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Myth's Bain(lance.
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Summer Hockey
Hockey stars ix,ur it on
for the Uiowd at
Sumner Showcase.
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Entertainment
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gear up /or
busy fall.
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Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 — Seaforth, Ontario
August 27, 1997 — $1.00 includes GST
OPP asking for
help in locating
missing man
Ontario Provincial Police
are requesting assistance,
from the public to locate a
Seaforth man.
Garry Young, 43, of
Railway Street has not been
seen since early Sunday
(Aug. 23) morning, according
to a press release.
"Mr. Young's family and
the police are very concerned
for his safety," it continues.
"If anyone has seen or heard
from him this week please
call the OPP communication
centre at I-888-310-1122 or
the Goderich detachment at
524-8314."
Rider injured
A 25 -year-old Ess
rider was serigusly
the recent Canadian
Motocross Champi
Walton.
One of the organ'
annual races, Chris
Tom Parent was pitc
the front of his bik
hard and had a head i
The father of two
was in critical cond
the trauma unit of a
hospital last Monda
18).
Work on grave
Hullett Council awa
construction tender
Youngblut drainage
improvement and ex
at its Aug. 19 meeting.
It went to Van
Drainage & Bulldozin
for $34,999.70 incl
GST.
ex -county
injured at
National
onships at
tens of the
Lee, says
hed over
e, landed
njury.
children
ition in
London
y (Aug.
I pits
rded the
for the
works
tension
Bree
g Ltd.,
uding
Council gave its
superintendent the go
"with the proposed reha
tion work on the two
ship gravel pits,"
instructed the clerk/treasure.
to "set up a reserve fund for
gravel pit rehabilitation with
the balance of funds that are
coming from the province."
Hullett also approved a tile
drain loan application of
$10,500 for Lot 20, Conc. 13
in the township.
Lung program soon
A
with chrgonicr lung disease
knowledge and skills n
to enjoy as active
rewarding a lifestyle as pos
ble" begins in the middle
September and runs for fi
straight Wednesdays in
lower board room of Seaf rth
Community Hospital.
Pre -registration (27
7500/collect or 482-7450)
'necessary and there is a am
ee.
"Breathing and relaxatio
techniques will be taugh
and guest speakers will pro-
vide information on .medic
tions, diet, coping wi
chronic illness and the use of
respiratory equipment in the
home," according to Pres
release from the The Gun
Association, Huron -Perth
Counties.
Sessions are "informal and
include time to chat with oth-
ers who arc also experiencing
the challenges of living with
lung disease."
The SCH sessions begin
Sept. 17, from 1 to 3 p.m.
it
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MUDDY PLOWING - Queen of the Furrow contestant Lisa Bennett of E 1
MUDDY
Rain oQeen Thursday and Fridayurconte r i
9mondville gets a little Help with her during the'pIOW plowing
BY GREGOR CAMPBELL
g made things a little muddy and most glowers had to stop and clean the mud ft
Who Does What recommendations released9 Portion of the queen
o their plows.
McKiJJop could face 64per Maitland River
BY GREGOR uPthe worst off of Huron's
cent tax hike
r
CAMPBELL 26 municipalities, where an
Expositor Staff
81 per cent increase in taxes
Estimates byis predicted by the county
treasurer Ken Nix Huronndicate treasurer, with West and East
taxes would have to increase Wawanosh runners-up
64 per cent in McKilloprespectively at 75 and 67 per
Township in 1998 to cover The cent.
the difference between the ed increase ford towns' is ► far
road way funding stands now and less, for Clinton 17 per cent,
ahead the new transfer arrange- Wingham 11 per cent, and
bilita- ments between Ontario and Exeter and Goderich both
town- its municipalities.
and The corresponding impact nine per cent.
on Seaforth taxpayers is esti-
mated at a 19 per cent There are tWOwo factors in the
ORS
increase. Nix equation, which indicate
The townships will really taxes would have to rise 2
get walloped next year by the per cent overall for Huron s
county treasurer's calcula- municipalities - the increased
tion, for instance Hullett he costs for swapping service
estimates will see a 54 per ("Who Does What" commit
cent rise, and Tuckersmith, tee), and additional costs as a
46 per cent. result of provincial down -
Grey Township might end loading. An example of the
hose
needed More info
and ; required
si- BY RICK KEW their pre -service certificate in
of SSP News Staff religious studies as well as
ve- the faith reference form
ohe Applications for teaching including its reflection paper.
positions with the Huron- The reflection
Perth Roman Catholic paper
1- Separate School Hoard will requires theef folapplowing
to urespond
is have to include more infor- 2to fowo ds: question in
all mation in addition to the t IX1-250 words: "Why I want
usual material contained in a School be and believe Catholic would
n resume, the board
t, Mnday approves be an asset in the Catholic
A decision to require teach- School system in Ontario."
ah ers to supply a faith reference Trustee Adulpho Spcl the
portfolio was approved with essay id tstyle answer washe inclusion of an
, only slight discussion on its excellent way of finding out a
1structure.
a ' teacher's cornmittment to the
The faith reference portfo- Catholic system.
g ,`•lio will require applicants for
eachin However Trustee John
g positions to submit Devlin disagreed. He said,
layground equipment that doesn
The Huron -Perth Roman meet from a Stratford school
atholic Separate School
oard accepted the recom-
endatioits of its manage-
ent committee Monda to
M.,Ve
latter, the county treasurer
notes: "known costs include
an impact of almost $10 -mil-
lion county -wide' as a resul
of the elimination of the gen-
eral support grants and an
estimated $1 -million for the o
downloading of provincial
highways."
He warns the numbers may c
change as more details come g
from the province, but his g
figures are to give municipal- i�
ities a sense of the increases ed
they will face in 1998.
The calculations also don't
take into consideration any
s restructuring or amalgams -
7 tions that might occur. Po
Municipalities are studying its
various options now. ta
FEW DETAILS AM
Details were scant when
Ontario's "Who Does What ou
committee" released i__
ommendations last week. The pay
net anticipated additiona
of these for Huron taxp
is 4.4 per cent, as Nix figures.
ister
the
ities
n on
ment
and
and
the fa
to L
fund
ban t
ax, Po
will L
say
th
En
Pi
ay
to les
tested fo
1 cost
aye's radioactive
Municipal affairs min
Al Leach said at
Association of Municipal
f Ontario Conventio
Monday that the govern
ill soon release details.
autioned against "doom
loom" scenarios about
overnment's efforts
rease efficiency and
ucation by other t
unicipal property t
among other concerns.
'I suspect some of you
int to the province and
our fault if (proper
x s go up," he told t
"It seems like an easy w
t," he said. It's not going
rk. There's one damn ta
r."
material
SCOTT HILGENDORFF
SSP News Staff
A study commissioned by
Ontario Hydro is expected to
'nd lower tritium levels in
"uron , and Lake
Ontario; the two Great Lakes
hat are home to nuclear
wer developments.
Ontario Hydro has hired
tomic Energy of Canada
imited, in partnership with
he Ministry of the
vironment, to collect sam-
es of water from the Great
akes and tributary rivers to
t for levels of tritium.
One such sample was taken
m the Maitland River Aug.
Tritium is a radioactive
rm of hydrogen capable of
-ing cancer, cell damage or
defects depending on the
1 of exposure. It cannot be
inated by water treatment
ts.
hn LaMarre, a senior
nical officer with Ontario
ro in Toronto, said the tri -
found in the water sup-
omes from throe sources.
first is naturally occur -
and is produced by fast
ng panicles from space
ng with water vapor in
u l errat atmosphere
that
ulti-
on the
strict,
"You'li find it in rivers and
streams around the world," he
label.
ltitium from nuclear testing
in the 1960s can also be found
in the lakes.
The third source is from
Ontario Hydro, produced by
the regular operation of
nuclear power facilities such
as the Bruce Nuclear Power
Development near
Kincardine. Tritium is
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The aith referencethe react'
lio was developed y t• -
Ontario Separate Sc, mate
TUustec's As: 1g
o is teachers
rather than a reflection paper,
it would be better to print the
board's expectations on the
form and have applicants
sign it, "then they will have
something to live up to."
The board kept the reflec-
tion paper as part of the faith
reference paper, but did
change the requirement for
the pastoral reference from
one f that orn required the pastor to
be to a reference
parish
ercnce that is current.
Director of Education
cite said junction wi
priests have told them that in Catholic
larger parishes, sometimes Officers' Association
not everyone is known on a Ontario Conference
personal basis and it would Catholic Bishops.
't meet standards being re
pec ion of four Stratford standard then
lernentary schools, a con- Vice -chair
ulting firm, Playspaces Inc., tack said it W
dvised the hoard it would
the board more money to
ring the equipment up to
Gaeta n 131
not be possible to give t
type of reference the board
looking for.
He pointed out that w
submitted by the appli
always followed up w
phone call which will
the person considcriri
application further intheinto r
ence.
because it does t
not meet sate- t
ty standards.. --implications s
which could affect all schools a
in
cost
cgarding b