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Set water rates for Centralia, Crediton
The township of Stephen
has received permission
from the Ontario Municipal
Board to advertise the rates
and information concerning
the proposed water systems
for the police villages of
Centralia and Crediton.
Clerk Wilmer Wein said
this week that an ad will
appear in next- week's TA
informing residents of the
two villages of the ap-
proximate costs of the
projects.
Wein said that any person
wishing to appeal any part of
the proposals has 21 days
from the time of the notice to
do so in person or by
registered mail.
The water would he
provided by an extension of
the line from the Grand Bend
water plant which already
• runs as far u Khiva and then
north to Dashwood.
The new line will follow the
county road through
Crediton and palt Huron
Park to entralla.
The estimated costs for the
two villages are based on
annual payments for 20
years. The frontage charge
on an average lot of 20
inetres would be $138.80 or
*6945 metre, the connection
charge would be 858.48 and
the water usage fee would be
00. This would - mean an'
annual charge 01 8265.28.
The Stephen clerk said ,
attempts will be made at the
local !eve!'" through the
township and village
trusteesto settle any appeals
or complaints.
If this cannot be achieved
they will be forwarded to the
Ontario Municipal Board
and hearings could be held.
In a similar situatidn when
the Dashwood system was
installed about a year ago, a
number ofcomplaints were
received and they were
settled without an OMB
hearing.
In addition to appeals,
officials would be also in-
terested In hearing from
persons who are in favour of
the water projects in the two
areas.
At a recent Meeting, road
superintentlent Eric Fink-
, beiner was instructed to call
tenders for the supply,
crushing and spreading of
road gravel for 1982. The
work ,Is to be done in Sep-
tember. •
• A grant Of 113,000 was made
to the Grand Bend-Stephen-
Bekaa:pet cemetery board.
A number et 'township
vehicles were sold by tender.
A 1977 International truck
withootogrveirw Ov/ went to Jack
Van fOr $4,200; Peter
Deily gets a 11117 Chet, pickup
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for $1,800 and a 1966 Chev
goes to Wayne Glanville for
2265.
Road superintendent Fink-
beiner will be attending a -
Municipal Transportation
Energy seminar in London .
April and clerk Wein will go
to a tax collectors strainer in
Burlington May 13 and 14. '
During a special drains
meeting, _the Sitter
municipal drain and im-
provement was
provisionally adopted and
the preliminary proposal 'of
the Faulder, Nagel, Muller THAT'S MY SCORE -- Big Brother official Al Rankin is checking over the scores .erorrh•rf
drain and extemion was by entertainer lee Paul; Huron Park fire chief Norm Hyde and Canadian Conner, m000nor
provisionidly accepted.. Jack Urquhart during Sunday's Bowl for Millions. T A photo
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Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
& North Lambton Since 1873
SMALL CARNIVAL
characters will
Hollywood theme.
CHARACTERS
be participating
Shown in costume
— A variety of animals and
in Saturday's annual Exeter\figure skating
are Trey& and Tin.p Taylor and Adam Hern
film and
carnival
One Hundred and Ninth Year '
EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 24, 1982
Price Per Copy 50 cents
Tinney new authority chairman,
municipal levies up five percent
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Jack Tinney of Hay
township was named
chairman of the Ausable-
Bayfielti Conservation
Authority in lAican, Thur-
sday afternoon,
Tinney, a 15 year veteran
of the Authority and a for-
mer Huron warden won the
position by acclamation
when present chairman Ivan
Hearn of Lucan said he .
would -step down. •
Vice-chairman Bob Austin
of Arkona declined the
nomination for chairman
because of personal reasons,
but, was defeated by Gordon
Johnson of Blanshard
township as 1982 vice -
television chairman,
with a In other elections the three
T A photo
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Epp among exceptions
Area voters back winner -
The majority of delegates
from Huron -Middlesex; like
many representatives from
southwestern Ontario
ridings, supported second
ballot winner, David
Peterson, in his quest for te
leadership of the Ontario
Liberal Party, this weekend
at the Sheraton' Centre in
Toronto. '
Along with Huron -
Middlesex MPP, Jack
Riddell, the delegates felt
that Peterson espoused a
strong policy That could deal
with Ontario's economic
woes - unemployment,
business closures and farm
bankruptcies - as well as
lead the Liberal party from
the forty year frustrations of
opposition to electroral
victory in the provincial
election expected in 1984.
As well, they felt that with
his renouned economic and
-organizational skills he could
Skate show
Saturday
Hollywood stars in Exeter..
That's right. The theme of
Saturday's annual Exeter
figure skating carnival at
the South Huron Rec Centre
will he the world of film
stars.
The more than 140
members of the local
skating, club will be par-
ticipating in 3 close to two
hour show in colourful
costumes depicting a variety
of entertainers.
One of the features include
Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs. Also skating will be
Mary Poppins, the Wizard of
Oz. Miss Piggy, Kermit
along with scarecrows, frogs"
and chickens.
EXeters own precision
skating team will be in ac-
tion and the guest skater will
he Scott Grover of the
Preston skating club. He
was ninth place finisher in
the novice division in the re-
cent Canadian cham-
pionships held. at Brandon,
Manitoba.
Two shows will be
presented at 2 p.m. Saturday
afternoon and again at 7.30
in the evening.
Agnes Aunger and Barb
McLelland are the carnival
co-chairmen, M.J. Chanyi is
club resident and the
teaching professionals are
Marg Carey, Rick Pettit and
Jeff Loostey.
rejuvenate the party
financially both at the
constituency- and provincial
level.
One noted exception to the
local allegiance to Peterson,
at the convention was Exeter
-Deputy-Reeve, Alvin Epp,
who backed Hamilton Centre
MPP and Liberal labour
critic, Sheila Copps in her
bid for the party helm. "She
has proven to me she can win
in the trenches. She can win
for us in the urban areas as
well as in- the north" said
Epp before Peterson's
victory was announced.
Between ballots Sunday,
Riddell made a plea to
delegates for financial
assistance to fight "the big
blue machine."
"It is obvioui that Davis'
success can be attributed to
spending money from that
bottomless reservoir of the
Tory treasury. We have to
fight fire with fire" he told
close to 2,100 delegates.
AYritilikettitrettlecrt
Donald Lithgow heads the
Conservation areas board
with Carleton Bryson as
vice-chairman.
Back as Watershed
Management chairman is
Bill Thirlwall with Cecil
Desjardine taking over as
vice-chairman while Frank
McFadden returns as
Community Relations
chairman with vice-'
chairman Wilson Hodgins.
In his final report after
three years as Authority
chairman, Ivan Hearn said
the conversion to a general
manager in May of 1981 with
the appointment of Tom
Prout has proven to be a
very wise decision.
PLAQUE PRESENTED — Bob Fisher presents a Zurich plaque to Hansiora Schcept of filo
Dubendorf Bantam team. Fisher is a Zurich councilman and president of the Ivrich chamber
of commerce.
Calls him heavyweight
Riddell likes Timbre!'
The recent appointment of
Dennis Timbrell as Ontario
Minister of Agriculture has
been well received by Huron -
Middlesex MPP Jack Rid-
dell.
Riddell who is the Liberal
agriculture critic told the T-
A Thursday, "I look for very
positive things from Tim-
brell." He continued,
"Recent Minister Bill
Newman and Lorne Hen-
derson have been criticized
severely and I feel Premier
Davisrealizes the
agricultural profile has
suffered since the days of
Bill Stewart." .
"Timbrell may not have
farm background but with
Deputy Minister Duncan
Allan the Ministry has two
very high profile people with
heavy clout in the cabinet,"
added Riddell.
The local MPP went on to
say, "When Timbrell took
over asMinister of Health he
said he would put an end to
the small hospital closings
Hearn said the 39 Con-
servation authorities now
have a united front at the
provincial level with an
executive director and have
proVhfed.:dlrect. benefits to
the individual boards.
The retiring chairman
continued, "Base level
funding from the Ministry of
Natural Resources continues
to decrease. This along with
inflation makes it difficult
for us to initiate new
projects. -
In 1982 the Authority will
have to closely assess its
'priorities,- reduce main-
tenance costs and liase
closer- with participating
municipalities. Over the last
three years the general levy.
iota gone up only five per-
cent.
In his watershed
management' report, Bill
Thirlwall said the Port
Franks flood plain study was
completed, preliminary
engineering 'done. on the
Bayfield River road project
to correct slumping of the
road and slope and in-
stallation of a concrete
mattress sluice to stall
erosion at the Stewart Gully.
From conservation areas
chairman Don Lithgow,
members learned of in-
creased use by the public of
the conservation areas at
Rock Glenn and Parkhill.
Lithgow continued, "The
Ministry is giving preference
to water related projects
rather than recreational so
1982 appears to be the year to
re -assess our needs and
requirements in the face of
continued financial
restraint."
Corrimunity relations
chairman Frank McFadden
said the outdoor education
component continues to be
popular among watershed
schools.
He said Camp Sylvan was
booked nearly to capacity
during 1981 and special
events planned by the
Au$hority were also
generally well received.
The 1982 budget presented
by secretary -treasurer
Dorothy Morley in the
amount -of $946,227 was
'accepted b Authority
members.-
The new figure is an in-
crease of about 20 percent
over the 1181 'amount of
$777,044.
Levies paid by the 32
participating municipalities
and he did."
"He is a heavyweight in
cabinet and will broaden his
horizons and rural exposure
and should do more for
agriculture than anyone
since the days of Bill
Stewart."
According to Riddell,
Timbrell has already set up
meetings with a number of
farm organizations in an
attempt to get a better un-
derstanding of farm
problems.
Bowlers
get grant
A New Horizons grant of
$8,350 for Exeter has been
announced by Health and
Welfare Minister Monique
Begin.
The grant will be used by
the Exeter Lawn Bowling
Club to renovate Vie the
greens .and the clubhouse.
The facility is used by senior
groups as well as lawn
bowlers. •
New Horizons is a
federal government
program that enables retired
people to cieate projects of
their own choosing. It offers
grants to groups who un-
dertake activities for the
benefit of themselves and
others in their community.
The accent is on local needs
is seen by older people and
on their willingness to meet
such needs.
have been increased by five,
percent to ;131,851.
General manager Tom.
Prout said this was the first
rise in the local levy in two
years. This year levies will
be based on provincial
equalized assessments and
Prout indicated the amounts
would be Up for some
municipalities and down for
others.
Broken down, $208,900 has
been budgeted for ad-
ministration, $396,327 for
water and related land
management, $50,100 for
conservation and recreation
NEW AUTHORITY CHAIRMAN — Jack Tinney of Hay township was named rha,,man ot
the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority at Fridays meeting in tura° Al,
chairman Ivan Hearn congratulates chairman Jack Tinney and new vice-choirrron
Johnston from Blanshard township. • T A pbotc•
Water budget increases,
but stand pat on rates
The proposed budget for
the Exeter PUC waterworks
department was accepted at
the commission's February •
meeting, Tuesday.
Manager Hugh Davis said
the budget was not the type a
manager likes to present to a
utility.
The main item on the
capital budget is the
proposed replacement of a
six inch cast iron water main
with a six inch main or
ductile iron, along Gidley
Street between Main and
Senior Streets.
The cost of the work is
estimated at $54,492.
Davis pointed out the job
would not increase revenue
for the PUC, nor improve the
service, but he noted there
had been about 25 breaks in
this area and one of the
breaks last year cost almost
$1,000 to repair.
He said a large part of the
cost of the project would be
repairing the road- surface
. after the job was completed.
Included in the capital
budget is the balance of
payments on the springs
main pumphouse for $10,500.
Davis noted the job cost
considerably more than
projected.
Though estimated to cost
$130,610, the pumphouse
project's actual costs will be
closer to $160,000. Of this,
$149,048 was paid in 1981.
Commissioners questioned
the need for an allocation of
$3,112 to double glaze win-
dows and add ventilators for
the diesel generators at the
main pumphouse.
Davis said he added an
item to the capital budget
every year to cut down on the
PUC's energy needs for
heating.
Bruce Shaw suggested the
PUC look into the costs of
simply bricking up the
windows and leaving suf-
ficient space for the
necessary ventilation.
The PUC also allocated
826,000 to repaint the interior
of the town's elevated tank.
Davis reminded the com-
mission that a study done
last spring indicated the' tank
was due for repainting.
He noted the water system
would be run on a "closed
system" so that the tank
could be emptied to repaint
it. He said the job would take
about three weeks and would
be done in April or May
during anoff-periodfor water
dernand.
Other expenditures in the
proposal include 86,600 for
new water services (of which
S2,750 is recoverable from
the services); *8,300 for
insulation at the main
pumphouse and filtration
plant; and 3:1.000 for un-
forseen expenditures.
•A total of $109,254 was
allotted.
The commission deleted a
proposal to buy a used
. snowmobile to get dileasier
access to the spring's
pumphouses during winter
or blizzard conditions.
Davis was advised the
PUC could rent a machine on
the few days of the year it
may be needed.
Davis said 'the work
proposed .could be done with
money available or money
that would become available
during the year: He. noted
the PITC. has E25.600 in in-
vestments. part of which
was. invested to be used if
the water tank was
repainted
-The money was invested
for emergency uses also and
Davis said with the budget
setup it could remain as
investments.
Shaw said he was pleased
to see the work could be done
without an increase in the
water rate.
The last water rate in-
crease • was in 1977. Davis
said.
In the waterworks
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land management, $238,909
for maintenance costs un -
eligible for grants, and,$54,-
000 for other programs such
as Experience, which
receive 100 percent funding. •
Major projects for the
year include an assessment
of flooding problems with
recommendations to be
made for the best approach,
in setting up a flood
forecasting and flood
assistance system. In the
budget, $8,000 has been set
Please turn to page 3
Observe
birthday
A parade and participation
•ip., the, .service at Trivitt-
Mentorial Anglican church
Sunday morning marked the
first observance of Lord
Baden Powell's birthday by
Exeter scouting groups.
More than -75 members ,
and leaders marched W the
church and assisted Rev.
Jim. Sutton throughout the
regular service.
Re.v. Sutton used Faith as
his sermon theme and asked
the young people if they
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believe what they are told by
their elders or have to see
• for themselves?"
He used four margarine
containers. two of which
contained weightless ar-
ticles to illustrate his point
that many young people
learn faith from older per-
sons through their ex-
periences.
Building takes
slight increase
The value of building
permits issued in January
was more than double the
same month of last year
according to building in-
spector Brian Johnston.
Permits worth $23,720
were i-ssued last month,
compared to last year's total
of $0,900 in January. The
total value of permits issued
in 1981 was one of the lowest
in several years in Exeter.
There were six permits
issued last month for
residential renovations and
additions at *14,620, one tool
shed at *300 and two com-
mercial renovations and
additions worth OAK
sk RECORDING BOWLING SCORES -- :Elaine of the Bio Brother. oert S tt.•
Association records the scores of Stephen clerk Wilmo: WP,“ nrd F•eir, 4.iect‘ •
Middleton during Sunday's Bowl fat, Millions. •
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