Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-10-11, Page 1120th Year Whole No. 5822 7174 +Mtl"vTi::"wu•.�y:.ur. w n v.+ w !. SEArQRTM .QN:TARI,Q, THURSpAZ OCTO9EF 1i1, 1979 .24 PAGES' • 513 a year in advance single Copy 30 cents. NOW THAT'S 'SOME PAINTING JOB— e don't envy the painting crew kine between rainstorms; to repaint the Seaforth' water tower.' who are working gR (Expositor photo) Study seeks scatutions to Silver Creek fl'oot!'rng •Solutions to a potential flood hazard from .Silver Creek will be coming, Seaforth council hopes, :; now that it's approved an engineering study with the Ausable Bayfield • Conservation Authority and the Ministry of Natural Resources: The study, suggested by the conservation authority,' will cost an estimated 55000 in 1980, with the town paying 13,5 per cent, the ministry. 85 percent and the authority 1.5 per cent. Present flood plain mapping; at Hurricane . Hazel Level, shows several industries and 48 single family dwellings inside the flood waters, which means, explained Seaforth's authority rep Leone . Rowatt they could be flooded "to: the first floor window sills.' There is. a terrific area' there (inside the flood . plain) which will be . requesting building si: permits and 'the town is responsbile;• the 'province is just walking: away," said reeve John flannery. With the new drains Seaforth has built the floodplain should be"only half that area, he added.. Councillor. Bob Dinsmore suggested Tuckersmith be. involved in the. "flood study too::"What's. the sense of us cleaning out if .for example the township keep filling in the Bayfield River and water backs up again?'' Mrs. Rowatt replied the township has been, approachedand that the authority hopes to study the whole river basin, to Lake Huron, portion by portion. "We know where the flood water is," reeveiFlannery said. "But we have to know how to correct it. It would be foolishtnot to go along", said councillor Dinsmore. McKillop has cleaned up its portion and Seaforth shouldhave a way of dealing with resulting increased flow from Silver Creek when it comes,. added. Mayor Sinammon. Council agreed to the study: Close._ vote okays Xmas party expense Employees and local expensive and this iS, one of the areas we can cut down on without hurting anyone," Van Wieren suggested, He later termed it a waste of Money, Packham was also concerned about the costs, which have increased 51 this year to 57.50 per ticket, but Knight replied that, it was difficult to eat at McDonald's for anything less than that. Councillor . Paul ? eilands said he couldn't !attend because he had towork on the date of the party, but said it was a goodidea, iti that it rewarded the people who serve on the various, committees in the[', municipality, . • committee me mbers in Hensall will be treated to a Christmas .party again this year, but • it took a tie -breaking vote by Reeve Harold Knight to approve. that order of business at . Tuesday's session of Hensall. council For the past number of years, councilhave approved payying the cost of tickets for the annual municipal Christmas, party 'staged by the Pineridge Chalet. • However, councillors Klaas VanWieren and Dick. Packham opposed the party this year in light of increased costs: "Taxes ' are getting He was supported; by councillor Harry Klungel and when Knight broke the tie he suggested ' council may consider the their own party in the future. Clerk Betty Oke reported the party cost .Hensall S423,50 last year when •48 people attended and if; the same number were there this year the cost :would;. be 5476.40. The ticket includes dinner and dancing. Council also authorized the expenditure of $125 to take out an advertisement in the upcoming book being plannedby the Association of • Kinsmen insmen' ClUbs to mark theft 60th anniversary. a There was good news about fire protection at Seaforth council Tuesday night, but the details were not releasedand were only discussed in private session,. "Things took very favourable," commented FAB .ehairman and councillor Irwin Johnston, and added "I hope the difference will be solved and the townships. and the town. of 'Seaforth will work together.'.' Mr Johnston. said last Thursday night's meeting with firemen, reeves and FAB reps, invelvedi discussion on the old FAB' agreainent and Wingham's fire agreement: .(Wingham sells fire protection to. neighbouring townships and has its own department but townships can share equity in fire fighting equipment,). The FAB chairman said he hoped. something similar to Wingham's Cou no to sell lot I Seaforth council; decided Tuesday night it: is in no rush to sell one of the last remaining plots of land in the town's industrial park and passed a verbal offer on it . to. its industrial development committee. Clerk Jim Crocker explained that an offer to purchase two and a halflots by Larry MacLean, accepted by council., in June, had been in, limbo since then ands the town's lawyer has been unable to close the deal. The clerk said he's been approached by Herman Lansink of Lanco Development Ltd. 'who said Mr. MacLean is not interested in closing the deal and asked to pick up his , option, with the same convenants and restrictions. The clerk said he'd told Mr. Lansinit:that a written release from the previous buyer, plus consideration by the industrial committee would likelybe necessary. "We're not in a rush to sell this land deputy 'reeve` Bill Dale said and council, agreed; sending the matter to the committee. , There was no deposit involved in the first arrangement could he worked out here. Following a motion by councillor, Bob Dinsmore that all councillors be informed on FAB neaotiations council moved into committee of the whole. An hour and *quarter later, council .came back into public session and reported that on October 18 meeting with the townships, the mayor, FAB members and the clerk had:. been scheduled. Minutes of a special council meeting, held, in private, session Sept. 27 with 18 members of the Seaforth Fire brigade were tabled at the meeting. They showed some firemen were concerned that the brigade would have to be divided if there were two fire' departments with some members working for each,, Council was asked if firemen would work for bothdepartments and the mayor, acccording to the minutes, said he wasn't sure but thought the final decision would. rest with the town's fire chief. The minutes continue; "Several questions were asked about the breakdown of the old agreement and the mayor indicated that the town and the townships had met on many different occasions, and that, unfortunately, a settlement could not be reached; the' firemen were thus asked as per the Mayor's. previous statement (not; included in the minutes) to make a..d'ecision on their futu.,.re action'"' • Following discussion with the Vire brigade, the mayor asked for endorsement of his statement regarding a London Free Press story of Sept. 27 and the statement' "concerning the methodof reporting fire area matters" was endorsed by council, (his 'urimi o.sitor Inside this week Fall weddings page From Rags to rugs . .. A fishermans dream , m Perk up meals. with new recipes Cites persona reasons . Counc Jim Sills, a Seaforth council member for the past three years, submitted his ' re "signation at a committee meeting , a week ago. Mr, Sills had, been considering resigning for the past three to four months, "but the question of the fire agreement finalized it, 1 suppose, ' he said. • Mr. Sills said whether or not Seaforth has its own fire department dor,. has [-comP lete • - wn n control:: of a jointly -owned o department, the town will be dealing directly with the .firemen. Since Mr. Sills is a member of the Seaforth fire department, he was concerned be a conflict of interest. this would The former council member said, his. family has served on the fire department for and past 1,04 years, a d h e felt it was important to keep this tradition going. Mr: Sills said up until this point, the offer. firemen had neverbeen directly involved in. Domini congra BY WILMA OKE The future and the success of the Legion is community involvement, Ed Coley; Calgary, 'Dominion president of •the Royal Canadian' Legion. told 175 guests attending the . 50th anniversary dinner r dance of Seaforth Branch No. 156 at the Legion Hall Saturday. "We think the best is yet to be for the Legion we are just coming into our own," he said. The future of the Legion will fall on the sons and daughters of our ` members. They have voting privileges now and in 1980 we hope approval will be given for them to :hold office. They will carry on the many programs and look after those veterans who are still in institutions." Mr Coley outlined the history of the Legion established. on November 25, 1925. from . various veterans organizations. The Legion concerned itself seeing that adequate pensions and other benefits were provided 'for war veterans and the dependents of those who lost their lives. He spoke of the War Veterans Allowance Act that was instrumental in getting benefits for those prematurely aged by their war experiences but not eligiblefor war disability pensions. Mr, Coley said the. Legion is. the largest fraternal organization except for the churches with membership today well over half a Milion the highest in history, in 1.800` communities across Canada The Legion has spent 560 million in senior citizens, housing across Canada: It has sponsored about 5,400 girl guides and boy Scouts and individual programs such as resid es baseball, cadet corps: and.` liockey teams, essay and public speaking and leadership training camps. • Scholarships and bursaries are estimated at over one quarter million dollars. Almost 5100,000 was spent to provide an athletic training camp and; track meet for minor athletes from across Canada.. Mr. Coley saidthere were almost 100;000 members of ladies auxiliaries who support branch projects •with contributions totalling 52 million annually. The Legion has a thousand service officers who concern themselves with the well being of the veterans and their, widowsand other programs geared to meet the needs of each community, Mr. Coley stated: He encouraged membersto get involved in the current' issues on. Canadian unit and the. forthcoming referendum of.. sovereignity association, An Award of Merit was presented to Frank Phillips for his outstanding work as historian for the branch. Jack Riddell, M.P.P. Huron Middlesex presented legion president George Miller with a plaque from the province of Ontario on behalf of Premier William Davis.. Clare Westcott, executive assistant to Premier Davis and ,a former Seaforth resident presented' a copy of "It Flanders Fields" to the Legion. • The ladies auxiliary president Eva Brown, presented a birthday gift of 5500 to the president and gave a cheque for 51,000 which she said was to go to the Legion's • building fund' forthe proposed addition'. Tombee chairman of 'the. 50th Wil anniversary committee chaired the: event. Hensall #aces OIIVIt� hearing onHay acr�bg� �anne�tation Representatives from 14. a "ay nd Hensall expe4ted' there' would have to be an OMB met. with .residents ' of the proposed hearing. annexation :area last night toanefforto Council designated Knight,ht, Councillor r Paul Ncilands and Clerl't Bitty Oke to attend eliminate some of the opposition from the 1.Y property owners who will be affected by the the meeting with the eight objectors from Move, . Hay Township, while that municipality will be t resented byReeve Jack Tr ne', en mem "ers ,of p Y. r'. meeting+ b "t thea m A g� y Dep ut Reeve Lloyd mato,council felt they had answers to P y' Y Mousseau and clerk most of the concerns of the Hay residents loan Ducharme. who liven the annexed area, but were also in answer to some of the objeetionsraiscdi by the residents, of the arca proposed for resignedeto the fact that the matter will • anne atlon it was learned' that mail.Service o to the Ontario Mtlnit:i al .., � haveto Ministry probably g If will c ntinue for them as usual and mimst rY Board to be resolved" of the environment officials have indicated', "We have good answcrS if' we tan they will not have to hook upto water br Y convince them,"Reeve Harold Knight :sewn services unless they q 'the ke� uest such _. suggested, although he quickly added he servi!es, ' w yr ,�+e:v; .svy�:"ce. aw<ae'e .wk.,.,.�.,.N.� u _ •.3�7w.9?�3e'�.�u..�i1k.�.raJ�%a:�,;,," ' ° �-.S�=ii4yj�,:;,yCC�.sil4iti�Y1 — �a'tW11:3 Knight noted that the Hay residents would ahve much lower hydro rates if they were has the de in Hensall, which he said t lu d He sa nc, lowest hydro rates in. Ontario. It was.. explained that the hydro rates for the Hay residents would' drop by 34 percent. The have everything t o gain and Y ry 8 nothing to lose,' suggested Councillor Klaas VanWieren, • One area of dispute has still not been resolved and that is the matter of school bus service. It, has been indicated that if the arca is annexed, the service will terminate Immediately for the Hay students in the area Who'attend Hensall Ptibllc School, although . .lag willl F . the Huron the village will cttempt to have *boatd Of education phase out the Service rather than terminate it immediately,. Knight said he hoped the service could' be. ofthecurrent t oleast the end ttnue until at eas d 0 school Year and he will meet with education .officials later this month in an effort to gain that concession, knightnotoo n 'ora y said he was 1 k( f n g g type of eonfrontation with the Flay residents" at the meeting and said he felt the village had a definiteyes or o answer to all the objections listed, A bylaw was passed at Tuesday's meeting proceed,application o,with the a ltcationor f annexation with the OMB and a Surveyor Was flamed to prepare the necessary certificates to accompany the application. negotiations and "1 hoped things would'. settle down without going this far." In addition to the fire protection debate; Mr. 'Sills said he does have an added workload at his 'family business which requires more of his time in the evenings. Also, he wants to spend more time with his family and, said it was a combination of these things which resulted in his decision to resign.- M. Sills' Mr. S is said he -has certainly enjoyed y his • e y � time on council, and added, "it's been quite an education." He said he hoped he has contributed to the town by serving as a council member. •' Mr. Sills said he feels the press hasn't helped the reIationahip between the town- ships and the town during`the FAB debate. P • He�. said, They had us fighting before the; battle even started." He criticized the recent: • • , P, 6 .. ,,P. 7 ., P. 13 ,P.17 CFI BL RIBBON A,",ARD 1979 story in the London; Free: Press which • said "Seaforth burns its' bridges behind it"• and said this was "editorializing" ina news story. Council accepted the . resignation "with deep regret" and decided Tuesday night to. hold, a special meeting next' Tuesday night at 7:30 to consider' •• nominations front councillors for an appointment to fill the vacancy left by Mr. Silts' resignation..• Under the Ontario Municipal Act council has the option of making an appointment: or of hol dinga by-election: The :council seat. cannot be left vacant, unless a resignation occurs after March 31 in an election year: Gouncfllor. Silas was chairman' of Seaforth's: public works committee: "In my opinion he's one of the best people who ever sat on this council", said mayor John Sinnamon. HONORED D. GUEST Col S.W. Archibald first presidentof"Seaforth, Branch 156 Royal Canadian. Legionwas an honored guest when the branch marked its50thanniversary at a dinner Sattjrday evening. Col. mi r os ' Archibald who is a• patient in Westlniste _ Hospital London is shown with Ed Coley Dominion president and Seaforth president Geo,Miller, • • (Photo Oke) unci C ok ele•iised Nov. 12 Reversing a decision bbf leve! sal months .- ago, Seaforth council±decided Tuesday night to allow Mitchell Seaforth Cable TV to film a council meeting. Counciett November 12 meeting will be filmed, and sho'ti% On Channel 12 probably the following Wednesday night, accordingo mayor John Sinnamon. "It's a way to show we're concerned that people are well informed," he said; adding. that number of elderly Seaforth people who are quite interested in town *thin; couldn't possibly get out to attend a meeting.