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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-03-05, Page 1A SALUTE TO THE FLAG — Imparting the notion of law and order to the Exeter Figure Skating Club's carnival Saturday was this number called "R.C.M.P," Saluting the flag held by Darren Faber were Ronaiynn Bell, Catherine Davison, Lori Faber, Laurie McLelland, Koren Miller, Bridgette Newton, Suzanne Wareham and Cheri Wedlake. Absent from Friday's dress rehearsal were Julie and Laurie Glavin. T-A photo TRYING FOR BLOOD — Students from the Sunshine Kids nursery school visited South Huron Hospital, Wednesday. Above,'technician Connie Battram gets Jennifer Glavin ready for a pretend blood test while her fellow students watch intently. Could be costly project to expand lagoon T-A photo A RIDE TO HOSPITAL — Sunshine Kids nursery schoo students visited South Huron Hospital, Wednesday. Above, Kenn Hines and Simon Dinney try out a wheelchair with Harry Hoffman ready to provide the push. T-A photo Pays $260 fine on speed charge . DONATE CRASH CART — The Exeter chapter of the Oddfellows and Rebekahs presented the emergency unit of South Huron Hospital with a crash cart recently. Viewing the unit which contains materials vital for resuscitation are nurse Lois Godbolt and Rebekah past- N.G. Joyce Morgan. T-A photo Twenty-eight want to be inspector Many vie for position 7P747,1717 One Hundred and Seventh Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 5, 1980 dvoc & North Lambton Since 1873 Imes Serving South Huron, North Middlesex .4VPMPM.r.rnl.•,v1x:Er.- Price Per Copy 35 Cents „ r4, W4. Want schools to provide link with. Huron County industr The Huron County board. of Education could provide a vital link with area industry through continuing education, programs and apprenticeship programs in the manner of community colleges in the future. Don Longwell, director of training and development at Champion Road Machinery A Crediton than Was fined a total of $364 or 36 days when he appeared before Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake in Exeter .court, Tuesday. David Owen Mitton' was fined $260 on a charge of travelling at a speed of 160 in an 80 km zone. He was assessed a further $104 for having liquor readily available in his vehicle. Mitton was given 15 days in which to pay each of the fines. Several other people were fined $104 or 10 days on a variety of liquor offences. Fined for having liquor under the legal age were Steven Ross Kerslake RR 1 Woodham and Robert W. Smith, Exeter. Charged with having liquor readily available in a motor vehicle were Scott Allen Entwistle, London, and Daniel R. Teather, Huron Park. Gerald A. Cottle, RR 1 Woodham, was also fined $104 or 10 days for driving a motor vehicle with liquor readily available and a further fine of $28 or three days for failing to stop at a stop sign. Edward J. Elliott, Exeter, was fined $104 for consuming liquor in a place other than a residence or licensed premises and Ftobert Thiel, of no fixed address, was fined $104 for being in- toxicated in a public place on November 24, Paying fines of $28 or three days for. failing to wear a complete seat belt assembly were: Paul E. Adair, Wind- sor; Kenneth Ps, Caldwell, St. Thomas; William A. Gregoire, Huron Park; Robert D. Case, RR 1 Grand Bend; J. Arthur Henderson, RR 5 Seaforth; Peter John Still hope for snow "We've still got our fingers crossed, hoping for some snow," was the comment by Jay Campbell this week regarding the ski-a-then being staged by the Exeter Lions for the local Cancer Society. The event is scheduled for this Saturday morning, starting at the South Huron rec centre. A lack of snow has already forced one postponement and unless the weatherman sends along some of the white stuff by Saturday, it will again have to be rescheduled. Ltd,, and chairman of the. Huron County Industrial Training. Committee told. board members Monday that industry takes a great in- terest in the secondary school level and the training programs offered. He added that specific training, or apprenticeship, programs could be implemented for the Overall, Huron Park; Gordon M. Taylor, Exeter; Alb bo ert Roose om, Hensall. Linda Elliot, Exeter, was fined $104 or 10 days for creating unnecessary noise with a motor vehicle in Exeter on October 11. Other fines levied by Mr. Wedlake were as follows; Roger S. O'Brien, Zurich $28 for failing to stop; David B. Schilbe, Mississauga, $110.50 .for a speed of 123 km inan 80 zone; Peter John Overall, Huron Park, $28 for driving a motor vehicle with an im- proper muffler; Alan Demasson, London, $20 for failing to stop at a stop sign. Refuse aid for Masons On the recommendation of the executive committee, Exeter council this week turned down a request from the local Masonic Lodge for tax relief on their new hall located behind the Exeter OPP office. "We are recommending no action be taken on the request," commented Councillor Ted Wright, who presented the report in the absence of Mayor Derry Boyle. He noted that while the Exeter Legion had been given tax relief on their facility, it was done at a time soon after the war years when members of council of that time properly felt the veterans should be assisted. Wright noted that the Legion was very public minded and helped out in many public ventures and said that while he was not too familiar with the work of the Masonic Lodge, felt it was not as public oriented as the Legion. "No doubt they do public work too," he added. Council members were also advised that granting a tax relief reduces the amount of grant money the town receives and if any assistance was to be given to the lodge, it should more properly be done in the form of a grant or donation. Only Jay Campbell op= posed the motion to not take' any action on the request from the lodge, which had been made in a letter and appearance before council by former mayor B.W, Tuckey. Councillors Wright, Fuller, Epp and Williamson sup. ported the recommendation not to take any action. While Exeter council are still having difficulty finding people to administer the controversial property and standards bylaw, they aren't short of candidates for the building inspector's job. Clerk Liz Bell reported this week that 28 people have made application to succeed Doug Triebner, who plans to retire this year as soon as his replacement has been trained. A committee of Harold Patterson, Jay Campbell, "lint people here could be trained for a specific job and they are a: known quantity," Robert -Allan, the board's representative on the in. dustrial committee said that community colleges have a closerliaisonwithindustry in regards to technical training programs but was .optimistic about more involvement at the high school. level. He pointed out that many local industries hire high school students, Board member Herb Turkheim asked if technical training should not be left with the community colleges, 'Longwell told him there was a need for com- munication between high schools and colleges and a need for co-ordination of programs. Six people were injured in the seven accidents in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP this week. Four of those crashes occurred during blizzard conditions on Wednesday. Three of the injuries were sustained in a Sunday evening crash on Highway 84 west of Hensall when a car driven by Patrick Brandon, RR 3 Bayfield, went out of control and rolled over several times before coming to rest on its roof in a farm field. The driver Wand two OsSenger.s;l\gcliaetWarner and Mary Ann Rathwell, both of the Bayfield area, were injured. Alvin Epp and Marilyn Williamson was named this week to undertake the task of hiring Triebner's replacement. The candidate Will work under Triebner as an assistant for the present. During the past month, a total of nine permits were issued with a value of $41,700 Residential renovations and additions were approved for C. Blanchard, 283 Mill; Olive Thomson, 388 Edward; Dorothy Wallace claimed that high school technical programs should .only give a student a taste of Many different jobs and not training for a speclic job. .Allan .said there;was a movement away from that philosophy adding that, high school training WaS at- tempting to accommodate both. Longwell's; committee is presently conductingil needs survey of the county's in- dustries and he is confident it. will answer many questions., 'He hopes it will identify shortages/ of workers and related' oe, cupations,,, explore methods of meeting those shortages and designing training Programs to meet those needs. Damage was listed at $1,800 by Constable Al Quinn, Another injury was the result of an accident . on Saturday when a vehicle driven by Richard Broom, Exeter went out of control on COULTER RETIRES Jim Coulter, superin- tendent of education with the Huron •County board of education for 20 years, will retire June 30. He has been. a board superintendent since 1969. - The board's executive committee 'is. to rot 'its current adminiitt.rative position before r ecorti- mending a replacemeni, and Lorne Porter, 71 John W. Commercial renovation permits were granted to Jerry MacLean and Sim Automotive, Wuerth Shoes,' Smyth's Shoes and Exeter Billiards. A garage permit was approved for Bob Clarke, 484 Carling and a demolition permit was granted Sher- wood (Exeter) Ltd. for removal of the former Exeter Creamery at the corner of Wellington and William. concession 4-5 of Usborne north of Highway 83. The driver sustained in- juries and damage was estimated at $2,000 by Constable Frank Giffin. The first of the Wednesday crashes occurred on High- way 4 south of Exeter in a whiteout. Drivers involved in that one were Timothy Watkin, London, and Gerald Smith, London. Constable Wally Tomasik set damage at $500. Vehicles driven by J, Phillip Cant, Grand Bend and John Soldan, Zurich collided on Highway 83 west of Dashwood during a whiteout. Damage was set at $1,500 by Cpl. Dave Wood- ward. A car driven by James Kirkpatrick, RR 1 Petrolia, collided with a tractor trailer driven by Glen Rader, Dash- wood, on Highway 83 east of Huron Road 11. Damage to the Kirkpatrick vehicle was listed at $2,000 by Constable Don Mason. There was no damage to the truck. The final Wednesday crash occurred on Highway 4 just south of Exeter and involved vehicles driven by Michael Rose, Exeter, and Thomas Whelan, Toronto. Damage was listed at $1,000 by Constable Jim Rogers, Rose sustained minor injuries in the collision. The, other collision of the week was reported Friday, when vehicles driven by Debra Riley, Huron Park, and Peter Wannacott, RR 1 Hensall, collided on Highway 4 at the junctiom of the Crediton Road. Damage was estimated at $3,800 by Constable Quinn and Riley sustained injuries in the crash. Legal fees mounting Hawleaf Developments have been unsuccessful to date in their writs against the town but the legal fees for the municipality are starting to mount up. An account was received this week from Mountain, Mitchell, Stratford lawyers, for $1,613.94. The firm has acted for Exeter on the writs which have been issued by Hawleaf in their attempt to get tenants into the northend shopping plaza. Clerk Liz Bell said this week that the building in- spector wondered if council should consider making a counter claim against the development firm for legal fees. "It's starting to mount up," Councillor Jay Cam- bell stated. He said some form of action by the town they force the developers to take a hard look at sub- sequent writs. It was finally agreed to have Mayor Derry Boyle and one other member of council meet with the Stratford law firm to consider what action should be taken in that regard. "It looks to me like it will be some pretty expensive action." That was the comment made Monday by works superintendent Glenn Kells in reference to a letter from the ministry of the en- vironment outlining some of the requirements for Exeter to consider a sewage plant expansion. That expansion would be necessary to permit the town to develop much beyond its present level. The ministry of housing have already indicated' that no further subdivisions would be ap- proved due to the limitation of the Ausable River to carry more effluent from the sewer system. The letter from the ministry was received only Monday and members of council had no opportunity to read it prior to their meeting. They asked Kells to set up a meeting with con- sulting engineer B.M. Ross to study the report. The letter indicated that a continuous feed of chemical for phosphorus removal should be employed 12 months of the year and also that continual aeration of the entire lagoon system or aerating the final cell before discharge would have to be undertaken to permit a continuous discharge into the river from November 1 to April 30. Aeration will either drive off or prevent the formation of hydrogen sulphide and more dilution will be available in the Winter months for the ammonia concentration objective in the Ausable River to be achieved. The letter from W. Page, district officer for the ministry of the environment, said that a spring and fall discharge of the lagoon contents with storage over the winter months is not a viable alternative because the un-ionized ammonia concentrations in the Ausable after mixing in both the November and April discharges would exceed the ministry objective. Also tabled at Monday's meeting was a report from the ministry regarding the possibility of having Darling's abbattoir con- In an effort to avoid fur- ther tickets for double- parking, a delivery service firm has asked council to provide one or two parking spaces on Exeter's Main Street to be designated as unloading zones. Can-Pac Delivery Service, which is one of several firms making deliveries to Exeter stores, made the verbal request through Mayor Derry Boyle. Councillor Jay Campbell said he was hesitant to ap- prove such a request because it would tie up two parking. spots that would actually be used only periodically through the day. nected to the sanitary sewer system. "Upon confirmatin that the projected waste loadings would not result in the overloading of the municipal lagoons, the town should enter into an agreement with Darling's for the treatment of the abattoir's waste water in the municipal lagoons," the letter stated. The ministry said the alternative would be for the local firm to undertake a large holding tank and periodic spreading of the wastes on agricultural land. Council decided to delay any decision on the matter until their next meeting. He said that with development of parking being considered for the area behind the stores on both sides of Main Street the problem may soon be alleviated. He suggested the firm would have to be patient. Councillor Ted Wright noted that other delivery people, such as bread companies, had been forced to find alternatives after getting parking tickets for double-parking and they had been able to do so suc- cessfully. The matter will be turned over to the local parking authority. • benefit of both the individual and industry. Longwell Vas in- strumental in initiating the Huron County Industrial Training Committee earlier this year, a group representing industry in Huron County, and presently examining the training and skill requirements of those industries. The group is conducting an extensive survey of the county's in- dustry to determine the needs and, possibly involve the education system in meeting those needs, "We will find out what the training needs of industry are and ask the board to help meet those needs," he said, "The government provides funds for training but there could also be a co-operative education program between industries and schools both at the college and high school levels." • While Longwell is ad- vocating continuing education programs geared to industrial needs and sponsored by the board, the needs are diverse and sometimes, exacting. "There is a need for programs geared to management and executive development as well as switchboard skills, reading, and general literacy," Longwell said. "Industry would support such programs and people wouldn't have to go outside the county for training and development." Longwell also asked the board to consider a high school apprenticeship program that has been implemented . by other boards. High school technical programs could provide specific training as well as co-operative on the job training with industry and the student would earn credit on his apprenticeship. There is a diverse group of interests among industries in Huron County and a need to improve efficiency of training in trades. Industry if often required to seek skilled labour from outside the area and many of those people often leave after a short period ^ ' "If - YOU' people from outside the area they often don't stay," he said. Six sustain injury in district collisions Delivery service seeks loading zone A 914