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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1991-06-19, Page 1OAR RENTALS DAILCALL w rams MONTHLY .4cL ANT MADS Ado Claft Centro • c.7" fYqSa 2311.1189a3381 after h °ur. Serving South Huron North Middlesex & Lartibton Gainer-Kneale Insurance 0 Service Experience C0 Value 235-2420 Since 1873 Wednesday, June 19, 1991 75 cents Inside Costly tune-up? Zurich hall has troubles page 2 Security Ailsa Craig business specialist in alarms page 5 No Junior 'C' Irish turned down Second front Are n�i--�_.:.5. Sidewalk survey not realistic, say homeowners EXETER - A d rec scion met with town council Monday evening to counter a suggestion, L om a meeting earlier in the month that Pryde Boule- vard receive a sideN lk instead of the south side of Sanders Street. Council had been asked to consider a Pryde Boulevard sidewalk because of the number of children who use that street on the way to school. In turn, council promised a survey of the pedestrian traffic and futher discus- sion. The survey, conducted two weeks ago, showed that up to 180 pedestri- ans, including children on bicycles, travel Pryde Boulevard daily - a num- ber which the town administrator's report said was "considerable. Rick Miles, a Pryde Boulevard resident,. compared his position to ar- guing against motherhood, but insisted sidewalk funds were better spent on Sanders Street than on Pryde, saying that Sanders was the more danger- ; ous street for children, especially to cross. "If they make it across Sanders, they'll probably live to get to school," 1 said Miles, who confessed he had an interest in not wanting a sidewalk ort his front lawn. 1 Exchange "Sure, I don't want my lawn torn up and I don't want to lose those trees Local students 1 either," said Miles. He also said Pryde has not proven itself to be unsafe. back I don't think there's a record of an accident where a pedestrian has been from Europe hurt on Pryde...I don't know of one," said Miles. Joanne Wareham, also a Pryde resident, argued that most pedestrian traf- : page 21 tic on Pryde is of an east -west direction, not north -south as the sidewalk would lie. Children, she said, use the walkways between the houses to get to school property to the west. She also said she had concerns about damaging the often troublesome services on the street. "It would be too bad to tear up a part of town that seems to be on the three-year plan...every three years it's torn up," observed Wareham. • Councillor Ben Hoogenboom said he could understand the Pryde home- owners would be naturally upset about seeing a sidewalk on their lawns, and said he agreed with a suggestion a sidewalk could be put in behind the homes, bordering school property. Deputy -reeve Lossy Fuller also agreed with the proposal, but reeve Bill Mickle said it would be of virtually no use at all. Councillor Dave Urlin said such a hidden sidewalk could iaecome a "paved dragstrip" for motorcycles. Mayor Bruce Shaw addressed the delegation, but said he hadto choose his words carefully because he too is a Pryde Boulevard homowner. He pointed out that the town has also received letters and phone calls in full support of a Pryde Boulevard sidewalk, but he cautioned that council can- not base its final decision on a perceived harm to property values. Shaw said the issue of a sidewallc had to be decided on the grounds of service and safety. EXETER - The Business Im- The mayor also noted it was unusual to see opposition to such a service. 'movement Area association came "We have more people eomi,Stg;to council ssyripg we should be putting to council. Monday ,evening" 16` 3�id"ew8tics`ut;'sard S •�• >: ,sv. l? 8 plead for their annual sidewalk Works superintendent Glenn Kells explained the main fie. stalling sidewalks oninrobian ire The annual event, said chairman exists, at the Pryde Boulevard is the fact that only a small space Don Romphf, is an important event without removingintoo lman to ees This he said would in a sidewalk clear ofbe about six mas and sewer etres in the local retail calendar, and es- from the edge of the road. pecially so given the current reces- Reeve Bill Mickle pointed out that a sidewalk onyde may be ita- sion. ble should the street be joined with Wellington and be consideredra ne"col- The sale is under threat of being lector" road in town. cancelled or drastically harmed by Councillor Ervin Sillery agreed, but commented that while Pryde may the planned repaving of Main not yet be a collector for vehicle traffic, it may be considered that now for Street, possibly for the same July 18-20 dates slated for the sale. Romphf asked council if the con- tractor could be asked to schedule the overhaul of Main Street around the sale dates. Works superintendent Glenn truck to preventk Kells said he could ask the contras -misuse tor on Tuesday about that possibili- ty. GRAND BEND - The Bluewa- conflict of interest was also being The entire paving project, one ter Recycling Association are hop- drawn up. block at a time, is expected to take ing that a problem with employees Russell noted that while directors three weeks and must be completed misusing equipment will not tar- and members were already council by August 31. nish the Association's reputation representatives of the 30 municipal - Mayor Bruce Shaw asked the del- as a leader for recycling in the ities the recycling assocon egation if the sidewalk sale could province. serves, and are bound by pro nc ial be rescheduled around the paving, The Bluewater Board of Direc- conflict of interest guidelines for but John Wuerth replied that the tors have put one employee under politicians, he said that no policy sale is carefully timed to coordinate suspension after discovering that had been laid out for employees in with changes in seasonal merchan- vehicles owned by the organize_ the past. dise; although he speculated it tion had been used for personal Russell declined to speak further could be moved one week either uSe. The board was told the on specific details of the incidents, way. trucks had been used on weekends saying "the board has instructed me "I gel on occasion. been dealttuess what we're asking is if m transport onions and even there's any influence you could gray- not to discus withit. inn The macer has bring to bear we would ainternally." Pp�iate The board met last Wednesday Russell said the suspension of the it," said Wuerth. evening at Nabisco in Exeter and employee in question was accord - The successful bidder on the en- voted to draw up a policy to pr+e- ing to "normal business practice" tire paving project was Stebbins vent misuse of the Association's and any future such problems Construction with their lowest ten- equipment. would likely lead to termination. der of $277,590.48. Ninety percent "We now have a policy in place Russell said he the inci- of the contract will be subsidized that applies to trucks and equip- dent would not affectctBluewater's by a Ministry of Transportation ment, said chairman John Rus- reputation for "leading the province contract. sell, who also said a policy on in recycling programs." Zurich day carelans on hold p Rendezvous Annual war bird gathering page 30 • BIA asks for consideration over sale Continued on page 2. Bluewater drafts policy as ministi ry fundingy sought ZURICH - A group of Zurich parents are hoping to establish a new day care for youngsters, along with an after school program for older children, at the former con- vent across from St. Boniface Church., Carolyn Mathonia, one of the or- ganizers of the day care, explained that the 10 member board have sent in a proposal to the Ministry of Community and Social Services to seek funding, however, with cur- rent government cutbacks she said the skuatlan "doesn't look good". The program is an expansion of the current Bean Sprouts Nursery u School, which caters to the needs d of 2 1/2 to 5 -year olds. The day caro would Look after toddlers as young as 18 months, and also pro- vide after-school caro for children up to 12 years old. "Basically we're expanding our Menacing Heavy -laden clouds loomed over Dashwood Saturday evening after the windstorm ,and justfore the downpour. By Fred Groves ASHWOOD - Residents Dashwood and surrounding area were busy cleaning up earlier th week after a major storm ripped through their properties early a Vices - of the stmt were also e4ident • in the communities of Crediton and Exeter. At about 5 p.m. high winds be- gan to uproot trees, tear the tops off of buildings and along the Goshen Road, left Randy Regie► with a big, big job ahead of him. Monday morning, Regier looked on with disbelief as he tried to figure out where to begin his cleanup job which totally de- stroyed his arm implement stor- age building. He said at about 5:30 p.m. the entire roof of the large building was lifted 20 feet off the ground and pitched across the road where it sat in a corn field. "I wasn't home, I was coming home on the tractor," said Regier. Regier said his family immedi- ately went to the security of their basement when the high winds "They really didn't hear any- thing. My oldest lad heard the wires break." Electrical lines running in front of the building were torn down and Regier said there were prob- ably a lot of sparks. He expects damagethe building, which was just put up a couple of years ago, to be as high as 560,000. Five years ago the building was iestroyed by a storm. "It's a hindrance, there's no of doubt about it. We have a lot of farm work to do, it's a setback," is said Regier. While the entire building col- _ lapsed once the roof was lifted, '1-' ' b;. Y e ili: Iwas iegof„i�- _ ' er expects the cleanup to take at least a month. Fallen trees: There were sever - at large trees which were com- pletely uprooted in Dashwood and one was blocking Highway 83 and had to be removed. Richard Rader had his chain saw out on Monday moming and was cutting up a tree which was uptn9ted on hjs neighba s city. He Said he took oova Ent basanoot and said it was hailing for two or three minutes. "With the wind, a lot of people Continued on page 2. Campers narrowly escape storm's wrath GRAND BEND - Five camp- ers are lucky to be alive after a tree crushed the trailer they occu- pied, during Saturday evening's storm that ravaged southwestern Ontario. David and Maureen Penrith, of Kitchener, were entertaining guests at their year-old camper in Green Haven Trailer Park in Grand Bend. "I was just putting some bur- gers on the barbecue when the wind came up," said Penrith. "There was a loud crack and everything caved in." Penrith and friend Bob Gardin- er were on the porch, when a nearby tree fell, flattening the trailer. Maureen and Gardiner's wife, Jackie, had just gone inside, along with Gardiner's parents, visiting from England. Also in- side, was the Gardiner's 11 - month -old baby, Vanessa. Miraculously, the camper col- lapsed leaving two small pockets around the occupants, who sus- tained minor head and back inju- ries. The trailor immediately be- came flooded with water, but neighbours responded, shutting off the hydro and helping to free Gardiner's parents, trapped in the front end. "It was great how everyone helped out, said Penrith. "I've been in some pretty bad accidents, but this was the most terrifying." The camper was totally de- stroyed, including the new deck and canopy recently added by Penrith. Surveying the damage afterwards, it's a miracle no lives were lost. Although the tree crushed the Penrith trailor, it missed only by inches a screen tent, where three children had been playing. services...into more than just a nur- cent of the $100-150,000 needed to sery school,". said Mathonia. set up the day care. A contractor has examined the "Realistically,.i really can't see it forma convent and devised was until 92, especially 1f there is no to renovate it into a safe facility forofunding available," said Mathonia. a day care. Mathonia says that the Even if fundi were approved operation will also need a refrigera- tomorrow, k wilt still take up to tor, stove and nough silverw re, three months to renovate and pur- cups, and plataa to look meet the chase necessary equipment for the needs of the 30 or so children ex- operation. petted to attend the day cane. The day caro will run much in the "There is definitely a need," said same way as the present Bean Mathonia, who noted surveys have Sprouts N., . - School, a non - shown there is a shortage of «, „ , care on space all over Huron County. parent , , Metave and ll* will will As the number of workingmoth- betaking over a nursery school ers increases, the demand for day ' teacher this tido, but the day cane care rises. positions, "It's not a matter of wanting to includinga cook. wait, it's saidamatier Methonis of having to a - p1 w the village council fir relies k on ministrythe program, however, funds, but control declined the re - relief funding, which is quest, paltering to Wait for the expected to provide up to 80 per- ministry to mks donna step. : Randy Reeler puzzles over how hilt'olds managed to wreck the storage building411111.11111 on his