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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-09-06, Page 14ANNOUNCING DO-if-YOURSELF LIP Page 14 Tinies,Advocate, September 6, 1973 Vanastra complaints aired at Tuckersmith • Rural • Industrial • Residential Call Exeter 235-0909 KEEPING COOL AT THE RODEO — Sunday's extreme heat affected everybody in attendance at the Mid- Western rodeo and animals were no exception. In the above picture, Buffy an Old English sheep dog gets the cool treatment from his owners Kay and Eric De Groote of Kettleby. T-A photo Insurance For Complete Home, Farm, Commercial and Auto Coverage CONTACT Bev Morgan Insurance Agency Ltd. 238 Main St. Phone 235-2544 Exeter Across From Beaver Lumber • Roger F. IVIacEachern Con- struction of Mount Forest 'has been awarded 'the contract to construct a new bridge across Silver Creek at the Seaforth Golf Course, about a mile east of Egmondville on Concession 2 (HRS). The MacEachern tender, lowest of four received, was $16,522 and was approved this week by Tuckersmith council. J, Harris of Hamilton has been awarded the contract to supply the steel for reinforcing the bridge at a tender price of $3,374. The Harris tender was the lowest of three. John Mcllwain of Seaforth will supply 5,700 cu. yards of granular B fill gravel for the approaches to the bridge at a cost of 73 cents a cu, yard. This tender was the lowest of three. The new bridge is part of a plan to straighten out dangerous curves in the road by replacing the present narrow iron bridge and constructing a new eoad. The tenders are subject to approval of the Ministry of Transportation and Com- munication which has already given verbal approval. Work is expected to be started as soon as governmental approval is con- firmed. Tuesday night at the council meeting, Tuckersmith council accepted the tender of Parker and Parker of Hensall to con- struct the Brock Drain at a cost of $5,728.60. This was the lowest of four tenders. Work on the drain will be done between July 1, 1974 and July 21. There were 24 residents of Vanastra at the meeting to voice various complaints. Their un- scheduled appearance caused other delegations with ap- pointments a wait of almost two hours, and was partly responsible for the meeting to continue to within a few minutes of 2:00 a.m. Wednesday. The Vanastra residents who came with complaints of speeding, listened while council discussed traffic flow and street signs at Vanastra with Patrick Laurin of London, traffic analyst with the Ministry of Tran- sportation and Communications. Mr. Laurin presented council with a report of a preliminary survey he had made at Vanastra on these conditions and his recommendations. Mr. Laurin will assist council in prepar-ig a by-law for Vanastra setting speed zone in, residential areas at 25 miles an hour and in the com- mercial areas, when council takes over responsibility for the roads in this latter area, at 35 miles an hour. He has also been asked by council to prepare a plan for street signs. Commenting on persons who drive at excess, speeds or while drinking, he said, "The police cannot be at Vanastra 24 hours of the day. You won't solve all your problems with putting up signs 30 miles an hour." The Vanastra residents listened while William E. Little of Londesboro who collects the garbage at Vanastra, requested that the homeowners keep their garbage separated — bottles and broken glass, in a box preferably; newspapers and cardboard put together, and the regular garbage in a separate bag. All the Vanastra residents at the meeting agreed that Mr, Little was doing a good job of garbage removal at Vanastra except for one man who questioned having his garbage bag's contents checked, Mr. Little reminded him that he knew why his garbage was checked and maintained that garbage removal did not include manure from several dogs in the house- hold. Kenneth Ziegler acted as spokesman for the Vanastra residents. His first complaint concerned excessive dust from the roads at Vanastra which are in the process of being brought up to government specifications by the owners of Vanastra before Tuckersmith Township will take them over. Reeve Elgin Thompson ex- plained that the township had no authority over the roads until they were completed, which he said the owners were doing as fast as they could. Mr. Thompson suggested some of the delay was due to sewage tile still to be laid under the roads which was holding up the application of blacktop. Mr. Zeigler charged that 40,000 to 50,000 gallons of water a day were going down the drain because the man in charge of Your Local Initiatives Pro is even more local. To qualify for L.I.P. funds, your project must create not less than 15 man-months of em- ROLLING OFF — Several local youngsters participated in the little britches calf riding contest at the weekend's Midwestern rodeo at Ex- eter Community park. Above, Gerry Sims of Exeter is being tossed off his calf. He suffered a gash in his neck requiring six stitches. T-A photo This year, $83 million is going to be invested in helping people help themselves in their community. If yours is a typical community, we're putting the "local" into the Local Initiatives Program by setting up a Constituency Advisory Group, or by having L.I.P. staff consult with already established groups. So now you help decide which projects will contribute most to everybody. On the Constituency Advisory Group will sit a good representation from the community, including people active in community affairs, people from local gov- ernment and social agencies, and L.I.P. sponsors from last year, all suggested by your M.P. Your project could have up to 575,000 to work with, if your idea is a highly cre- ative and innovative one. ployment. Workers with the skills required for your project must be available within your community. Project sponsors must hire all employees through Canada Manpower Centres. Deadline for applications is October 15th, 1973, though early submissions could result in projects starting as early as December 1st. In northern or isolated areas, projects could start as early as November 1st. Pro- jects may be funded for up to six months. There's Do-it-Yourself Business L.I.P., too, for companies which want 'to provide facilities or services for their communities. Projects are not to be related to business operations, and must create additional jobs. All it takes is one good idea. pumping was overpumping at a loss of up to $40 a day. The Town of Clinton supplies water to the hamlet through the Tuckersmith Nunn who in turn charge the cost back to the residents, Mr, Thompson assured Mr, Ziegler this would be investigated at once. Mr. Ziegler stated that the residents of Vanastra wanted the township to put through the zoning by-law with the ap- propriate laws to govern. He was told the township was working on this by-law. The next problem Mr. Ziegler raised was concerning dogs, especially barking dogs which he said would have to be muzzled if enough niehgbours complained. He suggested that the township should increase the dog license for anyone keeping a second or third dog. "You are altoge ther too cheap," he said. Presently an owner must pay $3 for the first male and $5 for the second or more dogs; for females he must pay $5 for the first and $7 for any more female dogs. Others at the meeting com- plained to council about the number of dogs still running at large at night, preventing them from putting out their garbage ahead of time. etc, They were told to contact the animal control officer for the township, Gordon Dale of RR 4 Clinton, who has authority to shoot the animal, It was reported there were three to five derelict cars in Vanastra with children smashing the windows in one near the church only that evening, Before leaving the meeting the Vanastra residents again asked council for relief from the dust from the roads as they feared health problems for babies and spoke of the difficulty of putting out laundry on the clothesline. They asked if calcium could be applied. Fred Ginn of Vanastra Developments, owners of Vanastra, and his son Gary who had been kept waiting foralmost two hours, entered the meeting to discuss road work at Vanastra. Mr. Ginn was indignant that complaints were being made about the roads at Vanastra when he said it was costing the owners almost a quarter of a million dollars to bring them up to standard. He said that if they were not doing this then it would have cost those living at Vanastra to pay it. He also said that the roads belonged to his firm and they would not tolerate anyone putting calcium on them while they were in the process of working on them. In agreement with earlier discussions with Mr. Ginn, council passed a by-law to amend subdivision agreement regarding construction of roads on the subdivision at Vanastra. Three additional sections of roads are to be re-constructed this year in place of the construction of two new roadways namely Andrew and Anna Courts. The Vanastra owners have agreed to construct these two latter roads at the time of development of the property which they serve. Council did not accept the one written tender for the property to be sold at the tax sale at the meeting but adjourned the sale until October 2 at 9 p.m. Council will advertise that it will pur- chase the property. Building permits requests were granted to: Ben Bridges for addition to house; McGregor Farms, steel grain bin; Angus Brown, implement shed. Seaforth Lumber Ltd. had two requests for permits for two new houses but they are to be sent back for ad- justment as they do not meet township building by-laws which require 1,000 sq. feet of living space and the two houses lack this amount by 40 sq. feet, Council will circulate the old zoning by-law of a year ago to those residents 400 feet outside the triangle (Clinton, Brucefield to Egmondville, including Vanastra) as required by the Ontario Municipal Board. At the same time council will start working on a new zoning by-law for the entire township. Council accepted the request by Bill DeJong for drainage and appointed engineer Henry liderstadt to bring in a report. Clerk James McIntosh reported to Council that Tuckersmith's grant from the Property Tax Stabilization Act for 1973 will amount to $48,254. Applications available now at your nearest Canada Manpower Centre. DOTF-YOURSELF GETA GOOD IDEA AND GET IT GROWING. 111 40 Manpower Main-d'euvre and Immigration et Immigration FIRST TRIP TO SCHOOL WWI the school bell rang Tuesday morning, many area youngsters headed for dosses for the first time. Above, Dan- ny Hennessey at the right is shown walking up Main street with his name cord in place under the guidance of brother sale. They are the sons of Mr. and Mts. Jim Henhessey, Anne street, T-A photo Robert Andras Minister Robert Andras, ministre VN16.1!, Centralia Farmers Supply Ltd. 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