Times Advocate, 1989-02-22, Page 3Dumping bylaw to be posted
USBORNE TOWNSHIP - Reso-
lution of an incidentat the Kirkton
waste disposal site was reported by
Reeve Gerald Prout to a special
meeting of Usborne township
council ori February 15.
Prout told councillors he had
been contacted by site office Daniel
Verbeke about difficulties encoun-
tered when someone brought a
mixed load of demolition material
to the site and refused to separate
it. Prout had called the person re-
sponsible to explain the township's
bylaw regulating the dumping of
garbage. This resulted. in "a 'fa-
vourable response", Prout said. •
Councillors concurred with the
reeve's suggestion that a copy • of
the bylaw be laminated and posted
at the waste disposal site. •
Turning to another matter, Prout
said he had been contacted by.a real..
estate agent who was upset because
office staff would not release prop-
erty tax. information over the .
phone.- Council agreed that staff
would continue to' follow council's
policy of not •divulging any infot`-
mation by phone other than that
which is legislated as being public
information.
Robert Down attended the meet-
ing to update council on the
progress of the Sesquicentennial
Committee. Murray Dawson has
accepted the position of committee
vice-chairman. Down and Dawson
will contact other local municipali-
ties also celebrating their 150th in
1992, to coordinate events accord-
ingly.
The Sesquicentennial Slogan
Contest is being advertised in the
Exeter and St. Marys papers. Cop-
ies of the contest rules are also be-
ing sent to South Huron District
High School, Usborne Central, and
Precious Blood Separate School.
Niall Straw came to the meeting
as a representative of the Heart and
Stroke Foundation. He thanked
-council for their generous support
in the past, and said continued sup-
" -port ill the future would be appre-
ciated.
A grant of $400 to Townand
Country Homemakers was ap-
proved.
The grade 8 class of •Osborne Cen-
tral School will be invited to attend
a council meeting in April.
Clerk Sandra Strang was asked to
sent a letter to the ABCA advising
that the township is 'opposed to the
Exeter -Morrison Corridor master
plan, and the proposed hiring of a
studant to draft landscape plans for
the McNaughton Park area.
Jennison Construction Ltd. -was
awarded.a tender to supply gravel to
the township. T1—ir total price of
$86,330 was . the lowest of three
tenders submitted.
Road superintendent Ken Parker'
submitted his 1989 road budget.
The figures show proposed expendi-
tures of $408,200, and estimated
revenues of $200,600 in provincial
subsidies, with the remaining
$207,600 made up .from municipal
tax dollars.
Members of council will man the
municipal office on April 20 and
21, while the clerk and ti1e assistant
clerk attend a tax seminar` in Col-
lingwood.
Disturbance, drugs, drinking
- EXETER - Eight people appeared
before Judge FGE Hunter in Exeter
provincial court in February 14 on •
charges relating to drugs, drinking
or causing a disturbance.
Michael R. Jeromkin,.Exeter was -.
fined $250 after pleading guilty to
causing a disturbance on November
.13 near New Orleans Pizza.
Judge Hunter sentenced David. '
Henry Dawe, Stephen township, to.
14 days in jail and a $1,000 fine
for possessing drugs for the pur-
pose of trafficking
A legal search of the accttsed's
residence on May 13 turned up can-
.nibus seeds, vials of cannibus resin
and bags of processed cannibus.
According to evidence, the marijua-
na was the accused's 1987 crop,
grown in an adjoining corn field.
Daniel J. Becker, Dashwood, Em -
est James - Anson, RR1 Lucan,
Douglas Lloyd Batkin, Clinton, and
Thomas E. Mallett, RR1 Varna;
each pleaded guilty tadriving with
a BAC over 80. Each was fined
$75Q and had his licence suspended
for 12 months.
Mallett was fined a further S150
after pleading guilty to possession
of cannibus resin. Police had seized
a pipe and a. small amount of nar-
cotic at the time Mallett was
stopped and given the ALERT test.
Barry Clark, Grand Bend, was
back in court for sentencing after a
trial on November 8 found him
guilty of failing to provide a breath
sample on March 12, 1988 when
stopped by police in Usbome town-
ship. Sentence was withheld at the
time as the accused was being treat-
ed for alcohol addiction.
After hearing evidence from both
the accused and his counsellor, the
judge wasn't totallyconvinced Clark
would not go out and drink and
drive again.. He has two prior con-
victions for the same offence.
Clark was sentenced to 90 days in
jail on the current charge, and for-
bidden to drive for three years.
No plans to eliminate grants
EXETER - Exeter council wanted
hard and fast -answers to their ques-
tions as to why the_province was
not indexing unconditional grants
to municipalities, but MPP Jack
Riddell defended his government's
policy on February 10, calling it a _
program of fiscal restraint.
"We appreciate the pot is only so
large," said mayor Bruce Shaw, but
pointed out that the reduction in
unconditional grants meant that
municipalities would have to un-
dergo the expense of applying for
conditional grants for capital pro-
- jccts. He argued that conditional -
grants were "buried in red tape" that
could delay projects for over a year.
Riddell argued that unconditional
. grants were "flatlined" in.an.effort
to reduce the provincial deficit, but
he noted conditional grants were in-
creasing 5.4 percent this year to
54.4 billion. -
Riddell said Exeter should be
thankful unconditional grants still
exist, _noting that without them lo-
cal mill rates would be higher.
Bill Mickle questioned Riddell
about why other towns, Clinton in
particular, receive more grants than
Exeter.-
"Please don't make comparisons
with other towns that don't have
your advantages," said Riddell, ad-
ding that the government doesn't
plan to reward thrifty or successful
municipalities.
Shaw pursued Riddell on the bal.
ance of: grants once more. He
asked why the $6,000 recreation
grant Exeter receives has to be ap-
plied for each -year. -
"Why don't we cut down the cri-
tcria for conditional grants and wid-
en unconditional grants?" demanded
S haw.
"Not all municipalities do a good
job of spending their bucks," an-
swered Riddell.
Micklc pointed out the lack of
increase in the unconditional grants
meant Exeter would receive no ad-
ditional funds for police department
or other services,- ..even though
costs have increased and the town
has 37 new homes.
"Seriously, you . have to take a
look at where you're putting that
money," said Mickle.
Riddell said there were no plans
to do away with the unconditional
grant structure, but agreed to take
Exeter's concerns back to Queens
Park and present them to the treas-
urer.
Times -Advocate, February 22, 1989
Page 3
Lions donation - Don Thompson, front right, of the Exeter Lions' Club- accepts a cheque from Ervin
Sillery from the Exeter Senior Housing Commission of $890.73 to be put towards the Lions Youth
Centre. Also pictured in back row are; Leonard McKnight, Charles Tindall and Garnet Hicks.
New offer
at Coach
HENSALL - General Coach em- ;
ployees will get another chance to
vote on an offer from the company
this week. The new offer comes
close on the heels of a proposal re-
jected two weeks ago y e union
membership of local 3054 of the
United Carpenters and Joiners,
locked out since late December.
- General Coach president Andy
imanse presented the offer to union
officials on Tuesday and is awaiting
a response from the member .
!manse said he was optimis. the
offer is closer to what the employ-
ees are seeking and he hoped an end
to the labour dispute could be in
sight.
The offer includes three 400 an
hour pay increases for employees.
The first would be retroactive to
November 1, 1988 with two to fol-
low on November 1 of 1989 'and
d
1990.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Sir:
As youare no doubt aware more
and more, we arc hearing about the
distraction of our environment and
how every human being has to do
something now about that destruc-
tion to our environment and atmos-
phere.
Michael Wilson our Minister of
Finance is a member of the World
Bank who will be voting on
whether or not to loan money to
Brazil, forthe purpose of building
Hydro -Electric Dams and therefore
destroying thousands of acres of
rain forests.
Our very existence and environ-
ment in the years to come depends
on the vegetation of the earth to de-
stroy the carbon monoxides we are
sending into the atmosphere each
and every -minute.
As a Canadian, I strongly resent
and oppose the lending of any
funds to any country that will re-
sult in the clearing of our vegeta-
tion, and ask that if you. feel the
same to write the Minister of Fi-
nance, House of Commons, Ot-
tawa, Ontario K IA 0A6 and urge
him to vote NO.
Lisa Sutherland
Woodham
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Dear Sir:
Every year, over 40,000 people
visit the Blyth Fe4tival from June
to September. Our -visitors inquire
at our box office about dining and
accommodation in the area.
This year, the Blyth Festival is
creating a special Dining and Ac-
commodation Guide for our theatre
visitors, so they can better plan
their vacation before they arrive. -
This new visitor's guide will be
distributed throughout the arca: at
tourist information booths, attrac-
tions and mailed to everyone who
requests more information_' on the
Blyth Festival.
If your business would like to be
listed (for a registration fee) under
one of the following listings: bed
and breakfast, country, inn, accom-
modations, family dining or fine
dining, please call Jane Gardner at
the Blyth Festival 523-4345.
Sincerely,
. Jane Gardner
• Blyth Festival
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a book from the Barrie library called
_ "1 Brought the Ages Home' by C.T.
Currelly, the first curator of the
Royal Ontario Museum.
Although the author was born in
Exeter in 1876 and describes his
early years there in absorbing detail
I had not realized in the years that
we lived there that, such an interest-
ing and dedicated man had been part
of its history.
If your readers have not chanced
to come across this book I would
urge them to try to located a copy.
If they have any interest in the past,
local•or world wide, they will find
it fascinating and educational
Sincerely
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