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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-05-12, Page 1i; Exeter's emergency disaster plan takes shape Help wanted . Exeter Police Chief Ted people in that contntunity. Day is looking for 20 local Local volunteer would be volunteers to accept a job in celled into action for similar which he hopes they will rail crashes locally, as well never have to act. as floods, hurricanes, wind The volunteers would storms, blizzards, ex - serve as warms and plosions, aircraft crashes, toxic or flammable • gas escapes and serious fire -or any threat in which im- mediate action will be required. The warden and deputy - warden would be responsible for the evacuation of residents in any of the 10 areas should a disaster arise. The volunteers, with assistance from the police and fire department, would go door-to-door to advise people that evacuation may be necessary and to detail the route the evacuation should take. Chief Day said the volunteers would . have to attend a couple of meetings to work out details of the program and then hopefully never have to do anything . for job that hopefully involves deputy -wardens in 10 designated areas of the community under the local emergency disaster plan which is being organized by the Chief and other town officials. The emergency disaster plan for communities Is being promoted by the Ontario Police Commission following the train derailment in Mississauga that resulted in the evacuation of thousands pf Futile task safes empty Would-be safecrackers ' failed in three attempts at Huron Park this week, but caused considerable damage in their atteMpts. Breakins were discovered early. Satuc'day morning at the Ontario Development Corporation office and Tuckey Beverages Ltd., both located at Huron Park. Attempts had been made to smash two safes at the ODC office and another in the soft drink plant. Police report that none of the three safes contained any money. The ODC office, suffered considerable damage as • desks were ransacked and their contents strewn about. It was the fourth breakin at the ODC. office in the past six weeks. The incidents are under investigation by Exeter OPP. FOR FUN Karen Baldwin, Miss Canada 1982, steps across the runwayin a gauzy -bright jumpsuit at Fashion Fantasia '82. Stephen taxes increaie10.5 The 1982 mill rate approv\ ed by Stephen township coun- cil Tuesday night calls for an increase of 19.67 mills or 10.5 percent over last year for farm and residential proper- ties with' public school, support. The new total rate will be 207.73 mills for public school farm and residential while separate school rate will .be 207.6 mills, an increase of 32.2 mills from 1981 'or 12.6 percent. The increase in the general rate of 19.67 mills is made up of 5.03 mills in the township ---rate,-5..18-mills for the county of Huron, 7.44 mills for secon- dary school purposes and 2.02 mills for public schools. The commercial rates for public school supporters is also up by 10.5 percent to 244.4 mills and the separate school rate for commercial is 244.24 mills up from 216.94 mills a N ' ' o injuries in collisions Three collisions were investigated by the Exeter OPP this week, with no in- juries being reported. On Monday, a vehicle driven by Melvin Kummer, Mitchell, collided with two parked vehicles on Pebble Beach Parkway in Grand Cove Estates north of Grand Bend. The parked vehicles were owned by Adeline Acri and Frederick Richardson, both of RR 1 Grand Bend. Total damage was set at $400. A parked car owned by Huron Motor Products, Zurich, was struck in Hensall on Saturday. The other vehicle was driven by Grant McClinchey, Henson, Damage was listed at $1,400. The other collision was reported on Sunday, in- volving vehicles driven by Gary Alblas, Huron Park, and Randolph McIntyre, St Thomas. They collided on the Crediton Road at Huron Road 21 in Stephen Town- ship, with resulting damage of $1,600. year ago. In the police village of Cen- ralia; the farm and residen- al rates for public school supporters will be 200.05 mills, an increase of 17.64 mills from 1981 while separate school supporters will pay 199.92 mills, up from 178.75 a year ago. For the police village of Crediton, the increase for farm and residential will be 17.63 mills for public school supporters up to 200.6 mills and up to 200.47wills from 179.31 for separate .school. support. For The police village of Dashwood, tax increases will be slightly more than the Please turn to page 2 Biddulph taxes set The 1982 tax rate for the township of Biddulph set this week calls for an increase of 4.8 mills for farm and residen- tial properties and 5.6 millp. for those assessed for com- inercial purposes. Clerk -treasurer Austin Hodgins reports the rise is ab- out 2.7 percent increasing the taxes on a home assessed at $5,000 by $24 to a total of $899. The increase on an average farm with an assessment of $8,000 will increase by $38.40 Oto $1,438.40. The overall millrate for farm and residential purposes will be 179.8 mills and for commercial properties the mill rate will be 211.5. The farm and residential rate for Biddulph township and county of Middlesex pur- poses went down a half mill to 71.7 while the commercial levy .dropped the same-, amount to 84.3 mills. Education requisitions are 5.2 mills for farm and residen- .tial to 108.1 mills and up 6.1 mills for commercial to 127.2 mills: The 1982 taxes are payable In two installments which are dye June 30 and December 15. else, Anyone interested of safety. should contact hint. 5. To provid when The -local emergency plan necessary, acco:,unodation is well underway and • the as required f',r persons police, PUC, works depart- affected by the :±isaster. ment and ` fire department • 6. To return till ; rsons, have already held meetings to lay down the framework for a plan of action. The aim of the program is as follows: 1. Prompt response to an emergency by all services to establish complete control of the situation. 2. Traffic control at site of the disaster to make sure thereis no obstruction and to prevent more casualties. 3. Prompt rescue of all persons trapped and provision for first aid at the scene. 4. Control evacuation and remove casualties to places traffic,- etc., , to a ►formal procedure. The executive con,rnittee, given the power to declare that an emergency disaster exists and evoke the plan into operation, consists of the mayor and reeve, along with the Chief of Police, PUC Manager, Fire Chief and Works superintendent and an alternate na.ned by each, A command post would be established at the police office, or ail alternate if that facility was endangered, and radio communication would be established with the Goderich police central dispatch system. The local fire alarm system, through a designated pattern, would sound the alarm for an emergency to bring the people involved into action. Through a questionnaire circulated with PUC bills last year, Chief Day' has compiled a list of special equipment available for emergency use. There are 14 citizens registered with four - .wheel drive vehicles, 34 with snow vehicles, 11 water pumps, 12 generators, 19 mobile homes and trailers, C6 boats and nine canoes, 30 B radios, several pieces of heavy construction equip- ment as well as school buses for evacuation purposes. Chief Day said food and Imes Ser ing South Huron, North Middlesex & North Lambton Since 1873 no work accommodation in -town could be supplied to up to 1,000 people at private residences and halls. Area schools and arenas have been designated for out-of-town accommodation should the whole town have to be evacuated and the plan even provides for temporary morgues to be set up in local and area arenas. In a disaster, five am- bulances could be in Exeter within 045 minutes, another 10 in 15-30 minutes and an additional 10 in 30-45. minutes, . In all, a -total of 30 could be available in Exeter within 90 minutes. . Chief Day hopes to have the emergency operations plan ready to implement later this year. BOXED UP - Ken Beatson peers through a box in one of the skits during Sunday's Youth program in Gran- ton. T -A photo One Hundred and Ninth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 12, 1982 iD Price Per Copy 50 cents READY FOR CANCER RIDE - A large number of Ex- eter and area ladies will be participating in Sunday's Great Ride for Cancer. The 15 kilometre ride leaves the South Huron Rec Centre2 p.m. Last year 65 riders raised $4,500. Above, Laurie Dykstra tries out a pen- ny farthing to publicize the ride. • T -A photo Osborne taxes jump 20 mills The 1982 tax rate for -the. township of Usborne has been set at an even 200 mills for farpt and residential proper- ty owners paying public school support. Clerk -treasurer Harry Strang _reports_this_is ail in crease of 20 mills or about 11 percent from the 1981 figures. The 20 mills increase from a year ago comes from the 104 d BLOCK PARENTS • Several new block parents were welcomed to the Exeter pro- gram by chairperson Lois Godblot. Shown with their distinctive sign are: (from left) Brenda Ann Snell, Lois Godbolt, and Joyce McDonald. Seek additional homes for block parent plan Though there are 96 block parent families in Exeter, the program organizers are looking for more in certain areas of the town.. Lois Godbolt of 249 William Street is chairperson of the Exeter block parent program. Under the program, homes display a distinctive block parent sign and children are advised to seek help at these homes in case of emergency. The program was in troduced to Exeter in 1977 as a joint project of the Xi Gamma Nu chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority and the town police. When Godbolt became chairman of the. sorority's service committee site also became the contact person for the block parent program. The block parent does not provide first aid, trans- portation, food, or recreational or toilet facilities for children, The children are taught in school and by parents that he block parent is to con- tacted if the child is injured, being bullied, in the case of vicious dogs or illness or if the child is alarmed by strangers. Godbolt said block parents act as contact people and are advised to call for assistance from parents or police if needed. The schools are looked on as a focal point for the, program, Godbolt said, with teaching programs advising Please turn to page 2 following hikes; 6.7 mills for township purposes; 3.571 for the county of Huron, 6.711 for secondary schools -and 2.448 for public school support. The overall rate for. separate school supporters with -farnrand residential pro- perties will be 199.947 mills. The Ushorne commercial rate will he 235.294 mills up from the 1981 rate of 211.765 mills. The 1982 Osborne taxes will be based on a total assess- ment of $3,373.285. Tax payments are due June 15 and November 30. in regular council business a price of 33.50 per ton was set for gravel delivered to ratepayers during gravelling operations. At the same time council deplored road littering pro- blems and will be studying ways • of requesting ratepayers to avoid littering roadsides with niud, stones, bottles and other rubbish. The relx)rt•from building in- spector Herman Van Wieren for the month of April show- ed four permits issued for construction valued at $47,000, four demolition permits and four inspections made. The contract to construct the Rutherford municipal dram was awarded to Cook Bros. Drainage for S28,462, the Coates-lloonard drain tender and the Webb drain contracts were let to Parker and Parker Ltd. for $8,347.36 and $7,878.30, respectively. ('ouncil studied new the drainage loan regulations and set the amount of loan at 60 percent of cost and interest rates Of 10 percent. A further letter to Bell Canada•was endorsed calling for extended area service bet- ween .the Blanshard Municipal Telephone and Bell Canada's Centralia and Please turn to page 2 In comparison with Huron towns xeter tops growth rate Exeter's population growth over the past five years is the highest of'any of the five towns in Huron County according to recently released figures from Statistics Canada. It was one of the few communities in Huron to grow 'more than' the provincial average as the county as a whole remained almost stagnant in population over the five-year period from 1976. Exeter'spopulation in- creased 6.8, percent in the five years to the 1981 figure of 3,732. Seaforth had an increase of 1.4 percent to 2,114 and Wham was 0.9 percent to ,897, while the other two towns, Goderich and Clinton, experienced declines. Goderich fell 0.9 percent to 7,322 and Clinton was down ent to 3,081. potation in 1981 compared to a growth of 120 cent. During period the provincial poption rose to 8,625,107 from 8,264,465, a growth of 4.4 percent. The village of Bayfield and the township of Colborne were the biggest gainers population wise during the five years, with growths of 18.2 percent and 10.6 percent respectively. Tuckersmith Township was the biggest loser. It had a population of. 3;003 in 1981 compared to 3,357 in 1976, a drop of 10.6 percent. The villages of Bayfield, Blyth and Zurich all grew, while Brussels and Hensall both went the other way. Blyth's population rose 6.9 percent to 926 from 866, and Zurich's population rose 5.6 percent to 795. Hensall's population fell from 993 to 973, or mints 2.0 perce t. Brussels's fell even faster at plus 0.2 -percent, 1,824-1,820; minus 8.7 percent, to 962 East Wawanosh, minus 2.3 from 1,054. percent, , 1,127-1,154; Census figures for the Goderich, plus 8.2 percent, other townships are (per- ' 2,505-2,315; Grey, minus 4.2 centage, 1981 population, percent, 1,976,2,062; Hay, 1976 population): Ashfield, minus 2.7 percent, 1,986- 2,042; Howick,. minus 2.3 percent, 3,072-3,145; Hullett, plus 4.2 percent, 1,931-1,853; McKillop, minus 4.4 percent 1,486-1,554; Morris, plus 2.8 percent, 1,647-1,602; Stanley, plus 1.1 percent, 1,643-1;626; Stephen, plus 1.8 percent 4,1774.105; Turnberry, plus 0.1 percent, 1,505-1,503; Usborne, minus 6.7 percent, 1,628-1,745; and West Wawanosh, plus 5.3 Percent, 1,371-1,302. 4" t by 2.2 per Huron's was 56,12 56,007 in 19' people or 0.2 Pa the same tim HARDLY LUCRATIVE Tuesday's court session in Exeter was not a lucrative event. Only one fine was imposed, that being for a total of $9.00. It was assessed .against Douglas Johnson, RR 1 Hay, who pleaded guilty to im- proper parallel parking when he appeared before Justice of the Peace D.W. Wedlake. The court learned that Johnson had parked his vehicle on the south side of the highway in Dashwood, with the vehicle facing west. Two other cases on the ' docket were dismissed. Jai FINISHING TOUCHES - Leader Carol Hardie adjusts Mark Humphreys kerchief prior to Sunday's Youth pro- gram at Granton: T -A photo German farmers enjoy area tour A group of German farmers toured farms and farm in- dustries in the Exeter-Hensall area Monday. The group is on a 14 day tour of Canadian and U.S. farm establishments., While_ih_the_Exeter area they visited Huron Tractor. IN.G. Thompson Mills in Hen- sall and the farm of Uwe Wisch, RR 2 Kippen. e The group arrived in New York City, travelled through Philadelphia, visited the United States department of agriculture building in Washington D.C., visited Get- tysburg, Pittsburg and farms in Pennsylvania. Tuesday the group was to visit the university of Guelph and then move on to Toronto. On their return to New fork the tour will visit one of the The group toured the Ford Museum in Detroit and will stop at Niagara Falls. , One of the tour members noted that farms in Germany are much smaller than On- tario farms. He pointed out - that soils and climate made tui differences -in farming when comparing Canadian and German farming methods. The farmers . noted that about 35 percent of the Schleswig-Holstein crop pro- duction was rape seeds for oils. The group plans to tour a farm experimenting with rape seed crops in Ontario. Other. German crops in- clude sugar beets and winter grains such as .barley and wihea t . The onlycorngrownis used for silage and one of the tour state's largest feed mills in . guides noted cash cropping of Syracuse. peas and beans. is done strict - Some non-agricultural ly for canning.. Not dried stops.also feature in the trip. beans as this area. 1 Town thefts net $4,000 Thefts involving total loot of over $4,000 were in- vestigated during the month of April . according to the monthly report by Police Chief Ted Day. There were four break and enter incidents with the value of stolen items being $780, of which '3680 was recovered. Four people have been charged as a result of the investigations. There were four thefts of under 3200 value each with the total foot being 3350, of which 3100 was recovered. There were three thefts involving more .than 3200 each with the total being 32,950, of which $250 has been recovered.. There were also two fraud investigations. Other statistics during the month of April were as follows: 10 collisions with one injury and property damage of $5,175. six parking tickets issued. nine charges and 12 warnings under the Highway Traffic Act. eight charges for liquor infractions, four incidents of. wilful damage with the loss being $275. two people charged with possession of marijuana. seven animal complaints. one insecure property,. three burning permits issued. During the month the officers recorded 14 hours of overtime. DAFFODILS AID CANCER Proceeds of the recent daffodil campaign( by the three Exeter chapters of the Pts Sigma Phi Sorority were turned over recently tt area Cancer Society chairman Cart Cann'. Presenting the cheque for $2,719.50 were Donna Webster, Joanne Bowery and Sandra Campbell. T -A photos • t