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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-09-22, Page 1QUALITY Newohne Whitlutgs Phone 235.1944 • Employees want more money Strlk. plasflc. plant • Workers at the Protective Plastics plant at Huron Park • went on strike at midnight, . • Sunday. About 60 members of Local 1620 of the United Auto Workers rejected a company offer of 40 cents per hour over a one year period. Bargaining representative John Thomsonand local rep Herb Heywood said the corb- pany offer to raise the current general labour wage amounted to only an increase of about four and one-half per- cent from the current $6.23 per hour. The rate schedule ranges to a top of $8.73 an hour. They added, "It's not • just the extra money we -want, DRINKS ALONG THE WAY — Participants in Sunday's Terry Fox run hod the opportunity to get a drink -of water at the home of Mike Soldon on Marlborough Street. Shown getting refreshed are Erma and Corinne Weernfnk. T -A photo All in' readiness .for plowing match Officials of the 1982 Interna- tional Plowing Match expect everything to be ready to go when the gates open at a.m. Tuesday.morning, September 28 on (14 farm of Alan Scott at Lucan. Peter Fleming, assistant secretary -treasurer of the Ort ttaai�aFJoyvinea'aJt;�of '- sal• Mo ay aiteruo" t " on almost as important to have good weather this week as the week of the match." He continued, "The ground is in excellent shape now. In fact the hay is growing and may have to be cut down on some of the streets before the match starts. Fleming said more than 25 percent of the exhibitors were already on the grounds. There will be a total of 600 exhibits which will include about 50 catering booths and tents and 130 on Commercial Court.. Asked about the variety of farm displays, Fleming said, "You name it and we have it. A new company with head of- fice iii Brazil manufacturing a small disc will be here and we have had numerous en- quiries from northern parts of the United States. Some of the last items to be set up this week will be 200 outhouses, 200 garbage con- tainers and 40 ticket booths. Middlesex overall chair- man Jack McNamara echoed Fleming's sentiments by say- ing he was pleased with the way preparations were going and everything to be Y� _ .... Sergeant Bruce Shaw of the Lucan detachment of the On- tario Provincial Police reports that a special OPP force of 60 men will arrive in Lucan Monday'and they will be responsible for. security and traffic during the five days of the match. Shaw said the only involve- ment for his permanent Lucan force would be in pro- bable extra accident in- vestigations and supplying two officers for security from 7 p.m. each day to 7 a.m. the next morning. The match will be official- ly opened at 2 p.m. Tuesday by Canada's former am- bassador to Iran Ken Taylor. A special plowing match supplement with details of most of the activities and a program for each day ap- pears as an insert with this week's issue of the T -A. but, better and safer working conditions." ' A company spokesman said Tuesday morning that negotiations had broken off Saturday night and it was not known when they would begin again- rotteetive Plastics has been' in operation at the Huron Park location for about seven years. picketing the Protective Plastics plant at Huron ''.g Ix voca & Noah Lambton Since 1873 One Hundred and. Tenth Year ER, ONTARIO, September 22,1982 Park. Price Per Copy 50 cents Cite need for %mond loyal bridg but it and ba The long-awaited alter- native routes study was unveiled by Exeter council this' week, accompanied by a warning to land speculators that some of the suggestions may never come to fruition, or at'best be "a long, long way down the road." There are two aspects to the study, one calling for the in- stallation of a second, bridge over the Ausable to connect the Riverside Drivearea to Pryde Boulevard and the ex- tension of Wellington St. The top priority in that phase, however, is the exten- sion of Pryde through to Huron St., The report, prepared by the planning board, calls for a residential roads layout that would be in conformity with the new bridge and its connec- ting roadways.'. The development of those areas abutting the proposed residential road layout should occur via registered plans of subdivision, the report recom- mends. The roadways to be developed by the subdivision process should conform to the suggested residential road layout and be dedicated to the . town. _' . . "Eventually someone has to look at a second bridge," commented planning board chairman Alvin Epp, em- phasizing that it could be a long time -coming. The intent of the residential interconnecting roadway is to provide easy access between proposed and existing neighborhoods in the easter- ly half of the town,•while also providing access west to Main St. and alternative access across the river. At the present time, residents of the Dow subdivi- sion have only one outlet (Sanders St.) from their area. North -end residents have on- ly one access route to downtown. The report notes that addi- tional residential develop- ment would occur backing on- to the river by utilizing cul-de- sacs with access onto the A VISITING LIBERAL MEMBER — Renfrew North MPP Sean Conway was o visitor at Thursday's annual barbecue at the Pineridge Chalet sponsored by the Huron - Middlesex Liberal Association. Above, Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell and Con- way chat with Ozzie Zivkovic and Alvin Pym. • T -A photo Separate board hikes pay The Iluron-Perth Separate School Board increased the trustee honorarium for the next three years at a meeting in Dublin on'September 13. Starting December 1, trustees monthly allowance will increase from 1180 to 1200. On December 1, 1983 it will increase to $225 per month and on December 1, 1984 it will go up to 1250 a month. Finance committee chair- man Ted Geoffrey presented the figures as a recommenda- tion to the board. "It's up to the board," said Geoffrey. Some trustees compared their honorarium to that of surrounding boards, noting their's comes up short. Trustee Greg Fleming sug- gested the monthly figure for the next three years be in- creased by 1100, making it 1300, 1325 and 1350 respectively. No comments were made on the suggestion and in a 7te 5 vote, the allowance increase was approved. Recent changes in the Education Act allow present school boards to set the rates for the incoming board which will be holding office for three years. The Education Act no longer sets a maximum for trustees' honorarium which for the Huron -Perth had been 1200 a month. It was pointed out that when the board was first formed in 1969, trustees received 1150 month. The honorarium has only increased twice since. The last one in 1V79 raised the honorarium to Its current level of 1180. The board also approved an increase in their mileage rate from 17.5 cents a kilometre to 18.5 cents a kilometre. .Wellington St. extension. Monday night, after lauding the planning board for their study, council agreed to amend the official plan to in- corporate the provisions of ass long way awo ql�t ie fi'fttdge and street ' extenekins wale envisioned as being a long way down the road, the time element for the second part of the study may be even more distant. IS'g n rnative •truck route. A general location of this roadway is shown runn- ing along the westerly limit of the town. It was accepted by council in principle. Councillor Bill Mickle noted that there are certainly no bypass would be the loss of guarantees that a truck bypass route will ever be established or where it may be if in fact it is established. He suggested the ministry of transportation and com- munication may decide to completely bypass Exeter at some'future time by paving a route a mile and a quarter east or west of Exeter. "In. a word you're discouraging speculators," commented Mayor Bruce Straw. "Buyer beware," Mickle responded. Council learned that one of the draw -backs to the truck Highway 4 through Exeter as a connecting link. This would make Main St. part of the town's street network and council would be responsible for ',all maintenance and repair, costs. At the present time, the ministry provides 90 percent of those costs under the connecting link agreement. A survey conducted by the ministry in Exeter in 1980 in- dicates there will be more commercial vehicles coming to Exeter as a destination than passing through Exeter to other destinations. Please turn to page 2 • Two retire from council There will be at least two vacancies to fill on Exeter council when nominatj i thmt rolls around next month, while two other members in- dicated their intention to switch positions. Announcing their plana to retire from municipal polities during a poll conducted at council, Monday, were Deputy -Reeve Alvin Epp abd Councillor Gaylen Josepfnon. Reeve Don MacGregor said he was going to relinquish that post but still planned to seek a council seat, while Councillor Bill Mickle reported he would seek to fill MacGregor's job. Epp said he had been agonizing for some time over the decision, and his an- nouncement appeared to come as a surprise to 1111, members. It had been rumored earlier that be too would seek to move up to the reeve's post. Noting that the sickness which had sidelined him from his work for several weeks this past year had taken a clot out of him, Epp said it and the fact he wanted to spend more time with his family and the boys at his group home had been the basis for his decision to retire and not seek re- election for the new. term which will be for three years. Josephson also noted it had been a "tough decision" to retire. He has enrolled in a diploma course - in animal pathology at the Univeristy of Guelph and has one more year of part-time classes to attend in the two-year program. He said he could not stand in view of the commitment to his work, school and family. Explaining that while he would like to continue on council, MacGregor also cited Please turn to page 2 GETS APPRENTICE AWARD -= Ron Anderson of Das "`did acquired perfect marks in a recent trades course for apprentices at Fanshawe College. Above, Keith Var dy, an industrial traiglrie consulftlntwith the Ontario Minisof Colleges and Univer- sities presents a 01*0 to Anderson: In N e centtois.hl& ►ployerLerneKieinstiver of l.W. Kleinstiver Ltd:, Dashwood. T -A photo Zurkh trustee will retire after losing salary battle. The Huron -Perth Separate School Board granted salary increases to its director and superintendent of education at its September 13 meeting in Dublin. New sign law okay Exeter's new sign bylaw, which has been slowly work- ing its way through planning board sessions for the past four years, was finally ap- proved by council this week with no changes being made in the document prepared by the planners. "It's been a painful, painful birth," commented planning board member Dorothy Chapman when Mayer Bruce Shaw noted the document had been a long time coming. The new bylaw takes the provision for signs out of the zoning bylaw and will allow council to make amendments or hear complaints without having to send those along to the Ontario Municipal Board. Building inspector Brian Johnston told the T -A prior to. the meeting that there are few changes in the bylaw from existing regulations. He termed it "a very practical bylaw" that is not unrealistic • for people wanting to adver- tise their businesses through signs. The bylaw continues to allow only flush -mounted signs in the core areaind pro- hibits flashing lights on signs, Johnston explaining that those are traffic hazards. The permit price of 110 re- mains unchanged as is the maximum fine for contraven- tion of the bylaw. That's 11,000. One of the changes now allows pylon signs in the in- dustrial zones. Johnston said the language in the new bylaw is also more consistent with the ter- minology used by sign com- panies and the document was reviewed by representatives of sign firms before being okayed by planning board and sent along to council for ratification. It was approved, Monday, with no debate. A 9.2 percent increase was approved by the board for the director of education from September 1 to August 31, 1983. Effective September 1, his salary increases from 149,500 to 153,500. On January 1, 1983 the director's salary in- creases by 12,000 bringing it to 155,500. The superintendent's salary increases by 11 percent over 1982-83. Effective September 1 his salary in- creases from 144,000 to 148,000 with a further increase of 12,000 on January 1, 1983. Two trustees, Ted Geoffrey of Zurich and Tim McDonnell of Ellice Township, voted against the director's in- crease. Geoffrey alone voted against the superintendent's increase. "I'm opposed to the mo- tion.... I'm not happy+ the way education has been going in the past couple of years;" Geoffrey told the board when the director's salary was up for consideration. He added he couldn't justify the salary increases to the taxpayers nor to. himself. Summing up his views, Geof- frey announced he would not be running for office again in the upcoming election. "I'll not be part of the board next year, I'll give someone else the. opportunity to take my position and see what it's like," commented Geoffrey. Geoffrey has served the township of Hay and the villages of Hensall and Zurich since the county -wide board was established in 1969. Prior to that time he served on the local board for Ecole Ste. Marie for many years. Trustee Ronald Murray of the Dublin area stated, as he has said before, that in order to be fair to the director and superintendent, the increases had to be granted. "I don't like the high wages a damn bit...nobody likes them, but if we're going to pay our principals $47,000, we can't pay our.superintendent 144,000 and the director Please turn to page 2 - Exeter is known around the world There may be millions of people around the world un- familiar with Exeter, On- tario, but the town is becom- ing better known to industrial leaders in at least two coun- tries, thanks tothe aggressive work of the local industrial and tourism promotion committee. Last week. when the Japanese consulate staged a dinner in London to meet with industrial promoters in that city. only two other com- munities in Western Ontario were invited to send representatives. Exeter was one of those two, the other . being Tillsonburg. Mayor Bruce Shaw and pro- motion committee chairman Bill Mickle were invited to the event, along with their spouses. "Another door has been opened", explained Mickle at Monday night's session of council, adding that the Japanese were interested in Southwestern Ontario, not on- ly for markets, but for in- dustrial sites for their factories. Ile said they were par- ticularly interested in joint ventures with Canadian firms. Shaw attributed Exeter's invitation to the town's ag- gressive industrial and tourism promotion comrnit- tee who have sent local brochures around the world extolling the merits of the community. Both he and Mickle noted that some large cities were bypassed in invitations to the event in London. Mickle also related a situa- tion regarding a German in- dustrial newspaper which outlined some prime locations for people considering in- dustrial expansion. Under the designation of Ontario, two communities were listed. They were Ex• eter and Midland. • UNIQUE MAIL DROP — Any members of.the Harry Schroeder family picking up their doily mail find pleasant surroundings. The Crediton area farmer is shown with his very unique mail box complex. T -A photo Stolen car smashed . One injury in crashes out of control on concession 2-3 of Hay. The vehicle went into a ditch. struck a tree and rolled over onto its roof. The driver escaped with minor injuries and damage was listed•at S3.000. . During the week, the detachment officers charged one person with impaired driving, one with driving while under suspension and laid six charges for liquor violations. A power lawn mower was tound on the roadside in Stephen Township during the week and the owner may claim some by identifying it at the Exeter OPP office. . Five collisions were vestigated by the Exeter OPP this week, including one in- volving a stolen vehicle. That latter collision was reported on Sunday when a vehicle leased from Ford Credit Co. to Clarence Knight. RR 1 Hensall; was stolen in Hensall and, damaged when it hit an old wooden post on Richmond St. Damage to the vehicle was listed at SI.000 The unknown driver escaped Also on Sunday. a vehicle driven by Robert Bond. RR 2 Dashwood. went out of control on concession 10-11 of Stephen and struck a hydro in- pole mine ditch. Damage was set at 51.000. On Friday. a vehicle driven by Blair 111clnnis. London. struck a parked car owned by Bill Hodge; Centralia, in the IG:\ parking lot at Huron Park. Total damage was estimated at $400. Vehicles operated by John Taylor. Seaforth. and Bruce Pemberton. Dutton. collided at the intersection of Highways 4.a lid 84 in Hensall ori Thursday. with resulting damage al .$60a The other collision occurred on Wednesday. when a north- bound vehicle driven by Stephen Ranks. Hensall. went HOCKEY EQUIPMENT GOES SOUTH The sole of used equipment held Saturday by the Exeter Minor Hockey Association was successful. Above Donna Wedlake helps son David and Michael select equipment to take back to their home in West Virginia. The boys are visiting their grandparents in Exeter. T -A photo