Huron Expositor, 2002-02-06, Page 7News
ma HURON EXPOSITOil, PeOanaarg 7.1001-7
With only a few bumps, council sets committees
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
With a few sparks about who
would sit on the Clinton Firc
Board, Huron East council has
worked out its appointments to
area boards and committees.
"I'm very disappointed I
can't be on the Clinton Fire
Board," said Coun. Bill DeJong
after looking at a list of
tentative council placements
prepared by Mayor Lin Steffler
and Deputy Mayor Bernie
MacLellan.
The list was on the table for
Huron East's first committee of
the whole meeting held last
month.
DeJong, with three years of
fire board experience, had
requested the Clinton Fire
Board placement.
Instead, he was placed on the
Ausable Bayfield Conservation
Authority, of which he did not
want to be a member.
MacLellan said he wanted to
take the two fire boards that
Huron East didn't have the
majority of representation on:"
Clinton and Hensall.
Ferg Kelly of McKillop
Ward and Bill Teall of Seaforth
Ward will represent Huron East
on the Seaforth Fire Board.
MacLellan said he wasn't
sure the Clinton Fire Board
needed to meet on a monthly
basis and was hoping to
convince them to cut it back to
two or three times a year like
other area fire boards.
MacLellan said the board
really only needs to meet to set
the budget and deal with any
budgetary issues that might
arise if the fire department has
trouble staying within that
budget.
His own experience on fire
boards suggested the fire
departments are capable of
running themselves within the
approved budgets and that
meetings only update the txnard
on what fire calls there were
and little else.
DeJong disagreed.
If there aren't regular
meetings, he said, "You as a
board lose touch with what's
going on.
With only a small portion of
Huron East covered by the
Clinton Fire Department,
Delong took exception to
MacLellan wanting to tell that
board it should only meet once
a month.
But he said if that was Huron
East council's wish, he could
just as easily go as MacLellan
and make that suggestion to the
board.
DeJong, angry, asked
MacLellan why he didn't
suggest the board meet
annually when he served on it
for three years in the past.
MacLellan said it was
because he didn't have the
experience at the time of having
sat on one of the other boards
that met only once in awhile.
MacLellan agreed to switch
committees with DeJong.
"I wanted everyone to work
together on this," said Stefffer,
encouraging councillors to
speak up if they were opposed
to any of the appointments. She
wanted people happy with their
committees to ensure they
wouldn't be missing meetings
or not getting involved.
MacLellan said they tried to
work it out so that, although
some people might be on more
committees than others, the
number of meetings would be
about the same since some
committees and boards meet
more often than others.
The .committee also looked at
its involvement in the Brussels
Medical Centre Board.
Coun. Graeme MacDonald
of Grey Ward was concerned
council, with only two
members, would not have
enough representation on the
board to outvote decisions to
spend money.
He pointed to a decision the
board made to increase the
chair's honourarium from $2(X)
to $500 when the chair only
had to attend a couple meetings.
"This is not right," he said,
adding the Village of Brussels
had always administered the
medical centre and that its
$17,000 to $18,000 in funds
should be held in a separate
Huron East account.
The building is only for
dental and medical practices
and was used by both doctors
from Wingham and Seaforth
and a dental clinic but is now
only half -rented with Wingham
doctors moved out.
MacDonald said about five
years ago, renovations were
done to make the facility
wheelchair accessible but the
board ran about $4,500 short of
funds.
Area municipalities shared
the cost of completing the
project and then, MacDonald
said the board tums around and
"blows" $300.
He was concerned about the
number of citizens on the board
versus the number of council
positions that allows approvals
like the $300 increase to take
place.
Administrator Jack
McLachlan said council can
advertise for people to fill
committee positions or can seek
councillor's input on people it
can seek for various public
board and committee positions.
Once council has' appointed
its members, he said they can
start looking at the various
boards and make changes to
how they are set up or who is
on them.
"If you're going to make
changes, now's the time," he
said.
Coun. Greg Wilson of
Brussels Ward was also
appointed to the Brussels
Medical Board and wanted to at
least attend one meeting before
looking at the hoard's
membership.
While Steffler and
MacLellan originally did not
include members on the Huron
Plowmen's Association or the
Huron Farm and Safety
Association, the committee
decided it would be a good idea
to maintain some membership
on those associations.
"It was never that we didn't
care about a board or
committee," said MacLellan,
adding they just wanted to
make sure there was
representation on the ones that
required direct input from
council to cut down on the
amount of meetings taxpayers
were paying councillors to
attend.
MacDonald and DeJong
were appointed to represent
council on those committees.
Steffler will sit on the
Seaforth Hospital Board.
MacLellan will sit on the
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority, Hensall Fire Board
and the Mid -Huron Landfill
Board.
Joe Seili has been appointed
to the Business Retention and
Expansion Committee and the
Brussels Grey Morris
Community Centre board.
Greg Wilson sits on the
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority, Brussels Cemetery
Board and Brussels Medical
Centre Board.
Joining the Brussels Medical
Centre Board, Cranbrook
Cemetery Board, Cranbrook
Community Centre Board and
Moncrieff Community Hall
Board is Graeme MacDonald.
Alvin McLellan will sit on
the Brussels Morris Grey
Community Centre Board,
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
St. Columban's Kelly is voice of the Seawolves
By Chris Colbourn*
Mitchell Advocate Staff
He's the man with the
mike.
And he has a passion for
hockey too.
Mike Kelly, 31, formerly
of St. Columban, now calls
Biloxi, Mississippi home
where he is also the local
radio pIrsonality for the
Mississippi Seawolves of
the East Coast Hockey
League (ECHL).
Kelly, like many
Canadians, grew up with a
love for hockey and, (in his
case) with the desire to be
employed in the sports
broadcasting industry. Now
he has put these two
passions together and made
one of his dreams come
true --a play-by-play
announcer for a pro hockey
team.
Of course there's a•lot of
work involved. Kelly does
all the pre and post -game
shows, interviews, analysis
and play-by-play.
"It's Bob Cole and Harry
Neale (of CBC's Hockey
Night in Canada fame) all
rolled into one," said Kelly
Mike Kelly
about his one-man show.
And alt games are broadcast
via radio, television and the
internet.
Kelly began his journey
into broadcasting at
Conestoga College in
Kitchener after which he
worked at The Sports
Network (TSN) for four
years as a writer/producer.
About two years ago, he
and his wife Suzanne
packed their bags and
headed for Terrace, B.C. to
work in news broadcasting
with some sports as well for
Kelly, he explained in a
recent telephone interview:
During that time, Kelly
began applying for work in
the hdckey/radio business
involving pro teams. And in
the summer of 2000, he
made contact with the
Seawolves who were
interested in his services.
"It was my passion to get
into the hockey end of it,"
he said.
Fortunately Kelly was
able to land a job with the
ECHL team, which he had
been watching carefully
because of the quality
teams.
"I have always kept my
eye on this league."
He added that growing up
in the Seaforth area where
the likes of Rem Murray
and Boyd Devereaux have
emerged and made careers
for themselves in the NHL
has made it easy for him to
appreciate the sport.
And though this is his
first official season with the
Seawolves, all is going well
for Kelly who said he is
having the time of his life.
"I don't have any dislikes
about the job," he said,
adding it gives him the
stability he wants.
T}1 P.umogin Controlled RC.lekas&
Gapsvlk (LAO K aPproved as as
aid in fisc preTontiori of SvbeA,wai
kz'toSK in lac:Min . Jail a ow5.
You can maximize the health and productivity
of your dairy herd by getting them off to
a healthy start with Rumensin CRC
R U M E N S I N.
CONT'ROLLED RELEASE CAPSULE
For A Healthy Start
For more information about subclinical ketosis
and Rumensin CRC, ask your veterinarian
or call 1-800-265-5475.
PAAB
snr+en• 1% vgatived r eft%a D u p,n Coe s
PPetfl0DivionlartabsK sepasvveer
Board, Ethel Community
Centre Board and Ethel Minor
Ball Association.
Ferg Kelly joins the Seaforth
and District Community
Centres Board and the
Bluewater Recycling
Association.
Dick Burgess will sit on the
Police Services Board and the
Seaforth and District
Community Centre Board.
Bill Teall becomes a member
of the Seaforth Fire Board and
Seaforth and District
Community Centres Board.
Bill DeJong will sit on the
Clinton Fire Board and the
Vanastra Recreation Centre
Board.
Larry McGrath joins the
Seaforth and District
Community Centre Board and
the Business Retention and
Expansion Committee.
Council has removed its
involvement from several
committees including, the
Seaforth Local Architectural
Conservation Advisory
Committee, Walton Landfill
Council, Wingham and District
Hospital Board and the
Seaforth and Area Museum.
610(3 IdeA?
Call Scott or Susan.
527-0240
Usborne &
Hibbert Mutual
Fire Insurance
Company
Exeter, Ontario NOM 1St
(Established in 1876)
Provides Full Insurance
Coverage for
Farm Properties
New Applications Are Welcomed
DIRECTORS & ADJUSTORS
Joe Chas, R.R. 5 tIik hel 348.9705
Ron Feeney, R.R. 2 Dubin 345-2360
Larry Gartner, R.R. 2 StalIa 345-2678
Jade Hodgen, R.R. 1 t(irkbn 229.6152
Michael O'Shea, R.R. 3 Granton 225-2600
Morris Wfiows, R.R. 2 St Pauls 3934548
AGENTS
Wayne Mover, Exeter
David Moore, Dubin
Barb Worden, Dubin
Joseph tmiec, Mitduei
Head Oliice, Exeter
235-1915
345-2512
345-2m
348.9012
235-0350
A refund from surplus was
declared for all policy hold-
ers who qualify, are on
record and In good standing
as at December 31, 2000.
ONE CENT EVENT
Complete STAR CHOICE
$00.°1
"l
Satellite Systems NET/ ,
($i0ooe �aCany
ranzbaning creacV" "
Atkas naee .
1 ro (Llim�add )
iK aiiltateitt J
CALL TODAY!
18800.26360626 era ti, _ Of CE
www-all•nstubbs.com ' IT'S YOUR TELEVISION
For real peace of mind,
look for this symbol of protection.
We provide insurance protection that lets you sleep at night. That's
because the collective strength of our 50 community based mutual
insurers makes us among the most financially secure insurance networks
in the world.
For you, it means friendly knowledgeable service from people who
understand your needs and provide the protection and service you want.
Sebringville //g�.� .� �M>»
393-6402
1-800-263-1961A fhb' Of The A
cow* MOW Mswsno Assxisrl.n
Call
LYNDA VINCENT
at 527-2204
ia9M or toll free
AGehKwystareye
1-888-269-0377
First Presbyterian
Church
Godertch St. W. Seabrth
Rev. Vandermey
WORSHIP SUNDAY
11:15 AM
Sunday School during Worship
St. Thomas
Anglican Church
Jarvis St. Seabrth
482-7861
Sunday Service
at 9:30 am.
Catholic Church I
Saturday 5:15 pm
St. James Parish, Seabrth
Saturday - 7:15 pm
St. Joseph's Parish, Clinton
Sunday - 9:00 am
St. Michael's Parish, Blyth
Sunday - 11:00 am
St Jams* Parish, Seabrth
Father Dino $elvador
Bethel Bible Church
AnAssociated Gospel Church
126 Main St. Seabrth
Sunday Worship Hour
11 am
Adventure Club for Klds & .
Youth Groups
7 .m.
Egmondville
United Church
Rev. Judth Sprktpett
Sunday School
Grades 2 to 810 a.m.
Nursery to Grade 1 11 a.m.
NORTHSIDE - CAVAN
UNITED CHURCHES
Rev. Sheila Macgregor - Minister
SUNDAY, FEB. 1 lth Sermon: The importance of roots"
Cavan Annual Meeting and Lunch, 11 a.m.
11 a.m. Cavan 9:30 a.m. Northside
Winthrop 54 Goderich St. W.
WO/36 or,52Z-1449