HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-01-02, Page 8Times -Advocate. January 2„ 1991
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*Gerry Sanders, ovimer of S Jerrss 4 O the Beach and Hotel Main -
street. started another campaign over the holiday weekend in attempt
to have the government expropriate the beach now owned byArchie
Gibbs. Sanders wrote a form letter and asked tourists to fill in the
name of their MP, sign it, and then Sanders sent it to Ottawa.
•PUC manager Hugh Davis found out the Ministry of the Environ-
ment denied a grant request made by the commission for reconstruc-
tion of an existing water main located . between the Ausable River
and Huron Street. Davis sent a letter-nequesttiig�,reconsideration of
the grant' application and eventually the PUC did get the grant.
•Three Liberals announced their intentions for seeking the Huron .
Liberal candidacy including Dave McClure of Crediton, Fred Lobb
of Clinton and Jim Fitzgerald of Clinton.
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July 11
•Summer showers dumped four to six inches of rain on Huron
County in early July, leaving hundreds of people with flooded base-
ments and an undetermined number of ruined crops.
July 18
•Exeter council was told the Exeter Fire hall came in $47,000 over
budget despite the fact it was built on a project management pro-
gram designed to avoid cost overruns. One of the reasons for the
underestimated final tally was landscaping wan not calculated into
the plans.
July 25
•Beach enthusiasts waited patiently for the outcome of the Lambton
County Health Unit's pollution level tests. Over the July 20 week-
end, the unit reported high fecal coliform counts and posted po
tion warning signs.
•Grand Bend council decided to take action against what they con-
sidered to be two very serious problems, including illegal parking
and ovemignt sleeping in vehicles. Council decided to startbtowing
illegally parked cars and offer overnight campers a place to park for
the night.
•The Exeter Fire hall opened its doors officially in late July with
several prominent area business people and politicians present.
August
August 1
•The Exeter PUC sent letters to the Municipal Electric Association,
MPP Jack Riddell and Ontario Hydro, to express its "concern". over
the MEA's proposed 12.8 percent increase onwholesale hydro. "A
12.8 or even a 10.5 percent increase, along wi a GST of seven per-
cent is an exorbitant increase for a customer to ," said Davis at
the meeting.
'Grand Bend council started on the path to progress for the village's
new library. A building inspector was sent to survey the fonner
drug store on Crescent Street:
August 8
•Rumours of Exeter mayor Bruce Shaw running for the conservative
nomination were abound in August. Shaw admitted to toying with
the idea of contesting the candidacy and hinted he would be at the
nomination meeting, but did not run.
August 15
•Liberal Fitzgerald was chosen to make a bid for the Queen's Park
seat vacated by 17 -year MPP Jack Riddell by a narrow margin.
•Ken Campbell of Seaforth was chosen to represent the Huron Pro-
gressive Conservatives the same w Apprgximately 400 PC sup-
porters attended �e nomination me astt3uilding' the executive
president of the riding and the nominees with theamount of salpport
shown.
'Family Coalition party nominee Tom Clark of Wingham was ac-
claimed for his candidacy.
•New Democratic party candidate Paul Klopp claimed that voters
were "ready for a change".
August 22
•Exeter mayor Bruce Shaw presented Premier David Peterson with a
tire during Peterson's campaign visit to Exeter to show how tired
council was with the province's tire disposal problems.
August 29
•The Village of -Lucan received word that another major hurdle in
their effort to bring a new water line and sewage system to the vil-
lage had been cleared. Reeve Larry Hotson learned the Ontario Mu-
nicipal Board had approved of Lucan's ability to finance the $10 mil-
lion projects.
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•Usborne Township iatrmed the Public tJtl les Canthi ssion that
they wanted art (or Exeter's water pipelines which
runs through V �p aitd•affect the wells referred to as
Cudmore, Hicks, Moody and.Morgan. Usborne reeve Gerald Prout
said the agreement was needed to protect the ratepayers.
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•Exeter Co-Op's board of ' • . conceded that they were consid-
ering merging with the ; ..: 1 Co -Op. The Co -Op membership
was asked what direction to take to return the operation to profitabil-
ity td which they urged to the board to seek a merger with Hensall.
•Dashwood Industnes' management sought aTour-day work week.
DI decided work -sharing was better than resorting to mass layoffs to. -
fight off the slump in Ontario's construction trade. "We are attempt-
ing to put a work -sharing program into effect," said general manager
of DI Tom Duffy, who added that the market for as windows and
doors was "sliding very, very quickly."
September 19
•Exeter council and several local industries were shocked to learn
that Laidlaw Transports were going to be closing their Exeter termi-
nal, even though the company had built their own dream facility in
town only a year earlier.
•A closed -doors meeting at Oakwood Inn between Grand Bend
council and Bosanquet Township reportedly set out what boundaries
the municipalities would be agreeing on during negotiations. Those
boundaries have yet to be officially revealed.
•The Exeter Torry Fox Run raised $2,500 for Cancer Research. In-
terest in the fundraiser appeared to be on the wane as donations and
participants were down from the past year.
September 26
•Centralia College student Orabi Zeidan was worried about the fate
of his parents and relatives after he found himself in Canada, cut off
from communication with his family in Kuwait.
•The 1990 Exeter Fall Fair brought a huge number of visitors to
town with good weather being credited for beating 1989's atten-
dance.
Terry Schwartzentruber announced that he was hoping that a Kins-
man Club could be re -introduced to Exeter.
•The ministry of natural resources were buzzing the county, includ-
ing Stephen Township in an effort to vaccinate foxes against rabies.
Aircraft were dropping vaccine bait into area woodlots.
Proposed safety net program
OTTAWA - Proposals for a new
safety net program for grains and
oilseeds have been developed by
farmers and the provincial and fed-
eral governments through the
Grains and Oilseeds Safety Net
Committee.
The committee was formed as
part of the federal government's
comprehensive Agri -Food Policy
Review. The proposed programs
the Net Income stabilization Ac-
count (NISA) and the Gross Reve-
nue Insurance Plant (GRIP), could
provide Canadian grains and oil-
seeds producers with a more effec-
tive, predictable income stabiliza-
tion
tabiliza-
a The support will be targeted at
the individual level ensuring the
farmers who need the most assis-
tance will get it.
NASA could enable farmers to
put money aside in individual ac-
counts which could be drawn upon
in years when income is down.
GRiP would consist of tradition-
al crop insurance with an added rev-
enue insurance plan to provide
farmers with both yield and price
protection.
Agriculture ministers agreed in
principle to implementation of
VISA for the 1990 taxation year -
pfovincial participation in NiSA
would be optional.
Ministers also agreed in principle
to implementation of a transWonal
GRIP for the 1991-92 crop year. It
would consist of crop insurance
and a new revenue insurance plan
with as high a degree of offsets in-
corponaW as possible.
Offset exists when a higher than
average price compensates for a
lower than average yield and vice
versa. Crop insurance would be de-
livered and cost -shared in its
present form for 1991-92.
Full GRIP implementation could
follow in 1991-92. Provinces
would most likely deliver GRIP
through crop insurance and a new
revenue insurance plan. The major
difference between GRIP and the
transitional year of GRIP would be
the degree of offsets in the pro-
Centralia by Mary
CENTRALIA - Members of the
United Church joined with Zion
for a special , ,ervice last Sunday.
Regular United Church services
will resume this Sunday.
A lovely candlelight service
with Communion was held on •
Christmas eve.
Norman and Kay Tri ; enter-
tained over 30 memlie ' f their
families on Sunday.
,eMie
Tf e family celebrated with
Perry and Nina Knee and -family.
Ron and Linda Hotkum, Ben and.
Wendi celebrated with Ron's broth-
er for Christmas and in Clinton on
Boxing Day.
Von Overholt entertained her
family on Christmas Day.
Mary Kooy with son Clayton,
Alice and family on Christmas
Day.
Lucan Revival
Centre
They returned the visit on Boxing
Day.
Joining the Kooys were Betty Su-
therland of ',Merton and Barb
Smith.
On Sunday, Dec. 30, John and
-'Darlene Robinson entertained fami-
ly and friends to dinner in honour
of their sons twelfth birthday and
New Year's.
A euchre party will be held on
January 7 at the community centre
at 8 p.m.
LUCAN - Cheryl Wuerch -
opened the Christmas Sunda$
morning service with a carol.
Kevin Dance played the piano in
the warehouse and was joined by
other teenagers.
Marti. Butler played her guitar
while mothers and babies dressed
as lambs came to sing Mary hada
little lamb, and the teenagers re-
turned to the warehouse to play
another sone
Wuerch's primary class told of
Christmas joy.
The junior class acted out
Christmas in their c1pbhousoe.
James Henry play his guitar
while they sang Unto You is born
this day.
Puppet shepherds talked about
going to Jerusalem for the sacri-
fice.
Henry played the guitar and
sang I wonder if this Christmas.
Rev. Roger Mason read Luke 2:1-
20 and poem entitled Fear Not.
In closing Judi Ross, accompa-
nied by Henry, sang Jesus Merry
Christmas. •
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