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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-03-20, Page 1NEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH -- A ground -breaking ceremony was held on Sunday on the site where construction will begin soon on a new Exeter Pentecostal Tabernacle. Shown (from left) are board members Dave Nesbit, Louis De Brum, Morley Hall, building committee chairman Dave Prouty, Allen Hayter, assistant pastor Randy Cox and Pastor Bob Donnan. Missing: Russell Snider. • Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Twelfth Year Bulldozes turns sod for New Pentecostal church Bob Donnan, pastor of Exeter Pentecostal Tabernacle, quoted King David's words to his sonSolomon dur- ing a short ground -breaking ceremony to mark the start of con- struction of a new Pentecostal church on the east side of Highway 4 just south of town. Reading from 1 Chronicles chapter 22, Donnan emphasized the words "Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God" before board member, Allen Hayter, at the controls of a bulldozer, moved a sym- bolic patch of earth. The WaSaga Beach firm of Don Hawkey Construction, which hasbuilt approximately 100 churches in the past 12 years, expects to begin con- struction of the $600,000 edifice this month. Donnan hopes the building will be ready by the end of December. Besides a sanctuary which will seat 450 to 500, the new church will house a gym -activity room, a large fellowship hall, a fully equipped kit- chen, educational facilities, a com- plete nursery, and wheel -chair ac- cessible washrooms. Donnan expressed the hope the new church "will be a tool that God will use to further His kingdom", and that • it will provide a real ministry to people. Dave Prouty, chairman of the building committee, said information regarding the sate of the.present pro- perty will be released at a later date. dvocate & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, March 20, 1985 Many from non -contributors use rec centre too Use stud The 1984 South Huron Recreation Centre usage study shows that the level of support by each of the suppor- ting municipalities doesn't accurate- ly reflect their residents' use of the facilities and programs. This may add more fuel to the user fee debate regarding the centre. Exeter pays the largest percentage of the operating cost of the rec cen- tre. In 1984 Exeter paid $83,250; that's about 87.5 percent of the total operating deficit of the centre. Exeter residents made 62.61 percent of the use of the facilities. Each Exeter resi- dent pays about $23 in taxes to support the rec centre. Usbbrne, which doesn't have an arena, paid $10,000 last year toward the centre. Usborne residents ac- counted for 9.38 percent of the Cen- tre's use, and their financial contribu- tion is about 9.5 percent of the total cost. This is the closest relationship between many contributed and actual Stephen residents used the facilities Winds blow cars in ditch High winds were listed as a con- tributing factor by drivers involved in all six accidents investigated this week by the Exeter OPP. All but one of the crashes involved only a single vehicle as drivers end- ed up in ditches. Only one minor in- jury was reported. Five of the six crashes occurred on Tuesday during the height of strong winds. A vehicle driven by Valerie Siemash, Ilensall, left concession 2-3 of Hay and went into the ditch with resulting damage of $450. A London man, Spencer Black. lost control of his vehicle on highway 84 west of County Road 31 and it rolled over into a ditch. Damage was $2,5(0. Damage was set at $9,000 when a vehicle driven by James Smith, :304 Andrew St., Exeter, rolled over on County road 6 west of Highway 23. The other single driver crash on Tuesday occurred on Highway 23 near the Fish Creek bridge north of Kirkton. A vehicle driven by Vicicie Holmes. London. rolled over inf(► a ditch. Damage was set at $4.1100 in that one and the driver sustained minor injuries. Also on Tuesday, vehicles driven by Richard Westelaken. St. Thomas. and Grace Vandersleen. RR 1 Kirkton. collided on Highway 83 east of Huron Road I1. Damage was estimated at $1,000. The other crash of the week occur- red on Wednesday when a vehicle operated by Dr William O'Connor, Grand Bend, went out of control on Highway 83 east of Huron Road 2 and rolled over in the ditch. Damage was $3,000. ind 11.15 percent of the time. Their 81.200 contribution reflects 1.3 percent of the centre's cost. However. Stephen runs the Huron Park swimming pool and arena, and contributes to parks and sports in the township villages. Ilay residents get :3.45 percent of the use made of the centre. Their finan- cial contribution of $800 is .08 percent of the centre's cost. Ilowever Hay also Price Per Copy 50 Cents icates Stephen, Hay underpay contr of enso ire dui inti ITefisait'- Ile` percentage oiuse -iiy Exe ec arenas. Out -of -area residents, which in- clude people from Hensall, Zurich, Grand Bend and Tuckersmith, use the facilities at the rate of 13.41 percent. These users do not contribute to the rec centre through their tax dollars. Exeter residents contribute a larger percentage of the funds than residents. However, the rec centre is located most conveniently to Exeter residents. The centre use statistics are divid- ed into separate programs because the deficits from the programs vary greatly. The ice programs lose by far the most money, and the ice is being used to capacity. The pool programs }1 ` g 1 ti WHAT'S IN THE BAG? -- John Parker entertains the March Break crowd at the South Huron Recreation Centre. The magic show on Wednesday included lots of audience participation. Power line session draws bumper crowd Landowners who may play unwill- ing host to towers ferrying tremen- dous voltage across their property. and a giant corporation wanting to bring power from its plant on the Bruce peninsula to customers further south are looking at the same situa- tion from opposite ends of a telescope. This fact was made very clear when between 350 and 400 area residents. mainly farmers, attended a one -day information centre set up by Ontario I lydro in the South Huron rec centre Dave Abbot(. from Offs communi- ty relations department, said the question he was asked most often in Exeter, and in Caradoc the previous day, was why any consideration was given to putting a line through what Abbott agreed was the best agricultural land in Canada. Farmers are thinking of the im- mediate effect: devalued land, adverse reaction on animals and ozone -sensitive crops such as white beans. and the nuisance of constant- ly manoeuvering equipment around the Kase of the towers. Abbott told questioners that 011 is planning now for the next century and the power needs of a population ex- pected to have tripled by that time. The corporation wants to reduce its reliance on coal-fired plants and thus reduce the acid gas emissions blam- ed as a cause of acid rain. WI* GREEN SLUSH WAS DELICIOUS - During o Spring Break St. Patrick's Day outing at the South Huron Rec Centre. Dianne Dearing serves Christine Heywood, Jennifer Heywood, Christie Bedard and Michael Heywood. . T -A photo Bean producer Bob Allan, Brucefield, takes the short-term view. Ile said bean plants under a power line on Murray Cardiff's farm died. and a monitor registered a high ozone level in the area. Ile also questioned why 3.000 -heat unit land should be covered up, and predicted the necessi- ty of having to import a great deal of our food in the future if that happens. Though not directly affected by any of the proposed routes for a line through Huron County. Harold Elder. RR 2 Hensall, was just as puzzled. He said the proposed routes. through $3.000 per acre land. didn't make sense when alternate routes through marginal land were available. Abbott assured his interrogators they have ample time to express their concerns. 011 will complete its route study of the Bruce -London corridor by early May, and will spend the next two months in a detailed evaluation of the different options and systems. By early July, people from the Bruce to London will know if the route bypasses them altogether, or if they face one or Iwo lines on their proper- ty. More information meetings will be set up in September to explain lfydro's recommendations to those who will he -affected. Abbott anticipates hearings will begin in November. the most conve nient time for farmei s. Abbott ex- plained that after Dr. Porter's review of route selection procedures in 1975. a consolidated board incorporating the environmental assessment. plan- ning and expropriation departments was set up to speed up approval of projects. All interested parties will have the opportunity to speak before the hoard at that time. If hearings are held in November. the board should render its decision in the spring of 1986. Negotiation with property owners would follow. and construction of the line would begin in 1987. The line would he in service in 1989. also Tose mor ey, and the pains use to near capacity. Some programs have more out -of area users than others. For example, in 1984 the men's recreational hockey league had 24.11 percent out -of -area users. The men's recreational baseball league had 36.68 percent out - of -area users. But the recreation cen- tre doesn't run these programs; they just rent out the ice time or diamond. However, some programs are run e by`-tbe-- -centre:- For example; children's gymnastics had 15.30 per- - cent participation by ,non-atea residents in 1984. This was up 13.24 percent in 1983. But the total number of children involved in 1984 was only 183: 15.30 percent of that is 28 children. If each of those 28 children was charg- ed an extra $15 to attend the gym- nastics club, would they drop out? If . the children dropped out, the centre might lose more than the $140 it stood to gain in user fees. "Nobody knows the answers," said Lynne Farquhar, the recreation cen- tre recreation director. Farquhar recently attended a seminar on user fees at the Ontario Recreation Socie- ty Conference in London held on February 22, 23, and 24. Statistics for centre use, divided in- to residents from Exeter, Usborne, Stephen, Hay and all others, have ' the centre are filled on a first come. first served basis. but on most pro- grams there's generally no shortage of space. Ice groups are•niore heavily sub- Pleaseturn to page 2 Thirty apply for chief job Thirty . applications have been received for the position of "senior police chief" for Exeter. Those a ' . lications a e no ' bein review r .y e I ntario ' o ice om- mission who will choose several to be interviewed by council along with three area police chiefs on April 23. The final selection will be up tp council. In answer to a question from Deputy -Reeve Lossy Fuller, Mayor Bruce Shaw advised this week that Chief Ted Day is "fit to come back to work" after a lengthy absence due to illness. Shaw added that Day is, however. presently on holidays. In her report to council, police com- mittee chairman Dorothy Chapman advised that three members of the force plan to attend seminars in the coming months. Constable Dan Kierstead will be at the Canadian Police College in Ot- tawa from April 22 to May 3: Con- stable Brad Sadler will attend a Young Offenders seminar in June and Act/Chief Kevin Short will be atten- ding a micro technology familiariza- tion seminar at the Canadian Police College. She also reported that the telephone log system is in place and being used by the department personnel. Trucker appeal hearing is set The Ontario Municipal Board has set Tuesday, April 23 as the date for a bearing into an appeal launched against an Exeter committee of ad- justment decision that dismissed an application from Bert and Elaine Knip to allow them to park a truck at their Sherwood Crescent residence. The application touched off a round of discussions between council and local truckers over the town's bylaw which prohibits large commercial trucks from being parked in residen- tial areas. The couple applied for a minor variance and were denied. The hearing on their appeal of the decision to the 011113 will be heard in the council chambers at 11:00 a.m. DISCUSSION — Paul Klopp, 1st v/p of the Huron Federation of Agriculture, attended the Ontario Hydro information day at the South Huron rec centre to publicize a meeting organized by the Foodland- Hydro committee in Exeter March 21. He is talking to Harold and Poul Elder. RCs detail sessions on.secondary school The Huron -Perth Catholic secon- l'he planning committee has divid- dary school planning committee will ed into three groups. Stratford area. meet with parents and ratepayers Dublin area and the western area. from March 20 to April 11 Mnriarity said each group will have a trustee. administrative represen- tative, a priest and a parent. Short presentations on accom- modation and program plans, staff- ing; transportation and financing of a possible Catholic secondary school will be conducted The presentations will wind down on April 11 at Precious Blood school in Exeter A session is also planned for April 9 al St. Boniface in Zurich. All meetings start at 8:00 p.m. The dates for the 12 meetings to be held across Huron and Perth Counties were announced by the planning com- mittee at the separate school hoard;: March 11 meeting. Planning committee member. trustee Michael Moriarilc. said the first meetings are on March 20 at Sacred Heart school in Wungham and Holy Name of Mary school in SI - Marys.