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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1986-12-31, Page 1Births /A11 Classified I A8 Dublin /Al2 Entertainment /A11 Family iA11 INDEX Obituaries /A11 People /A11 Sports /A5 Walton /A7 wot`d8 Inside Local ringette teams have busy schedule. See Page A5. ►entenaire •li IG page 45: Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton Huron xpositor SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1986 — 12 PAGES Seaforth 1986 The year in retrospect JANUARY H Retail sales among Seaforth merchants during the Christmas season, usually the strongest sales period of the year. did not increase or decrease significantly from last year. a random sampling of local merchants indicates. Because of the generosity of the Royal Canadian Legion the Seaforth Community llospital has been able to purchase another diagnostic tool. A Marco Slit Lamp, used in the treatment of eye injuries by helping doctors locate foreign objects lodged in the eyes. was purchased last year, and is now in use at the hospital. A Seaforth resident and husinessman is ailing to make a big investment in the town, if he knows the community will support him. The husinessman said he is willing to invest one quarter al a million dollars in a recreation centre which will initially house an indoor swimming pool, weight and fitness room, \rdeo game room. change facilities and showers, children's recreation, table tennis and a small caletena 1uckersmilh Township council has offered 12 full lime employees a four per cent increase for 1986. plus 100 per cent of life Insurance. with long term disability and a drug plan. plus Iwo extra statutory holidays, Easter Monday and Remembrance Day on November 11 Members of the Huron County branch of the Ontario Medical Association have formu- lated'a list of possihle protest action to take in opposition of the provincial government's proposed han on extra billing beyond ()HIP fees The Huron County bbard of education is going 10 be taking an in-depth look at itself with the aim of setting goals for the next three years of the term Town council voted last week to restrict smoking dunng any council meeting to the recess penod .15%L'\Rl' 15 Bantam age players who participated in the Seafrrth-Denmark hockey exchange a- chieved what will probably rank as the most remarkable victory of their lives, when they emerged victors of an international tourna- 50 cents a copy FEBRUARY 12 Over $150,000 was actually paid out last year to Huron County councillors and appointed members of the library and health boards. 11 uron-Bruce M P M un -ay Cardiff attended a press conference at the Van Egmond House in Egnmondville to meet with members of the Van Egmond Foundation and discuss a recently announced federal grant for the foundation. A $6.06 million budget for Huronview, home for the aged, was approved at the February session of county council, but a second chance to look closely at the estimate for 1086 will be possihle when the entire county budget is considered. The advent of the rlassmom computer has turned the tables on Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board teachers, as they have become students themselves in a boarl•run inservice Training Laboratory which leaches them how to use computers and utilize them in the classroom. In a 25 to six recorded vote, Huron County council decided to change its library board to a committee of council. FEBRUARY 19 The Town of Seaforth learned recently it ‘k ill experience an 85 per cent increase in its 1986 insurance rates. The Seaforth Public Utilities Commission has agreed to purchase Insurance coverage from 1•rank Cowan Insurance Company despite a premium increase of 34 per cent over the price of coverage with the same firm last year Grade 4 students at Seaforth Public School share a unique experience across Huron ('runty and that is the experience of sharing Iwo leachers. Perth County Council ended 1985 with a $334.747 surplus, due in part to the road department budgeting for such a surplus 1T{RRl'Alll' 26 The devaluation of properties adjacent to the one that may eventually house the SeaforthTuc•kersmith landfill site seemed the main concern al a discussion regarding solid caste management programs for these Iwo areas The Seaforth Tuckersmith landfill commit - 1 meal overseasice moved one step closer to solving the Humn County department heads will area's landfill site dilemma receive increases of up Io nine per cent a year Asa result of a public meeting and subject after Humn ('aunty Council endorses a to discussion with the Ministry of the comprehensive salary package for Os nine Faivimnmenl personnel, the committee pass - department heads ed a resotul inn that 11 M Rims and Associates A coroner's jury has ruled the death of be authonzed to proceed to arrange prelim - Michael Joseph Mclaughhn was not acct• nary lest dulling of the Kootslra site to dental not intentional hut rather the result of confirm technics acceptability for landfilling misadventure purpose An 11 th hour reorganization has saved the One way or another. the Village of Seaforth and Distnct Community ('entres F:gmnndville will he getting an improved Rooster ('lub from extinction watersystem, but the question of when it will Glenda Murrey. RR 5. Seaforth was hard at happen' and what 11 will cost individual work December 21 when a telephone call ratepayers In hook up to i1, remain from her husband Ned sent her thoughts unansend travelling toward a southern vacation. Mrs. The Seaforth Novice hockey team captured Murray is the grand prize winner of the Las the B-('(' Division of the first international Vegas trip draw, sponsored by the Seaforth Silver Stick Competition in St ('hire Shores. Business improvement Association Michigan .IANI' WY 22 The Seaforth Community Hospital has Seaforth Town Council has agreed to recognized its patients don't necessarily have consider a request from its Business to he dying or bereaved to benefit from a improvement Association for a maximum of palliative care program. So i1 has employed a $27.500 ayear tar the next three years to help aliative care program with a new twist a fund a Mainstreel Canada program in support senior Seaforlh MARCH s JANUARY 29 St ('nlumban parents want their kinder - Although it hasn't heard anything ahoul garten children in their school and came en grant increases from the provincial ministry masse to indicate their seriousness to the of education. the }IMP County board of Humn•Perth unman Catholic separate school education has gone ahead with and limited hoard increases for 1986 to four per cent A family of five are homeless after their A report presented to Humn County W inthrnp home was gutted by fire ft was not council suggests 11's time the department the first limp the Fehr family has fallen victim which provides people services to the lo fire Appmximately five years ago, another residents of the county get a greater share of house. on the same property was lost in a fire the county's tax dollars Humn County's planning and develop - if Ontario Hydro practises energy effi- men! department had a budget of almost half cfency there's no need for the 5432 million a million dollars approved for 1986 transmission line o proposes to build out of Provincial Agriculture Minister Jack Rid- Rruce Nuclear Power Development dell condemned the idea of free trade with the Tuckersmith is planning to get tough on all United Stales and pledged to use the snowmobile drivers in the hamlets in the resources of his ministry to oppose the township because of the few who mararound concept. in a stmnglyworded speech to the nn their machines at any hour of the day or Huron County Dairy Producers annual night meeting in Brussels. Time County of Huron may again host the MARCH 12 International Plowing Match. A 56 1 million road budget has been F-EIUtUARY; Local gas station operators continue to sit (nunciltentatively approved by Humn County with their hands tied as both the federal Seaforth District High School Golden Bears government and the big oil companies have were foiled again this year in their hid to win refused to take any immediate action to lower the OFSAA A boys basketball championship the gasoline prices at the pumps, despite the in Walkerton. plummeting world prices for crude oil. A winter storm which began during the To ban or not to han, smoking that is, early morning hours of March 7, forced has become a perennial question faced by closure of area roads and stranded a number public s. of motorists in 'Seaforth until snow plows A move by the Ontario government to were able to get the main highway open. earmark more money to help elderly and The controversy surrounding the Huron disabled people to stay at home instead of County library Board rages on as a 1985 being forced into institutions or nursing deficit of $42.890 is cut off the top of its 1986 homes is a positive step according to Huron book budget. County groups. The Van Egmond Foundation is looking for $437 million, is the 1985 estimated figure closer ties with the Huron County Pioneer for the cost of the proposed Southwestern Museum. Ontario Transmission System by Ontario As the museum itself gears up for its major Hydro. capital project, the foundation approached The farm financial crisis experienced for Huron County Council's museum committee. several years in Bruce and Grey counties is Hibbert Township will be losing a valuable, just starting to hit Huron County farmers. (Continued an Page A2) SEAFORTH MAYOR Alf Roes cute the ribbon on the front steps of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to officially commemorate the completion of the reatoratlon and renovation of the historic building. Barb Caldwell, Milton MacLean, Vice President of CIBC Ontario Region West, Jim Gould, Manager, and Dennie Charrette nested In the ceremonlea on Monday, December 22. (Staff photo) Respected merchant dies Active on the Seaforth Main Street for contributed freely of his talents as a soloist more than 60 years, and the town's longest and for more than 40 years he and Mrs. serving husinessman, James Arnold Stewart Stewart served as choir leader and organist died early Saturday morning, December 27. for the Northside United Church until their He was in his 79th year retirement a few years ago. Mr Stewart suffered a heart attack as he The family received friends at the Whit - was walking In his store on Tuesday morning ney-Rihey Funeral Horne until 2 p.m. last week and he sought the assistance of Tuesday (today i when funeral service will be i•'red Tilley. who was nearby. Taken to the hetie(( in Northside trailed Church. conducted store. he was removed by ambulance to by the Reverend .lames Vanslyke. assisted by Seaforth Community Hospital. where he died Mr Stewart's bmUier Rev Dr Douglas early Saturday morning Stewart. of Oshawa and by Rev William (' While Mr Stewart had not been in the best Barber, of First Presbyterian Church, Sea- ol health for some time, he had been active as forth Spring interment will follow in usual dunng the pm -Christmas season, Maitlandbank Cemetery planning the holiday sales program for Pallbearers are Robert Powell and nee Stewart Bros Storrs. as he had done for so phews Bryan Stewart. Ed Stewart. Harry many years Brice, Donald Stewart and Stewart di1actn ' A son of the tate Mr. and Mrs Harry tyre Flower bearers are grandchildren Stewart, he joined the family firrn on his Suzanne, Duncan, ian and Andrew Stewart graduation from Seaforth Collegiate Institute Mr Stewart is survived by his widow. the in 1926 Active in many organizations, he former Florence Beattie. to whom he was served as a member of Seaforth Town Council married in 1930. •hy a son. Dr Douglas for several years and was the longest -serving Stewart. Regina, three sisters. Mary (Mrs member of the Seaforth lions Club, having Stacy ('axi• Kay (Mrs W Bnocei. both joined a short time after the establishment of of Kincardine and Nom. Mrs Noonan the organization He was president of the Maclntyre. of Owen Sound and three club in 1940.41 Members of the club held a hmthers, Rev Dr. Douglas and Roland of memorial service at the funeral home on Oshawa and David of Seaforth. He is Monday evening. predeceased by two brothers. Gerald and Interested in music throughout his life, he Charles R Stewart Seaforth Novice team wins Silver Stick earned his Dirt shut out of the Seoul ('11 A M PPO NSl I IP FINAL. Was it worth gelling up at 6-00 a m Sunday morning" We wen' all hoping it would be' Dresden fans were asking themselves the same question' The first period of this all important genre only yielded one unassisted goal by Seafnrlh's Shawn Anstett at the 9 24 mark The second goal scored by Jason Henderson. assisted by Mark McNichol came al the 7 02 mark of the second Steven 1)1rInadfy's great stick handling skills allowed him to count Sea- forth's third goal unassisted Still rn the second. Shaun Anstett. again. assisted this 1 ire by Jason Henderson and Rovd Dever- eaux scored Seaforth's fourth goal With only one minute left in the second Dresden's Brent Sornr assisted by Scott Wilson and Trevor Ellis scored their first goal The score at the end of Iwo being 4-1 for Seaforth Dresden's coach must have had quite the pep talk in the dressing room between the second and third periods Roth teams came hack on the ice very determined to make their early morning worth getting up for' But it was Dresden who came hack with two quirk goals by Charlie Morgan and Scott Wilson in the first two minutes of the third period making the score too close i4•3i ft wasn't until four minutes later Jason Henderson assisted on a beautiful pass by Boyd Devereaux. scored another goal for Seaforth Then Devereaux on an assist from Jason popped one in the top corner to help the fans ease the tension and let them slide back into their seats again At the 5:23 mark of the third Jason Henderson assisted by Mark Van Dooren shored Seaforth's seventh goal The game had only three minutes to go when Boyd Devereaux assisted by Shawn Anstett thought theybetteradd another to the total to make sure it was going to be the win. The championship title came hack to Seaforth again this year on a final goal by .lason llenderson assisted by Mark Van Dnoren and I( ,nnnnc,l mi P:re, \5) JAM t'4 1. S1'l'W:\ltT The Seaforth Novice travelling team filled a Only one minute left in the second and bus at the Seaforth Arena on December 26, at Seaforth went ahead 4-0 on a goal by Shawn 10 a m to head for Parkhill. The first game of Anstett assisted by Mike Hugill and Chris the Silver Stick tournament was against Marion Pelrolia at 12 noon The boys were all anxious London Southwest wasn't going to give us to see how well they would do compared to the game vet. Al 6:41 of the third London's last year's Seaforth team who captured the Joey Castello assisted by Peter Hogan and championship trophy Matt Erhart scored their only. hut well -de - The first period of the game was a good served goal hack-and=forth period of hodkey, with both Seaforth again ended their second game of teams checking out each other's strategy the tournament in a 5.1 win on an unassisted The second period again was full of chances goal by Pat Gridzak for both teams. however it wasn't until there This team effort brought them to the were only Iwo -and -a -half minutes left in the semi-final round of the tournament which second period that Jason Henderson, assist- meant they would have to leave Seaforth by ed by Pat Gridzak popped in the first goal. 7:00 a m the following morning. Then with 27 seconds left in the second Boyd Devereaux assisted by Jered Munro helped Seaforth further their lead (2-01. After the ice was flooded, you could see the boys were confident they could do even better in the third. Not two minutes into the period, Devereaux scored again for Seaforth with Shawn Anstett scoring only a minute later. Petmlia also playing an excellent game but couldn't seem to buy a goal against Scott Wood until the 3:43 minute mark of the third, when Travis Vaillant scored an unassisted goal in the top corner. The final score ended at 5-1 for Seaforth on a goal b'y Chris Marion. Assists in the third period were awarded to Jason Hendersoqq Pat Coyne, Boyd Dever- eaux, Mike Hug3�l, Pat Gridzak and Colin Devereaux. GAM E2 The boys were all supplied with a tasty pizza lunch by the tournament committee between games. Then. at 2 p.m., faced Southwest London for their second game of the tournament. During the first period, both teams gave their fans lots of action to cheer about. At the 6:55 mark of the first Boyd Devereaux scored the first goal, unassisted. Then at the 3:57 mark of the same period, Pat Gridzak assisted Boyd with his second goal of the game. Ahead 2-0 after the first, Devereaux again, assisted by Chris Marion this time, scored his third goal at the 6:06 mark of the second. ' GAMES The third game of the Silver Stick Tournament was on Saturday. December 27 at 9:15 when Seaforth Novice met with Clinton. Boyd Devereaux, assisted by Shaun Anstett and Chris Manor', scored twenty seconds into the first period giving Seaforth an early lead. Less than a minute later Boyd Devereaux popped in another with help from Mike Hugill and Jered Munro. Chris Marion. assisted by Steve Menially, scored the third and final goal of the penal giving Seaforth a 3-0 lead, Clinton came out playing hard and defensively in the second period, allowing only one goal netted by Jason Henderson, assisted by Mark Van Dooren and Boyd Devereaux. Hard work and determination led Seaforth to five more goals in the third period. The first goal was scored by Boyd Devereaux, followed by another flipped in by Shaun Anstett. Jason Henderson shot in the seventh goal of the game, Boyd Devereaux the eighth and the final one was netted by Mark McNichol, giving Seaforth a 9-0 victory. Assists throughout the third period were by Charles Robertson. Jason Henderson. Mike Hugill thfee, Mark McNichol, Shaun Anstett, Boyd Devereaux and Mike Vock. Credit goes to Scott Wood, Seaforth's goalie; who played an outstanding game and f