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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-04-15, Page 1LET'S TEST IT FIRST a Jack's Plumbing and Garden Show. 60 Cents Soulhampl Pon Eis Dana and Jacklyn Wright test the water at Heating display at the weekend Home and T -A photo S.uG[[t aul [ r..,Kon ® ti® Serving South Huron, North Middlesex & North Lambton Since 1873 A COLD TREAT — Janet and Alex Bl9nchette take time out for an ice cream cone at the Home_ and Garden Show, Saturday afternoon. LOOKS INVITING - Derek and Chad Kenney of Huron Park look at a hot tub at the Middlegal Pools display at the weekend Home and Garden Show. T -A photo Per Copy EXETER, ONTARIO, April 15, 1987 • :Sr One Hundred and Fifteenth Year +v:o. BRUCE O R c:.r Nss • :L;S CIR•R;S S�r?.tr • 4• <.�ti, Gw., 12,J ft ,(/ HURON,/LC-,. ,..t.:. ' 1. Gam / v 1 � ,S•ara... SLR[. -i "• s .a. -E.ee.r Sqs-r♦ %; ass, Huron -Bruce riding faces further expansion Covers stretch all the way from the Huron- that an MP would still only have two 90,000, compared to the present 68,000 removed from two areas: the City of - Middlesex county boundary in the county administrations to deal with, he represents. Toronto and the area of Bruce, Grey south to Southampton in the north, a namely Huron and Bruce. He said "We have to face the fact they're and Wellington counties. Only five of distance of about 100 miles. . changes could have been made that going to enlarge the riding," he con- the existing 95 districts would remain Speaking from Ottawa on Friday, would have added portions of other tinued, noting that some MPs serve unchanged under the revised Cardiff acknowledged it is a "drastic counties and that may have been populations of almost 300,000. proposals. change", but indicated he had no par- detrimental. He did envision the need for more The revisions in the report affect 67 ticular difficulty in accepting the pro- Ile was also receptive to the idea than one constituency office to serve of the 99 districts first proposed, but posal, with the exception of losing one that the "economic unit" represented the long, narrow riding. do not change the proposed allocation of his current municipalities, the by the municipalities along the Lake Amendments to the law enacted in of seats among the various regions of Township of Cart'ick. Huron shoreline had been left March 1986 allot Ontario 99 electoral the province. He said he and other area MPs together and the two counties also had districts, up from the present 95. Because of -the low populations of would meet this week to discuss the similarities in agriculture that made Districts would be added in six areas: the present ridings of Bruce -Grey, most recent proposals to decide on them compatible. Brampton, Mississauga, Halton Grey-Simcoe and Huron -Bruce, a any course of action. The new boundaries would bring Region, York Region and Ottawa- district would be removed from the One of the advantages he sees is the riding's population up to about Carleton Region. Districts would be Please turn to page 2 The report of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario was presented to the House of Com- mons recently and suggests further revisions for the Huron -Bruce riding. The first proposals of the commis- sion were released on August 29, 1986. Public hearings were held in eight cities across Ontario in November and December. The report presented lest week revised the original pro- posals as a consequence of represen- tations at these hearings. Under the revisions, the Huron - Bruce riding represented by MP Murray Cardiff at the present, would cS . ...� .t<> ; .< r., "': , a. ..::-:':. <6i6.'4ifi" :»,': s w : h ac,�• �S 7s 3 �r u�7 7i..' . . .:.<#er. same oro fry.,Ri��.'r�. ° Is,�aa`°'i.'osenga zxdmt',.. j...�.- oYt`s.:' .a. nt'ane". B< ° '.• v,, c ..��'�'�.`J:;x'ir�`�'..�i'�3�3 .. •s. .'ig�a: .��Sft,.......... .. . �:::.o-: •,d��.< 3�.`,...ar.'�ra4 ..oi�. �.�..C�k..,,�nmi,��.o..,... •. - Agricultural Society wins in appeal against centre's big rental rate hike The Exeter Agricultural Society managed a $350 reduction in their ren- tal rate for this year's use of the rec centre facilities for the fall fair, but failed in an attempt to get the usual five-year agreement. A delegation of five members of the fair board attended Thursday's meeting of the South Huron rec cen- tre board to ask that their group con- tinue to receive special consideration in the rental fees. Over the past five years, the Socie- ty paid $450 for the three-day event, but this year's rate was set at $1,000 by the rec board to match that being charged for homecoming and the home and garden show. Vice-president Adrian Brand. who was spokesman for the fair group, said that while they recognized that many other organizations have made worthwhile contrubutions toward the construction and maintenance of the complex, they felt they deserved special rental consideration because the grounds had been given to the town at' no cost in 1947 and the erec- tion of the new agricultural building had received a sizeable grant through More on the inside MIRROR, MIRROR -- During the recent Osborne Central operetta + entitled "Mirror, Mirror", the 146.1 Queen played by Sheryl Oke asks "who is the fairest of them ail". * Seniors rally at Dashwood * Irish jump in to 11 early lead 1A up slightly 15 * School & law discussed 20A * Churches to mark Easter14A * Lucan taxes r• 'i • 4 the Agricultural Societies Act and many, many hours of free labor had been donated by fair board members. "The Exeter Agricultural Society is one of the oldest t if not the oldest t organization in this community, which has played an important part in bringing rural and urban folk together in our town. by promoting an agricultural showcase of talents. competitions and entertainment," he concluded in reading from a prepared statement which noted the group ap- preciated the special consideration shown them in the past and hoped that a� . • the rec board would see fit to continue that tradition.., Brand said the gorup wanted to con- tinue with a fiveyear pact and offered a rental fee of $600 per year. Meeting chairman Kathy Whiteford explained that if the fair paid the ren- tal on a piece -by -piece basis for all the facilities used, the charge would be $1.731. She also explained that the rec board lost $600 in revenue by cancell- ing other programs and activities dur- ing the fair period. "Every group Please taro to page 2 Looming fight won't deter Hay proposal Hay township is picking ups the gauntlet flung down by their neighbour. When contacted oh the weekend, Hay Reeve Lionel Wilder said his township will proceed with its planned course of action on changing the zoning of the proposed Huron Farms agri-industrial park despite Exeter's announced intention of fighting such a park on their doorstep all the way to the Ontario Municipal Board once more if necessary. Wilder said the requested zoning change from agricultural to industrial to permit the establishment of agriculture -related industries on the land northwest of Exeter conforms to the secondary plan which has been in force in the township for a number of years. Referring to statements made by members of Exeter council terming Huron County a depressed area with an unemployment problem, Wilder said "I would think they would eager to encourage development; are trying to alleviate a problem they' seem to have recognized". Wilder expressed his frustration and hurt over Exeter's latest move. "After all the information, all the meetings, all the work by the Huron County planning department, Exeter seems to have found another way of holding up development. It looks like it all fell or deaf ears", he lamented. The Hay township zoning bylaw will be passed at the next regular council meeting on Tuesday, April 21. It will then be circulated. Objectors will have 21 days to register opposition to any of the zoning changes. Wilder said an attempt will be made to resolve objections at the total level. If that proves impossibleTn the case of the Huron Farms zoning change, that issue will again les brought before the OMB. Cardiff joins group for lethal injection Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff, one of those who plans to vote for the . return of capital punishment when debate opens soon in the House 'of Commons, this week joined a group of ether Southwestern Ontario MPs whd-advocate the use of lethal injec- tion as the new m*thod of execution. There are eight MPs who support that method, suggesting it is more humane than hanging, wftich was in effect in Canada until capital punish- + ment was abolished in 1976.. • Lethal injection is used in 1 - )t the 37 America states with capital punishment. • One of the eight inlet vv, •d. Lon- don East MP Jim Jepson, sat that lethal injection is "just tfkt going to sleep, really; it slowgoes it.' your bloodstream and you just slowly go to sleep". Perth MP Harry Brightwell is also a proponent, terming it a modern, reasonable way. ' Lambton-Middlesex MP Sid Fraleigh also supports the idea.