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The Huron Expositor, 1984-10-24, Page 13 0 Z `,IH Oii Z u3 1M m Irl I— >- I— o3 Cr CC ,-a ,=i ¢ 0 `i LL CC 4. ,z e a W IW " W W,01 J Iii the communities eas of Is, Dublin, Hensall alton SEAFORTH,,ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1984 _ 20 PAGES c a copy COMING DOWN—The former Seaforth Farmers Co-op on Railway Street, Seaforth Is coming down. John H. McLlwain Construc- tion Ltd., Is In charge of demolition. Besides the store, an old coal shed and chopping mill were ta(i;yyn down. Working on the structure is Harvey cLlwain. (Wassink photo) Open season on gulls wanted BY WILMA OKE Tuckersmith Township has added its voice to the outcry against the growing population of ring-bjlled gulls. Council endorsed a resolution Tuesday from Downie Township in neighboring Perth County to make the birds an unprotected species. The resolution asks the Ministry of the Environment to remove the gulls from the list of protected birds because the scavengers are invading farms, urban areas and beaches in ever•inereasing numbef's. The resolution, which is being circulated among municipalities. says the gulls pollute the environment. destroy farm produce. cat useful earthworms and make it hard for other birds to survive. Council also learned its application for $175,000 under the Ontario Neighbourhood Improvement Program (ONiP) from the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture has been approved. A special council meeting is to be called later this month to pass the necessary property standards bylaw before projects are set. Under the program, the province provides half the money for improvements in older, deteriorating neighbourhoods whose resi- dents have low to moderate incomes. The money is paid in installments over four years as the work progresses' it was proposed the money would be spent at Vanastra. The province contributes 50 per cent toward the cost of the neighbourhood improvement projects, such as recreational facilities, parks, sidwalks and roads. FARM NOT SUITABLE John Brownridge, Tuckersmith's repre• sentative on the Seaforth and area landfill committee. reported to council that' the. Varley farm proved to be unsuitable as a landfill site following tests. He said engineers will be boring the soil for tests at the Seaforth lagoon property. Representatives of Tuckersmith council and possibly of Seaforth and McKillop have been invited to attend a meeting with Stephen Township to hear details of an area landfill plan. Reeve Robert Bell will be one of the representatives from Tuckersmith at• tending. McKillop home, guttedby fire Fire damage could reach as high as $85,000 in a fire that destroyed the home of'Mr. and Mrs. Paul McCallum of lot 14, concession north, McKillop Township last Tuesday night. There was nobody in the house at the time of the blaze, said Harry Hak, Seaforth fire chief. Mrs. McCallum and the kids were in the barn doing chores and her husband was in the field." A roast, cooking in the oven of an electric stove is thought to be the cause of the blaze, Chief Hak said. The two storey brick home and contents were lost. SiLO FERE Firemen were called to extinguish a fire in a silo owned, by Harold Pryce, lot 21, concession nine, McKillop Township, on Thursday morning. Spontaneous combustion has been blamed for Igniting haylage, said Chief Hak. He said damage was minimal. "There was some damage to the barn, but it's hard to judge how much haylage burned." HOT BEANS Soybeans in the processof being dryed at the Ontario Bean Grq»ers' Co-operative started smouldering Friday evening, result- ing in a call to the Seaforth fire department. Damage was slight on account of quick action by the fire department and Co -opera, tive employees. "A bunch of soybean pods got caught on top of the dryer, caught fire and dropped into the dryer," said Bill Henderson, manager of the Co-operative. "This caused the wet beans to smoulder. But as the dryer was emptied, the fire smothered itself." One spot on the dryer was scorched, but that was the extent of the damage. "It looked worse than what it was," said Mr. Hender- son. One tender- for diamond The one and only tender for the construc- tion of anew ball diamond at the Seaforth District High School was accepted by Seaforth council at their Oct. meeting. The successful bid of $19,270 was submit- ted by John H. McLlwain Construction Ltd., of Seaforth: The finance and general government committee was hoping for a Wintario grant to offset construction costs, but such a grant was denied. The grant request will be made up out of ONiP contingency funds. The total budget for • the diamond was $25,000, $12,500 through the municipality, $3,000 from the Sportsfest fund and the balance was to have been from the grant. The tender rice was $573 under budget. Bi iDGEDONATED Al the Sept, sound meeting, the Seaforth Golf and Country Club inquired about purchasing the oI I d)1mp-bridge which is, no longer being use' ,lik, the town. - At their Oct. meeting, council decided to donate the bridge to the club as long as the site is left in satisfactory condition, The finance and general government committee decided that it would not be economical to dismantel the bridge for scrap purposes. IMPROVE SITUATION The committee recommended to council that ceiling insulation be investigated at the Seaforth Public Library. It also recommended that cracked windows be repaired and quotes be obtained for installation of window blinds. staining and finishing the interior window frames. All the recommendations are in the name of energy conservation and maintenance. Ceiling fans and storm windows have already been installed in the library. BYLAW UPDATED Council has adopted a policy to deal with request for proclamations. in the past. the municipality has been approached to pro - Diabetics need A need for diabetics to receive education about their condition outside the doctors office has prompted two area nurses and a dietician to set up educational clinics in Huron County. Nurses Pam Gordon and Barbara Goose and dietician Lorraine Devereaux have been conducting a monthly clink at hospitals in Exeter, Clinton, Goderich and Seaforth for about one year. By doing so they say they hope they are providing a 'service to diabetics and their families who live outside major city centres. The major centres have held such clinics for a long time, but there has been little opportunity for people in smaller towns to get a similar education without travelling some distance," says Mrs. Devereaux. "What we're trying to do is give the diabetic person the opportunity to learn as much as possible about their condition irregardless of whether they live in a big city or small town," she says. The two day clinics focus on everything from, what is diabetes, to concerns about diet, long and short term problems associated with the disease, how, to cope with special situations and new develop- ments in diabetic management. But perhaps the biggest challenge is getting people to admit they are diabetic. "A diabetic is someone who has an elevated blood sugar. There is no such thing as a borderline diabetic. You either are or you aren't, just as you either are or aren't pregnant," says Mrs. Gordon. Mrs. Gordon says a lot of diabetics are depressed about being diagnosed as such and will deny it. She says one of the functions of the clinic is to give diabetics a new perspective that they're not the only one out there --that there are other people who share the disease. And they learn that they can live a normal life. RESTRICTIVE DiETS? One of the primary reasons for depres- sion about being diabetic stems around the diet. But, according to Mrs. Gordon the diet isn't as restrictive as many people believe it to be. • If only people would realize that what diabetics are eating is just a good diet. They are dist being persecuted against as much as they think they are." 1f everyone ate the same sort of diet then we'd all be healthier. The problem is North Americans have raunchy diet ha- bits." Of course, the intake of sugar is limited. but not extinct in a diabetics diet, she says. Such things as cake can be consumed if worked into the diet. Often times that may mean the absence of something else in order to balance the supply of calories in a diet. Using the Good Health Eating Guide, diabetics follow a diet that supplies them with nutrients from each of the fruit and vegetable, carbohydrate, and milk product groups. Protein and fats are also worked into the diet but do not directly raise the blood sugar. in fact diabetics can eat almost anything, but have to watch the quantities they consume of each food group. "if the patient is a normal weight, then the diet is not restrictive at all. Hot fudge sundaes are definitely out, but people are amazed to learn they can eat pizza," says Mrs. Gordon. The clinic in effect, dffers the diabetic and their family the opportunity to learn more about themselves. Home glucose monitor- ing is a fairly new method of allowing patients to test their blood sugar at home, without the hassle of going to their doctor. By doing so, the di5betic can adjust their diet for the day to compensate fot either a low or high blood sugar. Diabetics also have to learn how to compensate for extra activity through food. We try to show the importance of home monitoring because we like to encourage the patient to be as in.lependent as possible, and to maintain that independ- ence," says Mrs, Devereaux. DIABETES INTHEERI TED Diabetes is usually an inherited disease, Unlike the myth surrounding a person cannot eat their way into it. If a person doesn't inherit diabetes as a child they can still get it in their latter years of life. More-. women than men get diabetes and it i believed that is because of hormonal changes that take place in their bodies due to pregnancies. Other things that can lead to diabetes are stress, chemical (medica- tion) or emotion, and aging. Diabetes is usually characterized by thirst, frequent urination, blurred vision, DIABETICS/ SEE PAGE THREE SHOT IN THE ARM—For Flick Wood Insulin to be informed Injections are a twlce-dally experience. claim certain weeks of the year to recognize groups and organizations. The proclamation usually took the form of a newspaper advertisement. The new policy states that council will consider requests for proclamations at their discretion. If approved, the proclamation 'will be passed by resolution of council. The municipality will not be responsible for the cost of publishing such proclamations. Council adopted a recommendation that the Hawkers and Pedlars licence fee be increased from $75 to 5300 for non-residents. Residents of Seaforth, who have lived in town for at least one year prior to application for such a permit, will pay $75. Fee was a concern of Seaforth BIA The lee was a concern of the Seaforth Business Improvement Association. The BIA felt it was time the 1961 bylaw was updated, The licence issued under the Hawkers and Pedlars Bylaw will be valid only from the date of issue until Dec. 31 of the year of its issue. SELL LAND The ,sale of industrial zoned land in the industrial park was approved for Alvin Regier. Mr. Regier requested to purchase lots 159, 160 and the north half of lot 166, plan 399 for 56,000. He is expanding his licence and proposes to establish a truck depot. The property is located on the south side of Birch Street, west ' of the firehall. DIAMOND/SEE PAGE THREE INDEX Fallback... it's that time of year again, time to fal back. Yes. it's time to change clocks bad' one hour. Some .call it gaining one hour o` shut -eye. Every year. Canadians "spring ahead' one hour in April and "fall back" one hou- in Oct. Just so you won't be embarrassed b)f arriving at church one hour early Sunda, morning, remember to reverse clocks Saturday night or early Sunday morning, It's called Eastern Standard Time. -INSI1)F, Births /A7 Brussels /Al2 Classified /A16, 17, 18 Dublin news /A4, 5 Entertainment /A19 Family /A6, 7 Farm /A10 Hensall news /A 11 The Junction /A9 Kids /A8 Legion /A19 Obituaries /A6 People /A19 Sports /A 14, 15 Walton /A13