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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1982-11-03, Page 2Incorporating r Brussels Post 50c per cgpy i urtl,u (fxposittor SE FORTH, ONTA C 10, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1982 — 'e81 PAGES tes Fiscal restraint and town improvements have emerged as the main issues in this year's municipal election and Bob Dinsmore, a candidate for the position of mayor, feels that the two issues are significant to the continued growth off Seaforth. A 10 year veteran of municipal politics, Mr. Dinsmore has some concrete ideas on the future of the community. "The main issue is restraint, but it is also important that we keep up improvment projects without increasing the taxes to the public," he says, citing the difficulty facing the new council with regards to holding down spending. "The extra Ontario Neighbourhood Im- provement Program (OW) grants will keep our existing road improvement projects going for the next year," he says. Mr. Dinsmore also feels that the new council should look into the possibility of constructing a new fire hall and moving the existing police department into the old hall which will be renovated. According to Mr. Dinsmore, he will be looking into several improvement projects including the fire hall and police office. He is pleased with the new town policy mann :I which he feels will help Seaforth get better use of its equipment. He feels that the new regulations giving department chairmen and managers the authority to make repairs of up to $2000 will help the new council budget for projected maintenance work. "it is important for each department head to make council aware of possible costs so that council'can provide for the costs in its budget. Mr. Dinsmore is a driver for Paul Kerrigan, BP Fuels, out of Clinton. He admits that it took a lot of soul 'searching to decide to run for mayor, but he feels that with his experience he will be able to serve the community well, as head of council. Mr. Dinsmore and his wife Shirley, live at West St. and have three children at home. The need to trim expenses as other levels of government cut back and the importance of good ..:-al-urban relations are two issues that Seaforth candidate for mayor, Alf Ross stresses. As a civil servant with the Ontario Ministry s tnis >, inTW ' »tb r x,' as :,.e A MOUTHFUL- =Classes at the Brussels public schiool were decorated in a Hallowe'en theme on Friday, and students dressed in their favourite costumes, The grade seven clan's tried their luck at bobbing for apples. Words cannot describe the expression on Martha Boon's face as she made sure she had a good bite on her apple. (Wassink photo) Dublin men killed Two young Dublin residents were killtcd instantly when the van they were in collided with a tractor -trailer and burst into flames on Saturday, October 30, at approximately 7:30 a.m., just 0.5 kilometers north of Parry Sound. Dead arc Douglas Small, 2h. of Ann Street in Dublin and Bob Eckert. 24, of James Street, also in Dublin. According to an official with the O.P.P. detachment in Party Sound. the pair were travelling northbound on Highway 69 when their vehicle crossed the centre line, colliding head-on with a southbound tractor - trailer. The occupants of the tractor -trailer were Steven Veljkovic of Condon and Henry Misiorowski of Willowdale. Police are continuing their investigation in an attempt todetermine the driver of the tractor.trailer. Police have established that Mr. Eckert was driving the van at the time of the collision. An O.P.P. spokesman tole the Expositor that no charges have been laid and that an' inquest has not been called at the present time. Mr. Small was employed as a forester with Ontario Hydro in the Clinton area and is survived by a wife the former Mary Louise Kramers and two daughters, Laura and Dawn. Mr. Eckert is survived by his wife the former Lois Fitton and three sons,.•Shawn. David and Jason. Recipes, welcome Expositor plans Christmas food pages Planning has started for the Huron Expositor's Christmas season issues. There'll he no Christmas Cookbook this "car. hut instead we arc planning a page of recipes. starting Nov. 17 and running ever. week until the Christmas i',suc. If you have a priced recipe that you'd like to share with our readers. please send it to us at Box 69. Seaforth. The first recipe page will feature Christmas cakes and nthcr baking that is best done well ahead of the festive season. Special Christmas cookies will he featured in the Nov, 24 issues and on Dec. I . Ncw ideas or proven old standbys for host mas party recipes will he in the Dec. 8 issue. while on Dec. 15 the Expositor will print Christmas dinner recipes. Other main dishes for the festive season and Christmas goodies that can he made at the last minute will he featured in the Dec. 22 Christmas edition. Please enclose your name. address and phone number with your favourite recipes, as we hope to use a photo' of one of the community's gond cooks on each week's Christmas food page. If you're looking for good recipes for your family's Christmas. you'll find them in the pages of the Expositor, starting Nov. 17. of Agriculture and Food and as a former farmer in Hibbert Township for 22 years, he has some personal knowledge of both. "As upper levels of governtnent trim, we'll have to react" and perhaps face the reality of smaller government grants at the town level, Mr. Ross says. He'd like to see the town avoid deficit financing and keep a healthy reserve fund. He suggests the town and townships continue to work together and investigate the possiblity off cost and service sharing. "You run a town like you run a business" with an eye on the bottom line, Mr. Ross says. He adds it's important to keep Seaforth's name known. "We got ourselves on the map by doing what we did with the arena." The first term councillor was the town council rep. to the Community Centres Building Commitee. Two c lien Seaforth co Two newcomers are challenging incumb- ent Bill Dale for the reeve's job and the position of Seaforth's representative to Huron County Council, in the Nov. 8 municipal election. They both have municipal experience, although it's not the same type that Mr. Dale, finishing his eighth year on Seaforth ' council, has. Bill Campbell, 67, is the retired McKillop Township road superintendent. He's run- ning because he didn't want to see an acclamation, and he says seven years in the McKillop job meant sitting through about 100 township council meetings there. "The procedure is the same in each municipality," he says, adding that respons- ibility for 107 miles of road in the township, plus work as a drainage contractor for more than 25 years before that, have given him plenty of exposure to local government. Mr. Campbell was recently reappointed to the Agricultural Licensing and Registration Review Board by Ag. Minister Dennis Timbl ell. The other candidate, Bruce Hoelscher, spent nearly a full term on Seaforth council in 1979-80 before he moved out of town. For many years owner of the 1GA grocery store here. he says he gets "personal satisfaction from being an active part of the town's growth." Mr. Hoelscher, who's 39. has lived in Seaforth for more than 25 years and he says the town doesn't get enough inform - Challenges facing Seaforth council he says ' include updating police and public works buildings, better senior citizens' facilities and increasing the size off the town's industrial and highway commercial areas. An ins pector with Foodland Ontario's preservation branch, Mr. Ross works out of Clinton's OMAF office, He's 47 and he and his wife, Joy have three children. e veter reeve in cil election ation -bout what county council is doing. "It': the reeve's responsibility to make Seaforth aware and the county aware of what Seaforth needs." The present reeve, Mr. Dale, says the job makes you responsible to your town but at county council "you have to think about all the county municipalities...Sometimes you Mr. Dale and his wife Marj, retired to have to give a bit to get something for your Seaforth in 1973. They have five daughters town." and 12 grandchildren. "The town has been Ina total of 13 years on county council (1:1,1, g to us," he says. "We like to see what the fifties he was reeve of Hullett To�nship we can do for the town." and county warden in 1954) he says'--hes learned "the other fellow has to live too," While Mr. Campbell is running for reeve because of the opportunity to sit on county council, he says he'll have to learn how best to represent Seaforth. He wants to see people'getting value for their tax dollars at both town and county levels and says he'd like to be involved in the county museum decision. The town's reeve has "an obligation to make sure the voice of Seaforth is heard and out -needs are felt" at the county level, says Mr. Hoelscher, who's self-employed and has time for Huron's daytime meetings. He feels his business experienceand familiarity with budgets, policies and market ' conditions will be an asset in the reeve's position. Bill Dale can point to about 40 years of municipal experience and public partici- pation on school board, township and town councils. As president of the Ontario Horse Breeders, the retired farmer and cattle drover spent five years on the CNE board. This year he's chairman of county council's development committee and he's in his seventh year as chairman of Seaforth's finance committee. f Mr. Hoelscher says he and his family moved back to Seaforth because they like living here. He calls it a "privilege and an obligation" to get actively involved in town government. He's now on the planning board and recreation committee as a citizen rep and he's chairman of the town's Boy Scouts organization. He favours treating Seaforth's budget as carefully as a personal budget and says the town should stick to short term financial commitments, because of the economy. He and his wife Carol have two children. Mr. Campbell and his wife Verna have three sons and six grandchildren. He's lived in Seaforth for 41 years and says he'd try to make "considered" decisions for the people he'd represent. Retired for two years. he says he has plenty of time to spend on county and town business. No 'raisesfor county workers or council BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE Huron County Council will receive nd ,honorarium increase in 1983 and has instructed its negotiating committee to keep employees' salaries at the present level. At its Oct. 28 session council approved keeping committee and session pay at 567 per day and the warden's honorarium at 4,000 for 1983. Council also voted unani- mously in favour of holding employees' salaries to current rates, "It's no reflection on the competeno of the employecs." stressed Colborne Thu n• ship Reeve William Bogie. The reeve said it is rather a result of the current economic situation. He acknoss- Phone problems temporary Many Seaforth residents have been experiencing telephone disruptions in the past week. According to Peter Croomc. a manager with Bell in Stratford. the difficulties are the result of problems with the automatic switching machine and a haat telephone marker in town. Mr. Croome explains that the automat switching machine is designed to direct hong distance calls to the proper numbers However. Bell has been experiencing some difficulty with one of its switching machines because of a defective circuit card. As a result, operators have been handling ga larger portion of the direct -dialing calls In a separate incident in the town. NIT Croome says that a local marker has been misdirecting the calls it is suppose to handle The marker is designed to handle se, cral numbers in the community, and was misdirecting calls or failing to put the calls through. Mr. Croome told the Expositor that cress are at work on both problems and that normal telephone service should he restored shortly. ledged that the provincial government has given five per cent as a wage increase limit. "That five per cent is not a God-given tight. as I see it anyway," said Reeve Bogie. He appealed to the employees to consider that if council grants five per cent salary increases services may have to be cut ane' some employees may be laid off. "How many county councillors enjoyed a five per cent increase?" asked Reeve Bogie noting most are farmers and not all commodity prices increased five per cent. "And we are the ones paying the taxes." He added that he is under the impression morale has dropped among county employ- ees since the executive committee decision to hold salaries. "What about our morale, it hurts," added Reeve Bogie in reference to county's decision. He mentioned the amount of $300.000 as a suggested figure of what will be saved by not increasing salaries. "That buys a lot of services," noted Reeve ie He suggested that in the road department alone, $300,000 will pave four to six miles of road and the Hullett-McKillop bridge, which is currently under construction will cost about 5200.000. Reeve Bogie wasn't the only county, councillor to speak in favor of the action. In fact no councillor spoke against the motion. Reeve Paul Steckle of Stanley Township commended the executive committee for coming forward with the recommendation. He doesn't want restraint limited to non -bargaining employees. but that sero increases should he across the hoard. He also suggested that school hoard members Quiet take the same approach and limit increases. "1 know no one is indispensible. If an employee decides they don't want to work for the county, they can seek employment elsewhere," added Reeve Steckle, taking a hard line. Reeve Murray Dawson of Usborne Town- ship added that unions bother him. He noted in the United States unions are backing off their demands. NOT SMART "Here in Canada they're not smart enough. They'll strangle themselves. Unions have a lot to learn." said Reeve Dawson. Ashfield Township Reeve Warren Zinn added his comments. The Canadian deficit keeps climbing, he noted. and municipalities arc doing their best to control their own spending. "Huron County has been a leader over the years. Somebody has to start somewhere and 1 hope it (restraint) starts here." commented Reeve Zinn. Reeve Robert Bell of Tuckersmith Town- ship noted employees in his township came to council and offered to accept a 10 per cent reduction in salaries. Hay Township Reeve Llo,vd Mousseau and Goderich Reeve Dort WI- eler agreed with the statements made by their colleagues and added thc county will have to keep their Seaforth police report a quiet weekend in conjunction with Hallowe'en on Saturday night. According to a spokesman for the force, no charges were laid for vandalism or other related pranks. The force did not receive any calls about tampered treats. , Police also reported a quiet weekend with regard to other incidents and traffic violations. with no charges laid. expenditures within guidelines. In other business, cc:• council has changed its meeting date from the last Thursday of the month to the first Thursday of the month, effective January 1, 1983. Advance poll double 1980's If Saturday's advance poll is any indication. .there's a lot of interest in Seaforth's municipal elections. This year '9 voters cast their ballots ahead of time for mayor, reeve and council. That's more than double the turnout at the 1980 advance poll when 34 voted. Deputy clerk Luanne Phair says t"8 Scaforth people are eligible to vote in this election. The total turnout in the 1980election was less than spectacular with 1009 ratepay- ers noting. Election day is Monday. Nov. 8. The six Scaforth polls arc open from 11 a.m. until 8 p.nt. Polls in the rural areas will operate ower the same hours. Two businesses open 1'hr Se,l,orth business community has receocd a shoo-m•the arm with the opening of ho„ [lc ss stores on Main Street. The Nlainstreet'Slipper operated by Al Coleman ,ind Keith Maclean's Flower Shop have opened their doors. despite the present poor econoi i, donate throughout the counts According to Mr. Coleman, this is thc perfect time to open a barber shop with ('hnstmas onls a few weeks away. He hopes to build up a large number of regular customers. Mr Coleman is also offering seniorcinn'ns reduced rates because of what he termed. "Seaforth's large senior citilen population' Mr. Coleman explained that he decided to open a store innSeaforth because this is his homctc"sn. He worked in a partnership in London for six years, but decided to make a go of it on his own in Seaforth. Kcith MacLean is equally optimistic about successfully opening a business He is hoping that his business will flourish because he feels his prices are competitisc lle acknossledged that the installation of a nca sign has helped his business in the first opening days, Mr. MacLean is not new to the business has ing operated a flower shop in Scatorih for I I scars. up until three years.ago tic feels that Seaforth is a gtlod nommunity tis operate in and explained that he hail reccned corral offers to locate in other communities nvId*.db wet@k Polish family arrives in Ethel Page B1 Brucefield 'studerits enjoy 20 foot sundae. Page All Driver swerves, truck tips Page A18 Births /413 Brussels news 81 1 3 Classified 'A15. '6 Dublin news A5 Editorials A2 Entertainment 46 Fa 413 84 Farm 7 8 Henson news 41' '2 Kids Colum, A'C people A- ROulstOn A2 Smiley A2 Sports A8 9 Vanastra A10 Walton -85 1