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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-10-25, Page 1Correspondence — A7 Obituaries — A8 Sports — A13 - A15 Weddings — A23 Births — A23 e (pogA4 Preparations underway for parade. See page A6 A14 418) •''� � ;its;%' ' � ® ' Serving the communitiesS t r and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton Seaforth, Ontario HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1989 MAKING THE ARREST - Police Constable Craig Hoover attempts makes an ar- rest on his sister Morgan, also known as the "Cat' burglar in this instance, The two were part of a contingent of specially attired Hensall youngsters to participate in a parade around town in celebration of the Week of the Child. Robinet photo. tockarsm th The Brucefield Firefighters Association appeared before Tuckersmith Council last week, requesting assistance with the cost of a portable telephone/walkie-talkie system for the department. Charlie Broad - foot explained that the system would enable any one of the firemen to carry the portable telephone. If one of the seven fire phones was not answered within three or four rings, the system would automatical- ly transfer the call to the portable telephone. The unit, which would be licenc- ed as a low-power system, is operable within a six mile radius. A magnetic antenna mounted on a car roof can extend the frequency radius an additional two or three miles. The Fire Department .is paying $3459 for the system, which includes a repeater/radio unit for the fire station eying with one portable telephone. 50 cents a copy PUC workers back on fob Striking Public Utilities Commision out- side workers are once again back on the •job. Union representative Rick Wacheski and Union Steward Denis Medd travelled to Stratford on Friday to sit down with mediator Trevor Stevenson, and a deal was hammered out with the Seaforth PUC. The workers had been holding out for a 10 cent per hour wage increase, which they felt would bring them in line with workers from other commissions. "When we met, that was the outstan- ding criteria", remarked PUC Manager Tom Phillips on Monday. He met with the four workers on Sunday, at which point they informed him that they would be returning to work on Monday morning. Over the course of 'the two hour meeting, the Commission agreed upon the wage increase, with certain concessions made on the part of the. workers with regards to benefits. The Extended Health Care plan, originally to be paid in full by the Commission, dropped down to a 90-10 split with the outside workers to .pay 10 'per cent of health care costs. In addition, a Vision Care benefit which was to have been effective immediately will now be implemented in the second year of the two-year agreement and will come into effect April 1, 1990. After this concensus was reached, the deal was taken back to the workers over the weekend and the Sunday meeting with Mr. Phillips was arranged. The out- side workers had been on strike since September 29, after mediation talks broke down. Prior to the walkout, all overtime and on-call services had been withdrawn as a protest move.. Seaforth to have new'doctor After a lot of footwork by the Seaforth Community Hospital, a new doctor has been recruited for the town. Dr. Alex- ander Milton Haines, BSc., M.D. should be practicing £ulltime :.out of the Seaforth Community Hospital Medical Centre in mid-November. The son of a London, Ontario Medical • Biochemist, Dr. Haines admits his career choice was influenced somewhat by his upbringing, but said it wasn't something that he had planned from the start. "I didn't plan it all the way through, it -was something that developed when I was ill university. My father is a physi- cian, and I have a lot of friends who are in medicine," he said. "My -father ran• a medical lab and I us- ed to worfor him..I took the right courses an• I just fell into it." Dr. Blain s expressed an interest in family and preventative medicine as well as emergency medicine and acute care. Once onLduty in Seater/belie will•,be work- ing Wednesdays (the normal day of closure of the medical centre) out of the emergency department of the Seaforth Community Hospital, where he will see patients on a planned and unplanned basis. He has also expressed an: interest in participating in the weekend rotation as well. Referred to Seaforth by a doctor cur- rently .participating in the weekend rota- owns Township water and Tuckersmith Council has agreed to pick up the cost of licencing the writ, $188 for the repeater and $36 for the telephone. In ad- dition, Council will cover all future maintenance costs for the system. BUDGET TO BE TRIMMED Mark Bell, Vanastra Water and Sewer Works Manager, sat down with Tuckersmith Council to go over the 1990 sewer budget, which is up 38% from last year. The 1990 water budget figures are down by 5% from 1989. The largest expenditures on the new budget are a planned sewer flushing (app. $17,000), repairs to the digester roof (app. $4,000), the cost of emptying the digester (app. $1,500) and miscellaneaous replace- ment and repair costs (app. $6,000). Even when this $28,500, is taken off of the sewer budget, the total is still 8% over from last year, due in large part to equipment and LIVING QUARTERS SCORCHED - Seafort 'mains of a mobile trailer gutted in a blaze over breakfast. Robinet photo. Local firefighters Se, forth ''firefighters were kept busy %Sunday,-•both,extinguislw'g blazes in their own �rieirtity, ;as well as blazes in neighboring ,communities. ,Early Ouriday •morning, at approximate - Air 5.a,m , the ;firefighters were called to t tk 7014ton Fire Department in ex- ,. miihhing ,a ,major blaze at the Clinton Need Mill. Lateriiln Abe ,inonuug, at,approximate- 10 $0,ra.m.,i3O,fitreMf„ighters were :clled "n .. , . ilne to,, ^iE isaa aze ,o�Y„.. a �, gricultural.Fair 1 rounds, listcet.,away ffrom^.-•the ,newly l lli dit 10 44 h and Area Firefighters look .over the re - Sunday morning, that apparently erupted busy on Sunday "Ebel, fire, which totally gutted a mobile trailer, was believed to have .started while its inhabitants were cooking themselves breakfast. The inhabitants, members of a carnival group from Melbour;-, , had been renting the display shed from the agricultural society, and were using it as a cover while they repaired their midway equipment. Rene Dupuis was at the Agricultural Society barn when he saw smoke fig ,from the + trailer. By+ the tune be; made it over ;to the trailer, it was engulfed in tames. Nobody- was, in the trailer at the time sof the fire, and no injuries .were 4epAJ d• is tions, Dr. Haines said he was impressed by what he found in the town. "I liked it. I thought it was nice, and I thought it was a good sort of in-between spot," he said, admitting his fondness of his parent's cottage in Grand Bend, and the skiing conditions in Collingwood. "It (the hospital) is a very impressive facility. If you look through the mess that's there now (due to renovations) you can see the gold lining," he said. At present Dr. Haines is uncertain as to his living arrangements but has in- dicated he will be taking up residence in Seaforth at least during the week. In addition to medicine Dr. Haines has a• live of music and of sports - hockey and skiing in particular. A University of Western Ontario graduate Dr. Haines received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1983, and his Medical Doctor degree in 1988. He has just completed a rotating one-year in- ternship at Victoria Hospital. in London - His appointment to Seaforth comes as a relief to Seaforth Community Hospital Administrator Don Smith, who, along with the hospital board, has been involv- ed at least in a six month recruitment of medical staff. There are currently four doctors actively servicing the Seaforth Community Hospital, and quite a number of others who are courtesy staff. "There was a lot of footwork and DR. ALEXANDER HAINES, BSc. MD. background work done, and we know we got a good guy, because he wanted to come, here," said Mr. Smith. "He looked at a number of things and came here (to Seaforth)." The Seaforth Community Hospital will continue to recruit more doctors, sewer budget slashed wage allotments. Mr. Bell pointed out that Deputy -Reeve Carnochan pointed out, actual costs are in fact below budget this however, that resident billing precepts are year, pending no disasters. based on the budget and that every at- tempt should be made to keep the budget as low as possible, regardless of whether the money will actually be spent or not. Tuckersmith Council agreed that the budget should be cut by between $10,000 and $15,000, and that Manager Mark Bell would be the best authority as to where the cuts could be applied. Bell has taken back the budget and will appear before council again with the revised figures. "There's no problem with taking it out as long as you realize that you could be in danger of overspending the budgets," remarked Mr. Bell. WATER DENIED Bob Lawson of Tuckersmith Township has been denied his request to connect with the Vanastra water supply. Mr. Lawson, whose farm is situated directly next to the Vanastra town limit, uses a well on his property but reqested the hook - Budget cuts were discussed at great length. Deputy Reeve Bill Carnochan ex- pressed concern over the high wage budget and the possibility of cutbacks in this area. Mark Bell explained that a hike in on-call pay from .25 cents per hour to $1 per hour is being budgeted for, as is a 5% annual wage increase over the next two years and the hiring of a casual laborer during the summer months. There is a possibility that Vanastra will be able to procure a casual worker at no cost through a government susidized student wage program, but that Couneil should not depend on this. Employer -paid :OHIP benefits have also been taken into account in the budget. Mr. B,pll ;pointed out that the .$6,000 general maintenance allotment is just an estimated figure. Certain repairs, such as those to be done to the manhole covers, should be completed within the year as the grant has been applied for and is now awaiting approval. This would cut down the tnainteta3nce costs. Remarked Mr. Bell, "If we don't need it, we won't spend it." Council declined his request, however, with the feeling that they would be setting a precedent by allowing him to hook up to the town's water supply. "If we start giv- ing in, the next guy's going to want it, and pretty soon we'd be going all over the township." ALBERT ST. CLOSED Council has agreed to permit the closing of the one end of Albert St. in the Doig subdivision in Egmondville. Properties and lots on Albert St. will be adjoined with lots on the next street, enlarging them and making them eligible for septic tank approval. POOL REPAIRS Costs and quotes are being looked into for work on the Vanastra Recreation Cen- tre pool. Repairs to the filtration system are necessary and 10 inches of concrete will have to be trenched to get to the system. It is hoped that a grant will cover one third of the cost. up to Vanastra water as a back-up source Tenders for the work have not been call- in the event his well should run dry. He ed for, but the Recreation Committee and would have been responsible for instalment a Council representative will be meeting maintenance and set up on a metered with some local companies, to discuss pro- andbasis. Taro to page 8A • Federation president visits The Seaforth Public School was graced with a visit last week from the Senior President of the Federated Women Teachers ,Association of Ontario. Anne Wilson, oh leave from the Titniskanilng Board in Northeastern On- tario, where she is vice principal of an hours ,preceedingedher ttalkkted e at aol on County ;Women Teachers meeting in Brussels ,Wednesday night. She not only toured the school, but chatted with students in various classes. She also had time to detail her: concerns about women teachers in the province. "We were formed because.;of inequalities in the system, and.we've lobbied to eliminate most:of them, .and we have ,been successful. But there are still m oyer " she sat , .identifying affirmative action as one of;tte areas requiring More work. "For vesmple, there's the issue of pro- motions -,Mnaative,action. It's been Nur goal for 10 )years to encourage the ministry to ,education) to encourage the ts e ,of resources •etftcientiy to promote ,women," She,canuliented, adding that:someprogress ihas ;been made. 4Illy the year ;2000 boards shave to pake All Per � ea. p •wonett,�aand„i1 Seaforth Public School gift ;SHAF1IMG.-CONIFI,DElr1QES - Anne, 'Wilson, Senior President of the Federation of 10,010n "Tbachdrs Assoc-atlon ;of Ontario, ...shares a :,moment with Seaforth Public 'SS.ghooi ist fipnt;,,Michael`Qaski ,etre., Mrs. Wilson was in Seaforth briefly before ad - "r, inn deer sn',0041,01" TiO4,94fitSFederation nt �tboir banquet in .Brussels on 7