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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-03-22, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, March 22, 1989 GB discusses intersection changes GRAND BEND - At their regular. Dillon . Engineering, the village's meeting Monday night, village official engineer, to disctiss im- council met with David James from provements of the Highway 21 and Councillors upset with 1989 Authority levy increase • EXETER '= Two members of council voiced their protest when the amount of the levy for this year to be paid to the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority was an pounced, Monday night. When councillor Morley Hall learned thc levy had risen from S17,953 last year to S21,429, he asked Mayor Bruce Shaw, " Is there anything we can do about this?" and was told, " No , there isn't Hall continued, " That's not dem- ocratic. We have hada tremendous increase during the last two years. I: recommend a strong protest or get somebody to explain the high in- crease'. Reeve Bill Mickle commented; It's likely because of a cutback of • provincial funding". "They should cut their budgets if provincial money isydecrcased. This along with the county budget an nounced last week are obscene in- creases. We should show our con- cern. This is not realistic", said councillor Ben Hoogenboom. • Councillor Ervin Silicry who is a former ABCA director said he would attempt .to get an Authority representative to attend the next 'meeting to explain their budget and the consequent increases. Easter at the monastery By Yvonne. Reynolds Some Polish touches will be. added to the traditional Franciscan customs as the members of the Franciscan monastery north of Clandcboyc on Highway 4 ob- serve Holy Wcck. All ceremonies will be held in the former St. Peter's Church which has been renovated and re- stored from a deserted and dilapi- dated old edifice into as beautiful nave and sanctuary since the Fran- ciscans moved in one and one-half years ago. The monastery is not a•parish, but the public is welcome to join the monks for any of the Easter weekend's special services. On Holy Thursday, the sacra- ment is moved from the main to a side altar. An all-night vigil from 9:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. will follow the 7:30 Mass bf the last Supper. This commemorates the night Jesus spent in prison. On Good Friday, the altar is stripped, the sacrament taken out of the -church, the old holy water spilled, and all lights and candles extinguished. The monks will carry on the Polish -Franciscan Good Friday tradition of eating a simple meal on their knees before returning to the church for a liturgy at 2;00 p.m. After tracing the stations of the cross, monastery head Father David Przedwiecki will give a homily on the last seven words of Jesus before He died. . Some time will be spent medi- tating at the replica of the dead Christ in the sepulchre, which has been set up in the sanctuary. The monks will spend Holy Saturday silently scrubbing, dust- ing, cleaning and polishing the church and everything in it "Ieis not a day of mourning", Father David said. "We try to re- live the mysteries of Christ's Pas- sion, death and resurrection. It is good to relive the days that wrought so great a Redeemer. This helps us appreciate His Re- demption." e.demption." The bells, mute since Thursday, will ring out to announce the Sat- urday evening. vigil service, be- ginning at'i l:00 p.m. and contin- uing into Easter Sunday morning. The fresh holy water and the new fire which will be used through- out the next 12 months arc blessed. The priest walks into the dark sanctuary carrying the huge, or- nate Pascal candle. People are waiting there, each holding an un- lit taper. He calls out "Christ, the . light of the world", then .,moves further into the nave, re- ,geating the phrase. Each time he is answered with "thanks be to Sod" . 'The church is illuminated as the servers light their tapers, and the members of the congregation share their flames.. The two and one-half hour liturgy, highlighted by scripture readings tracing the history of salvation, lasts until Easter morning. Now all the stops are pulled out to hail the risen: Lord. "Allellulia", last spoken on Shrove Tuesday, rings out once again. "Gloric in Excelsius Dco" is sung to the accompaniment of the ringing bells. The organ plays and the resurrection gospel is proclaimed: After celebrating the Easter vig- il service, thc Franciscans will sit down to a Swicconka (Polish for blessed food) of sausage, Easter sweet breads, decorated eggs, but- ter Iambs and lamb cakes. 'They will be back in church for the 5:00 a.m. Polish Mass, when the eucharist is put into the golden monstrance and brought to the se- pulchre, then carried around the church to show faith in the resur- rected Christ. A regular. Latin high Mass will be performed at 9:00 a.m. The monks will spend the rcst of Easter Day replenishing them- selves after the Lenten period with food, rest, and recreation. A mo' vie with a Christian theme, and a wine toast, will cnd their celebra- tion of Christianity's holiest and most important weekend, the ba- sis of faith of all who claim Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. Easter Day - Father David Przetwiecki demonstrates the light ing of the Pascal candle, which takes place Sunday at the Franciscan monastery. 81 intersection`s, which are set to begin in May. James gave council members re- vised updates and improvements for the intersection. The new plan proposes improve- ments to three of the intersection corners and the addition of a right - turn lane on the east approach on Highway 81. The lane configuration on High- way 21 has also been revised to al- low advapced green operation of the signals in both directions. Also curb and gutters will be in- stalled on Highway 81 to the limit of the construction. New traffic sig- nals will be installed because of the road widening. The new signals will also include pedestrian crossing heads. In his report, Public Works fore- man Bud Markham told council that the town of Forest offered better deal for use of a street sweeper than Exeter. Markham told council that Exeter wanted $65 an hour for its street sweeper and Forest wanted only $49 an hour despite having a smaller machine. Council felt since the village had used Forest's before and it had done a reasonable job and since it was available any time and Exeter's wasn't, it passed a resolution to use the -machine from Forest. Markham'alsoinformed council. that he received quotes from five different plumbing companies to do repairs to the bathhouse, but two were not interested, two gave no bid and one bid was not ready by Mon- day. Council advised Markham he should keep trying. The village is also looking into getting new park benches made and Markham advised council that many organizations like Arc Industries don't make concrete benches, the only ones that would fill the villag- es needs. "If council wishes we can get the concrete ends made locally and put the wood on ourselves at the Public Works Garage. The approximate cost would be $37 forthe concrete and $10 for the wood, Markham told council. Councillor Bruce Woodley made council aware in his report the need for a new boat for the beach patrol. The old one is several years old and can't be repaired. Woodley said the purchase price of $5,000 for a new one should be included in the 1989 budget. Woodley -also wanted to- make sure that a new paddleboard for the beach patrol, that was previously approved, had been ordered. He also . suggested that new radios for the patrol be considered when making up the 1989 budget. * * * Council supported Exeter Villa's request to release alt information on the senior citizens in village; de- spite comments made by deputy reeve George Kadlecik. Exeter Villa wanted to know ex- actly how many people. in the vil- lage were between the ages of 60 and 65 and how many were over 65. The idea is to help ease the shortage of nursing home beds and to better understand how many might be on a waiting list. "How the hell are we going to figure out that," said Kadlecik. "We arc not going to pay someone to do ' someone else's work". But reeve Bob Sharen said he may have the information readily available and if it was he would give it to the Villa. * * * Council passed a resolution to al- low all council members except Kadlecik to attend the Lampton .County Municipal Association 1989 annual banquet at thc Pctrolia Legion April 6, and at a total cost of $50. * * * In accordance with the Ministry of the Solicitor General, Grand Bend Council officially declared April 7 Tornado Awareness Day in the village as tornado season in Southwestern Ontario approaches. * * ' Council received a copy of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Au- thority 1989 Levy assessment and Grand Bend share has risen 20 per- aVnt to $0,121 and is requested to pay by_Aprit 30. The -village pays 4.0151 percent of the entire ARCA Municipal levy. Grand Bend's. representative on the ABCA, Allan Walper was re- quested to look into the percentage increase for the village and get back -TtrettrnerhwilvaRcar-futarm,=,_..A ; * * Council passed a by law to ap- point members to the Harbor Com- mittee but former reeve Harold Green attended council to ask why ficwasrernamed to that committee this year. . Green was questioning why someone with less experience was chosen to be a member over him- self even though Green had been a member of the committee since its inception. "You mean to tell me that I missed out on all five qualifica- tions," said Green, who thought he should get a letter from the Harbor Committee telling why. he wasn't chosen, since the new members re- ceive a letter telling them they are chosen. * * * Questioning a statement in last Three generations - While the sap was running last week, it came• to a halt just as quickly. Never- theless, the three generations of Tuckey's found themselves with'enough sap to boil off the first few litres of syrup. Wayne Tuckey. collects the sap as .father Oscar and son Peter watch: The family have been producing syrup at the same Hay. Township sugar bush since 19.17. They are hoping for an average season of 680 litres of high-quality syrup. , Grand Bend firm gets.. Biddulph contracts- LUCAN - Jennison Construction'of Grand Bend was awarded two contracts for supply of gravel to the town- ship of Biddulph for the 1989 summer season. • . The Grand Bend firm submitted the lowest of two tenders for the supply, hauling and spreading, of 'A' gravel on township roads and the lowestoffour for a combination of gravel for a township road. - The first contract calls for the the supply, hauling and spreading. of 24,000 tons of three-quarter inch crushed gravel at 53.63 per ton and 52.15 a ton loaded on township trucks. In the second contract the price for 'B' gravel is S2:54 per ton spread and S1.30 per ton loaded on township trucks. Also 'A' gravel will be supplied, hauled and spread for 53.75 a ton. - The tender of Sherman Williams Enterprises for the construction of thc Kempen municipal drain in the amount of 54,196 was accepted. Council agreed the remuneration for Adrain De - Brouwer in the sale of dog tags would be S2.25 for each tag sold, 55 for each kennel licence and S50 to cover expenses. Beth Breimcr, program co-ordinator for the Craigwicl Day Centre for seniors attended the March 7 meeting to bring an update of her group's activities. She advised that approximately 70 percent of their entire budget was paid for by the province of Ontario' and approximately four residents of Biddulph township use the day centre and residents from the police village of Granton have attended. Building permits down EXETER Despite a low amount of building permits being issued during the month of Febru- ary, chief building official David Moyer is optimistic 1989 will be a good year. In presenting his report to coun- cil Monday night, Moyer said, " There is a lot of talk, -about single family dwellings, 52,1 pink b the cnd of March we will be bacckon track and very compata'll1 to last_ yam" Despite the fact, only six permits were issued-dunng the past month for a total val tic • of $13,300, the two month total stands at $315,100. 4 —,..‘-fftVlifelealifthirMe Ike -Permit value figure stood at $119,49, hip the month of March was more pro- ductive with $505,1600. The six permits issued during February were four single family dwelling additions and one each for a commercial addition and a com- mercial demolition. week's Times Advocate regarding the resignation of former clerk Dianne Mollard', Green wanted to find out if Mollard had been given thc option to quit or be fired before the March 7 council meeting be- cause she was taking another posi- tion in Bosanquct Township. Sharon insisted that Mollard was not told to quit or be fired but "her employment was bought out until April 3 which included some bene- fits." The centre is open three da.,•s a week and it is hoped a 'nursing assistant could be made available to seniors eight hours a weck'to do more blood pressure testing and bathing:. Many arca citizens are actively involved as. volunteer drivers who receive a rcniuncration of 22 cents per kilo - Metre. Although council noted the day centre service was ad- vantageous to the entire area, they decided against a S500 grant request as they felt taxpayers were already paying 70 percent of the total cost of the service. Mrs. McColl of RR 3, Granton was in attendance and •asked•what action council was taking -regarding a recent spill of oil on township roads. Clerk treasurer Ray Hands -explained what had hap- pened and 'advised the tlinistry of •the Environment would be taking -action against•thc alleged person rc- • sponsible. Reeve Earl French assured Mrs. McColl that at no time did the township authorize any spreading of oil on township roads and fully concurred with the Nlinistry's efforts to charge the person; who was responsible. The resignation of livestock' Valuator Harry !lardy was accepted with regret and the position will hc.filled by Frank Hardy._ • • . 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