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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1989-10-11, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, October 11, 1989 Charter for Crediton Optimists - The newly formed Crediton Optimist club received its charter Satur- day night at the Exeter Legion. Above, from the left, Crediton club president Mark Laye is being con- gratulated by Mid -Western Ontario region governor Steve McDonald, past governor John Andrews, past Lt. governor Ernie Morenz, past governor Ab Flood and Gord Robinson, past president of the sponsoring Kirkton Woodham Optimist club. Charter Crediton Optimists CREDITON - The new 35 mem- ber Crediton Optimist club received its charter at special ceremonies held Saturday night at the Exeter Legion Hall. The Crediton club with Mark Laye as the charter president was sponsored by the Kirkton Woodham Optim ists. The charter was presented by Mid- western Ontario region past govern- or John Andrews who also installed the officers. Members were inducted by Lt. Governor Ernie Morenz and name badges were presented by Gord Ro- binson, past president of the Kirk - ton Woodham club. Also partici- pating from the sponsoring club were Rick Debrabandere and Brian Hardman. President Jim McGregor repre- sented the Exeter Optimists and greetings were brought from Ste- phen township councillor Patrick O'Rourke. Other members of the Crediton club executive are vice-presidents Norm Mcisaac and Brian Gaiser, treasurer Mike Horner, secretary Joanne Price and directors Lorie Schenk, Tammy Bibby, Norman Tripp, Glena Tripp, John Miarzia- li and Bill Hull. Concerned over BIA at Bend GRAND BEND - Council cham- bers were overflowing last Tuesday with business people from the vil- lage to express their concern over the possible passage of a by law by council that would have created a Business Improvement Area in Grand Bend. Chamber of Commerce President Dave Sheppard had attended the September 18 meeting and ex- plained to council that it was the wish of the chamber to create a BIA in Grand Bend. Information packages had been sent out explain- ing that a BIA does a lot more things than just put down paving stones and garbage containers. The law had been drafted up and was to be signed at last Tuesday's meeting but councit�put it on hold after seeing an overwhelming op- position against it. Three men, Lloyd Guillet, Norm Johnson and Keith Hogarth, acting as a delegation for the people inathe room, presented council with a three-page list of businesses in the arca, some being chamber mem- bers, all of whom expressed con- cern over a by-law passing at that time because they telt proper proce- dure for starting the BIA was not followed. "Don't scrap it, just put it on hold for now, Johnson told coun- cil. The three men stated they were not for or against a BIA at this time, but wanted council to t onsid- er the wishes of those 70 h isiness- _es until the by law can be -Put for- ward in a proper manner because they felt they didn't know enough about it. Booklets were to be distributed to the businesses explaining the pros and cons of a BIA. with the infor- mation packages sent out by Shep- pard. However, many said they never received the booklets, which lead council to believe something' was wrong with the procedure. Deputy reeve Bruce Woodley dis- agreed, saying he felt there was enough support for the BIA in the village despite the concern shown by everyone in the council cham- bers. "I feel there are enough people in Grand Bend that still want a BIA that aren't here today," said Wood- ley. Reeve' Bob Sharen gave permis- sion for the trio to ask the peopie in the room if they would like a public meeting in which more in- formation on BIA's could be given before council would consider pgss- ,ing the by law. Most seemed in fa- vor of a public meeting. After hearing the overwhelming opposition, council delayed passage of the by law until the public meet- ing could be held. Three possible meeting dates - were; Friday night, October 13, Fri- day night, October 20, and Monday night, October 23. A definite date will be given as soon as Reeve Sharen can contact someone from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to attend the meeting and clerk Wayne Tingle provides an updated 1989 assessment list so current businesses will be allowed to at- tend. The list is needed because each person that owns a business will be given one vote at the meeting. News from Lucan council Continued from front page the position of drainage superinten- dent and tile drain inspector was ac- cepted with regret. Prout reported on negotiations that have begun with the landowner adjacent to the Kirkton waste dis- posal site to acquire approximately five acres of land to act as a buffer arca to ensure future use of the. site. Council will not meet again un- til October 24 at 7 p.m. Council noted there were prob- lems with bicycles being ridden on sidewalks in the downtown area. Councillors feel the safety of sen- iors and other pedestrians is jeop- ardized. The existing 1978 bylaw bans bicycles with wheels over 24 inch- es in -diameter. But BMX bikes popular with teenagers today usual- ly have 20 inch wheels. Council- lors are thinking about putting an age limit on those allowed to ride on the sidewalk. •Councillor Tom McLaughlin said complaints about the water re- striction bylaw have arisen again. He suggested if council were able to allow the washing of commercial vehicles, then an exception might also be made for backyard wading pools. Especially since the children who use them were often too small to use the public pool. "Maybe we should put in some - Secretary? - Bill Hanly (Clinton reeve Bea Cooke) introduces some of the county office staff" during a farewell evening in the Stan- ley co- 7plex for the retiring county clerk. First on stage was Cindy Cees rs-Palace, who bears a familial resemblance to Exeter reeve Bill I• fickle; thing about wading pools when we review the bylaw next year," said McLaughlin. •Linda Hackney is being com- mended by council for her volunteer work in updating the community channel computer. Clerk Ed Me- lanson said the village office em- ployee works extra hours to make sure Lucan's information station is current. •Council was not convinced by the OPP last month that nothing could be done about right-hand passing in the north end of town. The ministry of transportation will be contacted to see if someone will come out to the village to investi- gate the problem. •Lucan and Biddulph are to meet on October 24 to discuss the possi- bility of a joint recycling program for the two municipalities. Both sanitation contractor Larry Lewis and Blue Water Recycling Associa- tion coordinator Francis Veilleux are to present proposals for such a plan. •Lucan's pay equity committee met in September, reeve Larry Hot - son told council. They are plan- ning to structure the study to put all village, arena and hydro corn- rn rftt um- brella of one village employer to keep costs down. To get all job de- scriptions and salary levels in order to meet the provincial legislation, the vili'age'will be spending abo st $6,000. McLaughlin said the advantage of hiring a professional consultant for the work was that the results would be less vulnerable to appeal. "I'm not agreeing with this pay equity stuff," said deputy -reeve Har- ry Wraith, -."I -'d rather give the $6,000 to our employees." Hotson suggested it was possible this study might uncover some ine- quities in the village payscale. "I think our female help are paid enough," said Wraith. "That might be your mind," said McLaughlin. "But that might not be right." Hotson agreed the legislation was meddlesome and awkward, but was likely a step in the right direction. Graham named phone man of year TUCKERSMITH TOWNSHIP - On September 19, in Prince Ru- pert, British Columbia, Mel Gra- ham was named Telephone Person of the Year. Mr. Graham, who has been secre- tary -treasurer of the Tuckersmith Municipal Telephone System since 1964, and manager of that system. since 1966, received the award from the Canadian Independent Telephone Association (CITA) during their convention. He explained that the award has been given out every year, since 1968, to the person with outstand- ing achievements in operating a tel- ephone company, and who is active in the associations related to this undertaking. The board of directors of CITA pick a committee to choose the tel- ephone person of the year, and any of the companies may suggest names to be put forth for the honor. Mr. Graham was chosen for the award from among 43 companies across Canada; 30 in Ontario, 10 in Quebec, Edmonton Telephones, one in Prince Rupert, and North-West Telephones. Stressing the award is presented not just for one year's activities, but for activities over an extended period of time, Mr. Graham dis- cussed some of his own achieve- ments, and those of the Tucker - smith system over the years. He noted that while he has not been really active in association work for a period of time, from 1973 to 1978 he was on the Onta- rio Telephone Association, and in 1978 he served as president for that. group. "I was active then, with toll negotialions,.and when I was presi- dent, we hired a full time general manager for the association," he said. In the time he has spent with the company in Tuckersmith, Mr. Gra- ham has also seen many changes. When he became secretary -treasurer in 1964, they had 1,250 stations. That figure has since jumped to 2,250 stations. "At that time (1964), it was about five percent private lines; today we have 70 per- cent private lines," Mr. Graham added Financially, Tuckersmith has tak- en their biggest turn. They have revenue of $53,000 back in 1964, but in 1989 they will had $950,000 in revenue. Receiving the award proved to be a pleasant surprise for Mr. Graham who wasn't informed he was to be the recipient. He explained he al- ways attends the CITA conference, and this year was no different. Only this year he received the Tele- phone Person of the Year award. Honoured - Mel Graham, manager of the Tuckersmith Municipal Telephone System, was named Telephone Man of the Year at a national convention in BC this summer. He keeps the trophy cup for a year, and the plaque forever. Council GRAND BEND - Village council has once again delayed their selec- tion of a replacement to fill the va- cant council seat. Council has been putting off choosing a replacement for several meetings now and was 'set to deal with it again at their regular meet- ing last Tuesday, but because coun- cillor Shirley Mitchell was unex- pectedly absent, they decided it was not fair for them to choose without Mitchell present. Council has been mulling over whether they want Marsha Lemon or Kyle Harrison as a replacement or to call an election to help fill the vacant seat for two months now but each time a motion was put forth on the floor it has died. With Mitchell absent and one scat still vacant, any motions put forth last Tuesday would have had to have been passed unanimously, which created another problem. Mitchell will be absent for two weeks and councillor John McDowell is going in the hospital this week so deputy reeve Bruce Woodley felt it would unfair for the new person, whoever they choose, to vote on planning matters at this week's planning meeting, without all of the needed background infor- mation. With Mitchell and McDowell not there, another per- son is needed for council to have a quorum. Choosing a replacement to fill the vacancy had been on council's agenda under defered items for al- most two months now and Reeve Bob Sharen asked clerk Wayne Tin- gle to take it off the schedule for five or six additional weeks until they feel they can deal with it prop- erly. Council felt the issue has been dying down in the minds of the public so they arp,n'tin as-much_ff. 1 -Attie} tarrrJke=a selection as they were one month ago. * * * Council granted developer James Ncevey, of the Devlon Corpora - vacancy tion, his wish to have part of Hca - man Crescent closed and turned over to him. Heavey, who was present at the meeting asked it be closed which will help complete his deal in the Southcott parcel of land off Alberta Street and Lake Road, where Devlon Corporation is planning a major development. The parking committee, designed to investigate parking problems in Grand Bend and help figure out so-. lutions has been finalized and the first meetings have been held. The commiuee, made up of by-law offi- remains cer Keith Crawford, Al Skinner, Bill Uniac, Nick Carter, Vaino Ei- nola, chamber of commerce presi- dent Dave Sheppard, reeve Bob Sharen, and councillor John McDowell. A meeting was held by the com- mittee and following things were agreed upon. Parking permits for the off -Main Street arca was a good idea. Increased fines for parking vio- lators is necessary, pave and put meters in the Either Street Parking lot, and stepped up fincs for contin- uing offences for overtime parking. Two convictions for traffic violations EXETER - Two convictions were registered in Exeter court on October 3 with JP Doug Wedlake presiding. Piaset Bounphasaneu, Clinton, pleaded guilty to charges of driving with no insurance, and to using a plate belonging to another vehicle. He had been stopped by police on patrol in Stephen township on September 19. The accused was fined $500 on the first count, and given a suspended sentence on the second because he is a new Canadi- an. Melissa R. Charron, London, was found guilty in her absence of failing to switch to low beam when meeting oncoming traffic. The offence had occurred on Credi- ton's main street on September 3. She was given 15 days to pay a fine of $53.75. Town to re -apply for PRIDE grant EXETER - Town admiriisirator Rick Hundey is proposing Exeter consider immediately re -applying for PRIDE, even though a major PRIDE project is already being car- ried out this year and next.. .--Hundey -put _:the -suggestion to - council last week, explaining the far southwest corner of town is in need of sidewalks and sewers: Hundey's first proposal outlined a $419,000 project that would cost the town $292,500 after grants. A second $800,000 option would include roadwork for the same arca and would cost Exctcr $464,700 if approved. ' „-,: ot in tfie door, at least get our names on their files," said Hundey. Council gave the administrator the go-ahead to submit the second proposal because it had a higher percentage of grant money and was ultimately less expensive. Undecided STANLEY TOWNSHIP - "Quiet and unexciting" was the way clerk Mel Graham described the current iftmosphere in Stanley township. Recycling is brought up at every council meeting', including the two in September. "Some think we should do some- thing. We would like to go, and the people are ready. We want to do the right thing. We are unique, in operating our own landfill site," Graham said. While discussing the issue, coun- cillors decided to engage an enr►i- neering filet to do a site plan of the landfill site. Hydro will also be in- stalled, primarily to run the pumps aboutwayt� recycle needed to deal with water accumula- tion in spring and fall.` All parties concerned have agreed to set up a Bruceficld and arca fire board, which will be comprised of two council representatives each from Stanley and Tuckersmith townships,and the fire chief and his deputy. A delegation from the Blue Have subdivision attended the :Septemhek 12 meeting as a follow-up to a let- ter sent to council statin ►her th- :::.)iutmts ui this area were not in fa- vour of the 10 -year clause making them responsible for maintenance and replacement should something happen to present water -delivery system. Council passed a motion stating that the subdivision must pay for replacement -and--mainte----- - nance of the existing system for a period of 10 years. Marg Millar attended the Septem- ber 26 meeting to ask that some- thing be done with the roadside in front of her property. At some. fn- inTr"1It' -, .h V„ould kilo clic side- walk continued from the neighbour- i��k Nup tty to their driveway edge. She was told to contact the county office, as her property on the Gosh- en south of Varna fronts on county road allowance.