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The Huron Expositor, 1994-12-21, Page 1cw Huron X sto 70 cents plus 5 cents G.S.T. (75 cents) SPORTS Local NHLers sit on sidelines wondering if season will begin. see page seven. Briefly Health Unit searching for dog which bites The Huron County Health Unit is asking for the public's assistance in locating a dog that bit a young lady on Seaforth's Main Street early Saturday afternoon. John Orr of the health unit says a small poodle -like dog with white, curly hair, that's was being walked on a lead by a young male, about 10 -years -old, bit a young lady in front of Pete's Paper Clip between 1 and 1:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Orr adds the health unit would like to make sure the dog is alive and well, and has had its rabies shots, and he can be contacted at 482-3416. Two local youths hurt in accident Two young areamen recti major injuries as the result -a -1r` - snowmoblling accident near Brucefield Thursday night. Ontario Provincial Police 'at Goderich say one snowmobile was eastbound and the other westbound on the shoulder of Huron County Road 3 at 7 p.m. when they collided head-on, ejecting both, a 14 -year-old and 15 year-old. Neither can be named because they are youths. The 14 -year-old was still in a coma with head injuries on the weekend, and was officially still listed in critical condition late Tuesday in the Pediatric Critical Care Unit of London's Victoria Hospital. Police say the accident happened 850 metres east of Highway 4, that conditions were dark but clear, and that alcohol was not involved. They would not say if either was wearing helmets. Police also say charges are pending. Hang up on con men, Polite urge Seaforth Police Chief Hal Claus urges local senior citizens to just hang up on whoever it is who persists in phoning, particularly them, locally trying \to get them to enter a contest costiqg more than $1,000, and romising them extravagant prizesuch as TV sets. Chief Claus says these telephone salespersons have becn very persistent. , He adds that he would like to talk to anyone who might happen to have witnessed the incident in which a small white dog bit a young lady on Seaforth's Main Street early Saturday afternoon. Chief Claus also wishes everyone a Merry Christmas. INDEX Entertainment... pages 18, 19. Sports...pages 13. Rec Preview...page 19. "Your community newspaper since 1860...serving Seaforth, Dublin, Hensel(, Walton, Brussels and surrounding communities." The Huron Expositor, Seaforth, Ontario, December 21, 1994 MILTON J. DIETZ LIMITED SEAFORTH 522-0608 •Pesticides & Custom Spraying • Spraying Equipment & Parts • Nutrite Premium Fertilizer • Ventilation & Livestock Equipment PURINA FEED ®e 1 & PET FOODSS BUSINESS A group of entrepreneurs is ready to start new businesses In Huron. seg page eight. `ii"s:::: �R\:t>�:.:i�;�\V:,�.�:�:ascA.'•::Sv`d7�:; R::a.;a7�t:`a`� Your Full Line Dealer FOR D MERCURY Sales - Service - Selection MUNIQPAL The Reeve of Hibbert Township is new Warden of Perth. page tw_ HART FORD MERCURY USED CARS 'The Friendly Dealer With The Big Heart GREGOR CAMPBELL PHOTO SANTA STOPS AT LOCAL LEGION - Busy Mr. Santa Claus has a hectic schedule at this time of year but still had time to pop into Seaforth Branch 156 of the Royal Canadian Legion Sunday afternoon to check out his naughty and nice lists, and field various requests, including this one for a group shot of many who attended the local Legion's annual children's Christmas party. Boards might share calendar General Assembly with dozens of education representatives lining the tables on the floor of the SDHS gymnasium. Did the Separate School Board feel outnumbered at the meeting? "That's not an issue," said Mike Miller, Vice -Chair of the Huron - Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board. "Our concern has to be with the children and taxpayers," he added. The basic principles forming the foundation of the tri -board cooper- ation include not compromising the public and separate board govern- ance and a commitment to greater efficiency, enhanced services and cost saving, according to the group. Is Seaforth stranded on information highway? Seaforth Council doesn't want to be stranded in the starting blocks with out-of-date technology for the coming information explosion. Council carried a resolution at Tuesday night's regular meeting asking that Bell Canada commit to upgrading Seaforth and Huron County telephone equipment as soon as possible. In his report to council Administrator Jim Crocker noted "Bell Canada switching equipment in Seaforth is so antiquated that everyday telephone options such as call display, call answer and call waking are not available to the residents of Seaforth, (whereas) these basic services are being enjoyed by the rest of the province." Bell Canada had plans to upgrade Huron County technology in the third quarter of 1995, with Seaforth scheduled for 1996 or 1997. "The Association of . Municipalities is developing a system that will permit communication between all municipalities connected to the system, as well as all the provincial ministries and- agencies tlt * computer," Crocker stated. "As well as sending documents to the municipalities and ministries at a cost less than half of mail cost, we would also be able to retrieve information 24 hours per day from the central information data system at no cost. Seaforth mourns death of last World War I veteran Seaforth's last living veteran of World War I, Harry Palin, passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 1994. He was 96. William Henry (Harry) Palin had served at the end of World War I clearing guns off the battlefields in Belgium. He served with the Liverpool Scot- tish Highlanders. He was honoured with a Royal Canadian Legion memorial ser- vice on Friday evening and a service at St. Thomas Anglican Church in Seaforth on Saturday afternoon. W. H. Palin was born in Eng- land on August 5, 1898. He was son of the late Florence (Cooper) and William Palin. His wife, the former Nellie Grummett, died in 1980. Ile is survived by sons James (and wife Marie) and Robert (and his wife Barbara), all of Seaforth. He is also survived by five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Decoration winner BY DAVID SCOTT for Signal -Star Publishing A common school calendar was one of the suggestions when the separate and public school boards of Huron and Perth counties met in Seaforth on Dec. 13. A common school calendar for the three boards would eliminate situations where half -empty buses run when schools operate on differ- ent holiday schedules, said Roxanne Brown, Chair of the Huron Board. In the spirit of cooperation, separ- ate and public school boards met last Tuesday night in the gym- nasium of Scaforth District High School (SDHS) in an attempt to save iaxpayers' money and further improve student programs through greater efficiency of services. Trustees and administrative staff from both the Huron and Perth County Boards of Education and the Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board gathered together in what host Jim Moore, principal of SDHS, called an "historic event." GROOM CAMP8I L PHOTO ELECTRIC LIGHT EXTRAVAGANZA - Hairy and Dianne Mero of William StreethtEpmotxivitle should have just a dandy power bill next month( Their outdoor Christmas decorations wet first prize in the( Seaforth Optimist Club's annual contest. Second -place winners were Dave and Kathy Nigh of West William Street, and Hugh and Bernice McPherson of North Main took third-place honours. The thrust of the meeting was to continue ongoing efforts to improve efficiency among the three boards in areas such as the school year calendar, computer services, pur- chasing, plant management, trans- portation, business, operational and programming functions. Brown, Chair of the Huron Board, said the three boards are currently working together on bussing mat- ters. Brown hopes to find new areas where further money can be saved such as a common calendar. Prior to the special tri -board meet- ing, coordination meetings were held among the three boards which included a meeting with a represen- tative from the Ministry of Educa- tion and Training. The Ministry was supportive of the trustees' cooper- ative problem -solving in areas of program, equity and finance con- cerns. The three Huron -Perth boards are already recognized as having the lowest cost -per -pupil operational costs in the province. Trustees from the three boards approved the recommendations of the special meeting which calls for the formation of a steering commit- tee that will include the Chair, Director of Education, Superintend- ent of Business and a trustee of each board and a non-voting chair not employed by any of the three boards. The steering committee will guide future cost-saving measures for the three boards by devising an 'Action Plan for Amalgamated Services.' Any action by the stc ing committee will require full agreement by all three boards. Each board also has equal voting power. The initial budget for the tri -board plan will include 575,000 which already exists as a Transition Fund Allocation to the Huron -Perth Sep- arate School Board and the Huron County Board of Education to study integrated transportation. Upon the expiration of those initial funds, it's recommended that each board share costs of operation on an equal basis. Aside from a few minor amend- ments to the wording of the tri - board agreement for co-operation, initial negotiations moved along smoothly in a meeting that had the appearance of a United Nations Student rep in pilot project Also present at the special tri - board meeting was SDHS student representative, Sharon Godkin. The OAC student is part of a new pro- gram introduced in September by the Huron County Board of Educa- tion. Six student reps throughout the county are elected at their own high schools to represent their student bodies. Each of the six has a choice as to which education committee they'd like to sit on. The students participate in discussion and debate at board and committee meetings but are not allowed to vote. Huron is one of only three counties in the province to try out this pilot project. Chair Roxanne Brown says the Board asks student reps for their input in. certain areas. "We're very interested in the issues that directly affect us," said Godkin. She was opposed to a plan by the Goderich high school to build squash courts for their students' use. "I'd like to see each school get a fair share of spending," said the SDHS student rep. Sharon is a member of the Huron board's SALC committee which regulates alternative and home schooling. She thinks the whole experience is educational. "It's a greatportunity for us (six student reps) and 1 think the board teams from us, too," she said.