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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-06-14, Page 1• 120th Year • WhOie ale. S80Si SEAFORTkir Q1 T'ARIOr. T URSQAY`t $UNE a,' 19 24 (PAGES Seaforth council sold; the Main St, lot, an e .arler council purchased .,as a ,possible fire ban site to a local': developer Monday night - The sale, for $241009, wilee aPpreved en •the recommendation; of council's finance :coin- mittee after a recorded vote with ,only Henryre.4issentin c4luncillor ry M dissenting. An IPA store is scheduled for the site,, and Herman: Lansink of Tina Holdings- showed council plans for a 9000 sq, ft, store and aarking lot on landto thethesouth which Tina has bought from, Luke's Machine Shop •' Councillor Mere, objected that the price rice did not ewer the purchase of p new fire hall property on Crombie St., also purchased .Monday night for $25,000. The T Studentswho received their. graduation THE GFtAO.UATES, he Seaforth Co-opare•(back row •Paul Dolrnage, diplomas from the. S f'Nursery ) Deborah Coleman, Valerie Laverty, Kenny Hildebrand, Jennifer, Burton, Stephen P. • Mark Vogels, Tanya Vansteelandt, Brian.Little, and pFi letsch• , (second row) Tracey Fortune, Jenny Southgate, Mark MacDonald, 'Jason Beuttenmiller, Christy Nobel,' Eric Johnston, Susan Rowcliffe, .Angie Says no f'o waiving arena fee Hensall council decided to • review its grant policy Mon- day night after turning: down a request fromthe local Kinsmen Club for free use of the community 'centre for their two day Ontario Fid- dlers Contest. Councillor Paul Neilands said he heed checked out the situation at the Exeter Com- munity Centre ; and found there was no reduction in arena rental fees there for service clubs. Mr: Neilands told Hensall' L• - ,council, ` "there's no way they're (Exeter arena) :subsi- dizing service clubs." Reeve Harold Knight said he might be in conflict speak- ing to the motion since he was a life member. "of, the Kinsmen Club, but said he thought it was time the :village of Hensall had a policy onhow they give grants: The. Kinsmen Club is be- ing charged, 5400 .in rental fees for the use of the arena' surface area,. the kitchen,. conference room and park for the . •two; day period of the Roth David Soontiens and Carly Geiger and,(Front row) Allan King, r Renee Devereaux,Julie u lie Smith, Kalen Carroll,. Robbie Van den Henget, Tammy Janmaat, Dean Murray and Tawyna Taylor, Absent: Marl Wolf, Jones, CandyBuist,Steven Popple and Sherri Roesner. Shannon, Joh , (Expositor Photo) review fiddler's comp•'etition. Mr. Neilands pointed out that rental fees at the Exeter arena are higher than in: Hensall. Although some. members - of council expressed concern: that the Kinsmen tub would feel it was unfair hat their request was turn d down, .• .when the South l- .on, Agri- cultural! Society re ves 5175 ,grant annually' r the Hensall Spring Fair; other council members pointed nut the fair was a community• 20. house cau'Id .fie flooded' conservation r apping shows A flood plain map of Seaforth which shows about 20 existing houses here and 30 more in Egmondville in flood danger if a Hurricane Hazel level storm hit here: was shown to Seaforth council Monday night by its Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority' rep Leone'Rowatt and authority manager Bill Mungall. • About 28 of the authority's 32 municipal-- ities have adopted • the ffood plain . map, 'which is still awaiting provincial cabinet approval If Seaforth adopts the mapping, and Outarto okays it, the town will have the authority to deny building permits or restrict. them, on land inside the flood plain. • Mr. Mun all told council flood danger Could be greatly reduced if the small culvert under the CNR embankment could be enlarged. The embankment he said, acts like admit on Silver, Creek and poses "a very real `hazard to the town. He'also told ' councillors that the town has to b plan havea flood emergency in order to getP help Provincial pin the event of serious: flooding here. Even sand bags from' MTC.. he told councillor Jim Sills, can't be released unless a flood. plan` exists before an emergency.' Dover Township: site of 'recent serious • flooding, could not get provincial emergency help because it didn't •have a plan. both he and Mrs. Rowatt said, • Council will consider the mapping further and ask CNR to enlarge the railway culvert. Mr. Mungall told council that dredging g Silver Creek would also lessen the flood danger.' and :suggested it request ABCA to: consider that. `Grant structure for this type of work is much better than for deee.loping. w� conservation are s." he said. " new a Garden centre tri go With one councillor arguing that the owner' should have been asked for 'input acid a counter proposal, council decided Monday night that Roth's Garden Centre most be removed from town owned property by September 30;; The action was taken in response' to a letter of complaint from keith MacLean tabled at last month's eouncij and the town foreman's finding that the "entire area, attached to the south wail of Roth's Food Market was located on town• property." " "It was okayed by a previous council, now you're reversing it," said councillor !Henry Mete). Clerk Ilan Crocker Said while a building permit was issued in 1916; no structural drawings were required. then. When other councillors said an exception to one merchant, is unfair and the centre is *ening . from land it doesn't pay taxes on, Councillor. Jim eSills asked "has he been approachedY , iMaybe herd: be willing to rent the property from the town Councillor Bob Dinsmore, ehtiirman of the police committee which reco Mended the garden centre's removal, said it was felt the Mown wouldn't want to rent the land. "The merchants use so much town property at certain seasons. forfruit baskets on the sidewalk, ete„ but the garden centre is a permanent fixture: Andthere's a traffic problem," Councillor Dinsmore .said. Councillor'Getald Groothuis, a member of the police committee, said "we have to act on •a complaint or (someone else can say) 'give and a corner on Main St. beside Sills' store,' If anyone can find a better solution. okay,,' Ina rccorded'vote requested by councillor; Mero, only he and couneillor Sills voted against removing the garden centre, Mayor John Sinnamon and councillor Bruce Hoel scher, both of Scatorth IGA declared a conflict of interest and. weren't in the chambers. Acting on another complaint, by Hilda. Austin, on conditions at the laundraniatr c ttncil will ask the bni1diiig`s owner to have• stipulated opening and closing hours, and a caretaker to lock up, as Well as to :post no loitering and no unauthorized parkiet,; signs. rather than a fundraising T event Council • decided .:it will review the whole grant pie ture at a later date. The ministry of culture and recreation granted the town 51,940 to employ three stu- dents for the summer reerea- tional. program. The three r • students hired from 25 appii-- cants were Janet Bilcke; Marilyn Pepper and Julie Ingram. • In the report of the Rensall parks Board, the new arena manager, Bill Pearson, repor ted he is concerned over the performance and mainte-:• nae ce; of .the ice plant. He I was instructed •ta, try: to obtain a firm commitment from the company which. sold , the town the ice plant equip- ment. Paul Neilands told council the• parks board wanted to thank the hall team for installing lights at the ball - (Continued on Page 3) Another sul�divisi unveiled at counic A draft plan of subdivision by two Toronto, developers which would put 23 serviced Tots, on the market .was. on view, at Seaforth; council Monday night. The subdivision, in the south west area of town, south of the already approved Arris West Braneh'subdivision, Was' described by. Peter ,Van Herten for Eugene Cafanga and Tony Tascio:ie: It would require one new road to join Brantford St. •totieorge St., and a zoning change to allow setni-detached ,as alt A 14 -year old Walton area youth, Jeffrey R. •Hackwell, died Monday morning as the,. result of a collision between? the Motorcycle he was riding and a car oh Huron County'• Road 12, a half mile north of ,Seaforth, He was pronounced dead Mr, Hackwell' was riding. at the scene by Huron sduth on the highway on his County Coroner • Dr,. R, W. 0151 school. called well as stegte Jamey dm/Vines. Mr. Van Harten said the developers would like the town to provide the new street while they would pay for all services within the development, under a subdivision;. agreement. 1 Council passed the plan: to the'.p a t nning g. comment board for and or approval. Pproval. a.. Commenting on "all ll these subdivisions. inthe , wor - " councillor Jim Sills aid "I .hope they get filled 'up, They must know something 1 don't' know,' town'e Main St. tot,bought in Cads 1,97S for 520,000 was appraised a, fewmonths: ago when n an earlier offer to purchase from Lansink was not accepted but the appraised .figure has not been released. "We talked that over, finance chairman deputy reeve Bill, Dale told him. "Wt,"“ subsidized subsidized both senior citizen' homes hem Why not subsidize Main St., help build tip Main St.?" Mayor John Sinnamon, are tGA employee,, and councillor Bruce 1loelscher, 1GA ownerzdeclared a conflict of interest and left the rogm during the discussions. Council hopes to close the sale :lune 30 and' the store may' be completed this fall. At the same meeting council finalized the cale of the last lot available in Seaf0rth's $.13 yostrin Oxy 81t Pik MOO:POW Industrial park to Luke , ann►aat of fmkg's: Machine Shop. The sale is conditional on: a building being erected there within a year Clerk Jim Crocker said tber acre;parcel'IVfr, Ja.nniaat bought for $4,000 is east of the! property owned by Brewers Retail ,acid hada been considered at one time as dire" tall site. M the same meeting council; accepted' an utier m purchase two and: a half lots in the park . for $5,000 from tarry McLean who plans` to erect a Braden nursery and ,equipment business, Council accepted an offer to purchase the same lets some time agar from a.Lance Fisher but Mr. Fisher t.oulilift he found when final': papers were drawn up. eaforth would Tike SilveF Creed '+as �s Seaforth Town Council is• approaChing McKillop Township and the engineering,. firm of W.E. Kelly and Associates Limited to determine whether approved alterations in Silver Creek can be changed. The plan as it affects the town of Seaforth is to, straighten Silver Creek where::. it meanders for 300 feet near the Seaforth Community Hospital and turn it into: tt drainage ditch 8 feet wide. , ' The creek, according to :the . report submitted by the Kitchener engineering firm, wouldbe straightened and deepened.: from its upper end in Lot:`21, Con, 1, Township. of McKillop downstream to where the creek crosses under Highway No, 8. Approval,, was given by mcKillop Town- ship Council_ after a petition signed by Ray Devereaux and supported by Dale Nixon, both of R.R. 4 Seaforth was presented to Council..• The existingopen ditch, the report says. does not have sufficient depth nor capacity to accommodate the runoff from the lands and roads within. the Silver Creek watershed., The creek, where it passes below the • bridge entering Seaforth, would be replaced by a cement drain. The revisions, said.Mr. Devereaux .,• w ould prevent erosion and make the affected :.11d on his farm Workable. .*Right now it's not," said Mr, Dever-. coax. The subject of. the alteration of Silver, Creek was raised at the Seaforth Town Council meeting, Monday, as all munic ipalittt'.involved: by a 'change in a water. cuurse'are routinely notified, Objections to the proposed and approved Changes in Silver Creek were made by Leone Rowan, Sauble-Bayfield:Conservation Auth 'ority representative.. Though the alterations are a reasonable g atr o_..,.e re ui. t from the farming stand of t,. said tl .,p Ctrs. Kuwait, 'Suver Creek'is a beautiful;. approach the town and I would feel badly, if it were done away with". Mrs. . Mowatt suggested that it is perhaps not : necessary to fill 'in. Silver Creek at the entrance to Seaforth, and that deepening' the geek could accomodate the excess water, rather than a great big unsightly ditch." Council agreed and asked clerk Jim Crocker to contact the engineering firm to determine whether deepening, the creek instead of building a drainage ditch would be possible. • oy last day of school as he travelled to Central Second- ary, School in Clinton when he collided with a north- bound car at about 8:30 a.m. drieen by Joy Vella of 145 Maid Street N. Seaforth: Flowers of Clinton: Mrs, Vella is in satisfactory condition in Seaforth Community .Hospital Damage to the: car • is estimated' at 52,000., and the motorcycle was heavily dam. aged. Constable James MacLeod of Seaforth detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police: Ideal apartment site Although Seaforth' council wasn't much interested in a suggestion from .local ratepa\ crs that a public meeting be held and an engirt ring study be done to find future uses f e the .11 Seaforth Public School oe Church St„ it did decide to contact the Ontario Housing Corporation to see if it wants the site as a future senior citizens apartment building at its Monday night meeting. Council will also ask Genesee Ltd., the building's present owners, how soon they plan to put the 1 u (ding and site, which is no linger needed .at storage, on the market. letter signed by Patti Carroll,• Nana'y Larose, PC3 Sills and W.J. Teall tabled at`. the meeting Asked council tri take leadership in trying to find a use for +hc+iuilding, which it called a fine examt,te Of 1800's in. stitutional architecture, It pointed to Stratford's Festival Square de t+loprnent as a new use for an old building Which has beets an asset to the community, Councillor Jim Sills said' ho understood that when the town sold the old school to. Genesco mere than 20 years ago it retained a first option on buying back the site. However. clerk Jim Crocker said he'could f.nd no record of such an agreement in past council minutes. Emphasizing he 'was in interested in the Site rather than the building, Mayor John Sinnamon said u had 'terrific potential for seniors' apartments. When councillor Gerald Groothuis asked about an t"°.ttneering: study/clerk Jim Crocker said t lei'' wasn't much interested in renovating,. outer buildings a couple of years ago. A copy of the citizens' letter to council, appears on the Expositor's editorial page. FATAL ACCLDENT--Jeff Hackwell 16• of the Walton area was killed Monday morning just outside Seaforth when the' motorcycle he was g riding collided with a car driven by Joy Vella of Seaforth: Mrs. Vella, is in satisfactorYycondition in the Seaforth hos ital, (expositor photo) n is investigating. Jeff Hackwell was a son of Merton and Doreen (Long) Hackwell of R.R. 4; Walton. He excelled, in sports and was particularly active in baseball' and soccer. He was a member of Duff's United 'Church, Wale ton. Surviving are his parents, two brothers, Blaine W„ 12,' and Craig, T., 9,'' and his grandmother, hies, Ethel Long of Brussels. He was predeceased by grand- parenti Mr. and Mrs. Thomas "•Ho Rockwell and �t +� ti Mt; Claire Long. • 'The R.S. Bore f=uneral Horae .wvas i n charge of th rl, ._-e service held Wednesday at 2 with Rev, Ed -Baker. officiating.'Interment was in Brussels Ce Meters • Asexpressions of sym- pathy memorial doaatirtns to the Winthrop or Walton Ball Park Improvement. Funds or the eharit' of sour choice would be appreciated,; Pallbearers' were: Scott Rob uson Danny McClure, James McClure. James: Mc- Donald, Stephen Huether, nd Brian 'McGavin: .Flower bearers were Wes Gozard, Peter Payne, Doan ackw l[ Arthur H e Glanville.. Honorary pallbearers were Blaine,Pryee, Robert' Taylor, Peter Van Drunen, Darrell. Dietz, Thomas 0 -Rourke, John Huether, Keith. Mc- Clure and Bert Reinink. ct fliuron Irns><c a this week H lbbert tax. rates'. NeW graduates Fashk n show . ,.. .. , Ti kersm'ith getaita tplaitits » .