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The Huron Expositor, 1989-07-12, Page 1Sports — P.6, P. 7 Hensall — P. 15 Walton — P. 5 Births — P. 14 Obits — P. 14 Seaforth will consider holiday .openings. See p. Serving the communities and areas of Seaforth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton Seaforth, Ontario HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1989 50 cents a copy Tuckersmith encounters unexpected expenses 'Tuckersmith township council has run in- to some unexected expenses. There has been construction in the township recently, as a developer has put in the footings for four homes in Vanastra, across from the recreation centre. But it was found on Wednesday afternoon that the lots, which the township sold as serviced lots, are currently lacking in servicing. There is no storm drainage system to drain footipg tiles, and the sewer lines are higher than they should be -higher than the already built footings- so the houses will not be able 'to tie in to the sewer system at basement floor level. "We've run into, a lot more expense than originally intended," said Clerk Jack McLachlan. Asked for a solution Mr. McLachlan sug- gested council re -run another sanitary sewer line and storm sewer line down the street in question. He also suggested the contractor who improperly installed the sewage lines could be contacted for finan- cial assistance in making the lots serviceable. Councillor Larry McGrath noted that another possible solution would be to bring the sewage pipes into the homes through the basement walls, and supply the homes with sewage pumps if there will be washrooms in the basement. Aftersome discussionthis is what council recommended•the clerk•take tothe builders as an answer, and the matter could be brought back to the council table if refused. "You've also got to realize we've sold the lots as fully serviced lots," said the clerk. "I'll take it (council's recommendation) back to him, but I'm not sure you're going to find that a satisfactory solution." "If I was a contractor I wouldn't find that satisfactory," said Councillor Bill Dejong. "I'd want some money back." . "Money back? He bought them for a God damn song, why would he want money back?" replied Councillor McGrath. The houses going up are the first of 15 pro- posed for Vanastra by the developer. BACKHOE APPROVED Council received word that the ministry of !transportation has given its ,approval of Tuckersmith's purchase of a backhoe. At the council meeting Wednesday, July 5, the clerk predicted the machine would be delivered to the township in about a week. GEORGE STREET PETITION Ratepayer Bill Eisler attended before council to present it with a petition from residents of George Street. The petition, which bears 23 signatures, requests Tuckersmith, in co-operation with the Town of Seaforth, provide a new road on George Street, which separates Seaforth and Egmondville. Council passed a motion to accept the peti- tion, but to forward it to the road ;superintendents of the two municipalities :for their review and recommendations. BRUCEFIELD WATER Brucefield residents were without water for a time on the first weekend of July. John McLellan was digging on his property when he hit and damaged a water line. Mr. eMcLellan is being charged expenses for the 1rrepairs. INSURANCE CLAIM The township is dealing with an insurance claim. B.M. Ross and Associates is alleged :.cto have•caused the basement of -Ford Little ,oto flood while working for the township testing 'storm sewers in Vanastra. 'The' „,amount of the claim has yet to be „;determined. BUILDING PERMIT Council heard correspondence from €4William Holland, who was also applying for v a :building .permit. 'Mr. ,Holland objected to pbaving to .pay 4200 to the Ausable:Bayfield ktionservation Authority for a..huilding ,per- ipiit,: in,,addition to *445 for the township dinp,permit,.so.he can build- an, addition ,t;im.which :to1gtoreantique tractors.:(ie„said ,the „addition ,would never be ,4sed for tgiivestockvetc.,;and,he•thir ks the$200,flat:fee th°nssuareasonable. Gounell •dsuggested Councillor i,Rowena V Wallace eould,ining;.upjMr.:IH.olland's,Con- cern>at the :next ABCARomniittee meeting. NEWFFVR A E Bothliusiacea,at the anastra Ration entre.,arre mo longer ter t o Colutcil 4ytIllejaaltiagptlogrh>grtknew .acalior t4 exeocentte py,, epiO Mber int fres i ►e,expenclitur he 10, e. s 1 A Obi pW►rre.Bret'°cggneleacoee..pfe&hest' na- ,It PliAti Jnl� Attett,Ss::pa$,, t tagerr; t rk gangr. TI , „ ,=r1Fwhelk 41 ,.a stullubexe!plaeed. MOMS 1499 Let SCOTT DRISCOLL of Seaforth got a letter from the National -Hockey League on Friday. NHL recruiters will be watching Scott over the next couple years as a possible league official. Corbett photo. 'Driscoll takes step toward professional refereeing A local man got a letter from the NHL this week. Scott Driscoll of Seaforth attended a referees' clinic recently, and there he made contacts that will give him consideration to be recruited ,as a National Hockey League official. "I've got my foot in the door, and what I do now is up to me," said Scott. Scott, who has for some tirne had an ambi- tion to make a career as a professional referee, took a one week OHA Referee Evaluation Clinic at the University of Waterloo in June. The purpose of the course • was for him to obtain anotherlevel of refereeing qualification, and to enable him to 'officiate in Junior D, C and B games. Over the five clays of the intensive course the 84 participants were up at 6:30 each morning, and started their day with two hours of lectures about hockey rules and refereeing responsibilities. Each day of the course there were guest speakers,. including retired NHL linesman John D'Amico, NHL referee Terry Gregson, NHL linesman Ron Asselstine, and Bob Morley who refereed the World Hockey Championships in Sweden and the World Junior Championships in Anchorage, Alaska. Some of the guest speakers talked about how difficult it is to make it into the National Hockey League. "Basically they were in the right spot at the right time to get picked," says Scott. Scott .quoted some figures showing what ;the chances are of making it as an NHL "referee: thereJarre 3,00[1 QMHA..officials, 350 OHA officials, 175 MTHL (Metro Toronto Hockey League), and 30 OHL officials. Fur- thermore, there are 25,000 amateur officials in Canada and the United States. The NHL Provincial generally hires one official per year. Scott hopes he'll be that one. And it looks he'll have a shot. In the course Scott also took an hour and a half of power skating daily, and officiated! for 10 minutes -of three different hockey games each day, and then heard criticism about how they refed. "It's definitely the best clinic in Ontario. The official who goes learns a great deal, and they use this camp to recruit referees for next year (in the OHA)." And Scott was one of those referees pick- ed. On the last day of. the camp each of -the Participants was given an exam on the rules, situations, etc., and Scott was one of two people who scored 100 per cent. Willy Norris, who lined in the NHL for 18 years and is now an OHA officiating super- visor, told Scott he will be able to start this season refereeing Junior D and C games, and will be lining Junior B. "They said. by Christmas I'll be refing Junior B. I wasn't expecting that. I thought I'd be doing lines for few years," says Scott. But he is able to start sooner than most of- ficials "because of my past hockey ex- perience playing Junior B, my feel for the game, and my knowledge of the game." Scott played four seasons with the St. Marys Lincolns Junior B club, played all- star two years, and was team captain. , Scott will be attending Wilfrid Laurier University again in September,so he will be refereeing in the Waterloo area. Places like Wellesley, New Hamburg, Woodstock, and Seaforth are in his area. "I'll :be doing a few.games-in Seaforth, which I look forwardto, andSt. Mary's too -I look forward to working there after playing there so long. Turn to page 16 • government won't force restructuring BY BILL HENRY • Counties which don't want to restruc- ture will not be forced to do so as a result of a provincial government report, Municipal Affairs Minister John Eakins told Huron County Council last week. "We're not shoving anything down your throats, so to speak," Eakins said during an informal dinner gathering at Goderich's Bedford Hotel Thursday. "If you people feel or decide that you don'twant to have a county review, you don't have to have it. It's not being forc- ed on you," Eakins said. The former mayor of Lindsay also assured Huron council that the 4,000 population figure, cited as the miniinum for any oiie municipality in the consulta- tion committee report, is a guideline. With only the town of Goderich and the municipality. of Stephen exceeding that 4,000 population in Huron, there had been strong criticism of the report at earlier county sessions. Members feared that rigid provincial acceptance of the report's recommendations would lead to amalgamation of Huron municipalities and the end of some communities. "WHATEVER WORKS" "We're saying to you, whatever works best for you," Eakins said. There's no particular intention in my mind to legislate any particular size." He added that the report is not intended to eliminate small communities, but instead to insure that they are politically viable. But Eakins also said that after 140 years, the province's county system is due for change and neither ,he ,nor ,On- tario's county representatives would "be doing our,job" if they ,didn't try now to improve., it. Few Huron councillors questioned the minister, who flew to Goderich at 7 p.m. to meet informally over dinner, but had rejected an invitation to meet council during its regular •ngeeting. Some councillors, ere critical ;of Abet, while .Warden Dave,.Johnstim- said ;helad originally. asked ;that .be meet . with the Minister. aWhen.tEakins-:satd,.he .would 10 - stead tidreiss the.entire colaneili,over•din- ;;ner, +,utplulston ;said; ;he •.be ieved council would :have been more upset 'had he re- .egted the,offer. Thb' ttilat kd,;ask questions : f aif6>7e slatleted-.why `.Pe i ounty.;sh4uld u•, ,toi+paY for.Alreiriew.being re- •.quetted. by „the -minis er, andoondered iw t, 11 yrPftthe:r r`t,s-mom ,'40 reco#1 teitdatlons-mayttbe rlegislated for c "Fl11.weeree pY h�W�tzro'ergot, awly *Ail ea?" ,. askeed tReeve 44.0 $. y er council and so on - may be legislated if a consensus is apparent once all counties respond to the report. Released in April after more than a year of consultation and public meetings around the province, the report suggests that county government should operate with fewer municipalities, and fewer members. It also suggests some municipal services - waste management, economic development - become entire- ly county responsibilities. The ;report also suggests that every county be required to initiate a study in- to how ,best to=bring its structure.into line with the • report's recommendations. Huron council ,agreed in regular session following therdiemer meeting to request a study, making :it the ninth Bounty to ask. But 'Huron !has said the province should be 100 per cent responsible for the costs some planning functions, Eakins declined of a study. comment, saying he had come to listen. COMES TO LISTEN "I have some thoughts on these things When questions got too specific, such but I'm not saying yes or no tonight...It's as Stephen Reeve Tom Tomes's concern an advisory report to me. If I were to about police villages losing authority, or tell you what I think is good and bad, Exeter Deputy Reeve Lossey Fuller's there would be no point in coming to wondering why municipalities would lose Turn to page 16 - Local men injured as car strikes tree An accident north of Seaforth Thursday the east shoulder and struck a tree. morning resulted in injuries to two local young men. ` Daniel McNichol, 18, of RR 4 Walton and Steven Schroeder, 18, of RR 1 Seaforth were north bound on County Road 12 when their vehicle, a 1989 Pontiac, went off the road on Both were taken to Seaforth Community Hospital where Schroeder was treated for a broken collar bone and discharged. McNichol was taken to a London Hospital for treatment for a fractured pelvis.