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Huron Expositor, 2001-07-25, Page 1:., July 25, 2001 Si (includes GST) AMANDA POPPE Travel Planner Mediterranean Cruises From '1698 CDN INCLUDES AIR FARE P.P. Double occupancy CALL FOR DETAILS! TPI TRAVEL SEAFORTH �1•� �� �!°Mary litsulraion 010167t 665 43 Main St., """''cant*" "•"'^"°"" L- 527-2062 Email: tpic4th ©tcc.on.ca In brief .Moonlight madness event set for Friday night,. downtown The annual Moonlight Madness event is set to begin in downtown Seaforth Friday night. Main Street will be closed late Friday afternoon to allow events and displays to take place along the street. Bands and clowns will be performing throughout the evening and there will be two barbeques: one hosted by Northside United Church and another by the Seaforth All Girls Marching Band. A juggler will perform, face painters - will decorate the faces of kids of all ages and business displays will also be set up along the street. In addition, giant sized jousting, a popular event from last year, will return as well as other unusual games for kids. New this year will be a teddy bear and pajama parade in which kids are invited to take part. The event is family focussed throughout the evening as stores extend, their hours and hold, special sales throughout the night. But while the kids are a focus of Moonlight Madness, at 9 p.m., the adults get to have some fun of their own at the popular street dance which begins at 9 p.m. Main Street will be closed for the event between . Goderich Street and George Street. The street dance will be held between Main Street and Gouinlock, which will also be closed to traffic for the evening. The event is organized and hosted by the Seaforth Business Improvement Area but organizations from around the community participate. Lack ofrain threatens area crops Corn yields could be reduced as crop heads into critical pollination period pollination period, a critical period for corn. "You can give up 80 bushels of yield," said Johnson, if it remains dry through the whole period. For those who got the rain, Johnson said, "It was kind of a million dollar rain for them." For those farmers, that received about 2 1/2 inches of rain in the Mitchell and See RAIN, Page 2 Depending on where you are in Huron and Perth County, dry conditions are posing a serious threat to corn yields after what started out looking like what would be an above average season for area farmers. Rain on Friday and Saturday in the area has made a difference for some farmers but soil and crop specialist Peter Johnson of the Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs said the situation is getting serious for others as corn begins to tassel and pollinate. "For the farmers that missed the rain, it's critical for the corn crop," said Johnson. The weekend's rains were spotty, meaning some areas got rain while, just a few kilometres away, it remained dry. Johnson said Exeter and Mitchell areas saw the greatest benefit from rainfall on the weekend while other farmers are about to see their crops producing less and less yield for each day that is dry. The yield loss will come as corn heads into a ten-day pollination period. Johnson said if it remains dry during that period, crops yields will be reduced by eight bushels of corn per acre for each day of the Scott Hllgendorff photo Chop stick challenges... Andrea Ribey helps Kyle Cronin wth chop sticks while his Japanese guest gets started on his lunch held Sunday at the Seaforth Agri-plex for the host families of Japanese children visiting Seaforth and Ontario for two weeks. Ribey taught school in Japan and wanted the children to have p chance to experience life in her country. More photos appear on Page 3. Barber turns himself in Charles Andrew Phillip Barber, 38, of Zurich turned himself into London City Police last Friday morning. News spread across the village quickly that the man who allegedly struck another man over the head two weeks ago with an object was in police custody. Barber fled Zurich after an incident on July 10 that ended with the 41 - year -old victim receiving a fractured skull. Police have not identified the weapon used, as it may become evidence in court. Barber turned himself in at 8:45 a.m. on July 20. He had been wanted by Huron OPP for aggravated assault for the Zurich incident. Barber was remanded in custody for a bail hearing that was scheduled for Monday but has since been put over until today, July 25, at 10 a.m. His charges are aggravated assault and breaching probation. The Huron OPP would like to thank the public for their support in helping find this wanted man. Const. Don Shropshall said the credit also goes to the Huron County newspapers which published Barber's photograph and story. Immediately after publication, calls were received by Crime Stoppers and then Barber turned himself in. "He knew his time was limited," said Shropshall. Police investigate as fires destroy two Vanastra buildings One may have been electrical fire, other considered 'suspicious) Tuesday at 6 a.m., they were back at y P the industrial building. "We were back out to extinguish some tires that had begun to burn again," Van Riesen said. Firefighters were not yet done with the Arnold Manufacturing building, however, as they were back out on the scene Tuesday afternoon at 1:50 p.m. In this case, the chief said, they were asked to soak some hot spots for the Ontario Provincial Police investigating team. Friday firefighters, joined by Seaforth and Brucefield's fire By Dave Emilie Clinton News -Record Editor Two fires, which resulted in the loss of two buildings in Vanastra, remain under investigation and while one in a warehouse is believed to have been caused by an electrical problem, the most recent at an abandoned apartment building is being considered "suspicious." Clinton firefighters began the week battling a blaze in an industrial building in Vanastra. The fire in the building, which Fire Chief Tex Van Riesen said had a sign for Arnold Manufacturing, was reported to the fire department at 12:43 a.m. on July 16. Firefighters were at the blaze until about 6 a.m., and were not finished cleaning up until about 7, Van Riesen said. They were assisted at the fire scene by the Brucefield Fire Department, which is normally responsible for fighting fires in the residential area of Vanastra. As the building was already fully Hospital's deficit gets $87,00o in help By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Staff An additional $87,000 in provincial funding will help to reduce a $140,000 deficit for this year's budget for Seaforth Community Hospital. "Like every other hospital in Ontario, we were in a deficit position this year and this additional two per cent will acknowledge inflation and the wage pressures we are under," says Andrew Williams, administrator of Seaforth hospital. Williams says Seaforth will be left with a "slight deficit" because of pressures it is under while negotiating with the Ontario Nurses Association, whose contract expired in April. He also anticipates pressures to the budget when the support workers' contract expires in October. "We had hoped the ministry would see the significant pressures we had that we had no control over," he says. While the increased funding is "great news for us," Williams says hospitals across Ontario are hoping for an increase to their funding base and a commitment to multi-year funding. "We need a three-year commitment as an industry to appropriately plan the system," he says. See SEAFORTWS, Page 2 engulfed in flames, and there was no one in the building, firefighters fought the blaze without entering the business. Compressed gases exploding in the building as it burned posed a threat to firefighters if they were to enter the wearhouse. That evening, members of the fire department were called back to the scene, where they had to douse a row of conveyor belt, which, the fire chief said, "seemed to want to continue to burn." Early the next morning, on See SEAFORTH, Page 2 Scott Hilgendorff photo Take off.... Alexander Cordno helps Travis lane get his kite off the ground at the Seaforth District High School soccer fields Sunday afternoon. They were joined by friend Shane Johnston. 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