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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-04-12, Page 1wickflurea— [EXETER TOYOTA/ 242 Main St. N. Exeter Across from O.P.P. Phone 235-2353 fla Lk • Gaiser-Kneale Insurance Exeter 235-2420 Grand Bend 238-8484 Itensalt 262-2119 Clinton 4829747 Serving South Huron, Inside Great Show Hundreds see Ag Society quilts page 6 Ontario's best Mohawks win provincial title page 13, 14 Speiai dinners Senior dining program begins page 27 Cardiff career gets boost OTTAWA - Murray Cardiff, Member of Parliament for the rid- ing of Huron -Bruce was sworn in as Parliamentary Secretary to the Hon- ourable Don Mazankowski, Deputy Prime Minister and President of the Privy Council and Minister of Ag- riculture. "This is indeed a great honour and I am looking forward to working with the Minister in/the day to day dealings with Agricultural groups and organizations throughout Can- ada" Cardiff said. In the previous Parliament, Car- diff served as Parliamentary Secre- tary to then Solicitor General the Honourable James Kelleher. A Parliamentary Secretary is a Member of Parliament who acts as a ministerial assistant and repre- sents the Minister in the House of Commons when required and in various other responsibilities. Watch for rapids Canoe rally - Fourty-eight canoes braved Sunday's .wintery weather to participate in the annual Stanley Township Canoe Rally. Kern Rathwell (front), Sherri Howson, arid .V nr, "i - well made it through the course, getting only a littic. wet. Exeter shows plans for GODERICH - Despite warnings that the provincial government may not look kindly on its plans, Huron county council last week voted to submit its proposal for a new Hu- ronview with three smaller units to the government for approval. _Linda Girard, representing the Ministry of Community and Social Services had warned councillors that the original plan for a new 100 -bed facility at the current Huronview site at Clinton, followed by a 60 bed unit in the south might not meet the approval of the minister. The problem, she indicated, was with the provision for a southern unit. The province already funds the Bluewater Rest Home in Zurich (a non-profit rest home) she said, and the ministry didn't see how it could fund four rest homes in the county. She had earlier explained the situ- ation to the Committee of Manage- ment for Huronview prompting a motion from the committee to county council which said that while committee members still supported the original plan, that the committee recommended council consider the possibility of provid- ing alternative housing in the north and south with a facility at Huron - view with 181 beds for extended care services. Ms. Girard explained that the alternative housing would be apartments with extra services like 24 hour nursing care to help keep the frail and elderly in the community as long as possible. But when it came to a vote, coun- cil turned down the new proposal by a slim 16-12 margin, voting to submit the original proposal to the ministry and make the ministry make a decision whether or not to support it. During the debate a good deal of anger and frustration against the ministry was expressed, Leona Armstrong, former Warden and Reeve of Grey said she was upset with the Ministry because it was the ministry that asked the county . to form the Seniors Care Facility concern over senior care Committee which looked into a new facility and questioned county residents as to what they wanted in a new home for the aged. It was loud and clear what the people wanted, site said. The committee's proposal was for two new 80 -bed units at the current site plus a later 80 bed unit in the north and the possibility of an 80 bed unit in the south as needed. Later the executive committee charged the proposal to the 100 bed unit at Huronview and. 60 beds in each of the north and south. Speakinivo a private home operator in the north of the county she said, she learned there were 70 people on the waiting list for ex - "People of Huron want more" Mickle tended care beds. "People out there are counting on us," she said. "1 for one just can't accept these plans." Lossy Fuller, Deputy Reeve of Exeter and former chairman of the Committee of Management said the Seniors Care Facility Commit- tee had worked hard for 10 months to make the proposal. "We heard the voice of the people. This report (the committee recommendation) is not saying what the people want." She said the people clearly indicat- ed they wanted a decentralized Hu- ronview. The Seniors Care Facility Committee had also been con- cerned about alternative housing but the main thrust of the report had been on much needed extended care space. There are waiting lists in the south as well as the north for extended care beds, she said. Ms. Girard said the Ministry agreed with decentralization, agreed with the concept of the north and central units but had a problem with the southern unit. She point- ed out the ministry had recently funded half a $1.6 million expan- sion at Bluewater in Zurich. But Zurich Reeve Robert Fisher argued that the Bluewater expansion would not provide a single extra extended care bed, simply making the rooms larger. Ms. Girard disa- greed, saying the renovation would convert 20 residential care beds of extended care beds. Reeve Bill Mickle of Exeter said the Ministry had been part of the Seniors Care Facility committee that called for the decentralization. The county seriously considered the report of the committee be- cause it wanted to do what was best for county seniors. But now. the recommendations for a large central Huronview and alternative housing in the north and south was going backwards, he said. He won- dered why the Ministry wouldn't allow the county to tender out ex- tended care beds assigned to the county to private home operators in the north and south to save money. Ms. Girard said that the Minister flatly refuses to consider letting beds go from publicly owned facilities be transferred to private operators. Reeve Mickle said the new pro- posal to concentrate Huronview at Clinton was unacceptable. "The people of Huron deserve more, The people of Huron want more." The new plan will not meet the needs of the county, he said. He predicted that once a new Huronview was built at the centre of the county it . will be hard to get government sup- port for other units in the north or south. Ms. Girard said she agreed with decentralization but said the two homes of 60 beds each will be very difficult to finance. The Ministry;,. she said, is asking the county to look at alternatives in thc south. Warden .Dave Johnston of Bay- field stepped down from his chair so he could address thc matter. He said thc new proposal for the 181 - bed Huronview at Clinton had been put forward only because the Mini- Plcasc turn to page 2 Seek cooperation of dump users USBORNE TOWNSHIP - In his report to the regular April 4 meet- ing of Usborne township council, Reeve Gerry Prout discussed some concerns regarding the use and maintenance of the Kirkton waste dispo- sal site. Some garbage is being brought to the site at hours other than the regular times on Saturday. Consequently, refuse is not properly separated, and papers are blowing around. Prout asked for cooperation from Usborne ratepayers; papers should be securely enclosed in bags or boxes, wood products separated for burning, and large items such as snowmobiles and furniture broken down for easy separation and disposal. Loads should also be secured on the way to the dump to prevent littering of the roadway en route. The lock at the site has been changed. The company responsible for compacting and covering at the dump will be reminded that _Jhcircontract stars this.sllould.be done every Monday. • A letter from one Usborne resident complaining about a neighbour's trucking operation will be passed on to the township solicitor for an opinion. Usborne has no noise bylaw.' Two tenders for rental of storage space in the Webber farm shed were opened when Usborne councillors met on April 4. Kerslake Farms' of- fer of $635, the higher of two, was accepted. A 1989 brant of 513,500 to the South Huron Recreation Centre was approved in response to a request by Deputy Reeve Pat Down. This is Please turn to page 2 School board says transfers final, Shaw still considering his options CLINTON - At the April 3 regu- lar meeting of the Huron County Board of Education, chairman John Jewitt said the plan to transfer three high school principals this fall should be put to rest. After listening to a delegation of students from Central Huron in Clinton who disagree with the board's decision to move principal Joe Wooden to Exeter, Jewitt said, " I tried to indicate in terms that everyone could understand, because they did not understand last month, that the board felt comfortable with the decision and there would be. no considerationto changing it". Jewitt concluded, " I hope the is- sue is behind -us as of the last meet- ingso our energies can be focused in another 'direction. It has to be be- hind us. The trustees are convinced that the decision to transfer your principal is an intelligent one. The same goes for the othermoves." 1982. mature and tasteful." • Current Central Huron principal Students at South Huron held a When asked if Shaw's transfer Joe Wooden who was transferred mass demonstration on March 27 in from Exeter had anything to dq from Exeter to Clinton six years supporting the retention of Shaw as with a conflict of his mayoral du - ago and now is scheduled to return their principal. ties, Jewitt replied, " I don't want to Exeter said after the students ap- Shaw said Monday afternoon, to give out any information that is peal for his remaining , " I prefer "Although my thinking is being in- going to harm anybody. These not to comment too much on this fluenced by encouragement from people have to go into thc schools matter. But, I feel a great deal of board members, administration and to perform.." gratitude toward the entire school people from Godcrich, I am still as -"Because of that, the board has and the community." sessing my options. I haven't as yet given me counsel that we stress The other moves have South Hu- made a final decision." the ,positive ends of the transfer. ron District High School principal He continued, " 1 have been hear- What you have suggested, I don't Bruce Shaw taking over similar du- tened and encouraged by the local think would be positive and I ties at Goderich District Collegiate support to have me stay. On the would like to stress that you sug- with his predecessor Herb Murphy other hand, I hope that students and gestcd it." moving to F.E. Madill •------ ham. there has been any hesitation on my have never had any conflict with Completing the transfers is the part, it's not that I don't like the my two jobs. I don't take time appointment of Jim Moore as prin- school. That's not the case." from one job to do the othcr or at cipal at Central Huron in Clinton. Regarding the presentation made the expense of the othcr. As far as Moore has been an employee of the to the board by Clinton student I know, unless somebody is not Hurbrrboard for 18 years and has council president Greg Lobb, Shaw telling m,e something, it is nota been vice-principalat Seaforth since said,." It was very professional, concern of the board." Optimist Home and GardenShow_kees on EXETER - The gates were barely closed on the 1989 Home and Garden Show Sunday evening when offi- cials of the sponsoring Exeter Optimist club were talk- ing about next year's event. • ,timist president Jim MacGregor said dates for the 1' show have been tentatively set for April 6,7 and 8. About this year's show, MacGregor reports, " It was 'bigger anti-bcit,s s.. s-}?!:. tc.was the hect..shaw Jo .. date. Optimists Tom Bowen and Don Winter deserve a lot of credit for most of the organizational work. All our members co-operated in,getung it going." MacGregor said attendance was well over 5,000 and added, " They were lined up well before the advertised opening time of 7 p.m., Friday." . He continued, " With higher attendance we should have a little more, money to put back into the commu- nity." Most of the Optimists financial community contri- butions are made to the youth of the area. MacGregor added, " We would like to thank the hockey teams for giving'up their ice time so we could.. hold the show as scheduled." -... ,� -� umjst past president Tom Bowen sal , Tt was a show where we had the least amount of little prob- lems. From the comments I hear the visitors enjoyed the show and the exhibitors were also very happy." Bowen continued, " Most of the exhibitors I talked to at the end of the show were very tired. That's a good sign of success." He added, " For next year we plan on a few changes in our rules and regulations to make things more spe- cific for the exhibitors. There will be no increase in ad- mission 'for next year. It's a good- show for two bucks." A number of exhibitors indicated they would like ad- ditional space for next year. When asked about this MacGregor said, " If that's the only problem we have, we will be okay." Comments from the close to 100 exhibitors were very positive. They included: "Facilities were great. Thanks for everything." "Very nice area. Organized well. Thank you " "Very pleased with the whole show. Seemed more successful for us than our previous bookingin 1987." "Great show. We received a lot of potential business leads." "We would like the same spots for next year. Thank you." "May need more room next year." "Appreciated the hospitality of the Optimists. Wish you the best in the coming year." "We were very happy with a good show." "We are more than satisfied with the assistance giv- en." "A good -quality show." "�4f 4' f to raskt yc is shote '~; "Please book a spot for me next year. It was a great show." "Wc were very happy with our location and with the direction of the flow of people coming in."\Nell . planned and well done. Keep up the good work." . One exhibitor suggested Saturdayhours could be re- duced to be open from 4 to 10 p.m. Optimist officials issued their thanks to the Boy Scouts for helping with odd jobs and as runners and to the exhibitors for their excellent displays. rowing Rub -a -dub -dub - Heather Wragg, Kelly Hoffman, Julie Weber and Lisa Morlock create their own version of "Rub -A -Dub -Dub, four girls in a tub" at the MacLean display at the weekend Exeter Oo"imists Home and Garden Show.