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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-08-28, Page 28Page 28 Times -Advocate, August 28, 1991 New fundraiser - Andy DeBoer, a member of the Ausable Bay- field ayfield Conservation Foundation, took the opportunity at Thurs- day's public meeting in the park to announce a new fundrais- ing program. A painting by local artist Tammy Laye features two baby white squirrels and will be raffled off through a limit- ed draw of 450 tickets. Limited edition prints will also be made of the painting and will be sold for $60 each. The draw for the original painting will be made at the next ABCA/Lions dinner auction. Money raised from the raffle and print sales will be used for adding to the MacNaughton-Morrison Dam Corridor to establish year-round riverside trails on land that is presently privately owned. \::«;:fir>i:..:.�> . 'YJ:S.ii`:�: •<.^-:.:%•:'ij::>j:;}::: `::i:j':-T:i:?)i::'Y.>::•'':•.?��:.'•.'i.,!•:�.•.+''•.'•."•i�L::^. The theft of a large amount of clothing from clothes lines on Wil- liam St., Anne St., and Gidley St. West has prompted the Exeter town Police to ask that people in that area avoid, where possible, leaving clothing on the line overnight and to alert Police immediately of any trespassers These incidents have occurred througbout the summer and anyone with information is asked to contact the Exeter Town Police or Crime Stoppers. The clothing was taken in 10 separate incidents and consisted of items of womens clothing such as a fluorescent pink bathing suit with black straps and an insert at the back, size - girls medium, pajamas, T- shirts, underwear, jean skirts, tank tops, shorts and underwear. A white dress with black and white buttons, size 16 and belt loops cut off was also stolen. Dairy farming costs cut through 5600 hydro rebate TORONTO - Ontario Hydro has introduced a milk heat reclaimer re- bate program to help dairy farmers reduce their water heating costs by up to 50 percent. "If farmers start adding up the amount of hot water they use in the dairy barn, they'll be quite surprised at how much they'll save by using a reclaimer," says Graham Hende- rosn, Ontario Hydro's Senior Super- visor for Agriculture. Available commercially for the past 12 years, a milk heat reclaimer costs between $1,500 and $3,500 depending on make and size. Currently 10 to 20 percent of On- tario's 9,000 dairy farmers own re- clatmers. To encourage energy sav- ings, Ontario Hydro will pay a $600 rebate to any Ontario dairy farmer who buys and installs an eli- gible model' between July I, 1991 and June 30, 1992. Because each farmer uses a different amount of water for cleaning, their annual dol- lar savings and payback periods will vary. After every milking, dairy farm- ers must heat a large amount of cold well water to 165F to clean their milking equipment. This wa- ter heating accounts for 26 percent of all electricity used in the dairy cows directly to a milk cooler, which cools the milk from cow body temperature and expels the milk's natural heat into the air. A milk heat reclaimer captures, in an outer shell, the milk's heat as it is expelled by the milk cooler. This heat is used to heat water, in an in- ner tank, to 120F. This warm wa- ter is then supplied to the existing water heater to be heated to 165F. Because it is already partially heated, less electricity is required to heat the water. As a result, says Henderson, "we can reliably say it will reduce water heating costs by up to 50 percent". For more information on the re- bate program, contact your local Hydro office or call 1-800-263- 9000. barn, and it adds up to a lot of mon- ey. For instance, it costs $1.50, at current electrical rates, to heat 60 gallons of cold well water to 165 degrees F. for a single cleaning. If cleaning occurs twice a day, the farmer pays $3.00 a day in hot wa- ter heating costs or over $1,000 a year. A milk heat reclaimer can cut that cost in half. Normally, milk is piped from Lucan artist comes to council with a 'unique' request LUCAN - Artist Jan Brower attended Monday's council meeting to ask for the go-ahead to his plans for an artist studio, even though it runs right into the village's freeze on construction. Brower explained he applied for a building permit about nine weeks ago and is still waiting. A rezoning of the property to al- low a commercial building was granted in 1989. The studio would be a separ- ate building behind his present house, said Brower. He under- stood that he had to put a wash- room in it under the Ontario Building Code. "Would that stop the project because of the water problem that you're having?" asked Brower. Council explained that the present building freeze due to a lack of sewage and water capaci- ty did not allow for any addi- tional service connections. Brower said the washroom was not really necessary to his studio because it was just for his own use, even though council had thought it was to run art classes. "Well that's a different thing again," agreed reeve Larry Hot - son. "I understood you were having students and giving les- sons." Brower said he does his teach- ing at Fanshawe College, and his current studio at the Lucan Inn is not large enough for his largest paintings, hence the need for a bigger 80 square metre personal studio. Brower said the washroom was not really required, and he would not mind installing it at a later date. "We can't overrule the build- ing code," said Hotson. Councillor Tom McLaughlin said he didn't know if a permit could be issued without plans for a washroom. Councillor Bob Taylor noted the building was not for public use and it was not a residence. "It's like a garage," agreed McLaughlin, who wondered if Brower could build a workshop and use it as a studio. Hotson said the problem was that the property was rezoned commercial and the application was for a commercial building. "I think we really have to talk to our building official," said McLaughlin. "It's a unique re- quest." Hotson agreed, and said coun- cil would look into the matter and come back to Brower with a better answer. "If it's bad news you can build it next year," said Hotson. FWIO to take over displays at Royal Winter Fair GUELPH - What do you do when you have a problem in rural Ontario that needs solving? You approach the Women's Institute to see wheth- er with their years of experience and diversity of talent something can be done. That's exactly what the Royal Winter Fair has done for this year's Fair. The Federated Women's Insti- tutes of Ontario (FWIO), at their August board meeting in Guelph de- cided to accept the offer of the Roy- al Winter Fair to look after the Country Craft Section. This will feature WI members demonstrating and displaying a variety of Craft work that is done by the rural wom- en of Ontario, from the traditional to the unusual. As well FWIO is hosting Wom- en's Day at the Royal. For many years the Royal Winter Fair has fea- tured and hosted various other groups, but when FWIO President Peggy Knapp pointed out that fifty percent of the population was ig- nored, the Royal Winter Fair was happy to give FWIO the opportuni- ty to host the event. All the details of Women's Day have not been fi- nalized but it will take place on No- vember 7, 1991. Among the other new activities planned by FWIO is the start of a series of week long courses titled Personal Growth and Renewal. These are modelled after the highly successful Denman College Courses in England, where the English WI have a year round college devoted to giving a variety of courses rang- ing from Computer Training to Flower Arranging. The fust two courses in Ontario to run early next year will be on Musical Apprecia- tion and Battenburg Lace, and will take place at Crieff' Hills Centre, near Guelph. This is another ex- ample of FWIO seeing a need and responding to it. This year WI members at all lev- els have been asked to plant a tree. At the provincial level a Maple tree was planted by Peggy Knapp, FWIO President and Sandra Kell, Chairman of the Erland Lee (Mu- seum) Home. The Museum Home is owned and operated by FWIO and the opportunity of the tree THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION School Opening and Bus Routes School Year 1991 - 92 Middlesex County public elementary and secon- dary schools open on Tuesday, September 3, on the same time schedules as last year. (Parents of new students should consult neighborin us stu- dents for times). All bus routes will remain the same with the excep- tion of Plover Mills School (These routes will be published in the St. Marys Journal Argus and The London Pennysaver) Questions regarding transportation matters should be directed to Mr. Keith Grigg Supervisor of Trans- portation and Plant Maintenance at 471-3510. G. Keith Kaiser - E.D. Anderson Chairman Director of Education. planting was used to acquaint the FWIO Provincial Board with the ongoing programs at the Lee. The challenge of creating new WI branches was met with the es- tablishment of a New Branch Co- ordinator, Hilde Morden. A goal has been set of 14 new branches within the year, to coincide with the 14 areas. As well there have been many people enquiring about joining WI who are not near a WI branch, e.g. downtown Toronto. FWIO has established a contribut- ing member status open to any one who would like to receive the benefits.of belonging to the largest 1 r Rural Women's Organization in Ontario. The Living will, a resolution that FWIO has been working on with Dying with Dignity Organi- zation has now become law in On- tario. This was successful conclu- sion to a FWIO Resolution as reported by the FWIO Resolutions Convener, Joan Law. FWIO is an organization that will be 100 year sold in 1997 but is looking forward to the future with the courage and dedication to face the challenges it will meet in the future with the same courage and dedication it has used to con- quer challenges in past. Stonetown Modal Railroad Association TO -DAY OPEN HOUSE & TRAIN MARKET Sat.,Sept.1410 a.m. - 5 p.m. & Sun., Sept.1511 a.m. - 4 p.m. St. Marys Arena, James St., St. Marys, Ontario Five Operating Layouts; 0, 027, s, HO, N New & Used Trains, Accessories & Remote Toys Adults 53.00; Students & Seniors;1.50 Children under 12 with adult FREE Huron County Health Unit offers Prenatal Classes Contact your nearest office as early as possible in your pregnancy Clinton 482-3416 Exeter 235-1014 Goderich 524-8301 Wingham 357-2264 Seaforth 527-1243 Lucan Community Bingo Wednesday August 28 Bingo starts 7:30 Regular Games Increased Prizes $1000 Jackpot Game Total prizes $2300 Due to the licence regulations, no one under 16 allowed to play Licence #537495 HOLIDAY ADVERTISING DEADLINE for next week's newspaper Because of the holiday Monday, all advertising must be in our office by Friday afternoon in order for us to maintain our publishing schedule. PRELIMINARY LIST OF ELECTORS 1991 Town of Exeter Township of Usborne Township of Stephen Township of Hay Village of Hensall CLERKS' NOTICE OF POSTING PRELIMINARY LIST OF ELECTORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in accordance with Section 25 of The Municipal Elections Act, on September 3, 1991, we will be posting, In our offices and such other places as set out below, a list of all persons entitled to vote in the said municipalities at the November 12, 1991 Municipal Election. AND WHEREBY CALL upon all persons who are eligible voters to check the list for any errors or omissions and any person whose name has not been included in the preliminary list for a polling subdivision may file an application with the Clerk to have such error or omission corrected. THE LAST DAY FOR FILING ANY SUCH APPLICATION IS: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1991 AT 5:00 P.M. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT the Revision of the List will commence in the Office of Clerks at the Municipal Offices set out below on Tuesday, September 3, 1991 at 9:00 a.m. and continue until all applications have been disposed of on October 11, 1991. LOCATION OF LIST OF ELECTORS TOWN OF EXETER - Municipal Office - 406 Main Street South, Exeter (235-0310) - Public Library - 330 Main Street South, Exeter - South Huron Rec Centre, 94 Victoria St., E., Exeter TOWNSHIP OF USBORNE - Municipal Office - Morrison Dam Conservation Area (235-2900) - Usbome Central Public School - Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre - Kirkton TOWNSHIP OF STEPHEN - Municipal Office - 38 Victoria St., E., Crediton (234-6331) - Stephen Central School - J.D. McCurdy School - Huron Park - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Separate School, Mount Carmel - Recreation Centre - Grand Cove Estates, Grand Bend TOWNSHIP OF HAY - Municipal Office - Mill Street, Zurich (236-4351) - Country Store - St. Joseph - Post Office - Main St., Dashwood - Post Office - Goshen Street, Zurich VILLAGE OF HENSALL - Municipal Office -108 King St., Hensall (262-2812) - Hensall P.U.C. - 112 King St., Hensel{ - Hensall Public Library - 108 King St., Hensall DATED this 20th DAY OF AUGUST, 1991 Elizabeth Bell, Clerk - Town of Exeter Sandra Strang, Clerk - Township of Usbome Larry Brown, Clerk - Township of Stephen Janisse Zimmerman, Clerk - Township of Hay Luanne Phak, Clerk - Village of Hensall 7.