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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-04-01, Page 1604 RSR PPY ,/ Retires today after distinguished career Ma/one closed base...then opened park A 47 year career with the govern- ments of the Dominion of Canada and. the province of Ontario ends today. Wednesday with the retirement of Jack Malone as manager of the On- tario Development Corporation operation at Huron Park. During the Second World War Jack Malone was a fighter pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force. After. several European postings he was transferred to Centralia in 1964 and was the Commanding Officer when the base was closed. Under M tone's direction Iluron In- dustrial Park has expanded and grown with all available industrial and housing -units filled to capacity. At a Thursday retirement reception A40 for Malone, former Ontario Agriculture Minister Bill Stewart reminisced about the early days of Huron Park. He said, "1 remember Jack Malone taking myself and Charlie Mac - Naughton on a tour of the facilities in the fall of 1967 when we were trying to establish Centralia College of Agricultural Technology. Most of the houses were boarded up and the of- ficers mess which is now Huron Hall was sort of in shambles. It's great to seewhathas been accomplished. It's a credit to Jack and his staff over the Man faces- gun aces-gun charges A 67 -year-old McGillivray Township resident will appear in Ex- eter court on April 14 to face four charges arising from an incident on Wednesday. Around 4:30 p.m., the man was stopped by Exeter OPP and charged . with impaired driving and driving with a blood alcohol level over the legal limit. Due to a situation that arose during the occurrence. the accused was subsequently charged withpossession of a weapon dangerous to the public, careless storage of a firearm and possession of a restricted weapon at a place other than entitled. 'There were no accidents in the area this week. The local detachment officers investigated 42 general occur- rences and laid 42 charges under the Highway Traffic Act, 11 under the Li- quor Control Act, one under the Nar- cotics Control Act and one charge of trespass. As a result of roadside tests, there were two persons charged with im- paired driving and four others were - given 12 -hour licence suspensions. past 20 years." Stewart continued, "We felt there was a great demand for agricultural education and that this location had tremendous potential. Enough poten- tial that we were able to open the col- lege in 1968. The rest is history." Huron Industrial Park became an economic opportunity created for business by changing • military re- quirements on the site of the former Canadian Forces Base Centralia. In April 1966, the Department of National Defence announced its inten- tion to de -activate the military base commencing August 31 of that year. as part of its functionalization of the Canadian Forces. Since the base closure resulted in an appreciable economic loss to a predominantly rural area of Huron County, the Ontario Government decided to purchase the property and convert it to civilian use as an in, dustrial park. Acquiring title effective August 1. 1967, it was transferred immediately to the Ontario Development Corpora- tion for administrative control and management and Jack Malone was named manager. Iluron Industrial Park comprises 767 acres of developed land zoned in- to six general areas. an industrial complex. an educational commercial complex, a recreational complex and an airfield. Maintenance of the in- dustrial buildings, houses. recreation facilities, infra -structure. i.e. roads, runways. water. sewage. drainage. etc.. is provided by O.D.C. tradesmen under supervision of the park manager. The industrial complex of 100 acres contains 18 buildings of various sizes. from seven- large double-landplane hangars of over 40.000 square feet Please turn to page 2 VARIETY OF MODELS — Model Mary Garon talks to Shawna Buchanan one of her younger counterparts in Wednesday's fashion show sponsored by the Exeter precision skating team. Shawna is the granddaughter of Elsie Tuckey Herman. T -A photo HURON INDUSTRIAL PARK MANAGER RETIRES -- Jack Malone retires Wednesday after 20 years as Ontario Development Corporation manager at Hued -ft -Pork. Above. Marg-Brintnell,presents flowers to Irene Malone while Jack Malone receives an engraved serving _tray _from Doug Parsons. T -A photo imes- Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Sixteenth Year dvocate & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, April 1, 1987 Price Per Copy 60 Cents Huron -ducutian $44.5 million Huron County taxpayers will face a 6.9 percent hike in their contribu- tions to the public education system in 1987. The Huron County Board of Educa- tion (HCBE) at a special meeting in Clinton on Monday approved its 1987 budget of $44.5 million. an increase of just under nine percent over last year's budget of $40.6 million. To elementary based taxpayers with the average assessment of $3,110, the budget will mean that they will pay $284.85 for education in 1987. - up from the 1986 figure of $261.46. In the secondary panel the average tax- payer will contribute $205.68 this year. as compared to $197.33 in 1986. The school hoard will be going to the municipalities in Iluron County for more than $14 million in 1987. At the elementary level, Iluron municipalities will be asked to con- tribute over $8 million, and the secon- dary school levy will he $5.9 million. In total the 1987 budget for the Huron County Board of Education adds up to $44,562.745 and includes DAFFODILS ON SALE FRIDAY will be busy Friday selling daffodil dian Cancer Society. Shown with man, Eileen•Ross and Jonice We Agripress gets final The merger of Itensall-based Apripress and Design Associates in London became a reality on Friday when remaining legal technicalities were resolved at a meeting between Apripress president Adrian Bayley and Design Associates president Brian Williams. Bayley infprmed this paper that lawyers and accountants are drawing up the final documents, which will be officially signed by the end of April. The name of the new company, The D. A. Group Inc., was chosen as the result of a staff competition. It will consist of four departments. Agripress employee Brian Sturgeon will be responsible for client services (sales) and fellow Agripress staffer Dave Bannister will be creative director. Finance will be headed by Tom.Wolcott and John De Wetter will be in charge of production. Both men were previously with Design Associates. Bayley will be managing director of the new firm, overseeing the com- pany's daily operation'; on behalf of the board of directors. • The four Exeter Sorority chapters s with proceeds going to the Cana - some of the blooms are Elsie Her- bber. T -A photo merger approval, Some Agripress staff. including Bayley, will move to the D. A. Group Inc. offices at the corner of .Wonderland Road and llighway 22 in May. All Agripress personnel were of- fered jobs at the new location. Five of the staff of approximately 35 have in- dicated they do not intend to travel to London, and three of these have already found other employment. Bayley expects the move will be com- pleted by August. . A ground -breaking ceremony to begin construction on an 8.000 -foot ad- dition to the former Design Associates building is scheduled for mid-May. The merger creates London's largest advertising agency. Agripress and Design Associates each bring $10,000,000 in capitalized annual kill- ings to make the new firm the 40th largest in Canada. The Agripress. facilities have been listed for sale. Bayley hopes to sell the offices and warehouse as one unit. He has been approached with a proposal to develop the squash court facilities, and predicts that part of the Agripress property is likely to expand rather than contract. special projects that will total more than $424.000. Trustees at the two -and -one-half hour special board meeting dealt with the basic budget. then considered 21 special project proposals that were approved in short order. The most expensive and top priori- ty item on the special project list will see a $105,000 expenditure from the elementary panel in 1987 to pay for the replacement costs of the heating plant at Vanastra Public School. This proposal represents phase one of a six year plan to renovate the Vanastra Public School facility. The initial work will see the old hot water boiler system replaced with a natural gas heating service. No government grants are available for the work. Over the next five year. hoard trustees will be looking at future special project expenditure proposals for Vanastra Public School, each estimated to run in, the range of $50,000. Future renovation work will see the replacement of windows and doors; new flooring the lighting and upgrading of the fire alarm system. In stressing the importance of the • heating system replacement, trustee Tony McQuail noted that the present system is "burnt out." Ile further sug- gested, "Updating the heating system will mean along term payback in energy savings over the next 20 years." Another major expenditure this year will see the replacement of the. roof on the 1971 wing of the Seaforth Public School, for a price of $40,000. This cost will he borne by the elemen- tary panel. The proposal for this project noted that the serious deterioration of the 14.500 square roof area has meant short term repairs exceeding $5,000 in 1986. The perennial leak problems are directly above the school library and the primary wing. Wet carpeting takes more than a week to dry and the potential for serious book damage has been cited. This project is not eligible for ministry of education funding but' is seen by the board as a major priori- ty in 1987. Attention will also be given'to the removal of unused fuel tanks at six schools - Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton, Goderich District Collegiate Institute, South Iluron District High School in Exeter. Seaforth District High School, Exeter Public School and McCurdy Public School. Costing $50,000 in total. this project is recommended in response to changes in the Environmental Assessment Act which require the removal of unused fuel tanks former- ly required for oil supply to school heating plants. Negotiations are con- , tinuing with officials from the Ministry of the Environment to minimize costs -to the HCBE. Some $56,700 will be allocated in 1987 to establish new 'technological studies programs in three secondary schools. At Central Iluron Secondary School (CHSS) in Clinton $38,000 will go towards the re -development of the ex- isting Family Studies facility to incor- porate multi-year programming into the technological studies program at CIISS. This project reflected a recognition of the importance of food services in employment opportunities for graduates of such programs. A large number of students have•ex- pressed an interest in the proposed program. The$30.000cost of this program will he offset by revenues acculumated from the sale of the machine shop anis technological equipment from CHSS in 1984 ($36.890 t and through funds from the sale of part Lot 70. a portion of residential property formerly part of the CIISS athletic field ($13.600). 'Al Seaforth District High School, Please turn to p?ge 2 GETTING A SWEET TASTE -- Alicia Hunking, Craig Overholt and Benjamin Hoogenboom get a taste of maple syrup from Lois Brownlee during Wednesday's visit to the Brownlee sugar bush near Crediton by students of the Toddlers Inn nursery school. T -A photo developmentsProposed budget jugglingre uire single phase power would be no pro- blem, but asked the Commission to consider what might happen if three- phase was required for a customer with no guarantee how long the ser- vice would be needed. He gave the ex' - ample of providing this service in 1984 to a little industry based in the old Hamilton machine shop. The building is to be renovated soon. and the PUC has three transformers back on its hands -which will probably sit there forever and a day", Davis said. - Davis wants to find out what is be- ing done in other communities, have Exeter decide on their policy. and stipulate the -conditions in a bylaw. Mayor Bruce Shaw said the proper course, of action would be to incor- porate the stipulations in the utility's policy. Exeter PUC manager Hugh Davis contemplates the future with mixed feelings. Ile is delighted to see the ac- celeration in building. but recent development proposals he didn't know about while drawing up his budgets will require some financial juggling. Davis told the regular March ses- sion of the PUC that he has been ap- proached by Joe Darling about ser- vice to lots along Rivers Boulevard in the Darling subdivision. Commis- ' sioners agreed that Darling should be accommodated. Depending on whether the proper- ty is divided into 20 or 24 lots. the net cost to the PUC to provide underground hydro will be either 814,280 or 815,580. t Darling's con- . tributing capital portion would be $12,720 for 24 lots, or 811,420 for 20. Davis said it was cheaper to do the whole street at the same time, rather than providing service to individual lots as they were sold. Davis said if the Darling project goes ahead. the money could be found by using the $5.000 tentatively set aside for an office computer, and another 810,700 allocated previously for business extension may also be available if those plans are deferred until next year. He hopes that in future the PUC is informed of • development prospects in time to allow for them in the year-end budgets. Davis received permission to get a figure from Ontario Hydro that would be a fair negotiating base for a capital contribution from Len Veri to provide service to his lots on Riverside Drive. Davis said such projects are long- term investments. as the RIC gets back .68 percent of :he capital cost in profit. . Davis informed 'the Commission that the federal budget brought down on February 19 eliminates all future eight percent tax rebates on transformers and appurtenances. Davis wants Exeter .to consider some of the negative aspects of the cottage industries the town is current. ly discussing. He said -supplying Move clocks ahead early Daylight saving time comes into effect this weekend, almost a month earlier than it has in the past. In legislation approved late last year, the Ontario government direeted that daylight saving time will now be in effect from 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday in April through to 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday in October. This three-week extension in the spring is compatible with similar action taken in the United States commented minister of municipal affairs. the Hon. Bernard Grandmaitre.