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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-04-14, Page 14 144 r ;• • BIA to borrow $96,641 Village passes standards bylaw Heniuil plans $113,559 revitalizati�� Henson council uannhnous- ly resolved to support its Business Improvement Area (BIA) board of manage- ment's application for a $96,841 loan under the Ontario Main Street Revitalization Program, and also unanimously passed an eaten- sive property standards bylaw as required for the ap- plication, at Monday is regular meeting at the offices. The BIA anticipates paying off,the loan in $10,410 chunks over a 10 -year period, and council also carried a bylaw at Monday night's meeting OPTIMISTIC BUNNY — At .Saturday's Easter egg hunt at the Lambton Heritage Museum sponsored by the Grand Bend Optimists, Paul Ferguson gets a treat from Easter Bunny Stan Johnson. T -A photo FUN PAINTING EGGS — Gwen and Dorion Davis were among the many egg paintingcontestants Saturday at the Grand Bend Optimists Easter egg hunt at the Lamb- ton Heritage Museum. T -A photo Solve two breakins, but school hit again Two breakins at South Huron District High School were solved this week; but another is currently under investigation. As a result of investigation by Exeter town police and Goderich OPP, one Seaforth youth has been charged with Narrow escape break, enter and theft at the • school on March 12. A quantity of tools was stolen from the auto shop in that incident. On April 7, the school was broken into and a stereo receiver was reported stolen. A Dashwood youth has been charged in that incident. Sometime over the Easter weekend, the school was again entered and a small amount bf cash was reported stolen from the library. Constables, Kierstead, Sadler and Robertson were in charge of the three in- vestigations. One accident was also investigated this week, it occurring on Thursday and involving vehicles driven by Marian Pfaff, RR 2 Crediton, and Louis Farwell, Zurich. It occurred on Thames Road W. and damage was listed at 81,000. Four Exeter youths escaped serious injury when 12 balloons filled with oxygen and acetylene exploded in a car on Friday. Town police said the youths had filled the balloons and the vehicle was stopped at the home of one of those involved when one of the balloons burst, causing a chain reaction that resulted in all the balloons bursting. The force of the explosion caused about $1,500 damage to the vehicle, as windows were blown out and the in- terior damaged. All four received minor cuts from flying glass as well as minor burns and were treated at South Huron Hospital and then released. Police Constable Dan Kierstead and Brad Sadler, who investigated, claim that the four were very lucky. Apparently one of the doors of the vehicle had been opened, therefore some of the force of the explosion was dissipated. They say that if the door had been closed, the youths would have received more serious injury or could have been killed or maimed for lite. Consultation Is underway with the Croym Attorney regarding possible Charges. sitting Minimum and max- imum charges for tbe 33 members ot the BIA which will pay for the project. • A notice of specific chargers had been sent to each BIA member of the proposed tax, and no objections were received prior to tbe council meeting. A minimum charge of two percent and maximum charge of seven an one-half percent was Set, or 820 to $75 respectivelyper each $1,000 of the BIAudget. The BIA proposes to begin its project this year, and an- ticipates completion in 1984. The project involves various undertakings with a total estimated' cost of 8153,559. The estimated provincial por- tion of this is $94,841, not in- cluding improvements funded by the municipality estimated at $58,918. The project must receive Ontario Municipal Education budgets to be delayed Budgets from board's of education will be delayed un- til May. Both the Perth and Huron County Board's of Education administration informed trustees a meeti g to have been held on.Apri17 with the Ministry of Education in Lon- don, regarding grants, ;has been changed to April 19. "We'll be late in striking a budget," said Huron county director of education John Cochrane. The Huron board will most likely present its budget to trustees on Monday, May 3. In Perth, the ad oc finance committee asked for and received an extension to its April 6 reporting date. Com- mittee chairman Earl Bowman requested the exten- sion to Tuesday, May 4. Collisions are costly, hurt : four Damage amounted to 816,000 in four collisions in- veAtigated by the Exeter OPP this week as drivers con- tinued to battle winter driving conditions. Four people were hurt in the crashes and all were treated at South Huron Hospital. Most serious of the colli- sions occurred last Monday when vehicles operated by Kristy Thompson, Ailsa Craig, and James Morlock, RR 2 Crediton, collided on concession 2-3 of Stephen at sideroad 20. Both drivers were hospitalized and damage was listed at 89,000. Earlier on the same date, vehicles driven by Rodger Venner, Hensall, and Thomas Killick, Brussels, collided on Highway 83 east of Exeter at Huron Road 11. Damage in that one was set at $4,000. The other two injuries were the result of a single, vehicle collision on Saturday on Highway 83 east of Dashwood near the junction of Country Road 2. A 'car driven by Dean Boyle, DashWood, went out of control in a slushy section and rolled over into the south ditch, coming to rest on its roof. Boyle and a passenger, Jane Hendrick, Exeter, suf- fered minor injuries and damage was listed at 82,500. - The other accident of the week occurred on Friday when a vehicle driven by San- dra Dobson, RR 1 Exeter, went into a ditch and struck a snowbank on the Crediton Road at Stephen concession 2-3. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $400. ACIDITY TESTS — Vicki Scott of Exeter Public School dettaonstroted the acidity of soft drinks by placing metal objects in samples of the beverages. Vicki won first place in the grade six physical science class at the regional 'science fair at the rec centre. Board approval, al it extends beyond the term of the cur- rent council. " po tion of lA (P 45:1- propoeedportion of costs'; M proposed municipally funded im- provements) :land acquistion for parking, $5,000 (P); con- struction relating to parking facility, *9,200 (P) ;sidewalks, $62,643 (M); lighting and over head wiring, $17,500 (P); landscaping, $25,280 (P), $6,275 (M); signs, $1p,000 (P); special resurfacing materials, bricks, leek stones, etc., 819,057 (P); architec- tural and/or consultant costs, $8,804 (P). Hensall has a • 1 , 1 of about 960 a " 1 : tothe ap- plication and its BIA was for- mally established earlier this year, with 100 percent of its business establishments in- volved and about 15 percent of the village's grossaI nd area. The preamble to the nine - page . property steedards bylaw states ft "satisfies a central condition for municipaleligibility..and will serve- as the basis for co- operative ventures by municipal, provincial and federal goye nments in pr,- moting a ()Continuing long- term property managemf.nt In the V of Hensall a:: t- ed at preventat e measures' ' inst prop! ty deterioration end waste nd ...encouraging the impi ve- ment of the physical Ind structural -$resources of .he cernrnunity," The bylaw i gives council the Statutory clout to take remedial petion, up to and in- cluding ling a fine not ex- ceeding $600 day upon an owner in contravention of an order that is final and biHowever, the preamble states' this .would only be con- sidered , the last'. reso: t of remedial action "where detrimental property condi- tions resulting from, neglect, disrepair, over -crowding and under -maintenance impose a hazard tobwraian health, safe- ty, -and well-being or produce blight and deterioration' which adversely affects the value a , and enjoy- ment neighboring P��eS - 'Wheresiuch violations of the bylaviare evident, an ap- proach which emphasizes a co-operative compliance as opposed to rigid enforcement will be utilized. Legal enforcement will be taken as a final measure when co-operative efforts aimed at rectifying an offen- ding property condition fail because pf the disinterest, lack of co-operation, or in- sincerity of the property owner." Council `was informed by clerk -treasurer Betty Oke that its county apportionment has increaseg significantly for 1982, to X71,781 from $50,513 last Year. This is because, among other things, an annexation increased the village's size almost two -fold last year, and Huron County also increased Hensall's assessment from last year's rate. Minutes of the Hensel' Parks Board • Committee meeting April 7 were read. Council approved that the arena manager be authorized to order exterior lights at a cost of $545 for the installation of 16 fixtures. The 'new lights are apparently "un- . breakable", and will replace the old arena fixtures which were smashed by vandals. A problem with a meter at the arena resulting in a PUC bill of $4,740.84 was not paid by the parks committee and council did not approve this account pending a meeting between the parks board and PUC manager Lorne Archer to sort out the difficulty. Councillor John Skea was ap- pointed to the Hansell Part Board. All councillors were in at- tendance and the meetings& journed at 9 p.m. ACCEPT PAINTING - A painting by the late Gordon Koch was recently denoted to the Exeter library. Shown accepting the painting are (from left) librarian Elizabeth Schroeder, and Harold Robinson and Ernie Brown of the Huron County library Board. One Hundred and Ninth Year . EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 14, 1982 Price Per Copy 50 cints GIVING LIFE Ken McIntyre was one of the many Lucan and area residents participating in Thursday's Red Cross• blood donor clinic. Assisting is Red Cross nurse Antoniette DeLucia. T -A photo Huron board first with special plan The first in Southwestern Ontario. That is, the Huron County Board of Education's approved special education plan. At its April 5 meeting, the board approved its plan covering the years 1982 to 1985. Once approved, the document was turned over to Roger Miller, liaison with the Regional office of the Ministry of Education in Lon- don. The plan .is subject to Ministry approvals. Miller congratulated the board for being the first in the area to submit its special education plan.. He read a draft earlier and remarked it, is a well thought out docu- ment. He praised superinten- dent of education Don Kenweil and student services co- ordinator Sheila Clarke for their work. The plan, which by law is to be reviewed annually, lays down guidelines to be follow- ed in implementing special education in the Huron school system. In December of 1980, the provincial government ap- proved amendments to the Education Act, known as Bill 82. The amendments require each board in the province to provide an education for all students, whether or not they are exceptional. The board's plan defines an exceptional pupil as "a pupil whose behavioural, communica- tional, intellectual, physical or multiple exceptionalities are such that he/she is con- sidered to need placement in a special educaton program." At its March meeting, the board approved staff changes for special education for September of 1982. These in- clude 4.9 staff for elementary, 5.5 staff for secondary. There will be no hirings as declining enrolment results in teacher reductions, thus evening out the numbers. Also one area resource teacher, speech and language, one area resource teacher, enrichment (for the gifted pupil), one psychologist/behavioural consultant .and a half-time secretary are included in the special education re quireinents. In the plan, it is noted one English•as a second language teaching position will be reduced. implementation To identify an exceptional pupil, the board's student ser- vices staff currently holds pupil and parent interviews in the ' spring before kindergarten enrolment. Future procedures are under review. and are expected to result in the teacher doing an in -class survey with assistance froin student ser- vices staff and school resource teachers. Presently in -school resource support is provided by 15.1 remedial teaching positions at Huron elemen- tary schools and one at the secondary level. With the in- creases in special education staff approved by the board, this will increase to 17.5 remedial teaching positions at the elementary level and -4.5 teaching positions at the ,secondary level. • Area resource teachers, working out of the board of- fice are divided into two categories. For exceptional learning there are currently six full-time teachers and no changes arc recommended. in speech and language, there are currently 4.6 full-time equivalent teachers and an additional full-time teacher will be added. Each teacher had a caseload of 181 students Please turn to page 3 German consultant visits, has dozencontacts for town An industrial consultant from Munich, Germany, visited Exeter this week to familiarize him self with rile town so that he will be better able to promote •Exeter's merits to German industries looking to relocate in Canada. Johannes Mueller acts as a mediator between Canadian towns and medium-sized in- dustries in Germany and Ger- man speaking countries such as Austria and Switzerland. "A lot of German industries are more than eager," Mueller said, to set up plants in Canada because of the cur- rent political, economic and to situaton in Germany. The main problem Mueller said is that they don't know Exeter exists. They know about Canada and the United States Mueller added, but they also like to know more about communities. "(Companies) don't locate in Canada or Ontairo," the • consultant said," they locate in a community." By running advertising in German publications Mueller can establish contacts and pass along brochures about Exeter to interested companies. Town councillman Bill Mickle noted that about two dozen companies had ex - Gets added suspension A Zurich area driver was given the minimum fine of 8253 after pleading guilty to driving while under suspension when he ap- peared before Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake in Exeter court, Tuesday. . Kris Lee Bedard, RR 2 Zurich, was stopped by police on February 15, when the investigating officer recognized him and knew his licence was under suspen- sion for unpaid fines. Bedard was given a fur- ther licence suspension of six months, to run consecutively with any current suspension. The accused was also given 90 days in which to pay the fine. Fines of $28 were assessed against two other drivers for charges under the Highway Traffic Act. • Thomas F. Johnston, RR 2 Dublin, was found guilty of failing to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of High- way 83 and Huron Road 11 on January 6. He was given 30 days in which to pay the fine. Gerald Ripley, RR 1 Exeter, was found guilty of making an unsafe turn on December 18. He was given 15 days in which to pay. Both men had pleaded not guilty to the charges. pressed interest in Exeter. Thotlgh Mueller suggested the mayor and members of the industrial development committee visit Germany on a regular b2sig Mtt kle Sid they would eventually have to meet face-to-face with representatives of the com- panies planning to relocate. Mueller said Exeter's loca- tion in central south-west On- tario and many people of Ger- man descent in the area were attractive to - German industries. Mayor Bruce. S>iaW ttie town's location neat to both agriculture and larger cities was a drawing card. Mueller suggested a slide show of the town be made up Usborne has deficit Usborne township council has approved the 1981 audit report - and - financial statement. The , report prepared by Durst, Vodden and Bender showed a deficit of $8,576 on the year's operation. The 1982 calcium contract . has been let to Pollard Brothers of Harrow to supp- ly 200 tons of liquid calcium for dust control. One tile drain loan in the amount of $12,800 was approv- ed and debentures for $82,700 were passed by bylaw and will be offered for sale to the Province of Ontario. . Building inspector Herman Van Wieren's monthly report showed 10 inspections made during the month of March andno permits were issued. A resolution from the, township of Maiastone was supported by council. 1t ob- jects to payment for en- croachment permits on pro- vincial highways for work on municipal drains. to loan to interested com- panies. Mickle said Mueller had been invited to the town. to get a. better impression of the town and its people. ' - MuelktrfaktMfmlitim possible to get instant resat and that you "can't expect $1,000 in advertising to attract (relocate) five companies in the next half year". He,noted Exeter also competing with larger Ontario cities which have larger promotional budgets, to attract industries. German companies are also looking forjoint ven- tures. Mueller explained that some German .companies look at similar or related in- dustries in Canada which need capital or are looking to expand: Mueller said he was owner of one of the 10 largest real. estate businesses in Munich and that promoting towns in Canada was just part of his business. Mueller also represents two Please turn to•page 3 INDUSTRIAL CONSULTANT — Johannes Mueller, an industridl consultant from Munich, Germany, is shown with councilman Bill Mickle (left) and mayor Bruce Show (right). Mueller acts as a mediator in' promoting. Exeter to German industries look- ing to .relocate in Canada. - .. . Bids become offers Properties auctioned The auction hammer fell on three area properties, Mon day, but it could be up to 10 days before the high bidders find out whether they have ac- tually become owners of the properties involved in the uni- que sales. The sales were conducted by Rathwell & Associates for the Federal Business Development Bank, the secured party involved in the three properties. invoked were Canadian F'urniture Restorers and • Slemin Texaco Service of Ex- eter and Easton Trailers. located on Highway 4 about three miles south of Exeter. The highest bid was taken as an offer to purchase and is irrevocable for 10 business days while the F'Bt)B decides Whether to accept the 1 •ds, turn them down, or nego late further with the bidders. Auctioneer Bruce Rathwell said the tender broker system vas a new system initiated by• his firm. .Smith -Peat Roofing of Ex- eter had the highest bid of • $38.0X) on Canadian Furniture Restorers. which is adjacent to the roofing firm's office. Laverne Hamilton of Hamilton's Machine Shop bid $50.000 on the Easton Trailers facility and Bob Hamather of Huron Motor Products Ltd. in Zurich had the highest bid at 377 AX) on the Slemin Service Centre .