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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-01-19, Page 1• 0 Ft z m 'x+ r -t OXOX a rn>.zrn —4-4 r-• .m ps rn co 7?U 7' o-. o 0 T z ! ►, -� r- 1 H 7? C71 0 • r T az 8/4br MJN3': (o 0' Whitings Phone 235-1964 Golden Jet will h6ad.Ihi's impressive list at dliin.r The guest speaker .at the 10th annual Exeter Lions Club Sportsman's Dinner will be the Golden Jet. Former star of the Chicago Black Hawks, Bobby Hull will head a long list of impressive sporting guests at the very • popularw bbe die It held Tuesday, February 8 at the South Huron Rec Centre. The doors will open at 6 p.m. when those purchasing tickets be able to chat with most of the guests., Dinner will com- mence at 7:30 p.m. The master of ceremonies will be veteran professional wrestler Lord Athol Layton. A special guest will be On- tario's Lieutenant Governor the Honourable John Black Aird. Two of the first Tit my's to represent Crippled Children at the local dinner will be back. They are Malcolm MacDonald who was the Timmy for the very first dinner in 1974 an Dan Altan who was the kids ' representative the following year. The 1983 Tammy will be Christine Easterbook.who has handled the job very capably the last two dinners. The world of major league baseball will be well represented by catcher Ernie Whitt of the Toronto Blue Jays and possibly Chatham native Fergie Jenkins who has a long and illustrious career in the National League particularly withChicagcCubs. Expected to attend from the Canadian Football League are Chuck Ealey, Conridge Holloway and Glenn Weir who has been in attendance for six of the first nine dinners. The Toronto Maple Leafs. who are not scheduled to play on February 8 are expected to send Bill Derlago or Rick Vaive. Chairman Clarence McDowell and his hard work- ing committee are busy finalizing arrangements with a number of other top notch sporting celebrities and they are expected to be announced shortly. Tickets are available from any member of the Exeter Lions for $30. All proceeds go to the Ontario Society for Crippled Children and the Thames Valley Children's Centre. A portion of the ticket price is eligible for income tax deduction purposes. MEET HEAD ON A youngster suffered minor injuries when these two vehicles crashed Sunday afternoon on Exeter's Main street. T -A photo • Youngster i • s •injured Damage of $1,700 reaudled from a head-on collision at Exeter's Main St. Sunday afternoon. A car driven by Jeffrey Baines, Jarvis St., London, was passing another vehicle when it collided with a truest coming in the opposite direc- tion. The truck was driven by Charles Snell, RR 1 Clinton. A youngster in the Snell vehicle suffered minor in- juries in the mishap which oc- curred around 3:30 p.m. in front of the town office. dvoca Serving South Huron, North Middle:ft & North Lambton Since 1873 t•. BIKES IN SNOW = Despite snowy road conditions Sunday afternoon, Angelo tidos. Dennis Crawford and Todd Jones used their bicycles for transportation. } WE MADE IT slide down a e.., . nr,s+.-' p -i One Hundred and Tenth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, January 19, 1983 Price Per Copy 50 CAMS Exeter taxarrears�p s ar ; prompts «111 fbudgetrestreiiny He predicted that setting_ the budget would be quite a challenge for council, know- ing the hard times being fac- ed by many local property owners and residents. While the tax arrears represents a 50 percent in- crease in that statistic over the previous year, Mrs. Bell noted that it represents only 5.44 percent of the total tax levy in the municipality. Exeter's tax arrears in- creased by almost $31,000 last year according to figures sup- - plied for council this week by clerk Liz Bell. She indicated that most of that increase was made up of six large tax accounts which were in arrears for the first time ever. Total tax arrears at the end_ of 1982 was $86,236.43, com- pared to the 1981 total of $55,476.35. Those totals are for current year taxes only, and combin- ed with arrears fromprevious years and with penalties and interest receivable, the total' outstanding at the end of last. year was 8116,762.50. The total at the end of 1981 was S77,019.90. ()ne property tax registered in 1982 been•,±: cs eligible for tax sale if not redeemed and Mrs. Bell advised that one va- cant lot, two residences and one resident/business are' subject to tax registration in 1983. All business taxes have Plan sidewalk work. with incentive fund Exeter will receive 815,000 budget. under the current federal include the -South- ,; : *AM— at nit' s` `"`' "' `� gram and will a not most of estimated evotragioUe0,t180, the that to new sidewalk reconstruction of Pryde construction. Boulevard • at 886,000, and However, council learned culverts on Marlborough St. this week they'll have to at $45,000. spend an additional $28,000 on It wa's explained that by material for the project, having the tenders calledand which Reeve Don MacGregor. ready for opening in March, advised would result in about it would give an indication of a mile and half of new the actual costs of the pro - sidewalk construction in the feels and determine if funds municipality. may be still available for Mayor Bruce Shaw said the other projects, such as town would probably be in Paving. line for additional funds when The weed sprayer, which the provincial government caused some controversy at takes steps to augment the in- the previous meeting, was centive plants. to create more also approved for purchase. It jobs. "I'm sure there'll be will cost $500 and will betaken more money coming," he from the -1982 budget. said. In another matter, arising Council agreed to include from the re^(nt public works the Main St. curb cuts and. comniittee session, the siding of a building at the ' resignation of .1 Breen from local cemetery as part of the the town staff was accepted. 'program along with the ' A temporary replacement sidewalk construction. will be sought until the Monday night, council also employee relations commit; agreed to call tenders for the tee have a- chance to review Th R eves h R t four stores, three major construction pro- the position a dictated by grams setas priorities in this town policy before it is filled year's works department on a.permanent basis.- Shonyn and Brenyn Baynham and Lisa Hodgin's are completing a Morrison Dom hill Sunday afternoon. T -A photo fail in seven other bids Exeter police are continu-. ing their investigation into a number of bre.rkins and at- - tempted breakins at stores along Main St. last week. The thieves managed to gain entry to three stores, one of them twice. and made off , with over $1.000 in cash and Wintario tickets valued at 8250. The thefts were recorded at A�11• Food Markets.- (Beth's .Hairstyling and the Canadian. 'fire Store. The latter Was entered 'Tuesday night and again two nights later suet both ((ages . to get into the furniture store but nothing was reported missing. Damage to doors and win- dows in the 10 local retail outlets was estimated at around $20(1 by Chief Ted Day. it is believed some of the breakins and attempted en- tries were early Tuesday evening. but no one has reported seeing the thieves at work. The OPP are also in- vestigating a breakin at Gil- ly's Service.Ctre in Iluron Park which wdis discovered Thurs'iay morning: About *180 in cash, cigarettes and some Wintario tickets were stolen there. Police recovered a large wrench' at the Huron Park breakin and there is some speculation that it may have been used by the same thieves in. their breakins and at• tempts in Exeter. sonic -money in as Raise concern over stolen. - Attempts were made to gain entry into Russell Elec- tric. Earl Campbell Jewellers. The Exeter Times - Advocate, . The ',Junction, Maclean's. Polka Dol Fabrics and 1linnvy (Fur ni1ure. The thieves managed" - MONEY IS SAFE Exeter has nn funds in- vested with any n1 the three trust col panies whose assets were recently seiied by the provincial government. • Noting the disturbing sit Ha tion regarding -the three trust companies And the fact That many municipalities have, funds invested with them. Reeve Bill Mickle said Exeter has no funds in either Seaway, Crown or Greymac Trust . ' Any motley the town has in- vested is "in the type of ac- counts that we feel are very secur ." he said. on -the -spot decisions The speed and manner in which council members are required to make a decision regarding a movie.outlet in an industrial zone two weeks ago were called into question by 1 WI), members of council this wek. Councillor Dorothy Chap- man said she was personally concerned with the speedy decision, noting that on -the - spot decision making is dangerous. • She said council members must be given time to study and weigh the consequences M matters coming before Them, suggesting if decisions were required at the regular Monday sessions, then material outlining details should be available to council members the previous Friday. Mrs. Chapman also noted that councils rn-camera ses- sions have hazzy guidelines. Councillor Gaylan Josephson agreed with the latter contention, saying that an in -camera session to deal with the request regarding the. video outlet wasn't essential. M their meeting two weeks ago, council agreed .to allow Pat Knight one year to prove that the business tie plans to open in the former Canadian Furniture Restorers huiiding- at 185 Thames Road West will not be in contravention of local zoning' -bylaws. Most members werCeoot apprised of the request foksfpproval of the business until they arriv- ed at the meeting. The discussion was held in - camera at the outset, but later it was agreed by members that the discussion could be made public. been collected with the excep- tion of nine accounts, eight of which only owe the November instalment and they will be turned over to Small Claims Court soon fqr disposition. Due to a dramatic increase in tax arrears on rental units, Mrs. Bell recommended that council instigate action under the Municipal Act which allows municipalities to col- lect unpaid taxes from tenants, who in turn can then deduct those amounts paid from their rents to the proper- ty owners. At the end of 1982, there were 20 properties in this category, compared to only one at the end of the previous year. Council decided to turn the suggestion over to the finance committee - ,- for recommendation. Reeve Bill Mickle said he • agreed with Clerk, Bell that the -increase in tax arrears' was a "sign of the times" and said it should prompt council to reflect "some compassion" in the 1983 bu ' : et. Permits show slight increase . Permits for two new homes in December pushed the 1982 total of building permits in Exeter to $1,015,485.35 inst�e�i r,„Vri*p • Johnston revealed in his year- end report to council this week. The total value was about ;200,000 higher than the record low set in 1961. There were five new home permits issued last year, compared to only two the previous year. Value of the five homes under construc- tion was listed at ;207,000. There were 145 permits issued for residential renova- tions and additions at a value of $363,329 and 20 permits for commercial renovations and additions at $115,925. Government and institu- tional buildings and renova- tions hit a total of $238,712 in 1982 and industrial buildings and renovations .was only • $33,600. The balance of the 1962 statistics was made up of 48 garages and tool sheds at a value of *51,078; four swimm- ing pools at *4,800 and 10 demolition permits valued at •$1,000. While four new swimming pools were built in the past year, six other owners had pools removed. The record total for building permits in Exeter was in 1978 when construction hit a high of $3,858,546. In 1976 the total was $3,800,849. Total revenue from permits issued in the past year was 814,487. The budget had been set anticipating only 810,889 in revenue. Johnston reported making 2,182 field inspections during the year with another 606 of- fice appointments. Complaints under the pro- perty and maintenance stan- dards bylaw increased dramatically in 1982 as 17 were received, compared to only five in 1981. Successful completion was reportedin 15 of those com- plaints with the other two presently in progress. Action to remedy an infrac- tion'under the bylaw is com- menced when a signed writ- ten complaint requesting an investigation has been receiv- ed by the town. . The number of swimming pools installed last year was the same as in 1981. The record was attained In 1215 when 12 pools were built. Nine applicatiota were ap• peeved last year under the Ontario Home Renewal Pro- gram, the same total as in 1981. Since the program started in''1976, there have been 67 applications approv- ed for local homeowners. Twenty-seven permits were approved for permanent signs last year and another 62 for temporary signs. In 1981, there were 28 permanent sighs and only 32 tetpporary. STRING ART PROGRAM — Shown during a string art session at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School recently are Darlene O'Rourke, Vicki Roane and Mary Lynn Diet. :h. Huron businesses upset with- student competition - Many schools sell products Huron County are complain- students selling 'physical to raise money for various ing about unfair competition. education ' uniforms, sweat ventures, but businesses in Director of education John suits, etc. and the other about Cochrane reported to the the selling of Christmas cake. Huron County Board of Cochrane indicated these Education at. its Jan. 10 were the -only complaints this meeting that he had received year and he had one com- • - two oral complaints on the plaint about a year ago. subject. The board decided to refer The complaints were abbut the matter to the executive committee after a motion to file the report was defeated. "I -move the report be; received and filled," said Trustee Joan Van ' den Broeck. "1 don't think that motion will get the results the com- plainants are looking for," commented vice-chairman Eugene Frayne. Frayne said he would rather see the matter refer- red to a board committee in consultation with school prin- cipals. He said he has heard the complaint before - schools selling goods while merchants have to pay school taxes. In response to a question, Cochrane indicated the com- plaints came in the form of telephone calls. it was sug- gested the complaining mer- chants should go through the process of filing formal applications. "I don't think we should Please turn to page 2 f; ,1 P^ UP WE GO Janet Coward pulls a toboggan and daughter Erin up a Morrison Dam hill Sunday afternoon. Inspector gets seminar okay 'Neck of a /of of mons "II seems like a heck of a lul of money al this time," was Councillor Don MacGregor's comments when the executive 'commit- tee recommended to council this week that Exeter building inspector Brian Johnston be authorized to attend a seminar in London from February20-25 at a cost of 8645. seminars which Johnstod-has attended in the past and he explained to council, as he had the committee, that it was a well worthwhile course in view of the rapid changes in all aspects of building and .the building code. He said local contractors rely on his department for in- formation regarding new pro- ducts and how they are to be it is part of a series of installed and he has to keep • abreast of that front that standpoint as well as for his own inspection purposes. Reeve Bill Mickle added that council had to give home buyers and builders protec- tion and it was necessary that' Johnston be kept up to date in his profession. Mayor Bruce Shaw in- dicated there wawa grant of 8100 from the provincial ministry of housing towards the cost. Three hurt in collisions Three people sustained minor injuries in the three collisions investigated by the Exeter OPP this week. Two of those injuries were the result of a single -car ac- cident at 4:00 a.m. Sunday. when a vehicle driven by Lee Hodgert, RR 1 Kirkton, went off Highway 83 west of Exeter and hit a tree. Hodgert and his passenger, Cary Cottle, RR 1 Woodham, were shaken up in the acci- dent and damage was listed at $1,000. The first snowmobile acci- dent of the season was also reported on Sunday around 4:00 p.m. when a London man fell off his machine in ilay swamp and caught his foot in the track. Dennis Dolphin was taken to South Huron Ho3pital for treatment of the foot injury. The other accident was in- vestigated on Saturday al 5:45 p.m. on Huron Road 2 at -Hay Township sideroad 4-5. Drivers involved were Graeme , Young, Amherstburg, and Gerald 'Rader, Zurich. After the col• liston, the Rader vehicle careened into a tree. Both drivers escaped injury and damage was set at 82,600. HEALTHY SURPLUS Exeter may end the past' year with a surplus of at least $50.000 according to Clerk Liz Bell. She made the announce- ment at Monday's`session of council, adding that the final figure won't be known for some time. . "It will be a fair amount of surplus," she said initially, and then predicted "at least $50,000" when asked by Coun- cillor Don MacGregor.