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The Huron Expositor, 1990-10-17, Page 1,...4111.111111111.011, s. INDEX Obi - Ay Dubin -i Sports - A10. A11 Births - All eietroall - Ale rBarrtarW3 c uC'idrenin uro ee page 3. Town accepts cruiser tender. See page 3. Centenaires' goalie gets shutout. See page 11. Serving the communtt$es and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Oubin. Hensel, and Walton Huron xpositor Seatorth, Ontario HURON EXPOSITOR. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17. 11190 60 cents a copy Council stands behind LACAC, writes letter BY HEATHER ROBINET Seaforth Town Council made a show of support to the Local Ar- chitectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) last Tuesday, by agreeing to forward letters to all of the individual building owners and tenants, as well as to local paint suppliers and contractors, regarding renovations in the heritage district. The letters, which because of a ;onflict of interest on the part of Mayor Hazel Hildebrand, are signed Dy Reeve Bill Benneu, emphasize the fact that regardless of what advice is provided by people out- side the Municipal Office Staff, consent "is indeed required" before any external painting can be completed in the heritage conser- vation district. LACAC was con- cerned that local paint suppliers and contracters were not cooperating with the edict, and should be remin- ding their clients that certain ap- provals are required. Cathy Elliou, Chairperson of LACAC, noted that LACAC has expressed its concern about this matter on numerous occasions, but said regardless of the fact the buil- ding owners and tenants have been informed over and over again that consents arc required before any external alterations can be done in the heritage conservation district, the alterations arc continuing to be performed without first obtaining the necessary approvals. Despite the fact a memo reinfor- cing the fact that permission is required to alter the external por- tions of any designated building, was sent in August to all of the building owners and tenants in the district, as well as to local contrac- tors, only four of the last 14 ap- plications for external painting were submitted for approval before the actual painting was completed. LACAC felt a letter directly from the town might bear more weight. i FLU VACCINES AVAILABLE - Pauline Linton, R.N. draws up a needle in preparation for a shot. Seniors and those in high risk situations are advised that the 1990 flu vaccine has arrived, and is available from the Seaforth Community Medical Clinic. Robinet photo. 1990 flu vaccine available Seaforth Medical Clinic patients should be advised that the 1990 Influenza virus vaccine has arrived. The vaccine, for the Taiwan 1/86, Shanghai 16/89 and Yamagata 16/88 strains of the disease, is recommended for seniors, those children and adults with chronic or pulmonary disor- ders, nursing home and other chronic care facilities, care providers or health care person- nel who have extensive contact with people in the high risk groups, and those with household contact of people in the high risk groups. Councillor Bill Teal! suggested that perhaps LACAC take a dif- ferent approach, and attempt to better sell its organization to the public. "People are obviously assuming that if they go to LACAC when they want to make a change to their building, that it will become a burdensome task, rather than something that could better sell their building, and the whole main street he said. "1 know it's a difficult task, but there seems to be some misconcep- tions out there." Mrs. Elliott agreed that there are misconceptions about the role of LACAC but said the committee doesn't know how to combat those misconceptions. "We've hand delivered letters, and offered information evenings to try and show people what we've got and what's available. But on an invitational basis we're not getting the result we want," she said. "We want people to use us as a resource. LACAC has never turned around and said a certain color is incompatible with the street plan, take it off. We just want to be a sounding board. if people's plans arc in line with ours, then great, they'll have no greater advocate than us. And if they're not, well...maybe we can show them different options they might not have considered before - options that tie in with the look of the heritage district, and help their buildings at the same time." It was also noted that LACAC exists not only to provide expertise on external treatment of buildings, but also to arrange alternate funding when applicable. A lot of people could save themselves money by going to LACAC before doing renovations. Sometimes materials can be changed to make certain Turn to page 14A. Young offender charged with local arena robbery BY SUSA !�i OXFORD Seaforth Police arrested a local person as a Young Offender in connection with the recent robbery at the Seaforth and District Com- munity Centres. The person cannot be named under the Young Of- fender's Act. ?Nice Chief Claus said, "We a tided the suspect at about 5 p.m., Wednesday, October 10. Some of die stolen money was recovered. A guitar that may have been purchased with some of it was seized." The Centres were robbed sometimeing Thanksgiving Day night, October 8, and October 9. Arena Manager, Graham Nesbitt, discovered the robbery about 9 a.m. October 9. According to Mr. Nesbitt, thieves gained entry into the arena and stole about $2,000 worth of cash and some cigarettes. They also broke into the food booth near the Agricul- tural Society show barn. Chief Claus said the arrest of the Young Offender came as a result of the "excellent cooperation of the arena staff and police. The money wasn't just arena money. It belonged to the community and was everybody's money. The community also helped us." The Young Offender has been released pending trail. ADDICTED TO CROSS-STITCH - Amber Halfpenny cross- stitched Christmas decorations at the Yard Sale on Saturday. Oxford photo. Seaforth men to recycle town leaves for compost Paul Vandermolen and Don Heard have been given permission to proceed with the development of a compost site on town property at the end of Railway Street. The location is now used as a dumping site for the town. Elaine McDivitt addressed council last week, and outlined a proposal by the two men which would have the site developed into wind rows. According to the plan, the town would continue to dump its fall leaves at the site, but instead of being forced to bury them, would leave them to be cultivated by Mr. Vandermolen and Mr. Heard, at no cost to the town. The "cultivation" would result in 90 per cent shrinkage, and by the end of the year, only 10 per cent of the or- ganic matter would remain. As reward for their work Mr. Vander- molen and Mr. Heard would then truck the debris away for use in their own landscaping endeavors. PUC still in need of transformer BY SUSAN OXFORD Seaforth Public Utilities Commis- sion (PUC) is still looking for a transformer since the one they had been thinking about may have been sold. The used transformer was in Sarnia and the price tag was bet- ween 520,000 and S25,000, mem- bers of the PUC committee heard at their October 10 meeting. T o m Phillips. manager for Seaforth PUC, said the cost of a new transformer could be three times the cost of a used one Ontario Hydro was in- formed that Seaforth needs another transformer. Chairman Jim Sills said, "if we had another transformer at the other end of town we could've used it and given power to the balance of town during the storm (of October 4)". STEETLIGHTS Also at the meeting the commit tee discussed the street light conver- sion program. The PUC has received information about grants from Ontario Hydro for converting street lights from fluorescent to high pressure sodium lights for lower megawatt usage. The grants cover one-quarter of the costs of conversion over a four year com- mitment. Seaforth has been conver- ting the streedigbts and has about 300 left to cdhvert at a cost of about 560,000. Streetlights on North Main Street and Goderich East and West Streets were replaced before funding was available. GST Regarding the GST, Seaforth PUC has met with Deloitte and Touche for help in implementing the GST. The PUC will lean more at a meeting with them later this month. The Seaforth PUC is continuing its campaign against the federal government taxing PUC services, which the Seaforth commission claims arc essential services. BUDGET in the last eight-month period 67 per cent of the PUC's year has been completed and 63 per cern of its budget is spent Mr. Philips reported the PUC is "on track with its budget." "We've had lots of underground work done this year with updates and new homes. That put us over budget, and so did the Creamery upgrade, which was a costly operation. Despite these costs, there's some money left over for the new transformer," he said. The Seaforth PUC has received its 1991 Ontario Hydro budget forms and Mr. Phillips said it is for forecasting capital and foreseeable expenditures. He reported that hearings for 1991 rate forecasts were not in vet Torr to pore 144. "It wouldn't be unsightly. There'd be no detrimental affect on the environment and there'd be no odor. In fact it'd be better, and it'd be a way for the town to recycle, and make use of its garbage," said Ms. McDivitt. "And there's no cost to the town. The pay off for Paul and Don, would be that they could then use the compost." Turn to page 14A • New doctor to service females BY HEATHER ROBINET The Seaforth Community Hospital will attempt to better service the needs of women ome Monday, October 22. On that date medical service will be expanded to include operation of clinics designed especially with women in mind. Run by Dr. Patricia Kresan of Bayfield, these clinics are dif- ferent because they offer total physical examinations, pap tests, breast examinations and birth control counselling for women, by a woman. The clinics will be offered every Monday and Tues- day from 3 to 6 p.m. Born in Riidgetown, Ontario, Dr. Kresan first entered the medical field in the area of nursing. She studied at Mohawk College in Hamilton, then specialized in Community Men - tai Health and Administration at Memorial University in New- foundland. During her specialty studies Dr. Kresan also worked with the International Grenfell Association in a 40 -bed hospital in Happy Valley, Goose Bay, A desire to move beck to Ontario, and the realization that she would not be afforded the ssMt authority and responsibility as a nurse in Ontario as she was in Lat rador, convinced Dr. Kresan to p+irQi u her medical studies Shr graduated as a doc- tor from McMaster Medical Schooi in 1981 Prom McMaster Dir. Kremlin entered the University of Western Ontario's Family Prac- tice Specialty Program at St. Joseph R Pan a it y Medical Centre. NEW DOCTOR Dr. Patricia Kresan Women Ciinics on October 22 she graduated haat there in 1983. Prom 19115 to the fall of 1989. w hen chi mnved to Bayfield, Dr. K rr ';an had her own office in starts 4111114 up tier Well London. At prevent she spends time assisting in the operating room at Alexandra Marine and General Hosninal in Croxdcrw h Turn to page 14A•