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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1986-07-16, Page 1INDEX Birthdays /A11 Births /A11 Classifieds /A14, 15, 16 Dublin /A5 Entertainment /A17 Family /A10, 11 Serving the communities and areas of Seatorth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton Farm /A16 Hensall /A13 Sports /A6, 7, 8 Walton /A9 Weddings /A10 16W • •, Local man's thrashing unit is unique to Canada. See page A3. uron ositor SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY,•JULY 16, 1986 — 18 PAGES 50 cents, a copy SACK RACE — Youngsters In the summer Playground program spent Thursday morgleg Jt.. the -.Vila Atieritand Mouse, In !" - `-tgnioddvide, having a picnic and participating In games' and contests. Nearing the finish line In tits sack, race are, from left: Marlon Lansink, Laurie ,Janmeat Stepli Reynolds. Behind thenisare eifrey Kim Snell. - Council proceeds with waste plan Huron County council passed a motion to proceed with a master plan for waste management in the county. The first phase of the project, to begin in 1987, is expected to cost between $150,000 And $200,000 which would be subsidized 50 per cent by the Ministry of the Environment (MOE). R. A. Dempsey, the county engineer, said the MOE program began last year to help counties or groups of municipalities develop waste disposal sites which would comply with the ever-increasing list of requirements for landfill sites. Solar, 20 regions or municipal- ities in Ontario have taken advantage of the program. The first phase in the three phase master plan would involve data collection being carried out on the individual landfill sites in the county. This would determine which of the sites should be expanded and which ones should eventually be closed. The fust phase would also involve recommending potential new areas for a landfill site. Phase two would involve actual site selections while phase three would involve the site establishment which would comply with MOE regulations. Mr. Dempsey warned council the 50 per cent subsidy would only apply to the first phase of the master plan. The other subsequent phases of the project could cost the county an estimated $500,000 to $600.000. While only six of the 17 landfill sites in the county are due to be dosed within the next year and another six sites with a lifetime beyond 20 years, he said the master plan is still necessary as the MOE is constantly changing their requirements concerning landfill sites. New legislation called Regula- tion 309 places 23 conditions on any new site and, within two years, these regulations will apply to all existing landfill sites. "in 10 to 15 years, the sites which have 20 or more years of use may have problems and the requirements for landfill sites will get tougher and tougher," said Mr. Dempsey. While the funding for the program in 1986 has been exhausted, he said there is a proposal before the Ontario legislature for an improvement in the funding base for 1987, said Mr. Dempsey. The request for a master plan for waste management in the county met with some resistance in council. A recorded vote revealed a 27 to? vote in favor of going ahead with the project. Tuckersmith Reeve Robert Bell called the implementation of a master plan for the Continued on page A4 Warden Armstrong optimistic on expansion for Huronview 1ple raWril)� and Lisa, .:• lt;,f 4,wround sta eri Wli1i:provhntiallundin J1ff,S !le&f6J10220.0...,. aelleutellttu.01,4 uronvit,w ,report at the Raft's photo own" for the proposed expansion and council meeting Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle Public views new museum plans The plans for the expansion and renovation of the Huron County Pioneer Museum were . layed out for all to see during a public meeting on the museum project at the Goderich Township Hall in Holmesville on. July 9. Approximately 60 members of the public came to have a first-hand look at the preliminary drawings and a "massing" model for the $3.5 million renovation project expected to be completed by 1990. Those in attendance were the first members of the public to see the proposed designs as Hunan County Council. at their meeting on July 2, passed the preliminary plans for the museum. ASK QUESTIONS During the evening. the audience was invited to ask questions concerning the project which were fielded by architect Christopher Borgal, Museum Committee Chairman, Bayfield Reeve Dave Johnston, project co-ordinator Claus Breede and several other members of the museum committee and county council. To open the meeting, Project co-ordinator Claus Breede sans the floor plan drawings for the 38,000 square foot museum were fifth or sixth generation with himself and Mr. Borgal "going over and re -going over" the drawings to come up with the currant preliminary plans. Most of all, he said the project is "on budget." Mr. Breede says the costs (or the project will be split between the county, provincial and the federal governments with each paying approximately one-third of the $3.51 million price tag. Currently the museum has a firm commitment from Huron County with $1.15 million being set aside for the project with $250,000 committed in 1985 with another$300,000 ean'narked for 1986 to 1988 inclusive. 1N -HAND REVENUE Other in -hand revenue tndudes a $115,000 grant from the National Museums of Named to provincial squad Seaforth District High School basketball star Ron Vercruyssen, has been selected as one of 12 members of the Ontario Juvenile Basketball team. Vercruyssen, who will enter Grade 13 at SDHS, in the fall, was a member of the AI1.Ontario Senior Boys basketball cham- pionship hainpionship team this past winter. The six foot. ten inch tall centre began tryouts for the provincial team by attending a regional tryout camp in London, where he made a list of 40 Juvenile -age male players invited to a second level camp in Kingston. At Kingston, Vercrlhyssen made the final cuts to the 12 -player squad which will represent Ontario at the 1987 Canada Winter Games. SDHS basketball coach Terry Johnston describes Vercruyssen's potential for the game as "fantastic." "He has a great deal of raw talent. He hasn't even scratched the surface, as far as his potential is concerned," said Mr. Johnston. The selection pintas for the Ontario team is part of the Ontario Basketball Juvenile Top 40 Program. In addition to playing in the Canada Games, program participants who make the grade receive a chance to represent RON VERCRUYSSEN Ontario in an international Juvenile tourna- ment and become identified as potential national team members. Participants must b'e under 18 -years -old as of Jan'lrary 1, 1'986. PUC ie considering request for new street lights The Seaforth Public Utilities CommissionMain Station Number ,2, in case is considering a request from the Seaforth emergency," said Mr, Phillips, Arena Committee, to install two new street light,standards in the &arde th and District Cornmunity Centres parking lot. The request was presented at the July 9, PUC meeting and is currently being' reviewed by the commission TUC Workers are in the process of installing m lint peners and a new'hydro .le on West %arm Street, in front of • the GGenesco Shoe factory, PUC Manager Toni Phillips reported at the. meeting. - 'Ibis will death'another isolation point for Of am The utility workers are currently in the process of, or have completednumber' of injects in the area, includincent including the re installation of new concrete street light pole's on Victoria Street. Two fire hydrants, one at the corner of James and West W illiam Streets and one in front of the Seaforth Manor, have been replaced with upgraded hydrants. Two new poles have been installed on Goderreh Street,• to replace the old" concrete ones, Which had developed large ci acks. Canada's Museum Assistance Program which will offset architectural and profession- al fees. Another grant for $123,000 was received from the Federal Department of Manpower and bnmigration's Job Develop ment Program which has allowed the museum to hire six people for a year to organize and pack up the coiled= for storage he said. in addition. the museum committee has applied for a provincial grant from the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture's Com- munity ommunity Facilities Improvement Program for 81.17 million and a $1 million grant from the Federal Department of Communication's Cultural initiatives Program. Mr. Breede says they expect to have a positive response from the province within the next four to six Continued on page A3 Pyrotechnic firm may locate its Brussels The possibility of a new industry locating in Brussels is still up in the air, according to Brussels Clerk, Hugh Hanly. Astro Pymtect lis Ltd., a Guelph -based firni which manufactures such pyrotechnical items as roadside flares, hosted a public demonstration in the village on July 10, to explain its operation to the Local population. "It's still sort of up in the air. it's in their hands now," said Mr. fierily, of the chance the firm, will set up shop in Brussels. Mr. fierily said the village expects to hear soon. "Hopefully this week," whether the company will be moving in or not. It is not known exadty how many Iocal people would be employed by the company. Third youth dies after auto accident renovation to Huronview this year, Huron County Warden Leona AMIStrOng is still optimistic funding may still be available. "We've talked to Murray Elston and Jack Riddell to work out an appointment to meet with John Sweeney (the Minister of Com- munity and Social Services). We haven't given up on the project. We're stilt hopeful" said Warden Armstrong during the July 2 Huron County Council meeting. Huronview Administrator Wayne Lester was informed before the June coundl meeting the grant request for $750,000 had been denied by the ministry. The 51.5 million expansion and renovation project started this year with matching funds from the county and the province. The county had already placed the $750,000 in their 1986 budget. After the reading of the Committee of asked for an upstate on the funding situation of the renovation project. "What is the Huronview committee doing to regroup to deal with the situation that has gotten away from them. !agree time Is of the essence and !want to know what is happening here at the present time," said Mr. Miclde. Stanley Reeve. Clarence Rau, chairman of the Huronview committee, said the nuttier was "on hold waiting to meet with the ministry." 1n the latest correspondence dated June t 1 from the program supervisor of the London branch of the ministry. the grant request application from the county has been retained on file in the event funds become available. The letter also says the Huronview project continues to have "high priority" within the Continued on page A4 A third youth has died in the wake of a single vehicle accident which occurred near Holmesville last Monday night. Dwayne Hutchings, oronto's Bayfield, , died rook Tuesday, July '6, Yb Hospital, Dennis Otterbein, 17, also of Bayfield is still listed in critical condition in that hospital's surgical and intensive care unit. The diver of the car, Kathleen- Carter, 17, Of Clintofl, isllsted insatfsfactoryconditron lir Goderici's Alexandra Marine and General Hospital. Two other passenlgers in the ear, James Sauce, 16, of Hayfield, and tori Simms 15, of Clinton, have been discharged.. Walk through town will mean berg Ina Seaforth and area residents are urged to take a• walk down Mach Street Thursday through Saturdayy, fits during those, days that nnoatlnieraitants wiltbe offering wares atredtueed prices, as they 'p" artici1i ate" in a tow'ni'e -vide sidewalla sale. The sale will be the townts biggest promotion of the sublimer. A HELPING HAND—Tracy Van Bakel,, 4, of R.R.2, Dublin needed sociis assis'tance from Tammy Cronin Friday afternoon as sero decorated her p bicycle bic Y fn '� re'par'atlo'n for the anneal Clubllnfest activitles Saturday. Bade& photo s ft