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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-02-03, Page 17. One Hun ear EXETER., ONTARIO, February 3, 1988 ca Price Per Copy 60 Cents SKATING TOT - Stephen Farr gets a little leaning help during a moms and tots skating. session at the Stephen. township arena. Three applications for severances of land The Exeter planning advisory committee and committee of ad- justment reported three upcoming hearings on land severance applica- tions to council Monday night. The committee of adjustment has set Wednesday, February 10 as the time for public hearings on theap- plications. They will be heard at the town municipal office. The first application is from Bel - Mor Farms Limited to sever prop- erty owned by the company on Thames Road West. This severance would enable the creation of a new industrial lot having a frontage of 330 feet and a depth of 660 fect.The application is applied for in conjunction with p re- zoning application for the same property. The next two applications arc contingent upon each other. Jon and Brenda Gaiser wish to sever property at 401 William street south and James and Joyce Pelley have applied to do the same thing at 395 William street south. The two severances would be amalgamated and create a parcel of land for a house lot having frontage on John street west of 65 feet and a depth of 114.2 feet. Town agrees to purchase new cruiser for police The town of Exeter will be get- ting a new police cniiser at an ap- proximate cost of $15,()00. Council accepted the recommen- dation from the police committee Monday night. When councillor Ben Hoogen- boom suggested a smaller car could be used for some purposes, Gaylan Josephson replied, "I think both vehicles should be used for the same jobs and there would he prob- lems in putting in the same equipment." Police committee chairman Dor- othy Chapman reminded fellow councillors that it was agreed three years a"o to trade-in the oldest ve- There's lots more on the inside.., • Make them like they used to • New staff at CCAT 13 • Mohawks ahead In Hardy Cup 1A • GB Winter Carnival Queens 6A • Store window recovered 7A 5 hicle every two years. Mayor Bruce Shaw added, " The auto manufacturers make only a few models of cruisers." Due to the fact, the Ontario So- licitor General is presently carrying out studies, the Exeter police com- mittee will defer any decision on the recently completed manpower study. Thc Solicitor General is studying organization and financing of mu- nicipal policing in Ontario, policy and procedural guidelines for OPP services and a more equitable sys- tem of funding municipal policing in the province. In the meantime, thc town will retain the present police strength al- lowing management to deploy men where needed. The policy will be re- viewed by council in the fall of 1988 or sooner should concrete changes be put into effect by the Solicitor General. This will require a reduction in Crime Prevention programs?. schooling for officers and proactive 'policing due to the present work load. In jest, reeve Bill Mickle asked, "Do the concrete changes men- tioned, refer to the Solictor General in dragging her feet"? Chapman reported on the resigna- tion of Shawn Armstrong from the town police force to return to a sim- ilar position with the Guelph city department. She continued, " Shawn wrote in his resignation letter tht he was for- tunate to have worked here and the experienced gained will be invalua- ble to him". REC APPOINTEES Exctcr council has named six members to the South Iluron Recre- ation Centre Board including mayor Bruce Shaw as ex -officio. Reeve Bill Mickle and councillor Peter 'nen will represent council and appointed from the community arc Jim Chapman, Phyllis Johnson and Kathy Whitcford who has been named chairman for 1988. Where would you like to live? Where would you want to live when you can no longer live in your own home? That's the question being asked all senior citizens in Huron coun- ty. It's part of a survey being con- ducted by the Seniors Care Facility Committee of Huron county. Hu- ron was selected as a pilot project by the provincial government. More than 20 senior groups in the county have already completed a •questionnaire. Co-chairman of the committee Lossy Fuller of Ex- eter said Monday "We are now go- ing to check with all the senior apartment units in the county and letters are being sent to Ministerial Associations in the county for their input." The mandate of the committee headed by Fuller and Ed Oddleifson of Bayfield is to identify within Huron county the specific care needs of the seniors' community through meetings, forums and sub- missions and to prepare a report de- tailing the findings. When the study has been com- pleted the committee will be brok- en into four groups to examine various possibilities. The questions will be the opti- mum size for a facility, the loca- tion or locations, the types of ser- vices to be provided within the facilities and investigate the range of care i.e. residential care, extend- ed care, day centres. The group will also examine the impact on Huron county if the Railway line closing delayed_ Thc Canadian Railway Transport Committee has informed Exeter council that they gave deferred deci- sion until February 15 on the ap- plication of Canadian National Railways to close a portion of the line south of Exeter. Exeter reeve Bill Mickle said Monday night that he was author- ing another brief containing coun- cil's opposition and concerns of lo- cal businesses and industries. Under the proposal.a 14.19 mile distance of the line is to be closed between Centralia and Ildcrton. In addition to citing Exeter's con- cerns, Mickle said he has been talking to Hensall firms and the county of Huron. Original opposition came from the town of Exeter, Exeter Produce and Storage and the Huron plan- ning department. The claim by Exeter Produce and Storage expressed concern that the potential industrial development of Exeter would suffer. The Huron planning department felt the applicant had not evaluated the effects on towns to the north of the branch line. The application said there has been no traffic offered on the branch line since at least 1982 and there are no known rail customers on the line. Mickle added, " They wouldn't be closing the line, but taking a chunk out of the centre. We are looking at the service, standpoint in moving goods to London. Seminars for would-be councillors Councillor Dorothy Chapman suggested Monday night that Exct- cr residents other than present councillors attend a seminar in London in the near future. She said, " If we want to get good people on council, they should have a chance to learn what election." The nearest seminar sponsored by the Ministry of Municipal Af- firs will be held February 20 at the Lamplighter Inn in London. Topics include the art of politics municipal style; leadership styles; from the outside looking in: what it's all about before they stand for it's really like to run a municipals- tion. .W 3sp. A?,'.. ' leenaurn ".°a5. v.'' i. ,.aggetu wm S..a'",.s i ,...,....,5 . < * ;< a�' ty and getting elected in 1988. A nominal registration fee of S20 is being charged which in- cludes lunch. Anyone interested is asked to contact the Exeter municipal office by February 4 for further infomia- Council gets cake and eats it too Monday night, members of Exet- er council had their cake and ate it, too. - Before the regular meeting, repre- sentatives of the Huron Heart and Stroke Foundation presented coun- cil with a heart -shaped cake and everyone in attendance had a taste. The cake was delivered by Niall Straw, Ruth Dittrich and Iry and Lois Armstrong to kick off the month of February as Heart and Stroke month. Lois Armstrong co-ordinates the canvass in thc town of Extcr and Marg Cook of Centralia is in charge of thc fund raising cam- paign in the townships of Hay, Stephen and Usborne. Later in the meeting, councillor Dorothy Chapman asked that thanks be sent to the heart and stroke group for their kindness in providing the cake. She added, "It was a unique way of doing things." FROM THE HEART - Iry Armstrong, Niall Straw, Lois Armstrong and Ruth Dietrich present a Have a Heart cake to mayor Bruce Shaw. The cake presentation kicked off the local campaign fo, the HuronHeart and Stroke Foun- dation. Recycling program presented The possibility of a recycling program for garbage for the town of Exeter has been. turned over to the public works committees. At the regular meeting of coun- cil, Nyle Ludolph, processing manager of Ontario Multi -Material Recycling Inc. presented slides on recycling and collection in other Ontario municipalities. Everyone in the town would re- ceive a Blue Box which would store recycable grabage for weekly garbage pickup. Ludolph's organization and the Ministry of Energy arc prepared to provide grant money for capital costs in getting the program under- way.Ludolph told council, " If you go to the recycling collection sys- tem, I am positive 85 percent of your residents would use the sys- tem within three weeks. There are now 590,000 Blue Boxes in Onta- rio. It's a provcn''systcm." the Western Ontario Therapeutic Ile added, " The decision is made right in the kitchen. Garbage goes either into a garbage bag or the blue box. The OMMRI official estimated the weight of garbage going to a landfill sitc would be reduced by 15 percent and 20 percent in volume. Ludolph continued, " While reve- nues from recycled products will probably be only 40 percent of cost, you must remember what .s saved at the landfill site in space. The question is not if you recycle, but when? He indicated that the Toronto Sun, Kitchener -Waterloo Record and U.S.A. Today arc printed on recycled paper. When asked by councillor Ben Iloogenboom of the value of recy- cahle items, Ludolph replied, "We get $70 per ton for newspapers and cans and $30 for glass. Doug Ruhl and Beth Patterson of Community Hostel program in Exctcr were also at the meeting in- terested in the recycling program. Ruhl told council his group which provides light training skills for some persons including resi- dents of Bracmor has been collect- ing newspapers and rolling them for recycling. He added, "We get 10 cents per pound and arc getting good co-operation from local churches in saving newspapers." Councillor Morley Hall who in- troduced the recycling guest said, "We have done all the studies we need. We see the need here for recy- cling. What's the next procedure?" Town superintendent Wenn Kells said in talking to Ludolph af- ter the slide presentation he learned - collcction costs could be as high as $30 per household which wbuld amount of $42,000 in Exeter. Tom Humphrey commented, " It's on the way. We can't throw away tons of reusable materials." • number of beds currently available is reduced as a result of the devel- opment of 'new facilities. Six questions arc included in the questionnaire. They arc: What is the most desirable size of home for the aged, fewer than 60 beds, 60 to 80 beds and over 80 beds? What do you perceive to be the advantages of centralized -versus de- centralized centres? Briefly describe the type of facili- ty you feel you could provide most adequately for seniors needs in your community, in this county. What type of facility should be provided for victims of Alzheimer type diseases or other geriatric dis- eases. Please identify the gaps you see ifl today's services to -the. elderly in Huron county. What role should Huronview Play? Any (senior in the Exeter are who is inte{ested and has not been con- tacted is asked to call Lossy Fuller at 235-0684 or committee member Lauretta Siegner at 235-2786. Fuller added, " We believe it's im- portant to hear from future seniors who will be 65 or older in the next 20 years and to know what type and size of facility would appeal to sen- iors and where it should be esta- blished." Public Works 1987 projects Town superintendent Glenn Kells reported to council Monday night on public works construction pro- jects completed during 1987. Contracted street projects included John from William to Marlbo- rough; William from Nelson to Church and Church from William to Main. Town employees handled con- struction works on Baldwin from Main to Andrew; Riverside Drive from Hillcrest to easterly end and Gidley from Senior to easterly end. A subdivider completed Rivers Boulevard from Motz to Eastern and the town combined with a contrac- tor to complete the entrance and ser- vicing to Pickard Road in thc new industries park, adjacent to Highway 83: Kclls reported 11 new sanitary or storm services were installed. Sidewalks were installed on the south sides of Gidley from Senior to cast end and John from William to Carling. Both sides of Baldwin were side - walked from Main to Andrew and a sidewalk section was installed on the cast side of Main in front of the Hasty market. A legal crosswalk was established at the intersection of Main and Vic- toria streets. Ice machine fever rises by $1,500 Goal S36.300 Exeter lions $ 1000 Exeter Lioness $500 • Exeter Legion $10.000 Town of Exeter $5,000 Mens' Roc league S1,000 Molting Hawks S1.000 Mohawks $3.000 Figure Skating $3.000 Minor Hockey S5,000