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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-03-29, Page 1[EXETER TOYOTA/ 242 Main St. N. Exeter Across from O.P.P. Phone 235-2353 Permits jump in Stephen CREDITON - Building official Milton Dietrich presented his build- ing report for the month of Febru- ary: to Stephen township council re- cently. Dietrich said five building per- mits were issued for a total value of $212,000. They included one new single family dwelling, three dwell- ing additions and one renovation. Gerry. Van Bruaene has been named as the Stephen township representative on the board of direc- tors of the Pinery Cemetery Board. Approval was given to the Grand Bend. Chamber of Commerce to use the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority park grounds at Port Blake for a circus scheduled for Au- gust 3. A public meeting will be held April 4 to consider a minor variance application from Haggard Invest- ments at part of Lot 6, Lake Road East Concession. Council voiced no objection to a town of Exeter zoning and official plan change to 'establish brcad and breakfast accommodation. The membership fee of $100 to the Grand Bend Chamber of Com- merce was approved along with a grant of $100 to the Exeter Agricul- tural Society. Daylight saving Once again its time to lose an hour's sleet) as Daylight Saving Time returns. Everyone is reminded to set their clocks ahead one hour before. going to bed Saturday April 1. Daylight Saving Time officially goes into effect at 2 a.m. Sunday, which means that all Sunday church services and events will be following the new schedule. r irty- • EXETER - Although office s of the Exeter detachment of the • nta- rio Provincial Police investigated 48� e�neral occurrences during the week, only one involved a motor vehicle accident. The lone accident occurred Thurs- day in Dashwood when a vehicle driven by James Hoffman struck a stop sign on Philip street. Damage was minor. Charges laid during the week in- cluded 55 under the Highway Traf- fic Act, 12 Liquor Licence Act of- fences, one impaired driver and 12 hour licence suspensions were is- sued to six drivers. - In last week's police report it was stated a young offender was located after police investigation. This was in error. The accident was called in by the youth himself 12 hours lat- er. 'WV 4E1 Gaiser-Kneale Insurance Exeter 235-2420 Grand Bend 238-8484 . Hensel 262-2119 Clinton 482-9747 North Middlesex & Lambton Since 1873 Wednesday, March 29, 19139 GO cents Motor home blaze injuresworker EXETER - A Thursday morning accident at the Co -Op gas bar on MainStreet left an Exeter man hospitalized and $35,000 damage to a • motor home. • About 8 a.m .Thursday, an attendant at the gas bar was pumping pro- pane into a motor home when the fuel caught fire. The fireball lasted only an instant outset fire to the motor home and the propane lines. The fire department responded in time to extinguish the blaze, but a Co. -Op employee, Andy Troyer, is being treated for facial bums at Vic- toria Hospital. "I would consider,him to be in pretty good shape," Said Co -Op man- ager.Murray Insley. "It could have been a lot worse." Insley said most damage occurred to the motor home itself. Only the filling hose and sonic asphalt at the station were affected. Insley said no cause of the fire has.yet been established. "I'm not sure anyone knows exactly what happened," he said, but noted a thorough inspection will be conducted. He also said a responsi- bility exists onthe part of the filling -station and the vehicle owner to provide properly maintained equipment forpumping and storage of pro- pane. . "Propane is safe," said-Inslcy, calling the incident an unfortunate ac- cident. "It's one of the safest fuels we have to work with." Fire chief. Gary Middleton explained that -it took about half an hour to get the fire under control. The main obstacle was shutting off the fuel to the burning lines. Middleton said that while a cause for, the fire has been suggested, the matter is still under investigation, "It could have been a lot worse. It could have been worse for Andy," said Middleton. Stephen opposed to Grand Bend proposal CREDITON - Stephen town- ship. council is forwarding a res- olution to Minister, of Munici- pal unicipal Affairs John Eakins protesting proposed annexation plans by the village of Grand Bend. The resolution opposes the;an- nexation of any part of the township and asks that the Min- istry keeps the• municipality in- formed of developments. At the same time, Stephen reeve Tom Tomes advised Huron county council to fight against any expansion into Huron. Tomes told county council- lors, "Grand Bend council has some great ideas about expand- ing into Stephen and possibly Hay township. We don't want to give up a part of the county and it should be recorded that we are Tl h proposal by Grand Bend would increase village bounda- ries to the intersection of High-. ways 21 and 83. Tomes said that ratepayers in his township have expressed their concerns over the Grand Bend proposal. He added, " They have told me they don't want to be part of Grand Bend. That's why we are taking this posi- tion". The township plans to carry out some zoning changes along Highway 21 between Grand Bend and the water plant sometime this summer when cottage own- ers are available to prodide their input. The reeve concluded, " We feel we are giving the taxpayers of our township what they want". 4 Participation needed for housing survey EXETER - A follow-up on the Co-op Housing ef- forts in Exeter indicates that measures are still under- way to obtain an affordable housing option for the The Ad Hoc Committee of Council is. once again asking for survey forms to be completed by prospec- tivetenants. The reason for the new survey is that in order to gain. government funding it will be necessary to submit a new application with up -dated information. New sur- vey forms are available at the Town of Exeter's Munic- ipal Office and may be picked up m person or will be sent out on request. As well, forms will be availale at an information area at the "Exeter Home. and Garden Show" at the - South Huron Recreation Centre on April 7,8,9, 1989. • Anyone desiring details on the project may obtain in- formation through the Town offices or have a Com- mittee member see him or her in person to explain the project. Final details of the type of housing must await approval of Government funding. The project will have a tenant mix of both market value and assisted renters. . . Government assistance on this project will be in the form of rental subsidies to qualified tenants. Since these subsidies come from two levels of government and cover three categories of need it is difficult to quote the amount of assistance available to each individual without accurate income information. It would appear that as an example'a single senior (60 years plus whose annual gross income does not ex- ceed $9,468) would be eligible for maximum support. A famly requiring three bedrooms with an annual gross income not exceeding $19,713 would also receive sup- port. Co-op housing can allow lower rental cost housing through,tenant involvement in management in the day- to-day operations. The housing project is.a "non- profit" approach, which in future provides through a Board of Directors the -rental returns to meet capital and operating costs. ' The, following examples indicate what Co-op Housing has done for participants in othe municipalities: London - Project - 3 year old 2-3 bed room units with finished rec room $490-5520 per u t - no increase for past three years: London : Project - 7 years old 3-4 bedroom its with attached garage $350-$400 per unit - present ate. London - Project - 12 years old 2/314f bedroom units with attached garage $275-$350 per unit - present rate. While funding has not been granted on•two previous opportunities the Committee is -continuing in their ef- forts -to obtain a much needed housing alternative. Since total funding available is limited and itis granted oa basis of community need it is essential to have as -. n�rty responses as possible to establish the total needs oour Community. Where rental assistance is needed it is a requirement that all parts of the survey forms be answered. • Those applying to rent at market value, require less information. Incomplete forms are not considered by the Ministry of Housing. Completed survey forms will be submitted, by means of pre -addressed and stamped envelopes, to -an independent third party (Community .Homes of Southwestern Ontario Inc.) to -assure confidentiality ofthe information supplied. _ Survey forms should be mailed by Wednesday, April 19, 1989. - - If you -are interested in perusing this Housing alterna- tive the Co-operative Housing Committee requests your active consideration of Co-op Housing. They are available to respond to your inquiries. Bend's case presented. CLEARWATER - Grand Bend reeve Bob Sharen, acting on behalf of village council and village resi- dents,presented council's initial re- structuring proposal of its area of Lambton County as part of county- wide restructuring to representa- tives from the Ministry of Munici- pal Affairs at a special meeting last Wednesday at the Clearwater coun- cil chambers. • All municipalities to be affected across the county made their propo- sal known to the ministry. "It was received fairly well from the ministry and I think we raised some eyebrows with some supple- mentary questions afterward," said Sharen, who gave a 40 -minute presentation. All parties were given - no more than 45 minutes to state their case. The initial stage of the Grand Bend report, endorses the concept of communities of the same inter- ests as contained in the city portion of the report: "That position has also been put forth on many occa- sions by previous -councils in the village as well as in reports pre- pared for or by commiltees of. county council." ; • - The report said "Grand Bend rec- ognizes the changes to the bounda- ries must include less affluent areas as well as affluent." The report went on to say that any change in the boundary must reflect the importance of three fac- tors. • The first was the retention of val- uable farm land for agricultural use, preventing the use of raw land in other- than the manner which best serves the community over the longer time period and allowing ur- ban arca sufficient lands to have new developments for a reasonable period of time. The area in question for Grand Bend's proposed annexation would begin at the northerly boundary of Ipperwash Army Camp, from Lake Huron to Highway 21, then on an arc that connects with County Road 18, which encompasses all of Port Franks, thence easterly to the Ausa- ble River, then northerly along the river to a point in line with Huron Please turn to page 2 Osborne grants $700 to Huron F of A USBORNE TOWNSHIP - A grant of $700 to the Huron Federa- tion of Agriculture was approved' by Usborne township council after Huron f of A president Chris Palmer and local representative Paul Jeffrey attended the March 21 council meeting to outline the work of the Federation and request continued financial support. - Delegations from two insurers presented proposals for the town- ship's 1989 insurance requirements. The deal offered by OME Insu- rance Brokers was accepted... Don Cole has agreed to cut grass at the Thames Road ball park for the same pay as he received in 1988. . Tenders will be called by April 18 for sale of the township hall proper- ty in Elimville. Councillors voted to support a re- quest by the Exeter Villa asking the ministry of health for 25 more beds at the nursing home. The service agreement with the Bank of Montreal was renewed for a two-year period ending April 30, 1991. David Marshall's request for tree tops from the Willis farm bush was approved; pending approval from Blanshard township for the tree cutting. The Grade 8 class of Usborne Public School will attend the April 18 meeting of council. Sailing season early NEVER TOO EARLY - While some people were using Monday's good.weather to spruce up the garden or wash the car, three Grand Bend teenagers found conditions ideal to get in some early - season windsurfing. Daryl Henry, Jarret Kobe, and Cullen Kobe made sure their suits rtere fully sealed to keep out e near -freezing waters and then took advantage or the stiff breeze. After that, it was Just a matter of avoiding the icebergs. "It's better in the spring than in the fall when the air's cooler," explained Henry. Y. •+SrJ�� 4- y.. Inside Spring arrives Nurseries ready for new season Page 7 Beef- agency Farmer challenges vote . page13 Force sixth game Lucan Irish extend Hawks page 17 Zurich bowler Patti -Ann Dickert places well in finals page 34 Permits jump in Stephen CREDITON - Building official Milton Dietrich presented his build- ing report for the month of Febru- ary: to Stephen township council re- cently. Dietrich said five building per- mits were issued for a total value of $212,000. They included one new single family dwelling, three dwell- ing additions and one renovation. Gerry. Van Bruaene has been named as the Stephen township representative on the board of direc- tors of the Pinery Cemetery Board. Approval was given to the Grand Bend. Chamber of Commerce to use the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority park grounds at Port Blake for a circus scheduled for Au- gust 3. A public meeting will be held April 4 to consider a minor variance application from Haggard Invest- ments at part of Lot 6, Lake Road East Concession. Council voiced no objection to a town of Exeter zoning and official plan change to 'establish brcad and breakfast accommodation. The membership fee of $100 to the Grand Bend Chamber of Com- merce was approved along with a grant of $100 to the Exeter Agricul- tural Society. Daylight saving Once again its time to lose an hour's sleet) as Daylight Saving Time returns. Everyone is reminded to set their clocks ahead one hour before. going to bed Saturday April 1. Daylight Saving Time officially goes into effect at 2 a.m. Sunday, which means that all Sunday church services and events will be following the new schedule. r irty- • EXETER - Although office s of the Exeter detachment of the • nta- rio Provincial Police investigated 48� e�neral occurrences during the week, only one involved a motor vehicle accident. The lone accident occurred Thurs- day in Dashwood when a vehicle driven by James Hoffman struck a stop sign on Philip street. Damage was minor. Charges laid during the week in- cluded 55 under the Highway Traf- fic Act, 12 Liquor Licence Act of- fences, one impaired driver and 12 hour licence suspensions were is- sued to six drivers. - In last week's police report it was stated a young offender was located after police investigation. This was in error. The accident was called in by the youth himself 12 hours lat- er. 'WV 4E1 Gaiser-Kneale Insurance Exeter 235-2420 Grand Bend 238-8484 . Hensel 262-2119 Clinton 482-9747 North Middlesex & Lambton Since 1873 Wednesday, March 29, 19139 GO cents Motor home blaze injuresworker EXETER - A Thursday morning accident at the Co -Op gas bar on MainStreet left an Exeter man hospitalized and $35,000 damage to a • motor home. • About 8 a.m .Thursday, an attendant at the gas bar was pumping pro- pane into a motor home when the fuel caught fire. The fireball lasted only an instant outset fire to the motor home and the propane lines. The fire department responded in time to extinguish the blaze, but a Co. -Op employee, Andy Troyer, is being treated for facial bums at Vic- toria Hospital. "I would consider,him to be in pretty good shape," Said Co -Op man- ager.Murray Insley. "It could have been a lot worse." Insley said most damage occurred to the motor home itself. Only the filling hose and sonic asphalt at the station were affected. Insley said no cause of the fire has.yet been established. "I'm not sure anyone knows exactly what happened," he said, but noted a thorough inspection will be conducted. He also said a responsi- bility exists onthe part of the filling -station and the vehicle owner to provide properly maintained equipment forpumping and storage of pro- pane. . "Propane is safe," said-Inslcy, calling the incident an unfortunate ac- cident. "It's one of the safest fuels we have to work with." Fire chief. Gary Middleton explained that -it took about half an hour to get the fire under control. The main obstacle was shutting off the fuel to the burning lines. Middleton said that while a cause for, the fire has been suggested, the matter is still under investigation, "It could have been a lot worse. It could have been worse for Andy," said Middleton. Stephen opposed to Grand Bend proposal CREDITON - Stephen town- ship. council is forwarding a res- olution to Minister, of Munici- pal unicipal Affairs John Eakins protesting proposed annexation plans by the village of Grand Bend. The resolution opposes the;an- nexation of any part of the township and asks that the Min- istry keeps the• municipality in- formed of developments. At the same time, Stephen reeve Tom Tomes advised Huron county council to fight against any expansion into Huron. Tomes told county council- lors, "Grand Bend council has some great ideas about expand- ing into Stephen and possibly Hay township. We don't want to give up a part of the county and it should be recorded that we are Tl h proposal by Grand Bend would increase village bounda- ries to the intersection of High-. ways 21 and 83. Tomes said that ratepayers in his township have expressed their concerns over the Grand Bend proposal. He added, " They have told me they don't want to be part of Grand Bend. That's why we are taking this posi- tion". The township plans to carry out some zoning changes along Highway 21 between Grand Bend and the water plant sometime this summer when cottage own- ers are available to prodide their input. The reeve concluded, " We feel we are giving the taxpayers of our township what they want". 4 Participation needed for housing survey EXETER - A follow-up on the Co-op Housing ef- forts in Exeter indicates that measures are still under- way to obtain an affordable housing option for the The Ad Hoc Committee of Council is. once again asking for survey forms to be completed by prospec- tivetenants. The reason for the new survey is that in order to gain. government funding it will be necessary to submit a new application with up -dated information. New sur- vey forms are available at the Town of Exeter's Munic- ipal Office and may be picked up m person or will be sent out on request. As well, forms will be availale at an information area at the "Exeter Home. and Garden Show" at the - South Huron Recreation Centre on April 7,8,9, 1989. • Anyone desiring details on the project may obtain in- formation through the Town offices or have a Com- mittee member see him or her in person to explain the project. Final details of the type of housing must await approval of Government funding. The project will have a tenant mix of both market value and assisted renters. . . Government assistance on this project will be in the form of rental subsidies to qualified tenants. Since these subsidies come from two levels of government and cover three categories of need it is difficult to quote the amount of assistance available to each individual without accurate income information. It would appear that as an example'a single senior (60 years plus whose annual gross income does not ex- ceed $9,468) would be eligible for maximum support. A famly requiring three bedrooms with an annual gross income not exceeding $19,713 would also receive sup- port. Co-op housing can allow lower rental cost housing through,tenant involvement in management in the day- to-day operations. The housing project is.a "non- profit" approach, which in future provides through a Board of Directors the -rental returns to meet capital and operating costs. ' The, following examples indicate what Co-op Housing has done for participants in othe municipalities: London - Project - 3 year old 2-3 bed room units with finished rec room $490-5520 per u t - no increase for past three years: London : Project - 7 years old 3-4 bedroom its with attached garage $350-$400 per unit - present ate. London - Project - 12 years old 2/314f bedroom units with attached garage $275-$350 per unit - present rate. While funding has not been granted on•two previous opportunities the Committee is -continuing in their ef- forts -to obtain a much needed housing alternative. Since total funding available is limited and itis granted oa basis of community need it is essential to have as -. n�rty responses as possible to establish the total needs oour Community. Where rental assistance is needed it is a requirement that all parts of the survey forms be answered. • Those applying to rent at market value, require less information. Incomplete forms are not considered by the Ministry of Housing. Completed survey forms will be submitted, by means of pre -addressed and stamped envelopes, to -an independent third party (Community .Homes of Southwestern Ontario Inc.) to -assure confidentiality ofthe information supplied. _ Survey forms should be mailed by Wednesday, April 19, 1989. - - If you -are interested in perusing this Housing alterna- tive the Co-operative Housing Committee requests your active consideration of Co-op Housing. They are available to respond to your inquiries. Bend's case presented. CLEARWATER - Grand Bend reeve Bob Sharen, acting on behalf of village council and village resi- dents,presented council's initial re- structuring proposal of its area of Lambton County as part of county- wide restructuring to representa- tives from the Ministry of Munici- pal Affairs at a special meeting last Wednesday at the Clearwater coun- cil chambers. • All municipalities to be affected across the county made their propo- sal known to the ministry. "It was received fairly well from the ministry and I think we raised some eyebrows with some supple- mentary questions afterward," said Sharen, who gave a 40 -minute presentation. All parties were given - no more than 45 minutes to state their case. The initial stage of the Grand Bend report, endorses the concept of communities of the same inter- ests as contained in the city portion of the report: "That position has also been put forth on many occa- sions by previous -councils in the village as well as in reports pre- pared for or by commiltees of. county council." ; • - The report said "Grand Bend rec- ognizes the changes to the bounda- ries must include less affluent areas as well as affluent." The report went on to say that any change in the boundary must reflect the importance of three fac- tors. • The first was the retention of val- uable farm land for agricultural use, preventing the use of raw land in other- than the manner which best serves the community over the longer time period and allowing ur- ban arca sufficient lands to have new developments for a reasonable period of time. The area in question for Grand Bend's proposed annexation would begin at the northerly boundary of Ipperwash Army Camp, from Lake Huron to Highway 21, then on an arc that connects with County Road 18, which encompasses all of Port Franks, thence easterly to the Ausa- ble River, then northerly along the river to a point in line with Huron Please turn to page 2 Osborne grants $700 to Huron F of A USBORNE TOWNSHIP - A grant of $700 to the Huron Federa- tion of Agriculture was approved' by Usborne township council after Huron f of A president Chris Palmer and local representative Paul Jeffrey attended the March 21 council meeting to outline the work of the Federation and request continued financial support. - Delegations from two insurers presented proposals for the town- ship's 1989 insurance requirements. The deal offered by OME Insu- rance Brokers was accepted... Don Cole has agreed to cut grass at the Thames Road ball park for the same pay as he received in 1988. . Tenders will be called by April 18 for sale of the township hall proper- ty in Elimville. Councillors voted to support a re- quest by the Exeter Villa asking the ministry of health for 25 more beds at the nursing home. The service agreement with the Bank of Montreal was renewed for a two-year period ending April 30, 1991. David Marshall's request for tree tops from the Willis farm bush was approved; pending approval from Blanshard township for the tree cutting. The Grade 8 class of Usborne Public School will attend the April 18 meeting of council. Sailing season early NEVER TOO EARLY - While some people were using Monday's good.weather to spruce up the garden or wash the car, three Grand Bend teenagers found conditions ideal to get in some early - season windsurfing. Daryl Henry, Jarret Kobe, and Cullen Kobe made sure their suits rtere fully sealed to keep out e near -freezing waters and then took advantage or the stiff breeze. After that, it was Just a matter of avoiding the icebergs. "It's better in the spring than in the fall when the air's cooler," explained Henry. Y. •+SrJ�� 4- y..