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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-12-28, Page 231 1. imam rill NER , •� ■ Winning home - Dave and -Shari Groot stand in front to their artis- that perseverance pays; they came third in the 1986 contest ec- tically trimmed residence at 84•Queen St., first prize winner in the and in 1987, and took the top.pnze this year. Hensall BIA s Best Decoratbd Home. Contest. The Groots are proof Moreon thebusy _ of 1988 more than S6,000 from their. fund for the area's needy and handicapped. Area residents recalling past Christmases included one born on Christmas Day; and another who chose December 25 as her welding day. Students studying Spanish at SHDI- S raised money a Spanish throw a fiesta to sponsor a child in El alvador. Thieves. were caught in the act of robbing a home in Tuckcrsmith township. • The Lucan Irish increased their lead over second -place Mitchell Hawks by beating them twice in _ the past week. • Continued from page 9A Hamilton Stoney Creek Invitation- al. The SHDHS team won the WOS- SA_field hockey competition. This is the seventh time in eight years that the South Huron Panthers have captured the title. Members of Zion. United Church in Crcditon and guests held a fare- well for Rev. Brian Elder, who Icft the next day for their new charge in Port Dover. November 9 Seven candidates were in .the run- ning for the six scats on Exctcr council. Exeter will increase the manpow- er of the Exeter police force by hir- ing a police cadet in January. Only one objection was registered. 4, . to the plan to expand the FHA boun- daries to include all businesses within the town limits. Image Cleaners opened a state-of- the-art drycicaning.facility in Hen - sail. • Heather Redick opened a folk painting store -studio in Zurich. . Ken Betties, RR3 Kippcn, -re- ceived his, trophy at the Huron County Plowmcn' Banquet for win- ning thc Huron County Grccn class for youths 15 and under at the Inter- national Plowing Match. November 16 • Councillors elected for the 1989- 91 term were incumbents Ben Hoo•. genboom (who led the polls), Dorn- thy Chapman, Morley Hall and newcomers Harry iclungcl, Ervin Sillery and Dave Urlin.. Exeter council has begun a search for a. person to fill a newly created position of town administrator. Bob Sharon was elected reeve of Grand Bend, beating deputy reeve Dcnnis Snider 364-258. The SHDHS junior boys' volley- ball team took thc Huron -Perth conference title. Excellent displays pleased the crowd attending CCAT's annual Open House. A falconry demon- stration, a livestock showmanship judging contest and hourly demon- strations by thc Farm and Home Safety Association were' featured this year. November 23 The Conservative candidates won two of the three -local ridings. Murray Cardiff returned to power in Huron -Bruce, beating Liberal contender Ken Dunlop by less than '4,000 votes, a big drop from his 15,000 -vote majority in 1984. Liberal Ralph Ferguson headed back to Ottawa after defeating Con- servative incumbent Sid Fraleigh in a close contest in Lambton- Middlesex. London -Middlesex. incumbent Tcrry Clifford held his scat by a narrow margin. Crcditon Women's Institute spon- sored a waste management seminar. . One of the speakers, Stephen reeve Tom Tomes, traced the history of garbage handling -.in -the township. • Huron County Junior Farmers hosted a broomball tournament in thc Hensall arena. They won the .championship.. .. November 30 A group of members of Lucan United Church; led by Rev. Darrell Shaulc, split from the church to form the new Living Word Congre- gational Church in the Lucan arca. About 80 people attcndcd thc first service. Lucan Lions marked their fortieth _anniversary. MPP Doug Rcycraft attcndcd thc celebration to help present 40-yearservicc 'plaques to charter members. The Exeter Legion Made a S 1,000 donation to the Exctcr Hawks' hockey organization, and also pro- vided a rent-free night m the Legion Hall for a club dance on january 28. More than 40 exhibitors took part in a craft show held at the Oakwood Inn. Anthony Lloyd was introduced as the new artistic director of the Hu- ron Country Playhouse at a press conference in Grand Bend. Lloyd directed "Key For Two" at the Play- house a year ago. The CCAT livestock showman- ship judging team won first prize at thc Royal Wintcr Fair. Santa Claus visited Zurich. Trampchamps, a team of trampo- line experts, performed at Usborne school for students from Usborne, Zurich, Hensall and McCurdy schools. Lieutenant Governor Lincoln Al- exanaer paid a visit to -Biddulph School in Lucan. December 7 ' A new bell towcr was installed atop Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic church in Grand Bend. Laidlaw Carriers Inc. announced_ the sale of the less -than -truckload portion of.. their business to J.E. Transport of Listowel. Exeter -based Safe Home Program added crisis intervention to its ser- vices. The addition to Exeter Villa was officially opened. Wielding ribbon - cutting scissors were MP,Murray Cardiff, Villa owner Tom Kan- nampuzha, advisory committee chairman Iry Armstrong, Mayor Bruce Shaw and resident representa- tive Jim Smith. Exctcr Broncos won their third straight game. Bruceficld farmer Bob Allan was recipient of a Centennial Award given by the ministry of agriculture to mark its 100th birthday. The South Huron and District As- sociation for the Mentally Handi- capped held its annual Christmas party at the South Huron Rec Cen- tre. December 14 The Survival Through Friendship House held a series of workshops in Goderich dealing with thc prob- lems of pornography tPolice were looking for a "flash- er who exposed himself to a clerk at thc Beckers store. Lucan was faced with a 38 percent increase in garbage collection. The first Christmas dinner for res- idents and guests was held at the Exctcr Villa. -The Huron Park Pacers remained tied for first place with the London Devilettes in Western Ontario Women's Hockey League play.- John lay.John Jewitt was reacclaimed to head the Huron Board of Education for a second term. December 21 The executive of the Fleck Manu- facturing Social.Club who lost their jobs in September when the plant closed down donated itcms such as tvs, canned goods and a new swing set with' a total value of Former reeve says Usborne "not being gouged" by Exeter US BORNE TOWNSHIP - For- mer Usbornc reeve Murray Dawson attended the special meeting of township council on December 20 to make a verbal presentati6n on the .costs of, fire protection in Us - borne provided by the Exeter and area fire board, as compared to neighbouring municipalities. He had contacted officials in Tucker - smith, Blanshard and Stephen and obtained the cost per household in those townships: • In 1987, fire protection cost Tuckcrsmith households $52:93 each, while in Stephen the cost was $85.36. In 1988 the figure in Blanshard township was $96 per household. Dawson felt this com- pared favourably with the cost to an Usborne household in the past year of S93.41, and S86.08 in 1987. The figures were presented as proof "we are in the same ball park as far.,as protection is concerned, • and are not being gouged by Exet- er", Dawson said later. Ross and Joyce Carter, who -also attended the meethg, were told a buildingrmit would be issued af- ter the final grade and clevatic4 plan for their development was submitted and subsequently ap- proved by the drainage superinten- dent and the building inspector. • A delegation of men appointed as . fence viewers came to council to. discuss administrative procedures should they be require' to act. Clerk. Sandra Strang was asked to ` obtain copies of the Line Fence Act for each fence viewer. 'Copies of the publication 'Fences and the Law were distributed, Committee and representative ap- pointments were confirmed. All council members are also members of the Kirkton-Woodham Commu- nity Centre committee of manage, mems, the Usborne Township.recre- ation committee and the Usborne Township committee of adjust- ment. Besides being an ex officio mem- ber of all committees, Reeve Gerald Prout.will serve on both the ABCA. and the UTRCA selection commit- tees;rthe Exeter and area fire board and the building committee. Deputy reeve Pat Down was ap- pointed to the South Huron Recrea- tion Ccntrc board of management , the property standards committee, the building committee and the his- tory book committee. Councillor Jim Kerslake will sit on the waste disposal ;site commit-' tee, and the property standards com- mittee. Councillor William J. Rowcliffc *ill be a member of the Exeter and area fire board and the history book committee. Councillor Robert Morley will he on the Kirkton-Woodham swim- ming pool committee and the Kirk - ton -Woodham Community Centre Incorporated. NNo r sponse was received to•an advertisement for a volunteer Coact as member at large on -the South Huron Recreation centre board.. Drainage petitions were accepted from Wm. Dougall, Dick Dougall, Wm. Rowcliffe and Larry Elder for Lots 31 to 33, Concession 1, Us - borne township. These will be in- cluded with a previous petition from Ross Carter. A.J. De Vos of Spriet Associates, London, Ltd., was appointed to prepare a report on the combined pennons. Reeve Gerald Prout reported that Carolyn Bradford, Woodham, had been the successful applicant for the position of joint Blanshard-Exeter- Usborne representative to the ABCA. 1 Times -Advocate, December 28; 1988 Page 1 1 A Farmers protected from noise, odour TORONTO - Farmers will now be protected under the Farm Practic- . es Protection Act from nuisance lawsuits over noise, odor oi' dust caused by normal farm practices. The act received royal assent on De- cembcr,l5, 1988. • "1 cannot stress enough how im- portant the. act is," declared Jack Riddell; Ontario. Minister of Agri- culture and Food. "It is a balance law that establishes the freedom our farmers need to carry on a basic and essential work -- food production. This traditional right to carry on proper and accepted farm practices is, being challenged increasingly by ru- ral residents who complain about neighboring farming operations." The Farm Practices Protection Board, to be established under the act, will hear complaints by indi- viduals about odor, noise or dust from -farm practices. • If nuisance is' shown to result from a normal farming practice, the board will dismiss the - complaint. If the board finds that the practice is not proper, it may issue an order re- quiring a farmer to cease or modify the practice. While this new act affords farmers some measures of protection from •potential conflicts, Riddell empha- sized that "the long-term solution is agricultural land use planning policies to.avoid new incompatible uses in agricultural areas." "It is important to note that the right to farm is not a right to pol- lute," specified Riddell. "An under- lying principle to this aegis the re- quirement that farm practices continue to comply with other pro-' . vincial legislation, specifically the Environmental Protection ACt, the Pesticides Act, -The Public Health Act and the Ontario Water Resourc- es Act." � Protocols ha°c been developed with. the Ministry of the Environ- ment.so that coinplaints.unresolved by staff upon initial investigation may be referred by the complainant to the Farm Practices Protection Board. The board would then hold a hearing to determine whether the challenged farm practice is normal. The act was introduced following a recommendation made by the On- tario Right To Farm Advisory Committee appointed by the mini- ster inister in February 1986, with the m named to to determine appropriate policy options to ensure farmers have adequate protection from com- plaints against normal farming practices. The committee held public hear- ings across the province gathering some 2$0 presentations or briefs. from farm and -non-farm organiia tions, municipalities and individu- als. McGillivray inaugaral WEST McGILLIVRAY - Fol- lowing a dinner in thc council iJ chaers attended by council, staff and spouses, clerk Treasurer Shirley Scott gave the oath of office to Reeve Charles Corbett, Deputy Reeve Wcslcy.Hodgson and Coun- cillors Una Amos, Allan Cunning- ham and Norman Thompson. Re- verend Douglas MacKenzie of St. Mary's, Brinslcy, gave the invoca- tion. Committees and representatives for 1989. were named as follows: Lucan-Biddulph FircBoard and Mid- dlesex Plowman's Association - Hodgons; Lucan Community Cen- tre board - -Cunningham; North Middlesex Community Ccntrc Board Thompson; McGillivray Athletic Association - Hodgson and Thompson; Personnel Committee - Corbett and Cunningham; Parkhill Industrial Committee and Recycling and Waste Management - Amos. Works Superintendent .Bruce Karr reported that a number of recent breaks in thc McGillivray water system appeared to have bead caused by occasional extremely high water pressures - in the Lake Huron pipeline system. Council discussed several alterna- tive measures that deal with the problem. Karr was directed to dis- cuss remedial measures with offi- cials of the ministry of environ- ment- and to report to council. on December 19 with recommenda- tions and estimated costs. Sidcroad 10-11, E.C.R., through concessions 5 and 6 was ,officially names thc Charlton Sidcroad. Dashwood Community Centre Board - The new board which governs activities at .the Dashwood Community Centre is shown here. Back, left, Bill Weber, Don Weigand, Ken Rader and Chuck Ford. Front, Sharon Romphf, Maude Hoffman, Alma Genttner and Kathy Hayter. Hensall shuffleboard HENSALL - On Monday, De- cember,19, thc highest score of the day was Pearl McKnight with a score of 362. Jack Consitt was next with a 350, John' Pepper 317, and Walter Davis 309. - Next shuffle day w;ll be Tucs- da , Janu 3. his week's issue of the Times Advocate is the last In which Lyla Broderick was involved in the pasteup de- partment. After 25 years of service she is retiring and is shown here receiving a Bronze Quill award from firm president Lorne Eedy. . QUEEN'S iogivb SEAFORTH LIVE - THIS WEEK MON. THROUGH FRI. "FATAL ATTRACTION" SAT. - NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY "FRAME 3 ,, •4.00 AT THE DOOR 4th Week POP -A -SHOT TOURNAMENT THURSDAY - 9 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. CLOSED SUNDAY, JAN. 1 NEW EVERY WEEK Live Entertainment This week Thurs., Fri. New Year's Eve Pearl City Exeter Tavern 58 Main St., N. Exeter, Ont.