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Clinton News-Record, 1985-5-29, Page 1• ATIING-THE BLYTH STANDARD -THE B. 'll ;ll. (D 120TH YEAR WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1985 NO. 22 50 CENTS Hensall man ies in jingle car crash TUCK.ERSMITH TWP. - A 36 year old Hensall man was fatally injured in a one vehicle crash on County Road 12. James Nixon died May 23 at about 10:55 p.m. after his car left the road and hit a tree. He had been travelling westbound in his 1974 Datsun, about 2.3 kilometres east . of Highway 4, when he entered the south ditch and struck the tree. He is survived by his wife, the former Debbie Smith and three sons, Tim, Greg, and William all at home. Mr. Nixon is also survived by his sister Sue (-Mrs. Walter Woytowieh) of Windsor. Glen and his wife Lola of Hensall, Alice Ann ( Mrs. Charles Tolton) of London, Jane (Mrs. Gene Baynham) off London and Lynn (Mrs. Carl Crossett 1 of Denfield. His mother and father, Alice and Dale Nixon of Seaforth, also survive him, as do his father -and mother-in-law, Wayne and Marlene Smith of Hensall. Friends called at the Whitney-Ribey Funeral Horne, Seaforth, until services were held the afternoon of May 27, He was interred at Maitlandbank Cemetery, Seaforth with Rev. Stan McDonald of- ficiating. Set for disaster CLINTON -A major disaster will occur in Clinton on Wednesday, June 5, a major mock disaster. This is being held by the Clinton Public Hospital ( CPH) as an educational exercise and a test of skills. Co-ordinator Cheryl Hohner says that the exercise will teach and prepare hospital staff and volunteers, in the event that a real disaster may ever occur. The mock disaster will be made as realistic as possible. It will involve the Clin- ton Police, fire fighters and ambulance ser- vice from Goderich, Seaforth, Zurich and Wingharn. Forty drama students from ('en- ' tral Huron Secdndary School will act as vic- tims. • The scenario for the mock disaster will in- volve a fire and a cave-in of a building, filled with people. Those taking part in the disaster exercise are aware of the date of the event, but not the time of the staged ac- cident. Fire fighters, ambulance attendants and police will be called to the scene of the disaster. The 40 victims will present a /varie- ty of realistic injuries, from minor to fatal. At the hospital each victim will be treated accordingly. Some victims will be admitted for treatment, those requiring surgery will go to the operating room, the dead will be sent to the morgue. Proper forms and stan- dard preliminary procedures \will be car- ried out for each victim. Mrs. Hohner explained, :''l;he aim is to make the disaster as real as we can possibly make it. A major portion of the "realism" is the responsibility of the victims. The drama students took part in a walk-through disaster plan last fall and Mrs. Hohner com- mented that they played their roles excep- tionally well. For the June 5 disaster it will take sonic three hours to dress the victims with gashes and burns,. blood and fractures and coach them to realistically display the symptoms that accompany their injuries. Emergency Austin Roorda was one of several CHSS athletes setting school records during the WOSSA Track and Field Meet held May 22-23 in Goderich. Roorda seta CRSS record in the triple jump, jumping 13.31 meters: Below, Joe Smith ( second from left) was a tough competitor on, the track a5 well as in the field events. Smith also won the Midget Boys' title during the Huron -Perth Meef held the previous week. (Anne Narejko photos) GODERICH - Central Huron had 26 corn- petitors competing in the W.O.S.S.A. Track and Field Championships, held in Goderich, for the first time this year. Overall C.H.S.S. enjoyed one of•the most successful meets in recent years,, collecting 30 points in total and having seven competitors qualify for the West Regionals to be held in Kitchener next week. Medal winners included Austin Roorda who placed' second in the Senior Boys triple jump with a school record leap of 13.31 in. Scott Millar also finished second in his specialty, the Senior Boys shot put with a throw of 14.95 m. Byron Boyes finished third In the Junior Boys.high jurnp with a jump of 1.85 m. On the track, the Midget.Girls 4 x 100 Relay team of Heather Bauman, Susan Govenlock. Karen Uyl and Julie Trick finished third setting a new school record of 3.2 seconds which is over four seconds faster than the previous school record. ' Good performances were put in by Austin Roorda with a fifth place finish in'the Senior Boys high jump, with a jurnp of 1.85 m. Julie Howson placed seventh in the Midget Girls high jump,with a personal best jump of 1..50 rn. Scott Millar finished 'seventh in the ' javelin with a throw of 44.34 m. and'ninth in the Senior Boys discus. • Julia Feltham finished eighth in the Midget Girls shot with a throw of 8.16 m. and ,Jackie Norman 'placed ninth in the Senior shot with a throw of 8.80 m. Joe Smith finished tenth in the Midget Boys shot With a throw of 12.30 m. In the javelin event, Jennifer Clynick finished ninth with a school record throw of 27,14 in. in the Senior Girls and Brian Buffinga finished seventh in the •Midget Boys event with a throw of 41.48 m. On the track, Steve Souch finished tenth of the Midget boys 3,000 in. with a tirne of 10:14 ruin. a new school record. Mike Radford finished eleventh in the same event with a time of • 10:16 min. Troy Falconer placed ninth in the Junior Boys 3,000 m. with a time of 9:41.4 nein. Carol Ann Connell finished fourth in her 100 and 200.m. heats as did Joe Smith in the Midget Boys 100 and 200 m. heats.IThe Senior Boys 4 x 100 m. relay team composed of Pat Phillips, Steve Hearn, Chris de Valk and Greg Carter placed fourth in their heat with a time of 47.5 sec. Chris Lobb finished tenth in the Senior Boys 1500 M. with a school record of 4:30.4 min. • The C.H,S.S. Track and Field team are finishing up one of their most successful years ever and the coaches Mr. Ludwig, Mr. Craig, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Clynick and Mr. Allen would like to congratulate them for a fine effort this year and wish the com- petitors going on to the Regionals all the best. Health Services from Turunto will .prepare the victims. The Health Services agency has been working with the CPIs Disaster Plan Com- mittee to prepare the disaster exercise. Mrs. Hohner said that the project has been underway since September, 1984 and has been detailed in a 37 -page disaster plan. The plan outlines the extra duties that each hospital department takes on during"\ disaster. The dietary and housekeeping departments, for example, act as porters and messengers. Workers in the maintenance departments take on the duties of porters and security guards. The plan outlines that the cafeteria and physio- therapy areas of the hospital are im- mediately set up as casualty areas. ('PH will be transformed into a scene of a disaster area on June 5, but Mrs. Hohner assured tI-ntt the health and welfare of the real patients at CPH and actual emergency, cases will be tap priority. Patients in the hospital are being advised that the mock disaster will be held and Mrs. Hohner noted, "the staff will keep them calm and looked after." Likewise, in the event of a real fire or need for ambulance assistance, the •mock disaster exercise will be dropped. The Clinton fire Department has been preparing for the •mock disaster by viewing films and 13 of the 'fire fighters have taken the St'. John Ambulance First Aid Course in preparation for this realistic exercise. The mock disaster is being staged at CPH as a stipulation. of the hospital's accredita- tion status requirements. Mrs. Hohner ex- . plained that "It's more of a training session, not a test." The disaster will be studied and assessed • by five observers from the Ontario Ministry of Health and other hospital administrators. After the event, meetings will be held to . discuss the aspects of the disaster plan. Mrs. 'Winer advises the public not to be alarmed by the mock diaster. � Rec worker By Anne Narejko BLYTH - An'application for a grant to hire four youths under the Challenge '85 SEED ( Summer Employment Experience Development) program was turned down, but council, did receive funding to hire one youth under the Experience '85 program. The youth will look after the summer recreation program which will run for eight weeks. - "In previous years we had funding for' three people, last year for two people and this year for one," explained Clerk Larry Walsh. '`I think what they ( government) aro doing is they helped, get the program started, now the municipality takes over." Council agreed the summer program can-'. nut be run by an individual, so they're are hiring another person to help out. Taxes up 9. HAYFIELD - Bayfield taxpayers will have an increase of 9.7 percent after council passed a budget of $405,917, with $139,168 set aside for village purposes, a 6.9 per cent in- crease over 1984. The budget was passed at council',s May 21 meeting. The overall 9.7 per cent i,ncrease means, that, based on an assessment of $4,000, a residential public school supporter will pay $1,456.74, up $105.78 from the 1984 actual of $1,350.96. The mill rate rises from 1984's 337.739 to 364.186 in 1985. For commercial and business public school supporters the Hayfield budget will increase taxes - again based on the $4,000 assessment b' $124.46, from $1,589.36 to $1,713.82. The mill rate goes from 397.340 in 1984 to 428.454 in 1985. Finally, for residential separate school supporters, a mill rate increases to 358.777 in 1985 from 340.32 in 1984 means a jump of • $73.79. Separate school supporters paid $1,361.28 in 1984 and will pay $1,435.11 in 1985, using a $4,000 assessment. For general purposes the village plans to use $139,168 of the total amount collected while public schools take $112,225, separate schools get $91,644, the county levy is $56,693 and secondary schools get $6,187. This translates into a general purposes mill rate increase of four per cent, a public school mill rate increase of 15 per cent, a separate school increase of six per cent. a county levy increase of 10 per cent and a secondary school rnill rate increase of three per cent from last year's actual rates to 1985 estimates. A graph distributed at the Hayfield Ratepayers' meeting May 18 by Reeve Dave Johnston displays that Huron County levies for 10 per cent of a Bayfield taxpayer's dollar, municipal government takes 38 per cent, and education gets the remaining 52 per cent. Of the municipal portion of the tax dollar, an additional graph shows the largest amount of 31 per cent going to the Roads and Works Department. Employee wages,. excluding the arena manager's, account for 20 per cent, reserves are 11 per cent, general government is 10.3, garbage 8.8, the arena and community cen- tre 6.8, fire protection four per cent, recrea- tion 3.5, heat and insurance 2.6 and council pay comes in at two per cent of the overall municipal portion. 'or Blyth "We need at least two people. We'already have 35.40 kids that want in the program and during a summer we get about 70," said Clerk Walsh. The person hired will look after supervis- ing, allowing the children in the area to have activities during the summer months. The grant pays an hourly wage of $3.15 and coup oil will hire a second person at the same wage. "It's better to put our dollars here then in- to detention centres further down the' road," commented Councillor Bill Manning. Last year, $3 was charged for each child so materials such as books and crayons could be bought. This year the fee will be raised to $5 per person and a $10 maximum fur a 'family. However, if a child is unable to attend because• of financial problems, special consideration will be given. Zper cent. Reeve Johnston told the ratepayers that the village is placed in a high tax bracket' because of the equalized assessment rating on the municipality. Bayfield is rated at a ,high realstate value by the province, therefore the village higher tax rates, the reeve said. "W.c (the municipal council) have ab- solutely nothing to do with. setting the assessment. I'm not happy about it," he stressed. Reeve Johnston said that Huron - Middlesex MPi' Jack Riddell lias explained ••Hayfield's unique situation" t� the govern- ment, but he noted, "I'm not holding out much hope that Bayfield will be treated dif- ferently." Ile added, "Bayfield shouldn't be penaliz.- ed because it's a charming place to live in." Former reeve Ed Oddleifson said that he also attempted to have the equalization assessment changed when he was in office. "It's difficult to get there to buy it," he said. "If Hayfield's assessment is cut, other Huron municipalities must pick up the dif- ference." Increases in Hayfield's 1985 budget are also attributed to council's attempts to build up•a reserve fund for major capital works projects.. One of council's major priorities this year Is repair of the sinking part of River Road which began its descent into the Bayfield River on Apijil 5. While funding is available from various ministries, particularity the Ministry of Transportation and Com- munications IMTC), the municipality still has to raise a percentage of costs of both the study currently being conducted by a Inn - don firm and the actual repair ofthe road. Other prominent concerns are implemen- ting the $1 -million drainage advice given by K.M. Ross and Associates of Goderich, revamping the village's lighting system, at a cost of $55,000, as well as constructing a public works building and the maintenance and restoration of municipal buildings. The municipality hopes some of these pro-. jects can be partially funded by the provin- cial government, specifically by Ontario Neighborhood Improvement Program (ONIP) grants. Where the province will not help finance the "pressing problems" the village council hopes to build a reserve fund to help meet some costs. Some $53,000 is in the fund.