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is okayed for one
Two requests were receiv
ed by Exeter council this
week for sanitary sewer ser
vices, but only one was ap
proved.
That was for a sewer to
provide service to a lot on
Highway 83 West for Gregus
Construction.
The firm ha$ agreed to
pay the entire cost of the
140-foot project and then
recoup their costs as
neighboring properties serv
ed by the same line hook in
at a later date.
Mayor Bruce Shaw ad
vised council that the firm
may never get their money
Enrolments
are down
Huron County’s opening
day school enrolments were
down 2.8 per cent from last
year.
There were 7,140 elemen
tary school pupils at their
desks Tuesday morning,
down 101 from last year. In
the county’s five high
schools, 4,514 students show
ed up, 128 fewer than in 1977.
i There was one less student
enrolled in schools for the
trainable retarded where
the enrolment totals 72.
The figures presented at
Tuesday’s board meeting
did not surprise board
members. Board staff had
projected elementary enrol
ment would be down 137
students and secondary
enrolment would be up by 23
students. School superinten
dent Don Kenwell said those
figures are expected to be in
line with board projections
at the end of the month.
“There’s usually about 60
more enrolled by the end of
September.’’
He said some students
have yet to be put on the list
and some will be returning
late from extended summer
jobs, which would account
for the figures being out in
the secondary schools. Of
ficial figures for the
semester will be calculated
by Sept. 30
Central Huron Secondary
School in Clinton is the only
high school in the county to
have an increase in enrol
ment. The first day of school
saw 12 more students than
last year.
Ottewell
will retire
Councillor Ken Ottewell
announced this week he
would not be seeking re
election in this October’s
nomination in Exeter.
He cited “personal
reasons’’ for his decision
and said he was making the
announcement so the public
would know and there would
be no speculation as to his
intentions.
That makes three definite
vacancies on council. Coun
cillor Steve Pfaff has
already vacated his seat and
Mayor Bruce Shaw has also
indicated he will not seek
another term in office.
back if other hookups
not made.
However, he said council
would be remiss in not
providing the service if the
firm is prepared to under
take the financing. “Our
aim is to provide service to
the town,’’ he noted.
Council agreed to approve
the project if Gregus signed
an agreement and the
engineering can be com
pleted. Approval must also
be received from the
ministry of transportation
and communication.
Council turned down a re
quest from the Masonic
Lodge to provide a sewer
service along Williapi St. for
their new lodge hall located
at the rear of the OPP office
on Highway 4 north.
The Lodge offered to
prepay their frontage and
also to make a donation to
the town in an amount equal
to their cost abouL $1,000 of
installing a lift pump to get
sewage into the existing
sanitary sewer on Highway
4.
Works superintendent
Glenn Kells said the lift
pump would be necessary
because the basement in the
lodge hall is too low for the
sewer on Highway 4. The
basement is to be about 12-
feet.
He noted that engineering
was not done to extend the
service up William St. and
he said the suggested dona
tion of $1,000 would not
cover the additional costs in
volved in the project.
“I’d like to accommodate
them this year, but we’d be
paying through the nose,’’,
commented Councillor Ted
Wright.
It was agreed to -put the
project on the priority list
for next year and to have the
necessary engineering done.
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Ten start first
PB kindergarten
The first group of
kindergarten students at
Precious Blood Separate
School in Exeter attended
classes Wednesday mor
ning.
School principal Mrs.
Esther Rau said the 10
kindergarten students would
be attending classes each
Wednesday and Friday and
on alternate Mondays.
In former years, Preciou^
Blood kindergarten students
attended classes at Usborne
Central.
Extensive renovations
have taken place at Precious
Blood over the summer
months with a resource
room, principal’s office and
kindergarten class added.
New members of the staff
this fall are kindergarten
teacher June Holmes,
French teacher Leslie
Holmes and Barry Linden.
Other staff are Mary Ellen
Kot and Sylvia Beierling.
The secretary is Laura
Brock.
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Tuckersmith hears report
on subdivision and water
Huron Park, Dashwood projects Tinies-Advocate, September 7, 1978 Page 3
Area groups get grant
Huron-Middlesex MP
McKinley announced today
those projects from his
constituency which received
grants from the Young
Canada Works Program
approved by the Department
of Employment and
Immigration.
The Hu,ron Information
and Multi-Service Center of
Clinton has received a grant
for $28,392 to organize an
information directory of
community services and to
provide a debt counselling
service. This grant will
provide for three jobs.
Also from Clinton, a grant
was given to the Recreation
for Special Needs Groups.
This project is funded with
$19,110 and will enable them
to start a program of
aquatics and fitness not only
for special needs groups, but
other children in the area as
well. This project will
provide three jobs.
The Huron Park Neigh
bourhood Resource Center
was funded with a grant of
$28,392 and will provide three
jobs for people in the area.
This center will be
established to run services
and programs designed to
meet the needs df residents
of the community.
In Bayfield, the Ever
Young Senior Citizens Club
was awarded a grant of
$6,279 to renovate the
Bayfield Town Hall in orde?
to provide a year-round
facility for the use of the
senior club and other
organizations in Bayfield.
This project will employ
three prople.
The Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority has
received a grant for the
amount of $10,465. This grant
is for the proposed project
called the Technical
Watershed Planning Phase
2, which will expand on its
maple syrup project and
construct park equipment
and birdhouses. In addition it
will provide funding for five
jobs.
In Grand Bend the Huron
Country Playhouse will
receive $6,279 for the
dismantling and relocation
of an historic chapel to serve
as a museum and small gift
shop. This project will
provide three jobs.
The final grant approved
was for the South Huron and
District Association for the
Mentally Retarded of Dash
wood. They received $5,620
for the development and
expansion of services offered
in this area for the mentally
retarded. This project will
employ three people.
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BE A BLOOD DONOR,
Ken Doig, developer of the
Doig subdivision in Egmond
ville was at the regular
meeting of Tuck’ersmith
township council to discuss
some lot size changes that
had been made in the sub
division.
He wanted council to see
the changes before he took
the revised plan to Toronto.
In the one section of the
proposed subdivision he had
previously received coun
cil’s approval for 14 lots but
he said they (the planners)
had decided the lots were
too narrow and too deep.
Mr. Doig said they had
decided it was better to go
the original 82 foot frontage
with a back of 200 feet in
stead of 60 foot frontage
with a 264 foot backing.
Instead of the original 14 lots
there will now be 12 to give
people more space, Mr.
Doig said.
In other business, Clerk
Jack MacLachlan told coun
cillors there had been some
concern over whether the
township can supply enough
water to operate a fire
protection sprinkler system
in the new building of
Bayfield Boats, Vanastra.
He said the system had
been tested and produced
1500 gallons at 35 pounds
pressure when the require
ment would be 1500 pounds
per minute at 100 pounds
pressure.
A representative of the
sprinkler company told
them they would either have
to bring in a water liner
which would boost pressure
up to 100 pounds or come up
with some modification of
what would have to be done
back at the water plant.
“The problem is going to
boil down to what rate we
want to go and who’s going
to pay the costs.’’ Mr.
MacLachlan said.
He added that Mark Bell
from the Ministry of the En
vironment office in London
was going to come to a
meeting and discuss the
alternatives. The Ministry
operates the water system
in Vanastra.
Councillor Robert Drum
mond said, “Until we get
some figures we can’t do
much.’’
Mr. MacLachlan said the
biggest hurdle at the present
time was trying to get the
problem solved and that he
wgs only making them
aware of it.
Harry Dougall had re
quested that there be some
work done on the Geiger
drain at Lot 2, Concession 3
and council indicated that
proper proceedings for a
municipal drain should be
started. In other drainage
business. Deputy Reeve
Robert Bell told council that
a worker digging out the
Jackson drain had found
about 50 cracked tile while
digging with his backhoe.
The operator indicated he
would be willing to do the
digging for the township if
they would pay for the new
tiles to be put in and council
agreed.*• Council also agreed
that while an onsite meeting
for the Broadfoot drain was
unnecessary such a meeting
at the Clark drain was
necessary.
Letters will go forward to
township residents advising
them that fences and trees
on municipal property will
have to be removed and con
structed on the property line
within the next 15 days of
receipt of the letter or the
work will be done by the
municipality at the owner’s
expense.
Building permits were
issued to Joe Bender for an
addition to a barn. Jack
Case, Lot 13, Plan 10,
’ Egmondville house and gar
age; Brian Wilson, Lot 28,
Concession 3, barn; Doug
Morgan, Part Lot 45,
Concession 2, mobile home
and a demolition permit was
issued to Reeve Ervin
Sillery part lot 31, Plan 8,
Brucefield for a barn.
In other business road
superintendent Allan
Nicholson reported that no
tenders had been received
for snow plows for the south
end of the township but they
did get a tender from
MacGregor Farms to plow
Vanastra at $25 an hour and
$15 a day standby when not
working.
Council decided to accept
the tender to plow snow and
told Mr. Nicholson that
since he didn’t receive any
tenders on a grader he
should go to one of
machinery companies
obtain prices.
Council heard there
problem with dogs on the
loose and clerk Jack
MacLachlan told councillors
he thought they had the right
man for the job as dog
catcher. He just didn’t have
the right vehicle,
It was suggested that it
would be cheapest if the dog
catcher Phil Bradley could
buy his own trailer with
which to pick up the dogs.
Council was told of a
livestock claim from Henry
Klaver regarding the killing
of three sheep and the injury
of another supposedly from
dogs but decided to defer
any action for a couple of
weeks.
Clerk MacLachlan
reported a case where a
fence had been constructed
two feet out on township
property and which had
resulted in complaints that
if this was allowed other
people might extend .fences
and trees-even further. .In .
this event it would be dif
ficult to keep walkways
clear. ‘
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Exeter council agreed this
week to grant a 10-day ex
tension to Lavis Contracting
on the reconstruction and
paving projects the firm un
dertook in town this year.
That work has now been
completed and the firm will
probably still end up paying
a $100-per-day penalty for
about five days. Works
superintendent Glenn Kells
said Tuesday that the firm
was about 15 days over on
the length of time outlined in
the contract.
In their letter to council,
the Clinton company said the
delay was caused due to the
fact one of the sub
contractors did not com
plete his work on the pro
jects in time.
While Kells noted that
council had charged the
penalty on previous con
tracts which went beyond
the deadline and that should
be a consideration in the
case at hand, he noted that if
council were too stringent
the firm may not bid on
other jobs in the future and
this could result in higher
project costs.
He said the cost to the
town involved the fees that
had to be paid to the
engineering firm to have one
of their representatives on
hand for the extended
period.
Kells also noted the firm
had given good service in un
dertaking a rush paving job
at the rec centre.
Council finally agreed to
the extension, but noted that
it was based on the good
cooperation received in the
past from Lavis and not for
the reasons the firm outlin
ed in their request.
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Charge two
after robbery
Two youths from Dundas
will appear in Exeter court
Tuesday to face charges of
robbery with violence in
connection with an incident
near Dashwood August 19.
Paul xMilton Day and
Cameron Edward Cole, both
of Dundas were; charged after
19 year-old Ricky Horner of
Parkhill was struck over the
head with a beer bottle and
had his car stolen after he
picked up hitch hikers.
An arrest warrant is out
for a third suspect.
Constable Bill McIntyre of
the Exeter OPP detachment
is in charge of the investiga
tion;
The two now
were denied
September
appearance.
in custody
bail in a
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Bylaws get
final okay
Exeter council gave final
reading to three bylaws this
"week, one of which per
mitted Reeve Si Simmons
and J.T. MacFarlane,
owners of the former Maple
Leaf Mills on John St., to en
croach onto the sidewalk.
Clerk Liz Bell said the
building encroaches about
three inches onto the town’s
sidewalk and the bylaw was
one that had been used for
similar encroachments in
the community.
While council members
approved the bylaw, they
threw a few jibes at the
Reeve before doing so.
“Tear it down/’ Deputy-
Reeve Don MacGregor
stated after being advised of
the encroachment.
Councillor Ken Ottewell
suggested the property
owners give council a right-
of-way where a garage now
sits in return for the en
croachment approval.
The other bylaws passed
were for the establishment
of sewer charges for the new
services completed this year
and approval of an agree-
’ ment whereby the senior
citizen apartment, operation
will now be turned over to
the County of Huron.
Seven families of the
Ausable River Nomads
travelled to the Ridgetown
fairgrounds to attend the
Ontario Provincial
Association Fall Campout
which was hosted by the
Essex and Kent chapters of
N.C.H.A
Those attending were the
Meikles; Armstrongs;
Webbers; McMurtries;
Brooms, Ersmans and
Caldwells.
Activities for the week-end
included: hospitality; adult
ana childrens games;
opening ceremonies; dan
ces; church service and
project sales.
Several of the families
came home with draw prizes
and gifts.
The Ontario Provincial
Association (O.P.A.) teen
queen was also chosen on the
week-end. The Ausable
River Nomads will be
hosting the O.P.A. Spring
Campout May 18, 19, 20, 21,
1979, with upwards to 500
units attending.
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