HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-09-09, Page 18• Page 4A Times -Advocate, September 9 1987 Council placos freeze on building August 1, 1988 tor the purpose of erec- ting a seniors apartments facility. Approved a.grant of.$35 to the Cana- dian Food Grain Bank. Due to a shortage of water and sewage capacity, Lucan council Tues- day night put a freeze on budding devellipment. Only construction on building per- mits which have already been issued will be allowed until increases have been received in both utilities. It is expected that village residents will be using water from the Lake Huron pipeline by late 1988 and plans are progressing for expansion of the sewage system. Council has received word from the Ministry of the Environment that the sewer expansion grant has been in- creased from 78 to 79,63 percent. Net cost to the village is expected to be about $741,500. In order to help resolve the pro- blems of both basement flooding and decreasing lagoon capacity. council has enacted a policy given the con- straints of budget. It will provide in the annual budget funds which will be used to correct probletris such as basement flooding. lot grading or installation of a sump• system. These funds will be allocated on a first come -first serve basi once the validity of the claim has been deter - milieu. anu eacn claim shall not ex- ceed in the village's share of $500. Applications for this grant will be accepted after the work has been ap- proved by the village engineer prior to any construction taking place and payment will be made once the work ' has been completed by contractor and inspected by Village staff. Only one grant will be providedto each applicant. Council will apply any funds ex- pended to the sewer upgrading pro- ject in order to receive any Ministry assistance. Payment of any funds shall remain at the discretion of council and any claim or any part of a claim may be disallowed without reasons in the unfettered discretion of council. Council, recognizing a need to con- trol paving of private driveways where the paving abuts or encroaches on village property, has established . a -policy. -Driveways may be paved to the limits of village street property with the consent of the works superintendent. Where a ratepayer wishes to pave that portion of his driveway between his property line and the edge of street road. he must have the permis- Friars get permission to get mobile home Biddulph township council has given permission to the Franciscan Friars of Mary Immaculate to place a mobile home as• a temporary residence on the St. Peter's Church property on Highway 4. Approval was given with some con- ditions. One provision is that the mobile home be connected to a pro- perlV approved septic tank and tile bed and that the owner of the land enter into an agreement with the township. It was also understood that the mobile home be removed from the property when the Friary construc- tion has been completed and the owner of the land agree to rezone the property to better reflect the intend- ed use of same. Bookmark week set at library To mark Ontario Public Library Week local branches of the Middlesex County Library are sponsoring a bookmark design contest. Children in grades one to eight are invited to submit an illustration (one entry per student) of their favourite book. Entries will be judged in four categories and prizes will be presented at the library open house' Tuesday. October 20. .Entrie?must be submitted to the library by October 9. Further details of the program are available from your library in Lucan ind Ailsa Craig. Three accidents in OPP area Officers of the Lucan detachmer.t of the Ontario Provincial Police . in- vestigated three accidents this week with damages totalling $5,500. Tuesday a vehicle operated by Michael Gullage of Dashwood swerv- ed on Concession 2-3 road of McGillivray township and struck the ditch. The driver received minor in- juries and Constable Hodge listed damages at $2,500. Constable Briggs estimated damages at $2.500 when a vehicle driven by Donald McEwen. RR 2. Lucan struck- the rear of a vehicle operated by Ruth Parkinson, also of RR 2, Lucan while it Was stopped on Highway 4 on Friday. Saturday a vehicle driven by Blaine Kervin, Calledon struck a re- taining wall on Highway 7. Constable Wilcox set damages at $1.000. Officers also investigated 44 general occurrences. They included two incidents each of impaired driv- ing, break, enter andtheft and cheque frauds. Four thefts under $1.000 were reportedalong with one of recovering stolen property.. Father David Przedwiecki and Brother Paul Ruge representing the Friars told council they were plann- ing to inititate construction of a Friary in the spring of 1988. The St. Peter's church property is owned by the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the London Diocese and the brothers only have use of the land and buildings. Father David said he was hopeful the new Friary would be of sufficient size to accommodate the permanent residence of from 10 to 12 Frairs at any one time. The delegation emphasized that St. Peter's Church was not to be a parish church and while the entireproperty was open to the public and an invita- tion was extended to the public to drop in. it was not intended to be a replace- mentforthe resident'sexisting parish. The Friars are presently living in pa, t of the church and a small travel trailer. But. this arrangement is not suitable for the winter months. Also at the latest meeting of coun- cil it was agreed to ask the council for the village of Lucan to conduct a study in the area of Biddulph surroun- ding Lucan in order to ascertain how many residents would be interested in obtaining municipal water from the village if available: The survey would assist Lucan in their efforts to size the mains for receiving water from the Lake Huron pipeline. A building permit application was approved for Gerald Glenn Haskett to permit the erection of a carport to his existing residence at part of lot 7,' North London Road Concession. A petition (or municipal.drainage works at Part of Lot 21, North Boun- dary Concession was received and cousulting -engineers Spriet and Associates will be appointed to make a study of the area and to bring in a report. Grant okayed for ewers O r . io Environment Minister Jim adlev and the Honourable Jack Riddell. Minister of Agriculture and Food. announced this week that the grant for -the extension of the existing sewer system in the Village of Lucan has been increased by $26,000. - Based on an estimated cost of $1.980,000 for the project. the provin- cial grant will now be $1.577.000. Woman, in bookstore, to friend: "It's the kind of book you can't put down. Especially if there are children around." Tell me what you are busy about, and I will tell you what you are. Anybody with money to burn will easily find someone to tend the fire. Clandeboye Rev. Canon William Millman. visiting minister from St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Windsor, Ontario was guest preacher at the Annual Memorial Service and Decoration of the Graves, at St. James Cemetery, Clandeboye. Since Rev. Bruce Pocock was ex- changing pulpits with Rev. Millman, Rev. Donald Shaule of Lucan United Church conducted the service. Mrs. Flora Robertson of Lucan, ,was Scouting Registration Beavers - boys 5-7 yrs. Cubs - boys 8-10 yrs' Scouts - 11-14 yrs. Adventurers - 14-17 yrs. Monday, Sept. 14 . 7-8p.m. Lucan Scout -Guide Hall Trade available for used uniforms For further information contact: • George Gott 227-4056 or Susan Rees 227-4105 • organist and readers were Mrs. Phyllis O'Neil of Holy Trinity Lucan and Mrs. Hugh Cunningham of St. James. In his address, Rev. Millman spoke on the fact that Decoration Day recalls many memories of loved ones and friends. He brought a message that for many in our world, death means the endof life but'the Christian sees death differently. In the Gospels, we see that all human life must die but because of our Faith in Jesus Christ we have everlasting life. •The world sees us moving from life tosleath but for the Christian we move from death to life - to Heaven and our eternal home as we place our Faith and trust in Jesus Christ and his vic- tory on that first Good Friday and Easter morning. The flowers in' the church were placed in loving memory- of The Carter Family, especially remember- ing Eli. and Rebeccah, Mervtrt and Jessie, and Douglas Carter .by the members of the family. The cemetery was well groomed throughout the summer and especial- ly for this Memorial Day. Much credit goes to caretakers, Mary Lou and Lori Morgan for a job well done. , ston of the Superintendent of Public *Works. The superintendent of public works may at his discretion taking into con- sideration drainage, snow removal and road maintenance problems, may allow paving on all or only part of the portion designated as street allowance. Permission to pave on any portion of the Village street allowance does not imply responsibility on the part of the village for any damage done to the pavement through the normal maintenance of streets. The ratepayer paves this portion entirely at his own risk and expense. Council has also established a policy regarding village owned equip- ment and tools. ' Village equipment and tools will be used solely by village public works personnel and under no circumstance will any piece of equipment or any tools be loaned by village staff to anyone for private use. A sign will be posted in the Public Works Building to indicate that village tools and equipment are not to. be borrowed or removed from the shop. In other business, council: Deferred requests from Fred Cowdrey and Clare Stanley to in- crease the size of the water lines to their properties. Received applications from Tom McLaughlin, Larry Lewis and Joanne Trudgeon for positions on the village planning committee. Gave permission to works superintendent Doug Johnston, deputy -reeve Harry Wraith, coun- cillor Don Leitch, plumbing inspector Jim Leitch and one member of the works department to attend an Oc- tober 6 Waterworks Conference in Forest. Proclaimed September 13 to 19 as National Legion Week as requested by Lucan Branch 540 of the Royal Canadian Legion. Supported a resolution from the township of Beckwith asking the pro- vincial government to eliminate sales tax on fire fighting and extracation equipment. Agreed with a request from Larry Hotson, chairman of the Lucan senior citizens committee to hold the 148 Market street property until at least Seniors back to meetings The first fall meeting of the Lucan seniors and Busy Buddies was held in the Scout Hall Tuesday with newly elected. president Jim Davis exten- ding a warm welcome to all. The meeting opened with Oh Canada with Muriel Cobleigh at the piano. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved: An invitation from the Legion for cards on September 15, was received. An invitation was received from Ailsa Craig seniorsto a Dessert Euchre on October 14. Programme Convener Liz Cronyn conducted a contest on dogs. A reading by Gale Cronyn was much en- joYed. Ray Zinn on violin and Muriel Cobleigh on piano entertained with several lively numbers. Cards were then enjoyed with prizes going to Harry Noels men's high, Eva McLean ladies high, men's low Gale Cronon, ladies low Marg Carter, Men's lone hands Mary Davis, ladies lone hands Marian Noels. Due to water, sewer shortages development Learned from works superinten- dent Doug Johnston that a new village truck had arrived. Johnston received approval to obtain an extended war- A ranty policy on the new vehicle. Approved a land severance applica- tion from Mike Ondrejicka for Lots 162 and 163 at 179 Stanley street. 4-H SIGNS IN LUCAN — With financial assistance from Middlesex county, the Lucan area 4-H clubs are posting signs at entrances to the village. From the left are Norm Steeper, Christine Hardy, Valerie. Studerus, Angie Sire, Phyllis O'Neil, Carolyn Sire and Jutie McColl. UCO 11 and district news News from Revival Rev. Roger Mason conducted the Sunday morning service. Andrew and Kathy Eastmond, from Louisiana, ministered in music and song. Mr. Eastmond's first song told the story of Peter degying Jesus, then later Jesus asking "Do you love Me?" Mr. Eastmond stated when his thoughts strayed. he knew he had not been wor- shipping God as he should. He said obedience to God's word brings clean- sing and fellowship with God. Playing his guitar, Mr. Eastmond led in joyous chorus singing. Eastmond spoke from Luke 21:34-36, warning the cares of this life will weigh us down, robbing us of wor- shipping God. Luke 21:25 to.28 tells of men being depressed and fearful just before Jesus returns to earth. When the disciples worried about Jesus leaving them, they fell asleep while Jesus prayed before His crucifixion. Even the disciples feared the storm with Jesus in the boat. When Jesus stilled the storm, He asked them where was their faith. In Revelation 3. Jesus commended the true church, Philedelphia, for their perseverence in serving Ilim. In Smyrna Jesus said when they were obedient unto death, He would give them a crown of life. Sardis was told they had a reputa- tion they lived, but actually they were dead. When churches live off their past blessings, they are growing dead in their experience. - In,So g of Solomon, the romantic bo6k of tow Solomon feels about his utile. read he wants communion witl`i his bride, and share the beauties of nature with her. This is like Jesus' call to His bride to come away with Him. We must have our mind renew- ed with God to love Him with all our heart! In closing Eastmond played and sang In Moments Like These, and worship choruses. - Andrew Eastmond Sunday evening played his guitar as.he led in worship singing choruses. He read Isaiah 61:1-3 that tells us Jesus came to bring us the oil of joy for mourning, that He could be glorified. From Ephesians 6:12-17 Eastmond sang about putting on the armour of God. Joined by his wife Kathy, they sang Jesus had some friends, He thought. From Isaiah 43:1-2 he sang a song of God having redeemed His people, and He would be with them, protecting them. Eastmond ministered from Nehemiah 4:1-29. Nehemiah was ordered by God to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. He met opposition. Like Jerusalem, the church is a place of refuge and comfort fromthe Lord. Susan Cook 227-4911 Centre When Nehemiah and the Jews started to build the walls, opposition came in insults, intimidation, and mocking. The man Sanballat feared if the Jews did build the walls, and worship God again, he would be kicked out. The devil tries to oppress Christians by reminding them of their weaknesses. Sanballat threatened to kill the workers to stop the work. The devil wants God's work to cease in God's house. Nehemiah strengthened the worker's positions on the wall. Chris- tians can strengthen their walk and work- for the Lord by prayer, and by keeping their faith and confidence in God. Nehemiah encouraged the workers to remember the Lord, and not to fear. When the Jews fortified their work, the threats .came to nothing. Christians can believe the word of God, and not be shaken by op- pression. .Mr. Eastmond sang and led in sing- ing worship choruses in closin . HEATING / AIR CONDITIONING • ZENNDX •'BAILEYS A l l You Need to Remember About Home Comfort Hensall GBAILEys 262-2020 Heating and Air Conditioning We're proud to be Your LENNOX Dealer Serving from Lucan to Blyth VOTE FOR LEADERSHIP THAT'S WORKING in MIDDLESEX where LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE and COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT really count Re-elect DOUG REYCRAFT YOUR CANDIDATE WORKING FOR,MIDDLESEX • a FAMILY man with SOLID ROOTS in MIDDLESEX • a LEADER in community, church and sports • a former REEVE of GLENCOE • a former WARDEN of MIDDLESEX COUNTY • a former member of the BOARD of GOVERNORS of the UNIVERSITY of WESTERN ONTARIO • M.P.P. 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