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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-07-16, Page 301>ououc,1 4A Times-Advocate, July AID PROJECT — The E \eter Rodeo club is donating funds from the sale of their rodeo materials to the Grounds Develop- ment Committee, The RO'deo club is anxious to see the new horse ring in place. The horse ring is second on the priority list and they ore pleased that their donatio,n can be applied directly to that project. Councillor Don Cameron is accepting the donation from Dalton Finkbeiner. Zurich reeve to seek warden post Huron. County's tree cutting by-law is creating some controversy because of recent decisions made by the development committee of Huron County Council The committee was asked to investigate what the Maitland Valley - Con- servation Authority feels iS an excessive clearing of bush in direct contravention of the Huron County Tree Cutting By-law on the property of Seniors hear talks The Exeter Senior Ad- visory Group had two speakers at their July meeting. including Ms. Janice Dunbar, who with two assistants, is conducting research into transportation services for the elderly and the handicapped. This program is funded by the federal government and Huron County Community Social Service Council, and is called Action on Wheels. There is a real need for this in Exeter. as there is no taxi service, The second speaker was Mrs. Dorothy Chapman, Welcome Wagon Hostess, who visits new residents, the newly engaged. and new babies. She wants to make people familiar with their new environment, and can give much information to our new neighbors. If you have people moving into your part of town, make them welcome, then phone your Welcome Wagon Hostess at 235-1644. You will all feel good about it. SAFELY IN AT SECOND — David Dalrymple gets to second base safely as the toss from the outfield goes over the out-stretched glove of Stephen Heywood. Mark Russell (9) and coach Brian McLelland watch on during the action in Saturday's squirt game at Queen's Park. Staff photo Deicherts dine at Dashwood Granton minister tells of many hills By MRS. E. SUMMERS which struck this district GRANTON early on Tuesday morning, At the United Church Rev. July 8 damaged the G.W. Elwood Morden opened the Thompson Fertilizer plant. Sundaymorning service with It was out of operation for a a hymn sing, Taking the text week. for his sermon from verse 1 of the 121st Psalm "I will lift mine eyes unto the hills etc." Rev. Morden talked about the Canadian Rockies, and the Alps in Switzerland and Austria which he and Mrs. Morden viewed on their recent European tour, and describing them as awe inspiring. There are three mountains attended the Stampede. on the Bible that I want to; While there Mr, and Mrs. base my sermon on, said the Hardie visited their Minister (1) Mt. Sinai where daughter Vicki, and spent a God gave Moses the Ten day at Banff with her. Commandments. (2) The Ken Swann of Westbank Mount where Jesus preached B.C., a nephew of Mrs. His sermon with the Elmer Summers has an Beatitudes, and (3) unusual hobby, he breeds Calvary's Hill and the Cross. Roller Canaries for their In conclusion Rev. Morden song, and shows them all said, "The road from Sinai to over Canada. He is also the the New Jerusalem passes National secretary for the Calgary and the Cross. We Roller Canary Club of must accept the Cross, then Canada. Last year he took all the' precepts of the sermon the top awards at the shows on the Mount will become with his birds, Ken, who is in real to us. Storm damage the East on a business trip spent the day on Thursday The severe thunderstorm with Mrs. Summers. Persona Is Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hardie, Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Nixon, and, Ann Marie, Mr, and Mrs. Jim Riddell, and Cathy, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Cook„ and John and Steven have returned home after spending the past week in Calgary, where they Motocross continues Motocross action returns to Hully Gully this weekend, July 20 with the mid season championships. The race will feature all rider classifications from pee wee to experts, with over 300 riders expected to contest the trophies, cash and points to be awarded. As an added bonus, Suzuki Canada Limited is making available over $2.000.00 in contingency money to its riders. Heats will begin at 11:00 and finals at 3:00. ENERGY CONSERVATION — These earth berms on the north side of the new Huron Hall residence,at the Centralia College of Agricultural' Technology are for insulation purposes. They allow the wind to be swept over the roof of the building. Staff photo. Get retroactive boost CSA employees settle also handled in the new con- tract and upgraded one FCS employee. MacDonald said there never was a real problem in the wage department but the workers were prepared to strike over other contract language. .The new contract will ex- pire December 31, 1980 and MacDonald said the two sides will likely be back at the bargaining table by Oc- tober to hammer out another agreement. Swimmers second in initial contest Huron tree cutting- bylaw creates controversy Reeve Fred- Haberer of Zurich has announced he will be running for the top position on Huron County council. Haberer said he made the announcement that he will be seeking the warden's chair at the July meeting of county council. The owner of Haberer Concrete Vaults is a nine year veteran of Zurich council, seven of those as reeve. He said he decided to run for warden as it would tie in nicely with Zurich's 125th anniversary which takes place in 1981. One of the major challenges which will face Huron's 1981 warden will be the reorganization of the committee system caused by the dropping of most of the deputy-reeves from county council, Haberer stated. If elected, Haberer would be the first Warden from Zurich and would also be among a select group of wardens injecent years who have not represented the townships. Decision delayed on travel Also announcing his candidacy at the July meeting was Reeve Harold Robinson of Howick town- ship. The present warden is Reeve Bill Morley of Usborne township while Hay township Reeve Jack Tinney was in the top position during 1979. County council will elect the 1981 warden at their December meeting. Seventy-one members of the Deichert family gathered Sunday afternoon at the Dashwood community centre for the annual Deichert reunion and an enjoyable afternoon of sports and fellowship. Conveners for the sports were Clarence and Vera Hohner and Fred and Alice Deichert and their family. Winners of the races were: 5 years and under - Wayne Keller; 6-8 years: Matthew Parsons; 9-11 years - David Deichert; 12-14 years - Ross Keller; wheel-barrow races - Jeff and Mark Keller and Warren and Ross Keller; guessing contest - Anne Deichert; frisbee toss - Matthew Parsons. Team race winners were the teams led byRoss Keller and Elgin Keller. Folowing a delicious pot- luck supper under the convenership of Ron and Judy Deichert and George and Elaine Keller, a short business meeting was held, conducted by Roger Keller in the absence of the President, Ken Keller, Elected to the 1980-81 executive were president John Deitchert; vice president - Barry Parsons; secretary - Joyce Keller; treasurer - Claire Deichert; sports conveners- Elgin and Mabel Keller and Mike and Eddie Keller ; Food conveners- Harvey and Edith Hohner and Albert and Marie Deichert. During the meeting prizes were given to Peter Deichert, the oldest person present; Victor and Jose Deichert, the couple married the longest;. Barry and Pauline Parsons, whose Gary Thacker, of West WawanoSh TOwnship. In 1979 the Tree Commissioner had issued a permit to clear the area in question, The development corn- Mittee recommended to Huron County Council at their July 3 meeting that Thacker be requested to replant an equal area to that removed in consultation with the Tree commissioner and the Maitland Valley Con- servation Authority, • In a second instance the committee denied a request from George Underwood of Turnberry Township to clear approximately 61/2 acres consisting of soft maple, cherry, poplar and ash, There are in excess of 200 trees per acre that are more than five inches in diameter. Mr. Underwood appeared before the • development committee and presented a copy of an application for reforestation of 9.3 acres with the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority on other lands he owns. The committee denied Mr. Underwood's application on the condition it be recon- sidered if the reforestation proposed has been established. Five other applications to have small areas of trees cleared were approved by the committee. Tom Cunningham, deputy reeve of Hullett, a member of the development com- mittee told county council in the instance of Mr. Under- wood's application, the committee felt the tree should be saved or council may just as well throw out the by.-law. Most of the ap- plications approved were those at the picnic. All who attended would agree that it was a most successful picnic and are looking forward to the 1981 picnic to be held July 19th , 1981 at the Dashwood Community centre. scrub areas with brush and hawthorns, Cunningham told council that the com- mittee goes out to the properties in question to look over the woocilot.s before making their decision, if the tree commissioner is not sure whether theapplication should be approved or denied.• Paul Steckle, deputy reeve Angelo Vilos fashioned a three-goal performance to lift •his club into a 4-4 draw whenExeter Bullets and Nairn-One met in mosquito- division soccer at Canner's field, July 9. Brian Quinn had the first of Exeter's goals, with Vilos assisting at eight minutes into the match. Nairn was soon even. 'But then Vilos came on with goals from a Scott Heywood pass at 13 Stephen okay signs At- the July meeting of Stephen council permission was' granted to the Block Parent Association of Huron Park for the erection of two signs at the entrance of the Huron Industrial Park subject to the approval of the Stephen roads superin- tendent Eric Finkbeiner. Following a six month probationary period Fink- beiner has joined the township as a permanent employee. Clerk-treasurer Wilmer Wein said no appeals on the change of designation of part lot 21, concession six from agricultural to institution were received .Thepropertyin question has been purchased by the Navy League of Canada. In other business, council: Appointed engineer ill Shifflet to prepare a report on the John F. Smith and Carol drain. Approved the attendance of Wein at a municipal finance seminar in London in September. Will send two delegates to a law enforcement,seminar in Sault St6: Marie in October. Storm hits area A violent windstorm Tues- day caused several hundred dollars damage to two Ex- eter businesses who saw hydro cut to a section of the town. Both Mathers Motors at the north end of Exeter and the Simpson-Sears catalogue outlet had plate glass win- dows break in the storm which lasted for 30 minutes. Trees and limbs were down throughout the town. One car owner at the corner of Victoria and Marborough Streets just missed having his $23,000 Cadillac sedan crushed by a large tree limb. A falling limb at the cor- ner of James and Andrew felled one of the hydro lines. Members of the Exeter fire department were called into action when a resident spotted a hot hydro line at the corner of Marborough and Victoria Streets. Firemen reported from the scene that there was no problem. Both the Exeter town police and the OPP were ac- tive directing traffic and looking for trouble spots. The stoplight at the corner of Main and Huron was, knocked for a short period of time. Soon after the winds had diminished, the Exeter works department and a tree removal firm from Grand Valley who happened to be in the area, were removing limbs which were blocking streets. The centre of the storm was believed to have been to the south-west of Exeter. of Stanley township,, told council he wished to corn.' mend- the develOprnent. committee On their decision to deny the Underwood request. He said the by-law is having the effect that it is becoming public knowledge that people are destroying good bushland. "Had we had the by-law several years ago,", he said, minutes, and a 'score off a direct free-kick at 26 minutes to give Exeter a 3-1 lead at the half. In the second, it was Niarn's turn, Within ,21 minutes of the half the visitors had Exeter Bullets trailing 4-3. Exeter dug down however, and with time running out Scott Davidson fed Vilos the ball for this third and equalling goal. During the earlier games, the Bullets had been under 4- 2 against Taxandria in a home _game on June 18, and 1-0 in an away game' at Ilderton. Squirts Lucan-One trounced Exeter Strikers '11-0 in squirt-division soccer on July 9. Exeter, however; played with a handicap. The locals had only nine players available at the lower end of the age scale of 5 to 8. Six of the Strikers' more experienced team members were absent. Even, so, the score could have been doubled without the effort put into the game by Exeter goalkeepers Jason Heywood and Brett Hideout; and by up-front players Peter McAlister, Steven Sillery, Don Humphrey, Jason Eccles, Stephen Cregan, Terri Humphrey and Jimmy Jarrett. Tennis club reject offer Officials of the Exeter Tennis Club have rejected the idea of the club becom- ing an extension of the South Huron Recreation Board. Rec administrator Ian Smith told the rec board's monthly meeting Monday that officials of the club re- jected the idea after a meeting late in June. As a result. the tennis courts are under the com- plete jurisdiction of the rec board with tennis lessons be- ing offered under the auspices of the local recrea- tion group: Randy Parsons of Exeter has been hired as the tennis instructor, Rec board member and Exeter town councillor Don Cameron expressed disap- pointment with the decision by the tennis club, saying that many hours werespentin working out an agreement between the club and the board. The T tennis courts have been open 24 hours a day with Smith reporting that there had been no van- dalism,he T open door policy at the courts concerned the board and.they instructed Smith to ensure that the courts are locked at dusk and opened in the morning. Hensall hold first In the Exeter and area men rec fastball league the story is basically the same with only the numbers changing. , Hensall continues with a firm grip onfirst place with their total of N points four up on the second place Hawks. The northern-most team in the league had a good week as they edged the Carpet- baggers 5-4 Monday and hammered Mt. Carmel 12-0 Wednesday. The Hawks kept pace with the league-leaders thanks to a 16-13 edging of Gord's Monday in Exeter. Alone in third spot with a record of seven wins, five defeats and two ties are Hurondale who tied the Les Pines 9-9 Monday and picked up an exciting 1-0 victory over the Crescent Rolls Wednesday. The Rolls dropped to fourth place and are only three points up on Gords. Three teams are tied for sixth spot; Les Pines, Mt. Carmel and the Carpet- baggers. On Wednesday the baggers defeated the Les Pines squad 9-5. Tied for last place are Megnights and Dashwood Industries. DIL dumped McKnights 13-6 Monday in Hensel]. omuch of the good bushland lathe county would not have been destroyed.". Chairman of •. the development committee,. reeve Ervin .Sillery of •Tuckersmith, told .council that farmers are choosing to clear land even though it is costly to drain it and make it suitable? to farm, ,because. with today's high prices for land they find purchasing land from a neighbour even more costly, In many cases, he said, the farmer IS clearing an area to square up the corner, of a field. The development committee Have you ever heard of stamcording? Probably not, because it's the latest in- vention in track and field sports. Abraham John, Huron Park, thought of the idea four years ago and he's still ironing out the wrinkles of its development. Stamcording involves weightlifting while running an obstacle course. Weights are carried in an oblOng wooden box which alone weighs 15 pounds. Up to 40 pounds of 'weights can be inserted into the box. The course can be run in groups of two or in- dividually. During the must make their judgement on the size of the trees on the land and most requests only involve two or three- acres. He added, however, that one application coming up for consideration involves more than MO acres.. • Bill Elston, reeve of Morris, asked the committee what input the development committee would like to. see regarding decisions on tree cutting applications. In many cases he said, local councillors know the situatiop better than members of the development committee. Saturday was a busy day at the pool. It was the first meet for the Exeter swim team, Goderich came in first with a final score of 245, Exeter second with 192 points, Seaforth had 163, Vanastra came fourth with 82 and Mitchell fifth with 60 points. There were approximately one hundred swimmers participating in the event, Lynn Stephens, Lori Stephens, Joan Osgood and Kelly Livingston showed great performances in the medley relay as they placed first place and a time of 2.53.07. Shawn Forsythe placed first in the freestyle event as well as Sean Whiteford, Lori Stephens course the runner (s) must kick over two sets of cans, run around pylons and fill out a chalkboard with various symbols. The object of the game is to carry as much weight as possible, increasing the distance you can, run, in the least time amount of time. The sport can also be played in the winter on ice with skates. John has had the sport evaluated at the University of Waterloo's program for new inventions. They told him to develop the sport on his own and try it out on small communities. So far John hasn't been and Dan Ambrose. In backstroke placement finishers were Sharon Boersma, Lori Stephens, and Kelly Livingstone. Shawn Forsythe, Ron Walker, Sharon Boersma, Chantelle Keller, Ken Boersma, Jeff Heywood, Annette Verma- eten, Lynn Stephens and Dan Ambrose showed an ex- cellent effort in the breast stroke events., First place finishers for the butterfly were as follows: Shawn Forsythe, SharonBoersma, Sean Whiteford, and Joan Osgood. Congratulations to everybody on the Exeter swim team. Our next meet will be on Saturday in Goderich, • able to find a manufacturer for his product. Herb Heywood, Exeter has made the only stamcording box in existence, under the directions of John. There was a trial run held at Huron Park Friday.One of the problems discovered was that the box was too wide and awkward 'for the runner to handle. John is also looking for an agency to finance his in- vention. He hopes to get a Wintario grant. John has great expectations that his sport will develop into a national event in the future, anniversary is closest to the day of the picnic; Claire Deichert, with a birthday closest to the picnic date; youngest person preSent, Christopher Keller and Albert and Marie Deichert, most recently married of No decision has been made on whether Exeter Minor Hockey Association will enter all-star novice and atom teams in the Shamrock league this year. A meeting to discuss that matter was held at the rec centre, Thursday, but the committee proposing that the two youngest divisions be dropped from the list of travel teams this year, reported they had not been able to draft an alternate program as yet. Spokesman Frank Boyle said his committee had not been able to get enough in- formation from other cen- tres who may provide some competition for the youngsters if they are withdrawn from Shamrock. However. Boyle said he was having some second thoughts on dropping the travel teams in view of the fact Shamrock have split into a northern and southern division for the coming season and some of the travel will be reduced. Exeter will' play in the northern division with St. Marys. Lucan. Ilderton, Goderich, East London and Oakridge Acres. "We're not against the kids travelling, there's just not enough time for prac- tice," commented another committee member. Jack Chipchase. They were given until July 24 to draft a recommenda- tion to present to the EMHA executive. If changes are considered at that time, a meeting willbe held with the parents of the novice and atom players to make a final decision on the program. Fund raising committee chairman Peter McFalls told the Thursday meeting that an auction sale would be held on September 15. Residents will be asked to donate any unwanted items for the sale and they will be picked up by the EMHA on the two Saturdays prior to the sale date. Auctioneer Norm Whiting will be dona- tion his services. A dunk tank has also been secured for a project to run in conjunction with the Ex- eter Fall Fair and dances have been scheduled for November 1 and February 7. A turkey roll is slated for December 5. A sale and exchange of hockey equipment is planned for registration day, which is September 6. Vilos gets three as locals tie 4-4 Employees of Huron Coun- ty Family and Children's Services ratified a new one- year agreement Wednesday calling for a nine per cent across the board increase. . The 13. members of Local 1427 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) agreed to a new one-year settlement offering an eight per cent increase effective January 1. 1980 and an additional one Per cent, July 1. Gord MacDonald of the London CUPE office said the agreement also contained changes in contract language with reference to mileage and reclassifica- tion, "There is a new mileage clause that operates on a for- mula now instead of the old 11 cents per kilometre," MacDonald said. • "Now if the gas prices increase so does the rate." Originally the I• membership was seeking a . 15 her cent across the board increase as well as the mileage. reclassification and holiday concessions, Management had offered nine per cent but was unwill- ing to negotiate mileage and reclassification. The reclassification issue was "Would the, committee' • want the local council to send. ecouncillor to see the land to. be cleared, or is it like the, severance committee where township input means nothing?" asked Elston, Cunningham told council the developemnt committee would be receptive to the township councils taking a position and making com- ments regarding' , plicatiens for tree cutting. "They . often know more thaw the development committee," he `said; "and we would appreciate recommendations from the township councils." N:4:3Ve. STAMCORDING — Andrew Caissie, and Scot Merrylees, Huron Park demonstrate the art of stamcording, a new sport invention involving weight lifting, running and obstacles. Slow getting off ground New game invented