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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
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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
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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 .