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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-11-13, Page 37N TUFNFWIS Times -Advocate, November 13, 1991 Pape 3 Three convict ns in Justice of Peace court EXETER - A Toronto area man pleaded guilty to three separate charges in Justice of the Peace Court in Exeter Tuesday, accumulating $336.25 in fines. Paul Lemottee of Toronto pleaded guilty to charges of failing to apply for a permit on be- coming the owner of a vehicle, driving with open liquor, and driving with no currently vali- dated permit. The court heard that on September 21 around 4:35 p.m. in Hay Township, an officer on Highway 83 observed a westbound vehicle speeding. One person was in the vehicle and the officer saw a beer bottle thrown from it. After stopping the vehicle, the driver failed to produce a valid per- mit and upon inspection, the officer found four full beer bottles un- der the front seat. The accused admitted to throwing the bottle out and said that he bought the vehicle from his sister a month prior. There were no plates on the vehicle and a 10 -day expired sticker in the the wind- shield revealed the date of August 31. Justice of the Peace Karen Sturdy handed Lemottee two fines of $78.75 and a third of S178.75 with three months to pay. Driving under suspension John C. Cunningham of Richmond Hill pleaded guilty to driving while under suspension. The court heard the accused was stopped on August 19 while trav- elling south on Highway 83 in Stephen Township around 8 p.m. A suspension was served on August 3 for unpaid fines with the start date being May 6. The accused told the court he had just returned to Canada and hadn't had time to rectify the situation. He was fined $503.75 and given three months to pay. Underage drinking A 16 -year-old Clinton youth pleaded guilty to being under the age of 19 and conswning liquor. The court heard that on October 4 at 9:45 p.m. police observed a vehicle parked in an unusual manner in the South Huron Recreation Centre parking lot. Police inspected and found three occupants, all under age 19, each with their own beer bottle and the odor of beer. The accused was fined $103.75 and given 30 days to pay. ABCA says cost to tax- payers amounts to less than movie ticket price EXETER - With cutbacks in government spending playing a large part in the campaign speeches of most municipal candidates this election, at least one chose to portray the Ausable Bayfield Conser- vation Authority as a free -spending organization that should be held in check. Consequently, ABCA general manager Tom Prout issued a press release in defense of the authority's budget, saying that its general levy breaks down to just $7.61 per person in the watershed, "about the same price as movie admissr t". Prout also noted that the gennAliOvyon munieirialtuces only in- creased an average of six pc:mai' iron 1990 to 1991, but that some municipalities saw larger increases due to increased assessments and for paying for special projects that benefitted that particular munici- pality. The general levy, about $350,000, makes up 15 percent of the ABCA's total budget, the rest of which is funded through other lev- els of government, mainly the Ministry of Natural Resources, which brings the total cost up to about $50 per person. For that cost each year, says Prout, local people can enjoy access to local recreation areas such as Morrison Dam, hiking areas in the Hay Swamp, skiing trails in Exeter, and nature areas such as the Bannockburn Area. The ABCA also provides, free of charge, technical support for lo- cal landowners, including helping with tree -planting plans. "We also maintain a flood monitoring and flood warning program in the watershed," said Prout, who acknowledged that while flooding is not that common in this area, the; system was instrumental in warning Bosanquet Township residents of a flood in 1984. The ABCA also operates the Camp Sylvan outdoor education pro- gram which provides its services to local schools. GOD the Env' freeze • meet alon Accordi Council, there is a sewage di Highway 21. The ministry has instructed the county to "examine the future fiscal and environmental ramifications of current sewage management prac- tices within its lakeshore munici- palities.* "This is a matter of urgency," said Hay Township reeve Lionel Wilder. He said it is a shame to lose po- tential assessment and asked, "when do we get something go- ing?" Wilder said there are two new subdivisions proposed in Hay Township along the lake. Land- mark Developments, with the pos- sibility of as many as 50 building lots, is now on hold. However, Wilder was informed that the smaller Bluland Develop- ments, about 25 acres, can contin- ue. "It's just under the wire," he said. The MOE is concerned about the state of the soil and ground• water and says the county now has two options if it wants to continue to develop lakeshore properties. In its letter to the county, the MOE states, "we will endeavour to deal with these applications on a keshore development on hold CH - The Ministry of ment has placed a any future develop - Lake Huron. g to Huron County MOE has indicated ous concern about facilities west of Correction On page 3 of last week's edi- tion of the Times -Advocate, it was reported that Grand Bend was having difficulties in re- gards to a fence surrounding the Beachplace condominiums. The article said the Devlon Group owned the property the condos are on, in fact, the prop- erty is owned by . Beachplace Developments but it is the Dev- lon Group which owns the parking lot property. 1 The Times -Advocate regrets the error. Boat destroyed GRAND BEND - Cause has yet to be determined on a fire which completely destroyed a boat at Four Seasons Marine early Monday morning. At about 5:30 a.m. the Grand Bend and Arena Fire Depart- ment were dispatched to the scene where they extinguished the blaze. "The boat lists somewhere at about $75,000," said fire chief Stan Lovie. Township looking for sidewalk sponsors ZURICH - While a sidewalk stretching from the Blue Water Rest Home to the outskirts of Zu- rich is a possibility, as reported in the October 30 issue of the Times Advocate, Hay Township is not prepared to pay the cost of the side- walk in above what the province is willing to fund. Hay Township clerk Janisse Zim- merman said the township is hop- ing that a community service club may be interested in raising the $8,000 or so needed to complement the 50 percent grant. Also, said Zimmerman, because the township has no snow clearing equipment for sidewalks, it would have to consider officially closing such a sidewalk each winter. 5 000r Closinls —— October 31 -November 30 • sewing & knitting notions • fabrics, yarn, DMC floss • hand-knit sweaters • creative crafts • pottery • smocked dresses up co 0 I0 Oon Grand Bend IIwy. 21 North of Tight OPEN 7 DAYS a WEEK . elotdliew erebterumt4 Vowtefae from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone 238-5493 as • site -by -site basis." According to Planning Director Gary Davidson, the county has to eisher stop development or get the elopers to put in their own sew- age systems. He said the reason for the unsta- ble soil along the lake is that cot- tage owners now have saunas, dish- washers and other heavy use items that overload the septic system. "Septic tanks aren't good at han- dling a broad variety of waste," said Davidson who noted it could take several months for the county to come up with a solution. Development in general was dis- cussed at Thursday's council meet- ing and Usborne Township's Gerald Prout said his municipality is run- ning into some difficulties with the county planning department. "In Usborne, we support 50 -acre severances. We are getting rejec- tion from the planning department. How can we promote Huron County if we run into this?" asked Prout. "If the farming economy was the way it should be, nobody would have to sever an acre," said Doug Fraser of Morris Township. Lucan council to try for new garbage disposal contract LUCAN - Council decided Mon- day night to atten,,;t to get a con- tract with Laidlaw Waste Disposal of Warwick township for disposal of garbage before the end of this year. Clerk Ron Reymer said he had confirmation from a Laidlaw offi- cial that they would offer an agree- ment immediately if the collection date was changed from Monday to either Wednesday, Thursday , Fri- day or Saturday. At the moment garbage is picked up each Monday by C.H. Lewis Ltd. trucks and taken to Warwick. Disposal at this location is not guar- anteed from May until September because of extra pickups at Grand Bend and the Pinery Provincial Park. Reymer said the Laidlaw firm is trying to get the Ministry of the En- vironment to agree to weekly weight totals rather than daily. If the change could be made to week- ly, then the present Monday Lucan pickups and disposal could be guar- anteed. If the local waste cannot be han- dled at Warwick, then it must be taken on to Blenheim which will cause a large increase in costs. For a numbe- of meetings, deputy reeve Harry Wraith has been advo- cating a change to garbage colleci- ton only every two weeks. - To this suggestion, reeve -elect Tom McLaughlin replied, " If we make this change. I want to see some money saved. For myself I .now use a compostor' and blue box, so I can't see my amount of garbage decreasing by an ounce with the fewer pickups." In discussing the possible con- tract, Wraith added, " I'm in favour, but I would like to let Larry Lewis know what we are doing." To this retiring reeve Larry Hot - son commented, " We're not going behind his back. I'm in favour of signing an agreement right now." McLaughlin added, " Why doesn't this council sign an agree-, ment with Laidlaw for Thursday • pickups? Hotson continued, " We have fig- ures on weekly and bi-weekly pick- ups. On a weekly basis it has been from nine to 11 tons per week and every other week it amounted to about 15 tons.If we can save two tons every week that's a saving of $120 at the landfill site in addition to a lesser charge for trucking." More information needed on transportation for elderly GODERICH - The Huron County Board of Health will con- tinue to look at ways to set up a county operated transportation sys- tem for the elderly and the dis- abled. Thus far, the Ministry of Trans- portation has funded a study and now the county will have to exam- ine whether or not the much need- ed service will be affordable. "The cost of the vehicles is rela- tively high," said county medical health officer Dr. Maarten Bok - bout. 'Exeter reeve Bill Mickle said the county should proceed with caution on this because he said he under- stood there should be no cost at all to the county taxpayers. "There is a cost and it was sug- gested the need could be met through a variety of subsidies," said Bokhout. He said the board has talked to disabled and seniors and have been working closely with the Wheels Away program in Wingham. "It may not be a good time to put in a program of this nature. The board is going to look for more in- formation." 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