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• Sewer extension
is okayed for one
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Two requests were receiv-
ed by Exeter council this
week for sanitary sewer ser-
vices, but only one was ap-
proved.
That was for a sewer to
provide service to a lot on
Highway 83 West for Gregus
Construction.
The firm has agreed to
pay the entire cost of the
Ti3`e`f- project and then
recoup their costs as
neighboring properties serv-
ed by the same line hook in
at a later date.
Mayor Bruce Shaw ad-
vised council that the firm
may never get their money
Enrolments
are down
Huron County's opening
day school enrolments were
down.2.8 per cent from last
year.
There' were 7,140 elemen-
tary school pupils at their
desks Tuesday morning.
down 101 from last year. In
the county's five high
schools. 4.514 students show-
ed up, 128 fewer than in 1977.
There was one less student
enrolled in schools for the
trainable retarded where
the enrolment totals 72.
The figures presented at
Tuesday's board meeting
did not surprise board
members. Board staff had
projected elementary enrol-
ment would- be down 137
students and secondary
enrolment would be up by 23._
students. School superinten-
dent Don Kenwell said those
figures are expected to be in
line. with -board projections
at the end of the month.
"There's usually about 60
l more enrolled by the end of
t September."
\ 'He said some students
have yet to be put on the list
and some will be returning
late from extended summer
jobs, which would account
for the figures being out in
the secondary schlols. Of-
ficial figures for t'he
semester will_be_calculated
by Sept. 30
Central Huron Secondary
School in Clinton is the only
high school in the county to
have an increase in enrol-
ment. The first day of school
saw 12 more students than
last year.
Ottewell
will retire
Councillor Ken Ottewell'
announced this week he
would not be seeking re-
election in this October's.
nomination in Exeter.
He cited "personal
reasons" for his decision
and said he was making the
announcement so the public
would know and there would
be no speculation as•jg his
intentions.
That makes three definite
vacancies on council. Coun-
cillor Steve Pfaff has
already vacated his seat and
Mayor. Bruce Shaw has also
indicated he will not seek
another term in office.
back if other hookups are
not made.
However. he said council
would be remiss in not
providing the service if the
firm is prepared to under-
take the financing. "Our
aim is to provide service to
the town." he noted.
Council agreed to approve
the project if Gregus-signed
an agreement acrd the
engineering 'can be com-
pleted. Approval must also
be received from the
ministry of transportation
and communication.
Council tbrued down a re-
quest from the Masonic
Lodge to provide a sewer
service along William St. for
their new lodge hall located
at the rear of the OPP office
on Highway 4 north.
The Lodge offered to
.prepay their frontage and
also to make a donation to
the town in an amount equal
to their cost about, $1,009 of
installing a lift pump to get
sewage into the existing
sanitary sewer on Highway
4.
Works superintendent
Glenn Kells said the lift
pump would be necessary
because the basement in the
lodge hall is too low for the
sewer on Highway 4. The
basement is to be about 12 -
feet.
He noted that engineering
was not done to extend the.
service_ up William St, and
he said the suggested dona-
tion of $1.000 would not
cover the additional costs in-
volved in the project.
like to accommodate'
them this year. but we'd be
paying through the nose."
commented Councillor Ted r
Wright.
If- was agreed to put the
project on the .priority list
for next year and to have the
necessary engineering done.
Ten' start first
PB kindergarten
The first group of
kindergarten_ students at
Precious 131ooa separate
School. in Exeter attended
classes Wednesday mor-
ning.
School principal Mrs.
Esther Rau said the 10
kindergarten students would
be attending classes each
Wednesday and Friday and
on alternate Mondays.
In former years. Precious
Blood kindergarten students
attended classes at Usborne
Central.
Extensive renovations
have taken place at Precious
Blood' over the summer•
months 'with a resource
room:principal's office and
kindergarten class added.
New members of the staff
this fall are kindergarten
teacher June Holmes,
French teacher Leslie
Holmes and Barry Linden.
Other staff are Mary Ellen
Kot and Sylvia Beierling.
The secretary is -Laura
Brock.
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Tuckersmith hears report
on� subdivision and water
Ken Doig, developer of the
Doig subdivision in Egmond-
ville was at the regular
meeting of Tuckersmith
township council to discuss
some lot size changes that
had been made in. the sub-
division.
He wanted council to see
the. changes before he took
the revised plan to Toronto •
In the one section of the
proposed subdivision he had
previously—received coun-
cil's approval for 14 lots but
he said they (the planners)
had- decided the lots were
too narrow and t8o deep.
Mr. Doig said they had
decided it was better to go
the original 82 foot frontage
with a back of 200 feet in-
stead of 60 foot frontage
with a 264 foot backing.
Instead of the oOinal 14 lots
there will now be 12 to gtive
people more space. Mr.
Doig said. -
In other business, Clerk
Jack MacLachlan told coun-
cillors -there had been some
concern over whether. the
township can supply enough
water to operate a fire
protection sprinkler- system
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Bayfield Boats. Vanastra.
He said the system had
been -tested Ind- produced
1500 gallons at 35 pounds
pressure when the require-
ment would be 1500 pounds
per minute at 100 pounds
pressure. -
A representative of the
sprinkler company told
them they would either have
to bring in a water liner
which would boost pressure
up to 100 pounds or come up
with some modification of
what would have to- be done
back at the water plant.
"The problem is going to
boil down to what rate we
want to go and who's going •
to pay the costs." Mr.
MacLachlan said..
Mr. MacLachlan said the
,biggest hurdle at the present
time was trying to. get the.
problem solved and that he
was only making. them
aware of it.
Harry Dougall had re-
quested that there be some
work done on the Geiger
drain at Lot 2. Concession 3
and council indicated that
proper proceedings for a
municipal drain should be
started. In other drainage
business. Deputy Reeve
Robert Bell told council that
a worker digging out the
Jackson -drain' had found
about 50 cracked -tile. while
digging with histtaAfhoe. .
The operator indicated he
would be willing to do the,
digging for the township if
they would pay for the new
'tiles to be put in and council
agreed. Council also agreed
tli`at while an onsite meeting
for the Broadfoot•drain was
unnecessary sue'h•'a meeting
at the Clark drain was
necessary. .
Letters will go forward to
township residents advising
them .that fences and trees
on municipal property will
have to be removed and con-
structed of fhb-lien-0ertyyfine
within the next 15 days of
receipt of the letter or the
work will be' done by the
municipality, at the owner's
expense.
Building permits were
issued to Joe Bender for an
addition to a barn. Jack
Case.- Lot 13. Plan 10.
Egmondville house and gar-
age; Brian. Wilson. Lot 28,
Concession 3. barn: Doug
Morgan. Part Lot 45.
Concession. 2. mobile hpme
and a demolition permit was
issued to Reeve Ervin
Sillery part lot 31. Plan 8.
Brucefield for a barn.
In. other business- road
superintendent Allan
Nicholson reported that no
tenders had -been received
for snow plows for the south
end of the township but they
:\
He added. that Mark Bell
from the Ministry of the En-
vironment office in London
was going to come to a
meeting and discuss the
alternatives. The Ministry
operates the water, system
in Vanastra.
Councillor Robert Drum-
mond said. "Until we gel
some figures we can't do
much."
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did get a tender from
MacGregor Farms to plow
Vanastra at $25 an hour and
$15 a day standby when not
working. .
Council decided to accept
the tender toplow snow and
told Mr. Nicholson that
since he didn't receive any
tenders on a grader he
should go to one of the
machinery companies and
obtain prices.
Council heard there is a
problem with - dogs on -the
loose and clerk Jack
MacLachlan told councillors
he thought they had the right
man for the job as dog
catcher. He just didn't have
the right vehijle.
It was suggested that it
would be cheapest if the dog
catcher Phil Bradley could
buy . his own trailer with
which to pick Up the dogs.
ou�►eil was told of a
livestock claim from Henry
Klaver.regarding the killing
of three sheep and the injury
of another supposedly from
dogs but decided to defer
any action --for- a couple of
weeks.
GIesk MacLachlan
reported a case where a
-fence had been constructed
two feet . out on township
property and which . had
resulted in complaints that
if this was allowed other
people might extend fences
and trees even further. In,
this event it would be dif-
ficult to keep walkways
. clear.
Charge two
after robbery
Two youths from, Dundas
will appear in Exeter court
Tuesday to face charges of
robbery• with violence in
connection with an incident
near Dashwood August 19.
Paul Milton Day and
Cameron Edward Cole, both
ofDundas were charged after.
19 year-old Ricky Horner of •
Parkhill was struck over the.
head with a beer bottle and
had his car stolen after he
picked up hitch hikers:. -
- An arrest warrant is out
for a third suspect.
Constable. Bill McIntyre- of "
the Exeter OPP detachment
is in charge of the investiga-
tion.
The two now in custody
were denied ball in a
September 5 court'
appearance.
Bylaws get
final okay
Exeter council gave final
reading to three bylaws this
week. one of which per-
mitted Reeve Si Simmons
and J.T. MacFarlane.
owners of the former Maple
Leaf Mills on John St.. to en-
croach onto the sidewalk.
Clerk Liz Bell said the
building encroaches about
three inches onto the. town's
sidewalk and the bylaw was
one that had been used for
-similar encroachments in
the community
While council members
approved the bylaw, they
threw a few jibes at the
Reeve before doing so. -
"Tear it down," Deputy -
Reeve. Don MacGregor
stated after being advised of
the encroachment.
Councillor Ken Ottewell
suggested the property
owners give council a right-
of-way where a garage now
sits in return for• -the en-
croachment approval.
The other bylaws passed
were for the establishment
of sewer charges for the new
services completed,this year
and approval (if an agree-
ment whereby the senior
citizen apartment operation
will now be turned over to
the County -of Iluron.
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Area groups get grant
Huron -Middlesex- MP
McKinley announced' today
those projects from his
constituency which received
grants from the Young
Canada Works Program
approved by the Department ,
of Employment and
Immigration.
The Huron Information
and Multi -Service Center of
Clinton has received a grant
for $28.392 to organize an
information directory of
corttmunity services and to
provide a debt counselling
service. This grant will
provide for three jobs.
Also from Clinton. a grant
was given to the Recreation
lor Special Needs 'Groups.
This project is funded with
$19.110 and will enable them
to: start a program of
aquatics and fitness not only
'for special needs groups; but
other children in the area as
well. This project will
provide three jobs.
The Huron Park Neigh-
bourhood Resource Center
was funded with a grant of
$28,392 and will provide three
jobs for people in the area.
This center • will be
established to run services
and programs designed to
meet the needs of residents -
of the community.
In Bayfield, the Ever
Young Senior Citizens Club
was awarded a grant of
16,279 to renovate the
Hayfield Town Hall in order
to provide a •year-round
facility for the use of the
senior 'club and other
.organizations in field.
This project willploy
three prople.
The Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority has
received a grant for the
amount of $10,465. This -grant
is for the proposed project
Contractor given
10 -clay extension ,
Exetercouneil agreed this
week to grant a 10 -day ex-
tension to Lavis Contracting
on the reconstruction and
paving projects the firm un-
dertook in town this year. •
That. work has now been
completed and the firm will
Probably still end up paying
a $100 -per -day penalty for
about five days. Works
superintendent Glenn Kells
said Tuesday that the firm
was about 1S days over on
the length of time outlined in
the contract.
In their letter to council:
the Clinton•company said the
'delay was caused due to the
fact' one of,the sub-
contractors did hot com-.
plete his work on the pro-
jects in time.
While Kells noted that
council had charged the
penalty- -on- previous- cop,
tracts which went beyond
J
the deadline and that should
be a consideration in the
case at hand, he noted that if
council were too stringent
the firm• may not bid on
other jobs in the future and
this could result in higher
project costs. -
He said the cost to the
town involved the fees that
had to be paid to the
engineering firm to have one .
of their representatives .on -
hand for the extended
period. -
Kells also ndted the firm
had givengoodservice in un-
dertaking a rush paving job
at the rec centre. -
- Council finally agreed to
the extension. but noted that
it was based on the good
cooperation received in the
past from Lavis and not for
the- reasons the firm outlin-
ed in their request.
Nomadiamp at
Ridgetown event
. • Seven families of 'the
Ausable River Nomads
travelled to the Ridgetown
fairgrounds• to attend the
Ontario • Provincial
Association Fall Campout
which was. hosted by the
Essex and Kent chapters of
N.C.II.A-
Those attending were the
Meikles: Armstrongs:
Webbers: McMurtries;
Brooms, Ersmans and
Ca !dwells..
Activities for theweek-end
Included: hospitality: adult
ane childrens games:
opening ceremonies: dan-
ces: church service and
project sales.
Several of the, families
came home with draw prizes
and gifts.
The Ontario Provincial
Association iO.P.A. teen
queen was also cliosen on the
week -end. The 'Ausable
River Nomads will be
hosting the O.Y.A. Spring
Campout May 18, 19. 20. 21.
1979. with upwards to 500
units attending.
called the Technical
Watershed Planning Phase
2. which will expand on its
maple syrup project and
construct park equipment
and birdhouses. In addition it
will provide funding for five
jobs.
In Grand Bend the Huron
CountrT Playhouse will
receive $6,;179 'for the
dismantling and relocation
of an'historic chapel to serve
as a museum and small gift
shop. This project will
provide. three jobs.„
The final grant approved
was for the South Huron and
District Association for the
Mentally Retarded of Dash-
wood. They received $5,620
for the development and
expansion of`servtces ifferts8
in this area for the mentally
retarded. This project will
employ three people.
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