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The Huron Expositor, 1994-02-02, Page 1aHuron Ex osi tro l� Your community newspaper since 1860. Serving Sec{forth, Dublin, tlensall, Walton, Brussels and surrounding communities. Briefly Tower site needs discussion: hospital The issue of a proposed water tower on hospital property was presented to the Seaforth Com- munity Hospital's Executive Committee in December. It was referred to, and reviewed by the Property and Finance Committee which decided the matter needed to be discussed further due to the ongoing heliport plan. Heliport proposal one step farther The Seaforth Community Hospital has received approval from the Ministry of Health to proceed with the next step for a site plan of a proposed heliport to be located on hospital prop- erty. The hospital hopes to begin the site plan within -two to three weeks. Hospital hopes Social Contract money to return As a result of a provincial gov- ernment survey, it was dis- covered the Social Contract target for the Seaforth Commun- ity Hospital of $164,500 was over $20,000 more than it was supposed to be. Over 60 per cent of the hospi- tal staff doesn't make over $30,000 a year and therefore are not affected by the Social Con- tract. "The government took more money away from us than they were supposed to," hospital administrator Bill Thibert told the hospital board at their Jan. 25 meeting. The hospital hopes the funds will be reimbursed. Winter conditions result in accidents The Seaforth Police Services have a few traffic accidents to report from the recent wintery conditions. Two of the accidents occurrcd Thursday night during rain and icy conditions. "It doesn't matter if you had cleats on or not, you wouldn't have stopped," said Scaforth Police Chief Hal Claus. A two -vehicle accident occurred on Thursday, Jan. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the corner of Main St. and Birch St., Seaforth. A westbound vehicle on Birch St. was unable to come to a stop at Main St. Sue to icy conditions. and slid onto the street colliding with a northbound vehicle. At 9:30 p.m. the same night on Market St., an eastbound vehicle couldn't steer clear of a west- bound vehicle due to rain on the icy road surface and collided with it. Property damage was sustained in b9th accidents on Thursday night. There were no injuries and no charges laid in either incident. On Saturday, Jan. 29 a two - vehicle accident occurrcd on Main St. South. A vehicle parked facing south on the cast side of the road started up from the parked position and started to cross the northbound land to get hack to the southbound lane and failed to see a southbound vehicle. The second southbound vehicle struck the first car as it crossed the roadway and then the second car hit a snowbank. The driver of the first car was charged with Start from Parked Position - Not in Safety, under the Highway Traffic Act. Strippers proposed Tuckersmith Township Council was informed in a letter from a Vanastra bar that the establish- ment was considering employing strip dancers. MILTON J. DIETZ LIMITED SEAFORTH 522-0608 • Pesticides & Custom Spraying • Spraying Equipment & Parts • Nutrite Premium Fertilizer • Ventilation & Livestock Equipment �[tt ■ ■ PURINA FEEDS i . & PET FOODS HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1994. INSIDE The common' volt*' churches. Fellow Chris- tians join together for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. See story on page 12. _MI CUMMING PHOTO READY TO RIDE - Parent vol inteerShelfey Dorssers helps kindergarten student Michelle VanLoon put on her western hat on Monday at St. Columban School. Mrs. O'Reilly's kindergarten class finished its unit on 'Cows, Cowboys and Cowgirls' with a 'Cowpoke Day.' Hospital seeks blood bank Seaforth's hospital may no longer have to rely on Stratford for its blood supply. Seaforth Community Hospital has submitted an application to the Ministry of Health for a blood bank license. Dr. Heather Percival has sent a letter of request stating the need of a blood bank due to increased sur- gery and obstetrical services. Currently Seaforth hospital receives their blood supply from the Huron 'led way' on talks Board of Governors Chair Marlen Vincent and Marie Hicknell report- ed at the January hospital board meeting on the recent steering com- mittee for the Huron -Perth District Health Council. A district health council is a local health planning board made up of concerned citi- zens who volunteer their time and expertise. With the assistance of a small professional staff, they plan health care service for their com- munities. Names of ten people to sit on the District Health Council (DHC) from both Huron and Perth were submitted to the Minister of Health for approval. T h e D H C could be operating as early as April but it will probably be the summer- time before it's functional, said Marlen Vincent, Hospital Board of Governors Chair. "We were quite satisfied with the names chosen," commented McKillop Reeve Marie Hicknell. "Huron seemed to be leaders all the way through in the discussion," added Vincent. Money for info -system The Scaforth hospital received $25,000 from the Ontario Hospi- tal Association (OHA) for imple- mentation of a computerized Management Information System (MIT). The hospital is also in the process of upgrading their computer software in the Health Records department. Brucefield fire service may cost more for Tuckersmith BY TIM CUMMING Expositor Editor Fire protection from the Brucefield Volunteer Fire Department could cost more for Tuckersmith Township this year if a Stanley Township proposal is accepted. Stanley Township Council auended the Jan. 25 Tuckersmith meeting to ask its council to pay $3,000 more for service from the department. "We would probably have lost money providing the service to you last year," said Reeve Howard Armstrong, of Stanley Township. "It's fair to say that the mom the equipment is used the more costs there are down the road." At the Jan. 25 meeting Tuckersmith council defeated a motion to approve the increase at that time. Council, however, was scheduled to meet again on Tuesday, Feb. 1 and results of that meeting were unavailable at press time. Tuckersmith Township current- ly pays $14,000 per year for fire "We would probably have lost money..." service from Brucefield under an arrangement worked out with Stanley in December of 1992. The agreement was reached after a long and emotional debate in which Tuckersmith planned to discontinue paying Brucefield for fire service. At that time Reeve Bill Carnochan expressed con- cern that the cost of the service would rise. Reeve Bill Camochan was' clear at the Jan. 25 meeting that the township had no problems with the level of service from Brucefield. He praised the work of the Brumfield volunteers. "They've done a great job on any of the fires in this munici- pality, he said. *•* Tuckersmith Township prop- erty owners will soon be paying for the cost of false fire alarms caused by automatiGfire protec- tion systems. A motion was passed on Jan. 25 to charge the cost of answering the fire alarm calls to property owners. • Stratford hospital. To operate a blood bank would not require additional labour costs, just a capital expenditure of less than $20,000, said hospital CEO, Bill Thibert. All ag colleges were considered for closing Ontario Agriculture Minister Elmer Buchanan said all agricul- tural colleges in the province were considered for closing last year, not just Centralia and New Liskeard colleges. Buchanan, the guest speaker at the Perth County Federation of Agriculture's 50th annual meet- ing in Mitchell Friday night, admitted during the question period that the NDP government looked at closing all agricultural colleges to save money. Buchanan said his department alone was forced to seek $53 million in cuts last year, and said "added restraints have to be dealt with" in 1994. He said that since the taxpayer doesn't want an increase in taxes, the only way to cut the deficit is to "restrain what we've got" in terms of services. "I don't think there will be any major surprises," he said. "I'm optimistic that there will be nothing as drastic as last year." Your Full Lino Dealer r -- FORD MERCURY Sales - Service -Selection HART► HIGHWAY #8, SEAFORTH 527-1010 R Obituaries page five Sports pages 6, 10 Weddings page 1I 65 cents Plus 5 cents GST (70 cents) Town to g 11 -liked community -minded man The town of Seaforth lost one of its poet active and well -liked citizen* last neck. Seaforth town councillor William C. Pinder, who was co- chair of the 1995 Seaforth Homecoming Committee and had a long history of civic set' vice, ped paisaitiavay on Saturday. January 29. 1994 at Softball Community Hospital. He was S0. Bill Pinder served the c om- munity of Seaforth and area as a � ( the He Canadian Legion, Branch 156, Seaforth, as well as a past/west- dent of the Sem Lions Club. He served several terms on Seaforth Council and also sat on the Police Services Board. He worked as a custodian at Seaforth District High School. He was born on Feb. 20, 1943. He was son of Jean (Parson) 881 Ptnder was a Ir co ncilior and mai' conmwnfty service. Pinder, of Seaforth, and the late Chabot Pinder. A funeral service was held at Northside United Church in Seaforth on Monday, Jan. 31 at For2 obituary >aoace see inside. 0 In NHL player looks forward to playing after injury BY DAVID SCOTT Expositor Staff Seaforth native and Ottawa Sena- tors player, Dave McLlwain, has started skating for the first time in a month since he suffered a separ- ated shoulder. The Huron Expositor spoke to Dave last Wednesday morning on the phone from his home in Ottawa. "Hopefully I'll start skating today or tommorrow." Originally, the estimation for his return to the team was 6-8 weeks. Now it looks like 5-6 weeks. "I'm still ahead of schedule," said Dave, "But I want to make sure it's properly healed." Has the veteran National Hockey League player ever had this type of injury before? Dave has had ligament tears on his knee in the past but not his shoulder. He's on to the rehabilita- tion portion of his recovery. "First they did ultrasound and icing...then I worked with weights and now I'tn doing pressure exer- cises." When his team practised on the ice, Dave rode an exercise bike to keep his lower body in shape. He can carry his stick but he's just recently started to lean on it and put pressure on his shoulder. "One and a half weeks ago, I couldn't do that," said Dave. Dave's goal personally for the second half of thc season when he returns is to "keep going the way I was going. I'm sure it will take a game or two to get my conditioning back." As for the team's outlook - "We don't want to finish last overall. We'd like to catch the team ahead of us...lf we get our consistency hack we can." Seaforth's Dave McLlwaln How docs losing Bob Kudelski, Ottawa's top scorer, in a trade to Florida affect the team? "Whenever you take a 30 -goal player out of the lineup, it's tough to fill that spot." McLlwain said Ottawa management was looking at geuing bigger, younger players in the trade. Dave mentioned one of the players from the Florida deal was six -feet, four inches tall and weighed 220 pounds. The new players will probably skate with the Senators in the summer to be ready for the 1994-95 season. As for the winner in thc trade, "It's hard to say. You definitely miss a guy like Kudclski on the power play." No doubt Ottawa is missing Dave McLlwain on the power play con- sidering (on January 26) the Sena- tors have only one win in their last 15 games. Is Dave anxious to get back? "I'm chompin' at the bit. I haven't skated for a month. It's tough watching from the sidelines." If everything progresses as it has been, Dave will hopefully rejoin his teammates in early February. Grit plan needs local funds Scaforth can expect funding up to 5365,333 from the combined gov- ernments of Ontario and Canada as part of the new Canada -Ontario infrastructure renewal program. The Town of Seaforth would have to pay one third of the cost of any approved project to useihe money. If Seaforth were to use all the funds it would have to match the federal and provincial contributions with a municipal contribution of $182,666. The infrastructure renewal pro- gram was a key plank in the elec- tion platform of the federal Liberal party leading up to last general election. "I am confident the infrastructure program will mean new jobs and economic growth to not only Huron -Bryce but all of Ontario," said Paul Steckle, Hilton -Bruce M.P., in a press release. The maximum contribution for McKillop Township would be $55,930 for a maximum federal - provincial contribution of $111,859. Hullett Township could gain up to $106,917 in benefits by contributing up to $53,459. It would cost Tuckersmith Town- ship 593,547 to gain the full feder- al -provincial contribution of $187,095. The Village of Hensall could benefit from the program with up to $121,405 from the combined gov- ernments of Canada and Ontario. Its contribution would be a maximum of $60,702. The Village of Brussels can con- tribute up to $39,195 to accepted projects to be topped up with a federal -provincial contribution of up to $78,389. The 51.23 billion infrastructure t:Sr y;; -, . Erna, $i ' 4' agreement between Ontario and the government of Canada was signed on January 24. Huron County municipalities received an allocation of $7,613,104 from the two upper - tier governments. Under the program each munici- pality in Ontario has been allocated a share of the $1.23 billion bascd on such factors as population, num- ber of households, capital expendi- tures and municipal taxation. It's expected that infrastructure projects such as water and sewer facilities, water treatment plants, earthworks, road work and work on public buildings will be given priority for funding. The Huron County Board of Education will receive $1,049,609 and the Huron -Perth Roman Cath- olic Separate School Board will receive $416,87.7.