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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-05-21, Page 25CAMPING MODELS — Appearing as models in Saturday's fashion show at the weekend campout are Ausable River Nomads Burdene Morgan, Lois Armstrong, Marie Brunzlow and Penny Meikle. Discuss Stanley fire coverage The Zurich Fire Area, the Brucefield Fire Department and the Clinton Fire Area Board all offer fire protection coverage to Stanley Township and at the recent council meeting, financial commitments tc the three groups were studied. Stanley Township Council agreed to help purehase a new tanker truck for the Zurich Fire Area. Stanley will pay Mayor issues fitness challenge It's not known how many par- ticipants will be involved when a physical fitness challenge is staged among area municipal politicians on May 29 at the rec centre. Exeter Mayor Bruce Shaw has challenged the reeves and councils from Stephn and Usborne, but Stephen Reeve Tom Tomes told the rec board this week he has another meeting scheduled for that date. "It's not much of a challenge," he commented regarding the skipping contest. "We'll probably send some of the girls in to do it." Amid hoots of derision from the female -dominated rec board meeting, chairman Jim Workman commented, "You're in trouble now, Tomes". Rec director Lynne Farquhar outlined the program for the evening, which will also include a challenge among the town departments. Several fitness demonstrations will be held and all area residents are be- ing -urged to wear their sneakers to work for the day to ehasize the Ilifftfeal :#tt1vfertlar " - -- Added facilities may add problem South Huron rec centre board chair- man Jim Workman expressed con- cern this week that recreation facilities being suggested in the re- development of Exeter's Mac - Naughton park could end up being handed over to the board for maintenance and operation. Noting that the board is already hard-pressed to meet the costs of cur- rent facilities, Workman said he was cont.:_srned that added facilities would add to the problems of the board. Dorothy Chapman suggested that the board ask for representation on the planning committee, while Peter Snell advised that the top priority, is to keep it to a minimum maintenance project. Snell added that council members were waiting to see the proposed plans before getting involved finan- cially with the project. At last week's session of council, Snell was suc- cessful in getting a motion approved stating council's intent to give $5,000 for capital work to the park project. During the rec board discussion, so- meone suggested the board may end up in charge of looking after the local cemetery. Stephen Reeve Tom Tomes noted that those controversial user fees are already in place at the cemetery as outsiders pay more for plots than Ex- eter residents. Relative dines with royalty Mrs. W.D. Mack, who lived for many years in the Crediton area and is now residing in London, received word that her granddaughter, Pamela Cann, was invited to dine with the Prince and Princess of Wales at a banquet held in the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver. In May 1985, Pamela was chosen May Queen for Kaslo, B.C. She has had an interesting year assisting at various festivities and functions throughout the area. Pamela attends Kaslo High School. She is a member of the school band which recently en- joyed an eleven -day trip to California. She was a member of the school hockey team for a number of years. She also likes curling and skiing. Pamela is the youngest da ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lorry Cann who orate a fishing camp between Kaslo and Lardeau. Rosalie worked for the Bank of Montreal in Crediton and Ex- eter and Lorry trained at the Cen- tralia Flying School and was later sta- tioned there. Last summer a forest fire started at Lardeau and spread to within a quarter of a mile from their camp. It climbed 4,000 feet up the mountain- side on the west side of Lake Kootney. Only a change in the wind direction saved them from being burnt out. 35 percent of the price tag or $5,885, while Hay Township picks up the re- maining 65 percent. Total cost for the 1971 truck is $16,815.43. Council also accepted the 1986 budget from the Clinton Fire Board. Stanley will pay $1,970 towards the cost of fire protection. Four other municipalities, Goderich, Hullett and tuckersmith Townships, as well as the Town of Clinton all pay towards the board which proposes to raise $68,643 through assessment this year. In another motion, council agreed to make their annual donation to the Brucefield Firefighters' Association of $35. In other business, council received the 1986 proposed budget from the township recreation committee. The budget has been setat $6,305, approx- imately five percent higher than last year's figure. The recreation committee is not committed to any large purchases or projects this year, with the exception of purchasing additional equipment for the children's playground, and working on programs in conjunction with the township's sesquicentennial. Council studied three applications for rezoning and one application for severance. One application was received from Bernie MacLellan who asked for rezoning on part Lot 14, Concession 1, a piece of property just south of Brucefield owned by Ontario Hydro. MacLellan is proposing to buy the property and have it rezoned from agricultural to residential use. Ed Gale is asking council for a rezoning change to recreational use on land south of Bayfield, paft Lot 6 and 7, Range I. He is proposing the development of a recreational park. In the third application, Allan Bar- num asked council to consider the rezoning on part Lot 25, Plan 221, Con- cession 1, from highway commercial to residential. He hopes to retain the residential portion and sell the com- mercial section. Council also received a severance application from Hully Gully. All applications were forwarded to the Huron County Planning Depart- ment for further study and approval. Council approved an application valued at $3,000 for assistance under the Shoreline Protection Assistance Program, for part Lot 21, Concession Lake Road West. Approval was given to proceed with clean out work from Orville Workman on the Aikenhead Drain. The estimated cost is $2,400. YOUNG HELPER — Cheraina Lovie helps her mother Heather and Helen Webber with coffee and doughnuts prior to Saturday's fashion show at the Campout sponsored by the Ausable River Nomads. Dear Sir: This letter is in reference to the Weekend Camping Jamboree held this past weekend. I happen to live around the corner from the Rec Cen- tre grounds. At approximately 5:30 p.m. on Friday I was at the activity playground supervising my children and some of the neighbourhood children. We were told by one man that we couldn't be there. While we were preparing to leave he came back with two more men and we were told to leave. While I do not mind the campers there, I did not appreciate being told to leave public property paid for by the taxpayers of this town. The children are there just about every day and to be told that they cannot be there is a major disappointment to them especially on a long weekend. The campers were not, nor should they be, denied the use of public pro- perty in this town and I believe that they should have no right to prohibit the children of this town the use of something that was built for them. Sincerely, Ron Amerongen Dear Bill: On behalf of the Exeter Centennial Soccer Club, I would like to make some comments concerning recrea- tion in this town. As you well know, volunteers are a vital part of any sports, social, or fundraising group. Every year, I look after organizing the coaching for eleven soccer teams in our organization and every year it is very difficult. It takes alot of time and effort every week for a coach tr look after a team. Now Bill, this town's recreation department is going to make my task even more difficult. It seems there is a deficit in the recreation budget. Over the last few years we have been hit by increases in fees for every child in our organization. Now they have come up with a new idea; cut services. They will not mark the fields any more for our soccer games. Now I have to ask my coaches to come to the game another 30 minutes earlier so they can put lines around the field. Where is this going to stop? Fees go ers up, services get cut. Maybe a good idea would be to make town council a volunteer group now that we are trying to save money. As a soccer organization we as volunteers have given a lot to this town. We put our own soccer field in when there was no more money left in the budget. Then we were charged after the field was in for using it and now we have to start doing most of the work ourselves, too. I think hitting our volunteers in this town to get the recreation budget in the black is a poor excuse for a town that should pride itself in the contribu- tions these volunteers make. Yours truly, Martin DeBruyn Announces retirement By MRS. HEBER DAVIS Saintsbury Church service at St. Patrick's was held at 8:30 a.m. Sunday morning. Rev. Derrick announced his retire- ment from the parish effective the end of June. fie spoke to the children on "Spice" and compared our influence as chris- tians to the working of "spice". Mrs. Nadine Bedell and Tyler Bedell were readers and Mrs. Mary $)avis played for the hymns. Next Sunday is the 125th anniver- sary with service planned for 11 a.m.. Bishop Morse Robinson, London will be special speaker. A social hour will be held in the Parish Hall following the service. All friends and past members are welcome. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Earl Greenlee were guests at an 80th birthday gathering and dinner for their aunt Mrs. Jim Watson near llderton, Sunday at the home of her son. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Davis and Crystal entertained Mrs. Dorothy Dietrich, Dashwood, and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Davis to brunch Sunday in London. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Young, Richard and John and Miss MaryLou Tindall were dihner guests Saturday evening with Mrs. Mary Davis. Timis -Advocate. May 21, 1986 Page 13A Hayawards dra �tender Before acceptingquote* and tenders for material and labour to repair the Bender -Becker drain, members of Hay council discussed the type of the which sKWd be used. During the court of revision on the drain, some of the affectod property owners had asked for the cheaper non -perforated tile. Tendering contractors warned that they could not guarantee grade with the nonperforated, as it tended to float when the water table was high. In addition, the drop in oil prices has made the cost of perforated tile with sleeve competitive. The matter will be discussed fur- ` ther with engineer Bruce Holdsworth, who also recommended the per- forated tile, but was unable to attend the meeting. Big O's quote of $6,353.86 for non- perforated and $8,439.44 for per- forated with sleeve was accepted. The local firm will be given the business, although its quote was slightly higher ($123.62 more for non -perforated and $64.16 for perforated) than the lowest quote, from United Extrusions in Orangeville. The big 0 quote for perforated was $2,000 cheaper than the engineer's original estimate for non -perforated tle. The lowest of four bids for installa- tion and open excavation at $19,925.70 was awarded to Hanna and Hamilton, Listowel, who will subcontract the closed portion to Ron H. Williams Drainage, Listowel. Work will begin on July 4, and is scchheeduuled, to be completed by. Sebnl X30. y Saugeen Paving submitted a bid to tar and chip another five miles of road, ata total cost of $83,316. This is an increase.of almost $2,000 over last year's charge. Reeve Lionel Wilder said he would like the company to repair last year's work on the second cQneession caus- ed by equipment failure before giving them more work. • Road superintendent Ross Fisher said his department had set up a vehi- cle counter at the bridge over the Ausable on the second, after atten- ding a recent seminar that recom- mended tar and chip only if fewer than 200 cars travelled over a road surface in 24 hours. Fisher's count logged 597 vehicles in that time. A tender submitted by Lavis asked for $154,469.59 to pave five miles with asphalt. The Saugeen tender was finally ac- cepted, s the contract stipulates that if anything goes wrong, the company will be obligated to resurface at their expense. A petition initiated by Zurich coun- cil to deepen and widen the Zurich drain was received by council, and signed by the Hay township road superintendent. Fisher was authorized to bill a pro- perty owner for all costs involved in removing stones that had been dumped in the township ditch. Herman Van Wieren will act as Hay's building inspector while Hubert Miller is away. 4-H clubs .meet The fifth meeting of Today's Teens - Tomorrow's Leaders was held at Mary DeBoer's at May 12. All but two members answered the roll call which required you to name three of Canada's largest labopr unions. Unions play a major role in the lives of millions of working Cana- dians and so it is important that you understand them. Unions are responsible for bringing Canadian workers family and widow's allowances, health insurance and pensions, and safety regulations. Some important issues that the working force are concerned about are job security stress caused by shift work, the quality of working life, and the violation of the dignity and human rights caused by electronic surveillance in the workplace. A union's most basic functions is collectivebargaining.Members of the locals vote on exactly what contract proposals are to be made. The bargaining committee arranges to meet with the management represen- tives and then try to reach an agree- ment for a new contract. If an agree- ment is not reached within a certain period of time, the workers are free to go on strike. Although strikes at- tract a lot of publicity, they are rare. Statistics show that about 97 percent of contracts are signed without strike Final euchre By Mrs. TOM KOOY Centralia Neil School euchre was held May 12 with winners as follows: high score Mary Kooy, Otto Darling; lone hands Margaret Carter, Murray Carter; low score Mildred Hirtzel, Harold Hardy; lucky number Marlyn Dixon, Bill Dixon. As this was the last party of the season Charlie Rollings wished everyone a good summer and hoped all are able to come back next fall. The Huron Park Brownies will be going to the area Brownie Rebel at Mitchell, May 31. Personals Miss Wendi•Horton, Toronto spent the holiday weekend with her mother Mrs. Linda Riley. Keith Durward won third place in the Goderich Fishing Derby in • the salmon division. Congratulations Keith! Mrs. Rick Walker and family spent the weekend with Mary's parents Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Simmons of Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Brent Caslick and Gregory spent the holiday weekend with their parents in the Cargill area. . Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tripp and Diane, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Kooy and family spent the weekend at their trailers at Rus -Ton Village campgrounds. Mrs. Janie Jolly is able to be about on crutches following a leg operation. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Elliot are all smiles these days. Their daughter Lois Hess presented them with their first grandchild, a boy Trevor Gor- don. Congratulations Barry and Lois of Brights Grove. action. Shift work and its consequences were discussed. A recent study show- ed that shift working can .cause weakness, depression, insomnia, and irritability. There are also more ac- cidents, errors, and mishaps occurring on night shifts than there are on a day shift. Sleeping in a dark and quiet room is one of the ways to "fool" your body into sleeping during the day after a night shift. It is also better to eat bacon and eggs instead of spaghetti after awakening from a 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. sleep. The Achievement Program con- sisting of a Career Panel which will be held June 2 at 8:00 p.m. in Hensall Community Centre was organized. The next meeting will be Wednes- day, May 21 at DeBoer's. ¥ ¥ On May 1, the second meeting of the Kirkton 4-11 Beef Club was held at the home of Frank and Lea Vanneste. At this meeting° Club= -leader Mike O'Shea, gave a lesson on cattle hous- ing and handling facilities. As well a class of Market Animals was judged. Paul Vanneste gave a 15 minute presentation on how to halter break a beef calf. Present for this meeting was a special guest. Stephen Sharpe, the 4-11 Co-ordinator for Perth County was able to attend, and had many in- teresting suggestions concerning club issues. The next meeting for the Beef Club is June 4 at the home of Scott Stephens. Anniversary for Kippen couple Kippen Courteous Companions join- ed in with a number of 4 -l -t clubs to take part in an Achievement Night program on Tuesday, April 29 at Clin- ton High School. The Kippen club leaders, Joyce Wilson and Eileen Townsend, guided their members through a skit called "The right way of eating" depicting the correct manner to eat spaghetti, chicken, apples and bananas. All members had a part in the skit which had several musical numbers involv- ing Janice Moffatt on the ukuleleand Kate Papple on the violin. Kippen United Church Rev. Lorne Keays presided in the pulpit of St. Andrews on Sunday, May 18 for the Children's story. Rev. Keays compared the use of piggy banks and banks with the bank of friendship, sports, religion or faith. The more we put in the more we get out. If we do not make any deposits, we cannot take anything out. Kippen's Sunday School needs a sturdy card table. If anyone has one in good condition and is willing to donate one please call Susan Faber at 262-5196. Personals On Sunday, May 18, the Energetic Eight gathered for brunch at Bayfield to help celebrate the 2.3rd wedding an- niversary of Phyllis and Harold Parsons. In response to appeals for financial assistance, the Hensel! Figure Skatiog Club and' the Herman Minor Athletics Association will be notified that this year's budget has already been set, and requests for grants should be resubmitted for considera- tion in 1981. Council is awaiting word front OMB as to whether the mill rate charge to property owners on the main trunk water line can be paid at once or should be debentured over 10 years. Wilder promised that water from the Grand Bend plant will be available by August 1987. Wilder passed on word from Huron County planner Dr. Gary Davidson that a student has been hired to work on the needs study required by the OMB after the hearing by Huron Farms for rezoning to permit development of an agri-industrial park north of Exeter. The present goal is to incorporate the needs study with the zoning bylaw being drafted, so that both can be addressed when public meetings are held. NOW CA — Randal K. Keller recently became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accoun- tants of Ontario. Keller is an honours graduate of the school of business administration at the University of Western Ontario, and later received his masters degree in accounting at the University of Hawaii. He is a member of the Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants, and is presently employed with the Toronto office of Clarkson, Gor- don, charteredaccountants. He is the son of Ken and Shirley Keller, Goderich, and a grandso osf Mrs. Frieda (feller, Dttshw By MRS. E. SUMMERS At Granton United Church the Rev. Bruce Pierce was in charge of the morning service and entitled his message "The Spirit Within and the World Without". The children's story was about a lit- tle boy who had disobeyed his mother and was unhappy because he had hurt his mother but when she said "I forgive you" it took the hurt away. Rev. Pierce told the children that Jesus takes the hurt away the same way as that little boy's mother had. On Saturday evening at the United ' Church at 8:00 p.m. a group of young people from Blind River, Ontario, presented the gospel in song, music and drama led by Pastor Michael Pierce, son of Rev. Bruce and Mrs. Pierce. It was a very inspirational evening. Per#nals Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Wallis at- tended Grace United Church, Sarnia on May 18 when the Rev. Douglas H. Greenhough baptized their two grand- sons Darryl William,'son of Wayne and Sandra Wallis of Sarnia and Keith Ryan son of Kevin and Lindh Wallis, Maidstone. A family dinner followed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wallis. Guests attending were Mrs. Evelyn Wilson of Scarborough, Mr. and Mrs. Don Wallis and family of Kirkton, Miss Brenda Wallis of Lon- don and Miss Edna Wallis of Granton. Congratulations to Pattie Elliot who has taken over the Foresters restaurant in Granton. It will now be a family restaurant. We wish her suc- cess in her new venture. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ilarlton had a family reunion at their home over the weekend. They have returned home after spending the winter in Florida. Children are innocent • and love justice, while most adults are wick- ed and prefer mercy. CLOSE-UP — Puppeteer Pot Lewis gave children a close-up of o grizzle before a show Grizzles on t Lake which was performed at the Exeter and Kirkton libraries. 1 1