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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-07-15, Page 11 Clifford will keep some people 3 Bayfield lady grows herbs 6 Lucan gets okay for new water...11 Parachutist crashes at GB....5A Safety posters get awards 6A ifilneareSAWN Serving south Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Sixteenth Year & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, July 15, 1987 Price Per Copy 60 Cents They give Exeter jobs, water, garbage dump, sewage disposal Area reeves tackle Shaw Area township reeves haven't put a great deal of substance in reasons cited by Exeter Mayor Bruce Shaw for seceding from Huron or building a moat around the town, but at'least one has indicated Exeter should seriously -consider the ramifications from such action. Usborne Reeve Gerald Prout noted that Exeter gets its water from Usborne, dumps its sewage in Stephen and deposits its garbage in Hay. "I think so," he said wht•n asked if that was inferring that Shaw should be careful in planning any such drastic action as cutting the town off from the neighboring municipalities. Prout went on to say that most business people in town would pro- bably like to have shoppers from the townships. "They ( business people to whom he talked) were disturbed at the way the town fathers are talking," he r PASSES BUILDING COURSE — Usborne township building official Herman Van Wiesen recently successfully passed the third of a series of provincial courses for building officials. Making the presentation at the left is Usborne reeve Gerald Prout. T -A photo continued and added that the com- ments were not received too favourably by those who spend their money in Exeter. • Terming some of the Mayor's com- ments "way out in left field", Prout said some of the comments were un- called for aimed at farmers in the rural areas. "We need one another," he con- tinued, suggesting that none of the other towns has complained in the - same way and he would like to talk to Shaw "before he gets worse". The Usborne reeve said he didn't think any major changes will come from the recent debate. Tuckersmith Reeve Bob Bell, who has announced his plan to run for warden next year, said he was "not very happy" with Shaw's comments this week, but preferred not to make any response in that regard. • Upon further questioning, Bell said the problem appears to stem from Exeter and the other four towns do not have any serious complaints. He did respond to a complaint by Wingham Mayor Jack -Kopas that Huron Warden Brian McBurney had chosen not to attend any of the meetings with the mayors. Bell said he had discussed that with the warden and was advised that he had been invited to only one session and had told them he could not attend it due to a previous commitment. The hopeful for the warden's chair concluded by saying he didn't see the representatives from the towns being increased as a revision had taken place about seven years ago and Ex- eter and Goderich have two represen- tatives as do the townships of Hay, Goderich and Stephen due to voting population. Hay Township Reeve Lionel Wilder said he hasn't noted any urban/rural split on county council and members of the latter have tried to make deci- sions to improve the entire county. Healso doubted any immediate change in the setup of the represen- tatives, but said he would back the mayors being named instead of the reeves (or where deputy -reeves sit if that was their preference. "Sure as heck fighting among ourselves will create regional govern- ment," he warned. Wilder said he didn't think the presentation from the mayors had fallen on deaf ears and had been well received. "Not things you can do over. night," he suggested in reference to the mayors' brief. In reference to Exeter's plan to drop out of the county planning and replace that service from an indepen- dent planner, Wilder acknowledged that may stem from their dispute with Hay over the proposed agri-industrial park, but he stressed that was not a personality problem, but one on an issue only. However, he opined that Exeter has gained some benefits from the coun- ty planning department through the years, while other municipalities are still awaiting the service although they have contributed to Exeter's. "Exeter owes a debt." he said. in_ reference to the.town receiving_plan- ning services contributed to by others who are still awaiting those services to which Exeter should now con- tribute in return. - The }lay reeve said he couldn't understand the line of questioning from Exeter's Bill Mickle about the county's approval to have a mediator attempt to resolve Exeter's and other objections over Hay's current bylaw and possibly avoid an OMB hearing. Prout is the chairman of the commit- -tee which tabled the report. The latter said Exeter could _withdraw from using county planning services if they wished, but the big question yet to be answered is the matter of the levy. He also explained that a move to take over some responsibilities from the provincial ministry on planning matters is aimed at shortening down the time in which approvals can be received. It could be reduced from 30 days to 21, Prout suggested. When it was explained Mickle was concerned over that and Shaw felt the town should take over such things and not the county, Prout responded, `:the county understands quite fine". Doubts that he'll go protecting criminal While many lawyers undertake careers to represent criminals, Ex- eter police Sgt. Kevin Short "can't see that happening" on the one he is em- barking upon at the end of this summer. A member of the local department for 11 years, Short has been accepted into the four-year business and law program at the University of Western Ontario. He said he has no real goal at the outset of his full-time university education, but anticipates he may be interested in a corporate job or even teaching. His classes at UWO commence in early September and he was among the 150 from 4,000 applicants for the course this year. He's one of four mature students accepted. The policenian has been taking part-time courses and has completed six while working for the department. The police comrnittee and Chief Larry Hardy have already advertis- ed for a replacement. A first class constable is being sought and applica- tions are to be in this month. N Stephen Township Reeve Tom Tomes picked up on the complaint from the mayors that county council don't acknowledge that the towns pro- vide empl?yment for the rural areas. He notes that Stephen is unique in that they Nave an industrial park pro- viding emRloyment to more that 1,000 persons and many of these are residents o 4xeter. "Exeter n s the townships more than we nee them," he continued, but quickly atked they have to work together. Tomes said he -certainly hoped - these were 'his (Shaw;s person-' views and not those of Exeter et,– cif ; t,,..cit; if they had come from council l would be more upset". "The business people of Exeter are the ones that should be upset," he con- tinued, adding he had no comment on the planning controversy as he is a member of the county planning committee. "If he wanted to sit on county coun- cil he should have run for a different position." the Stephen reeve concluded. In Hensall Reeve Jim Robinson's opinion, Exeter Mayor Bruce Shaw is not speaking for all the town mayors in Huron. Robinson believes the county system is working -fairly well. "When we go up there, we should not be representing individual municipalities but the county as a - whole. If everyone did that, things would work a lot better", Robinson said, adding that two or three of those who sit on county council "try to push their own municipality all the time, and that's not the way it's supposed to be". Netting that one of the mayors had voiced a desire for more input in county decisions, Robinson said there are already too many people trying to influence county policy from behind the scene. He maintains people should stand up and be counted in public. Stanley Reeve Clarence would not make any comment on the issue. Elim ' le getting speed signs Acting on a petition from residents firmed that a supplementary subsidy of Elimville, Usborne Township coun- has been approved for the Anderson cit agreed to approach the ministry of ` bridgeconstructionon concession 4-5. transportation and communication to Acting on his recommendation. have signs erected to reduce the council agreed to have a bylaw pass speed limit on the road running north ed to close the roadway during the and south through the hamlet. construction project. Dan Smith, re dent of the com Five tenders were opened for m , asked t at igns be erected loading and hauling of sand, gravel at the at north and south entrance on • concession 6 -?listing the speed limit and clay for construction of conces at 50 km/h within the boundaries. sion 6-7 at Biddulph sideroad. Dave Council also approved that a Siddall Trucking's was the lowest and replacement "children playing" sign accepted at $17,1305. The highest of the be erected on concession 6-7 at the five was $30,175. south end of Elimville. In other business, council: • Road superintendent Ken Parker Agreed with a request from Lorne advised that the ministry has con- Passmore that fill be placed along the roadside in front of his property so. that the area can be grassed and maintained by him. Approved Ken Parker's attendance at the Perth County Road superintendents' gold tournament in Mitchell. Decided to advise the ministry of. transportation that council is an- ticipating the purchares of a new. grader in 1988 since the present equipment is aging. Okayed the purchase of name tags for council and staff to wear when at- tending public functions. Set August 4 meeting to start at 9:00 a.m. Six-month suspension added to failing Alert Being caught four hours and 15 minutes before his driving licence suspension elapsed, resulted in a Zurich area man ending up with a six- month suspension when he appeared in Exeter court, Tuesday. Dannuel J. Kirk, RR 3 Zurich, was also fined $250 on the same charge by Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake. Kirk was charged by Lucan OPP at 11:00 a.m. on March 6 with driving while his licence was under suspen- sion. It had been suspended at 3:15 a.m. on the same date after being stopped by Exeter OPP and registered a warning on the Alert machine. That results in a 12 -hour licence suspension. Kirk pleaded guilty to the charge and was given 60 days in which to pay the fine. Also fined *250 and given a six- month driving suspension was David Allen Kuiach, Kitchener. He was stop- ped on June 26 in Usborne and ft was found his licence had been suspend- ed for failing to pay outstanding fines. He was given two months to pay the fine. A fine of $500 was levied against Paul B. Silvestro, London, after he pleaded guilty to being the owner of a vehicle being operated with no insurance. Silvestro was a passenger in the vehicle when it was stopped for er- ratic driving on June 20 on Highway • 21. The driver was charged with im- paired driving from the same incident. The London man said he had no in- surance because he was selling the car. He was given three months to pay the fine. Donald P. Soloman, RR 2 Forest, was tried in absentia and was fined $18.75 on a charge of speeding at a rate of 65 in a 50 km. zone in Crediton on May 30. Following a lengthy contested case, Wayne L. Denomme, 179 Main St., Dashwood, was found guilty to driv- ing left of centre near the crest of a grade with no view. He was fined $53.75 and given 30 days to pay. <.: •.• • ' WATERFALL Some young people in Zurich devised their ownway to cool off during last week's heot wove. Getting splashed in the water fight are Mark Crane and Aimee Gelinas. Also keeping their cool are Kyle Fenwick, Joey Gelinas and Kendra Fenwick. Add new system in Stephen The new answering service for fire calls for the three departments in Stephen township is now in operation. During office hours weekdays bet- ween the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. the calls will be answered by township employees and transferred to the pro- per department. Fire calls at other howls will. be answered on portable phones mann- ed at all times by one member of Crediton, Dashwood or Huron Park departments. Each department has one phone outlet. . Numbers to call in case of a fire in Stephen township are 234-6777 for the Crediton and Huron. Park depart- ments and 237-3611 in Dashwood. These numbers are available for any emergency. Callers are asked to give name, location of lot and nature of emergency. Building official Milton Dietrich was asked at Tuesday's regular meeting of council to prepare infor- mation to be used in revision of building perl'nit fees. Two appeals were received on the Wilson municipal drain. They came from the Ontario Development Cor- poration and Canadian National Railways and will be forwarded to the Ontario Tribunal for a decision. Three readings were given to a bylaw to control waste discharge to municipal sewers. A road closing bylaw was passed to give proper access to the property of Dennis and Louise MacDonald at part of Lot 11, oncession 6 in the police village of Crediton. Councillors Gary Baker and Drew Robertson will be attending the an- nual meeting of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario in Toronto August 23 to 26. Clerk Wilmer Wein will also attend. Wein will be atten- ding a Municipal Finance conference in London September 23-25. An application was received from Richard A. Hardy and Associates to change the zoning from Open Space to Village Residential for Green Forest Estates at part of Lot t, Ausable Concession. - A public meeting to discuss the ap- plication will be held August 10 at 7:30 p.m. No object ion was voiced to a minor variance application at part of Lot 14, Concession 1 in Usborne township. Rec budget is in line "I think we are in line." general government committee chairman Tom Tomes remarked in reviewing the first half of this year's financial statement at Thursday's meeting of the South Huron rec centre board of management. The statement up to the end of June showed that revenues are $159.773 and expenditures $148.660. It was explained that it is difficult to make accurate comparisons bet- ween revenues and expenditures at a specific point in time because the two sides of the ledger may not be in step with each other. An example was the revenue side of the swimming program account which is at;12,923 to the end of June as most registrations have been paid in advance as youngsters sign up. Expenditures, however, stand only at 82,086, being made up primarily of repairs and supplies to get the facili- ty in preparation for the summer season. No swim pool wages and benefits had been paid at the end of the first six-month period and the final outcome of the revenues and ex- penditures won't be known until the fall when all revenues and expen- ditures have been tabulated.. The only major debate over a finan- cial matter arose when the facilities committee presented a report, which included a recommendation to hire a part-time person for grounds maintenance for the summer at a maximum of *500. "The finances aren't there$ do it," Exeter repaesentative Dorothy'cJ ap- man quickly responded. However Usborne representative Pat Down said the board could be looking at liability claims if the ball diamonds and grounds were not look- ed after properly and dragged. etBe a messirthe diamonds weren't dragged." Phyllis Johnston added. The argtM ents in support of having a part-time person were that the 5500 was available and the payment was not much more than a token amount for the work being provided. - Tomesalso explained that the part- time duties being provided would loosen up full-time staff members to do extra work. It was approved that Joe Fulop be named to look after the ball diamonds as hehad offered for a payment of on- ly $500 for the season. The committee explained that the current rec centre sign at the corner - of Main and Victoria would be left un- changed as they did not feel there was enough money in the budget to repair or change it at the present. They are also undertaking further study regar- ding replacing the present photocopier and also looking at alter- natives for running copies. The number run off at present is high and a study has been started to see about printing costs for major production of material. Riches are fleeting The Ontario Lottery Corporation Is looking for the holder of a Lotto 6/49 ticket worth $31079.50 from the July 19. 1986 draw. The player, who pur- chased the ticket -in Exeter, has until July 18 this Saturday to claim the prize, Tourism and Recreation Minister John Eakins announced today. That prize is one of seven major Lottario and Lotto 6/49 prizes worth a total of over $322,400, which remain. unclaimed. "Players have one year in which to claim their prizes," said D. Norman Morris, Corporation president. "Then the prize money is used for bonus prizes in subsequent draws." • 1