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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1986-10-01, Page 1trths /A11 Olassifieds /A14, 15, 16 Legion /A17 4ublin IA5 iitertainment IA17 ppmily /A11 Farm /.A8 Grads IA11 INDEX Hensel) /A6 Obituaries iA11 People /A11 Sports /A7 Walton /A13 Weddings /A11 rig $ Doig passes first stage for,1987 PGA. See page A7. eek Huron Txpos1tC Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dub- lin, Hensall and Walton, 50 cents a copy 1 1 FRONTIERMAN Don Cartwright and Dar- ren Sutherland were at Ciderfest Sunday. See additional photos throughout the paper. Main Street coordinator arrives U and urban and regional planning. BY PATRICK RAFTIS the economic viability of downtowns, Heri- The first step is organization and includes Main Street Seaforth has become one of the tage Canada reasoned, they would stand a such measures as: gettiin ng retailers together latest projects of the Main Street Canada better chance of preserving the architectural to promotions.coordinate efforts awareness ie also a chat as f program, with the ol September 22 character of the bags in t e cowhin them." this ECONOMIC said ICDEVELOPMENTLemon. Main Street coordinator Tom Lemon. The Heritage buildings in the downtown core this stage, said Mr. Lemon. Main Street Canada program was developed are one of the core's greatest "economic "Many ONOMpeople C t even think about by Heritage Canada, and its basic mandate is assets," Mr. Lemon explained. to preserve the historic character and While shopping malls and large cities, how much money they spend out of town,' revitalize the economic situation of downtown which are a small town main street's main M r. Lemon said. competition, can offer such advantages as Step two involves marketingeisurvi surveys. areas. plentifulparking, variety of national retailers Finding out what the comp Seaforthie is the smallest programcom local Businessy e to examining the targetomarkets. are all a part and participate in the program and local and a good mixture of stores, the downtown examining the community's retail mix f Improvement Association (BIA) spokesman areas have attractions of their own. defining Bob Fisher said it is "quite a coup," for "Downtowns can offer shoppers physical this sector. Seaforth to be accepted into the program. If qualities that a mall could never offer, Mr. Economic development is the third stage of successful, the program will create both Lemon said. "The character of Main Street the program. Mr. Lemon plans to examine aesthetic and financial improvements in n enxam lefamiliarity , h eisaid Mr. Lemoof local n said the idea residential" are the of and commercial,Main a dStreet, lookboth for itself. area and throughout the town of Main Street Canada is to help municipali- opportunities to fill them. This stage also itself. involves examining the whole employment Mn. Lemon, whose office is located n ties of the downtown something picture in the area, including non -Main second processsr ofof the moving Seaforthoetown hall, is inStreet industry. The program may eventually s to annale along with that can arebr ouinto," of hef cus in a Main have hisempts to wife, Ronemaea Kannaley. He will Street four ram, and Mr. Lemon feels attract new eindustry or retailers to involvement with t town, Mr. remain in town at least until the three year Street Canada program, term of the program is complete. A native of Seaforth has the resources to offer in each Lemon said. Continued on Page A3 Waterloo, Mr. Lemon was last located in area to make the program successful. Brantford. He has post -secondary education • in landscape architecture, historic preserva- tion, and urban and regional planning He MAIN STREET MAN — Tom Lemon began Ms dutfos as Soatorth's now main atroot co-ordinator on September 22. Tho arrival of Mr. Lemon Inlllamea Sealorth Into the Mate Sueei Canada program, aimed at rovltatizing Main Street buslnese and preserving Its Materiel' character. Mr. Lemon tools Soalorth has an outstanding example of a 191h century main atrool. Expansion, BYHEA'iHEFLMct1 eVHie Fief The Town of Seaforth has submitted an application to the Ministry of the Environ- ment requesting grant monies for the expansion of and improvements to its eanitary sewer system. Al a special meeting held Thursday council reviewed a preliminary design report embroil - ted by Steve Burns of Burns Ross and Associates The report. originally compiled in 1982, was never finalized because a decision to use the if a landfill site was located near the slagoons for leadiate ite. would greatiy affect the expansion design. "i think we've advanced far enough on the landfill to know it's not going to be at the lagoons and we can now update and proceed with the plan," said Mr. Burns. According to the report periodic overflow- ing of the Oak Street sewage primping station. operational methods (spring and fall discharge) which do not Midair! to eecisting provincial effluent quality regvirements and a treatment capacity too insufficient to allow growth of the town. are the system's major problems. ..� _rucefield fuel business has�been involved in ..^. employ heritage ��'� to Co-operatlVeon, bng oion ne emplo ofPa ksSol _1 planning operations in the employ of Parks Q Canada and has also worked as a municipal planner for the Regional Municipality of Ross Scott Fuels, Brucefield-based sup- organization, said Ms. Spence, while others Haldimand Norfolk. pliers of petroleum products in this area will receive serverance packages. Bringing Main Street Canada to Seaforth is since 1930, has been sold by Sun Oil Co. Ud., Ross Scott Fuels began in 1930, when Ross basically n pint project of the Seaforth BIA which has owned the company since 1969. Scott secured a contract as a wholesale and Town Council, with some involvement The bulk of the fuel -oil business of the distributor of Sunoco products. The business from LACAC. The program's operating company has been sold to the Hensel! Co-op, was located at that time in the rear of the W . budget, estimated at $45,000 to 550,000 per which will take over most of the former Ross Scott and Co. General Store. At that time, year. including Mr. Lemon's $27,000 annual Fuel accounts as of October 1. Mr. Scott distributed to all contracted salary, will be split between the BIA and Some of the company's other accounts will dealers in Huron County. Later, Perth council on either a' 50-59, or 45-55 per cent now be handled by co-operatives based in County, except border locations in Bruce and basis. The BMA hos agreed to doubip the tax Exeter, Belgrave and Mitchell. Ross Scott lambton Counties were added. In 1939, the on themselves. from'St0 000 o $20,000 FeOle aroupd ticstcompany-awnedservice,statlonwasbuilt annually. foram" three a program will Seaforth, F)ceter, Clinton and Bayfield.els formerly serviced e areasin Exeter. run. The new owners will not be operating out of in 1947, floss Scott Ud. bought the Old ECONOMIC AssEr the Brucefleld location, but will service W alker House hotel from Edgar Allen. The Main Street Canada was founded in 1981, customers from their existing operations and business was relocated onto that property. by Heritage Canada as a way of combating will not he employing any of the former Ross The business's youner became a family enterprise the potential loss of historic downtownOnttario pokespersondJefor Sunn00 Co.ette pLtd. joinedence. when hther. sfirm, followed brotherin Bill Scott Mr 'The buildings uib. 'The biggest threat to heritage buildings. Some of the 12 full and part-time Scott's son Ken, who remained in the employ w theiz seconomic decline B0 downtown nn employed es oilier op positions Mielein thehSun en 00 jfjSg Oil when they bought the company in said repairs to sewer system to cost $1.8rmillion 1 have to be by government Those emblems are caused by gmundwa- ensure all the trouble areas are found. method of operation wouldborne Ce Jim Crocker, expressed "Short of TV inspee'tion there is very little changed to continuous discharge from concern o!erttcouncil. ihe'fact thek r, expressed sessed sanitary 'amnion and yste seater innate into the evecandotofind out where the storm water is November to April. have only lasted 30 years excessive sewer syandm which mutt dateo cumin in." he said. $1.3 elIf1ION "The tart the sewers have only lasted 30 the infiltration average a e and peak flow -n. To g ' "ltratlon and,ntltiev represent approx• Based on the resists of the smoke testing. In 1983 these prop'ose'd expansions and the (mfr Mr Bunds said there will have to he some improvements would have cost $1,371.000 years is not typical." said Mr. Burns with $237.500 sus $1,500 annually going"@1ri4tsee59yeaisbeforethereislhistype was ety 40 to 45 per cent at the total mutat ofostseRut it all depends on n lot of waste flow and approximately sa per cent of modification the of the cresting ping st pumps, p thepeak waste flow bleated at Oak Street pumping station' o towards the infiltration and inflow reduction: emblem. Effluent flrge quality standards have [nryease their capacity from 5o flues per $41.600 towards the expansion of and tht ta ings. on ni[ha on well the thesewers ecronditwere huliions and etc The new sewer lines though are also changed substantially ern the original asbestos and concrete and should gh 30 design and construction of the existing "Most see 50 years before here years or mare. lagoons re Pt'S1i CNC FO1t tNlIt:STRV To recuse the infiltration and tiiftstw there 16 t$11f� try 96 of 1rC9blei� 1, Councillor Bob Dinsmore was concerned will have n be sewer rep at various �I the expansion n sDl might not t into the east and si d ssewerofainlStreet. on the expo pian, if it fact,managed to the "Weet and westhsides of Main pt'eet. p p Seaforth more industry. hope they are the main problem`" second to 67.1 litres per second. Other improvements to the um ing staand tiun, ,1 lm .of small towns are pushing for said Mr. Burns. 0 industries 0! come in. Wsatiehin "Subject tooject to thriller investigawe vitt aiidee�inents regardbin safety, eto impro ement a os the sewage 10 treatment and createsstmore sewage?WWill one comess to have reline the sewers ont Main Sobed onergertcybY•pass g facility. 5217.600 towards engineering and turn aroueand do is all over we have he story they aret the major contributors sy ell to the carne sormwater that goes into the system." At the sewage treatment facility a new contingencies and $65,300 o interim financ- Councillor Dinsmore was by . Mr, hures aded the (B. el . Ross and aerated cell would have to be provided east of ing. The tnueirapatity's share of that cost asked Assy a would iv have ttoo Today have is een app l the same 5428,000.00Burns ( that most ore w ss assuredst locate Mr 1982 rdfosmoke tesfauthe theyyty town going bell deepened sic! number six ld would been approximately expansions towns are dry tresthat Mow t find b smo alln the Furthere were goiny ha a to be provided and aeo reg: a f a Y e to and improvements will cost close to $1.6 Continued industries, Pane re to ev s by ca era int be three by have lobe lesto regulate die erg television camera should still be done to sEreainftow le the Bayfield River; and the million dollars. 72.5 percent of that cost to be Kootstra Iand i site awaits It more ministry approval BYHEATH ERelel I,'NRAITH things because we know where the ground The Kootstra site, the potential new water is running and we ten predict what's Landfill site for Seaforth-Tuckrei tnith was happening with some m assuredneesse say3. and saki - pronounced tedinically viable last week afterver." data an bAsite inspection by engineers and confirms,flows toward with the ri landfills, and officiate of the Ministry of the Eirvironntent "We've y we're veh a leased with this site. 'evolved in the landfill search. But it is a long geologically way from beteg officially declared the site. It's reasonably remote, and where there is 'From a technical aspect it looks quite visual intrusion we tan adequately screen," good," said Tony Crutcher of Conestoga said nMthe Crotchet tche . however, 1Wir Crotchet, Rovers and Associates. added the site well nnf be a partitllarly easy "But there are be Ad non sed. W e' aped; one operate be more that tsiv have o be anti Wse looking e'ge done thanoantiicpated " may it LYes nsore extensive testing anti ft's a work be done to dantrol end engin erfng goad ' . will Mr.plCrutcher old a crowd of about 20 Seaforth-Tnekeernith disposehit�An atten tion zone app ca be be llect on people Mter nfiitg and Mr. Cruteher sal ' discharge and other ihferested parties, three level's of necessar�v investigation had beer'tondueted at the site, to the neer is so slow it would never be all of which proved it was "quite good for mer able. haveWell o look at thg etonoinic Tan dfeasibility. .. hes a o -p "We've dt�died test ho andand conducted our a But the 36 years eso any cost WM life, tie points ulo pperiod of tined, not all et �'ietvpoint tie geology m the northwest cooter borne over a long of the elle Macke it condeeiVe to iandfiliing," Mee."Minitry of the FSlvironment offiaais made he sand. g Based on tites�ofin'� s B.hi. lions and litlletotnmentonthe�t�een me'2e'tsmvoul�i the Assodatesh, ee p pe the back 15 acus of design and proposal g the iso as foo Oast site, which raai ray itself before any be reviewed dtommena nti mold bee Mad tratittee locttedim . tel p Phil Byes, however,o of the Owen Sound e. oe the right harm side of (fie hi s re wit Road, f"f the Exivrron'mefit, exile tans tdI appro that ly 00ite years, It life a cresee ted somee oncern over the &On g e t envh'oltiri s�t]y� 3 yeah " rotes, rf lando. ers la the x, eCeuy envtt nlneltraliy aAurlri site, I Miall Of tlreglandfi'U t the Kootstra site. s$ d list salty su "ft's tde�liq sui%d .���'�� it`s 1y.tilt# 'ktleil' k�Alleerita, tA►ti(� `per f stndn �� a a A3 thee it gives Ue 4 coillfo .. t* haftdll All EGKINdi Moos olyi 'tone, G`rutefleamid GrnglP fro kY of Carotfed Conestoga Rovers And Assoclatey, far' right,Xp _ , iy design for the hew Seaforth=' oolcafsmlth landfill alfa to are Crocker, Seaforth Town Clerk, Bob Broadfoot, Tuckersrnith council and Dan Broevri, Hydreologist of the Ministry of the Wraith photo