The Huron Expositor, 1989-07-12, Page 3THE HURON :EXPOSITOR, JULY 12, 1989 — 3A
Seafart
Me races
A CLOSE FINISH, but Blackbridge Ted of Ailsa Craig, number 6, noses out Speed
Potential, owned by George McClure of Clinton. Corbett photo,
SEAFORTH DAY AT THE RACES - Some local people find a tranquil spot to watch the races in Clinton on Seaforth Day Sunday.
Corbett photo.
1000 PORK CHOPS, 500 potatoes, and gallons of beans, were
cooked by the Kinburn Foresters for, the barbecue at Seaforth Day
at the Clinton Races on Sunday. Corbett photo.
Huro:nv.iew to be rebuilt in two locations
BY BILL HENRY
One year after a study recommended
that Huron County's Huronview Home for
the Aged in Clinton be rebuilt at three
locations, both the province and the coun-
ty have agreed to go ahead with at least
part of the proposal.
But there will be no extended care
home in the south of the county, and con-
sequently no additional extended care
beds in the south, beyond the private
care now available there.
Construction could begin within a year
on a new central facility at the Huron -
view site and a smaller county home for
seniors somewhere in the north of Huron
County.
lne proposal approved 30-1 by council
Thursday calls for a total of 180 extend-
ed care beds, four respite care beds and
40 alternative housing units split between
the two facilities.
That's exactly how many beds the
county had asked the province to ap-
prove, Huronview administrator Wayne
Lester said Friday.
But instead • of spreading them between
three facilities, the Ministry of Communi-
ty and Social Services refused to fund
county beds in the south, largely because
of Zurich's privately -operated Bluewater
Rest Home. That facility has recently
been expanded and is already funded by
the province.
SOUTH ANGRY
The ministry's refusal of a third coun-
ty home of 60 beds in the south has
angered county council and led to several
delays during the last year of negotia-
tions between the two governments. And
some southern representatives remained
angry last week.
"We in the south need beds just as
much as anyone else," said Exeter
Deputy -Reeve Lossey Fuller. "It's taken
the ministry a year to make up their
minds, they can wait two more months."
In March, ministry officials told coun-
cil the three -home plan would not be ap-
proved, and asked council to submit a
new proposal which would incorporate the
relatively new concept of alternative
Council will consider holiday openings
Town Council will soon be considering
holiday openings for retail businesses in
Seaforth.
A public meeting was held .on Thursday,
July 6, at which some local businessmen re-
quested council pass a bylaw ,permitting •
retail businesses to open on certain specific
holidays. It should be noted„however, that
nobody present at the meeting requested
Sunday openings.
The meeting was held at the request of the
Seaforth Business Improvement Associa-
tion (BTA) who received a request from
some of its members for support in a re-
quest to Seaforth council to permit shopping
on certain holidays in the summer. Before
considering this request council felt
obligated to hold a public meeting to gather
public input into the entire issue of retail
shopping on a holiday.
There were eight businessmen and one
member of the public at the meeting.
The meeting opened with Clerk Jim
Crocker explaining the current legislation
on holiday openings, and clarifyinggthat the
recently passed provincial legislation has
changed little :in the original Business
Holidays Act, othertban to clarify that Box-
ing Day will be December26, Dominion Day
will be July 1 or Canada Day, and non-
tourist towns•will no longerbe allowed to use
the guise of tourism to.open;Sundays.
However, council may pass. a, bylaw per-
mitting retail sales ,on any :holiday, or re-
quiring stores to,,be closed.ona given holi-
day. Council ;may classify `;'businesses in
passing such legislation,:and -may control
the hours of opens ag.
"Butif •councl does-anythinglunder Ahe
new legislation, rt Ilihs to hold :a public
meeting;"gnotedtMr. Crocker.
-Nine:holidaysyweredisq issed.in turn with
the,.people. pressentdeelarulg4whether or not
theyWouldilikeAcippingoittithakparticular
day.
Three of ;Sertforthls Oder -retailers
yRn's lklarket,4 eatlpfilan
atlada ay,
3,40tDece01r.
'Tirewye;
werefiillt&
holidays a!1lidWeis
Labont°tliiay rlhlate.26th;
Rod Lyons.also.said he. would be interested
in opening on New Year's Day if it were to
fall on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday.
Nobody.declared an interest in opening on
Geed Friday, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas
Day or;onSundays.
Frank Sills, of Geo. A. Sills and Sons
Hardware, was absent but send cor-
respondence to the meeting. "Sufficient to
say that I am opposed to Sunday shopping
and wouldn't even work that day if the law
said that I had to: so there isn't much point
in me coming to your meeting. I believe that
a national holiday such as July 1 should be
celebrated that day by everyone or we
aren't very proud of being a Canadian.
There is no need for Boxing Day to be a work
day either."
John Strangway of the Toronto Dominion
asked that if holiday openings are allowed
that those who ,have religious.beliefs which
preclude their working on a,given holiday
not,be forced to: work onthat•day.
Hazel Hildebrand, representing both
Hildebrand Paint and Paper and
Hildebrand Flowers, said she is ,against
retail openings on Sundays or any holiday.
Don Kelly of the Seaforth Meat Market
also said "I don't believe in holiday open-
ings whatsoever, and I hope it doesn't bap\
penin my time.”
Dave de vries, speaking on behalf of his
own Ginettes' Restaurant as well as for the
2Cevin Shay of Canadian Tire and Dave
Dayton at Stedmans, said "there's a lot of
long-time businesses in the town of Seaforth
but there's a lot of new ones too, and they've
got high overhead. If they want to open, and
the employees are willing to work, they
should have the option,"
Bob Fisher was of the opinion thatlegisla-
tion on this matter passed now could be too
restrictive for the future - it may have to be
changed for new businesses coming: to. town,
or for changes in lifestyle.
"I think this legislation you're going to
pass .will be in effect for many years," said
Mr. Fisher, "and I think you should throw it
wide open and let the businesses decide and
Turn to;page 36A •
Council reviews 4Coeop site pian
.
l3ensall District Co-op recently received
approval of its building site, plan on the first
concession of iMeKiliop 'Township from
McKillop' Township' Council.' Council review-
ed rwhere .buildings and .drainage will be
located on thenew site.
HOSPITALtGRANT
McKillop Township Cquncil.alsoapproved
agrant:tothe;Seaforth'Community,Hos ital.
The gra ntishased•orthe;number of;plltients
fxon► 110HilloP;township vhawereiadmitted
30..the.liimitelti,opajaUprovideirfingliegfor
the, t ility's)e plitai.progrpm. The
o(thegrant: y!ear.was$213for71;patients
treated.
DRA1W1iEPAIS
ouncil f Il�ltted 1%E ,Kelley and
re port�,for
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e -ifor the ,repairs came
''frotrilthe.r;owner,inf Lot 17, .Concession
housing and would not expect a facility in
the south.
Instead, Huron again said it wanted a
100 -bed facility at Clinton and 60 beds in
both the north and the south, while incor-
porating 40 alternative housing beds
within the three facilities, Lester said.
But council was told Thursday that
Huron could lose funding for the whole
project.•if it did not soon accept the offer
of 50 per cent provincial funding for 224
beds split between just two facilities,
"The minister is adamant that there
will be two homes funded in the county,
one north and one central," Warden Dave
Johnston told council. Johnston also said
that Huron MPP Jack Riddell had also
said "he would find it inadvisable to
defer the matter when (provincial) fun-
ding is already in place).
AVOIDS LOSING GRANT
Council agreed not to risk losing fun-
ding through further delay, but to instead
accept the ministry's terms, get started
on the project and continue lobbying the
province for a third home in the south.
"I think that we would be very wrong
if we did not accept the proposal that's
before us today," said Goderich Deputy -
Reeve John Doherty.
An architect is expected to be chosen
by September, while getting drawings
completed and approved could take as
long as one year, said Lester.
He also said the Huronview conunittee
has not determined how the beds will be
split between the two facilities, or where
in the north the satellite home would be
located.
Until the architect's drawings ani'
estimates are approved, he added, it's
unclear how much the project will cost.
The proposal approved by the county in
February was expected to cost more than
$14 million over the next eight years, for
the three facilities. The 100 -bed facility in
Clinton was expected to cost $6,5 million,
with each 60 -bed facility costing $3.9
million.
Huron County's 50 per cent share
($7.1M) was expected to be about $900,000
each year during the eight year construc-
tion period.
WHAT BECOMES OF BUILDINGS?
Meanwhile concerns linger over what
will become of the existing Huronview
building. That has not been decided,
although the Huron County Health Unit
moved into part of the building earlier
this year and renovations are underway
to allow Clinton's OMAF office to move
to another wing.
Currently, Huronview has 181 extended
care beds and 74 residential care beds,
Lester said.
With increasing home care services
making it more feasible for seniors to
live longer in their own homes, fewer
people are requesting admission to
residential beds.
In fact, the ,province is no longer fun-
ding additional residential care beds,
Lester said. Once the two new Huron
facilities are built, neither will offer
residential care beds. Instead, there will
be extended care and alternative housing
units, which will likely be similar to the
small, self-contained apartment -like units
built recently at Zurich's Bluewater Rest
Home.
registered as 761382 Ontario Limited.
ACCOUNTS
Council authorized;; paymentof;$198;886.for
the general accounts voucher. This included
$70,275 tax assessment , or the County of .
Huron.
The road voucher .was approved for;pay-
ment•,in :the sarnount of 14,037, ,including
t616 fo caleium:chlorideon a roads:for e
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