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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-06-21, Page 1Tack fraree— [EXETER TOYOTA? 242 Main St. N. Exeter Across from O.P.P. Phone 235-2353 Gwiser- reale Insurance Exeter 235-2420 Grand Bend 238-8484 Hensatl 262-2119 Clinton 482-9747 Serving South Huron, North Middlesex & Lambton Since 1873 $200 hairstyle cuts mission costs A Close Cut - Samson jokes were on everyone's minds last Tuesday In Dashwood when Rob Hoffrhan, Teen Mission volunteer, auctioned away his hair to those willing to pay for a cut. The halt had to come off anyway to prevent Hoffman from being mis- taken for a terrorist in Egypt, but Andrea Hendrick still relished making the fust chop withthese garden shears. Hair stylist Sandra Dickeit was on hand to make sure the final cut was a little less primitive. About $200 waS raised for Hoffman's and Don Weigand's 65 -day tour of duty. Youngster hit riding bicycle EXETER - A nine year-old Exet-' er youngster was treated for minor injuries and released after a Satur- day accident. ' Police said Chau Siu Ying was riding a bicycle on Andrew street at the intersection of Huron street when it was struck by a westbound vehicle on Huron street driven by Susan Willert of Hensel!. Times Advocate survey Recycliqg at a glance With many local municipalities scrambling to get onto the environment -conscious recycling bandwa- gon, local ratepayers may be more than a little con- fused as to who is doing what, where and when. So the Times Advocate brings you this summary of what's up in the world of recycling in our main read- ership area. While some municipalities are jumping right into recycling with both feet, especially since the con- firmed start-up of the Blue Water Recycling Associa- tion's separation plant near Grand Bend, other munici- palities are weighing their options for the future. Whatever the case, recycling is an issue foremost on the agendas of all councils in the region. Is there_a blue box in your future? Exeter is not expected to begin recycling house- hold waste for perhaps another year orjnore, accord- ingto mayor Bruce Shaw. Works superintended Glen Kells confirmed one of ehtown's main concerns is the costs involved in get - g a program started: estimated at $25-30,000. ile blue boxes were on order only a few months ago, tenders to operate the program proved more ex- pensive than expected. Consequently the box order was cancelled and the town is considering everything from a publicly -operated system to private contract- ing. Kells, however, thinks the Blue Water program has the upper hand. . "I expect that will be the way we will go," said Kells. Hensall will"be joining the Blue Water Recycling Association's program on its start-up slated for Sep- tember L In fact, because some households are al- ready stockpiling recyclables,Francis Veilleux, direc- tor of recycling for the program, says the Association might try to take their trucks around,to the participat- ing municipalities' town halls a few days early to try to Collect the surplus. The system is designed to stop at every other home depending on who has a full box on the curb on a given week. A stockpile would only slow the system's first week and upset home -i owners, says Veilleux. Zurich is also getting in on the Blue Water sys- tem, but the village office is still awaiting final facts and figures on what recycling is going to add to the taxpayer's bill each year. Blue boxes are expected to arrive sometime in August. Grand Bend is, Iiaturally, going to be.in on the Blue Water program from -the start because, as reeve Bob Sharen points out, the village has helped get the Association up and running. Sharen said it was with Grand Bend's help that the recycling plant found an accessible, central location off Highway 8). Sharen calls the initial Blue Water program "just the tip of the iceberg". He believes the incentive to reduce the amounts of landfill wastd will extend to other ideas such as energy from waste, and encourag- ing reusable products. He points to an Yoga City re- cycling plant as a model for the rest of North Ameri- ca to follow. The time has come to catch up. '•We're so tar behind the U.S. and Europe that -it isn't funny," said Sharen. Lucan is expected to be coaxed into recycling when a Middlesex County recycling studyis released later this year. At this time, the village is considering the merits of employing their present garbage collec- tion contractor to sort and sell recyclables to the high- est bidder. (See the related article elsewhere in this is- sue) Ailsa Craig is another believer in the Blue Water Recycling Association, and is also scheduled to get in with the first wave on September 1, 1989. Usborne Township is yet another Blue Water member, but as a township it is following an unusual course of action. Francis Veilleux confirmed that door-to-door blue box pickup is slated to begin in September even though most townships find such ser- vice prohibitively expensive. Hay Township is "looking at all the options", in the words of reeve Lionel Wilder. "It's very difficult when you don't have garbage coi- 1 'on across -the whole township," he said, but noted that thing from the Blue Water program, the up- coming unty-supported Huron -Perth sytem, and in- dependent contractors' offers are being considered. Wilder said &more viable option is to forego the blue box concept and separate recyclables at the landfill site. The main concern is cost. - "We haven't put the idea to rest," said Wilder. McGillivray Township will be startingwith the Blue Water plan in September but, like most townships, the system will be run with $120 collec- tion containers at the township landfill site. Ratepay- ers will have to deliver their recyclables to the site and separate them into the container. Stanley Township have discussed recycling op- tions at their council meetings and are likely to pursue the subject again in the near future. One option on the list is the use of an independent contractor to col- lect household recyclables at the township landfill site. Stephen Township, after meetings with* the Blue Water Recyc4ing Association, has negotiated to begin a recycling system in January of 1990. Howev- er, it is not yet definite as to what kind of system will be employed or how much,of the township will be in- volved. Tuckersmith Township is in a more desperate situation since its present landfill, also shared by Sea - forth, closed some time ago. Negotiations in the hope of gaining permanent use of the Holmesville landfill site are ongoing and naturally take precedence over recycling concerns. However, the Holthesville site is involved in recycling already. - Blddulph Township is awaiting the conclusions of the Middlesex committee report. "We really haven't clone very much because we feel they will likely come up with the best solution," said clerk -treasurer Ray Hand. "The only problem -we ha'4e is all these splinter groups going off in different directions. Why don't they wait for the county report?" Hand suggested the best and most economical recy- cling system is likely to arise out of a multi - municipality joint effort, but Biddulph won't waste much time when the decision is made. - "I dona; think anyone has any alternative but to go recycling,' he concluded. Wednesday, June 21, 1989 60 cents PUC concerned over location of new postal. boxes EXETER - Exeter Public Utili- ties Com ission manager Hugh Davis rela 'ed some of his concerns over the present postal boxes in town tdcouncil, Monday night. Davis said many of the boxes are established over watermains, un- derground hydro lines, telephone cables and gas lines. He continued, " What happens if we have a break in any of these services under any of the boxes? I was told by a Canada Post official that in case of a break they would take care of the'cost. That's fine, but who do we contact. Does the town have an agreement?" Mayor Shaw answered, " No, we were told the green boxes would be on trial for a year and then they would transfer to the permanent type. Reeve Bill Mickle quickly inter- jected, "They have already skipped to the permanent boxes." Davis added, " I was concerned about the strange way they went in:. All utility people usually 'get together and discuss locations. This time, they picked the loca- tions, told us where they would go and that was it." - Shaw added; " We didn't sign any agreement. Postal officials were in to tell us it was going to happen and sort of asked for our approval verbally." In conclusion Davis said, " I am not suggesting a change. I just want to know what happens if a utlility break occurs underneath any of the boxes. They weigh about 3,000 pounds. Council agreed that a letter be sent to Canada Post relaying con- cerns of the PUC manager. It's a holiday EXETER - The upcoming Canada Day holiday on July 1 is a statutory holiday andwillbe recognized as. such in the town of Exeter. At a council meeting two weeks ago, mayor Bruce Shaw said he had been contacted by a number of mer- chants who wished to remain open on Saturday and close on the fol- lowing Monday. At that m ting, council instruct- ed adminstr or. Rick Hundey to check on existing provincial laws and regulations. Hundey reported Monday night that July 1 is one of eight statutory holidays and must beobserved on the day it falls. • The administrator continued, " These restrictions apply in Exeter and in most of Ontario. The only way this law can be changed is by a local bylaw. To do this a public meeting must be called prior to by- law passage and a newspaper notice 30 days prior to such meeting." Bill 113 which empowers a local municipality to pass such a bylaw was given Royal Assent on Febru- ary 27 of this year. Councillor Ben Hoogenboom, a member of the Exeter Business Im- provement Assocation said the ex- ecutive had discussed the matter and sent out newsletters to all meat bers saying they preferred to recognize Saturday as the holiday. Hundey's report will be sent to the BIA. Retailers divided Zurich approves Sunday shopping ZURICH - The decision to stay open or remain closed on any Sun- day and/or holidays will be left up to individualretailers and businesses in Zurich. A bylaw passed at the regular June council meeting gives store owners the option of staying open or remaining closed on the first day of the week. All four councillors voted in fa- " vour of the bylaw. Reeve Bob Fisher -said he was against it, and would have been happy to let things stay the way they were. However, "this is the democratic process", he .said. . A petition circulated by some of the churches in Zurich and signed by over 350 persons opposed to Sunday shopping had been presented to councillors a month earlier. Coun- cillor Herb Turkheim had dismissed Poor choice EXETER - A London man tried to break into an Exeter residence early Sunday morning; but he made' a poor selection. The house in question is located at 55 Gidley street and owncd by Exeter police chief Larry Hardy. ; Hardy and his wife were awak- 'e'ned by the barking of their dog and heard attempts at entering both the front and back door before they investigated. Hardy said the man will appear in Exeter court at a future date charged with being drunk in a pub- lic place and possession of narcot- ics. it as "not worth the paper it was written on" when reference was made o the petition at a public meetin on May 17 to discuss the issue. An in ormal show of hands at ,the poorly attended meeting had shown that opinion was about evenly divided. Fisher noted that "no heed was taken to the great number of names on the petition", but is not sure all signators are Zurich resi- dents. He stated that Fisher Abat- toir will not be opening for busi- ness on Sundays. Doug Masse still had made no decision on whether or not to keep the Tender Spot,open on Sundays when contacted on June 15. So - far, the store has remained closed. Masse exDCC ts to make a decision this weck. - Doug Oesch, owner .of bake shops in Zurich, Seaforth and Exet- er, told the TA he is not -in favour of open Sundays, and has no inten- tion of keeping his Zurich store Open for business seven days a weck. Paul Bedard, co-owner with wife Shirley of Bedard's Variety Store, approves of the new bylaw. ' "It's a good idea, one of the best. If more -stores are open, it brings more traffic to Zurich, and its more busy. Business people should have the opportunity to do as they want. If stores are open for more hours, this gives students working part- time more work. The five students I employ work on the weekend and 1 get the day off," Bedard said. • Fisherman fined $40,000 GRAND BEND - A local fisherman was fined $40,000 in a Sarnia court for exceeding his fishing quota in 1986 and 1987. The ministry of natural resources is calling the decision one of the largest settlements. of fines and restitution payments ever levied in the region since quotas were established in 1984. An agreement between Wayne *'Iced ^'f ut?? Grand Bend and the mini- stry meant 124 charges against him and his son were dropped, but Moody pleaded guilty to five charges of violating the terms of his commercial fishing license by exceeding.his quota. Moody was reported to have taken 44,634 kilograms of fish from Lake Huron More than his quota allowed. The Moody family claimed the quota system meant small operators like themselves couldn't make a living from commercial fishing in the lake. The family sold their fishing business to a larger company u February. ' Inside ,urtain raises Playhouse hopes for comeback season page3 Windows, doors Stress service - at new centre page 5 Senior Focus More after retirement. Senior Games start Monday page 6 Church opens Zurich Mennonite facility expands • page 11 K -W award Norm Am.os honoured by Optimists page 11 Blyth opens With a 'success story page 14 Mark in education Usborne Central celebrates 25 years page 23 Youngster hit riding bicycle EXETER - A nine year-old Exet-' er youngster was treated for minor injuries and released after a Satur- day accident. ' Police said Chau Siu Ying was riding a bicycle on Andrew street at the intersection of Huron street when it was struck by a westbound vehicle on Huron street driven by Susan Willert of Hensel!. Times Advocate survey Recycliqg at a glance With many local municipalities scrambling to get onto the environment -conscious recycling bandwa- gon, local ratepayers may be more than a little con- fused as to who is doing what, where and when. So the Times Advocate brings you this summary of what's up in the world of recycling in our main read- ership area. While some municipalities are jumping right into recycling with both feet, especially since the con- firmed start-up of the Blue Water Recycling Associa- tion's separation plant near Grand Bend, other munici- palities are weighing their options for the future. Whatever the case, recycling is an issue foremost on the agendas of all councils in the region. Is there_a blue box in your future? Exeter is not expected to begin recycling house- hold waste for perhaps another year orjnore, accord- ingto mayor Bruce Shaw. Works superintended Glen Kells confirmed one of ehtown's main concerns is the costs involved in get - g a program started: estimated at $25-30,000. ile blue boxes were on order only a few months ago, tenders to operate the program proved more ex- pensive than expected. Consequently the box order was cancelled and the town is considering everything from a publicly -operated system to private contract- ing. Kells, however, thinks the Blue Water program has the upper hand. . "I expect that will be the way we will go," said Kells. Hensall will"be joining the Blue Water Recycling Association's program on its start-up slated for Sep- tember L In fact, because some households are al- ready stockpiling recyclables,Francis Veilleux, direc- tor of recycling for the program, says the Association might try to take their trucks around,to the participat- ing municipalities' town halls a few days early to try to Collect the surplus. The system is designed to stop at every other home depending on who has a full box on the curb on a given week. A stockpile would only slow the system's first week and upset home -i owners, says Veilleux. Zurich is also getting in on the Blue Water sys- tem, but the village office is still awaiting final facts and figures on what recycling is going to add to the taxpayer's bill each year. Blue boxes are expected to arrive sometime in August. Grand Bend is, Iiaturally, going to be.in on the Blue Water program from -the start because, as reeve Bob Sharen points out, the village has helped get the Association up and running. Sharen said it was with Grand Bend's help that the recycling plant found an accessible, central location off Highway 8). Sharen calls the initial Blue Water program "just the tip of the iceberg". He believes the incentive to reduce the amounts of landfill wastd will extend to other ideas such as energy from waste, and encourag- ing reusable products. He points to an Yoga City re- cycling plant as a model for the rest of North Ameri- ca to follow. The time has come to catch up. '•We're so tar behind the U.S. and Europe that -it isn't funny," said Sharen. Lucan is expected to be coaxed into recycling when a Middlesex County recycling studyis released later this year. At this time, the village is considering the merits of employing their present garbage collec- tion contractor to sort and sell recyclables to the high- est bidder. (See the related article elsewhere in this is- sue) Ailsa Craig is another believer in the Blue Water Recycling Association, and is also scheduled to get in with the first wave on September 1, 1989. Usborne Township is yet another Blue Water member, but as a township it is following an unusual course of action. Francis Veilleux confirmed that door-to-door blue box pickup is slated to begin in September even though most townships find such ser- vice prohibitively expensive. Hay Township is "looking at all the options", in the words of reeve Lionel Wilder. "It's very difficult when you don't have garbage coi- 1 'on across -the whole township," he said, but noted that thing from the Blue Water program, the up- coming unty-supported Huron -Perth sytem, and in- dependent contractors' offers are being considered. Wilder said &more viable option is to forego the blue box concept and separate recyclables at the landfill site. The main concern is cost. - "We haven't put the idea to rest," said Wilder. McGillivray Township will be startingwith the Blue Water plan in September but, like most townships, the system will be run with $120 collec- tion containers at the township landfill site. Ratepay- ers will have to deliver their recyclables to the site and separate them into the container. Stanley Township have discussed recycling op- tions at their council meetings and are likely to pursue the subject again in the near future. One option on the list is the use of an independent contractor to col- lect household recyclables at the township landfill site. Stephen Township, after meetings with* the Blue Water Recyc4ing Association, has negotiated to begin a recycling system in January of 1990. Howev- er, it is not yet definite as to what kind of system will be employed or how much,of the township will be in- volved. Tuckersmith Township is in a more desperate situation since its present landfill, also shared by Sea - forth, closed some time ago. Negotiations in the hope of gaining permanent use of the Holmesville landfill site are ongoing and naturally take precedence over recycling concerns. However, the Holthesville site is involved in recycling already. - Blddulph Township is awaiting the conclusions of the Middlesex committee report. "We really haven't clone very much because we feel they will likely come up with the best solution," said clerk -treasurer Ray Hand. "The only problem -we ha'4e is all these splinter groups going off in different directions. Why don't they wait for the county report?" Hand suggested the best and most economical recy- cling system is likely to arise out of a multi - municipality joint effort, but Biddulph won't waste much time when the decision is made. - "I dona; think anyone has any alternative but to go recycling,' he concluded. Wednesday, June 21, 1989 60 cents PUC concerned over location of new postal. boxes EXETER - Exeter Public Utili- ties Com ission manager Hugh Davis rela 'ed some of his concerns over the present postal boxes in town tdcouncil, Monday night. Davis said many of the boxes are established over watermains, un- derground hydro lines, telephone cables and gas lines. He continued, " What happens if we have a break in any of these services under any of the boxes? I was told by a Canada Post official that in case of a break they would take care of the'cost. That's fine, but who do we contact. Does the town have an agreement?" Mayor Shaw answered, " No, we were told the green boxes would be on trial for a year and then they would transfer to the permanent type. Reeve Bill Mickle quickly inter- jected, "They have already skipped to the permanent boxes." Davis added, " I was concerned about the strange way they went in:. All utility people usually 'get together and discuss locations. This time, they picked the loca- tions, told us where they would go and that was it." - Shaw added; " We didn't sign any agreement. Postal officials were in to tell us it was going to happen and sort of asked for our approval verbally." In conclusion Davis said, " I am not suggesting a change. I just want to know what happens if a utlility break occurs underneath any of the boxes. They weigh about 3,000 pounds. Council agreed that a letter be sent to Canada Post relaying con- cerns of the PUC manager. It's a holiday EXETER - The upcoming Canada Day holiday on July 1 is a statutory holiday andwillbe recognized as. such in the town of Exeter. At a council meeting two weeks ago, mayor Bruce Shaw said he had been contacted by a number of mer- chants who wished to remain open on Saturday and close on the fol- lowing Monday. At that m ting, council instruct- ed adminstr or. Rick Hundey to check on existing provincial laws and regulations. Hundey reported Monday night that July 1 is one of eight statutory holidays and must beobserved on the day it falls. • The administrator continued, " These restrictions apply in Exeter and in most of Ontario. The only way this law can be changed is by a local bylaw. To do this a public meeting must be called prior to by- law passage and a newspaper notice 30 days prior to such meeting." Bill 113 which empowers a local municipality to pass such a bylaw was given Royal Assent on Febru- ary 27 of this year. Councillor Ben Hoogenboom, a member of the Exeter Business Im- provement Assocation said the ex- ecutive had discussed the matter and sent out newsletters to all meat bers saying they preferred to recognize Saturday as the holiday. Hundey's report will be sent to the BIA. Retailers divided Zurich approves Sunday shopping ZURICH - The decision to stay open or remain closed on any Sun- day and/or holidays will be left up to individualretailers and businesses in Zurich. A bylaw passed at the regular June council meeting gives store owners the option of staying open or remaining closed on the first day of the week. All four councillors voted in fa- " vour of the bylaw. Reeve Bob Fisher -said he was against it, and would have been happy to let things stay the way they were. However, "this is the democratic process", he .said. . A petition circulated by some of the churches in Zurich and signed by over 350 persons opposed to Sunday shopping had been presented to councillors a month earlier. Coun- cillor Herb Turkheim had dismissed Poor choice EXETER - A London man tried to break into an Exeter residence early Sunday morning; but he made' a poor selection. The house in question is located at 55 Gidley street and owncd by Exeter police chief Larry Hardy. ; Hardy and his wife were awak- 'e'ned by the barking of their dog and heard attempts at entering both the front and back door before they investigated. Hardy said the man will appear in Exeter court at a future date charged with being drunk in a pub- lic place and possession of narcot- ics. it as "not worth the paper it was written on" when reference was made o the petition at a public meetin on May 17 to discuss the issue. An in ormal show of hands at ,the poorly attended meeting had shown that opinion was about evenly divided. Fisher noted that "no heed was taken to the great number of names on the petition", but is not sure all signators are Zurich resi- dents. He stated that Fisher Abat- toir will not be opening for busi- ness on Sundays. Doug Masse still had made no decision on whether or not to keep the Tender Spot,open on Sundays when contacted on June 15. So - far, the store has remained closed. Masse exDCC ts to make a decision this weck. - Doug Oesch, owner .of bake shops in Zurich, Seaforth and Exet- er, told the TA he is not -in favour of open Sundays, and has no inten- tion of keeping his Zurich store Open for business seven days a weck. Paul Bedard, co-owner with wife Shirley of Bedard's Variety Store, approves of the new bylaw. ' "It's a good idea, one of the best. If more -stores are open, it brings more traffic to Zurich, and its more busy. Business people should have the opportunity to do as they want. If stores are open for more hours, this gives students working part- time more work. The five students I employ work on the weekend and 1 get the day off," Bedard said. • Fisherman fined $40,000 GRAND BEND - A local fisherman was fined $40,000 in a Sarnia court for exceeding his fishing quota in 1986 and 1987. The ministry of natural resources is calling the decision one of the largest settlements. of fines and restitution payments ever levied in the region since quotas were established in 1984. An agreement between Wayne *'Iced ^'f ut?? Grand Bend and the mini- stry meant 124 charges against him and his son were dropped, but Moody pleaded guilty to five charges of violating the terms of his commercial fishing license by exceeding.his quota. Moody was reported to have taken 44,634 kilograms of fish from Lake Huron More than his quota allowed. The Moody family claimed the quota system meant small operators like themselves couldn't make a living from commercial fishing in the lake. The family sold their fishing business to a larger company u February.