The Huron Expositor, 1998-05-27, Page 1Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Seaforth, Ontario
May 27, 1998 $1.00 includes GST
THEY'RE OFF - Rbbert Johnston was quickest out of the gate and showing good form in this
100 -metre race at Seaforth Public School last Tuesday afternoon. The other runners, from
' Griffiths. Dan Eedy. Adam McKichan, Nick Giller, Spencer Zapfe and Michael Janes.
heat of the midget boys
left to right, are: Blake
CAMPBELL PHOTO
Spring one of the best for farmers
BY SCOTT HILGENDORFF
Esposito,- Blum
This is one of the best years in a long,
time for many area crops. says Brian.
Hall. crop and soil advisor with the
Ministry of Agriculture. Food and Rural
Affairs. .
"We do . have some of Abe best
potential in wheat yields 1'vp seen in 10
years in Huron County." he said.
Corn is off to a great start. Rain that
.fell early this week 'should he a gond
boost•to the soybeans and hay is being
cut about two weeks earlier than
normal:
"We've had just excellent weather for
getting field work done this year," Hall
said.
And the conditions keep getting
better.
Crops have .already had about 434
heat Units since May 2.
Heat units are a measurement used
when looking at growing conditions.
In a typical growing season, from
foster of Mistie -140a tr
in Child Find's pogter truck camp
when crops first stan to show until they
are ready for harvest. there are about
2,900 heat, units on average in Huron
'County. In Seaforth. he said it is usually
closer to 2,850.
Last year, heat units didn't start
accumulating until May 20..
"It's a good indicator on the kind of
weather we had this year_compared-to.
last year when we had .a cold. wet
spring," said Hall. "We're' actually way
ahead compared to last year."
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I BY CARLA ANN OUD
Signal -Star Staff
As OPP divers troll Lake
!Huron for signs of Mistie
+Murray, Child Find is
mplacing posters of the
rtissing Goderich teen on
;trucks roaming the
'continent.
1. Mistie Murray, was 16-
'years -old when she was last
*eon in the Goderich area
May 31, 1995.
Since last Monday, printed her photo on the
Missing Children's Day, back of CIBC Visa hills .and
Mistie's face and the taken tips about sightings on
telephone number of Child its toll-free line.
Find can be seen on the back The truck campaign is its
of trucks from Cuddy newest .approach to find
Transportation of London. Mistie.
Child Find, an :For the sake of Mistie and
organization which works other missing children,
with police, parents, Child Find hopes the 'truck
government agencies and campaign will reach more
lawyers to find missing people and, interest other
children, has already ;;trucks tg companies to
distributed posters of Mistie, participate in the campaign,
said Lori Chapman, a
manager with Child Fi
The timing
unveiling has moth'
with the police res
search for Mistie
Huron; the truck
had been planned
before, she said.
However, the 1
bas spurred .Imo• ..
interest in Child
efforts: W
Residents are
producing
more garbage
BY GREGOR CAMPBELL
Expositor Staff
More junk than usual is being generated by Seaforth
The Mid -Huron Landfill Site at Holmesvillc handled 43.25
tonnes more garbage from Seaforth from Januar% to April this
year, compared to 1997.
Deputy -reeve Bill Teall calls it "odd" and adds last year's
figures were about average for this town. about nine per cent of
the usual Holmesvillc site total. which. worked out to about
398.7 tonnes the first four months.
This year Seaforth had generated 441.95 tonnes to the end of
April. which stands at about 11.35 per cent of the Mid -Huron •
total: •
.A tonne is a metric ton.
Teall says Seaforth has two carrier, t0 the dump and landfill.
site staff arc now monitoring the situation closely to sec it they
can possibly determine thc reasons for the increase from
Seaforth.
More garbage is not necessarily had news for the landfill site.
which charges by user/tipping fees. ,and is running a S29.000
surplus so far this year, slightly ahead of last year he says.
The deputy -reeve is Seaforth's representative on the Mid-
Huron Landfill Site Board:
Teall says he hopes the sudden 'increase reflects a busier town
that is simply generating more junk from increased business: .
However. -over the -long haul. Seaforth's deputy -reeve says the
increase could lead to Some problems. for instance. a revision of
the landfill site's letter of'permission from the government.
FILL UP FASTER
More garbage could also mean the local landfill site may fill
up faster. than the 10 to 12 years expected at present.
If •this turns out to be the case it could' prove more expensive
for. all the municipalities that use the Mid -Huron site.
_ Deputy-reeve_Teall says it now costs the Mid -Huron Landfill
Site aboiiif"S35 to process ,a tonne of garbage. but the existing
site was built when government grants were "excellent." This. is
no longer the case. he says. and a new dump would probably
result in landfill site costs to municipalities in the vicinity of
$100 per tonne.
Teall'says Seaforth has two carriers to the dump and landfill
site staff are monitoring the situation to see if they can
determine, possibly more concrete reasons for the increase from
Seaforth.
He says Bluewater Recycling's percentages may he up slightly
too. Any breakdown is difficult to isolate because of co -
mingling, or new arid different methods of collection by the. arca
recycling firm.
Some other area municipalities are also experiencing an •
increase in the amount of garbage they .generate for the Mid -
Huron site. whereas others are down. according to the deputy -
reeve's figures.
Clinton is .up about 32 tonnes'. to 430 tonnes in the first four
months of this year compared to 398 in 1997.
On the other hand. the town of Goderich is.down Aignificantl}
to 1,730 tonnes so far this year. compared to 1,792 for the same
time period last year.
Tuckersmith Township is up to 337 tonnes, compared to 314
tonnes at the same time last year.
Bayfield is up hj six tonnes. Goderich Township up by 26
tonnes and Colborne up by 42 tonnes.
Students prepare to show Grade $B high school is a great place to go
Fear is some
may go to
other high
schools after
closure scare
BY SCOTT HILGENDORFF
Expositor Editor
Seaforth District High
School needs you.
That's the message gong
.out to Grade 8 students .next
'week who arc being invited
tto attend a special high
ischool event.
Students wanted to get
/more involved in helping
;keep the school viable, said
:Maureen Agar of the school
,advisory council and
;Friends of Seaforth High
!School.
The students came up
with a plan to show tirade
8s holy great SDHS can be
by inviting them to a fun
Olympics and barbecue
being planned at the school.
At the same time, they
have had buttons made
using the schools' hear
mascot pointing out,
suggesting "SDHS wants
you."
The buttons arc a symbol
of the students' support for
the school and arc being
sold as a fund raiser for the
event.
"As student trustee, I felt
it was important we keep
the campaign going," said
Cheryl Workman, who
worked with student council
and staff members on the
plan.
Buttons arc being sold to
students. through the BIA
and in thc community.
They were unveiled
Monday at the school as
students prepare to help
keep SDHS enrollment up.
Enrollment is anticipated
to be higher this fall but
Agar said what's happening
is students have enrolled in
two high schools for next
year.
There arc 313 students at
SDHS now and next year's
enrollment figures show 336
students could be attending
the school if all the Grade
8s go there.
' Agar said the concern is
that with an uncertain future
fur SDHS, Grade 8s are
looking at going to high
schools in Clinton and
Mitchell that they expect
will be there until they
graduate.
When the suggestion for
the buttons was made and
the Grade 8s come to the
school, Agar said, "I
thought it was a good idea
and we wanted to help
them."
Agar said this Leads the
Friends of ,Seaforth High
School into one of its
medium term plans.
The short term goal was
to delay any decision the
Avon Maitland District
School Board was planning
to make toward closing the
high school.
Now, Agar said they are
working on keeping the
students here.
The event is tentatively
scheduled for June 9 to
follow an Olympic fun day
for all the high school
students.
in the evening, the Grade
8s are being invited to the
school for a barbecue and
games for the Grade 8s.
Workman said this is a
chance to share with the
Grade 8s why they should
come to Seaforth District
High School.
"It's a really good school.
Give it a chaste. There is.a
future here," Workman said.
Vice Principal Rob Parr
said features . they are
offering the Grade 8s
include the successful
=MAD on Pare2
Cheryl Workman, stutiei it trustee, wants to bring Grade 8s to Seaforth
for a barbecue in June to get to know the school and see that it's a
to go in September. HILGENDORFF PHOTO
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