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The Huron Expositor, 1987-06-03, Page 1Classifio0s Walton Sports — A8, A9 Family — A7 Obituaries - A7 Births = A7 INDEX A10, A11, Al2 Birthdays ..— A7 WI -A7 Nursing Homes A14 Hensall — A5 Dublin A6 Legion — A4 Serving' the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton SDHS drama club performs well. See page A4, THE HURON EXPOSITOR, ,JUNE 3; 1987 50 cents a •copy Town a_nd offiia is push for new industry Town •officials are working harder than • Mr.' Riddell added the Ministry. of Labor ever to attract new_ industry to, Seaforth has already requested that Genesco offer after the recent announcement that Genesco Seaforth employees preferential 'treatment will be permanently closing its doors July when it comes to new jobsin the Cambridge 17. .. . plant. • _ The ,Ministry of Industry, Trade and "The one thing Genesco kept saying was Technology; the Ontario Development Coun- how great the work force was in Seaforth. cil, and the Ministry of Labor have all been • They even admitted• they had reservations notified of the Genesco shut down. • about their ability to keep the same quality' "At this point it's not to our benefitto• be of work once they made the move to Cam - negative,'" said Seaforth Mayor AlfRoss. •: bridge," said Mr. Fitzgerald. • "When you take•that amount of money out Genesco said Seaforth workers took real of Seaforththen you have to be concerned, _ pride in their workmanship and produced an but we have to try and get some other com- excellent product. So it's not the Tabor force pany to take over the plant, and get the peo- that is at fault here. It's just the economics ple of Seaforth back to work." • of the, shoe business." . Reeve Bennett, himself a former employee of the plant for 13 years, said he was shocked by the closure. announcement, "I guess personally I could sort of see it, coming, but it was a shock really," he said. "And I don't think- people will experience Me full shock of this until a ways down the road. It'll affect the town in so many ways." Reeve Bennett noted there are a lot of families in town where both the husband and wife work at Genesco. For others it was the. main Source of income. "This'll be a hell of a blow to them," he said, adding that .none of these people are old enough to retire. But, , he added, the •town, in cooperation with the government and the Huron -County Planning Department is working at attrac- ting new industry to Seaforth. "We're trying so hard to get new industry, and we should be able to," he said. "The Genesco plant is well kept and it's on 7.5 acres of laird. It's tough but we sure as hell don't want it to be a warehouse and employ no people. We're going to work our butts off to see that we get something here Turn to page 5 • "Quite often people come to these ministries looking for assistance in finding a place to locate. Hopefully these organiza- tions that we've contacted. will realize the dilemna we're in and try to get someone in- here right away," said Mayor Ross. Mayor Ross, along with Town Clerk Jim 'Crocker,..Mainstreet Coordinator Torn Lemon, Reeve Bill Bennett, Jack Riddell, Minister of Agriculture and Food and Jim Fitzgerald and Nan Thompson, from the Minister's office, 'met with officials from Genesco lasfTuesday, to ask them to recon- sider their decision. • "It appears their decision is final. They won't reconsider, for business and economic reasons. It was not the staff's fault. Genesco had nothing but praise for the employees," said Mr. Riddell. "And they are interested in seeing the plant get back into operation 'under another industry. What we have to do is entice another industry to locate there, and we're all working hard to attempt to do it." "I have the ministries' ears well inform- ed, so surely we'll be able to get something back in there within the near future." Lady barbershoppers do well The Area 5 Ladies Barbershop Competi- Friday night. tion of Harmony. Inc. was held in Barrie With the Chorus and Quartette placing se - May 22, 23 and 24. The Seaforth Harmony cond in both competitions, it gives them the Hi -Lite$ chorus competed there, placing Se- opportunity to go on to the International cried in the Choir Competition. Competition in Rochester, New York in Their Chorus Quartette "HORIZON" in- November this year. eluding Margaret Whitmore, Debbie Camp- Anyone interested in joining the chorus bell, Katie Teall, and Carol Alce, also placed The Hi-Lites practice each Tuesday evening Second in the Quartette competition, held on at the public school in Seaforth at 7:45 p.m. Environment Ontario charges mill The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has charged Top -Notch Feeds Linilted in Seaforth with two counts under the En- vironmental Protection Act, One charge under Section 13(1)(b) per- tains to carrying on an activity likely to a d ge plant life. The second charge under Section 13(1)(c) relates to an activity likely to cause material discomfort to persons. The maximum fine upon conviction is $5,000 per count. The charges follow a May 14, 1086 environ- ment ministry investigation of potash dust in the Village of Port Stanley. A first court date has been set for 2 p.m., June 22, 1987, in St. Thomas Provincial Of- fences Court. TWO FOUNTAINS have Peen installed in Silver Creek by the Seaforth Lions Club. The club hopes the fountains .• will reduce the amount bf algae in the creek in Lions.Park. The club worked with • Huron Fabricators and Sills Hardware to install the fountains. The 5 estimated cost is $3,000• The latest improvement to the park is one of several the club is undertaking, in its park improvement program. . Wassink photo. Brownies and Guides perform In a colorful cerem83ty of stars and candles the Seaforth Brownies and Guides conducted their annual Fly Up Ceremony and Mother and Daughter Banquet May 26 at the Seaforth Legion. Twelve Brownies took part in a special ceremony that would turn•them into Guides. The Brownies who did not fly up also took part. By giving candles to the Brownies and singing special songsto them, the Guides helped to promote the Brownies into Guides. The Brownies were given orangeand brown crests and plaques for their efforts. Flying up were: Kelly Bennewfes, Kathy Southgate, Laurie Janmaat, Andrea McGrath, Tonya Boniface, Angela Butt, Erin McNaughton: Jill Carnochan, Christina Harrison, Dianne Mintage, Erin Derbyshire and Noelle Thompson. Kely Bennewies made an exceptional ef- fort by flying from Tweenies, which is f'ne level below Brownies, to Guides by dedicating herself to the completion of many badges. She jumped from Monies through Brownies to Guides in one ceremony. Cristina Van Poucke also received special recognition for selling the most Girl Guide cookies. She sold 16 cartons of cookies totalling about $384 in sales. The aim of Brownies is to -teach the girls how to be responsible for themselves, how to maintain personal hygiene and how to do housework. Some of the badges the girls Fly Up have earned are singing, hiking and learn- ing to be a hostess, baker and beadworker. Guides also flying up received golden all- round cords, the highest award in Guides, .and wings for their efforts during the year. • The Guides who flew up were: Julie Smith, Debra Coleman, Kristen McNaughton, Niki Women raise $2,274 Approximately 40 women raised $2,274.46 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation Thurs- day night during a three-hour fitness session called appropriately, "Dance for Heart". The participants were led in six -half hour sessions of exercise in various forms. CPR and blood pressure displays were set up and experts in both those areas available to answer questions. Luanne Phair raised the most money for the cause, in the amount of $305, while Marj Hulley came in second with pledges totall- ing$175. • Other prize winners included: Barb Alkemade, spot prize;* Doris Mitchler, sweatiest brow: Carolanne Doig, sweatiest body; Chris TenPas and Ingrid Bos, most coordinated group; Ingrid Kerr, person who sings the loudest; Bea Kale, person having most fun; Marj Hulley, most original outfit; Joy Levis, loudest person (clothes); Sherri McDonald, happiest person; Corrie Klaver, another sweaty body; Judi •Rupert, another spot prize; Linda Watson, highest knees; Linda Morrison, biggest smile; Nancy Zet- tel, person participating the most. Door prizes were won by Sherri McDonald, Lyn- da Hurard and Drusilla Leitch. Mobile breakwater unit could solve erosion BY HEATHER MCILWRATTH There may be a way taste]) the erosion of waterfront property - and it doesn't involve • the construction of metal or rock barricades. "People are going about it the wrong way," said Rob Cook -of Seaforth Tile, a sub- sidiary of the Pletcher Tile Ltd., which has patented a structure proven to have reduced beach erosion along the Lake Erie shoreline. "People are trying to stop the water dead in its tracks and you can't, it's relentless. You have to allow the water to pass through and then let it use its energy against itself to steal sand from the water." ' With that thought in Mind last January, Fletcher Tile hired a team of professional engineers to come up with the schematics for such a breakwater -unit. r The result was a portable prism shaped concrete structure which will dissipate wave energy thus reducing beach erosion and, where sand is available, result in beach establishment. - "Higher water level is a portion of the frit - hien'', but not th'e entire problem," said Mr. Cook, a ung that stormy water conditions are responsible for a large amount of lakefront erosion. NEED ROUGH WATER "You need rough water to carry the sand Mit you don't want it carried away from the heath, Our units make use of Storms, w'hicfi • Weald normally be destroying everything, so when the storms are over, you' (the pre -- petty owner), have the beach instead of the lake having it." Married the Lenson Mobile Breakwater after the engineering firm that designed it, the unit compriaea a series of Ottani-shaped modules "laced in side-by-side relation.in the surf area pa where wades Y - normall break. , Each itniodule measures four feet high four feet wide and six feet four inches deep and weighs 6 300pounds. Each has oppositely in= dined front and,. rear walls WhiCh face un lakeward and landward respectively. Flow. control passages extend through the module Which assist in dissipating wave energy and minimizing wave impact tending to move the unites Contrary to rock or steel barricades, the Breakwater unit does not attempt to stop the water dead in its tracks, Instead, the flow control passages, allow it to absorb some of the wave's energy and at the same tithe let some of the water pass through, By taking the energy out of the wave the unit allows -it to deposit sand: That sand creates shallower water on the lakeward side of the unit. That in turn causes future waves to be slowed down before they reach the block. The net result is that the wave continues to break sooner and the sand is" deposited further away froth shore. The units are subseetienly moved fur- ther and further out from shore until the desired beach size is achieved. SAFER. FOiI.SWiMMERS Arid, according to Mr. Cook there are no ill effects. The units not -only create shallow water and more beach, but they r duce the undertow, making the area safer or swan= risers, especially children They also permit a downdraft so that beach nourishment is Mit being stolen from neighboring properties "Kid& love them," said Mr Cook "They, crawl all over them just like they were . ladder, and they're as safe of a pre; duct of any that I know of on the market. It is a uniform shape and product, and you're gomg,to know where it is at all times." Made from impact resistant concrete reinforced with steel the units are guaranteed to be less subseeptible to start ing damage from icer debris, sand and gravel. The air -entrained concrete also helps them withstand freeze/thaw cycles, spaliing and cracking.Each unit is numbered and its location and condition log- ged. to facilitate frequent Monitoring of the units ......... . .... .. p "We're going to take the best care we can to see that noon gets injured off the blocks," said Mr. Cook. "It may cost a little more but the•quality of the blocks and safety are our top priorities. If we don't feel something is right, we'll pull the block out." For that reason and others, Fletcher Tile Ltd. will not allow the units to be installed without an engineer's approval. "We don't want just anyone taking Arid sticking them in when there may be no chance of them working. That's just bad public relations. If our engineers don't think they'll work then we'll refuse to sell them," said Mr. Cook. However if their installation is approved, then Mr Cook Said, he almost guarantees the success of the Breakwater units. "Unless you've seen what they can do, you wouldn't believe they work," he said. Unless you've seen what these blocks can do y ou wouldn't expect than to work. But, they' do work;" he said, citing the success of the milts in Lake Erie along the Dyke Road in Harwich Township, four kilometres west of •Erieau and m Lake• St. Clair, three kilorrietres west of Stoney Point. "If you want to create beaches this is • about the most cost efficient means of doing the job. So far we haven't had any problems." "In fact if you ou ask anyone in Eiieau they'd say that town would have become an islaild if it hadn't been for these blocks," The Lenson Mobile Breakwater Units can be purchased from either Seaferth'rile or Fletcher Tile Ltd., Tupp'erville, at a cost of $60 a unit for a quantity of 1 to 100 The cost per unit decreases according to the fruniber purchased. , "....'......,, ter " "We're not after free pubhcity; sand Mr. Cook--. "We e have a product that meets customer need. What we're offering is a viable means Of saving the shoreline:" CATCH A WAVE • Seaforth Tile, a subsidiary of Fletcher Tile Ltd., a eerripahy which hat patented a break'ate'r unit whietl could&ave waterfront property, it' fowproducing w in • them 16 de o'sit the units. Suitttb absorb the' energy of waves, allowing p rather ther fhan carry away, tend, they have been proven successful along the Lake Erie shorelin'e. Rob Cook, of Seaforth Tile, stands behind the product, 100 per cent, Mcllwraith .hoto.