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Times-Advocate, 1986-07-23, Page 1Approve changei&iu cor• 'te to Lavis Contracting on a 1980 r oad contract. The town's share amounts to $941.51. Missing from Monday's meeting were councillors Dorothy Chapman, Tom Humphreys and Gaylan Josephson. In other business, council: Learned a joint meeting has been set for Thursday, August 28 to study fire marshall's report on municipal fire protection for the Exeter and Area fire board. Gave permission to the Exeter Business Improvement Association to cordon off parking spaces along Main street for Sidewalk Sales Days on Please turn to page 3 Reeidents of Exeter will be inform- The town trek will also be made :fes quantity of paper or gladomake area on the west aide of Main street ed of sense change's in the town's gar- available to ratepayers from 5 p.m. it worthwhile for special pickups." from Nelson to Wellington. bage collection bylaw when they one evening until the next morning for Councillor Ben Hoogenbootn added, An earlier letter from Gibson ask - receive their latest tax notices within a fee of 125. es, we have some in- ed for a traffic light at the same loca- the next few days. Ratepayers will also be allowed to teteated, but, we just don't have lion. Now he says a parking ban At Monday's meeting of council take their own garbage to the landfill . `enough of these items. The glass has would help eliminate the existing deputy -reeve Lossy Fuller said the site. The charges will be $2.50 for a r.to be taken to Wallaceburg and the hazard. large monthly pickup was taking too car trunidoad or a small pickup, $5 for per to Toronto." Council has already asked MTC for long to complete because of the inclu- a half -ton truck, ;10 for a dump truck r Boogenboam continued, "I am cer- a traffic count and when that has been sion of materials from construction and ;15 for a packer.x In favour of enforcing the rule completed the report received action and renovations and trees. a Mrs. Fuller will enforce a portion of garbage out for only 84 hours. In the will be taken on Gibson's request. She added, "This month it took two of the bylaw which requires that gar- past I have seen large Stanches lying Councillor Morley Hall com- days to do the pickup on the east side bage be out on the street for only 24 on boulevards for a whole month. It's mented,"He is more concerned with of town." hours prior to pickup. unsightly and we shouldn't tolerate visability in crossing the street than The policy is being changed im- Councillor Morleyy Hall asked, "Are it." with heayy traffic." mediately requiring homeowners or we discouraging the picking up of ,; In other public works business, no In a carryover from the last contractors. -to take large materials recyclable items", and was told by„action was taken on a request from . meeting, council agreed to pay half of directly to the landfill site. They will Mrs. Fuller, "No, but, we don't have ,LM.Gibson to establish a No Parking a six percent sales tax on asphalt and be allowed to dump this kind of refuse free of charge by presenting a copy of the building permit. Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION — Marie Durand (left), Sharon Rau and Ruby Hill dressed appropriately for the Wintaro draw telecast from Varna as port of Stanley's Township's sesquicentennial. Change assessments on Beaver drain At a continuation of a court of revi- sion on the Beaver municipal drain, the original report was amended to change assessments in two areas. The drain initiated by the town of Exeter begins in Usborne township and crosses Highway 4 into the township of Hay and the town of Exeter. The first portion of the court of revi- sion was held July 14 and recessed un- til Thursday to allow engineer Don Pletch of Huron Middlesex Engineer- ing to make some changes as directed by the four member court. An appeal from Harry Winters and other partners of Huron Tractor claiming that part of the land assess- ed was actually draining into the Cann -Mitchell drain. Their assess- ment was reduced from $1,770 to $380. The other two appeals came from Usborne township farmers Gordon Strang and Allan Rundle who claim- ed the drain was not needed and their assessments were too high. ' As a result of the recalculation, the town of Exeter will be charged an ad- ditional $3,640 for developed lands and this amount spread back over five Usborne properties as decreases in assessments. The Rundleassessment was chang- ed from $3,875 to $3,060; Strang's from $2,930 to $2,315; Ross Beaver from ;6,260 to $4,945; Exeter Produce from $4,035 to $3,325 and Dan Bree from $890 to $705. The second sitting of the court of revision has been set for Monday, August 25. All involved property owners will be notified of the changes and will have a chance to appeal up to 10 days prior to the second court of revision. HIGH BIDDER — Joe Regier, RR 2 Zurich, obtained number one in the series of Stanley Township sesquicentennial souvenir plates by a top bid of $275. MPP Jack Riddell was the auctioneer, assisted by MP Murray Cardiff. The event took place prior to the Wintario telecast at the Stanley Complex. Seven vehicle mishaps in area of local OPP During the week officers of the Ex- eter detachment of the Ontario Pro- vincial Police responded to 59 occur- rences including seven motor vehicle accidents. Tuesday at 6:35 a.m. vehicles driven by Susan Glanville, RR 1, Kirkton and David l(obir�on,'ItR 1. Sf. Marys collided in Usborne Township at the intersection of Con- cession 12-13 and sideroad 10. Both drivers received injuries and were taker to South Huron Hospital in Ex- eter. Damages were estimated at 17,000. The same day at9:30a.m.,avehi- cle operated by Helen lloerle, RR 2, Baden collided with a parked vehicle at the Starlite drive-in threatre al Shipka. Damage was set at $2,800. Damages were listed at $4,800 when vehicles driven by Greta Beaver. Crediton and Gerald Charron, Woodstock were in collision on Main street in Crediton at 8:30 a.m., Wednesday. A vehicle driven by Robert Adams, ('linton,truck a bridge on sideroad 5 in Stephen township .at 10:15 p.m., Wednesday with damages assessed at $8,050. Friday at 10:36 a.m., vehicles driven by Rudolph 7,eisner, Grad Bend and Elsie Glen, Leamington,col- lided on Highway 21 in Flay township. At 6:45 p.m., Friday a . vehicle operated by Andre .lames left .ffhghway 4, near Huron road 36 and struck the ditch. Damages were set at $900. Vehicles driven by Timothy Westlake. Zurich and Brenda Mit- chell, Camlachie were in collision at 5:10 p.m., Saturday on Highway 21 in Hay township with damages assess- ed at 17,000. • Charges laid were 47 Highway Traf- fic Act offences, 10 Liquor Licence Act, three Criminal Code and three impaired driving. ,Cs��:�Sti67 One Hundred and Fourtee h Year dv c & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, July 23, 1986 Wit” •:?ut�`:^�'t taYSa::.:: t:i Price Per Copy 60 cents Object to squirrel ong project OkayReReg Centre New washrooms for the Mickle was referring to the ;400 ex- Peter Snell about Exeter's white was absent two weeks ago along with agricultural building at the South : penditure approved July 7 for a recor- squirrels. Mickle and councillor Morley Hall Huron Rec Centre grounds were ap- ding of a song written by councillor Deputy Reeve Lossy Fuller who Please turn to page 3 proved by the Exeter Council, Mon �� day night. Plans for the $28,000 project to be constructed at the southwest side of the agricultural building were presented by rec board member Kathy Whiteford and Dave Urlin who is on the planning committee. .Mrs. Whiteford said, "We already have $12,000 in the bank with positive offers of another $6,000. We can go ahead and close in the building with the money we now have." Urlin added, "The$28,000 figure in- cludes all costs for materials and labour and it could be lower because of donations of supplies and help. We also have assurance from service clubs to help when we know how much we need." About the plans submitted, building official Brian Johnston said, "I have no objections, On the whole it's a good project." Urlin said the washrooms would on- ly be open from May 15 to October 15. . the project is expected to be com- pleted by this fall. The washrooms will be constructed to allow easy aeess by the handlcapped. Squirrel Song Reeve Bill Mickle exhorted councIl members at Monday's rggular meeting to take a close look at the half year report on expenditures. He went on to say, "I would en- courage a close look at this document. We can run into trouble when monies are spent outside the budget figures. We' should adhere to them." A busy year for town construction The regular monthly report from chief building official Brian Johnston revealed the issuance of permits dur- ing the month of June to the amount of $661,400. Heading the list were five new residential dwellings with a. total value of $417,000. One institutional renovation and addition was valued at $159,000, 10 permits for residential renovations and additions totalled $35,500, four pool permits amounted to $27,200, two commercial renovation permits were valued at $6,500 and three permits in the amount of $16,200 were issued for tool sheds, sun decks, carports and garages. This month's total of $661,400 brings the 1986 building permit values to $1,850,441. a year ago the six month figure was $828,944. Johnston said,"Right now 22 single family dwellings are underway and we expect quite a few more. It's a busy year for home construction." Low damages in town crashes Damages were low in each of five accidents investigated this week by the Exeter town police department. Vehicles operated by Michael Stewart, Kirkton and David Bell, Ex- eter collided on Main street, south of George street, Monday. Damages Were serat Wednesday, a parked vehicle own- ed by Harold Holtzman, Exeter was struck by a vehicle driven by Case Zeehuisen, also of Exeter. The Zeehuisen vehicle was backing out of a driveway on Riverside Drive. Damages amounted to $1,020. Vehicles driven by Kenneth Lemkay, London and Maria Nether- cott, Exeter were in collision on Main street at Alexander street, Thursday. Damages were set at $225..' 'le first of two Sunday mishaps oc- curred on the parking lot of Mac's Milk on Main street And involved vehicles driven.by William Parsons, Staffa and Marten Reymer, Woodham. Damages were listed at ;600. Vehicles operated by Randall Lelacheur and Marie Ann Arnold, both of London were involvtil in the second Sunday accident on Highway 4, near Highway 83. Damages amounted to *250. • GALA DAYS GRAND MARSHALLS — Participatingin Ailsa Craig Gala Days as Grand Marshalls were Harold and Betty Guilfoyle. Above, last year's marshalls Verlyn and ,Ray Campbell straighten Guilfoyle's banner. 1 TuckersmLth..ge1..s.report_ on landfill -site progress A report on the progress of the Seaforth and area landfill site com- mittee was given at the Tuckersmith township council meeting Tuesday night. Deputy Reeve Robert Broadfoot, a member of the committee, outlined the engineer's report on the testing of soil conditions at the proposed 138 -acre site, part of Lot 36 to part of Lot 39, Concession 1, Tuckersmith Township, owned by Richard Kootstra. The report indicates the majority of the test drilled portion of the site would be acceptable for landfilling, but that the south section would not be useable for this purpose because of saturated sand deposits. The test holes near the river and along the north boundary of the property show- ed very little permeable soil and the Bayfield River appears to be pro- tected from leachate contamination. Engineers from Conestoga Rovers & Associates will supply a plan show- ing the areas of this site that are definitely unsuitable for landfilling, the areas that are confirmed as being safe and the marginal areas between them. The recommended bottom elevations will be established for the terraced landfilling areas and the pro- posed development and operation of the site and its anticipated capacity and life will be studied by members of the committee. The laboratory work will be com- pleted and the draft final hydrology report will be ready about the middle of September. - The landfill committee will be • meeting, possibly August 21 to study the preliminary operations plan and the comments of the Ministry of the Environment personnel. In other business the road superintendent, Douglas Poulton, has been authorized by council to have the clay burm on the top of the township gravel pit removed and stock piled to the north on the site. As the village of Hensall council is now in agreement to a reduced hour - Dam projects are delayed ly rental rate at the Hensall area for minor sports organizations Tuckersmith council will not provide special grants to Hensall minor athletic executive and the figure skating club. Councillor Rowena Wallace was ap- pointed as the township represen- tative on the Nash Drain court of revi- sion to be held in the McKillop township office, August 5. Council authorized the Day Care supervisor Cheryl Nuhn at Vanastra to purchase an upright freezer from Frank Kling Limited, Seaforth, for $549 plus tax. Council will be presented soon with the preliminary plan for the reconstruction project for Toronto Exeter council learned Monday Boulevard at Vanastra. night that proposed projects for the Exeter and. Morrison Dams will be pian hearing postponed until 1987. A letter from Tom Prout, general manager of the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority revealed fun- ding expected from the Ministry of Natural Resources will not be provid- ed this year. Prout continued, "At the present time we're preparing our budget sub- mission for 1987 and would like to in- clude tht two dam projects as part of our 1987 program." The projects estimated to cost $35,000 would include structural in- spections of both Morrison Dam and Exeter Dam and dredging of the reservoir behind Exeter Dam • The cost to the town of Exeter as the benefitting municipality would be $4,725. on variance The Exeter committee of adjust- ment will be holding a public hearing on Wednesday. August 13 at 7:35 p.m. to consider an application for minor variance for the property of Vedev Inc. The property in question is located at 31 Thames Road west and the ap- plication is to obtain relief from the zoning bylaw provisions for rear yard, interior side yard and exterior side yard minimum setbacks so as to be able to construct a building of 1,152 square feet. The present bylaw permits building only of approximately 896 square feet. RETIRING — Hui'on Park postmaster Marie Greenwood, retiring after almost 24 years with the post office, was presented with a scroll signed by the Prime Minister by Ken Montagano, (left), Huron divi- sion manager of rural services, and best wishes from the postmasters in Dashwood, Grand )}end, Crediton and Centralia were conveyed by Gar Johnston, Grand Bend, area supervisory postmpsfer. The Huron Park stafkgpve h8r a watch. e ti 4 i •