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Huron Expositor, 2006-11-01, Page 5Opinion The Huron Expositor • November 1, 2006 Pogo 5 111111111111111.11111111 Compost location one more broken promise to the people of Harpurhey, says resident To the Editor, I am a resident in Harpurhey, and have been for a long time. In that time, I.have been made so many promises that have been broken. The first one was with the bugs that come from the lagoons. We were told at a meeting, that they would spray them. That lasted one year, and never again. My house is covered in black bugs, and is impossible to go outside in the summer months. Then, they decided to put compost out here. We ended up being smoked out of our homes and then at a hospital for smoke inhalation. We were told it would be a controlled burn, which it wasn't We got blamed for not calling the fire department sooner. This is not our fault. Then another fire started. How much do we have to put up with? Nobody is thinking of us. We put up with people 'coming at all hours of the night; garbage is also being thrown in there, which smells bad in the summer. I would like for all the people who voted for the compost to stay, to put it beside your house for a while and see how you like it. Maybe the mayor would like it beside his place. Then they can put up with the smell, the garbage, and the burning. The town did not even offer to compensate or see .how we were doing after the fire. They told us it would be moved. Then they changed their minds because certain people didn't want to drive an extra three miles . What would be worse, driving three miles or have people dealing with fires and having to leave their homes for a night, and going up to the hos- pital and get treated for smoke inhalation. It's not just compost smoke, it's also garbage burning. I think that peo- ple breathing in this smoke and having to deal with all the problems is much worse than driving three extra miles. I really wish people would think of others. • We are tired of being ignored. We had a petition of more than 50 people signing for the compost to move. Why do we not get a say? Why do we not count? And, for people saying they want to save the environment, then get compost bins in our own yard and go to the proper garbage dump. Instead of making two or three little dumps a day, make one big one. When you are going back and forth all day, why can't you make ohe big. load three miles away? It would also be safer out there than to have it close to residential homes, where they will be breathing in the smoke and the garbage. Don't ignore the people and children of Harpurhey; we are part of this commu- nity also. Cathy Nicholson Harpurhey Kippen-area fire destroys 200 chickens, 11 pigs and new machinery in 1956 OCTOBER 28, 1881 Shippers are complaining griev- ously about the scarcity of cars at the Grand Trunk station, Seaforth. Wm. Grieve of McKillop, near Seaforth was awarded over 100 prizes at the agricultural shows this season. Most of the prizes were from sheep and poultry. Some evil disposed person or per- sons on the evening of the 21st entered the premises of John C. Morrison, 8th concession and besmeared his milk wagon with the foulest of dirt. Such conduct is scandalous and the perpetrators if caught ought to be severely dealt with. Mr. Morrison is a quiet, inof- fensive man, and does not know of having an enemy who would descend to such miserable work. We notice that Wm. Stoneman, photographer has moved his gallery into town and intends spending the winter here. NOVEMBER 2, 1906 J.T. Oarwin of Seaforth took a load of onions of his own growing to Hensall on Monday having sold them to Mr. Smallcombe of that vil- lage. T.A. Beattie of McKillop, intends opening up a livery stable in Walton. This will fill a long -felt want here and will be a great con- venience to the people of this vicin- ity. Mr. Beattie is an enterprising young man and will no doubt do a good business. M. Williams of the firm of Williams and Purcell has pur- chased the brick residence of Stephen Lamb of Goderich Street, Seaforth paying for it $1,460 and will occupy it himself. Robert Watson, while busy shin- gling his house on Friday after- noon, fell from the peak of the roof. He alighted on his foot but received a bad shaking up. OCTOBER 30, 1931 Judge J.A. Jackson of Lethbridge, spent a few days this week at the home of his sister Miss Jackson in Egmondville. William'Hopper of Seaforth is drilling a well for Irwin Trewartha of Winthrop this week. Margaret Sinclair, of Tuckersmith, was the guest of her friend Gladys McLean on Sunday last. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hicknell and children, Kitchener spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. Butters, Dublin. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sculthrope, John Mowbray and Hiram Gray of Detroit were recent visitors with Peter B. and Mrs. Gardiner. NOVEMBER 2, 1956 Thieves stole nearly $100 when they gained entrance to Rowcliffe Motor building on each side of Goderich Street here early Sunday morning. Fire believed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion destroyed a large barn on the farm of Arthur Finlayson, near Kippen Saturday morning. Also destroyed were 200 hens, 11 pigs and new machinery. Installation was completed Wednesday of an automatic device to ring the large bell at St. James Church, Seaforth. Mrs. Carl Payne and Mrs. Wm. - Henry of Hensall attended the Women's Institute London Conference recently as delegates from Hensall. OCTOBER 28, 1981 There's a nice, new ramp for the disabled at Seaforth's post office. It has handrails,is painted a spiffy rust red, took a good part of the past summer to build, and cost somewhere in the vicinity of $12,000. And odds are this ramp will stay spiffy and nice and new, for the time being at least, because it can't be used because it is impossible for standard wheel- chairs to negotiate its sharp first turn. A nine point plan to make the downtown core of Hensall a more "beautiful" and "humanistic" set- ting was presented to the village council by architect Nick Hill, Monday. The first board of management has been named for Seaforth's Business Improvement Area (BIA). Chairman is Jerry Hetherington of Hetherington Shoes; and members are Charlie Campbell of Campbells Crown Hardware; Bob Beuttenmiller of Bob and Betty's Variety; Ken Roth of Roth Food Market; Gary Boyle of A & H TV and Bob Fisher of Pizza Train.