The Huron Expositor, 1997-09-03, Page 1Your Cc munity Newspaper Since 1860
Seaforth, Ontario
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Committee
decideg to
wait awhile
BY GREGOR C
Expositor Stall.
AMPBELL
e studying
entral Huron
eking a pre -
its tentative
ally called
met last
in Clinton.
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consultants
represent-
cipalitics,
, had their
eep things
and go for
Randolph
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rding to
ructuring
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aren't so
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dollars
The commute
restructuring in c
County put off pi
(erred option, as
timetable origin
for, when it
Wednesday night
If the people, w
ed to a survey the
for this committee
ing seven muni
including Seaforth
way - they would k
the way they are,
the status quo.
That's what The
Group reporte
Wednesday, acco
Central Huron rest
committee Chair
Lobb.
But the politicians
sure the status quo
maybe in the short
not the long, Lobb s
interview Friday mo
they didn't decide o
of three options pre
presented they prefer.
Becoming a single
pality made up the
members, or restru
into two, an east and
Central Huron, a
"improved" status qu
these three options.
"LEERY"
The politicians arc "
Lobb said, and want
and cents details of he
land precisely lies be
themselves and the 0
government in regar
changing fiscal transfer
responsibilities.
The representatives o
seven municipalities dec
to go back to their respc
councils before the rest
curing committee next m
in mid-October.
The other municipalitie
this restructuring study
McKillop, Hullett, Colb
and Goderich townships
the towns of Clinton
Goderich.
September 3, 1997 - $1.00 includes GST
Abell
HI THERE 'SAPPHIRE'- Miniature horses from Adams in Atwood visited SeaBY DAVID scan
forth Manor
residents Friday afternoon. Mom, Sheila Adams, took 'Sapphire' around visited
aquainted
while her daughter, Shirley, handled another miniature horse called 'Jewel' who was pulling
Seaforth man
finally found
A 44 -year-old Seaforth man
missing for almost five days
was found "wandering aim-
lessly on the tracks" in
Tuckersmith Township just
before dusk last Thursday.
"It appears he was despon-
dent due to personal issues,"
the Huron County Ontario
Provincial Police state in a
press release.
Garry Young of Railway
Street went missing early
Sunday morning, Aug. 23, on
the day his family were cele-
brating their parent's 50th
anniversary.
The OPP officially asked
for the public's assistance in
locating him early Tuesday
then brought extra officers,
its canine unit and a heli-
copter into town to look for
him the next two days.
The helicopter was most
noticeable over Seaforth
Wednesday, when it went
back and forth in the sky all
day in a grid pattern. Many
cruisers and other police
vehicles were also all over
town.
"He has been re -united with
a very grateful family. In
spite of his five days outside,
he appeared to be in good
health," the police press
release noted.
He was found at about 7:50
p.m.
Huron -Perth DHC
Executive director resigns
The executive director of He was hired in Feuary
the Huron Perth District 1995.
Health Council resigned at J. Douglas Fines, Deborah
last Thursday's meeting in Ritchie, Marg
Mitchell
Fraser Bell is joining a
health management consult-
ing firm in Toronto. He was
the founding executive direc-
tor of the area health council.
R
History committee asks council to
consider mu
BY DAVID SCOTT
Expositor Editor
)w the After meeting for more than
tween a ycar, the celebrate
ntario Seaforth's history committee
ds to took a formal step forward
s and towards its goal of establish-
ing a museum in town - pos-
f the sibly owned by Seaforth and
idcd curated by the county.
ctive Thursday night's meeting at
ruc- town hall was to review the
cots results of the recent Seaforth
museum survey," sent to
s in 1,500 households in Seaforth, d
arc Egmondville, Harpurhey and s
ome surrounding areas. Summer s
and student Amanda Dayman h
and prepared it, and results, with p
help from Sherrie Oli-
out in flyers delivered door-
to-door in Huron County that
include Focus magazine.
There were questions of
whether some people even
opened up the bags and saw
the survey.
Results Encouraging
"I'm confident in the
results," said Paul Carroll. "A
normal rate of return is two
per cent. You've got four per
cent. The other thing is the
age range of respondents.
About half are age 55 and up.
That represents the solid tra-
itional group of what
eaforth was built on. There
eems to be interest in local
istory and support of some
lace to show it off. I find it
couraging in t
:peas,' he said.
"It's easy to be negative
y it could be biased. I
e have to interpret the in
ation. I think we hay
ft through it and build
positive response," s
ck Burgess.
Comments from Coun
e county museum cure
asked for his comme
the survey. He has been
vious meetings of th
mittee in the past year.
You've tossed around hav-
a Huron County museum
eaforth or a stand-alone
itution for Seaforth. I
k it's biased to the latter
e survey. A four per cent
rn is not bad." Breede
it would be nice to have
t five questions prepared
k people on the street
'then you would, get a
der cross-section -
be those who left it (sur -
ire status quo would m
mean the biggest tax hike
Seaforth, according to fa
and figures in the cons
tants' report passed out a
poorly- attended public me
ing at the local high scho
July 9.
HEFTY TAX HIKE
On a property current
assessed at $100,000
Seaforth on which $855
tax is now paid, the projecte
tax under the status quo
$1,142. Under "improved sta
tus quo" this figure was pr
jected to fall to $1,127. F
"two municipalities" the pro-
jected tax on the same prop-
erty is $840, and for "on
municipality" it is $680
according to this report.
The corresponding munici-
pal tax on an equivalent prop-
erty under the four scenarios,
respectively, in McKillop is
$365, $669, $651 and $542.
The corresponding figures
can ing deputy -clerk during re
for Cathy Garrick's recent mater-
cts nity leave.
u1- The percentage of surveys w
t a returned to those mailed out m
et_ was slightly more than four sif per cent. (65 surveys the
returned). A two per cent Di
return is normal for any type
ly of mailed -out survey. Th
in Nancy Kale asked if the was
in results take into account that on
d people who are not interested pre
is in a museum didn't fill 'out com
the survey.
pr
"How do you get away in
or from that bias?' she asked. at S
Claus Breede, curator of the inst
Huron County Museum, thin
e agreed.
in t
• "You're quite right. There retuh
is a clear bias in response.. said
Maybe you could do inter- atmab
view on the street or a ran- to as
dom mail -out and follow- and '
up ••
The surveys were mailed broa
may
vey) in the hag. Especial
when you're dealing with
total sample of 65. Yo
should try to get at least I
responses in a survey. If yo
get two people who got ou
of the wrong side of the bed
you've got a five per cen
margin there."
More Analysis Needed
Breede pointed to the smal
percentage of those who said
'yes' to financially support-
ing a museum (46 per cent).
"You explain that by saying
maybe people didn't know
how much money was being
asked of them. What percent-
age of the 85 per cent (who
said Seaforth would benefit
owland ret M.
VanWalvraven were also wel-
comed as new members of
the 20 -member volunteer
health service planning coun-
cil at last week's meeting.
seum partnershi
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ly Overall, he said "I think e
a there's a lot of good informa-
u tion here."
00 Loans versus Ownershi
u The county curator thoug
t a question in the surve
should be reworded, and re
t asked. It asked: "Do yo
have any artifacts that yo
would be willing to donate o
I loan to a museum in Seafort
if there was a lending and
collection policy in effect?'
The answers were: yes, 30
per cent; no, 63 per cent and
no response, 7 per cent.
"Any museum shouldn't
become a storage place for
:'everybody's things," said
Breede. "Remove the word
'loan' and see how the num-
bers change." He added that
"you won't get any govern-
ment money" if a "loaning"
museum is established. The
collection has to be owned -
by the municipality or the
county.
He talked about special
exhibits the county does do,
like the upcoming Huron
hockey exhibit which is on a
loan basis. "The hockey
p with county
xhibit is building good
uge
lot
onths
ay -
plc
the
le.
ing
ial
War
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ng
nk
th
n
r
m
s
ridges. There's a h
ealth of information, a
rom Seaforth. Eight m
go some people were s
g, 'you'll never get peo
loan you that' but
sponse is unbelievab
is hockey exhibit is tak
ver my life," he said.
A few years ago, a spcc
th anniversary World
exhibit was featured at t
unty museum, includi
ny items from Fra'
illips and the Seafor
ion display.
Existing Public Space
small commented o
they of the survey's ques
s asking suggestions foo
re a Seaforth museu
Id be located, if not a
of the Seaforth munici
building). The 15 differ
suggestions received
rang
from Cardno's Hall to
n's Bush.
1 these locations appear
places you'd need addi-
money to stay open. To
it viable I think it has
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m a museum) said 'yes'
hose (to financially supporting it)?
Some third level analysis
and needs to be done some time."
hink The curator said he'd like to
for- separate the 85 per cent of
e to interested people and look at
on them, and analyze them as a
aid group of 100 per cent.
Likewise, he'd like to look at
ty the 15 per cent who weren't
for interested and see their rea-
nts sons and answers.
to
is
for nutlet( are $254, $632, Ed
inhabsamix
ucation dire
Perth County's public edu- tron
cation director for the past 16 boards
years died suddenly at the s
Wednesday at his home in Strat
London. said S
Paul Sherratt was 55 -years- ,quite a
old.
He was "very much ill
invol
$616 and $542.
The projections assume
provincial grants will be
eliminated and the costs of
policing will be imposed on
the townships.
Lobb, a Ooderich 'hiwnship
councillor, said she and some
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of Perth and Huron
of education, effective
tart of next year.
ford Mayor Dave Hunt
herratt's death "was
anybodyshockh d any idea'
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FUN AT BIBLE SCHOOL - Leaders Stephanie Blanchard (left) and Tammy Elliott led In
PHOTO BY DAVID SCOTT
liong at the Daily Vacation Bible School at Bethel Bible Church Church in Egmondville last
more than five days Bible stories and games.
week. About 150 area children attended for y of skits, music, crafts,
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