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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-07-27, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, July 20, 1988 CHRISTINE SHEPHERD Miss Becker Farm Equipment TAMMY RAU Miss Memer Meats JENI HAYTER • Miss Hayter Turkey Farms Limited KAREN STECKLE. Miss Zurich Fair Public hears of renovation plan ZURICH - A proposal to reno- vate the west wing of the Blue Wa- ter Rest flume, and build on an ad- dition, was unveiled at a public mccting in the Rest Home auditor- ium on Monday evening. Building com.miuee chairman ian McAllister noted that when thc Zu- rich rest home was opened 20 years ago, it was "state of the art". 11 now needs to be modernized to sue- ccssfully compete with other much newer local facilities. McAllister explained the attrac- tions and drawbacks of three alter • - nate plans. He opted for one which will add. 15 additional rooms, each • with its own basin and toilet. The plan includes ex- tensive renovation to the existing rooms, which currently house 34 beds, to obtain accommodation for 15 residents in large rooms .each -equipped with toilet 'and sink, Two of the rooms would be dou- bles, and the rest singles. The ren- ovated rooms would extend into what is now -the hallway. Bathing .facilities, storage and other services would open off a new corridor. The project will not increase the present _i4 -resident capacity, just enhance their accommodation. Four more roams could be built at thc south end of the westerly add', tion to increase the number of res- ident beds. CThe present service road would be replaced with one running along the western side of the property, with access off Highway 84. McAllister suggested that six rooms at the northern extremity of the complex could be turned into a special care unit for physically ac- tive. but mentally confused resi- dents. He said 100 percent govern- . ment funding is available for this pose. Robert Westlake came to the mike to explain how the expected estimate of S1,200,000 .would be met. He is optimistic government grants would fundhalf the cost. He proposed that S250,000 be taken from the 5492,000 accumulated re- serve which has been built up through bequests, interest and prof- its, saying "as a safety measure, we don't. want to deplete the entire sur - •plus". Westlake said there would he no full-scale fund-raising. as other building projects were underway in the community. He suggested some other means. • . - Membcrships in the Blue Water Rest Home Incorporated would. be sold at S 100 each. They would would entitle a member to vote at annual meetings, be eligible for tax receipts, be non -transferable, and ex- - pire on the death of the holder. Westlake also suggested a bond issue, which would pay less than a GIC, but compare favourably with bank rates. McAllister said after the work is complcted,rooms might have differ- ent rates, but he forecast an -overall -- additional charge to residents of 53 per day to assist with the financing of the project. He . said the rates would still be competitive with oth- er facilities in the area. The in- creased rate would bring. in an addi- tional S30,000 annually. McAllister said the plan has not yet received board approval. Once it does, the next step would be to ask for tenders. This could be done by November. KAREN McKay Miss John Hayter Painting ROSANNE DIETRICH Miss Oke Woodsmith • LEANNE DIETRiCH Miss McCann Redi-Mix CHRISTINE SCHADE Miss Home Town Windows To select queen at Dashwood Friedsburg Days • DASHWOOD - It's Civic Holi- day Weekend time again and that. means Dashwood'Fricdsburg Days Will be in full swing. . Co-chairmen Torn Hayter and Larry Wcido have lined up a .num- ber of new attractions which should satisfy the needs of -visitors of all ages. At 6 p.rn. on Friday, July 29', the Bavarian Garden and food conces- sions will open along with the - Exeter brief not so brief Continued from front page. non-profit housing could be handled by agreement. - - Waste managemnt continues to -be a growing problem for local mu- nicipalities: Policies and legislation written by the Ontario government has necessitated municipalities banding together to reduce local costs. This legislation has. never taken into account the imposition placed on local taxpayers. On the subject of debenturing, the brief coinmenls, " If the Municipal Act is amended to allow. county councils to issue the same type of debentures as local municipalities, it is necessary to clarify how these debentures would affect a local mu- nicipality's borrowing powers. in no way should a local municipality be required to issue debentures through a- county program unless benefits accrue to the local munici- pality". Exctcr council finds the recom- mendation to;revicw the compulso- ry contribution by the county for road purposes in urban municipali- ties to be confrontational and devi- sive to a co-operative atmosphere at a.county council. In closing, Mickle included para- phrasing a statement by the Duch- ess of Windsor saying that "A na- tion gets old as a person gets old. • One hardly- notices it until it is there." Mickle continued, " The county like England has traditions that fet- ter its limits and sight that is a bit .hazy. The county's greatness will live on in us, but local municipal government will be thc future.. Strong local municipalities isthe county's immortality. The past should not clog the present or thc future". Deputy reeve Lossy Fuller told Mickle, It is an excellent brief; ex- cept foe the book part. I hope you get razzed for it." She was referring to the lengthy statements credited ut the Duchess of Windsor. Friedsburg Days mixed slo pitch tournament sponsored by the Dash- wood Bears. A half hour later, thc always pop- ular kids ballon liftoff -will takc place outside the Community Cen- tre. At 7.30 p.m., the Huron Country Playhouse Young Cpmpa- ny will present "Everything Old" and this will be followed an -hour - later by a karate demonstration fea- turing Blue Better Dan Bell. -. Thc Friday evening will be com- pleted by dancing in the pavilion County study Continued from front page - Clarence Rau, Stephen Township Reeve Thomas Tomes, Stephen Township Deputy Rcevc Kcn McCann, Warden and Tuckcrsmith Township Reeve Bob Bell, Turn - berry Township Reeve Brian McBurney, Ushornc Township Reeve Gerry Prout, East Wawanosh Township Reeve Ernest Snell, West Wawanosh Township Reeve Cecil Cranston, Clinton Reeve Bee Cooke, Mr. Mickle, Exeter Deputy Reeve Lossy Fuller, Scaforth Reeve William Bennett, Bayfield Rcevc Dave Johnston, Blyth Reeve Albert Wasson, Brussels Reeve Gordon Workman, Hcnsall Reeve Jim Robinson, Zurich Reeve Bob Fisher. Thirteen drivers guilty EXETER - JP Doug Wcdlakc dealt with 16 charges during court proceedings on July 19 in the Exeter Lceion hall. Stiff tines were levied against two Hien who did not attend the session. Jason Clark, London, was given 15 days to pay S 1183.75 for going 140 km in an 80 zone on Iluron County Road 5 in Stephen township on Junc 26, and Akbar S. Khan , Downsview, was assesscd S93.75 for exceeding the legal limit by 40 km on Highway 81 the same town- ship on May 27. Charles Wm. Fox, London, plead - cd guilty to doing 109 in an 80 zone on June 11 on County Rd. 6 in Us - borne, and was fined 547.25, -which he paid that day. Gordon G. Holdaway also of London, was fined S56.25 with 30 days to pay after a guilty plea to speeding 115 in an 80 zone on .Highway 81 in Stephen on May 22. Three people who drove while un-. der suspension received further sus- pensions and fines. Dale Morgan, RR3 Dashwood, had 410 driver's licence with him when picked up for speeding on July 7 on County Road 4, Crediton. His licence had been suspended for un- paid fines. Ile was fined $250 and his licence suspended for a further six months. Robert W. Conium,..134 Em- press Ave., -Huron Park, pleaded guilty to driving withotft a valid pernut and to no insurance, after a police officer taw akar in the south ditch of County Road 4 in Stephen township on July 4. He was fincd S53 on the first charge, and S500 on the second, with three months to pay. Bradley G. Baynham, 244 Main Se Exeter, pleaded guilty to driv- ing while.suspended. He had been seen driving by police and picked .up when a check showed a suspen- sion for unpaid fines. He was fined S250, with 30 days to pay, and giv- en a six-month suspension. - Sharon L. Carter, RR3 Exeter, pleaded guilty to charges of no in- surance and careless driving. A vc- hicic she was driving 'outhbound on Concession 6-7 in Usbornc township on June 16 went Off the road into the west ditch, struck a telephone pole, went on to hit a tree, then Icft the scene. Investiga- tion showed her insurance had ex- pired the end of May. Carter was fined $500 on the first charge, and an additional S128.75 on the second, with six months to pay. Jcnnifcr.A. McDowell, Kitchen- er. pleaded not guilty to careless driving. The 17 -year-old, who has been licenced for less than a year, overturned her car just north of County Road 4 in Stephen town- ship while on her way to Parkhill • on Junc 11. The wheels went off the right side of thc road as she looked at a sign, and whcn she overcorrected the car swerved, fish- tailed, and ended up on its roof in the west ditch. She was found guilty, and fined S128.75, which she paid that day. Pamela D. Black, London, paid a fine of $53.75 afterplcading guilty to following too closely after rear - ending the ear ahead of her and pushing it into the next vchicic when that vehicle stopped abruptly in traffic on Highway 8.1 in Ste- phen township on Junc 12. Francis W. Saxby, RR5 Mt. Brydgcs, paid a fine of S53.75,for using a plate not authorized for that vchicic when stopped during a RIDE program on June 26 on Highway 21 in Stephen township. Kenneth R. Rankin, London, was found guilty in his absence for hav- ing illegal colour coating on all windows of his Cadillac when stopped in a spot check on High- way 21 on May 22. He was fined S53.75, with 15 days to pay. Patsy A. Cooper, lvidhurst, mailed in achcque to`pay a S63.75 fine for driving along Highway 4 in Hay township on June 19 with otn liquor in her vehicle. t to thc music of Jasper. Activities resume .at 10 a.m. Saturday when entries for the super parade begin to enter the ball park and will be judged. The parade be- gins at 11.30 a.m. and this year's theme is "Summer Is". Beginning at 1 p.m. and contin-. uing until 8.30 p.m. will be the, firstannual antique car show. Any- one with an antique car is welcome to participate. Eight Dashwood and arca girls will be participating in thc Miss Friedsburg contest at 2 p.m. Last Year's winner was Laurie Forrester. The Canadian championship skatcboardcr show will be present- ed in the pavilion at 2.30 p.m. and. again at 7 p.m. • - • The Rhine Danube Dancers from the German Club. in Leamington will be appearing three times on Saturday at 3 p.m.; 5 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.- For .m:For thc many youngsters expect- ed to attend Saturday's activities, Rick Powell will present his kids • show in the community centre at 3.30 .m Anyonep. who in his or her child- hood didn't exactly prefer music les- sons, here is your chance to partici- pate4.30 in a piano smashing contest at p m. A beef barbecue gets underway at 5 p.m. and thc day concludes with dancing again in the pavilion this time to thc music of Thc I fomcts. The slo pitch tournament which starts Friday night continues through Saturday with champion- ships decided Sunday afternoon. • Exeter • council briefs EXETER - A bylaw was passed recently to authorize there -naming of a portion of MacNaughtbn Park. to Elliott Park. The property located west of the Highway 4 bridge at the northerly end of Exctcr and cast of William Street South was owned and occu- pied by the Elliott family for many years and a commemorable plaque will be erected to recognize the family's contribution to the early history of Exctcr. At the same time steps were tak- en to dedicate and name a road al- lowance in Exeter's industrial Park adjacent to Highway 83 as Pickard Road. A road allowance in the Darling Subdivision will be dedicated and known as Rivers Boulevard. * # • • fi At Monday night's mccting, a by- law was passed to officially r..me David Moyer as the town's new chief building official. He will also fulfill the duties of zoning admin- strator and secretary -treasurer of the property standards.committce. EXPANSION PLANS - Mozart Gelinas and Jan McAllister, members of the Blue Water Rest Home board's building committee, look over an archi- tectural drawing of a proposed addition and renovation to the Home. Ask for zonin changes in Stephen CREDITON - Stephen township has received three applications for zoning amendments and a public meeting will be set up in thc near future to deal with these. Tony Zwambag at Lot 20, Con- cession 6 requests a change to allow construction of a silo closer to the road than the zoning bylaw allows. At part of Lot 6, Lake Road East Concession, Keith Hoggard made a request on behalf of Donald Grant - ton to change to commercial from restricted agriculture. Mark and Debra Darling for C.C. Rentals at Mount Carmel at Lot 24, South Boundary Concession asked for a zoning change to com- ply with present uses. Council endorsed a resolution from thc city of Toronto opposing Bill 119 which calls for unclaimed lottery funds to he allocated to hospitals. Justin White of the auditing firm of Parnell, Karr and McGillivray was appointed to undertake a study on pay equity and job descriptions. Deputy reeve Ken McCann will be attending a mccting of ACRO in Guelph in October. The first council mccting in Oc- tober will be delayed one day front 'the regular day to Wednesday, Oc- tober 5. Champion's sold GODERiCH - Continued growth in Godcrich is expected following Champion road Machinery's sale at the end of the month: "Thcrc arc no plans to move Champion in any way... the plan is to thrive right here in Goderich," says Stephen Symes, Champion's executive vice-president. The family-owned company has been acquired by Sequoia Asso- ciates, a Menlo Park, California group of American and Canadian investors. The sale is effective Au- gust 1,'according to a Champion press release dated this morning. Symcs said since thc transaction is not final, financial and other de- tails arc not being released until af- ter August 1. The 104 -year-old Champion Road Machinery is the world's sec- ond-largest maker of road graders and is Huron County's lar: est pri- vate employer. More than ' I I peo- ple work at its, Goderich facilities. Road graders made here are market- ed in 88 countries around the world. The company has been searching extensively for a "suitable equity investor" for six months, according to today's news release. "The starch was for an investor who was prepared to invest and build on the solid and well- established roots of Champion. We have been successful in our search and Champion is going to be • stronger llxt.lyy and even stronger in the future, said Bruce Sully, Champion president and chief exec olive officer, in the press release. Employees learned officially of die sale Friday, whcn Sully an - pounced details on Champion's in- house weekly video show News - break. Employees were. not surprised at the news, which had been rumored for several weeks, said Don God- dard, president of local 1863 of the international Association of Mach- inists and Aerospace Workers, which represents 620 members at Champion. Goddard said thc union has mot met with thc new owners, nor have there been any meetings set to dis- cuss the sale among the member- ship. • "it appears, from what we can sec, that thc sale is what the com- pany needed," he said. "Thcrc was a lot of cooJcern at first, but maybe this will (turn out to be what's best for everybody before it's over." Sequoid Associates is a private investment firm which focuses On the acquisition of established busi- nesses in partnership with the Man- agement of the acquired companies. Sequoia has interests in a wide range of manufacturing and distrib- uting companies such as: Timber - jack Corporation, Woodstock, Onta- rio; Peerless Corporation, Portland, -Oregon; and Newell Manufacturing, Grand Rapids, Michigan.