Times-Advocate, 1981-08-06, Page 1Iensull annexation is approved
The Village of Hensall will
almost double in size as a
result of an Ontario
Municipal Board decision
this week approving the
application to annex 201
acres from the Township of
Hay.
The village now consists of
212 acres and the annexation
order will be effective on
January 1, 1982.
"The Board is satisfied
that the result of the annexa-
tion would be for the benefit
of all concerned," com-
mented Vernon Singer, Q.C.,
in his decision and he com-
mended the council for the
efforts expended to explore
and satisfy the expressions
of concern put forward by
certain residents of the
TASTES DIFFER — When the Exeter playground youngsters
entertained their parents at a wiener and marshmallow roast
it was found that some of the youngsters had different taste
and eating preferences. Above, Neil Freebairn enjoys his
marshmallow well-done and a bit at a time, while Cory
Eveland enjoys his on the rare side and in one gulp.
property to be annexed.
"The Board has no doubt
that these expressions of
concern were genuine and
appropriate but feels they
have to a large part been
answered at this hearing,"
he stated.
While four property
owners in the area to be
annexed submitted written
objections, only Bill Freeth
and Harold Elliott gave
evidence at the hearing.
Comment in the OMB
report, which was received
by Clerk Betty Oke on Fri-
day by courier, was as
follows:
The Township of Hay, in
which the lands proposed to
be annexed are situate, con-
sents to the annexation.
Hope to avoid
OMB hearing
Faced with the prospect of
a third Ontario Municipal
Board hearing in the past
year. Exeter council
members this week
expressed the hope that the
hearing could be avoided.
"These things are costly,"
noted Mayor Bruce Shaw,
Wednesday. when notice was
received that the OMB has
set September :1 for a
hearing of the town's
restricted area bylaw 10.
The bylaw covers expanded
uses for the Hawleaf
Developments Ltd. shopping
centre at the intersection of
Highways 4 and 83. Council
had approved of the new list
of uses. but an objection has
been filed by BP over the
plan to include a gas bar in
the new uses permitted at
the shopping centre.
Deputy -clerk Laurie
Dykstra said she had been
in touch with solicitor Mike
Mitchell and the latter said
he would try to work
something out to avoid the,
necessity of the hearing.
Solicitors for Hawleaf had
previously suggested that
the gas bar be deleted from
the bylaw and then passed as
a new bylaw so the other
uses could be approved.
That suggestion was
referred to the town's
planning board, but they
failed to get a quorum for
their last meeting when the
topic was to be discussed.
The Village of Hensall in
in the County of Huron; it is
about 212 acres in area, 80
precent of which is in
residential use and has - a
population of 962.
The property proposed to
be annexed is in the
Township of Hay, has an
area in Lot 19 of 101 acres
and in Lot 22 of 100 acres.
Lot 19 immediately abuts
the south limit of the village,
and Lot 22, the north limit.
The Board is satisfied that
this application implements
major planning policies of
both the Official Plan for the
County of Huron and the
secondary plan for the
Village of Hensall and that
there is now hardly any
developable land left in Hen-
sall. It is important that
more land now be added for
the various reasons set out.
Public meetings took
place at which the proposed
annexation was discussed
and explained. When objec-
tions were raised, substan-
tial 'efforts were made to
satisfy the concerns of the
objectors. Only two objec-
tors gave evidence at this
hearing. •
Full and complete
evidence has satisfied the
Board that the financial con-
cerns arising from the
annexation are not of great
importance. The estimated
changes in taxation rates
which would result are. in
the Board's opinion,
minimal.
Servicing of the lands ac-
quired presents no problem
to the village if future
development takes place.
The Board accepts the
evidence of the village's con-
sulting engineer in these
matters.
Concern wat) expressed by
two of the owners of proper-
ties at the south end of Lot
19.. Concession 1, Hay
Township that they might be
forced to accept and pay for
municipal sewer and water
services. The Board is
satisfied that there is
neither any necessity at the
present time for such an
event, nor any intention on
behalf of Hensall to insist
that this be done. The cost of
such hoq�ting up would be
substantial, and since the
present systems are ade-
quate, there is absolutely no
necessity that it be done.
Concerns were expressed
as well about mail delivery.
The evidence of the post-
master at Hensall clearly
removes fear that rural
delivery to the four
residences at the south end
of Lot 19 will be affected.
A tentative proposal had sion that might be developed
been made to Hensall about in IA 19. Any concerns
a proposed Plan of Subdivi- about such a proposal are at
this time premature. The
lands are not yet in the
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QUEEN OF FRIEDSBURG — Sally Ford, 17, was crowned Friedsburg Queen in Dashwood Friday night. Sally, front row
centre, is surrounded by her court. First runner up, Lisa Miller, 16, is front right and second runner yr), lane Hendrick,
16, is front left. Back row: Rosemary Gielen, Sandy Balmer, Alice Dietrich, and Julie Miller all 16 Staff photo
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EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 6, 1981
Price per copy 40 Cents
Campbell blasts feds
Bids are called on
surplus equipment
The Town of Exeter has
called tenders on 11 pieces of
excess equipment. ranging
from tractors to filing
cabinets.
The list has been compiled
by works superintendent
Glenn Kells and is included
in this issue. Tenders will be
received up to August 24.
Asked if there was any
estimate on the value of the
equipment. Kells said after
the meeting that would only
be determined when bids
were received.
The list includes three
tractors. a flail mower, a
couple of electric motors
and a filing cabinet.
The electric motors are
redundant with council's
approval this week of a
works committee decision to
purchase anew submersible
pump for the Marlborough
pumping station. The 48 h.p.
engine will cost
approximately $9.000.
"The advantage of this
new pump would be long
lasting and no service for
many years." the works
committee report noted.
Other items approved in
the works committee report
were as follows
Investigation of the cost of
rivet strips to be placed on
Huron St. in the vicinity of
Victoria Park to warn
motorists of the fact
children are playing in the
area and to slow drivers
down.
Authorized that B.M. Ross
& Associates carry out a
hydrogeological invest-
igation and plans for
development and operation
of the Exeter waste disposal
site. Jay Campbell reported
this would include a
topographical map, site
maps to show existing
conditions and a written
submission of future
capacity and the life
expectancy of the dump in
Hay Township. He said funds
had been set aside in the
current budget for the study
as the request from the
ministry of the environment
had been anticipated •
Agreed to contact the
county week inspector in
reference to the weed
problem along the CN
railway track.
Area man
goes to jail
A Granton area man was
sentenced to 30 days in jail
when he appeared before
Judge W. G. Cochrane in Ex-
eter court, Tuesday.
Darin Frederick Taylor,
RR 2 Granton, pleaded guil-
ty in the theft of a motor
vehicle on July 12 from a
Bruce County residence.
The accused had been in
custody for nine months and
was on parole and told the
court he was under the in-
fluence of alcohol when he
stole the vehicle.
In view of his past record,
Judge Cochrane imposed the
jail term.
Donald Oliver, St. Marys,
was fined $300 or 30 days and
had his licence suspended
for three months after
pleading guilty to driving a
motor vehicle while his
blood alcohol lexceeded legal
limits.
He had been stopped for
driving at a high rate of
speed on May 22 and a
breathalizer test gave a
reading of 180 mgs. Oliver
was given 90 days in which to
pay the fine.
John Ivan Barrett, Exeter,
who appeared for sentencing
on a charge of misleading
police. was fined $300 or 30
days, and also given 90 days
in which to pay.
He had been previously
found guilty on the charge
arising from an incident
when three vehicles were
damaged on the parking lot
of Club Albatross in Huron
Park.
Barrett had made restitu-
tion in the amount of $200 in
the incident.
In the only other case dis-
posed of at the court session,.
Keith Gordon Scott, RR 2
Crediton, was given a con-
ditional discharge and plac-
ed on probation for six
months on a charge of mis-
chief.
The 17 -year-old had
damaged a fence and
speakers at a drive-in
theatre and had made
restitution in the amount of
$170.
In the only case heard by
Justice of the Peace Douglas
Wedlake in this week's
court, an Exeter man was
fined $53 for failing to report
an accident.
William L. Medd pleaded
guilty to the charge laid as a
result of an accident at Les
Pines Motel parking lot on
July 18. Medd said he was
not aware of hitting the
other vehicle. Damage in the
accident was listed at $50.
TOUGH TEST -- Dave Robinson shows the strain that goes
into arm wrestling. He made it to the final in his division at
Dashwood, but lost out to Joe Ford for the title.
Only two crashes
in holiday period
Only two collisions' were
reported in the area over the
Civic holiday weekend
period. despite heavy traffic.
There were two others dur-
ing the week investigated by
the Exeter OPP and two
people sustained minor in-
juries.
Two of the crashes were
on Wednesday, the first in-
volving vehicles driven by
Theresa Grirnrninch, RR 3
IAlcan, and Nancy McCurdy,
RR 1 Centralia. They collid-
ed on concession 6-7 at
sideroad 4-5 of Usborne
Township.
Damage was set at $625
and the Lucan area lady suf-
fered minor injuries.
The other Wednesday
collision occurred on
Highway 4 south of Hensall
and involved vehicles
operated by Murray Connol-
Iv. RR 3 Kippen, and Willard
Buchanan. Hensall Damage
was set at $1.000.
The first of the weekend
crashes was on Saturday on
concession 2-3 of Hay. north
of Highway 83. Drivers in-
volved were Glen Dale. St.
Marys. and David Campbell.
RR 1 Exeter.
The other accident was on
Monday when vehicles
driven by Hclge Jensen, RR
2 Crediton. and Jeffrey
Amos. collided on County
Road 2 south of Highway 83.
Antos suffered minor in-
juries.
Economy in real trouble
Exeter Councillor Jay
Campbell said this week he
agrees with the opinion that
unless there are major
changes in the policy of the
Trudeau government.
Canada will not recover
from the economic situation
in which it presently finds
itself.
That opinion came from
the editor of the Financial
Times.
Campbell said at
Tuesday's council session
that the federal government
is completely out of touch
with what people of the
nation are being asked to
endure with a national postal
strike and interest rates
ranging upwards to 25
percent
The local jeweller. also
took exception to a recent
suggestion by the Hon.
Andre Ouillet that the postal
strike is not adversely
affecting small business.
It's incredulous that
someone could be so
dumb." Campbell said.
He• agreed that his
business could get along
without postal service. but it
would double the overhead
and that in turn would either
DON'T FRET
Exeter residents losing
sleep over the fact the mail
strike may delay their tax
notices can take heart.
Mayor Bruce Shaw
announced this week that the
tax notices are at the town
offices and residents can
pick them up there so they'll
know how much they have to
pay when the September 15
deadline rolls around
Now. doesn't that make
you feel gaud'
have to he absorbed or
passed on to the consumer.
Campbell said he had
asked other local business
people their opinion on the
cabinet minister's
comments and they had
quickly suggested that
Ouillet obviously does not
understand the disastrous
effects of the postal -strike on
small business.
"He should consider more
carefully before he speaks
again... Campbell
commented.
In another comment at the
conclusion of this week's
council session. Campbell
had some good words about
the recent children's
workshop held at the Huron
Country Playhouse.
He said his children had
attended along with several
other local youngsters and
he was impressed with the
talent displayed.
Cruisers damaged
in Exeter chase
A 16 -year-old Exeter youth
was arrested early Sunday
morning after two town
police cruisers were damag-
ed in a chase. The youth was
lodged in Stratford jail pen-
ding a bail hearing in
Goderich on charges of
criminal negligence with a
motor vehicle. impaired
driving and obstructing
police
The incident started about
F00 a.m.. Sunday. when
Constable Kevin Short
attempted to stop a youth
driving a van in downtown
Exeter The van rammed
the side of the cruiser and
drove away at a fast rate of
speed with the police cruiser
in pursuit.
The officer discontinued
the pursuit as he had
recognized the driver. but a
short time later the van
returned to town. being
driven in an erratic manner
and consquently Constable
Dan Kierstead came to
assist Constable Short.
The two set up roadblocks
"It does my heart good
to see our kids involved," he
said of the theatre program.
at several_locations. but fail-
ed to halt the driver of the
van and both cruisers were
rammed in the process.
After 30 minutes the
suspect was arrested.
Damage to the two town
cruisers has been set at
about $4.000 and the van
sustained damage listed at
$1.200
One accident was also in-
vestigated by the town
police. it occurring on Fri-
day on Main St. near
Sanders Drivers involved
were Eric Drost. HR 2 Gran-
ton. and Ronald Chapman.
RR 2 Aylmer Minor injuries
were sustained by Barbara
Chapman and damage was
estimated at $400 by
Constable Kierstead.
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BEST ENTERTAINERS -- The Bedard Family of St. Joseph were the top entertoiners at the Friedsburq talent show.
Elizabeth, Gerard, Mary Margaret and Charlie showed their versatility. Staff photo
NEW CLERIC - The Rev.
John Obeda was recently in-
stalled as pastor of Exeter's
Peace Evangelical Lutheran
Church. He began his
ministry 26 years ago in Tim-
mins and has now come from
West Lorne. Since he will also
be serving as chaplain in the
London hospitals, he and his
wife. Marian, and their three
teenage sons will reside at
458 Costlegrove Blvd. in ton•
don In recent years, Peoce
congregation hos been serv•
ed by students in their
seminary training and even
though his time is divided.
Rev Obedo says he looks
forward to serving the local
congregation.
Won't see trees
through the forest
Exeter may soon
challenge London for the
title of the 'Forest City" or
lav claim to Chatham's
handle ot •• The City of
Trees
Tuesday night. council
approved sponsoring a
program with the Roy Scouts
in their Trees for Canada
Program .and also
authorized the purchase of
30 trees from the \usable
Baytreld Conservation
Authorrt in .1 program
hang considered by that
body
It was further .announced
that the '•r''-< that will he
planted in . onrunction with
Inc I'1 e :lest year have
already teen ordered and
Mazar Bruce Shaw
reminded MOM hers there
may already he a motion on
the hoicks :authorizing the
planting ot ! aha other trees
this yt,ar
Und'e'r the Bnv Scout
program the lads receive
trees tree .iia Pet/ pir
sponsor than to he planted
on their property Possible
planting are, for the town
could he alone the drive \‘,15
into the landtrll site ua Lias
Townshi p
There was no indication ot
what cost was involved in
the program
The 30 trees from the
Conservation .Authority will
cost a total of S'so hut it will
be some titre hefore they
alleviate council < annual
planting program with trees
that cost about 00 each.
Works Superintendent Glenn
Kells said the trees from the
Authority wouldn't be of a
size to transplant for
goss�Rtblyy 10 years
t Campbell a mernber
of the Authority said the
group plans to ,:for trees at
cost
o member
municipalities .and the
project ss:: : oceed if
enough e.panse is
indicated
The p.c s.rh-committee
has rc c ,,n tr rdect that the
trees he :Lined locally at
the !agoor farm and the
scout !Lit 'r. lolin St \V
The 000 trees to which
the M,n or referred were
c en'. seed hes;+rd . in a
ntotaor made by Councillor
Rall \tickle earlier this year.
H, se es rr Mrckle said he
h.,.' on,' suggested council
Ce • int,, the tree planting
t t e n•ettne somewhat
o • , s!y that with a
•-5 e;t of black
I t.ases could he
,, t.nitaally
He ,a,i1 he didn't think he
• 1'•.ute mention of anv
1 . sac ,amount and
. ,,ped whether it had in
hcen approved by
council