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There s bt en:no decision yet,foliowing'a
Ontari f Municipal' Board ,hearing; on ,the
. appea against a minor variance granted,by
Seaforth's committee of ad ustment.
II C.O. Charron, Q.C., of Toronto hearthtwo
hours of testimony from neighbours, plan.
nets' and lawyers Sept.; 13 arid said "I'm
yougto ,give this some serious thought and -
give you a written decision." '
i,lelghbours Christine and David Tremeer
and pick Burgess objected to the committee
of adjustment's June 2 granting of a minor
ivaciance to Leo Medd: Mr. Medd wants to
build a new 'houase at the corner of Ann and
flames St. 10 feet closer to Ann St. than
4,Seaforth's zoning bylaw requires. Founda-
tions were poured for the house this summer
before the owner' had a building permit.
About 15 people were in the audience.
Under questioning from his lawyer. Robert
W. Rogerson of Stratford, Mr. Tremeer the
first witness, said he didn't consider the
present house on the Medd property a
`decaying" building "not any more than the
house we livein." The cotmittee referred to
it that Way when it granted the minor
variance.
-. CAN BE BUILT WITHOUT
The house can be built on the lot without
the minor variance, Mr. Tremeer said. That
and the fact a drawing with Mr. Medd's.
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app• plication showed a 9000 sgnare;#}'oot garage.;
"'brow, en the new. residence and'the Corner, E,x.,
Were. his TOGO objections to the44111flitte01.
decision
` After some discussion ?with Paul Rosa'
'it}w3'er for Mr. Mead, and since therp,was na
'reference to, the garage on.the� cominittde'9
decision, Mr, Charron said if the garage can
be built andmeet requiretnpnts of the town's
bylaws, the OMB has nil' jurisdtotion. '1 ntna'
only dealing:With a sideiyard variance." •
A 15 foot setback on a-cornerlot concerns
him, Mr. Tremeer, who's lived in his hoose
across the corner for 23 years, said because
sightlines may be blocked, If Ann St. is
widened a time.in the future it could cause
problems, ,+added.
Maybe 'they -• specialize in decaying
homes," Mr. Ross quipped when Mr.
Rogerson asked Mr. Tremeer about artists'
interest in the existing Victorian style home
now on the lot.
Should ' we establissome ort of a
precedent, here," by gaoling variance
without ,a demonstrated need, asked Mr.
Burgess, who was not represented bty a
lawyer. "If so, what value is a town plan?"
' Bylaws .aren't written in stone, Mr.
Charron of the OMB told him. "That's why
there are committees of adjustment,,.it's a
questign of weighing evidence in each case
HARD PULLING—A first for the Seaforth fall falr this year Is a mini -pedal pull for kids on
Saturday. Registration will be held at noon for the three weight classes. Pulling will start at
12:30 and parents must be present for the pulls. Dean Price, three, demonstrates how easy
the mini tractors are to operate, Peter Vanda Borne, agricultural society director Is behind
the mini -weight sled. (Wasaink photo)
Council will say thanks
Commenting that the newly levelled CN
tracks are "terrific...the way they should
be". mayor Alf Ross suggested council thank
the rail company and the county roads
department for an excellent job.
After a CN crew worked on the rails, the
county paved the crossing. The county
Planned
it was a glorious spring. It was a mite damp
but this did not stop a young pup's fancy from
turning to thoughts of love. The results of
those thoughts are now starting to appear in
classified section of the Huron Expositor, on
the bulletin board at the Seaforth Veterinary
Clinic, or sad to say, along roadsides in
burlap bags.
Cuddly puppies and kittens grow up to the
point where their owners are overrun with
dogs and cats. And each fall. the search is on
for new pet owners.
TO GiVE AWAY - Tame barn kittens, from
good mouser stock. Vaccinated for rabies and
dewormed. ,
This advertisement showed positive re-
sults for 10 -year-old Kate Papple of Tucker -
smith township. A born animal lover, Kate
has given away nine kittens this year and she
could have given away more.
"Last year. five people called after the
kittens were all gone," says Kate. "1 gave
away 13 kittens last year and 1 could have
gotten rid of 25."
MOUSER SELLS
Kate has established a reputation with her
mouser stock cats. The word "mouser" in her
advertisement sells her kittens. Her main
custbrrers are farmers who are always
searching for Karn cats.
Those who missed out this year can be
patient and wait til next year. "One of the
mother cats' is pregnant again." says Kate.
"We usually get eight or nine kittens from
the two mothers and Gracey catches a lot oI
mice,"
But every pet owner isn't as lucky as Kate
when it comes to giving puppies or kittens
away. This is where the dog and cat pound at
the Seaforth veterinary clinic comes in. The
engineer told him the rails were not in the
proper position originally, said reeve Bill
Campbell.
Since council had criticized the condition of
the crossing in the past, a letter of thanks
should be in order now, the mayor said.
Council agreed.
and seeing if it's proper planning,!"
Mr. Medd's plan to move his house 10 feet
closer to the road "makes it a more
dominating visual -force in the neighbour.
hood' and destroys homogeneity, Mr.
Burgess testified.
All Mr. Medd has to do; to build the house
without a variance is move it back from Ann
•St,10 f ct\Mr. Charron commented. "I'd be
hap withthat," said Mr. Burgess.
NOT UNIFORM •
There are no uniform front yards in the
neighbouthood, testified Huron planner
Roman Dzus,. He advised the local committee
of adjustment to give Mr. Medd the variance.
Mr. IG1edd's desire for a bigger .private back
yard behind his new ranch style house, the
fact that sight lines would be adequate, and
that the owner "just wanted to develop his
property the samenway everybody else in the
area had done also led to the county planner's
approval. Mr. Dzus added he couldn't see
that any of the objecting property owners
were adversely affected by the decision.
Another neighbour, Gord Rimmer, for six
years chairman of the planningboard and a
past member of the committee of adjustment,
testified that moving the Medd house 10 feet
closer to Ann St. would cause snow removal
problems.
`,� Only the oldest homes in' the Ann .St.
neighbourhood are closer to their front lot
lines than25'feet Mr, Rimmer told the OMB
hearing. Any built'since the 1960s,or 1968
when Seaforths official plan was passed are
the required 25 feet from the line, "If
the newest is within 15 feet It will cause
!problems for any, future widening and snow
removal,'
Citing his.client's concern for privacy, Mr.
• Ross said norealharm is,done to the objectors
or the comtnunity if the variance results in a
higger backyard. In fact it moves the new
house further from neighbours'than the
existing house. He added Mr. Medd's plans
for his new house would "try and maintain
the character of the town,"
"Tell me some more about the need," Mr.
Charron said. When Mr. Ross talked about
gardens and space for yyopng children in a
bigger back yard, Mr. Chatron replied that a
37 foot side yard that will be s h of the
"house should provide ampler ce to do all
sorts of things."
Mr. Rogerson, the Tremeer,s lawyer asked
if Mr. Medd himself would live in the house
and enjoy the back yard. "We didn't hear
,'him". -
The issue is the same no matter who lives in
rN the house, Mr. Charron replied.
Pedal pull "ids a first
If the number of exhibits at next week's
Seafprth fall fair are any indication, the
138th showing of the fair, will be the biggest
and best ye't.
The fair is at the new Seaforth and district
community centres. Exhibits will be dis-
played in the arena and hall. There has been
such an interest in the fair, that several
exhibitors either had to be turned down or
asked to set up displays outdoors.
The three day fall fair, starting on Thum., ;,
Sept. 22 and ending Sat., 'Sept. 24. has,'
something for everyone. Two new 'features" ,
are a kid's mini -pedal pull and the Stan•'
Jackson Memorial Hereford Show. Some- -
other events are the Queen /of the Fair`
contest, pet show, fitness and fashion
demonstrations, western horse show. har-
ness racing, 4-H displays.livesto'ck parades,
general homemaking and vegetable dis-
plays.
The mini -pedal pull will be held Sat. at
12:30. Registration is at noon and parents
w ■ •
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Seaforth's P.U.C. is willing to make a deal
with town council - town hall staff can use the
P.U.C. parking lot if the public works
department takes responsibility for snow
removal.
With the new. location of the police
department in the old firehall, parking
behind town hall is crowded. P.U.C. manager
Tom Phillips said that cars sometimes block
the valves which control the town's water
system.
"Those valves may have to be turned off in
a hurry sometime. We also have an
emergency service back there with the hydro
trucks and we have to be able to get out of
there," he says.
must be present for registration and the pull.
Approximately 75 pullers will participate in
three weight classes for prizes of 510, 58,
and 55 for first, second and third m each
dass. -
The scaled down pedal power tractors are
supplied by H. Lobb. Huron Tractor' and
Vincent's. The sled was manufactured by
Blake's Welding.
"There has been a big response for pedal
pulls at other fairs," says Peter Vande
Borne, agricultural society director. "We
felt we should do the same."
The demolition derby Saturday afternoon
will go ahead rain or shine "unless it's an
absolute flood", says Ken Coleman, one of
the organizers. The derby had to be
postponed twice this year because of the
weather.
Also on Saturday is a baby show at 2 p.m.
A fall fair pass, available for 55 or 54 to
Agricultural Society members. admits fair-
goers tb all events on the three days. -
TUG -0 -WAR, wasn't what five year old Bradley Ramsey had planned when he was
showing his dairy calf at the Belgrave school fair on Wednesday: Thoughgpoung. Braid
wasn't strong enough to pull his stubborncalf, he still won the first plaice Yibbon In his
division. Bradley lea kindergarten student aitee( WawanoshSchool. ,_(tiiVast8li tenhotb)
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'tUsing angle parking or enlarging the
parkinglot were possibilities discussed by
the comission who decided to enlarge the
existing'parking lot with help from the town
and communication with the police chief.
"If you're going to get control of it, now's
the time to do it," says mayor Alf Ross. "it
will be staff parking only so each spot should
have a name hanger. You'd have your
parking spot and it would be there when you
want it."
The two residents from Harpurhey who
wanted to replace a 3/4 inch water line with a
1 Vi inch line and have it hooked up to
Seaforth's water system, decided against
their first request and drilled their own well
parenthood not for pets
TO GIVE AWAY—Kathy and Nellie Blake still have two pups to give away. Kate Papple,
right, kept one of her kittens. She pave away nine kittens this year. (Waesink photo)
pound serves a I5 mile area around Seaforth
and only acts as a three day holding facility.
"°eople will often call us, but we tell them
to cab the dog catcher in Clinton or Seaforth
police, if they find a stray animal," says Dr.
Brian Nuhn. "We have to hold the animal for
three working days before they are eutha-
nized (put to sleep). But if it is a puppy that
we might be able to find a home for, or the
dog or cat is obviously a family pet, we will
hold onto it for awhile, until we can check the
'Lost and Found in the Expositor."
Since there .is no Humane Society in the
area, the pound cannot provide a service
where they can hold onto strays for several
weeks, It is more convenient for people who
don't want, or can't find homes for puppies or
kittens, to have their pet neutered.
That's what Carol Blake of Winthrop has
plannedfor her dog, Sport 111. Sport had her
first litter this summer, of which two pups
remain. Two others have been given away.
GROW UP
Unfortunately, little puppies grow up to be
big puppies. "If the puppies would stay pups,
they would be cute to keep," says daughter
Kathy. "The pups aren't hard to part with."
Dogs are harder to find homes for than
cats. When., somebody brings a litter of
kittens to the pound to be put to sleep, the
first thing the staff at the clinic does is start
phoning farm clients to see if homes can be
found.
A bulletin board is available to the public to
list pets for sale, to give away and lost and
found. If a home is found for a stray dog, the
municipality the dog was found in, will
absorb the cost of vaccinating the animal.
There is no cost to the new owner.
"It costs less to vaccinate a dog, than to put
it to sleep," says Dr. Nuhn, 510 for the
vaccinations and 520 for the sleep treatment.
"One of the worst things we have to do is
put perfectly healthy animals to sleep. We
had one technician who would cry when this
was done. It bothers us, but we can't do
anything about it. it's physically impossible
to take every animal home."
Planned parenthood doesn't work well in
Please see PETS on page 3
instead. .
"We lost two customers but we should still
draft up a policy to deal with our out-of-town
customers," says Tom Phillips. . . ,.
Town council's request for the minutes df
each P.U.C. meeting has some commission-
ers worried that council will rehash all the
P.U.C. business.
"If council members have a question, they
can come in and ask but they 'ecoid have
another P.U.C. meeting by the time they go
through all the minutes again," says
commissioner Jim Sills.
Mayor Alf Ross says that council is asking
for the minutes of every committee in an
attempt to keep town "councillors better
informed. t
present (from the P.U.C.meeting) what
I think will interest council, 1 don't have time
to present it aH. The councillors didn't think
they were getting all the information 'they
needed," -Says the may$r.
The commission agreed to send the
minutes which have been signed by the
chairman even though they will be two.
months old.
"One month old minutes are unsigned and
could be amended. Giving unapproved
minutes is giving them bad inforniation,"
says Jim Sills.
Cattle theft nets ' 11 head
After a two year absence, cattle rustling'
has once again occurred, this time near St.
Columban, fbur miles east of Seaforth.
Ontario Provincial Police from Sebring.
Ville were called to the farm of Frank Cronin
when one cliarolais and I1 herefdrd steers
were taken from a barn. The steers,
weighing approximately 11,900 pounds, are
valued at 511,000.
The theft occurred between Tues. evening
Sept. 13 and Wed. morning, Sept. 14.
Investigating officer is Constable Klaus
lAreichelt. The matter is still under investiga-
tion.
Anyone who may have information
pertaining to the theft is asked to 'call the
Sebrinevjlle OPP at 393-6123:
Bad weather cuts crowd for Fox run
took part in the event. whictr'starts at the
Van Egmond House. Participants have a
choice of a one mile, two mite or six anile
cobrse.
Driving rain on Sunday morning cut
participation in Seaforth's third annual Terry
Fox Memorial run. Even sty, 16 runners
raised over 5700 in pledges.
That's' less than half of the 510 the
,0area
raised last yeat and recreation, director
Bryan Peter says an offidial Of the Canadian
Cancer Society told him bad weather was a
problem all over the place, and pledges from
other locations are down too. Terry:Fbx raised.
S24 million for cancer research beforb _ `
the disease forced him to, cut short his
marathon run.
Last September 51 runners and walkers
,. "it was slew in the morning, but
registration picked up around 11:30," said
one of the organizers. Ken Hak of . the
recreation committee. All those taking part,
paid a 55 entry fee and one runner had
collected pledges of 5220.
"That last mile is a killer," said one '
runner who was heading up the hill near
Seaforth Golf and Country Club.
Auditors tell council about merger
Town auditors Archie Leach and David
Atkinson attended the Sept. 13 `Seaforth
council meeting to explain their firm's recent
merger with Touche, Ross and Co.
The visit was a follow up to an Aug. 16
letter which told council of the change, The
need for better access to computer facilities
and a workload which necessitated more staff
are among the reasons.°
The accountants will retain their Seaforth
and London offices and told 'council the move
shbuld allow them to spend more time in
Seaforth, and give mote personalized service
to their clients.
Fire destroys barn
in McKillop /A5
Cathy McGovin is Brussels
Queen of the Fair /A17
Poor turnout for
Terry Fox
marathon /A10
Grade niners initiated
at SDI4 /A23
Births /A21
Brussels news /418, .79
Classified /1112, 13
Cornrdjnity Calendar /410
Dublin news /A4,•r5
Entertainment /A6 '
Family /A7, 11, 20, 21
Feint /A24
Hensel! /A1,4
Junctieri,/A['3
Kids''/A22
Legion 1421
Londesboro /Ak0
Obituaries '/A21
People /424