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The Huron Expositor, 1997-11-12, Page 2SIIHRI 11MN IIIIMNTM, ItMt ombs, lilt I sin Mutual respect between Huron County educators CONTINUED f om page 1 Federation of Women's 'Ibachers' Association and the Franco-Ontarian Tbachers' Association breaking ranks with the OSSTF and Ontario Engltth Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA) and announcing Thursday they would be returning to work, solidarity between the unions in Huron County remains, Dyck, who agreed with Westlake, noted that this mutual respect between Huron County educators has been proven during the pick- ets and rallies of the last few weeks. "For the last two weeks we have carried each other's signs...we have become one," Dyck stated. However, he did express his anger at the provincial office's decision to break ranks with the OSSTF and the OECTA without consulting the local presidents. Testing for BY DAVID SCOTT Expositor Editor Tuckersmith Council recently granted permission to Bluewater Energy Quest to use the township road allowances to conduct their three-dimensional seismic testing on lands within Tuckersmith, provided they supply all safety require- ments. The purpose of the seismic test is to look for natural gas "I'm angry about not hav- ing the opportunity to repre- sent my membership," he said, adding that they entered this protest together, and "should have exited it the same way," Still, Dyck stated that he was happy with the outcome of the last two weeks. He said although he would not call the strike a victory On teachers he noted they were successful at raising awareness within the community. "What we have done to bring to the public's attention the dangers of Hill 160 is amazing," Dyck stated, Clarke also added two weeks ago when the walk -out started, most parents weren't aware of what Bill 160 meant to education. "It got the message out," Clarke said, "We've exposed (the government's) true agen- da...in that sense it was very successful." natural gas and oil deposits. "They look at the old records (where they tested before). They're doing a fair bit of testing in Huron County," says Tuckersmith clerk Jack McLachlan. *** Black Fund Development Inc. was recently given per- mission by Tuckersmith Council to conduct a lottery within the township for research, patient care and medical equipment for public hospitals within the province. Huron reeves demand more information from county council for the Health and Seniors BY BLAKE PATTERSON committee. SSP News Staff Directing his comments at the Clerk -Administrator, Over the last several years,, Cunningham said the agenda, county councillors have summaries for all the commit - repeatedly complained they tees have become increasingly do not have enough informs- thin arid cryptic over the last tion to govern effectively. several years and if the trend Thursday at County Council, continues he could see no they demanded change. need for the council to meet Ree.ve Bill Vanstone of . monthly. Colbortl(e Township said- As it stands, he'said, county council should consider going council would be just as effec- hack to the way the county tive if it met every couple used to do business -- dis- months just to get an update cussing matters more fully at on how the administration has county council rather than at been running thc county. the committee level. "We must demand more He said the council meet- information so we can do our ings he attended 10 years ago, before the current committee system was established, were longer but far more meaning- ful. Vanstone said it may have cost money to conduct full- day rather than half-day coun- cil meetings, but it was money well spent. He said paying for lunch for the council members was small money compared to the big dollars put at risk when council has to make decisions without facts. "Maybe what we are saving is costing," said Vanstone adding the next council should, "Take a darned hard look at going back (to the pre- vious system) and not for- ward." The county operates through committees which meet each month and bring recommendations forward for County Council's approval. Trusting the committees have discussed matters fully beforehand, the council mem- bers are given agenda minutes from the committees with brief summaries of the discus- sions. At council, the normal rou- tine is quick and efficient. County Clerk -Administrator Lyn Murray reads a commit- tee recommendation, the • job better,"said Cunningham. Murray responded by say- ing, "I believe these minutes are comprehensive." She noted her office has never pro- vided verbatim transcripts of committee meetings but tries to convey the general sense of the discussions and arguments which took place. Reeve Carol Mitchell of Clinton disagreed. She reminded Murray council members have repeatedly complained about the lack of information provided by the county administration over the last several years. "Obviously they (the agenda minutes) are not comprehensive enough," said Mitchell. Murray said the administra- tion will try to put more in future minutes. Reeve Bill Mickle of Exeter agreed with Vanstone and requested an item be placed on the first agenda of the new council to consider a review of county government opera- tions. He said the effort to save taxpayer's money has gone too far. "We (council) no longer understand what's needed to represent the people," said Mickle. "We need to revisit the operations of this cham- Warden asks for questions, ber." • usually there are no questions, Reeve Mason Bailey of the motion is carried, Murray .Blyth also supported the idea reads another reoommenda- and outlined his disillusion - tion, and the process begins ment with how the county again. - government operates. The committee system was He said be was proud to be designed to save time and elected Reeve four years ago money. The county council and was looking forward to Meetings used 10 last all day, the challenge of representing but now usually wrap up his piece of the county but county taxpayers don't have little to do with how the coun- Mutiicipnl Elections Broadfoot elected dsputyreeve CONTINUED from page 1 the area. He is manurd, with two small children. Scott was also hired Priday as the new editor of the Lake short Advance in Zurich. He begins that Job at the start of December, The manager of The Heron gxpoiitues 7ltrl'Lynn Dale, described it as "a decision of Dave's, a lateral move within the company (Bowes Publishing/Sun Media), and not related to the election." Johnson, who is retired and lives on John St,, almost dou- bled Scott's total in poli #6, 68 to 31, and also took the advance poll, 17 to 6, 'CUCKEREMITH TWP In other area results of Monday's municipal elec- tions across the province, Bob Broadfoot was elected the new deputy -reeve of Tuckersmith Township, defeating council incumbent Bernie MacLellan in the race to f111 the position vacated by Larry McGrath. It was close. Broadfoot gar- nered 451 votes to MacLellan's 404. Newcomer Paul Spittal was the odd man out, but only by a whisker, in Tuckersmith as four candidates vied for three seats. Newcomer Bill belong topped the polls in the adja- cent township with 691 votes, followed by incumbent Doug Vock at 496, incumbent Rob McLeod at 436 and Spittal at 430. HULLE'I"C TWP In Hullett 'lbwnship, Coun. Robert Szusz un -seated incumbent 'ibm Cunningham in the race for reeve, 293 votes to 267, with a third candidate, Kenneth Hulley gleaning 39. Four candidates were run- ning for three seats on Hullett Council. Marg Anderson fin- ished first with 463 votes, followed by John Van Beers at 374, and incumbent Bruce Bergsma with 362. Karl McNaughton was not elected with 312 votes. HENSALL COUNCIL it was a bunched race in before noon. The result is [loon retitled the count 1 had to provide lunch to the council ty really operates, members and only need pay "I realized you don't have them for a halfday rather than to know much to he part of full-day meeting, the county government," said Ths whole discussion Bailey. He agreed the commit - opened when Reeve Tom tee structure needs to be re - Cunningham of Hullett examined in an effort to Township noted how little "change the involvement of information was contained in the minds elected to get the council's agenda minutes involved." Nenaillt where four candi- dates, all newcomers, *ere after three available sesta, with incumbent Steve lbww previously acclaimed Wore nominations were re -opened because there weren't encu candidates for the available positions, Robert Erb was the loser, trailing the pack with 178 votes. Dreg Dayman was top vote -getter polling224 votes, followed by ave Annen with 206 and Rod Parker with 192. Tete were three candidates running for trustee in the new district public school board in Hensel( and surrounding areas. Hob Allen was the winner with 2,163 votes, defeating Rob Anderson with 1,629 and David Hodder with 1,074. HIBBERT/W, PERTH Pour Hibbert Council incumbents were running for only two available seats in the new ward of Hibbert in 'the new municipality of West Perth. The vote reflected the closeness of the race, with Barb MacLean topping the polls with 286 votes, joining Lou Maloney with 250 as the ward's new representatives. Fran Lannin with 233 votes and Bob Norris with 213, were defeated. Walter McKenzie had 1,437 votes and was defeated in the two-man race for deputy reeve of West Perth by Bert Vorstenbosch, who had 1,542. Only 10 votes separated Hugh McCaughey and John Van Bakel in another two- man race for mayor of West Perth. Van Bakel won with 1,553 to McCaughey's 1,543. Mike Cronin with 343 votes beat Don MacRae with 191 in the race for the single Hibbert seat of the West Perth PUC. incumbent Bernard Murray also defeated challenger Helen Vock, 357 votes to 154, as the trustee for Hibbert (and West Perth) on the Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board. -Fourn county warden race Four hats arc in the Warden The Warden is elected each ring. year by thc reeves of the Jack Coleman of Stanley county's municipalities. This Township, Norman Fairies of year's election will be cnn- Howick Township, Carol ducted at a County Council Mitchell of Clinton and Bill meeting held on Dec. 2 in Weber of Stephen Township Goderich. have announccd their inlen- The outcome of Monday's tion to be the Huron County election may have affected Warden for 1998. those able to run for Warden. Snow removal concerns BIA Snow removal and spaces in the John Street parking lot concerned the Seaforth business improvement asso- ciation (BIA) at its Oct. 23 meeting. Secretary Cathy Garrick said the lot, to the west behind Main Street South to the lights, "is owned by the town and was developed in order to provide alternative parking to downtown store owners and workers." "According to Public Works Superintendent John Forrest, snow is plowed from the rear alley and the John Street parking lot and must be piled somewhere," minutes of the meeting record. "When the town devel- oped the parking lot it was with the intention of piling snow at the north-west cor- ner of the lot. Between eight and 10 parking spaces can be removed due to snow pil- ing, however it takes hours to remove the snow, which can only be done after hours when the parking lot is vacant. "This is a municipal park- ing lot which is not dedicat- ed for customers of any spe- cific busineu," Garrick con- tinued. "If time permits Public Works staff will haul Farm values up Farm Credit Corporation market analysis indicates Canadian farmland values rose by an average of 5.6 per, cent from this January to July. The biggest semi-annual increase was 8.9 per cent in Manitoba, followed by British Columbia at 8.1 per cent and Ontario at 7.9 per cent. The smallest was 2.7 per cent for Nova Scotia. the snow away, however, with the reduction in staff this may be difficult. "The alleyway belongs to the town and it pays to remove the snow from the alley behind these business- es. "Other businesses in town do not have this luxury and must pay to remove the snow from behind their stores." she concluded. Support on control of second-hand smoke smoke." A press release says the coalition for a smoke-free Huron -Perth includes com- munity agencies, organita- tlone and et .treed cititens potted clothe kiftd of Contfol dedteated "le plfeting the onexposure to second-hand residents of Huron County." S Alto) t'H INSURANCE BROKER LTD. 5271810 Insuring Four business 1s OW Salome • Home • Conlmerclal • Auto • 17urm • Lite • Out of Province bevel Insurance Call Your Representative'Ibday • Kett Cardno • Lynn Pletach • Barb Watt • Joanne Williamson Of the thirty-six out of 183 municipal election candidates in Huron County that responded to a Survey by a wallliutt, 94 pet wear (or 18.5 pet *1* tat the total), "stip- AVE' UNTIL NOV. 17'*" SALT $1." %► �` — effettivernedleioe for pwir, Save even more with 1NStORE COUPON 50° $1 .49 HEALTH ON THE HILL A Review of activities at SEAFORTH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TIMES O1 LIGHTS Seaforth Hospital Auxiliary invites you to "A Celebration of Sharing" Sunday, November 23, 1997 6:30 p.m. -8:00 p.m. on the front lawn of Seaforth Community Hospital. Lighting Ceremony 0 7:00 p.m. Christmas entertainment, Hot Mulled Cider & Homemade Cookies served. Children, bring your fetters and visit with Santa. Tickets: 55.00 each & available from Auxilians or at Hospital Switchboard. Donations over 510.00 will receive a charitable tax receipt. You may choose to purchase a ticket In Memory of/Gift For your loved ones. JUNIOR VOL-UNTL+.L'-RS ALL members please note CPR date change to Sunday, November 30, 1997 1-5 p.m. Conf. Rm. 2 Pre -register by contact- ing Grace at 527.1650 Ext. 219 or teav' a message with Switchboard Receptionist for Val. Poisson. Opportunities for volunteer assistance include: CbrhNnras Decorating of IIotpital Wed. Nov u • 7Yee of Lights Cekbration assist with refreshments & Santa :taa_N* 2 • Come join the fun, be on Hospital Float in the .Yenta Cleat Parade frL Nat -a • Censer Prances 1 stem (5221979) or Grace Dotmage indtcatingyour swdl- ability. PUBLIC C.PB., Saturday, November 29 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Please c$11 527.1650 to register. BE1t1AV .M .NT SUPPORT GROUP which may be highly beneficial to individuals who have experienced the death of a loved one. Confidentiality will be upheld in order to ensure a safe place where people may share their fears, loneliness and problems. It is sponsored by Huron Hospice Volunteer Service and will next be held Wed., November 19th (bi-monthly meetings will be held on the first and third Wednesday of every month) at 5:00 p.m. 0 Maplewood Manor, Church Street. Seaforth (enter through rear door off parking lot). Anyone interested is most welcome to attend. For further infor- mation, contact Joan Stewart 522.0897 or Shirley Dinsmore Office: 527.0655 Res. 527-1005. PERINATAL INFORMATION SESSION Thum., November 20th at 7330 p.m. Conf. Rm. 2. TOPiC: pale Control In Labour & adhere Presenters: Dr. H. Percival & Carol Bowker. Physiotherapist. Preregistra- tion requested and appreciated. 527-1650 Ext. 2/9. OBS PRE -ADMIT CLINIC if you are an expectant Mom WS week pregnant and planning to deliver at Seaforth Community Hospital, you are encouraged to attend for sharing of admission information on Than., November 20th, at 7:00 p.m. in COOL Rm. 2. Pre-rreturnti to reaouri 527-1650 Ext. 219. information will also be available as to how Karen Seark tit Pam eMoaw, Breastfeeding Facilitators can provide breastfeeding support and problem solving if required. For further or immediate information. please contact (519) 522-0409 or (519) 237-3184. FF r"."1.-"1-41ge4 041 , it ft For our service Please call JOHN MU collsct (s19) 5444347 +x. SUNCIPAST Ford ■ M rcury ■ LMooln suns woaDg c oo E aLK 500