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The Huron Expositor, 1980-12-18, Page 1ha • , 2t Yar Whole 146;6884 r :r.:0P0,0*•,::.(),00.:.,M0g.,13-18, 0(. Seaforth may get a third grocery story, if a The site is on the north side of Smith, for 414742 Ontario Ltd., wants wring zoning changeapplication,. presentarto—GodericIrd3t-Emsand includes a formet-car--- changed—from—the--present---higftWaYe_ commercial to community corrinfercial, which allows for retail sales. Council sent the request to the planning board and if it recommends allowing the change, property owners within 400 feet will be notified and have an opportunity to knibject. Clerk Crocker said Mr. Smith hai had discussions with IGA. The clerk added that planning board could limit the zoning couneil Monday night is approved. Clerk Jim Crocker showed council site plans and a design for a 900 square foot "architectural block" building labelled Seaforth IGA, and said Harold Smith is asking for the zoning change, as an agent for Bill McLaughlin. storage lot and the property west of it, which now has on it a small frame house. The house, and a shed, would, be removed. The building will sit near the west side of the lot, with a drive way to the east. The planihows parking for 42 cars and the store will cover 21 per cent of the lot. Mr. _ PUBLIC PROTECTION—Walkways of scaffolding are set up around the entrance to the town hall in Seaforth after It was discovered bricks on the building's tower were coming loose. (Photo by Shoveller) Town hall funnel is here to stay till spring A lot of people have been wondering what the tunnel -like scaffolding outside Seaforth's town hall is all about. Well. we might as well get used to it because the single story scaffoldingiroofed in by boards, will be there for the winter. ft was explained at council Monday night that after building inspector Herman Van Wieren had noticed a loose brick in the hall tower, emergency masonry work was planned. However % cold and inclement weather interfered and contractor Viggo Caspersen was asked instead to erect protection frorn falling bricks around the town hall entrance. The scaffolding must be rented by the day but clerk Jim Crocker explained that was cheaper than having to erect .a great tower of scaffolding twice since it was unlikely a wintertime repair job would last long. Council approved a motion asking Mr. Casperson to "make necessary repairs to the brick work of the town hall tower". beginning in the spring. 'The lone loose tower brick can easily be seen if you stand in front of the town hall and look back and up. Repairs to tlfe brick fascia of the town hall, but not the tower. were done in the spring of 1976. after a large brick section ctumbied and fell out In daylight the scaffolding is more noticeable than the town's huge Christmas tree and town hall employes have joked about putting lights on their kl ew entrance way. rinside this week Promoting Catholic Separate School Board u n an i neonSly Van Egmond supported a motion calling for the itistallation of• stop- lights at the highway 8 intersection in Dublin. The board cited concern for the safety of children in school buses as the reason for passing the motion. See story P. 4 With • the assistance of a grant from the Canada Community Development program, the Van Egmond Home has two new staffers to assist project manager Susan Dunlop to promote the historical house. The newest member of the staff is Joanne Doherty. See story P. 3 Dublin lights At its meeting Monday, the Huron Perth Roman 1611111MMIISSESSMSMISIIIISEaM Working with wood Steve ,Murray, a McKiflop farmer, spends large chunks of his winter days in "IT change to a food store only and council insist on hayingeetteokay_siat____i the final site plan, "There's a long way to go yet," Mayor John Sinnamon said. Councillor Paul Ross declared a conflict of interest and left the room as soon as the application was presented. "If he has a conflict on this what's it going to do at planning board?" councillor Bob Dinsmore asked. "The same thing," replied councillor Gerald Groothuis. Another councillor commented that planning board has lots of members. Council namies committees Seaforth council set up its standing committees and appointed councillors and citizens to other bodies Monday night. Againhhis year Reeve Bill Dale willhead the finance committee. He's joined by council -ors Gerald Groothuls, Hazel Hildebrand, and Paul Ross. (Mayor John Sinnamon is a member of all committees). Councillor Robert Dinsmore will chair public works this year, and committee members are deputy reeve, ill Bennett, and councillors Alf Ross and Irwin Johnston.' Councillor Johnston is the new chairman of the police Committee and members are catmcillors- Groothuis, D ins - more and Alf Ross. Deputy -Reeve Bill Bennett again chairs the arena committee and members are Reeve Dale, and councillors Hildebrand and Paul Ross. 20 $6 ayear arlVance Single C6py 40 ents • New councilloi, Alf Ross chairs the economic develop- ment committee, with members councillors Hilde- brand, Paul Ross and Dins- more and citizen appointees Lloyd Eisler, an incumbent, and newcomers Dan Stavert, Bit Martin and Gary Boyle. Named to the recreation committee were Deputy Reeve Bennett, councillor Dinsmore and citizen members, all repeats, Gary Please turn to page 3 LOCAL SKATERS WIN SILVER MEDAL FOR CANADA—Lloyd Eisler Jr. of Egmondville and partner Lorri Baier of Mitchell, wave to the crowd in the Thompson Arena after accepting their silver medals for finishing in second place at the junior worlds skating competition in London last week. Lloyd, Lorri second in world BY: ALICE GIBB It's rare indeed when someone has a chance to pit their talents against the world's best in the same field. But akaters Lloyd Eisler Jr. of Seaforth and partner Lord Bake of Mitchell did just thaWast week- and. cantihome from the 1981 world junior figure championships drith a silver medal. Their performance, which was breathtaking, drew a thundering, standing ovation from the 4,000 fans at the Thompson arena in London. Lloyd and Lorri, skatingwhat they later agreed was the best performance in their career, won second place in the pairs competition in their third and last world junior championship. What made their medal -winning performance particularly rewarding was the fact for the first time in worlds competition they were skating in front of an audience which included parents. friends. hometown supporters and fellow skaters from the club where they train. The juniqr worlds held in London marked the first time the international competition has been held in North America. In 1978 and 1979, when Lloyd and Lorri represent- ed Canada and placed sixth and third. the skating competition was held in Europe. After Wednesday night's short program last week. the local pair were in third place. behind the two Soviet pairs. But ort Thursday night, they pulled out all the stops - including two throw double tack. The Canadians were the only pair to successfully complete the throw, although other pairs attempted it. Their routine, skated to Turkey in the Straw, included overhead lifts and a number of double axels in the their four minute program. Afterwards the pair's coach, Kerry Leitch. of the Preston Figure Skating Club, said the performance was technically perfect and that the skaters didn't miss a move. The program Lloyd and Lorri presented Thursday night was similar to the one they skated last year at the Canadian senior championships. Lloyd said he and Lorri have been rehearsing the routine since September and about two and a halt weeks ago. intensified rehearsals, going over the program once and twice a day. With the junior worlds behind them, the next hurdle is high school exams. Lloyd hasn't been to school for almost a week and now faces rehearsals of another sort. And when exams are behind the pair. they'll be back on the ice practising for another major competition- the Canadian nationals, held in Halifax at the end of January. Last year. Lloyd, known as "Herbie" to his fellow skaters. and Larrie were second In the senior pairs competition and this year they'll try to challenge the winning pair. Barber Underhill and Paul Martini. Toronto area skaters. Not content to rest on his pairs laurels. Lloyd also hopes to compete in the men's event. as a solo performer. Last year, he won the men's novice title at the Canadian championships. In order to qualify this year, Lloyd first has to compete at the divisionals in Winnipeg on Jan. 13 and place in the top four in the men's competition. Although Lloyd admits its unusual for a pairs skater to also compete alone. he said its been done successfully in the past. U.S. skater Johnny Johns managed to win medals both in singles and pairs competi- tion. While the 1984 Olympics are certainly on their minds. Lloyd said he and his partner are taking things as they come r:gtjt now. because anything could happen tn the future. They'd like to win the natio As, since only one pair from the senior competition goes on to the worlds. But eversainning the Canadian competition doesn't guarantee a chance at the worlds. which will be held in Connecticut this year The Canadian Figure Skating Association has the final say on who they want to send to the worlds as Canada's representatives. Last year. in a controversial move. they sent young skater Tracey Wainwright, third in the Canadian championships, on to the worlds, overlooking the first -place finisher. On Sunday afternnon, their silver medal performance now a very pleasant memory. Lloyd and Lorri skated in the parade of champloas show' which concluded the worlds. This time, Lloyd said. skaters could choose a program to -please the audience. The local duo, for example with their faces painted white, did a mime number to music from The Silent Movie, a routine that was simply "a fun number." Once Lloyd and Lorri had completed their brilliant free skate performance Thursday night, and the pressure was off. they were able to relax and enjoy the remainder of the junior worlds performan- ces. Skaters which particularly impressed Lloyd included the men's champion. 16 - year old Paul Wylie of Denver. Colorado "He was really pleasing to watch and the crowd really appreciated that" and the tiny. 11 -year old skater from Japan who competed in the ladies event. Lloyd said the little girl's performance was "astound- ing" • she completed several of the most difficult jumps a skater can perform. Lloyd also admired the performance of another American competitor. Scott Wil- liams- "a very courageous skater". He Please turn to page 3 Bank closures make villagers unhappy BY HERB SHOVELLER Bank of Montreal branches which have served Londesboro and Brimefield residents for several decades closed Dec. 12 The bank wants its sub -agency customers to continue banking at their enlarged Chinon branch. but iwice during a public meeting last week current customer's issued «ear warnings they would take their business elsewhere. "What percentage do you think will stay with you?" one resident asked. "Well. we're kind of hoping for 10h per cent," replied Clinton branch manager Earl Hilderly. The manager's comment was met his', basement workshop where he makes wooden 1 toys and other pr,oducts. As well. his wife Agnes, who says "it's better than watching television". keeps herself involved with a variety of different crafts See story, picture . P. IA Merchants'- contest winners Seaforth Merchants presented prizes to the winners in their art contest with the theme "Shop at Home this Christmas". See a couple of the drawings on P. SA with murmurs and laughs and a caustic "You'll be luck to get 25 per cent" from an unidentified audience member. Later, when John Burro . district manager of the Western Ontario region. and the man who made the decision to relocate the sub -agencies. admitted the bank ran a "substantial risk of losing a lot of business in Brucefield and Londesbeno". he receiaed a healthy round of applause. The meeting, held at the Londesboro Hall. was attended by about 40 residents. many af whom were seniors. from the two villages. The Bank of Montreal described the gathering as an infarmation meeting. and offered no hope that citizens could alter the bank's plans. Mr. Burrow made that clear at the end of his introductory address. "I have made up my mind about relocating the buainess, hut I would like to hear aorn you anyway." he said. Mr. Burrow stressed he made the dectsten for security reasons and not ecanornic ones. When operating. the sub -agencies were open two or three days a week, and the Londesbbro branch was robbed twice in the past year and a half. "My main concern when I came here was the idea of two young ladies travelling across the countryside with large iamcmnts ' of cash." explained Mr. Dutrow, who assumed the district manager's post five months ago. "The money doesn't bother me. I have to worry about my staff, and Ihave 400 people, I've got to act responsibly with my staff. Later, in an interview. the district manager said the bank was considering, closing thp branch a year ago, before the second robbery. "Even without the robbery, it would likely have happened," he added. "The robberies only had a small bearing." The main concern of village residents was transportation problems in getting to Clinton ' -"stsssts-gus to do their banktng Mr Hilderls suggested much of the customer business could be handled by direct deposit, but agreed when it was pointed out to him that did not help the person in need of cash CASH CHEQUES He also explained the hank has arranged for the local grocery stores to acaems cheques up to S50. and the figure coati he rataed to $100 if residents requested it That. both he and Mr. Burrow explained, does not put the peebtern in the laps of the store owners hut instead makes it easier for them since they will carry more cheques and Tess cash Although the audience was generally upset the bank's decision was final. many understood the institution's reasoning. When one resident suggested employees travelling to the sub -agencies were bonded, hich should ease the bank's responsibility, another member of the crowd responded." I don't think bonding will make them bullet- pronf . - While most of the residents were con- cerned with immediate problems posed by the closing! - mainly transportation for the elderly • one audience member saw the relocation of the branches perhaps causing enduring difficulties. "I don't like the moves front the small towns to the bigget ones." said John Armstrong after the meeting. He explained he had banked at Londesboro far 56 years and was lifetime resident cif Hallett township. As long as I'm abte to drive, 1will certainly see these older people will get to some bank That isn't the probtern. There's one more thing leaving the community and if more go. pretty soon there will iust be old people lefteianthteurnvilitaopage 3 Mr. Burrow later said he did not think the rise BANK CLOSING—More than 40 Londesboro and Brucefield residents attended a public meeting Wednesday as representatives of the Bank of Montreal explained why they were closing sub -agencies in the communities. 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