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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-03-28, Page 177, Weddings - A4 obituaries r'A4 Births - A4 Sports A10412 Walton - A20 • Serving he communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton Seaforth, Ontario WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28. 1990 Tuckersmith clamping down on clean-up Tuckersmith Council recently received a council that a number of homeowners have repairs on the vehicle have been getting letter from the township of Colborne, ex- been planting trees on the road allowances prohibitive. The preSent value of the truck pressing an interest in a collaboration with and along their property fronts. It was has been quoted at47,700. Council agreed Tuckersmith and Goderich townships on a noted that the local conservation to let Mr. Poulton Took into costs for a recycleables bin at the Holmesville Land- authorities" have been encouraging lan- trade-in. fill Site. Colborne has asked that the downers to do this for wind and erosion townships indicate whether or not they control purposes. There is no program in over A number of councillors were concerned would be interested in the joint purchase place in the township to control private of such a bin for their Class 4 recycling tree -planting, but it was suggested that the program. Deputy Reeve Bill Carnochan conservation authorities should encourage was asked to look into the matter, and will landowners to plant further back from the report back to council on costs and super- road where possible to avoid interference vision of the bin at the site. with township road and road allowance CLINTON FIRE BOARD Reeve George Cantelon met with the Clinton Area Fire Board to discuss budget setting. Auditors will meet with the Board to to over the figures before the final budget is set. An amount of $1,100 was found to be not accounted for. The Fire Department is looking to pur- chase 16 new bunker suits for the firefighters at an approximate cost of $900 apiece. Council inquired if the suits had to purchased annually, or if they could last over a two or, three year period. It was noted that the regulations for the bunker suits change frequently, and that many fire area boards are not up to par with equip- ment regulations•due to prohibitive costs. HOMEOWNERS PLANTING TREES Roads Superintendent Doug Poulton told maintenance. The Roads department was given the go- ahead to advertise for part-time workers to assist the township in stone -picking along the roadsides. Doug Poulton added that he would like to see this job done as soon as possible before the spring and summer workload picks up. Council agreed to send Roads depart- ment worker James Adkin to the C.S. Anderson Roads School clinic in Guelph, May 6-9. NEW TRUCK QUESTIONED Superintendent Doug Poulton presented council with a list of figures concerning the township's 1987 pick-up truck. The truck currently has 115,000 kilometers on the odometer, and Mr. Poulton noted that truck, Councillor Larry McGrath arguing that "..a truck with 60,000 miles on it can't be in that bad a shape." Councillor Bill DeJong questioned the 'good business prac- tice' of trading a vehicle in after three years. AGREE TO LOTS Tuckersmith Council passed a proposal for the zoning of eight separate building lots on an Egmondville property, subject to a development agreement. The lots would be located on Bill Brown's old wrecking yard, which is being cleared and cleaned at this time. CLEAN-UP NOTICES SENT Removal notices have been sent to two Egmondville residents regarding derelict vehicles on their property. One of these residents has until April 20 to act on the township warning before legal action is taken. Council noted that it the township will not hesitate to send out more clean-up notices and start prosecution procee+i' gs, if necessary. e' vy ed cation tax 1ke expected BY NEIL CORBETT would say 10 per cent was small, but by to that in 1989, it will have to increase the The Huron County Board of Education comparison, increases were 15 and 16 per local levy by six per cent to account for overspent its budget by $371,111 last year. cent at other boards," he said. Because of this deficit spending and high The board will not have togoto tax- the amount overspent last year, and an ad - rate of inflation,the board is projecting ditional five to six per cent for inflation, heavy tax increses for 1990. p l g to startfotheh19901ititi getQsession with a nor will < 1in tr foftEdu Education kitogliv Director of Education Bob Allan said the deficit. The money will be taken from us,the"M, said . Allan. is going to give overspending results from the board's 1989 board reserves, and the reserves will then of education on man' has:bnendecr share building program. Additions were added to be left at approximately $1.2 million, for the ding has been decreasing six elementary schools,. and one of the But that isn't cause for celebration. regularly for thpast 15 years;. ;,and it the building additions had not been budgeted "You've got a very difficult budgeting trend continues "we have little Choice but for. Mr. Allan estimated that project ac- " g d to go h the ratepayers". that s . year in sight for 1990, Mr. Allan told Another factor thawill make a dif- counted for about half of the $371,000 trustees at the March Board of Education ference in this year's budgeting session as' deficit. meeting. Mr. Allan also said the board simply did Last year's education expenditures totall- $$738, surplus osed to thatof 1989 isofrom ethew1988 onot budget a large enough tax increase last ed $51,600,000 in Huron County, Of this budget into the 1989 budget. So the board year, under even penc�eant the increase 'was just assessment. 000 is paid for out of local started last year with three quarters of a "In terms of what happened around us, Mr. Allan pointed out that if the board million dollars. Obviously there will be no we had too small an increase. Not that you wants to set its 1990 tax levy even equal there was a deficit. surplus to cushion ratepayers this year - Women, children, taught value of far safety Women and children had their eyes opened to the hazards of rural living on Saturday when Vincent Farm Equipment Ltd. of Seaforth, in conjunction with the Huron County Farm Safety Association and', the Ontario Farm Safety Association, hosted an afternoon workshop on the sub- ject. Approximately 55 people from around the county attended. "The purpose of the workshop was to let women and kids know what the hazards on a farm are," commented Stephen Matisz, Safety Consultant for the Farm Safety Association Inc. "A lot of women farm full time on the farm, or help their spouses, and if they know what the hazards are, they will check them, or force the men to." Peilei PUTTING OUT THE FLAMES - Seaforth Fire Chief George Garrick, right, gives some directions to this young lad, as he puts his fire extinguisher to work against a fire pit. The lesson on fire extinguisher use was part of a workshop on. Farm Safety, conducted by the Ontario Farm Safety Association, the Huron County 'Farm Safety Association, and Vincent's Farm Equipment Ltd., Seaforth on Saturday. Ap- proximately 55 attended. Robinet photo. 50 cents a copy Mr. Matisz noted that the number of farm accidents in Huron County have declined over the last four or five years, but said it never hurts to promote good working habits on the farm. "We usually have 2,600 to 2,700 reported injuries to the Ontario compensation board in a year," he said. "We had 31 fatalities in Ontario last year, and that number has been as high as 52 in the past." Mr. Matisz said that lack of judgement or improper use of equipment contributes to a large number of the accidents, and approximately half of the fatalities are tractor -related. From 1977 to 1981, for example, he pointed out that there were 121 fatalities involving tractors were reported in On- tario. This number dropped to 86 for the last five years of the survey period, ap- proximately a 30 per cent reduction. A decline in tractor rollover deaths played a large part in the improvement. Sideways roll fatalities decreased from 48 during the 1977-81 period to 30 in the last five years of the survey. Rear rollover deaths similarly decreased from 30 to 16, bringing the overall reduction in rollover deaths to approximately 40 per cent. The number of deaths resulting from tractor collisions on the highway also declined markedly during the second half of the survey period. However, fatalities resulting from con- tact with power take -off shafts increased. Mr. Matisz noted that careful operation of equipment, based on improved user knowledge is the key to reducing equipment -related deaths, and urged farmers and their families to handle equip- ment safely and properly. He stressed that mishaps are less likely to result in death when tractors are equipped with approved rollover protective structures, and agr- ressive machinery parts are properly FATALITY BREAK DOWN Fatalities among the 0-5 and 16-20 age groups were approximately 25 per cent higher than the average for all age categories. Those in the youngest grouping were mostly innocent bystanders whose deaths occurred when they were placed in inappropriate situations, le. riding , on machinery, or playing in a yard where machinery was being moved around. The 16 to 20 -year-olds were more likely to be operating machinery or carrying out some other type of farm work when a fatal ac- cident occurred. CHILD FATALITIES There were 80 child (under the age of Turti to page 19 • s lade the urgent Sri •foot tower is. dpatchers ins London. The hew' rtiuniC.ations in the future. to talk yste'rn'in **an and it=comes through i g a>,,tat Atli tower at °lie SSesitorth Ce n- 1, and wl enable atiii4 drivers to directly to the Cal, rather than through' the dispatch really won't rusks that much dif= cer except that it'll upgrads our pag- Metro unicatihin,' lie said, litre ha problems with the pager' gives us a back up. annfo g " es sai+ the, new system will 'operational for five or e the repeater tower onstriteted Car -bus collision Two Goderich women were injured in a car -bus collision near Seaforth Tuesday morning. At about 7:30 a.m. a bus owned by the South Huron and District Association for the Mentally Handicapped was being driven westward on Highway 8. Brian Decker of Zurich was driving the bus and had six passengers. Catherine Lovett of Goderich was east bound, with passenger Christina Lovett, when she encountered a sand truck near the McKillop/Hullett township line. The Tuesday morn truck was also moving eastward. Lovett slowed, slid in slush, and went into the west bound lane. The bus struck the right side of the Loveu vehicle knock- ing it into the north ditch. Catherine Lovett sustained minor in- juries in the accident, but Christina Lovett's injuries were described by police as major. There were no injuries to the bus driver or passengers, and no charges have been Laid in connection with the accident. Time springs ahead Now's the time to catch up on your sleep, because on Sunday you're going to lose an hour. At 2 a.m. on Sunday, April 1, daylight savings time dictates that Cana- dians turn their clocks ahead by one hour. p r