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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-11-14, Page 5THE HURON EXPU&TOR. hiOVEmBER 1 y Dog and family reunited after 12 day search S Y HEAT= ROSINE It's a story one usually sae only is the movies. Opt Monday, Oaubor 29, 1990, Delhi. a putt bred Scotch Collie ��n Bey ad AliFarag of Ciodcria Stec West in Stator*, disapprxrod from tilt Clinton hcxnc wtnut it had bees bonding for the weekend. T wkly e days, and many miles later , a family determined to fund ux pec, aad the pet Ic acmined to find its family, wag reunited. It was not the first tune the year- old pup had been boarded in Clin- ton. Aoceardin; m Mn. Farag u had been there quite a few times when the family had gone out-of-town. "He eanpyed going there, because that wase other clop," she said. "'hat's why we couldn't understand what ." When the family fust received word that Delia had disappeared, they ire nediatcly called out to Heatsall where they had purchased the dog almost a year earlier. They were advised that Scotch Collies are "dumb" dogs and that they would probably never find him. Unwilling to give in so easy, the Farags kept up the search for Delia. The day aftai he went missing, Delia was spotted near the Clinton Public School. The Farags searched the vicinity around the school for almost four hours, up until 10:45 pm., before finally going home. There was no sight of Delia. On Wednesday, at the end of the school day, the family again searched for Dalia, and when there was still no sight of him, began to think he must've been killed. "'Then the snow came, and we were sure he must be dead - that he couldn't survive," said Mrs. Farag. For a week there were no more sightings. However, just when they had given up hope for good, the Farags received word that a Scotch Collie GLAD HE'S HOME - Dog owner Boueesy Farap is hap- py to have Dana bade home after he went missing for 12 days. Robinet photo. had been secs heading eastbound through the fates along Highway 8. Encouraged the Fags went out smirching again - this time door-to- door in hopes of finding their dog. He was not to be found. A short while later the Farags were telephoned by the Scaforth Veterinary Clinic, and told that a Scotch Collie had been seen on the bridge at the north end of County Road 12, and that he appeared to be in rough shape. But again the Farags arrived on the scene too late. Two days later Dalia was seen sitting in the entrance to the Seaforth ambulance building, ap- iarendy trying to warm himself. He ran away when approached. "We looked day and night. We searched St. Columban. We looked everywhere," commented Mrs. Farag. "There was no sight." On Friday, at approximately 6:30 a.m. the Farags received a phone call flan the Clinton man who had been boarding Dalia. He said he had received a phone call about the dog, and that he had been spoued on the front porch of a farm across from the Seaforth Golf and Country Club. The Foray, and daughter Nada, headed out again. When they arrived there again was no sight of the dog, but despite attempts by Mr. Farag to call an end to the search, Nada refused to give up. With her hair still wet from the shower, and clad only in a housecoat, she went around the farm calling out for Delia And miraculously, this time he appeared. "He came out of the bushes behind the farm, and he barely made it to Nada," said Mrs. Farag. "But he got into the car and we took him to the vet." Delia was referred to Clinton, and there given a bath and treated for a variety of ailments, including ex- posure and malnutrition. Although be is usually atm and boom at this fine, Delia hints worse because most of has lag iutar had to be off became u was so matted by burry The veaonnrian estimates dmt by the shape of his paws, Daha multi have walked 40 mules in search of his family "He's fine, He's gone ID dear[ It tout haw 12 days ID hind 1111, but he survived everything - ie aim, the rain, hunting seas" and 12 days on the rued between Clinton and Scalesch," said Mrs. Faariag. "He came the wrong war, but he came home and I'm slat. Doha's muse took him baa Clin- ton w just north of Seaforth, down Main Street and cast on Highway 8 to the Se tforth Ambulance Cure, and then further cast on the high- way to the golf count. Ironically, that was the route the Farags used to use when they took Delia on walks. They figure be was heath►, home what they found him near Uic golf course. "they said we'd never find hies, that Scotch collies are dumb, but our dog unit dumb," said Mrs. Farag. ''He knew his way home." "We said we'd find him and we looked hard. We drove all over, and hung out of our car with binoculars, yelling and whistling for Delia. People must've thought we were crazy." "Te funniest part was that people saw him, but he wouldn't go close to them. They tried to feed them, but he wouldn't go near them. We're just thankful that when people found out, they phoned us. Some people even warned the hunters to be on the look out for a Scotch Collie, and not to shoot him." "It was really cute, really nice, when Dalia saw Nada," finished Mrs. Farag. Dalia celebrates his first birthday this week. Tuckersmith to inform OMAF of building BY SUSAN OXFORD Tuckersmith Township council was visited by Paul VanderMolen during its November 6 regular meeting. He told the council about his plan to compost leaves and was hoping Tuckersmith would agree in principal to the plan. To date, Seaforth, Bayfield, Goderich and Clinton, Mr. VanderMolen said, have agreed with the plan. Mr. VanderMoleo plans to take organic street matter and deliver it to a site to compost. As the leaves reduce in size their transportation should be made feasible. In the future, he said, he hopes to buy a machine to shred the leaves. Then he should be able to screen the maternal and have an organic matter for gardens. Mr. VanderMolen said he'd probably add ammonium nitrate, which is a colourless, crys- talline salt used in some explosives and as a fertilizer. Tuckersmith council made no decision on the matter. In other Tuckersmith Township council business Deputy Reeve Bill Carnochan gave his report on the Mid -Hugon Landfill Site and said there is a public meeting November 15 in the auditorium at the Goderich Township Offices. The purpose of the meeting will be to provide information on the current status of the site and future plans for it. Mr. Camochan also said the group Citizens Opposing Dump Expansion (CODE) may be present at the meeting. Mr. Carnochan also reported that upping fees were helping to pull the Mid -Huron Landfill Site out of the red, however the site is still operating with a debt. Council passed two by-laws to allow for the severance of lot 16, concession 2, and lot 15, concession 3. Councillor Bill 1�elong'said in his Brucefield Fire Area report $400 had been spent on schooling, and $12,730 paid to the firefighters. With $2,300 left in the budget for the next three months, Mr. DeJong reported the budget was on track. Councillor Rowena Wallace told council the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority has another report on a liquid manure study and she said "The news gets worse every time it happens. I can see legislation coming concerning the applying of liquid manure." Ms. Wallace also reported that the Ministry of Agriculture and Food (QMAF) may be interested in bating in another office. Tuck- ersmith has a red brick building in Vanastra it feels may serve OMAF's purpose and council passed a motion to advise OMAF that the Vanastra building is available for rent. Board of Education selects 1990 priorities BY MONA IRWIN When the Huron County Board of Education looks at the first half of the 1990s, it sees half a decade of belt -tightening, says the chairman. "This board is at the crunch," said Joan Van Den Broeck in an inter- view after the board's regular meeting on Monday. "But we're going to make it as palatable as possible for the tax- payers. At a special planning meeting last Monday (Oct. 29), members of the board's three committees (Management, Education and Per- sonnel) discussed what they con- sidered to be the major issues that the board will face in the next five years. After lengthy discussion, the list of issues was boiled down to the five that were considered to be of primary importance. The final committee presentations were sub- mitted to the board of education at Monday's meeting. One of those items is a reaffir- mation of the board's opposition to junior kindergarten (JK), even if it is mandated by the Ministry of Education. The Liberal government in its last throne speech said it would compel school boards to provide JK for three- and four -year- olds by 1994. One of the main problems in- volved in setting up JK in Huron County is a lack of classroom space for the students. Of the 24 buildings in the school board, only three have space for another classroom. The rest would need additions built on. In an interview in mid-September, Huron director of education Bob Allan also said that so far there is no indication that JK is something that local ratepayers really want. Another item on the committees' final presentation is school boun- dary changes, an issue that Van Den Broeck said is likely to be charged with controversy. Changing long-standing school boundaries "changes the familiar sense of the community," said Van Den Broeck. "But we can't ignore it. We can't have one school overcrowded and leave another half -empty. We can't financially justify that." Studies have indicated that the Clinton and Wingham secondary schools have some room, but the secondary school in Goderich is full, as are several of the elemen- tary schools in and around the Goderich area. Changing school boundaries would allow some students to attend those county schools that have room to spare, and take some of the pressure off the others. Funding statistics and cutbacks of 'high-cost' s are also on the list. Reg ing the funding statis- Seaforth "lines" have trouble -Civic Corner BY SUSAN OXFORD Seaforth experienced its share of trouble with the magic of electricity and electronic communications this past weekend. Friday the town was not receiving its incoming long-distance calls for a while, and Sunday many residents in the north end of town were without hydro for an hour. Although all other telephone services were operating Friday as usual, Seaforth and some surrounding areas were without incoming long- distance calls for most of the business day. "A problem in a switching centre in London started early Friday morning," said Tony Duckette, communications officer for Bell Canada. "Any calls routed through the switching centre could have experienced some difficulties." While Bell worked on the problem at the switching centre they tried to re -network the calls coming through. Some long-distance calls into Seaforth were received and Mr. Duckette attributed this to there not being many calls coming through at that particular time. At peak calling times, or when the lines were coincidentally full, more difficulties were experienced. The problem was solved about 1:30 p.m. and all long- distance calls into Seaforth were received as usual. Sunday night many north Seaforth residents lost their hydro services at the same time as a crack of thunder and lightning lit up the sky about 5:15 p.m. The wind was the actual cause of the black -out when two fuses hit together at MS 1. The hydro was out for a link over an hour before PUC workers had fixed the problem. Goderich OPP report there were four car accidents in McKillop Township during the week, one of which resulted in chargtw being laid under the Highway Traffic Act. Three of the accidents were single vehicle accidents and caused by the icy road conditions. All occurred over the weekend. November 12 an accident occurred at 1:35 p.m. at the inters' tion of concession 2 and 3, sidexned 20, McKillop. A car driven by a Seaforth man slid into a car driven by a McKillop matrf. The Seaforth driver has been charged with failing to yield. THE SEAFORTH PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE will hold its regular November meeting Monday, November 19 at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Town Hall. THE SEAFORTH BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA COM- MITTEE will meet Tuesday, November 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Town Hall. HURON SUPERIOR MEMORIALS ESTABLISHED OVER 60 YEARS Semi,* Metes ..4 AA of Nasus C.. 41 MICHAEL PALCONER 133 HION STRIP, CLINTON wet 482-7441 Rom 482-3464 [wnlwo epeanMMw+s .v.II.blr tics, Van Den Broeck pointed out that boards of education are no longer just responsible for the education of area children. "We're responsible now for the entire population," she said, adding that has meant the establishment of such things as adult education s program. Those cost money too," said Van Den Broeck. "We need statistics to support the growth of those programs." 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