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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-02-15, Page 1[EXETER TOYOTA 242 Main St. N. Exeter Across from O.P.P. Phone 235-2353 Serving South Huron, North Middlesex & Lambton Celebrities meet local champs In a fighting mood - Gold medal synchronized swimmer Michael! Cameron is in .a fighting meed as she playfully threatens boxer Lennox Lewis at last week's Exeter Lions Sports Celebrity Din- ner. In front are two representatives of handicapped children Josh Watson and Jeff Finkbeiner: Zurich to get OPP extension office ZtJRICI t The Exctcr detach- ment of the Ontario Provincial Po- lice will be opening a service ex- tersion.officc in Zurich in the near future. Inside He'll be missed Glenn Fisher retires after 37 years page 5 Gets facelift More rooms, programs at Lucan Villa page 8 K -W Carnival Lots of action at annual event page 13 Celebrities Lions dinner another success page 21 A -skating-we-go Exeter . skating' club presents carnival page. 22 Drought -eattwas layoffs EXETER Last summer's drought has -taken its toll on workers at the Nabjsco Brands canning plant. Fourteen workers have been laid off because of a tanager oc ` i i cr ex- plained Monday that the layoffs were an unfortunate Consequence of last summer's dry weather --.+TEINISITIIIIrtduced crop yields. "It's a result of the drought," said Rider. "We just don't have the product to label" Rider described the layoffs as "minor" in comparison to the large workforce at the plant and the reduced yields. "We were down 30 percent on our peas and corn," he said. - Sergeant Don McInnes and -Con stable. Rick • Sinnamon attended --Thursday's- council 'Pecking to re- porion the new- proposed system. McInnes told council, " This k a part of. community based policing to provide better service and to get arca residents involved." .The Zurich office with Constable Rick Borden as the liaison officer will serve Zurich', `Hay township and Dashwood areas. . . The officers: made it clear this I. will not be a'24 hour service, but - Borden and other officcrs will be more readily available. z - - An OPP sign will be placed out- side the village of Zurich municipal office where a temporary office will be set up. Zurich and arca residents Will be welcome to drop in and dis- cuss any problems they may have with officcrs in, complete confi- dence. McInnes continued, "We hope this will help in providing a better quality oflife, for the people we scrvc. We would like to get the pulse of what you want and it really • boils down to as much of "what you can do for us than what we can do for you." - • - Contable Sinnamon said he felt the mere presence -of -an OPP sign and a cruiser would help in discou- raging transient- criniinals.Therc have been a number of brcakins in the past year. . The officers indicated Similar ex- tension offices- were proving -to be successful in Bayfield, Dungannon and Lucknow. McInnes indicated he would like to sec the Zurich office open by the middle of March: One member of council is needed to sit on a com- munity based policing committee along with members -at -large. Council agreed to use the.council chambers as the 'OPP office until other accommodation can be locat- ed. . 40:WW Gaiser-Kneale Insurance • • Exeter. 235-2420 , Grini'Bend 238-8484 IIcnsall•262-2119 Clinton 482-9747 Since 1873 Wednesday, February 15, 1989 Price per copy 60 cents Riddell Sunda By. Adrian Harte EXETER While Dills 113 and 114 have provided the provincial legislature with the most public outcry and debate since doctors' ex- tra billing was banned, MPP Jack -Riddell says he still stands behind his government's move to turn the Sunday opening decision over to municipalities. - When Riddell met with Exeter - council Friday morning, he found himself fending off questions about - the legislation passed earlier in the week. He said he had never seen a bill more misrepresented than 113. "It is actually a Sunday closing bill, insisted Riddell. "This is a bill that can.be enforced. The old bill couldn't be enforced." • "You know, .you hear of the domino effect: Listen; if people. want to shop in London, Mason- ville is open every . night of the week," Riddell said, arguing that evening shopping had never be- . conic a necessity for Exeter. He also noted Stratford has Sunday shopping under their tourist ex- emption. "I'd almost be prepared to bet my farm that there will be no change in the present status," challenged Riddell: - - Mayor Bruce Shaw. disagreed. "I'll bet you dollars to donuts when the sanctity of Sunday disap-- pcars there will be a change," he said. "What are you willing to bet?. Would you bet your house?"- asked Riddell. "Half of it," jokcd.Shaw. .Riddell pointed out all municipal exemptions from bill 113 will have. to be handled by a public hearing. • . "If you people in Exeter were considering opening I'd be here and I'd be yellinglike hell," said Rid- dell. . • Shaw requested a letter from the .solicitor -general confirming all in- fractionsunder bill .1.13 or 114. would be dealt -with at. the prov- ince's expense. The act.has provi- • sions for fines of up t� $50,000 or thc'gross sales of any business that opens on a Sunday. without a mu- nicipal exemption. • Jim Fitzgerald, in a• phone call from Riddell's Toronto office, con- firmed that the bill will take effect • only after Senate approval, and even then will only require that ex- isting tourist exemptions be phased: out within five years. Fitzgerald said places currently open on Sundays, such as Grand Bend, Bayfield or Blyth, need be in no hurry to deal with the new law. Exeter - Sliaw told the press Exctcr will defends deci sin remain opposed to the idea of Sun- day opening for as long as possible. He said the BIA has always rejected Sunday shopping- and council has no plans to inmate public hearing unless approached by the business community. • However, as he told Riddell on Friday, Shaw said he had -the fore- sight to predict resistance to Sunday shopping will fade as the years or decades pass. He described it as the unfortunate and inevitable outcome of a longstanding trend. Hensall Hensall is not likely to pursue the Sunday opening issue for -some Yeafs• Currently, several Hensall busi- nesses remain closed on Mondays and many say that day ofvest would have to fall before Sunday ever came into question. "I don't know whether Hensall will be doing anything unless asked by merchants in town,".said reeve Jim Robinson. - He pointed out a survey conducted - in past years showed there was little. interest in Sunday openings. Zurich Zurich reeve Bob Fisher said his council is fully prepared to ignore the Sunday opening issue for the foreseeable future. •. Ile suggested it was best to "let sleeping dogs lie." Grand Bend Reeve Bob Sharon said his coun- cil will be taking action over bill 113- when it becomes available in order to. keep the village opejL for the tourists on Sundays. "We have to)ook at it very close- ly," he said, adding he -"thought a public hearing might be -possible as early as March. - He said he is quite prepared to hear objections to Grand Bend's longstanding policy of wide-open Sunday shopping. "There's obviously going to be someone who's going to feel that way," he *said. . However, he said the. village is Please turn to page -2 - Get grant EXETER -• The Exeter. & District Heritage Foundation recently re- ccived'a grant of S535 from the On- tario Mlnistry of Culture & Com munications. . - This grant was made available to the Foundation to reimburse Some of the costs for the 1987 "Heritage Days" held in conjunction with the centennial celebrations for the Old- - Town Hall. . • In her letter to the local organiza- tion, the- Honourable Lily Munro state, "1 am pleased that our -Mini- stry is able to assist the Exeter and -District Heritage Foundation in making this project possible. 1t is just one fine exainplc of the inven- tive ways in .which -groups all across,thc province -are seeking to - enrich community life." • - Zurich reveals amount of 1988 remuneration. ZURICH - The statement of re- Councillors renumeration was as - muneration for:1988 for members • follows: - Ray . N1; Kinnon of Zurich council was made availa- SI, 1 46.20; Paul NI cirri son bleatThursday's regular.mecting. SI,354.40; Keith Semple S000:20 • Reeve - Bob Fisher receival ' and.1Icrb T(irkheint c ,20S.-1( plus S1,833.90 plus mileage of -510.64. mileage of S1.5.40: Four accidents in town EXETER - Four accidents were ; and Douglas Clark, Exeter collided. investigated this week by officcrs • On Wednesday, a- Ministry of of the Exeter town police depart- Transportation and Communica ment. tions snowplow driven hy. Thomas On Saturday, Fcbruary.4, a vchi- Ryan, RR 1 Lucan was rcvcr lig to - cle owned by Doris Wragg, Dash- back ontoSimcoc street from Main. wood was struck by a second vchi- street and struck a vehicle driven by cle while parked on Main strect,-• Cynthia Simpson, Exeter. Only north of Anne street. The second.. • minor damage and no injuries. were vehicle failed .to remain at the 'sustained. - scene. Monday, Fcbruary 6 at the Exctcr curling club parking lot, vehicles driven by Steven Grcb of Centralia Vehicles driven by John Prydc arid Matthew Aikman, both -cif Ex- ctcr collided Friday on Main street. .. Discovering the great outdoors, underground Not an igloo - In case you wondered .what the inside of a quinzee looked like, the First Exeter Scout pack were eager to show off their handiwork on Saturday. A quinzee is a shelter dug. into packed snow. The scouts built 'three to sleep 12, including Dana Wright (left), Jeff Bow- en, and Dave Morlock. Hidden entrance - Scoutmaster Bill Dinney supervises the construction of one of the three quin- zees Saturday. Twelve members of the First Exeter Scouts spent the night camping on the farm of Soren Petersen, just west of Exeter. Scout Sean McCurdy is removing snow from one of the interconnected shelters, the roof of which is kept toa thickness of 15 cm and glazed. •