Huron Expositor, 2000-04-26, Page 1Huron .41
In brief
April 26, 2000
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Local weather
.Wednesday -Sunny.
High 10 to -13.
Thursday -=Increasing
cloudiness. Scattered
showers. High 15: low 4. •
Friday--Cloud.y with
showers. High 13. Low 5.
Saturday --Mix of -$un .
and cloud. Chance of.
showers. High. 12. Low .4. -
From Environment Cando
Bugs take
bite out
of students
atpublic
school
While attendance is
back to normal this week,
Seaforth Public School
had absentee rates over
10 per cent for a few days
last week.
"There were a few bugs
going through the
school;" says Marlene
Price, of the Huron
County health unit.
"We get schools
reporting above 10 per
cent at various times of
the school year, -"—she
says. •
Schools with more than
10 per cent of their
population homesick are
asked to notify the health
unit: ,
SPS secretary Joanne
Jewitt says students
"started dropping like
flies" on Friday afternoon
of April 14 with about 10
students going home
throughout the day. And,
then the absentee rate was
over 10 per cent last
Monday and Tuesday.
Illnesses ranged from
stomach cramps and
vomiting to sore throats
to fifth disease, a virus
with symptoms that
include fever, fatigue,
joint aches and.a "slapped
cheeks" rash.
Power.
tools stolen
from home
Several power tools
were stolen from , a
workshop located in the
back yard of a residence
on Sparling Street in
Seaforth:
The owner reported
that someone had .entered
the workshop through the
front garage doors
sometime between April
6 after 6 p.m. and before
10:30 a.m. April,l.
Among the tools taken
were three sanders, two
drills, four battery.
chargers with batteries,
skill saw, orbital sander,
nail gun and several other
tools.
Anyone knowing any
information that could •
assist this investigation is
asked to -contact the
Huron _ OPP or by calling
crimestoppers.
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Walk of
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Students perform
Passion Play...
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Scouts raise
fundswllh
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Video cameras being installed
High school site of pilot project
to use cameras against vandalism
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Staff
Security cameras installed
recently at Seaforth District
High School are part of a
pilot project -to stop
vandalism at Avon Maitland
District schools, says trustee`
Abby Armstrong.
She says SDHS and
Northwestern Secondary
School in Stratford: are the.
two sites chosen .by board
administration to install the
cameras.
"If they find :the cameras
deter vandalism, they'll do it
at more or all of the high
schools," says Armstrong.
The board's facilities
administrator Mike Rau says
the four exterior cameras at
Seaforth District High School
and the two interior cameras
in the board office will
enhance the existing security
system that has been inplace
at all Huron County schools
for eight years.
The exterior cameras take
pictures of the driveways,
parking lots and entrance of
the school while the interior
cameras scan the upper and
lower hallways of the board
office. -
The cameras sit on stand-
byuntil motion trips the
beam. Without them, the
existing security system only
activates if someone breaks
inio the school.
Rau says SDHS has had
two cases of exterior
vandalism during the
past year -and -a -half when
spray painting caused $3,000
and $1,500 in damages to the
school. He says a vehicle was
also abandoned at the lower
exit door during the past 60
days: .
Rau says the security
cameras, which the board"
bought for $10,000, will save
the hoard money in the long
run..•
"This is nothing new.
We've had a security system
since 1992 and before that
we usedto have high thefts
and loss. We've had a
significant reduction in
vandalism and a significant
reduction in, insurance costs,"
he says. .
Rau says the board is also
considering the installation of
security cameras at one of its
elementary schools, which he
would not name,.where there
has been a significant amount
of vandalism.
"This is not. unique to
Seaforth. We have had a
problem with pilfering and
vandalism throughout the
system," says Armstrong,
adding that the cameras -are
not in response to the board's
recent decision to close the
high "school.
Armstrong says she
received one phone call from.
Crucifixion
Jesus Christ, played by Brad Henderson, of Seaforth, is crucified during the passion play performed by the Grade 8 class at St.
James School last Thursday,
Susan Hundertmark photo
uartet wins championshi
Barbershop quartet voices strike a chord at provincials
By SusanHuttdertmark .America (SPEBSQSA),
Exposifor Staff displayed on his living room
mantle.
The -moment when -the four _ While his new quartet._
voices of his barbershop called intrigue, has been
quartet come together so - together less than a year,
perfectly that the chord rings Campbell says the group is
is the moment that Dave "by far the highest calibre
Campbell, of Seaforth, loves. • group" of which he's been a
"The hair stands up on my member.
arms. When a chord rings it His last quartet, called
seems like'there are more Pastime, placed second five
than four voices singing. times at the provincial level.
Getting chords to ring all the "We just couldn't find that
time is what we try for," hepert level. We learned the
says. • hard way thatyou don't
And, after 16 years of. automatically come first in
singing in barbershop .these competitions," says
quartets, Campbell and his Campbell.
new quartet, have won a The other three members'
provincial championship and of intrigue, who include Dan
will be representing Ontario Wilson, of Dunnville, Al.
at an _ international Baker, of Hamilton and Chris
competition in July. Arnold, of Kitchener, have
"I've been trying to win all sung with different
that trophy for a long time," ' quartets over the years.
says Campbell of the three- Baker has been to the
foot- high trophy from the international competition 18
' Society for the Preservation times while Wilson has been
and Encouragement of twice.
Barber Shop Singing in "I'm the rookie of the
•
group. Everyone is very
experienced. The guys 1 sing
with you have to work to
keep up with ," he says,.
The quartet gets together
once a week to practise. To
get their voices to "line up."
Campbell says practices
usually consist of working
together in duets while the
other two members listen and
analyse what they're hearing.
At the international
convention in Kansas City
from Tub,2 g_'.. -which
Campbell calls "the Stanley
Cup of barbershopping."
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Dave Campbell
a Seaforth resident
complaining about the
cameras. '
SDHS school council chair
Maureen Agar says she's
never been informed by any
school staff or students about
the vandalism at the school."
"Usually we talk about
these things at school council . .
meetings but it was never
brought to my attention and
$3,000 is a lot of spray paint.
You'd think someone would
have mentioned it," she says.
Agar says she's' heard a . .
few comments on the street
about the cameras but has not
had any parents call to
complain.
"Most people .are rolling
their eyes and asking, 'What
next? she says as word
spread last week of the plans
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Firemen
gearing
up for
convention
By Brett Jewitt
Expositor student staff
Four hundred -fully
servicedcamp sites are being -
built. on the north side of the
Agri -plea . for the . Fire
Fighters Association of
Ontario convention to be
hosted this summer by the
Seaforth Fire Department.
And most of the campsites
have been' booked for
months.
This is the first time in its
almost -100 -year history that
the Seaforth Fire Department
has hosted the convention.
Approximately 1,500
people are expected for the
event on the civic holiday in
August. •
Dave Devries, a chair of
the FFAO committee in
Seaforth, said the main
question people ask when
they hear - where the
convention will be held this
year is, "Where's Seaforth?".
"This convention will
make people a lot • more
aware of where Seaforth is.
It will be great for this
town," said Devries.
"People will be coming
from the Niagara Region and
all the way through to north
of Orillia, " he said.
The convention starts the
night of Aug. 4 with an .
evening-ofsocializing.for-all--- -- --
in attendance. 'and ends on
Aug. 7 when the fire fighters
are planning on having a
giant palade that will start at
10 a.m. that morning.
The parade will be run on
the usual Santa Claus parade
route, starting at Optimist
Park, and finishing at the
arena.
;e weekend of activities
will all be centered around
the Agri-plex and curling
club, and will include such
things as a beauty pageant,
firefighter games, as well as
more than one parade.
"We have a lot of fun with
things like the pageant, but
we do have a serious side too
with the memorial parade
and our meetings." said
Devries.
"It is hoped that Seaforth
will have a millennium
celebration in conjunction
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