Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1983-11-16, Page 3) 11YYMBER9,1 - saly of Sunshine has .000144110 in `oattiiu he 11tt 1Zs 4f We i apprcclatlon. by M1 taker a liberal a Fletcher and IJIIott'01 Brussels tvithMr. Berites, the hotel ked ' rot Walton on:Monday last proceeded toil big,a)vawl (Oka bound� McKllIop and Grey to hunt ft* game r a hard days work, they returned In the evening, havinga wild eat,,,it fox, a ritttbit'and a'large array or black squirrels. Mr. Wm. Johnston, a former carisge maker of Walton, is'here on ',visit to his IF SE4) OR'Tt1 FARMERS Cb -OP members re -named Hansell District Co-operative, vote In favor of a merger, the facility will'tie Seaforth Branch, (Wassink photo) R/ From page one Members of the Seaforth Co-op will automatically become members of the Hensall Co-op if they approve of the merger at another meeting on Nov. 22. Two-thirds of the votes must favor the merger. if members oppose the move, directors will , look at alternatives. Any member whose loan is past due could force the co-op into bankruptcy by demanding payment. "Bail-out works sometimes, but most times it doesn't," says Mr. Vanden Hengel. "We can't repay the loans therefore we can't ask members to put more money into it. We figure owe need approximately $300,000 to bring the facilities up to date. It's not possible to borrow money to repay the loans if the general reserve is in 'a negative position." If the merger is approved, Seaforth members can look forward tto receiving dividends, something theyhaven't received in the last few years. The Hensall Co-op, in the'last three years. has paid dividends of over one per cent. "Some co-ops may be doing better than we are, but we're happy," says a Hensall Co-op spokesman. REUNION'/ From page one provide the proof if she returns to China, but that's impossible. She's afraid to go, that she will not be allowed to leave.' NO RECORDS Records were not kept during the early 1900's in China. Most births were never recorded. There are no birth certificates. Neither John or his mother even have a family photograph. , Desperate, Johnas(ced,bis. igaal)ME, for::, assistance. "We telexed the immigration office in Hong Kong," says Murray Cardiff, Huron -Bruce MP. "They said they would only issue a visa if there was proof of relationship." It's Canadian immigration in Hong Kong that's holding it up. "A lot of times, when people left China, they weren't allowed to take anything with them," says Mr. Cardiff. "A lot of times. births were not recorded and records are almost impossible to obtain. We would like to see John and his mother reunited. We will do anything we can for him." Right now, John's chances don't look very goad. 'It's difficult to know what will happen," Mr. Cardiff says. "1 would never give up trying. it's impossible to know when she will come. it does take a lot of time. We deal with some people who want to immigrate and can't. It tears our heart out:" "i have no doubts that she is his mother. But immigration doesn't accept that. This is an area where compassion should be shown." says Mr. Cardiff. "Thirty years is a long time. if John wants to have his mother in Canada for her own comfort is rer.son enough for wanting her here." NEED PROOF The Canadian immigration office in Kitchener has approved the application. "The Canadian High Commission at the Hong Kong immigration office is causing all the grief," says Richard LaRush, supervisor of immigration councillors in Kitchener. "There's not much more we can do," "We telexed Hong Kong and they said they would only issue a visa if there is ,roof of relationship," says Mr, La Rush. Mr, Jew has indicated that is almost impossible , to obtain. Hong Kong may not bend. It's pretty tense." LAST RESORT If proof of relationship cannot be obtained, a last resort would be blood testing. Although it's a relatively new form of proving relationship, blood tests are 99.9 per cent accurate if mother, father and child ate tested. �ry percents p circ as ( as.80 r, ceh{'ii only fiibttei giil#'suti' ii`d,t Ste`d' blot' it's usually 'higher "Says - Neville 'Bryant, owner of Serological Services Ltd., a Toronto blood bank. "If there is only one parent and enough testing is done. we can prove or disprove relationship. We do about 300 different tests and the chance that tests would show he (Mr. Jew) was not her son are remote." The company first started blood tests for new immigrants about two years ago and theyare doing more tests each month. "The tests aren't that well known amongst immigration authorities, but such tests are nationally and internationally recognized," says Mr. Bryant. "We do about six a month and our results have never been turned down. It's never a guessing game. We can come up with a reliable answer:" he says. it takes about 10 working days to complete the tests and they aren't covered by OHIP. Costs range from $400 to $800 per person. "A blood test would be a last resort," says Mt. LaRush. "If Mr, Jew wants his mother over bad enough, then he can get the tests, but there must be some other means." If they can prove it with a blood test, and if that's what they want, then i will do it," says John. HOME FOR CHRISTMAS?? The Jew family, two girls and two boys have never seen their grandmother and they are as anxious to meet her as her son is, "1 hope they (immigration) will let het come over," says John. ''I hope she can come before Christmas. It would be a good Christiitas present." COUNCILLOR/ Frompageone represented on the committee which has been planning the site and assembling land for it. For the last three months Councillors have been receiving background information pack- ages at monthly committee meetings and they've decided to continue the practice. As soon as he noticed the package at the last committee meeting contained some landfill site information, councillor Ross said he'd handed it to deputy clerk Luanne Phair. Councillor Bill Martin and others said the background material is worthwhile. "But if a conflict of interest is known that item should be deletedm (a particular councillor's) package." Its unrealistic to expect the clerk to know eve one's possible conflict, deputy reeve Bill Ben t said. The first page has a table of contents and it would be easy for councillors to skim that and ask the clerk or deputy to remove any section • where there might be a conflict, clerk Jim Crocker suggested. When council moved into committee -of - the -whole to discuss continuing landfill site negotiations at the end of the council session, councillor Ross left the meeting. PARTIES / From page 2 grey paint recently, working feverishly to get it tidied up because the work has a fringe benefit. When 1 paint. see, 1 get as much on myself as 1 do on walls, floors sad ceilings. You'll remember the paint I'm working with is Increasingly, so is my hair. And like everyone else brought up against the sad stark fact that we're getting older (and not necessarily better) I've had some trouble adjusting to the fact. My husband, who is of course considerably older than I am. has been getting grey. white even, for some time. His reaction to my grey is to point, make faces at me and then double over with laughter. "Now. you know how it feels," is the point he's trying to make in his understated way. Silver threads among the gold. errr mousy brown? No way. that s grey paint flecking my heir. Yeah, well we've been fixing up at home and....you get the idea. It's a lovely alibi. Aging. 1 understand from reading and from friends, is rarely easy. We all have an image of ourselves we carry around in our heads. When we see ourselves, it's that "movie" we replay. For example, i might still carry a mental image of myself as a 16:teen-year-old, bopping around free as the breeze. You can keep that happy image of yourself through thick and thin in your real life, or St least until a hard look in the mirror confronts you with the fact that you can't be both grey and 16. a ped': toMSashtchiewatiN,tiere Mt Wel aids a laurge turd wdll elstabWhedfarnp, 'When thleves' brpke into Itis ato„ra, late sister'Mrs Beirnes Jae want to Nebraska., W.L. y ue eo of early moral a ant. Querenges?Set'K �eit_�eral nietchaptf last tang and: was so pleased with the) , Bmdhaggen, lost motchandisc, valued' at country, that he has taken up land there,auk ,$1000.ihe frontrdoor hitd, been ,prk d, tppet intends• making it his future home. and a truck packed up to lt. Upon which' the thieves loaded the stolen goods, On Tuesda NOVEMBER 13,1908 police discovered '. the abandoned truck es Lockhart has soldtitis farm on the overturned to the ditch on Highway, 8 near fifth concession of McKillop to Nifty Smith New Hamburg The truck, beiopgedtto a for $5,500. attd has removed his family to Toronto taxi compa'_ny3 Sarnia. ' .NOYIEt �'4a 1958 ' s ,. Ed Cull, an old Seaforth•boy, and a son of Alarmed by the appreadlng tables menace, the late C.H. Cull oolrd� of the pioneer • Seaforth Council Monday night instructed business meta of Seafor'th'has recently been Mayor Christen to issue a proclamation promoted to the position of Divisional prohibiting dogs running',at large,:. Freight Agent of; the Wabash Division. Peter Simpson ol`,,Seaforth a" veteran The Seaforth Board of Trade is making Holstein breeder was ,elected president of arrangements for the holding during the,the Huron County Holstein; club, Monday winter of monthly horse and cattle_fairs. Thenight at' tate annual meeting " in the first of the series is to be held on November agricultural office. 25 and already arrangements are .made to Mr. and Mrs. Graham Kerr were have a number of buyers in Seaforth on that honoured Thursday night when approxi - day. mately 100 guests gathered in the Orange NOVEMBER 10, 1933 Hall on the occasion of the couples 25th Hon. Robt. Weir, Minister of Agriculture, wedding anniversary. was on Thursday last a visitor at the home of First snow of the season fell Friday Wm, H Armstrong, Hullett. Mr. Weir was morning in the area. With an inrush of warm inspecting Shorthorn herds in the district. :4 air the snow soon turned to rain. A year ago He purchased from Mr. Armstrong al at this time the Expositor reported a snowfall ,purebred Scotch Shorthorn heifer. It will be of 10 inches. PTC 'discusses how to •pay forprop�sed. never tower , Seaforth residents could have their water -rates raised anywhere from four to 40 per cent over a period of 10 to 15 years to pay for a new water tewer which commissioners discussed at the Nov. 9 meeting of the Public Utilities Commission. in answer" to the commission's request, accountants Touche, Ross and Company (formerly Atkinson, Leach and Neill) pro- vided the PUC with various plans for paying for an 582,000 tank. Over 15 years, the water rate would go up about four per cent every year while over 10 years, the water rate would go up approximately 40 per cent just the first year, according to the accountants' recom. mendations. "The four per cent raise sounds harsh but it's really cheap utilities compared to other towns," said manager Tom Philips. Chair- man Gord Pullman agreed that water is cheap in Seaforth.. But, commissioner Jim Sills said that he didn't like the idea of an increase every year. The commissioners also agreed that the 10 year plan was unsuitable. ' .ALOT ' "That's quite a lot for commercial buildings especially. Some businesses might have to raise their prices so high that they may go outpf business," said Mr. Phillips. Charging residential users a higher •pe�r- 'Rwati!Rta 4ib-il)tystiggested,by Mr. tag aHOF .:n "We should give industry a break if they're Historical .atlas Huron's. bi=centennial project going to stay here and give people jobs," he said. "You'll get the argument that those making money should spend It," said Mr. Phillips. Mr. Pullman said that the commission might have to raise the rate even higher than 40 per cent if an emergency happened. 'We don'tknow we don't have to raise it again in 10 years. What happens if a water main breaks?" he said. ALTERNATIVES The PUC decided that they would ask for more alternatives to pay for the tank before reaching a decision. PUC employee, Brett Finlayson recently completed the second stage of the AMEU Lineman Training Program and Dennis Medd has been enrolled to complete his fourth and final stage of the program. Jim Sills has been appointed the chairman -of the commission for 1984. • The south half oflot 37 in the town plan hats been sold to Dennis and Dorothy Medd by the PUC, which acquired the land in 19I1. Aestudy,done by provincial Liberal leader David Peterson on Ontario Hydro was received recently by the PUC but Seaforth commissioners decided not to comment on the..study after a recommendation by the Ontario Municipal E(ectiib Association (OMEA) ' l" 't11tt1. � . ,..v%. • ..'i non t:think y.m,.-. cf4 yy.�s... sI1 • degel tnvo ved in matters .of parlia'menf,-'sai chairman Gord Pullman. • i• • i Hue lN; E1tP991 1rP,9:`'M4QVENMQER•.10;1 THE PIPER—Piper Greg McPherson stands silence after playing at Frldpy'e Remem= at attention during the two minutes of brance Dai ceremony, (Hundertmark photo) STAND(i�f2 ON'OUARD Motor Gaining of meinbere of the;Vanastr@,A11r,Cadet,s.boWed •tire 158Royal ON, Legion spoke of 'the their' heads in r etiiemt ranee (Hiliedeftmark veterans w1soi d aiding three wars while t, photo) A 4984 historical atlas will be Huron tor Perth County in 1982, suggested that County's bi-centennial project. Huron publish about 2,000 copies of an County council, at its November session, approximately 154 -page book containing agreed to go ahead with the project to current information about the county. recognize the bi-centennial year in Ontario. To put the project together, the county will Ross Cummings of Mitchell, whose apply for funding under the Ontario Cateer publishing firm prepared a similar project Action Plan (OLAP) which would Pay 100 Junior planner will replace Dzus The void left in the Huron County senior planner with seven or eight years planning department by senior planner experience would be in a S24,570 to 532,812 Roman Dzus' departure for another position salary range whereas a junior planner, under will be filled by a junior planner. the present salary schedule, would have a Citing difficulty in attracting a senior salary range of S19,110 to 524,310. planner with seven or eight years experience to Huron 'County and the fact that it might not be necessary to hire another senior planner, county council apprdved advertis- ing for a junior planner at its Nov. 3 meeting. 'lite planning and development commit- It is expected the new junior planner will tee's report to county council indicates a be on staff by Jan. 1. The decision followed consideration of two other alternatives. One was to replace Mr. Dzus' position as senior planner and the other was to hire a contract planner. 175 deer bagged in district this year The fourth consecutive controlled deer hunting season has ended in Huron County. Since controls were placed on the hunt in 1980, there has been a steady increase in the deer population and in the number of deer killed by hunters each year. More deer are being killed by automobiles too. The same number of hunting tags were issued this year as in 1982, 985. But the number of farmers and landowners partici- pating in the hunt was higher. says Mike Malhtot, district biologist for the Ministry of Natural Resources. "We had good weather, crops were off, and farmers had more time to get out." A higher deer population is due to a mild 1982 winter. "There wasn't much snow. Deer stress was probably lower because there was no deep snow for farm dogs and wild dogs to chase the deer," says Mr. Malhiot. He estimates approximately 17§ deer were bagged this season compared to about 131 last year. Hunters are warned they must submit a report if they were issued a tag, by Nov. 24, or they will net be eligible to/ participate in the 1984 hunt, "We had a very uneventful hunt. There were only four valid complaints and° one charge was laid," he says. "Our deer are in good shape because they feed on corn. They are probably the best conditioned deer in the province." FiVE IN HULLETT Although re arts aren't a in, Doug Puffer, area biologist estimates five deer were taken from the Hullett Wildlife Conservation Ares. "This is probably two less thar 1 wish were taken," says Doug' Mr. Puffer and his hunting partner were unsuccessful in the hunt. "1 naw seven deer and there are still seven. 1 would guess there are at least 40 deer in the area." HIGHWAY HILLS Approximately 90 deer were killed on Huron, Perth and southern Bruce county highways In 1982. "This year, there it will probably be over 100," says Mr. Malhiot. This is the highest ever. In the last two days, four have been killed." Drivers are warned t6 drive carefully at night. "Often deer cross highways the drivet will become excited at seeing the animal and will hit the second deer he didn't see." "There has never been a fatality in our district, but i've seen some accidents where there has'been 52,000 damage to vehicle. deer things keep going (population), many will be killed on the roads," says Mn Malhiot. per cent of the salaries for two students to carry out the compiling of the atlas. The 1984 atlas will be similar to the 1879 atlas in that county residents will be able to participate by having information about them in the directory. When the project was done in Perth it cost S30 for individuals or families to be placed in the patrons' directory. BUY A PAGE Also, the county and individual municipal- ities will be able to purchase a page or two at approximately 5200 per page to record the history -of the municipality. The Mitchell publisher said it cost about 548,000 in 1982 to publish the Perth atlas and a profit of about 510,000 was realized. "A lot of organization is involved and co-operation from historicial societies, Women's Institutes and local councils is needed," said chief librarian Bill Partridge. The chief librarian said it is hoped that the atlas will be published by September 1984 in time for selling during the Christmas P - season. He indicated that he had received positive comments from the people of Perth on that county's historical atlas. Mr. Cummings concurred, noting that while mistakes were made there were generallyrave reviews. • A FEW MISTAKES "Others crucified us for making- mis- takes," commented Mr. Cummings, noting that at least one young Perth County bachelor had accepted with a sense of humor the fact that in the atlas he was given a family. t�,+ Most county councillors agreed with having the atlas as a bi-centennial project. Mr. Cummings added that the compiling of the information for the atlas should be done within the space of a few months. Mr. Partridge noted that the individual municipal histories need not be long. "Not only do they have to write the history, but they have to pay for the page," commented Mr. Partridge. Fewer :Huron welfare cases Huron County's general assistance case - bad isn't as heavy this year as it was a year olto. services-administrator John Mac- Kinnon told the Nov. 3 session of county council that the caseload is "down quite a bit from last year". 150 referrals were received in September of 1982, compared to only 97 this past September. Also, a year ago, assistance was Car hits pole A Wingham man received minor injuries after he struck a hydro pole just north of Dublin last Tuesday evening. Vincent McInnes, of R.R.2, Wingham was travelling south on Perth county road 14 when issued to 218 cases representing 507 beneficiaries while this past September's statistics show assistance was issued to 186 cases representing 418 beneficiaries. Mr. MacKinnon also reported that since May records have been kept of the number of ' UiC exhaustees applying for assistance. From May to September, 36 cases were added under the exhaustee category, 14 per cent of the caseload additions. in Dublin a dog ran sue m nose of him and he went out of control. He struck a hydro.pole and caused 5825 damages to the 'pole, says the Go4$rich OPP. Mr. McInnes was taken to the hospital C©MM ll Y Wed, November 16 8:15 p.m. -Jr. Farmers vs LCAT, 9:10 p.m. -Winthrop Vs Chiselhurst 10:00 p.m. Perth vs Parr Line: Thursday, November 17 7:15 p.m. -COAT vs Grads. 8:05 p.m. -Parr Line vs Easy Riders. 8:55 p.m. -Jr. Fanners vs Bend's 9:45 p.m. -Winthrop vs Egmondville. 10:35 p.m. -Dumpers vs Slabtown 11:25 p.m. -Hawks vs Chiselhurst. Friday, November 18 8-10 p.m. -Free public skating sponsored by Seaforth Optimists Club. CMIENIDAR Saturday, November 19 7:35 a.m.-Bruins vs Nordiques. 8:30 a -m. -Oilers vs. Canadians. 9:35 a.m.-North Stars Vs Kings. 10:30 a.m.-Penguins vs Leafs 11:35 a.m.-Jets vs Flames. 1:30-3 p.m. -Free public skating sponsor- ed by Seaforth Optimist Club. 4 m. -Clinton vs Novice. 6:30 p.m.- Clinton vs Pee Wees. Sunday, November 20 2 p.m... -Belmont vs Centenaires. 7 m. -Flyers vs Hawks 8:30 p.m. -Canadians vs Penguins. 10 p.m. -Rangers vs Bruins. 11 you're organizing a non-profit event of Interest to other Seaforth area residents, phone the recreation office at 527-0882 or the Expositor at 527-0240 or mall the information to Community Calendar. The Huron Expositor, Box 69r Seaforth, Ontario NOK MVO well in advance of the scheduled date. Space for the Community Calendar is donated ' by The Huron Expositor. 1 0 n,,