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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-05-26, Page 1Must pay tax on supplies Ontario budget bits hard at The new provincial budget will have "extensive effects on municipal utilities" 'manager Hugh Davis told the May meeting of the Exeter PUC; Wednesday. Davis noted the only item the PUC can now purchase without paying sales tax is chlorine. Davis said the change in tax status. "caught us' as the PUC now has to pay sales tax on. water main and hydrants needed for water, main work to be done on Gidley St. in June. "Water -works really hurt us,"Davis said, t`we lost (ex- emption on) everything," Davis pointed out that street ' lighting for original standards and fixtures were PUCKERING UP THE SCALE During Wednesday's area elementary school music seminar Donna Jones and Cynthia Osborne move up the scale during an ex- ercise. T -A photo Authority announce summer staff plans Once again, funding from visor, Liz Scott. the Provincial Government Veronica Sferrazza will be has made.it possible to con- responsible for cataloguing of duct another Experience Pro- resource material at the gram at the Ausable-Bayfield Authority this summer. Conservation Authority. The Cathy Stader will be co- Opta.rio Y th ilecretariat ordinating the recreational began >Ylfe m several activities for campers' at the years ago in rder to offset Parkhill Conservation high unemployment among Authority.. Helen Dougall, students while creating ' under the Experience '82 pro- gram will assist Cathy with her duties. • Provincial funding has also allowed the hiring of Steve Carroll as the Conservation Services Supervisor, and Doug Raymond as the Con- servation Services Technician. The Exeter work crew will. consist of foreperson Bruce, Shaw, as well as Mike Taylor, Pam Carnochan and Patty Masnica. The Parkhill work crew will • be made up of foreperson Rob Scafe, along with Sarah McClure, Mike Fleming and Daryl Webber. • The Experience program will once again provide three Ford of Canada vehicles for the use of program employees this summer. meaningful work experience for them. The Conservation Authori- ty has participated in the summer employment pro- gram in the past, and has completed many projects throughout the area. Last year, for example, a major project included building a boardwalk at Bannockburn Wildlife Area." This year, plans are scheduled for the installation, of steps at Port Blake, trail improvement at Parkhill and rock Glenn Conservation Areas, as well as several ero- sion control projects. There are many other projects in- cluded in the Experience '82 program. ' This year's program will be co-ordinated by Senior Super - exempt and only new bulbs were charged tax. Now tax must be paid on all PUC pur- chased items in both water and hydro with the exception of chlorine. Bruce Shaw asked If these taxes came into force im- mediately. Davis said unfor- tunately yes, or else the PUC would have ordered needed equipment before the tax was added The water department has been working on a "closed system" as the elevated water tank has been emptied for painting. The manager said the sand blasting and painting of the interior of the tank took longer than expected but that the company doing the work has done a "beautiful job". Under the closed systetn, Area firm going on share ;plan Approval of a work -sharing agreement that will keep 28 Centralia -area workers on the job was announced this week by . Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan on behalf of Employment and Immigra- tion Minister Lloyd Axworthy. Prior to the agreement, the company Dashwood In- dustries Ltd. - was in the posi- tion of having to layoff these employees for 13 weeks. The agreement, part of a program now budgeted at $90 • million, will see 230 of the company's employees volun- - tarily moving to a three-day work week for a 12 -week period. Each week these workers will receive two days of Unemployment Insurance benefits to "top up" their reduced wages. The chief benefit of the work -sharing program to the company is that it will allow Dashwood Industries to keep its work -force intact and at a sufficiently high skill level to meet the demands when full production resumes. From the employees' point - of -view, the major considera- tion is that they will be spared •the uncertainties and hard- ships of total unemployment. They will evenbe 'able. to maintain their fringe benefits throughout the period. To date, 322 agreements in- volving 22,633 employees in work sharing, and preventin the lay-off of 9,339 work s have been approved in Ontario. - THIEVES BUSY Three minor thefts were in- vestigated in the Grand Bend area by Exeter OPP this week. A Toronto Star newspaper box was stolen from Oakwood Park. The box, valued at $40, may have contained about $5 in change. A canoe valued at $100 was reported stolen by Peter Sick- inger, Turnbull's Grove, while Archie Masse, London, reported the theft of a picnic table valued at $50 from his cottage along Highway 21. FIREWORKS WATCHERS — Brian and Michael Funk, 1,500 persons enjoying Monday's fireworks display firemen. Crediton fireworks ppular RR 2 Hensall, were among the in Crediton sponsored by the Photo by Schwartzentruber Big bang with crowd The annual May 24 fireworks display in Crediton is becoming more popular each year. Crediton fire chief Charlie Browning estimates about 1,500 persons watched Mon- day's display which is spon- sored by the Crediton volunteer fire department. Browning continued, "We parked 450 cars in the com- munity park and there were as many as 100 additional vehicles parked along adja- cent roads. i would guess the total crowd was well over 1,500." The chief added„ "We are very pleased with the response of bigger crowds each year. Collections Mon- day night amounted to about , $1,300 and all of this will be us- ed to buy fireworks for next year and we can be assured of another excellent show." Prior to the fireworks being set off, Roger Quick and the Rainbows entertained the large crowd. In charge of the actual set- ting off of the fireworks were chief Browning and firemen John Pritchard and Doug Lightfoot. • Davis explained that pressure is maintained by running the pumps at the main and well pump stations. This has caused problems Davis said, as when demand for water drops off, the pressure in the pipes builds up. There have been three water main breaks Davis said, attributable to; weak spots in the pipe. . The pressure is not dangerous Davis reported, and added that if anything, good has come out of the pro- blems with the closed system it is that these weak points in the mains have been eliminated. The manager told the com- mission that a pressure relief valve at the main pump sta- tion was added before the elevated tank was emptied: This hes/prevented additional problems in the system. He poled too that there had been problems of insufficient pressure. at times of peak water demand. Ile said rt. may have been best to advise peo- ple not to water thein lawns during the painting of the tank, but that the 1'('C ex- pected there would. tie more rain then there has been, at this time of year. Da* presented a list of delinquent accounts to the commission. He Said he wasn't expecting the commis- sion to write off the accounts now, but it was gi%en "so it's not mocha shock at the end of the -year." The accounts total $1.631 and Davis' was not hopeful utility that they could be collected. The manager said none of the accounts was excessively large but that "a person can run up these accounts and they're gone before you can touch them." Davis noted the PUC tries very hard to collect on the delinquent accounts. Accounts written off in 1981 totalled $978 which was low compared to the average amount, Davis said. For 1980 the total was $2,553, which Davis added was a little higher than normal. The commission reaffirmed a decision to brick up all but two windows at the main pumphouse. It was noted at the April meeting that an additional Please turn to page 3 Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Ninth Year • • .- VISITING THE FARM — Students from the Sunshine Kids nursery school visited the farm of Glen Jeffery, Thursday. Shown petting a gosling are (frorh left) Christie Hamm (visiting from Toronto), Lisa Bean and Katie Webber. dvoc & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, May 26, 1982 Price Per Copy 50 tents • S.teadiers get Separate school teachers in Huron and Perth, will get an 11.1 percent salary increase for 1982-83. The Huron -Perth Separate School Board ratified the con- tract by a vote of 6 to 3, with one abstainer and three trustees absent last Tuesday. The teachers had ratified the agreement the previous night. The 1982-83 split salary grid gives an annual average salary of $30,105. up froth the, 1982 January to June split grid average salary of $26,680, A joint press release issued May 18 states, "the new salary grid for September ranges from $15,460.in level D with no experience, to $39,460 in level A4 with 12 years ex- perience and for January from $15,725 in level D with no MUSICAL INSTRUCTION — TeoLher Andy Fraser of J.A.D. McCurdy School at Huron Park leads a singingexerciseduringWednesday's musical seminar for elementary schools at the South Huron Ruc Centre in Exeter. Students from the left are Diane Stebbins, Elizabeth Thompson, Sheila Dougall, Sherry Maxwell Linda Shirray and Lee Rose. T -A photo Minor hockey approves handing over Jr. Hawks At a special meeting, Wednesday. the Exeter Minor Hockey Association approved the constitution for the Exeter and Area Junior Hockey Association and•tlten 'agreed to turn over the operatkon of the Junior "I)" Hawks to, the new group. For the coming season, the two groups will act jointly to appoint a new coach and manager of the team and to split any payments in respect of those positions, but in subsequent seasons the EA - JHA will take full respon- sibility for the operation of the squad. The EAJIIA will purchase the team's current equipment Poole .going to Denmark John Burke, president of Kongskilde Ltd., announced this week that Exeter resident George Poole is being transferred to a parent com- pany in Soro, Denrnark. Poole, a resident of ('hur chill Drive, has been with the company for the past five years as marketing manager and will assume the position of marketing co-ordinator with the Korigskilde group. Burke said it is expected that Poole will be in Denmark for a maximum of three years. At the same time, Torsten Tyndeskov, 25 -year-old Son of one o( the founders of Kongskildb, has arrived in Exeter from Denmark. Ile will function in the ad- ministration area in the Cana- dian operation for a year or two. from the EMIIA and each will be responsible for its own fund raising although they have agreed to co-ordinate those efforts to prevent conflicts. The agreement has hain- mered out over the past few weeks by executive members of the two groups and was ap- proved with only minor changes at Wednesday's meeting Ychict-aRractedonly a small audience. One of the contentious issues. that of player move- ment between the minor system and the Hawks, was discussed al some length and it was finally agreeed that if the matter can not be resolv- ed, the two groups would ap- point an independent thr•ee- perscin (.0110i1tee to rule on the matter mcnibrr of each ex- ecutive will be appointed to act as parson with the other and any and all matters of in- terest shall be referred to the liaison parties for discussion and recommendation. 1,11\yy('1 I ,n dy Evans: who had helped draw up the new constitution for th(t EA.JHL1 and the agreement over the Hawks. chaired the discus- sion on the two documents, which were approved unanimously after the few changes were made. 'IYie agreement stipulates that if the. EAJIIA should cease 0pur.itarts at any time. the Hawks would be transfer- red hack to the KAtIMA. 'I'hc'ofticers of the EAJIIA acre liaeii at the meeting and involve se\ era( of the Iical hockey cii1husiasts who operated the Hawks this season as a type of booster club under the umbrella of the FNMA - f'reSNient of the organiza- tion is Gord Kirk. while serv- .ng as \'•.e -president is Silver Bilcke and Gerald Dearing is second virepresident. • Mote Pearce wilt continue as treasuter and as. yet a secretary has not been named. Directirrs'. ycith still one to be' n.nncd. are: Bud I'reszcator. Alvin 1%'illert. Don Wells.Gahhie Mol and Al Quinn The latter is the liaison from the I;.\1Il.\. while Mol will serve as the liaison iron the 1::1,111:1 It was indic•tatt'd that a nom la I fee y% ill he charged to become a inetnher 01 1ht' H::1J H:1 11.1% pay hire experience to $40,130 in level A4 with 12 )(ears experience." "As chairman of the negotiating committee, I'll explain the changes, there's not that many," said Trustee Ronald Murray. "The teachers neither asked for nor got .many changes." . A new article introduced provides for the principal's administration time. Murray said it remains at the "status .quo", but now it is written in- to the contract. - • "There were other minor adjustments; they didn't ask for much other than money," said Murray. "That's the real important thing these days." "They wanted slightly more than the (negotiating) committee wanted to give•" said Murray. "We thought 10 pereent, and they came in with 11 per- cent;'" said Trustee Tim McDonnell. The split grid provides for a 10 percent salary increase in September and a 1.7 per- cent increase in January. Trustee William Kinahan declared a conflict of interest and did not vote on the'mat- ter. Trustee Ernest Vanderschott said he could not support the motion to ratify the contract. "The public sector gets too big of increases, paid from the private sector which is not getting any increases." said Vanderschott adding that in some cases there are salary cuts. "If we keep paying the public sector more than the private sector has coming in. our country can't keep ,go- ing." addled Mr. \'anderschott. McDonnell led chairman John O'Leary to take recorded vote. Trustees Ar- thur Haid, Ronald \larch'. Gregory Fleming. Ray \'anVliet, ,Jeannette Ey Bergen and Keith Mon- tgomery voted in favor of the contract, while Trustees l,or' rnne Devereaux. nn \ oung and Ted Geoffre\'iy were absent and the chairman did not vote. Murray said the contract 1)r0yides for a maxintuni principal's salary of $41i.790. The •mileage rate increased from 17.5 cents per kilometre l0 111 ;, cents per kilometre Murray had teen asked by the teachers to bring the idea of a teacher funded leave plan to the attention of the board. Teachers asked for a commit- tee to be formed to investigate such a plan. He explained it could be carried out in several ways, but as an example, a teacher in the plan, for four of ' Please turn to page 3 Drinking drivers assessed penalty' An Exeter man was fined Albert Rose, Trenton, $500 or 50 days after pleading :Michigan, was fined $300 or 30 guilty .10 .driving with an days after pleading guilty to alcohol content over the legal driving with a blood alcohol limit when he appeared content over the legailimiton before Judge W.G. Cochrane May 11. A breathalizer test in Exeter court, Tuesday. gave a reading of 130 mgs. Two other drivers were also A 19 -year-old Exeter youth, fined for liquor related Paul DouglasBroderick, was charges. ,. fined ;200 or 20 days after John R. Breen, Exeter, pleading guilty to the posses- pleaded.guiltyt.to,tlle Wargo. sipnet, laid on February 13 of driving 12.. His residence hadbeen with an aleehol blood content searched by police on that of over 80. mgs. date and 11 glass vials were He was stopped by an of- found, four of which were full ficer driving an unmarked of hash oil and seven were police vehicle and the court empty but had some residue. learned the accused had been The drugs were valued at bet- driving.at a speed of between ween $40 and $50. 107 and 110 km. The accused was given 60 A breathalizer test gave a days in which to pay. reading of 230 mgs. Two men who pleaded guil- "It took more than a mo- ty to unlawfully having a pay ment of indiscretion to drive telephone booth in their with such a high reading." possession on May 15 were Judge Cochrane remarked in granted conditional imposing the fine. ' discharges and placed on pro - Breen. who had a previous bation for six months. conviction about six years Manuel Rosario, ago. was given three'months• :Mississauga, and Howard in which to pay the fine. Schenker, Toronto, were - A London woman, Bertha charged after their pickup Connolly. was fined $3Q0 or 30 truck was stopped in Exeter days on a charge of impaired and found to contain .a coin driving and a further $100 or operated telephone booth. In - 10 days for refusing to provide vest igation revealed that it a breath sample. . ' _ had been taken from a service She was charged on May 8 station at St. Joseph's. It was after being stopped bt police valued at $800 and there was for erratic driving. The court about $10.20 in the coin box. learned she showed the - The court was told that it classic signs of impairment. was a prank -type situation The third driver. Keith and Was out of character for_ both men. It was indicated a conviction could result in the loss of their jobs. one being a pilot and the other a sales representative. They admitted to humilia- Ted McCullough. a lion and embarrassment over 39 -year-old Hensall resident. the situation. • was kill(d in ti highway colli- Each was ordered to make Sion. 0n Monday restitution for half the cost of The Chipman Chemicals installing the troth. representative was killed in The booth is one of the the mishap which occurred oldest owned by the flay near Na pa nor Telephone System and there has been consideration given and two children. . to donating it to a museum. Hensall man dies in crash He is survived by his wile • rfr STARTING CAR RALLY Wendy Armstrong gets. final instructions prior. to Sunday's car rally sponsored by T - A photo the South Huron Junior Farmers from Cliff Hicks, Brian Clarke and Rob Essery.