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The Huron Expositor, 1986-04-16, Page 1INDEX Births /A11 Brussels /A9 Classified /A14, 15, 16 Dublin /A4 Entertainment /A18 Family /A10, 11 Hensel I I A5 Legion /A18 Obituaries /A11 Sports I A6, 7, 8 Walton /A17 Ancient oriental practice has variety of modern uses. See page A3 Serving the communities and areas of Seatorth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton con . .env: Jmm.•� ,`S. ositor SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1986 — 18 PAGES Waterworks should break even A proposed budget, passed by the Seaforth Public Utilities Commission (PUC)at their April 9 meeting, will see the commission's W aterworks Department break even in 1986. The $120,020 budget will include a capital expenditure of $12,602 for installation of new water mains on Louisa and Ord Streets and $4,898 to cover the deficit from the 1985 budget. In addition, an estimated $1,120 in interest earned will be transferred to the commission's maintenance reserve fund and $13,600 to capital reserves. Total capital expenditures are budgeted at $36,720. Total. operating expenditures are budgeted at $83,300, for a total of $120,020 in 1986 expenditures. The major source of projected revenue for the department will be in the form of rates charged to water users, totalling $99,000. With he addition of $6,300 in hydrant rental (paid by the Town of Seaforth), $9,720 in miscellaneous income and a $5,000 transfer from maintenance reserves (to cover the cost of the Louisa Street project), the utility will have a projected income equalling it's expenditures. 'Commissioners discussed, but decided against, raising water rates at this time. The installation of a new transformer at Main Station No. One will proceed on schedule, Seaforth Public Utilities Commis- sioner Tom Phillips informed the commission at their April 9 meeting. There had been some concem earlier, over the possibility of a portable transformer unit not being available to keep the power supply to the town going while the changeover was made. This has been cleared up, said Mr. Phillips, and a portable unit from Ontario Hydro's western region will be available for the project, scheduled to begin April 21. The new transformer will have a capacity of 5,000 kilovolts, compared to the old trans- former's 2,000 Kv capacity. The,new transformer also has the potential to hndle over6,500 KV, with the addition of two fans, which could be added if needed m the future. The $85,000 project will give the utility room for expanded capacity to handle new users and growth in the town. "We should be set for at least 20 to 25 years," said Mr. Phillips. Council endorses resolution Town • council passed a resolution to ity, because it makes people more aware of endorse a Ministry of Natural Resources what they're doing, and how dangerous fire declaration making the week of April 20 to 26 can be," he said. provincial Forest Fire Prevention W eek. During the prodahited week, the Ministry Although council was split on how to of Natural Resources will run a special publicize the endorsement, members finally education program in selected schools, and agreed to place an advertisement of that hold open houses in district offices across the effect in the local paper. They also decided to province. The purpose of the special week is send letters to the schools, boy scouts, girl to make Canadians more aware of the guides and other organizations who might be importance of the forests and fire prevention. out hiking and camping. "Based on the magnitude they are discussing this topic in the United States and in areas of Canada, I think we should really publicize this," said Councillor Bob Dins- more. His•feelings were reinforced by Councillor Harry Hak. Councillor. Hak added it never hurt to publicize fire prevention. "Because of my experience as member of the Seaforth Fire Department, rue seen us running around to call outs for no reason, to fires that should never have started. I think we should advertise more. Fire prevention, of whatever kind, is a benefit to each municipal- s ADOP'T'S RECOMMENDATIONS Seaforth Town Council adopted a 'recom- mendation by town Clerk James Crocker that because of rising costs all groups requesting free photocopying in the future be charged. Citing normal photocopying costs at 25 cents per copy the clerk recommended groups who had previously received the service free be charged 15 cents per copy if the town supplies the paper and 10 cents if they supply theirown paper. Groups who will be affected include broomball, Brownies, the nursery school, minor hockey, the Norway (Continued on Page A8) Justice is served DINOSAURS ALIVE — Jim Lovesek, of the Toronto Nature Centre holds, very carefully, Jaws II a 60 -pound Alligator Snapping Turtle from the Mississippi River. The reptile was part of the Dinosaurs Alive display, presented Saturday morning at the Seaforth Library. It has taken 10 years but justice has finally been served to a 35 -ye woman. Blanche Dalton h en sentenced to 40 days in jail on charges attempting to utter a forged document and failing to attend court. Ms. Dalton left this area for British Celwnbia a month before she was to be sentenced in February, 1976 On the attempted uttering charge. Her lawyer said she left because she was afraid of the consequences. After spending two years in the west, Ms. Dalton returned to Ontario and has been in this area for the past six years without coming to the attention of police. Judge W .A. E7hgoetz told Stratford provin- cial ,court Wednesday Ms. Dalton's good behavior does not outweigh her previous behavior and the flight from court process. He added, in his view, the public interest requires a general deterrent in connection with the failure to appear since the court cannot condone someone leaving the jurisdic- tion when they had have pleaded guilty and are facing sentence. Ms. Dalton had pleaded guilty along with a co -accused, to trying to cash a Government of Canada cheque stolen from an elderly Stratford woman in November, 1975. After unsuccessfully attempting to cash the forged cheque at two Stratford banks Ms. Dalton went to Canada Trust where the teller again refused to cash the cheque despite a letter her co -accused had written which represented Ms. Balton as the elderly woman's niece. Ms. Dalton's co -accused, who had no previous record was given a suspended sentence when she appeared in court on the day set for sentencing. Ms. Dalton was on probation at the time of the offence after being convicted on ch es of theft and possession of stolen property two months before committing this offence. Politicians hear rural briefs Area members of federal and provincial parliament were presented with the concerns of a dozen local agriailturally-oriented groups Saturday, at a dinner meeting of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture Affiliation and Commodity Groups. Provincial Agriculture Minister Jack Rid- dell. liberal MPP for Huron -Middlesex; Provincial Health Minister MurrayEaston, liberal MPP for Huron -Bruce and Murray Cardiff, Conservative MP for Huron -Bruce, all attended the meeting, held April 12, at Ontario Street United Church, in Clinton. The politicians heard briefs on agricultural issues from the Huron County Pork Producers as well as the milk, egg and oom producers, the cattlemen's association, county 4-11 and Junior Farmers groups; and the property, education. and finance committees of the agriculture federation. in addition, Tony McQuail, chairman of the Foodland Hydro Committee and Doug Fortune, chairman of the Tiumberry Township Waste Disposal Committee, also presented briefs. The briefs outlined the organizations' positions on such issues as free trade, foodland preservation, farm debt, waste management and supply management, among others. Question periods, during which the parli- amentarians gtheried the o'rgani'zations and presented their own views, followed the briefings. Most of the speakers placed heavy emphasis on free trade and foodland preservation. A statement on the latter issue, by Wayne Fear, president of the Huron Pork Producers Association, instigated an ex- chamgebetween Mr. Fear and Mr. Riddell, as Mr. Fear openly disagreed with the mini- sters' well-publicized opposition to sever- ances of agricultural land. "A better solution is to strengthen 'Right to Farm' legislation. A clear law that gives farmers absolute priority in zones declared agricultural, would allow anyone to build as close to smelly or noisy farm operations as they wish. They would not, however, have any right to complain," Mr. Fear said. Mr. Riddell insisted the former, more lenient, severance regulations were the cause of the current problem. "I maintain that if the severances hadn't taken place in the fast dace, we wouldn't have to worry about the fanners' right to farm," the minister replied. During a discahssion on free trade, Mr. Easton contended the organizations were oversimplifying the issue by examining it only from an agricultural point of view. "We e cannot reflect upon free trade soley from an agricultural standpoint and expect to come up with the best deal for Ontario," Mr. Elston said. Although the organizations and the politi- dans held differing points of view on many of the topics discussed, Mr. Elston assured those present the content of the briefs would be considered when formulating policies. THE ONTARIO BALLET THEATRE performed at the Seaforth District High School Thursday for students from Brussels. Grey. Seeforth, Huron Centennial and Watton Public Schcots. An afternoon performance was given for highschool students. The performance, Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp. starred Rob Waldman as Aladdin and Angela Corgeest as the princess he Loves. Mcl Wraith photo Ballet group performs Inca! school children were exposed to more than the three R's of education Thursday when the Ontario Ballet Theatre Group paid a visit to Seaforth. The group performed two shows of Aladdin and his Wonderful tamp. One, for adults, has been performed in theatres, universities and high schools across Ontario. This program is presented twice each year in the company's home season in Toronto. The other program is for family audiences and has been specially choreographed with children in mind. This program is performed for children's Arts Committees, public and private schools and children's festivals. Sdrools from Brunets, Grey. Walton. Brumfield and Seaforth attended the performances. The show, based on the tale of a boy who finds a magic lamp with a genie inside featured Hob W aldnran as the sprightly young Aladdin and Angela l3orgeest as the princess he loves. While Miss Borgeest provides many of the balletic highlights of the show, Brian Neubauer, as the genie, was especially appreciated by the children because every time he appeared he was accompanied by a cloud of smoke. Before the show started the dancers demonstrated the exercises, positions, leaps and pirouettes that snake up their art showing the children the hard work that went on behind the scenes weeks before the show. MAKING A PD1NT Provfndlai AgricultUre Minister Jack Ridded fires off a questlon during the annual MP Enid MPP dinner Minting of the Huron County Federation of Ag'ricultu're Affiliation and Com'MOdlty Group's, held Saturday in Clinton. Provindlai Health Minister Murray Siston left arid HFA President Doug Garnissi centre, look On Raftisphoto Province approves six The province has approved six capital projects, valued at $1,039,445, for school boards in the Huron -Bruce area. The Brirce County Board of Education has received approval for two projects, valued at 8163,570; the Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board, twoprojects, valued at $715,875 and the Huron County Board of Education, two projects valued at $160,000. in most cases the project to be undertaken is roofing. The ministry is providing 892 million province•widethis year for capital projects on which provincial Spending will begin in 1987. The funds are used for such things as new school construction, additions, renovations and repairs to existing facilities. Each board submitted its capital forecast to After the show the dancers answered questions from the audience. The children were intrigued both by the smoke and the rock that slid in front of the entrance to Aladdin's cave. The machine that creates smoke from pressurized oil and the rock mounted on foiling easters were brought on stage for a demonstration. Founded in 1919 by Artistic Director Sarah Lockett, the purpose of this unique dance ensemble is to bring ballet to the community. In most cases the performances serve as an introduction to ballet, and reaching this audience is consistent with the company's objectives and plans for the future, The Ontario Ballet Theatre is the only ballet company touring smaller communities with full productions. The company produces new ballets annual- ly and all works are commission from Canadian choreographers. The company has always been primarily self supporting. Over 89 per cent of its 1984-85 operating budget was raised from the sale of performances. Beginning with 12 performances in its fust year, the company has grown significantly and staged over 160 performances in the 1984-85 season, more than any Canadian dance company. They estimate they react approximately 200,00 dhddten in a year through those performances. capital projects the ministry in the fall of 1985, representing its priorities at that time. Some adjustments to the projects listed may be necessary, in consultation with the ministry. to meet current needs and priorities. Education Minister Sean Conway said. Mai Haw contract There was a mistake in the Tuckersmith Township Council story as appeared on page tinted theApril 9 Huron Expositor. John H. McJJwain Construction ltd., of Seaforth did not get the contract for gravelling township roads. The contract was awarded to Median Construction. Our apologies for any incon- venience or embsrrdssrnent this error might have caused.