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EXETER, ONTARIO, May 11, 1988
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WANT A RIDE? Jamie Rasenberg hitches a ride with Bi,. McLean's miniature wagon pulled by his dog Tanner.
Stephen building permits rise
STEPHEN TOWNSHIP - The
building permit report for the
month of April presented at the
May 3 mecung of Stephen town-
ship council painted a bright pic-
ture for 1988 for the municipali-
ty.
Building official Milton Die-
trich reported issuing 19 permits
during April for a total value of
construction of $284,450. This
puts this year's total well ahead of
1987.
In the first four months of
1988, Dietrich has issued a total
of 36 permits for a value of
$1,230,140. Figures for the same
period in 1987 were 28 permits
valued at $721,695. .
During April, permits were is-
sued for two new residences and
the other 17 were for additions and
renovations to •residential and
commercial properties.
A petition was received for re-
pair of the Haist municipal drain
at Lot 10, Concession 4 and it
will be referred to engineer Bill
Dietrich of W.E. Kelly Associates
for a plan, survey and report.
Township arena manager Frank
Funston will be attending the an-
nual conference of the Ontario.
Arena Association in Hamilton
from June 1 to 5.
No objection was voiced to zon-
ing bylaw changes in Exeter and
Grand Bend.
Council instructed clerk Wilmar
Wein to contact various insurance
companies for quotations as part
of a review of the township's
health insurance program.
Permission was given to the
Centralia Parks Board ford liquor
licence for a ball tournament and
beef barbecue scheduled for June
10 and 11.
Council approved grants of
$100 to the Exeter Agriculture
Society and $40 to the Huron
County Road Superintendents As-
sociation.
Linda Oliver of the office staff
will be attending the Zone 2
meeting of the Association of
Municipal Clerks and Treasurers
of Ontario to be held in Exeter on
May 19.
McGillivray tax rate up seven percent
McGILLIVRAY TOWNSHIP -,
At the May 2 council meeting,
McGillivray Township received the
1987 financial report from Jerry
Mills, auditor with the firm of
Kime, Mills and Dunlop. The
township completed another year,
with a balanced budget and a
planned incrca.sc in working reserve
.funds for both Township and water
wywtcm operations.
Requisitions for 1988 funds were
received from Middlesex County.
for $148,483 and Middlesex Board
of Education for $706,067. The
township has budgeted for expendi-
tures of S435,175b
The tax levy was sct for 1988 at
a total of 326 mills. This repre-
sents a seven percent increase over
last year.
The individual rates arc gas fol-
lows with percentage changes
shown in brackets: Township 97
mills (four); Middlesex County 32
(-6); Elementary Schools 114 (20);
Secondary Schools 83 (three) for a
total of 326 mills and seven per-
cent increase.
Council acknowledged with ap-
preciation advice from Doug Re-
ycraft M.P.P., that the Province
would provide supplementary
grants to assist with the purchase
of a replacement grader and gravel
pit.
Reeve Charles Corbett -informed
council that the Brinsley Commu-
nity Trust had again agreed to con-
tribute funds, to be matched by
Township funds, for the improve-
ment of the Athletic Park at Licury
and the Township hall at West
McGillivray.
Council approved three tile drain
loan applications with a total value
of $71,000.
Building permits for construction
estimated at $225,000 were issued
in April.
Council adopted an engineer's re-
port providing for changes to the
maintenance schedule for the Regan
Municipal Drain and set court of re-
vision for May 30.
Meeting as the Committee of Ad-
justment, council approved a minor
variance to permit construction for a
wheelchair ramp with less clearance
from the property line than is stipu-
lated by the zoning by-law.
February 1850
Continuing with minutes of the
initial Township council meeting:
Large funerals for victims of
traffic accident in the west
EXETER - The Exctcr Pentecos-
tal Church was filled to capacity
Friday afternoon for a double funer-
al for two persons killed in a high-
way crash on April 28 in British
Columbia.
Dumitru Stan Chirita of RR 2,
Listowel was driving a tractor-
trailcr truck on Highway 97 ,
south of Clinton in British Colu-
mia when it turned over on a scc-
tion of winding road.
Chirita, aged 55 years and his
nephew 18 year-old. Ronald Glen
Walker of.Exeter wcrc pronounced
dead at the scene.
RCMP officers said the tractor -
trailer loaded with lumber slid for
500 to 600 feet along the south-
bound lane and stopped in the north-
bound ditch.
Chirita is the husband of the for-
mer Elaine Dietrich and son-in-law
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dietrich of
Centralia. Walker is the son of Ro-
nald and Sylvia Walker of Exctcr
and grandson of the Dictrich's and
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Walker Sr. of
Toronto.
T.11. Harry Hoffman and Sons
Funeral Home of Dashwood was in
charge of funeral arrangements.
Rev. Don Rogers officiated at the
service.
By-law No. 1 had provided for the
appointment of 37 officials respon-
sible for township administration,
education, roads, fences and ani-
mals -at -large.
By-law No. 2 provided for com-
pensation for some of these officials
as follows: annually to the Clerk
$50, treasurer $15, school superin-
tendent $25, assessor $35, Reeve
and councillors $25, auditors $1.25
per day while working.
The following accounts were ap-
proved for payment: Township seal
(still in use in 1988) $6; township
map $5; returning officer's supplies
$10; use of house $10. The last
payment was to John Hodgins,
Clandcboyc for use of a room for
council meetings in his tavern or
public house.
Burn on hold
GRAND BEND - The Pinery
Provincial Park controlled burn,
scheduled for last Tuesday or Wed-
nesday, has bccn put on hold indefi-
nitely because of the man power
drain caused by raging forest fires in
the Northern Ontario and Manitoba.
Terry Crabe, Resource manage-
ment specialist for the park said
Thursday that fire control experts
who were originally going to boon
hand for the undergrowth burn, have
bccn called away to deal with the
dangerous fires.
"With the fires up north, some of
those personnel have been pulled
out to deal with the emergency situ-
ations," Crabc said, noting that
none of thc fire fighting personnel
who wcnt north wcrc local.
Crabc did say, however, that if
the northern fire situation worsens,
Pinery Park personnel could poten-
tially be called upon.
The burn will likely be put off
until next spring if fire personnel
aren't available in the next week be-
cause the foliage will be too green.
DAY CARE
Tuckersmith one of
first in Huron
page 3
SUMMER
Student employment
gears up
page 5
BACK IN TIME
Weekly feature on
series of yesteryears begins
page 5
SOCCER
Centennials oft
to a good start
page IA
Villagers hope petition will
spur Lucan water project
LUCAN - A large delegation of
citizens arrived in council cham-
bers for the May meeting of Lucan
council, apparently to take council
to task over the harsh water restric-
tions imposed for the summer
months.
Starting in Ma), a complete ban
on outside use of municipal water
has taken effect, enforceable with a
5250 fine.
Colette Acres asked council if
any good would come of circulat-
ing a petition to request the mini-
stry to speed approval and funding
of the water pipeline project. She
said she had hcard someone was
circulating a petition already.
Reeve Norm Steeper replied he
thought the petition was demand-
ing removal of the water restric-
tions bylaw.
"The reason we have that restric-
tion is to preserve our fire protec-
tion," Steeper explained.
Acrcs agreed the resticlions were
essential, but asked how many
summers they would be needed be-
fore lake water was available.
"We have approval for the plans
as laid out by the engineer," said
Steeper, noting that the only stum-
bling block is funding. The mini-
stry of the environment has prom-
ised 79.8 percent funding, but Lu -
can really needs 89 percent funding
to be able to afford the water and
sewage projects. Steeper didn't
know if any more funding would be
available.
"We're probably desperate enougii
we'll take it," he said, adding that
M.P.P. Doug Rcycraft had hinted
no funding for Lucan was scheduled
until al least 1990.
However, Rcycraft had also sug-
gested that the minister has emer-
gency funds for cases of dire need.
Steeper said he hoped Lucan could
prove that need, and that any peti-
tion from ratepayers could help that
cause.
Some of the citizens asked coun-
cil if the water project could be
funded and put through before the
sewage treatment plant.
Steeper disagreed.
"You cannot separate the water is-
sue from the sewer issue," he said,
noting that effluent readings from
the lagoons arc already way too
high for ministry standards. Ile
continued by explaining that with-
out additional sewage capacity, Lu -
can could not allow further con-
struction anyway, tax dollars from
which would be needed to pay for
the water project in the first place.
He also said the ministry is un-
likely to give approval for one pro-
ject without the other.
"I don't think we're going to be
given a choice, Steeper said.
Council told thc audience that
Glencoe lived through eight years of
restrictions before their water pro-
ject got under way.
"We've got everything approved,
except the minister :.aying 'go ahead
and do it and here's the money to do
it with'," said Steeper.
One citizen questioned why the•re-
strictions prevented him from water-
ing his flowers or washing his car.
when his i.cighbor could still hack -
wash his pool every day.
Council agreed the issue was diffi-
cult to resolve, and hoped pool
owners would,show some restraint.
However, it was exp1aincd that Lu -
can's pools are valuable reservoirs
for use in case a fire coincided with
a lack of water. Council pointed
out that Lucan properties without
adequate fire protection could not be
insured; without insurance they
could not be mortgaged.
"We're treading on thin ice," said
Steeper.
Osborne ends year with surplus
USBORNE TWP. - Auditor Eu-
gene Bender attended the regular
May 3 meeting of Usborne town-
ship council to present thc 1987
statement of operations. The
township -ended -last year -with -a
surplus of $21,550.
Bender commended clerk -treasurer
Sandra Strang, saying the extra ac-
counting work she had done had
saved the municipality about
52,000.
Council approved amending the
lease for the Kirkton-Woodham
Community Centre to exclude the
swimming pool property, and that
—is managed -by-a- board -consisting -of
representatives from Blanshard and
Usborne townships.
Council also approved the pro-
posed change in the regulatory flood
standard from the present one based
on Hurricane Hazel to that of histor-
ical observance.
Material and posters relating to
the safety program "Exercise Cau-
tion" will be forwarded to Usborne
Ccntral-Public School.
Strang will attend the AMCTO
spring meeting in Exeter on May
19.
Five building permits with a total
value of $72,000 were issued in
April.
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WELL STOCKED -- John Schwlndt of the Ausauble-Bayfleld Conservation Authority dumps a bucket full
of young trout into the Morrison Dam reservoir. More than 600 fish ranging between eight to 24 inches were
introduced to the body of water Wednesday morning. Several trout were tagged for the fishing Derby which
will be held this weekend at the dam. The stocking project, the second of its kind this season, was spon-
sored by the Exeter Uon's Club, the ABCA and the Ausuable-Bayfield Conservation Foundation.
BOWLING AWARDS
More bowling pics
from Lucan and Zurich
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