The Huron Expositor, 1994-02-09, Page 1HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1994.
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Seaforth Police
report accident
The Seaforth Police Services
report a two -vehicle accident that
occurred at approximately 6:50
p.m. on Feb. 7 at the corner of
Main and Duke streets. A south-
bound vehicle on Main St. North
was slowing before turning onto
Duke Street and was struck by a
vehicle exiting from a private
driveway.
The driver of the second
vehicle was charged with "Fail-
ing to Yield from Driveway" and
"Driving a Motor Vehicle with
No License." Seaforth Police
Chief Hal Claus advises that the
above charges carry fines of $90
and $265 respectively.
Mail can be sent
to Lloyd Eisler
Due to the combined efforts of
the Canadian Olympic Associ-
ation, TNT Express Worldwide
and Canada Post Corporation,
residents of Seaforth and area
will be able to send their best
wishes and greetings to Olympic
pairs figure skater Lloyd Eisler
as he goes for the gold at
Lillehammer Winter Olympics,
Feb. 12 to 27.
Cards and letters with 43 cents
postage can be sent to Lloyd and
other members of the Canadian
Olympic team at the following
address:
The Canadian Olympic
Association
CIO Canada Post Corporation
6500 Silver Dart Drive
Mississauga ON LSP 1B0
All mail will be forwarded by
Priority Courier International
daily, free of charge, thanks to
Canada Post's partnership with
TNT Express Worldwide.
Canadian Olympic officials on
site in Lillehammcr will ensure
the mail is delivered to the ath-
letes at the Olympic village.
Frank Ratcliffe, Canadian
Olympic Association Director of
Communications said "I can
speak from personal experience
having witnessed the impact in
Barcelona, that this 'fan mail'
really boosts the spirit of our
athletes."
Mail to Lloyd should be sent
no later than February 18.
Casino night
Want to go to Las Vegas but
can't afford the time, or money?
The Seaforth Cooperative
Children's Centre is gearing up
for its second annual Casino
Night and Auction, set to take
place Friday, Feb. 25. The event,
heralded last year as a sure-fire
way to beat the winter blahs,
begins at 8 p.m. at the Seaforth
and District Community Centres.
A fundraising auction of
donated merchandise and using
the night's winnings will be held
later in the evening so gamblers
are encouraged to arrive early to
ensure maximum gambling
hours.
McKillop wants
decrease in town
fire budget
McKillop Council had a few
objections to the recent Seaforth
Fire Arca Budget. McKillop
recommended the capital budget
be reduced from $22,000 to
$10,000. They also objected to
the operating budget increase of
$6,249
Cheques bounce
Seaforth Police Services
recently received two complaints
from local retailers about NSF
(non -sufficient funds) cheques.
The complaints arc currently
under investigation.
M
Signal news service
Huron County will receive $1
million to renovate the partially -
vacant Huronview building in Clin-
ton, Premier Bob Rae announced
Saturday.
The jobsOntario Community
Action funding will be used to turn
the old senior citizens' home into
an expanded health and social ser-
vices complex, creating 25
construction jobs and seven full-
time positions, Rae told a group of
people packed into the auditorium
at Clinton's old Huronview buil-
ding.
The grant will be matched by
about $2 million from the county.
"We're putting $4 billion a year
into a program that will get the
construction industry back to work.
What the benefit of this is, is that
on a long-term basis it will be a
tremendous shift for the way we
provide services to people and very
important to use a facility such as
this and put it to good use in terms
of services that will be provided,"
Rae said.
"Once the construction jobs are
done, we'll have a building that will
last us well into the next century,"
Rae said.
Rae presented the $1 million
cheque to Warden Allan Gibson.
"This is the beginning of a 10 -
year planning effort for Huronview
and rest assured we will invite you
back to the opening hopefully some
time next year," Gibson said.
The program has created 2,400
jobs through $48 million in jobsOn-
"We're putting
$4 billion a year in..."
tario Community Action assistance
to 360 municipalities in Ontario.
These communities are also
contributing $97 million, bring total
investment to $145 million.
Rae also announced $10,000
funding for the Huron Community
Network to establish a leadership
program.
The project will see the now
partially vacant building turned
into a health and social services
complex involving some 16 local
groups that showed an interest in
pooling their resources.
Premier Bob Rae came to the
building on Saturday to announce
the program. He stated at a press
conference that "jobsOntario is not
driven by Queen's Park. We are
doing this because it's something
the community wanted."
Those using the facilities will
include the administration offices
for the Huron County Library,
according to Huron County
Medical Officer of HealthMaarten
Bokhout.
Jane Muegge of the Clinton
office of the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food (OMAF)
explained that jobsOntario falls
under the jurisdiction of five
government ministries: Economic
Development and Trade;
Municipal Affairs; Culture,
Tourism and Recreation; Citizen-
ship; and OMAF. She said OMAF
was the office which was used as
a liaison in the venture. She's
very optimistic about the program.
"I think there would be great spin-
offs for the arca," she said.
PATRICK RAPtTS PHOTO
CHOCOLATE BREAK - Ontario Premier Bob Rae probably
needed a burst of energy when he stopped for this chocolate
break between shifts during a benefit hockey game between the
Ontario Legiskaters and Zurich Polar Kings over -30 team
Saturday night in Zurich. Rae participated in the game, along with
other parliamentarians, after a hectic trip to Huron County which
inck ded stops in Goderich and Clinton earlier in the day.
Soorekeeping was rather lax for the game, which ended with the
scoreboard reading 6-6 but Rae was credited with at least one
goal.
1174 CUMMING PHOTO
A FROSTY DAY FOR A SKATE - Dayna Kelly, 10, and Michelle Flanagan, 11, enjoy a skate at the
Larivees' ice rink at Dublin General Store last week. The two youngsters are students in the grade five -
six class at St. Patrick's School in Dublin.
Palliative care
funds to Huron
Huron County recently received
$11,000 from the $4.2 million allo-
cated to the province for palliative
care initiatives or programs.
Goderich, Clinton and Seaforth
hospitals are formulating a joint
proposal based on expanding their
existing services in recruitment,
orientation and supervision/support
of volunteers with a joint training
program. Dr. Robert and Dr.
Carolin Shepherd of Seaforth are
actively involved.
Total Quality Management
Orientation sessions dealing with
the introduction of the total quality
management program for the board,
medical staff and hospital staff of
Seaforth Community Hospital are
scheduled for February 15.
Hospital prepares
emergency care
pamphlet
The new Emergency Care pamph-
let was distributed among the board
members at the Jan. 25 h .,. » ital
board meeting. The pam ' et,
which was developed by phy:,clans
and hospital staff, is to be distrib-
uted to the community in the near
future. It ouline.s what is and isn't
an emergency and how the Emerg-
ency Department functions.
An historical display in the main
hallway of the hospital depicts its'
30 year history in the present loca-
tion.
Bill 91 flawed, says OFA
BY MARK CRIPPS
Former Expositor *porter
if you ask Ontario Federation of
Agriculture president Roger George
what he thinks of the government's
plan to unionize farm workers, he'll
tell you the farm organization he
leads "is making the best of a bad
deal."
"Bill 91 is flawed, there's no
question," said George in a
telephone interview from his Toron-
to office. "But there are 20 farm
organizations involved, and we have
analyzed the whole thing and have
highlighted 11 concerns.
"i am led to believe that the
government and Labour Minister
Bob Mackenzie are sorting out
these flaws," added George.
The comments come in response
to criticisms made of the OFA by
Ontarians for Responsible
Government. ORG has accused the
OFA of silently supporting Bill 91,
as repayment for stable funding
legislation which increased the
lobby group's membership and
revenues.
"We are not the government,"
said George. "Originally, when the
government opened up the Labour
Relations Act, it was the OFA and
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other farm groups that convinced
the government to recognize
agriculture as a unique industry and
to give us a separate deal."
George accused ORG of making
a lot of noise, while not attending
meetings dealing with Bill 91.
"Five farmers and a billboard in
Huron County won't accomplish
anything," he said.
"If everything works out at the
end of the day, the labour rules for
fanners in Ontario could be the best
in Canada," said George. "I've
already talked to people in the
agricultural sector in other provin-
ces that are quite jealous."
jfnion Gas plans
new pipeline
Union Gas has sent in plans to
be approved for a new four -inch
pipeline from the Hensall Road
to County Road 3 up to the
Second Concession, London
Road Survey. The line might be
placed along the bridge where
the plan crosses the
Bannockburn River.
Tuckersmith Townshipdoesn't
want to pay if it has to move
Union Gas lines during future
construction work.
Reeve Bill Carnochan saidat
the Jan. 25 meeting of council
that the, company should bo
informed ,.. township may in
the future • -bridge rails or
the bridge at : annockri Bruer.
Council praises
township crew
The roads crew of Tuckersmith
Township received some praise
from councillors at the Jan. 25
meeting.
"They've been doing a good
job on the roads," said Coun.
Rob McLeod. "I haven't heard
one complaint."
"The fact we're not having
complaints says a lot for the job
the roads crew is doing and we
congratulate them on it," said
Rcevc Bill Carnochan.
MINOOPIMMINIMI
Landfill use
drops with new
tipping fee
Can the mid -Huron Landfill
Site pay its costs with the cur-
rent $35 per tonne tipping fcc?
Perhaps not, suggested
Tuckersmith Township's Reeve.
"We do see a severe drop in
volume," said Bill Camochan, at
his council's Jan. 25 meeting. "If
tonnage keeps decreasing obvi-
ously costs will go up."
He said it's possible people got
rid of a lot of garbage at the end
of '93 when there was no tipping
fee and are now storing it up. in
that case they may eventually
have to start bringing more
garbage to the site.
When the new tipping fee was
introduced it was expected to
make the landfill site self-sus-
taining and run no deficit. if the
fee increases, however, it could
eventually increase the cost of
garbage pick-up in Vanastra.
Private contractors in
Egmondvillc and Harpurhey
would likely raise their fees as
well.
"There's going to be some
growing pains," said Camochan,
in reference to landfill changes.
McKillop approves Blyth
zero increase fire budget
McKillop Township Council
approved the Blyth District Fire
Area Budget which remained the
same as their 1993 budget with
no increase in levy.
The February road voucher for
McKillop Township totalled
$24,465.85.
The provincial and federal
contributions for the Jobs
Ontario infrastructure works
program totalled $111,859. The
municipal contribution is
$55,930 forof $167,789.
voucher for
McKillop for February totals
$315,67334. This amount
includes school board payment.
One tile drainage loan was
a' ' . ved for die amount of
$ 7 ,o0o.
McKillop Council gave the
first and second reading at their
February meeting to a bylaw for
the McKil op/Hullett Boundary
Drainage Works estimated at
$4,500. Hullett Township is
being notified.
The McKillop road superin-
te ndent gave an expenditures
report for 1993 at the February
McKillop Township Council
meeting. The total road expendi-
tures for 1993 were $531,074.31.
Subsidy received on that amount
was $393,200.
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