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Times-Advocate, 1988-07-13, Page 1I 3 Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One .Hundred and Seventeenth. Year & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, July 13, 1988 STRIKE ENTERS THIRD WEEK - The current strike of Bell. Canada employees is in its third week. Shown here catching up on the news in front of the rence Exeter switching office are Mark Wilkinson, Pete McFa1Is and Law - Stevens. Lucan water negotiations continue LUCAN - "i'he Villaige of Lucan has nwvcd one step closer, to get- - ting a ministry go-ahead for a pro- • posed project combining a Lake 1lu0on-water pipeline and a sewage treatment Plant. The. project will cost around S10 million dollars and possibly excccd Lucan's allowable debt load.. : • - Lucan cum:tied: net with •ministry of municipal affairs' representatives. ill London last month- to discuss funding proposals. At present -the 'ministry is work Mg. on the as- sumption the province will fund 79.63 percent of the projcct's•cost. This would mean Lucan house- holds would bear a yearly cost of S666 each if the remaining cost is amonizeil over 25 years. "We:can't really handle that can we?" asked councillor Bryan Smith • at the July meeting of council. Councillor }tarry Wraith pointed out. he has heard of other munici- palities which have had to pay more. • Councillor Bob 1 lodge agreed. "Five years down the road it'll . look cheap," he said. - Rccvc Norm Stccper said his im-. pression from the meeting was that the ministry would require some up- - front cash from the village to keep the funding in line. Stccper also wondered if the Ontario Municipal Board rejected the project on the ba-- sis of exceeding Lucan's debt load, then the ministry might approve the. 85 percent -maximum funding avail- able. • At present, Lucan is buying water at S5 per 1,000 gallons for keeping dust down on village streets. Cancel Summerfest CREDITON - Crediton Summer - fest which has been held for thc past five years on the second Week- end in August will be suspended for at least one year. Acting chairman Fred Bowers said Monday night that lack of in- terest by volunteers and escalating costs were responsible for the move. • Bowers added, " Only one other person showed up at'thc -last schen- vled meeting. The rising costs of li- ability insurance along with in- ' creased -charges for the midway are making it almost impossible to re- alize any profit." Summerfest was established in 1983 to raise funds for community betterment and for the first five years sizeable donations have been made to various projects. Green accused of meddling . GRAND BEND - Grand Bend Rede Herold Green has bccn ac- cused of holding up a building per- mit in Gibbs Park to secure a ..:__., - - • J.0 he :beach for prop- erty, lie recently sold. John. McDowell, a Gibbs Park property owner who wants to build a retirement home on the vacant let containing a right-of-way in the development, lame bcforc council Tuesday night. and implied that Green was Bolding hack on thc per- mit for personal reasons. I contend that the only person that's going to benefit from the right-of-way is yourself," McDow- ellsaid, referring to Green.• McDowell complained that the rielit-of-way.issuc had been left alone until just this year and he cx- 'pressed the opinpn that it was more than a coincidence that coun- cil was dwelling on it now. "You're saying that I'm stopping the building permit bccausc I want the right-of-way?" asked.an incred-, Mous Green.' "That's absolutely in correct." " The Reeve went on to say that even -if it was in hjs interest to hold up the projcet. he doesn't.have the powerto.do it. A 1968 document guarantees tlic right-of-way forproperty owners in Gibbs Park, but bccausc the pas- sage isn't registered, the Village .doesn't have the right to tow away vehicles blocking the 'way.. A clause in the property deed allows thc Viltagc to rcqucst the right-of- way on the property at the owner's • expense. "1t makes it- legal. That's the only reason," Counci or Bruce Woodley said, dismi sing he idca that coun- cil was purs the matter for per- sonal reasons. - Council maintains that McDow- ell's car blocked the right-of-way on several occasions last ycar, making it difficult for Village vehicles to tum around in the narrow lane. McDowell drew laughter when. he claimed he only parked in the spot in question when there was an over, flow of cars from Green's property. Coming to the defence of Green, an angry Deputy Reeve Dcnnis Snider told -McDowell the situation first came to the attention of the Village when a ratepayer wrote to council about its use. "i'nt getting tickcd off here," Snider said. "Ycs Harold happens to live there, but it's a small town. "We get this all the time...It's crap." When McDowell was informed -that he would get a building permit when frc had the right-of-way regis- tered, he claimed council was guilty of blackmail. In reply, Snider said they wcrc using the building permit as a lever. "Everything in this village -is screwed up bccausc nobody cared about ret tape 50 years ago," Snider continued. "Get the thing on paper and then everything is as it should. be." DROUGHT Complete report on current . dry spell page 6, 7 Works superintendent Doug John- ston- commended Lucan. residents who are keeping water use to a min- imum. 'Johnston said with water Usc down_ to just ovcr a million gal - Ions per week, the wells arc able to keep the tower .full However, Johnston could not predict what would occur if the dry weather con- tinued. White they said_•somc residents have brought up the subject, coun- cil stated very clearly there would be - no refunds on villagc•water rates. They .pointed out the system costs just as much to run even if the --wells arc dry. Councillor Wraith brought up the possibility of installing water me - Protest A person or persons who assumedly mistook the old town hall for the current mu- nicipal officepiled a group of lawn ornaments around-the-- building roundi thebuilding . housing Ellison Travel on Sunday night or car- ly Monday morning, along with a banner with the one word "Racism" on it. All the ornaments depicted black peo- ple.- Doug Ellison dismantled the . display as soon as he discov- ered it Monday morning and carried all. the items into the foycr of the. building. As only two of the orna tncnts have bccn claimed so far by Exeter residents, Exctcr police chief Larry Hardy strs- pccts sone came from further afield. The lawn ornaments may be reclaimed at the Exeter police station. Answer call to bush fire CREDiTON -The Crediton vol- unteer fire department was'callcd out to a grass and stump fire near Concession 9 and 10 about.a ki- lometer north of theAouth Bound- ary. The fire started in a bush -arca on the property of Mike Ryan and Crediton chief Jim Finkbcincr said the biggest problem was getting to. the blaze. Ile said -Monday night, "We had to, go through a Dean field and some, bush' before. getting to the blaze which slartt:il in grass and had spread to some stumps." Finkbeifer said he couldn't estab- lish a.causc for the blaze adding, "it started well into the bush,.so was very unacccssible. Lightning may have bccn responsible." The Dashwood and Huron Park departments assisted with treir pumper tanks at the scene, about a kilometre northeast of Mount Car- mel: QUILTS • GALORE More than 2,500 attend Museum show -. page 10 tcrs at Lucan residences in 'the -fu- ture. Johnston said he would look .into the costs of meters for thc•next- mecting. - The subject of a Lucan crosswalk resurfaced after the -many years since the ministry of transportation study was conducted. "You really take your life in your hands when you -cross- the street," observed Stccper. "I. can sec there is a problem for seniors crossing the street," added Smith. . Council,agrecd the issue should be examined once more, possibly with a new study to reflect current highway traffic levels. Lucan council also voted to trans- fer all village accounts from the Bank of Montreal to Toronto Do- minion• for. a two-year contract. Council- agreed that differences in' interest rates and user fees made TD's offer the most beneficial for Lucan. Price Per Copy 60 Cents Thief runs with jewels EXETER A tray of 12 rings with an estimated retail value of S5,500 was -_stolen from Earl Campbell jewellers on•Monday af- ternoon. A male estimated to be- n) his mid -twenties who had been in the store in the morning. came in agaiiT at 1:00 p.m.. •- The -man . looked • around for awhile, then approached one of the clerks. He said he was shopping for `a. ring. for his girlfriend, and asked to see a tray of diamond din- ner rings. • -Saying he couldn't make up his mind-, the robber suddenly grabbed the tray and with a final "1'11 take them all" ran• out the door. He headed south , turned into the alley by Natiorial' Trust, and. was last sten still running on foot near Pre- cious.Blood School. • Police chief Larry Hardy de- scribed the suspect as white, male, with dark hair thinning on top and -tied •in a short pony tail at the back. He had a light -.coloured beard. The man was wearing red, - white and dark-coloured running• Shoes, a long-sleeved, medium • brown shirt, jeans and a sand - coloured sports -type jacket. He spoke good English. . • - • - • Hardy is asking for public cooper- ation in apprehending the robber of the Exeter store. Anyone seting a - person of this description' getting into a car, or noting anything else that would give the police a lead is asked to contact the Elmer police. Whencontacted the next day, store owner Lillian Campbell said "We have been very fortunate". She went on to explain that though- items have been lost- through ostthrough shoplifting during the 23 years the Campbells have operated the store, this is the first time this - store has been robbed like this. • "If one of my girls had becn.shot, we would have something to worry -about", Mrs. Campbell added: Mrs. Campbell. said all prccau- - tions -had been taken, and the rings can be identified, as Caunpbclls Jcw- -ellcrs engrave -every ring on the in- side. . Similar robberies have occurred in Hanover, Alliston, Collingwood, • and other centres this year. Stephen building booms CREDITON - The building boom has hit Stephen township and 1988 should be a record year as far -as. building permits arc concerned. The report for the month of Juno. presented by building official Mil- ton Dietrich shows nine permits issued for a total value- of -- S243,310. - - The Junc report brings the 1988 total to 62 permits issued with a value of S2,002,150. This coin - pares to 47 permits and value of S912,357 for the same six months period a year ago. Councillors agreed -to participate with neighbouring townships in a feasible study on recycling being organized by Bosanquct township. John Russell and Frank Turner Of Uosanquct appeared at the July 5 meeting fo council 10ask for Ste- phen's participation. A meeting is to be held in McGillivray township in the near future to discuss recycling of paper; glass, tin and aluminuni. • - At ai recent public meeting, a mi- nor variance. applicaiion from Hu- bert Haccius at' part- of Lot 9, Con-• cession 16 was -approved. The rcqucst to build a guest house over a bunker silo was approved on the condition the building not be:used as a commercial project. A petition for a Wein municipal drain was received from Jack Ford and.Jack Riddell in the arca of Lois 14 acid 15, North Boundary Conccs- 1'Ieasc turn to page• 3 .Police mak-e_-_ thre-e--- arrests, Exeterpolice made three arrests in the past week. Paul Douglas Broderick, Exctcr, who has bccn on bail since being charged a itlr setting a number of fires in. Exctcr and Osborne Township last August, was charged on June 30 with being intoxicated in a public place; breach of recognizance , assaulting police and threatening. Ile -is being held at the Stratford jail for a bail hearing on July 18 in Goderich. Sony Garman; an 18 -year-old Quebec resident, was arrested on July 8 for being intoxicated in a public place. Ile has also been charged with assault causing bodily harm aftcr_kicking Constable Brad Powell in • the eye, and mischief damage to the new police cruiser. Joc Klcpic, no fixed address, was arrested for the 1986.brcak-in at the Sisnth Huron Rcc ('entre in which goods. were taken from the concession booth and -the rec centre doors were damaged. Ile is being, held in 'Strafford for a hail hearing on July 12. Twoothcrswho were involved in the robbery wcrc charged and scn tented previously. . - Police also investigated three accidents, all' on July 9. • . The first involved vehicles driven by Ernest Durnin, Goderich, Tcna McKay, I lenhall and Jacqueline Tay- lor -,,'Clinton. All were southbound on Main St. The Durnin and McKay vehicles stopped and the Taylor vchicic ran into -the rear of both. James Parker, Parker, Hensall, struck a parked vchicic owned by John Necvcl, also of I lensall, while backing out of a private driveway on Nelson St. — e ' Later that day a collision:occurred at the intcrscctionof Sanders and Carling slreets when a vehicle driven west on Sanders by Brian Hodgins, Exctcr, stopped at thc stop sign, then- struck a vehicle southbound on Carling driven by Veronica Lavicr, Exctcr. WHICH ONES STAY'- A discussion on which of these six heifers would be kept for breeding stock was held Fridays Huron -County Holstein family day, at the Kirkton area farm of Dave and Loralee Marshall. HOLSTEIN DAYS Huron Holstein group enjoys family day • page 13. • at JUNIOR ACES Impressive scores at Ironwood junior tourney page 1A LOOK ME UP Annual T -A phone book • is an insert