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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-05-28, Page 1Stephen will. charge the township of Hay six mills for administrative purposes. from the total assessment of the :police village of Dash- wood looted io. the township of Hay. This ratevis credited. four mills for .general Ad- ministration and two mills for garbage pickup. The police village, pf wood is also deducted five mills because they own their own lire department. The 'budget set for 2980 for township porposos alone is $1,303 t729, ' 'Clerk; W010 said ex- Peedituros 'would: be higher this year because of '557,000 spent on a new, fire truck and water truck chassis. 'for the Huron Park fireflepar Orient, Included . in the ex, penditures is construction of a new Devil's Elbow bridge, estimated eeStis'1.380,090.- Provincial grants. tor the tri(lge itself will he ,per- centand sa percent' On ap- preaches, ' The recent audit report on 1979. business showed a, surplus of 618,000. This is being used to. lower the accumulated. .defteit to $.26,4%4 For the.' first time operation of the Stephen township arena at Huron Park is included in the. budget. It calls for revenue of-$67,000 and expenditnrea of $77,800, The township took over the, arena from the Ontario. Development Corporation. on September 1 of 1979 and according to clerk Wein, "Operated on a break even basis for the first four months." ' CLEAN CARS -- the Mt. Carmel girls softball team hod a successful car wash in Exeter on Saturday. Applying the suds to this lessThan clean vehicle were Jacky Sullivan and Mary-JO McCann. T-A :photo residential, rate for public school supporters. at 160.07 Mills. In. 1979 the total rate. was 137.14 mills, 'The levy for tartn• and residential-separate school supporters Will be 164.22 mills. This is due to a 0.29' separate. school rate as compared' to 48,14 011114 for public schools, Theincrease .or 22.93 mills in the levy is made up of 2,44 mills in the Huron county levy,' 2,34 'mills 'tot public. schools, 7.66 for secondary schools and 10,49 mills .for the general township rate, The tax rates for the three police villages vary - ac- cording to Circumstances and special levies. The total rate for residential properties in the police village Of Crediton will be 154,81. mills, This is an increase of 17.53 mins for public school sunPOrters, The separate school rise la U00 Innis, • Centralia village ratepayers will be charged a total of 154,37 mills for public 'school and 158,52. for separate school support. The increases are 17.55 and 21.65 mills,. respectively. , The Dashwood police village rate for public school. supporters will be 161,35 mills. and 16.5,53, mills .for separate school support, These •are similar rises of 17,5.4 and. 21.69 mills. - clerk Wilmer Wein said 1980 tax notices, should be in the mail by the end of this week. The first interim payment is due. on June 13 with the final pa'ment dtie on November 28. • - In addition, the township of Price Per Copy 35 'Cents , One Hundred and Seventh Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 28,. 1980 ::77irom?.4m & North Larnbton Since 1873 '7767117M'' • 10,14.:;AKR•ii'M .. . . NAME SHDIIS STUDENT COUNCIL Students at South Huron District High School elected their student council for the 1980-81 -school year last week. Seated are first vice- president Arndt Vermoeten, president Dou%Rclyrriond qpd second vice-president KathrGif- fin, Iii the back row are intramural chair person Ann-Marie Brand, sociol corivenor Liz Scott andAreets'brerPlAtkl-,Htitnot1;iertl'MisSing-Wt* iy‘KoihY Penhale. : 3-A photo ub-station contract awarded, Local .017n getsjoia District principal heads association Gary Birmingham of Exeter, principal of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, Mount Carmel, was ‘‘& GARY BIRMINGHAM elected president of the Huron-Perth unit of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association at the annual meeting in Seaforth, Thursday. He succeeds Donald Farwell, principal Of St. Joseph's School, Clinton. Other officers elected were: James McDade, Goderich; first vice- president; Lorne Rideout, Zurich, second ' vice- president; Pat Brewer, Stratford, treasurer; Sister Loretta Hagan, Mount Carmel, recording secretary; Barbara Ktauskopf, Stratford, corresponding secretary. Mathilda Martens, Zurich and Chris Polkiewicz, Stratford were elected as counsellors and Gaeten Blanchette, Zurich was elected to the board of directors, Mr. Birmingham, who has been active in the teachers' federation in Waterloo, London and Huron-Perth for the past 17 years, stated that the 80's Will be difficult times for education. He said declining enrolments, school closing and general belt tightening of the whole economy will be some of the major issues facing. educators. SCOUT HOUSE PLAQUE - President Gerry Prout of the Exeter Lions club accepts a pla- que commemorating the official opening of the Exeter Scout .House from Lion Norm Eveland, In the centre is Lion Doug Knowles. T-A photo Council to decide on water supply The 1980 tax fate for most farm. and residential property owners in Stephen township will be up, hy almost 23„mills or .about, 17 percent over last year, Meeting TueSday„ council set the overall farm and EARLY COOKING UTENSIL --- Brent Dawson end Kim Conlon of Lfsborne Central School show the kettle which was used tcr perpare the food during Jacques Cartier's first voyage to Canada aboard the Grande Hermine, T-A photo DOWN BELOW Usborne Central School students Steve Tazior and Charlene Verbeek peek out of the hold of the ex- act replica of Jacques Cartier's boat at Quebec City during a recent school trip. T-A photo Hay ratepayers get big increase Usborne.. The brothers had asked that the lease agreement be renegotiated and handed the matter over to their solicitors Mayor Derry Boyle agreed to meet with the brothers but said he was not willing to make any •concessions. The matter had been turned over to the PUC's lawyer. In other business the PUC approved the tender of Ron Heywood for the painting of the PUC building at a price of $1,440. A decision on the supply of town water to property in Usborne township owned by Frayne Chev-Olds will not be made until the Exeter Public Utilities Commission has received input from town council. The PUC agreed to table the request until input from council has been received, following a meeting with of- ficials from Usborne township and the car dealer, Tuesday. In a prepared statement Mike Williamson said the firm would like to move from their present location in downtown Exeter to property to the south of Bud- field Ford due to a need for larger facilities. The company's application for rezoning has already received arproval from the township and the county but the ministry of housing will not grant final approval for the rezoning until Frayne can guarantee a water supp- ly. Williamson stated there are several parties in- terested in purchasing their present site including two retailers and marketing Studies have indicated the downtown needs a strong anchor store. • "I am well aware of the PUC policy regarding water supply to adjoining townships, hoWever, I no longer believe that you as in- telligent commission members, can think that one policy should apply to every situation. Future develop- ment is too complicated and the resulting ramifications are too important. Every case must and should be judged on its own merits. In Ste hen taxes. Separate board won't move Zurich students In a budget approved by council on Tuesday, Hay township ratepayers will see their taxes increase by 19.07 mills or'11.22 percent. Once again the big in- crease is the area of school taxes with the county and the townships levy increasing less than one percent. This year's public school mill rate increases 8.8 percent or 4.84 mills to39.64 mills while the elementary separate school rate in- creases 1.4 percent or 7.59 mills to 63.76 mills. The amount needed to support the county's secondary schools goes up by 2.3 percent in Hay to 53.95 The amount. assessed by the county increases to 25.98 mills which Is an increase of one. half percent. Hay's general levy in- creases .06 percent or 2.96 mills to 49.47 mills. In a breakdown of the general levy the amount devoted to road maintenance has gone up six mills while the amount needed for fire protection has decreased by four mills. The decrease results from the paying of Hay's portion of the fire truck for the Zurich and area fire board. The other area of the general levy, recreation, has been increased by a half a mill. This year's total mill rate for residential public school supporters increases from 169.97 mills to 189.04 mills. The mill rate for residential supporters of the Separate school system will be 193,16 mills compared to 171.24 mills in 1979. The commercial public rate goes up from 193.56 mills to 222.40 Mills. Separate school sup- porters see their mill rate increase by 30 mills from 194.96 mills to 227.27 mills. The special, mill rate for Hay residents of Dashwood Which replaces the town- ship's general levy is up 1,6 mills or .06 percent to 28.89 mills, Based on an assessment of Brezhnev worried?: The following column written by Dan McCaffery recently appeared in the Sarnia Gazette. It sterns from the recent resolution from Exeter condemning the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. It is as follows: You can bet that they're breathing 'a sigh of relief in the war room of the Kremlin tonight. Moore Township. Council has decided, after a lengthy debate, not to condemn Russia's invasion of Afghanistaii. Deputy Reeve Marg Stacey suggested' that if enough municipalities in Ontario pass. a 'motion- criticizing the attack, the ' Ruskies may be so em- barrassed that they'll with- draw their tanks. Councillor Alex Forsythe agreed that it was unkind of the Soviets to crush the country, involved but said it wasn't really a municipal concern. I'll bet President Leonid Brezhnev hasn't been able to , sleep at night since he's learned that every municipality in Lambton will be asked (by the town of Exeter) to condemn the invasion. The Soviet Newse.:Agency Tess was probably gloating when it reported Moore Township will not condemn the invasion. But Moscow isn't off the hook yet. No way. Tass won't be so smug if Plympton Council en- dorses the resolution. All of this proves onething. If local politicians are taking the time to get involved in a raging debate over a war in a country none of them can spell, a municipal election can't be far away. Last year, a letter of this sort would have been received and filed by Moore Council without comment. As a matter of fact, Exeter Council would never have taken the time to draw it up. But with municipal elections only six months. away, suddenly there's time to discuss everything from space travel to Iran. Meetings last at least an' hour longer this time of yfar, as councillors vie for space in the local papers. So they better not relax in the Kremlin. Moore Council didn't break diplomatic relations this time around but the situation is likely to itensify as the November elections draw near. The Exeter PUC approved the tender by Pfaff Electric of Exeter for 'the con- struction of the new sub- station on Rosemount Avenue in the. northern part of the town. Pfaff's tender-of $15,200 for supply of labour for the • project was over $2,000 less than his nearest competitor. In another substation matter, Manager Hugh Davis said the installation of the hydro line to the sub- station was progressing well. The commission agreed to a suggestion by Dayis that the inspection of the interior of the water tower be held off until next year due to lack of manpower. Davis said the PUC was presently short-staffed by three men due to vacations and the February injury to Harold Wurm. Following the passing of a motion which was the transfer of funds allotted for the inspection to the painting of sub-stations, chairman Chan Livingstone wondered if it was wise to delay the inspection. Livingstone then asked if there Was need for more part-time help for the PUC. • The PUC has hired a teenager to paint the fire hydrants on a per hydrant basis and said the idea of hiring a person to perform metre reading chores might be worth looking into. The PUC has agreed to meet with the Prout brothers over the dispute about the former Hicks well in The Huron-Perth County Catholic school board voted unanimously Monday to turn down a proposal to transfer the primary division of Ecole Ste Marie, RR 2 Zurich, to St. Boniface in Zurich. A 12-member delegation from Ecole Ste. Marie ap- plauded the decision. At a board meeting two weeks ago on May 12 a recommendation was made to transfer 12 primary students in Kindergarten, Grades 1, 2, and 3 at Ste., Marie to St. Boniface, a distance of four miles. At that time it was stated that the students could be ac- commodated within the existing classrooinS at 'St. Boniface using existing staff. It was noted that buses are presently delivering the kindergarten children from Ste. Marie to St. Boniface. The proposal was for the school year 1980-81 and 1981- 82. There are 52 students at Ste. Marie and 165 at St. Boniface at this time but a decline in enrolment is projected at both schools next school term. However, when the transfer motion came up for summary, if you vote no to this request you are stifling growth and consequently turning down new employ- ment for Exeter and the ad- jacent area,- Williamson told the PUC. Making an appearance before the PUC in supportof the request was Usborne reeve Bill Morley who said he believed the request was valid and that there was enough water in Usborne for both the township and Ex- eter. Pointing out that Frayne would assume the cost of the extension of the pipeline which runs to the Budfield property and .the fact that the firm would be paying double the town's normal water rate Morley stated "You've got a gold trine there •and you would be fooliSh not to operate it." a vote, trustee Ted Geoffrey of Zurich asked that the motion be voted on at the May 26 meeting. This resulted ' in the ratepayers in the Ste. Marie area meeting on May 19, called to the meeting by the pastor of St. Peter's parish. The 80 ratepayers attending voted unanimously to send a delegation to the May 26 board meeting to ask that the Grades one, two and three be kept at Ste. Marie and that two new billingual teachers be hired for the school. Phillip Durand was the spokesman , for the 12 delegates and he stated, '"The proposal' has forced us to reassess our bilingual school, the past achievements and the benefits. We have pome to unanimous conclusion that we' cannot afford to dissolve our bilingual school, because of the long term benefit to our community, to our province and to Canada." Mr. Durand said, "We disagree with the board's point of view that placing grades one, two and three in St. Boniface school and returning them to Ste. Marie intwo years would be in the best interest of the students. We do realize you have a huge responsibility as our representative and must be concerned with the economics-the total cost of operation of our school system. We believe that after you consider the im- plications of this action, you will agree with us that it would be a most inap- propriate time to dissolve our school.. Many of our young people who graduated from Ste. Marie are teaching French, others find it a real asset working in industry, dealing nationally and in- ternationally." Mr. Durand went on to recount his own experiences on the White Bean Producers' marketing board when his ability to speak French when on trade and sales missions overseas, had resulted in increased sales. He referred to the The reeve added it was his understanding that the PUC had plans to replace the ex- isting water main in the vicinity and there would be few requests in the future by Usborne property owners for town water. First to voice his opposi- tion to the request was veteran PUC commissioner Murray Greene who said he was afraid of the PUC being accused of discrimination if they permitted the water line extension. Greene pointed to the application by Auto Rund, opposite the property owned by Frayne in the township which earlier had been denied ,a request for town water. Property owners along Highway 4 had also made requests for town Water at various times in the past, Greene said. Please turn to page 2 Lad starts in jections Eight-year-old Jamie. Bedard has started a series of anti-rabies injections because the dog which bit him a week ago was not located. The son of' Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Bedard, Carling St., was bitten while playing at the yard at Precious Blood Separate School. A search was conducted for the animal, but it was not found. The Health of Animals Department in Seaforth have • determined that the fok found fighting with the short- haired Newfoundland in Elimville last week is rabid. As a result, the dog must be quarantined for three months. The McNicols, owners of the dog, have a' suitable fenced off area on their property in which to keep it. If the dog had not been vaccinated it would have had to be quarantined for six months. Fortunately, there was no human contact with the fox. One hurt in roll-over, Only one injury was, reported in the three at- ,cidents investigated by the Exeter OPP this week. That occurred on Sunday when a vehicle driven by David Campbell, RR 1 Exeter, struck a telephone cable bbx and rolled over on Huron Street, west near concession 2-3 of Stephen: The driver sustained minor injuries and total property damage was listed at $5,000 by Constable Jack Straughah. In another collision on Sunday, damage was listed. at $3,200. It involved a vehicle driven by Josef Martens, RR 1 Dashwood, which struck a parked ear owned by Mark Ferris, London. The incident hap- pened on Highway 83, west of Dashwood. Constable Bill Otterloo investigated. The other crash was reported on Saturday When a car driven by William Sch- wartz, Crediton, collided with a bicycle ridden by Stephen Hoover, also of Crediton. They collided on King. St. in the village and damage was listed at'$350 by constable Frank Giffin, $8,000 township taxpayers will hand over $1,512.32 up $152.56 from 1979. This works out to an increase in taxation of $19.07 per $1,000 of assessment. The township's 1980budget has been set at $574.83 compared to acttial ex- penditures in 1979 of $517,069. The following is break- down of this year's budget: general' government $85,350, protection ,to persons and property $30,736, tran- sportation services $288,120 environmental services $13,650, health services $350, recreation andculttire$11, 588 and planning and develop- thent $145,014. Total revenue to be raised by . the tax rate is $804,347. POLICE MOVED The' Exeter police department moved into their new facilities on Sanders Street this weekend.. Chief Ted Day was busy organizing the office Monday and the new secretary, Elaine Baynharn, will commence her duties next week, The telephone numbers remain the same. People requiring police assistance are asked to dial 235-1235. For routine matters that are not of en emergency nature, the police can be reached by calling 235-1236. The latter calls do not go through the Huron Communication central dispatch in Goderich. PUC side-steps decision referendum in , Quebec and the adverse effect closing bilingual school in Ontario would have in adding fuel to the fire still burning there. He said the Ste. Marie ratepayers were concerned that the character of the school remain the same. Board chairman Ronald Marcy of Stratford. replied that when the board posponed a final decision on the consideration of placing the students from St. Marie at St. Boniface it was to allow for input from the people concerned. `Mr. Marcy said, "I should.. Please turn to page 2