HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-06-10, Page 1OMB told few changes for Hay residents if annexed
Reserves decision on
Only two of four property The objectors included
owners who had filed objec- four property owners in the
s tions over Hensall's propos- south section in the proposed
ed annexation of 200 acres of annexation area, Mr. and
Hay Townshi aired their Mrs. Bill Freeth Grace and
Campbell Eyre, Harold
Elliott and Bev Simpson.
Goderich lawyer Dan
Murphy presented the'
evidence for Hensall and
called on a number of
witnesses who indicated
there would be little change
experienced by the property
owners through annexation.
County planning depart-
ment member Roman Dzus
testified that Hensall had
virtually no land remaining
for residential or industrial
expansion and has outgrown
its existing boundaries. He
also noted that Hay had
agreed to the annexation bid.
Dzus said that the proper-
ty under question at the
south of the village is owned
by C.E. Reid & Sons, who
are considering a 50 -acre
residential subdivision and
the balance would be used
for industrial expansion and
a woodlot on the property
would be retained as a
natural environment area.
The land to the north in the
annexation application is to
be used primarily for
highway commercial and in-
dustrial uses.
Dzus commented that 95%
of the existing land in Hen-
sall is already developed and
the annexation was proposed
to overcome the shortage,of
land available for develop-
ment tin the village. He said
there was a concern that
without development, the
downtown business area
s%iould suffer and also that
the public school could be in
danger of being closed due to
declining enrolment.
He said the planning study
he conducted determined
there 'would be no change in
school, fire, police or health
services for residents of the
area to be annexed. The loss
of tax revenue for Hay (and
the gain for Hensall) was set
at $1,600based on 1978
figures.
Dzus also indicated hydro
costs would go down for the
residents of the annexed
area and added that the
village has the capacity to
provide water, sanitary and
storm sewer services for the
enlarged area.
George Penfold, another
member of the county plan-
ning department, said the
areas to be annexed were
class 1 and 2 agricultural
land, but noted that most of
the lands available for
development in South Huron
were in the same class.
He said it was better to
have development concen-
trated in urban areas, even
if prime agricultural land
was used, as it would relieve
pressure from scattered
development on other
agricultural lands in rural
areas.
Hensall postmaster Ceil
Kipfer told the hearing that
mail service to the annexed
areas would not be affected.
Anyone on existing routes
beyond a quarter of a mile of
the post office would con-
tinue to get delivery.
Director of education for
the Huron Board of educa-
tion, John Cochrane, said the
board had established a
policy that bus service would
continue to annexed areas
where pupils have been
views at the Ontario
Municipal Board hearing
staged in the cramped con-
fines of the town office on
Monday afternoon and Tues-
day morning.
Vernon M. Singer, Q.C.,
was the OMB member hear-
ing the application from
Hensall, which seeks to
annex 100 acres to the north
of the village and another 100
acres to the south. Both
properties are on the west
side of Highway 4. His deci-
sion was reserved, to be
forwarded later in writing.
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COMING HERE? — This is a photograph of o typical SOOkV
double circuit lattice suspension system of the type which,
could be located in this area if one of the six Ontario Hydro
routes from the Bruce generating station to London is chosen.
Of the six optional routes under consideration, four would
affect this immediate area.
Woodham home
was drug centre
The- .Royal Canadian
Mounted Police Stratford
drug section concluded an
intensive three month drug
investigation this week.
The Stratford office
assisted by officers from the
Kitchener and London drug
sections ab well as other
support sections were
successful in siezing an illicit
methamphetamine labor-
atory.
This laboratory was un-
covered in the Woodham
area. It is believed capable
of producing large amouhts
of methamphetamine,
commonly known as speed.
Charged with operation of
the laboratory are Robert
Scott Crawford, 23 years old
and Donna Lynn Kew, aged
21 both of Woodham.
Corporal A. D. Stein of the
Stratford RCMP section said
more arrests are pending.
Corporal Stein- continued,
"One of the RCMP's prime
concerns in enforcing the
drug laws in Canada is the
identification and infiltration
of illicit methamphetamine
laboratories. Reason for this
being that one lab could
Investigate
area thefts
The Exeter OPP report
several thefts and acts of
vandalism in the area over
the past week, including
several thefts of gasoline.
Police throughout the area
have reported an increase in
gasoline thefts from
vehicles as the price es-
calates.
A cassette case with
numerous tapes, an
amplifier and speakers were
stolen from a vehicle owned
by Peter Poole, Woodstock,
while it was parked on a lot
in Hensall and an outside
umbrella was taken from the
property of Charlie Cooper,
Hensall.
Harry Tozer. London,
reported the theft of a gas
barbecue from his summer
property on Highway 83 west
of Exeter.
Sunday night, Easton
Trailers on Highway 4 near
Centralia was broken into
and a truck was stolen. A
suspect was apprehended in
Guelph and has been charg-
ed with break and enter and
theft over $200.
Over the weekend, Exeter
OPP received reports from
five residents of Huron Park
that their doors had been
kicked in.
Several charges for
speeding and liquor infrac-
tions were also laid by police
this week.
hypothtically be responsibe
for supplying speed to
several cities, speed traf-
fickers and users."
A methamphetamine
(speed) laboratory is a
clandestine operation hidden
in a non -suspecting location
operated by an unlicen-
ced chemist.
The chemicals used come
from varied places,
homemade or purchased
under fictitious names.
Equipment useo is usually
homemade or some parts
purchased from legitimate
distributors dealing in
laboratory equipment.
The formula used to make
speed varies depending on
the chemistry source for- ,
mala and experience."
It is alleged they at-
tempted to manufacture and
sell methamphetamine with
a street value in excess of
8160,000 to undercover
RCMP officers.
Crawford appeared in a
'Stratford court Monday and
was remanded to Wednes-
day.
transported in the past and
where it would be dangerous
for them to walk along ma-
jor highways to school. He
said the busing would be
provided until safe walking
conditions were established
through building of
sidewalks or interior
roadways.
Asked by Freeth if that
was temporary or. perma-
nent, Cochrane said it was a
policy that would remain in
effect until it was rescinded,
the same as any other board
policy.
Consulting engineer B.
M.Ross told the OMB hear-
ing that the village had am-
ple water supply to meet the
needs of 1150. people. The
current population is 962. He
said that when the max-
imum is reached, it would be
necessary to provide a
storage capacity for 55,000
gallons and he estimated
this cost at $66,000.
Commenting on the
sanitary sewers, he said the
capacity of the lagoon was
for 1200 people.
He said he could see no
reason why the minstry of
the environment would
order the annexed residents
to hook up to Hensall ser-
vices, but added this would
be required if their wells
became polluted.
Ross suggested that any
installation of sewer
facilities to service any of
the annexed areas would or-
dinarily be paid by the
developer.
C. A. Godkin, manager of
the London office of the
ministry of intergovernmen-
tal affairs, said he did a
financial impact study and
reported that of the 17
affected properties, the tax
increase based on 1978 figure
would have resulted in in-
creases of 554 to 81,017 for
the property owners had
they been residing in Hensall
at that time.
He listed the increase for
the four objectors as
follows: Freeth $61.06,
Simpson $61.06, Eyre $28.33
and Elliott $55.57.
Jens Anderson of Ontario
Hydro and Sheila Raeburn of
the Hensall PUC reported
that the owners would enjoy
reduced hydro rates if they
were in Hensall. The annual
saving to the four wjs listed
as follows: Freeth $151.00,
Simpson $174.63, Eyre
8253.15 and Elliott $297.32.
Hensall insurance agent
Don Joynt said there would
be no change in their in-
surance rates as they were
all beyond 1,000 feet of a
H
ensall bid
water hydrant at the
present.
Huron County public
health inspector John
MacKinnon said he surveyed
the homes in the southern
area under consideration
and found no evidence of
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NEW STUDENT COUNCIL — The new South Huron District High School student council
members are: (back from left) Joanne Malone, social convener; Sharon Rundle, secretary;
Dave Woodward, treasurer; Ronalee Bogart, intramural chairperson; staff advisor Mr.
• Webster; (front, from left) Lisa Hamather, 2nd vice-president; Bruce Shaw, president; and
Marg Pym, first vice-president.
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EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 10, 1981
Price per copy 40 Cents
Four of s;ix0route options
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would pthrough area
An Ontario Hydro report southwestern Ontario, the now and the fall," Macaulay system plans, more studies
released this week examines alternatives also take into added, noting that public in- will be undertaken, again
six options for delivering account Hydr9's inter- put has already gone into the with public input. on the
power from the Bruce connection capability with preparation of the report specific location of
nuclear power complex and American utilities. through citizens' working transformer stations and
improving the power supplyWith only one 600,000 volt committees. transmission lines. .
capability in Southwestern line out of Bruce now, Hydro When this phase of public The proposals released
Ontario. is concerned about its ability discussion is completed in Wednesday are detailed in
Four of the six options in -to deliver the combined the fall, Hydro will prepare two voluminous technical
valve direct routes from power of the Bruce A and B environmental assessment documents which consider
Douglas Point to London or stations. . documents recommending a such envoronmental factors
Strathroy and parallel Lake All six plans are technical- preferred alternative. These as the effects of power lines
Huron and Highway 4 and ly feasible, but each carries documents will then be sub and transmission towers on
will pass through the Clin-different price tag. The miffed to the Minister of the agricultural production,
ton, Exeter and Luau' area. total dollar cot of the six Environment for public wildlife, resources and pop-Lucknow
plans ranges fl* million review, with hearings to ulation.
to more than million. start in January, 1982, under
The alternatives also involve the proposed Consolidated
a variety of social and en- Hearings Act, which incor- Two injured
virorarnental costs. porates the protections of
"I want to emphasize that the Environmental Asssess- • •Cwdench
Hydro is not recommending ment Act. n collisions
any one of the six alter- The Consolidated
natives at this time," said Hearings Act provides a
Chairman Hugh Macaulay streamlined approval
in announcing the report to- process which may other
day. wise require hearings by
"All we are doing is seek- more than one tribunal.
ing public discussion and When approval is given to
comment on them between one of the six alternative
"The system used for
ranking environmental fac-
tors was provided to Ontario
Bruce GS
Hydro by citizens' working
committees." Macaulay
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•Kincardine •urham
over
The report was issued
following a government re-
quest this week for Hydro to
continue the process for
selection and approval of a
general system plan for new
transmission facilities. In so
doing, the government
demonstrated its support for
the Porter Commission's
recognition of the need to
build a second power line out
of the Bruce complex.
The six alternatives in-
volve 500,000 volt and 230,000
volt transmission lines, with
at least one new 500,000 volt
line out of the Bruce com-
plex, as endorsed by the
Porter Commission.
The lines from Bruce
could go either to a new
transformer station near
All of students
in survey drink
London, to the Essa A cardiovscular survey
transformer station near carried out in a Huron Coun-
Barrie or to both. Additional ty high school shows 50 out
lines are required to rein- of fifty students drink
force the supply to London. alcohol twice a week or more
Besides providing the often, two students who
means to deliver the future take drugs and 75 percent of
power production of the the group smoke cigarettes.
Bruce 13 station to major The survey was conducted
centres in Ontario and im- by the Huron County Public
prove supply to Health Unit under former
MG SISTERS ORGANIZING — A Big Sister organization in Exeter is expected to become o reality this summer. At a
meeting Wednesday night, Bonnie Cooper of Big Sisters in London chats with Lois McCallum, Elaine Bnynhnm. Sandi
Bergman, Marlene Moore and Shari Burton. T -A. photo
Have 40 candidates
May organize Big Sisters
A Big Sisters organjzation
in Exeter is expected to
become a reality sometime
this summer.
At W dnesday's annual
Meeting&the South Huron
Big Brothers Association,
outgoing president Jim
Chapman said he was op-
timistic approval would be
forthcoming within a couple
of months.
Lois McCallum w has
been a strong force M get-
ting support for Big Sisters
said a survey showed there
would be at least 40 can-
didates in the area for Little
Sisters and about 20 ladies
had shown interest in
becoming Big Sisters.
In his president's report
Jim Chapman said, "I am
pleased with the growth this
group has reached. It's
rewarding to see it grow.
Our matches have grown
from five to the present
number of 14 and we are
functioning at a good level."
Chapman said when Big
Sister approval is received
he hoped a joint organization
could be formed. He added,
"Big Brothers of Canada
were in town a few weeks
ago doing an evaluation of
our work and I am op-
timistic that they will give
us approval to add Big
Sisters."
The retiring president said
more than $4,500 from the
recent bowlathon held at the
Exeter and Zurich bowling
lanes. John Wuerth reported
on a number of activities
planned for Little Brothers
this summer. They will be
attending a Toronto Blue
Jays baseball game on June
13 and are planning a cam -
pout at Pinery Park .
The new executive in -
eludes president Al Epp,
vice-president Al Rankin,
secretary Dorothy Wales
and directors Marshall
Dearing, Kevin Short, Gary
Eagleson, Sandi Bergman,
Shari Burton, Lisa Frayne,
Elaine Baynham, Lois
McCallum, Terry Wilhelm,
John Wuerth. Clayton
Steckle and Jim Chapman.
During the election Jim
Chapman said the present
constitution does not allow
for a second vice-president,
but, he hoped that position
would be added when the Big
Sisters component is added.
Medical Officer of Health.
Dr. Brian Lynch. Acting
MOH Dr. Harry Cieslar
reported to Huron County
Council on May 28 that the
survey was designed to learn
the direction public health
should be taking with
programs for county
adolescents.
"Public health has done a
good job in areas where they
are active such as con-
trolling food, sewage dis-
posal, immunization. and the
newborn" said Cieslar. "The
survey points out the youth
are a neglected area." he
added.
Cieslar told county coun-
cillors there will likely be all
kinds of funding for senior
citizens programs because
the Ministry of Health
recognizes the increase in
the province's aging popula-
tion. But Cieslar said he
wonders if there will be fun-
ding for youth programs
which is also a priority.
The greatest killer of
adolescents said Cieslar. are
accidents and suicides. He
indicated public health
needs to help adolescents
deal with their problems. He
said the Huron Public Health
Unit is already involved as a
resource for teachers in set-
ting up programs in the high
schools as well as providing
films on related topics.
Paul Steckel. chairman of
the board of health. told
council the members of the
board were distressed by the
report. He said it is distrub-
ing when you learn that 100
percent of the students sur-
veyed drink alcohol and 75
percent are smoking
cigarettes. It may seem
humorous at first said
Steckle, but when you con-
sider the implications it is
serious.
"We are very disap-
proving of the report and I
feel all adults and parents
should be setting an ex-
ample," he observed.
Two people were injured
in the three collisions in-
vestigated this week by the
Exeter OPP. One of the in-
jured was a motorcyclist
and the other was a
bicyclist.
The first accident was
reported on Thursday when
a vehicle driven by Willa
Copstain, Huron Park. was
in collision with a motorcy-
cle driven by Karin Martens.
Crediton. The collision oc-
curred at the junction of the
Crediton Road and County
Road 21 north of Huron
Park.
Martens sustained minor
injuries and total damage
was listed at 84.500.
On Sunday. a 12 -year-old
RR 2 Dashwood youth. An-
drew Volk. suffered minor
injuries when he was riding
his bicycle and pulled in
front of a vehicle driven by
Bruce Irwin. Huron Park.
The mishap occurred on the
Crediton Road west of con-
cession 16-17 in Stephen
Township.
The other collision also oc-
curred on Sunday and in-
volved vehicles driven by
Ben Kleemann. RR 5
Parkhill, and Kevin Jeffrey.
RR 2 Zurich. The damage es-
timate was not available for
the accident which occurred
on Highway 21.
chnton
Waikert
Mount Fon
Listowel
ato'th•
E Teter
• Strathroy
STUDY AREA --- The area shown on white in this mop is in-
cluded in the study area for four of the six routes being con-
sidered for the transmission lines which will carry power from
the Bruce generating station to the London oreo.
Londo tngersott
•
Dancers are coming
The Exeter town hall
parkette will be alive with
dancers this Saturday
The Forest City Morris
Dancers from London will
be performing between the
library and town hall at
12:00 noon The exhibition is
expected to last for about 45
minutes
The colorful dancers per-
form in groups of six There
will be about 30 in the group
which is touring towns in the
area.
There is no charge to the
town or spectators. although
the organizers did indicate
they would 'pass the hat
for contributions to help
defray expenses
Former London alderman
I)r Tom Siess is in charge of
arrangements
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OLD AND NEW ACQUAINTANCES — At Thursday's conference of Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture Extension Staff, former Huron Ag Rep Doug Miles was greeted by Don Pullen
the present Ag Reg. In the centre is Phil Irvine, o faun advisory officer from New Zealand
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