The Huron Expositor, 1979-08-23, Page 3live Buist leaving
program. Clive; Haid when mote people
Skated heading south for the holiday and
,hockey tournaments were scheduled dur-
ing, the week, support for the program
dropped off. Now, with the gas shortages,
ID the U.S., Clive speculates more people
may be staying home during the week in
•the tlat,e.
""‘U 1978. the recreation department
inherited another jolt when the . ;Seat_tth
PLioas'Pub, turned Over the management of
the Lions. park and pool to' the rec
commi$tee, Although the club still pays the
Porn coats, the direct ration
"Of the Birks and pool program falls under
the jud3dietioa of the recreation director.
Thea summer" nine peoples were employed.
In staff the pool},
One other *Tech!, proJect whish has:
involved the recreation departmentwaa the
sister city program, With: West; Brt.ach►,
Mchigan.
Clive said Seaford; was: approached by:
.tint; Gray, the community education
director in. West Branch, who wanted to
Min ; with a Canadian town ofa similar size-
Mr« Gray learned of Seaforth through the;
recreation ;dirss etor in Standish, Michigan,.
which is the twin city of Wingham,
The recreation director said since the
sister city Program was organized, there
have been two "Olympic" competitions
between athletes from the towns, a student
'exchange program has been established
and a penpal program has been established
in the schools. ;Clive said he feels the.
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Local businesses celebrate ::1Y
Ri
ise money
Piet's Place and Pizza 'Express, two
local businesses who reserved a. day when
proceeds. would go to the Seaforth''
Co.Operative Nursery, raised a total of $222..
The Seaforth Nursery, which aside from a
nursery
Wintario:;grant, runs totally on: funding and.
fees, will be presented' with the: funds raised:
Aug.; 20....
The money was. raised in honor of
International Year of the Child. ,
Sugar. and spice:. •
By BiII Smiley
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City
sand boat people
As 'a small-town boy who was :al 'ways•
pretty. closely associated with the country,
and nature, it is a constant source of
bewilderment 'to me to observe. the.
reactions of my' two grandboys to natural
phenomena. They practically ignore them:
When they.cotne to our place, with 'a •
huge backyard practically polluted by birds
and squirrels, their great interest in life is
the lawn sprinkler, 'at any hour of dik-day
or night.
Oh,they might look vasetely. toward a
tree when 1 say,"Listen tu;",at big bird."
They might chase a robin or thrown rock at
a squirrel But those things are basically.
boring to thein. Much more fun to turn on
the sprinkler, preferably ;when Grandad
isn't looking, give him a: good cold shot in.
the back while he's trying to, read the
paper, and spend the next hour alternately
running through thesprinkler and running
around with their wet feet on Gran's
favorite rug.
Take them up to the local plaza, where a
store has tropical fish, a huge old parrott,
gerbils, rabbits, white mice, and you'd
think they'd be 'fascinated. One cursory.
glance and they're off and running,
'smashing shopping. carts into each other,
knocking over carefully arranged displays
and playing Superm.' by leaping over the
little old ladies sitting on benches.
Took them over to see their great -
Grandad last
reat-Grandad:last weekend. He has a lovely
place in the country, about two acres, with
a hundred places to hide and climb and
explore. Know where they spent their
time? Fighting to see who got to drive the
dormant snow -mobile in the backyard.
Second choice was racing an old car
with its front wheels propped up on two big
blocks of wood. Between the two vehicles,
they trust have covered' most of North.
America, '
Took thent down'to the dock for a fish.
They had no more interest in fish or fishing
-than I have in `refinishing, furniture. But
• they were intrigued abottt how long it.
Would take to drown if 1 drove the car off
the end of the dock.
Out driven 'with t int to cows,
B the ni. Po
horses, sailboats and all sorts of things
they should be interested in, Scarcely a
look. They want to know how fast we're
going, why we aren't going faster, and why
I. don't turn the air-tonditioning to "super.
cool" so it will blow their hair around.
Street -smart City Boys. •
Oh, yea, then there are the Boat People.
i leasabow.,1 Nat inveigled hitto going out
fishing with a couple of young colleagues.
Oneof them has.a.dandy cruiser with a
'Cabin, stove, the works. Seemed like a
.good idea. • Have a beer or two, catch a
Mess of bass, do a little yarning.
For three weeks the weather had been
hot and. humid. Whata treat to get away
out on '`the .Bay, far from the heat and.
stench of town. Cool breeze, great fishing,
good companionship. That's the way it in
the beer ads, anyway.. .
We drove to the marina in a:cloud-burst.
Sky cleared. Spirits were high, So were the
waves. Found the guaranteed bass fishing
spot. Water calmed. Baited up. They put
me on the side of 'the boat where the bass
weren't, while; they hauled in half -pound
monsters of the deep.
.Sky clouded. Another cloud -burst. More
Wind. More rain. NO fishing. Visibility
decreased, along with the food and the
beer.
No land' in sight. 'Blown off the shoal
where the fish were. Anchor wouldn't hold.
,d Soakedto the heels. Circled the buoy
Marking the shoal eighteen times while
novice steered erratically and skipper
pretended he could chart a course.
Nothing in sight except rain. Citing to
rear seat with white knuckles and kept up
spirits of crew with stories of flying
formation throughthe clouds, and the time
we came back.; from Horse Island deer
hunting in November through a snow
storm, pumps not working, and ten -foot I
waves.
Did quick figures in head, estimating
how far to swim• if we hit rock, lake
freighter or other cruiser stupid enough to:
be out in such.
SkipperY figured finail fi ured course, broke out
emergency medical supplies, blindfolded
all of us, opened her up and headed for
what was either the north or the South'
shore of the Bay.
it. '1had caught we made one
four -inch rock bass and one helluva cold.
But we had bass fillets for breakfast, the
sun shone again, my old lady had to forget
about collecting my insurance, and l
promptly called our minister and told' him
top ut me down for $25 a month for the real
Boit People, le
, those poor sods who have
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escaped front Viet Nam and drowned and
Starved and thirsted white fire:go tearin
B B
about in our air-conditioned cars" our
cruisers' with all the amenities, and whine
about inflation,
City Boys and )boat People. Enjoyed both
of theme thoroughly.
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,thildree or Seaf.or hh have gained' "aa awful
;lot" from the program and he hopes it will
:coatinue, even though both he and Mr.
(i .have moved on.
In the years. Clive and his family have
ived in Seaforth, the recreation director
has involved himself in a number of
community projects.
In 1975, he was Centennial chairman,
.and admits while it took a lot of hours by, a.
lot of people to put together the successful;
five day program :the result yeas, goo..
homecorning, weekend."
Two years later, Clive found himself
chairman of the fundraising committee
which had the task of raising $200 f100 to
upgrade the Seaford' arena, Aisnough
Clive said there Were "mined thoughts," at
the time, since many favouredrebuilding,
rather than renovating the community
centre, the money was raised "with the
excellent cooperationof service groups
and clubs."
SATISFYiING
Looking back on his time here, Clive said
it has "certainly been: a satisfying six.
years." While moving to a smaller town
from the city was an, adjustment at first,
the rec director said his greatest challenge
was "that it took " awhile to make the
community aware what the recreation
committee and office of the director could
do for' the community."
Clive hopes council' will consider the post
valuable enough to hire another recreation
director in the future. g
The rec director saidhis work. has ``been
encouraging as far as the community spirit
here." He said the excellent co-operation
from community groups and parents has.
been important and "that's what makes a
community tick."
Both the Buist's children, daughter
Candy, who's five years old, and son Todd,.
who's one year, old, have been born while
the couple was here. Although they'll leave
behind nianyfriends in the community,.. the.
couple are looking forward to living in
Fergus where they'll have the benefits of
small town life with a closeness to the ,city,
(Toronto).
Clive •said after this year's salary''
_negotiations, when he realized there
wasn't a. financial benefit to ;continuing
'here, combined with the fact that he turned
27, . he decided; . it was time for a change.
Although; the demands of his"' new
position will "probably be a little greater,"
Clive thinks the experience will prove "a
good challenge."
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, AUGUST" 1
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The paintings:.range from.
subtle watercolours of sail-
boats and Maritime scenes to
bold, cubist -inspired`; scenes
of an old mill: ands ,country,
landscapes.
The art work, by members,
of the Central Ontario Artists,
Association, is currently •on:
display at the Van :Egmont*
home. On'Saturday night
over 100 people, Including
many of the artists, attended
the official opening of the.
show at the historic home.
The paintings were dis-
played by the light of candles
and coal oil 'lamps, as they
would have been when
Constant Van; Egmond and!
his family, lived in the :home
The paintings were comp.
limented by beautiful, floral;
arrangements - :b'y Mary
Carroll, arranged in the jugs
and vases which are in the
Permanent Van Egmond
collection. .
Paul Carroll, Van Egmond,
Foundation .chairman, said!
the show includes some very
good work which the found-
ation feels they were fortun-
ate
to obtain. Most of the
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by Susan White
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equipment present a ui pment from new accomodations
being
'rovided'. By opting
g out of the fire
boardagreement Seaforth loses all equityin
the equipmenta which• has been. estimated as.
worth near $100,000 and must start, from
scratch in purchasing . itsown equipment.
Although the four townships officials have
continilaily offered • to negotiate .a new
agreement, Seaforth has refused. Although
last month Seaforth Mayor John Sinnamon
was quoted . as stating, "It's unfortunate
things have gone this far, I" don't feel there
has been enough communication''
Applications for building permits were
approved for: Peter Swinkles, • lot 9,
concession 5 HRS, milkhouse and silo; Laird.
Fuilayson, lot. 20, Concession 3 LRS, grain
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bin; Norman.MacLean, Egmondville, .poreh ,
Randall Wilson, lot t 11, concession 4, grain
bin; James McGregor, Kippen, additionto.
house; Robert Walters, Kippen, alterations
to house; Bruce: Rathwell, Brucefield,
renovations to an industrial_ building; and
Thomas Bender, Kippen,. silo; (pit).
Road superintendent Allan Nicholson told
council over 14 road signs on township
toads, mainly concession two, were stolen or
destroyed by vandals; over the weekend.
BY JEFF SEDDON
The Huron County Board of Education.
agreed recently`to deed just over an acre of
land at Holmesville Public School to the
township of Goderich provided the: township
use the land for a proposed community
centre.
In a telephone vote in July trustees
unanimously agreed to giveboard owned
land to the township on the basis that it be
used ;for a recreaton • centre. Tri,
agreed to the deal because it hopes to have
students at the elementary: school makeuse
of the townshp.,centre.
In an informal session:. with township
council last month board trustee Shirley
Hazlitt, director of education John.
Cochrane,: suprintendent Don Kenwell and
Holmesville principal, Ron McKay outlined
possible advantages the. school w uld have if
te township centre was adjacent it.:
The board is interestedin having its land
used for the centre because of somewhat
a. the school.
:cramped conditions atvery • School : has v ry small
auditorium which forces the .school to spIit
its Christmas concert :and'graduation into'
two evenings to .accorriMe4ate patents.
Indoorhletic events are also .. limited
at t ,.
because of the small, auditorium.
The township would benefit from the deal.
because it could shave. construction costs by
sharing septic services,• water and
maintenance costs with the board.
Break-in suspect charged
Robert Gerald Reynolds, 20; of Seaforth,
was remanded for trial on Sept. 24 after
appearing in Goderich provincial court on
Monday . afterbeing charged in several
break-ins. '
Mr. Reynolds has ' been charged in
connection with breakins at the Mitchell
Family Market, Londesboro; the Seaforth
Legion and the :McKillop Township office in
Winthrop.
He was also charged as a result of an
investigation by Exeter OPP into several
breakins in the Zurich and Dashwood, area
over the Civic holiday weekend.
Among the properties which were entered
were the County of Huron road department
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standard contribution." After the Fire..
Area Board hired Donnelly and Murphy,
no further word of hydrant rental has been
received from the Town of Seaforth.
4.. The Authority of the Fire Chiefs
Paragraph 48 of the Fire Agreement
states: "The said equipment and, appara-
tus and supplies , shall be operated and
used solely by the Seaforth Fire Brigade,
the use of such equipment apparatus and
supplies shall be restricted to the fighting
of fires, provided that the said brigade may
use the equipment, apparatus, and: sup.
pile* for practice purposes' tis required.
This ma matter was brought •
tt w r nought to�the attention 6f
the fire chief in -the spring of 1919 when the
said apparatus and equipment was used foe
ecce.
other purposes than. fire fighting or
The Fire Area Board would like to advisees
chat at the present time dasring a rural fire
g9'..r4__W'vW 4.=weC4i"•3Cm
shed, the Hay Municipal Telephone System
building, Zurich Pro .Hardware and the
• Zurich office of Hensall Co-op.
Police are also investigating break-ins at
the Country Market, Vanastra; the Ministry
of. Transportation and 'Communications off-
ice in Clinton and Merner's Meat Market,.
Dashwood.•
.
The investigation, under Constables Bob
Roberts, Gary Martin and Lorne. `Carter of
the Criminal Investigation branch, Goderich
.OPP is continuing.
Police also have a warrant out for the
arrest of another Huron County man in
connection with the same case:
FAB
Both the board and the township. are . in
agreement on the deeding .and all that
is remains approvalministry
of the of
• education. Township council waned an
immediate response from the board betause
it hopes to begin construction on the project
playground round at Hensall Public School was
badly, in need of attention: Village council
told the boardif it was not planning on
maintaining the land it may consider giving
in the fall.
The request for land at Holmesville was.
one of three the board dealt, with Monday.
The village of Uensall sent a letter to the
board: indicating a chunk. of land on the
it back to the village.
Zurich trustee Herb Turkheim told the
board he had walked the liensall play area
andfound no area. not properly maintained.
He. said the grass may have been a few'.
inches too long but it had been trimmed
during the summer.
Turkheim suggested the board tell village.
council it was not interested in deeding any
ilia e.'
land to the
The Zurich tru's'tees said' the board
may
tell the village it maybe interested in giving
.
up the land if the wanted village to use it for
some type 'of municipal recreation facility.
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That suggestion sparked a discussion on.
the practice of the board giving its land
awaa board had just finished deedin a
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small chunk ' of the Seaforth Public School
playground to the town of Seaforth. to pertnit
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a street to be constructed:
He addeda
th te ` be.
th board ar may setting
precedents by giving land away and may
find':: more requests such as the:, ones from
Hensall' and Seaforth.
Last year the board gave some land from
Victoria PublicSchool to the town of Goderich
for street improvements in that•. town and
traded a chunk of land from Colborne Public
School for fencing to permit widening of the
county ;road adjacent to that school.
Gower said the board should be looking at
all its school sites to see if it .is getting the
best deal possible for its land.
Trustees wantedno- part of indicating,
there would be interest in: giving up land. in
Henson for anything. Turkheim noted that .a
new. subdivision was being planned for .land
near the Hensall School pointing ` out the
matter may be better left alone.
A letter will beseInt toHensall villge.::'
council indicating the board has no. interest
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in selling or giving any land away.
MITCHELL AREA FIRE — A fire Wednesday night levelled theSpanjer
Welding, Co. barn atR.R.3; Mitchell. r '
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members reply
the only trucks that go outaroone fire truck
and the tanker. The second fire truck
always Town -tie even a
ays remains in. tai t. tot'
.secondfitelalong with enough men. to man
this unit. During this .present year the
estimated budget for operation, of the fire
brigade was 523,393.00 with a reserve for
further capital expenditures of $16,000.00,
The proposal for the Town of Seaforth. calls
for. 839,000.00 the first year with noidea of
costs after thateriod.
Ata meeting of all councils of the Fire
Area Board held in Staffs the Township;
representative stated that they regretted
that the town was going to form ther oWn
lire departaneetet addkt%ex�iense
their tto
t o re .
taxpayers without trying t t�ogoti-
ate a new agreement. Seaforth represents-
tives stated that "Can't the Township read .
that Seafortit*ere withdrawing froth the
agreement. How teeny times do the
TcWnsiipt niton lube Toldt" The repraen-
t
tatives of Seaforth Stated at thatmeeting
theyrealized if the remaining members
continued with the Eire Board, then
Seaforth lost all equity in the present
equipment, Seaforth representatives also
stated they were not present to discuss the
agreement anymore. The Township cant
go along with purchasing fire protection
since the egrettnentstated:
"It shalt be operative from the First day
of January 19130 and shall continue in full
force and
effect. until terminated by either
of the Cotpdrate partici by a three month
prfor efl t
writt totice of its intention so to
terminate the Said agreement In the event
the agraement is terminated during a year
the said Town of Seaforth shalt be entitled'
to a proportionate 'part of the said annual
guarantee fee computed to tite date of
termination on the aarsount, of the actual!
accounts modest to date of lintatialaten
which ever is the •greater."
Once the Townships re lease the present
equipment ui ment theywill lose all control of cost
at any further date,
The Tovtships regret that t1►e. Town of
Seaforth wants to Satin their own, Fite
Department and are unwilling to negotiate:
four problemsforma -. agreement',
the probe to stew agreemettli
Discussion to solve the problems wopld
create a better atmosphere for everyone
and wouid be for the betterment of the
whole community. It is the feeling, of hobs
remaining members that if it gown; as
Seaforth has stated, the whole oi'the Tows
will fielthe after-etffeett c the•diktlwiea°
on future tax bills. :ri,
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