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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-01-11, Page 1Rick EXETER TOYOTA/ 242 Main St. N. Exeter Across from O.P.P. Phone 235-2353 Serving South Huron, 4 4W `111 Gaiser-Kneale Insurance Exeter 235-2420 Grand Bend 238-8484 itensau 262-2119 Clinton 482-9747 Hensall school hits 200 HENSALL - The village's public school has attained an important milestone on the road 10 recovery from a school once considered for closing: 'the arrival of a new stu- dent last Monday brought enroll- ment.to 200 pupils._ Stephanie Maylor, from Pen-. maenmawr, Wales, enrolled in the Grade two class of Hensall. Public School and the school celebrated the occasion with a presentation by village councillor Cecil Pepper. As the 200th student, Stephaniere- ceived the History of Hensall book, a village pin; pcn, placemat, and an - "I'm helping Hensall grow" sign. When Hensall Public School opened in its new building in 1957, enrollment was on the. rise, - surpassing 300 students in 1965, but. by 1983, enrollment had dropped to only 125. The Board of Education commissioned an invcs- .tigation into the possibility. of closing the school, eventually de ciding to keep the doors open. . Demographics showed the school enrollment was likely:to increase withina few years. Now, in 1989, 200 students -once again inhabit the classrooms -of Hensall. "I think it's good for the school and good for the town," said stu- .. dent council president Victoria Bis- back, one of 20 grade 8 students who will graduate this spring. However, school principal David Kemp anticipates. more than _20 registrations for kindergarten next year. Pepper attributed the school in- crease to the numbers of families moving to Hensall. - "There's younger people moving in," he said. Three -new apartment buildings in Hensall and new homes- have made .this possible,. but unless more serviced lots be- come available, he'said Hensall's mini -boom would likely stall. 200th student - Stephanie Maylor (front), from Penmaen- mawr, Wales, arrived last -week. as Hensall's-200th student, marking a rise in enrollment -back from a low point" in 1983. • Marking the occasion with Stephanie was principal Dave Kemp, student council president Victoria Bisback, and Hensall councillor Cecil Pepper. Gold medalists to attend Lions.. annual Sports Celebrity dinner EXETER - It's time again to plan to attend the annual Exeter Li- ons Sports Celebrity dinner. The popular event now moving into its 16th year will be held Tuesday; February 7 at the South Huron`Rec Centre. - Chairman Clarence McDowell and his organizing committee are busy putting together a head table of top notch and interesting guests and speakers. The master of ceremonies will be Channel 10 sportscaster Gary Allan Price. Two of the celebrities arc gold Inside Crafty shop Supplies for ii+u+�y hobbies page 5 Hawks tourney Win 'B' title of own event. page 1A All Stars Junior 'D' in Lucan Saturday page 1A Christian Farmers Unique new Ontario organization page 7A medal winners at the latest pies held in Korea. They are Olympic heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis and Michelle Cameron, a member of the gold medal winning Canadian synchronized swimming team. Also confirmed to attend is Vicki Keith , who hit the headlines during the summer of 1988 in swimming across all of the Great Lakes. Representing the sport of wres- tling will be Hillbilly Jim. Also expected to attend area Toronto Blue -lay and representatives from professional football and hockey. .H.gmemakers Government averts funding crisis page 12A Arca crippled children will be represented by three youngsters who have -individually been a Timmy or. Tammy at past dinners. They are Josh Watson, Jeff Finkbeiner and Michelle McNeilly. All proceeds from the dinner go to the Easter Seal Society and the Thames Valley Treatment•Centre in London. During the past 15 years more than $120,000 has been raised to support handicapped children. Tickets arc available at Anstett Jewellers, Standard Trust, Jerry. MacLean and Son Sports or any member of the Exeter Lions club. To install flashing crosswalk signs at Wellington and Main EXETER Exeter council has approved the purchase of overhead pedestrian crossover signs for the intersection of Main and Welling- ton streets. After council accepted the tender of Guild Electric Limited in the amount of $12,471;63, works su- perintendent Glenn Kells said in- stallation would begin as soon as weather permitted. He added, " With a break in the weather the . project could be completed before spring." During the discussion of crosso- ver signs, councillor Dorothy Chapman asked, " Do we ever in- tend to put traffic lights at this lo- cation?" and was told by Kells, Counts taken by MTC indicate - there isn't enough traffic from the side streets." Councillor Ben Hoogenboomadd- ed, " This is our only alternative we have before someone gets hurt. I don't like these pedestrian crosso- vers, but it's better than we have now." Hoogenboom added, " Maybe we could look at traffic lights at the Wellington street- corner. That would slow traffic down from the north for the Victoria street corner where public school. students cross." In reply to another question from Chapman, Kells said the new over- head flashing signs would function 24 hours a day and signs must be erected at each entrance to town sig- nifying their presence. He added, " Two signs are already there and the rest will cost less than $100." Osborne negotiates with staff USBORNE TOWNSHIP Us - borne councillors spent most of their time at the January 3 council meeting sitting as committee of the whole to discuss 1989 salaries with their employees. Cathy Skin- ner, Floyd Cooper and Dale Skin- ner were delegates during the nego- tiations for staff salary. The wages for staff and council- lors for this year will be made pub- lic after the bylaw is given third and final reading at the next regular meeting on January 17. The naines.of persons serving on various committees were an- nounced. Carolyn Bradford will represent Usbornc, Blanshard and Exeter on the ABCA, and Lynda Hodgins is the joint Usborne- Blanshard rep on the UTRCA. Keith Selves is a member of the property standards committee, and Ken Oke returns to again represent Usborneon: the South Huron rec centre board ,the management. Alan Hern will serve• on the Huron County Farm and Home Safety committee. Councillor Jim Kerslake will add membership on the Exeter= Morrison Corridor "planning: com-. minae to his duties. Council passed a use- agreement bylaw governing the operation of the Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre. The bylaw sets down for- mally what has been common pro- cedure, and leaves the management . . of the -facility to the committee -Of management and the :Kirkton Woodham Community Centre Board. Councillor William J. Rowe liffe and clerk -treasurer Sandy Strang :were approved to attend the upcom- ing Pay Equity Conference in Lon- don." Three building permits were k - sued with a total value of S194,0cln, . - Rowcliffc presented -a report on the December 20,.19821 meeting of the Exeter and arca fire board. Fur - titer information on coverage by the Granton fire dcpartrnent and owner- - ship requirements is being obtained: • Stephen water rates go up slightly CREDITON .- At the first meet- ing of the new year, Stephen coun- cil approved increases in. rates for the municipality's water supply system. ' For those residents on -a metered system , they will pay an increase of 10 cents per- 1,000 gallons while the rise for those on flat rates with- out metering will be $1 per month. The -charge for flat rate users in the police villages of Centralia and Crediton for each three m onth peri- od goes from $19.42 to $22.42. The charges -in Dashwood for a similar three month period will be $37.10 and in the Grand Bond arca the new charge will be $31.46. The differential in rates in the police villages is due to govern- ment grants and the amount of frontage charges when the different installations were made. The Dash- wood frontage charges were less than the other two police villages. • Chief building official Milton Dietrich presented his report for 1988. He issued a total of 138 building permits, 13 more than a year ago for a total value of $3,468,547. The 1987 building permit figure was $3,948,789. As the result of provisions of a Resort residents concerned over seven storey project GRAND BEND - Residents filled council chambers Monday night to voice their concerns over a proposed seven -storey apartment building in Clic villagc, during a statutory public meeting.- About eeting.About 100 people took developer James Hevey to task over the proposal, which they saw as detriment to the future character of Grand Bend. The main objective of the meeting was to sound out public opinion over a planned development south of the Ausable River. The development,,. mately friar t r c n.•'�'' . „„e- Komi „e- � t< i and west of Alberta Street and Hevey, of the Ucvlon Group, seeks to change the site from a zone for future development to a zone for multi -family res- idences. The proposed site would include townhouses, clus- ter houses and a seven -storey apartment block, for a total of 131 units, all to be sold as condominiums. As well a small commercial development is slated for he northeast corner with a restaurant, small retail store for marine supplies and a possible future site for the Grand Bend Yacht Club. Under municipal law, amendments to the zoning bylaw require a public meeting and Hevey told the residents his efforts to get a meeting on the issue were frustrated until now. Notices for the meeting were mailed out to resi- dents within a 400 -foot radius of the development. Richard Zelinka, of Gene Monteith and Associates of London, explained the development proposals were within the total maximum density of•44 units per hectare, in accordance with the planning -act. He said the uses are geared to the seasonal population and not transient tourists. Hevey and Zelinka told residents they started look- ing at 'the arca for possible development in Septem- ber 1987 and undertook several studies to determine if the land was feasible for that type of use. Hevey said he came back to council with plans four different times after original suggestions were consid- ered undesirable by council. In February of last year they finally made an appli- cation for a zoning change to the property. The main change from carti'r mane was to have the apartment building reduced in size from nine to seven storeys. • "We also moved all of the 'townhouse units into -the interior of the site, maintaining a buffer all around the perimeter of the site setting all the build- ings back, cutting off all the access n - ' d laefel r ti ure'ttr=2lr c talion of all the other elements with the plan,” said Zelinka. Zelinka then told residents that the developer had surveyed the site from several different directions and doted that the apartmentswould be hidden from view in most directions because of the height of the trees. Nevertheless, a large number of the residents were opposed to the height of the apartments, suggesting the village 'Mould limit the height of buildings to no more than four storeys. Anything higher, they claimed, would change the image of Grand Bend, not realizing that the Devlon Group as already building a seven -storey block on the north beach. " Tom Tomes, reeve of Stephen Township, was on hand to ask Reny if the Grand Bend Fire Department would be able to service a seven storey building. Stephen uses the same Grand Bend Fire Department and he was concerned a new ladder truok might be needed. Hevey said the existing ladder would be adequate. Tomes also asked if the existing sewer system was adequate to handle that type of development under the current system and Hevey said he was told that no further expansion of the system is needed. Reeve Bob Sharen concurred with Hevey. " "To the best of my knowledge, if growth continues it should be able to handle the expansion," said Shar- en, but added it should be expanded if any -other growth occurs. Hevey said he will add another sewer line along Al- berta Street and it will be installed at cost to him. Please turn to page 3 two-year salary agreement approved at the beginning of. 1988, most township employees will receive a cost -of -living increase of 4.2 per- cent for 1989. • - A severance application was granted to Gerald McBride at part of Lot .19, Concession 1. Itis a small parcel of land, to the west and•south of the property now housing Becker Farm Equipment on Highway: 4,_ just south of Exeter. - Official plan, zoning and_sevcr- ancc applications were granted to Quality Produce for property at part of Lot 7, Concession 2,. adjacent to Huron Park. The zoning change was from restricted agriculture to residential. . Brett Coulter was granted a zon- ing change from commercial to res- idential for the former Greenway - general store property at part of Lot 40, South Boundary Concession. A zoning change was also granted to Dave Scatcherd at Oakwood to cor-_ reet jogs of land in a previous sev- erance approval: - Council has directed a letter to he written to the village ofGrand Bend voicing Stephen's concern over ca- pacity of the sewer. lagoon and firc protection as the result of many rc- Lake cent zoning changes and develop- . tient. _ The charge for tax certificates is-- sued s-succi to solicitors on property, changes will be increased to S10: The charge for minor variance and zoning amendment applications have been increased to 5375 and S225, respectively to take care of a Huron county charge of S125 it an OMB appeal arises from any of the aforementioned transactions. IT an appeal does not take place, then the $ 125 .will-hc returned to the appli- cant. • Recite Tom Tomes will represent the township on the Exeter and area fire board and the representative on. the Grand Bend and arca fire hoard will be -Deputy Reeve Garry Baker. Named to the. Stephen township arena board arc Mike Glavin, ROy Wilson, Jim Swcitzcr, Tom Somer- ville, "Herman Wultcrkens, Cliff Hicks, Dennis Pfaff, Tont Tomes and Garry Baker. - Memberships were approved •in • the -Ontario Good Roads Assocai- tion, the Association of Municipal Clerk Treasurers of Ontario and the" Association of Municipalitic of Ontario. 0 0 a Block A - 7 storey Apartment Building, approx. 90 units Block B - cluster houses, approx 12 units Block C - Townhouses, approx. 29 units Block D - Proposed commercial site Block E - Public open space