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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-08-26, Page 3'FLOWERY EVENT -The annual flower show sponsored by the Seaforth Horicultural Society, waa held at the Seaforth Legion August 19. Despite low attendencethe show as a'success with stunhi,ng arrangments. Many of•the entries received first prize and the overall winner was Helen McNaughton with 53 points. Mrs..McNaughfon; left, wes . , presented with a silver rose bowl from'Nancy Kale, organizer; and a crystal' rose bowl for her win. Blake photo. FLOWERS., FLOWERS AND MORE FLOWERS -Everything • was coming, up• flowers at the annual flower show spon- sored by the Seaforth Horticultural Society August 19..: The competition held . in the Seaforth Legion attracted 182 entries from 18 competitors with the top winner being Helen McNaughton with 53 points.: Second' • • prize winner was Marjorie Broadfoot with 48 • points, seen here• with' her prize of a crystal vase. Blake photo. • SMELL:, THE FLOWERS -Many different categories and themes were the main at- traction at the annual flower show spon- sored by the Seaforth Horticultural Society. The show held in the Seaforth Legion at- tracted 182 entries from 18 competitors. At- :tendance was down from 237 entries last ;year. Tracey Alexander of Seaforth enjoyed smelling the exhibits instead of just. looking at them,,Blake photo. COLORFUL SHOW -The annual flowershow put on by the Seaforth Horticultural Socie- ty attracted only 182 entries down from 237 last year, -but the crowd still enjoyed the unique arrangments and the funny themes for some, categories. Marjorie Phillips and Jean McEwen of,Clinton, and a member of the Seaforth society discuss what qualities they like best of the arrangments. Blake photo. ,. 1987 flower show entries are down Low attendance dampened spirits at the could make it to the show because of their Seaforth Horticultural Society's annual tight playing schedule. Flower Show, but organizers said they still Top winner was Helen McNaughton with believe the show was a success. •53 points. Mrs. McNaughton received the Held at the Seaforth Legion on Wednes- coveted silver rose bowl and a crystal rose day the event attracted only 182 entries bowl. • from 18 entrants compared to 237 last year Second place went to Marjorie Broadfoot ::.'and 294 the year before. Organizer Nancy with 48 points. She received a crystal vase. Kale said the low attendance is believed to Third place 'went to last year's big winner, be a result of the dry weather and bugs at- Karen Whitmore with 34 points. She receiv- ' tacking the delicate flowers. ed a chiha floral. Since the event was held the same day as In the individual categories - Marjorie p lawnbowling tournament, it was hoped the Broadfoot was top winner in the annuals show would attract flower lovers from the and biennais where she accumulated 19 bowling greens. But only a few lawnbowlers points. Shannon Craig, a first-time entrant, had six points in the rose category and Mrs. McNaughton had 16 points in the house plants category and 18 points in the artistic design category. Other winners of cash prizes were Marion McLeon, Kay Whitmore, Joe Hugill, Grace Jansen, Dillis Finnigan, John Andrews, Shannon Craig, Marj Phillips, Nancy Kale, Ginnette Finnigan, Isabelle Scott, Jean Durst, Edna Andrews, Hazel Hildebrand, Sarah Elliott, Karen Whitmore, Marjorie Broadfoot and Helen McNaughton. Steve Hildebrand and Nancy Kale presented the awards. • Some merchants upset by lack of invitation ,. Some merchants who weren't invited to the information luncheon held August 11, to hear the proposal from Laurence A. Port - Off, vice-president of Cheshire Inc.; to place a pants manufacturing company in the Genesee building, feel they were given an unfair deal. Jean Wolfe, owner of Flower Magic, said she was surprised to hear about the lun- cheon the next day from Elsie Willems, owner of A11 Styles If. She said Mayor Alf Ross and town clerk, Jim Crocker, didn't even bother to ask her. • "They didn't figure I could make it," she said. She said they could have made the extra effort to get alt the businesses involved in the deal. Mr. Crocker said only a certain number of businesses were invited because it was felt .Peters says his e - At a Sunday Huron Conservative picnic at lie Exeter Golf and County Club, candidate Nico Peters said his campaign was catching fire. - He told about 200 supporters; "I will win 1 this election without any outside help. We will win it in the backyards and en the streets as we preach the gospel according to Nice Peters". Mr. Peters continued, " We will approach these businesses would be the first to con- tribute $1,000. Mrs. Willems said, "There are more businesses in the town than 40," and added it is impossible for those 40 businesses to be spokespersons for the rest. But like other businesses, Mrs. Willems isn't going to take action on the matter. "To me, they (the town) seem to have a pat answer for everything." Hazel Hildebrand, of Hildebrand Paint and Paper, was also upset about council not inviting her to the luncheon. She said everyone should have been invited or else just council members-` Her husband George said it iooked as though the council wanted "certain money" to donate to the company. Steve Hildebrand' added those who weren't invited, not just business people, but ection campaign our policies with what the peopte of ()Mario can afford, With the Liberal's spending in- crease at three thus the rate of inflation, we have to fight their socialistic approach to gooernment". The PC candidate went- on to say, "This was not the time for an election..This is an expensive affront to all in Ontario. It's about taking a stand of defending the mifiority, but not at the expense of the majority." COMMUNITY CALENDAR if you're organizing -6 non-profit event 01 interest td Other Seaforth;' area residents, phone the recreation Office at 527-0882 or the Expositor at 527.3240, or Mail the information 10 Communi- ty Calendar, The Hurorti Expositor, Sox 89. Seaforth, Oritarin, NOK MO well in advance of the scheduled date.' Space for the Cotnmunity Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor, Wed., Aug--. 26 1:30' -.4 0.41. Public SWimming 7 0' - 8 p.m. Morns & Tots Roller Skating 63 O.M. Men's Playoffss 8 9 p.m. Fitness is Fun 6 8:30' p ' Publf'o Swimming Thur..A_ ._._ - _. Aug 27 4 p.m, Magic w at Library 7:30 pan. Brewers vs. Komakozy 6:30 p.m. Gents vs. Boilersmith' (Playoffs) Fri.,. Aug 28 7 - 10:30 p.m. Roller Skating Mon., Aug. 31 Men's Fastia"ll Playoffs Twee. Sept. 1 ! 7.36 - 8:30 p.nf. Ladies Softball at Lion's Park Wed., Sept. 2 Men's Football Playoffs ordinary citizens, might have contributed a sum of money but are now reluctant to give. He said business people feel as though their money isn't worth putting into a business from which the entire community will benefit. Though the Hildebrand's are excited about the new business possibly coming to town and are fully supportive of the idea, they still believe council went about generating funds in the wrong way. , Clerk Crocker said the luncheon was not meant to discriminate against any dona- tions either private or public. He said in- viting some merchants was thought as a good strategy to get the news to other mer- chants by word of mouth. To invite every. business would mean too large a crowd to get together in the short time the town had to set up the meeting. is catching fire "If we can get Ontarians to listen to our message they will realize we are the only party that stands up for the rights of people. We have the only platform and policies to lead Ontario into the 90s." Mr. Peters admonished the present government for being responsible for triple the layoffs in the north and allowing all the growth and new jobs in Toronto. " He Said the present government has done nothing about roads in Huron County and said highway 4 north of Blyth was in terrible shape and needed widening, While the picnic was an informal affair, • Sarnia MPP Andy Brandt turned out to be the guest speaker. ,. On the subject of free trade Mr. Brandt said, "It's ludicrous for Peterson to say it's going to be harmful to .Ontario. To do nothing like he is doing would also be harmful." He continued,." The United States has a $170 billion trade deficit. Mark my word, they will do something to try and change that. It would be devastating to Ontario if we don't get protection with"a solid agreement. It must enhance our edenomy and development." About the Auto Pact, Mr. Brandt said it should'not be renegotiated; but left intact. Gibby Gibson of Exeter was master of ceremonies for the brief program which was. followed by a picnic hiech of hot dogs and :beans. Also in attendance was former Agrieulture Minister Bill Stewart. lewcatch basin advantageous Tuekersmith Township councu was in- cCouncil endorsed the resolution of the formed of the.advantages of using the Township ckwith requesting the pro Hickenbottom basin bottom catch'basins over norutal vincial,.govofernBement to discontinue the sails catch 'installations on.municipal road ; tax. applied to equipment and supplies allowancesr directly used in fire protecion and control Brent Kennedy of the Ontario Depart- and automobile extraction. merit of Agriculture attended the council Russell Archer of tanastra was given meeting recently ,and advised that the ponding, thus allowing water to be retained permission to install his sign on municipal Hickenbottoms were designed to create:a property between Plan 133 and Highway 4. and forced • through the underground Council authorized the collection of the be taken to a smaller size til drainage system. This tile: 'more water to $1,000 connection fee for services on the south side of the.Egmondvflle River, ser4ic Mr. Hickenbottom also advised they were ed by the Egmondville Water System, but generalI less costly and easter• toinsiall waived the annual connectto onsuinptivn than normal catch. basins and required less charge until such time as the residence is maintenance connected to the municipal water supply. , Projectmay result in new system The Town of Seaforth, is starting the location change with building of new development of a.project that will eventual- facilities; 'limiting the size of Seaforth so ly result in the construction of major im- that sewage flows do not increase above ex- provements and expansion of the town's isting levels; or doing nothing and leaving sanitary sewage facilities. existing problems as they are now. • But before anything can be clone an En- The ESR will document the overall design -vironment` Study Report (ESR) must be . process which ends with the construction of compiled for the Ministry of the Environ- a specific project. Itincludes a'discussion of meat. It is believed its planning process will project purpose, the existing physical, give the town an opportunity to keep the natural, social and economic conditions in. public and all interested organizations -iii- the project' area, alternative solutions for formed of the progress of the study, and will . meeting identified needs, the alternative also• give these parties an opportunity to methods of carrying out the project, and comment on the project as it progresses. any specific construction requirements necessary to mitigate identified adverse en- vironmental impacts. The . report wili be submitted to the Ministry of the Environment and will be available to all interested parties at the ministry's London office or at the Seaforth Town Hall. ' If a written objection of the report has not • been received by the MOE within 30. -days of its submission, the Town will proceed to complete the detailed design of the works in order to advertise for tenders for the con- struction of the project. • B.M. Ross and Associates have indeptifed- It is proposed the ESR document any con - seven alternative ways of dealing with the cerns of the public, provincial ministries or problems; They include: building of new agencies, and municipal governments, and 'sewage pumping and treatment facilities; special interest groups. Questionnaires are expansion or modification of the existing being circulated to get that information. facilities; reduction of existing sewage A public information open'house will be flows to a level that existing facilities are held Monday, August 31 at the Town Hall. adequate; changing the location where The ESR is expected to be completed by the treated. effluent discharges; combining a • end of September. Already four problems have been iden- tified within the town of Seaforth. "They in- clude: the periodic overflowing of the Oak Street Sewage Pumping Station including inadequate by-passing facilities; excess in- filtration and inflow to thesanitary sewer collection system; current growth restric- tions created by inadequate treatment capacity (high flows and possibly insuffi- cient treatment for current standards) and complaints re. erosion and water quality impacts to the Crozier Drain. Local grant request turned down A request by Seaforth Town Council to the Ministry of Transportation and Com- munications for $167,500 needed to repave Highway 8 was turned down in a letter sent recently to council. Jim Crocker, town clerk, said the council made the request several months ago and had already known of the Ministry turning them down before the letter was received by the council. The supplementary subsidy request is considered extra funding besides the monies received by the municipality in the regular allocation of $84,700 and the maintenence grant of $47,200. These subsidies are given every year to municipalities, said Mr. Crocker. • The Ministry's reason for turning down the Town's request was because of their ex- , perience with a large number of requests and a limited amount of money to work with. Over the years, the Ministry devised a system of reviewing each application deciding which request was more important and how much money would be granted. They also considered how urgent the re- quest was from each municipality. The Town had submitted another request for funding to another branch of the Ministry and received a subsidy of $131,000. Tenders for repaving Highway 8 are to be submitted to council by September 8. JUNIOR FARMER GARDEN -The local Junior Farmer club began a garden to heap needy people in Huron 'County as part of a pt0garn called. Plant a Seed for Need. They planted the garden in early summer on the farm of the Vanneste family near Kippen. The group harvested the crop of potatoes, carrots, onions and other vegetables Thurs- day night: Paul Hogged)); left, Cory Lutz and Lydna Feagon dig the crop. Blake photo. Junior Farmers harvest seeds The Seaforth Junior Farmers planted a garden in the spring at the Vanneste farm near Hensall and are just now starting to seethe fruits of their labor. The enthusiasticmembers planted the garden in late May and started harvesting some of the vegetables this past week. Gar- rets, onions and potatoes were taken to the "Survival through Friendship House" in Goderich, where they, will be•used to feed hungry families. 'Die garden was planted as part of a pro-. vfneial project called "Plant a seed for Need",' designed to provide foodstuffs to needy families actOss the province. This goal could be achieved by growing a garden or having food or can drives. All of the food provided by the Junior Farmer clubs in the county stay in Huron County. Tile "`Plant a seed for Need" theme . resulted from a discussion held at the Junior Farmer's ,March Conference. The sttgge'stion carne from Gerry Leavitt of Prince Edward'County. The idea of a pro- vincial project IS to ensure the futut'e of Junior farmers, making this a "commitni= ty betterment project" that can be shared across the province. At the Royal_ Agricultural Winter` Fair Junior Farmer Booth, a total contribution of food made the province wide will be kept. •