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Times-Advocate, 1983-04-13, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, April 13, 1983 Tuckersmith gives Seaforth arena okay It's unanimous. The five municipalities which own and operate the Seaforth and District Community Centres have now all given approval to the 1983 budget for the centre. In a vote of three to one Tuckersmith township coun- cil approved the revised budget of $165,255 for the cen- tre. The revision includes a reduction of $1,900 in capital expenses in the previous pro- posal and the resulting deficit proposed now is ;34,405. Councillor John Brownridge was not satisfied the budget had changed and declared he could not approve it. Reeve Robert Bell (who does not vote on motions unless to cut a tie vote) said he was willing to give the management committee of the centre the benefit of the assurance by Ken Campbell, Committee name change The property committee of Huron County council has a new name, one which is hoped will reflect the agricultural diversity of the county. The committee will now be known as the Agriculture and Property committee. The name change was ap- proved by Huron County council at its March 31 meeting. Howick Township Reeve William Newton commented that the name change was one of the suggestions coming from the annual meeting of agricultural organizations and the property committee. "It was their (agricultural groups) suggestion that one of the committees have agriculture in it," said Reeve Newton. A resolution from the agricultural groups re- questing the 1980 level of staf- fing at the Clinton office of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food OMAF) was also approved by county council. Since 1980, the OMAF office is less one secretary, one home economist and one ex- tension assistant. Agricultural representative Don Pullen said the naming of a r'tl)ral organization assistant is "hopefully imminent". The resolutkin is to be -for- warded to the Minister of Agriculture and Food Dennis Timbrell. chairman of the management committee that many of the expenses in this first year of operating will not be incurred in future years. Tuckersmith and Hullett townships both refused to ap- prove the first proposed budget but now both townships have approved the revised edition, following the lead of the other three municipalities who approved the first proposal. The town of Seaforth, which pays the largest share, the township of McKillop the se- cond largest share and Hib- bert township the second smallest share used their combined vote of over 80 per- cent to carry the budget through for approval. Richard Koostra, RR 5 Clinton, a resident of Stanley township, who plans to build a feed mill on Highway 4, at- tended the council session to answer questions on the site plan for his business. He stated he was anxious to ba neighbourly and not cause dust problems for a neighbouring restaurant and boat works in Tuckersmith. Councillor Robert Broad - foot and Deputy Reeve William Brown said they were concerned about the business firms in their township and asked for writ- ten assurances from Mr. Koostra that the prevailing westerly winds would not cause dust problems. Koostra promised to give a site plan giving exact footage back on his property the silos would be located to Tuckersmith's building in- spector. Herman Van Wieren. Passed were applications for four tile drainage loans for $15,000, $18,662, $15,000 and $18,000 for a total of $66,662. Two drains were discussed at length - Adams and Archibald. Passed for payment were accounts totalling $107,502.88 - Day Care, Vanastra, $7,333.08; special Day Care, Vanastra, $3,802.64; Vanastra recreational centre, $16,247.03;; roads, $14,276.01 and general accounts, $65,844.12. Councillor Broadfoot asked council to consider starting naming committees to mark the celebration in January 1985 of the 150th anniversary of the towns$ip. ) Clerk Jack McLachlan was authorized to attend the Association of Municipal Clerks and Treasurers of On- tario in Goderich, April 21. SCIENCE FAIR WINNER --- Heather Westlake, Zurich Public School, receives a gold medal from Larry Weido for placing first in the grade six physical section of the Exeter and district science fair. WINS LIONS TRIP — Lloyd Hackney was the winner of the trip to Las Vegas drawn at Saturday's Klondyke Night sponsored by the Exeter Lions and Ellison Travel. Above, Hackney is being congratulated by Mary Ellison of Ellison ll °vel and Lion6. president George Godbolt. F of A plans special meeting Tax debate is heated Discussion of the proposed 100 percent farm land tax rebate program was heated with tempers flaring during the regular monthly meeting of the Huron Federation of Agriculture. The meeting was held in Ethel April 7. The final decision of the meeting was to hold a special meeting, early this week, to discuss the pro- posed rebate tax system for rural property owners. A volunteer task force, organized as a result of last month's meetingto examine the 100 percent rebate, disclosed results of a special meeting held last Tuesday. President of the federation Tony McQuail, asked Bill Trick, secretary of the com- mittee, to present a report. Before the report could be presented, Clete Dawson in- terjected, asking why the Huron federation's motion to oppose the 100 percent rebate passed at the March 3 meeting, was not presented at a recent Ontario federation directors' meeting. McQuail explained there was nothing in the resolution ordering the federation to bring it forward at the provin- cial level. J -le noted the ques- tion was raised by other coun- ty federations. Admitting she was not a member of the federation, Alice Burt stated "this same subject was discussed five years ago by the federation. Then they were in opposition and now they are supporting the tax rebate. All the people I have talked to are opposed to a 100 percent tax rebate." Rest aired As the hostility was restrained, Trick explained the first formal meeting of the volunteer task force was held April 5 with Jim Armstrong, RR 1, '.Vingham, acclaimed chairman. Five of the eight members attended. "We discussed the mandate given the committee as defin- ed in the resolution. We felt time is of the essence. The 100 percent rebate issue requires indepth research." He noted if opposition is voiced, it must be done soon because of the advanced stage of the legislation. "We have reviewed the in- tegrityof the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture and main- tain that the present stature of the organization must be stressed." Trick listed several groups opposed to the proposed legislation, in- cluding: Peel Federation of Agriculture; Huron County Council; Bruce County Coun- cil; Grey Federation of Agriculture; and the Simcoe Federation of Agriculture. The Halton Federation and Essex Federation are review- ing the proposal. "It was due to the urgency GROWERS NEEDED FOR NATTAWA SOYBEAN CONTRACTS "Hurry, only a few contracts left" Premiums up to $6.00 per, bushel over published board prise ALSO EXPORT MALTING BARLEY CONTRACTS NOW AVAILABLE cf.` oikt Itt GRANTON 225-2360 MITCHELL 348-8433 HENSALL 262.2527 of the matter that our com- mittee approved that a report be given tonight. We are re- questing a review for alter- natives to the program" ex- plained Trick. "We must move quickly or no alter- natives will remain. If directed, a resolution will be sent to the O.F.A. meeting in Toronto on April 20." The proposed rebate system gives rural lan- downers the opportunity to apply for a 100 percent tax rebate on farm land and out- building taxes. Owners will pay 100 percent taxes on their residence and an imaginary lot. Mr. Trick felt the pro- gram requires refinement and discussion. "The policy of the program is only outlined in a small booklet." McQuail announced he had discussed the issue with the committee. "It is a concern of the federation. There has not been a general meeting call- ed to discuss the rebate pro- posal. In the interest of gathering more information and offering the committee to meet again before the April 20 O.F.A. directors meeting in Toronto, it would be valuable to hold a general meeting in Huron County to discuss the 100 percent rebate proposal." Insight "The committee will have the opportunity to gain insight to various viewpoints and gather additional informa- tion" explained McQuail. "I propose April 19 as the date for the special meeting to deal with the- topic. Holding a meeting was agreeable to the eottittee." He felt-thetpeMal meeting justified "the fairness to the county federa- tion as a whole." Grey township councillor, Murray Bray questioned the reaction of the tax rebate at the recent provincial meeting. John Nesbitt replied,"There doesn't seem to be many counties excited about the proposal. Only about three or four. The minister of agriculture, Dennis Timbrell, assured us that it would be written in the legislation that property rights would not be lost and foreign owned land would not be able to apply for the rebate. 1 suggest we pass a motion to take the Huron County stand to the provincial meeting." Stalling "We are entering into a stalling situation" stated the reeve of Stanley township, Paul Steckle.. "It seems the federation in general opposed the 100 percent tax rebate. Let's discuss it tonight and present it to ,the province." An unidentified spokesman was concerned that the true feeling of the county was not being realized. "I feel this meeting is stacked by those in opposition to the rebate." A frustrated McQuail ex- plained the proposed tax rebate was announced in various farm related publica- tions in 1981. Noting there was no opposition in 1981, he said, "much of this discussion has now resurfaced. If I am going to represent the federation as president, I feel the whole membership should be represented." The reason for a special meeting, McQuail explained is because, "I just have a real insecurity that tonight's meeting is only a representatiye of the whole membership. "Let's make sure the democratic structure of the federation remains intact. Democracy hag to be made to work and workfairly"explain- ed McQuail. "The committee was agreeable to hold a special meeting. I have no desire to sabotage any specific group. I feel I have to represent the whole of the county." A resident of Ashfield township complimented Mr. McQuail for representing the majority of the county. He in- sisted that the federation, "go back to the grassroots and speak for them all." McQuail agreed, "what the grassroots say is very impor- tant. Therefore I awA Iling,a special meetingg,trbe held .�p.-il 19 in the'T,linton High school cafeteria aL 8:30 p.m. so we cbn be sure of ,,our position. Another spokesman asked if "' hj&' dale allowed time following the meeting to draft a proposal to present. at the provincial directors' meeting the following day. Federation director, Jim McIntosh stated, "this has to be discussed much earlier, within the next seven days." "I believe time is being wasted," shouted Dalton. "I don't believe this meeting is stacked. If it was, there would be people standing outside the door." Noting the 11:00 p.m. ad- journment procedure, McQuail raised his gavel and announced the meeting as adjourned. F'ollowing a discussion with Jim McIntosh and various committee members, McQuail admitted the April 19 date was too rushed to pre- sent a proposal to the provin- cial meeting the following day. Ile announced a special meeting would be scheduled this week. (Editor's note: The special meeting to discuss the propos- ed 100 percent tax rebate will be held Thursday, April 14, 8:39 p.m. in the Clinton high school gymnasium. Okay Jx•t•r works pro•e,"s Although Exeter's budget has not yet been approved, the finance committee this week gave approval to pro- ceeding on three major projects. Those are the south-west storm drain, reconstruction of Pryde Boulevard and the Marlborough St. culvert at John. Tenders for the latter were opened on March 28 and the public works committee recommended accepting the lowest bid, $24,792, as submit- ted by Theo Vandenberk Construction. High bid for the project was 139,897.75. Tenders had previously been opened for the south- west storm drain an Pryde Boulevard. Those bids were $72,713.29 and 168,106.66 respectively, or about $24,000 in total lower than the estimates for the projects. Co(nncil also approved the public works committee recommendation to under- take eight curb -cuts along Main St. and to undertake several sidewalk replacements under the Canada/Ontario Develop - Stephen lets contract- job The tender of Pollard Brothers of Harrow to supp- ly liquid calcium to the township of Stephen for the 1983 dust control program has been accepted. The Pollard firm with the only bid received will provide approximately 175 flaked tons of liquid calcium at $171.25 per ton. At the same time tender calls were approved . for a small four wheel drive pickup truck and construction of the Gill municipal drain. Tile for use this summer has been ordered from Coldstream Concrete of llderton. Two readings were given to the plumbing inspection bylaw which will cover the now being constructed Crediton and Centralia water systems. Reeve Alan Walper and clerk Wilmar Wein were in- structed to sign an agreement with the Ontario Develop- ment Corporation whereby the township takes over. the • Hftron park water, . 'street -lighting and Oikiin programs. Five tenders were received --- for construction of the Latta municipal drain and the con- tract was let to Hodgins and Hayter for 86,210.55, The report of the Pfaff municipal drain will be read on April 26 at 7:30 p.m. One tile drain loan in the amount of $11,000 was approved. Township office employee Linda Oliver will be attending the annual zone meeting of the Ontario Association of Clerks and Treasurers in Goderich, April 21. Hay council Continued from front page reeve's remuneration for signing cheques was set at $20 per trip. The reeve, deputy -reeve and councillors receive honorariums of $35 for each one-half day special meeting, $70 for each whole day special meeting attended and $70 plus $35 meal allowance for each entire day at a convention. Persons appointed by coun- cil to committees will receive honorariums of 835 for each regular and special meeting attended. SCIENCE FAIR WINNER --- Ewan McGregor poses with the entry that brought the JAD McCurdy Grade eight student °gold medal in the physical section of the South Huron district science fair. Show results in science fair Kids win with experiments How long does the flavor of gum last in your mouth? What makes popcorn pop? What's the best cure for hiccups? The answers to these and many other questions were provided by area elementary students as they competed at the South Huron district science fair this week. Students from Exeter, Usborne, Stephen, Zurich and Huron Park schools displayed their scientific experiments at the rec centre and the top three winners in each of the six divisions advance to the Huron contest held yesterday and today at Clinton Public School. Competitors will be hoping to collect the prizes offered by corporate and institutional sponsors at the fair. Winners in the various categories in the South Iluron event were as follows: Grade 8 physical --Ewan McGregor, J.A.D. McCurdy; Melanie Warwick and Sheri Cornish, Exeter; Robbie Hoffman and Trevor Ratz, Stephen. Grade 8 biological --Lindy Dillon, Stephen; Tom Oke, Usborne; Darryn O'Connor, Zurich. Grade 7 physical --Derrick Martin, Zurich; Kathy Merner and Nicole DeBlieck, Zurich; Dianne Hamilton, Usborne. Grade 7 biological --Karen Miller,. Usborne; Donna Gingerich, Zurich; Joanne Bridle, Zurich. Grade 6 physical --Gary Wilson, Stephen; Eric Remkes, Stephen, tied with Geoff Strang and Andy Grubb, Usborne, for second; Jon Hendrick and Mark McAdams Zurich. Grade 6 biological --Heather Westlake, Zurich; Traci Tryon, Usborne; Brenda Bern, Usborne. ment Program, 'There will be four curb -cuts at Huron and Main and two each at John and James at Main. Councillor Dorothy Chap- man explained that the four at Huron were being under- taken because that portion of road would be resurfaced and it was the best time to under- take the sidewalk work as well. Sidewalks to be replaced or constructed are as follows: south side Huron St. (750') from Main to Albert, north side Simcoe (1006') from Main to Edward, west side Edward (399') from John to Sanders, south side Sanders (1011') Andrew to east limit of sidewalk past 'Edward, west side Senior (253') from Gidley to apartments, north side Gidley (271') Andrew to the school, north side Victoria (619') from Main to park gate, east side William (366') from Nelson to Wellington, east side William (630') from Well- ington to Victoria, west side Carling (207') from Well- ington to Thomas, north side Anne (935') from Carling to Two pay penalties for driving offence A fine of $500 was levied against an area man con- victed of driving while under suspension when he appeared in Exeter court, Tuesday, before Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake. Lawrence T. Pole, Dashwood, was charged on December 30 after being stop- ped by police. His licence had been under suspension for un- paid fines. The accused said he thought his licence had been, reinstated, but Mr. Wedlake explained that the onus was on a driver to find out if he is still under suspension. Pole's licence was suspend- ed for a further six months and he was warned not to drive again until he gets his licence back. It was his second offence and he was given four months in which to pay the fine. David Jackson, 143 Simcoe St., formerly of 287 Marlborough, was fined $250 on a similar charge which was laid on March 26 after he was stopped on a traffic violation. Jackson's licence was also suspended for a further six months consecutive to any other suspension and he was granted 30 days in which to pay the fine. Harley E. Vanatter, Sarnia, was fined 849.50 for driving at Roads Continued from front page that people in that area would be protected in having an alternate route available.' If it was designated a9 a col- lector road, rather than a new roads -the location Would be - subject to more stringent gruidelines, allowing the developer less leeway. "You would have been bet- ter to quit five minutes ago," Shaw suggested to Evans in light of Mickle's idea to make the street location more stringent than planned. Evans replied that the more the location is tied up, the less room there is for change and this could prove to be counter-productive. Later in the meeting, when the bylaw was presented for consideration, Mickie suc- ceeded in having the final passing tabled until the next meeting. He said members of coun- cil should consider it further, hinting he was leaning towards designating Well- ington as a collector road. Mrs. Chapman said the pro- posed amendment gave the developer "total freedom" to design the roads as he wants them and he would certainly be tied up more if it became a collector road. If it is left as a new road designation, she said he would have the greatest amount of freedom. "He wants a blank page." Mickie added, saying that col- lector roads were necessar.N "to get people moving". •CITIZEN - a speed of 111 in an 80 km. zone on January 23, while James R. MacVicar, Exeter, was given a suspended sentence after being con- victed of driving a motor vehicle with licence plates issued to another vehicle on March 29. CNR tracks, south side Park (322' i from Carling to Market. Seek control over planning Exeter council agreed this week to make formal applica- tion to retain control over all planning, severance and committee -of -adjustment procedures. Under Ontario's new plan- ning act. those duties automatically fall to the coun- ty unless local municipalities indicate to retain them. In suggesting council retain control over those areas. Reeve Bill Mickie indicated members of the county plan- ning board appeared to be in agreement to allow Exeter to do that, although he said he was not sure the county plan- ning staff were of tate same opinion. Frazzled young mother ton' friend: "What a day! The on- ly thing holding me together is static electricity." SCIENCE FAIR WINNER — Larry Weido presents Karen Miller, Usborne Public School, with a gold medal for the best grade seven entry in the biological division of the South Huron district science fair. With us, your business could really go places. Bruce Gagnier, the representative for the Ex- eter Territory will be at the Devon Building on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month We're FBDB, and our mandate is to encourage business development and expansion. If you need backing, and have a problem getting it, try us. We offer financing, counselling, management training, and information about government assistance programs for business. 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