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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-01-17, Page 1Births —.A6 . Weddings,- A6 Obituaries = A6 Sports -•- A8 - Ala Dublin — A16 Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton Seaforth, Ontario HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNES/AY. JANUARY 17, 1990 50 cents a copy Win international competition Peewees put The Seaforth Peewee "CC" hockey team came home from the North American Silver Stick Hockey tournament in Port Huron, Michigan this week, with top honors. The team was undefeated in its five tournament games, -and undefeated in the six qualifying games held in Watford prior to the Silver Stick competition. "It was a very arduous job to get there (to the International Silver Stick). It took us 11 games to win the whole thing," said a very tired coach Bill Weber, on Monday. "We've been very unfortunate with injuries this year." The Peewees had to win six games before they even qualified for the Silver Stick, and that meant travelling to Watford every day between December 27 and 31, 1989, and in every kind of weather. "There were some days I didn't think we'd even get there physically," he said. "There was a lot of tension and pressure, but for a team to play that well over that length of time, then it must be an extremely strong team. We have a very well balanced team." Mr. Weber noted that it was not just the play of one player, or one line that carried the Peewees through, but rather the efforts of the entire team. "If we'd not had the depth we wouldn't have done well. It was different lines do- ing well at different times. The defense did a good job, and so did the goalies. Our best effort strength is the fact that there wasn't a bad player out there. Some are blessed with more skill, and maybe contributed more in terms of goals, but everybody played to the best of his ability - 95,per cent of the time. Other teams rely on one player, put they had to contend with a bunch of (our guys," commented Mr. Weber. Mr. Weber said the coach of the Kansas City team thought that by the quality of the Seaforth team, that it must be on the ice every day back home. He said he was quite surprised to learn the Seaforth team only has one 50 minute practise session per week, and has only had three home games out of the 38 they've played so far this season. "He told me that regardless of the out- come of the game (Seaforth beat Kansas City 9-0) he enjoyed watching our team play," commented Mr. Weber, who added this is not the first time his time has had rave reviews. "The radio station said there were a lot of good players on this team, and that it was a very, very smooth, well disciplined and high functioning team." Mr. Weber himself describes the Peewees as a "really well motivated, good group of kids" and says a very supportive group of parents have also helped to mold this group. "These kids go out to give it a good test every game. They do their best every forward game," he said, adding that despite the wins, some of the kids were upset they hadn't done as well as they thought they might have. "They knew they didn't play a really good last game, or a good first game either. The let down for them was that they hadn't played as well as they wanted. In the dressing room after the win, they were already looking ahead to the playoffs," he said. "They are a good group of kids to be with. They are always looking on further, and stepping out each game to do their best." Of the five games the Peewees played in Port Huron, two or three of them were played without penalties, showing the kind of kids the players on the Peewee "CC"s are. "They try to play the game with skill and execute the skills," commented Mr. Weber. "We were proud of the boys, and we think the Watford people were proud that the International winner was the win- ner from their regional tournament. The Peewees will now try to make up their regular season games in preparation for the playoffs which begin sometime in February. For a more detailed report of their ef- forts in Port Huron, please refer to the sports pages inside this paper. Co gradaa Eat �d fol unit ess coll 4'. Ilfetu rr NECESSARY PREPARATIONS - Lindsey Shannon gets some help on with her skates during a skating party Saturday, held by the Seaforth and District Preschool Learning Centre and Daycare. Robinet photo. Town suras ce costs increase The Town of Seaforth could pay a total annual premium of $29,978 for insurance in 1990-1991, based on a Comprehensive In- surance Program presented to council last week. That premium is approximately $2,000 more than it was in 1989-1990. "The trend in terms of claims increasing has come back," explained David Reed of Frank Cowan Co. Ltd, the firm that pro- vides the town's Comprehensive Insurance Program. Mr. Reed noted the town has not been faced with any significant increase in premium since 1987, and added in fact that premiums decreased substantially in 1988, then increased slowly until this year. The proposed 1990 premium is $1,929 more than it was in 1987, which represents only a 2.2 per cent increase in insurance costs in three years. The program remains essentially the same as it has been in other years. Coun- cillors accident insurance is set at $100,000 for accidental death or dismemberment, with a maintenance of a $300 weekly in- come for total disability and a $150 week- ly income for partial disability; crime in- surance - which covers commercial blanket bond, audit expense, counterfeit paper and depositors' forgery and money and securities, remains at $500,000/$1,000; and liability insurance - which covers municipal liability, errors and omissions, owned and non -owned automobiles, and excess liabili- ty, remains at $10 million. Boiler and machinery insurance stays at $2 million, with a $1,000/$1,500 (arena) deductible. En- vironmental liability also remains the same at $1 million, with an annual ag- gregate of $2 million. Property insurance however, has increas- ed, from $4,976,900 with a deductible of $1,000 to $8,346,800 with the same deducti- ble. The town will also pay to have a Legal Expense Insurance added to its pro- gram. This form of insurance provides for the reimbursement of legal fees and ex- penses incurred by elected or appointed members who are charged under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, provid- ed that a court finds: there has been no contravention; or contravention has occur- red by reason of inadvertence, remoteness or insignificance; or contravention has oc- curred by reason of a bona fide error in judgement. Coverage is provided for 90 per cent of incurred expenses up to a max- imum limit of $50,000 in respect of each in- dividual Insured's claim. Landfill board reviews study BY NEIL CORSET!' The Mid -Huron Landfill Site Board has been advised that a recycling program for the municipalities that use the site is feasible. Recently the board reviewed the sum- mary of a study on recycling it commis. sioned. The study says it would cost the board as much as $700,000 to set up and operate its own recycling Cystrm, while revenues would amount to only $28,000. The study makes recommendations which the board will review. The board operates independently of its member municipalities, and may pass its own bylaws requiring that muncipalities wing the landfill site must implement recycl- ing programs. The board represents the towns of Goderich, Clinton and Seaforth; the villages of Bayfield and Lucknow; and the Townships of Goderich, Colborne and Tuckersmith, who use the landfill site in Huron. In July the board contacted Conestoga - Rovers and Associates to undertake the recycling feasibility study. The purpose of the study was to determine the feasibili- ty of establishing a recycling program in the urban and rural areas of the eight member municipalities on the board. Recently the board saw a summary of the study. The study was to: review past recycl- ing activities and experiences in the municipalities; provide estimates of how much waste would be generated for recycling; and assess the availability of markets for recycled material. Based on this, Conestoga -Rovers was to make recommendations of what would be the optimal recycling system for this area, and provide estimates of projected operating and capital costs. Over the past decade there has been Turn to page 14A • Kriiist dren,in and; Alan -a and a s anda (Mrrs. Hilliard Lawrence) of nsaitl. > s. alto was pi as by her;bus� bath Orttrile 'erle q dilater , (Mrs. Willi din r' ,and Rowfes dle aCato orn F , Frey,ndsewaeHece oneiSet ftoertWindya U.tneereeyservce writ..,...7..,,,.,,.,.....d:...,„,„,...:..,, hed thee .,{Wedresy)a2 p Ioiewg e,m tion,buuril will TOO Maitlandbnk m. As expressions of sym thy, donations may be tnade,.:to theSeaforth Lions Park and ,Pool. confusion per Of the and had et►' Branch County to quell Huronview BY BILL HENRY County officials are meeting today with their provincial counterparts in an at- tempt to sort out the increasingly confus- ing Huronview redevelopment project. With new studies indicating that costs could run as high as $24 million, and new directives from the province indicating that renovation would be preferable to new construction for some kinds of seniors housing, Huron County Council agreed recently that the province and the VANASTRA POOL RE -OPENS - BHI Carnochan, Tuckersmith Deputy Reeve, was on hand with Councillor Bill DeJong and Recreation Director Diane Durnin on Monday to cut the ribbon at the refurbished Vanastra Recreation Centre pool. Closed for eight weeks. the pool was re -decked and repainted on the bottom and the drains and pipes were repaired. Elligitt photo. county must soon agree on the plan. Meanwhile, Huronview director Wayne Lester said last week that plans continue toward building a new seniors residence near Brussels and a new one on the Huronview site. That plan has tentative approval from the province, although a detailed proposal has yet to be accepted. It also has agreement from the county, which began last year setting aside $893,000 annually toward the buildings. But the original projected cost was $14 million, and councillors expressed some concern at the meeting that the province may be willing to fund only half of the original estimate. Some councillors agreed at the council meeting that the escalating cost projec- Tura to page 4A McKillop house gutted in blaze Seaforth firefighters were called out of their beds at 2:20 a.m. on Friday morning, January 12, when a house on a Winthrop Line farm belonging to Keith Murray went up in flames. Seaforth fire Chief George Garrick reports that the house, on Lot 3, Conces- sion 8 of McKillop Township, was com- pletely engulfed by the time the firecrew reached the scene. The tanker remained at the blaze for three hours to ensure that surrounding barns and outbuildings weren't set alight. The cause of the fire is undetermined, and Chief Garrick notes that it will be dif- ficult to pinpoint one at this time, as the brick -veneered house was reduced to rubble. I don't know if we're ever going to be able to find out for sure what caused it," he remarked. The house was unoccup ed at the time of the fire, and there were no injuries m- other damages.