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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1986-12-10, Page 3THE HURON EXPOSITOR, DECEMBER 10, 1986 — A3 04,401410 TO EACH A TASK — Members of the Seaforth Health Care Facility entirely from scratch. Shown here doing their part are: Lucy Bezzo, bake club got together last week to prepare a carrot pudding for salt, Marguerite Shill, brown sugar, suet and carrots, Irene Omand, their Christmas meal. All the members of the club were assigned a potatoes, apples and mixing the Ingredients, and Mabel Handy, specific task for the pudding production. The pudding hae been a baking soda. project of the residents for approximately five years. It is made Photos by Heather Mcilwraith CLEAN UP CREW — Edith Salo and Wilma Brill were on clean up detail last week when the Seaforth Health Care Faclllty's baking club made Its annual Chrletmas pudding. The two were also In charge of cleaning the raisins and currants. BREAD WINNERS — Eva Netzke, lett, and Casale Nicholson, two of the Seaforth Health Care Facility's oldest residents gave a hand to the making of Chrletmas carrot pudding Wednesday. They produced the bread crumbs that went into the pudding. DRY INGREDIENTS — Every Job needs a supervisor and when the Seaforth Health Care Facility made its Christman carrot pudding, It had one. tla Gardner, left, was In charge of reading the recipe and ensuring that no Ingredient was forgotten. Her frlend, Doris Smith, looked after the flour. Farm mutuals may be equal with olteher companies he said. Ontario's farm mutual insurance compare "We would be able then to play on the example. able to buy common stock, or to fes wl given the same antes and powers same need as all the of mMcKillo even v According toMr,creditunion," thehe added. proposed ' property land of joint-stock comp y company!s premium explained doatsat as remaingas the 50 per as otherpermitted insurance companies u will be commented e, faBobrm Coleman tual o ppays ent-sl c to genem ral insurance companies. which Insurance, a loran mutualeinsuranceSecompany lobbying effort byfarm mutual companies in h have demonstrated they have a capability atto because he says. the farming( sector+is+er, not amsdpek general Insuae companies. if 11htch has been active in the Seaforth area g amendments In the Insurance Act, intro- I In spears, Ontario who wanted the right to be like operate in the same underwriting market as growing and everything else is, that 50 per duced recently by er, areal into law. + . y very secure rnvestmente. such as set up when Ihe Theye can eveevnne else. rmlutual companies vernment first other Thegeneral century -old farm mutual insurance cent e nt; hrure ts gnve•rnmc lglscloser corrun (led 10 allow Minister Monte rats are are passed into law. only makesystem in 1lnituio is well known and (rare insurance on a tax-free basis. W ith the The amendments are intended to facilitiate pal do guaranteed investment cenificmtes, mantel- established. and didn't have the expertise amendments 11 would allow us to form a the expansion of capacity of the farm pal drhenlums, mortgage bonds secured by that other insurance companies had, should he result ofraccumulated surplus. The which Fite sutuidmentu>rinasstudeatwithoucmon.farm' mut uals. Iherc$y ihereastng the ,availebility properly alt gyvetnm eft floras. o ea r„hv(• •yen nv cfj • • AR f l,t}n , t li(I'I think the limits • fvtutu(ds Guarantee• tlnrrcf”' and'the "Farms is 4•..,,,I. leaaxa ale, bug would.. of Insurance to (rnfario consumers, pariicu- ' Ihe a average ewe risk a nvos onw k o f, + • ++' remora separate from the farm insurance laxly in rural areas. hal Ihrv're very restrictive. We're mol, for were the buy th is way of making sure 9Nuaratantee d. farm mutuals have not business. That way o would not be insurance ance we didn't hue the wrong kinds of invest- Lt f •1 which resulted in ; said Mr. (nlemansinj� meets." a cprnenced a a failure pay tax on the farm portion of the business "We've ;Meltillop Insurance) have now a loss to a policy older. ' simply because i( d>opped below the 50 per been in business 110 year.) and there are 51 According to Mr. Kwnler. ifIhe farm n•nt future." ile said Humn ('ounty IJbran• Board Chairman by the mimic and whatever is said about me I Fenn mutuals in (lnlario just like us. J think unit al s stem takre full ld advantage c a of these of "The Ontario government as committed to Tom Cunningham blasted the news media for understand 1 will continue to do what is we've all grown up a Int, and certainly come their amendments. to write insurance doubling Ontario. the Then nta the torn m nt x. because they recent coverage 01 hoard matters. especially proper All we as councillor can expect is fair of age ' feel vie are here o! a >unls ibn But the regarding the resignation of Chief librarian press." he said Historically. farm mutuals were formed in Mr Coleman agreed. Partridge. Bill i Council meeting \I r 1'gha'aid the board has tried Oatie lo provide limited property and "Currently our investments at the end of metric -hens ens we n.vum.ntlyunder enteric our 1 i I. al the ('aunty ('ouncunnmm nt nn December state 4 ut handle the lid -simnel pmhlem "most casually insurance to farmer. when most Ihe year are somewhere in the arra of S3 growth because we' can't grow at the same in n statement mad during the hhmry rhsc•n•e•Ih"• and out of Ihe public syr. but insuroncecompaniesvemunwdlingtedoso. million The proposed amendments could. 1 pare ,.e other insurance enmparuew," he Beard report. \tr Cunningham said he and mesa retied, have made it hard lo deal with An amendment to the Corporations Ad'in think. make quite a difference lo that figure." added Ihe members nf his family have had a difficult the linear -el Ile said the c.ountysolicitor. Mr. r study Q fi %� ahead few mnnths. because of the press reports NIwpliv. told Ihe bhntry' heard not to discuss Senor needs key to go surrounding t► resignation of Mr Partridge Ihe maitre in public until at is resolved M hishandling f the situation Board chairman blasts media the an tan inp. c Ile also sand he w Jelled to dispel rumours m "11 Mee been a complex emblem which has the county that the Wintry was a low priority BY ALAN KIVK T private or semi -private and space required Ihe county may follow when panning the g Tan studies on the needs of senior citizens for moan project The county maytell the Humnview ween made erase g ly reports havingebeen m Ihe county He quotes same figures from d Frum the functional study a total schema. Committee to renovate the whole building. or aritlenhefomhayinglhef.'eds.heforehaving Ihe I•tst In vc acv that pnmt In IheFc+a At'ti m rltnnh( un Y d expansion and renova- tions t diagram Ihe mon .t o the other side." sand Mr Cunningham. the r)i H county building He said the study would I phases th next five or six years Also. Reeve of Hullell Township d I ere to stop at the SJ 2 million Mr. Cunningham was refetnn to. al- though he did not stale implicitly in his statement. a series of columns written in Focus emning Li- brary Board (:,chairman gaeine nand the (county administration for their handling of Mr. Pati ridge's resignation In September of this year. In defence of the county administration, Mr. Cunningham lashed out against state- ments in the press that undue pressure had been placed on the committee or on Mr. Partridge. "1 have never once seen the administration do anything that was not first inslnacted by council. They cat. sleep and breathe county,' he said. Mr. Cunningham stud he is untnneerned with the alleged personal attacks on him by ,the media. as he said he understands the nature of being a public official. ••As'for the personal attacks. I am elected ntrarw County will have to he complete •(' umucrt on age before the propose lions In Hurinview can go ahead. officials were told at a recent meeting with No real natifOfi provincial government officials. g 1luronview Committee Chairman Clarence Hau told Huron County Council at their No announcement was made at the Huron regular meeting on December 4 that new coulee (100(11 meeting on December 4 government recommendations include a regarding the resignation of Chief librarian needs study to determine the needs of all Hill Partridge senior citizens in Huron County. A second During the n'admg of the library Board study, called a functional needs study, would report. library Hoard chairman Tom Cun- show how to implement the needs of county ntngham requested council to go into a closed seniors into the Huronview project. session No recommendation was announced Council authorized the Huronview Com - after the closed session. matte to proceed with the two studies at the In September. Mr Partridge. the chief meeting. Also. the county hired Robert Ritz. librarian tor the enunly far the past 14 years. and Stinson, Montgomery and Sisam Mehl - said he was prepared to resign from the eels to carry out the Iwo needs studies. The position over 1 wet lettere written by six Huron firm was hired by the county at a tender price ('runty library staff which made allegations of $375.000 in November to carry but the of mismanagemenf within the library system. renovation work at Huronview, the county - Since that lime. no statement regarding run home for the aged east of Clinton. Ihe resignation has been issued by the Mr. Rau said the studies would delay the library Board chairman project until the spring of 19118 and would also carry a $70.000 price tag with the province and the county each contributing $35.000. The recommendations. said Mr. Rau. came nut of a special meeting between Huronview committee members. the project arthilect and three officials from the Ministry of Community and Social Services (COMSOC' on November 20. At the meeting. Ministry officials recent - mended the two studies as they would allow Huron County Council to take an overall approach to Huronview and its many deficiencies with consideration to the ser- vices that the county-niit home for the aged would require in 10 to 15 years. Mr. Rau said the data collected in the county -wide needs study would be used in the functional needs study of the Hurienview project to detertmne the nursing and personal care required by the residents: staffing patterns which would preserve the level of service: type or rooms required such at; to vn i o ns can proceed m istm atalso over e indicate the beds required now an in 20councilmay c epi it ion years timit previnuaty set by council • According to Mr. Rau. the Huronview The nev. recommendations for Huronview architects would hire 1*0 firms to do both were viewed bemimed asaenmpletereversal sludies. The firm of John Stevens and from their original intentions for the project. Associates was hired to do the needs study The $3.2 million project was to be phased while Marius Shrift Ltd.. Environmental over five years. with the county and the Psychologists of Toronto, will complete the pmvtnce both contributing S1.0 million. The functional needs study for the Huronview pmjeel was set to go ahead this year. but at projFef the dainty's June 5 meeting. the province As for a current timetable for the announced funding would not be forthcoming renovation project. Mr. Rau said the two for the project in 1986. studies will be Completed by late January and 'The original renovations called for a could be passed through the county level at ievampingof living areas. dining facilities. as (heir February meeting. Between May of well as laundry modernization ionand tthe tdiadministration.dta 1987 to January of 1988. the renovation. p_ would be prepared and the tender documents offices would be finalized with construction begin- Zurich Reeve Bob FSsher asked Mr. Ran ning by the spring of (988. why the county were not told these studies Mr. Rau said there area number of options • 'rnntmaetd ori Page Ate a Township is seeking old burial grounds If weave in Tuckersmith Township do u have an bid private family burying ground o your property'? There are a number in the township where some of our pioneers were buried. This information was brought to the attention of Tuckersmith Council which authorized Jack Mclachlan. ck treasurer. to assemble and COUNTY PINS --Over the past months Ina McGrath of EgMondvi1le hall asaemtiled reror(1 (hese lerites, township pins from across Huron County and pinned them on a colored map of the county. ft will be appreciated if anyone knowing of she was able to get pins from 15 of the townehlps, with the exception of Aehffeld Townehlp the location of these graves to phone Mr. Which deet not have a pin. Last week she presented this framed map to be hung In the Mciachlan. 482-0523 or send a letter to him: townshlp office at Vanastra In memory of her husband, Michael McGrath, who died on Tuckersmith Township Office at Vanstra, Marofi O. He Ives a longtime employee of the roads department fn Tuckeremlth TOWIlehlp. attention of Jack Mclachlan, clerk, RR 5. (Oke Photo) ('Tinton. ((8(6150. NOM 11.0. COMMUNITY CALENDAR If you're organizing a non-profit event of Interest to other Seaforth area residents, ptuone the recreation office at 527-0882 or the Expositor at 527.0240, or mail the Information to Community Calendar, The Huron Expositor. Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK IWO well in advance of the scheduled date. Space for the Community Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor. Wednesday, December 10 1:30-4 p.m. Sevier Shuffleboard 1:45-3:45 p.m. Moms and Tots Skating 4:30-5:30 p.m. Tween Ringette 5-5:30 pm. Dance 3-5 years 5:30-6:30 p.m. Dance 6-10 years 5:30-6:30 p.m. Atom Practice 6:30-7:30 p.m. Centenaires 7:30-8 p.m. Minor Broomball 8-10 p.m. Mixed Volleyball 8-9 p.m, Minor Broombafl 9-11:30 p.m. lathes Broomball Thursday, December 11 4:15-5:15 p.m. Atom l7 Practice '5:15-6:15 p.m: Bantam practice 6:30-7:30 p.m. Minor Broomball 7-9 p.m. Typing at High School 7:30-12:30 p.m. Mens Broomball Friday, December 12 4-5 p.m. Senior Flouseleague 5-6 p.m. Junior Houseleague 6-7 p.m. Novice Practice 7-8 p.m. Atom 11 vs Zurich 8j30 p.m. Centenaires vs Mitchell tOM 3Ir!/D>tll QM 11t VIS Saturday, December 13 7:30-8:30 a.m. Oilers vs Canadians 8:30-9:30 a.m. North Storrs vs Bruins 9:30-10:30 a.m. Whalers vs Penguins 10:30-11:30 a . Leafs vs Jets 11:30-1210 p.m. Flyers vs Flames 1210-1:30 p.m. Mites 1:30-2:30 p.m. Stoty Hour at the library 1 :2 -2:20 p.m Petites 2:30-4 p.m. Public Skating 4-5 p.m. Novice vs Blyth 5-6:15 p m Atom 1 vs Mitchell 6:13-8 p.rn Pee Wee vs Milverton Sunday, December 14 2-3 p.rn. Seaforth Nursery School 3-4 p.rn. Atom 1 vs Atom 11 5-6 p.m. Petite Ringetle vs Mitchell 6-7 p.m. Jr. Belle Ringette 7.8:30 Brutes vs Flyers 8:30-10 p.m. Rangers vs Canadians Monday, December 15 4 30-8:30 p,m. Figure Skating Tuesday, December 16 5:30-6:30 p.m. Pee Wee Practice 6:30-8 pant. Bantam Exhibition 8-10 p.m. Midget vs Croderi'ch 11