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Times -Advocate, August 14, 1991
Lucan
against
regional
government
LUCAN - The reeve of Lucan
was to vote against regional gov-
ernment at Tuesday's Middlesex
County Council.
Monday night, Larry Hotson
asked his council their views on
the possibility of the county be-
coming part of a regional govern-
ment which would include Lon-
don.
"I don't like regional govern-
ment," said Hotson directly to the
Luken council.
He said the county has used the
regional government of Hamilton -
Wentworth as their model.
"Hamilton -Wentworth is almost
the same situation we have."
Hotson said that municipality is
surrounded by a lot of smaller com-
munities like Lucan is to London,
but in Hamilton -Wentworth the
outlying communities are not well
taken care of.
"I know they have a lot of prob-
lems,' said Hotson.
Two years ago when the idea of a
regional government was first
brought to Middlesex, a public
meeting was held, but there has
been none since.
"I thought they got off to a good
start," said councillor Tom
McLaughlin. .
"I thought there'd be more," he
said of the lack of public meetings.
Councillor Bob Taylor voiced his
concern about being gobbled up by
a regional government.
"Bigger isn't necessarily better
and 1 m scared we'd get lost in the
shuffle," said Taylor.
Derelict barn
likely to be
demolished,
says council
ZURICH - Haterleigh Develop-
ments, who own future subdivision
land in the northwest corner of Zu-
rich, have been told that a barn on
that property does not meet the
property standards of Zurich.
Public complaints about the
barn's safety had been forwarded to
the Public Health department and
the village's building inspector,
however, only the property stan-
dards inspector ruled it violated six
counts of the bylaw and should ei-
ther be repaired or demolished
Reeve Bob Fisher suggested the
fire department might be interested
in using the barn for practice by
burning it down.
Village staff will be meeting with
a Haterleigh Developments repre-
sentative to spell out when the in-
fractions would have to be correct-
ed, either by repair or demolition.
Inspection
juries
outdated
says council
EXETER - Ws a time honoured
tradition. Every year the Attorney
General's office elects juries in On-
tario's counties to travel around and
inspect public buildings. However,
Exeter council will be sending a no-
tice to the ministry to let them
know they no longer agree with the
tradition.
This year, the travelling jury
stopped m on the Exeter swimming
pool, the lawn bowling club house,
and the Helen Jermyn Seniors'
Apartments. All passed inspection,
although the jury did confess that
inspecting the pool in the spring be-
fore it opened was hardly fair.
Couacil apparently agreed.
"To come around and inspect the
pool three weeks before it's opened.
Nothing's painted yet. It's a com-
plete waste of time," said council-
lor Dave Urlin.
Reeve Bill Mickle pointed out the-
jury was an "old, old" tradition
aimed at protecting the general
public.
Councillor Ben Hoogenboom for-
warded a motion to ask the Minis-
try of the Attorney General to aban-
don the travelling grand jury.
"The idea is basically good, that
the public should be safeguarded,"
said mayor Bruce Shaw, but agreed
it was outdated "especially since
we have health inspectors and what
have you."
"It was the same committee
which embarrassed, I thought, the
custodian of Precious Blood
School," said Hoogenboom, refer-
ring to the unfavorable report that
school received two years ago.
Councillor Dorothy Chapman
doubted the jury had any qualifica-
tions as inspectors, but Shaw noted
that under British law definition, a
jury is comprised of non-
professionals.
Council approved the motion to
tell the ministry its inspection juries
were outdated.
Treasure Island,
a family treasure
By RayLewis
STRATFORD - Yo ho ho and a tle of fun. The Stratford Festi-
val's sleeper of the season this year, has to be Robert Louis Steven -
son's classic, Treasure Island. Bold and daring, to put it mildly, there's
nary a patron who isn't ooed or awed by the tale.
The story began in 1881 Scotland as a tale to amuse Stevenson's
stepson, Lloyd Osbourne. Initially consisting only of a map, Steven-
son concocted the tale of pirates searching for buried treasure with the
aid of a young boy. Little did its author know how millions of chil-
dren would flock to join the crew, or how his character of Long John
Silver would eventually reach immortality.
The classic has been adapted for the stage by Elliot Hayes, and is
enjoying its world premiere at Stratford's Festival Theatre.
Geoffrey Brumlik, who also appears as Si Crowell in Our Town and
Enoch Snow Jr. in Carousel, is superb as Jim Hawkins in his Stratford
debut. Leon Pownall gives a memorable performance as Silver, while
Edward Atienza gives the play a light-hearted touch as the marooned
pirate, Ben Gunn. Add to that the antics of Captain Flint, played by
an outrageous makaw named Blue, and Island definitely becomes a
family favourite.
Probably worthy of the price of admission in itself are the acrobatics
of crew members aboard the Hispaniola. The swashbuckling adven-
ture is action packed, and for those who wish to introduce children to
the theatre, Treasure Island should be their beginning. Truly a family
treasure.
An Egmondville residence was broken into between 9:00 a.m. and
6:00 p.m. on July 24, 1991. The thief took off with one man's black
onyx ring; one Orange Lodge pendant with years of service and three
or four small stones; one Rebekah's pendant with years of service and
Irene Smith engraved on it; one silver square lock, "P" engraved on
the rear and "M" on the front.; one gold pocket watch, engraved with
"to Wayne love Marlene"; one Iver Johnson -chrome plated 12 gauge
shotgun, model Champion, Ser #26491; one Cooey .22 Cal. model 82
single shot rifle; one Cooey .22 Cal. bolt action model 60 rifle; two
.22 cal Crossman air rifles, black barrels with light coloured stocks;
one .22 cal. Crossman air rifle black barrel with a walnut stock; one
12 gauge double barrelled shotgun, scrolled sides and two hammers.
In addition to the forgoing items there was a quantity of other jewel-
lery items such as ear rings and pins stolen.
Stolen dog
A two month old English Sheep dog was stolen from a residence at
L31 Conc. 1 Tuckersmith Twp., Huron Road Survey. On July 26 at
about 8:00 p.m., a person attended the residence where the dog was
stolen and said he heard that they were giving dogs away. He ap-
peared to be nervous and when told the dogs were for sale he left.
Then on July 28 the victim heard his dogs barking and when he
checked found that one of his dogs was missing. The victim noticed a
car stopped on the road with its lights out and when he came out the
car sped off, out to Highway 8 and in the direction of Seaforth.
The suspect vehicle is described as a red coloured car, mid sized,
possibly a Taurus and it may have four doors.
The suspect who was at the victim's house is described as tall, thin
with dark hair over his ears and a mustache.
The dog is described as a one to two month old English Sheep dog
with a white head, black body, white front legs, with a b. spot on
it's right ear. This is a rare sheep dog as they usuiely have e..y a small
amount of white on the head.
If you have information about these or any other crimes call Crime
Stoppers of Huron County, 1-800-265-1777 or 524-6851 and you
could receive a reward of up to $1000.00. Remember crime doesn't
pay, Crime Stoppers does.
Grand Bend councillors
to get 48 hours notice
GRAND BEND - Councillors in
Grand Bend will now receive 48
hours notice before they have to at-
tend any special meeting.
On July 31, a special session of
council was held to loan $2,000too
the organizers of Dick Kloss' Mar-
athon Swim for promotion items.
Councillor John McDowell did
not attend the meeting because he
said he was not informed it was
taking place.
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Grand Bend tax coalition
links with Sarnia
By Fred Groves
GRAND BEND - It's official,
there is now a tax coalition in
Grand Bend.
Wednesday night, over 30 resi-
dents banded together to become a
satellite group under the Sarnia-
Lambton Taxpayers Coalition.
Committees have been set up and
the group will soon be plotting its
s When the Grand Bend coalition
had it organizational meeting on
July 31, there were over 60 local
taxpayers present.
They will meet again on August
21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Pinedale Mo-
tel and no doubt they will make a
decision whether or not to with-
hold their property taxes.
"I think that's a consideration we
have to look at, but you have to
look at the complications," said
Grand Bend tax coalition co -
chairperson Kay Stollard.
The next installment for taxes in
the village is due September 30.
"We have to start by withholding
something. As a whole county we
have 10 stand together," said John
Vollmer, chairperson of the Sarnia
coalition.
The Sarnia group is the only tax
coalition in Lambton County, but
with the addition of Grand 13end,
Vollmer says they are strengthen-
ing and could have a bigger impact.
While the municipal portion of
taxes jumped only 4.96 percent,
property owners of Grand Bend
were hit with a 17.19 percent in.
crease due primarily to the large in-
crease in Lambton county's cut.
"The taxpayers coalition is hav-
ing an impact in Ontario," said
Stollard. "If we can band together
and not duplicate each other, we
can have an impact?
Tax coalitions come under the
umbrella group of the Ontario Tax-
payers Coalition of which there are
nearly 60 chapters in the province.
Their main goal is to see taxes re-
duced, but as Vollmer made clear,
that may not be that easy.
"If our tax freedom day is July 30
when is our children's? We're sup-
posed to be living in a democratic
society. I don't know of a govern-
ment that knows what the word
'budget' means. They just go on and
on."
The Sarnia coalition started with
12 members but Vollmar said at
their last meeting they had 730 tax-
payers attend and he says he feels
they have had an effect on local
government.
"We've become more structured.
When we first started, we did
things very quickly."
He noted the rising unemploy-
ment in Ontario and said there is
simply not enough new businesses
coming to this province. Vollmer
said the GST and cross-border
shopping continues to put a crunch
on not only taxpayers but business
people as well.
"It's time for people of this prov-
ince, this country to get together.
We are supposed to be a democra-
cy, we should have more say where
our money goes," said Vollmar.
"One person can't do it. One coa-
lition can't do it. We have to do it
together."
Grand Bend council briefs
Damage from long weekend extensive.
GRAND BEND - Although the
last holiday weekend in Grand
Bend saw fewer charges laid by
the Ontario Plibvincial Police, the
village's public works superinten-
dent reported a lot of damage.
Bud Markham told council the
vandalism was the worst so far this
summer.
Included in the destruction were
two broken concrete waste contain-
ers at a cost of $500 each and the
Eilber Street washrooms were
broken into. Beer bottles were
broken on several streets and flow-
ers were pulled from the planters
on 81 Crescent Street.
Council was to see if their bylaw
enforcement officer could lock the
washrooms at night.
"They're still being left open at
night, that's how this stuff hap-
pens," said councillor Bill Uniac.
"It's just as bad during the day,"
said councillor Dennis Snider of
the damage.
• Markham told council that due
to the success of the recycling of
paper and cardboard, it appears as
though they will be able to get four
to six months more use out of their
landfill.
• On August 23, an OPP officer
from the Grand Bend detachment
will be attempting to spend 48
hours on a floating lawn chair. The
fundraising event will benefit the
Busy Bee summer playground pro-
gram.
• Ian McKenzie appeared before
council last Tuesday and recom-
mended council put up a special
events board. The board would
highlight certain activities in the
village and McKenzie said it would
not cost the village anything, but he
would be getting advertisers to
sponsor the board. Council suggest
McKenzie take his idea to the
Chamber of Commerce.
• The Ministry of Transportation
has contacted the village informing
them that at this time, it is not pre-
pared to erect or recommend any
further signing or !ening designa-
tion at -the main ince oCtion.
• A boat was recently damaged
after it collided into one of the vil-
lage's docks. In the minutes from
the harbour Committee, it was
pointed out the design of the docks
lends to certain damage. Council
agreed that there was a problem.
The owner of the boat was given
two days free dockage.
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• Consulting Physician
• '1 to 1 counselling
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