HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-09-06, Page 3V**
AND THEN, KICK--Tawnya. Taylor demon-
strates the Style needed to compete in the
slipper kick at the Seaforth Public Library's
Teddy Bears' Picnic on Friday afternoon.
(Expositor phOt0)
Sornething to say
ifttrOtt CfAntY Penned reacted as expected
'Thursday nightwhen property tax ,equaliza-
lion factors Were eXplained by assessment
commissioner Floyd Jenldns at 4, speciai.
council session.
Mr- Jenkins : explained to cnuntY Council
what equalization. factors were and what
impact they would have on budgets in towns
and townships in the county. The .assess-
ment commissioner outlined the reasons for
the new factors but his comments fell on
deaf ears as most rural repreientitives were
Only concerned with the battum line, it was,
going to POSt townships more money-
lEnrollment
(Continued front Page 0
local separate •S.C11991S.
Marie Ryan, is returning to teach the
kindergarten, class, at St, James School in
Seaforth, after teaching at St. Patrick's
School last year.
Mary Jenkins is joining the staff as
• principal's relief and a music teacher. In
addition to teaching at St. Janles, she will be
teaching music at St. Colurnban and at S.
Joseph's in Clinton*
Patrick Shaughnessy,, the former music
teacher at St. James, has moved to Toronto.
• Another new face on the Seaforth staff will,
beTerry Craig, who willbe teaching Grades
7 end 8, and Mrs. Denise Culligan; returning
to teach special education after a leave of
absence.
The only new staff member on St.
'Columban school is Stella Farwell, who will
he teaching the junior grades.
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'Present apporth heionments --ave en a thprn,
in the eid e of .county towns for years,
,C.Onncils in those toy/115 have complained
that their payments, compared to those of
the townships, are unfair. The towns
claimed that ta4payets in urban areas have
been suhsidizing taxpayers in Tara! areas,
Township couticils don't buy that argue-
, ment. The townships claim urban residents
have a pinch greater benefit from county
services than rural residents and so should
pay forjhat service.
• That fact waa,Obvious-tront the reaction of
eannty cauncillors ThurSdaY night* Rural
reeves, and deptfty-reeves voiced discontent
With, the new factors while urban politicians
were content to avoid confrontation by
remaining silent rather than try to defea4
the use of equalization factors.
While township representatives talked
tough about objecting to the new factors there
was little indication any organized effort will
be made to halt the use of those factors.
Some k 00116110ES suggested that the
townships back out of county services rather
than pay the long dollar for them while
others suggested the townships should- band
together and fight any Iegieletion imple-
menting equalization factors.
The objections to the use of the new
factors are understandable. If the townships
feel the present system is fair for beth the
towns and the townships it would follow that
they would fight the changes. Under the new
factors the townships will be faced with
raising substantial amounts of money to pay
their share of the county costs.
by Susan White
Two weeks with a two year ol
•I've got some random
notes after a two week
holiday with a nearly two
year old this week, as much
as therapy for me as for the
information of other parents
who might be planning such
a "break".
Market researeh people
should know that the
absoultely best shape for a
sign that you want a kid to
recognize is the ice cream
cone. lee cream cone signs
don't havelo say a word (the
kid can't read 'em anyway)
they just exist there by the
side of the road' and driving
by one is enough to wake
your kid from a sound sleep,
and start demands for a
"cream conein there".
The best habysitter wc
found in two weelcs in a
cottage at the lake was the,
pail of water that sits by the
door to dip sandy feet into
• before you go inside. Our
daughter played in, that
water of questionable quality
by the hOur "washin' the
dishes mote, along with the
towels:our shoes, kleenexes
and anything 'else shecould
find. The only. time .we had
to intervene was when she
• tried to. drink the • water,
about once every five
ugar art spice
• By Bill Smiley
When I was
If you have never been .involved in
municipal 'Politics, you Should have a go.
Rim for anything fret') a dog-catcher to•
mayor.. If you lose. it will be good for Your
• • ego. If you win. it Will be .goodfor your
• humility. • •
I • Speak as always. front personal
experienee. For twoyearst served on a town
council.. It was illuminating. it' not very
•- enlightening. •
I was elected. Of conke, by acclamation
As was everybody else on .the council. So
•• keen were the citizens to .serve, that some
• years, on nomination eye, we had to go down
• . to the pub. drag a coupleof characters Out.
• and guide their hands while they 'signed up.
When I was elected. 1 was present as a
reporter. There were Only five other people
• • in the council chambers. so it was decided
that I' would be elected as the necessary
• Sixth. Since I had already served On the
executives of . various. 'moribund Organi-
zations Which had died forthwith, !agreed...It
'didntdic. as ['dripped; The: next year'We
were all re-elected. By •acchimaticie,
• It was pretty heady stuff, at first. As a
partner in a printing plantand a
newspaperman. I was. immediately .appoitit-
• ed Chairman ot' the Printing. Advertising
and • Public Relations Corntnittee of eouncil.
• This 'Meant that our firm antornatically
• lei:civet' the contract for the town's printing
and advertisingwhich we already had. The '
public relations part meant thatl had to stop
• suggesting in the paper that the town council
was made up of nitwits, nincompoops and
nerds, :
Another chap, with a pretty good heating,
and plumbing business; was named Chair.
Man of the Interior Municipal Modification
• Cortunittee. Heating and' plumbing. .
A third, Who hada tractor, a back -hoe and
a snowplow. was appointed ChairMan of the
Public Works Department. He irnntecliately
introduced a by-law raising the rates per
hour of Such equipinent. It .passed, four to
two The opposition was from another
• couneillor, a retired fernier, who also had a
tractor and a threshing -Machine, whichhe
thought could be Converted to plowing snOw.
His brother-itplaw vdted with hint.
But these mornent8 of poistee and glory
Soon faded. The entiflict of interest became
apparent, and there was no way out for a
• Man (111000m' extept reSign. It took me
•OnIy tWO years to reach that conclusion. You
May thiek that a fair time, but it's not easy. to
. Walk. away from a $75.00 a year stipend. The
• ' •tiettytir made $150.00. •
AS a reporter. I had been more interested
•in the mnfliett than the intereStt. 1 had
•'delightedly heard, and printed, one eotintil.
. .tor call anOther COUticillbe a "gibbering old
• baboon." Andi-wittehect the victim of the
•:pejoratite, a stripling of 78# invite the
name -caller ontSide, Stripping tiff hit jacket
during the exchange. Cooler heads pre,
minutes on average.
When playing in the pail
paled, Gaby decidedher
grandmother's poor old
tomato and geranium plants
needed watering and ,she
carefully carried about 95
cupfuls over to .each pot,
until finally her nasty fun
• spoiling parents had to inter-
fere here too. •
Ranking a close second as
topnotch babysitters were
the family next door. "Won't
it be. awful next year when
she wanders over here by
herself", I joked with the
• mother, who's hid five kids
• herself, at the beginning of
on town council
vailcd. It was thirty-four below outside.
Well, as you can sed. As a member'of that
august body, the Town' Council, I couldn't
Print that sort of thing. I had to report that
• the two •councillors "had a difference of
' opinion*" When I wrote that phrase and had
to omit that one of the councillors was
obviously in his Cups, I knew I had to quit.
.A11 of thiS is a preamble to a thickish
document I got in the mail the other:day. It is
anew by-law printed and dispersed. at what
enormous cost 1 shudder) by our local town
(tuna. There are 39 numbered, pages of
legal inanities, and about an equal number
of pages Of maps 'cif the town, etpaally
unintelligible. -
As I .said, the mailman delivered it,
regardless Of expense. A dozen kids could
have covered the town in two hours, or
stuffed them in the sewer. •
'Despite my wide experience as a
municipal'councilloror perhaps because of
it. this by-law completely. baffles me..
. The ,first. thirteen page's are definitions.
They tell us What is a lot, a yard (front) and a
yard (rear) a garage, a building, They also
inform the •ignorant citizenry' what a school
is. a person a restaurant. a motel.: a
boarding-house. All alphabetically. There
wag no mention Of "brothel" under the B's.
Theby-law tells us how high our fences or
hedges can be. It tells us how high our
houses can be. How many square metres of
floor space we must have if we decide to ask
Auntie ,Mabel. crippled with arthritis, to
share our dwelling. 'How many parking
places we need for each establishment.
Again no mentiOn of tither brothels or
bootleggers.
For most of the document. the by-law
dwells in metres, squared 'and decimated.
knew veryfeW peOple over thirty who would
know a .metre from a maskinonge. Scitnebody
oncouncil must have cornered the Market on
metre sticks.
Then this' baffling, by-law nioVes into
"hectares". What the heck is a hectare? To
me; it's An ancient: French (Canadian) piece
of land about as accurate as an acre, which
:nobody understands either.
Here's an example: "RM2 uses are
permitted as specified to a maximum of 550
persons pr hectare." Is it a square mile? is
it a "1-flacre" wit` an accent?
This is craZy• When I was a councillor. We
could kintek off three or four by-laws in a
Meeting, and f erYbody understood them.
"Moved and Seconded that there shall be no
loitering in the cemetery, except by those
who are among the dead, not the quick."
That sort of thing.
This big fat by-law is for the birds, Of the
lawyers. Not for us old munieipal politieians,
Retnember what I suggetted itt the
beginning of this column? Porget it,
Otherwise you Might end hp in a "Detached
dwelling unit". which allows "3.2 personS
per Unit standard." Not two.. Not four. 3.2.
our holidays: . Hah! By :the
end of the .first week Gaby
was setting out for the
Grants on her own with a
cheerful "see ya later, dad,"
"Wanna see Yiz (Liz' who's
11 and lives next door)",
she'd say about eight every
morning and we'd have. to
convince her that Liz wasn't
even up yet let:alone looking
forward to a visit from a
small neighbour who wanted
to trail her around all day.
Our Gaby, got quite
attached' to "Yiz" who's an
'award. winning violinist.
Picking up a stick or a feather
on the beach, she'd an-
nounce she was "playin' da
yiOlin''. Liz also wears her
• hair in two pony tails and .it
• made Gaby's day When we
managed to get her three
• inch long bobbed hair into a
pony tail Of sorts.
Gaby's parents
aren't the most make-up and
beauty conscious people in
the world. But her mother,
perhaps in a giddy holiday
mood, bought some nail
polish during the holidays
• and proceeded to put it on.
• That meant Gaby had to wear
it toe. She thought daddy and
her dog. could do with some
: polish ''on their nails too, but
they Jboth avoided that.
•Gaby showed off her polish
job to everyone who'd. take
time to look. It's wearing off
a bit .now and she'S very
• anxious to have it re-applied.
pick her outof a crowd
anyway - the only kid under
three feet all with blood red
fingers • and toes.
• With a kid who's just
learning, to talk, you realize
how complicated the English
language is: One day we sat
outside in the car while
Gaby's dad went into the
. lumber yard to get some• .
nails for a 'construction pro-
ject. "Polish too?'', Gaby
-Wanted to 'know when she
heard what her dad was
doing.• '
If you're Wondering how
•We could let a 22 month old
wander around outside at the
lake with a fair amount of
freedom, it's simple. Gaby
;wouldn't go near the water
on her own.
• And even once she was
• carried into it, she was pretty
reluctant to relax and enjoy
it. Asked if she wanted to go
Swimming, the standard
answer was:'two cold", (and
• (Continued on Page 24)
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, EXPOsITOR. SEPTEMBER
A
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The break given tOWIIS in the eetitity will
he At the expense ett the townehips.„
GPriertch• Under the new faetOrS• will realize
S48 49 saving while Exeter will pa.y,
-$172.386 less. Savings to the rest of the
towns and villages are lesSthan those
amounts but ,every township with the
exception of Hay will pay more.
klullett township is the hardest hit. With
new factors used Hullett will have to raise
$109,467 more nest year Mare it did this .
Goderich township will pay $95.13S more
and Morris township S95,835 more.
. As one township reeve put it ••tis taxes
would increase $90 if the new factors were
put in effect.
• Cnurty clerk Rill fienlY 0000404 Mal
peere that the border). Pf inFretiaerl'tex04
di be tused through a frOVinelg Want. Pie
grant returns, one helf the peeperty talt faitt
on lambed.
the provincial government has mit
omelette:it itself Xi the new factors and may
shelve the w:hale .thing. Township, couneils
imil farm orgenizaticine are showing signs, of
grating up tier a fight against the new. factors
e,hat. urban taxpayers are anZious, to havO
the new system pet into effect.
the metter is IneW in the hands Of the
prat; ink A dectston from •the legistattire is
&Apt" eted carlY in the fall' and what kn4 Pt
turPr that decision wili mean is neve On1Y.
iTei.ulat son.
Behind the scenes
by Keith RoulSton
Emergencies bring out the best
What with ,higher, ever higher wage
demands, marches to protest the rights of
this or that minority group and a general
• trend toward self -gratification it sometimes
looks like the good old values of brotherhOod
and extending a helping hand have been
forgotten,
But now and then an emergency arrives
. that seems to bring out the best in people.
We've seen a few examples of that recently.
examples .that show u$ that the huinan race
isn't completely losing the things that set vs
above the animals.
Probably the best example of helping our
'fellow matt has been the recent tornado
disaster in the Woodstock.area. People from
this. part of the country have been very tree
with their time and their money in helping
people of the disaster area. clean up and
rebuild. Much as • their fathers and
grandfathers helped each ether out in the
past when disAeter hit, '
On a , wider scale this kind et
warm-hearted assistance has been given to
the plight ofthe boat people of Southeast
Asia. The help hasn't been so universally
sive n to this. cause. To some people the
plight of the4.beat people isn't nearly as
invortant is the plight of the people around
Woodstock,. but the reaction has been
heart-warming just the same.
We had, an example of how
neighbourliness is still alive andWell in o ur
own' household recently. We had a minor
fertility crisis in the form of a ear accident that
brought calls -of concern and offeisof aid from
family, friends And neighbours. Everyone
was so helpful. People sometimes inOurn the
• :passing .Of the . old-fashioned kind of
neighbourhoods ;but When conditionscall for
• it, the old neighbourliness is still there as
, .
I was watching a television program
recently that showed just how important this
habit of sticking 'lip for each other has been
• to the human TaCe. Archeology has shown
that early .rean. wasn't 'nearly as well
equipped for survival as many of the animals
that have 'beet:nee extinct over the tong
history of the earth. What made man
successful in surviving' and taking a
dominant place in the world Was not so much
his intelligence,. (because early .man wasn't
all that intelligent) not so.inuch his skill in
hunting, as his tendency.. to stick together.
By bunting in groups the early 'men got:
game they wouldn't have gotten alone. By
living'. in groups they had strength in
numbers to protect themfromtheir larger,
stronger, more vicious enemies.
This forming of societies has been an
important part of human living ever since.
We start with the primary unit of the family,
then the cornmunity and the country. I
use we're making progress in a way.
Wvese learned to live in harmon y 'beyo
the family ueit, beyond the community to the
•eountry level (though in this country cone.
semetimes wonders). We have yet to live in
hermons on a world-wide basis, to care for
411 mankind as we would for out neighbour
bet at least we're beyond warring on a tribal.
fet.el as primitive man once did.
13u! in our western seciety we've l been
growing awae front theideal, on a personal
lew! at the Same time we've been growing
towards it on a broader scale. 'The extended
family has broken down. Today the family
.consists of parents and about two Children
and the size is dropping all' the time. The
no soms to be just h us band, and
wife and even the institution of marriage is
giving way to looser living arrangements
that can form and breakupand'reform
without the expense of divorce. .
C'emmunity spirit too is breaking down.
espeetall‘ beeause more and more of the
peopie hv M larger and larger cities. To
replue the helping hand of a. friend or.
taughbour we've come tip with the helping
hand of the state: the welfare state.
reyx cif us I think would like to do without.
the nuidern welfare state. :No one butthe very
rich would like to go hack to the days before.
the oh] age' pension, . universal free
edoeutem, inexpensiVe health' care. But at
the same time I think, most` ef us would like t�
he able to -have that and still have the
contmunity• spirit that made people work
togetherto solve problems. Small towns
haven't coMpletely lest :the community.
feeling hut it has been et'oded by the fact
•
.gOvernrnent policies have removed the
Motivation to get together. Now it takes
speetal circumstance to make even most
strait towns pull together. A flood, a storm
a fire, an action of a senior government such
as the hospital Closings is what it takes to
• make people rally together to fight for each
other.
glad to live in an environment- where
people still do pull together. It's much easier
livieg through crises if you know that people
are ready to offer a helping hand, a band not
tied in the red tape of a government agency.
•
�n WedneeslaY, Sept 12'
at 71:30 p•m• the Huron Pertlt.
Chapter of the Council foe
Exceptional Children Will
meet at the Stratford Public
Library Auditoriont (en See-,
Ond flOar), 19 St, Andrew $t•-,
John Sweeney, 1MP1 Perth
Wilmot will speak about
'Recent Trends in Eiltieatlon
jn Ontario. EtripbasiS will he
• OTI M4404911 legislation in
special ,education and its
kri plications for teachers and
•-students- An invitation ttai
attend is eXtended tO teach-
ers• parents, school officials:
And any professionals assoei-
eted with education.
The executive, captains
and canvassers for the forth-
coame ei.nage A r tshtrairttlirien
cS°cleotY
C 1
September lOtlf to
September 24th are holding a
meeting in the McKillop
Mutual Fire Insurance Office
on Monday, September 10th '
at 7:30 p,m. sharp. Please
make arrangements to attend
Ibis important meeting.
The first meeting of the
Seaforth Co-op Nursery
School wilt be held in the
lower library Tuesday, Sept.
Ilth at 8 p.m. Anyone
interested in. participating is
Welemnmeeettolgforoinus.
Ainanyone
interested in a Debt Counsel-
ling • lkograrn • for Huron
County will,- be held at the
Vartastra Recreation Centre
on Thursday. September 13
at 7:30 p.m.
Members And friends 'of
the Seaforth Women's Insti-
tute are invited to see "The
Pottery" demonstration at
their meeting on Tuesday,
September 11, $:15 p,•ni, at
the Seaforth Public School?,
Rail Call to be an exchange of
plants, slips or bulbs. Lonch
• committee will be hostesses.
Mrs. 3,E. MacLean and Mrs.
Effie Stephenson as well is
Mrs, A.E. Pepper, . •
The Hospital Auxiliary
Meeting will be held on
Tuesday', Sept. 11 at. 6:30'
P.m. in the board ream of the
hospital with a pot luck
• supper preceding the meet-
ing. Everyone welcome.
Correction
• • No Charges have been laid
against William Kelly after a
• motor vehicle accident at the
corner of East William Street
and Goderich Street East
which occurred recently. A
story in the Aug, 23rd issue .
• of the Huron Expositor incor-
rectly reported • that Mr.
Kelly was being charged
• with failure to yield to traffic.
The Expositor regrets any
inconvenience the error may
have caused to Mr. Kelly.
,Tuckersmith couple home from Yukon jobs
(Contintied"frOm Page I) • working was, in Bruce's words. a "geol-
specializes in uranium exploration around .ogist's :paradise," This means there Was -•
•
the World, I . • lotS of outcrop, few annoying bug's and ,the •
This summer.' the young con*. with Weather was generally good..
two othercompany employee's, spent the , if uranium is discovered close to the
samtner months in the Englishmen'S surface, it is mined' in an open pit mine.
Rangeof mountains 'n the Yukon. exploring However, Bruce said even if it were
. for mineral' deposits o property claimed: discovered in the area they were exploring,
bythe company. • • • it wouldn't be found elose to the surf:tee'
LAND CLAIMS • . •• .' and. inAhe heavy'granite, it Might Prove too
Bruce spirt: when an individual or costly to remove *from the moentainous
company, stakes a claim on land, they have region. ,
One year from the date of tiling the claim to. While life in the camp was isolated. the,
do at least $100 worth of work ori the land.. couple don't have any complaintsabout
. The Urangesellschaft company 'laid. 270 their adventure; Once the survey team was
claims in this .partieuiat area of the Yukon, flown into the site, their Only comniuni,
each elahn measuring approximately 1500 cation with the outside was by radio, in
feet by 1500 feet. 'This meant the caSe of emergency. Although one of the
exploration team had to do approximately team members die cut his hand with an
527,000 worth . of work to 'maintain the 'axe, it waSn't serious enough to need
company's claim to the land. • . • Outside medical attention.
Bruce Williams said the land Was crown The helicopter, which could be chartered
land and a ccimPany lays claim for mineral for the sum of S365 an hour, flew ih every
rights On the ,Site, rather than forsurface •two weeks with additional food supplies
rights to the property. and Mail for the survey crew. Although
. In :lune, the exploration teant. and. their theft was a winter diesel toad, which
equipment, ineltiding the tents which were passed about six miles from the camp. it
their home for the summer, were flown in was toe soft te.be usable in the summer
to the site by helicopter. months. • ..•
• The land covered by the sarvey team The nearest settlement to the camp was
varied in elevation from 2000 to 6,000 feet Swift River, exactly 59 miles away on the
and the vegetation, Cover included every- B.C. border. The town'e major attraction •
thing from .tundra to swamps to heavily was a ,conahination 'cafe, store: restaurant,
.400ded sections. The geology team took which catered mainly to road crews
Chemical Samples or samples from streams working in the area, The Williams Vividly
•huming through the area, which were recall a Sign posted in the dining area of
forwarded to a lab in Calgary for analysisthe business - "Be easy on our help,
They also used a scintillometer, which they're harder to get than otir customers."
measures gamma rays, in 'their search for • Bruce said this buSirieSs, like many
radiation, another possible indicator of others in the isolated settlements M the
UranittindepOtitS in the area. i north, WAS operated by Americans who live
Although fleece WilliaMS Said Mining Mete duting the summer' and bead to
exploration is a "seeretiec business."' Texas for the winter niontits,
Which Means he can't really reveal the Although to:Arlene, the fotiner Datletic
summer's findings, he would say the area 'Carnochan of R.R. Seaforth. is
scented "premising." He said othet attually a libtaty technician., she married
Mining companies were exploring in the Into- the' geology field, This summe.r, the
same general area, although sonic: of these Mont bride Spent part of her days lielpitig
Matins were gearing their search to bate the men. collect ..saniplee, aed also Was
motile Such, As tungsten and tin. • Camp cOok, even mastering the art of
• If a significant mineral discovery iS Made piernaking on a ColettiAn stove,
itt the territory, then Canadian companies In June, barlene was able to keep her
niust Mine two-thirds of what. is fotind meat and other 'perishable food supplies
GEOLOGISTS PARADISE , cold in. a triawbank an the Motintaiit, but as
• The area where .the Williams were weather grew wanner,: it was More
difficult to keep teodstutts tiesh• • collecting samples. Darlene. Often Went on• •
The, only prOblent i' amprs experi- hikes in •the area around' 'Me camp, :
:erne:4 'during the Ctini*Or W.. as a visit from aecempanied by a Husky the couple bought.
an (IN eteS triendls ried.ly "hcar, with a in the north. • • • •
fondness for the ,;amp garbage. fhe hear, , The •scenery included mountain lakes,
a ty%o-year °id, proAttl lust too snoopy, and the low-lying flowers that 'covered the hills
couldn't bc•,persuaded to go.e the camp a as temperatures warmed aed scrub bush in -
miss. Esentually . tor '.4v1'. 's sake. 'he had a strip of land bureed ite a forest fire 21
to he shot. - ' ,years before. ,
Sinee bcats are a Protected Darlene said everenew,..theetreee In 'the,
species itt the nOrthat 1 aren.'It to be killed burned -out area reach only about four feet ,
"until they. endanger .somr.one's bit. in height, Also, many. other treeS in the
Bruce said, Departinent .Of WiidIife offic, • area, grow laterally. along •the ground,
la Is confiseated tin var‘ce.s. Teehnically, rather than vertitaliY, Victiths of the
Me carnet:Ts" lo,es ahil hcen threatened, winter's heavy snow cover which *forces
by the atoned., hut oidhfe offietats themdown 'parallel- to the ground. : . •
accepted their, eXplammott .ahoiti. the Now that the .couple have ,completed
animal's theme their stint in the Yukon, theyll return
Darlene said Ow wi.ather M June 'Was Toronto where Bruce will work in Uranse-
wet, cold and damp enough to • he sellschaft's head office Id r the winter •
unpleesant.', lest ht mid-August, temper • months. •
tituresee ere w.irot enough to allow quick Their souvenirs front the 'YOkon stitniter
• dips in the •ns M01416:411 SirearriS. • Mclude breathtakieg photos.: Of northern
By. ihe cod !septembet. she said. • sunsets, memories of a landiicape undis- -
'temperatures 1161p ;want. and 51100 turbed by and an: insight into a elite of
vvould start failing t".., end of October. (anada Which, remains an . unemplored.
During tht. 'Alien she wasnl frontier.
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Parents must sign
Bike safetytickets issued
Seaforth police will be trying something
ncvv to make arca vhildren more conSciOUS ,
of bicycle' sateiN
When: the poliet Men spot any child
violating safet), :regulations the child wilt
be issued %nil a tuxentle vicitation ticket,
The 'ticket will detwribe the violation that
occurred and the child must take it home
for his patents' signature. Then the child
rettfres the ticket to the Seaforth police
statiete There are no fines attached to the
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tickets: •
Seaforth police owl Joh Cairns said a.
littittber of area towns are trying thiS
approach to Warn Children about bicycle
fel?c%
• Tchief said the holiday weekend wns'"
.accident -free itt Seaforth.
Police w ere called to investigate a case Of
*MA datnagie at Ciotd's Gulf Station on
Sunday Mottling When a WASS windOw itt
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One of ;the gas pantos was discovered
• broken. There was approximately . 515
damage in the incident and police are still
investigating.
Ono of the only other incidents reported
to the police last we.ck was a pheasant
Meiling at large on Goderieh Street West.
No One found the bird,
Brian Flannigan hurt
Brian Flannigan of SettfOrth, ()Wile!. Of
flrian's, Hair Styling is in satisfaetoty
condition in 'University Hospital following a
thetentycle iteeident On Tuesday night,
Mr. Flannigan was involved in a single
vehicle Aceident on the Bayfield Bridge, Hwy
• 21, at 7 • p.m, The Goderich• CkP.P. Oe•
investigating.
No Ititther details were riettiltible at pteSS
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