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The Huron Expositor, 1984-05-02, Page 31 NEWS AND FEATURs THE BANKS OF Silver Creek at Lion's Park Saturday, About 212 children registered and were lined with fishermen Outing the caught 100 rainbow trout. The largest fish at Seaforth Sportsmen's Club fishing derby on five pounds and 22 inches long was caught by Ron Stewart who won a rod and reel and a pen set. (Hundertmark photo) THE HURON EXPOSITOR, MAY 2, 1984 — A3 HensaiI wants industry, Before a town can hope tQ attract new industry, it must have the full support of the community, a detailed plan of action and a serviced parcel of land whieh can be available immediately. This is what approximately 30 Hensall citizens learned at a public meeting held last week to develop an economic strategy for the village. "There are towns that are concerned and doing something about it and towns that are concerned and doing nothing about it. You have to talk to people as if you care about them investing in Hensall and you have to be able to give them the best information about the town," said Bob Nelson of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, "The best way to kill development in any town is to have the attitude that you don't want development and that Hensall is just fine the way it is. If representatives from an industry hear that kind of talk in a local restaurant, they'll leave town and never come back," he said. By attempting to attract industry, Hensall will be entering a very competitive field since it will be competing against other Canadian communities. Awareness of Hensall's strengths and weaknesses is of paramount importance in order to compete, Mr. Nelson said, "If you're going to get into this game, you've got to know what you're about. You need a person who cares and can be the person industries can contact about the business of developing," he said. The importance of community support was also stressed by Mr. Gary Davidson, the chief planner for Huron County. The first part of a campaign in Sudbury to attract industry is aimed at the city's citizens to get , them Hockey is played as late as April 28 in 1934 MAY 2, 1884 On Friday evening as John G. Wilson was driving down street, his horse got frightened at a bicycle and in trying to pull him up both lines broke. Mr. Wilson was thrown violently out of the buggy but was not seriously hurt, The horse parted company with the buggy near Kennedy's Hotel and made for home. The buggy was considerably broken but the horse was uninjured. We regret to learn that owing to the cantankerous conduct of some of the shareholders of the Seaforth Creamery and indifference on the par,' of others, the creamery will not be work d this season and the property will be idle. This will be quite a loss to the town as well as to the shareholders. Butcher's. Bakers and Grocers' boys and all others interested would do well to bear in mind that there is a town by-law providing suitable punishment for those who permit their horses to bark and injure the shade trees on the streets, The owner of a horse was fined four dollars in Clinton the other day because the animal had been permitted to nip the bark off a shade tree. and there may be some similar cases herea long. The town procufd 3t() shade trees this year for planting. l of these were purchased and set out by citizens and the remaining 200 were planted under the direction of the Street Committee APRIL 30, 1909 At a recent meeting of the town council IN THE YEARS AGONE Robert Govenlock was appointed inspector for Seaforth to look after trees infected with Black knot. Mr, Govenlock informs us that many trees are infected with the black knot. Persons who have trees thus affected are compelled to remove and destroy the affected parts. The annual meeting of the ladies' lawn bowling club was held to the council chamber on Monday afternoon. There was a very large attendance with bright prospects for a good increase in the membership for the coming year. Mr. Wm. Gillespie, son of John Gillespie, of Seaforth has passed his final examination at the Western Medical College, London. taking honors in several subjects. MAY 4,1934 The weather so far this week has been all that could be desired. Straw hats and shirt sleeves have made their appearance. But only last Saturday the twenty-eighth day of April, local hockey enthusiasts were playing the game at the Palace Rink. The ice was in excellent shape and compared favorably with any during the past winter. Those who are in a position to know claim that playing hockey as late as April 28 is a record for Seaforth. Cranking his car while it was in gear proved disastrous for Frank Sills one day last week. The car ran forward crushing Mr. Sills between the front bumper and a work bench at the end of the garage. Mr. Sills was badly bruised and the bone of one leg was crushed near the knee, with the result that he will have his leg in a plaster cast for some time. MAY 1,1959 Motorists on #4 highway south of Clinton were confronted with an unusual sight in peacetime Wednesday night and Thursday - an RCAF station patrolled by armed guards. This was part of an air raid exercise being conducted at all stations in Training Com- mand. Announcement has been made of the appointment of Dalton L. Reid as division court clerk of the second division court of Seaforth. The position became vacant with the recent resignation of W.E. Southgate. After four years on extension work with the Department of Agriculture, Arthur S.Bolton has resigned. Mr. Bolton has purchased the former Irvin Trewartha farm in McKillop and will move to the farm in the near future. Large voter turnout could hurt Liberals A large voter turnout in the next federal election could hurt the chances of success for the Lioeral Party of Canada. A video prepared by the Liberals. origin- ally shown at a recent meeting of the Ontario division of the party and presented to the Huron Liberals on April 26. states that large HURON /FROM PAGE ONE Craig of RR4. W'alton who also goes to the consentIon automat',alls said he would sote for the agriculture minister on thc first vote. hut is uncommitted after that Both Mrs Morphs and Mrs Redick said they are going to the ,onsrntion uncommtl trcl The remaining delegate Mr Ingles, was absent from the meeting The other hyo dolcgatcs from Huron Bninc arc the south delegates (lodcrich hn,thers. Paul and Mike Murphs were named for those positions Mr Whelan himself was expected to he in attendance at the meeting, but Mr Horan said the agriculture minister had missed a plane connection out west However, London Middlesex MP Garnet Bloomfield. sporting two John Turner buttons, was at the meeting and spoke on his expenenccs in Ottawa Bill Murray of London. executive director of the Ontario Liberal Party, conducted the election proceedings. He said it was nice to sec the association electing delegates from Huron -Bruce and not delegates from other ridings as is happening at some other selection meetings LAN DFILL/FFOM the site to see hath been going on, said Mr Vanda engel Though ey weren't instted Mr Vanden Henget and Neil Gosenlock tont in the last half of the on site meeting nn Friday •At that time. we thought the -v were gong to go ahead with it But I learned afterwards from Bill Siemon (chairman of the committee) that they were going to look elsewhere." said Mr Vanden Hengel The final test holes weren't drilled until March and Mr Vanden Hengel. Mr Govenlock and Herman Hoste were there when the drilling was done What was supposed to have been a tight. clay soil. they found there was 50 feet of sand... recalls Mr Vanden Hengel "The landfill committee sent me a letter in March asking me if l would he willing to sell a portion of my land for future site develop- ment 1 got the impression the committee wanted to wrap it up and get nut But I didn't want to sell "My Surrounding fields are sand and as a result 1 couldn't drain A year ago. I said I couldn't figure out why there was no sand at the proposed landfill site, when there should have been But 1 was told that soil tests showed the site was suitable Mr. Vanden Hengel feels a random and complete set of tests hadn't been done on the property "We felt if there was going to he a landfill site there. it better he a safe landfill site. But the site defeated itself It was never right to begin with " Soil types on the smaller site is a concern of Mr Vanden Hengel "There's sand and gravel throughout the property One of my S 1 T E /FROM PAGE ONE vqter turnouts have historically hurt the Liberal party. Entitled "Towards the next Election". the video features an introduction by the president of the Liberal Party of Canada. lona Campagnola, and a presentation by Toni Axworthy of the prime minister's office. The key to assuring the success of the Liberals, the film suggests. is to ensure that Liberal members get out to vote. The video also notes that the four kev target groups to be focused on in the next election are new Canadians, youth, women and the urban middle class. Four themes that can be emphasized in the next federal election arc economic ye pvefy, the Liberal record. the speech/Kim the throne and offering the Liberfals as an alternative to the oppositions The video didn't suggest when the next federal election would be held. PAGE ONE thinking that Sudbury is a good place to be, he said. The next step after getting community support for development is forming a committee to set priorities and make a plan of action. This stage should—take three to six months, said Mr. Davidson. "You're going to need some time and you're going to have some failures in the sense that people don't come right away," said Mr. Nelson. Zoningland with future development in mind wilalso, make a town more attractive to industry. "Ontario is being criticized because of the red tape involved to make land available. You should get the zoning tied down even if land is not developed so it is not fought over when someone wants to open a plant. Anything other than the opening of a grocery store will mean a good-sized OMB hearing if the land is not zoned," said Mr. Nelson. Servicing the land before an industry expresses an interest in it is also a good idea. "When business people want to move, they want to do it right away; they don't want to wait six months," said Mr. Davidson. "Too often, servicing is something that goes on the back burner at most municipal councils until an industry shows an interest. You want to get your services up to a point where all the industry has to do•is hook up," said Mr. Nelson. Promoting residential growth was also a concern of the Hensall BIA and the village council. "In order for Hensall to move ahead, we need to get housing, to attract people so that industry will come," said BIA president Joe Bengough. "We're blessed with a large industrial base but 50 to 60 per cent of the people working in Hensall don't live here; we want to be able to compete with where they live." Businessman Ron Wareing agreed. "We have to do something about housing if we're people going to help the retail sector. It's too expensive to draw people from the larger centres to the smaller. It's a wonder we've survived as long as we have since Hensall hasn't gotten any bigger than 1000 residents in the past 50 years. We're just going to have an industrial park here if we don't do - something soon about residential growth," he said. To promote residential development, the town must first approach individual land- owners to get them interested, said Dr. Davidson, "It might be worthwhile meeting with landowners and asking about their intentions and the possibility they may want to subdivide small parcels at a time," he said. A solution to the lack of housing in Hensall could be a trailer park, one woman suggested. "it's good and inexpensive hous- ing for the young people. I don't understand why we don't promote that kind of housing when they're (mobile homes) built right here," she said. Attracting anyone to town can be as simple as cleaning the streets and getting the school children involved in the community, said Mr. Nelson. "We made a start last year by improving the downtown area and we've had some good comments about the main street. But,there's more to Hensall than Main St. and many of our sidewalks are in a deplorable state. The better a town looks, the more it sells," said reeve Harry Klungel. Developing a specialty may be another answer, said Mr. Bengough. "Hensall can't compete with places like Exeter for stores, but it could compete if it could find a specialty like Frankenmuth or Elora but have it unique to Hensall." A committee including Hensall councillor Richard Packham, BIA president Joe Bengough, Inge Mowat, Bill Bengough and Jack Lavender was formed to study the economic strategy in more detail. Prevention is the only sure cancer cure Prevention is the only sure way to beat cancer. That was the message given by Dr. Brian Baker of Clinton at a Breast Cancer Information night held at Huronview on Apr. 25 by the Huron County Health Unit. "You can't get complacent about cancer. There's no cute once you get to a certain stage," Dr. Baker warned. When Dr. Baker talks about cancer, he speaks from professional knowledge and personal experience. His first wife died of breast cancer. Still, Dr. Baker said he does not believe that breast cancer has to be fatal. He stresses that women can take preventative measures and detect the disease early enough to avoid death. The simply monthly habit of breast self-examination is the key. The technique wa explained and illustrated in a Canadian Can r Society film. c film stressed that with early detection and treatment, women with breast cancer can continue to lead normal lives. Breast self examination only takes a few minutes and only needs to he done once a month. preferably immediately following the men, strual cycle. More women arc getting into the habit and every year some 9,000 women develop breast cancer. Each year almost 3,500 die from breast cancer, the leading cause of death in women between the ages of 35 and 54. Breast self examination could have saved many of these women. Psychiatrists say that many women don't follow this simple preventative measure because they find it difficult to get into the monthly habit. Others are embarrassed about self•examination and many don't understand their bodies Still others avoid self examination because they are afraid of finding something. To them cancer means death. The idea behind breast self•examination is not to look for cancero lumps. but to rest assured that you are hea v Many women find lumps in their breasts ut often they arc only normal characteristics By practicing monthly breast self—examination a woman will quickly learn what feels or looks normal and what appears to he abnormal it's all a matter of knowing your body. Women should immediately sec their doctor if they are concerned about any lump. thickening or changes in the breast. Eighty•five per cent of the time all lumps are not cancerous and women'', fears are unwarranted. Still, it is this conscientious preventative measure that ensures that life and death risks are not being taken. Even if- hrcast cancer is found, early detection means that the disease can be effectively treated and death need not he the result. Dr. Bake? explained that lumps can he detected in the early stapes. He noted, "You have to catch it when it s small. It's not an impossible task, but you have to be methodical about it." While breast cancer and education arc still major concerns of medical professionals and the Canadian Cancer Society, great strides have been made regarding cancer of the uterus. With the development of thc PAP test and modern medical technology. ancerous tissue in the uterus can now he detected up to five years before any symptoms appear. Dr. Baker said. "We still have a long way to go with breast cancer, hut PAP tests have done great things He suggested that women should see their doctor for a PAP test and pelvic examination once a year As hrcast self examination. the PAP test is a presentatise measure that csers women should practice As the Canadian Cancer Society film pointed out. it should he. "a habit for life " High blood pressure HiGH BLOOD PRESSURE Who suffers from high blood pressure' Maybe you do This affliction affects mer 1.500,000 Canadians. and half of these are unaware of their problem High blood pressure. or hi pertension as it is called can double the chance of heart arta( k. and hring four times thr risk of stroke However. research has cirscloped drugs and other means of controlling hspertension Help is there Find out if situ need it drains goes through the smaller site and when we tiled, we found gravel deposits throughout "There's got to he better places for a landfill site than the McLlwain property If nobody had objected, a landfill site would be there today." said Mr Vanden Hengel DRY HOLE An option on the McLlwain property runs out at the end of this year. The option is to purchase 33 acres of land for approximately 4100.000 Options have also been taken out on small parcels of property owned by Herman Hoste and Eckerly Acres for an access road to the proposed landfill site at a price of approximately 421.500. investigation costs of S96,000, including engin ering and hydrology fees have been incurrkd. "We spent a lot of money. money we had to spend no matter where a landfill site locates," said chairman of the landfill site committee, Bill Siemon. "But we've sunk a lot of money into a dry hole." he said. "Nobody wants a dump. but only want a dump to use it." The option on the McLlwain property won't be dropped in the event another site can't be found. "A landfill site will be within one of the three contributing municipalities. but Tuckersmith and McKillop townships will have the- most likely location." And because the proposed site did not pfove satisfactory, Mr. Siemon said the fit,Tn that did the hydrology testing, Conestoga Rovers, "accepts the responsibility and will do the investigation on finding another site at their own expense." COMMUNITY CALENDAR LIBERAL DELEGATES to the federal Liberal leadership convention were chosen in Seaforth on Thursday night Over 100 Liberals attended the meeting held in the public school Receiving their ballots from Bill Elston. left, are Marie and Neil McGavin of R144. Walton (Wassink photo) To the (Editor from this (McLlwain) site." said Mr. Vanden Hengel. "The mandate of the M.O.E. is to have policies to help municipalities deal with waste disposal, said Mr. Dunn. " And our policy is that poorer class land be used. If justification can be shown to use prime land over the poorer classes. and if studies are realistic, then our policy recognizes those needs," said Mr. Dunn. "Our policies have to be fairly compli- mentary. Municipalities are faced with one obstacle after another when looking for a new landfill site. it isn't easy to find a ways and means," he said. John Jew's story snakes TV Dear Editor: it may be of passing interest id you, members of your staff, and possibly some of your readers, that your series of stories on Mr. John Jew, and the difficulties he experienced in getting his aged mother from Hong Kong to Canada, certainly aroused my interest, and my sympathy. it was marvellous to read in your paper how he had finally succeeded, with a tremendous lift from those good-hearted citizens of Seaforth and area, and the 350 letter -writ- ing school students. Then your recent picture and story of Mr. Jew's gratitude, expressed in a cheque for one thousand dollars was a lovely climax. That this will be used as a fund to finance annual awards among students for "Citi- zenship" seems most appropriate. it is planned to use this story as the lead item in "Report from the Country", scheduled for the late news on Saturday. May 5. Coupled with it will be another from the Strathroy Age Dispatch. This also deals with activities of Primary School students. And again, my thanks to you for this assistance, and for keeping me posted each week on all of the occurrences in and around Seaforth: Sincerely yours. Arthur Carr CKCO-TV's "Country Editor" If you re organiilog a non prr,Fl oyen} n' ,nipra<t to other Seaforth ro a a residents phone the rorreatinn nf�,(i, a� t' ri88: n, rho f xpiisttnr at 52'-0240 or mail the ,nformatinn to ( omm„^ is ( a'a..,!ar The Huron Expositor, Boy h4 Seaforth Onrar,n bnk 15', wnn aasan,o of rhe scheduled date Wednesday, May 2 1:30-4:30 p.m. • Shuffleboard for Seniors at arena. Thursday, May 3 a 6:30 p.m. - Bantam Boys Baseball Practice at Lions Park 6:30 p.m. • Midget Boys Baseball Practice at Optimist Park MEN'S BALL HOCKEY AT ARENA' 7:30 p.m. - Beruit Boars vs Queens Cavaliers 8:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. - Nationals vs Beechwood Devils Brewers vs Boiler Makers Friday, May 4 6:30 p.m. • Bicentennial Banquet at Northside United Church 8-10:30 p.m. - Roller Skating at arena. Saturday, May 5 10 a.m.-3 p.m. - Optimist Bike Rodeo at arena. 1:30-2:30 p.m. - Story Hour at library Space for the Community Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor Sunday, May 6 2 p m. • Bantam Girls Softball Practice at Lions Park 2 p m • Pee Wee Girls Softball Practice at Optimist Park 7&8 30 p.m , Men's Ball League at Lions Park 7:30-10 p.m. • Rollet Skating at arena p m • Villagers vs Mainstreet at Lions Park 8.30 p m Turf Club vs Top Notch at Lions Park Monday, May 7 1&8 30 p m Men's Ball League at Optimist Park 7 p.m. - Queens vs Firemen at Optimist Park 8:30 p.m. - Bears vs Creamery at Optimist Park Tuesday, May 8 6:45&8:30 p.m. Ladies' Bali League at Lions Park • 7-9 p.m. • Roller Skating at arena 8 p.m. • Hospital Auxiliary meeting in St. John's Anglican Church. Wednesday, May 9 8 p.m. - Seaforth Horticultural meeting at Seaforth Public School. A speaker from the Royal Botanical Gardens will discuss preserving and drying flowers. Bicenten- nial roses are available