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Times-Advocate, 1987-08-26, Page 1Imes Serving South Huron, North Middlesex �. wX One Hundred and Sixteenth Year Stephen raises rates for false fire alarms Effective immediately the township of Stephen has increased the rate for false fire alarms turned in to the Huron Park volunteer fire depaftment. The fee has been increased by $150 to $450: Six false -alarms have been received since July 1. Most come from the residences at Centralia College. Some of the calls during the sum- mer are the result of hockey school students hitting the alarms with hockey sticks while fooling around in the halls. The false alarms continue throughout the year when CCAT students are in residence. Council considers this a serious pro- blem as firemen are called out at all hours of the day or night. In addition to the fee placed by the township,ntudents are charged as ad- ditional fee by the college. - At the same time, council raised the minimum time to be charged for a fire call to two hours. Concerning the proposed Exeter and area_ fire agreement council agreed to paying their percentage share of all fire hydrants located on all boundaries of the town of Exeter Huron While Jack Riddell and Nico Peters supported more industry for Huron county at an all -candidates meeting for the Sept. 10 provincial election; Paul Klopp said that the government must get farming back on the tracks and the rest will look after itself. Klopp, the NDP candidate from Zurich told the 200 people in Londesboro Monday night that if he had to support his farm by working in an off -farm job, he was taking work from someone in Zurich or Exeter. If farming was healthy, he said, he and many other farmers would be staying home on the farm and freeing up jobs for many more urban people. He said he didn't want to subsidize industry to come to Huron county so that he could have a place to work harder if hogs go down to 63 cents a pound again. Make farming •pro- fitable and the economy of the coun- ty will be healthy, he said. Riddell, the Liberal candidate had argued that Huron does need more in- dustry but that it must be industry that is compatible with farming. ile pointed out that pollution had driven the white bean industry out of Essex according to percentages of the original agreement. . Approval was given to a severance application from Norm Coulter at part of Lot, Ausable Concession in Green Forest Estates. adjacent to Grand -Bend. One tile drain loan in the amount of $18,000" was approved. • The bylaw setting building permit fees was amended. The present rate schedule calls for a basic fee of $30 for .the first $1,000 of construction and $2 for each additional $1,000. cost. The new fees will incorporate a categorized flat fee along with a per square foot value. Council supports the plan amend- ment application from Ridge Pine Park -at Grand Cove Estates located in the township north of Grand Bend. A property standards bylaw is be- ing adopted to qualify for funding from the Rehabilitation of Buildings program. A resolution from the township of - Beckwith calling for the abolution of sales tax on fire equipment and sup- plies used for protection, control and extrication.was approved. • & North iambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, August 26. 1987 60 Cents Per Copy BIBLE SCHOOL CRAFTS — Jeff Ratz assists Broyden Lord, Corie Church Vacation Bible School. Thursday morning. More than 100 -Pertschy and Pada Hayter during a craft classatCrediton United Crediton and area youngsters were in attendance. o s debatee.Iection issues an.a..,.!.._ ate._.__ .._ andinto Huron, the road had been listed as a "a priori- mist after he had said Huron didn't there was no doubt Huron does need Middlesex and Perth and we didn't ty" but there are no plans, no dates need a four lane highway Nothing of. abetter transportation system to en - want it to happen here. announced. If the road really is a the kind has been suggested. he said. t Peters for the Progressive Conser• priority, he said; lets say Highway Riddell had said he had- asked Mr. Peters . said cemeteries vatives said that Huron does need 4 is going to be fixed by next year at Fulton to come to look at the Highway shouldn't be any problem' they have more industry because 80 percent of this time". 8 situation as well as Highway 4. been moved for highway construction the farmers in his area have off -farm He also supported the plan for im- There are problems with Highway 8 before and they can be moved again. jobs. He said, however, that Huron provements to Highway 8 which widening such as a bottleneck -in he said. county is losing out not just on new in- , would provide passing lanes to im- • Shakespeare where the road can't be - While the candidates were looking dustry but on some of the industry it prove traffic flow. Who is going to widened because of a cemetery on one for development in the county they already has because the provincial begrudge the towns of Huron making government subsidizes industry to Highway 8 more efficient if it will help locate in areas of high them attract more industry, he said. unemployment. He attacked Klopp for being alar-- ice more industry into the e county. Because people leave Huron to find �i..,�,�._ jobs if they're unemployed, we have i o n d a bad da an unrealistically high employment rate, he said and lose out on industry. He said Huron needs a stronger voice in Queen's Park to make sure the for area drivers county gets a better deal. side of the road and another im- moveable landmark on the other side of the road. However.he said, the pro- blem is being eicamined. He said in another development- oriented subject, Mr. Peters blasted the government for inaction on im- provements to the area earlier this month, highway 4 between Blyth and Wingham. He said during the visit of Ed Fulton, Minister of Transport and Communications, improvements to Mayor is granted leave of absence At a special meeting, Exeter coun- cil granted a six week leave of absence to mayor Bruce Shaw for personal reasons. During that time, the mayor's posi- tion will be tilled by reeve Bill Mickle. At the same time, a hearing was held regarding the naming of a new street leading to the new 10 acre in- dustrial park located just off Highway 83 east. As no objection was raisedhe street will be named Pickard Road in honour of the late C.V. Pickard who was clerk when Exeter became a town in 1950. n Justin wins big 'Misses idatas ch Sean tival ad Mann target 1'11 ndcasfls Days 12A ton Motet 13A 9 The contract for construction of sewer interceptors on Pryde Boulevard was let to Omega Con- struction of London for $122,644. The tenders were opened a week earlier, but as the lowest bid submit- ted by Omega was well over the $100,000 set aside in the budget for this purpose a year ago, it was held in abeyance - At that time council felt they could not afford the extra expenditure. As• a long term debt for the sewage works system project has been retired and a termination agreement with the En- vironment Ministry entered into; a reserve fund of $42,000 will be used to assist in the Pryde Boulevard project. The work is expected to begin within -the next five or six weeks. Three of the seven motor vehicle accidents investigated this week by officers of the Exeter detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police occur- red on Monday. Vehicles driven by Robert Wareing, RR 2 Kippen and Sandra Smale, RR 2 Hensall collided on Concession road 2-3 in Hay township near sideroad 5-6 at 10:45 a.m. The latter driver receiv- ed minor injuries and damages were listed at $5,000. At 5:05 p.m. the same day damages were estimated at, $10,000 when vehicles driven by Daniel Fudge, Lon- don and Kevin Carter. RR 2 Lucan were in collision at the junction of the Usborne-Tuckersmith township line and Usborne road 2-3. Also on Monday al 7:55 p.m. vehicles operated by Anne Taylor of Saskatoon and Natashia Hamilton of Dorchester collided on Highway 81 in Stephen township. Damages were set at $3,500. Damages were listed at $4,000 when a vehicle driven by Norman Walper caught fire while travelling on Highway 81, south-east of Grand Bend. At 1:30 a.m. Thursday a vehicle driven by Ervin Pfaff, RR 2 Crediton left the roadway of Concession 6-7 in Usborne township and rolled over in the ditch. A passenger Maryanne Levy traffic fines Justice of the Peace Doug Wedlake levied fines ranging from 141.25 to $500 for a number of traffic related charges in Exeter court. Tuesday. Three were against Poperators of motorcycles. Ronald Steeper, 52 William street, Exeter was fined $53.75 for cadging unnecessary noise by squealing tires. The accused was operating a motorcycle on Main street in Exeter at :, a.m. on July 26. Ile took off from a parking spot near Mac's Milk store at a. high rate of speed, but was ap- prehended by police shortly thereafter:The officer measured nine metres of solid black tire marks on the pavement where the machine took oft. • Another motorcyclist, Edward James O'Brien, London was fined $231 for travelling at a speed of 150 kilometres per hour in an 80 zone. lie lost six licence points because of the conviction. Richard Wallace of RR 7, St. Marys was fined 153.75 for operating a motorcycle 'without proper licence plates and $500 for not having in- surance coverage on the vehicle. He was stepped by police August 3 on York street in Hensall with a 1965 sticker affixed to the licence plate. He told the court he had purchased the motorcycle three days earlier and was of the opinion he couid. legally drive it home from the place of pur chase without having insurance coverage. Another fine of 1500 for not having insurance coverage was levied against Raymond Dempsey of Cam- bridge. He was stopped on Highway 4, just outside of Ifensall doing 30 kilometres in an 80 zone and did not. hive identification, ownership, in- surance or a Class G licence. The accused said he had just pur- chased the vehicle from D. Miller in Cambridge. A CPIC check revealed Miller was still the registered owner. Kna To of Windsor was tined 1250 and his licence suspended for six months. . He was stopped June 28 on Highway 4 for speeding and a check revealed his licence had been suspended May 29 for not paying previous fines. ° The final fine was in the amount of 141.25 for speeding against Randy Mercer of London. He was clocked at 106 kilometres per hour in an -80 zone July 15 on Highway 4, east of Exeter. The accused told police he thought he was speeding, but not that much. The time given on the ticket was 4:25 p.m. while the incident actually oc- curred at 5:25 p.m., but JP Wedlake " said he believed the officer's testimony as being accurate. Kenney of -Exeter received minor in- juries. Officers set damages at $860. • in a similar mishap at. 12:30 p.m. Friday, a vehicle driven by Christoper Freeth of Exeter hit the ditch on sideroad 15-16 in Stephen township. No injuries were sustained and damages were estimated at $650. The rash of single vehicle accidents continued Saturday at 9:30 p.m. when a vehicle driven by Gregory Hohner of Exeter went out of control on side road 5 in Stephen township. Damages were estimated at $650. During the week officers laid 60 Highway Traffic Act charges,, four Li- quor Licence offences, nine charges under the Criminal Code and four im- paired drivers were charged. were also worried about the environ- ment. In a question from the floor about what they would do about "the - water quality crisis" Mr. Klopp led off saying he was proud to represent the NDP which had always had strong policies on water quality. He said his party would continue to fight for tougher.fines for polluters, be they big corporations or farmers polluting with animal waste (making reference to a recent major spill of pig manure in Hullett township-). Peters also talked about the spill saying everyone in the neighbourhood knows who caused the problem but of- ficials of the Ministry of Environment said nothing could be proved. About a week after the spill the beaches at Lake Huron had to be closed, he said. He said the government had pass- ed tile "spills bill': with great fanfare -but it had turned out to have "foam rubber teeth'. - Riddell reminded Peters that it was the Conservatives who passed the spills hill before the Liberals took power but they had never proclaim- ed it law and "it took the Liberals to have the courage to proclaim"it". Ile too dealt with the nutlet; pollu- tion problem saying he understood MOE officials could well be laying - charges soon in the matter, Destroy fox after several attacks After attacking a dog and a Huron Park man at the north end.of Exeter Friday, a fox was shot on making it s third appearance of the day. The triple incidents began at 51 Thames Road West when a dog own- - ed by Lyle Little was attacked by the • Police chief Larry Hardy said the fox. The dog was later destroyed. fox has been sent away for analysis. Later Wayne Vowles of Huron Park Hardy added, "We don't know if the was bitten on an arm which he had fox was rabid, but it's unusual to have resting on the window of a vehicle an animal bite a human being while ' while parked in the Oud warehouse sitting in a vehicle. •• . area on Highway 83e0t.•Vowles was treated at South Huron Hospital. The fox appeared again at the Robert Ens property west on Highway 83 and was shot. AREA PC PICNIC -- MPP Andy Brandt of Sarnia was the guest speaker at a Sunday picnic sponsored by the Huron Conservative Association at the Exeter Golf and Country Club. Above, Brandt is welcom- ed by former Agriculture Minister Bill Stewart, Huron riding candidate Nico Peters and Gibby Gibson of Exeter who was master of ceremonies. T A photo PC says campaign catching fire At a Sunday Huron Conservative picnic at the Exeter Golf and Country Club, candidate Nico Peters said his campaign was catching fire. Ile told about 200 supporters, •"I will win this election without any outside help. We will win it in the backyards and on the streets as we preach the gospel-accordingtQ Nico Peters". Peters continued, "We will ap- proach our policies with what the peo ple of Ontario can afford. With the Liberal's spending increase at three times the rate of inflation, we have to fight their socialistic approach to government". The PC candidate went on to say. "This was not the time for an election. - This is an expensive affront to all in Ontario. It's about taking a stand of defending the minority, but not at the . expense of the majority. " "1f we can get Ontarians lb listen to our message they will realize we are the only party that stands up for the rights of people. We have the on- ly platform and policies to lead On- tario into the 90's." Peters went on to (+ru vrah the prr i -sent g ( �� •ponsi bl,� for rrrt n ,' 4111'r, ..1 .ill ; ur t. ew jobs •n 1 a•ur Peters said 111, 1 overmnent has done' nuthni at-. (1 roads in Huron and said Itigli .i' no. 4 north of 13lyth was.in lerrike shape and needed widening. While the picnic was an informal af- fair, Sarnia M1'P Andy Brandt turn-. ed out to be the guest speaker. On the subject of free trade Brandt said "II 's ludicrous for Peterson to say it's going to be harmful to Or lark). To do nothing like he is doing would also he Irarntlul.'•' . Ile continur rl .. i he lrwtt•,' states ' has a 1170 billion trade defy. rt Mark my word, they will do something to try and change that. it would be devastating to 'Ontario if we don't get protection with a solid agreement. it must enhance our economy and . developmenf." About the Auto Pact. Brandt said it should not he renegotiated, but left intact. Gihhy tab`on of Exeter was master of ceremonies (or the brief program which was followed by a picnic lunch of hot dogs and beans. Also in atten- dance was former Agriculture Minister Bill Stewart.