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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-10-31, Page 1MEXICAN LESSON — As part of Wednesday's Year of the Child celebration one Stephen Central School class studied Mexico. Shown with a Mexican hat are Demon Hoist, Shown Finkbeiner and Jean Klemke. T-A photo A iir GREASERS TWO Friday was Greaser Day when many ctuden's dresser! in the 1960's fashions. Shown above are Domm Vr..er man and Mark Creces, T-A photo Winter conditions still plague drivers OLYMPIC STAR SPEAKS — Former Canadian Olympic, track star Abby Hoffman was the guest speaker at Monday's Professional Development Day for area teachers. Shown above from the left are Loreen Gill, Stephen Central; Cathy Hume, Uthorne Central; Pat Quigley, South Huron District High School and Abby Hoffman. T-A photo Track star faults women for most sex stereotyping COLLECT FOR UNICEF — Students of Exeter Public School will be out tonight, Wednesday collecting for UNICEF as part of their Halloween activities. Shown making up UNICEF boxes are David Balsdon, Elizabeth Robertson, Cindy Mothers and Terry Alexander. T-A photo New assessment factors Townships plan appeal Imes - Serving South Huron, North Middlesex VOC & North Lambton Since 1873 One hundred and Seventh Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 31, 1979 Price Per Copy 25 Cents HALLOWEEN FOR TODDLERS --Halloween came early to the Toddlers Inn nursery school Friday. Above, teacher Susanne Strang is shown with students Kristin Strang, Erinn Grant, Cheyenne Westlake, Mikala MacDougall, Kristopher Zeehuisen and Aldan Cameron. T-A photo At a special meeting, Monday. Exeter council started to clear the way t9 permit Kongskilde Ltd. to undertake a $1 million ex- pansion at their Highway 83 location. Area drivers were plagued by winter conditions again this week and they were partly responsible for two of the four accidents in- vestigated` by the Exeter ()Pp. On Thursday, a vehicle driven by Beverley Bell, RR 1 !Jensen, went out of control on a slush covered section of Highway 4 and ended up in the ditch. Damage was estimated at $1,000 by Constable Don Mason. A passenger in the vehicle, Gladys Haley, -Exeter, sustained minor el juries. 0111 tenders for offices Tenders are being called this week for Exeter's new police office. The police building committee, met on Thursday to view the 'final working drawings with Jerry DeJager and approved the calling of tenders. Deadline for bids will be 5.00 p.m. on November 15 and council will meet in special session that evening to Open the tenders. The Ontario Municipal Hoard has approved the 170,0000 capital cost for the new facility, which will be built on a lot west of the local post office. The house now on that property is being Orrolished. committee chairman Don MacGregor was not in at- tendance at Monday night's special meeting to present the report. He suffered an eye injury earlier in the day when a piece of hot metal struck him. Former Canadian Olympic star Abby Hoffman was the guest speaker at a Professional Development Day for South Huron teachers in ' Stratford Monday and she suggested a lot of the problems in sex stereotyping come from ,r:otnen themselves. Ms Hoffman who is new qupervisor of sports services for the Ontario Ministry of Sports and Recreation was speaking to teachers from South Huron District High The first phase of that expansion is expected to commence immediately after company president John Burke advised council this week there, was no problem in granting council On the same day, a vehicle driven by Ervin Pfaff, Crediton, went out of control on a snow-covered section of the Crediton Road and struck a tree west of concession 4-5. Damage was set at $2,000 by Constable Mason in that one. There was one collision on Friday, it involving vehicles operated by Jelin Nedz, RR 2 Crediton, and William Jennison, Grand Bend. They collided on the Kirkton Road at the junction of concession 4-5 of Usborne. Constable Mason in- vestigated and listed total damages at $850. The other incident oc- curred on Saturday when a vehicle driven by Robert Riley, Lucan, caught fire on Stephen concession 4-5, just south of sideroad 5-6. Damage was estimated at $2,000 by Constable Jim Rogers. WON'T TAKE TRICKS While tonight may be the time for trick or treating, Exeter police will be on the lookout for any mischief or, damage. Police Chief Ted Day said all his police officers will be on duty tonight, Day said "Youngsters who are out trick or treating should have a good time, but they are also requested to behave themselves." He added mischief and damage to other person's property will be dealt with in accordance with the law.. "There will be no war- nings; anyone caught damaging property will be prosecuted," Day stated. , School and its six eleinen- tary feeder schools at the Victorian Inn in Stratford. She said while the gap in endurance and strength between men and women in athletics has been narrowed to about 10 percent in recent years, the difference with the ordinary' Canadian is much higher. She told the teachers, "With you people sitting out there the difference between male and female physical fitness could be close to 40 an easement for sanitary and storm sewers. That easement will run under a new conveyor line that is being installed by the firm. The major part of the expansion is a 25,200 square foot warehouse to be built near the rear of the Highway 83 property, A zoning change will be required to facilitate that project and a bylaw to change the zoning from developmental to ,industrial M-1 was approved by council this week, Originally, council had agreed to make the zoning change on the condition that Car, windows are attacked Three incidents of van- dalism in Exeter this past , week caused damages of over $900, On Sunday, a vehicle parked in the parking lot at the South Huron Recreation Centre had its front and rear windows smashed, both outside rearview mirrors torn off and the hubcaps stolen. • Constable Kevin Short estimated damage to the 1976 Cougar owned by Robert Smith of 93 Sanders Street West at $500. Frayne Chev-Olds received damage totalling $400 Friday evening when a beer bottle was tossed through the front plate glass window of the business. Late Thursday or early Friday morning a beer bottle broke a window in a mobile home parked at Graham Arthur Motors, Main Street. A collision Friday caused $1,350 of damage and sent one man to South Huron Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The accident which took place on Thames Road in- volved vehicles driven by James Ferguson of RR 1, Hensel] and Robert Sloat of 67 Thames Road West, Exeter. Sloat was taken to the hospital for minor in- juries. There were no injuries reported in a two vehicle crash Thursday near the intersection of Sa,nders and Edward: Street. Involved in the collision were Fred Knip of RR 2, Lucan and Ed Chambers of 300 Senior Street, Exeter, Constable George Robertson estimated damages at $740. Articles of clothing and bedding were stolen Friday morning from the laun- dramat operated by Grand Bend Clearners on Main Street, Exeter. Mrs. Sharon Steciuk told police she had left the laundramat for a few minutes and upon returning, discovered that the articles had been removed from the washer. Over the week, police charged six individuals with having liquor readily available in their motor vehicles. percent. This is because the average male tends to be much more active. The potential of women is un- filled." She continued, "The sex role stereotype needs to be talked about, A lot of the problems come from the self limitations imposed by females themselves. We are not encouraging the motivation for young girls to reach their full potential." Miss Hoffman suggested one test to show that boys are Kongskilde grant the 40-foot easement required for the sewer lines. powever, Burke said that could create some problems and the motion was changed to read that the zoning change would be im- plemented on the un- derstanding that the firm would grant the easement. The addition which will commence immediately is a 5,000 square foot building to house a new painting system, The firm will be changing from a wet spray technique to a dry spray because it is less polluting, Burke told the T-A on Tuesday that the firm hopes to have the entire project, including the mammoth warehouse, completed by July of next year. He said the number of production employees at that time should jump from the present 40 to about 70 and by 1982 the firm could have up to 100 production employees. Five townships in Huron County plan to appeal tax equalization factors, im- plemented by, the provincial government, according to their representatives at- tending Thursday's county council meeting. The townships, who must have submitted appeals by November 1 are Tucker- smith, McKillop, Morris, stronger than girls is not fair. She continued. "A baseball throw has been used where boys can throw the ball at least twice as far as a girl, But, if that test is done with each throwing with their opposite or non- dominant arm the distances would be virtually the same," Quoting from a study done in Manitoba, Ms. Hoffman said, "Fitness problems for kids begin at an early age, Of Please turn to page The firm will be producing two cultivators developed for the North American market and one machine now produced in Denmark will be moved to the Canadian head Exeter council approved the expenditure of $52,413.95 for a new garbage packer, Monday, The decision was made at a ' committee-of-the-whole session prior to this week's special meeting. The, new truck will be purchased from Belgium Standards of Waterloo, which was one of 16 different quotes considered by council. In backing the Waterloo firm, Councillor Jay Camp- bell said he was convinced the new packer would reduce man-hoursand thereby result in considerable savings over Stephen and Howick townships. Reeve Ervin Sillery of Tuckersmith township told council his township has already appealed their assessment "to be on the safe side." He said they can withdraw the appeal later but "we wanted to protect ourselves and see what comes out of it later on," There has been a great deal of concern that factors for rural municipalities have decreased to a greater ex- tent than they have in urban municipalities across the county. This means costs to rural taxpayers are ex- pected to increase much more rapidly than to urban municipalities. The provincial government had put a freeze on assessment in the early 1970's and the price of land has increased drastically since then, particularly in rural areas. Reeve Allan Campbell of McKillop Township asked on what grounds an appeal could be made. He admitted land prices in his township had risen from $300 an acre to $1500 an acre for farmland in recent years. He also said, "I'll admit the towns are too low (in their assessment)." Another member of council called out, "Sit on it!" Bill Hanly Huron County clerk-treasurer, said it's very doubtful if any municipality in the county has grounds for appeal of the equalization factors, He said he thinks the township councils will have great difficulty in proving that these factors are wrong and "there may be a great many more arguments why they should be higher." Reeve Eileen Palmer of Goderich, said she read recently that no municipality will be subjected to an in- crease of more than five per cent in their assessment She said both increases and decreases will be cushioned over a five year period. Reeve Roy Williamson of Grey township said land prices in his area have gone up about 10 per cent and so his council didn't feel they office in Exeter when the building program is com- pleted. Burke said it is hoped the footings for the warehouse can be poured before winter. the next few years. Works superintendent Glenn Kells said after the meeting that the new truck has a capacity of five cubic yards more than the present vehicle. It has a diesel engine and the garbage is loaded from the side rather than the rear. Actually, the operation can be handled by one man as the vehicle comes equipped with two steering mechanisms for left and right hand drive, Kelps indicated that two men would probably be used with the new truck. At the present time, three men are used with the garbage truck. could appeal the equalization factors. Jack Stafford, deputy- reeve of Howick township, said in reference to the assessment paying educational costs that "people services should be paid by people and not land values." The deputy reeve said he wasn't denying land prices have gone up, but asked, "Why should land have to pay education costs?' Reeve Cal Krauter, Brussels indicated he wasn't sytnpatheticto the plightofthe rural municipalities and said "business taxes have been 10 to 20 mills higher than farm taxes for some years." Reeve Bill Elston, Morris township said he knows the farm tax is lower compared to the municipal tax rate. But he said even for farmers getting 50 percent of their taxes back, "it's still a hell of a big tax bill if you own 200 to 300 acres of land. Spence Cummiqgs, Huron County development officer, told members of Huron County council Thursday that land must be made available immediately to encourage industrial development in the county. He told council he hopes to catalogue available land in the county this winter so Marital woes lead to mare A Chatham man who pleaded guilty to impaired driving was fined $300 or 30 days when he appeared before Judge W. G. Cochrane in Exeter court, Tuesday. Robert James Menzies was charged on October 6 and a breathalizer test show- ed a reading of 1209 mgs. The court learned the man had severe marital problems and was taking therapy in London for depression, Marital problems were also cited in a case of James Carter Hussey, Stratford, who was given a suspended sentence and placed on probation on a charge of break, enter and theft. He broke into a trailer of July 1 and consumed some food and liquor. He had no home at the time and was living on the beach, Four students from Cen- tralia College of Agricultural Technology were given absolute dis- charges on theft counts laid after they were involved in a spree of sign thefts. The court learned that restitution had been made and that the spree was out of character for the four. They were Larry Wayne Christie, Edward Francis Michniewicz, James Andrew Olmsted and Michael Chester Langford. complete data will be available by the spring of 1980. Mr. Cummings said his staff have already worked on the Vanastra area and find that "although property owners want to sell their land, they will not put a value on it until they have a buyer in front of them." He said although his dept ment has the property listed, they don't know its' value, The development officer also asked council to con- sider giving his department more money in the future to advertise Huron County. He said, "We need to put the county towns and villages before the public by newspaper and specialty magazine advertising, We need to let the executives of companies in Canada, as well as the United States, know that we have land to settle an industry on in our towns and villages." Mr. Cummings said $3,000 was currently budgeted for advertising but that his department needs about $15,000 to do an effective job in spot advertising. He said in comparing notes with other economic development officers at a recent conference he found firms are hesitant to make commitements because of the current high interest rates. He said companies are holding back, waiting for a more favorable financial climate before expanding. However, the development officer said established Canadian firms who have an export market are finding business is booming since the devalued Canadian- dollar makes our goods very saleable on the American market. He told council in the past year there have been ex- pansions in some plants in the county, as well as plant closings. He said althe,711 the county lost employ-i. when plants like Gay Lea (egg grading station) in Seaforth closed, "we hope that eventually these ex- cellent buildings can be filled again in the near future." Mr. Cummings said his biggest worry in the development area is still Vanastra which has lost more industry in the last three years than any other community.'' T h e development officer said he had been trying to interest the federal government in the community and "although they profess sympathy, they do not do anything about it." Two tenants for new mall Exeter developer Len Veri says his new shopping mpll complex in downtown Exeter will be open by December 1 "or sooner." Two tenants in addition to Pa ternicks department store have tentatively agreed to rent space in the 12 store, three storey development, Veri said. While \Teri said he could not release the names of the renters of the stores until the leases had been signed, Exeter area resident Mary- Jane Taylor will be operating a gift boutique in the mall. Customers will have ac- cess to the shops from entrances on Main street and from the 40 space parking lot at the rear of the building. Asked about a name for the complex, Veri said he has "three names rolling around" but hasn't decided which would be the most suitable. Jobs up horn 40 to 100 in two years '1 million expansion at Kongskilde County needs more land for industrial purposes Okay '52,413.95 truck