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"; ,„ • uron . • 0--Stta Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton , .11/111=1*M. 1 HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9,1987 50 cents a copy PLENTY TO CHOOSE FROM - Dan and Anne McInnes of Blyth were among the many who looked over this display of replica John Deere tractors, set up at the Seaforth and District Community Centres on Sunday, as part of the Mid Western Ontario Regional Farm Toy Show. The show was sponsored by the Seaforth Agricultural Society and was a huge success. Mcilwraith photo. The rate for urban road rebates in Huron County will rernain at 45 per cent as the result of action taken at county council's December meeting in Goderich. . A recorded vote of 20-12 was in favor of maintaining the current level of rebate and a breakdownof the vote would suggest no urban -rural split, at least on thiiissue. In a reversal to a recommendation it made two months earlier, council's reads com- mittee changed its stand and recommend- ed that the rebate level remain unchanged at 45 per cent. Urban rebates are con- sidered to be the county's contribution toward road work in its towns and villages. The earlier recommendation sought to . have the rebates dropped to the minimum 25 per cent allowed. under provincial legislation. Council, however, had sent the recommendation back to the committee . when some members of council, mostly reeves from towns and villages, objected to such a sharp reduction. At the December meeting, council was told that • considerable discussion centred on the issue at the committee level. "I suppose you think'the committee has __been ambiguous in now recommending the opposite,” Colborne Township Reeve Russell Kernighan, the committee chair- man, said during presentation of his report to council. However, he said that at the committee level, he has already [Rented out thatthe county highway department has more to ' gain from the continued co-operation at the urban and rural municipalities than from the additional funds which could be realized from the reduction in rebates. Jewitt -heads Huron board }Juliet Township farmer John Jewitt was acclaimed chairman of Huron County Board of Education Monday. Joan Van Den Broeck of Goderich, who represents Goderich and Colborne townships, was acclaimed vice-chairman at the inaugural meeting. Mr. Jewitt, 48 represents Seaforth and Hullett and McKillop townships. He has been vice-chairmaii the last two years. Six injured in two vehicle Walton crash Six people received major injuries in a two vehicle car accident near Walton last Tuesday night. The Wingham detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police Said the accident occurred at approximately 7:40 p.m. on December 1, at the junction of County Roads 12 and 25. At, that time a vehicle, driven by Ruby Marie Douglas of RR 1 Atwood, travelling east on County Road 25 and attempting to make a right turn on • to, County Road 12, en- countered icy road conditions, entered the west land and struck a vehicle driven by Kenneth Hodges of RR1 Dungannon. Mr. Hodges and his wife Elizabeth receiv- ed major -injuries as did Mrs. Douglas and three ,assen!ers,in her car Karen Cardiff of Brussels, Jacqueline Gowdy of Gorrie and Nadine Callers of Wroxeter. The Douglas vehicle, a 1984 Chrysler, received an estimated $6,000 worth of damage. The Hodges vehicle, a 1984 Mer- cury, received approximately $5,000 worth of damage. The accident is still under investigation by Win ham OPP Constable And Raffa • < •'"•• FOUR CARS LEFT THE TRACKS behind the Hensall Co-op on p.m. Saturday with minimal loss of the potash which the cars were Friday at 3:30 p.m. One was right on its side and three more had carrying. Corbett photo. their wheefs off the mils. CN workers had the ears back on by 7 Four CN cars leave track in Hensall There was a lot of activity in Hensall this weekend as a train carrying potash de- railed behind the }knoll District Co -Op. Four CN cars Ieft the rail a at 3:10 on Fri- day afternoon, one 'eliding up completely on its side. Railway officials had ne idea what tamed the cars to leave the track, The train was Moving slowly and vias Switching from the main track to the siding to Wilted, A crane was brought down the tracks, and a mobile crane drove in from London to lift the tars back onto the track. Co-op workers • had to unload most of the potash so the cranes could make the lifts, as the cars weigh 30 tons thernselveS and their loads are 80 tons. Getting things back to normal was a three part operation. The tracks were badly damaged by the accident and had to be repaired by,CN maintenance crews, the cars were toheavy and had to be unloaded by the co-op workers, and the crane operators had to get the Ors back on the tracks. This didn't take as Ionas mi:ht be expected and the cars were back on track by 7:00 Saturday night. There was little potash lost, only about a ton. But there was damage done to the derailed Ors, and to the tracks. The only loss to the Co-op is in time, as the accident set them back about two days. There was a derailinent in Herman befere in the late 70s, but it was only a Matter of •cars leaving the tracks, none were flipped onto their side. In the committee report, it also states that County Engineer Dennis Merrell had advised the committee he knew no formula which could be used to calculate the level at which the urban rebators should. be paid. Although he said he was not questioning .the decision of the committee to .recom- mend keeping the rebate level at 45 per cent, Tuckersmith Township Reeve Bob Bell,did ask, however, for clarification on who actually qualifies for the urban rebate. Both his municipality and Stephen Township have urban roads within their- . boundaries and he asked Merrell if either or both could qualify for the rebate. Merrell pointed out that legislation limits urban rebates to towns and villages and not to hamlets within, a township. In other counties, however, townships with a population of 2,500 or more have been elevated to town status, he said, so they would qualify for the rebate: • Urban rebates then apply to the entire, levy of the new town, and not just the "ur- ban" roads, he added. "The (rebate)- legislation dates back to' the turn of the century when they didn't an- ticipate things being as they are today," • Merrell said. • Stephen Township Reeve Thomas Tomes spoke against maintaining the 45 • per cent level even though he said, "I don't want tosee it comedown hard on the urban centres. He suggested dropping the level to 25 per cent, although phasing the reduction in over a period of several years. Although every urban reeve present at the meeting voted in favor of the recom- mendation to maintain the 45 per cent level, it could not have passed without the support of some of the rural votes. In the recorded vote, eight township reeves threw their support in favor of the recom- mendation.. Had the vote taken a strict Turn to page 18A • • EVERYONE LOVES A,PARADE including Donald Duck and his friends. They were all part of this float put together for the Seaforth Santa Claus Parade by the Freeze King. For more photos see pages A8 and A9. Mcllwraith photo. Santa parade better than ever The Town of Seaforth was hopping Friday night, as approximately 3,000 turned out for the Santa Claub parade. The parade, held for the first thne on a Friday night, lasted for more than an hour and saw 60 entries brighten the town's main street with their glitter and lights. After the parade children gathered on the Town Hall's new front porch where they were greeted with some warm words and Candy. Participants in the parade enjoyed hot chocolate and donuts in the Santa Centre across the street. Talk of the parade's success can still be heard, and people are calling the 1987 Santa Claus parade the best one Seaforth has ever seen. Parade organizer Ross Ribey said he was pleased with the way the event went, but added he was disappointed a literary and musical commentary planned for the parade could not be heard because of the town PA system breaking down. That pro- blem however, took nothing away from the parade. Prizes for the floats were awarded as follows: FLOATS: Best Christmas - Seaforth Fire Department, Best Nativity - Court Con- stance, Canadian Foresters, kinburn and Most Outstanding - Jet Transport, Listowel. Honorable mention goes to Topnotch Feeds for "The Night before Christmas". FLOAT PARTICIPANTS'. Most Unique, Grade 1-8 Shannon Brooker, Avon Float, Grade 9+ - Bonnie Gowan, Seaforth Com- munity Hospital; Most Traditional, grade 1-8 - Marsha McLean Merv's Patio and Whitney-Ribey, Grade 9+ - Nora Eckert, Seaforth-Egmondville Broomball; Most. Humorous, Grade 1-8, Colleen and Valerie Collins, Top Notch Feeds, Grade 9+ -San- dra Johnston, Top Notch Feeds; Most Old Fashioned, Grade 1-8 - Thompson Choir Singers, Grade 9+ - Caroline Klaver, Flower Magi e and All Styles II; Most Fan- tasy, Grade 1-8 - Tim Boyd, Maplewood Manor, Grade 9+ - Wanda Moran, Holidays on Ice; Most Joyous, Grade 1-8 -Niicki Phillips, &On, Grade 9+, Mark Smith. THOSE WALKING THE ROUTE.- Best Bethlehem, Grade 1-8 - Jennifer Boyd and Mark Vock, Grade 9+ - Dianne Bennett; Best North Pole, Grade 1-8 - Sherry Lane, Grade 9+. - Marj Hulley; Best Seaforth, Grade 1-8 - Jennifer Brown, Grade 9+ - Bet- ty Glanville; Best Winter Wonderland, Grade 1-8 - Chris McNaughton, Grade 9+ - Joyce Workman; Best Toyland, Grade 1-8 - Jason Von Euw, Grade 9+ -Barb Flanagan; Best Marching Group - Brussell Starlettes. Of course the parade would not have been as successful if not for the efforts of Ross Ribey and the Seaforth Lions Club. Thanks also to Judges.Betty and Everett Felker, Luanne Phair, Sharon Wurm, Marie and Harris Campbell and Harry and Mabel Nesbitt; Carol Carter for her music; Norma Riley for her commentary; Dick Burgess for filming the event; Santa's helpers, Sharon Wilbee, Joyce Hneill, .and Doris Hugill; Tom Burke, Brian Barry, Neil Dolmage, Steve Dolmage, Lyle Haney, Nor- man East, Randy Gridzak, Lioness members, and the Seaforth Police depar- ment and its Auxiliary members, . Thanks also to the, following merchants for their donations: Mac's Milk, linage Cleaners, Future's Hair Styling, Archie's Sunoco, Aloette - Trudy Broome; Maitene °reflex*, Fischer Auto Supply, Foto Pros, Carimbell's Home Centre, Tasty -Nu Bakery, Triangle Discount, CPT of Rebekahs and Oddfellows, Chipper's Chicken, Whitney- Ribey, Seaforth Golf Club, Avon- The McNalls, Tupperware - Susan Halfpenny; Seaforth UAP, Seaforth Insurance, EMA .Foods, Knitter's Loft, Seaforth Jewellers, Shinen's Clothing, Hart Motors, Bob and Betty's Variety, Tremeer Commercial Printers, PUC, Becker's Milk, TD Bank, Seaforth Vet aMic, Seaforth Women's in- stitute, Seaforth Sewing Centre, Anna's Dress Slidp, Hoffmeyer's Mill, Keating's Pharniacy, Boit Funeral Home, Mainitreet Ceriada, Mayfayre Shoppe, Province of On - twin RoWe Fuell, C and J's Ado Service, McKillop Insurance, TOM) of Seaforth, Tetiche Ross and Co., Lyons Food Market, Box Firreiture, Phelan's Place, and the Seaforth Business Improvement Astediatiori.