lengthy period of economic stability verging on slow decline with the current instabilities in the agricultural industry forecasted to continue at least into the next decade, so alternative directions for economic growth and develop- ment must be explored, he said." • If four lane access to Highway 401 is im- portant for the continued • growth and development of the City of Stratford, it is ab- solutely critical for the long term economic prpspects of the municipalites west of Strat- ford, added Mr. Ross." The delegation .got strong support from Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell and Perth MPF Hugh Edighoffer. Mr..Edighoffer said a widened highway is .needed to promote agriculture -related in- dustry and get off -farm jobs for young farmers Just starting out. Mr. Riddell said highway access is really• needed to strengthen the economic develop- ment in southwestern Ontario. • The Huron -Perth delegation intends to keep pushingfor a; `:,108:: highway,until Mr. Fulton Makes a coitiniitmetit to it Even if it is fixeioseacenyearsslown-theline the,.towns can go out and encourage industries that ac- cess to the 401 will bd improved. The next step will be the preparation of an economic development plan for each of the HEAVE HO! — There is something about a tug -o -war, that sharpens one's competitive spirit. Matthew•Vock. Tony Kiritsis, communities in southern Ontario who are towns represented by the, delegation in Shoran Godkih and Brian Van de Ban dug in and putted hard,.but were ultimately unsuccessful in this tug -o -war match -up. (Mcilwrahh" photo) directly linked to the Toronto centred region Huron and Perth counties. 'Ontario Hydro transmission corridor appears imminent A hydro transmission corridor for this . Ontario Cabinet and ask for an Order in area appears imminent after the Joint Canted, which would allow Hydro to pro,. Hearing Board made' public their rccom- ceed with land acquisitions for the cor- rnendations on February 20 after 131 days rider. The land acquisitions could start as of hydro hearings last year. early as August 1, ion, said Pratt, The Joint Hearing Board, an impartial Under Hydro's current timetable, con - three member board, recommended to the struction could begin on the hydro corridor Ontario Cabinet that a transmission cor- in the spring of 1988 with the first "in set- ridor be established to bring power fronivice" of the line scheduled for Mareh 1, the Bruce Nuclear Power Development 1991, she said. (BNI'D) down to southwestern Ontario. For the Foodland Hydro Committee, an The corridor, known as Plan 1, would in- organization representing. 1,200, farmers volve a double circuit .500 Kilovolt line opposed to the hydro corridor, the an - from the BNPDthrough Bruce, Huron and no un cement came as a bitter Middlesex Counties to Hydro's new disappointment. transfortnerstation just south of London in "Its disappointing. We fought a long, Caradoc Township.. Another corridor hard fight ever since 1980. All I can say is would be established from the London we've done the best we could," said Transformer Station east to the Nanticoke Foodland Hydro Committee Secretary Bill Generating Station as part of Plan 1. Jongejyan. Accordingto Ontario Hydro spokesper- "We've got the best farmland in the son Donna Front, a 28 -day appeal period world here, We juit thought fives worth it - will go into effect in which interested par- to make that point known." he said. ties can make their thoughts known to the Mr. Jcingejan said the primary effects of Joint Hearings Board, the cotridor, the inconvenience of farming After.' this appeal period, the joint Hoard around hydro towers, will eventually be would then take their findings back to the overshadowed by the secondary effects of the new hydro corridor which will promote steward'.y thing to do as every acre is uni- more industry, and take more farmland quo in its production ability," he said, ad- aut of production. ding that the hydro corridor will be supply - "It's the secondary effects is what we're • •ing London with five times as much power really concerned about. How large will as it really needs, London' will become with .15,000 acres He also spoke.out against Hydro's claim aboutto be annexed by the city". Is that the that the corridor will make the inter- change of power easier between Ontario and Michigan. saying Ontario Hydro should not be subsidizing the Americans with cheap hydro. "The real reason they're (Ontario Hydro) coming through with the line is to (Continued on Page A31 Landfill extension worries owners. Despite concern expressed about continu- ing extensions of the life of the landfill_site, Seaforth council says its hands are tied. The owners and operators of the Seaforth Golf Course expressed written concern to council last Week about yet another emergency extension to the life of the ex- isting site, adjacent to the golf course. The site will be mounded a further 10 meters allowing,the site to refrain in opera- tion into 1988. - Although she removed herself from the , outwit chambers while the letter was being read, Councillor Carolanne Doig, well aware of the dilemmaa faced by the town in regards to waste disposal, said those at the golf course Were concerned the increased visibility of the landfill site, the steeper grades, anrl-mare difficult ;Operation of the site may lead to even more problems with litter, smoke and odor. '"During the saintlier months the golf ,course offers thousands of hours of reerea- tion for Seaforth and- area residents and many people from other provinces and in- deed other countries," she said. "Since many visitors attend major eventstat the golf course} and these events are usually on Saturdays and. Wednesdays, the very days when the landfill site is open to the public, we hope that every precaution will be taken to prevent accidental cotiibus- Iron, and that the cover of litter will be done caddy to prevent it from migrating to the adjacent bush and golf course." Mayor Alf Boss said he sympathized with the the golf course owners, but added coun- cil proceed had no alternative but to ro "I'd tike to move the landfill out of there. . but I have no choice. But 1 can assure you every precaution to prevent litter, smoke and odor, he said. Seaforth area main finds danger of racng appealing by Heather Mcllwraith It's a sport in which one never gets worse, but continues to excel, and Bill Anderson is the perfect exernple of that. , The 25 -yew, 'r-oid RR l Seaforth resident captured the Canadian World Series snotbmobiling title in Ennist-tore on 50 horsepower dill 19$7 Merit Indy Trail 'Who !pees l snowmobile in the C Stock class, came out of the t iio-day premier coinpetitroit with one second_ and two fust place finishes, giving hien the highest point total for the competition. t "The thing is to be consistent, The top five diver's get points so you have to be in the tofive p all the time said Bill. "For example I find my toughest com- petition comes from Blenheim .She lady in Blenhei. m She usually beats e by a lied length when she wens, but •she doesn't' win every race; andwhenlhe'do-est'twitrslit isn't usually its the top five either. You have to be consistent for it to pay off.:" Bill• admits he has beet an avid fan of snovr•ti obilingsinceabout1973 at which time he could be found zipping across his family's far. "`There has always been a snowmobile. around the farm, but 1 was the one' who was on 'rifest st Of the tune,' he recalled. ' - "t've always enjoyed it."• • rs :About five yeaag`a Hill's interest in snowri obiling went front" being purely recreational to competitive. ""I tried it a couple tines and really en- joyed it," he said. • "It's fast and exciting and I like it when 1 win. AndI must AdriaI like the danger," he said, ignoring his father's conteielit that he was More than likely in the sport to meet girls: X120 fsontrrl � is a sport -where you're not dependent on anybody else. If things go wrong thereis no on'e to blame but yourself," he saie Unlike the recreational snowniobiler Bill starts his season in August, long. before "the first snowfall It is during those preliminary months that Bill takes the opportunity to completely tear down his Machine, anti -prepare it to his own specifications; You have to know every nut and bolVof your. machine.' To' consistently win it. takes maintenan"ce," he said. . Once the machine is ready it must be tested. And for Bill that usuallytneansgrass dragging in the fal. "Like hockey and baseball die, melt you practise the better you get But in this case. instead of practise it's testing the machine "' "And that's why oti never get worse and always . r every year'. You learn for atwa, do belie. _.:. , , yourself and try different things You re always e'xperitii'entmg, and if you keep your eyes and ears open at the races, and your mouth shut,, you can pick lip Wind tips and some'seccrets." - Once the snow arrives competition bee"Dues fast and furious oce'upying virtual - CANADIAN CHAMPION — Bili' Anderson, of AO f, $eafetif , eame,awA'y with the Mott points and the d Stock Championship at trio reeenf National compiehftori rn' iW m sliidre. Bite hays been competing for five Veal's. (Mcilw'rafth photo) Iy every weekend Until Season's end in April' "ft gets a bit tiring by the tri; of the year. When you get horhe at 3 a.m. Monday you're sink of it and never want to do it again but corm Thursday night you're keen to go a airi�," he' said, adding that driving to and trent the competitions is the worse part. Although he generally enters his machine in the drag racing, oval racing and show cross competitions Bill said his favotite 41 competition is the oval racing. • "In drag racing things happen so fast and everything has to be perfect, It s all over in about eight seconds. In oval and snowctoss if your niaciiitre is not running ins( per rent - off the start you can make up for it by driv- ing it a littlt harder or whatever on the trade. I'drtatlrerilo'-ovalthan-anythrng else, bit because of the weatfier conditions in this part of the country you have to travel so far ' to oval se I don't get to do it as winch as I'd like, is said." • In addition to trophies there are cash' prizes awarded at the various competitions • . attends, but never enough to make snowinobiting rot" hilt anything more than a hobiiy. "For every dollar you make you spend two in preparation for the. rate Before every competition I spend four to five hours irbrking oti my machine, replacing.parts>or Whatever," he said, adding sn'owmobi n"g - could ultimately turn into more than a hof, by for' him; if he joined the Professional • ranks and had factory sponsorship • "flight now if I deal make anything. I've hada bad weekend. FiWe years ago just. making it „down the 'track was A good weekend Still; it cornea and goes. At the Canadians t raced four classes otic day and Made $12 and the next day 1 raced two classes and made $409." - Bill will continue racing until mid April. Currently leading the association in points ((Coittinued'en Pane A3')