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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1986-10-22, Page 1INDEX Births /Al2 Classifieds /A8, 9, 10 Dublin /A11 Entertainment /A11 Family /A4, 12 Grads /A4 Hensall /A19 y44' tom? Legion /A11 Obituaries /A4, 10 People I Al2 Sports I A11 Walton I A7 Weddings /Al2 Don't forget to turn your clocks back one hour on sundry. i 50 cents a copy Huron . x_ posit SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton. 1986 — 12 PAGES Public dump meeting put off until Spring inistry of Environment officials told members of the Seaforth-Tuckersmith Land- fill Site Committee they are satisfied with the extent of drilling tests on the proposed Kootstra area landfill site, at a meeting held October 16. Seaforth Town Councillor Carol- anne Doig, a member of the committee, said ministry representatives did not request any further drilling be done at the sight. The committee and the ministry are now awaiting reports on the proposals for development and operation for the site from the engineering firms involved, said Council- . for Doig. Nothing further can be done toward making a final decision on the suitability of the site, until those reports, which are now expected to be completed by December, are in, she added. W aiting for the reports has set the schedule'back, and the proposal will probably now not reach the stage where public meetings can be held until next spring. "We can't have public meetings until we have found out about the costs of the site and its feasibility," said Councillor Doig. "Right now, we're trying to answer the questions the ministry has put to us." Grossman addresses area Conservatives in Brussels 1 Claiming that Huron County is "Tory Country," and vowing to '`retake it," Provincial Progressive Conservative party leader Larry Grossman addressed party faithful of the newly -formed Huron Riding, at a Conservative fundraising dinner held in Brussels, October 17. Mr. Grossman, the featured speaker at the party's first official event since the riding boundaries were changed recently, delivered a lengthy attack on Liberal incumbent MPP Jack Riddell and wound up his speech with a promise to personally support the Conserva- tive candidate in the new riding in the next ftrotincial election. i• "This Tory leader will be back here," Mr. Grossman promised. "The Progressive Conservative Party writes off no ridings. Huron, Bruce, Middle- sex, Grey...no ridings have a higher priority than these. Not only are we going to win (the next election). we are determined to win it here. in the southwestern part of the province." he said. Mr. Grossman accused the Liberal govern- ment of failing to create new programs to aid farmers. since corning to power. He said the Ontario Family Farm Interest Rate Reduction program is the only Liberal farm initiative of significance. "But an interministerial task force recom- mended that OFFIRR be wound down by 1988. it's interesting to not they plan to abandon their only initiative," Mr. Grossman said. Mr. Grossman said his party would introduce a•Family Farm Security Act, which would give farmers a "guaranteed price for their crops." Income support for farm families would be fixed at 10 per cent above stabilization levels, he said, adding that later, a formula would be developed to link income support payments closer to the cost of production. Mr. Grossman was critical of Mr. Riddell's' handling of farm crisis, such as the hail damaged fruit in the Niagara region and the more recent white bean fiasco. He said Mr. Riddell's position that enhanced crop insur- ance could become an incentive for farmers to leave their crops unharvested was "insult- ing." "i don't believe there are many farmers who would rather leave their crops on the tree and collect insurance, than harvest and sell them." said Mr. Grossman. A capacity crowd was on hand for Mr. Grossman's address at the $20 a plate affair at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community ('entre auditorium. Huron council quiet on library controversy W hat at times last month appeared ready to explode into the drawing of full scale battle lines was conspicuous in its absence during the regular October session of Huron County council in fact. the only reference to the controversy came as a brief mention in the presentation of the Huron County library Board report to council at last Thursday's meeting in the court house at Godench in the report. presented by Hullett Reeve Tom Cunningham. council was informed of a board decision to refer the controversy to its solicitor The hoard had resolved to refer a letter from C Scott Ritchie. a London lawyer. - ••with regard to a personnel matter" - to the board's solicitor "with power to explore a mutually satisfactory settlement " Mr Cunningham, library board chairman. was the target of criticism at the September meeting for the library board's reluctance to discuss an apparent dispute between the board and the county's chief librarian. William Partridge The criticism began at council's September meeting when Hensall Reeve Jim Robinson was asked to elaborate on the proceedings of two closed sessions of the board which were mentioned in its monthly report Mr Robinson. a member of the hoard. presented the report to council as Mr Cunningham had not attended the hoard meeting on which the report was based The Hensall reeve said that the dosed sessions represented a "very delicate stage of deliberation" in personnel matters and asked council's indulgence in allowing the hoard a Council considers closure of street bit more time to work out a solution. M r. Partridge, however, made it clear to council that the personnel matters were related directly to him. Some "serious allegations" had been made by library staff on how he has conducted library operations, he added The chief librarian also told council he had engaged a London lawyer to protect his interests and added that he would not be opposed to having the allegations made public Following this, the main thrust of council criticism at the September meeting was focused directly at Mr Cunningham who again asked councillors to grant the board a little more time to work out a solution to the problem He promised council the board would try to resolve the matter before Octoher's council meeting hut he could not guarantee it would happen. At the October meeting there was no mention of a solution nor were there any questions from councillors regarding the status of the controversy. in an interview following the council meeting. Mr Cunningham said the letter referred to in the hoard report was from the lawyer who represents Mr. Partridge, "That letter is in the hands of the board's solicitor who has advised us not to comment on the issue," Mr. Cunningham said. Asked to speculate on when he felt the issue might be resolved, Mr. Cunningham said he had no idea at this time but did not rule out the possibility of a solution by the November council session. CONSERVATIVE LEADER — Larry Grossman made an official visit to Brussels on Friday evening, to address Progressive Conservative party faithful of the newly -formed Huron Riding. A capacity crowd of area Tories was on hand to hear Mr. Grossman's words of encouragement. (Rafter photo) New appointment procedure adopted A change in the system of making indicate whether they were very interested, appointments to committees of council interested, or not interested in serving on a sparked some debate, but was ultimately particularcommittee, was drculated. Admin - adopted by Seaforth Town Council. at their istrator Jim Crocker pointed out the latter regular monthly meeting October 14. category should be duinged from 'not The debate arose over a recommendation interested', to 'least interested', "because I of the Finance and General Government assume you are all interested," in the work of Committee, that the procedure be amended all committees to provide that appointments be made by a For that very reason. said Councillor Bob striking committee made up of senior Dinsmore, the preference sheet should nol be members of council )mayor. reeve and deputy neeessnry reeve) Previously. appointments were made "Myself. I'm just going to check "very by the Mayor alone. The committee also interested." for all of them." he said. recommended a preference sheet should be Reeve W iltiam Bennett noted that Council - circulated to. and submitted by, members of for Dinsmore. though originally on the Van council indicating which committees they Egmond Society Committee, had stepped would be most interested in serving on down to allow Councillor Gary Ostrom to A preference sheet listing the various serve an that committee. committees. with spaces for councillors to "So. wouldn't you put "least interested" for that one?" asked Reeve Bennett. "Not necessarily." replied Councillor Dinsmore. Councillor Dinsmore also questioned the inclusion of the reeve anddeputy reeve on the striking committee, as both would be expected to serve as chnirn an on some of the committees. "The idea tor the dian cis t was to give the striking committee some background inform- ation nformation to work from when making up the committees." and atso to give the mayor some assistance in making these decisions. said Mayor Alt Ross "Ultimately. the final decisions will still rest with the Mayor." said Mayor Ross. The committee appointments are to be announced at the November council meeting Commission seeks new transformer The Seaforth Public utilities Conunission plans to have the utility's law firm send a letter to the Winnipeg -based manufacturing firm that supplied the PUC's new transform- er, requesting the defective unit be replaced with a new one, The PUC, is seeking a replacement for the 5,000 kilovolt transformer, installed at Main Station No. 1 on April 22, because when operating. it exceeds the noise decibel level specified PUC Manager Tom Phillips. reported at the commission's October 15 meeting, the utility has still received no written admow' lodgement of the problem from the manufac- turer. However, he has been in contact with the companies local representative and company personnel from Winnipeg have flown in to examine the situation. The commission is planning to meet meth their solicitors to discuss the situation soon in other matters, Mr. Phillips reported a new hank of three transformers has been installed at Robert Bell Industries and the old bank removed. The commission also held an initial discussion on the possibility of raising water rates in the future. The matter will be discussed further at the November meeting Steering committee set up Seaforth Town Council has deferred a decision on the proposed closure of the northerly section of Gouinlock Street, until the appropriate committees have had an opportunity to study the s».uation. A recommendation from the Transporta- tion and Environment Committee of council proposed that a portion of the street adjoining Victoria Park be closed in February of 1987, with approximately 150 fee, of the dosed distance being used for parking and the remaining portion as improved green space. The Huron County Roman Catholic School board has expressed an interest in entering into a permission agreement for the use of the proposed area, as an extension of the St. James School Playground, subject to the town's approval of the fencing and placing of equipment to this area, Some councillors expressed concern that fencing of the area might inhibit public access to the area, while others felt it warranted more discussion at the committee levels. Councillor Robert Dinsmore wondered if any mention of the proposed dosing of Gouinlock had been made to the new Main Street Co-ordinator Tom Lemon, or to the recreation committee or any other interested parties. He said he would not want to go ahead and close the street, '"with no input from anybody else." Councillor Carolanne Doig agreed' the matter wariatlted more study at the commit- tee ommittee levels. Once it's closed, it's closed," said Councillor Doig. "'I'm not in favor of mg the northern portion of Gouinlodsbecause it's the better of the two streets," said Deputy Reeve Hazel Hildebrand, noting that the southern portion of the street. is tholed and rougher than the north end. "Ithink we would; be very foolish' to close the street," she added, CROSS 0611141rAY V✓lAINt:RS - The Junior Boys team from St. James School, Seaforth, t niched In second place Id "thole division at the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board cross-country running competition held Friday afternoon at Benmilter, with Boyd Devereauit Managing first place In Individual performance. From left: front, Chrle,Marion, Andy Pecker, Patrick Devereaux; back, Boyd Devereaux, Joseph Kenny, Jason Henderson. (Rattle photo) BY W 11111 A OR F, in the liability limits contained in the 1986.87 The feasibility of establishing a Roman school Mus rate schedule to $$7 million (from Catholic high school in Huron County will be $10 million r effective immediately The bus studied by a steering committee set up at the contractors previously had been able to regular meeting of the Huron -Perth County secure the higher Liability rate but this year, Roman Catholic Separate School Board, in with premium rates so high, they were unable • to get it The minimum allowed for school busing is $5 million. The board will accept the Risk Manage- ment Report as submitted by the Frank Cowan insurance Company and will renew all insurance poliches with the company until October 26, 1981. The board derided not to join the Reciprocal tnsurance Exchange, The Ontario School Baord's insurance Exchange The decision to continue with Cowan was made because the board's current policy expires October 26, 1986. The board requires coverage for November and December as reciprocal coverage will not be available until January 1, 1987. About 70 per cent of Ontario's school hoards will band together to insure them- selves to counteract soaring liability insur- ance costs. An exception will be made to board policy to permit a Seaforth area student, who is 14 -years -old and in Grade 8, to attend the Grade 10 religious course at St James School in Seaforth irontinued on Page A i o Dublin Tuesday night. Trustees Bernard VanOsch. of Kings- bridge and Michael Ryan, of Mount Carmel. will represent the trustees on the committee. Toro priests and two parents will be named to the seven -member cnmmfttee at the next meeting. A member of the administration staff will round out the group. The committee is to find out whether enough Catholic students in Huron would attend their own high school and will also consider locations. The group is expected to hold several public meetings on the issue and will present its report to the Board by March. The high school, if established would likely open in September, 1988. The board opened a Catholic high school in Perth County fast month. St. Michael School in Stratford serves Grades 7 and 8 and 9 and will expand to Grade 10 next fall. The board also has established a joint edueation liaison committee with the Huron County Board of Education to explore opportunities for shared facilities, services, resources and staff. The group would make reeomniendations for consideration by both boards. On this committee Trustees Dave Durand of Zurich, Bernard Murray of RR 3, Embro and John Devlin, of Stratford, were named to represent the Catholic board in its meetings with the Huron County board and also with the Perth County Board of Education with which it will hold similar Meetings. In other business Tuesday, trustees accepted a $686,000 bid from a Wean firm, Frank Van Russel and Sons Limited, for the construction of the addition with alterations to St. Boniface School at Zurich, including the reroofing of the general purpose room. The tender was the lowest of six received. The board has agreed to accept reduction Inquest planned into trench death An inquest into the death of watermain worker Ralph Melville will be held December 4 in Goderieh. Mr. Melville died when he was buried in sand, September 8, while working in a trench to install a watermain on Williams Street, in Egmondville. Another worker was also injured in the trench collapse, but he recovered. Dr. Ken Rodney, of Seaforth. will conduct the inquest at the Goderich courthouse at 10 A.M.