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Times -Advocate, October 5, 1978
Lucan
and district news
Water rates to be revised,
den.ti
no change for res al
The wheels were put in
motion Tuesday night -for the
revision of rates for users of
the village of Lucan
municipal waiter system
A resolution was passed
authorizing_ the immediate
increase in the price of bulk
water purchased at the
water tower
The old price of 25 cents
per foo gallons is being
doubled to 50 cents for the
same quantity
At the same time clerk Ed
Melanson was instructed to
prepare a bylaw to increase
the village commercial rates
and alt rates to out -of -village
users. -
. The bxlaay which needs
Ontario :11untcipat Board
approval would set the out of
village residential rate at S8
per' month.
The outside of Lucan
commerkial rate which' will
include farm animal
operations will b'16 S8 for the'
•first 4.000 gallons. 75 -cents
per thousand tor the next
50.000 gallons. 65 cents on the
next 50.000 gallons and, 55
cents per thousand on the
balance. •
The in -village -commercial
rate will he S4 for the first
'4.000 gallons and the rates on
the next three units of 50.mio
gallons will he tit), 5i► and 40 -
cents per thousand gallons.'
respectively.•
The residential water rate
for Lucan consumers will
remain at S4 per month.
Reeve IN an Hearn and
councillors Larry Hotson
and \uriii Steeper said the
residential rate should be
tett as it is
Hearn Commented "11.e -
must
11.e`must remenib r..that if we
need capital expenditures in
the future it's our own
taxpayers who will bear the '
cost They should. not be
charged extra now
Steeper agreed saying.
"The people outside the
village who are not con-.
trtbuhng to out' tax Kase are
nol paying their lair share.-
:} survey on water rates.
prepared by Hot son and
Sleeper showed that Lucan's
residential rate of $4 per
month is by tar the lowest in
the area
other monthly ra tes
quoted were Exeter S7.68.
Parkhill 9. St. Marys S6 and,
London township $9 20
Folio vtng are oh-
servations Included in the
report
'}'lie reported impending •
►►..iter shortage in the Village
is riot likely to.be ton serious
possibly f or .the nett five-
' ears' or longer
Th.e -to services estimated
as our remaining capacity
does not include an ap-
proximate 80-90 services
reserved torr housing;. --in
proposed subdivision
agreements.. however: the
torts existing should be
reserved for Village use as -
much as p►hsthte
''he current housing
market would semi to in-
dicate that marry services
will not be requir'ed.for some
tune .
This does not suggest we
can •1orgel pending ikater
problems 1t dens. however.
seem to buy time for us to
establish healthy capital
reserves, to enact and en-
force conservation methods.
and possibly investigate to
advantage areas of future
supply it needed
Objectives are : to build
capital r‘eseryes to help meet
tti4� costs 01future ex-
pansions.
Review and enforce_ by
laves related to water con-
servation
Maintain at>rriurate reports
/in water consumption arid
seek ways to discourage
waste and thereby lower the
per capita_ consumption
The reported average per
capita consumption is 95-190
gallons.' per day The
desirable has been suggested
as 65 gallons per capita.
Suspected causes for the
higher than average •cons
sumption are seasonal lawn
-s►atering. feed' lots, high
rural sales from the tower. a
previously high consumption
at the 01(1 arena. commercial
.operations that use water as
part of their normal
procedures andswimming
pools. -
High losses
in crashes
Damages were high in
seven accidents investigated
this week by officers of the
Lucan detachment of the
Ontario Provu1eutl Police.
They amounted le $18300.
The highest damages of
$6,000 were inflicted Monday
at 7.50 a.m. when yehtc•Ies
driven by ('indyyll'ees, Lucan
and Naznii Qahwash,
London collided on Highway
4. south of the Medway
bridge Constable W.T.
Hodgins investigated:
Saturday vehicles driven
by -Peter -1). Dingle, Kin-'
car•dine and Ralph McComb,
London were in collision on
Highwat 4 at County road 5.
('ogstable D.R. Vance listed
damages at S3.000.
4.7onstable G.J. Barker,
•listed damages at $.500 when
a car driven by Hans
Geertsen, K.N. 2 -Lucan left
County road 23 at Concession
12-13 in London township
The mishap occurred
Thursday at 5.i0 a.m.
The first of three Wed-
nesday accidents occurred
at 1.30 .p.m. at the in-
tersectionof Highways 4 and
7 at'Etginfield. The drivers
involved were Jan C'am-
bridge. H.R. 3 Merton and
Norman Patrick London.
Constable W.R. Dishes
estimated damages at 54.000.
At 6 25 p.m. a vehicle
driven by Rhea VanderLoo
K.K. 4. Denfield was
damaged to the. extent of
S1.000 when it left County
ro, London township_
(' isG.N. Wilcox .in-
vestigated.
Only five minutes later.
vehicles driven by. Pieter
• Bakker. Lucan. and Henry
Jack Vander Loof. R.R. 1
Arca collided on Highway 4.,
just north of the._northerly
limits of London. Damages
were. listed at S1.706 by,
Constable Barker:
OFF TO HAWAII • -
Don't forget toconie to the
Travelogue on Hawaii
'featuring four Islands,
tonight. Thursday. al 8 p.rn.
in the Church.
Your help is -needed for
next Sunday in supplying the -
flowers. fruits and
vegetables. grains, etc.. to
decorate [or the
Thanksgiving service.
Please leave them at' the
church on Saturday.
General U.C.W. next
Tuesday evening t)ctober 10
at 8 p.m..when Mr. and Mr
- Alt Williams 4vilt'lalk to the
members about their life in
Trinidad.
• - A leader for the Explorers
is still needed. Please call'
Mr. Brown at 227-1143. if you
can help.
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READY FOR HOCKEY -- Lucan and area youngsters signed up Saturday for fiou-se league
hockey sponso•ed by the Lucan lions club. Above, Lion Gary Manders takes the registration of
•Donny Sharp T -A photo
More than 12,000 attend
Weather great for fair
The weatherman smiled
on fhe Merton Fair for most
of Saturday and record
crowds en)nyed the 127th
edition of one of Western
Ontario's top exhibitions..
The crowd was estimated
at more than 12.009. They
carne early and Tined the
streets for an excellent
morning parade and stayed
late. al least until the rains
carie about 4 :to p.m.
The fair -actually opened
Friday night with a talent
show. Queen conte - and calf
club show and e.
Kim Grigg, 2 years of age
trona Denfield was named
Queen of the Fair.
The championship steer
was shown by George
Earley. It ryas purc•tiased at
apublie auction o1 all calves
by Les's Meats of Ailsa
Craig tor SI ox per pound.
.:\ nuruber in dignitaries
were on lLie platform when.
the fair was nt1icially opened
following the Saturday
parade by cornier CFPL
larni editor Roy Jewell.
Assisting Jewell were fair
president It,:,rden Worn -
held. London Township reeve
Garnet Bloomfield, 'NIP?
Itob Eaton. MP Larry
Condon. Middlesex warden
icy McCallum and ladies
pre, dent Mrs.- 'Harold
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Mrs. Hugh Morenz. "RR 2.
Dashwooll ryas thelop'point
getter in the handiwork
division of the ladies fair.
OIher•w•inners were: canned
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Engagement and wedding rings adherin fr'traditioii
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fashions on Saturday October 21 from 12 to 9 p.m.
aid Sunday October 222 from I to 6 p.m., at the
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P.S Royal Doulton of England will exhibit a selection of their
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fruits and vegetables. Mrs.
Lawrence Mann. RR 1,
Ilderton: food. Norma
Marshall RI( 4. Denfield:
senior flowers, Jean Don-
nelly, RR 4 Denfield and
junior flowers Krista White,
RR 4, Denfield.
Beef cattle winners- were
}Wayne Mew hinney, RR 2,
Paisley: Calvert Farris,
London: Robert Manning,
:lift: '.I1cCart and Sons. RR
1, Newbury.
• Best in dairy cattle were
Medway - Farms, RR 3.
Ilderton: Sleegerdale
Farms, RR 2, Belmont:
Ilarold Smith t R• 3,
}}goofing and Mason
Fletcher. RR l.•Ildc rlon.
Best , in the sheep com-
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McTaggart and Robert
\1ueller. ' both of Aplin.
Leading in the hog classes
were Jan Van Vliet, RR 2.
Brussels, Hugh hart, RR 1.•-
Gadshill and :Vary Beth
McRae. RR 1. Denfield.
Major prir-e winners in the
goat section were Stan and
Joanne Dindsdale.
Burgessville:1;rant Howley.
RR 2.. Caledonia: Morna
Mouritzen, RR 4, Denfield:
Toggenburg, Lyne and
Wayne Sanders. RR 1. Ailsa
Craig: Halycon Farms.
Denfield: .Jeff Kent. RR 2.•
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