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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-02-15, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, February 15, 1989 Huron Park facelift scheduled shortly CREDITON - Huron Park is scheduled for a facelift within the next few months according to On- tario Development Corporation of- ficials who met with representa- tives of local. councils,. Huron County, the ministry of industry trade and technology, and MPP Jack Riddell on Friday. - Stephen Township reeve Tom Tomes confirmed that the -meeting was called because of concerns raised over the lack of industrial tenants in Huron Park. The meet ing sought input from local politi- cians and civil servants to deter- mine the industrial park's future as - an industrial base for the arca. David MacKinnon, president of the ODC, explained that the corpo- ration has definite plans for the. park, the most immediate of which will be a' cosmetic upgrading to in- crease the visual appeal of the in- dustrial buildings, most of which still bear testimony to their origi- nal purpose as an air base, - "We feel it's starting to look a little dated...it needs to be a little less military," he said. MacKinnon was not yet prepared to release details concerning the facelift or its cost, but he did.sug gest that a future course of action for ODC would be to encourage the location of companies related to the small aircraft industry. Such a plan would make the most .use of the industrial park's proximity to the still -active airport. MacKinnon said ODC had been looking closely. at several similar strategies employed by American industrial parks at converted airbas- es. . Tomes said the meeting, the first of its kind, showed that all interest- ed parties were "all on the same wavelength" concerning the future • of the park. He suggested a general trend one might expect to see .in Huron Park over the coming dec- ades is a shift towards more skilled labour industries with more tech- nology -intensive backgrounds. The ODC operates one other in- dustrial park in. Cobourg, also a former military base. Hope. setback won't hurt LUCAN Village council is hoping a •,'tback at the ministry of the environment will not slow down progress on their $10 million water and sewage projects. An ap- plication -sent to the ministry for a - certificate t if approval for the -sew- age project has gone astray, -- Lucan clerk Ed Melanson said the; ministry had just told him the ap- plication could not be found.. Steve McMinn, a representative from M.M. Dillon consulting en- gineers who -arc handling the sew- age treatment plant project; said his company was not entirely pleased with the way the project has been proceeding through the ministry, especially at.a time when the vil- lage is hoping to get. final designs under way. He said copies -of the application will have to be sent to the ministry as soon as possible. Both the water and sewage pro- -jects have yet to get Ontario Mu- nicipal Board approval, which means that final cost projections cannot be drawn up. • McMinn also delivered to council the bad news that he had been told directly by Bert Hamm at the MOE that.Lucan's water pipeline- projcct has no high priority, due to the - number of other projects under con Sunday shopping Continued from front page not only the centre of a large. Sun- day tourist trade, but forms a strong part of the summer economy. "Look at all the students who rely on working on Sundays, he ex- plained. . • Lucan. "We've never discussed it or even pursued it at a council: meeting," said reeve Norm Steeper. "I don't think there would be a lot of support for it, especially if it in- terfered with the church programs," "If the city of London went ahead _ with it then we might have to take another look at it," said Steeper, who called for London to show lead- ership in the issue. He also suggested arca municipal- ities should get together to discuss their stance and strategies in light of the legislation sothat they don't "cut each others throats. Metropolitan Life helps those with plans for the future. as_„„.t�lu�tly ■r • tl a i9g ti• future. \letropolitan Life can guarantee your interest. (err RRS1'�, tat j __ annual interest rate voter nhtnex will earn. flies we guarantee all the • money you flay into the trMiTf r the tull lite of v ur RKtiI'. That, on too t4t.xr►4,-+: rtt44•-.!-*- ”"""A'- retirt riient Pat irn nt Plan... `+u c.ill vow \I•4,rorolitan I lie -,ilt•s reprc.entativ' tk (.lay. lir t e got great glans fur tour tt tlire 1 MARK McLLWAIN SEAFORTH 527-2268 GET MET. IT PAY. Metropolitan Life • Sideration. • "I fear that if we say yes to fund- ing for one of the projects (sewage) without a firm commitment of the water to follow within the next year or two, then we may be sit- ting here without water 10 years down the road," said reeve Norm Steeper. He also said he was told by -MPP Doug Reycraft Lucan has yet to demonstrate a dire need for water. Councillor : Tom McLaughlin asked what was necessary to.dem- onstrate a dire need, especially when firefighting capabilities were compromised by the present water supply. "There is more than a dire need as far as the sewers go," noted Steep- er, saying pressure is on the mini- stry to reduce effluent levels in 'the Little Ausablc River. - He said Lu - can has to make it clear it will not. do without both -water and sewage systems. Lucan will attempt to poll its rate,aycrs in -order to find out how many are willing to make a One- time up front payment to cover. their portion of the water and sew= age. project costs. - An up front payment would save the homeowner in the long run, be- cause unpaid shares will be deben- turcd over 10 years with interest. Unfortunately, the combined costs of the water and sewage projects for each household are expected to be over. $3,000. The village will likely encourage up front payment wherever possible because of the reduced dcbt load on thevillageand the positive effect it would have on OMB approval. Most accidents only one vehicle EXETER - Seven of the eight ac- cidents investigated this week by_ officers of the Exeter detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police in- volved only one vehicle. - On Sunday, February 5 at 9.45 p.m., a vehicle driven by .Marsha Brand, RR 3 Dashwood left the roadway of Highway 83 and struck a tree. The vehicle was severley damaged , but no injuries were sus- tained. A vehicle operated by Linda Ho- verkamp, RR 4 Clinton received minor damage when it Icft the Us- borne-Tuckersmith township road at 10.30 a.m., Monday and entered the ditch. At 2.20 a.m., Tuesday, a vehicle operated by Tracy Cooper wcnt out of control on Highway 81 in Ste- phen. township and entered the ditch. The vehicle was-seJ4rely damaged and a passenger George Blackwell received minor injuries. Seven hours later the same day, a vehicle driven by..R.roek Sinnamon richcll went out of control. on Huron Road 11 in Usborne town- ship and hit the ditch. - hicic driven by Allan Christie of London struck a bump on a snow vehicle- trail in Hay township caus- ing a passenger Janet Grimes, also of London to suffer minor injuries. 'Police received a report of an.un-• known vehicle striking_a mail box Thursday on Huron road 5 in Ste- phen township. The vehicle re- ceived damage to the right front cor- ner. James Oke, RR 3 Exeter sufffcred minor injuries when the vehicle he was operating went out of control on Usbonie township sideroad 5 and struck a hydro pole at 10.15 a.m.; Friday. Vehicles driven by Joan Corbett, RR 1 Exeter and Hazel Miller, Ex- eter collided at the intersection of Richmond and Albert streets in Hcnsall fit• 4 p.m., Friday. During the past week, Exeter OPP officers investigated 42 general occurrences. Charges laid included 30 under the Highway Traffic Act, two for Liquor Licence Act infrac- tions, one impaired driving charge and two driving licence supsensions of 12 hours each were imposed. Crown -1(-W Carnival queen Leanne Bickel) was named the Queen of the 1989 Kirkton-Woodham Winter Carnival Saturday -night: Above, Leanne is being crowned by last year's winner Caro- lyn Dykeman. At the left is this year's runnerup Lisa-Ellerington. Look for better contract HENSALL - Despite a new wage offer from the company, General Coach employees are still prepared to walk the picket line in search of a better contract. • Company officials met with rep- resentatives of Local 3054 of the Carpenter's and Joiner's Union on February 7 to discuss a new wage offer. .Employees have been pick- eting the recreational vehicle plant since they found themselves locked out on December 29. The company claimed to make a substantial new offer which turned out to be a rearrangement of the original money they offered." said union president Adam Salvona. Salvona said the original two year contract offered workers no -pay raise for the first six months, 25it in April 1989, and 200 more in April 1990 for the last six months. He said the new three year proposal offered 25¢ immedi- ately, 200 more in November 1989, and 35 cents in November 1990. Salvona estimated the improve- ment to amount to $60 per worker in the first year and $180 in the second, but he noted that the origi- _nal offer's $200 signing bonus was gone and no retroactive pay was in- cluded. Salvona said a letter from the • company was sent to the member- ship after Tuesday's meeting, ask ing for a vote on the offer. Salvo- na said the employees arrived at Wednesday's meeting in the com- munity centre with their minds al- ready made up. "Tire employees told us in no un- certain terms that they did not wish to vote on this insult, said Salvo- na. "We just hope the company gets the message." Salvona also pointed out some employees were upset at the com- pany's plans to restructure the man- ner in .which employees were cho- sen for promotion 'by seniority. Salvona claimed the offer allowed for "super seniority" whereby a worker could bypass senior work- ers. General Coach .president Andy Imanse defended the decision to send a letter detailing the offer di- rectly to the membership. "From our standpoint it was im- portant that everyone knew the facts," he said. !manse -said he hoped negotiations would continue and a compromise could soon be reached. -- "We're interested in sitting down and bargaining this out. Maybe we haven't tried hard enough to do that." SALES TAX REBATE o Interest May X89 RANTEED MasterCard •