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The Huron Expositor, 1985-09-18, Page 1INDEX Births /84 Brussels /87, 8 Classified /A10, 11, 12 Dublin /A4 Entertainment /A14 Family /B4, 5 Farm /A13 Hensall I A5 Obituaries 184 People /B4 Sports /81, 3 Walton I B6 held in Mullett. See page A3 Seaforth Legion holds Scotch Celeidgh . See page A9 ockey. See page Bi Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton Ammumimmi Hur .: xpositor PLOWING TRADITION—A family tradition was unearthed at the Huron County Plowing Match, held near Seaforth last Friday and Saturday, as Leanne Whitmore, of the Walton area participated in her first plowing competition The match was held on land owned by Glen Nott, on Highway 8 between Clinton and Seaforth, a farm once owned by Miss Whitmore's great Grandfather. Newman Garrett. Her grandfather. Stanley Hiller, of Seaforth. left, was on hand Saturday to keep an eye on the family's latest plowing protegee (Rafts ph .1 Council okays canvassin The local Canadian Arthritis Committee has been granted permission to canvass Seaforth residents during the month of September September is recognized as Canadian Arthritis Month Council gave its okay at its monthly meeting held last week. The request was sent in by Mrs, J.B. Golding on behalf of the Seaforth Arthritis Fund Raising Committee. titoE SAM', la) A representative of the Ministry of Environment has expressed satisfaction with the operation of the landfill site to date. Larry Struthers recently expressed his satisfaction at a meeting with Public Works Superintendent John Forrest. Hydro seeding is now being considered at a cost of approximately $1,800 to control erosion of the slopes. if it is successful the balance of the landfill could also be seeded. Seeding would be done by Huron Land- scaping Ltd who have done a significant amount of seed and mulch work, and could begin this week. WAY PAVED Centre Street is being excavated and prepared for paving in 1986. The gravel removed from this street will be used in constructing the road base for the extension of Church Street. Also to be resurfaced in 1986 is Ann Street from James Street to COUNCIL BRIEFS Centre Street Ann Street from Goderich Street to James Street is scheduled for reconstruction in 1986. (.ONE FOR GOOD Seaforth Town Council is permanently abandoning its parking meter system in favor of a two-hour limit. non -metered system. Revenue from the meters, installed some years ago, has dropped so significantly in recent years council has found the meters to be a hassle, Town clerk Jim Crocker told council when wages, maintenance and capital costs were considered the meters proved to be more expensive than they were worth . The existing meters also required some $3.000 in repair work, Council had ordered the heads of the meters removed earlier this year as an experiment, and last week decided the posts should also be removed and the meters sold. The town has been offered $2,775 for the meters. GRANT APPROVED The Ministry of Tourism and Recreation has approved and awarded Seaforth a $6,000 Municipal Recreation Grant. The grant is a result of a government program set up to offer financial assistance to smaller municipalities on an annual basis This year all municipalities with a population of 5.000 or less were granted their full request. one-half of their 1985 budget up to a maximum of $6,000. Those municipalities with a population over 5.010 were provided with 81 per cent of their 1985 amount FI,()ODLNE CRITERIA Floodline criteria will be discussed at the regular October meeting of Council. Further to the requirements to hold a public meeting concerning the reduction of the Floodline Criteria from Hurricane Hazel lines to 1:100, the Ansable Hayfield Conser- vation Authority advises it would be suffi- cient to advise the public floodline criteria will be discussed at the council meeting. HERITAGE BU'ILDNG Town council has passed a by-law desig- nating the former Seaforth Public School, soon to be known as Maplewood Manor, as a property having historic or architectural value or interest. The intent of the property owner, Dedi- Care Group Ltd., to designate has appeared in The Huron Expositor in recent weeks. Because no objection to the designation was levied, council enacted the by-law. MoE denies sewer tie-in The Ministry of the Environment (MoE) has denied a request from an Egmondville man to tie into Seaforth's George Street South Sanitary Sewer Line. Etts Delvecchio made the request in March of this year after he experienced problems with his weeper and septic tank system. The system in place in the Delvecchio yard is not large enough for the family of five, and at 60 by 120 square feet, the property, half the size of neighboring properties, is not large enough to accommodate a larger system. Although Mr. Delvecchio had a lot of problems in the spring he said right now things are running okay, mainly due to the relatively dry summer and the way the family has cut back on their water consumption. "Right now we flush the toilet only when we really have to and we take two minute showers not 10 minute showers. That's sometimes tough to do when there are three little kids running around," he said. After six months pursuing a solution to the problem the Delvecchios said they aren't any further ahead now than they were in March, perhaps further behind. "Now i have to try and do something with my system and there's not enough room in my yard," said Mr. Delvecchio. I really don't have many options left open to me. I was hoping by hooking into the town system I could eliminate my septic system but now I won't be able to do that. I guess we'll just have to continue to cut back on water where we can and hope the system continues to work well. if we run into problems again we'll have to see about getting the tank pumped more often " Mr. Delvecchio added the tank presently gets pumped one to two times per year Predictably Mr. Delvecchio is not pleased with the MoE decision but said he is more upset with, the way his request was handled. "Initially Seaforth Town Council was prepared to hook me up. I got a letter from the Seaforth Town Clerk outlining the conditions of hooking me into the sanitary line and suggesting if I were prepared to follow them I could be accommodated. All they required really was the permission of Tuckersmith Council since I live in that Township. 1 approached Tuckersmith and they told me no problem. They struck a committee to see what was going on. Now the MoE claims the sanitary septic system is operating at capacity and my request has been denied, so I'm back where i started." he said. ...Would have been costly.... Had Mr. Delvecchio's request been granted he said it would have been a costly venture. "It is a fairly expensive proposition. It's fair I supposetmtlt's aronsiderable cost and the entire cost would have had to be borne by me. Mr. Delvecchio estimated it would cost between $2,500 and $3,000 for him to hook into Seaforth's system. That cost he said. would include frontage in town, and a hookup fee Bean gamble may pay off Despite a very wet month of August. cash -crop farmers who gambled on white beans this year can expect a reasonably good yield of the crop, thanks to the cool dry weather of the past week or so. says a local crop insurance adjuster. "We were really concerned last week when it was raining continually," said Jack Butson, of the Canada -Ontario Crop Insurance Commission, who also grows beans on his Dublin area farm. "However, the weather appears to have improved and we're very optimistic there will be a good yield." he added. Mr. Butson said there will definitely be a "reduced crop," and also some "damage to quality," but was generally enthusiastic about the chances for a good white bean crop. Asked if the bean growers could count on a profit this year, Mr. Butson said, "It's pretty hard to say. We'll have to see what kind of yield we come up with." Not that many farmers have got their beans to the elevators yet, "due to the recent deluge of rain," said Bill Harvey, of Cook's Division of Gerbro Inc.. Hensall. However, Mr. Harvey said the truckloads received so far have been of "good to average quality." The moisture content df those beans has run at about 20.5 per cent moisture, which is "very acceptable, ' Mr. Harvey said "We're a little more concerned about the yield," Mr. Harvey added. The marketing board is still predicting a yield of 1,000,300 bags, but Mr. Harvey said he is expecting the actual yield to he five to seven per cent lower than that "if the weather doesn't affect us more than it already has •• we'll have a pretty good crop." he projected Union approves PUC contract A two-year wage and benefit agreement between the Seaforth Public Utilities Com- mission ommission and its four outside workers became effective last week when it received official approval of the employees' union The agreement gives the workers what amounts to a five and a half per cent increase each year for the two years covered by the contract, said PUC manager Torn Phillips Workers will receive a four per cent increase far the first six months of the contract and another three per cent for the second half of the year Since the extra three per cent is only paid to the employees for half -a -year. it only amounts to one and a quarter per cent annually. Mr. Phillips explained. The workers' pay is based on the rate for a lineman, formerly $10 76 per hour Under the terms of the agreement. linemen's rate will be $11.53 by the end of 1985 and 512 35 by the end of 1986 Also included in the agreement is a new long-term disability plan. which would see employees paid 66 per cent of their salary until they returned to work or reached the age of 65, whether disabled on the job or off Mr Phillips said the LTD package contains incentives designed to encourage quick return to work for injured employees, even if only on a partial workload basis. The premiums for the LTi) plan will be split 50-50 between the employees and the commission The agreement also calls for an increase in boot and clothing allowance from $80 to $120 per year and an increase in on-call allowance from $46 to $55 per day. Ai.T RNATE PIAN Also at their September 12 meeting, the commission reported it has been forced to (Continued on Page A7) Fall Fair opens Thursday Come to the Seaforth Fall Fair. Things will be a little different this year as the Seaforth Fall Fair reverts back to a two-day fair rather than the three-day fair it has been used to in the past. The main reason for this is to avoid a conflict of interest with the International Plowing Match scheduled to take place during the same week. The Fair, which begins Thursday night, will be officially opened at 8 p.m. by Minister of Health, Murray Elston. Follow- ing the opening ceremonies 11 girls will vie for the title of 1985 Fall Fair Queen, the winner to be crowned by 1984 Queen Denise Dupuis. On Friday things begin at 11 a.m. with a parade. For the remainder of the day visitors can take part in or spectate a number of events including; the Pedal Pull, Stan Jackson Hereford Show, Baby Show, harness racing, livestock parade, penny sale and judging of swine, light and heavy horses, beef, dairy and sheep. These will take place at the community centres. There will also be a number of exhibits set up in the Round House. This year as well, a new midway, Fairmont Amusement will be featured at the Fair. Organizers say they expect the 1985 fair to be "bigger and better" than ever.