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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
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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."
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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
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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.
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