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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-02-27, Page 1T -A Classifieds They really Call 235-1331 sc Gainer-Kneale Insurance Call us for Comprehensive Competitive HOMEOWNERS 235-2420 Serving South Huron North Middlesex & Lambton Since 1873 Wednesday, February 27, 1991 Inside Persian Gulf A local aspect page 2 Junior 'D' Hawks, Irish both win page 14 Top Mohawks Senior 'A' team receives honors Second front Winter Carnival Fun at St. Pat's page 24 Drop In Lions Club Youth Centre page 26 Winter Carnival keepsthem hopping The Stephen Central. Wim Camwlvalith came Fete the j mme' this year as fun s outdoors kept th ltudents active. Here GOY tU k tests his skills on the, tea . obstacle Course by fiiiitiling within the hoops as his teamates cheer him on. 75 cerits Blue. Boxes are coming By Cheryl Clark EXETER - Exeter council plans to cut the garbage by 50 percent begin- ning April 1 - no fooling! After about two years of debate, the Blue Box program is scheduled to come to town in early April. The Blue Water Recycling Association will be distributing the boxes to each household on March 25 totalling 1,624 boxes. Pick-up dates will fall on Monday or Friday depending on whether a residence is on the west or east side of Main Street. The Blue Boxes will be delivered by volunteers, yet to be naraed, and a variety of items can be placed in the blue box including aluminum and steel cans, clear and coloured glass, plastics of various kinds and newspa- pers. Blue Water recycling coordinator Francis Veilleux said the association is currently researching ways to recycle styrofoam, cardboard and clap- board. Council believes recycling will cost each household $30.29 after grants from the Ministry of Environment and the Ontario Multi -material Recy- cling Program (OMMRI) are figured in. More than half of that amount will cover the town's one-time capital costs for its share in recycling equipment, vehicles and the blue boxes. The Association isa non-profit organization owned by the municipali- ties which participate in the program. Consequently Exeter had to buy its own share in the company as well as pay a one-time capital cost to join up. Approximately $15 of the cost per household will cover operating costs such as wages and fuel. Veilleux hopes as market conditions improve, the sale of recycled mate- rial will bring in more revenue thereby reducing operating expenses. The town is hoping the recycling program will stretch the capacity of the present landfill site. The site currently has the capacity to last approxi- mately 10 to 12 years. Town councilor Rick Hundey noted a new waste disposal site could cost in excess of $6 million. Hundey noted the financial prudence in deferring such costs as long as possible, and stated it costs less to recycle a ton of material than it does to dump it. Hundey said recycling also results in lower eventual energy consump- tion, lower oil and wood product consumption, and air and water pollution reduction. Exeter council has stated its intention to promote waste reduction, and the re -use of containers and products in the 1990s. "We are happy that they (Exeter) have joined," said Veilleux. "They have waited a long time, but now they are sure of what they want." Veilleux said the Association's next step will be gaining area businesses interest in commercial units. He pointed out that Nabisco has taken part in the composting program since last July. Veilleux stated composters are also available to the public. There are currently 37 municipalities participating m the recycling pro- gram, and Veilleux said five more will start up April 1 including Exeter, Seaforth, Biddulph Township, Goderich, and Euphemia. Town residents have grouped together to form a Waste Management committee which will assist in suggesting and introducing more environ- mentally -friendly programs in the near future. Grand Bend geits new clerk -treasurer GRAND BEND - The village has a new clerk -treasurer. Grand Bend native Paul Turnbull will begin his duties on March 18. The village has been without a clerk -treasurer since December 31 when Wayne Tingle resigned. Tin- gle held the position for 15 months and since then assistant clerk - treasurer Tom Maier has been do- ing the job. Reeve Bruce Woodley said that although Turnbull has no experi- ence with municipal work, he feels he can get the job done. "He's lacking in municipal expe- rience but we've talked to Tom and they're willing to work together," said Woodley. Turnbull has been working for Image Cleaners in a business ca- pacity. "We hired him for his strong ad- ministrative and business skills," said Woodley who said that Tum - bull will be working on various courses with the Association of Municipal Treasvzrers and Clerks. There were several applications for the position and the decision to select Turnbull was made Thursday night following a council meeting. Right-of-way disputed GRAND BEND - The ownership of a right- of -way in this village is unknown and one resident is very concerned. At a recent meeting, Cord Bryan approached the Grand Bend Coun- cil questioning whether or not councillor John McDowell should be blocking the right-of-way. McDowell and Bryan arc neigh- bors and Bryan has come to council before regarding the matter. Council decided the first step will be to find out who owns the right- of-way by seeking the assistance of village solicitor Dan Murphy. Although McDowell declared a conflict of interest, he did have a comment once Bryan left. "Why arc we spending public money on a private matter,?" asked McDowell. Bryan said that McDowell's house overhangs onto the right-of- way but was more concerned about BIG PLANS FO cars turning around off of Shady Lane. He said cars have been turning around in his driveway instead of the right-of-way which technically is an extension of the road. "I've objected before and I'm ob- jecting again," said Bryan. The right-of-way gives people who live in Gibbs Park, access to the Ausable River. "If that is a right-of-way, the people of Gibbs Park should be able to pull their boat up there," said Bryan. He also felt McDowell should not« be able to have a dock on the river at the end of the right-of-way. Bryan's biggest concern Thurs- day night was that he felt council had changed a document which was registered in 1966. He said the document declared it a right-of-way but thought council had amended it in 1989. OPP investigate pair of accidents EXETER - The Exeter OPP de- tachment investigated a pair of ac- cidents this week. ,On Monday, a vehicle driven by Lynnette Kramer, Crediton, went out of control on Concession 4-5.. of Stephen Township and rolled over in the ditch. Receiving minor injuries were the driver, age 18, and a passenger, Rob Kramer, age 16. The vehicle was severely dam- aged. Wednesday, a vehicle driven by r Dwayne Croucher of London, went into the ditch on Highway 4, south of Exeter causing minor damage to his vehicle. He was not injured in the accident. During the past week, members of the Exeter detachment responded to 45 general occurrences, laying 72 charges under the Highway Traffic Act, two under the Liquor License Act, and one each under the Canadian Auto Insurance and Motorized Snow Vehicle Acts. ByAdrian Harte HURON PARK - The provincial government has stepped up plans to upgrade 1 housing in Huron Park as part of a $700 million anti - recession program At a Friday morning press con- ference at the Ontario Develop- ment Corporation office in the in- dustrial park, Norman Jamison, parlimentary assistant to the Onta- rio minister of Industry Trade and Technology, confirmed that $2 million would be spent on the ren- tal housing adjacent to the park within the next year. "This was an initial plan that was going to take place over a six- year period and I'm pleased to an- nounce we've gone full -speed ahead on the project and the ma- jority of the work will be complet- ed during the first year." said Jam- ison. Jamison said the work would employ about 20 people and would contribute to getting Onta- rio out of the economic downturn, and to provide upgradcd housing to attract skills to industrial park areas such as Huron Park. The homes, which rent for be- tween $256 and $527 per month, would see improvements made to their roofing and insulation, and wiring and bathroom fixtures brought up to modern standards. Exeter town councillor Bon Hoogenboom asked if the up- grades would affect the rental rates, but Jamison said he did not think so. ODC chief executive officer Da- vid innon agreed and con- . + at rent increases beyond the be trolled amounts would only apply when the property changed tenants or when township taxation charges were increased. Exeter reeve Bill Mickle asked if the housing upgrade was part of a government plan to attract indus- try into the area. McKinnon agreed the availabili- ty of good rental housing did help attract skilled labour to the arra and that, in turn, was a "major fac- tor" in meeting the needs of indus- tries looking for places to locate. However, he said the housing up- grades had been planned by the }ormer'government and were sim- ply being compressed into one 4 Jamison said the government is continually looking at ways and means to assist communities to at- tract industries to their areas, im- proved housing is just one of them. "Our manufacturing base in On- sential," said Jamison. Stephen Township reeve Tom Tomes, said he appreciated the an- nouncement that the work in Huron Park was chosen for acceleration under the anti -recession program. "We are quite pleased you are up - Future hopes might capitalize on use of runway tario is suffering quite a downturn and we as a government realize we may have to look at our present program with a view of expanding those programs or encouraging new programs, the participation of com- munities with us and a real theme of partnership, we believe that's es - Norman Jamison • grading the facilities, not that they were a low class of house, but we do appreciatethat you are pulling some money into this area, and...we will look at attracting some indus- try to the arca," said Tomes. Jamison said the Huron Industrial Park has been under study by the K government and he has had a num- ber of meetings with MPP Paul Klopp specifically about it. McKinnon confirmed there are definite efforts to help bring new industries to Huron Park, especially since the closure of Fleck Manufac- turing in 1988 meant the loss of several hundred jobs. "We really did have a problem and I think we've adjusted well fol- lowing the departure of Fleck," said McKinnon. "We are quite hope- ful." McKinnon hinted at some future hopes for the park, many of which might capitalize on the availability of the runway. staff ODC said the housing up- grades may be done while tenants are on vacation to minimize the in- convenience, but many may consid- er it well worthwhile. The houses, many built in the 1940s, do not all have showers in their bathrooms, fixtures arc outdat- ed, and many homes do not have the capacity in their wiring to han- dle the load of modern appliances. Nevertheless, there is presently a waiting list of 100 families lining up to rent the Huron Park homes, mainly because the average three- bcddrodm one and a half storey home rents for about $319, consid- erably less than other centres. Em- ployment within the industrial park Please tum to page 2 Worn wN be aparded up on many of Huron Parka 381 homes.