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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-02-24, Page 1irnes Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Seventeenth Year dvocate & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, February 24, 1988 Price Per Copy 60 Cents OLYMPIC TORCH BEARERS - Stephen Central School students held their own Olympics opening ceremo- nies Friday morning. Above, students Eric Brownlee and Sarah Hodge are assisted with the Olympic torch by Jan Steele of Grand Bend who was an actual torch runner. Town seeks machine guarantee Exctcr Town council will not pro- vide a S5,000 donation to the Win- ter Sports Council's ice resurfaccr project until- the balance of the $36,300 cost has been raised, Mayor Bruce Shaw informed the South Huron Rec Board Wednesday night at their regular meeting. Noting that the Sports council made a mistake in counting the Town's donation first rather than last, Shaw and Bill Mickle ex- plaincd that the group should have the remaining S6,300 before com- ing to council for the Town's dona- tion. "Everything should be in place anti all the T's crossed' and the I's dotted before you come to council," Shaw told the Board. In real terms, the ice machine fund now stands at $25,000. When donations to the project have increased the actual sum 'to Exeter police called to collisions two -vehicle Exctcr Police investigated five accidents last week; all involved two vehicles. The first occurred on February 16 in the IGA parking lot. Robert Darling struck a parked vehicle owned by Pepsi Cola of Kitchener while backing out of a parking space. Police were called to another ac- cident the same day on Main St. ncar Alexander involving drivers Charles Greenlee of Exctcr and Carol 'Voisin -Farquhar of Zurich. The Greenlee vehicle was turning into a driveway whcn it struck the other vehicle, which was stopped in the driveway entrance waiting to turn onto Main St. Two more collisions occurred the following day at Main and Anne Streets. A vehicle driven by Henry Morrison, St. Marys, was south- bound on Main St. when another driven by Cynthia Hendrick, Dash- wood, pulled out of a parking space. In the other February 17 accident, a vehicle driven by Steven McCol- lough of Clinton collided with a parked vehicle owned by Jim Kirk of Hay township. The fifth collision occurred on February 21 when Angelo Vilos was backing his vehicle out of a driveway on Alexander St. and struck a parked vehicle owned by Randy Charron of Montreal. 531,300, the Town will kick in the promised $5,000 to meet the cost of the machine. "If you don't raise the $6,300 or whatever the cast may be, you have a liability there," Mickle told the Rec Board, explaining that town Council wasn't interested in footing the bill should some of the pledges fall through. "What thby (Town Council) want is a guarantee that we have the money in writing before they will put in their $5,000," said Rec Di- rector Lynne Farquhar of the Town's stand. ' Asked what sources arc left un- tapped in the community, Farquhar points to the business sector. "We're kind of hoping that some local business or industry will get involved in it," she noted. Farquhar stressed that private do- nations arc tax deductible. The recently formed Winter Sports Council started raising funds for a new Olympia ice resurfaccr be- fore Christmas, hoping to have the cost covered before the new year. The Olympia will be more effi- cient, maintaining the ice at thinner levels. Another set -back The South Huron Community Centre ice resurfaccr project suffered another set -back with confusion about whether or not the Men's Rec hockey league actually pledged Please turn to page 3 Woman A Melbourne woman was killed and two members of her family in- jured in a head-on crash on High- way 4 near Hensall early Friday night. Judy A. Hardy, 43 was pro- nounced dead at University Hospi- tal by Coroner Dr. Archie Grace. The.Hardy's were passengers in a vehicle driven by 23 year-old William Honsberger of Bayfield. The Honsberger vehicle was travelling north at 6.28 p.m., Fri- day when it was struck by a vehi- cle operated by William Stebbins, 19 of Hensall which was southl- bound and slid on the icy road sur- face and veered into the opposite lane. Terri Lynn Hardy, also of Bay- field aged 21 was taken to Victoria Hospital in London suffering seri- ous injuries and a son Jamie Har- dy, three months of age has been released from the same hospital. killed in accident. Honsberger was also taken to University Hospital where he re- mains in critical condition. Steb- bins was taken to South Huron Hospital in Exeter for treatment and was released. Members of the Exeter fire de- partment were called to the scene and removed the accident victims from the vehicles. Both vehicles were completely demolished. Ex: ter OPP officers investigated. The same day at 5.25 p.m., a van driven by Peter Anstett, Hensall went out of control on Highway due to slushy road conditions and flipped over causing moderate dam- age. Wednesday at 9.50 a.m., a vehi- cle driven by Horst Mathonia, Zu- rich struck a parked vehicle on Mill street in Hensall. Thc parked vehicle was owned by Randy Anderson, Goderich. Vehicles driven by Randy Regi- cr, Zurich and Scott Burton, Exeter collided at 3.45 p.m., Saturday on Huron road 2, south of Zurich. Damage to both vehicles was _light. Minimal damage was :reported when vehicles driven by Pauline Dcsjardinc. Dashwood :and Leslie Regier,, Zurich were in collision on Highway 4, -south of Exeter on Sunday. - Vehicics operated by Denise Mcidinger and Kerrie Forester, both of Zurich collided on February.16 at the intersection of highways 4 and 84 in Bensall. - • Officers of the Exctcr detachment urge arca drivers to remember 80 ki- lometres per hour is the maximum speed and to assess toad conditions. and adjust speed accordingly. Local OPP officers investigated 28 occurrences this week. They laid 30 Highway Traffic Act charges and issued one driving suspensiorj of 12 hours. Osborne gives large grant to Huron Federation of Agriculture Usborne council agreed to pro- vide a 1988 grant of $700 to the Huron Federation of Agriculture-af- ter gricultureaf- ter HCFA representatives Paul Klopp and Paul Jeffery attended a special council meeting on Febru- ary 16. The two argued persua- sively about their organization's re- sponsibilities to the farming community, the work of the HCFA and the financial pressures they currently face. Councillors accepted the Rural Ontario Municipal Association's renewal proposal for the munici- pality's 1988 insurance require- ments after Michael Duhig from OME Insurance Brokers Ltd. re- viewed the township's insurance re- quirements and updated council on Pertinent changes.. In response to a written request from the Hensall South Huron Ag- ricultural Society, Usborne council will provide a grant of $50 to the Hensall Spring Fair, plus, a further 55 per person toward the seven Us - borne township children exhibiting a calf in the Hensall Calf Club show and sate. Dog licence fees were set for the year. The fec for a neutered male or spayed fema!:, remains at $5. The cost was increased from $15 to $20 for an tinncutered male or unspayed female, and from $22 to $27 for each additional animal still in its natural state. Three gravel tenders were opened. The lowest, from Jennison Con- struction, was accepted for a total of Levy finesfor sexual assault W. Burton Crowe of St. Thomas was found guilty in Provincial Court in Goderich February 15 on charges of sexual assault. He was fined $500 each on two charges and given a total probation of two years. If the fines are not paid within 15 days, two consecu- tive jail terms of two months will be added. The incidents occurred in 1984 and 1985 in Stephen township. Crowe is a• former minister of Centralia United Church. Town designates improvement area Exctcr council meeting Thursday night, came up with a definite pro- ject arca to lw —1 in applying for improver ' ' r„ 'or the pro- vincial P't i i ..,rug . 11. PR i ..E:',we, , ren- tal funding progr;r,. ,, u io the recent Neighbourhood improvement i In consultation with engineer Steve Burness, council decided to designate the arca cast of Main. street from Sanders street north to George street. Thc overall cost to the town is expected to be 5207,00. Although the work is not expected to begin until 1989, the cost is being spread Inside over four years as far as Exeter is concerned. For 1988, S65,000 goes into a re- serve fund and the same amount will be budgeted for 1989 and 1990 with a final expenditure of S27,500 in 1991. • The provincial grants Will be S69,000 for cach of three ycars'bc- ginning in 1989. Grants under the PRIDE program are matching dollars to 50 percent for this designted arca. • While the designated arca is pri- marily east of Main street from Sanders to George, it is extended by one lot width south of Sanders and a sihilar distance west of Main street to allow for curb cuts, sidewalks and lighting in a couple of areas: One of the priorities of the project is improving the outside walls at the South Huron Rcc Centre. Due to moisture the walls have bccn de- teriorating and they will be clad with steel to correct the problem. Public safety and access to Exeter Public School and the"South. Huron Rcc Centre is being addressed by, lighted walkways on an extension of Victoria street to Pryde Boule- vard. Reconstruction of .Victoria street, cast of Andrew is included in the improvement program along with sidewalks on both sides of Sanders street east. Phase one of MacNaughton Park improvements will be undertaken with the exception of gabion basket construction. Sidewalks and cross walks will be installed on the east side of Main street from George street to the bridge. Curbs will be, cut at 27 locations, mostly on Main strecct to allow for wheelcha r accessibility. Engineer 'Burnes said he expected approval wbuld•be received by June of this year and the only expendi- tures during 1988 would be cost of detailed plans. $80,484 The highest tender was for .$90,750. Correspondence received from MOT indicates the resurfacing of Highway 83 and improvement to af- fected municipal drain culverts arc part of the ministry's five-year plan. Councillors gave their support to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario's opposition to both Sun- day shopping and having the matter the subicct of a referendum on a municipal ballot. Councillor Pat Down gave a ver- bal report on her attendance at. the Huron County F of A. "Members of Parliament" dinner, and submitted a written report of the .ROMA con- vention she attended. Reeve Gerald Prout advised council that he hid participated in the Big Brothers and Sisters Bowlathon in Zurich. - Need more time to research recycling Exeter's recycling .co-ordinator George McEwen made a report to council recently. McEwen told council, "I'm as en- thusiastic as. anyone about recy- cling, but I find out it is much more involved in light of recent in- formation from OMMRI. The sub- ject needs to be researched further." He waas referring to comments made recently by Nyle Ludolph, processing manager of Ontario Multi -Material Recycling Inc. The co-ordinator continued, " I found the information optimistic, but scary. While the ultimate goal of reducing garbage going to a land- fill site is 15 to 20 percent, a more realistic volume after six months of operation would be more like three or four pa..cut." Exeter's landfill site situation is rather unique compared to others in the arca. The local dump ground is expected to be able to handle the town's garbage for at least another 20 years. On the Exeter dump site McEwen said, " You have an advantage here with your own property and don't have to pay tapping fees which run as high as $50 a ton in some areas." Councillor Morley Hall will be working with McEwen in research and in trying to find markets for re- .cycable materials. McEwen added , " Recycling is not meant to be a business for mu- nicipalitics.The goal of recycling is to make your garbage and landfill cL,.,.. I:..;..r. If recycling lowers costs by any amount .then it is ac- ceptable." Please turn to page 3 Original pics not available Due to a change in photographic processing at the Times Advocate, original pictures which were for sale at 50 cents cach will no longer be available. Anyone wishing copies of photos which appear in the paper will still be able to obtain these at the front office at re ular rices. FIRE - The overheated valve on the water boiler of a commercial steam iron was the origin of a weekend fire that caused extensive smoke damage to the merchandise at the Bob Swartman Men's Shoppe. The fire was re- ported at 11:20 Sunday morning when Michael Veri, who lives above the store, detected smoke in his apartment. The store was still closed at press time.' • AIDS Research on AIDS in Huron page 2 WATER QUALITY Manure runoff affects water qu4lity page 2 ETHIOPIAN HELP Brinsley Church launches Bushels for Bread campaign page 7 DAVE SHAW A day ,in the life of a New York Ranger page 1A MOHAWKS Exeter senior 'B' club wins Hardy Cup series page 2A