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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-05-19, Page 1Town streets, building inaccessible Says handicapped denied rights Pat Brown; a young lady who spends much of her time in a wheel chair, advised Ex- eter council this week that the lack of cut -curbs in Exeter was a denial of her rights and suggested that she may have to consider moving to another community if she wants to be independent and move about freely. A resident of 64 James St., Miss Brown had to get help lifting her chair in and out of the municipal office to make her plea, and noted that while she appreciates the assistance of local residents in helping her manouvre through town, said i - was a situation that could be over- come with the ramp -type curbs. Saying she was speaking not only for herself, but also the elderly and mothers with baby carriages, the local resi- dent said she wanted council to consider how serious the problem was for people in her situation. She explained that she may find it necessary to move to London to be more indepen- dent, because the needs of the handicapped were given more consideration in the city: RECEIVES JEWELS — Norm Stanlake of the Exeter In- dependent Order.of Oddfellows received a meritorious jewel at Sunday's annual church service. Making the presentation at the left on behalf of the Grand Lodge of Ontario is PDDGM Garnet Hicks. Plan board elects Homuth as chairman Stu Homuth has •been elected chairman of the Ex- eter planning board, to fill the vacaney created by the death of Jeff. Pearson. Deputy Reeve Alvin Epp was named vice-chairman at the board's meeting. Wednesday. ('ounty planner Gary Davidson was present at the. meeting and informed members that the proposed Hay agri-park on the town's northern limits is 'continuing in itsearly stages and in ac- cordance with proper plann- ing principles, on the matter of the town's alternate route study.. David- son -said that all maps. and detailed information acquired, will he presented to the board Will charge for tennis There'll•be a charge for the use of the Exeter tennis courts .during\prime hours this season. Thursday night, SHRC the. board of management ap- proved for trial a proposal submitted by the staff for the operation of the courts. Prime time will consist of 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays and from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on weekdays. Players will be charged $4 , per court per hour for this prime time use. An attendant will be hired to supervise the - courts during those hours and players must book the courts cithier.through the rec centre staff .or the attendant. Other times during the day will be free of charge on a firstcome,_first serve basis. Players can get a key from the rec centre to gain access to the courts. . Memberships will also be made available for $15 for the season. hut times must still he booked. at the next meeting. The board .reviewed the proposed development plan of Landrush Developments for the area along Highway 83 east and agreed to accept the plan in principle and re- quested that the local com- mittee of adjustment grant. severances in accordance with the proposed plan only. In other business, , the board: Had no objection regarding the request for a liquor licence for Good Times Eating Emporium in the cen- tre mall. Discussed an amending bylaw to the Exeter zoning bylaw to limit the need for minor variance applications in view of the increased fees being charged by the commit- tee of adjustment. Denied a sign application from Ellison Travel because it did not comply, with the pre- sent sign bylaw. Met with David McLeod of Acme Signs Ltd. regarding a proposed 2,100 -foot addition at the rear of the firm's proper- ty on Highway 83 west and recommended to council that a site plan development agreement with the town not be -required for this addition. Police make connection Two Toronto area men will end up in Exeter court as a result of their innovative mobile telephone system. While on patrol last week, Exeter Constables Kevin Short and Dan Kierstead stop- ped a truck the two men were driving and discovered it had a telephone booth in the back. investigation conducted along with ()PP Constaltle Jim Rogers revealed that a telephone booth was missing from its site at the gas station at Sf. Joseph's. Lad escapes with bruises, • concussion A five-year-old kinder- garten student escaped with bruises and a slight concus- sion after running into the side of a vehicle at the in- tersection of Main and Vic- toria Street at noon on Wednesday. Randy Wurm, son of Gary and Ruth Wurm, 176 Carling St., was returning to school early and the crossing guard was not on duty at the time. The youngster ran into the side of a vehicle driven by Jerald Ambrose, 176 Sanders St. The child was taken to South Huron Hospital and re- mained over night. He return- ed to classes on Monday. -Constable George Robert- son investigated. There were two other oI1i- sions during the week On Tuesday, vehicles dri r n by Debbie Penninga, 95 Huron, and John Dobbs, 39 Riverside, collided on Main St. with damage listed at $1,000 by Constable Brad Sadler. The other collision was on Saturday at the Zehrs parking lot, involving vehicles operated by Ronald Zand- bergen, RR 1 \Hensel], and Peter Snell, 130 Waterloo. Damage was listed at $550 by Constable Sadler. Three incidents of wilful damage over.the weekend are being investigated by the police. Three vehicles had wind- shields and back windows smashed out, a, tree. br4?sch 'being used by the vandals in at least one case. Total damage to the vehicles was set at $550. They are owned by Don Young, London; George Deelstra, London; Don Haines, Exeter. Epp. remains on sick list Deputy -Reeve Alvin Epp, who returned to Exeter coun- cil two weeks ago after an absence due to sickness, was missing again this week. A note on the bottom of Monday's agenda indicated he had suffered a relapse and won't be available for meetings for approximately a month. However, he did have a report for Monday's session, having investigated the cost of spoons or pins bearing the town crest being available for sale at this . summer's lleritage Days. Cost of the spoons was $3.75 and the pins was $2.85. Councillor Lossy Fuller suggested that having items with the town crest for sale would spoil the uniqueness of the town crest when it is pro- vided to retiring board members for their contribu- tion to the community. 'We're not in the marketing business," com- mented Gaylen Josephson, noting the sale of such items would be in competition with local merchants. The matter was filed. Miss Brown also lamented the inaccessiblity of local. buildings, noting that even the buildings used by local ser- vice and fraternal groups were impossible for her tp enter without assistance. After advising council that financial assistance may be available for a project to build cut curbs, Miss Brown asked council to seriously consider the problem and keep in touch with her regarding any action they take. Mayor Bruce Shaw said that "hopefully, in the near future you'll see some results." Later in the meeting, Coun- cillor Bill Mickle said council should seriously consider cut curbs during sidewalk con- struction and repairs. "We'd be remiss as a community if we didn't make it accessible to all people," he commented. Works superintendent Glenn Kells pointed out that the cut curbs have been automatically installed in all repair and reconstruction - projects for the past seven o. eight years and further ;,dd ed that the cost of installin• them on Mails St. had het investigated laid year. He said them* of instaiit: cut curbs along Main St, be ween Godley And Main ha been estimated at $9,000. Other members supported the contention thatconsidera tion should be given to th' matter, but no definite action was taken in that regard at the meeting. • WE'LL SE LATE Due to the holiday, Monday, The Exeter 'Times A d v oc: will be published one d. y later than usual next week. It will be printed Wednesday night for Thursday morning: delivery. Advertising deadlines will be extended to Tuesday. The display advertising deadline will be 2 p.m, and the deadline for classified advertisements will be 4:00 On. %If PUBLIC SCHOOL PITCHES IN — Grade six students from Mrs. Turner's class at Exeter Public School (from left) Jeff Dalrymple, Rob McKnight, Angie Cottrell, Patty Smith and Derrick Veale are shown with the 22 kg. of garbage they and classmates picked up at the rec centre and school grounds. As part of a pitch -in program co-ordinated with the town, students will be helping by doing weekly pick-ups of trash from around the school yard and rec centre .grounds. Bags are provided ,by Shell and the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. A BIG INSTRUMENT -Sunday's fiddling jamboreesponsored on his Texanthe Exeter ele while fair Board was very successful. Above, Otis Sawyer practices jamboree choirmen Roy Pepper and Ray Cann watch. T -A photo gimes Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Ninth Year voca & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, May 19, 1982 Price Per Copy 50 cents Tells grads many more changes coming minister cites flexibility need Graduations are always happy occasions, and the ceremony held in the Recrea- tion centre at Huron Park Fri- day was no exception. , Watched by proud parents, brothers and sisters, teaching staff and special guests, 108 graduates from Centralia Col- lege of agricultural Technology in,, Agricultural Business MS'ttagement, Animal Health Technology, Food Service Management and Consumer and Communi- ty Studies filed solemnly to their seats, and then in turn were presented with their diplomas by Agriculture Minister Dennis Timbrell. For the minister. the Cen- tralia ceremony was his first graduation ceremony since changing portfolios four months agp. Lie advised the students W fie flexible, as situations within•and outside agriculture have undergone many changes in the past generation, and will likely undergo'many more. Timbrell gave two rules for deciding when to retain the old ways, and when to adapt, a quotation from the Old Testament, "Test ye all things; keep that which is good", and the serenity prayer. In his O'eduation address Middlesex county native Dr. Clayton Switzer, Dean of the AG MINISTER ATTENDS — Ontario's newest Minister of Agriculture and Food Dennis Timbrell attended Friday's graduation at Centralia College. Above, CCAT principal Doug Jamieson and Timbrell chat with Freda and Harry Hayter of Dashwood. The. Hayters were honoured for their on -form contribution to CCAT students. SH rec board critical of being used as While the South Huron rec centre board of management agree that steps should be taken to establish an equitable agreement bet- ween Exeter and the surrounding townships regarding grants, they are concerned that their budget is being used by Exeter as a "tool" for arriving at a solution to the grant problem. in their budget deliberations last month, Exeter council decided to ask the townships to consider increasing their grants to the board of management, and to add some strength to the appeal, decided to reduce the board's budget to bring the matter to a head. In a letter to the board, Mayor BruceShaw said the rec:budget was realistic, but the town was not picking up the iticrease requested in a plan to use the reduction as a tool for arriving at a solution with the tranships. Board chairman John Building projects show improvement The value of building per- mits took a bit of a jtlritp last month, but still did not in- clude any new homes. Building inspector Brian Johnston reported this. week that 30 permits were issued for a value of $65,275. Fifteen were for residential renovations and additions at $32,625, six tool sheds and garages for $5,500, one in- dustrial for $20,000, two Com- mercial for 81,500 and two in- stitutional for $4,600. Four demolition permits were issued. ring April as well as three permanent signs •• and one temporary. Johnston noted the April • totals, Cerro well above last year'sfigures for the same' ' month. which saw permits •valued at $27.530 issued. He. also advised that "things are picking up quite a bit" and while noting there were no major projects at this time, most contractors in, dicated they had work scheduled for several months. "it looks like it may be a good year after all," he concluded. tool 1 Ontario Agircultural College at the -University of Guelph, stressed the importance of communication, and assured his audience- that of all the things they had learned in the past twoyears, the ability to communicate with others will be the most important. "We need to geracross to all Canadians that the agri- food sector. is increasingly a sophisticated high-technology business and that farming is an extremely complex, fast - paced business, requiring highly skilled managers".. Switzer said. Switzer said the graduates' studies will have equipped them to debate issues like plant breeders rights. the use of pesticides, supply manage- ment marketing boards and humane treatment of livestock in a non -emotional manner. using factual, up-to- date information. Citing the changes he had seen in agriculture since he graduatecfromhorsestolrac- tors. threshing machines to combines, small farms to big ones. and from crop rotations and mixed farming Co monocultures and highly in- tensive farming Switzer made some _ predictions for the future. Graduates will have'to con- tinually update their educa- Pym, in a letter to Shaw. warned that the reduction in the budget "at' this point would jeopardize the highly maintained standards of our facilities and the quality of the recreation programs we would be able to offer to the. residents of South Huron." He expressed concern over using the board's budget as a tool for arriving at a solution with the townships and noted that if an •equitable agreement is not reached this year, "it is the people of our community and surrounding area who suffer as we feel a budget reduction would seriously curtail the programs• and se<vices of- fered." Pym said the negotiations should be held at the council level and advised Shaw that . at present there are no statistical facts to •base the amount of usage of rec programs and facilities made by the townships and therefore no information breakdown as to where the large portion of the deficit lies. He said the staff is developing a system by which these facts may' be made available for another year, "but as it stands now, we may have little in- formation on which we can Please turn to page 2 tion through reading. exten-. public a better understanding sion meetings and short. of , the importance of courses as new technology is agriculture.to the Canadian developed, Switzer said. The economy. demand for food will continue "The futureisnot determin to increase. and Canada has ed by long range government the potential to greatly in- Plans, nor by the predictions crease our food production if of your future employers, not profitable markets are found. even by the good wishes of transportation systems great- your parents and friends. The ly improved, new technology future is determined by you, is developedinareas spcb as Please turn to page 2 genetic engineering and biotechnology, and ap- - propriately trained people are Ride nets available at all levels of the agri-food system. over„ $ A , CJOO Switzer is concerned about �} the declining number � farmers. the steadily decrees Sunday's Ladies Great Ride ing number of high school graduates. and the lack of emphasisonagriculture in the public a►id high schools. Only four percent • of Canada's population are farmers. Switzer said. and: that tiny minority must get the support of the other 96 percent to ensure balanced consideration in government policy making. Everyone is interested in having a plen tiful supply of cheap. nutritious wholesome food, and in preserving the quality of the environment. Farmers and those in farm - related occupations must make better use of the com- munications media to give the for Cancer in the Exeter area was again a great success with 54 riders participating. Liz Bell who was convener for sponsoring Exeter Lio club reports a total of $4, in pledges from the 54 iders. A year ago, 65 riders col- lected a total of $4.688. Mrs. Bell said she hopes last year's figure will be sur- passed as two Lioness members who were out of town on the weekend plan to complete the ride in the near future. . Topping the pledges w Marlene Bathers with m than $300 and Kathleen Gr in excess of 8200. e re • EXETER CANCER RIDE - Exeter lioness club convener Liz Bell.and area campaign chairman Corf Conn give final instructions to Didi Von •Dyken. Kathy Sampson and Trudy Simpson as they ere about to start out on Sunday s Great Ride for Cancer. A total of 54 riders raised $4.500. t -A photo Not reallV'spys Josephson l Get a western flair? .Exeter police toll sown he egtnpped h a nt'v t v pe ut open holster and that news brought Iorth a suggestion ht t'ouncdtor Tom 1Itimphre' . that the tow n would take on a, western appearance. He said ,he was being fa_cetious in welcoming the. n ws.• Polite committer chairman Gaylen Josephson quickly dispelled any suggestion than the police would he walking • the streets., ready tor quick draw cool pt'titions with outlaw ' • lit explatiled that the new hurter way 1101 t•omtpletel:‘ open.and w urn down an tht\ hip m werter•n t,i•hto,n Ile tilted tl ,t „uk1 make the gun more easily accessible as the old style required the officers to qe tit 11hands a,'ross their bodies• to get their gun out: Josephson' adv i'ed Hum phreys that the st%ie had been • requested hy:the t)ntario Police Commissiott•for some time The new holsters, at a cost oil c:,u each. ;ire replacltig two that ‘t ere worn out In other business arising trout the polio' committee si'ssion. council apprt.%ed the recottimendati�,n to relm-. burse Cons tabit, ban Kierstead the 8192 Chilton for a course he successfully com- pleted at university