Huron Expositor, 2001-07-25, Page 13,.-A4
In brief
August 1, 2001
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Manor
employees
reach
agreement
after more
than year
negotiating
By Scott Hiendorff
Expositor Editor
Seaforth Manor
employees have
reached a three-year
agreement with their
employers following
an April picket to
protest lack of
progress in
negotiating a new
contract which had
expired in March,
2000. •
The new contract,
reached by the 44
employees belonging
to the Canadian Auto
Workers (CAW)
Local 2458, includes
a 9.5 per cent
increase during the
three years and
signing bonuses --
$250 for full-time
employees and $125
for part-time staff.
The new contract
also includes some
benefit changes
including
improvements to
bereavement leave.
"It was certainly a
frustrating process,"
said CAW Local 2458
negotiator Bruce
Dickie.
An agreement was
reached last Monday
and was ratified last
Wednesday night.
Of the almost 30
nursing homes that
have recently joined
the CAW union,
Seaforth Manor was
thelast to reach an
up-to-date agreement.
"Now that it's over,
certainly the members
at the home are
satisfied with the
agreement," said
Dickie.
The Manor
employees
represented by the
CAW include health
care aides, kitchen,
housekeeping and
laundry staff.
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More Moonlight Madness._
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Scott Hilgendorff photo
Moonlight
madness
mayhem •
A pajama and teddy bear
parade was held for the first
time at Friday night's
Moonlight Madness event,
hosted by the Business
Improvement Area. Main
Street was closed so family
activities could take place
while stores stayed open late
offering specials. Children in
the parade brought their
favourite stuffed animals and
wore the pajamas to the
event. (left) Ida, one of several
clowns that roamed Main
Street, made giant bubbles
that kids gathered to try and
catch or break.
No
big tv
finales
this
year
to hurt
blood
donor
clinic
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
After the final episode
of Survivor last year
almost killed the
Seaforth Blood Donor
Clinic, it is back again
tomorrow night with
higher expectations it
can be successful again.
Last year, the clinic
needed 150 units of
blood but was only able
to collect 119.
The final episode of a
ratings -grabbing reality
television show and
good weather were
blamed on a poor
showing at the clinic
last year, but a Canadian
Blood Services
recruitment coordinator,
Tim Hamilton of the
London branch, said
changes made this year
and a less exciting
television schedule
should ensure the
survival of Seaforth's
clinic.
Hamilton said the
Seaforth clinic has been
set between clinics in
Mitchell and Clinton,
within a waiting period
donors must go through
before giving blood
again.
That allows donors in
those areas to also come
to Seaforth's clinic.
"We called every
donor that is on record
with us in those areas,"
said Hamilton.
Last year, the dates
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Seaforth area architecture purer than rest
Unknown fact that town is host to solid examples
of the 12 styles of Victorian era architecture
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Staff
Because Seaforth and Tuckersmith were settled
before the rest of Huron County, the ,#yea's
architecture is "purer" than the rest of the county,
says Goderich architect John Rutledge.
"Not a lot of people know that but it's just an
historic fact. It's a very significant point about
Seaforth that it has the purest architecture that's
truer to one style and not many styles juxtaposed
together," he says.
The Van Egmond House in particular, he says, is
an example of "pure style" with its Georgian
architecture.
As well, other houses in Seaforth and
Tuckersmith demonstrate good examples of
Italianate, Queen Anne, Gothic or any other of the
12 styles of architecture popular during the
Victorian era, instead of mixtures of styles which
are often seen throughout the rest of Huron
County.
"The houses in the Seaforth area are a little more
unique, and truer to one style. I tend to send people
to Seaforth to see the examples of different styles.
Everywhere else it's a lot more mixed up," he says.
Huron East Heritage
As well, Rutledge likes Seaforth's downtown
heritage district, citing examples such as Cardno's
Hall, the Seaforth town hall, the Commercial
Hotel, Sills Hardware and Box Furniture as
examples of beautiful architecture.
He also loves storefronts, such as the one at
Wuerth's Shoes, with big, walk-in shop windows
that draw customers in to look.
"Wuerth's is a gorgeous storefront; it's sheer
elegance. All those big display windows have the
purpose of being enticing and inviting," he says.
Rutledge says when he designed the architecture
for the Investment Centre to blend into Seaforth's
heritage streetscape a few years ago, he tried to
create a similarly inviting entranceway as seen at
the front of Seaforth's town hall.
"I tried to make it inviting with the recessed
archway," he says.
Because hotels were historically the pride of
every small town, Rutledge says he wishes
Seaforth's Queen's Hotel could be restored,
especially since it's on Highway 8 where the most
traffic travels through town.
"It's a fine building and in its time, it was
wonderful. Even a paint job would do a world of
wonders for it," he says.
As Rutledge drives through the countryside
looking for inspiration when designing a house, he
says he makes it a rule to stay within a five -mile
radius of the house he's working on since each
township seems to have its own set of details and
style of architecture.
"In Goderich, for example, there is the same
style of porch on any style of house. The Goderich
porch is a heavy, overdone porch," he says.
Similarly, houses in the Brodhagen region in
Perth County near Mitchell all have two styles of
porches because they were all built by twin
brothers who lived in the area.
"The story goes that you will only find a
Brodhagen porch within a 10 -mile radius of
Brodhagen because that's as far as their wives
would let them travel to do their work," Rutledge
laughs.
Rutledge, who grew up in a Victorian -era house
in Brussels, says he's always been interested in
Victorian -era architecture.
And, while he's often called upon to help
renovate or restore Victorian -era houses, he says
the challenge is to balance and combine modern
conveniences with the original architecture and
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