The Huron Expositor, 1979-09-27, Page 1.120th Year
Whole No, 5820 SEAFORTH• Onaerl°. Thursday, SEPTEMBER! 27; '1979 — 32 PAGES, First Section, Pages; 1 2!
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WHO, ME?`— Michael Cooper of R,R.1,.Dublin,didn't seem to care that
there was a parade going on in front of him, or that it was pouring rairi
Michael and his parents, found shelter under a tree• while they watched
the Seaforth Fall Fair parade Friday morning.
(Expositor Photo)
BY WILMA OKE
A spectacular performance
by the O.P,P. Golden Helmet
precision motorcycle -team:
was the highlight of closing;
day activities Friday, at the
133rd Seaforth Fall. Pair.
The 18 membcr team from
a number of Ontario:'OPP'
detachments thrilled
specta tors with' a . series of
high speed manouvres.
The motorcyclists; : who
were part of the parade
Friday from. Victoria Park to
the fairgrounds,, performed
on - Main Street to thrill the
crowds along the route.
The policemen, with an
average age of 32 have been
putting on their exciting ride
from . Labour Day to mid
October at fairs for the past
15 years..
They concentrate in rural
areas mainly where they. do
policing to give local people a:
chance to talk to the police-
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s ni
men and allow children to
examine their machines and.
evensit on the saddles.
The fair was officially
opened' Thursday night by
Huron' County Warden Jack.
Tinney. Joanne Van,Doornik;
18 of R.R.4; Seaforth was
namedfair queen with
Bonnie Larone of Seaforth
runner-up, .Diane, Wilson of
e. R.1, Brucefield was chosen
Miss Congeniality by her
fellow contestants.
Seaforth passed ebylaw setting up its own
fire .department at a special council meeting
Tuesday night and committed: itself to
buying a new fire truck from King Seagrave
Ltd., Woodstock for $53,683.
Howard MacKay of the fire truck company
told council, there will be a wait of 75 to 90.
daysfor a new truck but promised; to supply
a used truck temporarily beginning January
1. He assured ,councillor Bruce Hoelscher
that his, company would cover all costs to
keep the temporary truck in service,
regardless of the amount,
A cheque for ten percent of the truck's
cost accompanied ' Seaforth's, order,
,Additional equipment to staff the fire brigade
is estimated to cost $17,270 but council
hasn't made a final decision on that,
The bylaw setting up a new fire depart-
ment spelled out ti nt'.arly seven pages of
detail the duties of the -chief, deputy chief
and division chiefs,, the requirements for
membership and: promotion in the Brigade
and the fact that a member who is about to
be dismissed can get a hearing before
council first.
The bylaw, which clerk Jim Crocker sai,1,
he drew .up after consultation with the.
Ontario Fire Marshall's Office, alsosays the
eepartmmnt can respond; toy ,a call; een;
property with respect towhich an agreee
ment has been enteredintowith any person
or corporation to provide fire protection:
therefore." Seaforth has said: it will
negotiate at any time to sell fire protection to
the townships.
Councillor Gerald Groothuis questioned,
the need for such detail in the new
department's rules and regulations. "Now
the chief is pretty well responsible for the
whole department", and that;"s that, he said,
Clerk • Crocker told the press later that the
fire rnarshall would like to see all volunteer
fire brig,,des in the province operating under
similar rules and that . fire department
structure and rules really hadn't .been:
reviewed since the forties.
Although Bre _ protection is the'
responsibility of council's protection to,
persons and property committee, Reeve.
John Flannery said a committee meeting last:
week . had been called off, ' "I want the
opinions of other. members. We' can't pass
this without discussion", he said. `
Mayor John Sinnamon told the reeve he
called off the meeting, with the protection
committee chairman's consent and he added
that all the members of the committee were
hristmas cookbook
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Christmas is traditionally a special, time
. for good cooks. The Expositor plans to
celebrate the festive season this year with a
special Christmas cookbook, which • all
subscribers will receive free,. early in
November..
But we need the helpof our readers to
make the cookbook a real treasury of festive;
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fall
About 600 school children,
who were given the day off to
attend the fair, marched in.
New rec
at the council meeting,.
The bylaw establishing a fire department
provides that members can be aged 16 to 45
but the mayor said, that wouldn't apply to.
present members of the Seaforth; Fire Area
Board. •brigades, ;a couple of whom are over
45'
Council heard from. Bre chief Harry Hak
by letter that members of the present fire
briigad e agreed to council's request for a
meeting, tonight, September 27..
Mayor Sinnamon said the meeting won't
be open to the press, The fire brigade wants
to remain as netural as possible, he said.
They'll be taiki ng to the townships too.
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Another closed session; of council.
preceded Monday nights+meettng.. Clerk
Crocker said council wanted to iron out;
differences in two fire truck quotation prices.
in private,
In other business Tuesday ;night, council,
okayed the purchase of a 1977 GMC truck to
be used by public works es a dump truck for
$5,800. from G an d J. Automotive of
Glencoe; Councillor Henry Mero, who
inspected the truck along with, a public works
employee„ said it had a new motor with,
10,000 miles on it and ony needs a hydraulic
s,..et, to convert to a dump truck.
HPRCSS board ; ,. . , . ,- P. 5
The fall fair in photos , , P 6, 7, 8
Shanty John,,P. 10
Got a birthday coming up? , ., , . P. 19
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address and phone number. All the good
cooks who submit: recipeshave a chance to
win a 52 prize.
The first 20 recipes drawn from those
received by Oct. 24 will win their creators.a
52 prize.
Bring or sendyour recipesto the'
Ceelk ,)k, editor, The Huron Expositor, Box
69; .'Seaforth. Readers are welcome to send
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the parade or rode on their
floats. A grade 5 class from
Seaforth Public 'School won
director
thefirst prize, Grade 8 from
St.' .James School, 'Seaforth
(Continued on Page 3)
Seaforth has a new recreation. director. He
is Bryan H. Peter, 24, who has been rec
director in. Wiarton for the pastfour years:.
Mr. Peter, who is married `and will be
moving to Seaforth soon, was hired by
council at a special meeting Tuesday night.
One of 42 applicants, he will be paid $14,000
sired
per year and will have, a 'three month
probation period. He starts here Oct. 15.
Clerk Jim; Crocker told council there were
no qualified, local applicants, Mr. Peter`.
replaces Clive Buist who leaves for a new job,
in Fergus this Friday. • after 'six years in'
•Seaforth: '
THERE'8 NOTHING WKS
A PARADE—Althau h the Setiforth Pall 'Fair
$ e was a little 'datrr , t is year, :p '
pW` p h y r, the enthusiasm of the paltrticip>itnts
certainty v ase tt dampened' by the rain. Here the Seaforth iritt
Marching Band leads the fair parade doWf Main St. (Expositor photo)
SOTHIS 1$ WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT? — Huron -Bruce M.P.P. Murray
Gaunt observes part of a system of water control at the;'Hullet Wildlife
Management area. Mr. Gaunt was taking part in a meetingthere on
Wednesday.
WiIdIife plan could cost 1
BY DEBBIE RANNEYHullett Township reeve
Joe Hunking was presented'
with the master for . the.
development ' 2400 hectares
(6000 acres) of the Hullett
Wildlifearea last
Wednesday, . a plan which
would make the area one of
southern Ontario's most
significant' wildlife habitats..
Implementation of the plan
would cost around S1.7
million.
Ducks Unlimited,' a
privately, , funded
conscrvation organization
hasoffered its help in paying
a ; major portion of the
financing and is expected to
contribute up to Sl ±million
for the project and other
funding for such things as a
visitor's service centre. roads
and parking areas will come
out of the MNR's develop-
ment funds.
Norm Richard, district
manager of the Ministry of
Natural. Resources (MNR)
office in Wingham explained.
that after several years of
studying the arca, the master
plan will be the official policy
for the development and:
management of the area
.7m
It was back in the early
1960's that thearea was
identified as a potential wild-,
life management area but it
wasn't until the early 1970's
that the first parcel of land
was acquired. The last parcel
of land was acquired in 1976.
Mr. Richards said that
since then,: the major
problemhas been finanical
He said that the Ministry still
has • approximately :.fiver
properties to be negotiate for
and it looked like. in most
cases they would get them.
(Continued on Page 17)
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Vanastra knocks addition
BY WQ.MA OKE
Vanastra businessmen' are up in arms
over' the prospect of being saddled with
ahuge debt if the proposed addition is built
onto the Vanastra recreation centre. The
addition proposed by Tuckersmith Township
council last week was estimated a year ago to
cost about 5225,600., Council has refused to
give the cost the engineer estimates it will
cost when it is built now.
The council "members, who were invited to
the meeting at Vanastra Tuesday .night,
were told that the residents of Vanastra-
could not afford a $900,000 (estimated value
of present. centre :plus the addition)
recreation complex, Harvey Hammond,
chairmatt for the Meeting, .Informed' council
it would mean more than 511,000 per person
for every man, woman and a ild of the 800
residents living at Vaniistrx ust to create be eligible for 50 percent grant for the
recreation, Construction „
�� ., • constru d xnd: if the cbmmtittity could
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startling", Heti cooed said,. "We would like tt ttinued on Page J)
to see it go on county council and that's the
only way we would like to see it built. You
are shooting in the dark, unless you can
promise that, we shall not accept it."
After Mr. iHammond introduced' :the
business men to Council he,asked a number
of questions.. The first was what the new
addition would be used for and he was told.
by recreation director, Dianne burnin, that it
would provide accomodation for the mentally
retarded, the physically handicapped ;And
older people to use the facilities' of the pool'
and the exercise rooms, and especially those
in wheel chairs.
Asked whether the ientre would be tun
with a profit oil It deficit, Citric Jack
McLachlan replied that with additional thiels
and Additional money and grants there
should be a profit. He said the centre would
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