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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-11-06, Page 30Page 30 Times -Advocate, November 6, 1991 Vandals struck Dashwood on Devils' Night as Jeremy Becker shows some of the damage caused by an axe to the ARC building. There was also graffiti spray painted on buildings. Police investigate arson complaints EXETER - Exeter Police were called to answer an arson com- plaint last Tuesday at the Huron St. west pumping station. An area of approximately 2,000 square feet of grass was found to have been burned and self -extinguished. An- other area of burned grass was found nearby with approximately 3,000 square feet of burn marks. Again the fire was self - extinguished. Police also investigated a motor vehicle accident at Huron and Ed- ward Streets. George Pool of Sim- coe St., Exeter, was travelling north on Edward St. when his car collided with a car driven by Brian Wedlake of Huron St. east, Exeter. Wedlake was injured and trans- ferred by ambulance to South Hu- ron District Hospital. Charges are pending. On Thursday, police investigated an accident on Huron SL, west where a car operated by Linda Wein of Huron Park collided with a car operated by Allan Reid of Hen - sell. The Reid vehicle was turning into a private driveway and HTAAA charges are pending. Wein was treated at South Huron Hospital for minor injuries. Leaf disposal still a concern in Grand Bend GRAND BEND - Leaves, leaves everywhere. They are plugging up the drains, being blown down roads and given Grand Bend Council a big head- ache. Although the fall season is quick- ly coming to an end, the village is looking into a solution to the con- tinuous problem for next year. Monday night they said the vil- lage would consider purchasing a machine which would suck up the leaves and chop them up for com- posting. "If you don't have them picked up constantly and it rains, you're going to clog up the catch basins," said reeve Bruce Woodley. Works superintendent Bud Mark- ham reported he has taken nearly 40 Toads of leaves to the landfill but noted some residents are putting more than just leaves in the bags. Other items have included clothing, garbage and bed linen. "We're going to have a big prob- lem if we don't get people to think leaves only," said Markham. One resident came to council Monday and wanted to know why he could not burn leaves even though wind conditions were favor- able and there were few complaints from neighbours. ABCA offering funds to help clean up local water EXETER - While some people are expressing concern about the local environment and water quali- ty, many may doubt they them- selves can actually do anything to help the problem. The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority, however, are telling the public that a good many of them may be in a position to make a personal contri- bution. The ABCA is facilitating the province's Clean Up Rural Beaches (CURB) program in this area. Con- sequently, there is grant funding to help propeny owners reduce water contamination. Financial grants are available to cover 50-75 percent of the costs of upgrading private septic systems ($2,000 grant), restricting the ac- cess of livestock to local water courses (S10,000), improving the management of manure on local farms (S12,000), and improving the disposal of milkhouse wash water ($5,000). Funding is targeted to- wards projects which will help im- prove the quality of surface water. levels in the water. Ministry of the Environment studies have concluded that "the majority of fecal bacteria loading into the Lake Huron Beaches comes from agricultural areas." ABCA research shows that faulty septic tank systems are the largest source of bacterial pollution in this watershed. Hocking said he believes the CURB program will provide farm- ers and rural residents with the fr- ttttC means to correct existing l robkms. The ABCA are inviting local resi- dents who believe that the CURB program could help them improve the quality of local water courses, to contact them at 235-2610 for more details. The Conservation Authority's CURB plan is being administered by Doug Hocking, who has been working with the Rural Beaches Strategy Program since 1986. That program began after several South- western Ontario beaches were part- ed as unsuitable for swimming in the early 1980s due to high bacteria I IN THE 1\TFW' More wheelchair access needed in Huron, say the disabled By Teresa Amy CLINTON - Diabled and handi- capped persons in Huron County are joining together to make sure their voice is heard in issues that concern them locally, and at the provincial level. Over 50 people from Clinton, Goderich, Exeter, Seaforth, Wing - ham, Listowel and other areas of Huron County tumed out to a meet- ing at the Huronview auditorium on November 2, depite the bad weath- er and the threat of snow flurries, to form a group tentatively known as Diamonds. "I refuse to sit still and let the county dictate to me," said Glen McLachlan of Vanastra, one of the meeting's co -organizers. "Part of the reason for getting the group go- ing is to get us out of our homes and to teach the county we are still here and we are not going away." "I got to thinking about the situa- tion and I thought about naming the group Diamonds because diamonds are beautiful, durable and valuable and that suits everyone here," said Bill Jones of Bayfield, another co- organizer of the meeting. "For a logo I thought we could use one large diamond symbolizing the gr- oup,lsurrounded by several smaller diamonds which would represent all the disabilities in the group." Jones said the intention is for the group to be a non-profit organiza- tion, who "in the spirit of friendli- ness bring together all the physical- ly disabled persons in Huron County to join together." "The purpose of the group is to listen to the members," he said. "We want to hear of a problem or a continuing problem. Then we have to evaluate the problems and take some action to solve it." "It is time we, as handicapped, got together and talked things out, look at the new laws and make the county enforce them" said McLach- lan. "We should feel happy and feel proud of who we are." Jones said every form of disabili- ty is welcome to join. During the OPP report two accidents EXETER - Tuesday, October 29, a car driven by Andrew Hicks of R.R. 8 Parkhill, swerved to miss a deer on concession road 18-19 (Ste- phen Township), entered the ditch, and rolled over. A 17 year- old pas- senger, Brent Johnson, received mi- nor injuries; however, the vehicle was heavily damaged. Sunday, November 4, a car driv- en by Leslie Davison of London, struck and killed a deer on High- way 83 in Stephen Township. Davi- son's vehicle sustained moderate damage to the front end. VISSCHER FARMS COUNTRY MARKET Open Mon. - Sat. 9 - 5. CLOSED SUNDAYS Potatoes $6.00 for 50 Ib. bag Apples $10.00 bushel Empires, Macs, Spartans, Deli- cious and Mutsus, Spys Squash, Pumpkins Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage Fresh apple cider $3.75 per jug Order$ taken now for Brussels Sprouts November 2 meeting a central com- mittee of people with different types of disabilities, including para- plegics, blindness, and arthritis was formed. According to McLachlan, part of the problem with forming the group is that there is no system within the county to identify how many peo- ple are disabled. "There is no system which says there are 50 people in a wheelchair in the county. There is no census in any county structure saying how many of us there are," he said. "If we don't start now, we won't be able to find out where disabled peo- ple are. The county doesn't realize we are here and they don't want to know." "Because we don't know where the disabled are and who they are we will be relying on our members to spread the word," said Jones. One major problem for the dis- abled in Huron County is the lack of accessible buildings, said McLachlan. "A lot of churches are learning and are getting off their duff aatd getting funding from government to install lifts to become accessible. However, there are a lot of public buildings such as post offices and court houses which are inaccessi- ble. One thing in the legislature is on January 1, all public buildings have to be accessible and it is guar- anteed that many in the county won't be unless we do something about it." Anyone interested in learning more about Diamonds can call the Information for Seniors and Physi- cally Disabled Adults at 482-5666 or 1-800-267-0535. Exeter mayor Bruce Shaw accepts a sheet of Christmas Seals from Miriam Freymond-Turnbull, a board member of the Lung Association for Huron and Perth Counties. The Christ- mas Seal campaign has officially begun in the counties and will go toward the provincial goal of raising $4. 7 million to- wards fighting all kinds of lung disease. 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