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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-01-14, Page 13Bosanquet OMB hearing continues in Thedford The Ontario Municipal Board hearing on Bosanquet township's zoning bylaw bps moved from the controversial Port Franks area to objections to a wrecking lot on Lambton County Road 12 just east of Forest. The owner, George Pembleton, says that the wrecking operation would be an extension of his garage operation. e P.' Supporting Pembleton's claims are planning con- sultant Jean Monteith and Lambton County planner Bill Iloilo. Many neighbours in the area are objecting to the operation. Last week, most of the testimony at the hearing was centred on the Port Franks area, Chairman W.H.J. Thompson told the president of the citizens' action committee, June Lasenby, that she would not be allowed ra to continue her protest. Thompson told her that she could not continue because she and her group had been represented by a lawyer in September and again during this session. He said that the board would not hear further from citizens who had been represented by counsel. The hearings began last September and were ad- journed to last week. The zoning bylaw puts most of Port Franks into flood plain zones for environmental protection. Residents say that is not necessary because their properties have never been flooded. It was suggested in Sep- tember that a further two year study be undertaken in the Port Franks area. Another three weeks have been set aside in the Thed- ford-Bosanquet community centre in Thedford for the hearings to continue. MANY HANDS MAKE WORK LIGHT — A big pile of snow can soon be reduced when you have five eager shovellers. Digging their way in to their Grand Bend workshop were Dan Kadlecik, Steve Kadlecik, Jeff Truemner, Tom Kadlecik and Mike Desjardine. Staff photo Three municipal councils meet, ee , work on cemetery agreements Grand Bend council in- Commercial Relations at- east of the Alhambra Hall. vited Bosanquet and Stephen tended the meeting to give just off highway 21. Reeve township councils to meet the three councils the basic Robert Sharen of Grand together Tuesday night to regulations for establishing Bend told the group that discuss plans for the new a cemetery. He suggested owner Lee Jennison asked cemetery. that an autonomous board be that he be given a right -of - The three municipalities established so that they way over the property. Bill have agreed to purchase wouldn't have to come to the Kingdon of Bosanquet said property owned by Lee three councils each time a that he was reluctant to let Jennison adjacent to the decision had to be made. The Jennison have the right -of - Alhambra Hall south of councillors agreed that they way because he feared Grand Bend.The proposed would like to keep the Jennison might be moving site had been approved for a cemetery removed from the heavy trucks and equipment, cemetery by the Lambton "political ball field". and it could interfere with Medical Officer of Health. The three councils have funerals. Harold Fletcher of the agreed to buy the four acre Grand Bend council Ministry of Consumer and lot which is immediately agreed that they would talk Win life subscription Playhouse seeks logo Publicity director at Huron Country Playhouse Heather Redick says that the playhouse is still accep- ting entries in the logo con- test. The playhouse is look- ing, for a new logo or emblem which they. can use on their letterhead, brochures, signs and other material. Mrs. Redick says that the playhouse is asking for peo-' ple to submit drawings or typeface suggestions for a new logo. The logo selected will entitle the designer to a lifetime subscription to the theatre. Because 1981 is the tenth anniversary season of the playhouse they are looking for a new way of drawing attention tO it, Mrs. Redick says. The playhouse has been looking for ways to involve the community in the theatre. Mrs. Redick ex- plained. "It only seemed right that we ask the com- munity to help in designing the new logo." she said. She says that they are accepting entries from anyone. professional or amateur. They have even asked school art classes for contributions. - The logo will be used to replace the graphic drawing of the playhouse which now appears on their letterhead and brochures. The, drawll1g isn't a proper logo, and it s out of proportion, Mrs. Redick points out. She says that the logo should be simple and easily adaptable for all their uses. It may typify Lake Huron, or use the country or barn theme. The only stipulation is that the logo appears professional. "We may not .:a :?:::: n3:;::<%::<;>:a use exactly what's given to us. We may want to refine �� the art work or graphics" Mary's -Mrs. Redick says. However, she stresses that councils would have to be on no one should say that they the board. Once the don't want to submit an en- cemetery was well past the �u►sin►S `� try because they're afraid planning stages, they would that it wouldn't be good give the board autonomy. enough. "If they've got an It was suggested that BY MARY ALDERSON idea. then we want to see representatives of the clergy it." she says. and area funeral directors The logos should be mailed might want to be on the to Mrs. Redick at the Huron board. Country Playhouse, Grand In a discussion of the Bend. before January 30. cemetery, most of the Mrs. Redick says that as council members agreed well as a new logo, there will that they preferred flat be many changes in the tenth grave markers to large anniversary season. They tombstones. hope to announce the line-up The three councils decided of plays by the end of that the names of their January. and plans for a municipalities would be too membership drive are well long to use as the cemetery underway. Also. the Win- name. They are now trying tario Arts Challenge for fund to come up with a suitable raising will soon be set up. name for the cemetery. further with Jennison to see if he still wanted the road way. Sharen pointed out that the road could be used as part of the cemetery and thereby save the municipalities the expense of building a road. Sharen told the group that a preliminary survey had already been made of the lot, and cemetery plots would soon be surveyed. Fletcher advised them that once Bosanquet township passed a by-law saying that a cemetery could be established there, the next step was to apply fora licence to the provincial government. At that point they would require a site plan showing lots. Other costs which the three councils discussed were legal fees for pur- chasing the land and setting up the cemetery as an in- corporation, landscaping, roadbuilding, and putting in water and electricity. Fletcher told the councils that it would be some time before the sale of plots paid them back their original investments. He pointed out that a minimum 35 percent of the price of each plot would have to go to a perpetual care fund. He suggested that once the board is set up a public trustee is hired to look after funds. The councils decided that until the cemetery was well underway, members of the I was very worried last me a warning. Apparently, week that my beloved Betsy she tried to kick the frozen was falling apart on me. slush from her car a few Betsy, you know, is my baby winter's ago, and came up blue Mustang. against a very stubborn Every morning, when I Piece. started her up, she would She broke her big toe rattle and vibrate and make slamming it against the ice, some very disturbing noises. and it was a painful ex - The vibrating noise would perience. She couldn't get a continue coming from the boot on for the rest of the back end for several miles winter. down the road. I was,sure the back half was going to fall off. Then when she was warmed up, the noises stopped. But, after a long day of sitting in the parking lot at work, they would start up again. But only for the first few miles on the way home. 1 feared there was something very wrong with the back end. ji checked the trunk for loose things that could be banging around or vibrating. Nothing. I noticed that noise was present only on very cold days, when the car was cold. There was no such noise on a sunny day. I was just about to make her an appointment to see her mechanic, when I cured her myself!! After some careful sleuthing, I discovered that the rattle onlyoccurred when there was a big build-up of brown frozen Flush around her tail pipe. The muffler and tall pipe vibrated against the ice, making the dull banging noise. Once the muffler warmed up and melted the slush away, the noise stopped. On a sunny day, the slush melted off by itself. Now, with a quick kick I can remove the source of the noise easily. However, I Anyway, I'm glad I didn't take Betsy in for a check up when her problem was just a little slush. I've already embarrassed myself enough this week. The embarrassment came last Thursday when it was snowing on Grand Bend and nowhere else. I was heading out of the village.when I spotted Dale's tow truck pulling a car from the ditch, which was stuck to its fenders in snow. My editor had suggested I get some photographs of snow this week, so all in the line of duty, I pulled a U-turn. I was turning my car around to go back to the stuck car, when I started to slide into the same ditch. Fortunately, as I said, Dale's tow truck was handy, and I was easily pulled out. Thanks a lot. Question -- why is it that everyone you know drives by when your car is stuck in the ditch, and you're in an embarrassing situation? Oh, yes -- one more piece of information, just to cheer up you Grand Bend folks. The lady whose car was stuck in the ditch said that she had Won't support death penalty Keith Crawford refused to circulate the motion among support a motion made by other municipalities asking reeve Robert Sharen at for capital punishment for the murder of a police of- ficer. Sharen said that four police officers have been shot recently, one fatally, and he viewed capital punishment as a deterrent. Crawford responded that statistics he has read do not prove that the death penalty is a deterrent. • Deputy reeve Harold Green said he would support the reeve's motion, because he did not like the idea of taxpayers having to pay to keep convicted murderers in jail. Crawford convinced council that they would be further ahead to . advocate for better protection for police forces. He pointed out that the life of one policeman in Ontario was saved when a bullet was lodged in his notebook, which he was carrying in his chest pocket, Crawford then supported ' Sharen's motion calling for personal bullet proof vests for police. Sharen instructed the clerk to circulate the motion among other municipalities. Tuesday night's council meeting asking the federal government to re -instate capital punishment. Sharen said he wanted to No injuries in crash There were no injuries in a two vehicle crash on high- way 21 near Lambton Road 5 on January 7. Cars driven by John McIntosh of Wingham, and Dawson Keller of Les Pines, Exeter collided. Damage to the McIntosh vehicle was estimated at $700, while the Keller vehicle received $800 damage. Constable R.M. Brown of the Pinery detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police investigated the crash. driven all the way from During the week of Owen Sound Thursday under January 4 to 10 police in - sunny skies, on bare vestigated one break and pavement. Then she hit enter, and one theft. Four Grand Bend, where it was charges were laid under the have to be careful.snowing hard, and the high- highway traffic act, and 10 I was telling a friend about way was icy. Further south, miscellaneous occurrances my discovery, and she gave the sun was shining again. were investigated. ON THE OUTDOOR RINK — Cold and snow brought crowds to Pinery Park Sunday. While Marlene Vickers and Mary Ann Houck watch,Mary Ann's husband Ted and his brother Tim enj..y some skating. Ted and Tim's father is Pinery Park superintendent Bruce Houck. Staff Photo Can't get mandate to destroy stray cats Grand Bend council received little help from the Lambton Health Unit in their request to destroy stray cats. Council had ask- ed the health unit if they could suggest a means of controlling the cat popula- tion in the village. The health unit told coun- cil that they could have the animal control officer pick up stray cats. However, the village would have to pay the costs of keeping any cats, if requested by the health unit. At a council meeting last fall, councillor Keith Craw- ford suggested that the village set aside a day to shoot stray cats. He said that the cats were a nuisance in the village, and because of rabies outbreaks he thought many of the homeless cats should be destroyed. Ile also pointed out that many of the wild cats are diseased or wound- ed and killing them would be humane. Clerk Louise Clipperton said that she looked into the matter and learned that there is no legislation con- cerning cats. She said that the village will probably not act on the matter because if a fancily. pet was hurt or destroyed. ,the village would be liable. For the same reason. they will not ask the dog catcher to pick up cats. Mrs. Clipperton pointed out that having the dog catcher pick up cats would cost the village money, and there would be no way to recoup the losses. Because the cats are not licenced, no fines could he laid. In other business: - council expressed concern about the lack of signs to warn snowinobilers and cross country skiers of open water on the old river bed. Don Southcott of Southcott Pines 'Parkland Ltd. has in- stalled aerators in the south section of the old ri ver bed to pump oxygen into the stagnant water.. Council re- quested earlier that Southcott turn off the aerator in winter. because they were concerned about children skating on the river and falling into the open water. Councillor Dennis Snider said he discussed the situa- tion with Southcott who said that children only skate on the north section of the river. Snider said that Southcott told him that the fish would die if he turned off the aerator. - council discussed the mak- ing of an emergency plan system for the village in the event of flood. fire or chemical spill when an evacuation night be necessary. Council learned from Bosanquet reeve Charlie Srokosz that his municipality already had an emergency plan in force. Grand Bend reeve Robert Sharer said that his village s'aould work in conjunction with surrounding municipalities when making the plan. - council voted to support a motion from the regional municipality of lialdimand Norfolk concerning the crea- lion of liquid industrial waste sites. 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