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The Huron Expositor, 1984-12-26, Page 1t 1 t.. {+ • :r. u 'i u t Ir'A 1 t.I' , 1. 1 '1 ving the communitles I areas of ssels, Dublin, Hensel{ Walton NriFri SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1984 —16 PAGES )uncil approves The Town of Seaforth has a new zoning bylaw. A draft zoning bylaw, circulated earlier this year, was accepted at•the Dec. meeting of Seaforth council after 11 amendments were made. "The flood plain was one of the major issues," said Cindy Fisher of the Huron County planning department. "We tried to solve the flood plain issue. But only the response from the property owners in the flood plain will tell us if we were successful." Miss Fisher said the Seaforth planning advisory committee decided to go with the flood line instead of using boundary lines to show where the flood plain was in the town. Some properties that were shown as being in the flood plain in the draft zoning bylaw are now dut of the flood plain. But at the same time, property that wasn't originally affected by the flood plain mapping, may now be shown as lying in the outer flood plain. Copies of the new zoning bylaw will soon be circulated to Seaforth homeowners. If there are still concerns regarding zoning, property owners can voice their concerns to letter form up to 35 days after the passing of the bylaw (Dec. t2). And if reconciliation is not possible, objection to the bylaw will be heard at an Ontario Municipal Board hearing, Police get new cruiser The Seaforth police department is getting a new police cruiser. The cruiser will replace a 1981 Ford Ltd. Three tenders were submitted to Seaforth council. And at their regular Dec. meeting, council accepted the 512,840 tehder from Seaforth Motors for a 1985 Ford Crown Victoria S. The second tender was from McLaughlin Chev-Olds of Seaforth. Tender price for a 1985 Chev Impala was 512,412. Bob Searle Chev-Olds of St. Marys submitted a tender for a used 1984 Chev with 12.000 kilometeres for 511,770, The reason council did not accept the McLaughlin tender was because the tender price included a 305 engine instead of the 350 which was requested. Council said the tender was not filled in properly. "We specified we wanted a 350 'or 351 engine," said Chief Hal Claus. "Mr. McLaughlin has supplied specifications for a 305 engine and it doesn t look like he's supplying gauges. His quote isn't what we called for." "Is there much difference in power?" asked councillor Bill Martin. "I don't know," replied Chief Claus. "The fact remains that we asked for a particular engine," said Mayor Alf Ross, Noting there was a difference of about 5400 between the first two tenders, CRUISER / ON PAGE THREE WE THREE KINGS—Seaforth Public School students presented their Christmas concert, Wednesday night. The three wise men were Chrlsta Bennett, Shawna Jessome and Scott Wood, all In grade one. , (Wasalnk photo) Change and challenge were a part of 1984 JANUARY 4 The excessive snowfall of the Christmas weekend storm caused a 40 by 60 font section of a barn roof on the farm of Bill VanNes, Ethel, to collapse. Over 45 head of dairy cattle were trapped and on one w s hurt. Meagan Nolan wast e test New Years baby born at the Seaforth Community Hospital. Meagan was born on January 2 and is a daughter of Rhonda and Dan Nolan of SI. Colu mban. Christmas sales were up in Seaforth and local businessmen are pleased. Most busi• nesses saw an increase in December sales compared to last year despite stormy weather the week before Christmas. New Year's Eve weekend was quiet in Seaforth, says Hal Claus, police chief. JANUARY 11 Gary Jewitt is the new principal at Seaforth Public School. Mr. Jewitt replaces Paul Carroll who accepted a position with the Huron County Board of Education. Mr. Jewitt is a native of Hullett Township, Lottery wild • Seaforth and arca residents are buying up tickets for this Saturday's 6 49 draw. The top prize is well over 510 million. Snowbanks are a problem on Seaforth streets. Council will discuss the matter and pass a snow removal by-law. Linda Knight. a nurse who lives in Belgrave. has started her own nursing agency. Her agency is called Community Nursing Services. A barn on the farm of Tom Williamson, RR 1. Walton, was destroyed by fire. Lost in the blaze were 38 cows, 19 beef cattle. 75 fat pigs and 16 sows. Cause of the 5100,000 fire is unknown. JANUARY 18 "-'46-"-*--'" Former Seaforth resident, Lloyd Eisler. 20. of Hamilton, and his partner Kathy Matnusek, 19, are two of thc best figure skaters in Canada. The pair won the gold medal in senior pairs at the national figure skating competition in Regina. Seaforth firemen were called to a chimney fire at the home of Jim Rose, Tuckersmith Township. Smoke and water damage resulted in approximately 56.000 damage. Seaforth council. at a special meetingg approved the purchase of a new MT 111 municipal snowblower. Cost of the machine is 53'.343. A series of breakins have resulted in thefts from 53 to 51,100 since Dec. 31. Policy Chicf Hal Claus says all the thefts occurred during the night. but there arc no suspects. Police arc encouraging businesses to install alarms. JANUARY 25 The co-operation between the Seaforth Optimist Club and several winter sports groups helped to give this year's Winter Carnival one of the largest turnouts. The Town of Seaforth will try out a new bookkeeping system for a three month trial period. Thc On•trac system will give office THE CHRISTMAS STORY was presented by grade kindergarten to three at the Brussels Public School Christmas concert on Tuesday. Tracy being Mayer, Mary, Is riding the donkey led by Craig McDonald, Joseph. (Wassink photo) staff more time to analyze expenditures said Jim Crocker. clerk. Seaforth native, Howard Hillen Kerr, 83, died in Toronto. Mr. Kerr was instrumental in the development of Ontari,o'g community college system and th' ,astabliahment' of Ryerson Polytechnical'lttstitute. More than 60 attended ameeting regard• ing the Hensall town hall. Reeve Harry Klungcl promised that no changes. will be made to the existing physical structure of the town hall. It's estimated it could cost as much as 5300,000 to bring the building up to fire code regulations. FEBRUARY 1 The Brussels Agricultural Society, at their annual meeting, discussed moving the location of the annual fall fair to the B.M G. Community Centre. No decision was made concerning the proposal. A 5200.000 fire destroyed a pig barn owned by Ken Campbell of McKillop Township. Approximately 325 pigs were suffocated. Cause of the fire is not km -inn. Hensall residents arc concerned with the Huron County Board of Education's recom- mendation to review the possible closing of their public school. Residents elected four members of the community to studs the problem of declining enrolment. The Seaforth Community Hospital has invested over 5100.000 in new equipment. Major expenditures include establishing a special care unit, new laboratory equipment and furniture for a quiet room. ' FEBRUARY Dave and Eva Netzke of Seaforth hold the distinctio pt gg this year's Valentine's Day swet t They hive just celebrated 70 years of marriage. Tuckersmith Township council gave them. selves an increase in their honorariums for this year. The reeve will get 5900 a year, up from 5600; deputy -reeve. 5500, up from 5400: and councillors will get the same as the deputy reeve. Former Huron County newspaper publish- er, A.Y. McLcan has hccn named editorial consultant of the 1984 Huron County Atlas. William Gibson of Hensall has grown a 15 foot rubber plant in his hairstyling shop. His success with the plant is from generous feeding and tender loving care, he says. FEBRUARY 15 After a two year battle with Canadian and Hong Kong immigration authorities, John Jew of Seaforth learned that his "5 -year-old mother will be allowed to move to Canada from Hong Kong. He immediately purchased a 51.150 flight ticket for his mother, Sonic Seaforth area property owners wish it would never snow because of snowmobilers who trespass and damage private property Residents have complained that young trees have been damaged. Some feel a snowmobile club is needed to educate snow mobilers. Seaforth is in thc final steps of implement Sports make school en (Editor's note: This is the first in a two part story about sports at Seaforth District High.) •O.B�ef Involvement in school athletics gives students a different. and often more positive perspective on education according to some local students. "It gives me an outlet from school, if I didn't play sports i wouldn't enjoy school." said Cathy Kelly, a grade 13 student at the Seaforth and District High School. "It's a way to meet people and keep in shape." she said. Lucille Delaney. another grade 13 student had similar feelings on the subject of high school athletics, "It makes me happy. Sports is a source of enjoyment that keeps me coming to school." she said. ' Both Cathy and Lucille said they found getting involved in sports from day one of their entry into high school to be an important first step to enjoying school in general. "When you start grade nine you usually don't know very many people. So when you start playing sports, you start meeting people. 1t s a source of communication," said Cathy. "And once you get involved in one area you tend to get involved in others." added Lucille. Barry Campbell. a grade 13 student active in the sports offered at the high school concurs with that feeling. He's also the president of the student council. Sports can be tough and the practices are gruelling, but when you stop running it feels good. And when you stand in the shower it's a lot more relaxing after you've got a good sweat on." he said. Despite the benefits of participating in school sports there are drawbacks. But even these can be overcome if the desire to participate is strong enough. "Sometimes it takes away from the schoolwork and from some of the other extracurricular activities you'd like to take part in. But, you have to set your priorities and somehow work it out," said Cathy. "Actually the more you have to do the more you have to better organize your time," said Lucille. "It takes a lot of time out of schoolwork. You miss classes and have to catch up. But it's good because you get to take part in a lot of tournaments, your weekends are always full. and you keep in shape," said Barry. "You have to be able to sacrifice a lot. Your coach is out there and he's given up a lot of free time he could be spending with his family. So you have to be willing to sacrifice yourself and even some of your social life if you want to play sports," he said. Barry. Lucille and Cathy all agreed that in general most of those who do participate in sports at the high school are not suffering in the academic field. They said this might be because they have a more positive attitude towards school in general. They said they might he more willing to give it 100 per cent effort no matter how divided their time is. The coaching staff at the high school has also kept them aware of the importance of an education. "...work harder, if you don't you lose out." "You've put in your mind that you have to work harder and if you don't, you lose out. The coaches motivate us to work harder in school and come down on us if we fail a test. That's a good coach," said Barry. "In the last three years almost all the senior boys basketball team were honor students or very close. So, sports hasn't hurt us." he said. And despite the added attention that sometimes goes along with being a high school athlete, all three students said that myth is somewhat blown out of proportion. "Sure everyone gets to know who you are, but we don't really run into a problem with people's egos getting too big. The team is usually working for the team," said Cathy. Barry added that there is a sense of pride that goes with being on one of the sports teams, especially when it has done particular- ing a Heritage Conservation District Plan for the main street business area. It's the first step in preserving the historical character of downtown Seaforth says Nick Hill. architec- tural planner. Hensall residents started theif•centennial celebrations at Heritage Days. A Centennial cake was cut by two of Hensall's senior citizens, Jessie Armstrong and Carle Rowe, both 90. FEBRUARY22 ' Parents of the Seaforth bantam hoc'cy team voted to participate with a midget to m from Norway in 1985 and '86 when their ns will be playing on the midget team. No ay will come to Seaforth in Dec. and Seaforth will return the visit in 1986. Seaforth councillors voiced their disap• pointment of the quality of cable television provided by Mitchell-Seaforth Cable TV. A number of residents are upset with thc quality of service, said councillor Wayne F -Itis. The Seaforth PUC want to establish a 5600.000 reserve fund for a new water tower. Thc present tower may have to be replaced in 10.15 years. The largest lottery in Seaforth's history, sponsored by the Seaforth Optimist Club, received approval from Seaforth council. Thc club will he selling 300 tickets at 5120 each for their Travel the World lottery. Ticket buyers CHANGE/ (Please turn to page A3) jyabIe ly wed!. But he said that it's not that much of an ego boost. "1 think you see that more in the bigger schools. But here there's so few of us that we spread ourselves thin and play all the sports. So we don't think we're really good in one pa-ticular sport," he said. 'Sure you feel good, and you may be a little more popular but you don't get calls every night. ' "Everyone knows you play a certain sport so it just makes it easier for people to approach you." said Lucille. As to what role sports will play in their future, neither Cathy, Lucille or Barry were exactly certain. All three said sports would probably always play some role in their lives. but they didn't expect they would branch into any one particular sport. "1 like competition and 1 like to meet new people. So 1 imagine sports will always play some role in my life,' said Lucille. "it's a great way to get out and socialize and have fun." Barry said that he too would like to continue in sports, but on a less competitive level after high school. "i probably won't play sports to the intensity I do here (at high school). But 1 like to play all sports and hope 1'11 continue to do that." he said. INDEX Births /A11 Classified /A 12, 13 Dublin news /44 Entertainment /A15 Family /A11 Farm /A16 Obituaries /A 11 Sports /A70 Change 8 Challenge /41, 3, 5, 6, 10