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Serving' the .communities
and areas: of Seatorth,
'Brussels, .Dublin, -Hensel I
and • Waiten
Seaforth , Ontario
'HURON EXPOSITOR, 'WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1989
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Meetings
The Town of: Seaforth:.has..approved a
number of °reeomtnendations•madety its
Streetscape Comthittee in view of the -re-
cent uprear -over .the Town Hall Civic -
Court project.,
The Streetscape Committee :as it .used
to be ,no Iongereexists,.and-will become
instead a committee of council. •As such
its members-will-'be..appointed ton a first
come, . first served .:basis. To :date four
persons, Bob Fisher, Paul Copelaur1, Paul
.Hagan and .Kathy Ferguson have in-
dicated a 'willingness to continue on the
committee. Three others have indicated
they do not •wish to continue. As a result
the town will advertise for other
members to sit on the committee...
The Streetscape Committee will hold
regular monthly meetings on the fourth
Wednesday of each month, beginning at
7 p.m. in the Council Chambers.
A format for "open meetings" will be
°Recycii-ng pnyin
The Townships of Grey . and McKillop
have just completed one year of recycling
at the Walton Landfill Site with very en-
couraging results. During the .first 12
months of operation,.the-recycling program
shipped :5185 tons of recyelables,.aslightly
abova the-projected:estumte. oft -50 tons for
the first year. Intotal,:22s84tons ofpaper,
17.98 .tons of glass :end 10:03 dons of din
were shipped. A small ::quantity of PET
(plastic soft drink 'bottles) was also
shipped.
The recycling program in the. townships
received a siemi &cant .boost 'when they
woman 4icilieti
Poor. road conditionsraree blamed
for an accident:that resulted in:iheedeath
of Goderich,woman erialiighway 8:west of
Seaforth 'Thursday.
Margaret Tichborne, •,64 :was westbound
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at 3.:30.p ."Thursday;,wiientshe;lost con-
trol of her ,car 'ton racy 'Treads. 'The ;car
entered the, eastbound.lanew.here it:coliid-
ed .with a traetorarrailer driven by a
25•year-old. Monkton, area man. Be ;was not
injured.
Visibility ron that :stretch of highway was
.poor because :of the blowing •ssnow and
winds.
In town eon "Thursday poor +weather , ac -
.counted '.forsthevollision of two vebieles: son
south . lalain:iS.tteet, , in -front of the :Hart
Ford building urtheredetails:of.that.ac-
cident wereonot available at press . time.
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developed and other committees swill f,e
requested to agree to a;single 'format to
permit public participation in special pur-
pose committees. That 'format will -also
permit the meetings 'to be conducted in
an orderly manner.
The Streetscape Committee has :sug-
gested that:the following format •be ir-
culated to various special purpose . som-
mittees .such .as •Arena, BIA, 'Planning,
and LACAC etc. for their input:
1. Develop a rule for in :camera ses-
sions of the streeting;
2. Delegations must request to he plac-
ed on the. agenda;
3. For :those in attendance to listen,
provide a .15 --minute question period at
the beginning -or the end of the :meeting.
Arrangements are being -made to
organize a "Civic Corner" in 'The Huron
Expositor which Will list the meetings for
the next week -.open and closed.
off in:c:011 y
were selected as a pilot program for blue
boxes by the Ministry of the Environment.
Under present funding guidelines, 'funding
for blue boxes is only available •to
municipalities that have weekly curbside
garbage collection. However, the Ministry
of .the Environment provided °100..per .cent
funding of blue boxes .in -McKillop rand
ar Townships es a:pilot:program,,and in
;ruary, .b re .boxes -were:: distributed to
au nouseholas m ,Grey..and :del hllop. Prior
to that the recycliug:programthassapprox-
imately • 45 per .centparticipation. After -the
.blue boxes were :issued':tbe•!participation
rate has risen to Approximately '75 ;•per
cent, which isgveryrgood:for a.depotrtype
recycling_ pro�rgram:-11ffere a:importantly
::though, :was: therincreaserinttheztquarititynaf
the material heing recycled t ithe ;average
tonnage of-materialheing vecovered;iscttow
5.52,tonsteer-month, which.is a;SS:per cent
increase, over the first -.six months of :the.
program.
It appears that .public support and .par-
ticipation in the recycling . program will
continue to be high–In fact, participation
across ..the entire province is high which
has .rsomewhatt depressed::marketstforncer-
tainiecyclables. However,,adjuetments.to
the recycling • prrogram,are being 'wade ,to
accommodate higher specifications by .the
•recycling companies. A egood example of
this is .the high demand for sorted clear
glass. The recycling :program at the
'Walton Site is attempting, toseparate clear
glass to meet the market demand.
:BLOWING IN'THE WIND - Charles Kalbfeisch, second left, and Christmas .carols, which those •assembled were free to sing to,
.members of the Mount family out of Varna, braved extreme and -provided the :background music for the lighting of the town
cold winds Friday night to help the Town of Seaforth usher in Christmas tree. The tree was donated this year by Ken DeCorte
@ the Christmas season. The group played an .assortment of :of RR 2 Seaforth. Robinet photo. _
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Seaforth c o...f lze n.i,
Three area . residents, the recipients of
:the Seaforth Parks ,and-1%ecreation Com-
mittee .Citizenship iaward6for 1989, will be
hoaxed ;for utheir are r „ eer ,achievements
fi
,at ,the,�nnual �'lijst, ' ss improvement
:Association •Ctuistmasabangnet on;Saturday
might.
The :12itizenship rawarns for Civic:. Service,
Humanitarian Service and Service to
Sports are presented each.tfall to area
citizens who have: been ;nominated for their
•outstanding contributions ;of time and
.dedication .to the community. Carol Baker,
Neil Dolmage'and Bill Brown, Sr. were
rhoserrfeomramoog a:numbervof very .wor-
dhy nominees,as:the:dwiinnersfor this year.
• Congratulations are :extended to each of
the winners, and :thanks to: all who submit-
ted a . nomination. Volunteers :are an impor-
.tantPah .of a small -community, ,and .these
awards ,are Seaforth's way of ,,saying
"Thank Yell".
2111 ,I H' � made career
•?BY,FRUBIBUNDY
:He has been :called a :,:great :many
things .during ;his:.30 xyears .as .clerk/ad-
zninistrator of;Huron. County - a: dictator,
.the;, -king: ofuthe,cowzty,tthe,powerrbebind
•county arouncil ,,:but.now,raon dhe. eve of
his •rretirerent, ,:Bill ;Hanly :will be
remembered as a':wan who made a
career sof , ng . Huron. _,.During ,bis
a tenure ,:as glop.elerk/treasurer, and
,later .as ...clerk administrator, Manly
,dedicated.hisilifertoamaking:#his :comity
a.betteriplace tgrlive,rand;he did it.awith
a .;loyalty .:rarely =seen -in :municipal
• government.
Itewas. arrultgharuad.to.travel,atrtimes,
and-heeWi11;,,bealhe ;first. to, droit: it, but
now;;as uhedaigks:beck+aover, a- Jifetbnerof
adnnnistratingtaestrong;scounty.egavern-
.ment . ijanly; as,rJno ,ar ts, - a'great /;
:many. •trieilds, ,and.., a,,sdful,ro£ «critics
,who •,regard.,^himmwidth ,.a +wellrearned
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in,.,late 31058 e, tea ellmatierry ems
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timerandithere ewas• al, posltion 4gpender a
deputy aelerk altiewasaaapttalition had=manly
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BILL BROWN, SR.
Bill Brown .Sr. ;of Egmondville is the 1989
Service to .Sports award recipient, and d
amore worthy ±oneew,ouldbecdifficult:to:find.
ills "coiltbibitionato: "aispotts'lover:the
past 40 years has been :staggering.
An instrun►ental force in keeping broom -
ball alive and well in Seaforth, Mr. Brown
is a .past president of the Seaforth-
Egmondville Broomball league and ;chief
organizer lof the Junior Leaque. -lie recalls
the :Baum of the sport in Seaforth during
his .Junior 'Farmer ;days.
`We :used to play it before it was even
organized," he recounts. Equipment, he
adds, was nowhere near as technical as it
is ;now.
"If the broom 'Was -missing off of . the
back ;door, you knew where it was."
'The manager of the .River :Rats ,broom-
ball team, Mr. Brown is also an :avid
.baseball supporter and bas managed the
River Rats,'Slo-Pitch team for a :number ;of
years. Be has managed to get most of the
family involved, .as -well - a son, a son-in-
law, a nephew, three grandsons and a •
daughterin,law are actively involved in
-sloapituhraalong°:with -him.
Vlr.'lBrawn :has daiso been involved in
hockey in Ithe earea and played with. the
Kings.until 1974.: --Honored by Tnekersmith
in February .1988 for his dedication to
sports 'm.the district, he :can't recall a time
that he 'wasn't ;involved in sports in some
capacity or .another.
"I've ;been involved in just about every
sport that's.,going," he chuckles.
Mr. 'Brown has contributed both time
and money to area teams, and over the
years has made dozens of donations of
sweaters, crests and numbers to local
athletes.
He's contributed to about umpteen thou-
sand teams," his wife Clara Brown con-
firms. The Town of .Seaforth gratefully
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serving County
to tut my own :salary increase."
At the time be .started .,as deputy
clerk/treasurer, there -wele only Iwo part
tune .secretaries ;and a •:bookkeeper •:on
:staff ,along 'with Berry and .himself.
.Maudling',the,books tat tthe.;timer asMar-
tina ,Schneiller..She .also: remenbersihose
;days ,with fond -regard.
"Bill was :so : awful ,:young sleokung ,when
he ;started," ;.she says. "He seemed sso
tsurprised that ,he bad ,gotten the job. I
watched..ltim turn that Job:into a career
and move cup :9tbrough ;the ,ranks.
„always cllud . a :get ,dedipatlon to; Abe.
-county, which Islippuse.,be-gotfrom-iiis
:fattier, rbut;,he gormtehowloode.,abis job bis
whole dile: 1 d,.aand still edo, .admire. him
very, very -much.
1ttE VCTUJ.IRRD.wftRIVAINIS`T1 ATLON
,In x1968 tithe County,r01 tittron restruc-
Atured its;,a(hi118tration tare tdded ,the
utrator. With
JIQ th ,stills t �n eu� liar *Oil
# is+ideatli i ►x1975•. estAii pw t�,pppos on
sofat trator;.was cr dato;,prEovide
aascoo tor,to,govesee utter,dem
'•ments ,;within Abe ca'gover, nt toi the
county.
"The,,,: tors job:';has n J'
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S�`Hever e' s i saaf , un -
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F'pr slip.. ss is Y g ^farm e ore
those + ii4 ar ed out;"
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baAlt.ga&Y k.''It _:s
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Banly . es deputy e1erS+ tea urpr berry
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r,1or.-moreethar jbree::dgadsurrpunaedr ► y 1 . r ill scpunclI.minute , iia my
; y4411ge rdlmvo ,ivory tin141to 011? job b Ioojgng� rwardtto lSi d8,th?!i.s rand
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nothing I could have.dlone differently. 1
•simply accepted the decisions of council
because council is ,an elected body and
they are :directly responsible to the
voters."
During'the "trying :times", the office of
'Abeclerk/administrator took a great deal
,of •eritioism from the. ;press and the
pyublinito thc. Muchelap of Bpf this-er.GiticiamHaply. fell direct -
"You have to accept (the criticism)
when it comes," he says. "You can't
4ways.be {copular, ,hut fle .to do
wjta your- hiUlc Kiss =l ot. Thyouereo have
never
a time ,when 1, wanted to :leave this job
:and there is no decision I made that
• ausede;tne to ;lose eP."
" Ie's-had some rough -;times over the
years.,and there mere twies I really felt
;sorry •tor him," oays Schneiker pf her
former co-worker, ' ut.even•sthten.he was
very ;strong. ,Some,p . le resented :Bill ,at
,tillmesabut,heal,weysA id his job the best
nwaY.he iuuew,,,hpw,"
(me ,,person ,.such criticism has come
f ro,m over .;tube ,pars is ' utlerieh s ,Elsa
Hayden ''.Thewoten,ou,a , An 44351.011-has
Abe a ,public's .wate dog for years
nwhen-1 eonm?es.togissues•;faeingtomoc!pal
'PA, en I,ve lcriti. ::Mr. IIY or
',CORY „PPM rays .y .OP, :`set ;this
leren,on aasPl=ri�, t ;or,ai we.
ae e, as.yw.ell as t: t,it. s sot
• .a�:rpp,eerso ;�gk• .We must ; Umber
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