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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-09-12, Page 1Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin Hensall and Walton INDEX Recreation - 10A Births - 14A O olt,anes - 17A Wedding's - 20A Wallas - 8A own. See page 4A. How did Huron cast its vote? See page 7A. Walsh takes tau rnamen itle. See page 1OA. Huron xpositor Seaforth, Ontario NURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, 1990 60 cents a copy A SWEEPING VICTORY for Huron County New Democratic Party the outcome, as well. Paul Klopp was caught in a moment of candidate Paul Klopp in Thursday's election took Liberal and PC jubilation at the NDP gathering in Holmesville Thursday evening. supporters by `surprise. Not a few NDP voters were surprised at raising the hand of wife Heather in victory. Williscraft photo. Klopp win makes Huron history BY MIKE WILLISICRAFT New Democrat Paul Klopp is the new MPP for Huron and will help form the first NDP government in the history of Ontario. The NDP stormed to a comfor- table majority, capturing 77 seats while the Liberals took only 33 and the Progressive Conservatives won 20 in last Thursday's provincial election. Klopp topped PC candidate Ken Campbell and Liberal nominee Jim Fitzgerald with 9,407 votes. Campbell took 8,512 while Fitzgerald had 6,130 votes. Tom Clark of the Family Coalition Party was fourth with 2,759 votes while Libertarian Allan Dettweiler received 380 votes. A large crowd of shocked NDP supporters turned out at the election night reception at the White Car- nation in Holmesville to cheer Klopp, a 33 -year-old Zurich area farmer. Pre-election polls showed that Ontario's voters were looking for change, said Klopp, and that is what they will get. "We're ready for the mandate," said Klopp. "With a little here and a little there we knew it would all come together. I'm definitely not shocked but surprised, you should be." Klopp refused to take any credit for the win, the first by an NDP candidate in the Huron riding, as he repeatedly attributed the victory to a team effort. "Look around this room. These are the people responsible for this win. All the candidates who ran before me (in Huron) did the work," said Klopp. "I was just the one who happened to be carrying the flag." After taking just over 14 per cent of the vote in Huron during the 1987 provincial election, the NDP captured 34.6 per cent in the his- toric win. Tony McQuail, ND campaign manager, said he could see the momentum changing early in the 37 -day campaign. "I didn't believe we were going to win but I thought we could. All the indications said we had a good chance," said McQuail. "I knew that if we ever won the Huron riding we'd have a majority (NDP) government in Ontario. I have always said that." The riding was up for grabs after longtime Hunan MPP Jack Riddell announced his retirement earlier this year. Traditionally, Huron has been a PC stronghold. ABANDONED HOUSE FIRE - Firr►f;,phtArs myriad to coil Sap req 1 at an abairdonded Seatorth house. It Is suspected the firew.-n. ct arted by two <. hilydretn wtlo forced sYdfy into the house through a basement window. Smoke had to be explp lel trio rr : a Oxford photo. Local golf course grows to 18 holes It's been 30 years in the coming, but the Seaforth Golf and Country Club will be officially marking the expansion of their course to a full 18 holes this weekend. In fact, the club is outdoing itself, offering a total of 19 holes to avid golfers. The course was extended to 13 holes six years ago, and work on the latest expansion at the Golf and Country Club began in 1987 with the construction of the final five holes. This past May, the greens were seeded and although not all of the tees have been seeded, work on these should be completed by later this fall, says Cam Doig. This isn't the end of the work by any means, he adds. Three of the present 19 holes will be coming out, and two more added to round the course out to an official 18. The seaforth Golf and Country Club will be celebrating their ex- pansion and 30th birthday this coming Saturday, September 15, with a day -long gala. Golfing will be open all day with green fees at 1960 prices ($1, or 50 cents after 6 p.m), and Mr. Doig reports that there are still some tee times available. Tours of the new holes will be going out on power carts between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., and the pro shop will be holding a sale. Dedications and speeches will take place at 7 p.m. with officials from the Town of Seaforth and Tuckersmith Township doing the honours, and a dance will follow. The Seaforth Golf and Country Club invites all members, past and present, to join them in celebrating 30 years of growth and tradition in the Seaforth area. Levy concerns face Board reconvening received $45,000 from the Ministry of Education as incentive funding for equipment to set up the Junior Kindergarten programmes. The funding must be expanded before the end of 1991 or the board must re -apply for funding. The board will wait to see how the New Democratic government's provincial government moves on this programme before planning ahead. "The Board expects these policies [Junior Kindergarten] will continue keeping in mind changes in government means Junior Kindergarten can change," Dr. Brown said. The basic architectural drawings for the new St. Michael's Secondary School have been completed. The Board sold the original site for the school on Greenwood Ave. The school will now be located behind Northwestern Secondary School in Stratford. BY MICHELE GREENE The Huron -Perth Separate School Board met for the first time this school year on Tuesday night in Dublin. Concerns about the elementary and secondary separate school levy faced the board. It received a letter from a taxpayer who points out the levy for the separate school board is higher than the levy for the public school board. Also, the taxpayer also mentions no details are provided about how the money is distributed. Dr. Jim Brown, the new director of education, was appointed to the board in late August. The Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act takes effect on Jan. 1, 1991. It will allow the public to request information about the institution while it also protects the privacy of the people involved. According to the act, each institution must appoint a `head' who will be responsible for administering the act. The board appointed Director of Education Dr. Jim Brown as `head.' The director was also appointed as the board's representative for the Stratford Education and Recreation Centre (SERC) to replace former director of education, Bill Eckert. The H -P Separate School Board Finger points to kids in house fire BY SUSAN OXFORD Seaforth firefighters responded to a call on September 7 at an aban- doned house. The fire is thought to have been started by two children playing with a lighter. Firefighters were alerted of the fire at 61 George St. East at 5:20 p.m. when a neighbour. Raymond Anstalt, Jr., noticed smoke coming from the boarded -up house. After forcing their way into the house by breaking down the front and side doors, firefighters sprayed water out of the windows to ekes smoke from the house. This procedure is a flit department relent `� ntilation activity' to clew*make so firefighters can set where the fee Is corning from. They iso wed scot air pecks due to the heavy stooks. F refightexIcated the seurre of the fire in the basement where old newspapers had been set on fire. There was no structural damage to the house from the fire but there was water damage. The house was boarded up again to put a secure on the scene. Chief George Garrick said the house is in trusteeship for an elder- ly woman living in a Toronto nur- sing home. He said the Seaforth Fire Department will have to "put a Fire/��Marshall's order to clear the house out so the trustee." Two young children are suspected of earring the fire while they Zayed with a lighter titer forcing tplueir way into the house through s basement window. The chiteree were released into die custody et their parents The Board is also working to meet the Ministry of Education's goal of 50% of the positions of supervisory officer, principal and vice-principal be held by women by the year 2000. "We have begun work in that direction. We have identified the people who will be retiring before 2000 to determine how close to that goal we will be," said Dr. Brown. There was concern men won't need to apply in the future if the board will be hiring women to meet this goal. Chairperson Vincent McInnes assured the board he will hire the most qualified teachers regardless of sex. Dr. Brown believes reaching this goal will not be a problem. He thinks the supervisory positions will all be held by women because the elementary schools are now mostly run by women. They will move up to supervisory positions. $42k sent to Hensall water works The village of Hensall has received S42,133 as a first payment for a water works project. Environ- ment Minister Jim Bradley an- nounced today. The project consists of the exten- sion of watermains along Highway No. 4 South. The money is part of an estimated $52,597 grant which is the provin- cial contribution toward the total cost of the prosect, estimated $62,400. • •��ftJ ,