The Huron Expositor, 1994-12-28, Page 1EMPLOYMENT
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Police Board
wants to restrict
overnight
parking
The Seaforth Police Services
Board passed a motion and will
recommend to council that
restricted overnight parking in
the town be enforced
immediately. The move to
enforce no parking bylaws from
Nov. 1 to April 15, was made at
the Dec. 14 regular meeting of
the board, and was prompted by
a letter and request from Public
Works Superintendent ., John
Forrest who noted that vehicles.
parked on town streets overnight
seriously hamper the snow
removal efforts and effectiveness
of his department.
Overnight pdrking on town
streets is restricted all year from
2 to 6 a.m. but Board Chair
William Teall said he felt the
problem in enforcement was one
of consistency---- ifyoudon't
enforce it at the' start of
November the vehicles will be in
the way when the snow actually
files.
Vehicles illegally parked on
Scaforth streets in the summer
also interfere with the Public
Works Department's sweeper.
Phone users can
join cooperative
or opt out
Phone users on the
Tuckersmith phone system have
the choice whether or not to
become members of the new co-
operative, said Sharon Chuter,
manager of the system.
Phone users will be able to
become a member in the new
co-operative for the cost of 51
by applying to the phone office
in Kippen. The cost will be
billed to the phone account.
There are currently information
notices being sent out with
phone bills.
Members of the new co-operat-
ive could be eligible for dividend
payments if the consumer -owned
co-operative chooses to pay out
a portion of profits. They will
also be able to vote at co-operat-
ive meetings and receive finan-
cial statements.
There is no cut-off date to
become a member. There is no
significant risk of liability for
members, said Chuter. She said
the co-operative could not go
back to its members for more
money if there were financial
problems.
Final approval for the
Tuckcrsmith Communications
Co-operative must come from
the Ontario Telephone Service
Commission in Toronto. The
commission will receive written
submissions until January 3,
995.
On Dec. 5 Tuckersmith Town-
ship Council decided not to
become a member of the co-
operative because it had kept an
arms -length relationship in the
_Dasa.
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The Huron Expositor, Seatorth, Ontario, December 28, 1994
MILTON J. DIETZ
LIMITED SEAFORTH
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• Ventilation & Livestock
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TRAINING
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carving
workshop
teaches
new skill
in area.
see page 12.
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RARE TRIPLETS - Things are certainly hopping these days at the lftob. Eckert Farm of Eckerlea Farms at RR 1, Seaforth. A week ago
Sunday some frisky and healthy triplets were bom. Bob says its the first time in his 42 years he has ever seen three heifers off a first calver.
Local veterinarian Brian Nuhn also confirms it is a rare occurrence. He says he's only seen one other set of triplets in 18 years, and they
died. The three calves have been dubbed Annie, Veronica and Shea. Helping to keep the newcomers happy in this photo are (from left):
Monica, Mike and Angela Eckert.
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International college to open in area
BY NELLIE EVANS
former Seaforth resident
Centralia International College
(CIC) will open January 30 with an
assortment of courses available to
domestic and foreign students.
Vice-chairman and chief operatiog
officer Juergen Williamson-Persh
said the college will open with
eight diploma courses: business
administration, computer accounting
and programming; business
administration with computer
Year in review
accounting; travel and tourism
counsellor; legal secretary;
computer applications and
programming and general,
administrative and medical secretary
as well as English as a Second
Language.
Williamson-Persh expects about
100 students from Ontario, China,
Vietnam, Somalia, Thialand, Russia
and Mexico to enrol by the January
opening. He anticipates enrolment
will increase to 450 students by
September 1995.
More international students are
being accepted by the college, he
said, because there aren't enough
domestic students to fill the college
to the capacity of 650.
"We need international students to
make the campus run profitably,"
he said.
Training international students in
Canada is also good for national
trade initiatives with foreign
countries. If a foreign student is
trained here, said Williamson-Persh,
he or she may return and eventually
begin trade relationships with
Canada.
Williamson -Perch said CIC is
currently working on a joint venture
with Huron County Board of
Education. So far, the two have
signed a general agreement
promising to work together. CIC is
also working with the provincial
government's JobsOntario program
to "stimulate the workforce" by
hiring and retraining participants:
and with the Huron County
Planning Department and Huron
County Social Services.
The college is also planning to
offer avionics and aircraft
mechanical courses, taking
advantage of its close proximity to
the Huron Park airport. He said the
courses may be offered next year
once proper licensing is received
from Transport Canada.
Seaforth won't
object to students
smoking on site
Seaforth Council has no objection
to a request from the Smoking
Cessation Committee at Seaforth
District High School to use -the
grassy area west of the local tennis
courts as a smoking area for
students.
Smoking was recently banned by
provincial legislation within the
local high school and administrators
were concerned these smokers
would only clog the school's
parking lot and become an
annoyance on neighboring
properties, . a concern shared by
Coun. John Ball, who is also a
teacher at SDHS, who spoke for the
request at council's Dec. 13 regular
meeting.
Coun. Brian Ferguson said
"public safety" should be the focus
of council's position, but Reeve Bill
Bennett added council should take
care not to be seen as condoning
the habit, and said that during his
past experience as an educator in
Clinton smoking areas were always.
a mess, best "described as a
"catastrophe". He wondered how
the areawoidd_be_policed by the
school, and felt it should be made
clear that If damage occurred in the
• area the school would - pay for the
puffers.
Clerk -Administrator Jim Crocker
noted students can go anywhere
they want on such a public lot
allowance, and Coun. William Teall
wondered If the area would have to
be cleared when covered with three
feet of snow in January.
The Smoking Cessation
Committee noted in its letter to
council that "containers would be
provided to contain the refuse from
the smokers."
Council decided to forward Its
questions and concerns to the
school, but confirmed it has no
objection to the smoking area but
will review its position' at the end
of a year.
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New
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Separated shoulder sidelined McElwain early in 1994
JANUARY 1994
The St. Columban home of Steve
and Anne Murray was totally
destroyed in an early morning fire.
« ««
Dave McLlwain separates a
shoulder so is out of the lineup for
the National Hockey League's
Ottawa Senators.
• ««
The Seaforth midgets win Silver
Stick tournament championship at
Sarnia.
• ««
The Huron County Board of
Education eliminates six positions
because of the provincial NDP
government's 'Social Contract' and
less funding.
Seaforth figure skater Lloyd Eis-
ler and his partner Isabelle Brasseur
of Ste. -Jean -sur -Richelieu. Qudbec,
the defending world champions, win
their fifth senior Canadian Pairs
title. Only two other Canadian pairs
have won five titles in the last 60
years.
The Huron Business Centre has
its official opening on Jan. 20 in the
old Topnotch offices on Seaforth's
Main Street.
•••
Seaforth Councillor William
Pinder, 50, dies. He was co-chair of
the 1995 Seaforth Homecoming
Committee, past president of the
Seaforth Lions Club, a member of
the Police Services Board and had
been a local firefighter _for_ many
years.
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The Town of Seaforth expects
RLE PHOTO
LIGHT MOMENT - One of the amusing pictures of 1994 was this one where Bishop John Sherlock lets
Derek Van Dieten try on his 'Mitre'. The Bishop was at St. James' school to bless new additions to the
church and school.
- $365,331----froom—can
governments of Canada and Ontario
as part of the new Canada -Ontario
infrastructure renewal program,
Seaforth Branch 156 of the Royaldonate 515,000 to the Seafonh
Communityy Hospital.
Canadian Legion and the Crtadart FEBRUARY 1994
Legion's Charitable Foundation Ontario Premier Bob Rae announ-
ces Huron County will receive 51 -
million to renovate the partially
vacant Huronvicw building just
outside of Clinton.
«««
Lloyd Eisler of Seaforth and
partner Isabelle Brasseur win
bronze medals for their third-place
finish at the 17th Winter Olympics
in Lillehammer, Norway. It is the
second -straight Olympic bronze for
the pair.
« ««
Seaforth Council shoots down
proposed wage increases in Seaforth
and District Community Centres
draft budget.
« «•
Vandals do much damage at St.
Patrick's School in Dublin and at
St. Columban School. A computer,
two printers, an adding machine,
CD ROM, hard disk computer
accessory and VCR arc stolen.
In the biggest upset in their 20 -
year history, the Scaforth Cen-
tenaires sweep the Exeter Hawks in
four -straight games in the opening
round of the Ontario Hockey As-
sociation Junior "D"evelopment
League playoffs.
•••
About 240 pigs are killed in a fire
at Laurie Fischer's barn at RR 4,
Walton.
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The Seaforth home of Don and
Kathy Pletsch at 19 Sparling St.
wins LA:CCAC's 199'3 Ply
Improvement Award for rebuilt
front porch.
see page five