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Times-Advocate, 1987-05-13, Page 1• 4 f • Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Sixteenth Year & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, May 13, 1987 Price Per Copy 60 Cents DRAW OUR NUMBER — Janice Oke and son Jeffrey watch intently as Wintario numbers were drawn at the Hensall Community Centre, Thursday night. The draw was sponsored by the Hensall Kinsmen. Garbage truck gutted in fire Damage amounted to 8116,700 in four collisions and a truck fire in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP this week. Some $100,000 of that total resulted from the truck fire which occurred on Highway 83 near the Exeter dump on Thursday. Richard Newell, RR 3 Durham, was driving the garbage packer owned by a Mt. Forest firm to the dump when compacted garbage in the rear caught fire. The cab and tires were completely destroyed before members of the Ex- eter fire department extinguished the fire which broke out around 3:00 p.m. The driver is employed by McLelland Disposals who provide twice -a -week service to local com- mercial and industrial customer, most of whom have disposal bins which are dumped into the packer. The refuse is then taken to Exeter's waste disposal site in Hay Township. Exeter OPP Cpl. Dave Woodward said two calls from area residents made police aware of the situation as the truck was seen proceeding along Highway 83 with smoke billowing from the compactor before it was noticed by the driver. A pony was killed in Saturday's on- ly collision which took place on Coun- ty Road 2 south of Highway 84. A vehi- cle driven by Laura Wilder, RR 1 Zurich, collided with the animal which was owned by Cliff Gingerich, RR 3, Zurich. Damage to the vehicle was set at $4,000. Two injuries were reported in one of the three collisions which occurred on Friday. A vehicle operated by Robert Rowcliffe, of Bayview Bluff in Hay Township, went into a ditch off Highway 21 south of Highway 84 and struck a culvert. - The driver and a passenger, Karrie Forrester, sustained minor injuries and damage to the vehicle was set at $4,000. ' - The other two Friday crashes were in Hensall, the first involving vehicles driven by Kenneth Cowan, Belgrave. and Howard Scane, Hensall. They collided on King St. and total damage was estimated at $4,000. The other involved a vehicle driven by Grant Bisback, Hensall. It drove off Wellington St. at Richmond St. and struck a hydro pole. Damage was set at $4,700. During the week, the local detach - ment officers laid 48 charges under the Highway Traffic Act and five under the Liquor Licence Act. Two people were charged with; mpaired driving. STEPHEN FIREMEN HONOURED — Special plaque3 were awarded to two Crediton volunteer firemen at Saturday's Stephen township fire awards night. Above, Huron fire co-ordinator Fred Lobb presents a 43 year award to Lorne Voigt, a companion pin to Doreen Browning and a 27 year service award to Charlie Browning Jr. T -A photo Fishermen still Despite extensive searches, the whereabouts of two area men miss- ing since April 25 during a fishing trip onto Lake Huron has been undetermined. • Bill Daters, 28, of 310 Carling St.. Exeter, and Doug McKay, 32. of RR 2 Kippen, were last seen heading out of Goderich harbor around 6:30 a.m. and were reported missing the follow- ing day. Two weeks ago, a 12 -foot aluminum boat identified as belonging to the pair was found eight kilometres south of Bayfield, some 180 metres from the shore. A child's lifejacket that was also identified as part of the contents of the boat was discovered floating 15 kilometres offshore and a hat owned by one of the men was recovered about the same time. Since then, nothing has been found. Goderich OPP Sgt. R. W. Turnbull said this week that the search has been continued for the two missing men and an-OPP-helicopter was in- volved in a shoreline search on Fri- day in the area from Gdderich to St. Joseph. An OPP boat was also involved, but ' was called away on Monday after missing working on the weekend in the search of the lake. It is expected to return later this week after being involved in another matter. Family and friends of the two fishermen have continued their sear- ches on foot along the Lake Huron shorelines. A memorial service for Dates was held at Exeter United Church on Saturday. A driver for Hensall District Co -Op, he had planned to be married in September to Dale Armstrong. McKay, a trucker -farmer, and his wife, Leanne, have three children. County internal rifts continue The Huron County Board of Health has yet to make any recommenda- tions regarding a brief by health unit employees outlining some of their. concerns which were presented to the board. The brief. outlining five specific problem areas in the health unit by approximately 50 staff members, was referred to in the Board of Health's report at the May 7 council meeting. Among the reported problem areas by the staff members are: little positive reinforcement of staff from the board; no direct communication on board decisions; the lack of a writ- ten policies and procedures manual for the health unit employees; the • • replacement of Dr. Harry Ceislar as the Medical Officer of Health ( MOH ) which is both "extremely costly and hard to justify"; and staff resentment of Clerk -Treasurer Bill Hanley's "ac- tive interference in personnel matters and in board decision-making responsibilities." However, both Warden Brian McBurney and Board Chairman Grant Stirling say the staff concerns in the brief will be addressed at the next board meeting. "We haven't gone through them ( the concerns) as yet. We're going to gladly discuss them at the next meeting. We want a better s!•stem with everyone in harmony," said Stirling, reeve of Goderich Township, following the council meeting. Huron County Warden Brian McBurney refuted many of the staff concerns, saying that problems have arisen in the health unit because of the resentment following the depar- ture of former MOH Dr. Harry Ceislar. "He (Dr. Ceislar) resigned because he couldn't work withAhe board Of health. It's all in the past now and un- til they (the employees) accept that then there will be problems," said McBurney after the council meeting. McBurney also said, at the time the staff issues were presented to the board of health in April, "quite a few (employees) hadn't been consulted on the brief" including many of the Home Care workers who are also employees under the board of health. In the brief, the staff claimed most decisions of the board are learned "via the media or through the grapevine" which filter through the staff resulting in "inaccuracies and increased stress." McBurney said the employees. as a rule, wouldn't receive decisions of the board from the board, as the three health unit directors on the board would be responsible for com- municating decisions to staff. He felt the employees were "reluctant to go to their directors." Stephen audit shows surpl�s The 1986 audit statement was - received and accepted Tuesday night by Stephen township council. It showed a surplus of $79,430 on 1986 operations. Clerk Wilmar Wein said the surplus will be used to in- crease the township's working capital reserve which previously was" 8283,000. Provincial regulations call for working capital reserves to be as much or more than taxes receivable which are $418,000. It was also reported that 93 percent of 1986 taxes had been collected and overall tax arrears including all prior years have dropped from 22 percent in 1985 to 19 • rcent in 1986. The 1987 municipal tax rate is ex- pected to be set at the May 19 meeting of council. The 1987 taxes will again be collected in four installments. The second payment is due June 15 follow- ed by September 15 and November 30. Exeter District Co -Operative repre- sent the lowest of four tenders and was awarded the gasoline and fuel LONG SUNDAES — Students at Stephen Central School built and consumed ice cream, sundaes which were 16 feet in length. From the left are students Robert Kramer, Alex Russell and Kristy Dobson and Lou Donders of Quality Service Programs. T -A photo • contract for a two year period from May 1, 1987 to April 30, 1989. Permission was given to the Dashwood Friedsburg Days commit- tee to close off a portion of Fried and • Boston streets for BMX and Skateboard competitions during this year's Friedsburg Days from July 31 to August 2. Chief building official. Milton Dietrich will be attending a fire code seminar in London, May 13. Attending the council meeting were Tom Hanrahan of the Huron county emergency plan committee and Huron Park assistant fire chief Norm Hyde who has been preparing an emergency plan for Stephen. A severance application from Wayne King at Lot 12, Concession 4 was recommended for approval. Approval was given to the Crediton volunteer fire department to stage their annual fireworks display on Sun- day evening, May 17. No objection was voiced on a liquor license application for Larry's Town and Country Diner in Crediton. Permission was also given to the Crediton Lions club to operate liquor concessions at a slo-pitch tournament July 31 to August 3 and for Sum- merfest from August 14 to 16. A report on the Wilson municipal drain as presented by engineer Bill Dietrich of W. Kelly and Associates was accepted. A meeting will be held May 19 at 7 p.m. to consider the report. WE'LL BE LATE Due to the holiday, Monday, the Ex- eter Times -Advocate will be publish- ed one day later than usual this week. It will be printed Wednesday night for Thursday morning delivery. "One of the directors said he wasn't aware of any problems with com- munication ( between the board and the employees)," said McBurney. ad- ding that all board of health meetings are open and can be attended by the staff. Health unit staff members are also concerned about the lack of a written policies and procedures manual for the health unit. As there is no clear definition of health unit and county policies, it has led to conflicts. "We are expected to conform to county policy, but have no access to such written references. Even when policies are promised they fail to be produced and controversies go unresolved", the brief stated. McBurney said a policy guide specifically for the health unit has been discussed in the past• but it has not progressed beyond that point. "It's one thing we have been look- ing into, then something else comes up which we feel is more important." said McBurney. As for accusations by health unit staff toward Hanley's interference in health board decisions, McBurney says the claims ate unfounded. No such problem of interference current- ly exists between the board of health and Hanley. "He (Hanely) doesn't make the Please turn to page 3 1 HONOUR MOTHERS AT TODDLERS INN - A Mother's Day tea was held at the Toddlers Inn nursery school Thursday afternoon. Mothers Janice Gardiner and Laura Overholt receive cards from their children Joel and David. T -A photo More on the inside t, * A C1torus tine Is smash hit 2 * Wintario attracts 1,300 people • * Luton council has flood talk....r 10 * SHDHS track stars get medals 1A * Hawks announce award winners 2A * More annexation talk at 00 6A