HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-05-17, Page 21INDEX
Births — A5
Graduates — A5
Weddings — A5
Obituaries — A5
Sports — Al2, A14
Hensall — A15
Walton Inn holds re -opening. See page A7.
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HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1989
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CHP leader tours
Huron -Bruce counties
.;DOLING OFF - Three participants in the walk-a-thon•at Seaforth pledges and the walk-a-thon raised $3.200 for the hospital
District High School helped each other cool down with a brief building fund and a school weightroom, Corbett photo.
water fight ata rest point along the 10 mile route. The kids all had
Walk-a-thon raises money for hospital, school
It was a great day for a walk, and it's
always a great day to make $3,200.
Students at Seaforth District High School
held a walk-a-thon on Wednesday afternoon
to raise money for the Seaforth Community
Hospital Building Fund and their school.
The 180 kids who volunteered to take part in
the walk-a-thon got their pledges then took
to the 10 mile course.
Jim Howard of SDHS organized the walk-
a-thon and said it "couldn't have gone
smoother." He expects the final tally will
come in at somewhere in the $3,200 range.
Of this, one-third will be given to the
hospital building fund, one-third will be used
to put a weightroom in the school for student
and public use, and the final third will cover
expenses and boost the student's council
account.
"The hospital will hopefully get a grand
out of this," said Mr. Howard.
He adds that a lot of work went into
organizing the fundraiser, and students Ben
Driscoll, Lisa Strong, Rob Charters, Anne
Robinson, Connie McClure, Dave Kelly, Jeff
Robinson, Laurie Bruner, and Amy van den
Akker had a' hand in putting it together.
Although invited, no members of the com-
munity outside the school took part in the
walk-a-thon, but otherwise the event was a
success.
About 10 students ran the 10 mile course,
and the first person to complete it was Jarod
Boily who was finished in about one hour
and 20 minutes.
Ed Vanwoudenberg, leader of The Chris-
tian Heritage Party (CHP) of Canada was
in the riding of Huron -Bruce last Tuesday
and approximately 75 people attending a
public meeting held at the Lucknow Com-
munity Centre had the chance to listen to
Vanwoudenberg promote the CHP and ques-
tion him on the party's platform.
Harry Sjaarda, MC for the evening in-
troduced Vanwoudenberg, who hails from
Surrey, B.C. Vanwoudenberg, who is mar-
ried with three children, immigrated to
Canada in 1954. Previously in marketing
and manufacturing, a builder of homes,
Sjaarda referred to the leader as "now a
builder of government".•
Vanwoudenberg used three races as the
basis of his speech - athletic, political and
biblical - comparing them independently
and in comparison to one another, to show
that the CHP has a race to run.
The athletic race was based on the famous
Ben Johnson scandal when Canada held a
gold medal for a few seconds, "when after
that day of fame, came months of shame."
On the heels of•the inquiries that have
followed, Vanwoudenberg said, "we have
come to the conclusion that our whole
system of athletics is basically corrupt. We
wanted our athletes -to win fairly, with
honour and dignity." He then went on to. ask,
"What's happened to the morality of our na-
tion? What's happened to the morality of
athletics? What's happened to the role
model that we look up to? In the athletic
race there are three winners - the gold
medallist, the bronze medallist and the
silver medallist, and beyond that you are
soon forgotten."
In the political race, he said, "There's on-
ly one medal, that's for him that wins. If
you're a political leader and you don't win,
you are asked to step down to be replaced
by someone with more charisma, or
perhaps a better approach, a youthful ap-
pearance, better television manners, more
appeal to the,common man."
Referring. to Ed Broadbent, leader of the
NDP, Vanwoudenberg, said "That no mat-
ter what your opinion may be of the man,
his party or his policies, you all have to con-
cede one thing with me, he ran an
honourable, bard -working race. He worked
hard for his party and he ran the race the
best he possible could, but he didn't measure
up to certain standards; he didn't measure
up to certain expectations and the results
soon came in - it's time for him to step down
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Tuckersmith sets u committee
Ttickersmith township has formed a com
mittee to deal with the issue of county
government.
At its May 16 regular meeting council
read correspondence from the County of
Huron requesting a copy of the response of
the municipality to the consultation commit-
tee on county government.
• Councilhas yet to draft an official
response, and passed a motion appointing
Reeve George Cantelon, Deputy -Reeve Bill
Carnochan, Councillor Rowena Wallace,
and Clerk -Treasurer Jack McLachlan to sit
on a township committee to look into how
county government would affect
Tuckersmith, and to draft a presentation to
be made to the select committee on county
government by mid-July.
In discussing the issue at the council
table, Mrs. Wallace said the current
municipal government system in the county
is efficient.
"Our taxes have gone up four per cent,
and the county went up 20 per cent. So who's
more efficient?," She said.
Mrs. Wallace predicted that if the propos-
. ed regional government system came into
effect in Huron, Tuckersmith could be split
up - Egmoridvijle and Harpurhey joining the
Town of Seaforth, Vanastra joining Clinton,
and the rural areas of the township being
divided into other municipalities.
• "Our rural ratepayers would really lose,"
she noted.
"Those with experience with regional
government say to stay away from it,"
noted Reeve Cantelon.
Councillors said that if Tuckersmith is go-
ing to fight a county government system, it
will have to prove that the current
municipal government is the most cost ef-
fective unit to run the .township.
Election date set in Tuckersmith Township
A new public school board trustee must be
elected to replace former Hensall,
Tuckersmith trustee Sally Rathwell, and the
election date has been set for June 26.
Nominations will be taken from June 1 to 5,
and advance polls will be June 17 and 22. A
voters list is being produced.
Mrs. Rathwell resigned her position
earlier this month to take the position of
secretary at Vanastra Public School. The
board has a policy that employees may not
serve as trustees.
ANNEXATION
Tuckersmith council received cor-
respondence from the Town of Clinton ask-
ing council's support of Clinton annexing
lands in Tuckersmith for Clinton.
The property in question is a strip 132 feet
wide east of Clinton, along the edge of
Ransford Street. Clinton wants the land to
service future development in the area.
Earlier council indicated it would have no
objection to the annexation, providing the
ratepayers who own the land approve.
Of the five property owners affected, two
object to the annexation. Clinton claims to
have 90 per cent support, because the
ratepayers who don't object own 90 per cent
of the lands in question, and asked council's
support.
If the annexation goes forward two houses
will be located in the Town of Clinton, and
both homeowners oppose the annexation.
Council passed a motion to reconfirm its
original decision that the ratepayers on the
affected lands must not object to the annex-
ation for council to endorse it.
PLUGGED DRAIN
Road Superintendent Doug Poulton, in his
report to council, noted that the Papple
drainage works, located on the southwest
corner of Egmondville, is plugged by willow
tree roots. Council discussed either remov-
ing the trees, or installing a steel or plastic
pipe to keep out the roots.
This issue came to the road superinten-
dent's attention after a request from a lan-
downer whose field has been washed out as
a result of the choked drain. Those affected
by a drain pay for construe -
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PUMPING -FOR -FUNDS - Hospit l;staffand board members .were on hand at the Petro
:C,anada Servioe•Station,all &iay'S,aturday,as part•of apromotion there to raise funds for
the Seaforth Community•Hospitahoxpansion.+Petro-Cahada Is donating five cents per
litre Of gas sold•fronaMay 111towMay24.tp the fundraising. Here, Rose McMaster and
4 athy 6ennewies, ,give a•;customer service .with a -smile. Motlwrakh phpto.
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