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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-03-23, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, March 23, 1983 Receive recognition for tracking weather. What do Exeter's Canadian Canners, the Cataraqui transformer station in Har- rowsmith, ttie Chatsworth Fish Hatchery and the • Kingston • pumping station have in common? They' are all numbered among the 23 climatological stations throughout Ontario qualified for the Atmospheric Environment Services' award of merit, one of the highest accolades given to voluntary weather observers with a background of at (east 20 years of satisfactbry. service. Currently there are 380 volunteer observers in On- tario who twice daily take readings of temperature ex- tremes and/or precipitation levels, At Canadian Canners, the task has been assigned to Karl EVans. "The junior man usually gets the job", Evans said with a smile. He doesn't mind; it OKAY PERMITS Building:permits valued at $37,183.75 were approved dur- ing the past month by Exeter building official Brian Johnston. Another permit for demolition of a structure valued at $5,000 was also approved. Of the nine permits issued, seven were>.MI.—residential renovations and additidns at a value of $27,183.75 with one commercial renovation at $8,000 and an institutional one for $2,000, takes only five minutes each time. Farm foreman Bob Coates said the readings are taken sever` days a week. The data tell the canning company how many heat units are .ap- plicable to various fields, and determine planting and harvest dates. The. local conservation authorities use the informa- tion for flood forecasting, knowiwthe amount of run-off .into the. water shed after severe storms. Each month the readings are sent to the federal ministry of the environment office at Toronto Airport to be compiled, processed and stored in the AES. archives. The data form the` basis of climatological studies used by commerce, industry, and agriculture and for legal evidence across the province. In 1982 the service received 39,000 phone requests for in- formation. 1,700 written queries, and was subpoenaed 80 times to testify in court of weather conditions at the time of traffic accidents and other litigation where weather was an important factor. The award to Canadian Canners was presented by Steve Hardaker, Environ- ment Canada, to mark March 23, designated International Volunteers Observation Day by the World Meteorological Organization, and to honour Canadian Canners foc,,their 22 year contribution to the history of Ontario weather. • Your Floor and Wall Covering Specialists Ile Hwy. 21 Grand Bend 238-8603 AWARD — Canadian Canners received' the Atmospheric Environment Service's award' of merit for more than 20 year of volunteer weather observing. From left: Canadian Canners farm foreman Bob Coates, Environment Canada representative Steve Hardaker, recipient Karl Evans and Canadian Conners' Heldman Albert Van Dyken and Andy Megens. In the background is the structure housing the temperature gauges. Hughes and Northlander Continued from front page London lawyer Bob Bec- carea, who acted on behalf of the Hughes workers, said the deal stipulates that"subjeclto sales being as anticipated" 35 to 36 hourly rated employees,, plus some salaried and com- missioned staff and a shop foreman are to be hired within a month after produc- tion resumes. A further 25 to 30 hourly rated employees are also to be rehired over the four months following. The employees' financial settlement, hammered out in November when it appeared signing of the deal was close, means former employees will receive between $25 and $500 each in vacation pay and $134 to $914 each in wages, lost when the company couldn't meet its payroll, said Bec- carea. The money has been forwarded to Beccarea by Mary Hughes, wife of former owner Howard Hughes, and Cecil Rotenberg, one of the Sprungs' partners. "I feel really good about the deal," he said Wednesday. "It looks like this company is go- ing to go. I'm told they (new owners) are very, very serious about making it work." Receiver Bernie Yale of Toronto, whose firm Yale and Partners was appointed by the Toronto Dominion Bank and the Ontario Development Corporation (ODC) to ad- minister the boat company and seek a buyer, said closure of the sale to the Sprungs was made final when the couple received additional capital from the federal govern- ment's small business development corporation grant program and an in- vestor from Hong Kong who lives in Ottawa. The new company will be controlled by Aura II In- vestments Ltd., with Mrs. Sprung as president, A1r. Sprung as an officer and other directors, Peter Biggs of Kit- chener, Alan Lam of Ottawa and Cecil Rotenberg, a lawyer from Toronto. According to Yale, terms of the sale are are as follows: the bank will receive most of the approximately $570,000 it 4was owed, largely through funds the receiver raised from the sale of 14 beats which were partially com- pleted when the firm collaps- ed. The ODC is owed $750,000 but has agreed to forgo $200,000 of it, leaving Hughes to pay back •$100.J)00 and Sprung to pay back $450,000 •"over time". Remaining creditors won't be paid hack. The ODCalsostipulatedtae Sprungs and tt.eir investors put $50,000 in unencumbered capital in their company's bank account to demonstrate their•sfirm's viability. Yale said investors in Sar- nia and Cambridge were also interested in buying the Hughes firm but the Sprungs were chosen "because they were in there first." The company's origins date back to the early 1960s when Hughes Boatworks was founded by Hughes and his brother Peter in Toronto and moved to Huron Park in 1967. It was later sold to U.S. Steel Co., which in the mid-70s sold out to North Star Yachts own- ed by a group of Londoners. NorthStar went into receiver- ship in 1976 and in 1977 Hughes bought the company back. In 1980 he bought Col- umbia Yachts Ltd. of Chesapeake, Va., and moved the operation to the Huron Park quarters which are leas- ed from the ODC. Mr. Sprung was the sole owner of an insurance com- pany in Waterloo which he recently sold.' The Sprungs have been avid sailors for six years and until recently own- ed a 10.8 -metre (36 -foot) sailboat. RECEIVERS FROM $14995 10 Band, L & R Gain Reg. $239.95 Naw;15995 T 300 150 Watts Towers Reg.369.95 ea. Now SHOPNOWfor1O.5O°'OFF every piece of HOME STEREO IN STOCK WINS MONTREAL WEEKEND — Mike Burke of Exeter was the winner of a weekend in Montreal in a draw held Thursday in conjunction with the first anniversary celebration of Ellison Travel and Tours. Require decision on planning status Exeter council members will have to decide soon whether they want to keep local planning, administra- tion of the offica1 plan and zo- ning bylaws Amid severances and other related matters under their control or turn thein over to the county. Reeve Bill Mick le. repor- t ing Monday night on a recent session he had .iltended regarding Ontario's new Planning Act, explained that the Act will go into effect on • August 1► and the town will have to apply to the county if it wants to maintain its cur- rent control over planning. Unless such a request is made, planning for the town would autornaticlly fall under the jurisdiction of the county. Mickle expressed the opi- nion that it was "essential" that Exeter keep control, although he noted it would result in a great deal more work for council. Under the new act, council would have to make all plan- ning decisions, although an advisory committee could be appointed to help them in that regard. "11 will be a lot of work on council's shoulders," he claimed. Councillor Don MacGregor predicted that while the town may be allowed to keep con- trol for awhile, "eventually it (control) will go." Pre -budget spending Continued from front page hire a full-time arena attendant. Councillor Dorothy ('hap - man said she would have felt better about adding another full -lime staff member had the item come to council as recommendation of the board, rather than as a notice of action which had already been undertaken by the board. "Council doesn't have any say," she lamented. "We found that out half an hour ago," ,fosepnson quickly replied in reference to the industry and tourism pro- motion committee decision. Cot. cillor Bill Rose, who had gi,en the rec centre board report, said he didn't feel that the board should have to get council approval for hiring staff members, although Clerk Liz Bell pointed out that all salaries had to be approved by coun- cil bOcause town officials had to sign the cheques. Rose said the rec centre had been operating with two part-time employees, one of whom was working well over 40 hours per week, and they were at the point where a full- time employee was needed. Josephson, a member of the hoard, said it was basically a matter of filling a position which had been vacant for several months and in fact new staff was not being hired. In his report, Rose also noted the hoard wanted coun- cil to appoint a member of the rec centre staff to the grounds development commi'.ee. Ile said the board members were concerned over the facilities that were heng added in respect to the annual upkeep of those facilities. Ile noted that the gifts add- ed to the board's operating costs and they wished to have closer liaison with she grounds development committee. Set up for education purchases Central registry for merchants Merchants in Huron Coun- ty will be able to place their names on a central registry of merchandise suppliers for schools fund-raising projects. At its March 14 meeting the Huron County Board of Won't have consultants The Huron County Board of Education will not be inter- • viewing consultants to assist it in hiring a director of. education. The Board, at its March 14 meeting, approved of doing the work itself. The board had previously considered inter- viewing consultants to assist them in finding a replace- ment for retiring director of education John Cochrane. Advertisements for the position will be placed provin- cially three times during the month of March with the ex- ecutive committee to select a short list of foul• to six ap- plicants. The Board will then interview these applicants on April 30 and make its final decision that same day. "This board should not be to apprehensive about hiring a director," commented vice- chairman Eugene Frayne, "we've picked three top notch superintendents." Education approved the amendment to its fund- raising policy after several merchants complained about unfair con'lpetition. The central registry was a recommendation from the ex- ecutive committee after it had discussed the complaints. The committee concluded that students should be allow- ed to have fund-raising projects. "The committee felt the pupils receive a rewarding experience," said vice- chairman Eugene Frayne. Besides the central registry, principals will be re- quested to give merchants the opportunity to quote prices for the simply of merchandise for any project. On the same theme, the Board received a letter from the Clinton Business Im- provement Area (BIA) in- dicating no objections to mer- chandise being sold if the pro- ceeds are for charity, educa- tional trips or to enhance the character of the students, "There is strong objection, however, to goods being sold to pay for equipment for the schools as members feel we all pay very high taxes to pay for any equipment the board feels necessary," stated the letter. Trustee Tony McQuail said Bank closing Continued from front page amounting to over $1.2 million annually, are handled through the Dashwood bank, The 70 handicapped adults employed at ARC and the ap- proximately 20 staff use the sub -agency's services once to three times a week. The impact the proposed closure would have on the community's residents and business people also concern- ed Campbell. He specifically mentioned the many senior citizens in the area who would be adversely affected, and the inconvenience to residents now paying their utility bills at the Bank of Montreal in Dashwood. In his letter, Campbell praised the quality of service offered by the sub -agency staff. Bank officials in Dashwood, Exeter and London declined comment on the closure. David Getz, in the public rela- tions department of the B of M Toronto office, said the Dashwood situation was a result of the overall review of banking services, region by region, that hasbeengoingon for some time. "Small branch activity has to be scaled down; it's only a question of where it is going to occur", Getz commented, adding thatlastyear74B of M branches across Canana were closed or consolidated. Getz said the decision to close the sub -agencies was made internally, and was "basically a banking deci- sion" that took into account the proximity of branches in Zurich, Grand Bend and Exeter. h 'd have thought the .BIA towards equipment to reduce would have approved of the the impact on the board students proceeds going budget. Only. two crashes Only two collisions were in- vestigated this week by the Exeter OPP and there were no injuries in either. On Friday, a vehicle owned by Robert Feltz, RR 2 Ailsa To improve communication Various techniques for im- proving communication both with staff and the general public were approved by the Huron County Board of Education. The board approved eight recommendations from its executive committee at its March 14 meeting. The recommendations follow a commitment made by board chairman Dorothy Wallace to improve com- munication with the two sectors. Articles and a question and answer Column about educa- tion in Tl:uron County will be published in Focus, a Signal - Star Publishing Co. Ltd., publication. Individual schools will publish school newsletters for distribution and have "school news" col- umns in local newspapers. These formats, it is hoped, will improve communications with the general public. Internal communications will be encouraged by inviting the chairmen ofvariousprin- cipals' committees to attend meetings of similar board committees. Principals and teachers will also be invited to make presentations to various board committees where it would assist the board in making a decision. Annual one -day seminars will also be held with board members, executive ad- ministrators and principals on a current topic about education and every three years (following an election) a three-day workshop will be held for trustees, administra- tion and principals where common concerns and pro- blems will be discussed in-depth. Craig, was struck by an unknown vehicle while park- ed unattended on the Dunlop Industries parking lot at Huron Park. Damage to the Feltz vehicle was listed at $500. The other crash was on Saturday near the junction of Richmond St. and Highway 4 in Hensall. A car driven by Margaret McBride, RR 3 Kip - pen, struck a tree when she swerved to avoid collision with a vehicle which turned in front of her on Highway 4. Driver of the other vehicle, which sustained no damage, was Elgin Josling, RR 1 Londesboro. Damage 'to the McBride veliicle was estimated at $1,000. �DISTINCTIVE� WEDDING INVITATIONS Select your wedding invitations from our complete catalogue. For you...a Keepsake copy of your invitation in luxurious gold. eeveit Dy .. AarTmes- Jidvocate .n ONTARIO'S help? YOUTH IS ' ` t TO WORK This summer, to get extra work done in your business, hire a young person. Ontario's youth is ready to work, and Ontario will help you pay their wages. 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