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Seaforth's intention to: withdraw from the
fire Area Board it shares;with neighbouring
rural municipalities liesgenerated a. lot •of
connment+:
The present cont(ict'Many be the last in
the •10: year history of the FAB, as its
resolution may • mean the .dissolution of the
m�,
Board
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Se,fer•h has proposed the terntinatiof of
itsa gc
formai' a r ernent with the townships of
1vlcKillop, Tuckersmith, Huilett, and }Eb-
ben, effective Jan. 1,1980, Seaforth its giving
six months notice. as required. 'bait :the
withdraw} will be discuessed at a meeting
July 11.
The withdrawal from. the FAB wou:id. mean
OUTDOOR CHURCHSERVI.CE--The Seaforth Legion' marked its 50th churches in town"joined in a choir.
anniversary Sunday night with a service in Victoria Park. Singers from
While no one locally is $100.000 richer
after the Seaforth Lions Club brought. the
Wintario show to town, people were given a
PP y
rare. o orunit • to� _see- the back stage
workings of one of the province's most
popular lotieries.:
The audience' of about 1,200 whosat
throught the three hour show in a warm
Seaforth arena hadan extra bonus deniedto
Sea th
w
people who sat at home and vaichedkheshow
on TV - and that was the opportunity to see'.
some very good homegrown local talent:.
The entertainment startedwith a rousing
march in by the Seaforth District High
School band. Then the;local entertainers who
performed for over an hour before Fred
Davis and Fade Dance came on stage
included • the Ukulele Unique : from Huron
Centennial • School Brucefield =under the
direction ofDoris'McKiniey; fhebrother and
sister team of Greg and Tracy McPherson
with their Scottishprogram; the three
talentedMcQuaid uaid sisters on violins and
Mc
Marie McQuaid in a rousiin
Anne M (} g stepdanee
Lly young Lila Store and her dancers, the
Cross Country Squares who were accompan-
in Seaforth was particularly satisfying for
er since it gave her an'opportunity to visit
h
relatives . in. the. town.:
rehearsed . thein
After audience . members
,applause - ''da .twice as fast; twice. as hard
•aPP P
ed by Nelson Howe of Cromarty on the
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fiddle; theNew
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barbershop quartet, the Town and Country assessment
corning of Dutch dances, and songs and
the
Four with Marlen Vincent, Ken and: Bill
Campbell and George Ribey.
and'
Barbar � t'sson,• the manager:of draws n
community relations for Wintario, came on
stage ten minutes before the cameraman.
filming , the show, to warm
started t up the'
audience, Ms. Jesson a tornie r Seafort hiite:
remembered s
told the audience. sheending P.
as a kid in the Lions pool.
ninny afternoons
lmin ' Wintario show
Ms. Jesson said filming
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A GUSHER Jif fPP0W.O.HotniOOFS Saadi ,
by as the new wi l'Egnion�iproducesmore than 300 gationsof
water per thinute. Water was struck on Friday and the drilling finished{
Monday.
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(Expositor Photo)
Many Seaforth homeowners will find a.
changeP
in their. property assessments later
a f llown" a decision by's,e,ncil to
this year, o
g c
ask the Huron -Pert 'i assessment office to
buildings.iu sown accord?n '.o
reassessg their
market values.
Properties will be assessed at their 1975
market value and taxes will be paid on 8,3
per cent of that assessment, clerk Jim
Crocker explained: In 1981 the market value
figures will be updated to 1980:. Some
homeowners will pay more, some less, but
the total assessment' in town, and tax dollars
raised`, will remain the same.
He have an example of•a largeolder home.
perhaps not sought after as heating prices
climb, if its market value dropped, its
assessment" would too.
Mr. Crocker said that m:ai ilhrth.
houses still carry an assessment t+lane .under
a formula that was used in the forties. The
new assessment will reflect current markets •vas Doug and Thelma Jones of Brucefietd,
"and' I dont think. anyone could argue' >
against' paying their fair. share,'" Mr.. 510,(100 Wintario winners earlier this year,
Crocker ;;..id: Assessment office people will The two people who selected the last
hold a public meeting to explain changes winning number were audience members
around the g y Smith and Veronica Btue.
out, probably in December, Ment notices o Gary Margaret and Ross Robinson of Auburn
p y er, and lots of
information tiwillme nbe assessment
then clerk chose the lucky windfall number at the end
Crocker said, Taxpayers can appeal the of the program and reminded viewers that
market value that assessors put en their the village is celebrating its 125th- anniver-
properties. However, Mr. Crocker said the sary this weekend;
as cenessors say they are usually within five per vn
ernooti, 200 area senior
t of a house's sale price. ettnnsattended a spa; _ .. session of
New well
Wifitario tvlrere the 100 bonds numbers were
`solves p ra b l e m drawn., The Wintario staff' gave away about•
B1' WiLiviA t1IE 20 radios at the :afternoon session and a
and it. will` ,.. sound like four times the
audience" according to Ms, Jesson :- the
television lights glared into action, the
camegel" . t . n id gotp into position, and with Ms:
Jessooswords; "Let's give a nicebig warm.
f F d d' F e when
Seaforth welcome or re . an ay
they come out—,
the show went•on the;air.
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Although audience members didn't rea=
t
ise it. the Wintario crew arrived in Seaforth
well 'behind schedule; after one of : their
e
trucks had a flat tire enroute from Toronto.
PUC manager Tom Phillips said • the
Wintario crew didn't reach Seaforth until
. ht.
He and PUC'
Wednesday night. g
employee Doug Smale then worked until
midnight hooking up the transformer and
from 2 "a.m. until 5 a.m.: installing other
equipment. The two men had to: be back, at
the arena early Thursday meriting to help
the Wintario crew test the P
cq ui rent.
Both Mr, Phillips and Mr.:'Smale donated
their time to the Lions. Club in assisting
theWimario crew. •
• Mr. ;'h`illps said the only hitch in the
procecdi.'gs occurred when the crew blew a
fuse in ;lie afternoon, but there weren't any
problems in the actual filming of the
Wintario draw.
The draws for the five winning 5100,000
Wintario numbers were all made with the.
assistanceof local people. The first person to
push the button was. Lois liodgert, selected
Since she's helped one of the Wintario staff
clean his suit coat after he spilled grease on
it earlier in the afternoon. •
The second couple invited to press the
button which selects the winning nu mbers
that Soaforth will, set up its :own fire
proteetion services, and: would offer tt?.wn-
.
shi
ps the opportunity to purchase fire,
Protection from the town.
The FAB was first set up in 1970. Before
that the townships reimbursed: Seafor,th,for
fire- Calls intheir municipalities. About 15
years before, an agreement had been
negotiated' between the town and the
townships. At that time, the town had only
one pumper truck. arid; :wgrried. .about
serving the rural areas because of the
danger of a fire itstown when the town's only
fire unit was busy in the county. The
townships agreed to purt;hase another fire
pumper and pay mento serve the rural area.
That arrangement lasted until 1969, when
the townships expressed dissatisfaction at
having tp, pay maintenance costs on the rural
fire truck when they had no part in the
decision making • process,
A number of meetings were held between
the four townships and, the town, and the
present FAB: was set up.
The Ontario Fire Marshall's Office was, at
that time, urging that Seaforth boy the
equipment and sett fire protection to the
townships,
tinder .the present FAB, the Town of
Seaforth with two members, the Township: of
McKillop withtow members,. and .the
Townships of 'Tuckersmith, Hibbert and
Hullett with one each form the Boardand
share decision-making power over fire
protection, •
The Board pays the firemen and allocates
funds for :equipment: All costs of fire
protection are paid 'by the:5municipalities on
the basis of their assessments, All equip-
ment is pooled and owned by the FAB.
$13 .a year adva>;t±
Single Vol y JO Cent..*
Seaforth now Wants to revert to the
situation: as it was prior to the 197Q; decision:
to form the FAB,
Seaforth to** clerk Jiro Crocker said. the:
recent Ontario Fire Marshall's survey of
Seaforth precipitated the town's decision to
withdraw. He cited three ;reeornrnendations
made in the Fire Marshall's, report: that the
formal agreement entered into by Seaforth
and, the four townships to establish . a fire
area be terminated; that formal :agreements.
be; entered into to' have tite Seaforth. Fire
Department supply fire protection services.
to the four townships and this to be worked
out by the town's solicitor; and that Seaforth
negotiate with the FAB for transfer of all fire
apparatus and equipment presently owned
by the Board,
A clause in the 1970 ;FAB agreement
states that any municipality withdrawing.
from, the FAB -forfeits rights. to any
equipment.
LOSE BQU1TY.
Mr. Crocker said that if the town carries
through with its proposal it stands to lose its
equity in the equipment.
Seaforth's Mayor, John Sinnamon, said
there are "several reasons" why the town
wants to withdraw, on the "advice of the
Ontario Fire Marshall's office,"
"They, (the , OFM) don't feel, that the
FAB's, are a good idea in any situation and
any place," he said
The FAB is uneconomical for the town,
:.said Mr. Sinnanlon, Dissolution of the FAB
would beeconomical for the townshipsas.
well, he said, if they wish to buy fire
protection from the town. However, he said,
if the •townships did not buy protection,
Now, homeowners in Egmondvilte will t i tickets.
, number cif books of Wintario
have no problems getting water* in the future. Gordon Rtmnter said the Wintario people told.
The hamlet has a new well, drilled this week,
gushing out in excess of -300' gallons of water
a minutes •
Neil Hopper of the well -drilling firm, of
W.D" Hopper and Sons of RR2 Seaforth, said
after drilling for only 26 hours at the 290 foot
lever a good water supply was reached,
this will be the third municipal well for
Fgtt?tondvitle. The first *WO now serve 120
households. Quite a number in the hamlet
have private wells :or are served from ii
private well and a few are hooked into the
Town of Seaforth's water system. The
population of Egmondvilie IS $50,
The 'Thwnship of Tucke'raniith who Owns
and operates the i gntondirille water system'
was slaving a problem serving me ' Doses, donated to the Lions Club ii•"ill be used µ,bleat'
but feels with the new wolf this toll' le n viii -they had a batbeetto l t tale tons Park.,
lie 3bived"
him they were impressed with the town • of
Seaforth. He said they complimented the
Lions both on the quality of local talent and
the food they were served by caterer Varma
Miller,
Mr. }Eimer said he couldb't'1`ist all the
people and Cttttipanies who helped with the
Wintario show', for fear of omitting someone,'
but said "The to,operationwe re=co-ed froni
the area in general was just fa, .a tie and we
certainly eouldn"t have dont, it' without
theatre" He gave a special vote of thanks of
'Irwin Johnston, chairman of the Wintario
tonimittec,
Mr. Rimmer said the Wintario pcdpie had
a special opportunity to see where money
Kids know the ru;les<:but don't .use them;
BY JANE ALLAN put the knowledge to work' on the streets?"
With the summer weather and approach- Constable Akey agrees that the students
ing, school holidays bicycles are becoming areknowladgeable`about the rules but says
increasingly cornnton. K that they are not putting them into practice.
Although the subject of bicycle safety is He believes this is because Seaforth is a
stressed. in Seaforth area schools, there is small town. In a city the bikers would have to
concern among drivers that there has been obey the rules. Constable. Akey does not
little change. in kids' bike. riding habits . on believe a police crackdown would. be of any
help.
theThe stre.biggest ets.
problem accordingto Con -Mr. Carroll says that although it is a
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stable Charles Akey of the Seaforth Pollee.community responsibility
toeducate and
ke that 'su ervise the childreni it is up 'to everyone
force,is.caused; by children riding bi s l'
the correct size. Another 'hazard else to become involved' with promotion of;
are not :.:.
occurs when they ride after dark without safe biking.
proper reflectors or lights. Mr, Carroll points out that police and
i al of Seaforth Public' parents can't be everywhere.; There must be
Paul Carroll, principal .....
t ,supervision. The adults, then,
School, is concerned with the cyclists'lack of consistent
been cannot problem.
common sense. Tpullicschool theaspol police The• gnore the, p
working in conjunctionSPS principal suggests that anyone
dep
artment for two years on
bicie and -'who has a;onflict.
with the bikers
should not t
pedestrian safety: Special notes have been befrustrated but, ,in a posiive, construct-
sent
to certain people, and these received ive way, talk to the parents."
Thee children' can't just have warnings,
good responses. ' '..
St.. James' according to. Mr. Carroll but must have
. ,,�s also'taught in g
Bicycle safety.is ", .:
. rodeos have "consequences uences of their traffic behaviour to
Separate School.. and bicycleq . ,
P to test the 'hel • them: understand their responsibility..
been held in all area schoolsP
students' biking
uden s' know-how. 'However, a He suggested that the parents take the bike
recent newsletter put out by.. the public for a period of time ' as :a possible
school asks the question. "Will the cyclists consequence.
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POSSIBLE CONSECtUENCES — This photo, staged with the help of Parrs
Betties of Seaforth shows what could'happen If commonsense is not •used!
by cyclists and motorists on town streets. The l'accident"' was staged by,
the Expositor and Parn, who was no worse oft for the demonstration.
.he littron
ilnsrde this week
Aare WeStcott
Grades 8 grads r
Ib stolen'goods •. • r. r w K w P . • ,
'Varna pork. barbecue `.•
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It's Lions foot time