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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-12-17, Page 1VOC & North Lambton Since 1873 la Price per copy 35 Cents Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 17, 1980 Suggest `confidentially' to .buy out :cottagers A subcoma{ittee report on a subdivisions land. management project proposal will bechanged to a discussion. paper And tabled for the time being as a result of Friday's full "meeting, of the Ansa.bie-liayfield Con. -servation authority. / The apparent confidential. report which was .mad.. ,vertently released' to the public meeting proposed that the authority buy out cot- Local committees are all approved MEET A DWARF Two-year-old Tabitha 'Overholt, along with her father, 8teve, met one of the Seven Dwarfs in Satur- day's Santa Claus' parcide. The Exeter youngster was delighted with the 6ntroduction. Staff photo, tagers on its leased lots in Port Franks, Former authority chairman 13.11.1 Amos made the tabling motion. until an Ontario Municipal Board hearing into Bosanquet townships proposed .eetri- ,prehensive zoning bylaws is completed. The 014)3 hearing:, on Bosanquet's bylaw is. ex- peeted to resume on January 5 after being adjourned three man of the property com- mittee, The second standing com- mittee is the public works committee and the overall chairman of that is Reeve Don MacGregor. He is also chairman of the roads sub- committee,' while Deputy- Reeve Al Epp heads drains and Campbell is chairman of sanitation and waste dis- posal. The fourth sub- committee is for parks and parking and is headed up by Tom Humphreys. The executive committee consists of Shaw, MacGregor, Epp and Puller. Campbell and 'Josephson have been named to the employee relations com- mittee, which was establish- ed last year, and the employees will be represented by two depart- ment heads, Clerk Liz Bell and Works Superintendent" Glenn Kells. Lossy Fuller will act as liaison with the local senior citizen groups and three members were named to a nursing home committee. The area rep is Al Epp and* the other two appointees are s Shaw and Hall. Shaw will serve on a pro tern basis as Exeter's representative on the Huron County Police Communica- tion committee, while he, MacGregor and Epp will be Please turn to page 3 Don tuthgONV, the i3aSatiqttet representative on the authority said he was disappointed when the repert was tabled but added, ""t .here could be a lot of legal plications". According to the pirOpoSed report, the,anthority will pay fair market value for residential dwelling provement$ made prior to the date of baseline appraisal for the lot's cottage or residence. at any Wile prior to January 19, 1990; Fill and construction permits will not be issued for properties located within the flood. and erosion prone areas. Luthgow and sub- committee chairman Harry Klungel of Hensall agreed the proposal may be too generous to the cottagers, Klungel said he was upset that the report had been made public' before it could be reviewed by the full .authority in a closed session. The report refers to 33 lots ea Patriek Drive on the aeuth side of the Ausable river channel and are subject to flooding and erosion. • Board member Fred Dobbs suggested waiting for the OMB results could be a long time. To this, Bill Schlegel replied,"If it takes three years we should. wait" and Charlie Corbett added, "It would lae terribly dangerous to accept the report at this time'. In a London Free Press story Monday morning, June Lasenbya spokesman for the Port Franks cottagers said she was pleased with the contents of . the confidential report releasedFriday at the. Authority meeting. She said, "Their proposal sounds similar to what the cottagers proposed to the province in Pctober. I have not seen a copy of the Authority's report, but, I am In a move which should please Exeter council member Jay Campbell,' an advocate of the 'arts in the community, the board gave approval to adminiStrator's Ian Smith's suggestion, that three touring play and musical companies be secured to perform at the centre during the March break and during the summer. Total cost of the three shows will be $850 but the Ontario Arts Council will cover one half the Oat, according to Smith. The board will have several new members in January with Pym reporting John Pym will be his replacement from Usborne and Jack O'Neil will represent Stephen township. He replaces Wayne Rats. Returning reps will in- clude Ann Prout from Usborne and Jerry • MacLean from Exeter. In one of last official duties former Exeter mayor Derry Boyle said Mayor Bruce Shaw and councillor Bill Mickle will represent council on the board. Pym stated he had enjoyed serving on the board for the past four years and noted he had missed only two meetings. Calling the centre one of the finest facilities in the area Pym spoke highly of the board and the' rec centre's staff. Boyle complimented Pym on the job which he had done as board chairman and paid Commissioners get hike, Trudeau gets blasted • township. She said Friday's meeting would have been a good, opportunity had the cottagers been notified. Exeter council ratified the appointment of their own committees and those tq various civic bodies, Mon- day, making some minor changes from the list presented at the inaugural meeting. The name of one of the two standing committees was changed from service com- mittee to general govern- ment committee. It includes the finance, police, social services and property sub- committees. Each person on the committee sits in on all meetings and there is a chairperson for each sub- committee. , Bill Mickle gets the jdb of finance -chairman and Jay Campbell was added to that committee, while newcomer Gaylan Josephson was nam- ed to the police committee which is being chaired on a pro tern basis by Mayor Bruce Shaw. Morley Hall heads up the social services committee and Lossy Fuller is chair- It's done at long last The final changes on Ex- eter's new official plan and zoning bylaw were approved by council, Monday. Most were minor housekeeping changes to alter the wording or certain sections to make them more explicit, or to reflect suggestions made by the On- tario Municipal Board. "It's certainly nice to get that out of the way," com- mented Mayor Bruce Shaw. The new documents had been started when he served as mayor six years ago and he returned to that post this year just in time to see the . final amendments approved. May limit conventions Exeter council may for- mulate a policy as to the number of conventions any member may attend. The action was suggested by Councillor Lossy Fuller after three members in- dicated an interest in atten- ding the annual Good Roads convention in Toronto. Mrs. Puller said there should be a limit on the number of delegates to any one .convention or, the number any one member should attend in a year and also that council should eS- tablish some priorities regarding conventions. Mayor Bruce Shaw in- dicated the executive com- mittee would consider the suggestion and set up some guidelines. months ago, Fridays report suggested all ;existing'. leases would expire on April 1,1990. and would be honoured up to this. date by the authority and no leases for cottage lots would he honoured after this date, Port Franks cottage owners say, a designation of this nature would render their lots valueless because they couldn't be sold or leased. Approve projects At. Friday's general meeting of the Ausable- Hayfield Conservation Authority. eight projects for 1981 were approved. The Port Franks Flood- plain • administration Study at a cost of 48,000 will con- sider the complex flooding, ice jamming and erosion problems and the measures that might be taken to reduce the effect of these. A Hayfield erosion control and slope stabilization study is expected to cost $5,000. Engineering will be ,proceeding on the next phase of the Grand Bend Erosion control project extending from the Brazier property to the Green Forest Motel property along the Ansable River at a cost of $4,000. The revised flood warning systeni was approved as a Water and Related Land Management project at a cost of $36,700 over a five year period. An extension of the Ministers approval for siding and insulation at the Parkhill workshop in the amount of $1,650 and further im- provements to the headquarters and workshop in Exeter was approved. The authority will be advising • East Williams township that the 1981 budget will be rivised to allow the necessary work on the Stewart Gully erosion control project. This project was scheduled for 1980, but, was cancelled when provincial funds were shifted to Port Hope to cover flooding problems there. A land exchange with Stephen tdwnship in part of Lot 21, concessions 5 and 6 to allow construction of a new Devil's Elbow bridge and approaches. About $11,000 will be spent to renovate the picnic area at the Lucan Conservation area in time for the 1982 Inter- national Plowing Match. Parking available The development of the new parking area behind the stores on the west side of Main St. between Anne and John is nearing completion and is available to shoppers. Councillor Jay Campbell advised council this week that the PUC had completed most of the lighting for the new parking lot and said it was "tremendous to see" the improvements. The new lighting on the lot and elsewhere in town hi-ought comments from Councillor Lossy Fuller as well. She said one lady had told her that it wap a pleasure to be able to get into her car behind the stores and not have to worry now that the area is so well lighted. The South Huron Recreation Board of Management has deferred a decision on the hiring of a facilities supervisor. At the current board's final meeting Wednesday it was decided to fill the position on a temporary basis with the rec centre's part-time help. Out-going chairman Howard Pym said it could be another two or three months before a replacement for Jim Guenther is hired. A total of 12 applications had been received for the job. Parade is great one Despite cold weather and occasional heavy flurries of snow Saturday's Santa Claus parade was one of the best ever held in Exeter. In the business, float category, the town of Exeter entry won first prize follow- ed by Dinney Furniture and Big 0 Tile. The cheerleaders from South Huron District High School were judged best in the school section with Usborne Central School tak- ing home second prize. Parade chairman Don Haines said about 50 floats participated in the parade. He added, "We had 45 on the list, but, 1 think there were a few more that showed up. Haines was helped in the organizational details by Stu Homuth and other Lion club members. quite pleased at what I see in the newspaper." LaSenhy „added, however, that the proposal would solve a compliment to the board. "I think we've run the ship well; it hasn't hit the. rocks yet." Exeter appointee Wayne Pearce said he found his two years on the board very interesting and praised Pym for his listening ability. In other business, the board; Instructed Smith to install locks on the kitchen cup- boards to reduce the Please turn to page 3 Two more editions There will be two more issues of The Exeter Times- Advocate published this year. The Christmas edition will be distributed on the regular time schedule next week. It will be printed Tuesday night for Wednesday mor- ning delivery. However, deadlines have been changed for news and advertising material. All advertisements must be received by noon on Monday and news,copy must be in the office by 9:00 a.m., Tuesday. The following week's edi- tion will be printed on Mon- day, December 29. All news and advertising must be in the office by 11:00 a.m, on that date. Correspondents are asked to note this change and are reminded that any lists of Christmas visitors must be included in that week's issue. Exeter council approved pay increases of over 30 percent for one of their members, Monday, but heard from finance com- mittee chairman Bill Mickle that town employees should not expect large pay hikes this year. The pay increase apprOved was for Mayor Bruce Shaw as a member of the Public Utilities Commission. The stipend for Commissioners was boosted from $600 to $800 per annum. Since 1977, the stipend for Commissioners has been doubled. In supporting the increase, Councillor Jay Campbell said he had found that the stipend is still "significantly lower" than that received by other area Com- missioneri and noted that some others also receive a perdiem for attending conventions or extra remuneration for attending special meetings. Exeter Commissioners do , not receive these extra con- siderations. Mayor Shaw said he was unaware of the suggestion for pay increases as he had not' yet attended a PUC meeting. The suggestion for the boosts came from last year's commission, two members of which remain this year. While that pay boost was granted with little discussion, Mickle noted later in the meeting that town employees will have to take a good look at their requests for pay increases this year. He said the staff members should be encouraged to reflect on their present incomes and their job security when they make their wage demands. He said budgetting this year would have to be given high priority and supported an earlier suggestion by Mayor Shaw that council should attempt to ac= complish a "zero tax growth", Mickle said all committee would have to use a sharp pencil and he asked each to weigh the needs carefully. His remarks were made during councillors' com- ments and he also took the occasion to denounce a suggestion that federal MPs should have their salaries doubled over the next four years. He said such a suggestion was "ill-conceived" and would demonstrate a lack of leadership and encourage similar demands for all Canadians. Mickle also lamented the damaging effects of the current high interest rates and said it could result in extreme pressure for small businesses such as the type which operate in Exeter. He feared that layoffs at local businesses and industries could result from the interest rate climb, and also that it cotild make it difficult for Exeter to collect taxes from some property owners af- fected by the situation. The finance committee chairman suggested council should make known to the boards of education and county council- their desire for spending restraints. Other members of council also attacked federal government members, namely Prime Minister Trudeau, during their comments, Monday. Councillor Jay Campbell blasted the PM for recent comments that the poor,and elderly would have to set different priorities as in- flation and economic woes continue in the country. Campbell said Trudeau shoUld be advised that some of those people were already eating dog food and didn't have a suitable roof over their heads and said 'the Prime Minister should change his priorities by being more concerned about the poor and elderly rather than repatriation of the co stitution. Newcomer Gaylan Josephson, sworn, in to replace Barb Bell at Monday's meeting, said he echoed the comments of Campbell He said Trudeau's statementswereuncalled for, and while saying he was supposed to be non-political as a federal civil servant, went on to blast. the Prime Minister and federal politicians. Campbell also had some comments on the "senseless assassination" of former Beatle John Lennon. He said he "watched his youth go down the drain" with the shooting death of Lennon in New York last week. "We'll miss John," he noted, saying that the 'love and peace he preached were similar to that of another person 2,000 years ago. PEEP SHOW — A little cold and snow never bothered anyone, especially if she was well bundled against the elements. Six-month-old Patricia Moffat enjoys Saturday's parade with her mother, Deb, of Huron Park. Staff photo Drinking drivers given $300 fines Fines of $300 were levied against two area drivers convicted of drinking and driving offences in Exeter court, Tuesday. Kenneth Earl Bender, Ex- eter, was fined $300 or 30 days on a charge of driving with a blood alcohol content of over 80 mgs. on November 15. He had been stopped for erratic driving and the court learned that he showed the classic signs of impairment. A breathalizer test gave a reading of 1.3 mgs. Bender had his licence suspended for three months,. A Crediton man, Ronald Griffith, pleaded guilty to impaired driving and refus- ing to provide a breath sam- ple on December 2, Be was fined $300 or 30 days on the impaired driving charge and an additional $50 or five days for. refusing to provide a breath sample. PARADE YOUNGSTER One of the youngest participant in Saturday's Santa Claus parade was Trevor Taylor with his decorated tricycle. VA photo TOP BUSINESS FLOAT — This giant jack-in-the-box entered by the Exeter works depart- ment was named the top business float in Saturday's Santa Claus parade. T-A photo Only two returning to rec centre board none of the problems for She said the cottagers those cottagers who own have asked repeatedly in the rather than lease their past to meet the authority, properties, which owns. 102 lots in the TALKING CONSERVATION — Shown at Friday's full meeting of the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority are Harry Klungel of Hensall, resources manager Bill Mungall, secretary-treasurer Dorothy Morley and chairman Ivan Hearn. T-A photo Judge W.G. Cochrane granted Griffith 60 days in which to pay the fines, His licence was also suspended. Murielle Giselirie Deruelle, London, was given a suspended 'Sentence and placed on probation for one year after pleading guilty to five counts of forgery. She appeared for sentence only and the court learned she had cashed her daughter's unemployment cheques. A total of $500 to $600 was involved and the court was told that the woman's hus- band was unemployed and she had used the money to avoid eviction from a hous- ing unit. She has four children. In the only other case on the docket, Lloyd A. Cooper, Exeter, was fined $100 for causing a disturbance at Lm Pines Hotel on November 13.