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Times -Advocate, September 9, 1987
READY FOR SCHOOL — Jennifer Taylor (left), Karen Lorento, Meaghan Straw, Laura McConnell and
Amanda Chambers wait outside the rec centre to begin grade one.
Osborne reviews fire agreement
Usborne Deputy Reeve Margaret
Bern reviewed the new draft of the
Exeter and a rea fire board agreement
on a clause -by -clause basis with coun-
cillors at the regular, August meeting
of Usborne council. As a result, coun-
cil will ask the next fire board
meeting to consider having Usborne
rent fire hydrants from the Exeter
PUC at the south and northeast limits
of the town to enable water tankers
fighting fires in Usborne to save some
time when refilling. An alternative
Planning
Continued from front page
a Rebound Prograin for young of-
fenders and it will likely be establish-
ed here.
Chapman told council that four aux-
iliary police members are well into
their training program which in-
cludes a detailed manual for aux-
iliaries written hv Chief Larry Har-
dy and Sergeant Kevin Short. The
auxiliaryofficers are Liam Brennan.
Shaun O'Rourke. Kevin Maclntosh
and Steve Dalrymple.
First Class Constables Shawn Arm-
strong and Bradley Powell have been
hired and, began their duties this
week.
suggestion was- establishing water
hook-ups on the two pipelines which
the Exeter PUC installed by agree-
ment on township property. Exeter
PUC manager Hugh Davis has been
invited to discuss the matter with
council on September 15.
Tenders for supplying steel and car-
rying out the construction work to
replace the Anderson bridge were
opened and awarded, subject to ap-
proval from John Spriet of Spriet and
Associates, London, the engineers ap-
pointed for the project.
Albrecht Brothers bid. of $3,425 to
supply the steel was the lowest of five,
and the $54,857 bid from GDL Con-
struction for the actual work was the
lowest of four. '
Council will approach ABCA
employee Bob Murray about conduc-
ting a newspaper collection drive in
Usborne during Recycling Week in
Ontario from November 16 to 22. Mur-
ray has been collecting newspapers
from ABCA and municipal staff on his
own, and taking them to Zurich where
the Torchbearers from the Mennonite
Church have a monthly collection of
papers that are taken to a recycling
plant,
'Acting on a complaint, drainage
superintendent John Batten in-
vestigated a blocked section of the
Passmore drain and recommended
that shrubs be removed._ Council
authorized a clean-up on lot 12, north
Thames Road.
'I'he building inspector reported
that two building permits with a total
value of $149,000 were issued in July.
Ilern advised council that some
Kirkton residents are interested in
replacing sidewalks in the village.
Clerk Sandra Strang was asked to
find out if this could be done under the
PRIDE program, and report her fin-
dings to the next council meeting.
Council did not endorse the resolu-
tion originating with the town of
Wingham requesting that Canada
Post allow private industries and in-
stitutions greater participation in pro-
viding mail service to the public.
Usborne councillors felt that remov-
ing postal service from government
control would mean that the public
would lose the control they now have
through their votes.
A proposal from•MPP Andy Brandt
to amend the dog owners liability act
and make owners directly liable for
the actions of their dog without the
need for civil action was supported.
Council will tender for the services
-of a tandem truck for snow removal
for the 198'7-88 season, to plow on the
same route as last year.
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County turnsdown request
Huron county council has approv-
ed the recommendation of its
management committee and turned
clown two requests for grants made by
Community Living -Central Huron,
formerly known as the Goderich and
District Association for ttie Mentally
Retarded. -
In the first of its j.wo requests, the
association was seeking financial sup-
port to, among other items; send
children to camp at $510 each. The se-
cond grant request sought financial
assistance to help the association
meet its requirement of 13 percent of
operating costs for the Lady Diana
Nursery School.
Tuckersmith township reeve Bob
Bell, in presenting the management
committee report, told members of
council the requests were the second
and third from the. association this
year. He pointed out council had
already paid a grant of $350 to the
association as provided in the 1985
county budget.
Council also accepted the commit-
tee's recommendation to deny a grant
request from the Canadian Council on
Socia! Development. me group was
seeking a grant of $500 or more to be
used toward a two-part project to in-
quire into the situation of
homelessness in Canada.
Council and its management com-
mittee, however, were not locked in-
to just refusing grant requests. On the
recommendation of the committee,
council approved grants for: Huron
West Women's Institute, $15; Huron
South Women's Institute, $15; and
Clinton Branch 140 Royal Canadian
Legion, $150 to be used for First World
Wars veterans.
New info directories ready
Members of Huron County Council
have been presented with copies of
the new county information directory.
Copies of the 340 -page booklet,
prepared by the Huron County Com-
munity Services Council (HCCSC),
were received by members of coun-
cil at their regular September session
in Goderich. The presentation was
made by HCCSC Chairman Dave
Overboe.
Overboe told council the directory
is the product of the co-operation'of
three levels of government. On the
whole, he said, he considers the book
to be the most complete directory of
its kind. The new directory is an up-
date of the version prepared in 1979
by the Huron Information and Multi -
Service Centre and contains an exten-
sive list of the many services
available to residents of Huron
County.
Primarily organized geographical-
ly by municipality for easy access of
information, the directory also cont
tains two other geographical -
municipal sections to assist the user.
The Huron County section contains in-
formation on agencies which service
the entire county, while the regional
offices section lists information on
agencies located outside the county,
but which service Huron as well.
Agencies contributing to the direc-
tory include: Goderich Canada
Employment Centre, Wonten Today,
Huron County Social Services Depart-
ment, Huron County Department of
Planning and Development, and the
Huron County Emergency Planner's
office.
Funding was provided by the On-
tario Ministry of Community and
Social Services, and by Employment
and Immigration Canada through a
Summer Employment Experience
Development grant.
Reports adopted by county
In future, reports of the Huron
County Library Board and the Huron
County Board of Health will be
adopted • by council rather
than merely being received as
information.
At the regular September session of
Huron County Council, members of
council gave approval to a manage-
ment committee recommendation
Vets agree
to $6 fee
The Huron County Veterinarians
Association has agreed to a fee of $6
"plus consumables", the county's ac-
ting medical officer of health, Dr.
James McGregor reported to county
council at its regular September ses-
sion in Goderich.
Dr. McGregor made the announce-
ment during presentation of the board
of health report to council. As the
result of a September 2 meeting bet-
ween the association chairman and
representatives from the Ministry of
Health, Dr. McGregor said, the
association has agreed to continue the
compulsory rabies clinics as before
for the $6 -plus -consumables fee.
The association had been proposing
to increase the fee to $15 from the $6
increase and had been prepared to
withdraw from the compulsory pro-
gram should the association carry
through on its proposal for the fee in-
crease. However, negotiations at the
September 2 meeting resulted in the
compromise, Dr. McGregor said.
Support motion
on post office
A town of Wingham resolution call-
ing for legislation allowing greater
private industry participation in pro-
viding postal services has received
the support of Huron County Council.
Council endorsed -the resolution at
its regular September session on the
recommendation of its management
committee.
The Wingham resolution calls for
the federal minister in charge of
Canada Post to consider legislation
which would allow "a greater con-
tribution to postal services to be pro-
vided by private industry and institu-
tions as it has been aptly
demonstrated that no longer should
the citizens of Canada be held at ran-
som by the irresponsible postal unions
and by the management of Canada
Post who have difficulty managing
the mail with or without a strike."
Council Briefs
The public works committee report
to Exeter council Tuesday night in-
cluded a recommendation to accept
a tender for construction of sewers
and storm drains on Pickard Road in
the new industrial Park on Highway
83 east.
The lowest of four tenders receiv-
ed was from G.J. Sharp Excavating
Limited of St. Marys for $38,573. This
bid was accepted subject to P.U.C.
acceptance of their share of the con-
tract in the amount of $18.487.
In other business, council:
Gave permission to students from
Centralia College to canvass
residents and businesses in the town
on September 22 on behalf of the Ar-
thritis Society of Canada.
Agreed with a request from the
R.E. Pooley Exeter Branch 167 Royal
Canadian Legion to proclaim
September 13 to 19 as Legion Week.
Received an invitation to par.
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Septembert 18at the Maple Ridge golf
course, near Dorchester.
Accepted an invitation to attend the
10th anniversary Open }louse of the
Ifuron Day Centre for the Homebound
to be held September 15 at Huronview
in Clinton.
Learned of an Appreciation Night
to be held September 25 at the
Belmore Community Centre to
honour Huron county warden Brian
McBurney.
Gave permission to the South
Huron Hospital Auxiliary to hold tag
days on October t, 2, and 3. The re-
quest came from tag day chairman
Lillian Johns.
Learned from councillor Dorothy
Chapman that she will be attending
a two day community-based policing
seminar offered by the Solicitor
General on September 16-17 along
with the M.P.A. fall conference from
October 4 to 7
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which called for the action.
In its report, presented by acting
chairman Tuckersmith Township
Reeve Bob Bell, the committee
pointed out that council refers various
matters to each of the boards on oc-
casion for their recommendation to
council.
In addition, provincial funds for
certain programs, such as the new
One -Stop Access and the Huron Coun-
ty Addiction Assessment and Refer-
ral programs, are to be administered
by the county through the board of.
health. .
In this case, the board of health acts
as a committee and will be making
recommendations to council on the
expenditure of those funds. For this
reason, the committee stated in its
report, if council feels that a board
decision should be reconsidered, it
can now simply refer the matter back
to the board
FUN AND GAMES — Joe Kaak (right), Kirkton, enrolled in the first
year of the Agricultural Business Management Services course, helps
an unidentified student transfer a lifesaver from one toothpick to
another during orientation day at the college.
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