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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1987-10-21, Page 1INDEX Sports' — A10, All P•.eople —'Al4 Classifieds — Al2, A13, A14 Legion — A15 Obituaries — A14 Dublin — A5 Births — A14 ' Hensall -'A6 Weddings — A14 Walton — A7 Vet recalls funny ir,'cidents• See page A3. Don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour on Sunday night. 50 cents a copy • OS1' • Serving the communitiesand areas of 'Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton". HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER' 21,1987 • Province honors Seaforth :duo Two recreation volunteers from Seaforth, Were . presented with • a regionalCorps d'Elite award from the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and. Recreation. Bob Dinsmore ,and Joyce McClure received the awards Saturday from Melanie McLaughlin, a regional recreation consultant with the Ministry. Only three awards total were presented to volunteers in . Southwestern Ontario. Established in. May 1986 the Corps d.'Elite program is designed to recognize the ac-• complishments of recreation volunteers and professionals,. Recipients of the award are chosen by a selection committee composed of Ministry staff." Up to 15 from the province's five regions are honored each year. All have contributed significantly • to 'the develop- ment of recreation. in Ontario and have demonstrated a high degree of personal commitment to the public. BOB DINSMORE has been actively in- volved in Seaforth's recreation community for more than 20 years:As vice-chairman of the Lake Huron Zone of the Ontario Municipal Recreation Association, he coor- dinated conferences and organized the `Sportsfest' event which Seaforth hosted in 1983. HONORED BY PROVINCE - Seaforth Mayor Alf Ross presents a Corps d'Elite award • from the province to Joyce McClure, while Melanie McLaughlin, a consultant of the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation, makes a similar presentation to Bob Dinsmore. Both Seaforth residents were honored by the province Saturday for their volunteer • work. Mcllwraith photo. CITIZENSHIP AWARDS - Jack Bedard, Frances Teatero and Gord Rimmer were presented with the 1987 Citizenship Awards for Service to Sport, Humanitarian Service and Civic Service respectively. Seaforth Mayor Alf Ross made the presentation S•atur• day at the annual Recreation Conference. Mcllwraith photo. Citizenship awards given Three local residents were recognized Saturday for their contribution to the com- munity in a largely volunteer capacity. Jack Bedard; Frances Teatero and Gord Rimmer were the recipients of the 1987 Citizenship Awards, presented by the Recreation Department at its annual con- ference Saturday. SERVICE TO SPORT - Jack Bedard was this year's recipient of the Service to Sport awards, awarded annually to the person who goesabove and beyond the call of duty in the area of sports. A Past President and Treasurer of the Seaforth Optimist Club, and a member of the Seaforth and Area Fire Department, Mr. Bedard has through the years, coach- ed many teams in hockey. He has also organized and run the Seaforth Atom Hockey tournament for the past 12 years, and is 'the past referee -in -chief for the Seaforth and District Minor Hockey Association. In addition to his involvement in sports, Mr. Bedard has been active in the running of many teen 'dances in the area. HUMANITARIAN SERVICE AWARD - The name Frances Teatero is a well- known one in Seaforth, simply because of her interest and involvement in the community. Mrs. Teatero is the current President of the Seaforth Community Hospital Aux- illfary,the leader of the Hospital Volunteer ( Candy Striper) program at the hospital, a member of the Anglican Church Women, and a Past President and co- founder of the Seaforth Lioness Club. "She is always willing to help in any way she can. She gives her all in the 'cause' she belongs to and is never afraid to express constructive criticism. She is a great worker and airs excitement and happiness where she is. She is a great community - minded citizen," said her nominator. CIVIC SERVICE - Gord Runnier was the recipient of the 1987 Civic Service award. A member of the Seaforth Community Hospital Board for many years, Mr. Rim- mer is also an active member of the Seaforth Lions Club, and has been for 18 years. During that time he has served as President, Deputy District Governor and District Governor. As a member of the Lions Club Mr. Rim- mer has also been in charge of the Annual Huron County Foodfest, a promotion of Huton County Produce. • Upon receipt of their awards Mr. Bedard, Mrs. Teatero and Mr. Rimmer; commented they had not expected to receive an award for doing something they have enjoyed and will continue to enjoy doing. "I've done all this because I enjoy it. I love'people, and my feeling is, you get out of life, what you put into life," commented Mrs. Teatero, - i Lease negotiations slow Cheshire Inc. Ltd., the Montreal-based negotiating process is tak'in'g more time company that wants to establish a pants than expected. manufacturing company in Seaforth, is He added the town 'has decided riot to still having probleinss negotiating a lease follow up on Mr. Portnoff's suggestion the With Genesco. municipality lease the building, then sub= Seaforth Mayor Alf Ross said Cheshire's lease it to the Seaforth Manufacturing Vice President Larry Portnoff appears to Company`` (Cheshire). Still be optimistic about locating in "There's no Way. We've decided there Seaforth, but admitted the lease Turn to page 18A • He has been a coach, referee and umpire for the local baseball, and ringette leagues. ' • Mr..Dinsmore has been a member of the Seaforth Recreation and Parks Committee for 12 years, during which time the commit- tee was instrumental in obtaining a recrea- tion director for Seaforth and starting the West -Branch Sister City Exchange. Mr. Dinsmore was the Charter President of the Seaforth Optimist Club, and is serving as the club's president again this year, He was vice-president of the Vanastra Lions Club in 1980 and president of the Seaforth Sportsmen's Club in 1979. ' "We.' are proud to honor Mr. Dinsmore with this Corps d'Elite award for his work in southwestern Ontario," said Hugh O'Neil, Ontario Minister of Tourism and Recreation. • JOYCE •MCCLURE has also been an ac- tive volunteer in sports and,r'ecreation for 20 years. She was president of the Western On- tario Athletic Association (WOAA) from 1977-78 and has held a WOAA umpire's card since 1968. Mrs., McClue was also president of the Seaforth Minor Hockey Association in 1975-76 and has been referee -in -chief for the league since - 1980, • Mrs. McClue has also acted as• referee clinic coordinator for the WOAA and the On- tario Minor Hockey Association since 1979. She has managed Midget and Novice hockey teams in Seaforth and was president of the Jr. 'D' hockey club -for one year. She has convened for the WOAA slo-pitch and the Ontario Rural Softball League, coached softball teams and holds a Level I coaching certificate issued by the Canadian Coaching Association. • • "Mrs. McClure has devoted many hours of her spare • time to developing sports leagues and programs in the Seaforth area," said Mr. O'Neil. "She is a deserving member of our Corps d'Elite. Brucefieldl may lose post, office By David Emilie BRUCEFIELD - Residents from this com= munity learned during an October 19 meeting that they are in jeopardy of losing . their post office. • Viola Higgs, secretary for Rural Dignity, met with over• 50 concerned citizens to discuss the current postal situation. in the •, area, Before discussing changes that might take place she briefly explained Rural . Dignity is a group of people from all walks of life who were set up to help rural people. heir_numhPr rine ^one rn right now is in saving the rural post offices. ' . She noted that the problems for the small post •offices will arisewhen a post office is sold, such as it was in Brucefield, or when a postmaster retires. Tt is at this time that some conversibn takes place, When someone is hired to take over' the gest,office, they will be taken on as term employees, Mrs. Higgs noted. However, the new employees will not be offered actual post office jobs; They will become agents of Turn to..page 9 • TENTH ANNIVERSARY - The Seaforth Nursery School held an open house to celebrate their tenth year in operation on Saturday. Joanne Holland. who runs the school full time, was the recipient of gifts from the Seaforth town council and from parents of children in the school and the executive of the school, for her ten years of service at the nursery school: In this picture Mrs. Holland cuts the anniversary cake while Steven Eckert waits for his piece. Corbett photo.. Street.scaping to start in spring 1988. The Tpwn of Seaforth will allocate $100,000of a $130,000 PRIDE giant to downtown streetscaping, with the re- mainder to go towards upgrading of the Seaforth and District Community Centres parking lot. The $130,000 grant represents 22 per cent of the amount the town originally re- quested, and must be matched by the town and implemented over a maximum of four years. That means the town could put in as little as $32,500 per year over the four years. With the allocation to the District Arena, the annual municipal contribution would be reduced to $25,000. "We didn't do as well as we hoped," said Mainstreet Coordinator Tom Lemon," but we did well comparably with other municipalities." - Mr. Lemon added he was told the Pro- vince had $15 million to divide among the 125 municipalities who applied for a PRIDE grant. Seaforth care apply or reap- ply eapply for the Province's 1988 fiscal year. The grant allocation is exactly half of the amount budgeted for downtown streetscaping and Mr. Lemon told council members last week he hoped they would provide the commitment to downtown im- provements so planning and design could proceed immediately, with the first phases of actual work to be undertaken in the spring. Based on the Downtown Improvement Strategy and the Heritage Canada Resource Team Report, Mr.•Lemon said improvements in the appearance of the downtown are essential in order to attract investment, to recruit new retailers to fill the empty store and to promote the con- tinued upgrading of existing businesses ancLto act as a catalyst for renovations by the private sector. "We want to do some nice landscape areas down the street - maybe infront of the town hall, the post office and at the four main corners of town," said Mr. Ler>Lton, adding any improvements would have to be done on public property. He said he hoped they could work with the PUC to investigate the possibility of returning to older -looking streellighting as well. "Right now all we've got are ideas on paper. We need to do some visual work, to get people interested in the downtown," he said. Mr. Lemon added cost of design work would be no more than 10 per cent of the grant allocation, to a inaximum of $20,000. -And we should be able to do it for less than that by hiring a landscape architec- tural firm," he'said, adding if he had the time he'd like to do it himself. "I'd like to do as much of it as possible myself - at least the conceptual drawings, and have the architectural firm do the working drawings." With the town's 32,500 there should be .$05,000 to work with on the first phase of the streetscaping. Police to start laying charges The Seaforth Police Department will be enforcing the town's parking by-laws more stringently in the future. •Seaforth Police Chief Hal Claus warns vehicles parked on any town street between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. will be ticketed in the future, beginning this weekend. People he said, •are beginning to at ae the priviledge of parking on the sere . TURNING OF THE SOD - Seafotth Mayor Alf Ross•and Murray Cardiff, MP Huron County and Frank and Margaret Smaie were the official' turners of the sod Monday at the Seaforth Manor when construction of an addition to the Manor got underway. Helping the Smales with their shovel are Joanne Ryan, receptionist and • Ruth Hildebrand Seaforth Manor Administrator.t Guest speakers at the event were Ed Ozimek, owner, Patrick Ryan, President of the Resident's Council, Reverend Cheryl Ann Stedelbauer- Sampa and Mr. Ross and Mr. Cardiff, Mcllwraith photo.