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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-04-29, Page 1INDEX. Births — M8 Classifieds - A16, A17, A18 Dublin — A15. Entertainment..- A19 Farm'— A14 Hensel' — A15 Junior Farmers -- A7 Legion — A20 Obituaries = A18 Schools "- A6 Sports A$, A9 Walton — A10 Cattlemen j opiose ,Highway 8 widening,. See ' page 12' il;y✓/r MO +�sf t u r"Ye7:77 a87 %�j",�`/;r,�J5' a�, >r'.t..�i/ 4'.' •r��i , �r,y.I K,.. A Serving• .the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensel) and Walton THE HURON EXPOSITOO 'PRI. 29, 1987. 50 cents a copy. :+,i11 FISHERMAN'S PATIENCE — Four-year-old Steven East Of about their catches, Steven just took the opporturifty to ,sit and Seaforth, showed great potential as a fisherman 'Saturday when relax. Approxlmetely.183 kids took part in thr jjgbifng,derb}rheld at he participated in the Sportsmen's Club's annual trout derby. Lions Park. While everyone around him was looking for worms and jabbering Mcilwraith photo. Boat found, A boat, identified as belonging to two area men missing on Lake Huron since early Saturday, was found by searchers at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, hbwever the search for the missing boaters was still underway late Tuesday afternoon. • The 3:6 metre (12 -foot) aluminum boat in which Bill Deters, 28, of Exeter and Doug McKay, 32, of Kippen, were last seen in when they headed out in the lake at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, was discovered about eight kilometres south of Bayfield, 180 metres from shore, according to' Ontario Provin- cial Police. Also found"in the same area was second lifejacket from the boat. The previous day, searchers found a child's lifejacket, part of the boat's equip- ment, floating 15 metres offshore near Grand Bend. An air, ground and land search for the two men has been underway since they were reported missing about 4 p.m. Sun- day, after relatives discovered the men's pickup truck parked near Goderich Har- bour after they failed to return from a fishing trip. The search is .being co-ordinated by • Farmers told use it' or lose it Farmers across the county must" find are getting into farming these days." ways to boost membership in their federa- The plea from members, of the Huron Ex - tion of agriculture, or they stand a good ecutive echoes the comments made by Jack chance of losing one of their five voting Wilkinson, a Camlachie farmer and vice - voices at the provincial level. president of the OFA, speaking at several Bob Harrison, of RR 1 Monkton, a ' farm meetings across the province in recent regional director of the Huron Federation of weeks,' Agriculure (HFA) and chairman of the "We need all ;the help we can get. Many group's membership. •committee, told a farm issues have to be addressed. There is a gathering of farmers at a recent meeting need for well researched and' documented, that HFA membership now stands'at 1,775. evidence for presentation to governments, That is nearly 25 members less than are and there aren't enough people to handle the technically needed to warrant the county's' , work," he said. , five regional directors and voting delegates • Mr. Wilkinson noted the OFA membership to Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) of about 25,000 out of a population of close to meetings. 80,000 farmers in Ontario, has not increased Chris Palmer, of RR� 5 Wingham, second lately. vice-president of the HFA and regional Citing the same statistics, Mr. Palmer director for Huron northwest, said a concen- said virtually every farmer in Quebec is a trated membership drive will take place paid-up member of their provincial federa- ' throughout the county this June. All • tion of agriculture, and their strength in farmers, he said, should take the opportuni- numbers seems to be paying- off. He • ty to renew their memberships at that time remembered when Eugene Whelan was the if they want a strong and unified voice in federal minister of agriculture, and said in a agricultural affairs. speech during the Quebec referendum in "Losing membership through attrition is 1980 that ''75 per cen of the government our greatest danger right now," he said. money that crosses my desk goes to "In east Wawanosh Township alone we. Quebec." • have lost eight members in the past year; a "We just want equity" said Mr. Palmer. • couple have died and the others have been "And the only way we are going to get it is forced out or have quit, and no young guys if you guys start supporting us." boaters .still missing on Canadian Forces Base Tenton search and rescue headquarters, in co-operation with Goderich Police Force and the Goderich OPP detachment, and has included cover- ing Lake Huron and the shoreline from Sauble Beach to Sarnia. Searchers worked full scale Sunday and Monday, as long as daylight allowed, however the air search had to be grounded Friends, relatives waiting for word. at night. Planes and helicopters were also taken out of the search for about two hours Monday afternoon, due to a thunder squall, Involved in the search are two twin - engine "Buffalo" planes and two military helicopters from CPB Trenton and one OPP helicopter and a number of private and police owned boats and a Canadian Coast Guard plane and cutter. Some (VI`.. fine Seaforth Junior Farmdt's Were out earl Saturday. morning raking taWns• and eleamng windows for the areas senior citizens. The•Slave bay, a§ they'' call it, ie a twice -yearly event organited sdlely to help those memo rs of the ��ain1'u11it cbentpil to task's around` the house the. `ini ht not be able to no char a for the service. ere, Andy . D it do,on their own There is , g• 'Here, u hie; gives a secoii'ci s�tordy window a hek, and a jioiisti: •McIIwY'aith photo', private light aircraft have also joined in the search, said Goderich Police Chief Patrick King. While the search continues, friends and relatives of Daters and Mckay, have been waiting anxiously for word at the Cana- dian Coast Guard station on North Har- bour Road, Goderich. When the boat was found Monday morn- ing, it was in "good shape, with no large holes," said, Sgt. Rick Turnbull, of the Goderich OPP detachment. However, an outboard motor which was on the boat when the men set out Saturday was missing. The discovery of the boat without the missing men, combined with the cold temperature of the water, greatly reduces the chances they will be found alive, accor- ding to searchers. "The way I understand it," said Turn- bull, "if they were in that water they wouldn't have a very good chance of sur• vival after they were in there for about half -an -hour. "If they were out of the water, that's another story," he added. Fire damages livestock, barn to' tune of $100.000 A McKillop farmer lost his barn and some of his livestock in a fire early Friday morning. Seaforth Fire Chief George Garrick said Arnold Campbell, of Lot 21, Concession 5, lost 40 pigs and five cattle in the fire: Cause of the fire is undetermined and damage is estimated at $100,000. "The barn was completely enjulfed by the time we arrived," said Chief Garrick. "The only thing we could do was to keep it from spreading and protect the surroun- ding buildings.". - The fire call came in'at 7:41 a.m., after one of the Campbell boys noticed it on his way out to the barn. Seaforth firefighters were on the fire scene for three hours. lake, search continues SEARCH AND RESCUE units from the Armed Forces Base in Trenton were in Goderich this week to help search for two fishermen missing since Saturday. • Raftis photo. Human care Seaforth's best resource No matter what its problems the town of Seaforth will always be intact because of the hums## care and concern there is for the community. That was the concensus of members of a Heritage Canada Resource tears in town last week to gather, study and distribute information about the revitaliza- tion needs of Seaforth. The resource team will help the community set its priorities and provide an action plan for revitalizing the downtown. "This toyiri is very unique in that there it a lot of community pride," said Alex Tem- 'porale, a design consultant and member of the team. "There's a real fondness felt for the coin- munity both by the people who live bete and the_people.wliit;visit_Thataa positive pic_._ tore tobegin with. There are some problems in $eaforth but they do not detract from the qualities that ate here," he said: Metiibers of the team conducted a number of interviews with representatives of Seafdtth's business and private sectors: An invitation to an Open House on Wednesday aftern'o`on Wag also extended to the general. public, Approohnately 80 different sugges- tions cameirom those meetings.. "What we learned, said. Jon Linton, a business cbnsSltant with Weeds Gordon Management Consultants, "was that people in Seaforth are very creative and have whole 1pt of ideas about their town. Thera is a very strong tecognition of the need for Seaforth to become active in economic • development, especially recruiting different yp est the' retail mix t es of services' to augur the downtown " Mix - an revitahze.... ... ... , Seaforth residents also recognized, he o ,• the iteedT improve the downtown building facade's in order to create a mOre pleasant shopping enVirohment Thai' realize; he said, that anything done to prove the Main Street will affect the entire town. Self the Main Street is revitalized the town will be as well. The downtown and Seaforth are almost one and the same," said Mr. Temporale. "Anything that improves the Main Street is going to have ramifications on the town it could widen -the tax base," added Sharon Sawchuk, COn thunity Planner, Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Toronto. Team members comni'ented on the fact that old photographs of Seaforth's Main Street show how vibrant the community once was, "It's our intent to bring back that vibran- cy to the downtown, and the fabric 15 still there #" said Mr. Lauer. A designated heritage district Seaforth's downtown is, according to Mr Lauer, its major attribute. "Visual elements play an important role in the econohiic and social life of a corn- Three"earlo].d Paul Poises was the;. overalls wisher at the annual Trout Derby. 5onsdred by the Spdrtsi Piens Club iat•Lions' Parkhn$aturday Pall, the .s'on `of Itatidy and tla�eriel Pors5en, caught a fish that nleasred 3 5, centimetres in lengths T'ed' S`dis and Tim Bxnwiu eacl i caught": ftshttia 7kiie8s'a`recl3�centun`ctne54topfat`e�,; ecd'riditrtlie' erli".' risMatint Pat! Griilz':ik,, .laspll Betrtt eni'kiilier. arid' Kevin; r"lcls k' tf dfor third* l§ca y catching;, ti. . at nitro§ured 33. �e tube r fish,•th. , . n btli'er successful iisllerlri�d .included, ;; lfendal Schei ck j 1f>~@hay ?hilh4S Mike munity. They're a major tool to work with. Appearance, in terms' of economic develop- ment of a town, must be an important con= sideration, other than conunercial activity, when trying to attract tourism," he said. Because of that the restoration of Seaforth's Main Street back toits original character will be one of the recommenda- tions made by the resource team: That won't eliminate new development either, as long a`s it is in harmony with and sym- pathetic to the downtown. "There is definitely a desire for change and improvements in the town," said Mr. Temporale. • "People are cericerned with the number of youth that are leaving the town cochlear, _ because there is a lack of opportunity here. We want to take this further than mere building renovations. There are a lot more elements here than just the physical." y little nal ion and Shacyrt elady who �caughtE: fists measuring,33 centunetres Mike igli, Mark4.Phillips ' Si;Doug Hi gill, Dean ood;: Scott Wood, Brian Littler and, Andy Litt, ho caught t fish measuring 324 cen 'tttrmetres, '01r41'Stenerburg, y� Brent andei AkkW ,,,1,, Gi`id;tsir, lien { Tlildebrand, Sean rrook4nd ani IClmg who caught fi measuring 3 Ceittu»e adJi o' Ja n W d rai ick w o. tl air h Fait h_ fjsh measurin>'�3f: celiiiJ;tettesx, A' . rdxjmiatel. 1855:kids oo e ` p Y i k it ir1 Pr . n. ... fishing derby,tfnety-five fish out of the;:: 3Mi p'ut m the t0 eek hefol a theder v, qr re;.