Times-Advocate, 1986-05-14, Page 1Over 250 campingin)h to bit Town for weekend
Exeter will be invaded this upcom-
ing holiday weekend by campers
from all parts of Ontario and the
United States.
More than 250 units are expected to
participate in a weekend camping
jamboree of the Ontario Association .
of National Campers and Hikers. The
event 1a being sponsored by the
Atlasb)e River Nomads who will also
becelebrating their 15th agp iversarv.
Registration begins at nbon Friday,
May 16 and the South Huron Roe• Cen-
tre grounds will be closed at that time
to all but campers.
Activities begin Friday night with
a hospitality hour including coffee
and cookies followed by entertain- 't A Sunday night program officially
Ment by the famous Exeter Main •
Street jug band.
Saturday morning campers may
lake advantage of bus trips to the
Northlander plant in Exeter and
General Homes and Coach in Hensal.
At the same time, a bake sale will be
held.
Afternoon activities begin with a
fashion show at 1 p.m. in the Rec
Centre. Also on the agenda are adult
and children's games, roller skating
and a kite flying contest.
Opening ceremonies will ,be held'
Saturday night at 7 p.m. to be follOw
ed 4y adance to the music of a live
country and western band.
A church service will be held Sun-
day morning at 10:30 a.m. with Bob
Heywood providing the message in
sermon and song.
will leave Monday morning.
In charge of the campout are John
and Ola Batten and Alex Meikle of the
Ausable River Nomads.
ads he weekend as most campers
WE'LL BE LATE
Due to the holiday, Monday, the Ex-
eter Times -Advocate will be publish-
ed one day later than usual next week.
It will be printed Wednesday night/
for Thursday morning delivery.
YULIP'OIRLS — Ready to step on stage in d number from the Hensall Public School concert are Kim
Scotchmer (left); Tammy Neeb, Shannon Kyle, Bonnie Smote, Amy Elliott and Amy Swart.
A GUIDING BREAKFAST — Members of the Exeter Girl Guides'en-
joyed a weekend of camping at Kirkton. Shown preparing breakfast
Sunday morning are David Oke, Christine Chappel, Katie Armstrong,
Mary Lynn Oke, Kyla Werrett and Melanie Phillips. T -A photo
Surplus, working capital 'reserve offset,
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906 Price Per Copy 60 cents
13 percent increase in expenses
xeter hits four
When Exeter council members
started budget discussions several
weeks ago, they set a goal of keeping
any increases to four percent.
Faces charge
over hit, run
A Lucknow area man faces three
charges as the result of a collision bet-
ween a car and a school bus at 8:20
a.m., Thursday.
The school bus was northbound on
Highway 4 just north of the Kirkton
Road - when- a ` southbound :vehicle
crossed over the centre line and col-
lided with It,
The car failed to stop at the scene
and the suspected vehicle was ap-
prehended on Highway 4 in
McGillivray Township shortly after.
Eketer OPP have charged Murray
Shoebottom, RR1 Lucknow, with
careless driving, failing to remain at
the scene of an accident and with fail-
ing to share the roadway.
School bus driver Harold Patterson
and his 18 student passengers were
uninjured in the mishap.
Shoebottom suffered minor
injuries.
Damage to the school bus was set
at $5,000 and there was $3,000 to the
Shoebottom vehicle.
The only other collision of the week
occurred on Friday on concession
14-15 of Hay Township at sideroad 5-6.
Drivers involved were Daryl Mitton,
RR2 Zurich, and Leo Hoffman, RR3
Zurich.
Damage to the vehicles was
estimated at $3,790.
During the past week, the detach-
ment officers charged 45 drivers with
speeding offenses and another 14 in-
fractions of the Highway Traffic Act.
There,were five charges under the Li-
quor Licence Act and one driver was
charged with failing to provide proof
of insurance for the vehicle he was
driving.
They accomplished that goal, Mon-
day, but not in the manner that had
been anticipated originally. ,
In fact, the town's expenditures will
be up about 13 percent over last year,
but an increase in assessment, coupl-
ed with a surplus of $102,355 and use'
of about $18,000 from the working
capital reserve fund will keep the in-
crease to the target.
• After making some slashes at a
special budget meeting two weeks
ago council had arrived at an increase
in the mill rate of 6.4 percent when
they tackled their final review this
week.
That indicated further chops of
about $17,000 .were needed to reach
the target Of four per"cc CITO0 `mer,
after considerable debate; council
opted to make up the difference from
the working capital reserve.
"We weren't even close to target,"
Reeve Bill Mickle suggested during
the discussion when it was noted ex-
'penses were up 13 percent.
He voiced some opposition to using
funds from the working capital
reserve, noting that "once you start
nibbling it away, Some day you won't
have it to use when an unexpected
project has to be undertaken."
Mickle agreed that the town has a
healthy operating capital fuifd, but if
it is continually eaten away, there will
be a rude awakening some day. Th$
fund is currently $249,000.
He also noted that by using up the
' entire .surplus. of -$1 n^,'tk5 'the town
woad -have shute difficulty in next
year's budget deliberations as that
represented almost 20 mills.
Another one gets
provincial position
For the second week in a row, a
member of Exeter council has been
named as a director of a provincial
organization.
Dorothy Chapman was named as
one of nine directors of the Municipal
Police Authorities ( MPA) for Ontario
at that group's convention in Toron-
to last Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday.
She was named to serve a one-year
term on the group, which includes
membership from police committees
and commissions from most
municipalities in the province.
Her duties will include one meeting
per month iQ Toronto and she explain-
ed that the cost of that will be met by
the MPA and not local ratepayers.
The organization came into being
about seven years ago and last year
a full-time executive director was
appointed.
Mayor Bruce Shaw noted that coun-
cil had cut the budget very carefully
and was in agreement with a sugges-
tion by Deputy -Reeve Lossy Fuller
that the shortfall cptne from the work-
ing capital reserve.
Shaw also noted that some of the
estimates in the budget had been on
the high side and there was a chance
that by; the end of the year there
would be no need to tap the reserve
fund.
Councillor Ben Hbogenboom said
an increase of 6.4 percent was too
great to consider and could have
some psychological impact on
ratepayers as well as potential com-
mercial and industrial development.
"We have to relate to the communi-
ty that we're trying to hold the line,"
he suggested.
Council finally agreed on setting the
increase at four percent and asked
clerk Liz Bell to work out the
necessary figures for approval by
bylaw at next week's session.
It is expected that ith the increase
in the county yate ands the elementary
school increases, Exeter ratepayers
will faoe a totaltax hike of: just over
five percent for this year.
Some of the expenses (with last
year's budget figures in brackets) are
as follows: council and administra-
tion $194,000 ($184,470), Ausable
Bayfield ConserVation Authority levy
-. $11,157 ($10,143), building and zoning
administration $59,683 ($59,040),
animal control $1,000 (81,111), fire
department$157,000 ($148,111),police
department $354,964 ($336,829), public
works department $625,004 ($601,338),
public ,works capital $359,950
($357,186Y, cemetery grant $21,000.
Pleake turn to,p,ge 3
The group meets to discuss recom-
mendations from and for local com-
mittees and commissions.
She terihed the three-day con-
ference as "excellent", noting that a
session on physical fitness was one of
the more interesting. Many police
committees and commissions are
establishing physical fitness pro-
grams for their police departments.
The conference also learned that
the much -awaited new Police Act
should be forthcoming soon to replace
the current act,•which Mrs. Chapman
explained was remiss in certain
areas.
It's going to be a mind -stretcher
for me," she said in noting she was
looking forward to 'her role as
director.
A week previous, Reeve Bill Mickle
was named as a director of the
Association of Small Urban
Municipalities (OSUM). .
•
ANGLICAN HALL SOD TURNING— The first sbd was turned Thursday night for the new Parish Hall
at Trivitt Anglican Church in Exeter. Bishop Morse Robinson is being assisted by Jeri -Lynn and Crystal -
Ann Davis and Gladys Sims. Others from the left are mayor Bruce Shaw, Audrey Bentley, architects
Russ Scorgie and Richard Morrison, Rev. Jim Sutton and Patty Dobbs. T -A photo
Tax arrears in Stephen
double Ontario average
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION – Australian children's entertainers Michael and Michelle Jackson involved
the children in their performance at SHDHS. Michael demonstrates a hurdygurdy to Melinda lee and
Jennifer Masse while Nicholas Bayley tries out a mandolin.
Presentation of the 1985 financial
statement at Tuesday's regular
meeting included a recommendation
on tax arrears.
Ron Kaufman of Spicer,
McGillivray suggested steps be taken
to lower township taxes which are in
arrears.
Kaufman said Stephen's back taxes,
were at a high 22 percent level while
the provincial average was about 10
percent.
On overall township business in-
cluding all boards, a surplus of $49,000
was listed for 1985.
An application is being made to the
Ministry of Revenue for an impact
study to bring the township's assess-
ment for 1987 up to 1984 market value.
Until the taxation year of 1988 levies
will be based on the system current-
ly used of 1975 market value.
A bylaw was passed restricting the
load limit on township bridges to 4.5
tonnes. The only structure affected by
this measure is at Lot 22 on Concesson
4-5.
Approval was given to a severance
in Hay township for Kenneth Camp-
bell at Lot 10, South Boundary and Lot
3, Concession 6.
Council has been advised of a
municipal drain petition concerning
lots 32 and 33, Lake Road East
Concession.
Zoning and severance applications
from William Rammeloo at Lot 12,
Concession 14 were accepted with a
recommendation that the property be
cleaned up. In the severance request,
15 acres will be retained for nursery
purposes.
A minor variance for Phillip
Walker at Plan 125, Lots 144 and 145
in Oakwood subdivision was approv-
ed as was a zoning change to small
agricultural holdings on the proper-
ty owned by Fergus Turnbull at Sons
at Lot 8 Concession 20.
Engineer David Krohlman showed
slides on progress of the Carey
municipal drain. •
The Crediton Parks board is mak-
ing application for a capital conser-
vation grant to replace the light stan-
dards at the park.
• Approval was given to the
Dashwood Friedsburg Days commit-
tee to apply for a liquor licence for
their annual event scheduled for
August 1, 2 and 3.
B.M. Ross and Associates will con-
tinue monitoring on the township's
landfill site.
Office employee Linda Oliver has
been authorized to attend a meeting
of Zone two of the association of
Municipal Clerks and Treasurer in
Alliston, May 22.
NABS $30 TROUT — Participation in Saturday's fishing derby was
very rewarding for Rick Morris. Above, he receives a $50 cheque from
Exeter Lion Brian Illman in catching a tagged rainbow trout. It
measured 21 inches. T -A photo