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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-10-16, Page 1PER COPY K Exeter's plea to county gIn rebuffed The town of Exeter wants Huron County to pay it over $8,000 for costs +. the town had to pay for an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB); The coun- ty says no, but Exeter won't give up. An open letter to Huron County council from the town was read by Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle at the Oc- tober 10 session of county council. The. letter asks three main questions: was a proposal by Hay Township to sub- divide land for an industrial parkap- proved by county council, who paid for the cost of the county planning department to research and make presentation in favor of Hay at an OMB hearing and could the town have a copy of policies developed by the county planning department for the purpose of cutting down on possible conflicts. Reeve Mickle said Exeter is asking LET'S CHEER — Two-year-old Kristen Hughes showed up to help the SHDHS cheerleciders spur on the football teams, Thursday. She came complete with her own pom-poms. Helping her are Tammy !logo_ Joy Parent, Denise_Renning-=Tracey-McLet�ttan` tlii rmaine Prevett. Concern on e budget allayed by board Concerns expressed by Exeter clerk Liz Bell over the South Huron rec centre budget were allayed by members of the finance committee at the board's regular session. Tuesday. Mrs. Bell had written the board to note that as of the end of September, most of the town's grant of $89,000 had been turned over to the board and she wondered if sizeable revenues or reduced expenditures were an- ticipated by the board to enable them to stay within budget. Finance committee chairman Carolyn Merner advised the board that her committee had mel on -Oc- tober 7 to review the current situation with the employees and said "it ap- pears we'll come in under budget". It was noted that with the change from summer to fall and winter pro- grams. the boards cash flow suffers in September and October. A projected balance for the end of the year showed that expenditures were expected to he $298,819, white revenue was anticipated at $303,744. The original budget had been set at $313,057 m both categories. If there is money left in the budget, board members agreed that it would go towards the repairs of the rec centre. The board approved a motion that a letter be sent to the town clerk ad- vising that the hoard did not foresee any problems with the budget al this time. The matter of the repairs to the facility consumed a major portion of Tuesday s deliberations, with the board finally deciding to have • a qualified engineer inspect the facili- ty and report back to the board on the required action Gay-lan Josephson said the repairs would have to be tendered and so- meone would have to draw up the necessary specifications for the work to be undertaken., manager Cam Steward - son said he was not qualified to under- take the task of drawing up any specifications and it was noted that Cliff Marsden, whohadreviewed the building and outlined some needed repairs, was not an engineer. It was noted that Marsden and his firm could do some of the repair work if they bid on it. An application has been made to secure Wintario funds to cover some of the anticipated costs. Those costs have been set at $7,500 and the grant, if approved, would cover one-third of that. The board did approve a suggestion from Stewardson to have Don Travers undertake alterations to one of the three dehumidifiers in the arena section of the building. Stewardson said the dehumidifiers had been giving problems for the last year or so and the units were not designed for an area as cold as the arena. A heating coil will be put in the units at a price of around $500 each. It was decided to proceed with one unit and see how it works before ap- proving the changes to the other two. FIRST TIME DONOR Scott Baptist was one of many South Huron District High School students giving blood for the first time at Wednes- day's Red Cross clinic. At the right is nurse Sandy Skinner. Two stolen vehicles recovered Me minor collision was reported to the Exeter police department this week ( In Thursdaya two ve'tliele colli- sion look place on Main Street in front oI Huron Motor Products. Drivers of the two vehicles were Bernice Jeffrey and Tim Ilamather, both of Hensall 1 he .Jeffrey vehicle was backing up a. d the llamather vehicle was turn- ing into the lot at Huron Motor Pro- ducts at the time of the collision. Damage was estimated at $54$1 Two vehicles were reported stolen with both being recovered. on October 6. William Simmons in area reported his 1981 Oldsmobile stolen from his residence in Exeter. The vehicle was recovered a short lime Tater a few blocks away with no damage being reported. On October 11, Don Triebner of Ex- eter reported his company truck had been stolen from his driveway during the night. The Triebner vehicle was recovered by Sebringville OPP even before it had been reported stolen. Charges have been laid against one person by Sebringville OPP. No information is available regar- ding the person charged. the ministry of municipal affairs and housing to put a freeze on any development in the Hay Township subdivision. To go back m history, the reeve said several years ago, the idea of in- dustrial development in Hay was brought to the attention of the Exeter planning board. There was a. later discussion with town council and the industrial committee. Exeter's concerns were raised at this later meeting. Reeve Mickle said the town is opposed to the industrial develypment on two grounds. One, that more foodland would be taken out of production and two, the town. which is adjacent to Hay Township, has adequate industrial land. However, no new information was given to Exeter from the planning department and it wasn't until almost two years later that by accident Ex- eter learned the proposal was in place subject to condition set down by the municipal affairs and housing ministry. The town took the case to the OMB which ruled in its favor, because pro- per procedures had not been taken. Exeter's bill for the hearing is $8,131. It is that amount the town wants to be reimbursed from the county. The county has said no. • However, the conflict between Ex- eter and the county doesn't end there. The county maintains theproposal was ratified by council and has been on public record for about three years. "The council of Exeter in review of Huron County minutes of 1982, the year this proposal was introduced, Please turn to page 3 1 THANKSGIVING AT USBORNE — Shown preparing a Thanksgiving dinner at Usborne Central School Friday noon are Tammy Westlake, Kim Jaques, Rodney Easton, George Lamure, Allan Bullock and Tracey Shute. - T -A photo • Ames - Serving South Huron, North Middlesex Iv�cate & North Lambton Since 1873 One Hundred and Thirteenth Yeor EXETER, ONTARIO, October 16, 1985 Price Per Copy 50 Cents Motorcyclist in polies phase fined 5750, off road a year A fine of $750 has been levied against a driver who led police on a 2 high-speed chase thro_ughlhestreets-- of Eliteter'in Jine. Frederick John Steele, formerly of 77 Anne St., Exeter apd now residing at RR 1 Kirkton, pleaded guilty to a chargeof dangerous !'riving on June 12 when he appeared in Exeter court, Tuesday. Steele, operating a motorcycle, was chased by police after going through a radar check on Main St. He sped through several Exeter streets at speeds up to 90 km. before being ap- prehended in a backyard in the Anne St. area. Court learned there were children playing in some of the areas through which the motorcyclist was chased by police. He drove about :'three km. before being stopped in the afterno9n incident. In addition to the $750 fine imposed byJudge Gary Hunter, Steele had his license suspended for 12 months. He was given 90 days in which to pay the fine. He said at Tuesday's court session that he had lost his former job as a result of the incident and was now working as a truck driver. Four people were fined $500 each when they appeared on drinking and driving charges. They also received automatic license suspensions. Harold K. Gingerich, RR 2 Zurich, pleaded guilty to a charge of having a blood alcohol over the legal limit. He was stopped for speeding in Hay Township on May 15 and a subsequent breathalizer test gave a reading of 150 mgs. He was given 90 days to pay. Timothy S. Goudie, 91 Oxford St., Hensall, was charged with driving while his blood alcohol content was over the legal limit on September 9 at :30 a.m. in Hensall. He was s Ask boards be -abolished Huron County council is asking the provincial government for permission to abolish independent boards in favor of committees of council. This action was approved in a,24 to 6 recorded vote at the October 10 ses- sion of council. It was Hullet reeve Tom Cunn- ingham who raised the question of county council "rubber stamping" items of business dealt with by the board of health and the library hoard. As it stands now, reports from those boards come to county council for in- formation only. The board meetings are open to the public. Reeve Cunningham thinks the reports should be approved by coun- ty council at its regular meetings. Board of health chairman Bill Elston agreed. "The business we (board of health) do should be scrutinized by county council. We were elected to do the business for the people." he said. However, Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle wanted to know why the change is be- ing requested. Ile suggested that the county wants to abolish open board meetings for closed committee meetings. The public is not allowed to attend committee meetings such as agriculture and property. museum and road. Exeter Deputy Reeve Lossy Fuller called for the 1986 county council to open all committee meetings to the public., "We answer to the taxpayers," said Goderich Reeve (:rant Stirling, ad- ding that elected people are having less and less say on such boards as Family and Children's Services. So county council is going to ask minister of health Murray Elston, Bill's son, and Lily Munor, minister of Citizenship and culture for per- missive legishtion to allow the coun- 'Please turn to page 3 when his motorcycle, which didn't have-=tread}fights ttlirttii'-on, -went �"J;1fC.tJf3 READY TO BE A DONOR — Red Cross nurse Marge Jury gets ready to start the blood donor process with two first time donors Joanne Slaght and Suzanne Smith at SHDHS Wednesday. The local clinic was sponsored by the Ausable River Nomads. T -A photo One major injury in week's crashes Five of the six collisions in- vestigated this week by the Exeter OPP occurred over the Thanksgiving weekend. One person was seriously injured and five others sustained minor injuries. The major injury was to Charles Mallette, Hensall. He lost control of his vehicle on concession 8-9 of Stephen Township on Friday and struck a tree. He was taken to South Huron Hospital. Damage to his vehicle was listed at $8,000. The five minor injuries occurred in a two -vehicle collision on Monday on Huron St. E. at concession 2-3 of Usborne Township. Vehicles involved were driven by Cathy Scofield, Lon- don, and Virginia Smith, Exeter. Damage was set at $6,000. Both drivers and three passengers were taken to South Huron Hospital. the passengers were Ruby Waller, Clifford Waller and Gerald Cottle, all of Exeter. The other four collisions involved only single vehicles. On Tuesday, a vehicle driven by Lillian Malaniuk, Seaforth, went out of control on Huron Road 11 south of Highway 83 and ended up in the ditch. Damage was $500. Sunday, Mark Laporte, Zurich, lost control of his vehicle on Goshen St. in Zurich and struck the Tasty -Nu Bakery. Damage to the vehicle was set at $1,000 and $2,000 to the building. The first of two Saturday crashes was on Highway 81 north of Mt. Carmel Road when Bradley Curtis, London, lost control of his vehicle and struck a utility pole. Total damage was listed at $1,500. The other occurred on County Road 2 when a vehicle operated by Stanley Zachar, Exeter, backed out of a private drive and struck a parked car owned by Sharlene Groot, Hensall. Total damage to the two vehicles was $525. - During the week the local detach- ment officers laid 35 charges for traf- fic and liquor infractions. J111%0 .0—stop_sigh,A .br-eathalizer` test gave a reading of 110 mgs. He too. was given 90 days in which to pay. Also charged with a blood alcohol content over the legal IimitwasRobert Andrew Patrick, 950 St. Lewis St., Windsor. He was charged on August 31 after failing an Alert test in a spot check near Hensall. A breathalizer test gave a reading of 160 mgs. Fined $500 for impaired driving was Russell K. Cary, 441 Murray St., Cor- urtna. He was charged on June 29 at 1:40 p.m. after police were advised of a vehicle being in a cornfield in Usborne. The accused was found asleep behind the steering wheel of the vehicle and the engine was running. Despite arguments from a defence lawyer, Judge Hunter said he was convinced the accused was impaired and was in care and control of the vehicle. A fine of $300 was handed out to Harold Nairn, RR 2 Staffa, who was convicted on acharge of refusing to comply with a demand for a breath sample on June 9. After being stopped for a traffic infraction, the accused made seven futile attempts to blow in- to an Alert machine. A Crediton man, Lloyd Edward Masnica, 39, was fined $250 after pleading guilty to a charge of making a false alarm which resulted in an ambulance and police cruiser being dispatched to the Crediton area on June 7. Masnica had phoned Hoff- man's Ambulance and advised.that a person had been hit by a car at 10:35 p.m. When the emergency vehicles ar- rived they found no accident but determined from the accused that he had called because he had a sore toe. Crown Attorney Norman Long pointed out the seriousness of the situation, noting that the ambulance might have been needed elsewhere. Masnica was given 90 days in which to pay the fine. Kevin Roy Butt, RR 2 Simcoe, pleaded guilty to a charge of being in possession of a narcotic in tlensall on September 21. An investigating of- ficer noted the strong odor of a drug when he approached a vehicle in which Butt was sitting. The analysis of the material had not Please turn to page 2 A SPECIAL GIFT - - Joan McCann accepts a rose from grand -daughter Jena Darling for having the most grandchildren (17) and two great-grandchildren of those attending Grandparent Day at Toddlers Inn Nursery School.