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The Huron Expositor, 1995-03-15, Page 1E-0 Huro • xj%os ltO 70 cents plus 5 cents G.S.T. (75 cents) SPORTS One of Canada's golfing greats visits Seaforth ...to curl. see pare nine. Briefly Londesboro-area man dies in collision A 35 -year-old Londesboro-area man was killed when the stake truck he was driving burst into flames after hitting a road grader in dense fog and rain early last Tuesday afternoon, Mar. 7. Provincial police at Goderich say Steven Kochis died in the accident in Hullett Township on a bridge, 3.3 km east of Highway 4 on Concessions 8 and 9. It happened at 12:15 p.m. The driver of the grader was not injured. Landfill site receives refund The Mid -Huron Landfill Site Board was successful in an appeal to the Workmen's Com- pensation Board and will receive an approximate $50,000 refund of an overpayment. The landfill board had asked a comp, med..Comp_,Advan- tage to appeal the Compensation Board's previous classification of the site's employees. The landfill site board decided to keep the refund for possible use in operations. If there has been no need to spend it by the cnd of the budget year it would be returned to the participating municipalities in the site. * * * The Ontario Ministry of Labour approved a permit recog- nising that employees of the Mid -Huron Landfill Site work extra hours. * * * Staff of the Mid -Huron Landfill Site, located in Holmesville, will repair the facility's bulldozer. The Landfill Site Board approved the work up to S13,000. Local people are honoured A number of Seaforth and area people were profiled as "leaders in agriculture" in the recent February issue of Rural Voice magazine. Barb Storey and Steve Carruthers of Seaforth, and Sharon Flanagan of Dublin were featured. So were Bob Down of Hensall, Frances Spaling of Wingham and Sharon Weitzel and Alan Scott of Stratford. "Rural Ontario has long been famous for producing dynamic leaders, dating back to pioneer days," states the introduction to the 20 profiles of agricultural leaders, 10 men and 10 women. Correction In a story in last week's The Iluron Expositor the father of the girl recently shot outside of Egmondville was incorrectly identified. His name is Dan. The Huron Expositor regrets _be error. INDEX Entertainment... page 16. Sports...page 9. Rec Preview...page 16. "Your community newspaper since 1860...serving Seaforth, Dublin, Hensall, Walton, Brussels and surrounding communities." The Huron Expositor, Seaforth, Ontario, March 15, 1995 EDUCATION Students at Walton Public School are learning how to knit. see page seven. This space could be yours! Call 527-O240 SUNNY DAYS - Seven-year-old Owen O'Reilly gets a little in-line skating help from Colleen O'Reilly, 5, in Seaforth on Monday as unseasonably warm weather gave a sunny start to the. March TIM CUMMING PHOTO Break for students in this area. In-line skating was one popular sunny activity. Other popular activities included bicycling and walking as well. Library project receives funding Funding to preserve and upgrade the Seaforth Library has been approved. Major renovations to both the inside and outside of the local library include new mechanical and electrical equipment to improve energy efficiency, and will make the 82 -year-old historic building wheelchair accessible. The $375,000 project under the Canada/Ontario Infrastructure Works program was announced Friday by Huron -Bruce MP Paul Steckle, Huron MPP Paul Klopp and Seaforth Mayor Irwin Johnston. Canada, Ontario and Seaforth each contribute one-third of the funding. The project is expected to create 226 "person -weeks" of short-tcrm employment, beginning this spring and should be completed by next spring according to the press release. Bringing this national program home to Seaforth ensures residents will benefit from this focal improvement since the municipality determines where ' infrastructure dollars are best spent," said Steckle. The local library is an officially designated historic building, a Carnegie Public Library built in the Victorian Palladium style in 1912- 13 at a cost of $10,466.67. The construction originally cost the Town of Seaforth $300, and the town still owns the building. "Due to tough budget constraints Seaforth has found it impossible to make the necessary improvements to this building," Mayor Johnston added. POLICE There will be few changes when OPP comes to town, says head of police association. Police board to relocate card players again BY GREGOR CAMPBELL Expositor Staff Sparks flew but a cooler head prevailed in a strange drama, involving card -playing by citizens in the Seaforth Police Station, that played itself out at the Seaforth Police Board's meeting last Wednesday. Near the end of board's regular monthly meeting Police Chief Hal Claus told commissioners he could not accept Seaforth Men's Euchre Club being temporarily re -located in the back room of the station, while the club's regular quarters on Main Street were being renovated. "We talked about this. This is just typical of the lack of co-operation we have received from the police department," an upset secretary Jim Crocker blurted back. Chair Lin Steffler suggested calm prevail and that the board go downstairs and view the arrangement first hand. The back room of the cramped police station is used mostly for storage and houses its only washrooms. Although it wasn't mentioned in the board's 'minutes of its previous meeting, Clerk Crocker insisted the arrangement was agreed to at this meeting and the Seaforth Police Force had been officially notified to clean up and vacate the room for the card players on the previous Friday, March 3., for renovations scheduled to begin last Friday, March 10. The card club rents its room from the town for $1 a year. While the commission was touring the facilities an on -duty Const. Dave Dale entered the station and soon, also obviously irritated, respectfully informed the Board that all breathalizer tests would be invalid if this situation were allowed to continue. This was news to the Board and put a far more soberering slant on the tour. Breathalizer equipment is stored in this room and there are extremely strict laws and guidelines about its use and integrity, for . instance it must be absolutely secure. The Board couldn't figure out anywhere else to put the delicate equipment that wasn't either too cold or directly in range of any boots that might be kicked in anger, near and across from the holding cell. see Police, next page What are you planning to do on March Break? LANCE LAVERTY Age 9. Seaforth Public School. Lance says he hopes to play outdoor hockey and have fun during the March Break. TRACY JESSOME Age 13. Seaforth Public School. "I'll probably bice around and have fun," said Tracy about her March Break plans. TRACY JANMAAT Age 17, SDHS. Tracy says she will spend the Manch Break relaxing. On Monday she took her nephew, 11 -year-old Kassldy Bowden, (above) for a walk. DEREK HUNT Age 13. Seaforth Public School. 111 probably just relax in the sun," says Derek, who says he will also bicycle a lot and spend time with friends. IRENE GUBELMANN Age 14. Seaforth District High School. She says she would like to spend March Breaking hang- ing around with her friends.