The Huron Expositor, 1979-05-03, Page 1:t.
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, MAY 3, 1979: ;36 PAGES
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BY WILMA OKE
Tuckersmith: Township council: Tuesday.
approved a budget for '1.979 totalling
S1,218,410, up 531,663 from 1978. Pro1ected
revenue for, 1979. 5673,025 compared to
$634,517 in 1978. ,
Ruralresidential and farm rates for public'
school supporters are 11682 mill$ compared
toll 1,92 mills in 1978, .and .:the .commercial
rate is 132.71 mills compared to 127.50' mills
in 1978„ For the separate school supporter.
the rural residential and farm rates are
1.19;53 mills for 1979 compared to 115 34
mills in 1978, and the commercial rates are
135.73 mills compared - to 131,.29 last year,
That means a public school supporter with
home assessment of 55,000 will, pay taxes
about $584.1.4 compared to 5559,64 in 1978:
A separate school supporter with a home
assessed at 55,000 will pay about 5597,68 in -
property tax this year compared to ,5576.71
in 1978.
The education ' levies, with last year's
figures inbrackcts, are: elementary public
school 5142,827 (5121,300): secondary,
5131,124 (5118,700) and elementary
separate school 524,101 (520,483). •
Assessment in the township ;is. 54,074;480
for 1979, in 1978 it was 54,014,320: To be
raised for general municipal 'purposes- the
total amounts to 5161,139 ($125,153); Some
P
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(59,600) , for street .lights at Vanastra;
Kippen,;Brucefield, Egmondville..
Clerk -treasurer Jack
Clerk -treasurer McLachlan) when
presenting the budget and'the financial
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statement said t ;e township had finished up:.
1978 'with a surplus amounting to 571.000:
Last Week, Reeve Ervin Sillery, the clerk.
Councillor Robert Fo thcringham; Mervin
Falconer,resident 'of Vanastra Curling
$
Club, and Ivan Lincc, a club member,
journeyed to Toronto to ask forrants
g to
renovate the during rink at .Vanastra, Mr.
Siller said the were
y . , y received favourably by
the Minister:. of Recreation and Culture.
Reuben Bates. The meeting arranged
ed
other levies include the County' levy amounts
o 505,869 85,8 ($70,000), -ley .y for fire
rotection costs in p the township amounts to
19,200• (513, 798), roads, $273.000:
5275,000), and -Ontario Hydro, $10,000
with the minister by Jack Riddell, ;M,P,P.
Huron -Bruce, who introduced the
Tuckcrsmith representatives to Mr, Bates
and remained with them and supported'.
them during the meeting.
ENGINE'ER'S REPORT
The township will now submit'. to the
Minister of Labour the engineer's report on
the Vanastra rink which estimates it will cost
over 593,000 to bring it up . to building;
standards. The engineers found the
building; bought as war surplus in Winnipeg
following World War I1,: as structurally
unsafe on three counts --snow load, wind and
fire, The 593,000 estimate will, not birng it up
to fire standards which the government is
not- enforcing at this time, hol ever the
engineer said this should be considered if
renovations made
Buil(iing permit requests were approved
for Stanley Johns, R.R.4, Seaforth, for a
shed; James McGregor, Kippen, a barn;
Warden Haney, 'R,R.4, Seaford),a house,
Martinus Guichelaar,'Lot .e, concession 7, a
driving shed; Fernand Vantyghem Lot 10,
concession 4, addition to barn, Irvin Ferris,
S'/: lot 15, concession 2, addition to barn,
and Howard James, Egmondville, a arae.
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Members: of council and 'township
employees will, be ,paid mileage rates of 21.
cents per mile, up from 17 cents; when an.
authorized business outside of the township.
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Passed forP.aYment: were accounts
totalling. 527,531.35; including Vanastra
8 $
Day Ca re Centre, .. 54,227.57; ` roads,
56,759.92 Vanastra Recreation centre,
$8,118;67 and general accounts .f'
o.
58..425.19:
•.Members of the Committee of
Adjustment
in -the township, 8nThompson,
i Elgin i . John. Bell
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and Cleave Coombs, will receive '525P er
person per , meeting when . working on
committeerbusiness:
Road superintendent ._Allan Nicholson
- reported a number of road signs in the
township. have he e.., t 1'd g cf
n stolen or ami c
causinga hazard to, drivers until. re 'laced.
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He reported the townshi shed was entered
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with 'loss estimated:. at 5110 including
window damage where the entrywas made.
darn.age
The meeting adjourned at 11:30 p.m.
THE ENERGY SAVER—Glen McNichol and Martin Murray of Walton
and their Sawyer~ and Massey steam thresher' were guests at Mitchell
. District High 'School's, Energy Day held Wednesday. Since the steam
thresher can burn wood, it;s an energy saver of sorts, but not likely to
threaten modern farm Machinery unless fuel prices Kist drastically.
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KIDS; CATS:; DOGS, WELL ALMOST `.EVER;YBO Y — Therere 'we
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pets, parents and onlookers at the ens Seaforth S or s
Seaforth P t m . Club first fishing •
derby held at the Lions Park on Saturday. The goal wasto catch oneof the
}Huron candidates.' say
350.. rainbow trout . put:. into the stream by the Ministry of Natural.
Resources. More photos on the fishing derby inside..
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arm owner -�--' interest election issues
BY. ALICE GIBB
The farmers and small businessmen see
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to be the two most vocal. groups among
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voters in the Huron -Bruce ridingaccording
to the three candidates running in the area.
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Bob McKinley,of Zuri e Progressive
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Conservative candida a ': and incumbent
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member of parliament for Huron -Bruce said
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the one main issuetthat comes; across in his
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m jai nen..that Mr: Tr eau: has to
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But other major concerns: v�
ofthe otet�re.
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related toeconomic 's
tissuesand
die voters
livelihood.''Mr. McKinley saidhe is.finding i
y ndnga.
good deal of voter support for the
Conservativeparty's
vro oast to have capital
proposal P
rain a
grains fax take into account the value of the
land. So is the once-in-a-lifetimeexemption
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on capital gains;for foodlands.
He
said farmers -arc also concerned about
havinga energy'
n assured supply"and Mr.
McKinley'added, -Joe Clark is the man. to
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look after - that, he's the man who initially
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helped Peter 'Lou heed" to win election as
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the premier of Alberta
Small businessmen; the other group who
seem most vocal'' :in this riding, are
concerned about the high int rest rates, .Mr.'
McKinley said. The ;;candidatb saidhe's been!
receiving a number of complaints from',
independent businessmen' who would like to
expand their operation but find it's too hard
to borrow money at a reasonable rate of
' interest. He said` the high interest rates are
affecting farmers as well and this eventually
is reflected in the .prices for.the consumer,
Although Mr. McKinley said the issue of
absentee ownershp of local farmlands was.,
raised at a meeting he attended in Lucknow.
1 haven '
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vtder
candidate' pointed out the issue. is really a
provincial matter and if it's a roblem then
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the provincial government should be
investigating it. The candidate. ointed:
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that: anyabsentee ownersbu in in
buyingproperty
the province are now assessed a 20per cent
tax.
The candidata
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says while the campaign to
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date has been fairly quiet in Huron County,
he expects a good voter'
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i; a , . May 2', When, it's quiet, Y • � . �Y Mr.
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McKinley `warns, the largest swing in voter
opinion often occurs at the polls.
Graeme Craig, the 31 year old. farmer who
was nominated to carry the Liberal banner in
April. 1.97 . said he's found voters $ n vot rs in the
local riding seem to think -things are pretty
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good." He -said voters are talking about
money for landpurchases by owners
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and the hospital business, but these. are both
'provincial matters.
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lie said• voters
seem to think. there re should
be" some legislation' passed or 'a policy
established' on the matter of ;absentee
ownership. Mr. Craig said he:is rutting into
this _issue more in the north' of Huron.
County, in: townships ' like . Ashfield. and
admits the.problern is serious both for young..,
farmers wanting to go into the:agircultural
business. and for .farmers who want ', to
expand their operation and find it hard to,
compete with foreign investors and the.' high
interest rates here. He said another issue of
course is that farmers who are selling out:
their operations aren't opposed to' getting
the higher -prices, even. if the. money comes
from forerign investors: .
He said voters seem to think there should
ee of that. `' The
lydrant rentals si`►I1'
assle at Fire Area
The fire hydrant. rental question' is still a
standoff after Tuesdays' meeting of the
Seaforth Fire Area Board ,(FAB).
The board has put the matter into the
hands' of lawyers Donnelly and Murphy in
Goderich who will be -acting on behalf of the.
FAB in the future. Thte law firm is expected
to respond to the last letter from Seaforth
council asking for back fire hydrant; rental
fees, The town has threatened to take the
matter to court unless the FAB pays the
59,033 balance which the town feels they are
owed from 1976 to the present.
If the FAB doesn't agree to pay this
balance, then the town will ask for 'back
payments to 1970, which means the balance
owing: from the board would be ap-
proximately 527,000.
Roy 'Swart, Hlbbert Township FAB re-
presentatiVe, said the way matters stand, "1
think we should let the lawyers fight it."
Members indicated their councils ,hand't
changed their minds about their opinionthe'
town of Seaforth should be responsible for
paying; the major share of the fire hydrant
rental fees.
When one member asked why Tucker•
smith. and Hallett Townships, who are also
in the Clinton Fire Area Board pay larger fire
hydrant rental fee to Clinton,, Robert
Fotheringham, the Tuckersmith re -
Presentative on the FAB, said hecause the
original agreement with the coven of Clinton
was different than with the tow n of Seaforth..
The members also discussed a situtation
Which ' occurred during the fire at the old.'
Leadbury school early itt March, The fire
alarm was answered by the Blyth fire
department. Seaforht fire chief Harry Halt.
was at the rr'forth fire station when he
heard the !Myth lepartmentput through a
radio Gell to Wingham for more water:
Mr: Hak questioned ` the call since. the
Seaforth fire department was only seven
• miles away from the fire.
Tom Phillips, deputy fire chief, said
Seaforth did eventually get the call to send
water to the scene and dispatched the tanker:.
truck. He said the Bluth fire department may
just have been trying to contact the Huron
County co=ordinator to find out who to call
for -more water when the Seaforth depart
ment heard the radio :call.
Fire Chief Harry Hak reported that since a
telephone line was installed by Bell Canada
directl% from the hospital to the Seaforth.
Fire station there hasn't been a false alarm:
The FAB did bill Bell Canada :for '$82
resulting from false alarm expenses incurred'
earner this year but hasn't received payment
from the utility company.
One of the FAB -members jokingly
suggested that they could deduct the money
from future telephone bills:
Chief Harry Hak reported the only' two fire
.calls in the past month .occurred on Friday,
.April 13, First firemen responded to a
chimney fire at the home of Mrs. Audrey
Malone, Lot. 29, Conc, 3: Hibbert Township.
Then when they returnedto'the station, they
were called out again to the home of Gerard
Meidinger, 17 John Street, Seaforth, where
they used the pumper truck to pump water
out of the basement to reduce the fire
hazard,
The FAB members were given a revised
version of the estimated 1979 budget, now
set at S391393 for the year,' which they are to
take back to thele councils for discussion,
The budget cannot be finalized until a new
the PAB in regard tb fire hydrant
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agreement is reached between Seaf
t: rental
be, some legisfation :.passed or a policy
established •on the ' matter of absentee
ownership-Mr.,Craigsaid he is runninginto
this issue more in the north of Huron
County,.; in . townships : like Ashfield and
admits'the problernis serious both for Young
farmers ' wanting to ,expand their operation
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and. find it hard to
compete with foreign
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investors and the high interest rates here.
He-, said another issue of course is that.
farmerswho are ling out. their operations
p
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aren't o Posedto tting ihe.:. higer' prices,
even' . ifthe money comes from foreign
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•investors:,
Although the federal
electioncama i.
ns
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has been runningfor five fi weeks, thefirst of
the i will t allcandidates meetings s' local bes
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11 d tonight,May 3. at Hulled Central
School - Londesboro.
The debate -is being sponsored 'b `
b B . sP Y the
Huron County Federation of Agriculture, but .
the public is invited ited to attend with -
v t t their
questions: as well. Other " candidates
meetings will be held at high schools around
the „riding, with. an all candidates night. at
South Huron Secondary School, Exeter on
May 9 and another evening at Seaforth
District High School on May 10.
Graeme Craig, said one of the more
interesting meetings the candidates have
attended: to date- was 'at the.::Kingsbridge
Separate School: Allthe candidates were
invited to come and speak to the students at
different times. Senior students at the school
are organizing an imitation federal campaign
in the school with candidates from all three
parties; campaign managers and a detailed,
study of the election process from
enumeration to May 22 %vhen students will'
vote on their candidates.
Moira Couper, the freelance community
educator. from Bayfield who is running as the
NDP candidate, said two main issues have
surfaced as she meets voters around the
county.,
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The first is the concern over the purchase
of farmland by foreign interests and the
concern over the implicationsof having.
absentee landlords.:Mrsr Couper said - the
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implications from absentee owners are
carried over into other areas. Oneof these'.
areas is:.a decline in business for the small
businessmen in towns around the riding,
Mrs. Couper,, who has been . using a
mobile information van to meet electors
around the riding, said she has talked' to :a
number of small businessmen who are
concerned over the decline in business i
. n the
area andthe fact there are fewer people to
do the buying in local communities.
Mrs. Couper said she hasn't found there's
a great interest in the- upcomingelection
among voters. rs. Buse e
samen have g even a '•
fairly definite response to her visits on the
campaign, trail and the land issue is. being
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raised by voters and the media.
Al$o she said she is gettingfeedback � edback--that . .
a number of voters are lookingat the quality
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of the three candidates . running in the
campaign and will make their final decision
on this basis.
Mrs. Couper said she hasn't found
umemployment an issue in this riding since
the number of unemployed here are low and
there still seem to be jobs for those who want;,
them..
Michael Cassidy, leader of the provincial
NDP party, will.be attending a coffee art'
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at the Paul Carroll home, Seaforthi May 15Y
to lend his support to Mrs. Couper's
campaign.
While the upcoming candidates meetings
may stir greater interst in the federal
election in the Huron -Bruce riding; all.
indications to date are that voters are fairly
satisfied with the existing situation and that
the candidates are running .. low-keyed
campaigns in light of the fact there aren't.
major issues surfacing in their door-to-door
calls around the riding `
Well known Hur4
author dies a#' 63 -
Well known Huron author and historian
James Richardson Scott died in Guelph
General Hospital on Friday. He was 63.
Following: graduation from Seaforth
Collegiate ;Institute where he was the first
student to be `awarded 'the then recently
established S.C1: Alumni Memorial
Scholarship, . Professor Scott attended the
University of Toronto and on graduation,
continued his studies at Harvard university
in Boston. He lectured at the. University of ,
Saskatchewan at Saskatoon for several years
prior to an appointment with the S.C.C. He
was literary editor with the former Toronto
Telegram before turning to public relations.
work when he served as a public relations
consultant with Labatts and was assistantto
the president of the university of Waterloo.
For a time he conducted classes at the
University of 'Western Ontario and recently
was teachng eittension courses 'ate the
University of Guelph, •
Keenly interested in the hist&ry of the
arca in which he was born and in which he
grew up and where his ancestors had
pioneered a century before, he was the
author of "The Settlement: of Huron
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Education week in Dublin,
St. Coiumbert.
Golf Course{•..
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