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The Huron Expositor, 1990-02-21, Page 1T-; r Civic Corner -- A4 Obituaries -- A4 Hensall— A7 Sports +- A9 -A1 1 Graduates A14 site• plan bylaw . See pc.ge 'A4 Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton Seaforth, Ontario HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1990 50 cents a copy r i nc i po go to cir eedlotllit ;jug=gig; th to ill id''sa 'rprovl wD e beconxe a Anatter of pub1%c tepord If t ruling is in favor of the prfneipa)(S, they could ,be allowed toH return to their originaj schools, be given a travel allowance, • or receive financial compensation. Egg POoducers elect Jir r Mclntosh to • , tin f ario Egg Boar i .Pine Molntosh, an egg producer• fromm Seaforth; has been elected by the 72 egg producers of Huron County as their their Director to the Ontario Egg Producers' Marketing Board. It is his. second .term., Together with his wife Brenda, arid their children, Mr. McIntosh operates McIntosh Poultry Farms Ltd., Willa:. in- eludes 'over 26,000 laying hens, :pullet growing facilitiess, a hog operation • and. '.;1,000 acres Of cash crops. Both Jim and Brenda are activein a wide variety of agricultural organizations: AS well as Local comnprnnity affairs. • Policies and operations of the Ontario Egg Producers' Marketing Board. is the respotlsibllty of 15 producer -elected direc- tors. Thirteen of these are elected by egg producers in 13 zones, or areas. of the. province; and two are elected by pullet producers, or farmers who raise chicks to ,egg -laying age. In each zone, producers elect. a set number of Gonllmitteemen who then elect a Director for that zone. Pullet producers elect Cominitteemen to vote for a pullet producer Director for each half Of 'the province. Directors are elected for.a one year .term. Brook -in cost plant excess of $20 000. - Office eguipmennt worth more ; than 20,0ilu was stolen during a recent break flit at loile rsmith Ltd., located at,•156 st int t' Street,'Seaforth. Seaforth ?elide Chief Hal Claus said employees of the plant discovered a major • theft in .the office area of 13oilerstnitll dtu- ii g the early morning hours:of February'. Missing. are several computer i keyboards, monitors and a fent printers, as well as four telephones, and a•photocopier. Police, said entrance to the office'. w aired through the factory area... eves Bitted through an east does•; factory, here it appears the stol wesre loathed onto a. vehicle. o sic a District direst attentt edC the;scene: alit valuable infoinnatton'' to break ih was the fitat major bC eneo in Seaforth for sbytii'e. thne ',Onus repdrts no aertotlo p t4tillt or five'1ronttls am dr it„Aeet0ihta4.t (vol slice, and the ntlkf't o been down C�imli eii ttiith: th'er`. A FLOCK OF BALLOONS made their bid for freedom on Sunday, when local Scouts, Guides, Cubs, Brownies and Beavers released them in honour of the 80th Anniversary of the Scout and Guide movement in Canada. Rev. Cheryl -Ann Seaforth to Seaforth Town Council gave its approval to all but two capital expenditures outlin- ed in the 1990 fire area budget. The Seaforth Fire Area has proposed purchas- ing a new pumper/tanker this year at a cost of $160,000, plus hose, tools and a radio for the new truck at an additional cost of $10,000. The purchase of the truck would put the fire budget at $257,000 for 1990, up $163,960 or 176 per cent over 1989. Seaforth's share of that increased budget would be 26.95 per cent or $55,517. In 1989 it paid just over $20,000. McKillop Township would pay 33.64 per cent of this year's budget or $69,298, Tuckersmith Township would pay 19.45 per cent or $40,067, Hullett would pay 12.24 per cent or $25,214, and Hibbert would pay 7.72 per cent or $15,904. Approximately $32,500 would be recovered through the sale of two existing trucks - a 1975 pumper and a Lewis fire truck. "I was thinking this year would be a year of restraint," said Deputy -reeve Peg Campbell. "I'm wondering if it is actual- ly necessary to purchase an item of this expense. Can we justify spending $170,000 cH H q Stadelbauer-Sampa addressed the group on the back lawn of the Egmondville United Church before the orange and blue orbs were let loose into the stiff breeze. Elliott photo. estions p rthase at this point in time. We have some ex- penses corning up that we can't avoid. If the old trucks are in good enough condition to sell to other municipalities, why aren't we keeping them?" Town Clerk -Administrator Jim Crocker explained that there is a regulation in On- tario that makes it illegal for fire depart- ments to sell vehicles after they reach 15 years of age, which is why the Seaforth area department is looking to sell two trucks now. He noted that Seaforth has enough money in its reserve fund to cover the cost of a fire truck without increasing the burden on taxpayers, but said council might want to shift those monies to another area once it has reviewed its own budget further. "Whatever year we decide to buy a fire truck, it's going to be a big expenditure, because unless the money is in a reserve fund it's going to affect the mill rate. We don't know what the 1990 budget - with the sewer and landfill concerns - is going to be. We don't know the impact of the land- fill and sewer, and once we see the budget we may want to reallocate some of the King Henry (Blaine Anderson) releases an erring merrymaker (his mother-in-law, Cot. ri Snowden) from the stocks in, a rare act of benevolence at his Medieval Feyste on Saturday night. Singer Helen Videan lurks in the background. monies in the reserve fund," he said. Reeve is ill Bennett asked whether or not the purchase of the fire truck could be budgeted over three years, rather than over the one. • "The budget this year is up from last year by over 150 per cent," he said. "That's a big jump." Councillor Marjorie Claus expressed con- cern over the safety of the old truck and pumper. "Would they still be safe and ef- of fire truck ficient if we left the purchase of a new truck?," she wanted to know. Seaforth Council agrr.ad to approve the revenue fund budget of the fire area board, but has deferred approval of the capital budget until its March meeting, when it should know more about other capital ex- penses that will be facing the town in 1990. Fire Chief George Garrick will be asked to attend the meeting. PC pays over $1 PUC Manager Tom Philips reported to Tree trimming has been underway for the commission that the Seaforth PUC paid both the PUC and the Town of Seaforth. $1,040,596 for energy in 1989, a record The PUC crew installed insulating hose ori figure that averages out to $84,000 a the primary power lines and assisted the month. This is the first time in the history Town when trimming the trees close to the of the town's Public Utilities Commission wires. that it has paid out more than $1 million No further problems have been reported in a year. with the water tower since the leaking "This puts us in the big league now," rivets were repaired earlier this winter. remarked PUC Chairman Jim Sills. AGREEMENT IN THE WORKS INFORMATION DAY The Seaforth PUC is in the final stages The Ontario Hydro Demand and Supply of hammering out an agreement with the information displays will be going up in Hensall and Zurich commissions for on-call Stratford and Goderich in the near future. emergency service. A standard cost will be The displays, designed to inform the set up for the commissions to cover general public about Hydro's 25 -year plan Seaforth's emergency response services, for supplying the province with energy should the need arise. The three PUC's resources, will be open for viewing at the will be getting together in the near future Goderich and District Memorial Centre to go over the particulars and set up a from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., February 28 - payment method that would cover man - March 2 and at the Stratford Fairgrounds power and vehicle costs, including gas, from March 14 - 16. mileage and'wear and tear on the vehicles. WATER TOWER INSURED The on-call services will also cover some The Seaforth PUC will be paying an ad- water emergencies, as well. ditional $108 in insurance premiums to FREEDOM OF INFORMATION have the aging water tower insured on an Manager Tom Philips attended a "all risk" basis. This will cover the tower meeting in Goderich, led by Nigel in the event of all damages, including col- Belchamber, which outlined the implica- lapse, for up to $120,000 subject to a $1,000 tions of ,Bill 49 on municipal organizations, deductible. The commission had expressed The Bill, dealing with the Freedom of In - some concern over the extent of the formation and Privacy Act, is scheduled to coverage when Seaforth Insurance Brokers be implemented in January, 1991. The presented the policy at the January Municipal Electrical Association will be meeting. hosting a series of workshops for Commis - POLE TRANSFER COMPLETED sioners and PUC staff on the ramifications Change over of the main corner hydro of the Bill and the setting up of informs - pole by Topnotch feed mills has been suc- tion organization and retrieval systems cessfully completed. The transfer was par- within the offices. ticularly tricky in that it was done 'live', "We have to have our records in such a and no word could be done during damp state that when they come in and ask for conditions. The corner pole feeds power something, we can get it for them," Mr. down the south end of Main St. Philips pointed out. Minor injuries sustained in two car accident Two local residents were treated at the 1 uy J sudden, icy poi,.„ dIlu sun Seaforth Community Hospital and released sideways into the path of the Broome following their involvement in a two car vehicle. accident east of town on Sunday. The accident occurred at 5:35 p.m. on Sunday 150 metres east of Sideroad 25, Trudy Mark rrinder an sInvestigating officer was sustaincuts to the head, Pinder ProvincialConstable RK. McCutcheon of vehicle, which was travelling east on the Sebringville OPP detachment.