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The Huron Expositor, 1994-09-21, Page 2FALL IS THE BEST TIME TO PLANT! Perennials, Roses & Nursery Stock are ALL ON. SPECIAL — GARDEN MUMS Fruits and Vegetables in season NOW READY! PickYour Own or Ready Picked TOMATOES! OMATOES! TOMATOES! We also have ROMA PASTE TOMATOES Please brim; your own containers "Our New Perennial Garden rust keeps on blooming. You must come see it! WHOLESALE AND RETAIL "Beautifying Huron County since 1981' TE -EM FARM A Gardener's Paradise OPEN 9 to 6 7 days a week 1"""4 n"""MMA Choi. NOM IGO 482-3020 v,n.le, tun„ 1.,, $-TH* NURON SXPO=ITOR, September 21, 1994 Community PUC meets concerned residents The Seaforth PUC recently met with concerned citizens in the Brantford St. area; one of three possible sites for a new Seaforth water tower. A liaison meeting was held Sep- tember 13 with representatives from the Seaforth PUC and B.M. Ross and Associates, consulting engineers for the PUC, to review comments on the construction of a new water tower in Seaforth from an August 24 public meeting. The review included comments and questions from the 13 ratepayers that attended the August meeting. The Seaforth PUC also received six completed comment sheets from the public, the majojity of concerns coming from residEnts in the Brantford and Elizabeth St. area. The PUC decided to meet with the people in the Brantford St. area Monday night for a site visit to review and address anything they wanted verified or spoken on (regarding the construction of a water tower in their neighbour- hood), said Tom Phillips, PUC Manager. The recent public meeting and liaison meeting is part of the con- tinuing environmental assessment process for the water storage expan- sion project for Seaforth. Certified Testing Systems of Kitchener recently inspected the number two and three PUC aerial devices for trucks. The aerial devices passed dielectric and struc- tural tests and won't have to be The fate of the current Seaforth water tower is undecided as planning for the construction of a new tower is in the engineering phase. The old tower will likely be dismantled, according to PUC Manager Tom Phillips. tested for another two years. "It shows the equipment is in safe working order. Our employees are safe to operate around energized structures," said Toni Phillips, PUC Manager. PUC Work Completed The Seaforth PUC has recently completed the painting of water hydrants in town. Water shut-off repairs are also complete. The PUC raised and lowered valve boxes on West William St. prior to paving. PUC workers were called in by construction companies in the com- munity recently to locate hydro and water servicing on West St., Church St., Lloyd Eisler St., Brantford St. and the back alley east of Main St. All areas are under road construc- tion. Union Gas also asked the Seaforth PUC for locates recently to hydro, water and streetlight wire. A hydrant at the corner of East William and Franklin St. has been upgraded from old to new. "That completes upgrading of all valves and hydrants in that corner of town," said Phillips. The PUC answered a power -off call south of the railway tracks on September 8 when a fuse was blown on one phase of a three- phase line at approximately 12:30 p.m. PUC workers completed under- ground installation to a new lot in Seaforth recently and also com- pleted underground installation to the lots in the McLlwain subdivi- sion on the west end of James SLI, as well as road crossings. PUC Work in Progress The PUC is installing concrete poles and a transformer for streetlights in the McLlwain subdi- vision. "In the future we will be install- ing underground and secondary service to the -Munn subdivision." said Seaforth PUC Manager Tom PhilliThe PUC has to re-route a three- phase line on West William St. and Duke. Another hydrant upgrade is left to do in the northwest corner of town - a total of four in that area. "We're ready to calibrate meters and continue oil sampling of trans- formers," said Phillips. The PUC is also ready to make connections when the Seaforth Community Hospital goes ahead with the construction of their new heliport. • * * * The Seaforth PUC is possibly sending two employees to the West- ern Ontario Waterworks Conference fall meeting on October 5 in St. Marys. Training sessions include: Water Meter Rehabilitation, Leak Detection - New Techniques, Cor- rosion - Causes and Effects, Cor- rosion Control Methods, PVC Pipe Handling and Installation and Water Service Sizing. The Seaforth PUC received their Certificate of Classification from the Ministry of Environment and Energy recently. Seaforth is clas- sified as water-. distribution class 3 facility. Operators of the facility will be kept up to date and trained. * * * In their Fast Breaker news release, recently received by the Seaforth PUC, the Ontario Energy Board has recommended Ontario Hydro freeze their rates for another year. IWGicauwi.naiii9GIOGNAIGhiniXiiiiGIWGREHuron County's Complete r VEHICLE RENTAL Headquarters O Small & Mid-sized Cars O Passenger & Cargo Vans, Pickup Trucks O Daily, Weekly, Monthly 0 Insurance Rentals & More O Free Delivery O Ask about our full transportation service CAR & TRUCK RENTALS Division of Suncoast Ford 500 Huron Rd., Goderich CALL COLLECT Ask for Helen 524-8347 SEAFORTH & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE 94 - 95 ICE SCHEDULING MEETING WED. SEPT. 21st 8:00 p.m. at ARENA ALL ICE USER GROUPS BE THERE! RE: TOURNAMENTS, SPECIAL EVENTS, ICE SCHEDULING. FOR MORE INFO CALL 527-1272. EXTRA! EXTRA! i m � ONTARIO COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION TIM CUMMENGPrOTO EUCHRE FUN - Seniors have been enjoying card games at the Seaforth Royal Canadiah Legion Branch 156. Shown enjoying a game of euchre are Mary Robertson, Anona Crozier, Jim Doig and Marion Bolton. Cancer groups amalgamate The presidents of Huron and Perth County Units of the Cana- dian Cancer Society have announced that the two units will amalgamate effective October 1, 1994. This is part of restructur- ing that began in 1992 to reduce costs. The Cancer Society says the cancer patient and their families will be better served by one office that is open all day Monday to Friday at the same time the Society says there would be better utilization of staff and volunteers. This fol- lows decisions of other health agencies serving both Huron and Perth such as District Health Council and the Lung Associ- ation. This has resulted in closure of the Huron County Unit office situated in Clinton. The new Unit office will be located in Stratford. Patients and voluntocrs may contact the office after October 1, 1994 by calling 1-800-294-0086. Applications are invited for the new Huron -Perth Board of Directors. Please forward to: The Huron -Perth Nominating Com- mittee, Ste 112-342 Erie St. Stratford, ON N5A 2N4. Thieves steal from farm in McKillop Twp. Thieves pried open a lock of a door leading into a shed and stole $650 worth of wrenches, a gas can, • and a gas lawnmower, from the Hullet Twp. property, September 4. Marijuana was found on a McKillop Twp. farm Sept. 9. Police were called after a green, chopped leafy material was found in a been field on the property. Police seized and disposed of the material. A 2 -door white Chevrolet Monte Carlo was reported stolen from the Winthrop area September 10. Yel- low dealer plates (419 DDJ) were on the vehicle at the time. Goderich OPP destroyed two crops of marijuana on August 31. Godcrich OPP were called to Stan- ley Twp., where they found 33 plants (from four feet high to eight feet high) growing in the bush. The plants had a street value of about 3 000.. In �l uckcrsmtth- Twp., —po lee found 10 marijuana plants, ranging from 18 inches to three fcct high, in a cornfield. McLaughlin Chev-Olds Ltd. 13 Main St. Seaforth. 527-1140 •Service 'Selection •Savings •Satisfaction 'Leasing •Complete BODY SHOP Service Send The HURON EXPOSITOR to COLLEGE Any student away at col- lege wants to know the news from home. And there's no better way to get it, than with a regular subscription to their community paper. That's why we offer special rates to college students within Canada for 6 months SPECIAL aloofly? SUSacmPnON RATES s21" The Huron Expositor II MONTHS Phone P.O. Box 89 627.0240 Seaforth, Ontario NOK 1 WO Student Name Address Starting tate incius.0 Po.hq. ! Orr Expositor 527-0240 The Huron Expositor Advertising Staff recently won two awards in the 1994 OCNA ADVERTISING COMPETITION. The Expositor placed 2nd in the General Excellence Premier Award. The Expositor also placed 2nd for "River Rats" in the best Special Section Category. The staff would like to share this award with Gregor Campbell for his very special contribution to this section. Mary Mellor and Terri -Lynn Dale Huron • 4Ex Expositor Community Newspaper" • A o.... -h WHOLESALE AND RETAIL "Beautifying Huron County since 1981' TE -EM FARM A Gardener's Paradise OPEN 9 to 6 7 days a week 1"""4 n"""MMA Choi. NOM IGO 482-3020 v,n.le, tun„ 1.,, $-TH* NURON SXPO=ITOR, September 21, 1994 Community PUC meets concerned residents The Seaforth PUC recently met with concerned citizens in the Brantford St. area; one of three possible sites for a new Seaforth water tower. A liaison meeting was held Sep- tember 13 with representatives from the Seaforth PUC and B.M. Ross and Associates, consulting engineers for the PUC, to review comments on the construction of a new water tower in Seaforth from an August 24 public meeting. The review included comments and questions from the 13 ratepayers that attended the August meeting. The Seaforth PUC also received six completed comment sheets from the public, the majojity of concerns coming from residEnts in the Brantford and Elizabeth St. area. The PUC decided to meet with the people in the Brantford St. area Monday night for a site visit to review and address anything they wanted verified or spoken on (regarding the construction of a water tower in their neighbour- hood), said Tom Phillips, PUC Manager. The recent public meeting and liaison meeting is part of the con- tinuing environmental assessment process for the water storage expan- sion project for Seaforth. Certified Testing Systems of Kitchener recently inspected the number two and three PUC aerial devices for trucks. The aerial devices passed dielectric and struc- tural tests and won't have to be The fate of the current Seaforth water tower is undecided as planning for the construction of a new tower is in the engineering phase. The old tower will likely be dismantled, according to PUC Manager Tom Phillips. tested for another two years. "It shows the equipment is in safe working order. Our employees are safe to operate around energized structures," said Toni Phillips, PUC Manager. PUC Work Completed The Seaforth PUC has recently completed the painting of water hydrants in town. Water shut-off repairs are also complete. The PUC raised and lowered valve boxes on West William St. prior to paving. PUC workers were called in by construction companies in the com- munity recently to locate hydro and water servicing on West St., Church St., Lloyd Eisler St., Brantford St. and the back alley east of Main St. All areas are under road construc- tion. Union Gas also asked the Seaforth PUC for locates recently to hydro, water and streetlight wire. A hydrant at the corner of East William and Franklin St. has been upgraded from old to new. "That completes upgrading of all valves and hydrants in that corner of town," said Phillips. The PUC answered a power -off call south of the railway tracks on September 8 when a fuse was blown on one phase of a three- phase line at approximately 12:30 p.m. PUC workers completed under- ground installation to a new lot in Seaforth recently and also com- pleted underground installation to the lots in the McLlwain subdivi- sion on the west end of James SLI, as well as road crossings. PUC Work in Progress The PUC is installing concrete poles and a transformer for streetlights in the McLlwain subdi- vision. "In the future we will be install- ing underground and secondary service to the -Munn subdivision." said Seaforth PUC Manager Tom PhilliThe PUC has to re-route a three- phase line on West William St. and Duke. Another hydrant upgrade is left to do in the northwest corner of town - a total of four in that area. "We're ready to calibrate meters and continue oil sampling of trans- formers," said Phillips. The PUC is also ready to make connections when the Seaforth Community Hospital goes ahead with the construction of their new heliport. • * * * The Seaforth PUC is possibly sending two employees to the West- ern Ontario Waterworks Conference fall meeting on October 5 in St. Marys. Training sessions include: Water Meter Rehabilitation, Leak Detection - New Techniques, Cor- rosion - Causes and Effects, Cor- rosion Control Methods, PVC Pipe Handling and Installation and Water Service Sizing. The Seaforth PUC received their Certificate of Classification from the Ministry of Environment and Energy recently. Seaforth is clas- sified as water-. distribution class 3 facility. Operators of the facility will be kept up to date and trained. * * * In their Fast Breaker news release, recently received by the Seaforth PUC, the Ontario Energy Board has recommended Ontario Hydro freeze their rates for another year. IWGicauwi.naiii9GIOGNAIGhiniXiiiiGIWGREHuron County's Complete r VEHICLE RENTAL Headquarters O Small & Mid-sized Cars O Passenger & Cargo Vans, Pickup Trucks O Daily, Weekly, Monthly 0 Insurance Rentals & More O Free Delivery O Ask about our full transportation service CAR & TRUCK RENTALS Division of Suncoast Ford 500 Huron Rd., Goderich CALL COLLECT Ask for Helen 524-8347 SEAFORTH & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE 94 - 95 ICE SCHEDULING MEETING WED. SEPT. 21st 8:00 p.m. at ARENA ALL ICE USER GROUPS BE THERE! RE: TOURNAMENTS, SPECIAL EVENTS, ICE SCHEDULING. FOR MORE INFO CALL 527-1272. EXTRA! EXTRA! i m � ONTARIO COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION TIM CUMMENGPrOTO EUCHRE FUN - Seniors have been enjoying card games at the Seaforth Royal Canadiah Legion Branch 156. Shown enjoying a game of euchre are Mary Robertson, Anona Crozier, Jim Doig and Marion Bolton. Cancer groups amalgamate The presidents of Huron and Perth County Units of the Cana- dian Cancer Society have announced that the two units will amalgamate effective October 1, 1994. This is part of restructur- ing that began in 1992 to reduce costs. The Cancer Society says the cancer patient and their families will be better served by one office that is open all day Monday to Friday at the same time the Society says there would be better utilization of staff and volunteers. This fol- lows decisions of other health agencies serving both Huron and Perth such as District Health Council and the Lung Associ- ation. This has resulted in closure of the Huron County Unit office situated in Clinton. The new Unit office will be located in Stratford. Patients and voluntocrs may contact the office after October 1, 1994 by calling 1-800-294-0086. Applications are invited for the new Huron -Perth Board of Directors. Please forward to: The Huron -Perth Nominating Com- mittee, Ste 112-342 Erie St. Stratford, ON N5A 2N4. Thieves steal from farm in McKillop Twp. Thieves pried open a lock of a door leading into a shed and stole $650 worth of wrenches, a gas can, • and a gas lawnmower, from the Hullet Twp. property, September 4. Marijuana was found on a McKillop Twp. farm Sept. 9. Police were called after a green, chopped leafy material was found in a been field on the property. Police seized and disposed of the material. A 2 -door white Chevrolet Monte Carlo was reported stolen from the Winthrop area September 10. Yel- low dealer plates (419 DDJ) were on the vehicle at the time. Goderich OPP destroyed two crops of marijuana on August 31. Godcrich OPP were called to Stan- ley Twp., where they found 33 plants (from four feet high to eight feet high) growing in the bush. The plants had a street value of about 3 000.. In �l uckcrsmtth- Twp., —po lee found 10 marijuana plants, ranging from 18 inches to three fcct high, in a cornfield. McLaughlin Chev-Olds Ltd. 13 Main St. Seaforth. 527-1140 •Service 'Selection •Savings •Satisfaction 'Leasing •Complete BODY SHOP Service Send The HURON EXPOSITOR to COLLEGE Any student away at col- lege wants to know the news from home. And there's no better way to get it, than with a regular subscription to their community paper. That's why we offer special rates to college students within Canada for 6 months SPECIAL aloofly? SUSacmPnON RATES s21" The Huron Expositor II MONTHS Phone P.O. Box 89 627.0240 Seaforth, Ontario NOK 1 WO Student Name Address Starting tate incius.0 Po.hq. ! Orr Expositor 527-0240 The Huron Expositor Advertising Staff recently won two awards in the 1994 OCNA ADVERTISING COMPETITION. The Expositor placed 2nd in the General Excellence Premier Award. The Expositor also placed 2nd for "River Rats" in the best Special Section Category. The staff would like to share this award with Gregor Campbell for his very special contribution to this section. Mary Mellor and Terri -Lynn Dale Huron • 4Ex Expositor Community Newspaper" • A